Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai (Mallah Ysafzay, Pashto: [ mlal jusf zj];[1] born 12 July 1997)[2]
[3]

is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prizelaureate.[4][5] She is

known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at
times banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international
movement.
Her family runs a chain of schools in the region. In early 2009, when she was 1112, Yousafzai
wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban occupation, their
attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls in the Swat
Valley. The following summer, journalist Adam B. Ellick made a New York
Times documentary[3] about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in
the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television,
and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by South African
activist Desmond Tutu.
On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Yousafzai boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani
district of Swat. A gunman asked for her by name, then pointed a pistol at her and fired three shots.
One bullet hit the left side of Yousafzai's forehead, travelled under her skin through the length of her
face, and then went into her shoulder.[6] In the days immediately following the attack, she remained
unconscious and in critical condition, but later her condition improved enough for her to be sent to
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham,England, for intensive rehabilitation. On 12 October, a
group of 50 Islamic clerics in Pakistan issued a fatw against those who tried to kill her, but the
Taliban reiterated their intent to kill Yousafzai and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai. Some Pakistanis
believe the shooting was aCIA setup and many conspiracy theories exist.[7]
The assassination attempt sparked a national and international outpouring of support for
Yousafzai. Deutsche Welle wrote in January 2013 that Yousafzai may have become "the most
famous teenager in the world."[8] United Nations Special Envoy for Global EducationGordon
Brown launched a UN petition in Yousafzai's name, using the slogan "I am Malala" and demanding
that all children worldwide be in school by the end of 2015 a petition which helped lead to the
ratification of Pakistan's first Right to Education Bill.[9] In the 29 April 2013 issue of Time magazine,
Yousafzai was featured on the magazine's front cover and as one of "The 100 Most Influential
People in the World". She was the winner of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize.

On 12 July 2013, Yousafzai spoke at the headquarters of the United Nations to call for worldwide
access to education, and in September 2013 she officially opened the Library of Birmingham.
[10]

Yousafzai is the recipient of the Sakharov Prize for 2013. On 16 October 2013, the Government of

Canada announced its intention that the Parliament of Canada confer Honorary Canadian
citizenship upon Yousafzai.[11] In February 2014, she was nominated for the World Children's Prize
in Sweden.[12] On 15 May 2014, Yousafzai was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of
King's College in Halifax.[13]
On 10 October 2014, Yousafzai was announced as the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace
Prize for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all
children to education. At age 17, Yousafzai is the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. [14][15]
[16]

Yousafzai shared the prize with Kailash Satyarthi, a children's rights activist from India.[17] She is

the second Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize and the only Pakistani winner of the Nobel Peace
Prize; Abdus Salam was a 1979 Physics laureate. Even though she is fighting for women's and
children's rights, she is not self identified as feminist when asked her on Forbes Under 30 Summit.[18]
[19]

Angela Merkel called her "the identity of Pakistan".[20]

Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One pig built a house of straw while
the second pig built his house with sticks. They built their houses very quickly and
then sang and danced all day because they were lazy. The third little pig worked
hard all day and built his house with bricks.
A big bad wolf saw the two little pigs while they danced and played and thought,
What juicy tender meals they will make! He chased the two pigs and they ran and
hid in their houses. The big bad wolf went to the first house and huffed and puffed
and blew the house down in minutes. The frightened little pig ran to the second
pigs house that was made of sticks. The big bad wolf now came to this house and
huffed and puffed and blew the house down in hardly any time. Now, the two little
pigs were terrified and ran to the third pigs house that was made of bricks.
The big bad wolf tried to huff and puff and blow the house down, but he could not.
He kept trying for hours but the house was very strong and the little pigs were safe
inside. He tried to enter through the chimney but the third little pig boiled a big pot
of water and kept it below the chimney. The wolf fell into it and died.
The two little pigs now felt sorry for having been so lazy. They too built their houses
with bricks and lived happily ever after.

1. Android Phones
Pros:
Excellent software/application support
Thousands of Apps (free) to download online
Wide variety of phones (to suit your budget) Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola
Frequent OS updates (for improving performance)
Android phones can also function as a router to share Internet.
Multitasking
Cons:
Some phones become sluggish (slow) after installing many apps.
Most of the Android phones are touch screen phones without keyboard (there are a few exceptions)
Most of the features need internet (which is not major issue now)
If you are buying an expensive android phone you might not like the fact that there are many phones
available at really cheap prices which operate on Android.

2. Apple iPhone 4/4S

Pros:
Amazing software support
Very good battery life
Touch screen sensitivity is mind blowing

Camera is great
Visuals are very nice and eye catching
Very snappy processing
Does not become sluggish even after installing apps
It gives you a good feeling (If you dont have an iPhone, you dont have an iPhone) Exclusivity, for
brand concious people
Cons:
Many of the good apps are paid (not free)
Micro simcard support only (Normal SIM Card dosent fit into it)
No Flash support in the web browser
No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode
No hardware shutter key for the camera
No FM radio
No keyboard, No stereo speakers
No microSD card slot
Too dependent on iTunes for loading multimedia content
Poor loudspeaker performance
Very expensive
Hardware cannot be opened manually like other phones

How Does TV Influence Your

Life?
Would you give up watching TV forever for one million dollars? 25% of the
Americans answered "negative" in a survey made few years ago. In another
research, men were asked what would make them happy. The main wish was a
plasma TV!
Worldwide, there are 1.5 billion TV devices and the number of viewers is, of
course, larger. Studies showed that people dedicate on average 3 hours daily to
watching TV. North Americans stay 4.5 hours daily in front of the TV and Japanese
5! Four hours daily watching TV means that by the age of 60 we have spent 10
years in front of the TV.

Just like drugs or smoking, TV creates addiction. The viewers have craving
symptoms and neglect their social and family life. Also too many hours in front of
the TV lead to obesity.
Still, TV can have positive aspects. It can be a didactic tool, as this way we can
find about countries or people we had no idea about their existence. We "travel"
from jungles to glaciers and to the bottom of the oceans, from atoms to stars. We
understand better politics, history, culture, and current events. It entertains,
educates or influences.
But TV also comes with a great deal of exposure to sex and violence. Movies with
fights, crimes, special effects and sex capture attention and as the sensational
turns banal, for keeping alive the interest of the viewers, producers want to shock
by going to the extremes. The violence and sex scenes turn increasingly explicit.
Even in the case when these scenes do not develop aggressiveness per se, they
can make adults more tolerant to it. Still, researchers warn that violence scenes
have a negative impact on children.
Watching TV also influences your mood. An image can make us angry, burst into
tears or laugh. Advertising clips, watched for years, influence what you will buy.
Coca-Cola invests annually $2.2 billion and has profits of $22 billion. 30 seconds
of advertising can influence you, while years of watching shows can educate you.
Researchers warn that children under 2 years old should not watch TV. This is the
period when their brain grows rapidly and they must play and interact with people
from the real world for developing their physical and behavioral skills.
Cartoons have been found to influence the behavior of children aged 6-12 more
than school, as they can spend 38 hours weekly watching TV, while less than 30
in the classroom.
TV teaches children what attitude to take in certain situations, without explaining
if it's good or bad. If a kid sees that a cartoon character binds his opponent, with
satisfactory results, he most probably does the same. Kids are more prone to
mimic what they see on TV than what they learn in school, as school is seen more
like an obligation.
Put the TV out of the bedroom: this will eliminate 1.5 hours daily from the time
you dedicate to watching TV. Moreover, if the TV is located in the child's bedroom,
parents do not know what he/she is watching.