Leonard Nimoy, who played the overly logical part-human, part-Vulcan hero Spock on “Star Trek,” passed away Friday at the age of 83.
To quote Spock’s most famous recurring line, Nimoy certainly lived long and prospered.
Though he had a wide-ranging career that included acting on stage and screen, directing, and writing, Nimoy was (and will be) forever associated with Spock.
The character’s signature gesture, as most people with moderate pop culture knowledge know, was his split-finger Vulcan salute greeting.
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Published time: March 01, 2015 12:36
Mujica, 79, is leaving office with a 65 percent approval rating. He is constitutionally prohibited from serving consecutive terms.
“I became president filled with idealism, but then reality hit,” Mujica said in an interview with a local newspaper earlier this week, according to AFP.
Some call him “the world’s poorest president.” Others the “president every other country would like to have.” But Mujica says “there’s still so much to do” and hopes that the next government, led by Tabare Vazquez (who was elected president for a second time last November) will be “better than mine and will have greater success.”
Mujica said he succeeded in putting Uruguay on the world map. He managed to turn the cattle-ranching country, home to 3,4 million people, into an energy-exporting nation, Brazil being Uruguay’s top export market (followed by China, Argentina, Venezuela and the US.)
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Exam taken by girls studying in special education class in Jerusalem reveals how women are educated in ultra-Orthodox schools. “What is the woman’s duty in the world? To prepare food for her husband.” This was one of the correct answers in an exam for girls studying in a special education class in an ultra-Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem, which was obtained by Ynet.
This outrageous question and others – including “how does a woman make her husband happy?” and “how would you define a bad woman?” – point to the way women are educated in haredi schools.
In one of the questions, the students were asked to “explain the woman’s purpose in the world, using the verse: ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him.’” The answer, according to one of the students who received a “well done” from her teacher, is: “To make sure that her husband won’t lack a thing.”
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