"Chế giễu công khai là một môn thể thao đổ máu cần phải dừng lại.Hãy bình luận bằng những ngôn từ tích cực, tiếp nhận tin tức và click chuột bằng sự bao dung, bởi chúng ta đã gieo những hạt giống của sự xấu hổ và sự tổn thương trên mảnh đất văn hóa của mình, cả ở thế giới thật và ảo".
Sau hàng chục năm im lặng, cô thực tập sinh Nhà Trắng Monica Lewinsky nổi tiếng vì đã có mối quan hệ không mấy hay ho với cựu Tổng thống Bill Clinton đã trở lại, với bài thuyết trình “Cái giá của nỗi nhục nhã” mang nhiều giá trị nhân văn. Dưới đây là lược dịch bài thuyết trình của cô.

BEIJING — In an acknowledgment of the problem of domestic abuse in China, a court on Friday suspended the death sentence of a battered woman who had killed her husband, a case that drew international attention and a petition from hundreds of Chinese lawyers and feminists urging the court to reconsider.
The ruling, by the Sichuan Higher People’s Court, upheld the murder conviction against the woman, Li Yan, 44, but acknowledged, for the first time, that she had been the victim of domestic violence. The suspension means that after two years of good behavior, the sentence will be commuted to life in prison. Later, it may be reduced further.

The Italian health minister described Italy as a “dying country” in February. Germany has spent heavily on family subsidies but has little to show for it. Greece’s depression has further stalled its birthrate. And in Denmark, the birthrate has been below the so-called replacement rate needed to keep a population from declining — just over two children per woman — since the early 1970s.
“For many, many years, we only talked about safe sex, how to prevent getting pregnant,” said Marianne Lomholt, the national director of Sex and Society. “Suddenly we just thought, maybe we should actually also tell them about how to get pregnant.”

Hàng chục năm cống hiến cho giáo dục, vượt qua bao khó khăn gian khổ, đến lúc nghỉ hưu, hàng trăm giáo viên mầm non trên địa bàn tỉnh Thanh Hóa bật khóc khi nhận đồng lương hưu chỉ từ 320.000đ - dưới 500.000đ.

TTO - "Người bệnh nặng, y học bó tay, gia đình kiệt quệ, mong được chết một cách êm dịu cũng rất nên chấp thuận cho họ", tiến sĩ Nguyễn Huy Quang, Vụ trưởng Pháp chế (Bộ Y tế) đề xuất.

And so a word of caution for those, like my patient, who are absolutely clear that they want to be allowed to die a natural death when the time comes — if you live in a state where it’s available, you must complete a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or Polst form (also known as a pre-hospital D.N.R.), and have it signed by your doctor. It is gaining acceptance rapidly across the nation and at this point Polst forms are recognized in 45 states (information is available at www.polst.org). Some states, like California, are calling for Polst registries, electronic databases that provide rapid access to this critical information for health care providers.

By 2030, the number of Americans 65 and older will grow to 72 million, up from 40.2 million in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. To date, colleges and universities have paid little attention to the needs of this population.
Students not seeking degrees often can audit classes at a local college orenroll in massive open online courses, or MOOCs, at little or no cost, via Coursera, Udacity, EdX and Lynda.com. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes allow students 50 and older who aren’t seeking to earn credit to attend classes at more than 100 universities.

Studies show that the ability to perform simple math problems, as well as handling financial matters, are typically one of the first set of skills to decline in diseases of the mind, like Alzheimer’s, and Ms. Clark’s father-in-law, who suffered from mild dementia, was no exception. Research has also shown that even cognitively normal people may reach a point where financial decision-making becomes more challenging.
“A person can appear to have their wherewithal cognitively, but not have the ability to understand money in the same way anymore,” said Ms. Clark, a retired registered nurse and family therapist in Cottonwood, Calif.

“When women pass 50, in some ways, their lives get better,” Ms. Fonda said. “It’s like: Who cares? What do we have to lose to not be brave? We’re not in the marketplace anymore for guys. Our children are grown. So go for it. I wanted to do a series about that.”
The idea appealed to the show’s creators, Marta Kauffman, a creator of “Friends,” and Howard J. Morris. “We felt an urgency about the subject matter,” Mr. Morris said. “We felt nobody’s doing this, and yet this population is aging rapidly, all the baby boomers. This is the time to hit this show.”

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