Yesterday there was an article in the New York Times about the current situation in Kenya and its handling of the post-election violence disaster. Basically, the government has been dragging its feet on the issue of prosecuting politicians who are suspected of funding and aggravating the post-election violence in early 2008. Finally, the International Criminal Court in the Hague will now take action and begin its official investigation in December. Prior to now Kenya has been given many chances to set up a local tribunal here which it has repeatedly failed to do. The article implies (correctly, in my opinion) that both political parties in Kenya have reasons for covering up this matter and that both will be damaged when the names of suspected politicians are revealed and prosecuted. We'll see how long the ICC investigation takes before a trial actually commences.
Another interesting article I read this morning reports a new study about how babies cry. It says that babies cry in their "mother-tongue", where the pitch and volume of their cries can be compared to speech patterns they have heard from their mother since they were in utero. There are some critics of this theory, but German and French babies' cries were studied in depth to determine how babies mimic their mothers. Now...I think it would be hard to determine on my own if Grace's cries sound like my own voice, but there is one baby in my group who definitely cries similarly to the way her Australian mother talks (and she sounds very different from the European and American babies in our group when they cry). It is fascinating!
It is amazing what I can read and get done with a "good night" of sleep and a napping baby!
LMW
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i read about that study as well. have you heard about the infant crying types too? there is a woman who has become famous for this theory (via Oprah). And check this out: http://www.crytranslator.com/
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