Ban of too-skinny Models in Ads

In Israel, about 1,500 children and teens are diagnosed with eating disorders annually. Because of the high number of people with eating disorders, a law has been passed that bans the use of underweight models (with a body mass index of 18.5 or less) in advertising. It also bans agencies from altering their pictures to make the models look thinner without telling the audience. While some modeling agencies are not happy, Adi Barkan said, "This is such a happy day for me, and it should be for everyone in the modeling business. All over the world, 20 years ago, we saw girls who were skinny, but today we see girls who are too, too skinny," he said. "They are dying. The business only wants the skinny girls. So the girls, they stop eating. It's terrible. We must be more responsible and say to them that it doesn't have to be that way." There is no consequence for using an underweight model, but parents of children with eating disorders will be able to sue the agency if they feel that the cause of the disorder was from the advertisement. Hopefully the rate of eating disorders will go down because of the new law.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/new-israeli-law-bans-use-of-too-skinny-models-in-ads/?hpt=hp_bn5

Indiana School Bus Crash

A school bus collided with a bridge, killing the bus driver, a student and injuring others, while making its morning rounds Monday morning. The bus crashed at approximately 7:45 a.m. on the way to Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School. Two male students were critically injured, and one five or six year old was killed. The two male students that were critically injured and eight others were taken to Indianapolis hospitals. One of the injured children was rescued from under the bus’s front wheel, and fire department crews rescued four people from the bus in 45 minutes. The students that were not injured were taken to school which was only two miles away from the accident. One lucky student missed the bus and had to have his grandfather take him to school. On the way, he saw the accident scene. He said the bus driver was a good driver and cared about the safety of the children. There is still no apparent reason why the bus hit the bridge, except that the pavement may have been wet. Beth Bray, a worker at the Indianapolis mayor’s office, said, “We’re trying to help parents and get everybody coordinated.” The school released the students early Monday.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/12/1-kid-driver-die-in-ind-school-bus-crash/?test=latestnews

Indiana Mother Saves Kids from Tornado

Stephanie Decker’s home was pummeled by two tornadoes on Friday in Indiana. She was home with her two kids when her husband texted, warning her about the tornado headed for their three-story house. She took her son and daughter to the basement and shielded them from debris with a blanket. To further protect her kids, she reached around them, holding them, so everything coming at them would hit her instead of her children. After the first tornado went through, she had two steel beams on her legs and was stuck. Then next tornado came through and again she attempted to cover her children as well as she could. Everything was hitting her back, but she was on top of her children keeping them safe from the beams, pillars, and furniture, while they screamed that they did not want to die. When the storm passed, Stephanie Decker saw that her house was gone. Luckily, her neighbors were able to help her and keep the bleeding under control until the ambulance arrived. It was a miracle that Decker and her kids lived. Neither of her kids had a scratch on them, but their mother lost part of both of her legs, and broke seven of her ribs.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/06/indiana-mom-loses-legs-saving-kids-from-tornado/?hpt=hp_bn1