Barack Obama and his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham

Senator Obama shows once again his human side and emphasizes the importance of family ties. After finding out his grandmother is gravely ill, he has canceled the campaign events that were scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday.

Obama has flown to Honolulu to be with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who was released from the hospital a few days ago.

The 85 year old woman has supposedly broken a hip, but no official statement has yet been made. Madelyn Dunham is the mother of Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother, and ever since the latter’s death in 1995 she has been the maternal figure in his life. He has always cared deeply about her and has many times mentioned her in his public speeches.

Obama’s concern is yet greater due to the woman’s advanced age and this summer he has declared that he will try to spend as much time as possible with her.

The senator’s wife will not be traveling with him to Hawaii, but she will attend some campaign events with him in Indianapolis on Thursday and then alone in Ohio, on Friday.

Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite

Dolemite, the unique comedian, has passed away on Sunday, at his home in Akron, Ohio. The 81 year old was suffering of diabetes and when complications appeared, he could not fight death any longer. The press was informed by his daughter, Yvette “Rusty” Wesson.

Rudy Ray Moore became known mostly through the comedy film “Dolemite” , dating from 1975 and its sequel “The Human Tornado”. He was from then on perceived like the pimp-like comedian and he released many comedy records in the 60s and 70s.

Due to his very explicit language and quite rude style, his records were not a big hit in television and radio, but his number of fans was growing every day.

In 2008 Rudy celebrated the 30th anniversary of the life of another famous character he played, Petey Wheatstraw. It was also this year that he collaborated with Blowfly and Daniel Jordan.

The funeral will take place in Toledo, Ohio and as well in Spokane, Washington, where all his relatives are buried.

Child Porn Computer Screen

Last week, the Ohio police arrested a 15-year-old girl for having sent nude photos of herself to several people in her classroom. Specialists say she most likely was not aware of state legislation regarding the publication of explicit sexual material over the Internet, and she was probably just trying to enhance her popularity quota.

Going from particular cases to the general context, psychologists are really worried about this fast developing, extremely harmful ‘trend’ which more and more teenagers follow by posting nude pictures of themselves on the Internet.
The reality show ‘bug’ is affecting them in the worst manner possible and they see the Internet as a possibility to gain fame and have their own show, without stopping even for a second to think about the consequences.

Under law, the photos of the Ohio girl are considered to be child pornography, which makes it possible for her and the receivers of the photos to be sentenced to several years of detention in a juvenile center.

Incidents like the one in Newark, Ohio have also been reported in Wyoming, New York and Pennsylvania and studies show that, if they haven’t posted nude self-photos yet, at least 70% of the 13-14 year old girls and even more boys have visited sexually explicit adult Internet sites already.