Category Archives: Technology
Disabled Boy, 11, Kills Himself After Being Punched By Bully For His iPhone
This is one of the most sickening cases I’ve heard in quite some time. Bullying has become an epidemic that parents need to be aware of and do something about. If you’re not teaching your children to be nice to other kids and show them respect, despite their differences, you have failed miserably. And if you haven’t done so because you feel in some way that these people deserve what’s being done, then I believe your rights as a parent should be revoked. And in all honesty, I don’t believe you deserve the privilege of breathing the same air, as well, anyone.
Mitchell Wilson, 11, from Pickering in Ontario, Canada suffocated himself to death after being bullied and having his iPhone taken away from him by the bully months prior. The fact that this brave child was able to deal with the pain and suffering of having Muscular Dystrophy for years and then succumbed to bullying is absolutely ridiculous. Someone should have stepped in and helped this poor kid and, in my opinion, beat the shit out of the little fucker who treated Mitchell this way.
The young boy was attacked by another boy a year older because he had an iPhone, which he borrowed from his father, Craig Wilson, last November. His father had said that he was never the same after the attack.
‘Subsequent to the beating that he took, he just lost that spark you see in a kid’s eye,’ Mr Wilson told CTV Canada AM.
‘He had huge anxiety attacks about going outside and going for his walks and going to school by himself.’
Related articles
- Bullying – no matter what the circumstances – is not acceptable. R.I.P. Mitchell Wilson. (str8media.wordpress.com)
- Bullied boy told grandmother he’d kill himself if he had to go back to school (theprovince.com)
- Kids not safe from bullying, expert says (thestar.com)
- Interview: Who’s a bully? (cbc.ca)
Man Dies At Church Minister’s Home After ‘Sex and Drug’ Party
Reverend Mark Bidwell is the minister at the Metropolitan Community Church in Ferndale is also a former police chaplain in Detroit is in the midst of a terrible controversy involving drugs, alcohol, sex and death.
Mr. Bidwell was the one to call 911 after Steven Fitch, 43, had stopped breathing during a party at his place. When was this call placed? 5:30am. The reason the call was so early is because they two had been up all night partying and having sex. In fact, the minister admitted to meeting Fitch online the night before and inviting him to his home to have sex. I’m sure God would be proud of this man representing him here on earth.
According to the police report Bidwell told a 911 operator: ‘I’ve got someone who has apparently stopped breathing.’
When the dispatcher asked how old the victim was, the 52-year-old replied: ‘Honestly, I don’t even know. We just met today.’
Related articles
- You can’t make this crap up! (barbaradiamond.blogspot.com)
VIDEO: Police Using Extreme Force To Disrupt Protesters On Wall Street! This is sick!
Lawrence O’Donnell speaks out on MSNBC about the police brutality that took place during the Wall Street Protests and discusses the YouTube videos that were posted in great detail. This is by far one of the most compelling news pieces about this scenario and really breaks down the videos so you can clearly see the injustice that these cops are using.
Although these few officers are not representing all of the cops that were here and he does recognize at least one that is doing his job right, this happens far too often. I know many officers that are great individuals and wouldn’t act this way during a protest, but I also know some cocky, arrogant assholes who feel that because they’re in a position of authority, they have a right to determine how much force is necessary, and usually, it’s far too much.
If the Westboro Baptist Church members are able to protest, legally, without the repercussions of pepper spray and/or being assaulted by officers, I do not understand how people who are making a much more logical political stand deserve this kind of treatment. Just because cameras are involved doesn’t mean you have the right to do what you please. The cameras are there to catch incidences such as this, and the only reason this would upset you, is if you were doing something wrong, which you clearly are.
Take a look at this video and decide for yourself whether the actions that were taken were justified or not.
Related articles
- MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell rips ‘unprovoked police brutality’ at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ (kaystreet.wordpress.com)
- Susan Sarandon Not Pepper-Sprayed at Wall Street Protests [Video] (gawker.com)
- Report: 100 New York Police Officers Boycott In Solidarity with Wall Street Protesters (destructionist.wordpress.com)
- Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Releases Officer’s Name In Wall Street Protest Pepper-Spray Incident (newyork.cbslocal.com)
Samsung To Introduce The New Flexible And Bendable Phone!
I want this. Bad. To know that this phone could be released as early as 2012 is very exciting and could be a game changer as far as mobile technology is concerned. In fact, this could be the biggest competitor for Apple Inc. yet.
Demonstrations of ‘bendable’ screens have been a staple of technology shows ever since there were screens small enough for us to carry.
This week, Samsung has given the strongest sign yet that the hi-tech devices might become reality.
The company demonstrated ‘bendable’ AMOLED screens 4.5 inches across and just 0.3mm thick in January this year.
Reports this week hint that phones using the technology – which can be ‘rolled up’ and survive hammer blows – will appear in the second quarter of next year.
The technology relies on atom-thick layers of ‘graphene’ – sheets of carbon atoms – sandwiched together, protecting a layer of liquid crystal ‘screen’.
Earlier this year, reports leaked that Samsung had the capacity to manufacture large amounts of the screen by ‘early 2012′ – but no one knew what they might be for.
Samsung later released pictures of a concept phone using the technology – the Galaxy Skin.
The phone would be no mere novelty.
Phones using Graphene screens would be practically unbreakable, and offer an instant advantage over every other smartphone on the market.
Now, according to reports in the International Business Times, the handsets could be on sale early next year.
The article is continued at Dailymail.
Related articles
- The Flexible Smartphone becomes reality with Samsung Skin! (trak.in)
- Graphene makes field emission devices flexible and more efficient (nanotechweb.org)
- Fujitsu concept laptop with bendable AMOLED screens (businessinsider.com)
- Next Generation Technology of Flexible AMOLED Display by Samsung (1amhsk.wordpress.com)
Irishman Caught With 1 Kilo Of Cocaine, Not Alcohol, Inside His Body
I had no idea the Irish were interested in drugs given their fascination and addiction to alcohol. This youngster dared to do something even the most hardened drug smugglers in Mexico have fears of doing.
A young Irishman is contemplating spending the next decade and a half in jail after he tried to sneak past Brazilian customs with a kilo of cocaine hidden in his guts.
The 20-year-old holidaymaker, identified only as P.B.B., was stopped as he tried to board a flight back to Europe from Sao Paolo’s Congonhas airport.
He had somehow managed to stuff 72 bags, containing almost a kilo of coke with a street value of up to 150,000 euros, down his throat, according to police.
‘Dying man has new lease on life after his immune system is trained to kill cancer with reconstructed form of HIV’
If you’re one who believes that ‘everything happens for a reason’, then this is definitely a great example of that. First cancer was introduced than the notorious HIV/AIDS and the idea that using one could get rid of the other, is simply remarkable. Scientists should be incredibly proud of the work that they’ve done lately on advancements for curing both cancer and HIV/AIDS.
A New Jersey man diagnosed with leukaemia has a new lease on life after taking a gamble on an experimental cancer treatment that saw him injected with a harmless form of HIV.
Bill Ludwig, 65, is one of only three patients who have received the groundbreaking treatment at the University of Pennsylvania for the most common form of leukaemia, called CLL.
And the results are so incredible researchers believe it could mark the beginning of a major advance in cancer treatment.
Survivor: Bill Ludwig is one of only three patients who have received the groundbreaking treatment
The New York Times reports the research team, led by Dr Carl June, removed from the patients white blood cells that normally fight infections and genetically engineered them with a reconstructed and disabled form of HIV-1 by selecting DNA from humans, mice and cows, a virus that infects woodchucks, and one that infects cows.
The infusions were then returned to the patient; and because the virus infects T-cells – a white blood cell that fights viruses and tumours – and alters the T-cells to reproduce chimeric antigen receptors, protein complexes turn into ‘serial killers’ that attach to and eradicate cancer cells.
In hospital: Mr Ludwig’s doctors cannot say that he is cured, as it has only been a year since the operation
Mr Ludwig, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, New Jersey, was the first patient to undergo the experimental treatment.
Doctors estimate it killed two pounds of cancer cells in his blood.
Dr June said that, ‘The patient then becomes a bioreactor,’ experiencing flu-like symptoms as T-cells were producing chemicals called cytokines, as Mr Ludwig did.
After a few weeks, however, his symptoms were gone – and so was his leukaemia.
Mr Ludwig said he feels renewed. In less than 12 month’s time he’s back on the green, playing his favourite sport – golf. ‘I have my life back,’ he said.
Promising: Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania said results of the clinical trials far exceeded their expectations
Doctors cannot say Mr Ludwig is cured, as it has been less than a year since the operation. However, the altered T-cells are built to multiply and live on, in theory, fighting off potential relapses.
Dr June said two other patients had been successfully treated using this type of gene therapy.
One patient experienced full remission; another patient experienced partial remission.
But the results far exceeded his expectations.
Dr June told MSNBC.com: ‘The results exceeded our expectations quite a bit. Our entire team is really excited. And as well, the patients are excited.’
Reconstructed HIV has been used to treat other diseases but has never before been used to treat cancer.
New research looks promising; Dr June said money from drug companies has poured in since the results. He plans on next testing his team’s treatment against solid tumours, including hard-to-treat cancers like mesothelioma and ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
‘Newly Discovered Planet: Hot, Muggy And (Maybe) Liveable’
This entire planet’s weather is strikingly familiar to that of Florida. I have to got to say that so far, I am uninterested; Although, it is a brand new fucking planet.
NPR -
It’s the second planet outside our solar system that seems to be orbiting in “the habitable zone” around its star, according to the European Southern Observatory, which today announced the discovery of HD 85512 b and more than 50 other plants around other stars. In that habitable zone, “water may be present in liquid form if conditions are right,” the ESC adds.
One issue, though, if you don’t like steamy weather: “Temperatures there may range from 85 to 120 degrees with plenty of humidity,” the AP adds.
The news of HD 85512 b’s discovery has been filtering out for a couple weeks. National Geographic wrote about it late last month and offered this cautionary note for all those hoping the planet has or had life:
“Manfred Cuntz, director of the astronomy program at the University of Texas, Arlington, noted that more information is needed before anyone can speculate whether aliens are wandering around the newfound planet.
” ‘It’s not their fault no extra information [about the planet's atmosphere] is available right now,’ Cuntz said of the research team. ‘It looks like this is a strong candidate, in principle.’ ”
New Drug Can Cure Nearly ANY Viral Infection!
The microscope images above show that DRACO successfully treats viral infections. In the left set of four photos, rhinovirus (the common cold virus) kills untreated human cells (lower left), whereas DRACO has no toxicity in uninfected cells (upper right) and cures an infected cell population (lower right). Similarly, in the right set of four photos, dengue hemorrhagic fever virus kills untreated monkey cells (lower left), whereas DRACO has no toxicity in uninfected cells (upper right) and cures an infected cell population (lower right). (Credit: Image courtesy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
On Science Daily, they have just announced that a new drug has been designed to “identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection.”
This is a great feat for scientists, especially the researchers who have been working on developing this new drug.
In a paper published July 27 in the journal PLoS ONE, the researchers tested their drug against 15 viruses, and found it was effective against all of them — including rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza, a stomach virus, a polio virus, dengue fever and several other types of hemorrhagic fever.
The drug works by targeting a type of RNA produced only in cells that have been infected by viruses. “In theory, it should work against all viruses,” says Todd Rider, a senior staff scientist in Lincoln Laboratory’s Chemical, Biological, and Nanoscale Technologies Group who invented the new technology.
Seeing how effective it has been, suggests that it could possibly even be used to combat newer viruses that have been recently or will become, an issue. Luckily due to the enormous success with initial testing, they will continue to test on mice and hopefully be moving on to bigger, larger species, more quickly than is often the case.
For more on this story, please visit Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826134012.htm
PHOTOS: Steve Jobs Looking Grim
Just two days after Mr. Jobs’ resignation, he is seen here, looking very unhealthy. Pancreatic Cancer is a bit, and it seems that Steve Jobs isn’t doing so well in his battle with the disease. Since this photo emerged, it has become more evident that the reason Mr. Jobs can “no longer perform (his) duties)” is because he is succumbing to Pancreatic Cancer. This is sad for his family, friends, and the millions of Apple Fans.
Although, more and more information as far as people fearing the man are coming out. They’re also discussing his nasty and arrogant attitude, that has been hidden from the media for many years. Whether he’s a dick or not, he captivated the world with his products, patented multiple patents, and is dying.