A former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi used a
webcam to spy on a roommate who later committed suicide, has been sentenced to
30 days in jail. The judge gave 20-year-old Ravi a 30-day term with probation
on Monday. The judge also called Ravi’s actions “cold, calculated and
methodically conceived”. Ravi was convicted in March of “bias intimidation” for
using a webcam to stream a romantic encounter between his roommate. 18-year-old
Tyler Clementi and another man on the internet. Tyler Clementi took his life by
jumping from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010. Ravi hasn’t
attempted to apologize once and chose not to address the judge at all though his
sentencing hearing. Clementi’s father Joe, said that Ravi saw his son as not
deserving of basic human decency because her was gay. He also says that Ravi
has no remorse. On the other hand Ravi’s lawyer says that he has been “demonized
by the gay community” and the case is “being tried and is being treated as if
it’s a murder case”.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
FACEBOOK is worth $100 billion! woe.
Facebook goes public this week. Facebook will
be valued at roughly $100 billion. Facebook will be the highest valuation ever
for initial public offering of a tech company. But come on…if Facebook really
worth this much money? Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 and becomes one of the richest
men in the world? The company is expected to start selling stock to the public
for the first time. The value of Facebook is over 100 billion making it worth
more than Disney, Ford and Kraft Foods. Once
Facebook begins selling stock, Zuckerberg will be expected to please a host of
new stakeholders, including Wall Street investment firms, hedge funds and
pension funds who will pressure him to keep the company growing. Young as he
may seem —especially in that hooded sweatshirt— Zuckerberg will be about the
same age as Michael Dell and older than Steve Jobs when those two took their
companies, Dell Inc. and Apple Inc., public.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Don't Get Out of Your Car on a Highway!
It’s called emergency lights
people, and don’t walk out on a highway; common sense. I guess this
Russian man didn’t have common sense. A man had to make an emergency stop and
failed to put him EMERGENCY lights on and was moving around beside his own
vehicle on a three-lane road when he was hit by an oncoming car. Besides his
car another car pulls up to help the first accident that he had to stop for and
other cars were not so patient. So they thought they would move around it and
hit a guy in the process. The car strikes the man and he is flipped. A smash is
heard and a woman’s voice can be heard on the video asking “What’s that? Oh my
god.” The man is then thrown by the can to his knees. He survived but only
suffered a broken leg. WATCH THE VIDEO.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Crazy EX.
"I knew
something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn't feel any teeth and my jaw
was strapped up with bandages," Olszewski said.
"She told me my mouth
was numb and I wouldn't be able to feel anything for a while and that the bandage
was there to protect the gums, but that I would need to see a specialist,"
he said.
"I didn't have any
reason to doubt her, I mean I thought she was a professional."
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Burger King is Thinking a Bit More Morally
! Burger King is getting a tad more humane! The World’s
second-biggest burger chain on Wednesday pledged that their eggs and pork will
come from cage-free chickens and pigs. Animal welfare activist were looking to
get livestock out of cages. Burger King is the first major US fast-food chain
to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam. Eggs and pork producers
have argued that easing confinement standers for animals raises production
coasts and makes those who adjust their practices less completive. Stupid meat producers.
"So many tens of thousands
of animals will now be in better living conditions," said Wayne Pacelle,
president of the Humane Society of the United States, which has been pushing Burger King and other companies to adopt similar policies.
"Numerically, this is significant because Burger King is such a big purchaser of these products."
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Shouldn't Government Representatives be able to promote their beliefs and causes?
A cake was baked into the shape of a African woman on
Wednesday as Lena (minister) cut into it. Makode Linde is the artist who
designed the cake and is from African descent. This cake was aimed at making a
point and creating awareness about practice of female genital mutilation. The
artist was the “head” of the cake and screamed as it was being cut into. People
say that it was uncomfortable and wrong for a government rep. to be doing. The
artist says,” I didn't intend for anyone to feel singled out or
embarrassed," he said. "But we're talking about female genital
mutilation -- is there any comfortable or cozy way to talk about it?"
Lena has a meeting with the National Association for Afro-Swedes and the group
will be planning her step down and giving up her title. The minister says the
cake was designed as a statement against racism. Critics say otherwise.
“The Actual Inter of the piece- And MAkode Linde’s artistry- is to challenge the traditional image of racism, abuse, and oppression through provocation. It is perfectly obvious that my role as a minister differs from that of the artists. Provocation cannot and should not be an expression for those who have the trust and responsibility of Government representative.”
-Lena Adelsohn Liljer, Culture Minister
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Kidney=Ipad?
How far would you go to get an
Ipad? How about sell one of your organs? A 17-year-old boy joined an online
chat room and sold his kidney. The buyer paid $3,500. The kidney was then used
in an illegal transplant. There is 6000 people every year the dye from lack of
kidney doctors. The teen is not suffering from renal deficiency ( inability of the kidney to excrete metabolites at
normal plasma levels under normal loading, or inability to retain electrolytes
when intake is normal; in the acute form, marked by uremia and usually by
oliguria, with hyperkalemia and pulmonary edema. AKA bad.) and
his health is declining at a rapid pace. But he has his Ipad.
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