48 People Shot, 10 Deaths As NYC Turned Into Labor Day Weekend

It was like a scene out of the Wild, Wild West this Labor Day weekend in New York City. 48 people were reportedly shot resulting in 10 fatalities.

The violence started Friday evening and ended Monday night in a shootout that left 2 people dead and 2 police officers wounded in Brooklyn.

32-year-old Leroy Webster shot and killed 29-year-old Eusi Johnson after a fist fight escalated on Franklyn Ave and Park Place around 9 p.m.

A 56-year-old neighbor, Denise Gay, was also killed when stray bullets hit her in the head as she sat on a nearby stoop.

Two of the Police officers responding to the incident were hit by bullets in the arm and chest when a shootout occurred between law enforcement and said gunman.

Both officers, Omar Medina and Avichaim Dickens were taken to area hospitals but their injuries aren't life-threatening.

The Caribbean Parade, which is the highlight for many residents of Caribbean and non-Caribbean roots alike in NYC, was also marred by the weekend violence.There were reportedly 4 people injured by gunfire during the parade. A 15-year-old boy was also hurt.

Throughout the weekend, there were reports on television, Facebook, Twitter and in the streets, of the "24 shooting in 24 hours." And that was early in the weekend. Mayor Mike Bloomberg weighed in on the shocking violence, saying "it's got stop..there are too many guns on the street and something has to be done about it."

The violence started on Saturday morning when a 35-year-old woman was shot in the Saratoga area of Brooklyn. The bloody weekend continued with 48 more shootings, from the Bronx spanning all the way to Far Rockaway and Beach Channel in Queens.

Sunday morning, a teenager in the Bronx, 17 year old Dasilva O'neil, opened fire in a party, shooting 8 people.

Another unbelievable 5 shootings took place in separate incidents within an 18 minute period on Sunday evening in the Channel Beach section of Queens.

An 11 year old boy, Shaquan Walters, was the youngest shooting victim, when he was injured during a backyard BBQ in the Bronx.

Among the dead is a 24-year-old man who was shot in the head in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn approximately 10:00 p.m. Sunday.

When the dust settled and despite having over 600 police officers present on the streets for the busy weekend, a total of 10 people were reportedly killed in the violent mayhem.

Many are calling this the worst violence they've seen in NYC in decades.

What have you done on your level to stop corruption?

Its a dog’s life (for most), Sayeed Mohammed, a disabled crab seller, who lives in Mumbai is disadvantaged thrice over: he’s poor, physically challenged, and being a Muslim, he’s part of the minority. His existence may not very different from Rani, the dog he’s interacting with. More than 40 per cent of India, lives on less than Rs 50 a day, with which they can barely feed themselves; let alone buy clothes, get an education or have access to clean drinking water and sanitation.

India has one of the largest illiterate populations in the world, with the highest number of labourers under 14 years of age. A UNESCO report estimates that 72 million primary school children are not in school, with a staggering 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations. India holds claim to 17% of the world’s population, and one-third of the world’s poor. The World Bank estimates that 41% of Indians live below the poverty line, in situations of abject scarcity.  In many villages, women have to walk distances of 2.5 to 5 km to fetch water. This time spent in fetching this water is equivalent to 150 million women days, and translates into a loss of 1000 crore per year. the UN estimates that four children die every minute in India, from tragically preventable illnesses, with nearly 1000 children dying every day from diarrhea alone. The whopping 35% of population that live without access to electricity in India. Sex-selective abortion has grown into a Rs. 1000 crore industry, and India’s sex ratio is skewed to the point of 940 females for every 1000 males and not to talk about the Miss Mayawati who spend millions and millions of rs in just building some statues..... 


I guess these are bigger issues. Anna Hazare raised voice but i feel its against a wrong thing. Including pm and judiciary in lokpal are least concerned factors then the one i quoted above and it surely is distracting both people and the people in concern from looking into the major issues that india is facing. Getting support from people is one thing but getting it for right purpose is another. How will this all mass revolution help "Sayeed Mohammed"( and many others ) who i started this post with? Identifying the real problem is most important.


And all those writting slogans and praising anna in this act, just a simple question, What have you done on your level to stop corruption? Does filling social networking sites and raising the TRP of new channels solve the issues? 

Best Touch screen phones smartphones

A touch of a finger can actually connect you to the world, all credits to the touch screen phones available today. These phones have wide domain from smartphones to multimedia as well as music phones. There is a touch screen phone for every person in the market. Not only these phones provide flexibility but they also make work done faster with function likes pinch to zoom, flip and swipe. The hype for touch screen phones is pushing the smartphone manufacturers to come up with phones that offer the best possible sophistication to the users. The best touchscreen phone means it has a larger screen size, a better display resolution, a better user interface and of course a longer battery life. Listed below are the top-notch touch screen phones of 2011.

1.Apple iPhone 4

Apple iPhone 4, released a year ago is the most powerful iphone in the smartest and sleekest dominion. It has stunning looks with 3.5-inch LED back-lit IPS LCD display with the resolution of 640x960 pixels which is also known as "Retina Display". It possess a fast A4 processor with lots of RAM, the 5 megapixel camera takes great stills and HD videos. It gives a longer battery life than previous iPhones. The gadget supports many iOS 4 features including multitasking. You can bag this gorgeous device for 36,500.
2.LG Optimus Black

LG Optimus black has been available in the market for some time now. Powered by Nova Technology, it delivers the brightest and the most readable screen. It claims to d

isplay 700 nits of brightness. The Optimus Black utilizes the Texas instruments OMAP 3630 chipset that includes a 1GHz single core processor along with a PowerVR SGX530 GPU. The phone also features a 512 MB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage which works well with the TI chipset and enhances the experience for the user. It's priced at 19,000.
.Samsung Galaxy S II

Looking at sales record of Samsung's new Glaxy S II that reached up to 3 million unit in 55 days, it surely is the hottest phone available in the market today

. It features the latest 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen display with the resolution of 480x800 pixels. It remits more vibrant, contrast and sharp images on the screen as well as better viewing angles. It has 1GHz processor, GPS, HSDPA/HSUPA, HD video recorder, generous built-in memory (8GB or 16GB) and the latest Android operating system. It features 8-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot and has excellent battery life. This device costs 28,500
Palm Pre

It could be an understatement if we say Palm Pre is just a phone, rather it is a legacy. The display resolution of this phone is 480x320 with 3.1-inch wide screen. It has emb

edded 3G with Wi-Fi and GPS. The company provides a keyboard and Bluetooth with Palm WebOS operating system. It has 8GB memory with battery life up to 5 hours. It can cost you around 21,535.
Motorola Droid Bonic

The Motorola Droid Bionic features a 4.3-inch screen display with 512MB RAM and 1GHz dual core processor with 960x540 qHD resolution, being the highest resoluti

on of any Android phone for this time around. The texts and images on the display look sharp and bright. It has 256 MB memory size and is GPS and 3G embedded. The phone runs on Android 2.0, which also has a multi-touch keyboard and Bluetooth. It features 8 megapixel camera with LED Flash with a HD video recorder and a digital player. This device can give you a pocket pinch of 30,000.

Google+ social media arena is the addition bykey features include google feature

. Google+

Perhaps the biggest change in the social media arena is the addition of a major new platform by Google, Google+. Although the platform is still in beta at the time of this writing, it will almost certainly become a major player in the social media arena.

Of course, the number of users on Google+ is currently limited to those who can get invites, but once Google opens it to the general public I expect that it will take off. With Google as a backer, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this one advertised on mainstream media either–Google certainly has the resources to wage a full scale campaign.

I’ve been fortunate enough to be one of the early adapters of Google+, and my initial reaction is mostly positive. This platform directly addresses many of the concerns that users have had with Facebook and other social media tools (such as the ability to control who sees which information). In addition, Google+ has the potential to become an all-in-one platform since other Google tools are already incorporated. I also understand a business platform is on the way.

Some key features include:

• Circles. Divide your contacts into categories. You get to choose which circle can see which information.
• The Plus. The plus of Google+ allows you to vote on virtually everything on the Internet. Ultimately, this will impact search engine rankings.
• The Hangout. Chat with up to ten of your contacts at the same time.
• The integration. Google offers a large number of tools already (such as Google Documents, Analytics, email, etc.). Now they are all integrated with Google+.

Google+ is definitely one to watch and it might well eventually become a social networking standard for freelancers and other small businesses.

Google’s Android has taken the top Spot smartphone platform from Nokia’s Symbian

Reuters Nokia’s Symbian that Nokia’s Symbian is no more a number one smartphone platform in the world because Google’s Android has taken the top Spot.

In the fourth quarter, phone makers sold 32.9 million Android-equipped phones globally, roughly seven times more than the year-earlier quarter, compared with Symbian’s sales of 31 million, according to Research firm Canalys.

It is no more a great surprise that the free, multi-operating system is shipping more units then a single hardware manufacturer. So the start of the new era for Nokia comes up with the big competition with the Google Android.

Android goes on top when they come up with the new device Samsung Galaxy S in 2011 which hits the market positively. And every new update in OS comes up with the new features, more tones that polish their services. Google claims that more than 300,000 are being devices activated on daily basis this shows the strength of their device and the future growth.

Folks are that Nokia have not had it quite so good. Google have launched Android 2 years back and got top rank in market share where as Nokia slump from almost 50% to less than 31%.

Along with the new Chief Executive Stephen Elop at the helm, and the farmer Swedish giants will be hoping to move in right direction sooner rather then later. Probably include the use of Android on its handsets? That is the rumor which is revolving around the web on different blogs and article sites. Nokia need more up to date OS to fill its deficiency and where as Google is strengthened with every new release.

At last iPad 2 jailbreak is now released check its review & feature

JailbreakMe 3.0 by Comex is close to release, so at last iPad 2 jailbreak is now released. This is good news for iPad users, as they have gone through lot of rumors and now finally it’s available for jailbreak.

Ipad 2 jailbreak uses PDF to exploits similar as used in previous versions and you does not required connect with Pc.

Those who want to jailbreak ipad 2 just Go to JailbreakME website on your iOS device, first update your iOS to 4.3.3. Instructions on how to jailbreak iPad 2 are available shortly.

I would like to thanks Comex personally for his efforts to make iPad 2 jailbreak Possible.

Firmware versions supported:
● iPad1: 4.3 through 4.3.3
● iPad2: 4.3.3
● iPhone3GS: 4.3 through 4.3.3
● iPhone4: 4.3 through 4.3.3
● iPhone4-CDMA: 4.2.6 through 4.2.8
● iPod touch 3g: 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
● iPod touch 4g: 4.3 through 4.3.3

How to Enable Facebook - skype Video Calling in Chrome, I. E OS X Lion Safari & Firefox browsers .

Day ago Facebook launched Skype-powered video calling, it is only compatible to major versions of Mac and Windows and OS X Lion is not supported. Here is a guide to get Facebook video chat on OS X.

Here is a tweak to get Facebook video chat compatible to your operating system. To make this working you need to change browser user –agent.

Safari Users

Users having latest version of safari on Lion follow these steps

Got to System Preferences> Advanced and enable Developer menu. You will see new option on menu bar “Develop” Click it. And Now click User Agent> Safari 5.1- Mac that’s it!

You just have to change the user agent that will work with Facebook Video Calling service have tested Safari 5.1(Mac), 5.0.1(Mac) and enjoy… below is a picture to get clear view of it.

Firefox Users:

Those who are using Firefox just install a Add-on User-Agent-Switcher for fooling Facebook and switch to internet Explorer 8 from tools.

Chrome Users:

Like Firefox chrome has a very big collection of plugin and it very easy to use just install User-Agent Switcher plugin and click on icon near to address bar and use Explorer 8

Final Step: just go to Facebook.com/videocalling and get started! Enjoy video calling J

As Facebook launched Skype-powered video chatting and this will be added in response of Google+ powerful features. This feature will add value to 750 Million Facebook lovers to chat with friends more closely.

Obama administration is in talks with the Maliki government in Iraq to continue a significant U.S. military presence in Iraq

Even though many Americans are becoming weary of the global involvement of the U.S. in Iraq and elsewhere, the Obama administration is in talks with the Maliki government in Iraq to continue a significant U.S. military presence in Iraq after the deadline at the end of this year for withdrawal.

While the security situation may be part of the reason another reason given for staying is the continuing influence of Iran in the country. However keeping troops in Iraq seems to me a sure way of actually increasing the power of those supportive of Iran. Even if this does not happen the move is sure to increase not decrease violence as attacks will increae against the U.S. troops.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen confirmed today that the Obama Administration is already in talks with Iraq's Maliki government on the continuation of the American military presence in the nation beyond December. The U.S. administration has been putting pressure on the Maliki government for months trying to force the government to ask the U.S. to keep troops in the country. The U.S. then often makes silly official statements to the effect that if the U.S. were asked to keep troops they would consider the request. This is nonsense since in effect the U,S, has been doing everything possible to ensure that the request is made. THe U.S. wants to keep troops in Iraq as Mullen's statements show clearly.

According to Mullen, the talks are now centering entirely on Iran, reflecting the administration's current efforts to blame escalating violence on Iranian influence over Shi'ite militias. Officials have claimed certain weapons the militias are using contain "Iranian materials," which Mullen described as "proof" of the Iranian government's involvement. However, some of the violence has been by Sunni groups and Al Qaeda rathe than Shiites.

Mullen insists that the Iraqi government must help the US to "control" Iran's influence in the country. Iran's government has close relations with the Maliki government, and the US seems keen on splitting the two up. I really find it hard to fathom this policy. The U.S. has been occupying Iraq for years. The Shiites who are often favorable to Iran are a majority and are now in control in the government. They probably are much more interested in controlling the influence of the U.S. rather than Iran in their country. '

If the U.S. stays then groups such as the Al Sadr bloc will in effect declare war on the U.S. troops and no doubt cause the Maliki government to fall. Is this what the U.S. wants? Does the U.S. recognise this and intend to use the increased violence as another reason to stay? Neither the Iraqi public nor the U.S. taxpayer may be willing to put up with that.

President Obama plan to sellout crush Social Security and Medicare to raise the debt ceiling before the August 2 deadline

Social Security will use up its huge trust fund in 2036 one year earlier than was projected

President Obama may go down in history as the worst democratic president on record. His latest plan is to sellout his own party and crush Social Security and Medicare in exchange for what will likely amount to meager revenue increases from closing tax loopholes on millionaires and GOP votes to raise the debt ceiling before the August 2 deadline for default.

The Obama sellout comes under a threat some have called outright blackmail by Tea Party Republicans, who are determined to steer the country down the path to ruin by catering to the demands of corporate interests who want the middle class and poor to subsidize taxpayer funded rebates and tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

If republican demands are not met, the GOP says it will force the United States to default on its debt. The insuring result has been widely acknowledged as an economic catastrophe of unimaginable proportion.

If the Obama deal goes through, Social Security recipients should expect their benefits to decrease year after year, since benefits will be tied to the Consumer Price Index instead of Cost of Living increases.

Outraged democrats, including members of the Progressive Caucus and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have pledged to fight Obama on any cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Furthermore, financial supporters of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign have vowed to pull their support if the president abandons the Democratic Party's commitment to Social Security and Medicare.

On Thursday, Pelosi said Social Security should not serve as a ‘piggy bank' to fund tax cuts for the rich.

The Social Security program does not add to the deficit since it is funded through payroll deductions.

Facebook to team up with Skype for video chat services

Facebook to team up with Skype for video chat, say reports

Sources have claimed that Facebook and Skype are collaborating for extensive integration of the social network in the next version of Skype’s software.

The sources have mentioned that now the Facebook members would also be able to video chat live with other members.

Some other sources have left their critiques saying this is all rumor. According to rumors and speculations Facebook is getting ready to release a video chat product, directly integrated into the social network.

The rumor is said to have released by TechCrunch source. TechCrunch is close partner of Facebook and Skype.

Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that Facebook is planning to release an “amazing” new product. But, the source manipulated his saying that the new service will be built on Skype and will include a desktop component. The source also mentioned that the feature would involve very deep integration between the Skype and Facebook products.

There are still many questions about what this partnership means: Will Skype eventually brings in-browser voice and video chat to Facebook’s site?

A new treatment for depression Patients

Patients with mild or moderate depression may benefit little from antidepressant medications

ROCHESTER MINNESOTA USA.

Not all people who become depressed, can handle antidepressants, because of their side effects, and a lot of the time the medications are not effective.

Now a new treatment, with barely any side effects is on the market.

A new treatment, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, (TMS) has been approved by the FDA. This treatment also helps people who are resistant to the usual pill type antidepressants.

It uses technology, yo change brain functions. It can treat, psychotic disorders, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders.

TMS, works at its best, for people with moderate, to hard to treat depression, the Mayo Clinic reports, and works best for people who cannot tolerate normal antidepressants.

A TMS device, according to the Eastern Virginia Medical School, makes a magnetic field that goes through the brain, and causes a calming effect in the brains cortex.

In a way, the magnetic field stimulates cells that vastly improve depression.

The great thing about this treatment, is that there is no pain, or side effects, but in a few cases, mild headaches are noticed, and muscle pain, which soon recedes

The cost is reasonable, and can take a few days to start working.

Ban Novel Interlock as its shaming of Malaysian Indians

A group of protesters urge the government to ban the controversial Malay literature textbook "Interlok"

Writers and their writing, and the right to write must not be subjected to scrutiny or ridicule. Burning of books must be condoned as an act of infringement against literary rights. Freedom of expression of authors must be allowed to flourish so that the nation can harvest the best of artistic expression. The information revolution has broken the myth that information is not the birthright of a privileged few. Books which are even perceived as insulting and prejudicial to some segments of society; and even these writings must not be curtailed or truncated of their intellectual propriety rights. Notwithstanding the freedom of expression, books which have been chosen as part of a compulsive school curriculum must be meticulously checked for the reliability of the content, the age group this material will be exposed, and their implication on the multi racial students. The issue unfolding now regarding this controversial novel ‘Interloke’ is basically the offensive contents in the novel, which are considered as derogatory and demeaning to the Indian community, which the Government is insisting it must be used as textbook for Malay literature for Form five students at all cost in appeasing Umno to safeguard their fragile support. The prerogative of any responsible Government would be to swiftly react to rectify and remedy the problem, rather than bulldozing to be used, regardless of all the concern shown. Muyideen Yasin the deputy PM on the 29th of January announced the formation of an independent panel comprising various NGOs to amend and remove the offending parts of the novel and continue the novel as textbook. He also reiterated that the novel is good in nurturing and strengthening unity among the people. His proposal of amending the novel is the pinnacle of all ideocrazy.It’s mother of all stupidity. It is the ultimate insult to any writer, it’s better to remove it as textbook rather than to demean the author. The government’s indifference and lackadaisical attitude in not condoning historical inaccuracies among adolescents on the pretext that a purported national literary laureate has penned some scum is great disservice, and contrary to what the government is unleashing now as the One Hypocrisy Malaysia policy. The BN governments BTN programs has already poisoned a great number of our Malay students in higher educational institutions and now unwittingly the process of racial supremacy and the and Great race concept like Aryan race of the Nazis will be envisaged earlier in secondary school, to sow racial hatred. The pejorative word of pariah was used in the novel as to imply that the majority of the Indians are as such. The author’s intention may not be; to demean or insult the Indians, but his writings will have grave consequences among the students in future to belittle their fellow Indian students. The Indians as any other race have their own problems and weaknesses which they are aware and they are promulgating reforms and are committed in changing their very own apartheid system. It is an insult to injury to write something which is factually and contextually incorrectly, which will only succeeded in demeaning the already marginalised and helpless Indians. The MIC the coalition partner of Barisan Nasional only came out with statements not to derail the Indian support for 30th January Tenang by election. The electoral defeat of Umno in the March 2008 election has made them ultra sensitive in their drive towards the winning back of the Malay votes to their fold. The sprouting of extreme Malay ethno religious organizations under the covert support of Umno is sensationalising even the pleading of their legitimate rights of Non Malays as acts of treason against the Agong and the nation. Police reports were made regarding this as an affront to Malay Rights and the royalty. The call to remove the interlock novel as the textbook for Form five Malay literatures by some Indian Ngo’s is considered by the Malay supremacist organisation as treasonable and insulting the Malay rulers. When the novel ‘Shit’ was written by the National Laureate Dato Shannon Ahmad in 1999, Umno called for its banning because of the purported allegorical reference of Barisan National and Mahathir and his continues clinging to power, and it was deemed to be anti Islamic. The then Ministry of education called for the cancellation of Dato Shahnon Ahmad’s National literary award given in 1982 just because the writer was from PAS and critical of the PM.The National Malay Literary Organization didn’t make any police report against the government for defiling a prominent author when the government media insulted Shahnon Ahmad. This double standard of the ruling clique is very obvious now as they are on war path on all those opposed to the novel. The non Malays of late have been victim of racial slurs and insults by School principals, teachers and Ministers. As such calling for the books to be removed as text book for the subject of Malay literature to the harmonious racial relationship must not be perceived as affront for the freedom of expression; it is a desperate cry of the Indians to be treated with dignity. Their ancestors might have been instrumental in civilising the people in South East Asia one thousand eight hundred years ago; bringing language, religion and culture to the region, but the irony is that, now they are considered and treated like savages. The only solution of this quagmire is the removal of the novel from school rather than ‘amending’ as per our Deputy PM’s great innovation idea. May be the novel ‘shitt’ should be introduced in schools which will at least ignite some flames of change and maturity among our mundane schools.

Court rejects Tymoshenko's petition to withdraw judge

The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has rejected a petition filed by former Ukrainian Prime Minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko regarding the withdrawal of the judge who is considering a criminal case against her on Friday.

Earlier, Tymoshenko's lawyer, MP Serhiy Vlasenko demanded the withdrawal of Pechersky District Court judge Rodion Kireyev. While calling grounds for the disqualification of the judge, Vlasenko said that the case had been submitted to the court in direct violation of the law, in particular, invitations to the court meeting had been sent on the weekend.

In addition, he noted the dependence of the presiding judge, Kireyev, on First Deputy Prosecutor General and member of the Higher Council of Justice (HCJ) Renat Kuzmin in terms of dismissal and disciplinary action, as Kireyev was appointed as a judge not for life and can be dismissed under a motion from HCJ members. Vlasenko said that it was Kuzmin who had signed the indictment against Tymoshenko.

Tymoshenko, in turn, supported the petition to withdraw the judge.

"You have no right to hear the case," Tymoshenko said, while addressing the presiding judge.

"First of all, you have worked as a judge for about two years, and you have no experience. You were transferred to this court a month ago under a decree signed by [President Viktor] Yanukovych. A judge, who has no experience and who was transferred to the Pechersky District Court a month before political cases, cannot consider this case," Tymoshenko said.

Tymoshenko described the judge as "a figurehead of the Yanukovych administration" and said that he had been appointed to this post to falsify the trial.

Reggae superstar and Grammy winner, Buju Banton, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in Federal prison For buy cocaine

Reggae superstar and Grammy winner, Buju Banton, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in Federal prison.

The sentencing, handed down in a Tampa, Florida courtroom, is as a result of 3 convictions related to cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

37 year old Banton was arrested in Miami back in December 2009 for allegedly trying to buy cocaine from an undercover officer.

That charge ended in a mistrial last September but the singer was retried and found guilty this February on conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense.

According to The Cleaner, a Jamaican website, Banton, who is a Rastarfarian, will be allowed to keep his trademark dreadlocks and practice his Faith while behind bars.

However, the singer will reportedly not be allowed to record or distribute any new music.

Banton, born Mark Anthony Myrie July 15, 1973 on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica, has sold numerous records on topics dealing with social and political issues. He was also known for his ant-gay lyrics. His 1988 Song 'Boom Bye Bye' advocated burning 'batty boys' a Jamaican slang for gay men.

Some say it was this anti-gay stance that caused his arrest and convictions. Many of his fans and supporters believe this was a conspiracy to 'get' the reggae singer as pay-back.