The Cultural Health News Blog

What Do You Think About BloomBerg for President?

2020-01-13T23:03:00.002-05:00

Yes, I have been away from our Cultural Health Blog for a while. But in this 2020 Election year Treason Trump and my friends have brought me back, by popular demand. I think this will be the most pivotal election in my life time, if not the most important in the short history of the great "American" experiment. This is not one to sit out.

At a Republican convention ?

The following is an email sent to me from a friend Nman,

Fw: Arrogance is the Bloomberg way: All his billions can’t obscure a history of party switches and imperious behavior

Aunk

I thought you would find this interesting. given the fact bloomberg claims he will keep his money in the race. even if he does not get the nomination. maybe this is the case. if his dislike for trump rivals his love for money. you think trump's attempt to

create an empirical presidency is something. watch out for this guy. trump's action will seem like the minor league compared to president b. he is smart enough to hire the people here and not Russians to create successful game plans to his amassing power.

from Nero to Augustus. as you like to say WOW! the proper order in written history is the reverse but that was then and this is now. trump v Bloomberg. now that's a show i would watch blow by blow every day. i don't think the dems are incline to give us that show. but money is a very powerful thing. it did give us trump the first. i do fine it ironic that trump's fate rest

in the senate. does that remind you of anything historically? not in Kemit.

n-man

Aunk’s Response:

“watch out for this guy. “

Isn’t this the guy who turned 2 terms into three in New York City?

I agree, watch out for this guy!

Given the choice of an idiot Or a smart would be king, i’ll take the idiot because we could probably get rid of him.

“...love for money.”

Yes, a core VIP of the WWV

Let’s hope our fellow citizens are smart enough not to hire another billionaire.

Right now it looks like the Dems battle will be shaping up between Bernie and Biden.

And yes they will need the rich “cultural humanist” money to help them do the heavy lifting.

” ...i do fine it ironic that trump’s fate rest in the Senate...”

And the plot thickens!

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Cultural Literacy Minute:

VIP = Values, Interests and Principles

WWV Western World View

We are divine beings having a human experience.

Amen 👁𓊨

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A Culturally Healthy Reporter Knows Objectivity is Dead

2017-02-03T18:02:00.000-05:00

With the Cultural Terrorist "President" Trump Loose in America the News media is faced with a choice regarding their views on democracy and the role of truth and morality in news production. Lewis Wallace is an example of a Culturally Healthy reporter, who wrote a piece entitled Objectivity is dead and i'm ok with it. It is a must read for all writers, reporters and readers,

Here is what it says:

Like a lot of people, I’ve been losing sleep over the news of the last week. As a working journalist, I’ve been deeply questioning not just what our role is in this moment, but how we must change what we are doing to adapt to a government that believes in “alternative facts” and thrives on lies, including the lie of white racial superiority.

link to piece

I am confident you found the piece thought provoking. The question is, what time is it and what is the state of your Cultural Health? Or for some, the more important question might be what should the state of your Cultural Health be in these challenging times?

After President Obama's election and the risE in the nation's Cultural Health that it seemed to reflect, I put my pen down for a while. However, the Trump tragedy and Wallace's piece is challenging me to pick it up again.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Here is a suggestion. If you hit the tab above on the right marked test it will take you to the Harvard Implicit Association Test for your preference regarding African Americans vs European Americans. I suggest that this is a good way to begin to answer the above questions regarding the status of your cultural health.

After you take the test comeback and let us know how you did and what you think.

Cultural Health requires ACTION to gain traction.

THE END of Summer - Dad & Daughter

2016-10-02T20:20:00.000-05:00

The summer 😎is gone once again but wow was it a great one. In the sun all day everyday swimming 🏊🏿and playing tennis🎾. Life is good and I have been blessed this summer. Take a look at me and my daughter swimming together; commentary and video by my flight Instructer big bill.

With the changing of seasons it's time to get back in the gym 🏋🏾and the latest technology📲.
Me and the Champ swam indoors today so the blessings continue just no more FREE vitamin D, lol. 👍🏿

summer st the pool

900 Million Android Users Go Begging

2016-08-08T11:22:00.001-05:00

Samsung and other iPhone clones have a software bugs. The good news is their is a "fix". However, since there is no standard way to upgrade droids like Apple does or stores, customers have been asked to beg, lol. 😱🆘

See article below:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37005226

This is the bottom line from the article:

"People should call whoever sold them their phone, their operator or the manufacturer, and beg them for the patches," said Mr Shaulov."

In months the malicious hacker open season on stealing android data will get worse. Important recommendation Don't trust your banking data or credit cards on Droids.

My solution? I have an IPhone, iMac, ApplePay etc. Samsung📵

Cultural Poisoning In Tennis

2015-06-16T23:04:00.001-05:00

America's most intractable psychological disorder has been documented and recorded in the "tennis world".

This Article calls Cultural Terrorist Sports Writers and commentators by name for the historical record. It also exposes locations in the tennis world known as bastions of cultural tourism.

See the well done comprehensive June 2015 article below.

WARNING: this article is not for the culturally faint at heart.

Every Serena Williams win comes with a side of disgusting racism and sexism

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8189679/serena-williams-indian-wells-racism

One thing is clear from this article, tennis like modern day soccer and baseball of old has serious cultural health problems to overcome.

How is your Sports Cultural health? Do you shine light in dark places or are you part of the problem?

EverNote Takes 100 Million Users Back to Horse & Buggy Life

2015-02-16T18:41:00.001-05:00

On Febuary 7, in this year 2015 of the Internet, Evernote has Broken a promise to its users by canceling HELLO. in doing so they have said good bye to some of the Remember Everything here philosophy its 100 million customers brought into. 👹

These are Aunk's comments in the Evernote community that I have reproduced here as an open letter to Evernote. 😇

Remember when Microsoft "upgraded" windows and left out the START button? Here we go again. I once made a large investment in a Microsoft group. They lost all my data. I have never spent another Nickel with Microsoft. We have come to expect mediocre from Microsoft as they try to catch the perfectionists at Apple. 👹

But for an Apple developer to make such an error is disturbing at best. 😅

I don't believe you folks screwed up HELLO! I was a 100% EV premium paying fan and have recommended U to countless people. Now I am an 80% concerned user. 😳

Hello was the best acquaintance capturing app in the history of mobile computing. I Hand my IPhone to a smart acquaintance they put in their particulars in hit done and my info goes to them.

PURE ELECTRONIC MAGIC

Now when I need to remember an acquaintances name (I have a photographic memory for faces but not names) I Scan the beautifully crafted minimalist HELLO interface for the face I am thinking of and his/her name and where I met them is right their.

IVE's CLASS INTERFACE BRILLIANCE

and you screwed That uP, WoW! 🙊🙉🙈

I was happy to find this community so that I can express myself. 😵 I have read every word of every comment here.

I hope you understand that when you unnecessarily piss off good customers 90% of them will not take the time to tell u but will tell 100 friends how you trashed their work and screwed 📵them.

The "good" news is my acquaintances are in EVN somewhere and u seemed to have taken the Legacyanyone can do it old fashioned business card scanner section out of the great HELLO and put it in EVN, leaving out the futuristic valuable parts of HELLO!

What U have done is like inventing and selling me an automobile 🚕to replace my horse 🐴👅and then taking it away from me and giving me and automated horse, WTF.

I have tried this card scanner and it seems to do that using the card option on Apple's Camera but seems to do little else. And/or only starts with a scan. I.e. You can change information only if u scan something.

It seems to only work for Business people 👔🔪with a Business card. That is not what was promised.

I and millions like use to drive a round in our cars and remember most of the people we met. Now we and our prodigy have been returned to the day of the horse and buggy. 💤

If U really mean to move this mirical memory aid into the main app. Then tell us, your still loyal customers, this is what u are going to do, and GET BUSY! 🙏👀

Questions:

1. What EVN notebook is my Hello data in (yes I synced it). 🎯

2. Can I merge my "hello" notebook and this new business card notebook. Or can I place these two notebooks in a "stack".

3. How can I use the "Business card scanner " to not scan anything but just allow my acquaintance (who doesn't have a business card) to just enter his information.

4. Can you get the person who invented this automated horse ("Business card scanner") to at least put the quick face scanning hello interface on top of his EVN horse so it at least looks like the car U gave me and promised I could keep.

I will add a question here that I did not Put in the community.

5. Who is Evernote's Compitition?👂

THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMIDS FINALLY REVEALED !!!

2014-12-04T01:52:00.001-05:00

Classical African Civilizaion, Kemet (Ancient Egypt) is the firest place in Recorded history to demonstrate the use of electicity and sophisticated gold plating.

Live and Learn or Crash and Burn

Masque Attack: Why Your iPhone is Probably Safe - Happy Veteran's Day

2014-11-11T11:13:00.001-05:00

"Masque Attack sounds like an ominous threat to the iPhone and iPad because it lets attackers replace legit apps with their own malicious versions. Getting those on your iOS device, however, involves some trickery and interaction on your part. The security flaw is serious, but it isn't likely to hit you."

Aunk's Commentary:

Another example of why Iphone is the mobile computing gold standard in security.

There is not an abundance of big security holes for the bad guys to exploit becauce the ecosystem is a contained well managed envronment.

You will note from this piece that anytime there is the slightest hint of a hole, the globle experts report it publicly, as they also probably have Iphones.

Contrast this with so called "Open" ecosystems like windows and Android. 95% of all malware is targeted at this environment.

As an American on this Veterens Day I am reminded of my constitutional right to be secure in my papers and property. No on in moble computing does a better job of securing that right for me then Job's Apple.

Shout out to my Dad Marlin on this Veteren's Day. Hetep and Respect Dad.

Masque Attack: Why Your iPhone is Probably Safe - The Mac Observer:

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iPhone Getting More Culturally Healthy - New Emoji Coming

2014-11-07T01:30:00.001-05:00

The first Black Emoji will come June 2015

There are 59 different types of food Emoji, but the pictorial smartphone language has been severely lacking in other areas—specifically when it comes to racial diversity."

Racially Diverse Emoji Are Finally Coming to Your iPhone
via Blog this'

Aunk's commentary:

This is an interesting development as technology shrinks our world. The net effect has been more culturally healthy world citizens. This is one more example of how tech can reduce Cultural Poisoning by emulating in cyberspace the ethnic diversity that is the reality here on earth.

Google Flu Trends Found to be in Error

2014-11-04T00:28:00.001-05:00

Without specifically acknowledging criticisms about its accuracy, Google announced Friday it would be making some changes to Google Flu Trends, the service that uses search data to track and predict flu outcomes in the United States and around the world. Specifically, Flu Trends will stop relying solely on search data to make predictions but will begin to combine that search data, continually, with publicly available data from the CDC."

Aunk's Commentary:

This is another example of the Google Grandiose Mediocre mindset. Google does search, data mining and ads at the highest quality. Google also does a lot of other side things mostly mediocre. So if they do this with machines like the Iphone clone Android stuff what would make us think they would do better with humans then with machines.

When it comes to health, I would not trust Google as far as I could through them.

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Google Flu Trends will supplement crowdsourced approach with CDC data | mobihealthnews:

On a positive note, notice the graph at the top that shows flu season. Not that people in America get colds and the "Flu" when sun light (Vitamin D) goes down and cold weather goes up. If memory serves me their is no flu season in Africa near the equator. The moral of the story is take your vitamin D in the winter as a cold prophylactic. I (an African American) go from 10,000 in the summer to 15,000 iu's in the winter. I live in the New York City area. This keeps my blood Vitamin D level at 80 to 90 ng ml.

The key hear is that vitamin D dosage if different for every human being depending on melanin content and other factors. You need to find what dose produces your target blood levels. By the way I have not had a cold to speak of in years.

Apple Pay USAA Caused me to Open Chase Checking

2014-10-26T19:56:00.001-05:00

I wanted to use Apple Pay on my New IPhone 6+ 128g at Wholefoods. I use USSA for my Apple Account, so piece of cake right? Wrong. USAA card was rejected - your bank has not authorized Apple pay yet.

So I walked into my local Chase Branch and opened a checking Account. I got a bank card on the spot. Loaded it into my IPhone by taking a picture of it "successfully" in the bank. Went to Wholefoods and used apple pay for the first time that day.

I learned something from this experience. Chase checking and saving accts are more expensive then USAA, unless you keep a lot of money in them "minimums". But they are free if you are military. They also gave me a free Credit card.

But Chase does not have the expense And category budgeting tools in their Iphone app that USAA has.

Recommendation: USAA move faster to work with the Gold Standard secure Apple folks.

I saw your Alert Apple Pay is coming.

WHEN?

USAA is a great bank for military personal and they have and are leading the banking industry in technology. But they don't have offices on the ground were you can go and do things instantly.

They need to work more closely with the Mobil computing leader Apple so that they don't fall behind in customer service and cause happy customers like me to go to other banks to get services they don't offer.

I was not happy on Apple Pay Announcement day, with NO USAA.

To be clear I like USAA they have been very good in customer service. But chase has been more generous in the available credit area and in being right on the technological curve with the ingenuous A Team at apple. So some money that was planned for USAA may now go into Chase so I can learn about them.

Chase is bigger but looking on the net they have a lot of complaints and stories of dishonesty and closing accounts at the first "sign" of trouble. Just the opposite seems to be true of USAA.

As the ancestor's would say "Keep a sharp Eye"

Manhattan clinic offers holistic medicine to the poor and uninsured

2014-10-03T16:02:00.001-05:00

For the first time, yoga, meditation, acupuncture and other holistic approaches to medicine are being offered to the poor and uninsured through a federally funded clinic on the Lower East Side

Aunk's Commentary:

Now this is a first, government sponsored holistic health services for the non-wealthy in my home town. More evidence that the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) Mind set has shifted the mind share to health care in a way that is beginning to be felt on the ground.

Keep a sharp eyE.

Manhattan clinic offers holistic medicine to the poor and uninsured - Newsday:

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Health Care For $4: Walmart May Be your next Doctor?

2014-09-12T20:26:00.001-05:00

"Goodbye, doctor’s office. Hello, Walmart?

Based on Walmart’s latest moves, it’s not as unlikely as it sounds.

After years of “Will they or won’t they?” discussion, Walmart is making its long-awaited move into delivering primary care: "

Aunk's commentary:

I voted for our President to do three thing when he was elected. He has done two and a half of the three things I hired him to do. The most important of the three was to pass healthcare reform so ordinary hard working Americans could afford health care.

The President's Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) seems to be having some positive unprecedented consequences in making Healthcare Affordable. Imagine going to a health care clinic While you shop at Wal*Mart and it only cost 4$, now that really would be affordable. See the link below for full details.

Health Care For $4: Are You Ready For Walmart To Be Your Doctor?:

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U.S. Open 2014: Serena Williams Beats Caroline Wozniacki for 18th Grand Slam Title

2014-09-08T06:00:00.000-05:00

" was asked last week what the number 18 meant to her.

“It means legal to do some things,” she said, laughing.

But she knew what the reporter was getting at.

“It also means legendary,” she added more seriously."

What a serve, what a forehand! when she is on her game their is no one else in the building.
I watched all her matches and she was outstanding. In the Post final interview she said she really worked hard the last 6 months to get here. My calculator says $4, 000,000 ain't bad for 6 months work.

She is now tied with two of the three legends, and she has gas left in the tank. What a story.

To be continued 2015.

Can't wait for the men's final today, another amazing tennis story emerging.

On a personal note regarding my tennis, I have been on the injured reserve list this year do to a foot injury. but have no fear I'll be back next year.

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Phrae health charter includes traditional medicine

2014-08-17T00:21:00.001-05:00

"The traditional medicinal treatments are carried out by mor muang, a local name for those the villagers call sages, who make medicines from herbs and plants according to formulas passed down since generations.

In Phrae, such medicine textbooks - written on bailan (dried palm leaves) over 100 years ago - were preserved in Wat Phra Luang's sacred library museum. Sung Men district's oldest mor muang is Jamnong Maenya, 76, who lives in tambon Phra Luang. "

It seems to me that it is only common sense to bring all resources to bear on medical challenges unless their is a hidden agenda not related to health.

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Apple Announces Health Kit - Droids go blind!

2014-05-25T08:38:00.001-05:00

The world is expecting Apple on June 2 to announce Health Book (Kit) and rewrite the book on personal bio-metrics even before the Iwatch is announced. The Droid people are worried about Health Kit and the deteriorating health of Droids. Read this important Droid story that the Apple announcements are overshadowing.

Not only is the Apple announcement at their Developers conference about to Blind side the Droid tribe again. But evidence has surfaced that Droid was blind before the conference. Droids don't have a sophisticated motion chip like Iphones M7 chip but we assumed they could tell where they were in space. Well it turns out they can't. (:-(

I have often reported about the importance of getting the most for your money. In portable computing Technology the gold standard is Iphone period. This article demonstrates yet another example of Iphone clone (Droid) mediocrity.

A wise man once said, "you may not always get what you pay for but you never get what you don't pay for".

A new article "Bounden delays iOS to Android port - Google phones' gyroscopes don't work" lays out the details of why cheap is not better and can actually be very bad.

See video below: The Droid "Giro" accuracy is all over the place. In some cases there is no Gyroscope. They really dupe the technologically illiterate by simulating a Gyro using a compass and accelerometer, WOW. The Droids literally do not know where they are

This is a good example why most A class developers create apps for the Iphone first. You write the app once for the gold standard and it runs on all IOS devices. Just for the Droids in this picture the App developer (in this case Bounden) would have to write 6 different apps to run on Droid. The fact is to cover all the Iphone clones (droids) the developer would have to maybe make"100" different Apps. No developers are going to do that.

One of the interesting numbers from WWDC 2014 is that 89% of apples users have the latest operating system (the software the apps live in). but only 9% of Droid users have the latest Operating system. What does this mean to us as users? Think about it if you were a developer (makes apps) would you spend your valuable time writing you great app for the latest operating system of a mobile computing device where only 9% the market could run your app. Or would you write for the 89% market.

The answer is self-evident and this problem with Droids is called fragmentation.

What is worst no one knows how to solve this Google Droid fragmentation and quality problem. Don't believe the hype, open is not always better, mobile computing is two new and for my money just the opposite is true at this point in time.

I had a friend last summer who had received seven droids from his carrier Verizon to try and fix problems he was having. bottom line if you are not up on technology, do your self a favor get the gold standard and avoid all the slapped together junk that is out their.

The best selling phone at all the Major US Carriers is Iphone. If you want to understand why Carriers are sticking their less informed customers with Droids, the answer is simple, MONEY. No, it is not because the Droid is just as "good" as the Iphone, They make more money off Droids. Read the book Dog Fight, it is a good account of the relationship and capabilities of Apple, Google and Microsoft, and the other also rans.

If money is an issue and you are forced to by a cheap phone, I recommend you go with a Windows Phone, at least they are not just trying to clone the Iphone and their quality tends to be better then the patch work of the run of the mill Droids.

Buy American, Buy the Best!

Source:

Bounden delays iOS to Android port after finding many Google phones' gyroscopes don't work:

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Simple Heart Test

2014-05-01T11:09:00.001-05:00

Heart Attack Prevention Test:

Hart attacks are the Number one killer in America. If you have a hart attack outside the hospital you only have a 7% chance of survival. But their are symptoms before a hart attack if you know what to look for.

Take this quick 5 minute test, it could save your life.

http://www.simplehearttest.com/heartsurvey.aspx/?promo_code=1665A-1

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Herb supplements are the most common complementary medicine in US

2014-04-16T11:44:00.001-05:00

"Herbs and other dietary supplements besides vitamins are the most commonly used type of "complementary medicine" (also called alternative medicine) in the United States, followed by visits to chiropractors, yoga and massage, a new report finds"

In 2012, nearly 18 percent of American adults said they took herbs or other supplements that were not vitamins and minerals. Other types of complementary medicine were less common: 8.5 percent said they were treated by a chiropractor or osteopathic physician, 8.4 percent said they did yoga, 6.8 percent said they had a massage and 4.1 percent said they meditated.

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Herb supplements are the most common complementary medicine in US | Fox News:

Veterans get free relief through alternative medicine (Video)

2014-03-21T23:33:00.001-05:00

"Nearly 100 veterans have found relief through Healing Warriors Program, a Northern Colorado nonprofit that provides free and reduced-cost alternative medicine treatments."

For David Sykes, 63, that relief is at the prick of a needle. He travels from Greeley to Fort Collins every other week for acupuncture with Healing Warriors acupuncturist Abbye Silverstein.

The U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran has worked with the program since August and found it to be “very beneficial” in dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, a sciatic nerve injury caused by jumping repeatedly out of choppers and social issues caused by his frustration and pain.

I was in during the Vietnam era and it would have been nice to have this forward looking treatment available then. As the saying goes, better late then never.

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http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20140320/LIFESTYLE09/303200077/Veterans-get-free-relief-through-alternative-medicine

Isle of Wight: MP raises cost effectiveness of complementary medicine

2014-03-09T21:13:00.001-05:00

"THE issue of alternative therapies being considered by officials on the Island has been raised in the House of Commons by MP Andrew Turner."

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Isle of Wight: MP raises cost effectiveness of complementary medicine:

Apple gets Corporate Cultural Health Award

2014-02-06T23:11:00.001-05:00

It Is one thing for heads of state or private citizen to pay tribute to the great African chief and President in Mandela. It is another thing for a company to do so by putting Mandela Front and center on their website.

In a time when many companies stand for nothing in the era of Bankster's, greed is good and mediocre products, apples Moral tone and tenure stand out.

For this I judge that they get the corporate cultural health award for 2013.

Both Jobs and Mandela we're great visionaries that left the world a better place than when they found it.

http://iospop.com/apple-pays-tribute-nelson-mandelas-passing-homepage/

Possible Link Between DDT Pesticide Exposure And Alzheimer's Disease

2014-01-28T14:39:00.001-05:00

Pesticides (poison for pest) that big pharmer infests our foods with is getting more scrutiny for its bad effect disease capability.

Alzheimer (size decreased) brain on top normal brain bottom

Let's take a commonsense cultural health look at Alzheimer's. Pesticides screw up a pest's nervous system, they shake and die. Him what do they tell us about Alzheimer's patients shaking. After forty or fifty years of ingesting pestisides, Humm 2+2=?

We must encourage mediplex's (Medical industrial complex) to stop allowing the FDA to bless stuff that can be harmful to our health.

Possible Link Between DDT Pesticide Exposure And Alzheimer's Disease - Forbes:

Samsung Galaxy S4 caught fire (Video)

2013-12-10T03:46:00.001-05:00

Galaxy S4 Burns while Samsung Sleeps. You won't believe what Samsung is trying to do to their customer. See Video and Samsung Email to customer.

Hetep another Iphone clone (droid) bights the dust. So if you have a problem with your phone take it to a Samsung store for a friendly instant replacement. Oh, they don't have stores, Oh you say it will take 3 weeks if Samsung will replace it after you show "proof" your phone is kaput. Oh, you say they sent you an email to stuff in your mouth so you can not talk about the S4 that burns while you sleep. Email attempts to force you into taking down this video.

Le't Go to the Video Tape

Must be some kind of Republican corporations are people free speech thing.

From Email:
"... on behalf of himself and for his heirs, successors, executors, administrators, agents, assigns, and for any person claiming through or under him, DOES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY RELEASE, REMISE, QUIT CLAIM AND FOREVER DISCHARGE SAMSUNG, .."

So not only does Samsung want to force you not to tell your story as a free human being but they want to prevent your children and your children's children from telling your story.

Well I for one will put this on my blog and tell everyone I know how Samsung treats its customers. Personally I think Sam is done!

Source:
samsung galaxy s4 caught fire proof for samsung - YouTube: "http://youtu.be/dc4duKuPrQ0" 'via Blog this'

Technology Literacy Minute: you may not always get what you pay for but you never get what you don't pay for. Cheep is not better it is cheep.

Stay technologically healthy
Buy American!

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Related story:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Catches Fire, Burns Down Apartment

New Tool to Fight Leukemia Coming To America

2013-12-08T22:21:00.001-05:00

"Human immune cells reprogrammed in the laboratory to attack leukemia helped drive out the blood cancer in adults and children with aggressive forms of the disease, according to studies on the new strategy.

The research, reported today at the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting in New Orleans, showed that 15 of 32 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia experienced a reduction of their cancers and 7 achieved remission. In patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 19 of 22 children experienced complete remission, as did all five adults tested.

The technology has now been licensed to Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG (NOVN) to open international trials, said researcher Carl June, a professor of immunotherapy at the

University of Pennsylvania. Multicenter trials will start in the U.S. next year at 8 centers around the country, and international trials should begin in 2014, he said."

Source: Designer Immune Cells Diminish Cancer in Leukemia Patients - Businessweek:
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I have a friend that has acute leukemia. We were just talking about remission today. He is coming home in Mid December and this new tool along with a healthy diet, exercise, supplements and a visit to an integrative doctor could be very timely indeed.

Let's Go to the Video Tape

Real-World Star Trek Tricorder Raises $10.5 Million in Funding

2013-12-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

The real-world device inspired by Star Trek's tricorder just took one step closer to becoming a reality.

Scanadu, the startup behind a small handheld scanner that measures a patient's vital signs like heart rate and temperature, announced $10.5 million in funding from multiple investors on Tuesday. Relay Ventures led the new investment, which included former Yahoo cofounder and CEO Jerry Yang, that brings the company's total raised to $14.7 million. This will be used to expand the Scanadu team as it seeks FDA approval for the device called Scanadu Scout, said CEO Walter De Brouwer.

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Aunk's commentary.

This is great I will be a customer for sure. I always take my own vitals in between my 6mo Doctor check ups. Now the big one to crack is Blood Pressure without a cuff of any kind a remote blood pressure sensor would be worth its weight in gold. There are Iphone Bluetooth BP devices now and Iphone diabetes devices but to do it in Tricorder mode now that is something.