Cricket Star Dies

All around the world, flags flew at half mast last Friday. Phillip Hughes, famous cricketer, lost his life on Thursday after being hit by a cricket ball on Tuesday. Hughes was struck in the neck by the ball, causing an artery to burst, which forced blood into the brain area. He was hospitalized for 2 days in a coma. Doctors tried to force the blood out of his brain through his skull, but that did not help. Many mourned the death of the cricketer from nations far and wide to celebrate his life and to show respect for their fallen team-mate.

This a tragedy. Not many injuries in cricket lead to death but Hughes was an exception. The board of directors for the cricket games should reconsider the safety protocols. Even though cricketers wear a helmet, Hughes neck was uncovered which ultimately lead to his death. I believe the board will change the safety protocols to ensure that this tragedy does not happen again.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/australian-batsman-hughes-dies-head-knock-045750053--spt.html

BlackBerry Paying IPhone Users to Switch

BlackBerry will pay Iphone users to switch their own smart phone, the BlackBerry Passport. Starting December 1st, BlackBerry will announce a program stating that if you trade in your Iphone 6 through Amazon or the BlackBerry website, you will receive $400 in trade in value and and extra $150 dollars. However, if you are Canadian, you will receive $200. The phone has to be in working condition for this promotion to apply.

I think this is Blackberry's last desperate attempt to boost sales. I don't think this plan will work because most people will take the money, and then sell the Passport, then buy a new Iphone 6. I predict Blackberry will soon go bankrupt due to these absurd ideas, and soon one great Canadian corporation, will fade into history.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackberry-pay-iphone-users-550-172400516.html

12 Year Old Boy Killed By Police

On Sunday, a 12 year old boy, Tamir Rice, was shot and later died of his wounds. It started when unidentified caller called the police stating someone was brandishing a "probably fake" gun. The officers responded and reported to the scene. One officer told Rice to raise his hands. Rice did not respond and took the toy gun out of his pocket. The gun didn't have the normal orange safety indicator, so the officers fired two shots.

The officers had no right to fire at the boy. It doesn't make sense how a 12 year old boy would have a semi automatic handgun, and the unidentified caller even suggested that the gun might be fake. All of these facts further proves that the officer shouldn't have fired. The officer could of also fired a warning shot saying for the boy to drop the weapon. The boy's family are doing their own investigation to find the truth.

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7275297/tamir-rice-police-shooting

Winnipeg Women Arrested for Hiding Infant's Remanins

Andrea Giesbrecht is a Winnipeg women accused of holding 6 dead infants in a U-haul storage facility. She was arrested outside her home on the charges of concealing 6 dead infant's. If an autopsy report states that the infants were murdered, she could be charged with 6 degrees of murder which is up to 60 years in prison. The hearing is to start tomorrow. 

I have no idea why she would be trying to hide these bodies, unless she did in fact murder the children. This is a terrible thing to do and believe that the courts make her pay with prison time. She should be sent to prison for the maximum penalty for with holding evidence and hiding the bodies.We shall await the sentence on Wednesday.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/andrea-giesbrecht-accused-hiding-infants-113000853.html

Billionaire Wants to Die Poor

Jon Huntsman Sr. is the founder and chairman of Huntsman Corporation an a billionaire who has pledged to give away all of his life's earnings to charity.

Huntsman has already given away 80% of his earnings to the Huntsman Cancer Institute Utah, which adds up to almost 2 billion dollars. He wants to help fight cancer because he has had it 4 times during his lifetime and his mother passed away from it. Huntsman doesn't believe that public funding for cancer forwards the research. He stated that “We’ve tried to have public and private partnerships but you know it’s hard to work with a bureaucracy."  Huntsman will continue to donate his wealth to find a cure to cancer. 

This is one heartfelt story. Mr. Huntsman is doing a great justice by giving up all of his earnings to charity. He, in my opinion, is a hero. He is willing to live with no money at all, at the end of his life, so that other people can live and benefit. I wish there were more people that understand Huntsman's decision and not criticize him. He has lived his whole life with wealth and wants others who weren't, to also have that experience. 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire--i-want-to-be-broke-by-the-time-i-die-211959845.html