World’s Richest Person: first person from a developing nation

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s Carlos Slim, the son of an immigrant shopkeeper who amassed a $53.5 billion fortune and bought a major stake in the New York Times, became the first person from a developing nation to be named the world’s richest person.

Slim, a telecom magnate, edged out U.S. billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to earn the top spot on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people — the first time a non-American has topped the list since 1994. The jump in position comes following a year in which Slim’s cellphone holdings rebounded in value.

Newest computer touch screen may be your own body

By sharply striking their arms, hands and fingers, users can operate audio devices or a phone. They can also play Tetris.
In the future, you won’t need to carry a computer. You’ll only have to roll up your sleeve.

Researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University are developing a device that will project a touch screen onto the body – in most cases, your hand or forearm. They call the technology “skinput.”

Mistaken mastectomies spark probe of hospital

I don’t know if you may have heard of Dr. Olive Williams and Dr. Barbara Heartwell, the surgeons who has performed mastectomies on patients who did not need them, and were in fact breast- cancer free. Dr.Heartwell now ‘voluntarily’ resigned, but, I cannot but think of the women who were given mastectomies (removing the breats) by mistake, how can they get over that? By the way, I must add, she was considered one of the best surgeons in Windsor. She read the women’s needle biopsy (where they get samples of cells in the breast through a needle to assess them to see if they are cancerous or not) reports wrong, and thus performed an incorrect surgery; that’s just unacceptable! This reminds me of that plastic surgeon last year who didn’t call the ambulance when her patient was bleeding, and in the end the patient died.

Free legal hotline helps newcomers ‘Live person speaking their language’ helps immigrants know their rights, get referrals

Ontario’s first multilingual legal rights support hotline has a message for newcomers and longtime residents alike: You have rights. You can get help.

The knock at the door from the landlord or children’s aid; the unsafe workplace; the child in trouble with the law; the questions about immigration, refugee status or sponsoring a family member can cause fear, shame or confusion, says Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), which is launching the service Wednesday.