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Surgeon Removes Wrong Testicle, Patient Awarded Nearly $900k

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Surgeon Removes Wrong Testicle, Patient Awarded Nearly $900k

A Pennsylvania man became nearly $900,000 richer after a court ruled against a hospital and one of its doctors for removing the wrong testicle during a 2013 surgery.

Steven Hanes was awarded $870,000 in damages after a doctor removed the wrong testicle, PennLive reports. In fact, he was awarded $620,000 for “pain and suffering” and $250,000 for “reckless indifference.”

A jury reached a verdict against J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and Dr. Valley Spencer Long, the doctor who performed the surgery. This was the first time in over 25 years that a plaintiff was awarded money in a medical malpractice case, according to PennLive.

According to the lawsuit, Hanes claimed that he had been suffering chronic pain in his right testicle. As a result, he decided to visit Dr. Long. While other options were available to Hanes, Long had recommended that Hanes receive surgery. However, that’s when things didn’t go as planned, as Long had operated on the wrong testicle, removing the perfectly fine left testicle instead of the right one that Hanes was attempting to receive treatment. Moreover, Fox 6 News reports that based on medical records, the damaged testicle was about half the size of the healthy one at the time of the operation.

According to Hanes, the operation was a due to reckless behavior, as Dr. Long was unable to accurately identify the damaged testicle and ended up removing the wrong one.

“Steve had the right testicle pain for 15 years before he went to see Dr. Long. He wanted to relieve the pain,” said Hanes’ lawyer, Braden Lepisto.

Court documents also claim that Long’s post-operative report had detailed what occurred in the operating room in an off-the-cuff way, stating that the left testicle and cord “may actually have been removed instead of the right one.” As a result, Long’s post-operative report led Hanes attorney to believe that Long might not have any idea that Long had removed the wrong testicle. According to PennLive, Lepisto told the news out that his firm is now investigating a medical malpractice case, where a patient had died while allegedly being under Dr. Long’s care.

While Long is 77 years old and no longer practicing surgery, Steven Hanes can look forward to $870,000 from the medical malpractice case.

Hanes’ lawyer also said that his client had developed a “debilitating fear” of having another doctor look into his situation, due to the fact he had the wrong testicle removed. Moreover, if Hanes does need to have his damaged right testicle removed, he may need to spend the rest of his life receiving testosterone replacement therapy for the rest of his life.

Sony’s ‘Venom’ Will Be in the Same Universe as ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

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Sony’s ‘Venom’ Will Be in the Same Universe as ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

Sony will continue to produce Spider-Man franchise films was questionable following the announcement of Marvel’s production of Spider-Man Homecoming. While Spider-Man is now mixed into the Avengers universe, for at least the next few feature films, anything Sony was planning was reportedly separate from any of Marvel productions.

Then Sony announced to expand the Spider-Man universe by announcing Venom for 2018 with Tom Hardy in the starring role, followed by an upcoming Black Cat/ Silver Sable movie rumored to be in production.

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LOS ANGELES, CA. October 20, 2016: Stan Lee at the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange” at the El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood. (Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com)

But, it looks as though Sony’s Venom storyline could be connected to Spider-Man: Homecoming despite earlier reports. In a recent interview with Kevin Feige and Sony’s Amy Pascal for Spider-Man Homecoming, the two studio executives discussed how the upcoming Venom movie would c to the next Spider-Man: Homecoming production.

Both movies will all take place in the world that we’re now creating for Peter Parker. I mean, they’ll be adjuncts to it, there may be different locations, but it will still all be in the same world, and they will be connected to each other.”

If this news is true, then it makes the upcoming Sony productions far more interesting than they would be just as stand-alone productions. However, it may open the door to complex storylines and plot holes. But, having them at least connected in the same world could open the possibilities of a similar deal between Fox, Marvel, and Sony in what could be a mega-crossover production.

So what does this mean? Is this just wishful thinking or a huge mistake? We will just have to wait and see.

Jay Z is Bailing Out Dads for Father’s Day and Taking On the “Exploitative” Bail Industry

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Jay Z is Bailing Out Dads for Father’s Day and Taking On the “Exploitative” Bail Industry

Jay Z’s production work on Time: The Kalief Browder Story illustrated the rapper/entrepreneur’s commitment to fixing social injustices in America. But, it appears as though the rap mogul is doing more than making documentaries. A day after he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Jay-Z decided to share his thoughts in Time Magazine regarding the bail industry and how it targets minorities in America.

Jay-Z began by recounting his personal history with the jail system. “If you’re from neighborhoods like the Brooklyn one I grew up in, if you’re unable to afford a private attorney, then you can be disappeared into our jail system simply because you can’t afford bail. Millions of people are separated from their families for months at a time — not because they are convicted of committing a crime, but because they are accused of committing a crime.”

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Jay Z and Beyonce Knowles attend the Costume Institute benefit gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York. (JStone / Shutterstock.com)

After explaining the story of Kalief Browder, he focused his argument directly on the heart of the issue, the bail bonds system.

“When black and brown people are over-policed and arrested and accused of crimes at higher rates than others, and then forced to pay for their freedom before they ever see trial, big bail companies prosper,” he wrote. “Every year $9 billion dollars are wasted incarcerating people who’ve not been convicted of a crime, and insurance companies, who have taken over our bail system, go to the bank.”

Jay-Z is doing more than just writing op-ed pieces, he plans on doing something about it.

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“This Father’s Day, I’m supporting those same organizations to bail out fathers who can’t afford the due process our democracy promises. As a father with a growing family, it’s the least I can do, but philanthropy is not a long fix, we have to get rid of these inhumane practices altogether. We can’t fix our broken criminal justice system until we take on the exploitative bail industry.”

This news comes after Jay-Z released a TIDAL exclusive 17, a short film dedicated to fighting social injustice, and selling 33% of his music streaming company to Sprint for $45 million.

Woman Sues Casino That Offered Her Steak Dinner and $2.25 Instead of $43 Million

Reginald Edward
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Woman Sues Casino That Offered Her Steak Dinner and $2.25 Instead of $43 Million

A New York City woman who was offered a steak dinner after staff said her $43 million wins at a slot machine, which was the result of a computer glitch, is now suing the casino for the entire jackpot.

Katrina Bookman took a selfie at New York’s Resorts World Casina in front of the “Sphinx Slot Machine,” as the screen showed her a grand prize winning of $42,949,672.76. When she tried to collect her winnings, a casino employee told her that she had not won. Instead, the casino offered her a complimentary steak dinner and $2.25, the prize the casino operators claim her slot machine actually should have delivered.

Bookman’s attorney, Alan Ripka, told CNN that his client turned down the steak dinner and the two bucks and change. Rather, the Queens woman filed a lawsuit against the casino on Wednesday.

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JAMAICA, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10, 2016: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, New York. JFK-airport-area casino featuring slots, table games, a buffet, food court and bars (Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com)

Ripka is looking for $43 million in damages from the resort. Also, the lawsuit is suing Genting New York LLC, the casino’s parent company, and International Game Technology, the maker of the slot machine for breach of contract, negligent representation, and alleged common-law negligence.

“You can’t claim a machine is broken because you want it to be broken. Does that mean it wasn’t inspected? Does it mean it wasn’t maintained?” Ripka told CNN. “And if so, does that mean that people that played there before (Bookman) had zero chance of winning?”

Ripka says he asked Resorts World Casino what caused the machine to glitch, but he has not received an answer yet, according to CNN. Moreover, Bookman alleges the entire experience has caused her “mental anguish,” according to the complaint.

China Took a Major Step Towards ‘Spooky’ Quantum Internet Communications

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China Took a Major Step Towards ‘Spooky’ Quantum Internet Communications

A satellite from China was flying through space and shooting pairs of entangled photons to two separate locations on Earth to achieve a “spooky” effect known as quantum entanglement. In a study published in the journal Science, the particles ended up separated by 746 miles on the ground, but they remained mysteriously connected as they traveled down.

The quantum entanglement experiment is a significant discovery that could lead to breakthroughs in physics, and perhaps result in the creation of a new global communications network using quantum encryption that would be nearly impossible for anyone to break.

Researchers call quantum entanglement “spooky action at a distance.” For example, if you flipped two coins and every time they landed, one read heads and the other tails, no matter where the two coins landed on Earth. Essentially, you would know what the other coin said just by flipping your coin. As a result, this is a significant scientific discovery.

The experiment was led by Professor Jian-Wei Pan of Hefei University in China. A laser on a satellite orbiting 300 miles above Earth produced entangled photos and was transmitted to two different ground based station 750 miles away, without breaking the link between the photons, according to the report.

Quantum entanglement provides big implications for our understanding of quantum physics, and it could have seriously huge practical uses such as sending coded messages.

China is not the only country working on sending quantum messages. American and European research teams are considering sending quantum based equipment to the International Space Station to test whether changing gravitational fields can change entanglement.

Researchers would compare photos in the weaker gravitational environment of orbit with entangled partners sent to earth. 

Anton Zeilinger, a physicist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, told Science, “There are not many experiments which test links between gravity and quantum physics,” he said. “I’m personally convinced that the internet of the future will be based on these quantum principles.”

Yoga and Meditation Can Change Stress Related DNA, Study Finds – Here’s How It Works

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Yoga and Meditation Can Change Stress Related DNA, Study Finds – Here’s How It Works

Meditation and yoga may be better for your health than just making you feel relaxed. A new study suggests these types of exercises can actually revise stress-related changes to your DNA that is linked to depression and poor health.

In a new paper published in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers analyzed studies from over a dozen of previously published studies, which studied the biological effects of meditation, yoga, breathing exercises and other mindfulness exercises.

As a result, researchers claim the studies showed that these type of exercises help support the expression of genes and genetic pathways that promote inflammation in the body.

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NEW YORK CITY, USA – JUNE 20, 2016: People gather for a yoga class in Times Square to celebrate the Summer Solstice. Manhattan, NYC. (Life In Pixels / Shutterstock.com)

Researchers in the study claim inflammation can temporarily boost the immune system, prevent infection and injury. However, a chronic inflammatory response can negatively affect the human body’s physical and mental health.

Long term stress caused by the environment and lifestyle can have real negative effects and certain traits can be passed on to future generations. Moreover, stressful events trigger the fight-or-flight response and lead to a chain reaction in stress-related changes in the body including activating genes that produce inflammation.

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Wiang Chiang Rung, Thailand – December 23: Monks meditate in Wiang Chiang Rung in Thailand on December 23, 2016. ( Nukul Chanada / Shutterstock.com)

The lead author of the study, Ivana Buric, a Ph.D. student in Coventry University’s Brain, Belief and Behavior Lab in England, says her research “opens the doors to the development and testing of the multi-level theory of MBI (Mind-Body Interventions).

That said, the research claims that further research is needed. “These results need to be replicated in larger samples and with stronger research designs that control for non-specific effects of these practices and for as confounding lifestyle factors, such as sleep, diet, and exercise,” Buric added.

Universal’s ‘Scarface’ Remake to Film in Georgia

Jonathan Antonio
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Universal’s ‘Scarface’ Remake to Film in Georgia

Universal is getting ready for the reboot of the upcoming Scarface. Early this week, news broke that Universal executives are in talks with the director of Fury, End of Watch, and Suicide Squad David Ayers. Now, according to reports, we finally know where Scarface is going to film.

According to Project Casting, Scarface will shoot this summer in Georgia. Explore Georgia reports that Scarface is just the latest movie in the extensive list of new productions now shooting in across the Peach State.

About Scarface

Scarface centers around the rise and fall of a gangster. There have been two previous versions of Scarface, the latest most notably became a pop-culture phenomenon and solidified Al Pacino’s career in Hollywood. Directed by Brian De Palma the movie went on to gross $44 million at the box office.

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Al Pacino at the “Scarface” Blu-Ray DVD Worldwide Launch Party, Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. 08-23-11 (s_bukley / Shutterstock.com)

Initially, critics didn’t praise the movie over the amount of violence, drug use, and profanity in the feature film. In fact, many Cuban expatriates in Miami bashed the movie for portraying Cubans as drug traffickers.

However, years after the film’s release, the film received reappraisal from critics and was considered by some to be one of the best mob movies in history. Even Martin Scorsese praised the film, and the feature film has become a fixture in hip-hop culture.

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Al Pacino at the “Scarface” Blu-Ray DVD Worldwide Launch Party, Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. 08-23-11 (s_bukley / Shutterstock.com)

Diego Luna will star in the movie and play a West Coast Hispanic gangster. The movie will be written by Jon Herman and produced by Dylan Clark via Dylan Clark Productions, alongside Martin Bregman, who produced the 1983 Scarface movie.

Previously, Training Day director Antoine Fuqua was attached to star in the movie. But, dropped out of the production due to scheduling conflicts.

Georgia’s Growing Film Industry

There are over 30 movies and TV shows now shooting in Georgia. Earlier this week news broke Shia LaBeouf’s new movie The Peanut Butter Falcon was going to shoot in Savannah, Georgia this summer. Also, T.I.’s new movie The Trap is ramping up production in Atlanta, Georgia. According to Explore Georgia, Dwayne Johnson’s new movie Rampage is also filming in Georgia this summer.

Health Experts Say Coconut Oil Health Benefits are a Myth

Brent Edward
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Health Experts Say Coconut Oil Health Benefits are a Myth

Coconut oil is as unhealthy as butter, according to American Heart Association.

While Coconut oil is commonly considered as a healthier alternative, US health experts say coconut oil can raise “bad” cholesterol. In fact, the American Heart Associations says no research supports coconut oil as a healthier food alternative.

On Friday, the American Heart Association updated their guidelines on fats, which are found in foods such as butter, beef, and coconut oil. While the organization acknowledges that the majority of saturated fats in the American diet come from animal products, it also says that plant products such as coconut oil can also contain saturated fats as well.

Concerning calorie and fat content, coconut has as many calories as olive oil. But unlike a tablespoon of olive oil, which as one gram of saturated fat, the same amount of coconut oil has 12 grams.

The American Health Association says the high amount of saturated fat content in animal products such as butter and coconut oil can raise levels of “bad” cholesterol. Scientists, nutritionists, and health experts say people should avoid saturated fats because they are linked to high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.

As a result, olive oil is currently the healthier alternative.

Amazon Acquires Whole Foods Market for $13.7 Billion

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Amazon Acquires Whole Foods Market for $13.7 Billion

Amazon rocked businesses around the world on Friday when the company announced plans to buy Whole Foods Markets and enter the grocery retail business. The $13.7 billion deal will take the battle between Walmart and Amazon to a new level.

The deal between Amazon and Whole Foods Markets will shake up the grocery industry as Amazon has been investing and testing new technology to transform the retail industry, such as Amazon Go, now the company has physical locations to test and implement those new technological innovations.

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MONTREAL, CANADA – MARCH 10, 2016 – Amazon shipping box with branded tape on it. Amazon is one of the most popular and biggest online store. (dennizn / Shutterstock.com)

News of the deal sent shares of competing retailers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, and Kroger down as much as 13% as Wall Street investors tried to understand how Amazon’s new purchase will change the grocery industry.

In a statement, Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, and CEO said why Whole Foods Markets is a great business model.

“Millions of people love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organic foods, and they make it fun to eat healthy.” Bezos added, “Whole Foods Market has been satisfying, delighting and nourishing customers for nearly four decades – they’re doing an amazing job and we want that to continue.”

John Mackey, Whole Foods co-founder, and CEO reveals how this partnership will change the grocery retail chain. “This partnership presents an opportunity to maximize value for Whole Foods Market’s shareholders, while at the same time extending our mission and bringing the highest quality, experience, convenience and innovation to our customers.”

Following the news of the deal, Whole Food Market will continue to operate under the name and brand of Whole Food Market and source their goods from trusted vendors and partners. John Mackey will remain as the company’s CEO, and the headquarters will continue to stay in Texas.

Before the deal is finalized, it has to be approved by Whole Foods Market’s shareholders, regulatory officials and other closing conditions. The deal is expected to close by the second half of 2017.

Whole Foods presents a new opportunity for Amazon. Amazon Go introduced a grocery retail world where individuals can go grocery shopping without a checkout counter. Now, with hundreds of Whole Foods Markets across the country, Amazon can implement this new technology and disrupt the entire grocery retail industry. In fact, a report released by the Council of Economic Advisers found that technology will replace nearly all jobs that earn $20/hour and if Amazon decides to implement Amazon Go into Whole Foods, this could potentially change consumer shopping forever.

‘Game of Thrones’ is Now Holding a Nationwide Open Casting Call

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‘Game of Thrones’ is Now Holding a Nationwide Open Casting Call

Are you a huge fan of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones? If so, then I have some amazing news.

According to reports, Elevator Casting is looking for major Game of Thrones fans ages 18 to 30 years to work on a paid on-camera focus group. The casting company is looking for fans of the TV show to talk about their favorite characters and moments on the show. Those selected to work on the focus group will have an interview via SKYPE which will take place on Friday, June 16th.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 20, 2015: “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theatre LA Live.

Game of Thrones is one of the most watched shows on television with one of the biggest fan bases around the world. The seventh season of the hit HBO TV series is set to premiere on July 16th and conclude on August 27th. Unlike previous seasons that had ten episodes, the seventh season will only have seven episodes. Moreover, the show will largely feature content currently not found in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series but will be adapted to the material from the upcoming sixth and seventh novels.

The show was adapted for TV by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The series features a large cast including Emmy award winning actors. Most notably, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headed, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington star in the series. The new season will also introduce new characters.

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