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Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive ‘Science Experiment’

What Kiera Wilmot claims started as a harmless experiment is now a nightmare for the 16-year-old Florida native.

Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, “[A] police report … indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil – a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion.”

One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to see what would happen when those chemicals mixed.

The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle’s top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.

WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.

According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.

Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. “She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there,” Pritchard said. “We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn’t take off.”

Wilmot’s school district released the following statement about the incident, according to the Miami New Times:

Anytime a student makes a bad choice it is disappointing to us. Unfortunately, the incident that occurred at Bartow High School yesterday was a serious breach of conduct. In order to maintain a safe and orderly learning environment, we simply must uphold our code of conduct rules. We urge our parents to join us in conveying the message that there are consequences to actions. We will not compromise the safety and security of our students and staff.

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Readers:  Let’s just tell it like it is – getting “expelled” is the least of her worries.  Here we have a young girl expelled and arrested, and charged with two felonies, for a science experiment that harmed no one,  and yet we have the parents of yesterday’s story accept a gift of a gun for a 5-year old, who then kills his sister by accident, will have to live with it for the rest of his life,  and the parents go free from responsibility, any sort of negligence. Not to mention that the white kids in the Boston tragedy are called naive teenagers, while this much younger black teenager is being prosecuted as a terrorist.  There is something very wrong here.

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Linsey:  Not my word but my thoughts exactly. I HOPE you were out in the sunshine having fun.

Peace out.

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What kind of parents would accept a gun as a gift for their 5-year old, and not know that there is a round in the chamber, which ends up killing their 2-year old?  Stupid, irresponsible, negligent parents, and no doubt one’s got a little dick, if you ask me. And let’s throw in that they should be charged for child abuse too since we’re at it because that’s my opinion too.

And hey, while we’re at it, you can thank the NRA for their sick yet clever marketing of the Crickett Rifle, making it okay and accepted by stupid people who would consider gifting a gun to a 5-year old. What’at? No child should have a gun. Period.

Here’s a short write from the Huff Po, that gets to the meat of it:

Kentucky Shooting: Boy, 5, Shoots And Kills 2-Year-Old Sister, Police Say

BURKESVILLE, Ky. — Authorities in southern Kentucky say a 2-year-old girl has been accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother, who was playing with a .22-caliber rifle he received as a gift.

Kentucky State Police said the toddler was shot just after 1 p.m. CDT Tuesday in Cumberland County and was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the children’s mother was at home at the time.

White told the newspaper that the boy received the rifle made for youths last year and is used to shooting it. He said the gun was kept in a corner and the family didn’t realize a shell was left inside it.

White said the shooting will be ruled accidental.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

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Want to read more? Here’s a write from my local news station:

Guns for Kids Marketing Debate Ignited by Latest Child Death

Peace & Love….

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…hooray, hooray! Outdoor _________begins today.

Good morning!

Please add whatever suits you in the above sentence.

May 1st is a holiday of many…maybe even more than any other day of the year. It’s a day of political protests. It’s a neopagan festival, a saint’s feast day, a day for organized labor, international Workers’ holiday. In many countries, it is a national holiday.

Many are protesting around the world for better working conditions. Here’s a video and short write from Voice of America. With the tragedy that happened at a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh recently, there is good reason to protest.

May Day Rallies Held Around the World

Workers around the world are taking to the streets Wednesday to mark International Workers Day, also known as May Day, with marches and calls for higher pay and better working conditions.

A May Day labor union strike in Greece has disrupted ferry service to the Greek islands and public transportation in Athens where demonstrators are protesting against prolonged economic austerity policies.

Workers across Spain, where the unemployment rate has rocketed to 27 percent, are holding rallies to call for economic policy changes.

In the Philippines, demonstrators are marching in Manila to demand the government protect their jobs. They also want the government to stop hiring contract workers who do not enjoy the same rights and securities of regular, full-time employees.

Laborers in Cambodia are calling on lawmakers to increase the minimum wage for garment workers.

Police in Istanbul, Turkey Wednesday clashed with people marching towards Taksim Square, the usual site of May Day celebrations.

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Readers: I’ve worked many years in the fashion industry. It is truly sad and unacceptable what still goes on in this industry and so many other industries where workers work in such horrific conditions. Are you protesting today? Involved in a rally? Celebrating Spring? What will you do on May Day today where you live? Blog this BABE.

Me? I’m HOPEing my May Day will include some fun today. I can imagine myself having a little pleasure on the May pole, feeling the first bursts of Spring. You? And now that the weather is warming up, perhaps Zen Lill, will send me a pic in her new fave spring outfit for all of her admirers to enjoy? Wouldn’t that be nice.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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michelle

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Good morning!

This is so awesome, amazing…and so cool.

WATCH: The Incredible Power Of a Single Pair Of Glasses

It all started with Date Night.

My wife and I received advice long ago that Date Night was the key to a successful marriage.

We had plans, but a friend came by and asked if we wanted to go to an art show instead.

That was the night I was introduced to Tempt.

When we got to the show there were posters and signs everywhere saying “TemptOne Benefit.” There was a palpable buzz about the place. I kept hearing people talking about this Tempt. Even the art on the walls by incredibly famous artists had his name worked into them. After being there a while and hearing about this Tempt, I finally asked “So where is this guy anyway?” The answer was shocking. “He lives in a hospital. On life support. He’s completely paralyzed. He has ALS.”

Tempt in his hospital bed. Photo credit: Mick Ebeling.

Since that night, my life has never really been the same.

The EyeWriter has been a journey, and due to the nature of ALS it’s a never-ending one. It started in 2008, and it continues on today.

I am often asked, “Why did you do it?” The first time I heard this question, I was caught off guard. I had never really thought about “why” I did it. I was always just focused on the “how” to get it done.

I boiled the HOW down to 3 things:

1. Singularity of focus.

We weren’t trying to create the next big thing. We didn’t have visions of revolutionizing the medical device industry. We wanted to help Tempt. One person. I think that had we gone in with visions of sugarplums and tried to help all people with ALS, we would have missed the mark of creating something that helped Tempt because we would have been so distracted. Singularity of focus kept us and keeps us on track.

2. Give it away.

Giving something away is a powerful thing, but I had no idea how powerful it really is. When we first created the EyeWriter in the living room of our house, it was decided that if we were going to make this thing to help Tempt draw again, then it had to be open source. Understanding the practice of open source within the software world did not prepare me for what this philosophy was capable of when applied outside of the world of programming. I can say, without a doubt, that the act of giving the EyeWriter away was one of the most important and powerful components of the project. We made a documentary about the EyeWriter journey called “Getting Up: The Tempt One Story.” (We want this story shared so we are giving it away at gettingup-thedoc.com.)

The open-source design of the EyeWriter. Photo credit: Mick Ebeling.

3. Beautiful, limitless naivety.

After our documentary premiered in Park City, a group of computer programmers approached us to tell us how much they enjoyed the film. They told us that since seeing our film they had been discussing amongst themselves why they thought we had succeeded. Their consensus? “If you had any f***ing idea how hard it was to do what you did, there was no way you would have done it in the first place.” They had discussed this idea amongst themselves and concluded that they should become more like us. “Clueless?” I asked. “Sort of… more like naive,” they replied. Turns out, our naivety was the key to us tackling the EyeWriter with brave abandon. We didn’t know that we weren’t supposed to be able to do it. We didn’t know that kind of thing doesn’t really happen in 2.5 weeks. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. And because of that, the entire team just did it because no one ever contemplated or considered the concept of failure.

Now the WHY.

Since this project has been ongoing since 2008, I’ve had some time to think about the “why.” Why I pushed so hard to make the EyeWriter for a person I didn’t really know at first. Why it was so successful. Why it seems to touch people in such a powerful and meaningful way.

I did it for my brother. I did it for my dad. I did it for my sons. It’s really that simple.

The day I met with Stephen and Ron, Tempt’s brother and father, it was like looking in a mirror that somehow, luckily, had avoided me.

I am a father. I have sons. I have a brother. I could not imagine what it would be like to not be able to talk to them everyday and ask them what they were thinking or feeling. Basic communication was nearly impossible for Tempt. That struck me as wrong.

Mick Ebeling demos the EyeWriter. Photo cred: Mick Ebeling.

Why did I do it? Because I don’t think anyone who has stared face to face with a reality like that can just walk away and say, “Good luck. I hope everything works out for you.” You can’t walk away from someone or something that hits that close to home. I had no idea how it was going to affect my life — or more importantly — how I was going to pull it off. But I knew I could not, in good conscience, just walk away.

What is it in your life that you just can’t walk away from?

Ideas are not set in stone. When exposed to thoughtful people, they morph and adapt into their most potent form. TEDWeekends will highlight some of today’s most intriguing ideas and allow them to develop in real time through your voice! Tweet #TEDWeekends to share your perspective or emailtedweekends@huffingtonpost.com to learn about future weekend’s ideas to contribute as a writer.

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Readers: Big Kudos goes to Mick Ebeling, the inventor. Did you ask yourself the question? If not now, when? Blog me.

Happy Sunday! 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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Good morning.

Madu: I came across this story too, a few days ago while I was researching something else for my blog. From The New York Times:

Rape of 5-Year-Old Girl Sets Off New Furor in India

By GARDINER HARRIS

Published: April 20, 2013

Readers: Once again, like all of you, I am sickened by the continual horrific behavior of men.

Francis, David: I am just reading your comments from the other day. Obviously when I wrote my wrote yesterday, I was not the only one asking these kinds of questions.

Barbara: Nicely stated. And another good question worth asking.

Manasi: You are not the first girl to say this, and no doubt you will not be the last. It is a shame that so many women still support the men that hold us down. If we can’t even support our sisters here to rise to greatness, how are we going to be able to support our sisters around the world? The Dalai Lama’s quote, if true, “The world will be saved by the western woman,” has still yet to be realized by many.

I just saw the comments from yesterday’s post, and I am not able to address any this morning – need to run. Blog me.

Peace out. 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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