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Humans of New York (HONY) photographer Brandon Stanton is known for capturing incredible stories that move his viewers. And now, his audience is helping to give some of his subjects amazing opportunities.

Money from HONY fans is pouring in to send kids from a Brooklyn school to visit Harvard. The donation deluge came in after Stanton posted a photo to his blog earlier this week, featuring a boy who cited his principal as the most influential figure in his life. Their school is in Brownsville, an east Brooklyn neighborhood with one of the highest crime rates in New York City.

He told Stanton:

“Who’s influenced you the most in your life?”
“My principal, Ms. Lopez.”
“How has she influenced you?”
“When we get in trouble, she doesn’t suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter.”

“Who’s influenced you the most in your life?” “My principal, Ms. Lopez.” “How has she influenced you?” “When we get in trouble, she doesn’t suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter.”

A photo posted by Humans of New York (@humansofny) on Jan 19, 2015 at 4:20pm PST

The HONY photographer did some further investigating and met up with the principal, Nadia Lopez, along with her vice-principal, Ms. Achu, at Mott Hall Bridges Academy. The principal told Stanton about her vision for her students.

“I want every child who enters my school to know that they can go anywhere, and that they will belong,” Lopez told Stanton for her photograph, according to the HONY Instagram page.

To show the students the wealth of possibility outside the classroom, the three decided to raise enough money to take incoming sixth grade classes on a trip to Harvard. While the photographer set up a crowdfund on Thursday with the goal of raising $100,000 for the school, his fans eagerly answered the call, and surpassed it within a few hours. By the next day, compassionate donors had raised more than three times the original goal — enough to make the trip a permanent part of the academy’s curriculum.

Lopez said every bit of encouragement helps motivate students.

“This is a neighborhood that doesn’t necessarily expect much from our children, so at Mott Hall Bridges Academy we set our expectations very high. We don’t call the children ‘students,’ we call them ‘scholars,’” Lopez told Stanton. “When you tell people you’re from Brownsville, their face cringes up. But there are children here that need to know that they are expected to succeed.”

A photo posted by Humans of New York (@humansofny) on Jan 22, 2015 at 9:51am PST

Lopez hopes that the generosity from the online community will also help ensure a safer environment for students to play over the summer. Any funds raised beyond the $350,000 mark, will possibly create a summer program for kids where kids can feel safe — which doesn’t currently exist, according to the HONY Instagram.

“Just last Saturday, one of my scholars had two guns pulled on him while he was walking to the community center. In broad daylight. It’s just too dangerous to be outside, so my scholars stay inside all summer,” she said, according to the HONY instagram. “I need the funds to put together a program with my own teachers so my students have a safe place where they can continue to grow outside of school.”

As of Friday night, HONY fans had already donated $20,000 to the summer program, which costs $40,000 a year, according to the HONY Instagram.

H/T: Web Of Good News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Utah say they’ve arrested a man who escaped from a Mississippi jail 34 years ago.

Authorities said Friday that 61-year-old Sam Gene Harris also escaped from jails in Oregon before landing in the small central Utah town of Wellington several years ago. Carbon County Sheriff Jeff Wood says Harris has used at least 10 different aliases and also has a criminal history in Florida and Georgia.

Wood says an FBI bulletin tipped off Utah police to his identity. They arrested Harris as he walked back to his house Thursday.

Authorities say Harris was serving a four-year sentence for shoplifting and possession of burglary tools when he escaped in 1980. He will be extradited to Mississippi.

No attorney was immediately listed for Harris in court records, and his phone number was not publicly available.

Cello rock n’ roller Zoë Keating is really upset that Google is trying to force her to sign over the rights to her music for its new streaming service, YouTube Music Key . If she won’t play ball, she’ll lose all of YouTube’s monetization options, and her account will be demoted to a third-party account just like any other jerk on YouTube. In other words, YouTube will no longer treat her like a musician.

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Back in October 2014, we had heard from LG that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the LG G3 would be arriving soon. Well the good news for LG G3 owners in the US is that it looks like your wait could soon be coming to an end. According to LG USA’s Twitter account, they have announced that Android 5.0 Lollipop would be arriving soon.

We suppose this is just another reminder that the update would be headed our way, but unfortunately LG USA did not mention when exactly we could expect the update to be released. Tne Android 5.0 Lollipop update has been released in countries/regions like the UK and in Europe, so we reckon it shouldn’t take too long before it is released stateside.

However a stateside release also means that it would have to go through carrier approval first, so when exactly you will get the update will also depend on how long it takes for the carrier to approve it. In the meantime for those who just can’t wait around for the update, there are alternative methods of getting Android 5.0 which is to flash an Android 5.0-based ROM, like CyanogenMod. Either way do check back with us at a later date for the details.

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When it comes to camera modules in smartphones, Sony is actually doing pretty well for themselves in that regard. They have made modules used in Apple’s iPhone lineup, as well as Samsung’s Galaxy S-lineup as well, but if the rumors are to be believed, it looks like Samsung and Sony could be parting ways with the Galaxy S6.

According to previous rumors of the Galaxy S6, the handset is said to come with a 20MP rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization. However it also seems that instead of going with a Sony camera module for the Galaxy S6, Samsung is instead expected to use their own technology for the Galaxy S6’s camera.

Does this sound like a stretch? Definitely not. In the past we have heard how Samsung is working on their own 20MP module, so it wouldn’t really be that big of a surprise if Samsung were to turn to their own company for camera parts, rather than paying a competitor like Sony for it.

Of course the quality of Samsung’s camera module remains to be seen, especially since Sony’s has been pretty reliable. We reckon it would be a gamble especially if things don’t work out for Samsung, but either way hopefully we will learn more about this at MWC 2015, but until then do take it with a grain of salt for now.

Samsung To Use Own Camera Module For The Galaxy S6 [Rumor] , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.