| Small, wearable cameras could help keep an eye on cops
As leaders in Seattle and elsewhere call for stronger police accountability, three former Seattle officers hope to cash in on that movement with an action cam for police. The officers' fledgling company, VIEVU, has developed a small, wireless digital camera that could be a tool to record officers' interactions during an arrest or traffic stop. The camera is lightweight, about the size of a pager, and waterproof -- the latter feature being something that officers on Seattle's rainy beat know is paramount, said Chris Myers, who ended his 18-year police career in January to join VIEVU. The PVR-LE easily clips onto an officer's lapel or belt. Four gigabytes of flash memory record up to four hours of video. If someone accuses an officer of wrongdoing, the camera should reveal the truth.
Two Oxygenation Events In Ancient Oceans Sparked Spread Of Complex ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2008) The rise of oxygen and the oxidation of deep oceans between 635 and 551 million years ago may have had an impact on the increase and spread of the earliest complex life, including animals, according to a new study. .
A call for stronger Canadian leadership
John Manley and his fellow panelists have done this country a tremendous service. Their report is the single most useful contribution in the past two years to the debate over Canada's role in Afghanistan. Its honesty and clarity stand in stark contrast to the Conservative government's overly managed messaging strategies and the opposition parties' lack of credible analysis of the Afghanistan mission. While the panel's recommendations will be debated over the coming weeks, its unvarnished description of conditions in Afghanistan and lucid assessment of the options facing Canada are, in themselves, important and welcome. If these descriptive elements of the report help to foster a more informed political debate on the future of our mission, the panel's work will have been a success, even if its specific prescriptions are contested.
John Ford to begin prison term in 60 days
Mitchell-Ford is scheduled to be released Nov. 5 after serving a full sentence of 11 months and 29 days because she violated her probation by picking up new arrests. She is expected to be indicted March 6 on two other drunken-driving arrests, plead guilty to both and serve a portion of concurrent sentences of 11 months and 29 days after her release from Collierville, her attorneys told Breen. Her expected release date then would be May 2009. Breen said it is "unfortunate" that both parents have legal issues involving incarceration, but that nothing has changed in Ford's situation since a hearing last November. "There will be no further extension," said Breen. Federal prosecutor Tim DiScenza has argued that Ford should be treated like any other criminal defendant who has been convicted and sentenced.
Sorry Scots lucky to avoid a rout
YESTERDAY'S match only goes to prove that the scoreboard really does lie. It is one of life's mysteries that Wales won this match by just 15 points despite dominating proceedings from the first whistle to the last. It says something of the cussed nature of the Scots that they hung on to the Welsh coattails, closing the gap to just two points midway through the second half, before the home team made things safe in the final quarter. Chris Paterson kicked five penalties to overtake Gavin Hastings' Scottish points record in this championship, but there was little else for the travelling fans to celebrate.After their troubles last Sunday, the scrum enjoyed the upper hand, John Barclay fronted up again in a losing cause and Mike Blair enjoyed a storming match, tackling like a dervish and mopping up any number of other people's mistakes.
Category: Blogging
In the new age of open social networks, Six Apart is doing its part to create a hub that embraces the world of feeds outside its own servers. The company is shipping Action Streams, a free plug-in for Movable Type 4.1 that lets users aggregate, control, and share their Web activities from 75 applications, such as FaceBook, Twitter and Vox. Six Apart prides itself on giving its users more control over their profile, such as showing or hiding individual actions,, that other services (remember Facebook Beacon). "We are starting a new wave of open technology with a Facebook style news feed," Anil Dash, vice president at Six Apart told me. "The implementation of open source and decentralized controls provides a way to leverage open standards and connections around a news feed.
Michelin guide's Tokyo edition drawing mixed reviews
Michelin says it sells about one million guides a year worldwide, of which a growing proportion has been outside Europe. Michelin took its first step abroad two years ago with a guide to New York and followed quickly with versions for Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now, Michelin is looking for success in Tokyo before possibly venturing into other Asian cities to tap some of the world's wealthiest consumers. Michelin said it chose Tokyo because it was the largest and one of the most sophisticated restaurant markets in the world. The Tokyo metropolitan area, with some 30 million residents, has roughly 160,000 restaurants, versus about 25,000 in greater New York and 13,000 in Paris, according to Michelin. Michelin awarded 191 stars to 150 restaurants in Tokyo, most of them serving either French or Japanese cuisine.
Laura Bush Promotes Freedom for People of Myanmar
President Bush and I call on all nations, especially Burma's neighbors, to use their influence to help bring about a democratic transition." She said the junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, "has offered only token gestures of reconciliation." .
Surge Success Charts Media Won't Dare Show You
I heard somewhere today that either the House or Senate is bringing up a withdrawal vote AGAIN sometime today... Ahhh the good ol' enemy within never stops. Burns me to no end. Now I am adding on to this...Fearless Leader Harry Reid brought up Feingold's withdrawal amendment today...again for the 35th time since the dems became the majority...35th time...can you believe this, now when there is major progress to-boot...they are still bickering on the floor, who knows when or if they have an actual vote, most likely by the end of their session this week. The leftists make me ill. .
VIDEO: County commission asks judge to shut down sports bar
Collier County is headed to court to try to shut down a Stevie Tomato's sports bar in a North Naples shopping center. County commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to file a lawsuit against the popular hangout, which has been at the center of a controversy about discrepancies between the zoning document for the shopping center at Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard and a 2002 vote by commissioners. Noise complaints from neighbors in the Pebblebrooke subdivision next to the shopping center — some of whom live close enough to watch the goings-on at Stevie Tomato's outdoor bar from their lanais — led to an internal investigation into the discrepancies, one involving the sale of alcohol at the shopping center. A half-dozen Pebblebrooke residents urged commissioners to take action Tuesday, not only to shut down the sports bar, but to correct another discrepancy in the zoning document that allowed the shopping center's subsequent owner to build up to two stories overlooking Pebblebrooke backyards.
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