Kelowna, B.C. crook needs lessons in subterfuge and footwear
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 6:33 PM ET
Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine
KELOWNA, B.C. - Most criminals try to keep their nefarious deeds under wraps - and a Kelowna, B.C., suspect is finding out why.
The 27-year-old is accused of breaking into a home in the Okanagan city and stealing electronics, a pair of shoes and a van. That was his first mistake.
His second was parking the van outside a known drug house and setting the vehicle on fire.
It didn't take long for police to show up and a search of the home revealed a man hiding in the basement.
Investigators are fairly certain they have their man, since he was wearing the stolen shoes at the time.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Parrot hailed as a hero for warning owner about little girl choking
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 9:33 AM ET
Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine
DENVER - A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl in Denver, Col., choked on her breakfast has been honoured as a hero.
Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award. In November, Willie's owner, Megan Howard, was babysitting a toddler.
Howard left the room and the little girl, Hannah, started to choke on her breakfast.
Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings, and Howard returned in time to find the girl already turning blue.
Howard saved Hannah by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre but says Willie "is the real hero."
"The part where she turned blue is always when my heart drops no matter how many times I've heard it," Hannah's mother, Samantha Kuusk, told KCNC-TV. "My heart drops in my stomach and I get all teary eyed."
Willie got his award during a "Breakfast of Champions" event Friday attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper.
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 9:33 AM ET
Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine
DENVER - A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl in Denver, Col., choked on her breakfast has been honoured as a hero.
Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award. In November, Willie's owner, Megan Howard, was babysitting a toddler.
Howard left the room and the little girl, Hannah, started to choke on her breakfast.
Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings, and Howard returned in time to find the girl already turning blue.
Howard saved Hannah by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre but says Willie "is the real hero."
"The part where she turned blue is always when my heart drops no matter how many times I've heard it," Hannah's mother, Samantha Kuusk, told KCNC-TV. "My heart drops in my stomach and I get all teary eyed."
Willie got his award during a "Breakfast of Champions" event Friday attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper.
Attempt by inmate to heat sausages in his stainless steel toilet goes up in smoke
Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:02 PM ET
Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine
CLALLAM BAY, Wash. - An attempt by an inmate at a Washington state prison to heat up sausages in his stainless steel toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced the evacuation of dozens of other convicts.
Clallam Bay Corrections Center spokeswoman Denise Larson says 130 inmates were evacuated to a dining hall when smoke was spotted coming from a sewer vent pipe Wednesday evening.
She says the smoke was traced to the inmate's cell and he admitted to trying to heat up snack sausages bought from a prison store in the toilet.
The toilet chef has been placed in segregation pending discipline at the prison on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
His name was not disclosed.
Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:02 PM ET
Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine
CLALLAM BAY, Wash. - An attempt by an inmate at a Washington state prison to heat up sausages in his stainless steel toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced the evacuation of dozens of other convicts.
Clallam Bay Corrections Center spokeswoman Denise Larson says 130 inmates were evacuated to a dining hall when smoke was spotted coming from a sewer vent pipe Wednesday evening.
She says the smoke was traced to the inmate's cell and he admitted to trying to heat up snack sausages bought from a prison store in the toilet.
The toilet chef has been placed in segregation pending discipline at the prison on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
His name was not disclosed.
Iconic Obama Poster:
AP Answers Shepard Fairey Lawsuit, Accuses Artist of Infringement
March 11, 2009
Updated 6:20 p.m. ET with a statement from Fairey.
From: http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i71419f4d58d0cd4c5fc9e722ce883515
The Associated Press paints Shepard Fairey as a hypocrite who acted in bad faith in a counterclaim accusing the artist of copyright infringement.
On Wednesday the AP filed its answer to a lawsuit brought last month by Fairey’s attorneys. The AP and Fairey are locked in a dispute over the graphic artist’s famous Barack Obama posters, which feature an illustration based on a 2006 AP photograph by Mannie Garcia.
Fairey says his use of the photograph falls under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law. The AP says Fairey infringed on its copyright and the news organization is entitled to licensing fees and damages.
The AP’s counterclaim accuses Fairey of copyright infringement, violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and filing a fraudulent registration with the Copyright Office. The AP seeks the dismissal of Fairey’s lawsuit and unspecified damages, including any profits Fairey and his company, Obey Giant Art, made from the image.
Through a spokesperson, Fairey said Wednesday that he is "disappointed the Associated Press is persisting in its misguided accusations of copyright infringement," and added that he had created the poster to support Obama, not to make money.
The dueling lawsuits are specifically about copyright law, but also concern the nature of newsgathering, political speech, commercialism and art.
“News photography is an art form that requires skill, artistic judgment, dedication, countless hours of preparation and imagination,” the AP counterclaim says.
The AP says Fairey processed the AP photo on his computer, but his creation is “virtually identical” and retains “the heart and essence of the AP’s photo, including but not limited to its patriotic theme.”
The AP approached Fairey in January, after a group of bloggers identified the source image for Fairey’s poster as a photo by Garcia. The negotiation between the two camps' lawyers quickly broke down, and on February 9 Fairey filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking a decision that his design is protected under Fair Use.
The AP’s counterclaim tries to show that the artist has made money off the works of others while acting “hypocritically and aggressively” in protecting his own intellectual property.
The lawsuit shows another Obama poster design that the AP says Fairey created based on a photograph by David Turnley. For that design, according to the AP, Fairey obtained Turnley’s permission and did not use the design on merchandise. The AP says this shows Fairey recognized that “he was required to obtain permission and give appropriate credit” to the copyright holder.
Elsewhere in the countersuit, the AP emphasizes that asking AP for permission would have been “easy and relatively inexpensive.”
Much of Fairey’s work borrows work from other artists, the countersuit says. But it cites a series of letters Fairey sent to fellow artist Baxter Orr last year asking Orr to stop using a design that copied one of Fairey’s well-known “Obey” images. “Fairey is hardly a champion of the First Amendment,” the AP says.
The AP claims that Fairey and Obey Giant Art “have attempted to cloak their actions in the guise of politics and art,” while profiting from their work. The AP believes Fairey and his company have made more than $400,000 in profits from Obama design and related merchandise.
Addressing Fairey’s February lawsuit, the AP says Fairey deliberately cited the wrong AP photo as his source image. The Fairey lawsuit cited a Garcia photo that included both then-Senator Obama and actor George Clooney. That photo is not as close of a match to the poster as a different Garcia photograph from the same event that shows only Obama. The AP says this misidentification “can only be understood as a deliberate attempt to obscure the Obama Photo as the true source material for the Infringing Works and to minimize the nature and extent of Fairey’s unauthorized copying of the Obama Photo.”
Seeking to win goodwill, the AP’s countersuit talks up the importance of the news cooperative and its right to collect licensing revenue, "particularly in these difficult times.” The AP suit also cites Fairey’s arrest record for “graffiti, vandalism and related crimes,” as evidence of his disregard for property rights.
Garcia previously told PDN he’s not sure the Associated Press owns the copyright to his photograph. However, the AP says it registered the photograph with the Copyright Office and Fairey has not contested the AP’s ownership of the photograph.
The AP’s 61-page counterclaim was prepared by attorneys from the firm of Kirkland & Ellis and was filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Fairey's complete statement Thursday said: "I am disappointed the Associated Press is persisting in its misguided accusations of copyright infringement. I believe that my use of the Mannie Garcia photo as a reference, which I acknowledged off the bat as an AP photograph, falls under “fair use” provisions laid out in the law. I am even more disappointed the AP is now trying to distort the facts surrounding my work. They suggest my purpose in creating the poster was to merchandise it and make money. It wasn't. My entire purpose in creating the poster was to support Obama and help get him elected. Money was never the point. The proceeds that were generated from the poster were used to create more posters and donated to charity. I look forward to disproving the AP's accusations once and for all and upholding the free expression rights at stake here."
AP Answers Shepard Fairey Lawsuit, Accuses Artist of Infringement
March 11, 2009
Updated 6:20 p.m. ET with a statement from Fairey.
From: http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i71419f4d58d0cd4c5fc9e722ce883515
The Associated Press paints Shepard Fairey as a hypocrite who acted in bad faith in a counterclaim accusing the artist of copyright infringement.
On Wednesday the AP filed its answer to a lawsuit brought last month by Fairey’s attorneys. The AP and Fairey are locked in a dispute over the graphic artist’s famous Barack Obama posters, which feature an illustration based on a 2006 AP photograph by Mannie Garcia.
Fairey says his use of the photograph falls under the Fair Use Doctrine of the copyright law. The AP says Fairey infringed on its copyright and the news organization is entitled to licensing fees and damages.
The AP’s counterclaim accuses Fairey of copyright infringement, violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and filing a fraudulent registration with the Copyright Office. The AP seeks the dismissal of Fairey’s lawsuit and unspecified damages, including any profits Fairey and his company, Obey Giant Art, made from the image.
Through a spokesperson, Fairey said Wednesday that he is "disappointed the Associated Press is persisting in its misguided accusations of copyright infringement," and added that he had created the poster to support Obama, not to make money.
The dueling lawsuits are specifically about copyright law, but also concern the nature of newsgathering, political speech, commercialism and art.
“News photography is an art form that requires skill, artistic judgment, dedication, countless hours of preparation and imagination,” the AP counterclaim says.
The AP says Fairey processed the AP photo on his computer, but his creation is “virtually identical” and retains “the heart and essence of the AP’s photo, including but not limited to its patriotic theme.”
The AP approached Fairey in January, after a group of bloggers identified the source image for Fairey’s poster as a photo by Garcia. The negotiation between the two camps' lawyers quickly broke down, and on February 9 Fairey filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking a decision that his design is protected under Fair Use.
The AP’s counterclaim tries to show that the artist has made money off the works of others while acting “hypocritically and aggressively” in protecting his own intellectual property.
The lawsuit shows another Obama poster design that the AP says Fairey created based on a photograph by David Turnley. For that design, according to the AP, Fairey obtained Turnley’s permission and did not use the design on merchandise. The AP says this shows Fairey recognized that “he was required to obtain permission and give appropriate credit” to the copyright holder.
Elsewhere in the countersuit, the AP emphasizes that asking AP for permission would have been “easy and relatively inexpensive.”
Much of Fairey’s work borrows work from other artists, the countersuit says. But it cites a series of letters Fairey sent to fellow artist Baxter Orr last year asking Orr to stop using a design that copied one of Fairey’s well-known “Obey” images. “Fairey is hardly a champion of the First Amendment,” the AP says.
The AP claims that Fairey and Obey Giant Art “have attempted to cloak their actions in the guise of politics and art,” while profiting from their work. The AP believes Fairey and his company have made more than $400,000 in profits from Obama design and related merchandise.
Addressing Fairey’s February lawsuit, the AP says Fairey deliberately cited the wrong AP photo as his source image. The Fairey lawsuit cited a Garcia photo that included both then-Senator Obama and actor George Clooney. That photo is not as close of a match to the poster as a different Garcia photograph from the same event that shows only Obama. The AP says this misidentification “can only be understood as a deliberate attempt to obscure the Obama Photo as the true source material for the Infringing Works and to minimize the nature and extent of Fairey’s unauthorized copying of the Obama Photo.”
Seeking to win goodwill, the AP’s countersuit talks up the importance of the news cooperative and its right to collect licensing revenue, "particularly in these difficult times.” The AP suit also cites Fairey’s arrest record for “graffiti, vandalism and related crimes,” as evidence of his disregard for property rights.
Garcia previously told PDN he’s not sure the Associated Press owns the copyright to his photograph. However, the AP says it registered the photograph with the Copyright Office and Fairey has not contested the AP’s ownership of the photograph.
The AP’s 61-page counterclaim was prepared by attorneys from the firm of Kirkland & Ellis and was filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Fairey's complete statement Thursday said: "I am disappointed the Associated Press is persisting in its misguided accusations of copyright infringement. I believe that my use of the Mannie Garcia photo as a reference, which I acknowledged off the bat as an AP photograph, falls under “fair use” provisions laid out in the law. I am even more disappointed the AP is now trying to distort the facts surrounding my work. They suggest my purpose in creating the poster was to merchandise it and make money. It wasn't. My entire purpose in creating the poster was to support Obama and help get him elected. Money was never the point. The proceeds that were generated from the poster were used to create more posters and donated to charity. I look forward to disproving the AP's accusations once and for all and upholding the free expression rights at stake here."
cover portfolio
young photographers explore Vietnam
by Laura Stanley
Go to the website to view the photos:
From: http://www.photonews.ca/default.asp?id=1&issue=181&art=0
With Nikon cameras in our hands and our bags filled with more photography equipment than the clothing we would need for two and a half weeks, 22 graduating and alumni students from Humber College's Creative Photography program embarked on a Bike Hike Adventure to Vietnam.
young photographers explore Vietnam
by Laura Stanley
Go to the website to view the photos:
From: http://www.photonews.ca/default.asp?id=1&issue=181&art=0
With Nikon cameras in our hands and our bags filled with more photography equipment than the clothing we would need for two and a half weeks, 22 graduating and alumni students from Humber College's Creative Photography program embarked on a Bike Hike Adventure to Vietnam.
Takamine announces Glenn Frey Signature Model
From:
http://www.guitarsite.com/news/acoustic_guitar/takamine_announces_glenn_frey_signature_model/
Country rock pioneer and classic rock icon, Glenn Frey has influenced generations of aspiring musicians with his stirring lyrics, unforgettable melodies and legendary guitar riffs in a career that has spanned nearly 40 years. As a Singer/songwriter, guitarist and founding member of one of the most enduring bands in popular music – The Eagles, Glenn relies on Takamine as the voice to deliver his music. Today, players around the world have the chance to own a replica of the guitar that helped Glenn write classic rock history.
Takamine’s EF360GF is a direct reproduction of Glenn’s #1 Takamine – the guitar heard around the world by millions of fans on countless concert tours. Made from the finest tonewoods and featuring state of the art electronics, the EG360GF is equipped to inspire great performances from singers and songwriters alike. Built to Glenn’s exact specifications, the EF360GF features a dreadnought body with solid spruce top and solid rosewood back. Other noteworthy specs include a concentric ring rosette, slim profile neck, black pickguard, rosewood pin bridge, bone saddle, GF inlay on rosewood peghead face, CT4B preamp and Gloss Natural finish. Retail: $1999.00 including hardshell case.
For more information, please visit www.takamine.com
This is a Press Release
From:
http://www.guitarsite.com/news/acoustic_guitar/takamine_announces_glenn_frey_signature_model/
Country rock pioneer and classic rock icon, Glenn Frey has influenced generations of aspiring musicians with his stirring lyrics, unforgettable melodies and legendary guitar riffs in a career that has spanned nearly 40 years. As a Singer/songwriter, guitarist and founding member of one of the most enduring bands in popular music – The Eagles, Glenn relies on Takamine as the voice to deliver his music. Today, players around the world have the chance to own a replica of the guitar that helped Glenn write classic rock history.
Takamine’s EF360GF is a direct reproduction of Glenn’s #1 Takamine – the guitar heard around the world by millions of fans on countless concert tours. Made from the finest tonewoods and featuring state of the art electronics, the EG360GF is equipped to inspire great performances from singers and songwriters alike. Built to Glenn’s exact specifications, the EF360GF features a dreadnought body with solid spruce top and solid rosewood back. Other noteworthy specs include a concentric ring rosette, slim profile neck, black pickguard, rosewood pin bridge, bone saddle, GF inlay on rosewood peghead face, CT4B preamp and Gloss Natural finish. Retail: $1999.00 including hardshell case.
For more information, please visit www.takamine.com
This is a Press Release
Asteroid tracked from space to Earth for 1st time
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 2:59 PM ET
CBC News
Scientists for the first time have recovered meteorite pieces from an asteroid first observed in space — a stroke of luck that could prove valuable when tracking space rocks heading on a collision course toward Earth.
The asteroid, called 2008 TC3, was first observed on Oct. 6 by astronomers in Arizona and was subsequently tracked as it entered the atmosphere and became a shooting star, the first time astronomers have managed that feat.
The space rock broke up in the atmosphere about 35 to 40 km above Sudan, giving astronomers little hope that they might recover fragments.
But SETI Institute astronomer Peter Jenniskens worked with colleagues at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan and, in December, they made an expedition to the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan.
Desert treasure trove
A flat, open and dry region with little vegetation, the desert turned up a treasure trove of pieces: 47 fragments with a total mass of 3.95 kg.
The findings were reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
For astronomers who have long clamoured for funding to send a robot probe to an asteroid to analyze the material, the finding was like a gift from the heavens, said University of Western Ontario astronomer Peter Brown, one of the authors of the report.
Being able to match lab analysis of meteorite composition to the data from asteroids — mostly in the form of light reflected from the space rocks — represents the "Holy Grail" for asteroid researchers, said Brown.
"This is really the first end-to-end sample recovery," he said. "This allows us to extend the concept of large-scale interplanetary prospecting."
The recovered meteorites were part of a group called ureilites, known for their dark colouring and porous structure and for containing microscopic nano-diamonds, while the asteroid seen in space was an F-class asteroid, defined for its dark and reflectionless surface.
Brown said the combined data from the asteroid observation and recovery of fragments means scientists can for the first time describe the material of F-class asteroids.
Astronomers believe asteroids are the remnants of material from the early days of the solar system, fragments that were never able to collide and merge to form into planets because of the disruptive influence of gravity from giant planets like Jupiter.
As a result, they are like a time capsule from the early days of the solar system, making them of intense interest to astronomers.
Tracking asteroids is also a priority for astronomers because of the potential threat of collision with Earth, although because of their fragility, F-class asteroids are more likely to break up in the atmosphere than hit the Earth.
The Canadian Space Agency is planning to launch a satellite in 2010 called the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite, or NEOSSat, capable of spotting asteroids whose path lies within Earth's orbit of the sun, which Brown says will aid in the tracking of future asteroids.
But even with more sophisticated methods, he says the odds of being able to track an asteroid, see it enter the atmosphere and recover the fragments is likely to be a rare trifecta.
"I think it will take another decade before we get another chance like this," he said. "This was an unusual event."
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 2:59 PM ET
CBC News
Scientists for the first time have recovered meteorite pieces from an asteroid first observed in space — a stroke of luck that could prove valuable when tracking space rocks heading on a collision course toward Earth.
The asteroid, called 2008 TC3, was first observed on Oct. 6 by astronomers in Arizona and was subsequently tracked as it entered the atmosphere and became a shooting star, the first time astronomers have managed that feat.
The space rock broke up in the atmosphere about 35 to 40 km above Sudan, giving astronomers little hope that they might recover fragments.
But SETI Institute astronomer Peter Jenniskens worked with colleagues at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan and, in December, they made an expedition to the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan.
Desert treasure trove
A flat, open and dry region with little vegetation, the desert turned up a treasure trove of pieces: 47 fragments with a total mass of 3.95 kg.
The findings were reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
For astronomers who have long clamoured for funding to send a robot probe to an asteroid to analyze the material, the finding was like a gift from the heavens, said University of Western Ontario astronomer Peter Brown, one of the authors of the report.
Being able to match lab analysis of meteorite composition to the data from asteroids — mostly in the form of light reflected from the space rocks — represents the "Holy Grail" for asteroid researchers, said Brown.
"This is really the first end-to-end sample recovery," he said. "This allows us to extend the concept of large-scale interplanetary prospecting."
The recovered meteorites were part of a group called ureilites, known for their dark colouring and porous structure and for containing microscopic nano-diamonds, while the asteroid seen in space was an F-class asteroid, defined for its dark and reflectionless surface.
Brown said the combined data from the asteroid observation and recovery of fragments means scientists can for the first time describe the material of F-class asteroids.
Astronomers believe asteroids are the remnants of material from the early days of the solar system, fragments that were never able to collide and merge to form into planets because of the disruptive influence of gravity from giant planets like Jupiter.
As a result, they are like a time capsule from the early days of the solar system, making them of intense interest to astronomers.
Tracking asteroids is also a priority for astronomers because of the potential threat of collision with Earth, although because of their fragility, F-class asteroids are more likely to break up in the atmosphere than hit the Earth.
The Canadian Space Agency is planning to launch a satellite in 2010 called the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite, or NEOSSat, capable of spotting asteroids whose path lies within Earth's orbit of the sun, which Brown says will aid in the tracking of future asteroids.
But even with more sophisticated methods, he says the odds of being able to track an asteroid, see it enter the atmosphere and recover the fragments is likely to be a rare trifecta.
"I think it will take another decade before we get another chance like this," he said. "This was an unusual event."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)