Hace dos semanas la policía canadiense publicó 72 segundos de una cinta de seguridad para identificar al homicida de un joven de 22 años en Toronto
Luego de que la Policía canadiense montara un video de 72 segundos para la captura de un asesino, el material ha sido retirado de este sitio de Internet.
Hace dos semanas la policía local publicó el video del sistema de seguridad de una tienda para identificar a George Gallo, de 24 años de edad, acusado de homicidio en segundo grado de Ryan Milner, de 22 años.
El caso atrajo la atención internacional no sólo por el asesinato, sino porque la policía utilizó el sitio de YouTube para localizar testigos del crimen y convencerlos de colaborar en la investigación, reportó el diario digital Toronto Star.
De acuerdo a especialistas de la Universidad de Ottawa, los departamentos policiacos deben considerar agregar el sitio de You Tube como herramienta para futuras investigaciones.
Agregan que este caso es un parteaguas para una mayor presencia de videos policiacos en el sitio de You Tube.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Baby is sent through X-ray machine at LAX
A woman places her month-old grandson in a bin for carry-on items. Doctors later determine he did not get a dangerous dose of radiation.
A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine.
The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented — caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said.
A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt.
The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation.
Officials, who declined to release the 56-year-old woman's name, said she spoke Spanish and apparently did not understand English.
She initially didn't want the baby transported to a hospital, but security officials called paramedics and insisted that the child be examined by a doctor.
The grandmother and the child were subsequently allowed to board an Alaska Airlines flight to Mexico City.
The rare incident drew attention to whether officials are staffing often-busy security checkpoints enough to prevent such an accident. And it raised questions about the danger of X-rays used to pick out suspicious metal shapes in passenger bags, given the medical community's warnings that even low amounts of radiation can build up over a lifetime.
"Rather than focus on the radiation dose, which is a small amount, we need to focus on why this happened, so it doesn't happen again," said Dr. James Borgstede, a diagnostic radiologist at Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems in Colorado Springs, Colo., and president of the American College of Radiology. "Human beings weren't meant to go through those things."
In the several seconds the baby spent in the machine, the doctor added, he was exposed to as much radiation as he would naturally get from cosmic rays — or high energy from outer space — in a day.
Security experts said the incident underscored a more widespread concern about the screening process at LAX and other airports.
"The screeners are still reporting that they're being pushed," said Brian Sullivan, a retired Federal Aviation Administration security agent. "If a baby can get through, what the hell else can get through?"
Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, which manages LAX screeners, said the agency doesn't have enough workers to constantly stand at tables in front of the screeners to coach passengers on what should or should not be sent through X-ray machines.
But in some cases, airlines contract with private companies to staff the tables and assist travelers. The TSA will also occasionally put employees at the tables if extra workers are available.
TSA screeners often ask passengers to put their coats, shoes, laptops and other items into the bins, Melendez said. But they cannot observe everything people place there, because they must monitor screening equipment, he added.
Still, he said that the TSA works hard to educate passengers about what carry-on objects require screening and that travelers must take responsibility for knowing these rules.
"There's an obligation on the traveler to use some common sense," said Larry Fetters, the TSA's federal security director at LAX. "If they don't understand, they should ask somebody. If they ask us, we are generally able to find someone who speaks that language and assist them."
On its website, the TSA posts extensive tips for travelers, including a section titled "Traveling With Children."
One item reads: "Never leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine."
There are also signs posted in English and Spanish at ticket counters and near security checkpoints warning passengers that they must put metal objects, such as cellphones, pagers and car keys, into bins that go through X-ray machines.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
"This is only the second time in nearly 20 years that anyone can recall a traveler mistakenly putting an infant through an airport X-ray machine. Since then LAX has served more than 1 billion travelers without an incident of this type," he said.
In 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at LAX Terminal 4. Also that year, officials at Winnipeg International Airport in Canada accidentally sent a 2-month-old wrapped in blankets through an X-ray machine.
The TSA said it is continuing to review Saturday's incident at LAX.
"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine,' " Melendez said. "We're trying to determine how we can make this not happen again."
A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine.
The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented — caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said.
A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt.
The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation.
Officials, who declined to release the 56-year-old woman's name, said she spoke Spanish and apparently did not understand English.
She initially didn't want the baby transported to a hospital, but security officials called paramedics and insisted that the child be examined by a doctor.
The grandmother and the child were subsequently allowed to board an Alaska Airlines flight to Mexico City.
The rare incident drew attention to whether officials are staffing often-busy security checkpoints enough to prevent such an accident. And it raised questions about the danger of X-rays used to pick out suspicious metal shapes in passenger bags, given the medical community's warnings that even low amounts of radiation can build up over a lifetime.
"Rather than focus on the radiation dose, which is a small amount, we need to focus on why this happened, so it doesn't happen again," said Dr. James Borgstede, a diagnostic radiologist at Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems in Colorado Springs, Colo., and president of the American College of Radiology. "Human beings weren't meant to go through those things."
In the several seconds the baby spent in the machine, the doctor added, he was exposed to as much radiation as he would naturally get from cosmic rays — or high energy from outer space — in a day.
Security experts said the incident underscored a more widespread concern about the screening process at LAX and other airports.
"The screeners are still reporting that they're being pushed," said Brian Sullivan, a retired Federal Aviation Administration security agent. "If a baby can get through, what the hell else can get through?"
Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, which manages LAX screeners, said the agency doesn't have enough workers to constantly stand at tables in front of the screeners to coach passengers on what should or should not be sent through X-ray machines.
But in some cases, airlines contract with private companies to staff the tables and assist travelers. The TSA will also occasionally put employees at the tables if extra workers are available.
TSA screeners often ask passengers to put their coats, shoes, laptops and other items into the bins, Melendez said. But they cannot observe everything people place there, because they must monitor screening equipment, he added.
Still, he said that the TSA works hard to educate passengers about what carry-on objects require screening and that travelers must take responsibility for knowing these rules.
"There's an obligation on the traveler to use some common sense," said Larry Fetters, the TSA's federal security director at LAX. "If they don't understand, they should ask somebody. If they ask us, we are generally able to find someone who speaks that language and assist them."
On its website, the TSA posts extensive tips for travelers, including a section titled "Traveling With Children."
One item reads: "Never leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine."
There are also signs posted in English and Spanish at ticket counters and near security checkpoints warning passengers that they must put metal objects, such as cellphones, pagers and car keys, into bins that go through X-ray machines.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
"This is only the second time in nearly 20 years that anyone can recall a traveler mistakenly putting an infant through an airport X-ray machine. Since then LAX has served more than 1 billion travelers without an incident of this type," he said.
In 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at LAX Terminal 4. Also that year, officials at Winnipeg International Airport in Canada accidentally sent a 2-month-old wrapped in blankets through an X-ray machine.
The TSA said it is continuing to review Saturday's incident at LAX.
"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine,' " Melendez said. "We're trying to determine how we can make this not happen again."
Condoms 'too big' for Indian men
BBC News
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters" - Sunil Mehra
The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.
It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.
The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.
The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.
The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.
Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are too large.
The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate.
And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of any nation.
'Not a problem'
Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.
"Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller size condom."
But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim.
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.
"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.
"With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches and centimetres, let fools contend."
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters" - Sunil Mehra
The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.
It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.
The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.
The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.
The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.
Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are too large.
The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate.
And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of any nation.
'Not a problem'
Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.
"Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller size condom."
But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim.
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.
"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.
"With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches and centimetres, let fools contend."
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Compra tribu de indios americanos la cadena Hard Rock Café
Pagarán 965 mdd al grupo británico Rank Group, la operación quedaría cerrada en marzo de 2007, antes deben aprobarla los accionistas de Rank Group en la junta general del 8 de enero
La tribu Semínola, originaria de Florida, ha llegado a un acuerdo para adquirir la cadena de restaurantes y casinos Hard Rock Café por 965 millones de dólares al grupo británico Rank Group, informó hoy esta firma.
La operación quedará cerrada en marzo de 2007, si bien antes deben aprobarla los accionistas de Rank Group en la junta general del 8 de enero, informó la empresa, especializada en juegos y apuestas.
Con esta operación, Rank reconoce que su intención es centrarse en el negocio del juego en el Reino Unido, país que tiene previsto liberalizar los casinos el próximo año.
La operación dejará al grupo británico un beneficio neto de 901 millones de dólares (460 millones de libras), del que la mayor parte -686 millones de dólares (350 millones de libras)- se devolverán a los accionistas vía dividendo, según dijo el consejero delegado, Ian Burke, en una reunión con analistas.
La cadena Hard Rock, que pasará a manos de los indios semínolas, está formada por 124 restaurantes, cuatro hoteles, dos hoteles casino, y dos espacios para conciertos, que operan todos bajo la marca Hard Rock. El año pasado, la cadena Hard Rock obtuvo un beneficio neto de 490 millones de dólares, con un beneficio operativo de 94 millones.
Esta es la primera compra de una gran corporación internacional por parte de una tribu de indios nativos de América, y supone, según los expertos, un hito en el aumento del poder económico de los semínolas de Florida y otras tribus indias en el mundo de los negocios.
Los semínolas han informado de que financiarán la operación de compra mediante deuda emitida por una nueva sociedad Hard Rock y con efectivo procedente de sus negocios de juegos y apuestas.
Actualmente, la tribu Semínola posee y explota dos hoteles y casinos Hard Rock en Tampa y Hollywood, en el estado de Florida, en virtud de un acuerdo de licencia con Hard Rock International.
El presidente de la tribu, Mitchell Cypress, y el director general para Juegos y Apuestas, James Allen, han recalcado su disposición a trabajar con el actual equipo directivo de Hard Rock International para poner en marcha nuevas estrategias de crecimiento para la compañía, que seguirá teniendo su sede central en Orlando.
Para Cypress, que preside el Consejo Tribal, "se trata de un momento que enorgullece a los Semínola y a todas las tribus de indios americanos, y que supone, además, una oportunidad para diversificar nuestras actividades".
Cypress opina que "Hard Rock International cuenta con un equipo directivo con experiencia y con unos empleados que dan lo mejor de sí en cada restaurante, cada hotel y cada tienda".
La tribu Semínola, con sede en Hollywood (Florida) y formada por 3 mil 300 miembros, se rige por un gobierno soberano a través de un Consejo Tribal de cinco miembros elegidos por votación.
El producto de sus inversiones se destina a servicios públicos propios, como cuerpos de policía y bomberos, servicios sanitarios de emergencia, educación, salud, vivienda, tratamiento de aguas, desarrollo económico, y parques y es pacios de recreo.
En la actualidad, más del 90 por ciento del presupuesto de la tribu proviene de los ingresos de actividades relacionadas con el juego.
La tribu Semínola, originaria de Florida, ha llegado a un acuerdo para adquirir la cadena de restaurantes y casinos Hard Rock Café por 965 millones de dólares al grupo británico Rank Group, informó hoy esta firma.
La operación quedará cerrada en marzo de 2007, si bien antes deben aprobarla los accionistas de Rank Group en la junta general del 8 de enero, informó la empresa, especializada en juegos y apuestas.
Con esta operación, Rank reconoce que su intención es centrarse en el negocio del juego en el Reino Unido, país que tiene previsto liberalizar los casinos el próximo año.
La operación dejará al grupo británico un beneficio neto de 901 millones de dólares (460 millones de libras), del que la mayor parte -686 millones de dólares (350 millones de libras)- se devolverán a los accionistas vía dividendo, según dijo el consejero delegado, Ian Burke, en una reunión con analistas.
La cadena Hard Rock, que pasará a manos de los indios semínolas, está formada por 124 restaurantes, cuatro hoteles, dos hoteles casino, y dos espacios para conciertos, que operan todos bajo la marca Hard Rock. El año pasado, la cadena Hard Rock obtuvo un beneficio neto de 490 millones de dólares, con un beneficio operativo de 94 millones.
Esta es la primera compra de una gran corporación internacional por parte de una tribu de indios nativos de América, y supone, según los expertos, un hito en el aumento del poder económico de los semínolas de Florida y otras tribus indias en el mundo de los negocios.
Los semínolas han informado de que financiarán la operación de compra mediante deuda emitida por una nueva sociedad Hard Rock y con efectivo procedente de sus negocios de juegos y apuestas.
Actualmente, la tribu Semínola posee y explota dos hoteles y casinos Hard Rock en Tampa y Hollywood, en el estado de Florida, en virtud de un acuerdo de licencia con Hard Rock International.
El presidente de la tribu, Mitchell Cypress, y el director general para Juegos y Apuestas, James Allen, han recalcado su disposición a trabajar con el actual equipo directivo de Hard Rock International para poner en marcha nuevas estrategias de crecimiento para la compañía, que seguirá teniendo su sede central en Orlando.
Para Cypress, que preside el Consejo Tribal, "se trata de un momento que enorgullece a los Semínola y a todas las tribus de indios americanos, y que supone, además, una oportunidad para diversificar nuestras actividades".
Cypress opina que "Hard Rock International cuenta con un equipo directivo con experiencia y con unos empleados que dan lo mejor de sí en cada restaurante, cada hotel y cada tienda".
La tribu Semínola, con sede en Hollywood (Florida) y formada por 3 mil 300 miembros, se rige por un gobierno soberano a través de un Consejo Tribal de cinco miembros elegidos por votación.
El producto de sus inversiones se destina a servicios públicos propios, como cuerpos de policía y bomberos, servicios sanitarios de emergencia, educación, salud, vivienda, tratamiento de aguas, desarrollo económico, y parques y es pacios de recreo.
En la actualidad, más del 90 por ciento del presupuesto de la tribu proviene de los ingresos de actividades relacionadas con el juego.
Meros y anguilas se unen para cazar
Dos especies diferentes de peces han sido filmados ayudándose mutuamente para cazar. Es el primer ejemplo conocido de caza de dos especies no relacionadas cazando cooperativamente, a excepción de los seres humanos.
Como un cazador que trae un perro para cazar conejos, los meros tientan a las anguilas para cazar con ellos. Sorprendentemente, esto pudo también verter luz en cómo nuestra propia especie se desarrolló.
Los meros son peces rollisos que cazan en el día en mar abierto, afuera de los filones coralinos. Las anguilas cazan deslizándose a través de los arrecifes en la noche.
Cuando ambos buscan juntos, la presa, quieta, apenas ofrece una oportunidad: oculta en el arrecife, la anguila se la come y salpica las aguas para sacar otra presa que el mero está dispuesto a atrapar. Los meros parecen haber practicado esto desde hace mucho o por lo menos haber aprendido por asociación que la caza alrededor de las anguilas es una buena idea.
Trabajando en el Mar Rojo, Redouan Bshary, de la Universidad de Neuchatel, en Suiza, y sus colegas observaron a un mero especialmente hambriento cuya presa se acababa de escapar adentro de una grieta en el arrecife, nadando encima de la anguila más cercana y poniendo su cabeza como lo hace cuando se oculta en el día y realizando una extraña danza sacudiendo su cabeza y agitando su aleta dorsal.
Peces en fuga
La mayor parte del tiempo, la anguila respondió siguiendo al mero, que repitió la danza más lentamente sobre la grieta donde la presa se ocultaba. La anguila se movió adentro para matarla, pero espantó afuera a otra presa para el mero.
En promedio, los investigadores contabilizaron que ambos peces eran cinco veces más exitosos cazando juntos que por separado. La evolución de esta cooperación entre los mamíferos es generalmente evitada por la competencia de una sola presa. Pero crucialmente, estos peces tragan a su presa entera, no existiendo allí ningún excedente en que la lucha estropee la cooperación, dicen los investigadores.
Este hallazgo tiene implicaciones para nuestra propia especie. Algunos científicos piensan que la habilidad cognoscitiva necesaria para la caza cooperativa es una de las razones por la que los seres humanos desarrollaron la inteligencia. Con todas estas observaciones, se demuestra que no se tiene que ser más listo que un pez, para cazar con un amigo.
Como un cazador que trae un perro para cazar conejos, los meros tientan a las anguilas para cazar con ellos. Sorprendentemente, esto pudo también verter luz en cómo nuestra propia especie se desarrolló.
Los meros son peces rollisos que cazan en el día en mar abierto, afuera de los filones coralinos. Las anguilas cazan deslizándose a través de los arrecifes en la noche.
Cuando ambos buscan juntos, la presa, quieta, apenas ofrece una oportunidad: oculta en el arrecife, la anguila se la come y salpica las aguas para sacar otra presa que el mero está dispuesto a atrapar. Los meros parecen haber practicado esto desde hace mucho o por lo menos haber aprendido por asociación que la caza alrededor de las anguilas es una buena idea.
Trabajando en el Mar Rojo, Redouan Bshary, de la Universidad de Neuchatel, en Suiza, y sus colegas observaron a un mero especialmente hambriento cuya presa se acababa de escapar adentro de una grieta en el arrecife, nadando encima de la anguila más cercana y poniendo su cabeza como lo hace cuando se oculta en el día y realizando una extraña danza sacudiendo su cabeza y agitando su aleta dorsal.
Peces en fuga
La mayor parte del tiempo, la anguila respondió siguiendo al mero, que repitió la danza más lentamente sobre la grieta donde la presa se ocultaba. La anguila se movió adentro para matarla, pero espantó afuera a otra presa para el mero.
En promedio, los investigadores contabilizaron que ambos peces eran cinco veces más exitosos cazando juntos que por separado. La evolución de esta cooperación entre los mamíferos es generalmente evitada por la competencia de una sola presa. Pero crucialmente, estos peces tragan a su presa entera, no existiendo allí ningún excedente en que la lucha estropee la cooperación, dicen los investigadores.
Este hallazgo tiene implicaciones para nuestra propia especie. Algunos científicos piensan que la habilidad cognoscitiva necesaria para la caza cooperativa es una de las razones por la que los seres humanos desarrollaron la inteligencia. Con todas estas observaciones, se demuestra que no se tiene que ser más listo que un pez, para cazar con un amigo.
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