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Newspapers discover internet when 12 year old raped
Ottawa citizen actually posted the link to another newspaper in story about rape in Calgary
An ambulance attendant loads a patient at a playing field adjacent to Clarence Sansom Junior High, on 24th Avenue N.E. in the community of Pineridge. A girl as young as 12 was attacked, and possibly raped, in the northeast schoolyard just before the supper hour Monday as a group of youths looked on and took photos. Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Police+seize+cellphones+interview+drunk+teens+after+schoolyard+assault/3487713/story.html#ixzz0yritlkqi Photograph by: Courtesy, Global TV
It was a pretty ghastly story in the Ottawa Citizen. Some teenage boys in Calgary allegedly raped a 12 year old girl in the school yard while other children looked on and took photographs with their cellphones.
Police have detained one boy who appeared to be the perpetrator and seized cell phones from others. They may contain videos or pictures which could be evidence.
Alcohol was involved. A mother in a nearby home witnessed the whole incident unsure what was happening and then horrified when she realized the young girl was being sexually attacked.
The Ottawa Citizen was covering the story from the Calgary Herald. In an unprecedented move for a newspaper, the Citizen printed the link back to other paper.
Picture caption is exactly as shown in the Ottawa Citizen
Twitter for iPad the Gold Standard
New app for iPad bests all previous iPad apps for using Twitter
Twitter iPad
Twitter has released their own free iPad application that is better than Twitterific the previous gold standard app.
This heralds a new phase in Twitter’s life, taking back control of their application. This month Twitter implemented an API that forces all other applications to reload their code. Twitter will soon be rolling out push updates with SMS.
Twitter is the 140 character blog. Stories or messages have to be that length so it has forced everyone to be terse. Of course, the deal is to link your followers back to the full story but most people don’t bother.
Even with only a few hundred people to “follow” you can get more than 100 messages an hour.
Reading Tweets and sending them is one of best apps on the iPad. Scrolling through the latests Tweets with one finger makes the task relaxing and fun. Read the rest of this entry »
Android on the rise in mobile web use
Blackberry and Apple iOS yield market share to Google Android devices
Apple's share of internet traffic is dropping, Android now 1/4 of use
This has nothing to do with how many smartphones or tablets are sold but everything to do with what people are using to get on the mobile internet.
Apple used to own this market with 68% of user traffic. They are down to 56%
Android devices are up from 9% to 25% from May 2009 and obviously on the rise.
Blackberry is down from 12% to 9%.
There are plenty of statistical reports on this market. They all show a trend upwards for Android.
There are more Android devices on the market these days and with Android you can see more sites than with Apple iOS.
For instance, our tracking of Hurricane / Tropical Storm Earl from StormPulse could not be seen on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The site uses Flash animation.
That is only one example of how Apple frustrates its customers every day. Source Quantcast, suggested by Engadget.
Damage from Tropical Storm Earl in Charlottetown PEI
Plenty of branches and a few downed trees, some people lost power
By 3:30 PM the first attack of Tropical Storm Earl was over. In the early part of the storm, a tree fell against power lines on Grafton Street near Prince. Work crews were cleaning it up by 4 PM. Related to Fallen tree on Grafton Street during Tropical Storm Earl
Branches and debris littered the streets but it could have been a lot worse. An hour later the wind turned to the W and came back with fury.
I could have narrated the video but it’s obvious what is going on and the wind sounds great.
Fallen tree on Grafton Street during Tropical Storm Earl
Tree fell across the power lines on Grafton Street in Charlottetown, cleaned up about 3 hours later
Tree down on Grafton Street after Earl (photo Beth P Johnston)
By Beth P Johnston from TwitPic
For aftermath of tree damage, see Damage from Tropical Storm Earl in Charlottetown PEI
Trees down in Souris
Longworth Steet, Souris
Damage from Tropical Storm Earl, Longworth Street, Souris, PEI (picture Kate O'Hanley)
Earl Noon AM update – Earl centered 50 miles from Halifax heading for PEI
Wind caused power outages in Halifax from Earl as the storm packs 112 km/h winds
Tropical Storm Earl is picking up velocity now moving 57 km/h with winds of 112 km/h. The eye of the storm has become more focused and will hit PEI in Kings County within 4 hours. Charlottetown is not in the direct path any long but will experience 91 km/h winds and heavy rain.
Here’s a time lapse video from Halifax posted at 10.40 just before Cameron lost his power.
Google invades privacy says watchdog group with cartoon
Consumer Watchdog has prepared an animation the suggests Google’s privacy policies amount to “oogling”
Consumer Watchdog is preparing to pull billboard size adds in Times Square to lampoon and protest Google’s ever-increasing gathering of private information. They will also have a animation campaign that makes the point with sinister humor.
Ironically, the video is posted on Google owned YouTube.
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Earl 6 AM update – veering to the North East expected to hit Lockport, Truro and Eastern PEI
Overnight Tropical Storm Earl changed direction slightly to the east and is now headed for the Western Shore of Nova Scotia at 48 km/h with wind speeds of 112 km/h
Maritimers woke up to a strange calm with cloudy skys. Winds of 91 km/h were starting in from Metaghan to Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Rain was heavy in Maine and starting in Western New Brunswick and the southern area near St. Stephen. Where was Tropical Storm Earl?
While picking up speed overnight to 48 km/h (30 mph) it had veered off its original course up the Bay of Fundy was now moving over the continental shelf. At 6 AM it was 219 miles (350 km) from Portland Maine and 156 miles (233 Km) from Yarmouth. It was moving on a path to pass directly over Truro, Nova Scotia at 3 PM and then eastern Prince Edward Island. However, no one including Environment Canada was sure. “We’re not exactly sure,” said Doug Mercer, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. CBC
Prince Edward Island will be hit from Central Queens to all of Kings County with the eye projected to pass over Montague. No one predicted that yesterday.
Perhaps the Acadians in Evangeline knew something when they kept to their schedule for L’Exposition agricole et Le Festival acadien de La Région Évangéline being held today in Abrams Village. They may be spared the worst of the storm
Earl midnight update – storm moving eastward landfall east of Yarmouth heading for PEI
Tropical Storm Earl now off Cape Cod, heading for Yarmouth about 11 AM with 104 km/h winds
Tropical Storm Earl expected landfall east of Yarmouth (image StormPulse)
Earl is picking up speed now moving forward at 25 miles per hour. Winds of 75 miles per hour are expect to reduce to 65 miles per hour (1o4 km/h) as the storm makes landfall east of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Landfall on PEI will happen around 3 PM with the eye of the storm over Victoria, PEI.
Cape Cod got off lightly with heavy winds and drenching rain but no major hurricane damage. There were reports of beach erosion and one home near Chatham may be lost to the sea.
Environment Canada had not updated the 9:09 PM update at midnight and still predicts Earl will land west of Yarmouth, NS. The morning will tell the tale. Read the rest of this entry »
Earl 9 PM Update – wind speeds down to 75 mph but moving faster NE
Tropical Storm Earl picked up speed to 23 mph, now 219 miles from Boston, changing course slightly to the NW landfall of storm eye in Nova Scotia at Church Point
PEI landfall seems to be tracking for the Mt. Carmel to Cape Egmont area about 3 PM on Saturday. Most of PEI is predicted to receive heavy rainfall and winds of 96 km/h.
Hurricane Earl, tracking projected landfall Nova Scotia and PEI
On Long Island, Earl whipped up surf with 55 mile an hour winds that caused rip tides and some beach erosion at Montauk the easternmost part of the United States. Residents consider they got off easy with little damage.
Earl is weakened but could do damage on Cape Cod where boats and vacation homes line the Atlantic coast. Earl will be 60 miles off the coast of Cape Cod when it goes by.
Atlantic Canada is holding its breath, hoping to avoid any real damage.
Earl 6 PM Update – picking up wind speed and direction, hitting Maritimes on Saturday
Hurricane Earl is 219 miles directly off New York City travelling at 22 mph predicted to pass Cape Cod at 3 AM on Saturday
Rain and thunderstorms expected in Boston, rain has already started in some areas. Hurricane Earl is still tracking to hit land in Nova Scotia west of Yarmouth about 3 AM Saturday morning.
Hurricane Earl, 6 PM Friday with rain radar (image WeatherPulse)
The eye of the storm is expected to pass over the Evangeline region of Prince Edward Island about 3 PM Saturday afternoon. Winds will blow steadily at about 60 mph or 96 km/h over most of Prince Edward Island as the storm passes.
Winds in Halifax, Frederiction and Sydney may be slightly less.
By 3 PM today cloud cover from Hurricane Earl was evident in Fredericton. By 5 PM Charlottetown, PEI was experiencing cloud cover as well.
Environment Canada revised it’s warning slightly at 3:55 PM
It is likely that portions of Southwestern Nova Scotia will have wind gusts reaching or exceeding 100 km/h. Elsewhere along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia…The Bay of Fundy…And portions of the Gulf of St Lawrence wind gusts will likely reach 90 km/h. Gusts of this speed could cause tree branches and limbs to break and some trees to come down. That could result in downed utility lines and related power failures. There could also be some damage to signage..Roofing materials and building cladding. Read the rest of this entry »
