South Dakota governor wont test tribal ban from reservation
BISMARCK, N.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she won’t test an American Indian tribe that has banned her from one of the largest reservations in the country, but she hopes to change the directive.The Oglala Sioux is upset with legislation pushed by Noem that aims to quell any protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline similar to those in North Dakota that plagued construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.The Tribal Council on May 1 voted 17-0 to tell Noem she’s no longer welcome on the Pine Ridge Reservation.Noem says she respects tribal sovereignty and won’t travel there without the tribe’s blessing. But she also hopes to change the tribal edict.Noem says she’s had informal talks with council members but hasn’t yet spoken with President Julian Bear Runner.Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press
We’ve heard of software being installed on laptops to take control of their in-built cameras before, but one Orange County computer repair guy took it to a whole new level with modified error messages upping the chance of his victims being undressed in front of the laptop.20-year-old Trevor Harwell got in the habit of installing a piece of software called Camcapture on the laptops he was repairing while working at Rezitech. With the software present on a machine Harwell could take control of its webcam remotely. His desired result was to capture women in a state of undress so he could take pictures of them.AdChoices广告Harwell wasn’t going to leave seeing these women naked up to chance, though. So what he did was to force the display of fake error messages on each machine. The messages stated that there was an issue with an internal sensor and the best way to solve it was to put the laptop “near hot steam for several minutes.” The reasoning for this, as explained in the eror message, was it would clean the sensor.What Harwell was really trying to achieve was those laptops being carried into a bathroom while the owner had a shower. As surprising as it may sound, it worked, and Harwell collected thousands of images of his victims.He got caught when he installed the software on a younger girls laptop and her mother became suspicious of the messages that kept popping up. She called the police and they discovered the setup.Harwell has been arrested and faces multiple charges of computer access and fraud. He has been released on a $50,000 bond and Rezitech has since cut all ties and blocked his access to their system.via APMatthew’s OpinionI can’t believe this worked long enough for him to collect thousands of pictures of women showering or undressing with a laptop placed in the corner of a steamy bathroom. Was Harwell clever enough to pick victims that had absolutely no clue about computers so would believe anything, or was he just lucky for much longer than he should have been?Almost an exact copy of this happened in 2008, but that guy didn’t use fake error codes. He was caught when one victim noticed her webcam light came on whenever she went near the laptop.With the amount of porn available on the web nowadays you do have to wonder why some individuals go to such lengths to see women nude in this way. All we can say is be very careful who you let repair your machine.
Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram The new and improved Council of Greeks Abroad appears to be taking form. A proposed bill for the for its institution has now been made available for public comment by all Greeks living abroad, on the website of the aptly named Ministry for Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance, at www.opengov.gr. Interested parties have until 31 January 2012 to comment on the proposed legislation that will in effect, re-institute the Council. Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Tsiaras commented: “We have managed to submit the proposed legislation to the General Secretariat on time. We are optimistic that its implementation will be the catalyst for the creation of a more substantial relationship between the motherland, Greece and world-wide Hellenism.” The announcement has met with mixed reaction and scepticism both among former delegates to the Council of Greeks Abroad in Australia, and the broader community. One such delegate, who did not wish to be named, stated: “It took so long to come up with a bill comprising twenty articles that are extremely brief and broad in focus. For example, according to article one, the aim of SAE is to be an “expression of the strength of world-wide Hellenism.” That could mean anything.” Another former delegate pointed to the fact that while the proposed legislation sets out broad aims and a structure for the organisation, it does not provide any mechanisms for achieving such stated aims as the promotion of the Greek language. “We all agree on what we want to do,” she stated, “but it appears from the draft bill that we still haven’t been able to work out how to achieve these aims. It feels as if we are going around in circles.” In some community circles the new proposed legislation was welcomed as it allows for all registered Greek organisations to take part in the Council, as opposed to the old Council which was mainly comprised of Federations of regional organisations. Others expressed concerns that given the multiplicity of organisations that exist in Australia, this could have the effect of making the institution unwieldy or even less representative than before. Some expressed the concern that the new legislation does not solve pre-existing problems and merely perpetuates them, stating that since any registered organisation may be a member of the Council, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, which did not take part in the previous Council owing to its objection to the inclusion of schismatic communities within it, will most likely be compelled to remain outside the Council once more as its concerns have not been addressed. The issue of representation seems to be the key concern. “On the one hand, the Greek government has failed to understand one important home truth,” one member of the community stated. “Most Greeks in Australia no longer belong to or are represented by community organisations, which are mostly defunct anyway. Effectively, the majority of Greeks are denied representation on this new Council. On the other hand, I note that membership of the Council is obtained by application but we are not told what the criteria for approval are. In effect, the Greek government itself may arbitrarily determine membership, just as they did in the previous Council. So what is the difference?” It is not known at this stage whether the draft bill will, upon its passage in Greek Parliament, be accompanied by auxiliary regulations that will give effect to its provisions.
Download AudioArmy investigators are looking into a Stryker Brigade soldier’s allegations of racist behavior by some members of his unit. A U.S.The allegations were outlined in a story posted today to the Army Times’ website. The story cites an NCO with the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright.According to the Times’ story, the staff sergeant says soldiers with the platoon created a weekly opportunity to racially slur fellow soldiers during a weekly event the sergeant says was known as “Racial Thursdays.”The Times story says he was informed when he showed up for duty with the platoon that Racial Thursday is, quote, “a tradition” with the unit.The sergeant says it allowed soldiers with the platoon to, quote, “say any racist remark you want without any consequences” to soldiers who’ve been designated as the recipient of that week’s derision.The Times story says the sergeant had served 10 years in the Army, and asked not to be identified. The NCO told the Times that he’d filed an equal opportunity complaint against his platoon leader, who he said encouraged participation in “Racial Thursdays.”U.S. Army Alaska spokesman Lt. Col. Alan Brown says officials with the platoon’s brigade launched an inquiry into the allegations last week after receiving an “informal complaint” about the behavior.Brown declined to talk on tape, but he said in an e-mail that, “The command is extremely sensitive to any complaints that involve equal opportunity or discrimination and will investigate every allegation.”
Masterchef Australia, a show which began with a few home-cooks and three not-so-renowned judges, had climbed up the charts and emerged as one of the most popular reality shows on the small screen. Not just in Australia, the show paved way for many editions across the world. Apart from the grilling cooking challenges, mouth-watering dishes, phenomenal contestants; the biggest highlight of the show always remained its three fabulous judges.Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris have not only been the hit judges of the show but, have also turned many Australian home-cooks into professional ones. So it comes as a shock to know that Matt, Gary and George won’t be a part of the next season of Masterchef Australia. And the reason could be monetary.As per a report in The Hindu, CEO of Network 10, Paul Anderson, had released a statement saying that despite months of monetary negotiation they couldn’t agree to the compensation and hence had to bid them good-bye. The statement says, “Despite months of negotiation, 10 has not been able to reach a commercial agreement that was satisfactory to Matt, Gary and George. Australia is full of remarkable cooking talent and we can’t wait to introduce another group —and the next generation of exceptional judges —in season 12 of MasterChef Australia next year.”There were also the reports of Chef George having not paid his employees by nearly A$8 million ($5.62 million) over six years. In its 11 seasons, the show has given us some remarkable winners like – Sashi Cheliah, Diana Chan, Elena Duggan, Brent Owens, Emma Dean, Andy Allen and Billi McKay.
The jamming technology is not new, but it´s becoming increasingly popular on buses, in restaurants, and in movie theaters. The device works by sending out a powerful radio signal that overwhelms cell phones so that they cannot communicate with cell towers. The gadgets cost around $100 to $1,000 or more, with larger models that can be left on to create a no-call zone.However, using the jammers is illegal in the US, since the radio frequencies used by cellphone carriers are legally protected by the government, similar to the protected frequencies used by television and radio broadcasters. Cell phone companies spend tens of billions of dollars to lease the frequencies from the government, and expect protection from infringement.According to a recent article in the New York Times, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) warns that people caught using cell phone jammers could be fined up to $11,000 for a first offense. FCC investigators have special technology of their own that can detect the jammers. The commission has already prosecuted several US companies for distributing the devices nationally. While many people find the devices fun as a sort of practical joke, there is also a serious side to the debate. The jammers raise a security threat, since criminals could use them to prevent hostages or others from communicating in an emergency.But in other situations, private businesses have “no cell phone” policies within limited areas to ensure that their employees´ or clients´ concentration is not interrupted. In these places, people shouldn´t be using cell phones in the first place, and the jammers simply enforce that policy.The jammers are currently being sold on sites such as UK-based PhoneJammer.com, which reports its sales have increased by 30% from a year ago to around 400 per month. Holiday sales have exceeded 2,000 of the devices.via: The New York Times Explore further As more people go about chatting obliviously on their cell phones in public places, foreign companies have enjoyed increasing US sales of a new, albeit illegal, device: the cell phone jammer. When you turn it on and slip it in your pocket, the cell phone jammer blocks cell signals within 30 feet. UK rolls out eLoran as GPS backup for safe navigation This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Citation: Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves? (2007, November 9) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2007-11-cell-jammers-airwaves.html This cell phone jammer from PhoneJammer.com is marketed as “battery operated, world compatible.”
Explore further The passenger pigeon, once the most common bird in North America, was hunted to extinction during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Image: Orthogenetic Evolution in the Pigeons (1920). Why populations go extinct is relatively unknown. Ecologists, biologists, physicists, and other experts have investigated the dynamics of extinctions in an effort to understand the factors involved, which is essential for optimizing conservation management.Recently, a team of physicists has studied how random environmental noise (from a wide variety of factors such as climate and resources) affects how quickly a population goes extinct, which the scientists call the “mean time to extinction” (MTE). Physicists Alex Kamenev and Boris Shklovskii of the University of Minnesota, along with Baruch Meerson of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have published their study in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters.As the scientists explained, environmental noise is known to affect a population’s birth and death rates, occasionally decreasing the population size and accelerating its extinction. Earlier theoretical work had assumed that the environmental noise is “white” – that is, random variations of the environment are uncorrelated. But more recently, researchers have found that the real environmental variations are correlated, or “colored” rather than white. “In a broad sense, environmental noise includes irregular variations of environment which are relevant for population dynamics,” Meerson told PhysOrg.com. “For example, temperature variations, droughts, floods, diseases, predators. Were random variations of the environment uncorrelated, they would be describable by the white noise model. The real environmental variations, however, are often correlated. For instance, there is a certain duration of diseases, predators may be present for a certain time, and so on. More often than not, the white noise model should give way to the colored noise model.”Meerson and his coauthors addressed the question of how the color of the environmental noise affects the extinction rate of a population, which has eluded understanding for many years. They found that even relatively weak environmental noise can cause extinctions to occur more rapidly. Generally, the larger a population’s size, the longer it takes a population to become extinct. However, the researchers show that noise color changes this relationship, depending on how long the noise is correlated. Citation: Physicists Show that Correlated Environmental Variations Can Quicken Extinctions (2009, January 13) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2009-01-physicists-environmental-variations-quicken-extinctions.html “The most significant result of this work is that the color of environmental noise may dramatically enhance the population extinction risk,” said Meerson. “Among other surprises was the prediction of the most probable realizations of environmental variations (as reflected in the time-dependence of the birth and death rates) which lead to extinction. It turns out that these vary quite a lot with the noise color.” For a long correlation time of the environmental noise, the population size has almost no effect on the MTE, for a strong enough noise. In this scenario, the population size decreases gradually. The noise color doesn’t directly cause extinction, but it makes a large population fluctuation more probable. In turn, large negative population fluctuations make species more vulnerable to extinction (for instance, because of a temporary drop in fertility), potentially wiping out the population. On the other hand, for a short correlation time of the environmental noise, the MTE changes from scaling exponentially with population size to scaling as a power law. Such short-correlated noise can cause a sudden “catastrophe” in the population, such as by reducing its birth rate to a value that cannot sustain a steady population.Overall, the physicists hope that understanding how correlated environmental variations affect extinction rates will help them understand consequences for ecosystem fragility and species conservation. In the midst of the modern extinction era, understanding the dynamics of extinctions may help humans better realize how we influence natural population changes.More information: Kamenev, Alex; Meerson, Baruch; and Shklovskii, Boris. “How Colored Environmental Noise Affects Population Extinction.” Physical Review Letters 101, 268103 (2008).Copyright 2008 PhysOrg.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without the express written permission of PhysOrg.com.
As the dust of the election settles, Australia’s wildlife still needs a pathway for recovery (PhysOrg.com) — In general, population extinction is a natural process. For one reason or another, an estimated 99.9% of all species that have lived on Earth are now extinct. However, the reasons for a species going extinct are complex, varied, and changing. Ever since the human population began dispersing throughout the Earth 100,000 years ago, the extinction rate has increased dramatically – as much as 1,000 times, by some estimates – putting us in the midst of a modern extinction called the Holocene extinction event. This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
Travelport and HRS have today announced they have entered into a multi-year global distribution agreement that will see up to 70,000 HRS hotels added to Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform.The new agreement will provide Travelport-connected agents with more options for their business and leisure travelling customers.It will also give HRS, a global hotel solutions provider, access to Travelport’s inventory of 67,000 connected travel agencies across the world.HRS chief executive officer Tobias Ragge said Travelport’s platform allows the company to reach new markets and will help boost hotel bookings.“It gives travel agencies and companies access to new hotel properties and enables them to find the right content, all within an efficient booking process a win for all parties involved and a key milestone in our multi-channel strategy,” Mr Ragge said.Travelport global vice president of hospitality and digital media Niklas Andreen said the partnership is important as HRS is a key player in the travel industry.“We look forward to integrating their hotel content onto our industry leading platform and thus further expanding the capabilities of our travel agency and corporate customer base,” Mr Andreen said.“It is an exciting partnership and one that forms part of our ongoing strategy to redefine travel commerce and extend our Beyond Air offering in hotels and cars, with a particular focus on growing in both the hotel and corporate travel space.”Travelport’s Beyond Air strategy includes the company’s previous acquisition of Travel IT in January this year and Hotelzon in June last year.Later this year, the HRS inventory will be fully integrated into travel agents’ regular workflow to help reduce the time and difficulty of booking across multiple channels.The agreement also give agents using the Travelport platform access to the HRS Business Tariff program, which provides special business rates for over 35,000 hotels around the world.Source = ETB Travel News: Brittney Levinson
TAT Newsroom Blogger Campaign set for launch in JuneAre your pens ready and your cameras primed? TAT Newsroom’s long-anticipated Blogger Campaign is set to open in June, 2016, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is inviting people to tell their stories about Thailand and its culture. International bloggers and photographers will have the chance to show off their work and be rewarded with an all-expenses-paid trip to Thailand.The Campaign is open to all active bloggers and social media who are invited to share their stories on trips in Thailand or photos they have taken. Even content bloggers who have yet to come to Thailand can enter by writing about the amazing experiences they expect to discover in the kingdom.To be eligible, bloggers must have a high-profile and regularly updated social media presence with a substantial number of followers. This could include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, etc. or a personal blog that covers travel, food or culture topics. Entrants also need to be followers of the TAT Newsroom via social media platforms.Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of TAT said, “There are many hundreds of bloggers and photographers out there who record their stories of Thailand online. We want to harness this creative energy to promote the wonders of Thailand and give these talented people the chance to win a trip back to the kingdom to explore further. We are looking forward to seeing what amazing stories and photos the blogging community comes up with when the campaign opens.”Entrants can upload up to five stories and photos to the specially created TAT Newsroom website in which the address will be unveiled in June, 2016. The Campaign will be open for one month. After posting their stories and photos, the bloggers and photographers can then encourage their online followers and members of the public to vote.The top three bloggers and three photographers with the highest numbers of votes will be rewarded with an all-expenses-paid trip to Thailand. Voters will also get the chance to receive prizes with their names entered in to a lucky draw.The TAT Newsroom Blogger Campaign is aimed at promoting the everyday charms of Thailand, its culture and its people. It is the kingdom’s unique blend of, traditions and festivals that epitomise “Thainess” and make the country stand out as offering unique experiences to all visitors, writers and photographers especially.Source = Tourism Authority of Thailand
“Historically at least 70% of the volume is shipped in June and early July.”The annual event was held in March for the first time, as the traditional late April date conflicted with Easter and many felt it was time to announce estimates earlier so they could be actionable for marketing purposes.Another first was holding the Mexican Spring Summit in the United States to encourage American sales companies to attend.Caborca Grower Association president Librado Macias reportedly said his group was very happy to see the robust attendance of U.S. marketers, nearly a third of the 250 attendees.Pandol said it was critical for sales planning to have good information on the volume and timing of the grape harvest.”Retailers fall in to two categories: retailers who have a 52-week plan based mostly on last years sales and retailers who plan 3 to 6 weeks out based mostly on this year’s supply,” he said.”Now is the time for retailers to either adjust or create plans for the grape season.” March 26 , 2019 The North American market may receive 34% more table grapes from Mexico this year, with volume expected to be more in line with the 2017 crop.Pandol Brothers special projects director John Pandol has shared forecast details released last week at the Sonoran Table Grape Growers Association (AALPUM) Mexican Spring Summit held in Tubac, Arizona.AALPUM president Marco Molina reportedly announced an estimate of 22 million boxes, which is substantially more than the 16.3 million exported to North America in 2018 and slightly higher than the 21 million shipped in 2017.”The breakdown is 49% red seedless, 39 % green seedless, 5% black seedless and 7% unspecified,” said Pandol, who is also grape division chairman at the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA), an importer association based in Nogales, Arizona.Harvests of promotional volumes are set to start in Week 21 (around May 20), and will continue until at least week 26 (around June 24).”Weekly volumes were not announced, but some private estimates peg weeks 22 through 25 (May 27 through June 22) at 4,000,000 cartons per week,” Pandol said.
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0 Comments Share Former Cardinals kicker Phil Dawson retires There isn’t a ton of film on Scott, but he shows flashes of starter ability, and even when mixed with his bad streaks, it shows he is more than just draftable — it shows a guy that could mature into something down the line.That was before Scott hit the post-all-star game circuit and became the internet community’s quarterback darling — outside of Florida State’s EJ Manuel.In my eyes, Scott is a better prospect than fellow University of Arizona alum Nick Foles because he offered similar arm talent, but combines that with an ability to move in and out of the pocket. What I saw on Scott that made me think he could be a Cardinals’ target weeks ago is his ability to push the ball down the field in the intermediate and deep passing game.When people talk about making “all the throws” at the NFL level, they aren’t just talking about being able to throw the deep out from the far hash mark — a staple in Bruce Arians’ offense. Nor are they talking about throwing the ball 40-plus yards down the field — although Arians is on record saying they have six home run plays a game and they won’t leave any in the bag. But it is being able to make those throws with different trajectories, different velocities, and doing it in small windows with a pass rusher bearing down on you. Three weeks ago, I mocked University of Arizona quarterback Matt Scott to the Arizona Cardinals in my Cardinals Mock Draft 2.0, where they went with a pass rusher early in the draft. When I started my draft series here at ArizonaSports.com, the first thing I did was give you my quarterback rankings, which had Scott as the 10th best quarterback in the class.In that piece I closed my quick synopsis on Matt Scott with this little summation: Derrick Hall satisfied with D-backs’ buying and selling Top Stories The 5: Takeaways from the Coyotes’ introduction of Alex Meruelo While Scott wasn’t asked to do that much at Arizona — only slightly over 37 percent of his throws traveled over 10 yards in the air. I don’t blame him for that. Rich Rodriguez’s offense was designed to get the ball out quickly and get his playmakers into space, not show off his quarterback’s arm strength.When Scott did throw “Arians passes” as I like to call them, I took notice.While he won’t compare to Tennessee’s Tyler Bray or N.C. State’s Mike Glennon when it comes to pure arm strength, he isn’t far off when it comes to functional arm strength.What I mean: Grace expects Greinke trade to have emotional impact
by David Sharp, The Associated Press Posted May 25, 2018 9:27 am PDT Last Updated May 25, 2018 at 3:00 pm PDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2014, file photo, fans gather outside “Star of Hope” the residence of artist Robert Indiana on Vinalhaven Island, Maine. Indiana died on May 19, 2018. His will calls for his home and studio to be transformed into a museum and for his collection to be preserved and open to the public. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine – Reclusive pop artist Robert Indiana didn’t open his island home to many strangers. That’s going to change with his death.Indiana’s will calls for his Main Street home and studio, which he dubbed the “Star of Hope,” to be transformed into a museum and for his entire art collection to be preserved and open to the public.Indiana, whose “LOVE” series is instantly recognizable around the world, died on May 19 at his Vinalhaven Island home 15 miles (24 kilometres) off the mainland.His attorney, James Brannan, filed the will in probate court on Friday in Rockland. The will, dated in 2016, stipulates the creation of a non-profit organization that will receive royalties from his artwork.Brannan declined to place a figure on the artist’s estate but acknowledged most of the value is in the artist’s collection. Based on the court filing fee, the value of the estate is estimated to be upward of $28 million.The attorney said it will take time and money to accomplish the late artist’s goal because the Victorian-style building has fallen into disrepair. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.Also complicating the late artist’s plans is a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York City. The lawsuit accuses two men of insinuating themselves into Indiana’s life and taking advantage of him in the final years of his life.One of those men, Jamie Thomas, has served as Indiana’s power of attorney for two years, and was tapped to be director of the museum, Brannan said.The Morgan Art Foundation, which filed the lawsuit on May 18, plans to contest the will and Thomas’ appointment to direct the museum. The foundation holds a copyright for the LOVE series and accuses Thomas in the lawsuit of mistreating Indiana.“We will fight to protect Indiana’s legacy and will be vigorously challenging this appointment with the Maine attorney general and in court,” Luke Nikas, the foundation’s attorney.Thomas couldn’t be reached for comment Friday.Kathleen Rogers, a friend and former publicist, said she agrees that Thomas, a former studio assistant, isn’t qualified to be in charge of Indiana’s legacy. But she said she loves the idea of a museum.“That’s what we’ve been hoping for — that the studio would be preserved and turned into a museum,” she said.___This story has been corrected to show that Indiana died on May 19, not May 29.
Robert Indiana’s home, studio to be transformed into museum