WHO@ Newsletter - June 25, 2012
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Zoo apes get stimulation from iPad apps
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/06/2
Officials at the Houston Zoo said the "Apps for Apes" program, which provides apes with iPad apps designed for children, helps mentally stimulate the primates.
Zookeepers said the facility is the first in Texas to participate in the "Apps for Apes" program, which was developed by New York primate advocacy group Orangutan Outreach and pioneered at zoos in Wisconsin and Toronto. The program helps to stimulate the primates mentally in the absence of wild conditions, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.
"Chimps and orangutans and other apes are very intelligent," chimp keeper Helen Boostrom said. "In the wild, the problems they must solve are finding food and shelter. They don't have to do that at the zoo. This is enrichment. It helps them use their minds."
Zoo spokesman Brian Hill said zookeepers have noticed similar reactions in apes and human children when they solve the puzzles on the iPad apps.
"You see the same reaction on their faces when they solve a problem and get something right," he said.
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(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Biloxi Man Arrested for Cyber-Stalking - 06/25/12
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/sto
Officials say a 20-year-old Biloxi man has been arrested on charges of cyber-stalking after he threatened on Facebook to kill a family.
Twitter stalking: when nasty tweets become a crime - 06/25/12
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b
The internet has made it easier to find old friends and also has given millions of people a platform to express themselves. But social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook also are causing scarey problems for some people who have been harassed and cyberstalked.
Facebook's Find Friends Nearby: for meeting people or stalking? - 06/24/12
http://www.examiner.com/article/faceboo
According to a report from TechCrunch, Facebook released the newest addition to its mobile arsenal, and it’s called FriendShake, or Find Friends Nearby. Originally, the app was accessible using a desktop computer and the mobile web only.
Richard O'Dwyer and the new internet war - 06/24/12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis
I think that copyright matters, and is important. Creators ought to be legally able to give their work away freely, as so many do for the betterment of humankind, and to set certain conditions on how their work is used. And I think creators ought to be able to release their work under traditional copyright and have legal recourse against those who are illegally profiting from it.
Teachers face new forms of bullying in online era - 06/23/12
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.s
The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how student harassment of teachers and administrators has become more spiteful and damaging in the online era.
Man gets 12 years for online ‘South Park’ threat - 06/22/12
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/5435
A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show and others he deemed enemies of Islam. The sentence largely in line with the term sought by prosecutors came after Jesse Curtis Morton, 33, offered an apology for his conduct, saying he "contributed to a clash of civilizations" by espousing a violent ideology.
Cyber-stalking charges for teen - 06/21/12
http://www.bastropenterprise.com/news/x
Samantha Galvin, 19, was arrested June 14 on three warrants which were aggravated battery, aggravated assault and cyberstalking.
Man charged with making Web threats against University of Pittsburgh - 06/21/12
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/26
Federal authorities arrested an Ohio computer specialist on June 20 for making threats against the University of Pittsburgh via YouTube last spring at the same time the school was dealing with a series of intensifying bomb threats.
Radio station owner ordered to stop stalking lawmaker - 06/21/12
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/201
An Oregon judge has ordered a Newport radio station owner to stay away from U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader and stop hounding him with emails and calls. In court documents, Schrader alleged that 68-year-old Cheryl McAnally Harle is “completely obsessed” with the idea that they have a romantic relationship. Schrader and Harle have had no social or professional contact other than his few appearances on her talk show, Chief of Staff Paul Gage told The Oregonian.
Comedian who uploaded traffic warden picture and insulting comments to Facebook gets official caution from police - 06/21/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A comedian was given a police caution after uploading a picture online of a traffic warden and encouraging people to 'ride her like a horse'. John O'Sullivan, 37, took a picture of the warden from the back while she was working in Horsham, West Sussex. He uploaded the picture to a Horsham forum on social networking site Facebook with the caption, ‘I will give £36 to anyone who jumps on her back spanks her and rides her like a horse'.
Michigan Stalker of Santee Woman Fit to Stand Trial - 06/21/12
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/n
New details have come to light regarding the case of a Michigan man who traveled to San Diego last year to stalk and potentially murder a Santee woman and her boyfriend, courtesy The Smoking Gun. Twenty-eight year old Brian Hile, who had been living in his grandmother’s mobile home in Fremont, Michigan, apparently began an online relationship with a South African woman he met while playing an online video game. Although the two never met or even spoke on the phone, they conversed extensively online and began exchanging nude photos.
Man charged with cyberstalking Oswego resident - 06/20/12
http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/133
A North Carolina man has been charged with cyberstalking after a four-month investigation by Oswego police.
Fresh charges against woman for email threat - 06/20/12
http://articles.timesofindia.india
The cyber crime wing of the city police has slapped fresh charges against N Vasantha, 38, who was arrested in May this year for sending hoax email threatening to kill Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and plant bombs at three different locations in the state.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/06/2
Officials at the Houston Zoo said the "Apps for Apes" program, which provides apes with iPad apps designed for children, helps mentally stimulate the primates.
Zookeepers said the facility is the first in Texas to participate in the "Apps for Apes" program, which was developed by New York primate advocacy group Orangutan Outreach and pioneered at zoos in Wisconsin and Toronto. The program helps to stimulate the primates mentally in the absence of wild conditions, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.
"Chimps and orangutans and other apes are very intelligent," chimp keeper Helen Boostrom said. "In the wild, the problems they must solve are finding food and shelter. They don't have to do that at the zoo. This is enrichment. It helps them use their minds."
Zoo spokesman Brian Hill said zookeepers have noticed similar reactions in apes and human children when they solve the puzzles on the iPad apps.
"You see the same reaction on their faces when they solve a problem and get something right," he said.
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Visit WHOA on the web at http://www.haltabuse.org
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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Biloxi Man Arrested for Cyber-Stalking - 06/25/12
http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/sto
Officials say a 20-year-old Biloxi man has been arrested on charges of cyber-stalking after he threatened on Facebook to kill a family.
Twitter stalking: when nasty tweets become a crime - 06/25/12
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b
The internet has made it easier to find old friends and also has given millions of people a platform to express themselves. But social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook also are causing scarey problems for some people who have been harassed and cyberstalked.
Facebook's Find Friends Nearby: for meeting people or stalking? - 06/24/12
http://www.examiner.com/article/faceboo
According to a report from TechCrunch, Facebook released the newest addition to its mobile arsenal, and it’s called FriendShake, or Find Friends Nearby. Originally, the app was accessible using a desktop computer and the mobile web only.
Richard O'Dwyer and the new internet war - 06/24/12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis
I think that copyright matters, and is important. Creators ought to be legally able to give their work away freely, as so many do for the betterment of humankind, and to set certain conditions on how their work is used. And I think creators ought to be able to release their work under traditional copyright and have legal recourse against those who are illegally profiting from it.
Teachers face new forms of bullying in online era - 06/23/12
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.s
The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how student harassment of teachers and administrators has become more spiteful and damaging in the online era.
Man gets 12 years for online ‘South Park’ threat - 06/22/12
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/5435
A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show and others he deemed enemies of Islam. The sentence largely in line with the term sought by prosecutors came after Jesse Curtis Morton, 33, offered an apology for his conduct, saying he "contributed to a clash of civilizations" by espousing a violent ideology.
Cyber-stalking charges for teen - 06/21/12
http://www.bastropenterprise.com/news/x
Samantha Galvin, 19, was arrested June 14 on three warrants which were aggravated battery, aggravated assault and cyberstalking.
Man charged with making Web threats against University of Pittsburgh - 06/21/12
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/26
Federal authorities arrested an Ohio computer specialist on June 20 for making threats against the University of Pittsburgh via YouTube last spring at the same time the school was dealing with a series of intensifying bomb threats.
Radio station owner ordered to stop stalking lawmaker - 06/21/12
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/201
An Oregon judge has ordered a Newport radio station owner to stay away from U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader and stop hounding him with emails and calls. In court documents, Schrader alleged that 68-year-old Cheryl McAnally Harle is “completely obsessed” with the idea that they have a romantic relationship. Schrader and Harle have had no social or professional contact other than his few appearances on her talk show, Chief of Staff Paul Gage told The Oregonian.
Comedian who uploaded traffic warden picture and insulting comments to Facebook gets official caution from police - 06/21/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A comedian was given a police caution after uploading a picture online of a traffic warden and encouraging people to 'ride her like a horse'. John O'Sullivan, 37, took a picture of the warden from the back while she was working in Horsham, West Sussex. He uploaded the picture to a Horsham forum on social networking site Facebook with the caption, ‘I will give £36 to anyone who jumps on her back spanks her and rides her like a horse'.
Michigan Stalker of Santee Woman Fit to Stand Trial - 06/21/12
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/n
New details have come to light regarding the case of a Michigan man who traveled to San Diego last year to stalk and potentially murder a Santee woman and her boyfriend, courtesy The Smoking Gun. Twenty-eight year old Brian Hile, who had been living in his grandmother’s mobile home in Fremont, Michigan, apparently began an online relationship with a South African woman he met while playing an online video game. Although the two never met or even spoke on the phone, they conversed extensively online and began exchanging nude photos.
Man charged with cyberstalking Oswego resident - 06/20/12
http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/133
A North Carolina man has been charged with cyberstalking after a four-month investigation by Oswego police.
Fresh charges against woman for email threat - 06/20/12
http://articles.timesofindia.india
The cyber crime wing of the city police has slapped fresh charges against N Vasantha, 38, who was arrested in May this year for sending hoax email threatening to kill Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and plant bombs at three different locations in the state.
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