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The teenagers being offered drugs or facing sexual advances -
Sir Al said the situation is a "national scandal" -
Child 'adult mental care' scandal -
By Alison Holt
Social Affairs correspondent, BBC News -
Jay Taylor
Jay Taylor was scared by her time on an adult ward -
Jay Taylor interview -
Treating children in adult psychiatric wards -
is a "national scandal" -
the Children's Commissioner has said.
Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green told the BBC -
he fears children leave in a poorer condition -
than when they went in.
A report to be published next week by -
the charity Young Minds warns there are not -
enough emergency beds for children with
mental health problems -
Almost 1,000 under-18s spend time on an adult ward -
in a year, with more than half of those admissions - inappropriate.
Most adolescent units are almost always full
all of the time
Dr Barry Chipchase, Northumberland,
Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
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bureaucracy often be the takeover targets by
the 666 -
all rules become circumvented to the neg. side-
Young Minds' report, prepared for the Children's Commissioner, details the experiences of sixteen young people, aged between 13 and 19, who have been treated on adult wards for their mental health problems.
Some were held in police cells or accident and emergency units whilst a search was made for a place which could take them.
Most felt frightened and confused with little information about what was happening to them.
The report also says placing vulnerable teenagers on an adult ward raises child protection issues, with some of the teenagers being offered drugs or facing sexual advances.
Sir Al said the situation is a "national scandal".
"It wouldn't surprise me if children leave adult wards worse than when they went in.
"Putting children in an age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate environment can only be better for them."
'It was scary'
Jay Taylor spent three weeks on an adult psychiatric ward in March this year because doctors couldn't find her a bed at a young people's unit.
Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green
'Age-appropriate care is needed'
She said: "I was really scared at first, it was nothing like I had ever seen before."
Jay saw one person being held down by nurses and forced to take their medication.
She says there was a lot of shouting and aggression with some patients clearly very disturbed.
"It did get scary when they came towards you and were shouting and stuff, with being so young I didn't know what to do."
Jay was suffering from depression and anorexia and had virtually stopped eating and drinking, needing to be fed through a tube to regain her strength.
She was admitted to the adult psychiatric unit in Newcastle.
"I was vulnerable. I became more depressed, I became isolated within myself, I wasn't getting the help I needed."
In recent years, extra money has gone into child and adolescent mental health services but they are still under pressure, and finding a bed in an emergency is difficult.
No beds
Dr Barry Chipchase of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, one of the child psychiatrists involved in Jay's case, said they do their best to find more appropriate places for under 18's - but sometimes they have no choice.
"We know that most adolescent units are almost always full all of the time.
"I know this because if I have a young person who needs admitting and we don't have a bed in this unit, I have to ring round a number of other units around the country who tell me the same thing - that they don't have a bed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6165062.stm
God Bless
2007 - Elections - Phil Shrewsbury-Gee - Detective Constable
Technological Crimes Unit/Major Frauds Bureau
York Regional Police
http://www.htciaontario.org/board.htm
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BLBR-News Officer Receives Award for His Work With LACE
Market Wire - November 14, 2006 8:08 AM (EDT)
TORONTO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Nov 14, 2006 -- BlueBear Network International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) is pleased to announce that Detective Constable Phil Shrewsbury-Gee of York Regional Police Service received an award for his work piloting BlueBear's innovative new software product -- LACE -- that fights child exploitation. LACE (Law Enforcement Against Child Exploitation) provides child exploitation units with the ability to automatically categorize images found on seized computer hard drives in child exploitation cases.
The award from the Toronto Chapter of ASIS was presented to Shrewsbury-Gee at its law enforcement appreciation dinner, which was held in Toronto in late October.
It was at the request of Shrewsbury-Gee that BlueBear developed an exceptional image matching capability that is one of the key component modules of LACE. Shrewsbury-Gee was also instrumental in the development of user requirements that resulted in an automated image-categorization process that saves analysts and investigators enormous amounts of time and labour. Furthermore, LACE helps process the backlog of child exploitation cases awaiting analysis and investigation in most police agencies.
As envisioned by Shrewsbury-Gee, with its integrated distributed face identification and information-sharing module, LACE can identify faces of victims and suspects in linked facial image databases. "Never again, during a child exploitation investigation will I find myself saying, where have I seen that picture or face before, LACE will show me exactly where and when I have seen all similar images," Shrewsbury-Gee said.
At the awards dinner, York Regional Police Chief Armand La Barge stated that, "York Regional Police is proud to be at the forefront in state-of-the-art technology that will revolutionize the investigation of technological crime."
Sal Khan, CEO of BlueBear, acknowledged that, "Without Phil Shrewsbury-Gee's vision, LACE would not be a product today."
York Regional Police was the first police agency in the world to start using the alpha version of LACE. The alpha trial proved to be successful and York Regional Police has decided to evaluate the beta version of LACE in conjunction with other police agencies in Ontario and across Canada.
About BlueBear Network International, Inc.: BlueBear Network International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) is a Nevada company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. BlueBear develops and markets the world's first system (LACE) that automatically processes and categorizes media-evidence files from seized computer hard drives in child exploitation cases. LACE can also search and identify victims, suspects, & witnesses in police facial images databases located worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.bbninternational.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Securities Litigation Improvements Act of 1996. The words "believe," "expect," "estimate," and "project" and similar expressions define forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. BlueBear undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are currently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated in, or underlie the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward-looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to meet its projected growth, the effects of government regulation, competition and other material risks.
Contact:
Sal Khan
CEO
skhan@bbninternational.com
613-599-7766 x 26
Sit tight, BLBR has always put out news announcements. It's not dead...its ALIVE.
I didnt get anymore shares. I think i am happy with where i sit right now. I mean, i know i will be kicking myself mid-next year, but i guess i am just good at doing that. hah.
Did you pick up any more?
NEW BOARD w/ BLBR Chart Updates....
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thanks a million -
Blubear on a good Mission -
God Bless
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May want to average down. BLBR to pick up steam REAL SOON.
I am debating as to whether or not i want to put some more money in this..... Grrrrrrr.... its sooooo tempting.
Make that .029 x .06 /e.
News out this morning....radar this one.
BLBR getting ready for ACTION here.
.01 x .06 lst .05--little volume can take this to your .20's.
Yes... It will be fun to watch this stock slowly raise to 100 dollars per share!!!! bwhahahaha!!!!
It almost makes me want to dump some more money into it right now, but i think i am safe with my current investment. Although i do wish that the first set of shares i bought wasnt when this first came on the market, hah. oh well, ya live and learn.
People need to be made aware as to its technology, and that this company exists.
I certainly hope so!!!!
Come on people... JUMP on board!!!!!
Oh, and they will need to get off the pinks too hah.
People will start following BLBR after todays news.
Excellent news from BLBR.
BlueBear's Unique Distributed Database Design Gains Police Customer Approval
2006-11-07 09:00 ET - News Release
OTTAWA, ON -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/07/06
BlueBear Networks International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) announced today that it has obtained the consent of its police customer base to implement its distributed database system, which is embedded in its child exploitation investigative product, LACE (Law Enforcement Against Child Exploitation). The distributed database system is a key component of BlueBear's patent pending, distributed search, and information sharing technology.
The LACE distributed database system gives participating police child exploitation units worldwide the ability to securely search and share each others media-evidence file data. Det. Const Phil Shrewsbury of York Regional Police's Electronic Crimes Section called the distributed database system "the best solution for this task." Jeff Nash, VP Sales and Marketing BlueBear, stated that, "There are billions of still images and video files located in police databases, on web sites, and on computer hard drives worldwide. The immense scale of the task presented a challenging storage, retrieval, and matching problem that required an ingenious solution, BlueBear's distributed database system."
LACE automates the process of reviewing and categorizing case media-evidence files (still images and videos) extracted from seized computer hard drives in child exploitation cases. By utilizing previously categorized cases, located in linked police child exploitation databases, locally, regionally, nationally, or worldwide, LACE dramatically reduces the number of case media-evidence files that require manual review.
About BlueBear Network International, Inc. BlueBear Network International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) is a Nevada company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. BlueBear develops and markets the world's first system (LACE) that automatically processes and categorizes media-evidence files from seized computer hard drives in child exploitation cases. LACE can also search and identify victims, suspects, & witnesses in police facial images databases located worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.bbninternational.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Securities Litigation Improvements Act of 1996. The words "believe, expect, estimate and project" and similar expressions define forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. BBNI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are currently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated in, or underlie the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward-looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to meet its projected growth, the effects of government regulation, competition and other material risks.
Contact:
Sal Khan
CEO
skhan@bbninternational.com
613-599-7766 x 26
Canadian abused minor on webcam
Webcam
Undercover police gained the suspect's trust
in a chat room
A man in Canada has been arrested after sexually
assaulting a pre-school girl during a live internet
chat watched by an undercover police officer.
The officer, Detective Constable Paul Krawczyk, who
was posing as a paedophile, said Sunday's attack
horrified him and made him feel sick.
He alerted colleagues, who tracked down
and arrested the man in his home in St Thomas,
south-west of Toronto.
The girl is said to be with her family
and receiving help to recover.
The man, who has not been named, faces 11 charges
of sexual assault and pornography.
Photos sent
DC Krawczyk is a member of Toronto's acclaimed
Child Exploitation Section, known for its work
in tracking down paedophiles on the internet.
At that moment, what I recall is my heart racing
out of control, sweating and feeling like...
I was going to throw up
Detective Constable Krawczyk
Describing Sunday's events at a news conference
on Thursday, he said he had gained the man's trust
in an internet chat room, after which he was sent
photos of child pornography.
It soon became clear to him what the man was doing,
and he had to act quickly, the detective
constable said.
"At that moment, what I recall is my heart racing
out of control, sweating and feeling like...
I was going to throw up," he said.
"To see this child and look that child
in the eyes and realise that the child
was live somewhere, being abused, we had
had to save the child right then,"
he added.
"The minute we realised what was happening,
we went as fast as we could."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6112202.stm
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do not care for any person -
not even a child -
the 666 are often very sick -
many need to be in prison or
in mental care facilities -
for the protection of all
888 - people -
God Bless
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Tackling the threat of child abuse online
By Peter Robbins
Chief executive, Internet Watch Foundation
The IWF is launching a poster awareness campaign
The IWF is launching a poster awareness campaign
It is exactly 10 years since the Internet Watch
Foundation (IWF) was set up by the internet industry
to combat potentially illegal content online.
The organisation was formed following an agreement
between the government, police and the internet
service provider industry, that a partnership approach
was needed to tackle the distribution of
child abuse images online.
In our first year we handled 615 reports but we have
processed more than 27,000 reports already this year.
Over the 10 years we have traced more than 31,000 websites
that appear to contain potentially illegal
child abuse images.
In the vast majority of those instances we have
forwarded reports to international hotline partners
and law enforcement agencies so they can take action
to have the images removed as soon as possible.
'Broader awareness'
This figure is testament to knowledge of our work,
however we still have much to do to in terms of
raising a much broader awareness of our role and
remit amongst online consumers and in sharing
the UK's model of success around the world.
It is with this in mind that today sees the launch
of our first consumer advertising campaign followed
by a national series of conferences.
Peter Robbins
As criminals use increasingly sophisticated techniques
to avoid detection, it is vital that we continue our
work with all our stakeholders
We are aiming to make it clear to all online users
that we exist to take reports of potentially illegal
content that anyone accidentally stumbles across online.
When I joined the IWF in 2002, internet access and
usage seemed to be the exception rather than the rule.
Today it wouldn't be stretching a point to say that
the internet is almost an essential part of our daily
lives with so many different technological devices
now available to give us access to the web.
The proliferation of abusive images of children over
the internet has certainly brought with it new
challenges in many countries but the UK model of
self regulation, with the UK online industry working
with other key partners to have these images removed
as soon as possible has been a significant achievement.
Such has been the success in the UK that many other
countries have now followed suit and created their own
hotlines to replicate our model.
'Marvellous innovation'
The decade the IWF has been in operation has shown
what a marvellous innovation the internet has been.
It helps bring friends and families closer together
through improved communication channels and it has
become an essential knowledge tool through its easy
and immediate access to information.
We continue to see innovation with new services and technologies developing on a regular basis with user
generated content becoming more and more popular
everyday.
Broadband is gradually becoming the standard at home
and work and mobile web is a reality.
The roll out of these new technologies brings with it
increased broadband speed and greater online
storage facilities.
Services which allow the sharing of higher quality
video may in turn lead to different types of
potentially illegal content being swapped.
Larger storage systems being freely available may
also lead to more content being stored on remote
servers rather than the electronic device that
uploaded the content.
As criminals use increasingly sophisticated techniques
to avoid detection, it is vital that we continue our
work with all our stakeholders and partners to share
knowledge, expertise and best practice if this problem
is to be defeated.
'Partnership model'
When the IWF started in 1996, it was the only organisation
of its type in the world.
The success this partnership model has had of working
with government, industry, the police and public has
led to many other countries taking a similar approach.
Today, 23 other countries around the world have hotlines
to which the public can report their inadvertent
exposure to potentially illegal child abuse images.
The success of our model in the UK is clearly shown
by the fact that reported child abuse content hosted
in the UK, which was 18% in 1997, has been reduced
to 0.2% so far in 2006.
On the now very rare occasions that content is discovered
to be hosted in the UK, the internet service provider
acts swiftly to ensure the content is removed, whilst
the police are quick to investigate the publisher.
This situation has not happened by chance.
It is down to the determination of all our stakeholders
to confront the issue and adopt policies and practices
that make the UK a hostile place for anyone seeking
to distribute or view such images.
By its very nature the world wide web presents us
with an ongoing challenge.
Despite having nearly eradicated the hosting of
online child abuse images here in the UK, this
material is still available elsewhere and can
be accessed from the UK.
Moving forward it will be a priority for us to explain
to other nations the procedures we have worked out with
our industry stakeholders and seek the co-operation
of international partners to substantially cut the
availability of child abuse material wherever it
is hosted.
As regards commercial child abuse websites, we are
calling for more of an international joined up approach
along the lines of a body which transcends borders
and police jurisdictions, to combat those websites
which 'hop' from country to country to
avoid detection.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6080364.stm
Child safety on the internet
Updated: 26 Feb 2006
Parents are faced with a number of issues when
considering allowing their children to access
the internet.
These include exposure to violent images, pornography
and children being the targets of crime and
exploitation.
But measures such as parental supervision, security
programmes such as filter and blocking systems can
help protect children from harmful content and
contact.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/C1610
Lets not worry, will be alot higher in due time.
i believe it was .02 x .03 yesterday.... same as today, but all the trades were at .03.
I think the BlueBear web site needs a major update... hrmmm, should e-mail sal kahn.
Nice read...TX for the info. BLBR to take off very soon IMO.
What was the bid yesterday?
Sweet!! It seems like i can never find any good articles and such like that. At least it sounds like Sal Kahn is still running the show. The BlueBear website is not up to date though, and the names it has listed might not be correct.
Excellent Forbes article on the BlueBear technology:
Wednesday, October 14, 2002
FORBES - VisionSphere’s Facial Recognition Technology Helps Catch Criminals
Locating and catching criminals coast to coast is getting easier thanks to new image sharing technology. Until now, a criminal with a mug shot on record in New York had little to fear from authorities in Cleveland. VisionSphere Technologies are teaming up with law enforcement agencies from Canada to California to test the VSIdent system, which combines facial recognition technology with database integration. The system will allow law enforcement officials to access multiple databases, sort through thousands of photos, and find matches with stunning speed and accuracy. Visit www.VisualCommunication.info for details on this infoimaging case.
Law & Order is severely hampered when it comes to sharing mug shots of criminals. Today, law enforcement in one town hardly benefits when another city has a felon’s photo on file. Police still use printed books of mug shots; even when their own records are computerized. They have to use text-based searches in their mug shot database, because they cannot easily access the arrest photos on file at another city..
VisionSphere Technologies is testing the integration of its facial recognition program with standard databases.” For years, we’ve noted law enforcement’s need for both facial recognition technology -- of which there are now quite a few providers -- and distributed cross-database communications capabilities -- for which VisionSphere has unique, patent-pending methods,” explained VisionSphere’s CEO Sal Khan. .
The company’s facial recognition software takes a mug shot database and converts it to its “facial biometric” template -- a way of breaking down a portrait into regions that are more correctly compared and matched. That’s a one-time process, after which one can quickly find a face in a converted database. Then the VSIdent system searches throughout a distributed network, comparing a photo of the person sought with thousands of mug shots.The company’s facial recognition software takes a mug shot database and converts it to its “facial biometric” template -- a way of breaking down a portrait into regions that are more correctly compared and matched. That’s a one-time process, after which one can quickly find a face in a converted database. Then the VSIdent system searches throughout a distributed network, comparing a photo of the person sought with thousands of mug shots.
In the “Project BlueBear” pilot demonstration at the Canadian Police Research Centre, the VSIdent system searched 11,000 mug shots in the databases of four cities. It found the correct image, and also found matches from an image extracted from a video surveillance tape and a composite image. VisionShpere performed a demonstration for the California Department of Justice, successfully found the matching face in 67,000 images. Khan says the VSIdent system can deploy on existing IT infrastructure and the Internet. “It doesn't require new capital investments, major upgrades, or the creation of a private network.” Facial recognition in general may become the leading biometric as it’s “accurate, fast, and non-invasive.” Projections show that the overall biometric market will reach $2.3 billion by 2004. Soon this infoimaging technology may well be used to visually communicate between thousands of police forces across the continent. Quote: “We are expanding our pilot project to four locations. Once it is proven, it will become a commercial product. There are 19,000 police departments in the US, and 1,000 in Canada that can benefit from this technology to take a bite out of crime.” Sal Khan , CEO, VisionSphere .
The only thing i can really think is that someone is buying up lots of shares for a big push, or really even some kinda scam. Who knows really, but at least we are in at below sea level prices.
Does anyone know who is currently running the company? I dont believe the web site is up to date.
.10 is in sight here :)
I think some financing probably coming...real soon.
Hard to say. Company obviously needs to be funded and announce some contracts. Then BLBR will be well received by many. Hence hihger pps.
Anybody have any opinions on what the price of this stock could be if things were to go well, and their product actually starts selling one day?
I've never really tried to formulate that.
The only reason i say december is because, supposedly... That is when the testing in York will be completed. Data wont be finished collecting until december 31st. From there it will probably be 2 weeks to sift through it all, and then hopefully by the end of January there will be some great great news that all of canada and all of the US and all of the world will want their technology...... then BOOM.... 10 dollars a share. hahahaha. I love my world of dreams.
Why not October? An update around the corner me thinks. Stock is currently sitting at .03 x .05.
I agree. It will definitely be interesting to see what happens come december. At the same time though, i just wish, that even on their website or something they would put out some kinda update.
These guys have a tremendous product, just a matter of time before this stock starts to rock.
Wait until they announce something regarding "technology in fighting predators". I can see John Walsh being a spoks person for this.
With all these stories of "child predators" (or whatever you may want to call these characters) that we hear in the news....Bluebears technology looks to help the public and enforcement agencies.
I think that you might be on to something.
ECPAT - is a network of organisations and individuals working
together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of
children.
It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children
everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of
commercial sexual exploitation.
http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp
I think one of the major news reporting agencies needs to do a piece on BlueBear!!!
Bluebear - for a good Mission -
its on firesale -
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God Bless
Yeah, but where is any BlueBear News. What is the company really up too? I never understand why any company would not care about its stock. I wonder how the testing in York is going.
Volumes up probably due to the fact of the airing of "Child Exploitation Facts" as seen on the CTV National News last evening with Lloyd Robertson, and in an interview with Supt. Erica Kim McCool of the RCMP, this morning on the CTV morning news show.
Some stats given:
-14 million web sites dispensing Child Porn (CP) images at any one time
-120,000 queries per day for CP images
-20,000 new CP pictures added each day
Considering the PPS has done SQUAT for the last 8 months or so, i would say it's got a bright future.
I would say there's signs of a small pulse.
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