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If I asked you to define exactly what a Browser is, could you?
At first blush, this may seem like a dumb question. Browsers have been around since Netscape Navigator introduced the concept well over a decade ago, and most technical people can rattle off the names of popular browsers like "Internet Explorer", "Safari", "Firefox" and "Chrome" without hesitating. But while it may be easy for people to provide this kind of 'definition by example', I would argue that getting people to offer a definition based on more specific criteria would end up being a much bigger challenge.
Let me assert that this isn't simply an academic question that I'm asking as some intellectual exercise. It has actually become a very important issue that will need to be resolved – both legally as well as in the ethos of the web. To understand why, consider the recent tussle between the NY Times and the young developers of the successful iPad RSS reader called PULSE.
PULSE was one of the applications profiled during Steve Job's WWDC keynote. It's a popular application that marries the traditional RSS reader with an innovative browsing interface, creating something really unique. Shortly after that keynote, Apple received a letter from the New York Times demanding that PULSE be removed from the App Store. Here is a clip taken directly from the legal take down notice Apple received:
The Pulse News Reader app, makes commercial use of the NYTimes.com and Boston.com RSS feeds, in violation of their Terms of Use*. Thus, the use of our content is unlicensed. The app also frames the NYTimes.com and Boston.com websites in violation of their respective Terms of Use.
Though there's a long discussion I could have on the commercial use clause in the above quote, for this post consider the line I called out that talks about "framing" sites. Historically, "framing" was the practice where one website would use an HTML '<frame>' command to embed the contents of another web site into it's display. This was predominantly used by unsavory sorts on the web as a way for them to "capture" the value of another site instead of investing directly in creating value of their own. In response to this, most quality websites started including Terms of Use that specifically banned people from framing them in this way. If nothing else, it gave a site the legal basis to going after any other site that tried to do it to them. In those early days of the web, recognizing this practice was pretty clear and straight forward.
Fast forward to today…
There have been two significant threads of web evolution that have made things far more complicated and less clear. One is that 'browsers' have continued to add features and functions that make them much more than simple utilities for browsing web pages. The other is that an increasing number of applications being built today include some form of integrated web browsing as a native component of their functionality.
What this has done is blur the line between browsers and other internet savvy applications, blending code based features with HTML rendered options to enhance the web experience. To get a better sense of this, consider some of the capabilities that are now available within modern browsers.
- TABS: Perhaps the most basic extension that is now a part of every significant browser is the TAB bar sitting above the browser display:
Tabs allow multiple web pages to remain open at the same time, simplifying switching between multiple sites. What TABS end up doing, effectively, is framing individual sites and showing only one of them at a time based on which 'TAB' is selected. It isn't using HTML FRAMING, but it uses code to achieve the same result. It is also core to the way most people browse the web today. While this type of function may seem trivial, it is actually one of the issues PULSE came under fire for.
- REFORMATTING: Some browsers are starting to go a step further and actually reformat the content displayed on a web page. Consider this snapshot I took of the new READER feature in the latest version of Apple's Safari browser:
READER lets a person take any web page with a single article on it and view it in an easy to read window without any images, ads, or other distracting 'web noise'. Though this capability is built in to Apple's latest version of this browser, I think it clearly falls outside any traditional definition of "web browsing". In many ways, it does something even worse than 'page framing'. READER creates a denatured version of the page, removing any branding or advertising the creators of the content originally packaged with it. You can even mail it or print it in this reduced form.
- PLUG-IN's: Beyond the capabilities offered by browsers natively, most modern browsers also provide ways for their feature sets to be extended through Plug-ins. Plug-ins are lightweight applications that 'plug in' to the back-end functionality of a browser to extend it in some way. Plug-ins can leverage a browser to do things like communicate with hosted services across the internet, direct the browser to open different web pages, analyze the content being displayed on a page, or even augment it with outside content. Consider this screen shot of a plug-in called GLUE. In this case, the plug-in has been activated by someone looking at a specific book on the Barnes & Noble web site:
One of the features 'GLUE' adds to a browser is the ability to analyze what is being shown on a page, find specific items that are being mentioned there, and give people additional options for interacting with those items. In this case it has recognized the book and, among other choices, has given them the option to buy the book – on Amazon. I have no doubt that B&N would much prefer that choice not to be a simple left mouse click away on their site.
In all of these cases, the browsers are providing functionality that goes beyond simple browsing. In some of them, the functionally is either passively or actively at odds with what the site providers would like to have done with their content. At this point in time, all of these capabilities – since they are happening within mainstream browsers – have become accepted practice on the web.
Compared to what some of these browsers can end up doing to web pages, what PULSE did to tick off the NY Times is almost trivial. Safari can let people browse through their RSS feeds (another built-in 'browser' feature) and open any interesting articles they find using the 'READER' interface show above. However, because PULSE is "an application", the same basic type of functionality falls afoul of the NY Time's terms of use – a distinction in form but not in function.
It's clear that the way many web sites (and possibly even the law) view this distinction is out of touch with where the technology has progressed. Drawing a clearly defined line between browsers and applications would be a fruitless exercise. In fact, given the shift to the mobile web, I would expect browsing to start happening a lot more via application embedded browsers. Our underlying norms of 'browsing' may actually be changing at this point.
I have no doubt that finding common ground here between content publishers and consumers won't be easy – but this is an area that needs to be debated and discussed. A compromise of some kind will need to be reached and a new "cultural standard" established in this area.
The great thing about the web community is that it still has the capacity to do that.


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If you drove through downtown Meridian on Saturday morning, you may have noticed something a little different.
That is because a crane was assembled alongside the Threefoot building. Workers say they were there removing an old cellphone tower. They tell Newscenter 11 that a new tower has been assembled across the street from there.
No reports of any problems associated with removing the old tower.
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PADEN CITY As with any other night, the main objective for the Paden City girls' basketball team Thursday was to find a way to defeat county rival Magnolia.
Unfortunately for Coach Kelly Sine and his Wildcats, they couldn't even find a way to outscore Blue Eagles' junior standout Mallory Chapman.
Chapman exploded for a school record 43 points, while adding 16 rebounds, and Magnolia opened on a 9-0 run and never looked back in cruising to a 79-33 victory against the 'Cats at Paden City High School.
In improving to 7-7 on the campaign, interim Coach Mark Blair watched his team glide to a quick 17-4 lead after one. An 11-0 spurt, extending from the first and into the second frame, pushed the score to 22-4 before the visitors settled for a 38-19 reading at the break.
Any chance the Wildcats (6-8) may have had of bouncing back came to an end in the third as another Blue Eagles run, this time a 14-0 blast, all but put things away and led to a 61-23 heading into the fourth quarter.
As for Chapman, her night consisted of 11 points in the opening quarter and nine more in the second for an even 20 at the break. The junior standout finished the third with a total of 35 points and eventually broke the record of 41 with a 3-point hoop midway through the fourth. Along with the 16 rebounds she added six steals and three blocked shots.
"Mallory had the game of her life (Thursday)," Blair said "She has such a great shot and she really makes this team go. Basically, as a team we got off to a good start and did a good job taking advantage of our height.
"We are just trying to improve day-by-day and work on the things we need to work on."
Freshman Grace Standiford added 12 points for the winners while Abby Durig had eight off the bench. Myah Charkawi paced the 'Cats with 14 while senior Logan Cosper added 10.
"We gave it our best shot," Sine said. ''We battled the whole game, but their length really hurt us."
Magnolia claimed a whopping 45-22 edge off the glass and turned the ball over 12 times, 17 less than Paden City.


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A legendary name, the beautiful line, the incredibly powerful engine, the extensive use of special materials were making this mass produced vehicle, more similar to a racing car available on the market.
This is the Ferrari GTO of 1984, to which these special sun glasses are inspired and take their name.
The light frame in anthracite metal is embellished by bars in perforated calfskin of black colour, while the Zeiss lenses of smoke colour are customised with the Cavallino Rampante logo in metal.
These special glasses, with flexible bars and completely made by hand in Italy, come with a case in real reclaimed leather.
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And why wouldn't you be, Bits and Bramblers? After all, it is Halloween, right? And if you don't get a little scared and eat a bunch of candy, well then…what's the point?
Luckily, your library can help you there. We have tons of books, TV shows, and movies that will make your heart pound and send shivers down your spine. In a good way, obviously.
Like Such Wicked Intent. Remember way back in June when I told you that you should read This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel? Well, I'm just going to assume you've read it, so you know that it's a prequel to the Mary Shelley classic, Frankenstein. And you know we meet a young Victor Frankenstein, and see him do some pretty…er..grim things to save the life of his twin brother, Konrad. And you know the book ended on a liiiiiitle bit of a cliffhanger.
Well, the new sequel, Such Wicked Intent picks up right where we left off, and it might be the perfect book to read this Halloween. It's the kind of book you can get lost in–the kind of book that when someone innocently asks you a question, you end up jumping and maybe half-screaming. Probably. I wouldn't know. That didn't happen to me last week. Nope, that didn't happen at all.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, grab some candy, turn on the lights, and check out Such Wicked Intent…and have a SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN, BITS AND BRAMBLERS!


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2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Suriname
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|24 May 2012
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Suriname is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly or by the larger United People's Assembly. After generally free and fair legislative elections in May 2010, several political alliances formed a coalition government. The National Assembly elected former military leader Desire Bouterse president in July 2010. Security forces reported to civilian authorities.
The most serious human rights problems were overcrowded detention facilities, lengthy pretrial detention, and governmental corruption.
Other human rights problems included self-censorship by some media organizations and journalists; societal discrimination against women, Maroons, indigenous people, and other minorities; domestic violence against women; trafficking in persons; and child labor in the informal sector.
The government continued to take steps to prosecute abusers in the security forces, where there was a widespread perception of impunity.
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no reports that the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings. Security force members shot and killed a wanted criminal early in the year, and in June a warning shot apparently fired by police killed a bystander after a riot erupted. At year's end authorities were investigating to determine if the bullet in this accidental killing was fired by police or by other bystanders. Criminal charges were filed against the officer. There was generally little information available about investigations into killings by police or other security force members.
The trial of former military dictator and current President Desire Bouterse and his codefendants for the 1982 extrajudicial killing of 15 political opponents continued at year's end without interference.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
While the law prohibits such practices, human rights groups and the media continued to report mistreatment by police as well as isolated incidents of abuse of prisoners by prison officials.
Prison and Detention Center Conditions
Prison and detention center conditions remained poor. Poor ventilation, limited lighting, and extreme heat remained problems in prisons and detention centers. Most prisons and detention centers, particularly the older jails, remained unsanitary and overcrowded, but prisoners had access to potable water.
There were three prisons, which held female and male prisoners separately. There were also 19 smaller jails, or temporary detention centers, in police stations throughout the country.
There was one juvenile detention facility, Opa Doeli, with separate quarters for boys and girls under the age of 18. This facility, located in Paramaribo, was considered adequate, provided educational and recreational facilities, and was occupied at less than its maximum capacity. After conviction, minor girls are kept there, while convicted minor boys are transferred to a reformatory wing of Santo Boma state prison.
Growing numbers of convicted prisoners were held in pretrial detention cells due to prison overcrowding. Due to staff shortages, police officers rarely permitted detainees to leave their cells. Detainees and human rights groups also alleged that meals were inadequate.
Conditions in the women's jail and in the women's section of other prison facilities were generally better than those in the men's facilities.
Prisoners continued to have reasonable access to visitors and were permitted religious observance of their choice. Government officials continued regular monitoring of prison and detention center conditions. Authorities permitted prisoners and detainees to submit complaints to judicial authorities without censorship. During the year prisoners filed a complaint with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights after the government denied some requests for higher appeal and for early release.
Local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) continued to express concern over declining conditions in the Santo Boma prison, where prisoners complained of inadequate food provisions, mistreatment by prison guards, limited ventilation, and a lack of rehabilitation programs.
The government permitted monitoring visits by independent human rights observers, and such visits occurred during the year. No ombudsman served on behalf of prisoners and detainees; prisoners notify their defense lawyers and government officials of any problems.
The Welzijns Institute Nickerie, an NGO operating in the western district of Nickerie, continued to visit and provide counseling for detainees in the youth detention center in that district. The institute continued a program to train prison officers to counsel detainees.
The government built a pretrial detention center to improve conditions and reduce overcrowding, and it accepted pretrial detainees who were previously imprisoned in smaller jails around the country.
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention
The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, and the government generally observed these prohibitions. However, due to a shortage of judges, prisoners who appealed their cases often served their full sentences before the lengthy appeals process could be completed.
Role of the Police and Security Apparatus
The armed forces are responsible for national security and border control, with the military police having direct responsibility for immigration control at the country's ports of entry. All elements of the military are under the control of the Ministry of Defense. Civilian police bear primary responsibility for the maintenance of law and order and report to the Ministry of Justice and Police. Police effectiveness was hampered by a lack of equipment and training, low salaries, and poor coordination with military forces.
The Personnel Investigation Department (OPZ), an office within the Police Department, investigates complaints against members of the police force. In 2010 (latest data available) the OPZ received 140 complaints against members of the police force during the year and launched 20 investigations into cases involving mistreatment of detainees and civilians. That year authorities relieved 16 police officers of duty; four remained in custody with their cases under investigation.
Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention
Individuals were apprehended openly with warrants based on sufficient evidence and brought before an independent judiciary. The law provides detainees with the right to a prompt judicial determination of the legality of the detention, and authorities respected this right in practice. Detainees were promptly informed of the charges against them. Police may detain a person suspected of committing a crime for up to 14 days if the sentence for that crime is longer than four years, and an assistant district attorney or a police inspector may authorize incommunicado detention. The police must bring the accused before a prosecutor to be charged formally within that period; but if additional time is needed to investigate the charge, a prosecutor and, later, a judge of instruction may extend the detention period an additional 150 days. There is no bail system. Detainees were allowed prompt access to counsel of their choosing, but the prosecutor may prohibit access if the prosecutor thinks that this could harm the investigation. Detainees were allowed weekly visits from family members. The average length of pretrial detention was 30 to 45 days for lesser crimes.
Detainees were held in detention cells at 19 police stations throughout the country that were at or near capacity. In accordance with the law, the courts freed most detainees who were not tried within the 164-day period. According to human rights monitors, factors such as a shortage of judges, large caseloads, and large numbers of detainees caused trial delays.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the government generally respected judicial independence.
The judiciary lacked professional court managers and case management systems to oversee the courts' administrative functions and also lacked adequate physical space – factors that contributed to a significant case backlog. The courts required a minimum of six months to process criminal cases.
Trial Procedures
The law provides for the right to a fair, public trial in which defendants have the right to counsel, and the judiciary generally enforced this right. All trials are public except for indecency offenses. There is no jury system. Defendants enjoy a presumption of innocence and have the right to appeal. Defendants have the right to be present and to consult an attorney in a timely manner. Defendants and their attorneys have access to government-held evidence. Defendants' attorneys can question witnesses and present witnesses and evidence on the defendant's behalf. The courts assign private sector lawyers to defend indigent detainees. There were court-assigned attorneys for both the civil and penal systems. The law extends the above rights to all citizens. Names of the accused are routinely protected by law and not released to the public or the media prior to conviction.
Military personnel generally are not subject to civilian criminal law, and there are parallel military and civilian court systems. Military police investigate crimes committed by members of the armed forces. An officer on the public prosecutor's staff directs military prosecutions before two military judges and one civilian judge. Due to a shortage of judges, military and civilian judges are selected from the same pool by the Court of Justice, which makes assignments to specific cases. A mechanism exists to prevent conflicts of interest. The military courts follow the same rules of procedure as the civil courts. There is no appeal from the military to the civil system.
Political Prisoners and Detainees
There were no reports of political prisoners or detainees.
Regional Human Rights Court Decisions
The government has not fully complied with a number of decisions by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. No further progress was made on implementing that court's 2007 ruling that the government must recognize the collective land rights of 12 Saramaccan clans, draft legislation that complies with international treaties, establish a development fund of SRD1,680,000 ($600,000), and provide them with their own land. By the end of 2010, the government had paid approximately SRD560,000 ($200,000) toward this amount and had not completed the demarcation process.
Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies
There are separate procedures for civil processes, and there is a court to consider lawsuits seeking damages for, or cessation of, a human rights violation. Despite the installation of new judges, the backlog of cases continued. Most civil cases were resolved approximately three to four years after being first heard by the courts.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
The law prohibits such actions, and the government generally respected these prohibitions in practice. The law requires search warrants, which are issued by quasi-judicial officers who supervise criminal investigations.
Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
Status of Freedom of Speech and Press
The law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respected these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combined to ensure freedom of speech and of the press.
Freedom of Speech: Although the government announced in 2009 that it would compensate two broadcasting companies for the army's destruction of their radio stations in 1982 under the military dictatorship, the new government did not take any action in this regard.
Censorship or Content Restrictions: Some media members continued to practice self-censorship in response to pressure applied and intimidation by senior government officials or community leaders on journalists who published negative stories about the administration. In addition many news outlets were affiliated with particular political parties, which discouraged journalists from reporting on some subjects.
Internet Freedom
There were no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitored e-mail or Internet chat rooms. Individuals and groups could engage in the expression of views via the Internet, including by e-mail.
Academic Freedom and Cultural Events
There were no government restrictions on academic freedom or cultural events.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The law provides for freedoms of assembly and association, and the government generally respected these rights in practice.
c. Freedom of Religion
See the Department of State's 2010 International Religious Freedom Report.
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons
The constitution provides for freedom of movement within the country, foreign travel, emigration, and repatriation, and the government generally respected these rights in practice. No occasion arose during the year for government cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees or other humanitarian organizations in providing protection and assistance to any persons of concern.
Protection of Refugees
Access to Asylum: The law does not provide for the granting of asylum or refugee status, and the government has not established a system for providing protection to refugees.
Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
The law provides citizens the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections based on universal suffrage.
Elections and Political Participation
Recent Elections: The constitution provides for direct election by secret ballot of the 51-member National Assembly no later than five years after the prior election date. The National Assembly in turn elects the president by a two-thirds majority vote. If the legislature is unable to do so, the constitution provides that the United People's Assembly, composed of members of parliament and elected regional and local officials, shall elect the president. After generally free and fair legislative elections in May 2010, the National Assembly elected Desire Bouterse as president in July of that year.
Participation by Women and Minorities: While women made limited gains in attaining political power, men continued to dominate political life. There were six women among the 51 members of the National Assembly and two women among the 17 ministers in the cabinet. There were five women among the 20 sitting judges. The head clerk of the Court of Justice, that body's highest administrative position, was a woman, as was the speaker of the National Assembly.
Several factors traditionally limited the participation of Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves who fled to the interior of the country to avoid recapture) and indigenous Amerindians in the political process, including a population concentrated in remote areas in the interior and removed from the country's centers of political activity. There were 10 Maroons and two Amerindians represented in the National Assembly, and all were part of the governing coalition.
Section 4. Official Corruption and Government Transparency
The law provides criminal penalties for official corruption; however, the government did not implement the law effectively, and officials sometimes engaged in corrupt practices with impunity. Long delays often occurred before corruption cases came to trial.
The World Bank's worldwide governance statistics continued to indicate corruption was a serious problem. The media frequently reported alleged corrupt practices with regard to land rights and land titles, misuse of government funds, and other practices.
Public officials were not subject to financial disclosure laws. Various sections of the Ministry of Justice and Police, including the Fraud Police and the Attorney General's Office, were responsible for combating government corruption.
Although the law provides for public access to government information, such access was limited in practice for citizens and noncitizens, including foreign media. During the year the government established a centralized office for media and information requests under the Office of the President. Gaps in official government statistics and bureaucratic hurdles made obtaining information difficult.
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
A number of independent domestic human rights groups generally operated without government restriction, investigating and publishing their findings on human rights cases. NGOs reported generally positive relationships with government officials, although occasionally officials were not responsive to their views. No international human rights groups operated in the country during the year.
UN and Other International Bodies: In September the government responded to recommendations from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, including one for increased protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons. The government response emphasized its constitutional protection for all citizens while requesting additional time to consider this problem.
Government Human Rights Bodies: A legislative commission on human rights continued operating throughout the year, but resource constraints hampered its effectiveness. The National Assembly also has a commission dealing with women's and children's rights.
Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
The law prohibits discrimination based on race and ethnicity but does not address discrimination based on disability, language, or social status. In practice various sectors of the population – such as women, Maroons, Amerindians, persons with HIV/AIDS, and LGBT persons – suffered forms of discrimination.
Rape and Domestic Violence: The law criminalizes rape, including spousal rape, and prescribes penalties for rape or forcible sexual assault of between 12 and 15 years' imprisonment. The government enforced the law effectively. In 2010 (latest data available) the Ministry of Justice and Police received 189 reports of attempted rape and investigated 106 cases of rape.
Violence against women remained a serious and pervasive problem. In 2010 (latest data available) the Ministry of Justice and Police registered 1,213 cases of domestic violence during the year, a drop from 1,769 in 2009. The law imposes sentences of four to eight years' imprisonment for domestic violence crimes. The Ministry of Justice and Police's Victim Assistance Bureau provided resources for victims of domestic violence and continued to provide information on domestic violence through public television programs. There were four victims' rooms in police stations in Paramaribo and Nickerie, and police units were trained to deal with victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes and domestic violence. There was only one shelter for victims of domestic violence, operated by an NGO, and it provided care for 18 women and their children during the year. Length of stay depended upon the circumstances but averaged three months.
Sexual Harassment: There was no specific legislation on sexual harassment; however, prosecutors cited various penal code articles in filing sexual harassment cases. There were no reported court cases involving sexual harassment in the workplace during the year.
Reproductive Rights: Couples and individuals had the right to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing, and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so free from discrimination, coercion, and violence. Access to information on contraception was widely available and, according to 2009 UN estimates, contraceptive use among married women was 45 percent. The UN Population Fund estimated the maternal mortality ratio in 2008 at 100 deaths per 100,000 live births and reported that skilled health personnel attended 90 percent of births in 2009. Women and men were given equal access to diagnostic services and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
Discrimination: Although the law does not specifically prohibit gender discrimination, it provides for protection of women's rights to equal access to education, employment, and property. Nevertheless, societal pressures and customs, especially in rural areas, inhibited their full exercise of these rights, particularly with respect to marriage and inheritance. Where local customs remain a strong influence on the family unit, girls traditionally marry at or near the legal age of consent, and inheritance rights pass to their husbands.
Men and women generally enjoyed the same legal rights under property law and under the judicial system. In practice, however, where local customs were observed, these rights were somewhat infringed. The Bureau for Women and Children under the Ministry of Justice and Police worked to ensure the legal rights of women and children. Women experienced discrimination in access to employment and in rates of pay for the same or substantially similar work. The government did not undertake specific efforts to combat economic discrimination.
The National Women's Movement, the most active women's rights NGO, continued assisting women in launching small home-based businesses, such as sewing and vegetable growing, and provided general legal help. The Women's Business Group advocated for business opportunities for women, while the Women's Parliament Forum advocated for opportunities in the public sector. Another NGO, Stop Violence against Women, provided assistance to victims of domestic violence, including legal help with dissolving an abusive marriage.
Birth Registration: Citizenship is derived by birth within the country's territory and from one's parents.
Child Abuse: Physical and sexual abuse of children continued to be problems. In 2010 police received reports of 269 cases of sexual abuse of children, compared with 265 reported in 2009. The police Youth Affairs Office conducted three visits per week to different schools in the capital and the surrounding areas on a rotating schedule to provide outreach, raise awareness about child abuse, and solicit and investigate complaints. The Youth Affairs Office continued to raise awareness about sexual abuse, drugs, and alcohol through a weekly television program. The UN Children's Fund continued cooperating with the government in providing training to officials from various ministries dealing with children and children's rights. The government operated a "1-2-3" telephone hotline for children and provided confidential advice and aid to children in need.
Authorities applied various laws to prosecute perpetrators of sexual abuse, and several cases of sexual abuse of minors came to trial. Sentences averaged two to three years in prison. In the capital there were several orphanages that could accept sexually abused children and one privately funded shelter.
The marriage law sets the age of marital consent at 15 years for girls and 17 years for boys, provided parents of the parties agree to the marriage. Parental permission to marry is required until the age of 21. The law also mandates the presence of a civil registry official to register all marriages.
Sexual Exploitation of Children: Trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of minors remained problems. Although the legal age of sexual consent is 14, it remained difficult to enforce in practice. The criminal law penalizes child prostitution and provides sanctions of up to six years' imprisonment and a fine of SRD100,000 ($30,800) for pimping. The law also prohibits child pornography, which has a maximum penalty of six years' imprisonment and maximum fine of SRD50,000 ($15,380).
International Child Abductions: The country is not a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction.
There was a declared Jewish community of approximately 150 persons. There were no reports of anti-Semitic acts or discrimination.
Trafficking in Persons
See the Department of State's 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Persons with Disabilities
There are no laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with physical or mental disabilities in employment, education, access to health care, or the provision of state services. In practice persons with disabilities suffered from discrimination when applying for jobs and services. Some training programs were provided for persons with visual or other disabilities. There are no laws or programs to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to buildings. A judge may rule that a person with a cognitive disability be denied the right to vote, take part in business transactions, or sign legal agreements. Persons with disabilities had equal access to information and communications. There were no reports of abuse in educational facilities for persons with disabilities. A Ministry of Social Affairs working group remained responsible for protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, but it made limited progress during the year.
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, and no such discrimination complaints were filed during the year. However, Maroons, who represent an estimated 15 percent of the population, generally continued to be disadvantaged in the areas of education, employment, and government services. Most Maroons lived in the interior, where limited infrastructure reduced their access to educational and professional opportunities and health and social services. Some forms of discrimination that affected indigenous Amerindians also extended to Maroons.
Indigenous People
The law affords no special protection for, or recognition of, indigenous people. Most Amerindians (approximately 2 percent of the population) live in the remote and undeveloped interior of the country, where government services are largely unavailable. Geographic isolation limited opportunity to participate in national and regional policymaking, including decisions affecting interior lands, cultures, traditions, and natural resources.
Because Amerindian and Maroon lands were not effectively demarcated or policed, populations continued to face problems with illegal and uncontrolled logging and mining. There are no laws granting indigenous people rights to share in the revenues from the exploitation of resources on their traditional lands. Organizations representing Maroon and Amerindian communities complained that small-scale mining operations, mainly by illegal gold miners, some of whom were themselves indigenous or supported by indigenous groups, dug trenches that cut residents off from their agricultural land and threatened to drive them away from their traditional settlements. Mercury runoff from these operations also contaminated and threatened traditional food source areas.
Many Maroon and Amerindian groups also complained about the government granting land within their traditional territories to third parties, who sometimes prevented the villages from engaging in their traditional activities on those lands. Indigenous groups, with the assistance of the Amazon Conservation Team, mapped their lands and presented proposed demarcation charts to the government in 2000 and to the Ministry of Physical Planning, Land, and Forestry Management in both 2006 and 2009. Maroon and Amerindian groups continued to cooperate with each other to exercise their rights more effectively. The Moiwana Human Rights Association, the Association of Indigenous Village Leaders (an umbrella group that represents the many smaller associations of indigenous persons), and other NGOs continued to promote the rights of indigenous people.
Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Although the law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, there were reports of employment discrimination against LGBT persons. There were no reports of official discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, access to education, or health care.
Other Societal Violence or Discrimination
Mob violence in gold mining areas, primarily directed towards Brazilian and Chinese migrants, continued to be a problem. After private security guards shot and killed a person and wounded four others on October 23 in Maripaston, there was widespread looting of local shops (owned by Chinese immigrants), some of which were set on fire, and the destruction of a large amount of valuable heavy equipment. Authorities ordered additional police and military personnel to the area to restore order, and by October 27, the violence appeared to have subsided.
Persons with HIV/AIDS continued to experience societal discrimination in employment and medical services. The police and military began mandatory HIV testing for new recruits during the year. Medical treatment is free for HIV/AIDS patients who are covered under government insurance, but private insurers do not cover such treatment.
Section 7. Worker Rights
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining
The law allows workers to form and join unions of their choice without previous authorization or excessive requirements. The law provides for the right to strike, and prohibits antiunion discrimination. Workers fired for union activity are reinstated after negotiation. The law protects collective bargaining and prohibits employer interference in union activities. Labor law covers all types of workers, as long as they are legally in the country.
The government generally enforced the right to collective bargaining. Workers formed and joined unions freely and exercised their right to strike. Worker organizations were independent of the government and political parties.
There was occasional government interference in labor relations, especially in parastatal companies, but no use of excessive force by the police. However, the principle of "no-work-no-pay" has been used to force strikers to cancel their strike. Strikers who face this punishment may request the Department of Labor Inspection to investigate their case.
There were isolated cases where employers refused to bargain or recognize collective bargaining rights, but the unions usually pressured the employers to renegotiate. In one case pending at year's end, a parastatal company, the Energy Company, fired a group of employees who were conducting an "unauthorized" strike.
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
The law prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labor. The government failed to effectively enforce the law in all cases, and there were reports that such practices occurred.
Also see the Department of State's 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report.
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment
The law sets the minimum age for most types of employment at 14 and restricts working hours for minors to day shifts but does not limit the number of hours minors can work. Children younger than 14 are allowed to work only in a family-owned business, small-scale agriculture, and special vocational work. The law does not define the worst forms of child labor. Children younger than 18 are prohibited from doing hazardous work, which is defined as work dangerous to their life, health, and decency. Children under the age of 15 are not permitted to work on boats. Employing a child under 14 is punishable by fines and up to 12 months' imprisonment. Parents who permit their children to work in violation of labor laws may be prosecuted. Employers are required to maintain a Register of Young Persons that includes each employee's information.
The Ministry of Labor and the police enforced the law sporadically. The ministry's Department of Labor Inspection was responsible for enforcing child labor laws, but enforcement and resources remained inadequate. The government investigated some exploitive child labor cases in the informal sectors in the cities and in the interior. The government's commission on eliminating child labor, comprised of 11 organizations (10 government institutions and one NGO), formulated terms of reference to research specific issues related to eliminating child labor and propose legislation for parliamentary review.
Child labor remained a problem in the informal sector, especially in the western districts of Nickerie, Saramacca, and Marowijne. Historically these cases involved agriculture, logging, fisheries, and the construction sector, although there were no specific documented cases during the year. Isolated cases of child labor also occurred in the informal gold mining sector in the interior, in prostitution, and in the urban informal sector.
Also see the Department of Labor's 2010 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
d. Acceptable Conditions of Work
There is no legislation providing for a minimum wage. The lowest wage for civil servants was approximately SRD600 ($185) per month, including a cost of living allowance. Government employees constituted approximately 50 percent of the estimated 100,000-member formal sector workforce and frequently supplemented their salaries with second or third jobs, often in the informal sector.
Work in excess of 45 hours per week on a regular basis requires special government permission, which was granted routinely. Such overtime work earned premium pay. The law prohibits excessive overtime, requires a 24-hour rest period per week, and stipulates paid annual holidays. The government sets occupational health and safety standards. There is no law authorizing workers to refuse to work in circumstances they deem unsafe; they must appeal to the Department of Labor inspectorate to declare the workplace situation unsafe.
A 10-to-12-member inspectorate in the Occupational Health and Safety Division of the Ministry of Labor is responsible for enforcing occupational safety and health regulations, but it did not make regular inspections. The ministry's Department of Labor Inspection, with 63 inspectors, has responsibility to implement and enforce labor laws, but enforcement was inadequate. Inspectors visited private sector companies throughout the country, but no data were available regarding the number of inspections performed during the year.


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Since he has not been utilized on television in quite some time now, a lot of fans might have forgotten about Hornswoggle. He provided an update on his condition on social media recently. The man legally known as Dylan Postl recently underwent arthroscopic shoulder decompression surgery. He is not expected to be back on the road with WWE anytime soon. His last televised match was on Smackdown back in the beginning of October.
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A rather interesting offer was made to Dolph Ziggler recently. A porn company asked him if they could produce some branded wrestling tights for him to wear on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. Brazzers wanted to be the official sponsor of the former world heavyweight champion. Of course, this is simply a marketing ploy by someone that is very adept at social media marketing because WWE would never allow such a thing to happen.
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Are You Accidentally Making Everyone At Work Hate You?
by Chris Malone
posted Jan 30 2013 6:13AM
It's a given that we all liked to be liked right? We feel more comfortable, part of the team and it doesn't add to the stress levels of work. Sadly, we may be doing some things that are making our co-workers dislike us! Here are 5 ways that could be making you enemy number one at work.
#5. It's Not What You Said, It's What You Didn't Say
For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor. So, you run into a co-worker at the mall and think it's better to pass by in silence than do an awkward stop-and-chat that you'd probably screw up anyway.
This is literally the most frequent social mistake you could make. You didn't respond to the party invitation. You didn't reply to their funny text with a smiley. You didn't wish them a happy birthday. Now they're bitter and you're confused because, well, who would ever assume that silence is an insult?
So make sure to interact with your co-workers Follow through with being social both on the clock and if you run into each other off the clock.
#4. You Accidentally Asserted Power Over Them
So you applied for a mortgage and got a super low interest rate and minimal closing costs. That's something worth talking about right? Or you just flew back from a weekend in Paris and the maid forgot to take your Mac Duggal dress or Dolce & Gabbana jacket to the cleaners.Perfectly innocent conversations that can instantly backfire as bragging. Look, you know you have it good and you've worked hard and sacrificed for what you have but tone it down. If you look at celebrities that are admired the most you can see they belittle themselves. For example, Tina Fey pretends to be ugly and Jennifer Lawrence makes constant jokes about how gross and ugly she is, even though they pose for yet another magazine cover just minutes after making such statements.
#3. They Think You Owe Them
Have you ever broken up with somebody and had them bafflingly claim, "I can't believe you would just leave me like that! After everything I've done for you!" Or did you once refuse to do a favor for somebody for what seemed like a good reason (say, you couldn't help them move because you had work that day), only to see them get really, really irritated? Almost to the point that they're acting like you were paid for the work in advance and then didn't follow through? Like they thought you owed it to them?
There's a really good chance that the last person who got annoyed with you for seemingly no reason at all did it because you failed to pay a debt you didn't even know you owed. There's this weird thing where in most relationships, and maybe in every relationship at one point or another, both parties think the other side is in debt to them. Your workplace is probably like this as well -- everybody in your department thinks they heroically keep the place afloat with their tireless labor, while the boss thinks you're a bunch of slackers for whom the company generously puts food on the table. You're shocked and insulted when the company heartlessly announces layoffs and the boss is shocked and insulted when any of you quit without notice.
#2. You Wasted Their Time
All you did was email your boss with a simple question or idle thought, and they jumped down your throat! Then, later that night, you popped into your buddy's house unannounced, and like one minute later he's all acting annoyed, opening the door and saying, "Well, good to see you!" like he's ushering you out! Or maybe you're on the other end of the situation in the first entry -- you messaged an acquaintance with a "happy birthday" and you got cold, dead silence in return. How rude!
If you've been paying attention up to this point, you're already trying to figure out how this ties in to the power thing. Well, in the first example, the boss was way too busy at the time to put up with your issue. In the second, your friend clearly was too busy to entertain you for a three hour visit. In the third, the dude got too many birthday wishes to reply to them all. But in each case, due to the complicated power dynamics at play, they weren't allowed to openly say so. So don't take it personal. The person who is being terse with you, or who is clearly screening your calls, is often in an impossible situation. They're coming off as flaunting their power to screen you, while from their point of view, they have no power at all -- they spend all of their time seeing to the needs of the crowd. So, the most good-hearted of busy people just try to deal with your thing, quickly answering your question while silently gritting their teeth and thinking, "It would have taken him five seconds to Google this instead of emailing me."
If that sounds like they're making you pay for someone else's behavior, well, they are. That's the way it works -- prior offenses count, even when it was someone else who committed them. The cashier at the store got annoyed when you for pointing out their name rhymes with rock because they've that joke six times a day. Remember: You are nothing more than one link in somebody else's chain of human interactions. A chain that occasionally rubs them raw.
#1. You Assumed That Because You Were OK With a Situation, Everybody Was
This is the one that is by far the most likely to sneak up on you. Also, it exists at all levels -- between roommates, friends, spouses, ethnic groups, nations. In the office, this usually turns up as some pointless new rule that seems to come out of the blue like a memo says from now on nobody can adjust the thermostat without asking a supervisor. Another announces that the Christmas party is now the "winter holiday" party. In a relationship, it's the partner suddenly deciding after several years that they no longer want Friday to be meatloaf night.
You get the idea -- everything was going along absolutely perfectly fine, the system was running as intended, and suddenly they're making these arbitrary demands. You then hear yourself saying things like: "Why do they have to rock the boat just when things were going good?" "Why complain now, when we've always done it this way?" "I don't have a problem, you're the one who's screaming!"
For example, y
ou like to stay in on weekends, your girlfriend/boyfriend likes to go out. After a year or so, they give up and stop trying to get you off the sofa every Saturday. You interpret this as the relationship settling in just how you like it; meanwhile, they're so miserable that they're rehearsing their breakup speech. "But, but ... everything was going great!"
Sure it was. For you. You didn't perceive yourself as being in a position of power because that is the main advantage of power -- that you don't have to think about it. You don't think about money when you're eating at a restaurant. But you sure think about it when you're too poor to eat.
And out of all of the pitfalls on this list, this is by far the worst, because it means that you can absolutely make other people hate you without lifting a finger. And you can do it without even knowing it. Which means that, unfortunately, avoiding it requires constant vigilance.
It's exhausting, I know. But hey, at least you'll have fewer people screaming at you.
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When President-elect Barack Obama met an exultant crowd of some 240,000 supporters in Chicago's Grant Park on election night, the victor's voice was clear but solemn: "Change has come to America."
Indeed, America had changed since a January night 10 months earlier when an overjoyed Obama strained to shout above the 3,200 supporters gathered in downtown Des Moines to celebrate the candidate's surprise victory in the Iowa state caucuses. With a hoarse voice and a huge smile, Obama told the crowd: "They said this day would never come."
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After months of cultivating an aura of inevitability for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., finished third: She trailed Obama and former senator John Edwards, who finished in second place.
The Iowa loss wounded Clinton, and the famously tough senator showed it: On the eve of the New Hampshire primary a week later, Clinton choked up during a campaign appearance in the state. New Hampshire voters were sympathetic: Clinton beat Obama by 3 points and found herself back in the game.
Back in Iowa, Huckabee was also an unlikely winner. If the Republican had a secret weapon in the Hawkeye State, it was the evangelicals who comprised nearly 60 percent of voter turnout. The Baptist minister, who dismissed open ridicule over Christian beliefs like creationism, embraced social conservatism and ran ads in Iowa that called him "a Christian leader." Huckabee pleased Iowa evangelicals but didn't persuade national evangelical leaders, despite a surge of momentum going into the first primary.
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By early June, superdelegates narrowly delivered the Democratic nomination to Obama, and Clinton's long battle for the presidency ended. Obama spoke of his win in near-messianic terms: "This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."
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The next morning, McCain riveted the country with his surprise vice presidential pick: Alaska governor Sarah Palin. While reporters asked each other how to pronounce "Palin," evangelical leaders declared the pick a grand slam. At the Republican convention in Minneapolis, Christians chanted Palin's name and praised her conservative credentials: The pro-life evangelical and mother of five boasted a record of reforming state government in Alaska.
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Nintendo's Power Pad And Power Glove As MIDI Controllers
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Mods / Hacks, Music, Video Games
Assuming that you may not know what MIDI controller is, here's a quick explanation:
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a computer based musical language that has been expanded since it's inception in the early 1980's. MIDI controllers come in many forms - most of them keyboard format. They are used to "control" the respective software integrated with the host computer.
So what did Jeff Hoefs do that is so special? He made a cool mod using a Nintendo Power Pad and Power Glove, which he can now use as a MIDI controller. Nerds unite and check out this site.
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Seagate 120GB Laptop Drive Coming Soon
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: PC / Laptop
In today's high tech world, when talking about hard drive space, we have become accustomed to the large amounts of data that hard drives can hold these days. Of course, it's no wonder with music and video downloads becoming more popular every day. So why not carry around all those files on your laptop? In response to user demand for more space on their portable computers, Seagate has announced its new 120GB and 100GB hard drive will begin shipping. The 120 GB hard drives are the largest of their kind and will be available at 5400 RPM speeds. The 100 GB drive hits 7200 RPM. The company claims these new drives have more efficient power consumption over previous models and should also be a lot quieter. The drives are expected to hit the market in May. Check out the full press release after the jump.
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Pope Benedict XVI Memorabilia On Ebay
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Internet
Hani Durzy, a spokesman for eBay, commented on the items representing the new Pope, "It was almost immediate that we started to see Pope Benedict items and memorabilia come onto the site." You can get everything from prayer cards (ranging @ 1.19) to watches (12.99) to various signed photos ($795 and up). Some people will just buy anything, won't they?
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Star Wars fans are already excited for the new movie, but now they have another thing to look forward to. Alienware has announced a "Light-side" and "Dark-side" PC that are completely related to Star Wars. The PCs are painted with Star Wars art that will appeal to all fans. As a bonus the PCs come with movie soundtracks, wallpapers, desktop skins, fan club membership and game demos. While we are sure they will be out of the price range for most, Star Wars fans have been known to buy some odd paraphenelia.
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D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless Gaming Router
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Accessories, Internet, Wireless
There's nothing quite like playing your favorite game online. Be it through Xbox Live, Playstation Online, or PC games, chances are that if your gaming rig connects to the Internet via a router that you have at one time or another experienced lag. There's nothing more frustrating than experiencing lag when your score is 22 kills on Halo 2 while second place has a mere 10 kills. D-Link realizes that gamers want a reliable router for gaming without sacrificing security when using the router on typical home networks, so they have brought the D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless Gaming Router to the table. The router is optimized for playing your favorite games online and is Xbox Live compatible. The Gaming Router comes loaded with security protocols such as WPA, WEP, SPI, and NAT to ensure that your network stays secured. Check out the full specs on the product page.
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PSP Really Means Playboy Station Portable
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: Portable/Mobile
Tired of trying to convert your own "collection" into the right format for your PSP? You no longer have to if you are over 18 and have an account at Playboy.com. That's right, Playboy has come out with PSP content that you can download for your on-the-go viewing pleasure, perfectly formatted for the PSP screen. If you don't have an account, you can download the free version - sorry kids, no nudity for free. Playboy did something similar when the iPod Photo launched and it was a huge success.
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Sims 2 Heads to Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, and PSP
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Nintendo Gamecube, PlayStation 2, Portable/Mobile, Simulation, Xbox
To absolutely no surprise whatsoever, EA announced that they will be releasing the Sims 2 on all the home consoles and the DS and PSP. What's the difference? EA continues to lure its fans to buy every version some way or another by tweaking small details. PC gamers led their Sims around clicking on objects, or other Sims, and choosing an action. Console gamers will be the first to experience direct control of their character. The portable versions will include storylines alongside the playable characters.
Read More | GameSpot
AMD Launching Dual Core Athlon Chips
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: PC / Laptop
Right on the heels of Intel announcing they were sending their dual-core chips out to PC manufacturer's, AMD has announced they will be doing the same. Even better, the dual-core Athlon chips will be compatible with existing motherboards, and will only require a firmware update to take advantage of the speed. Dual core Opterons will also be launched tomorrow as well.
(Thanks antman22!)
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Showtimes for MTV Xbox 2/360 Special
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Xbox 360
"MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed" will be broadcast around the world. Local market times are as follows:
North America: Thursday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. (21:30)
Japan/Asia: Friday, May 13, at 11:30
Europe: France: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
Germany: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
Italy: Friday, May 13, at 23:30
Netherlands: Friday, May 13, at 19:30
Poland: Friday, May 13, at 21:00
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Scandinavia: Friday, May 13, at 22:00
Spain: Friday, May 13, at 21:30
U.K.: Friday, May 13, at 20:00
Australia: Friday, May 13, at 19:00
Xbox 2/360 To Be Revealed On MTV
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Xbox 360
Microsoft has finally made all the details about their upcoming Xbox 2/360 reveal on MTV public knowledge. Hosted by Elijah Wood and The Killers, MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed will be a 30-minute special focused on the next generation Xbox. Microsoft is aiming big on this one, as the show will air on MTV channels in the US, Asia, and Europe all within 24 hours - an industry first. The MTV website will continue providing Xbox 2/360 coverage after the show airs, and let's be honest, a commercial-laden 30 minute show which also features a performance or two by The Killers isn't going to provide a whole lot of depth as far as the Xbox 360 goes. Check out the full press release after the jump.
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Love of Chocolate Event Honors Families of Deployed SoldiersThursday, February 23rd, 2012
This past weekend, Bake Me A Wish! had the pleasure of honoring families of deployed service members at the "Love of Chocolate" party in North Dakota in coordination with our good friend, Shelle Michaels, National Communications Officer for Soldiers Angels. Shelle has been a great ally in our effort to show deployed service members that they are not forgotten by us at home through our Operation Birthday Cake Program. The event was also brought together with Colonel Michael and was attended by David Sprynczynatyk, Major General and Adjunct General of the North Dakota National Guard as well as Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley.
This year, Bake Me A Wish was able to bring some additional smiles to the Love of Chocolate event as Bake Me A Wish cakes were handed out to family members deployed soldiers. Take a quick look at those faces below – happy to have some chocolate and know that we're working to support their family members overseas.
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Partner With Your Library for Travel Plans
Do You Have Any Travel Plans for Next Year?
San Mateo County Library has many items that can help you get ready. Travel guides are one of our popular items, and we continually get current and updated information. So if you are relying on your old guidebook circa 2005, come into the library and check out our wonderful collections.
How I Plan My Trips
Below are some items I checked out from the library to prepare for my fall trip to China.
Books aren't the only way you can research and prepare for your trip. DVD titles I used included:
- Mysterious China Trilogy,
- The Last Emperor,
- Secrets of the Silk Road,
- and Declassified. Tiananmen Square.
Our libraries own many nonfiction and historical fiction books. Below is a sampling of some of the titles I chose:
The Land & the People: the Republic of China,
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See,
Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan,
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie,
and Red Scarf Girl : a Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang.
Learn that Language
We also have language instruction books, CDs, and our new Mango online language-learning system--all available for you to check out. Come to the library and let us help you find some interesting materials to make your next trip more exciting.
If there is something you have checked out recently that helped you plan your own trip (or just enriched your experience), please post a comment and share your find with the community!
Author Bio:
Reeba L. is a Pacifica Librarian and has been a resident of Pacifica for 30 years.


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