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U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2002 - Trinidad and Tobago
|United States Department of State
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|31 March 2003
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|United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2002 - Trinidad and Tobago , 31 March 2003, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3e918c3cc.html [accessed 1 June 2016]
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Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 31, 2003
Trinidad and Tobago, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, is a parliamentary democracy in which there have been generally free and fair elections since independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Parliament elects a president, whose office is largely ceremonial but does have some appointive power.
When the December 2001 elections produced an 18-18 balance in Parliament between the United National Congress (UNC) and People's National Movement (PNM), both parties agreed to allow President A.N.R. Robinson to designate the new Prime Minister. However, when the President selected the PNM's Patrick Manning, the UNC refused to abide by the decision, and the deadlocked Parliament was unable to pass legislation or elect a speaker for 9 months, until new elections on October 7 yielded a 20 to 16 working majority for Manning and the PNM. A 12-member elected House of Assembly handled local matters on the island of Tobago. The judiciary was generally independent.
The Ministry of National Security oversaw the police service and the defense force, rendering them responsive to civilian authority. An independent body, the Police Service Commission, made all personnel decisions in the Police Service, and the Ministry had little direct influence over changes in senior positions. There were credible reports that police and prison guards committed some human rights abuses.
Oil and natural gas production and related downstream petrochemical industries, including ammonia and methanol production, provided the base for the market-based economy. The country's population was approximately 1.3 million. The service sector was the largest employer, although industrialization and associated plant construction created many jobs in the construction industry. Agriculture, while contributing only 4 percent to gross domestic product, remained an important employer, both at the subsistence and commercial level. Unemployment, at a reported 11 percent, contributed to a skewed income distribution. The economic growth rate was approximately 2.7 percent during the year.
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provided effective means of dealing with individual instances of abuse. Nonetheless, there were reports of police and guard abuse of prisoners. Poor prison conditions and significant violence against women remained problems. Trinidad and Tobago was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary and Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no reports of the arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life committed by the Government or its agents.
At year's end, a pretrial hearing began in the case of former cabinet minister Danrajh Singh, charged for the 1999 murder of politician Hanraj Sumairsingh, and the trial was set for 2003. Despite public speculation about possible political motives for the murder, there were indications that corruption may have been the root of the incident.
On August 27, police arrested three prison guards in connection with the June 2001 death of prisoner Anton Cooper. The circumstances surrounding the death, and the slow pace of the investigation, provoked widespread criticism. At year's end, the three guards were charged with murder, and a preliminary inquiry was underway in Magistrate's Court.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Constitution prohibits such practices; however, there were credible reports of police and prison personnel abusing prisoners in incidents that involved beating, pushing, and verbal insults. An Amnesty International report stated that use of excessive force and ill treatment of prisoners and suspects by police and guards continued. The Commissioner of Police admitted that there were frequent citizen allegations of police brutality, but he asserted that such claims often were "counter-claims" by citizens who had been arrested for crimes.
In June Sudesh Samaroo claimed that police officers beat him, abducted him from his home, taunted him, and threw him from a cliff before he managed to escape. The Police Complaints Authority opened an investigation into the charges, and the investigation continued at year's end.
In September prison authorities opened an investigation into claims by death row inmate Damian Ramiah that he had been severely beaten by prison officers on July 30.
In November Keyon Anthony charged that police officers severely beat him during a search for an illegal firearm; he never was charged with a crime. Anthony brought his allegations to the Police Complaints Authority.
Police corruption continued to be a problem. An independent body, the Police Complaints Authority, received complaints about the conduct of any police officer, monitored the investigation of complaints, and determined disciplinary measures where appropriate, including dismissal. However, Public Service Commission restrictions limited oversight authority to impose final discipline through dismissals. Several citizens' complaints alleging police corruption were lodged during the year. For example, in June residents of the town of Los Bajos appealed to the Commissioner of Police to protect them from three "rogue" police officers who allegedly made a practice of planting drugs on young men in order to arrest them. In December Allan Saran confessed to involvement in the kidnaping for ransom of a Port of Spain resident (subsequently freed) and identified two police officers as accomplices.
Prison conditions at two of the three largest men's prisons generally met international standards. However, conditions were worse at the Frederick Street Prison in Port of Spain, which dates from the 1830s. It was designed for 250 inmates but housed approximately 800 prisoners in December. Diseases such as chicken pox, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and viruses spread easily, and prisoners had to purchase their own medication. The Commissioner of Prisons reported that the prison system held 4,090 inmates at year's end. Overcrowding was a problem in 4 of 8 facilities, where 2,290 inmates were housed in prisons built for 980. A new maximum security prison, opened in late 1998, has a capacity of 2,450. However, at year's end, it was not fully operational, held approximately 800 inmates, and had done little to relieve the overcrowding in the detention system.
On November 11, overcrowding caused a riot in the detention facility at the Port of Spain Magistrate's Court when officers attempted to house 80 detainees in cells built for 40 persons.
Pretrial detainees were held separately from convicted prisoners, although they could be in the remand section of the same facilities as convicted prisoners.
Conditions at the women's prison generally met international standards. Children between the ages of 15 and 19 were held at the Youth Training Center. Younger children were sent to the Boy's Industrial School.
The Government permitted prison visits by independent human rights observers, but the Ministry of National Security must approve each visit.
d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile
The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest or detention, and the Government generally observed this prohibition.
A police officer may arrest a person either based on a warrant issued or authorized by a magistrate or without a warrant when the officer witnesses commission of the alleged offense. For less serious offenses, the authorities typically brought the accused before a magistrate by way of a summons, requiring the accused to appear within 48 hours, at which time the accused could enter a plea. For more serious offenses, when the accused was brought before the court, the magistrate proceeded with a preliminary inquiry or, alternatively, committed the accused to prison on remand or allowed the accused to post bail until the inquiry. In practice, serious offenders also were charged within 48 hours following arrest.
The court could and did customarily grant bail to any person charged with any offense other than murder, treason, piracy, hijacking, or for any other offense for which death was the penalty fixed by law. In cases in which bail was refused, magistrates advised the accused of their right to an attorney and, with few exceptions, allowed them access to an attorney once they were in custody and prior to any interrogation. Police had the authority, under the Summary Courts Act, to grant bail to individuals charged with summary offenses. In July a Princes Town magistrate criticized police for applying this bail policy inconsistently, granting bail in some cases and refusing it in others.
In February the Government launched Operation Anaconda, a police action which promised to address the problem of crime through a new zero-tolerance policy. Press reports indicated the program had led to the arrests of more than 500 people by June. That month laborer Andy Anderson Ashby brought suit against the Attorney General alleging that he had been arrested in connection with an Operation Anaconda exercise and detained for almost 36 hours without being charged. At year's end, the Police Complaints Authority was still investigating Ashby's claim.
The Minister of National Security may authorize preventive detention in order to prevent actions prejudicial to public safety, public order, or national defense, and the Minister must state the grounds for the detention. There were no reports that the authorities abused this procedure.
The Constitution prohibits forced exile, and it was not used.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the Government generally respected this provision in practice. The judiciary provided citizens with a fair judicial process.
The Judiciary was divided into a Supreme Court of Judicature and the Magistracy. The Supreme Court was composed of the Court of Appeal and the High Court; the Magistracy included the summary courts and the petty civil courts.
All criminal proceedings commenced with the filing of a complaint in the summary court. Minor offenses were tried before the magistrate. For more serious offenses, the magistrate must conduct a preliminary inquiry. If there was sufficient evidence to support the charge, the accused was committed to stand trial before a judge and jury of the High Court. All civil matters were heard by the High Court. Both civil and criminal appeals may be filed with the local court of appeal and ultimately to the Privy Council in London.
The Constitution provides for the right to a fair trial, and an independent judiciary vigorously enforced this right. All criminal defendants had the right to an attorney. In practice the courts sometimes appointed attorneys for those persons charged with indictable offenses (serious crimes) if they could not retain one on their own behalf. The law requires that a person accused of murder have an attorney. An indigent person may refuse to accept an assigned attorney for cause and may obtain a replacement.
Despite serious efforts to improve the administration of justice, problems remained in some areas. Trial delays, while not as extensive as in past years, remained a problem: adults prosecuted for serious offenses were committed for trial or discharged in 2 to 3 years in capital cases or within 5 years in noncapital cases; minors were tried or discharged within 1 year. The High Court showed improvement in reducing trial backlogs, but they remained significant at the magistrate court level. To help improve efficiency, the courts introduced computer-aided transcription to more speedily and efficiently create a record.
The death penalty was mandatory in all murder convictions for persons 18 years of age or older; convicted minors were jailed pending a presidential pardon. In July Caribbean Justice, a nongovernmental organization (NGO), issued a statement that the law did not allow for consideration of mitigating factors in murder cases that might warrant a lesser sentence.
In 2000 Parliament passed the Integrity in Public Life Act, which established an Integrity Commission with jurisdiction and control over the financial activities and ethical conduct of persons in public life and persons exercising public functions. The act was used as the basis for investigations of the activities of several public officials, including former Prime Minister Panday, in the months prior to the October 7 elections. At year's end, Panday had been arraigned in Magistrate's Court, and a trial date set for early 2003. The Panday case was the first filed under the new act.
There were no reports of political prisoners.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence
The law prohibits such practices, and the Government generally respected these prohibitions in practice; however, citizens periodically complained of abuse of power by the state. In August Margaret Rowley of the town of Moruga claimed that local police forcibly entered her home to execute a search warrant and broke doors, a window, and furniture in the home.
On July 31, a court struck down as unconstitutional a section of the Proceeds of Crime Act of 2000, which gave police the power to inspect bank records of any individual upon the authority of a judge.
2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government generally respected these rights in practice. An independent press and a functioning democratic political system combined to ensure freedom of speech and of the press.
The four major daily newspapers freely and often criticized the Government in editorials. Widely read weekly tabloids tended to be extremely critical of the Government. All newspapers were privately owned. The two local television newscasts, one of which appears on a state-owned station, were sometimes critical of the Government but generally did not editorialize.
Over the past several years, the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago and the Publishers' Association expressed concern about the media's treatment by, and access to, the Government. For its part, the Government sometimes charged unfair treatment by the media, which the press viewed as unwarranted criticism.
A Board of Film Censors was authorized to ban films that it considered to be against public order and decency or contrary to the public interest. This included films that it believed may be controversial in matters of religion or race, or that contain seditious propaganda. In practice films rarely were banned.
The Government did not restrict access to the Internet.
The Government did not restrict academic freedom.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The Constitution provides for freedom of assembly, and the Government generally respected this right in practice. The police routinely granted the required advance permits for street marches, demonstrations, or other outdoor public meetings. Amendments to the Summary Offences Act require that permits for public meetings and rallies be applied for 48 hours in advance instead of 24 hours, and make it an offense to hold a public meeting without a permit under the guise of conducting an exempted religious, educational, recreational, or sports function.
The Constitution provides for freedom of association, and the Government generally respected this right in practice. Registration or other governmental permission to form private associations was not required.
c. Freedom of Religion
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice.
The Government limited the number of foreign missionaries allowed to enter the country to 30 per denomination. Missionaries had to meet standard requirements for an entry visa, must represent a registered religious group, and could not remain in the country for more than 3 years.
The Government was known to monitor closely only one religiously affiliated group, a radical Muslim organization called the Jamaat al Muslimeen, some members of which attempted a coup in 1990. The Government's surveillance focused on the group's repeated attempts to seize control of state-owned property adjoining its central mosque and on any actions intended to incite civil unrest.
Citizens occasionally complained about the efforts of some groups to proselytize in neighborhoods where another religion was dominant. The most frequent public complaints came from Hindu religious leaders against evangelical and Pentecostal Christians. Such complaints mirrored the racial tensions that at times arose between the Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian communities.
For a more detailed discussion see the 2002 International Religious Freedom Report.
d. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation
The Constitution provides for these rights, and the Government generally respected them in practice.
In 2000 the Government acceded to the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Because of legislative delays caused by the parliamentary deadlock during the year, the Government had not yet passed legislation to implement obligations accepted under the Convention, although the authorities generally cooperated with the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Until Parliament approves the legislation, the Ministry of National Security's Immigration Division handled any requests for asylum on a case-by-case basis; reportedly fewer than 10 had been received in the past 40 years. In practice, the authorities placed asylum seekers in the care of a local NGO pending resolution of their cases, which were reviewed by the office of the UNHCR.
During the year, there were two cases of first asylum. The authorities detained Sierra Leonean Alie Marah in prison for 15 months as an illegal immigrant. When Marah requested asylum, the Government released him to the NGO. The Government denied asylum to the second claimant, a Cuban national.
There were no reports of the forced return of persons to a country where they feared persecution.
3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic elections, held on the basis of universal suffrage. The Constitution extends the right to vote to citizens as well as to legal residents at least 18 years of age who are citizens of other Commonwealth countries. Parliamentary elections were held at intervals not to exceed 5 years, and elections for the Tobago House of Assembly occurred every 4 years. The most recent general election was held on October 7, and observers found it to be generally free and fair.
The two major political parties were the People's National Movement and the United National Congress. The PNM was primarily but not exclusively Afro-Trinidadian; the UNC was primarily but not exclusively Indo-Trinidadian. General elections held on December 10, 2001, resulted in an evenly divided Parliament, with both major parties winning 18 seats in the 36-member House of Representatives. Both parties agreed to allow President A.N.R. Robinson to break the deadlock by appointing the Prime Minister. When the President appointed PNM leader Patrick Manning, the UNC called the decision unconstitutional and refused to participate in an agreement on the appointment of a Parliamentary Speaker, among other things. With the Parliament unable to form a majority, Manning called new elections for October 7. In spite of inflammatory campaigning by both parties, those elections proceeded peacefully and resulted in an uncontested 20 to 16 majority for the PNM. Following the elections, the authorities charged the campaign manager for one newly elected PNM parliamentarian with interfering with a ballot box. There were other, unsubstantiated, complaints of interference at some polling stations.
There were no specific laws that restrict the participation of women or minorities in government or the political parties. Women comprised slightly more than half of all registered voters in the country, and the voters elected 7 women to the 36-seat House of Representatives on October 7, up from 6 women in the previous Parliament. There were 9 women in the 31-member Senate and 8 women in the 25-member Cabinet.
Both major political parties reached out to ethnic minority voters, and ethnic minorities occupied significant positions in government. Senator Howard Chin Lee, PNM member and Minister of National Security, and Gerald Yetming, Member of Parliament from the UNC, were both ethnic Chinese. Chinese were the third largest distinct ethnic group, representing approximately 1 percent of the population.
4. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
A number of human rights groups operated without government restriction, investigating and publishing their findings on human rights cases. While government officials generally were cooperative, the Government responded strongly to Amnesty International's criticism of prison conditions and due process. An independent Ombudsman received complaints relating to governmental administrative issues and investigated complaints of human rights abuse. The Ombudsman could make recommendations but did not have authority to force government offices to take action.
In 1998 the Government sought to curtail appeals by death row inmates to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the U.N. Human Rights Committee. The Government's moves were prompted by a Privy Council ruling that failure to execute a condemned prisoner within 5 years of sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution. To meet this 5-year deadline, the Government sought to impose time limits on the IACHR and the U.N. Committee to ensure that applications before these bodies were completed within 8 months. In 1999 the Government withdrew from the American Convention on Human Rights following a required 1-year notice.
However, the Privy Council subsequently ruled that by ratifying a treaty that provides for individual access to an international body, the Government made that process part of the domestic criminal justice system, thereby extending the scope of the due process clause of the Constitution, and that executing a prisoner with such an appeal pending would constitute a violation of due process.
In June the Inter-American Court of Human Rights cited the Government for violating the American Convention on Human Rights by executing inmates who had unresolved appeals pending before the IACHR and ordered the Government to pay more than $2.9 million to the families and attorneys of several death row inmates. The Government contested the Court's findings, saying that the executions in question had been carried out in accordance with applicable law.
5. Discrimination Based on Race, Sex, Disability, Language, or Social Status
The Government generally respected in practice the constitutional provisions for fundamental human rights and freedoms for all without discrimination based on race, origin, color, religion, or sex.
Physical abuse of women continued to be a significant problem. There was increased media coverage of domestic abuse cases and signs of a shift in public opinion, which previously had held that such cases were a private matter, and the Government improved aid for victims. Murder, rape, and other crimes against women were reported frequently, but it was believed that many sexual crimes were unreported. The establishment of a community police division improved police responsiveness to reports of domestic abuse, but some police officers were reportedly unsympathetic or reluctant to pursue such cases, resulting in underreporting of crimes of violence against women. The Police Service reported 565 complaints of spousal abuse through October, but the actual incidence of such abuse was considered to be much higher. Two government ministries, operating independently, directed the NGOs that ran most of the country's social programs addressing domestic violence, including five shelters for battered women.
Rape, spousal abuse, and spousal rape were criminal offenses. A rape crisis center offered counseling for rape victims and perpetrators on a voluntary basis. Since 1996 the Government operated a 24-hour domestic violence hot line, which received calls and referred victims to shelters, counseling, or other assistance. The hot line was for victims of rape, domestic violence, or other violence against women and received approximately 1,650 calls during the year.
Prostitution is illegal, and the authorities brought charges of soliciting for the purpose of prostitution against 19 persons during the year. Of those, 18 were female and 1 male.
The law does not prohibit sexual harassment, and it was a problem.
Many women held positions in business, the professions, and government. Nevertheless, men still tended to hold most senior positions. There was no law or regulation requiring equal pay for equal work.
Women's participation in education has been virtually equal to that of men, according to a UNESCO report, which showed that women's literacy rates and primary school enrollment in the country during 1990-98 were almost the same as the corresponding rates for males, with women exceeding men in years spent in school and in secondary school enrollment ratios.
The Division of Gender Affairs in the Ministry of Community Development and Gender Affairs was charged with protecting women's rights in all aspects of government and legislation. Several active women's rights groups also existed.
The Government's ability to protect children's welfare was challenged by a lack of funds and expanding social needs. Education was free and compulsory through primary school, usually ending at 11 or 12 years of age. Some parts of the public school system seriously failed to meet the needs of the school age population due to overcrowding, substandard physical facilities, and occasional classroom violence by gangs. The Government committed resources to building new facilities and expanded access to free secondary education.
There was no societal pattern of abuse directed at children. The Domestic Violence Act provides protection for children abused at home. If they were removed from the home, abused children usually were placed with relatives. If there was no relative who could take them, there were several government institutions and NGOs that accepted children for placement.
The Miscellaneous Provisions (Children) Act of 2000 increased the upper age in the definition of a child from 14 to 18 years of age, abolished corporal punishment as a penal sanction for children under 18, and prohibited sentencing a person between 14 and 18 years of age to prison. A companion law established a new Children's Authority to license and monitor community residences, foster homes, and nurseries, and to investigate complaints about the care of children in such locations. At year's end, the act had not yet been proclaimed, as the Government was taking steps to appoint a board to manage the new authority.
The law prohibits child prostitution, and the police reported no cases of it during the year. However, there were anecdotal but unconfirmed reports of child prostitution in the recent past (see Section 6.f.).
Persons with Disabilities
There is no legislation that specifically enumerates or protects the rights of persons with disabilities or mandates the provision of access to buildings or services. The lack of access to transportation, buildings, and sidewalks was a major obstacle for persons with disabilities. The Government provided some public assistance and partial funding to a variety of NGOs, which in turn provide direct services to members or clients with disabilities.
Indigenous People
Members of a very small group in the population identify themselves as descendants of the original Amerindian population of the country. They maintain social ties with each other and other aboriginal groups and were not subject to discrimination.
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Various ethnic and religious groups live together peacefully, generally respecting one another's beliefs and practices. However, at times racial tensions appeared between Afro-Trinidadians and Indo-Trinidadians, which each make up about 40 percent of the population. The private sector was dominated by Indo-Trinidadians and persons of European, Middle Eastern, or Asian descent. Indo-Trinidadians predominated in agriculture. Afro-Trinidadians were employed in disproportionate numbers in the civil service, police, and military. Some Indo-Trinidadians asserted that they were excluded from equal representation in the civil service due to racial discrimination.
6. Worker Rights
a. The Right of Association
The 1972 Industrial Relations Act (IRA) provides that all workers, including those in state-owned enterprises, may form or join unions of their own choosing without prior authorization. The IRA provides for the mandatory recognition of trade unions when a union satisfies the Registration Recognition and Certification Board that it represents 51 percent or more of the workers in a specified bargaining unit. Union membership has declined, with an estimated 15 to 25 percent of the work force organized in approximately 19 active unions. Most unions were independent of government or political party control, although the Sugar Workers' Union historically was allied with the UNC.
The law prohibits antiunion activities before a union is registered legally, and the Ministry of Labor enforced this provision when it received a complaint. A union also may bring a request for enforcement to the Industrial Court, which may order employers who are found guilty of antiunion activities to reinstate workers and pay compensation or impose other penalties including imprisonment. When necessary the Ministry of Labor's conciliation service determines which unions should have senior status.
Unions freely joined federations and affiliated with international bodies. There were no restrictions on international travel or contacts.
b. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively
The IRA establishes the right of workers to collective bargaining. The conciliation service maintained statistical information regarding the number of workers covered by collective bargaining agreements and the number of antiunion complaints filed.
All employees except those in "essential services," which include the police and many other government employees, had the right to strike. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has criticized the Government's definition of essential services as being overly broad and has requested that the legislation be amended. There were significant strikes during the year, including a 9-day work stoppage by physicians employed by the Ministry of Health. The Industrial Court found that the action violated the prohibition against denying essential services. The doctors denied that their work stoppage constituted a strike but returned to work after a court injunction. In October and November, approximately 2,000 construction workers went on strike at a methanol plant at Point Lisas.
The Labor Relations Act prohibits retribution against strikers and provides for grievance procedures if needed. A special section of the Industrial Court handles mandatory arbitration cases. Arbitration agreements are enforceable and can be appealed only to the Industrial Court. Most observers considered this court to be impartial; it consisted of government, business, and labor representatives.
There were several export processing zones (EPZs). The same labor laws applied in the EPZs as in the rest of the country.
c. Prohibition of Forced or Bonded Labor
The law does not prohibit specifically forced or bonded labor, but there were no reports that it was practiced. There were also no reports of forced or bonded labor by children.
d. Status of Child Labor Practices and Minimum Age for Employment
The minimum legal age for workers is 12 years. Children from 12 to 14 years of age may work only in family businesses. Children under the age of 18 legally may work only during daylight hours, with the exception of 16- to 18-year-olds, who may work at night in sugar factories. The Ministry of Labor and Small and Micro-Enterprises was responsible for enforcing child labor provisions, but enforcement was lax because there were no established mechanisms for receiving, investigating, and addressing child labor complaints.
There was no organized exploitation of child labor, but a UNICEF study estimated that 1.2 percent of children from 5 to 14 years of age were engaged in paid work, and that 0.3 percent were engaged in unpaid work for someone other than a family member. An ILO study reported that children engaged in several types of work, including scavenging, agriculture, domestic work, street vending, and commercial sexual activity.
The Government has not ratified ILO Convention 182 on elimination of the worst forms of child labor.
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
The 1998 Minimum Wages Act established a minimum wage of about $1.10 (TT$7.00) per hour. Actual wages varied considerably among industries, and while the minimum wage did not provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family, most workers earned more than the minimum. The Ministry of Labor enforced the minimum wage regulations.
The Minimum Wages Act also established a 40-hour workweek, time-and-one-half pay for the first 4 hours of overtime on a workday, double pay for the next 4 hours, and triple pay thereafter. For Sundays, holidays, and off days, the act also provides for double pay for the first 8 hours and triple pay thereafter. Daily rest periods and paid annual leave formed part of most employment agreements.
The Factories and Ordinance Bill of 1948 sets requirements for health and safety standards in certain industries and provides for inspections to monitor and enforce compliance. The IRA protects workers who file complaints with the Ministry of Labor regarding illegal or hazardous working conditions. If it is determined upon inspection that hazardous conditions exist in the workplace, the worker is absolved for refusing to comply with an order that would have placed him or her in danger.
f. Trafficking in Persons
While there were no laws that specifically address trafficking in persons, the illegality of such acts was covered broadly in a variety of laws that addressed kidnaping, labor conditions, pimping and prostitution, slavery, and indentured servitude.
Although child prostitution was illegal and the police reported no cases of it during the year, the ILO and some local officials provided anecdotal but unconfirmed reports of child prostitution in the recent past.


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Pituitary Tumor Medication
With some kinds of small pituitary tumors, it is possible to use medication to stop the tumor from growing or to prevent it from having effects on other parts of the body. Sometimes, it is possible to avoid surgery altogether and only be treated with medication. For example, medications are used to treat pituitary adenomas that secrete prolactin or thyrotropin. The medicines commonly used are bromocriptine (Parlodel) and cabergoline (Dostinex). Cyproheptadine (Periactin) can be used in ACTH producing tumors. For patients who do not respond to cyproheptadine, several other drugs can be used to keep the adrenal gland from making cortisol. These include ketoconazole, aminoglutethimide, and mitotane. These drugs are often hard to take because of side effects.
Octreotide, also called somatostatin, can block growth hormone, which some pituitary adenomas produce. Newer drugs lanreotide and pegvisomant (Somavert) are also sometimes used.
Although the medicines cannot destroy the tumor completely, they can control its hormone production and often can make it smaller. These and other medicines can also be used to help treat different types of pituitary tumors.
Side effects of drugs used to block hormones depend on which drugs are used. They can include nausea, dizziness, tiredness, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, and depression.

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The car ferry is located at the Calica cruise ship port, six miles south of Playa del Carmen and docks at the International Pier (Muelle Internacional) in Cozumel, south of town near the La Ceiba hotel.
There are two separate ferry companies running ferries back and forth from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel. One ferry leaves 5 to 10 minutes ahead of the other one. Both ferries are more or less the same in comfort, speed and amenities.
It does not matter which ferry you take.
Both ferries have refreshments. You can get beer, pop and juices. The old ferry used to show reruns of old television shows on their televisions. The new ferry has televisions as well however, every time we have been on it, the televisions were off.
Ferry schedules change and each company produces its own published schedules [they are both different] which is why if you do a search on the net for Cozumel Ferry times you will get so many conflicting times.
We attempt to keep our schedule current, however, it can change without notice, so your best bet is if you are going to Cozumel/Playa del Carmen then simply get to the docks early and buy your ticket for the next available trip as soon as you get there, then sit and wait for the ferry.
There are a number of different places where you can buy your ferry ticket. There are booths on 5th Ave. and more booths close to the docks. Each ferry company has its own booths and they try to out-sell each other.
To our knowledge the ferries are never completely sold out [except the early morning rides because of workers going to Cozumel] so you can always get a seat.
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For the third consecutive week, there's a new No. 1 team in Sporting News' NFL power rankings. That also means, for the first time in 2013, there's a new No. 2.
The Broncos have finally ascended to the winners' circle after being stuck in "place." Right on their undefeated heels, however, is another perfect team in their own division. Now the trick is staying 1-2 before their much anticipated first matchup, which comes only in Week 11:
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Week 7 NFL Power Rankings: Broncos, Chiefs from AFC West to NFL's bestnfl October 16, 2013 1:06pm EDT October 15, 2013 2:07pm EDT The Chiefs do it with defense. The Broncos do it with offense. Both teams are getting it done at 6-0. SN's Week 7 Power Rankings have new teams at the top, but the Saints, Seahawks and Patriots aren't backing away.
For the third consecutive week, there's a new No. 1 team in Sporting News' NFL power rankings. That also means, for the first time in 2013, there's a new No. 2.
2 Denver Broncos (6-0)
Why they're here: Peyton Manning looked human, and the Broncos looked beatable for the second straight game, but they still managed to deliver enough offense to drag past the Jaguars. Overall, their offense hasn't really been stopped, except by themselves.
How they move down: Keep giving up the big pass plays. The return of Von Miller should provide more of a solution for the front end of the problem.
What's next: at Colts, as Manning comes home to try to beat the only NFL team he hasn't.
MORE: Jim Irsay doesn't regret losing Manning
3 Kansas City Chiefs (6-0)
Why they're here: The Chiefs keep swarming opponents with their red-army defense, and it blew up into 10 sacks against Terrelle Pryor and the Raiders in Week 6. Anything Jamaal Charles does, they do even better on the other side of the ball.
How they move up: Any Denver slipup before a month from now, plus the Chiefs taking care of business with a favorable schedule, and they would complete a remarkable worst to first climb.
How they move down: They need to get their offense off to faster starts. It was a game with Oakland for a long time until the defense forced enough second-half mistakes. Dwayne Bowe and Donnie Avery must give Alex Smith more help early.
What's next: vs. Texans, with a chance to attack another struggling offense.
MORE: Chiefs 6-0 behind league's most dominant D
4 New Orleans Saints (5-1)
Why they're here: The Saints played 58 minutes of gritty football in New England, but then gave Tom Brady one too many chances. Still, they have showed the past two weeks they can carry their mojo and moxie away from New Orleans.
How they move up: It will be a bit of waiting game, as the Broncos and Chiefs should keep rolling and the Saints have a bye. More impressive road performances would help.
How they move down: If their passing game stays a little out of sync, which was the case when Jimmy Graham was injured vs. the Patriots. They also will hope Graham's health isn't a real concern.
What's next: vs. Bills, a date that should help them rebound at home in Week 8.
MORE: Saints mum on Jimmy Graham
5 Seattle Seahawks (5-1)
Why they're here: The Seahawks didn't exactly blow the Titans away at home like other teams that make the long trip, but they matched them blow for blow physically and came out, as usual, with the bigger punches in the second half.
How they move up: They have five more matchups that will tilt heavily in their favor in the next five weeks before their late Week 12 bye. That's a lot of equity to build before the Saints' showdown.
How they move down: They have been recently inconsistent everywhere from half to half. They need to go back to delivering the complete, dominant games.
What's next: at Cardinals, a Thursday night division test.
MORE: Fan quiz: Devoted or deranged?
6 New England Patriots (5-1)
Why they're here: Tom Brady still has that old Red, White and Blue magic, doesn't he? He snatched an important victory from the jaws of defeat against the Saints, who swam with the shark a little too long. It's nice the running game and young receivers keep helping him more.
How they move up: The Patriots can build on the New Orleans game to get on a roll with two critical division games and a home date with Pittsburgh before a Week 10 bye.
How they move down: As well as their offense has been able to get by with Brady, the rushing attack and the remixed receivers, the lingering injuries to tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Danny Amendola are still worrisome.
What's next: at Jets, an early AFC East rematch before midseason.
MORE: Brady delivers knockout punch to Saints
7 San Francisco 49ers (4-2)
Why they're here: The 49ers have restored their strengths of offensive line, running game and defense—masking the fact that Colin Kaepernick is struggling against teams built to contain him, such as the Cardinals. They're just treading water until they get healthier at receiver to help lift Kaepernick.
How they move up: The 49ers have rediscovered their identity, and should have no problems smashing around Tennessee and Jacksonville to settle back in as a true NFC power before a Week 9 bye.
How they move down: Lean toward Kaepernick again. The Titans' and Jaguars' defense can pose different blitz vs. coverage problems if he remains off his game.
What's next: at Titans, where they will try to solve old enemy Gregg Williams.
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8 Green Bay Packers (3-2)
Why they're here: The Packers lost some wide receivers in Baltimore, but got enough big plays from Aaron Rodgers and steady running from Eddie Lacy to hold off the scrappy reigning champions. It finally got them back above .500.
How they move up: They get a chance to work on the meat of their division schedule, and everything opens up nicely to make their typical second-half move up the charts.
How they move down: Try to get into shootouts when Rodgers has limited weapons and the defense can't allow teams to benefit from the missing havoc-wreaking of Clay Matthews.
What's next: vs. Browns, where Rodgers will duel that older QB, Brandon Weeden.
MORE: Eddie Lacy, not receivers, powering Packers
9 Chicago Bears (4-2)
Why they're here: It's unofficial. The Bears are an offensive team. With Charles Tillman banged up and the defense not forcing turnovers, the yards are being given up in bunches. Fortunately, Jay Cutler has the passing game humming, well beyond Brandon Marshall.
How they move up: Don't trip up before a Week 8 bye, and come through against their archrivals at Green Bay after that bye.
How they move down: Not be prepared enough for Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris, and have Cutler suddenly succumb to the blitz.
What's next: at Redskins, where it's on Cutler and Matt Forte to burn a bad defense.
MORE: Week 7 early point spreads
10 Indianapolis Colts (4-2)
Why they're here: The Colts had cracked the top five, but their listless offensive performance in San Diego, partly because their defense got worked over and couldn't get off the field, hurts their ranking. Andrew Luck wasn't let loose as much as he needed to be.
How they move up: The Colts have it right in front of them in their biggest game since Peyton Manning left—against Peyton Manning. It sets up as a potential season-changer.
How they move down: If Luck and the offense struggle again and see a Broncos blowout similar to some of the Colts' bad losses in his rookie season.
What's next: vs. Broncos, in what they hope will be a Sunday night shootout and unhappy homecoming.
MORE: Manning's advice: Draft Luck
11 Cincinnati Bengals (4-2)
Why they're here: The Bengals got that elusive road win, although it took surviving a big Buffalo comeback and working overtime. It was an important emotional lift for a young team to turn the corner for good.
How they move up: It doesn't get any easier, as the next five opponents, three on the road, currently have records either at or above .500. The Bengals can really make a statement as a true AFC contender.
How they move down: Let their road woes kick back in, in what figures to be a slew of close games. They've got to close those out better (see New England and Buffalo.)
What's next: at Lions, a North vs. North battle of cats and cats.
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12 Detroit Lions (4-2)
Why they're here: They were waiting for Matt Stafford to have his breakthrough big money game in 2013, and the quarterback did just that to make sure the Browns wouldn't catch up in Week 6.
How they move up: Keep Stafford hot with receivers other than Calvin Johnson. It helps that tight end Joseph Fauria has been ready to boost him in the red zone.
How they move down: Start slow and don't find enough in the running game. They need to be wary of being too one-dimensional.
What's next: vs. Bengals, featuring top defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh and Geno Atkins.
MORE: Stafford lifts Lions over Browns
13 Dallas Cowboys (3-3)
Why they're here: The Cowboys needed to beat the Redskins to get their first-place footing in the NFC East, and just as important, further squash Washington's hopes to repeat. Now they put the division lead on the line again at Philadelphia.
How they move up: Dallas has gotten past the rough part of the schedule, as its losses came to the AFC West powerhouse trio of Denver, Kansas City and San Diego. Now they need to keep working on their own East.
How they move down: Stay cold on the road, where they are 0-2 and where they must play three of their next four games.
What's next: at Eagles, where their defense will try to solve Chip Kelly.
MORE: DeMarcus Ware will miss game for first time
14 Baltimore Ravens (3-3)
Why they're here: The Ravens continue to go on a roller coaster in their post-Super Bowl season. The defense has remained steady, but the offense has been hampered by mistakes, limited firepower and slow starts. See the Packers loss.
How they move up: As we've seen at the end of last season and into the playoffs, streaky Joe Flacco can get going at any time, and make them look more like champs.
How they move down: If while Flacco plays better, they don't make it a point to feed Ray Rice. When they do enough, they win, and when they don't, they lose.
What's next: at Steelers, attempting to knock out their old nemesis.
MORE: Week 7 opening spreads
15 Philadelphia Eagles (3-3)
Why they're here: Hello, Nick Foles. Their offense has found its groove in taking apart the Giants and Buccaneers because of him, and that has them back at .500 with their defense playing much better in the second half to boot.
How they move up: They have shown with Foles that Chip Kelly's attack can be executed at a high level. It's really about protecting the ball, maintaining possession and staying in good position to make big plays on the other side.
How they move down: Lose the road momentum at home, where they are 0-2 and have to play for two consecutive weeks.
What's next: vs. Cowboys, with early control of the NFC East on the line.
IYER: Eagles have better shot with Foles than Vick
16 Miami Dolphins (3-2)
Why they're here: The Dolphins hopefully sorted out some of their terrible pass protection issues during the bye, because it caused them to slide down well before it.
How they move up: Shore up to help Ryan Tannehill stand up better, because the upcoming matchups set up the second-year quarterback to light up some bad pass defenses.
How they move down: Stumble through their first two NFC East games, which happen in the next two weeks.
What's next: vs. Bills, with whom they split in 2012.
17 San Diego Chargers (3-3)
Why they're here: The Chargers have found a good rhythm with Philip Rivers and his young receivers in the passing game, and finally got a rushing attack and some good situational defense to pair with it in the upset over Indianapolis.
How they move up: San Diego can still improve itself in preparation for facing the Broncos and Chiefs twice in Week 10 and beyond. It must get on a streak before then.
How they move down: Struggle to find some consistency with what has worked as they have gone loss, win, loss, win, loss, win already.
What's next: at Jaguars, who shouldn't be taken lightly given what's happened.
MORE: Chargers upset Colts
18 Cleveland Browns (3-3)
Why they're here: The Browns fell to earth with Brandon Weeden, as their offense couldn't get going enough in the second half against Detroit. Their defense also has shown signs of wearing down.
How they move up: Cleveland needs to find some pop in the running game, as the void created by the Trent Richardson trade is becoming a bigger factor.
How they move down: They have three of the next four on the road against good teams, with a bye in between. The early contention can quickly be traded for a midseason fade.
What's next: at Packers, against the only fan base better than the Dawg Pound.
19 Houston Texans (2-4)
Why they're here: The quarterback situation is a mess, sure, but run defense, penalties and badly losing the turnover battle has taken the AFC South champs from division favorites to real danger of being dethroned.
How they move up: Get a spark from the QB to lift them from their other issues, which hasn't happened with either Matt Schaub or backup T.J. Yates. Maybe it will come from third-stringer Case Keenum, a former University of Houston gunslinger.
How they move down: If they don't better protect the ball and keep putting themselves in challenging down-and-distance situations, despite good work from the running game.
What's next: at Chiefs, a team that can give them all kinds of problems.
TUCKER: Cheering player injuries is disgusting
FAN QUIZ: Are you devoted or deranged?
20 Tennessee Titans (3-3)
Why they're here: The Titans' aggressive, physical defense has kept them in every game, just like in Seattle. The unfortunate part is not having the versatility of Jake Locker and little punch from a healthy Chris Johnson.
How they move up: Get a win against a good team. So far they're just playing to the schedule with wins over middling Pittsburgh, San Diego and the Jets.
How they move down: The wheels come off offensively and their defense can no longer hold it together. They're headed there with Ryan Fitzpatrick and Johnson.
What's next: vs. 49ers, where Delanie Walker faces his old team.
21 New York Jets (3-3)
Why they're here: Just as impressive as Geno Smith was on the road in Atlanta in Week 6, he couldn't protect the ball in the red zone in a frustrating home loss to Pittsburgh.
How they move up: Help keep Smith's chin up as the quality of opponents is raised again. They should prepare him better for also having two of the next three at home.
How they move down: Smith will face some tricky defenses against New England, Cincinnati and New Orleans. If he's not prepared, they're doomed.
What's next: vs. Patriots, whom they played tough in ugly, rainy Foxborough.
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22 St. Louis Rams (3-3)
Why they're here: The Rams got their first complete performance of the season, as their running game set up Sam Bradford for a great day, and their defense returned to ballhawking dominance with Chris Long and Robert Quinn dictating action up front.
How they move up: Bradford needs to stay hot. At times, it looks like a long-awaited breakout season, while at others, it's been head-scratching. They tend to win when he's even just above-average.
How they move down: Keep getting gashed by the run. It will be hard to recover in most games that way.
What's next: at Panthers, against a former NFC West foe from long ago.
23 Arizona Cardinals (3-3)
Why they're here: The Cardinals' defense has dialed it up a little with Daryl Washington's return, but their offense's struggles with ill-timed sacks and turnovers (see Carson Palmer) keeps pushing them back to mediocrity.
How they move up: They need to give Palmer as much protection help as possible, and turn Andre Ellington loose as their most talented running back. The schedule opens up a bit in the second half after the Seattle game.
How they move down: Palmer remains an interception machine who makes bad decisions. The quarterback mistakes can be tolerated only so much when other things are working well.
What's next: vs. Seahawks, in another early key division game.
MORE: Carson Palmer needs to earn his pay
24 Carolina Panthers (2-3)
Why they're here: The Panthers are hard to figure out, aren't they? Well, it pretty much comes to creative play-calling and subsequent execution by Cam Newton. When he's on, they sizzle; when he's not, they fade.
How they move up: Keep it in the head of Newton and coach Ron Rivera that every week is a must-win game to ensure job security for 2014. Their aggressive, attack style suits the Panthers well.
How they move down: Resort to playing conservatively, and don't come out flying to the ball.
What's next: vs. Rams, as Newton duels fellow No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford.
25 Oakland Raiders (2-4)
Why they're here: Terrelle Pryor has been a pleasant surprise heading into their bye, and even in the sackfest at Kansas City, his passing and early running kept the Raiders hanging around for a while.
How they move up: Pryor has run well, but he could use better health and production from the backfield. Darren McFadden, Rashad Jennings or Marcel Reece need to get going to help diversify the offense.
How they move down: They keep putting their big offensive weakness, the line, in harm's way. Quick, short passing and push from run blockers is their only chance.
What's next: at Steelers, in Terrelle Pryor's home state after a bye.
WATCH: Terrelle Pryor is sacked 10 times
26 Buffalo Bills (2-4)
Last week: 25
Why they're here: The Bills didn't look too bad offensively with Thad Lewis, who did his best EJ Manuel impression. They fell just short of the Bengals, however, as their secondary issues came to light.
How they move up: They get running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller rolling. That's really the backbone of their offense.
How they move down: Keep giving up big plays. They intend to bend but don't break, but when they break, it looks pretty bad.
What's next: at Dolphins, whom they get after a bye.
MORE: Thad Lewis should be ready
27 Atlanta Falcons (1-4)
Why they're here: The Falcons haven't won the close games in which they were so good in when they went 13-3 last season, and now injuries have piled up (Julio Jones, Steven Jackson, Roddy White) making their offense a shell of what it was.
How they move up: They have nowhere to fly but there, and let's hope they found some fill-in answers during their idle week. Coach Mike Smith is right; they must take care of themselves first before worrying about their opponent.
How they move down: Have their confidence shaken and let the early stretch affect their play now. They have a lot of winnable games in the second half, and their two toughest (Seattle, New Orleans) are in the Georgia Dome.
What's next: vs. Buccaneers, a perfect rebound home game post-bye.
28 Pittsburgh Steelers (1-4)
Why they're here: The Steelers' long winless nightmare ended with a Steelers-like defensive-minded, Ben Roethlisberger-facilitated win over the Jets. With it, they gained ground on both Baltimore and Cleveland.
How they move up: They are greeted by a remaining schedule that has a lot of bumps, starting with archrival Baltimore. Everyone should know by now that you have to officially eliminate Big Ben's Steelers to make sure they are really out of the playoffs.
How they move down: That schedule could also contribute to sinking them faster. If Roethlisberger isn't on his game, they will slide right back down.
What's next: vs. Ravens, when they can quickly get back into the AFC North race.
MORE: Steelers awaken from slumber
Tomlin bans flips into the end zone
29 Washington Redskins (1-4)
Why they're here: The Redskins had high hopes after the bye that we would see the old Robert Griffin III back in Texas. We did see some of it with his running, but otherwise, the offense kept making big mistakes without the big plays.
How they move up: They have lost last year's formula, but can rediscover it if they get RG3 and Alfred Morris running early, build a lead and allow their blitzing defense to tee off. That seems like a lot to ask.
How they move down: If they let special teams look as porous as their defense. That just keeps adding pressure on RG3 to carry the offense out of sizeable holes.
What's next: vs. Bears, well rested with a hot offense.
MORE: Marv Levy opines on 'Redskins' name
30 Minnesota Vikings (1-4)
Why they're here: Christian Ponder didn't work, and Matt Cassel worked for only one week. Their quarterback play and limited passing potential really doesn't look good when Adrian Peterson is bottled up on top of the defense getting shredded by the pass.
How they move up: They need someone to revive their offense beyond Peterson, and look ready to turn to Josh Freeman soon. Either the change of scenery will make him look good again or just further drag down their QB situation.
How they move down: If Peterson stays contained. Their only chance is big days and nights from All Day, who is now playing with a heavier heart.
What's next: at Giants, against a team in worse NFC shape than them.
31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-5)
Why they're here: The Bucs' losing streak didn't stop against Philadelphia; it just looked worse as their defense fell apart with their second-half offense. Greg Schiano is on the brink of losing all of the team as well as a lot more games.
How they move up: Someone needs to help Doug Martin get on track. The run blocking has been iffy, and Martin isn't running with the same authority and ball security. He needs to rediscover the pop he found midseason as a rookie.
How they move down: Keep putting rookie quarterback Mike Glennon behind the chains and under great pressure without enough help from the ground.
What's next: at Falcons, where it will remain difficult to save face.
MORE: 'Revis Island' not as scary with Bucs
32 Jacksonville Jaguars (0-6)
Why they're here: The Jaguars got Denver's attention, as they hung with the Broncos for a half (down 14-12) before not having enough juice to stay with them in the second half. Justin Blackmon's return has them knocking on the door of their first win.
How they move up: Keep feeding Blackmon deep, which has opened up the running game for Maurice Jones-Drew. The key to their offense is better ball security and decision-making from Chad Henne.
How they move down: Try to change up what they're doing
defensively. They are on to a little something, and it will work against less potent passing teams.
What's next: vs. Chargers, traveling a long way after a short week.
33 New York Giants (0-6)
Why they're here: They've been a little sloppier than either Tampa Bay or Jacksonville, and as Eli Manning tries to do too much, he's only making things worse. The Bears game showed the Giants' life with both the pass and run, but the turnovers remained the bugaboo.
How they move up: Keep pounding with Brandon Jacobs, and keep reminding Manning that it's not all about (or on) him to get them a win.
What's next: vs. Vikings, in one disappointing Monday nighter.


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In addition to the five spring break trips, a group of seven football players traveled to Johns Island, S.C., a rural area near Charleston, to work with the Sea Island Habitat for Humanity affiliate, one of the oldest and largest affiliates in the country. The men spent the week of March 21-25 framing a house, installing drywall in another house and helping pour a foundation in a third house. Joining the men was Gary Ireland, director of student involvement and assistant dean of students.
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The Lady Trojans played at the Spurs' AT&T Center and penned the Orange Grove Lady Bulldogs 49-20.
The special venue was a treat for both teams, though the atmosphere was not the raucous, boisterous crowd of the Spurs but it was fun, according to the players.
The Lady Trojans jumped out on defense and never let up, keeping the Bulldogs on a leash, especially in the first half.
The Lady Trojans hit 19 first period points, with several baskets off OG turnovers. The girls from Orange Grove hit for just two points. The second period was slower paced, but the Lady Trojan "D" was just as stout and kept the OG girls scoreless to take a 27-2 lead into the second half.
The Lady Bulldogs added nine points in the third period to cut off one point from the Beeville lead. The Lady Trojans led 35-11.
The Orange Grove girls made another nine points in the final eight minutes, but the Beeville girls added 14 to capture an easy victory.
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Adenoidectomy - discharge; Removal of adenoid glands - discharge
Your child had surgery to remove the adenoid glands in the throat. These glands are located between the airway between the nose and the back of the throat. Often, adenoids are removed at the same time as the tonsils (tonsillectomy).
Complete recovery takes about 1 to 2 weeks. If only the adenoids are removed, the recovery usually takes only a few days. Your child will have pain or discomfort that will get better slowly. Your child's tongue, mouth, throat, or jaw may be sore from the surgery.
While healing, your child may have:
If there is bleeding in the throat and mouth, have your child spit out the blood instead of swallowing it.
Try soft foods and cool drinks to ease throat pain, such as:
Foods and drinks to avoid are:
Your child's doctor will probably prescribe pain drugs for your child to use as needed.
Avoid drugs that contain aspirin. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is a good choice for pain after surgery. Ask your child's doctor if it is okay for your child to take acetaminophen.
Call the doctor if your child has:
Wetmore RF. Tonsils and adenoids. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme. JW, eds.Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 375.
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As of January 2013, certain medical providers must be in our network to care for injured workers (including those employed by self-insured businesses) beyond the initial office or emergency-room visit.
Find out whether you need to join, and how to apply:
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You can continue to treat injured workers without joining the network, but you must have an L&I provider number, which is required of everyone that does business with L&I.
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In future years, L&I will require other provider types to join the network.
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Six classic retold and illustrated by the masterful Paul Galdone are a family treasure you'll return to with pleasure. Chances are you grew up with Galdone's versions of The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Boy, and the four famous trios - the Three Pig, Three Bears, Three Kittens and Three Billy Goats Gruff. And here's a new twist. The audio is not in the book, but you can download an audio book of the stories on the publisher's website by using the code in the book. 4-8
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Public records law faces budget ax
The public's right to know may again become the victim of California's budget troubles.
Last year, the state decided it would not reimburse local governments for the cost of notifying the public about government meetings, to save about $20 million a year. Because the California constitution prevents the state from imposing mandates without funding them, the cut in funding suspended parts of open-meetings law.
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget to take effect this summer continues that situation — and would now invalidate certain public-records requirements as well.
A state commission has ruled that the state must reimburse local governments if it requires them to assist the public with records requests and respond within 10 days to them. Brown's budget says the state will cover no such costs, again lifting the legal requirements.
Terry Francke, the general counsel of the open government group Californians Aware, said the move strikes him as an abstract governmental reaction to a problem that doesn't exist.
"The danger seems to me that certain organizations that would just as soon have no records act can escape much of the nuisance factor that it causes by simply ignoring the requests," Francke said.
State finance officials emphasized that they are not telling local governments not to assist the public with records requests or post their agendas three days in advance of meetings.
"We are saying the state should not be on the hook for paying local governments for essentially what they should be doing as a matter of course as part of the best practices of government," said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for Brown's Department of Finance.
The Legislature enacted the California Public Records Act in 1968, stating "access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state."
The Commission on State Mandates — which hears and decides claims alleging that the state imposed a mandate on local agencies without paying for it — two years ago determined that the Public Records Act provisions would require reimbursement.
The direct cost of duplication, which local governments can bill to the requesters, are not in dispute. The issue is the government cost in responding to requests and assisting members of the public to formulate requests — which the law requires. The Legislative Analyst's Office estimates annual costs of those functions could reach tens of millions of dollars.
Darren Pudgil, who was the spokesman for former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, said without question public records requests cost some agencies millions of dollars annually to research and respond.
"However, responding to these requests is critically important to maintaining transparency and public trust," Pudgil said. "I will say that public records requests from the media and from bloggers have gone up significantly over the past few years, and there is a cost associated with responding to those."
Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, author of several bills to boost government transparency, has long argued that public records laws and the state's Brown Act requiring open meetings don't end up costing the government money.
"You guys doing your jobs as reporters and finding out about waste, fraud and abuse via the Public Records Act and making sure entities adhere to the Brown Act helps ensure that people are spending tax dollars more wisely," said Yee aide Adam Keigwin.
The legislative analyst has recommended that state lawmakers in taking up the budget recast the mandated provisions as "optional best practices."
Under that approach, local government officials would be required to either comply with the best practices or declare publicly at their first regularly scheduled meeting of the year that they plan not to do so.


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Thrift Shopping Tips
Some people find shopping at thrift stores to be an arduous task. I'll admit that several years ago I used to think the same. I would usually emerge from a Goodwill store empty handed, feeling defeated and worried that I had picked up the lingering scent of mothballs during my unsuccessful hunt. Soon I realized that the problem wasn't the stores I was visiting—it was me! My theory is that in order to hit the thrift store jackpot, you need to be shopping with an open, creative mind, lots of free time and even more patience.


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Vitran sells off truckload unit to Online Transport
December 01, 2010
Freight transportation and logistics services provider Vitran Corporation Inc. said it has sold selected assets of Frontier Transport Corporation, its owner-operator truckload operation, to Indianapolis-based Online Transport.
Company officials said Online Transport purchased 794 trailers, with Vitran retaining 174 of the newest trailers which will be redeployed in its less-than-truckload operation. They added that the proceeds and net working capital of this deal is roughly $5 million.
"For the last few years, Vitran has been focusing on its two core segments, LTL and Supply Chain Operations," said Rick Gaetz, Vitran president and CEO, in a statement. "Frontier, our small owner-operator Truckload operation, took a back seat. Therefore, we are extremely pleased with this transaction as the majority of our associates will continue to serve our many valued Truckload customers, and our sole focus will be on our two core operations."
Gaetz was unavailable for additional comments at press time.
Frontier will continue to be led by Steve Cook, its current president, at Online Transport.
Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Ross wrote in a research note that this sale is "positive and unsurprising, as Frontier was not a core strategic fit with Vitran's other operations; the company has been looking to (opportunistically) sell it for some time."
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Working Sick Or Getting No Pay?
Early flu season fuels debate over paid time off for ill employees
January 21, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to mis....
zip064 Jan-21-13 1:05 PM Agree | Disagree
And who is going to pay for the sick time used? How about a payroll deduction to EARN the sick leave before you can use it?? None earned, none paid for. PERIOD.
Answer to first question, the employee. Raises will be reduced to pay for this, bonuses probably a thing of the past. Thus, penalizing the highly productive worker.
If employees are guaranteed 10 days of sick time, they will be sick at least 10 days a year.
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"Europe's highest court"???? Since when did EUROPE become a country???
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WVEXPAT, that is SICK (pun intended)!
No wonder Multinational companies cannot get employees from Europe to take a promotion to work in the USA!
And, Oh BTW. the ENTIRE EUROPEAN ECONOMY in the trash bin going down while the USA struggles to stay even or get a little better.
I wonderwhy?????
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Since we're heading toward a European style government I'm sure the following is on the way soon. From the NY TImes, BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another vacation."
Got sick on your vacation just take another!!
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Employees are the greatest asset of employers and their health should be a top priority.
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Who pays self-employed workers for their sick days?
Perhaps we need another Government agency to administer Government-provided sick day benefits to all workers. Because only the Government has the financial resources and bureaucratic expertise to efficiently fund and manage such a program.
Of course it's unfair to the 22 MILLION unemployed that only currently employed workers would be paid for their sick days, so those benefits would also be paid to the unemployed anytime they're "sick."
And since this new Sick Pay Department would require thousands of new Government employees to administer, so think of all the jobs this measure would create?
Don't think of this new "benefit" as an entitlement. Think of it as "spreading the wealth around." Which, as the Wealth Spreader in Chief says, "is good for everybody." mmm mmm mmm
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And who is going to pay for the sick time used? How about a payroll deduction to EARN the sick leave before you can use it?? None earned, none paid for. PERIOD.
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i think your sick you stay home and yes you should be paid for it but only if your really sick fyi did you know dhs workers can say their sick stat home and get paid doesnt matter if they work r not
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GETACLUE "Welcome to the land OF THE CORPORATION, BY THE CORPORATION, FOR THE CORPORATIONS."
Sure, Clueless. The problem with America is all the corporations. ugh...
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dawraith,when i accept a job working for someone i myself expect me to show up for work everyday possible.if someone worked for me i would expect the same from them.if the sick days where i work were unpaid,i would doubt that some of these people would be taking off like they do.the abusers make this a bad situation.they get paid for being at home while the rest of us are holding down the fort.sick or not.had i not been wearing a helmet during some of the crashes i had on the way, there would have been some days that i wouldn't have made it to work.i tore a few of these up.carrying a 50lb. toolbox was usually a trip after one of these incidents.i thought that i would be dead by the time i hit 20[i was one of the fast guys around here]and here i am approaching 60.reminds me of the old saying"if i knew that i was going to live this long i'd have taken better care of myself".i can still outwork the young people.
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Welcome to the land OF THE CORPORATION, BY THE CORPORATION, FOR THE CORPORATIONS.
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Mikeyd, you are a REAL man!
Real men don't take no stinkin' sick dayz.
Iscreamed, I had an appendix operation and did not miss a day of work. (Went in on Friday night, got released on Sunday, @ work on Monday).
WTF is with the flu??
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we have paid sick days where i work.lots of people abuse them.they take off sick and come back with a new hairdo.the boss knows that if i report off that i must have one foot in the grave.my doctor knows the same thing.i've wrecked motorcycles on the way to work and tied rags around the bloody parts and still worked.sometimes i could barely walk but kept on going.as i've gotten older i don't do that anymore.takes too long to heal.
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Feels like we've gone back in time...
I've never had a job without sick leave...
This is what we need--to have people work sick and spread the flu or anything else...
Where is the CDC on this, I wonder?
When we have a Pandemic--and we loose a third of the world population--maybe someone will take notice!!
And--perhaps I exaggerate! Good luck to us all...
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Eleven minutes to go and the Sisters are up by four. Keep it going !
62-58 ISU with 6:20 to go...
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
Thanks for the updates!
Don't confuse hope for a plan.
Megan with 18 so far and Lyndsey has 16 so far tonight. Four minutes to go... Let's go State!
65-59 3:55 to go....
Originally Posted by cyrocksmypants
CG. No one knows what you're talking about.
Originally Posted by cowgirl836
not sounding like we are playing our A game
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
crap... not good.. tied up..66-66.
Winning on the road is tough....
lay up wieben!! up by 2 with 1:50
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65-59 3:55 to go....
Are you camping on ESPN watching the 30 second refresh just like I am? Unfortunately, though it refreshes every 30 seconds the score only updates seemingly every five minutes!
70-66 1:07 to go
Originally Posted by iccyfan
Are you camping on ESPN watching the 30 second refresh just like I am? Unfortunately, though it refreshes every 30 seconds the score only updates seemingly every five minutes!
I set my tent up at Yahoo.... same situation!!!
Wieben just fouled out... TT going to the line..
im listenin to the radio
makes both 70-68
crap... 19secs left TT has the ball.. isu up by 2..
Originally Posted by cstrunk
I set my tent up at Yahoo.... same situation!!!
I'm using game tracker via CSTV
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This is goin' out to all the live motherfuckers, knowhatumsayin'
All the real niggas, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, California
La Perla, Puerto Rico, whatever the fuck you're from, youknowhatumsayin'
[Verse 1]
This story takes place, back in the South Bronx
Where at the age of fourteen I was already to knockin' off punks (yeah!)
And suckers were scared to death
Every time I walked by I hear them niggas take their last breath (ahhh..)
See, I just didn't give a fuck
And if you had a sheep skin leather bomber you was getting stuck (word!)
That was the way it was
One day I went to visit my aunt, and stuck up my cous
See, something was fucked up back then
No matter what the fuck I did, I never had no ends
And my moms was on welfare
Aiyyo I knew I had a father, but the nigga was never there
So what the fuck was I had to do?
I'm sick and tired to being the bummiest nigga out the crew
I gotta get mine, I gotta get cash
I see an old man, I'm gonna rob him with the quick-fast
Gimme your motherfucking loot, papi
I'm going to get paid and can't a damn thing stop me
See, I'm tired of this poor shit
And who the cops?
Well they can suck my motherfuckin' dick
Cause all them niggas ever do is harass
That's why I get glad when I hear somebody smoked that ass
Just to let ya know how I feel, word 'em up
The fuckin' shit is real
[Hook (*background cuts "Down on the real"*)]
Aiyyo it's real
Aiyyo the shit is real
The fuckin shit is real
Aiyyo it's real
[Verse 2]
Now I'm sixteen and there's a brand new scene
I'm makin' mad loot, gettin' paid off the dope fiends
Keeping shit in checking order
And my main man Tone was fucking everybody else's daughter
See everybody knew in town
That Joe and Tone had shit locked down
And a nigga wouldn't test me
It seems like every other day the fucking cops arrest me
But the shit would never stick
I make one phone call and be out right quick
Cause Uncle Dan had my back
And now niggas getting jealous cause they know I'm living fat
Talking shit around the way and on the block
But never in my face cause they knew I pack the Glock
And my crew is mad deep
A buncha crazy Puerto Ricans, so ayeo don't sleep
And all you bitch ass niggas know the deal, check it out
The fucking shit is real
[Verse 3]
Let me let ya know why I made this song
Brothers can't deal with the real, word is bond
I'm sick and tired of these fake-ass niggas
Saying that they're catching bodies when they never pulled a trigger
I know your style, I've seen it before
You wearing army suit, now you think you're hardcore
Drinking on your 40's, smoking on your blunts
Can't afford a chain so you wear gold fronts yeah
You fakin' the funk, kid
And you'd be getting it up the ass if you ever did a fucking bid
It's time to separate the real from the phony
The name is Fat Joe, punk, act like you know me
I come equipped with the ruff shit
Nowadays I can't believe the bull rappers come up with
And all y'all bitch ass niggas know the deal, check it out
The fucking shit is real
Word up
I wanna say peace to my peeps, the Beatnuts
Messengers Of Funk, strictly Roots
My man Four Flex, Zulu Nation
Jazzy J in the house
Diamond D, the whole Diggin' In The Crates crew
And rest in peace to my man Tony Montana
Aiyo, I'm out, word is bond
(*Premier cuts "Fat Joe's in town"*)


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Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - Thomaz Bellucci defeated John Isner on
Sunday to force a fifth and deciding rubber in the best-of-five opening-round
Davis Cup tie between Brazil and the host United States.
After dropping both opening singles rubbers in Florida on Friday, the
resilient Brazilians have fought back with back-to-back wins of their own.
Bellucci came from behind to stun Isner in five sets on Day 3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7
(7-9), 6-4, 6-3, and level the tie at 2-2 at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial
Arena. The 3-hour, 29-minute bout featured 22 aces by the 6-foot-9 Isner, who
had his serve broken three times and only broke the capable Bellucci on two
occasions in the setback.
Sunday's deciding match will pit American Sam Querrey against Brazil's Thiago
On Saturday, Brazil stayed alive when its quality doubles team of Marcelo Melo
and Bruno Soares bested the vaunted American tandem of Bob and Mike Bryan
in five sets. The Bryans were coming off their men's-record 13th Grand Slam
title at the Australian Open last week.
Querrey and Isner each recorded straight-set singles victories on Friday to
put the United States one win away from the quarterfinals.
The 32-time champion U.S. fell to the powerful Spanish team in
the semifinals in last year's Davis Cup action.
The USA-Brazil winner will meet Serbia in the quarters in April.
The Sports Network


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I am working on facebook application for ipad. I am using graph api for that. Can anyone tell me how to search the people on facebook by entering emailid ?
This is not possible! Facebook only provide this functionality for users who use Facebook site and this functionality probably will never be exposed via API.
This actually means that you required to query API with active user
Furthermore this functionality is currently broken (See Searching Facebook profile with email address is no more working with Graph API). This bug (as of 23/02/2012) marked as fixed and fix probably will be pushed soon.
We can get the facebook profile of a person by using following graph api url
It will give the results if the person is in our friend list. For non-friend it will not work.


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To the editor:
I would like to recognize the efforts of a large group of people that hosted, conducted and participated in this year�s Emergency Preparedness Summer Camp.
Our son Matthew was a participant this year and enjoyed his time there. This camp proved to be not only informative but also provided a better view of potential career opportunities.
Matt was able to see the different types of emergency services and the roles they play. What is even more gratifying was that it is a free camp. Camp director Stacie Miles captured many images on camera and was gracious enough to give parents a copy to watch this journey.
We are impressed with the amount of knowledge gained and the number of people involved to make this happen.
To those who taught, mentored, set up and encouraged: We will never be able to let you know of our wholehearted gratitude. We live in a day and time in which money is tight and resources aren�t always available; so to have such a great camp experience for our son was a thrill for us as parents.
It really does take a village to raise children and guide them along their paths. This is a camp that we hope to see remain for years to come.
J.R. and Traci Marks
Location, ST | website.com


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May 29, 2016
State troopers are going after convicted sex offenders who failed to register where they live.
Thirty-one unregistered sex offenders in the Lansing area have been arrested so far.
Police say although convicted sex offenders must register where they live and then check in as directed, many don't.
Of those arrested, 25 were charged with failing to register as a sex offender. That's a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and maximum fines of $2,000.
Michigan's registry gives people the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders and their charges.
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EverRoast® Chicken Stuffed Poblano Peppers
- Place poblano peppers on a sheet pan and place under preheated broiler. Blacken all sides, then remove to a resealable plastic bag; let sit for 10 minutes.
- Remove one pepper from bag at a time and carefully remove blackened skin. Cut a slit lengthwise down each pepper and carefully remove seeds (don't worry about getting every last seed, just get the bulk of them.)
- Marinate chicken breasts in lime chipotle marinade for at least 10 minutes (longer if desired).
- Preheat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and saute one minute.
- Meanwhile, mix together black beans, corn and cilantro; season with salt and pepper.
- Add chicken to black bean mixture along with onions and drippings from skillet; mix thoroughly. Add drained salsa- mix well.
- Stuff each pepper with chicken mixture until completely full. Top each pepper with some shredded cheese, and bake for 7-10 minutes in preheated 350° F oven until heated through and cheese is melted.


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Now I have a problem;When I update from zcs 5.0.6 to zcs 5.0.7;use zmmailbox search the user's messages ,But the result is not normal when it's chinese;
When on zcs 5.0.6;I set the LANG variable like this :
export LANG=zh_CN
export LC_CTYPE=zh_CN
export LC_ALL=zh_CN
export NLS_LANG="SIMPLIFIED CHINESE_CHINA.ZHS16GBK"
It displays OK;But on zcs 5.0.7;It doesn't work .Do you have another good idea to solve this problem?
And what's the code use ?
Help! Thank you very much.


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..serves you guys right for not staying old school with the rest of us...
Just disconnect it and you good to go.
How exactly, do you disconnect it ?
It's also easy to end up as a hood ornament because you left your sidestand down.
I didn't mind my old Yamaha's switch which would shut off the engine when it was put in gear with the sidestand down
I grew up with out safety switches. Forgetting to put the stand up when taking off or down when parking resulted in a lesson learned,,,,once.
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