US Senators pen Act to ban location-based stalking - Register

Two US senators have filed a new Act called the Location Privacy Protection Act, which would require stricter controls and more transparency for all cellular companies that collect location data.

The Bill, brought by Senator Al Franken and co-sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal would make it illegal to divulge location information to any third party, and set penalties for a variety of location offences, including location-based stalking.

A special report commissioned by the Department of Justice in 2009 uncovered that there were 26,000 victims of GPS stalking each year, many of them by cellphone.

Last month Senator Franken held Senate Judiciary hearings on privacy which helped him collect data for this bill and shape its content. Of particular concern were the behavior of Apple and Google, which are said to make location data available to a large number of applications.

Franken: Right to Privacy

If the bill passes, they will be obliged to tell the user that location data is being held and specifically asked, on each occasion if it is okay to release that data to another company.

Franken says that Apple iPhones and Google Android smartphones automatically send location data from the phone to Apple and Google, even when the users are not using location applications. It has been suggested, and denied by Apple, that in Apple's case users have no way to stop this data collection.

Senator Franken is most concerned that a number of prior US Acts contradict one another, specifically the Cable Act and the Communications Act prohibit companies from freely disclosing customer location. while the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has a clause that allows smartphone companies, app companies, and phone companies to freely share their customer location data without consent.

The ECPA allows location collection when the internet is used on the phone. Franken wants these provisions changed and made explicit.

In April when this issue first broke, Apple put out a letter to satisfy customers that it was not overtly collecting location data and explained that it only collected a map of local hotspots and cell towers so that "if" an Apple customer asked for his or her location, it could then provide it quickly, combining GPS and cell tower triangulation.

But Apple insists that the data held on the iPhone is a small subset of this, and not usable by anyone else and that only an anonymous version of that data ever left the phone, and then it was encrypted. The Senators disagreed and said that they found many Apps which clearly have location data.

Apple continues to insist that it has not offered up this data to applications, which might then offload that data to remote databases, but the senators feel there is enough evidence so show that location privacy is being breached.

The bill calls on the National Institute of Justice to issue a study on the use of location technology in dating violence, stalking and domestic violence and to facilitate the reporting of these crimes to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.

It also calls on the Attorney General to develop a training curriculum so that law enforcement, courts, and victim advocates can better investigate and prosecute crimes involving the misuse of location data.

The bill will also create criminal penalties for so-called "stalking apps" which knowingly and intentionally disclose geo-location information when there is a potential for domestic violence or stalking to occur.

It also criminalizes knowing and intentional aggregation and sale of the location data of children 10 years old and younger. The bill has the support of a broad coalition of consumer protection and anti-stalking advocacy groups. If such US legislation passes, it is likely to provide a template for wider law-making around the world.

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You can see Senator Franken introducing the Location Privacy Protection Act in this YouTube clip.

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[Update: It's Live!] Peggle Coming Exclusively To The Amazon Appstore June ... - Android Police

Update 6/21/11: The game just went live on the Amazon Appstore, go get it!

P.S. Unavailable on the Hero and XOOM but available on the Tab 10.1 and EVO? I can maybe understand the Hero, but the XOOM?..

Update: According to the comments, the game should work on devices listed as unavailable – you just have to buy it in the web version of the Appstore and then download as usual within the Appstore app. Odd stuff.

Phandroid’s just been tipped that the absurdly popular puzzle game Peggle will be heading to Android (finally) tomorrow – via the Amazon Appstore. And it will remain there exclusively for 2 weeks – meaning European and other non-USA Android users will be stuck waiting for a Market version that should be coming July 5.

This, of course, is the third Popcap title to see an exclusive Amazon release. Plants Vs Zombies and Chuzzle were released via a similar exclusivity arrangement last month.

If you’re not familiar with Peggle, check out Popcap’s webpage.

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iPhone apps make you more capable - Police News

Police Tech & Gear
with Tim Dees

Since smartphones such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and the various models running the Android operating system carry as much computing power as a desktop machine of a few years ago, the applications or “apps” written for them are powerful, as well. New and improved apps can give you capabilities on the street you never had before.

LexisNexis Accurint
Criminal justice databases give law enforcement officers access to criminal history and wants information, but often lag behind on information such as current residence, employment, and financial transaction data. That’s where public records data can fill in the gap. LexisNexis’ Accurint product is used by many law enforcement agencies to help locate and track bad guys who try and fly under the radar of the criminal justice system. Subscribers to this service can now access the database through an app for the iPhone and BlackBerry platforms.

Officers can locate people and businesses, identify associations and generate comprehensive reports from their smartphones, where this capability was previously available only on a desktop machine. The app is free to Accurint subscribers, and there is no extra cost to access the system via a smartphone.

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Write & Say and Google Translate
There are several foreign language phrasebook and translation apps, most of which confine the user to a set of pre-programmed sentences optimized for travel, business, law enforcement, etc. Those are occasionally useful, but they aren’t much help when you have someone telling you something you can’t understand, or when your need to tell them something falls outside one of the canned passages.

Google Translate is a free application that performs many of the same functions its corresponding web service handles. Take a passage of text and paste it into the app’s window, choose the language of the text, then choose the language you want it translated into. Poof, the translation appears before your eyes.

The smartphone app adds an additional feature that’s helpful if you have someone who is saying, rather than writing down, something you need to understand: voice input. Choose one of 15 languages as the input tongue, then click on the microphone icon and speak the phrase you wish translated. The app records the sound, sends it off to Google’s servers for analysis and translation, then spits it back to you in written text on the smartphone display, translated into the output language of your choice.

The settings in the app refine the voice input language for Australian, Canadian, Indian (the kind from India, not Native Americans), South African, British or American dialects of English, Cantonese, Mandarin or Taiwanese variants of Chinese, and Argentinian, Latin American, Mexican or Spanish (as in “from Spain”) variants of Spanish. If you’re not sure what language your input text is in, there is a “Detect language” option.

Write & Say is a little more versatile. This app will accept written text input in 29 languages (although some of them are dialects, e.g. Australian English vs. U.S. English) and will translate into 21. The output language appears on the display in the character set appropriate for that language (Chinese characters for Chinese, Cyrillic for Russian, etc.), and an onscreen button will cause the app to speak the translation in one of several user-selectable voices. The app will accept entire documents or web pages for translation or to be read aloud in the native language or in a translation. You can save a translated voice passage as an MP3, copy text into another application, or email text directly from the app.

Magic Plan
Magic Plan is an app designed to produce quick floor plans of interiors. When I was playing with it to produce a floor plan of my home’s “great room,” it occurred to me this would be useful for producing diagrams of crime scenes. The app uses the smartphone’s camera and some superimposed dimension lines to record a room’s corners, doorways, windows and openings. You stand in the middle of the room and point the camera at each feature’s boundaries, clicking an onscreen button when intersecting lines are over the corner shown on the display. You go around the room, recording each corner and doorway, then close the loop by re-recording the first corner.

The resulting floor plan is refined by measuring one or more wall segments and tapping the length into the app. Additional rooms are mapped out the same way, and then linked to the first one by dragging the new room plan into the appropriate position. You can export files as PDFs, JPEGs, or in DXF format. Without a paid ($4.95 per plan, with a monthly multi-plan option) subscription, the output plans have a watermark. I can see the utility of being able to produce an accurate plan at the scene, then tracing it onto another sheet when creating the crime scene diagram.

Google Translate and Magic Plan are free; Write & Say is $4.99. Write & Say and Magic Plan are available for the iPhone and iPad. Google Translate is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

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Motorola Mobility Teams Up With Illinois Law Enforcement to Reward Responsible ... - MarketWatch (press release)

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- It's not often that motorists receive recognition for doing something right. Starting this week, in support of National Safe Driving Month, Motorola Mobility, Inc. will reward drivers who commit to responsible driving behavior through its Responsibility on the Road program. Working with Illinois State Police, Motorola will give Bluetooth® devices to select motorists who follow their state and local hands-free laws. Motorola Mobility will also provide online resources to educate drivers on new and existing hands-free legislation.

Motorists across the country are invited to visit Facebook.com/Motorola during the month of June to pledge to be "Responsible on the Road" by using hands-free technology if they need to communicate while driving. In return, Motorola will give motorists 50-percent off select Motorola hands-free devices. Motorola Mobility, the leader for Bluetooth headsets, offers headsets and in-car speakerphones to help drivers stay connected with state laws. Hands-free devices like the Motorola Roadster(TM), a voice-enabled, in-car speakerphone, featuring the MotoSpeak(TM) app with text-to-speech and speech-to-text capability, make it easy to make or receive a call and hear or respond to a text message while keeping your hands on the wheel.

To underscore the importance of responsible driving and reinforce local or state laws that restrict or ban the use of hand-held devices while driving, Motorola Responsibility on the Road giveaways will take place in the following areas: Chicagoland, Champaign, Collinsville, Peoria, Rock Island and Springfield. The events will educate drivers on hands-free laws and reward those who pledge to drive responsibly with a hands-free device.

"Motorola has a commitment to providing consumers with responsible alternatives for communicating on the road," said David Murray, vice president, companion products, Motorola Mobility. "Our goal is to encourage responsible driving by helping motorists keep their hands on the wheel with hands-free calling and texting solutions."

Drivers can also find information on hands-free laws at Motorola.com/motospeak and those with phones powered by Android(TM) can access Motorola's Smart Handsfree app, which uses location technology to discern a user's state and display an overview of cell phone and texting laws.

"The Illinois State Police (ISP) welcomes the opportunity to work with Motorola Mobility in its Responsibility on the Road program to promote responsible driving. This initiative engages the motoring public in a positive way by allowing the ISP to educate drivers about hands-free laws in the state of Illinois," said ISP director Hiram Grau. "Drivers need to know they will receive a ticket if found violating the law."

Motorola products include the following responsible driving disclaimer: The use of wireless devices and their accessories while driving may cause distraction. Discontinue use of the device if you can't concentrate on driving. Additionally, the use of wireless devices and their accessories may be prohibited or restricted in certain areas. Always obey the laws and regulations on the use of these products.

For more information on Motorola Roadster or other Motorola devices that can help motorists drive responsibly, please visit www.motorola.com/mobility .

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Motorola Mobility, Inc. /quotes/zigman/3019788/quotes/nls/mmi MMI -2.86% fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit www.motorola.com/mobility .

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The Motorola Roadster(TM) supports Bluetooth hands-free and headset profiles. Certain Bluetooth features, including those listed, may not be supported by all compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices, and/or the functionality of such features may be limited in certain devices, or by certain wireless carriers. Contact your wireless carrier about feature availability and functionality, or visit www.motorola.com/bluetooth for more details.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used under license. Android is a trademark of Google, Inc. Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. All other product and service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc. All rights reserved.

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How to control computers remotely with your Android phone - CNET (blog)

Are you tired of providing on-site tech support for your friends and family? Providing support remotely is an easy way to help them while maintaining your sanity. If you don't have a computer nearby, but have your Android phone, you can still help. Here's how:

Computer setup
Step 1:
On the computer you want to remote control, download "TeamViewer QuickSupport" from TeamViewer. The downloaded file is named TeamViewerQS_en.exe. The program is self-contained so it does not need to be installed.

Step 2:
Double-click on the TeamViewerQS_en.exe file to launch TeamViewer on the computer you want to control.

Step 3:
At the main screen, the numeric ID of that system is listed and a numeric password for that session. Make a note of the ID and password as you'll need that information later.

Step 4:
If you're setting this up on someone else's computer, you may want to create a shortcut for them or place the file on their desktop so they can find it more easily when they need your help. Once you've connected to the computer, a small window with a session list will pop up in the lower right-hand corner.

A session list will pop up on the remote computer.

Android setup
Step 1:
On your Android phone, install TeamViewer from the Android Market and launch it. In the first box, enter the ID of the "partner" computer. In the second box, enter the password and tap the "Connect to partner" button.

(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)

Step 2:
Once connected, you'll see gesture control instructions.

(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)

Step 3:
Close the instruction screen to see the desktop of the remote computer.

The desktop can be zoomed in or out.

(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)

You've got control! Now you can help your in-law's figure out how to use Netflix streaming or add an RSS feed to Google Reader. You can help someone with just about anything he or she might need help with, without having to physically be there. You can use the mouse, type, print, and even reboot the remote computer.

The Android version of TeamViewer does have a few limitations, compared with the computer version. The Android version does not support local audio, text chat , video chat, or file transfers.

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Will there ever be another Android phone with as much impact as the EVO 4G? - PhoneDog (blog)

Two years ago, if you threw the word “Android” around in conversation, the eyes of the people you are talking to would probably glaze over and you would be met with an empty, “Huh?” Sure, a few tech heads knew what the term meant, but the mass populace probably had no clue what it meant at the time; most people probably still don't, but I digress.

Although it wasn't the first in many categories, the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint's WiMAX network was the phone that put Android on the map and helped propel it to the top. It was the first Android phone with a 4.3-inch display and 4G connectivity, and it sported the fastest mobile processor of its time. On top of that, it had some of the best build quality to date and came at a respectable price of $199.99 with a two-year agreement.

Giving the iPhone a run for its money, the EVO 4G was a huge jump from all of the Android phones before it (if you don't count the Nexus One) and it rocked the tech world. It makes me wonder if there will ever be another Android phone that has quite the impact that the EVO once had.

Ever since HTC's monstrous EVO hit, all Android manufacturers have been in a relentless arms race for the biggest, baddest smartphone around. Thus came Android's Law in which we have seen some of the most impressive jumps in technology to date. Processors, cameras, display technology and radio technology have all experienced vast improvement over the past year.

In the midst of all of this improvement and advancing technology, we have been met with some truly impressive superphones like the HTC Sensation 4G, T-Mobile G2x, Samsung Galaxy S II and more. Despite all of the spec-boosting, manufacturers have yet to recreate the hype and excitement that surrounded the launch of the EVO. But why exactly is this?

Much like I said in my article about why I have kept my ThunderBolt for so long, manufacturers are releasing phones at a breakneck pace. Instead of taking more time between phones, each device is simply one step up from the one before it, a tiny increment. Comparing it to the phones before it, the EVO was a leap – three or four steps, not the half steps we're dealing with now.

Just last week a rumor of the Nexus 4G spread around the web, toting claims of a 720p HD display, next-gen 5-megapixel camera, up to a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1080p video recording. To say the least, this phone will be a beast. Although it will easily have the most impressive specifications to date, in comparison to devices like the Galaxy S II and Sensation, it isn't that big of an improvement.

Unfortunately, this is a trend that is here to stay. As long as phones are releasing on a weekly basis and this perpetual advancement is going on, another Android device with as much impact on the market as the original EVO is highly unlikely. That said, something out of the ordinary – a high-end multi-screen device, an eye-implant phone or an all glass, see-through phone – that catches us off guard could spark a frenzy.

Taylor Martin is a Contributing Editor for PhoneDog and has over five years of experience with BlackBerry and a year or better of hands-on experience with mobile platforms like Android, webOS, and iOS. He is currently a full-time...

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Panasonic adds tablet to Toughbook line - GMANews.TV

Law enforcers, field workers, and even clumsy users: this could be the tablet computer for you.

Panasonic this week announced what could be the world's first ruggedized tablet, as part of its famous Toughbook mobile devices line.

"It?s a Toughbook product and brings along years of design innovations that allows it to live in the real world. It is, perhaps, the world?s first blue-collar Android tablet," according to an article on tech site CrunchGear.

According to CrunchGear, the Toughbook tablet has everything one can expect in a modern tablet, including GPS, ?full-shift" battery life, and 3G/4G options.

The tablet, which will run on Google's Android system, also has a bright, daylight viewable 10.1-inch XGA matte screen compatible with an included active stylus.

But potential customers may have to wait awhile as Panasonic plans to release the Toughbook Android tablet in the fourth quarter of 2011.

A separate article on Wired.com said the Toughbook tablet "caters to those prone to excess dropping, be it electronics or otherwise."

Panasonic?s Toughbook product line has been around since 1993, including mostly ruggedized notebooks.

"The Toughbook has a better chance of standing out in the crowded field, however, as the heavy-duty construction may appeal to the roughnecked crowd. Think: geologists in the field, or perhaps an emergency room doc," Wired.com said.

"Mum?s the word on pricing, but you should expect to see the Toughbook tablet come Christmas time. Rest assured we eagerly await getting our hands on one for demolition testing," it added.

On the other hand, PC World noted the Toughbook Android tablet comes from the Panasonic Solutions Company, a division that focuses on government and enterprise technology.

It also said the Toughbook Tablet would be a "purpose-built business solution" with an emphasis on security and durability. ? TJD, GMA News

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Calls the United States of the legal challenge to Arizona <b>law</b> immigration <b>...</b>

Question of the future: launches a call to the United States of the legal challenge to the law of the immigration of Arizona, a "trial" a perfect example is? …Loaded, bias, inflammatory language used by Fox News?
It is a legal challenge: they are not "Suing" Arizona I hear constantly here or on Fox Fake News - the Attorney General of the not trying to get money from them are they?
Who concerned that Fox used slanted, biased, inflammatory language on our President on a daily basis to advance their policies?
Yes.
I saw the clip with Hillary - without that it does - she said "legal challenge" would be invoked in this regard.
Anyone feel free to show me any link to someone but the right-wing call this a "trial". The best response:

Response by James S
Who cares anyway. Arizonas new Act does not violate the constitution. It simply applies Act except for the fact that the Arizona law, you may not someone draw simply because someone is Brown and federal law a federal agent may

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Mormon church said let immigrants "square" with law - Reuters

By James Nelson

SALT LAKE CITY. Friday, June 10, 2011 7 pm EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Mormon Church Friday have worried about a raft of laws on immigration status and appeared to support an illegal immigrants guest-worker program that "square themselves to the law."

The statement by the Church of latter-day Saints of Christ at the time where the United States have shown increasing willingness to fight against illegal immigration - an issue traditionally managed by the federal authorities.

"The history of mass deportation or ill-treatment of persons or families is of particular concern where race, culture, or religion are involved", the Church said in a statement published on its Web site.

"This should give pause to any policy which provides targeting any group, especially if this group is primarily a heritage."

The said Church immigration ultimately issues must be resolved by the Federal Government.

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints feared that any legislation that contains only the implementing provisions is likely by far of the moral norm of treating each other as children of God", said the Church.

While the Church consider not any specific proposal in his statement, it appeared to embrace the general concept to allow illegal immigrants to earn their right to remain in the country legally.

"The Church supports an approach where undocumented immigrants are allowed to themselves square with the law and continue to work without this necessarily leading to citizenship," said the statement.

Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer triggered a scandal in April 2010, when she signed SB-1070, a law that requires a police check the status of immigration of any person they hold or stop.

A federal judge has blocked then the more controversial provisions of this Act, a decision which was upheld by a Federal Court of appeal in April.

In March, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a package of four laws on immigration, including an application similar to the Arizona measure and a guest-worker program.

A federal judge quickly blocked the disposition of the application of the Act and the opponents have said they will seek to repeal the guest workers program, they say amounts to Amnesty.

In may, Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal signed a tough new crackdown on illegal immigrants which is similar to that adopted in Arizona.

And Thursday, Governor of the Alabama Robert Bentley has signed, in law, a crackdown on illegal immigration, that the supporters and detractors consider the most stringent in the nation.

(Written by Dan Whitcomb;) (Editing by Jerry Norton)

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Amazon Affiliate Cup Ark, accuses the Bill for taxes - Forbes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Amazon.com said Friday that it would abandon its affiliates online in Arkansas in response to a new Act of the State which would have required the retailer online start billing for sales tax.

Legislators passed a Bill earlier this year to require outside retailers online like Amazon to collect the tax from sale of customers if their annual turnover of State more than $10,000.

The Bill applied to retailers with affiliates online, even if they do not have a physical presence in the State. Amazon pays the cost of advertising in a network of so-called Amazon Associates in the State, that promote the company on their Web sites.

State law requires that consumers pay sales taxes on items they buy online, but the onus on them to report purchases. Bentonville- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT - news - people) and other retailers of State opens a loophole which interferes with their business.

Amazon opposes Amendment to the Act, and this week, she notified associates by email that he would terminate their contracts on July 24.

"We opposed this legislation because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive," the company said in an e-mail. "It was supported by big - box retailers who wrongly seek affiliates of competitors advertising programs."

Amazon has been at the same time in other States, including Illinois and Connecticut, which changed their laws of sales tax. Overstock.com (OSTK - news - people) has also completed his Arkansas by law program.

A growing number of States have tried to collect more taxes from online sales to help fill holes in their budgets. How much sales tax revenues are lost with online sales is uncertain, although a study by the University of Tennessee, has estimated a total of $ 10.14 billion, this year assuming that the total sales of $ 3.49 billion e-commerce.

But Amazon argues that the new law is of great assistance.

"Similar laws in other States led to employment and loss of income and little, if any, new tax revenues," he said in the email. "" "". "We deeply regret that its adoption forces this action."

Lawmakers have argued that the change was not a tax increase because it allowed the State to collect taxes, he was already.

Opponents argued the Bill would violate a 1992 decision of the Supreme Court said States could not force retailers to collect taxes for them, unless the retailers had a physical presence, or "nexus," within the State.

Matt DeCample, spokesman for the Governor of Arkansas Mike Beebe, who signed the Bill in April, called move "unfortunate Amazon."

"We, of course, can't stop it," said DeCample. "They are pulling on their affiliates and then trying to blame us for their own acts."

Amazon Associates members have stated that they were disappointed on the end of the program, even if they have any money of it.

Amy Bradley-Hole, 36, of Little Rock, said that it uses Amazon links in book reviews on his blog. She gets a small percentage of all sales and estimates she earns "a few hundred dollars a year" in the program.

"I am frustrated by the two parties," honestly, she said. "I do not see why the law was passed, and I also see why Amazon is mad about it." I don't like that Amazon takes out on affiliates and associated, though. »

Kelly Ellerbee, 48, of Austin, Ark, said that, although it would not miss the small amount of money that it earns links Amazon on its three Web sites, others might.

"He hurt people," he said. "This revenue stream is will be removed."

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Flame of Act run for Special Olympics comes from Burlington County - phillyBurbs.com

HAINESPORT - You could not take eyes of 12-year-old Sean Keane off the coast of the half dozen police Friday as they ran the last yards shortly the annual torch run to benefit the Special Olympics.

Evesham resident is in gymnastic competition in the Special Olympics of New Jersey this weekend at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.

As a way of raising funds and awareness for the cause and the games organization represents - the possibility for persons with intellectual disabilities to compete against one another in sport - repressive State autour ran more than 900 miles Friday with a torch relay carrying the ceremonial "flame of hope".

The flame was to be used to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony Friday night on campus TCNJ.

The County of Burlington for the race leg began the service Police of Evesham on Tuckerton Road about 8: 30 p.m. and stretched for 20 miles, ending at the ShopRite 38 Route de Hainesport, about 2: 15 p.m.

Many Olympians special crowded supermarket were delighted by the police officers and the deputy prosecutors who participated in the portion of County of the race about 60.

The feeling was mutual.

"They are a source of inspiration for me," said Burlington County Assistant Attorney Josh Dennis, who headed the entire 20 miles. "They prove that anything, you can accomplish anything." It's a great cause, and there are many energy positive here today. »

Friday marked the 28 year law enforcement agencies ran the relay as a prelude to games in New Jersey. Through the State agencies raises over $ 2 million for the Organization, said agent Al Tittermary, a U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement Agency, which is the Coordinator of the leg of the County.

The relay also went through Medford, Lumberton and Medford Lakes before completion to the ShopRite.

ShopRite, which provides athletes and their families during the games, provided fruit, water and a cake of large sheet for runners as they have completed.

Another part of the race who came through the County began in Pennsauken to 8 a.m. and ends in Bordentown Township approximately 3 h

Officers of departments Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, city of Burlington, Burlington Township, Cinnaminson, Delran, Evesham, Florence, Lumberton, Mansfield, Maple Shade, Medford, Medford Lakes, States, Mont Laurier, Riverside and Willingboro participated.

"It is a way for us to give back to communities serve as us," said Tittermary, who is also part of the relay. "Some of us have children or families who participate in the games, and this is a great way to raise money and awareness."

For Sean Keane, learning to see some of his heroes, hometown bearing the torch is one of the things that kept returning to compete each year.

"This is the fourth year, we come, and he wants to keep coming back, said his mother, Amanda." "It's wonderful to see all members of the community are met as follows.

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Why Ice - T cannot replace Chris Meloni on ' Law & Order: SVU'? -Entertainment Weekly

Image credit: Will Hart/NBC.

This is perhaps my affection for his now-documented relationship with his wife. This is perhaps my love for the manner in which his character is the rare comic on Law & Order: SVU. It is perhaps the fact that he is quite confident to sport a tail of horse all too similar to a rat tail. But I can't help wondering why, when Chris Meloni left Law & Order: SVU, Detective end of the Ice - T cannot replace detective Stabler.

As a big fan of detective Stabler initially Meloni, I'll admit whoever replaces him has big shoes to fill. He (or heck, she) must have a commanding presence on the small screen, proving he could control the procedure and be an interesting enough character to encourage viewers to tune SVU each week. But Ice - T - who signed for two seasons of the series - have all these traits: he stole scenes of designated Emmy colleagues time, is truly credible as a detective in New York (most look fantastic and ready to shoot while chasing a criminal, Mariska Hargitay pictures) and would introduce a fascinating dynamic on the show as the partner of detective Benson. Stabler, then the aggressive ying to yang charged emotion of Benson, end, and Benson would hardly work together in harmony: several times in the past, we have seen fin criticized Benson for it, ahem, slightly more prudish ways. (Remember when he blamed poo-pooing a hobby, he loves, pornography online) We watched the brutal murder of SVU tackle - after the brutal murder after the brutal murder some new tensions in the workplace could be that the show must continue to cool things.

In addition, viewers are already comfortable with Ice - T fin. For NBC encourage viewers to return without Meloni, they need to make SVU a security zone. Too often during performances attempt to replace the stars with even greater stars, they eventually modify any tissue in the series, turning it into a vehicle Emmy for what film star has decided dabble briefly on television. (See: Jeff Goldblum on Law & Order: criminal intent.) But Hargitay and Meloni - hardly household names when created in 1999 - SVU have proven that you do not have a big budget film credit on your curriculum vitae to knock on the small screen. SVU ain't broke, NBC - don't feel the need to fix with the last clameur de trophy film actor. Ice - T, is simply cool. Then I to be the next player to heat the series.

Who is with me?

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The Colombia hope to heal the wounds with the right of the victims - The Daily Star

Despite security gains, crime is still rampant Colombia

The Colombia is safer than ever in a quarter century. But the nation continuous to the serious challenges of human rights as left guerrilla groups and paramilitary groups from thousands of slaughter right heirs and keep millions fleeing, according to a report by Human Rights Watch published Monday.

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Colombia seeks to resettle displaced farmers

In the hope to relocate to more than 3.4 million people displaced by decades of violence, Colombia of land illegally acquired breaks and issue of securities.

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Colombians prosecutions against Chiquita continue

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss suits by thousands of Colombians against produce seller right Chiquita Brands International over its payments to a paramilitary group responsible for killing and terrorizing civilians during the long civil war of the Colombia.

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Colombians prosecutions against Chiquita continue

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss suits by thousands of Colombians against produce seller right Chiquita Brands International over its payments to a paramilitary group responsible for killing and terrorizing civilians during the long civil war of the Colombia.

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Each name is a number, black type on a thick legal document side. They are mothers and fathers, spouses, sisters and brothers of thousands of Colombians who have been killed or disappeared during a bloody civil conflict between leftist guerrillas and paramilitary groups of right-wing whose victims have largely been civil.

BOGOTA - ten years, he has crashed off the coast of his farm, Larino Nengarade was scraping a life by selling necklaces of pearls on a filthy sidewalk a few blocks from the Presidential Palace.

Friday evening, the President Juan Manuel Santos has ratified a radical program that would give Nengarade - and a about 4 million Colombians who have been victims of civil conflict in the country - the right to seek redress.

Santos has called the victims and right of Restitution of land one of the most important initiatives of his nascent administration and the key to end a century of half-long cycle of violence. "If I do nothing else, this will be made my useful Presidency," he said as Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon as guest of honour.

A key element of the legislation would provide restitution to Colombians who have lost family members or have been driven out of their lands. Whereas the amounts have not been fixed, legislators their range waiting approximately $ 10,000 to $ 20,000.

"This sounds like good news," said Nengarade, a member of the Embera Chami tribe. "But they have made many promises before and look at how we are." We barely make enough to feed us. »

The money is largely symbolic, said Guillermo Rivera, a member of the Liberal Party which helped promote legislation. But it is also a realistic programme that the Government is pursuing a "political mass restitution" which is also aware of its responsibility, he said.

Under the Act, those who have been victims after 1985 are eligible for the economic remedies and those who have lost land after 1991 can seek his return. In a blink of eye to the fact issues are no more, the Act will cover the victims in 2021.

The Colombia was locked in a civil conflict culminating in an orgy of violence during the 1980s and 1990s. As left-wing guerrillas, extreme right-wing paramilitary groups and the military have fought for control, hundreds of thousands of civilians have taken between two fires.

The Government estimates, some 3.4 million people have been displaced by the conflict.

With recognizing the victims of paramilitary violence and guerrilla, she also recognizes those who fell prey to abuse by armed forces.

Prohibition of the United Nations said that Colombia had the support of the international community. "To achieve peace and reconciliation, a society must recognize the pain and suffering of its victims," he said.

While the project was hailed as a step in the right direction by many, some caution it is too early to call a success.

This particular law will require the President and his cabinet to be strongly involved in its implementation, says Gustavo Gallón Giraldo, Director of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, which handles hundreds of cases for the victims of violence.

So, he said "will depend on how strongly this Act is applied,". "It might be very useful." "But it could also be just another enactment dead."

And even though Santos was granted a priority, there is no guarantee that future Governments will, Giraldo said.

Yanette Bautista, Director of Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation, said the legislation is a step in the right direction, but it has some serious holes.

The Foundation is named after the sister of Bautista, who she suspects was abducted, tortured and killed by the military in 1987 to be a member of the now defunct M-19 guerrilla group. Under the new Act, guerrilla and the paramilitaries are not eligible as of victims, and Bautista will be exempted from repairs, even if she has children of his sister.

Unlike countries such as the Argentina or El El Salvador, where truth commissions have been installed, this law does not provide a forum to dig up the facts, she said.

"The force of this Act is in the restitution of land," said Bautista. "But it does not deal with those who have disappeared and it does not help us to discover the truth." And in my case, that I sought the truth for 30 years.

In the previous administration of Alvaro Uribe, Colombia has made enormous progress against the guerrilla and paramilitary violence. And while the nation is more secure than it has been for decades, the problems remain.

The Group American defence of interests, Refugees International, said that some 20,000 people have been forced from their land during the first four months of the year. And community leaders who have tried to recover seized land was taken for target. So far this year, 10 land rights defenders were killed - Tuesday on the latest.

Nengarade attempted to attract customers to buy its goods, he said that his village, Belén de Umbría in the western province of Risaralda, had been terrorized by the FARC, the paramilitary groups and criminal gangs for years.

"If the Government wants to do something for us now is a good news", he said. "But we cannot go back home." It is still too dangerous. »

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New law on illegal immigration Alabama is really the most severe? -Christian Science Monitor

Governor of the Alabama Robert Bentley (R) signed a law on immigration Thursday, between other illegal immigrants of the bars of things of public colleges and universities, requires companies to verify the legal status of their employees and punishes owners who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

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Both sides of the debate say that this is the toughest illegal immigration law in the country. But in an age when lawmakers tough on immigration and the rights activists of the immigrant who oppose systematically to claim a right is "severe" in the land, how HB 56 Alabama stack?

"There was a certain competitiveness in the States to sound more strict," said Muzaffar Chishti, Director of the office of Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law. "It is difficult to say the day is".

Depending on the issue, other States have laws on immigration more difficult than Alabama, explains Mr. Chishti, such as the right of 2008 of the Mississippi which is work in the State illegally a crime.

But the covers of 72 pages right Alabama more ground that same SB 1070 Arizona, the Act on the radical immigration adopted last year. That scope makes it "one of the strictest in the country," said Chishti. It borrows ideas from Fremont, Nebraska, an act which penalises the owners who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, and an act of South Carolina, preventing illegal immigrants from attending public universities.

Right of Alabama copies many of provisions of 1070 SB, including a measure requiring officers to consider the status of the immigration of people they suspect of being in the country illegally, although this part of the law of Arizona faces challenges in Federal Court.

As a provision of SB 1070, the Supreme Court confirmed last month, the Alabama law requires employers to run through E-Verify, Federal citizenship employee names and registry immigration. A company is facing a short suspension of his licence if found to have committed an illegal immigrant. If a company is found to be have hired an illegal immigrant a second time, it would lose his license permanently.

In some cases, the Act of Alabama goes further than SB 1070. It prevents businesses to take deductions of tax on wages it pays of illegal immigrants and requires elementary and secondary retain data on the State of the immigration of his students. Owners may also be penalized rental knowingly illegal immigrants.

The provision prohibiting the illegal immigrants to attend universities and public colleges also goes further than the Arizona law, which prevents illegal immigrants enjoy tuition fees in the State.

But in this case, the provision strict survey is not as difficult as it sounds. The only way to enforce the prohibition is voluntary. The Act provides simply that postsecondary administrators "may request audit" of a student of immigration status. It does not require that they do and provides no penalties for schools that are not in compliance.

From a point of view policy, with a tough-survey provision may be also useful to legislators such as that which is in fact difficult.

"This whole notion of everyone trying to be difficult is difficult to evaluate something, but the need to make this policy statement may be more important than the express provisions of the Act," said Chishti.

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New State law makes the painful Images displaying a Crime - Mashable

Residents of Tennessee: Come July 1, 2011, the State can punish you with prison, or fines should you "transmit or display an image" online social networks like Facebook and Twitter has the opportunity to "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress" included - to anyone who sees it.

The State of Tennessee amended Tennessee Code title 39, chapter 17, part 3 of his harassment, which was once centered on the malicious person to person communication, applies to any person transmitting potentially offensive web images.

The exact wording of the Act now reads:

a person commits an offence who intentionally:

(4) Communicates with another person or transmits or displays an image in a way in which there is a reasonable expectation that the image will be considered by the victim by [by telephone, in writing or by electronic communication] without legitimate purpose:

(A) (i) with malicious intent to frighten, intimidate or emotional distress; or

(ii) in a manner that the defendant knows, or reasonably should know, would frighten, intimidate or emotional distress to a person in a similar situation of reasonable sensitivities; and

(B) further to disclosure, the person is frightened, intimidated or distressed emotionally.

No electronic communication is safe under the new Act, as paragraphs have been added to included pictures shared via social networks where the victim could see eventually. The Bill now includes language requiring that the social networking sites to submit materials offending the Government, if there is a warrant or a court order or if the person who posted the images provides consent.

The vagueness of harassment amended Tennessee law has much as unconstitutional, including the Law Faculty of the UCLA Eugene Volokh Professor.

Volokh describes several behaviors that will soon be illegal:

"If you are displaying an image of a person in an embarrassing situation - absolutely not limited to, say, sexually themed images or images taken illegally - you are probably a criminal, unless the Attorney, the judge or the jury concludes that you had a"legitimate purpose".".Similarly, if you display an image for the distress of the religious, political, racial, ethnic, etc group, you too can be sent to jail if Governments decision maker believes that your purpose was not "legitimate." "There is nothing in the Act requires that the image is the"victim", only that it be arduous"victim"."Same is true even if you don't have the intention of those and those in distress, but reasonably ought it to have that material - say, photographs of Mohammed, or blasphemous jokes about Jesus Christ, or harsh insults of cartoon of a political group - would be because emotional distress to a person in a similar situation of reasonable sensitivities. "" And of course the same applies if a newspaper or a television station post embarrassing photos or blasphemous images on its site.""

The amendment was adopted on 18 may, enacted may 30 by Governor Bill Haslam and will enter into force on 1 July.

This is not first incursion in controversial Tennessee digital Act. The digitally-conscious-but-not-exactly-savvy State made previously illegal share sites like Netfix passwords.

[via Ars Technica]

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Law of Indiana to abortions limit - New York Times

The editor in Chief:

In your editorial June 3 "when States punish women," you call law Indiana except taxpayer funding of "dangerous" family planning, saying that it will be to "punish thousands of women to low-income Medicaid."

I disagree. The Act simply says taxpayers can go to any entity that performs abortions. No Medicaid benefit is modified, or access is denied.

In fact, according to the Indiana family and Social Services Administration, in 21 counties affected by the Act, there are approximately 800 supplier qualifying locations to provide Medicaid services nonabortion customers.

By proposing to cut all Medicaid the Indiana funding, it is the administration of Obama which is dangerously acting by putting at risk the health of women. The administration of Obama should respect the will of the Hoosiers and let them manage their own Medicaid program.

MARJORIE DANNENFELSER
Washington, June 8, 2011.

The writer is President of Susan b. Anthony list, helping to elect candidates anti-abortion to Congress and the Office of the State of Minnesota.

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Right of E-waste reached a milestone: 1 billion pounds of recycled computer junk in... - Los Angeles Times

Gerardo Dominguez drives a load of disassembled computer and TV monitors for the conveyor belt that relief of metal and plastic to ECS refining in Santa Clara, California, June 3. This month California recycled its book 1 billionth of electronic waste. (Karen t. Borchers, San Jose Mercury News/MCT / June 11, 2011)

Mountains of broken TVs, monitors, obsolete and outdated computers laptops that combles packed once in California garages, and basements have taken a step.

State electronic waste recycling program has reached its 1 pound billionth of unwanted electronics. It is more that any other State has recycled - and rises to approximately 20 million televisions and computers kept out of landfills.

"In the six short years has been exploited in this program, California really got on board with the recycling of electronic waste," said Jeff Hunts, Manager of the program of e-waste for the State Department of resources recycling and recovery. "People understand it is dangerous and must be managed in a responsible manner."

Despite the impressive number, experts say California e-waste efforts still have at least three important gaps.

In the years since California became the first State to adopt a law of e-waste, 24 other States have passed similar laws. But California is still the only State that charges consumers to finance a program of Government-run by paying the costs of recycling whenever they buy a TV, laptop or monitor. Other States are the industry paid to implement recycling programs. Several set quotas for the amount that each company must recycle, based on how many monitors, printers, or other equipment that it sells, with fines for offenders.

Second, the only law California Fund recycling of televisions, computers laptops and computer monitors and requires that they be recycled State. Other devices, such as old VCRs, printers and hard drives, are not covered and sometimes end an increase in the development of countries like China, where the children them separates and the India are exposed to mercury, lead, cadmium and other toxic substances.

"It is admirable that so much material was collected and that he remained out of landfill sites, said Sheila Davis, Executive Director of the Coalition of toxic substances in Silicon Valley, an environmental group of San Jose." But this is only a little baby step to where we need to go. »

California must expand its program and adopt the model of resumption of producer of other States, she said.

"I give California a D program, perhaps a more D.". It is not fair to customers, "said Davis. "And as many books of computers that they have collected, there are an equal number of loopholes for other products that are not properly recycled.

After millions of computers were discarded leading to fear of "y2k", January 1, 2000, ecologists turned the pressure for an act of the State of California.

In 2002, former Senator Byron Sher (Palo Alto - D) of the State has prepared a draft law which would have required consumers to pay a fee when they bought new computers or televisions - similar to the deposit they pay under the State bottle and can recycling right - with the financing of a programme of money laundering.

But the former Governor Gray Davis vetoed, stating: it should be the responsibility of the computer industry.

Sher attempts to negotiate a compromise with Hewlett-Packard Co. and other computer makers, but the talks collapsed. So he pushed through a similar bill on its first and 24 September 2003, face a recall election in two weeks that would drive Office, Davis has signed.

Today, the Act requires that consumers pay costs $ 6 to $ 10, depending on the size of the screen when they buy a new monitor TV, laptop or computer. That the Monetary Fund a State-run program that pays 39 cents a pound to 52 companies recycling and 590 collection agencies, which include private companies and charitable organizations, such as Goodwill Industries and the Salvation Army.

"I am perfectly with it," said Brent Anderson, Morgan Hill, California, who was shopping for televisions screens in San Jose.

He said the first time, he met the cost of recycling a few years back, it was a little angry about having to pony up to an additional amount of $10. But, considering that the unit of him and his father, Jim, were Brig imperfection for over $ 700, Anderson thought it was too expensive a bite. After all, he said: "it y much to recycle here.".

While ten years ago people had to discard their old computer in the trash or pay up to $25 each for find a recycler to take, troops of Scouts, civic organizations, and today schools regularly hold fundraisers for old machines request. California program paid 436 million since 2005.

However, after the passage of law of California, retail giants have fought consumer-pay of similar legislation in other States. Environmental groups and the electronics industry today both want a national law but cannot agree on the strict how it should be - or should pay.

"We have to comply with a patchwork of 25 different state requirements." It is a national problem. "He deserves a national approach," said Walter Alcorn, vice President of environmental affairs at the Consumer Electronics Assn., an industry group.

New devices come on the market each year. So even if the State collects about used $ 5 million replace televisions and computers a year, Californians by buying approximately 9 million per year those.

"As with what, you can drive from the back seat, but you have to submit their.". "They got and they have a program started early," said Ken Taggart, vice President, refining ECS, an electronics recycling company in Santa Clara, California "" but it could take a few adjustments and become a program even better.""

Rogers has written for the San Jose Mercury News/McClatchy.

Screenwriter Peter Delevett San Jose Mercury News has contributed to this report.

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