Kim Kardashian Injured

U.S. TV personality Kim Kardashian is limping in pain after having his foot crushed in a fall. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was limping after a fall in a suitcase in New York and break the digit. In a message on Twitter.com site, writes: "I knew that my stupidity did not catch me at some point in their feet, I tripped over a suitcase on the floor and broke" The brunette beauty has a history of reckless injury - . Cut his foot open on a pair of pointy heels before celebrating its thirtieth birthday in Las Vegas in July (Oct10) and has been admitted after cutting her toe on a glass coffee table in 2008 hospital.

Bolivia - Country Profile

Full name: Plurinational State of Bolivia
Population: 9.9 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Largest city: Santa Cruz
Area: 1.1 million sq km (424,164 sq miles)
Major languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 68 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 boliviano = 100 centavos
Main exports: Soyabeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, silver, lead, tin, antimony, wood, sugar
GNI per capita: US$1,460 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bo
International dialling code: +591

A land of extreme statistics, landlocked Bolivia is the most remote and highest in South America. Has the highest proportion of indigenous population, about two-thirds of the population. Although rich in mineral and energy resources, Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in South America. The urban elites who are mostly of Spanish origin have traditionally dominated the political and economic life as are the majority of Bolivians to pay for the livelihood of farmers, miners, small traders or craftsmen. The country has the second largest gas reserves in South America, but it had long been tensions over the exploitation and export of resources. The Indians say the country should not give up control of the reserves and Bolivia are the only remaining natural resources.

Before President Evo Morales came to power in the political consequences of the problem had helped topple two presidents and has led to calls for regional autonomy, including wealth, oil-producing Santa Cruz. In May 2006 President Morales delighted his supporters but sent shockwaves through the world of energy if it was the energy industry under state control. Bolivia has undergone dramatic changes, in January 2009, when voters President Morales' draft a new constitution should have more rights for the indigenous population supported giving majority. In the 1980s, Bolivia experienced a deep economic recession.

The tin market collapsed with the loss of 21,000 jobs, inflation was rampant and the national currency was in a serious crisis. While the austerity measures, the introduction of a new currency and tax reform aimed at containing inflation and restoring foreign confidence successful, this policy also gap, creating enormous wealth and great social unrest. Bolivia is one of the largest producers of coca, the raw material for cocaine. A program of crop eradication, while facilitating the exchange of air-conditioned U.S. aid, has angered many of the poorest farmers in Bolivia that coca is often the only source of income.

Google Sues U.S by e-mail Contract

Google Inc., insist their work e-mail and expand cloud computing, took government to court in a process of tender for the battery cover for Microsoft rival Google Inc., which had been told to modify working with Microsoft in the country to to make a dent in the desktop software market of $ 20 billion, sued the U.S. Department of the Interior of the alleged exclusion of the offer from Google, its mail system for 88,000 employees of the agency tender. According to the complaint, the department said it would only systems that use Microsoft software, called for the management of e-mail a Google limit considered "unduly restrictive of competition." "On the basis of risk assessments and studies the market," wrote the specifications within the Microsoft software is "the only commercial product that all conditions are met by the department."

The complaint, filed Friday in the Court of Federal Claims United States, interior minister said injured a federal law that mandates to use the competition authorities and in open contracts. Google tries to stop the process before the department is satisfied with this law. "Google is an advocate of competition in the Internet and technology in general," said spokesman Andrew Kovacs Google. "Here, a fair and open process could save taxpayers tens of millions of U.S. dollars and better service." Barkoff, a spokesman for the Federal Agency Kendra said the department could not comment on pending litigation. For several years, Google is fighting to win in the global market for office software and e-mail, a sector dominated by Microsoft for some time with your Outlook and Office. The division that sells Microsoft Office software, the main unit is received on 19000000000 $ turnover this year. To differentiate its offering, Google has always promoted its Internet cloud, an approach that customers run the business e-mail and documents in remote data centers, not a Google server by the companies themselves.

The approach allows customers to save big clouds to make money by outsourcing your own internal e-mail systems. Difficulties, but Google has in their attempt to loosen the noose tight face Redmond, Washington software giant Microsoft in the market for e-mail that includes decades of relationships with some of the biggest companies and international organizations in government. In October 2009, Google surpassed Microsoft to a profile of 7.2 million U.S. dollars contract for High-mail address of the employee of the City of Los Angeles to receive 30 000 supply. But today almost half of the plan is still bogged down in the bureaucratic swamp, while Google is working on safety barriers in the Los Angeles Police Department, which has 13,000 employees removed.

Last summer, Google has in its efforts to its Google Apps for e-mail product to California, which Microsoft ultimately decided for the 200,000 state employees have been thwarted. Google, who were involved in lengthy discussions with the government on contracts for security and ease of use, ultimately decided not to make an offer and complained about what he saw as biased in favor of Microsoft in the tender. The State complains that Google does not place a bid. The Interior Ministry also objected to the safety of Google, according to the complaint. The Ministry requires that any new system cloud their messages on a server that only e-mails from other agencies included.

Bhutan - Country Profile

Full name: Kingdom of Bhutan
Population: 697,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital and largest city: Thimphu
Area: 38,364 sq km (14,812 sq miles)
Major language: Dzongkha (official)
Major religions: Buddhism (official), Hinduism
Life expectancy: 64 years (men), 68 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 ngultrum = 100 chetrum
Main exports: Electricity, timber, cement, agricultural products, handicrafts
GNI per capita: US $1,900 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bt
International dialing code: +975

 

Bhutan is a small, remote and impoverished Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between its powerful neighbors, India and China. Almost completely isolated for centuries, tried in several respects from the outside world while fiercely their old traditions. The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" and has begun to open to foreigners in 1970. 

 

Wangchuk hereditary monarchy in power since 1907. However, Bhutan has been a two-party parliamentary democracy after the elections of March 2008. This led to a landslide victory for the monarchy Bhutan Harmony Party of former Prime Minister Jigme Thinley. The opposition Democratic Party also supports the old Buddhist monarchy limited. Bhutan's culture and beautiful landscape make it a natural tourist attraction. Tourism is the visitor has previously agreed as part of a package tour or travel. Backpackers and independent travelers who are discouraged. - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the father of the current monarch - was all he could to preserve the indigenous culture of the majority Drukpa Buddhist people. ethnic group has a common culture with the Tibetans and other Himalayan. 

 

The Peoples National dress is compulsory - the knee-length wrap-around "gho" for men and famous ankle-length dress as "Kira" for the monarchy women. Bhutan has also tried the philosophy of "Gross National Happiness (GNH), which encouraged attempts a balance between the spiritual and material strike. But the 1990s emphasize that the majority of the Buddhist culture and lack of political representation to deep resentment boiled over between ... the ethnic communities in southern Nepal out the outbreak of the violence and tens of thousands of people in Nepal refuge have fled to refugee camps in Nepal Some 100,000 refugees live accompanied in storage by the UN in Nepal In these refugees have a number of insurgent groups has been - Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist), Bhutan Group and Tiger Bhutan RUF believe. 

 

Bhutanese security forces that behind the wave of bomb attacks that the kingdom shaken at the prospect of parliamentary elections in 2008. The leaders of Nepal and Bhutan had promised to try to repatriate the refugees before the elections. However, there was little progress on this front. India is no refugees on its territory, which lies between Bhutan and Nepal, and although the United States and other countries agreed to tens of thousands of refugees, the status certain officers accept refugees say that the only acceptable path is complete repatriation to Bhutan.

 

Head of state: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Benin - Country Profile

Benin, formerly Dahomey, is one of the most stable democracies in Africa vividly. Proliferation of political parties and a strong civil society. From an economic point of view but the picture is less Benin is very underdeveloped, and corruption thrives Bank in Benin. understands what is known as the Slave Coast, from where captives were shipped across the Atlantic. out elements of culture and religion, the slaves in the region are still in America are, including voodoo. Once banned in Benin, the religion is celebrated every year in the country Voodoo Day, which attracts thousands of clergy.

Before the France in the late 1800's, the area that several independent states, including the Kingdom of Dahomey, which a standing army was well trained and focused settled on the export of slaves and later palm oil. Instability marked the first years after independence from France, found in 1960 and the first part of the state Kérékou, Lord of the Marxism-Leninism as the official ideology. But in 1980 Mr Kérékou from the army to a civilian head of state and economic liberalization has become.

While Benin has seen a steady growth in recent years seen and one of the largest cotton producers in Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy is heavily dependent on trade with its eastern neighbor, Nigeria. In the north, sporadic clashes along the border with Benin, Burkina Faso have been. The problem was due to land disputes between rival communities on either side of the border. Thousands of Togolese refugees fled to Benin in 2005 following political unrest in their homeland. Benin called for international assistance to help house and feed the exiles.

Facebook Developers Sold User IDs to Data Brokers

After the controversy over the safety of the user identity of Facebook, the social networking site, acknowledged on Friday that some of his company sells data brokers UID. "After considering the circumstances UID accidental transfers, we have several cases in which the data broker UID developers to have found" Facebook engineer, wrote Mike Spring blog. Private users can not be sold, with the spring. Facebook developers for six months suspended. To return to the Facebook developer community, "present their work methods to verify the data in the future, to confirm that they comply with our policies" which he writes.

Facebook has not disclosed the names of the developers involved, except to say they were "a dozen, mostly smaller" for developers who are not among the 10 applications page on the site. Facebook also agreed with the row of data that are the company Rapleaf all user ID and remove Facebook, and stop to perform an activity on the Facebook platform in the future. "Through these steps, we believe, take appropriate measures to ensure that people retain control over their information, while the developer the tools they need to create social experiences," writes the spring. Facebook UID header problem a few weeks, when the Wall Street Journal published an article that the applications for Facebook users, personal information with other advertising networks and Internet tracking company said shares published.

This apparently includes the 10 applications on Facebook, and Rapleaf. Facebook said late UID encrypted future. On Friday, Facebook, said the Data Protection Directive "confirm that the UID can not leave its application, or any other infrastructure, code and services to create and run the application" for Spring wrote. Services such as Akamai, Amazon Web Services, and other options allow analysis "provided these services are confidential, UID of its application." This week, Facebook will also start an anonymous manner to third parties, such as content partners, customers and other service providers to identify. The developers are required to the mechanism by January 1.

Lil Wayne redefines stardom behind bars

NEW YORK - 1 November 2010 - was a best-selling album in the country earlier this month. It's iPod president. It charts third with two singles partnership. He was followed by Facebook with updates from over 14 million people after him. Is in any way out Lil Wayne in jail. But his public image is not locked. The rapper, who released Thursday after eight months in the case of a pistol was the first artist in 15 years to a number 1 album on the Billboard 200 starts at run time in prison. His "I am not a person" for a week in the slot at the top who have over 323 000 copies sold since its release 27 September, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It is only the coveted award. But it is a reflection of the popularity of Lil Wayne - He went to prison for multi-platinum selling Grammy -. The result of skillful maneuvers, which are now trying the media landscape around the pop celebrity get real "everywhere"?. The challenge was to make you feel like you never left, "said Bryan" Birdman "Williams, Cash Money Records founder, the career of the rapper Lil Wayne helped young people. "We came with a good strategy and it worked." Management team members released, the rapper a carefully planned music to be respected, that their responses was a wave of fan mail to the complexity of the Rikers jail Iceland written in the city and published online.

It was approved visiting hours "and music played Rikers by telephone from prison, Lil Wayne -. campaign also comes with its own face" and the slogan "Free Weezy" One of his nicknames - flows through the channels from shirts to Twitter hashtags for the rapper His punishment was exile hard in the studio, which typically like to spend time together. Night to say his teammates. "If you remove someone's desire to be frustrating," Williams said in an interview. But for fans who not only provide a constant stream of new music, but unusual for a direct connection to a musical star. Blog he created for the fans, who offered his ideas to work day and the answers to some of the letters of listeners, he says, anchor in the day. "I never thought I could be such an influence on the lives of people," he wrote in July on the site, Weezythanxyou.com.

Known for its production of the executioner, a clever pun sold more strange, Lil Wayne over the top album of 2008 and won the Grammy for best rap album for "Tha Carter III". Time magazine considers him of his most influential people on the list last year, Barack Obama recently told Rolling Stone Lil Wayne music to your iPod. President of the rapper, born Dwayne Carter Jr., in October 2009 was convicted on the gun charge in his tour bus after a concert in Manhattan in 2007, he began his last year serving in a court hearing in March .

It is expected to leave early for good behavior in spite of it landed in electronic smuggling alone in the last months in office, headphones and charger for digital camera mobile music player, said prison officials. (Approved missteps of his blog.) In Rikers, also pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession in Arizona, was sentenced to three years probation and wine. The night came with a list of rappers successfully spent time behind bars, a list that blurs the line between art and life went into the genre through the city.