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Libraries
NORTH Vancouver res-
idents who do not have
"> their own. computers or
do not have Internet
access may now surf the
"Net at any branch of
North Vancouver
District Public Library.
Internet access has been
available at some of the other
Tower’ Mainland libraries for
_some time, but the District
"Library is the first to offer the
service on the North Shore.
For the past year, library
patrons have been able to surf
the Net from designated com-

puter terminals in all branches.
- Access is offered from the main

“ ... users Who
have their own _
_ Somputers have

_ the option of
* “exploring the
library’s World
Wide Web page...”
greeting screen, and is provid-

ed through a text-based inter-
face, which supplies all the print
‘ - the Search

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d-Alta Vista.
i ition, since joy a
last year ic access throu;
Netesg Oe ftware has been
Wamailable. at the Lynn Valley
“Main Library.
Two. terminals are located
on the main floor and one in

Children’ 's department; .- :
eis 3 time limit of 30 min- ~j

utes when others are waiting.
Printers are also available.

;. Library users who du have
their own computers have the
of the

option exploring

Friday, January 10, 1997 — North Shore News

library’s own World Wide Web
page, which provides links to
many popular and useful sites
which are preselected and kept
current by the library staff. The
URL is heep://www.nvdpl.

_ north-van.be.ca.

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AT the trial in his racial harass-
ment lawsuit against Pimey
Bowes in Los An

salesman Akintunde
Ogunleye testified that he had
been addressed by one co-
worker as “Akintunde, ooga-
booga, jungle-jungle.”

The co-worker, who is of
French-Canadian ancestry,
later testified that he was mis-
understood, that what he said
was “Bonjour, bonjour.” The
jury awarded = Akintunde
SIL.1 milion.

Singer Stevie Nicks’ lawyer
told the Internal Revenue
Service recently that the rea-
son she spent (and tax-
deducted) so much for cloth-
ing in 1991 was that she had
to throw away each outfit
after one use because of “the
energy leveis of her perfor-
mances and the heat generat:
ed on stage from lights and
physical exertion.”

On Dee. 5, for the 17th
consecutive vear, hundreds of
Thai men underwent free
vasectomies to honor King
Bhumibol! Adulyadej, 69, on
his birthday.

The day-long festivities
included free food and drink
and a condom- inflating cham-
pionship. The king has been
praised by family-planning
organizations for cutting
Thailand’s population growth

offer Internet access

The library’s plans for the
near future include the expan-
sion of the Netscape access to
the Capilano and Parkgate
branches, and the capability for
patrons to download Internet
files onto their own discs.

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rate by two-thirds over the last
25 years.

The township supervisors

in East Marlborough,
Pennsylvania, have proposed
an ordinance to ba: offensive
smells within the town,
requiring that a panel of peo-
ple who possess “ordinary and
reasonable sensibility” be con-
vened to determine which
«alors are not accept.

The iss:t¢ arose
supervisor complained about
the smell from a Chinese
restaurant.

marriage license to Paul Smith
and Debi Easterly, even
though he was aware that Paul
describes himself as a lesbian,
usualy dresses in women’s
clothes, and is on a three-year

regimen toward a complete
gender change.

Judge Skok, mindful that
he could not under Ohio law
approve a female-female mar-
nage, merely required a doc-
tor’s certificate that Paul cur-
rently sill has male sex
organs.

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Leeds, England — At a
recent rezrial jurors took
about an hour to acquit police
officer Andrew Whitfield, 30,
of stealing a calculator worth
about $4.

The cost of the trial, plus
the original mistrial, plus
keeping Whitfield on paid sus-
pension for 14 months as
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