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Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral.
Finally, she spotted the man she'd been waiting for. She stepped out of her car, and her husband put his hands on his head in horror.
"Is it my eyes?" she recalled him saying. "Is it a ghost?"
"Surprise! I'm still alive!" she replied.
Far from being elated, the man looked terrified. Five days ago, he had ordered a team of hit men to kill Rukundo, his partner of 10 years. And they did — well, they told him they did. They even got him to pay an extra few thousand dollars for carrying out the crime.
Now here was his wife, standing before him. In an interview with the BBC Thursday, Rukundo recalled how he touched her shoulder to find it unnervingly solid. He jumped. Then he started screaming.
"I'm sorry for everything," he wailed.
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But it was far too late for apologies; Rukundo called the police. The husband, Balenga Kalala, ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison for incitement to murder, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC).
The happy ending — or, as happy as can be expected to a saga in which a man tries to have his wife killed — was made possible by three unusually principled hit men, a helpful pastor and one incredibly gutsy woman: Rukundo herself.
Here is how she pulled it off.
Rukundo's ordeal began almost exactly a year ago, when she flew from her home in Melbourne with her husband, Kalala, to attend a funeral in her native Burundi. Her stepmother had died and the service left her saddened and stressed. She retreated to her hotel room in Bujumbura, the capital, early in the evening; despondent after the events of the day, she lay down in bed. Then her husband called.
"He told me to go outside for fresh air," she told the BBC.
But the minute Rukundo stepped out of her hotel, a man charged forward, pointing a gun right at her.
"Don't scream," she recalled him saying. "If you start screaming, I will shoot you. They're going to catch me, but you? You will already be dead."
Rukundo, terrified, did as she was told. She was ushered into a car and blindfolded so she couldn't see where she was being taken. After 30 or 40 minutes, the car came to a stop, and Rukundo was pushed into a building and tied to a chair.
She could hear male voices, she told the ABC. One asked her, "You woman, what did you do for this man to pay us to kill you?"
"What are you talking about?" Rukundo demanded.
"Balenga sent us to kill you."
They were lying. She told them so. And they laughed.
"You're a fool," they told her.
There was the sound of a dial tone, and a male voice coming through a speakerphone. It was her husband's voice.
"Kill her," he said.
And Rukundo fainted.
Rukundo had met her husband 11 years earlier, right after she arrived in Australia from Burundi, according to the BBC. He was a recent refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and they had the same social worker at the resettlement agency that helped them get on their feet. Since Kalala already knew English, their social worker often recruited him to translate for Rukundo, who spoke Swahili.
They fell in love, moved in together in the Melbourne suburb of Kings Park, and had three children (Rukundo also had five kids from a previous relationship). She learned more about her husband's past — he had fled a rebel army that had ransacked his village, killing his wife and young son. She also learned more about his character.
"I knew he was a violent man," Rukundo told the BBC. "But I didn't believe he can kill me."
But, it appeared, he could.
Rukundo came to in the strange building somewhere near Bujumbura. The kidnappers were still there, she told the ABC.
They weren't going to kill her, the men then explained — they didn't believe in killing women, and they knew her brother. But they would keep her husband's money and tell him that she was dead. After two days, they set her free on the side of a road, but not before giving her a mobile phone, recordings of their phone conversations with Kalala, and receipts for the $7,000 in Australian dollars they allegedly received in payment, according to Australia's The Age.
"We just want you to go back, to tell other stupid women like you what happened," Rukundo said she was told before the gang members drove away.
Shaken, but alive and doggedly determined, Rukundo began plotting her next move. She sought help from the Kenyan and Belgian embassies to return to Australia, according to The Age. Then she called the pastor of her church in Melbourne, she told the BBC, and explained to him what had happened. Without alerting Kalala, the pastor helped her get back home to her neighbourhood near Melbourne.
Meanwhile, her husband had told everyone she had died in a tragic accident and the entire community mourned her at her funeral at the family home. On the night of Feb. 22, 2015, just as the widower Kalala waved goodbye to neighbours who had come to comfort him, Rukundo approached him, the very man whose voice she'd heard over the phone five days earlier, ordering that she be killed.
"I felt like somebody who had risen again," she told the BBC.
Though Kalala initially denied all involvement, Rukundo got him to confess to the crime during a phone conversation that was secretly recorded by police, according to The Age.
"Sometimes Devil can come into someone, to do something, but after they do it they start thinking, 'Why I did that thing?' later," he said, as he begged her to forgive him.
Kalala eventually pleaded guilty to the scheme. He was sentenced to nine years in prison by a judge in Melbourne.
"Had Ms Rukundo's kidnappers completed the job, eight children would have lost their mother," Chief Justice Marilyn Warren said, according to the ABC. "It was premeditated and motivated by unfounded jealousy, anger and a desire to punish Ms. Rukundo."
Rukundo said that Kalala tried to kill her because he thought she was going to leave him for another man — an accusation she denies.
But her trials are not yet over. Rukundo told the ABC she's gotten backlash from Melbourne's Congolese community for reporting Kalala to the police. Someone left threatening messages for her, and she returned home one day to find her back door broken. She now has eight children to raise alone, and has asked the Department of Human Services to help her find a new place to live.
And lying in bed at night, Kalala's voice still comes to her: "Kill her, kill her," she told the BBC. "Every night, I see what was happening in those two days with the kidnappers."
Despite all that, "I will stand up like a strong woman," she said. "My situation, my past life? That is gone. I'm starting a new life now."
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Includes 1 Chomplingz dino, 1 accessory, and instructions.
Each sold separately. Ships in randomly selected, assorted colours according to availability.
Requires 3 AAA batteries (NOT INCLUDED).
Measures approximately 7" tall x 8" long x 4.5" wide.
Mix and match magnetic components to create an impressive 11" tall, multispeed robot with this amazing Magformers set! The magnetic pieces can be attached to the robot body, and rearranged to make different characters. Once your creation is finished, turn on the robot to see it walk! It's an intelligent magnetic construction set made to foster brain development.
Includes 37 Magformer shapes, battery pack, walking block, instructions, and more!
Measures approximately 11" tall when constructed (size will vary between robot designs).
The heroes of the Resistance are under attack on the planet Takodana! Battle it out against Kylo and the First Order Stormtroopers to ensure their safety. Can you avoid the exploding wall and collapsing staircase, and dodge the falling tree?
Includes 5 minifigures: Finn, Maz Kanata, Kylo Ren and 2 First Order Stormtroopers, Kylo Ren's special Lightsaber, Finn's Lightsaber and 2 blasters, Kylo Ren's mask and 2 First Order Stormtrooper helmets.
Measures over 4" (11cm) high x 9" (24cm) wide x 5" (15cm) long.
Contains 409 pieces.
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Princess Aurora's cat, Dreamy, and Pocahontas' pet raccoon, Windflower, have invited all their friends to a ball at the Palace Pets Royal Castle. Climb up to the lookout tower—can you see the guests arriving? Put on a performance with the piano then move over to the revolving dance floor to dance the night away. After the party, each Palace Pet has its own place to sleep in the royal castle.
Includes Dreamy (Princess Aurora's cat) and Windflower (Pocahontas' raccoon).
Contains 186 pieces.
Palace Pets Royal Castle measures approximately 6" (16cm) tall x 5" (13cm) wide x 5" (13cm) long.
With over 20 feet of glow-in-the-dark track, and 2 remote control Tracer Racers, racing in the light (and the dark) will never be the same. Set up your own customized racing circuit and compete head-to-head like never before. Tracer Racers use Light Trail Technology to blaze streaks of light on Skullduggery-patented glow-in-the-dark track. Each Tracer Racer beams purple light rays from its undercarriage onto the track specially engineered to emit a glow long after the racer has passed.
Includes 20ft. of glow-in-the-dark track, 2 wireless, rechargeable vehicles, and 2 controllers.
Requires 8 AA batteries (4 per controller) (NOT INCLUDED).
Personalize your very own miniature castle! You choose the colours and where they go on this cute castle that has all the details printed on... but there is no need to stay inside the lines! Use your own crayons, markers and paint to create your own colourful creation. This cool castle even comes with little cardboard figures that, once decorated, can live in, or storm the walls of, your castle! The story is up to you!
Includes miniature castle, and cardboard figures.
Made from 100% recycled paper.
Simple assembly is required.
Art supplies sold separately.
Get rid of all your discs by slinging them straight or ricocheting them on your opponent's side of the board. Do you have the aim? Or will you be eliminated!! It's non-stop action and fun with Bumper Bots: The Sling Sliders Game.
Includes wooden game board, 20 wooden discs, 4 elastic slings, and rules for 2, 3, and 4 player games.
For 2-4 players.
Pocket Discs are colourful throwing discs made from 100% cotton, hand crocheted by Maya artisans in Guatemala using Fair Trade practices. Suitable for everyone from kids and grown-ups to pets, the Pocket Disc Sport edition is the soft, high-flying, and artful cousin of the traditional throwing disc.
Includes 1 pocket disc.
Measures approximately 7.25" in diameter.
Now everyone has a chance to build their own NHL hockey team with 2.5" figurines! Each detailed figurine represents a different star NHL player. Collect them to create the ultimate fantasy team, then faceoff against your friends! There are over 80 players to collect!
Includes 1 forward, 1 defenceman,1 goaltender, 6 dice, 1 playing mat, player's cards and instructions.
Figurines measure approximately 2.5" tall.
This 33 jumbo piece puzzle is great for a child to learn the different continents and oceans of the world. Each continent has different animals that are representative of each area. Almost as big as the real thing, this puzzle is about 2 feet by 3 feet! Great way for your child to have fun and learn. This colourful detailed floor puzzle is made of heavy-duty cardboard that is 20% thicker than other puzzles, and the easy-clean surface keeps the puzzles looking new.
Measures approximately 24" long x 36" wide.
Kids will love the bouncy fun of The Jump Smart Trampoline and you'll love that it doubles as a learning toy! This electronic mini trampoline features 5 great games: bounce counting, silly sounds, musical statues, animal sounds and memory matches. Kids will have a blast as they jump along with these fun learning games and silly songs!
Measures approximately 42" long x 36" wide x 40" high. Maximum weight capacity is 80 lbs.
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Measures approximately 9" tall.
Requires 4 AAA batteries (NOT INCLUDED).
Watch as the lights appear and disappear right before your eyes! Amaze your audience by creating the illusion of lights flying from hand to hand, or disappear altogether. There are 15 different tricks that can be performed using just the materials included in this set. Use the instructional DVD and learn the skills to become a real magician!
Incudes 2 lights, 1 set of multiplying balls, and instructional DVD.
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Hollande calls for more renewable energy spending
French President warns failure to invest in developing renewable energy will increase demand for fossil energy, risks of global warming.
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ABU DHABI - French President Francois Hollande called on Tuesday for pumping more investments in renewable energy projects to prepare for the post-oil era and to avoid global warming.
"If we don't spend ... we will have a catastrophe," Hollande told the opening session of the World Future Energy Summit (WEFS) in Abu Dhabi.
Failure to spend in developing renewable energy will increase demand for fossil energy and "make its prices unaffordable," besides increasing risks of global warming, he said.
Organisers of the three-day summit, which is held simultaneously with the first International Water Summit, say that around $257 billion were spent on renewable energy projects around the world in 2011.
Hollande said it is estimated that $300 billion of investments in sustainable renewable energy are needed this year but the requirement comes during the times of economic crises.
He called for all countries to contribute and proposed establishing joint funds between oil producing and consuming countries for the purpose.
"France wants to make the transition in energy resources a national, European and global cause," Hollande said.
The Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Monday launched a new global roadmap to consolidate efforts to double clean energy by 2030 but warned the process must be accelerated substantially to achieve the target.
"International efforts to double the share of renewable energy by 2030 are attainable but need to accelerate substantially if they are to be successful," IRENA said.
The target aims to raise the share of clean renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass to around 30 percent of global energy mix from around 16 percent currently.
"Based on estimates, by 2030, the renewable energy share will rise to just 21 percent, thus we will have a nine-percent gap," IRENA Director General Adnan Amin told the closing session of the meeting.
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Pacific Princess Cruise Review by slotl: Pacific Princess - Asia
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Destination: Asia
Embarkation: Beijing
Just completed June 15, 2006. Pacific Princess Beijing to Bangkok, 16 days.
I highly recommend the Princess Pre-Cruise 9 day package which consists of tours of Beijing, flights to Xian to see the Terra Cotta Warriors, flight to Chongching to pick up a 3 night riverboat cruise thru the Yangzee River including the Three Gorges Dam. Return flight to Beijing to tour and pick up the ship. This pre-cruise package is a DON'T MISS EXPERIENCE
Excellent food and service. Very intimate ship carrying only 690 passengers. Very few small children, but some teens and young adults traveling with their parents. I would highly recommend this ship and it's itinerary. But.....there were some "flaws".
1. The ship does not display fresh flowers, all arrangements are silk, also you cannot order flowers to be delivered to your room unless they are pre-ordered.
2. The ship does not lauder and dry clean. There is one laundromat consisting of 4 washers and 4 dryers. More
3. The bedding is in serious need of an upgrade. The pillows, blankets, and sheets are way past their prime.
4. The draperies and slip covers are frayed and colorless and the chair coverings in the main lounges are need of re-covering.
5. The beauty salon does not do acrylic nails (only regular manicures and pedicures). The beauty salon also does not do any face or body waxing. I found this to be a problem for a 16 day cruise. Less
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SO and I went to Skipolinis pizza and got their famous Prego Pizza. The story is that it's supposed to put you into labor. Hopefully it does!!! Crossing my fingers! I ate two pieces and I have a ton left over! Anyone doing crazy stuff? Or anyone in the northern ca area try the prego pizza yet? There's a few out here.
Prego pizza! Yummy!!
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Oh my gosh!! I'm SOOOO JEALOUS!! Skips is in our home town but we live in NC now... What's on a preggo pizza??
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Umm lets see, there was seasoned sausage, pepperoni, peppers, olives, onions, garlic, and tomatoes. It was pretty tasty!!! It has a ton of onions and garlic though, I think that's their trick.
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we don't have one in indiana but there is recipe online for a prego pizza similar to skips. u just have to google it. i have a week left so i'm definitely gonna try it.
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I was going to go there last night for my birthday but decided to go to Hana Japan instead. :)
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We used to wish people a merry Christmas and a happy new year, writes Joe Bennett.
OPINION: Remember that? Astonishing, isn't it? Reckless, even.
Fortunately society has moved on since then. I've got three Christmas cards in front of me that illustrate how.
They are from friends who have taken the trouble in this season of goodwill to remind me that I matter to them. I am grateful for their thoughtfulness, touched by their love. There's one from a motoring organisation, another from a power company and one from the post office. All three, bless them, have wished me a safe Christmas.
The old formula made no mention of safety. In this most perilous of seasons, it suggested we should try to be jolly. It implied that there was more to Christmas than mere survival. What innocent fools we were.
But now we have grown up. And what we have grown up to understand is that this is a big and nasty world. At every street corner lounges a great white shark of danger, smoking, its hat pulled down, its collar pulled up, fingering its gat and awaiting its opportunity to get us.
The great white sharks include terrorism, recession, peak oil, paedophiles, global warming, paedophiles warmed by global warming, crop disease, lung disease, any disease, potting mix, obesity, ladders, superbugs, quadruple horsemen apocalyptic and Christmas crackers for dogs.
The Christmas cracker for my dog was a gift from a bookstore in one of the nicer suburbs. As you would expect from such a source it's a traditional English cracker that goes by the name of Tom Smith. I know this because it says so in capital letters, just above the words Made in China.
The essence of a Christmas cracker is a pair of tiny surprises. The first is that you know there's a gift inside but you don't know what it is. This little surprise induces merriment.
So a modern cracker does away with it. It tells you on the packet what the gift is.
"This cracker," it says, "contains a squeaky bone." And it adds, just in case the dog is un chien, "ce diabolitin contient un os couineur." And it further adds, just in case the chien is illiterate, a picture of the squeaky bone. Here's a cracker that takes no risks.
The second surprise of a cracker is the bang. Again you know it's coming but you don't know when. This causes the people pulling the cracker to lean away and screw up their faces and then, when the bang does come, they laugh. More merriment, in other words, so that's gone, too.
"The snap has been excluded to ensure this product is animal friendly," it says. "There will be no bang." (Again it is translated into French, but there is no picture of an explosion, perhaps for fear of alarming the illiterate dog.)
So here we have a cracker for our times, surprise-free, emasculated and as safe as one could wish. So is it time to haul it from its wrapper, decorated with a cartoon dog that resembles a cross between a reindeer and a dalmatian, and wave one end at the mongrel to induce a bit of Christmas heave-ho? No it is not. There's a warning, or rather a WARNING.
"This cracker is designed to be pulled by adults," it says. "Do not give to your pet."
In other words it's a cracker for dogs that dogs are not allowed. Very wise. It might make the dog happy.
Lacking another adult, I lugged the cracker down to the garage in order to stick one end in the vice.
As I went I read the rest of the WARNING.
"The bone is a plaything for your dog, not a toy for children."
I have no children, but who was to say that the power company or other close friends might not pop round for a visit and bring their children? I hesitated. The dog looked up at me, puzzled.
"The bone is strong but is not indestructible, and your pet should be supervised while playing with the item. Please check item regularly for damage. if damaged please dispose of immediately."
I looked at the dog. The dog looked at me. I thought a bit and then I binned the cracker.
"Sorry, chien," I said, "but there were just too many risks. Now huddle up close to me and do nothing, and let's see if we can have as safe a festive season as our friends wished us and then if we succeed we can huddle together for another one next year."
The dog, poor mutt, looked disappointed.
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This film was a surprise. I did not expect to be so moved to both tears and laughter-often at the same time. It showed a realism about the difficulties some young people face and can create for themselves and others and the humour with which they face life-limiting situations but, instead of wallowing in this, it provided hope of something better-through the support of a kindly father-figure, the love of partner and child and the discovery of an unforeseen talent. It made me think how many lives could be made meaningful by investing the millions some people do in a bit of flavoured water- "whisky"-into the lives of young people so that they can escape from poverty and brutality. Everyone who finds their special gift and has help to nurture it can make so much more of their lives. The Carntyne Whisky Appreciation Society did this and made me laugh. I think this is probably the best film I've ever seen-a great film about the need for young people to be given all the chances they need until they make something of themselves- as a result, I've decided to sponsor a room at Centre Point with the hope that it will help make a difference for someone. See this film- see behind the language, the thuggishness and criminality to the humanity and the possibility inherent even in the most damaged young people of the system. A great laugh while it makes you think and weep.
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Wynrick Smothers threw for 289 yards to lead UCA to big victory over Nicholls State.
After trailing 14-13 at halftime, Smothers heated up the football field in Conway, Ark. by completing 31 of his 43 passes for 289 yards and a touchdown. UCA pulled ahead in the third quarter and Smothers was red hot throughout the second half throwing the ball.
Nicholls State head coach Charlie Stubbs was impressed with the former Wildcat standout.
"I thought (Wyrnick) Smothers had an outstanding game, especially in the second half," Stubbs said. "We tried to get extra pressure on him and he did an outstanding job reading where the blitz was coming from and hitting the hot man downfield. He was very accurate throwing the ball and he made some plays with his feet to buy extra time."
Stubbs said that Smothers ability to limit turnovers was also impressive.
"The other thing about Smothers is that we have some ballhawks in our secondary, but he didnt put the ball in an area that could lead to a turnover," he said. "Weve seen him before and always been impressed, but he was outstanding this afternoon throwing the ball, and more importantly, protecting the football."
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Twenty years in the game is a long time for any artist. Test your knowledge to see how well you really know Jay Z after all these years.
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Denis Villeneuve is set to begin filming Blade Runner 2 this summer, and as pre-production picks up steam, so do the casting announcements for the highly-anticipated project— which means this thing is absolutely happening. Robin Wright has joined Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic (and arguable masterpiece, depending on which version you're watching), snatching up one of three major female roles in the film.
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Just when you thought it was safe to stay out on the water, Fear The Walking Dead is already pulling its characters back onto land, and into harm's way. A new Season 2 clip sees walkers swarming the beach around our Fear-ful heroes, until at least one member puts up a fight.
Even before the early reviews began rolling in, the trailers solidified Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman as the most exciting attraction in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Audiences agreed, as Wonder Woman — whose name isn't even in the title of the film — ranked highest in a recent poll that asked fans which character they were most eager to see in Zack Snyder's superhero epic. As predicted, Gadot's debut is definitely the best thing in Batman v Superman, and although her part only makes up about seven minutes of the film's 150-minute runtime, those few minutes are riveting — but not enough to justify Snyder's unfortunate treatment of the remaining female characters.
Apart from the initial trailer, Supergirl's imminent Flash crossover let fly a few quick clips in a behind-the-scenes featurette, but the real deal has arrived, every bit as adorably as you dreamed. Watch super-sparks fly (with plenty of Arrow, Legends references and meta-humor in our longest look yet!
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SYDNEY, 20 December - The starting lineups and coaching staffs have been announced for Wednesday's ConocoPhillips ABL All-Star Game between Team Australia and the World All-Stars at Barbagallo Ballpark in Perth.
Before a worldwide television audience, Australia's national team takes on the ABL's best imports in a showcase event to be broadcast in over 50 countries and 400 million households. Team Australia will be taking the field on home soil for the first time since 2009. Wednesday's first pitch is scheduled for 4pm local time.
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According to accounts that prosecutors and investigators have leaked to the New York Times and other publications, the Spitzer case was launched by a Suspicious Activity Report submitted by the North Fork Bank. Today, however, the Miami Herald ties the investigation to a tip furnished by the notorious G.O.P. dirty trickster Roger Stone.
Almost four months before Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal, a lawyer for Republican political operative Roger Stone sent a letter to the FBI alleging that Spitzer "used the services of high-priced call girls" while in Florida. The letter, dated Nov. 19, said Miami Beach resident Stone learned the information from "a social contact in an adult-themed club." It offered one potentially identifying detail: The man in question hadn't taken off his calf-length black socks "during the sex act."
Stone, known for shutting down the 2000 presidential election recount effort in Miami-Dade County, is a longtime Spitzer nemesis whose political experience ranges from the Nixon White House to Al Sharpton's presidential campaign. His lawyer wrote the letter containing the call-girl allegations after FBI agents had asked to speak to Stone, though he says the FBI did not specify why he was contacted. "Mr. Stone respectfully declines to meet with you at this time," the letter states, before going on to offer "certain information" about Spitzer. "The governor has paid literally tens of thousands of dollars for these services. It is Mr. Stone's understanding that the governor paid not with credit cards or cash but through some pre-arranged transfer," the letter said.
"It is also my client's understanding from the same source that Gov. Spitzer did not remove his mid-calf length black socks during the sex act. Perhaps you can use this detail to corroborate Mr. Stone's information," the letter said. It was signed by attorney Paul Rolf Jensen of Costa Mesa, Calif.
This further develops Stone's statement in an interview with Newsday in which he intimated prior knowledge of the investigation. The New York FBI office declined to confirm that it had received or acted on the Stone letter.
It is interesting and potentially significant that prosecutors have thus far suppressed all information about Stone's involvement.
Obviously the involvement in the case of a well-known Republican Party functionary with a reputation for gutter warfare puts a far more political cast on the case against Spitzer.
The New York Times yesterday for the first time published an article that acknowledged the extraordinary nature of the Justice Department's investigation of Spitzer. David Johnston and Philip Shenon write:
The Justice Department used some of its most intrusive tactics against Eliot Spitzer, examining his financial records, eavesdropping on his phone calls and tailing him during its criminal investigation of the Emperor's Club prostitution ring. The scale and intensity of the investigation of Mr. Spitzer, then the governor of New York, seemed on its face to be a departure for the Justice Department, which aggressively investigates allegations of wrongdoing by public officials, but almost never investigates people who pay prostitutes for sex.
A review of recent federal cases shows that federal prosecutors go sparingly after owners and operators of prostitution enterprises, and usually only when millions of dollars are involved or there are aggravating circumstances, like human trafficking or child exploitation. Government lawyers and investigators defend the expenditure of resources on Mr. Spitzer in the Emperor's Club V.I.P. case as justifiable and necessary since it involved the possibility of criminal wrongdoing by New York's highest elected official, who had been the state's top prosecutor.
This marks a strong shift in position in Justice Department explanations of the case, increasingly bringing into focus the fact that Eliot Spitzer was a target because he was Eliot Spitzer. The comparison of this case with the handling of the "D.C. Madam" case produces a very curious bifurcation. Eliot Spitzer is worthy of being a target, and the dedication of massive resources to nab him. But G.O.P. Senator David Vitter and Bush Administration Director of USAID Randall Tobias are not. What, other than the fact that the latter are Republicans and the former Democrats, provides the basis for distinction? This investigation increasingly looks like a political hit.
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I listen to a lot of conservative talk radio. Confident masculine voices telling me the enemy is everywhere and victory is near — I often find it affirming: there's a reason I don't think that way. Last spring, many right-wing commentators made much of a Bloomberg poll that asked Americans, "Are you more sympathetic to Netanyahu or Obama?" Republicans picked the Israeli prime minister over their own president, 67 to 16 percent. There was a lot of affected shock that things had come to this. Rush Limbaugh said of Netanyahu that he wished "we had this kind of forceful moral, ethical clarity leading our own country"; Mark Levin described him as "the leader of the free world." For a few days there I yelled quite a bit in my car.
The one conservative radio show I do find myself enjoying is hosted by Dennis Prager. At the Thanksgiving dinner of American radio personalities (Limbaugh is your jittery brother-in-law, Michael Savage is your racist uncle, Hugh Hewitt is Hugh Hewitt) Dennis Prager is the turkey-carving patriarch trying to keep the conversation moderately high-minded. While Prager obviously doesn't like liberals — "The gaps between the left and right on almost every issue that matters are in fact unbridgeable," he has said — he often invites them onto his show for debate, which is rare among right-wing hosts. Yet his gently exasperated take on the Obama–Netanyahu matchup was among the least charitable: "Those who do not confront evil resent those who do."
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A left-wing alliance hostile to foreign mining has won more than a fifth of the votes in Mongolia's parliamentary elections, according to a preliminary tally on Saturday, making it a potential coalition partner in the next government.
Led by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, or MPRP, the alliance could hold the balance of power in a new parliament after gaining more than 22 percent of votes cast on Thursday, the country's elections commission said.
Neither of the two front runners - the Mongolian Democratic Party (MDP) and the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) - had won enough seats to form an outright majority of 39 seats, the preliminary results showed.
The MPRP's "justice coalition", headed by controversial ex-president Nambar Enkhbayar, campaigned on a "resource nationalist" platform, calling for the renegotiation of a 2009 agreement that granted 66 percent of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit to Canada's Ivanhoe Mines.
It also wants to keep the coveted Tavan Tolgoi coal project in Mongolian hands.
The MDP won 35.32 percent of the total vote, while the MPP gained 31.31 percent. Both parties ran the country in a "grand coalition" that broke down in January.
Under Mongolia's new electoral system, 48 parliamentary seats are contested at constituency level on a "first past the post" basis, while the remaining 28 seats are allocated to each party proportionately, depending on their total share of the vote.
Although the elections commission did not provide aggregate figures for the number of seats won by each party, Reuters calculations suggest the MDP will be the largest party with 31 seats, eight short of an overall majority. The MPP will control 29 seats while the MPRP-led alliance will gain 11.
Still, analysts said both major parties would be wary of a coalition with Enkhbayar, who faces trial on corruption charges, and another MDP-MPP grand coalition remains a possibility.
Confusion has been sown since polling stations closed on Thursday over allegations of vote rigging and questions about the reliability of a new electronic voting system.
The MDP claimed victory on Friday, saying it had won at least 36 seats and could even be on the verge of gaining absolute control of parliament, known as the Grand Khural.
However, nine other parties - including the MPP and the MPRP - later issued a joint statement demanding a full vote recount.
"People have doubts about the automatic system and counting machines. To clear those doubts, we have to recount all of the votes from the polling stations across the entire country by hand, which is the traditional method," MPP secretary Yangug Sodbaatar told reporters.
On Saturday, the elections commission ruled out a recount.
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how soon after you lost your mucus plug did you start having contractions
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I started having prodomal labor at exactly 39 weeks and started having bloody show that day. At 39.4 I had huge bloody show. At 40 weeks my cx started at 3-5 a minute, but I couldn't be admitted. It was agony. Finally at 40.4 in the early am, little guy was born. Unfortunately, your mucus plug does build back up every day.
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I'm a ftm and I lost my mucus plug at 39 weeks 2 days and went ino labor at 39 weeks and 4 days
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At 40.3 lost plug at 4:30 and contractions started st 5:30. FTM
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37 weeks, water broke at 4 pm, lost the entire plug when I was peeing in l and d at 5, contractions didn't really start without pitocin!
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Never noticed with my first, second I was in active labor, and third never happened! Lol
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Instead of pointing out the mistake and correcting it, model good grammar by repeating the sentence back using the proper verb tense. Read More
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