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Underreported: The Link Between Julian Assange and Sweden's Repressive HIV Law
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The arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has focused a spotlight on Sweden's supposedly liberal, human rights-based sex conduct laws, which allow for a rape conviction even when a perpetrator uses a low level of coercion.
The extradition case against Assange began when two Swedish women contacted authorities to compel him to take an STD test. As reported by Reuters, Assange may have tried to have sex with the women without a condom.
What STD are the women worried about? That hasn't been made public. But if, as part of an STD test, Assange were to test positive for HIV, the legal consequences could be dire. When it comes to the virus, Sweden's policies are far from "liberal" or "rights-based." The country is home to some scarily repressive HIV criminalization laws, which have allowed for the forced isolation of at least 100 HIV-positive people.
"Sweden and its Nordic neighbors are pretty draconian in the way they use their laws to control the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS," said Edwin Bernard, editor of HIV and the Criminal Law, an extensive summary of laws, prosecutions and responses to criminalization of HIV. "Sweden is by far the worst, though."
According to the National AIDS Manual, the Scandinavian nation has prosecuted more people living with HIV per capita for exposure or transmission than any other country in the world.
Punishment under the Communicable Disease Act
Despite recent arguments from UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover that HIV criminalization fuels stigma, discourages testing and undermines public health goals, Sweden continues to persecute HIV-positive people under its Communicable Disease Act.
The law mandates the "obligation to inform sexual partners about infection carrier status." In practice, those convicted of violating the act are often subject to extensive punishment.
Perhaps most strikingly, the act allows for the compulsory isolation of an HIV-positive person if officials decide that he or she is "not ready to undergo the measures to prevent" transmission. The law places no limits on how long such cumulative isolation may continue. Detentions happen about once a year, according to Andreas Berglöf, organization manager at HIV-Sweden, but "just having the legal possibility is awful, we think."
The National AIDS Manual offers a higher estimate, saying that at least 100 people have been isolated under this measure.
HIV-Sweden, an umbrella organization that works to protect HIV-positive persons, has documented at least 50 prosecutions and 38 convictions for nondisclosure since 1992, a fairly high number, considering there are just over 5,000 people in Sweden living with HIV.
Incarceration for nondisclosure can last up two to years, and up to 10 years if transmission occurs. The average sentence is five to 10 years. Damages of around 700,000 krona—or about $100,000—are not unusual if transmission occurs, according to a 2009 report from HIV-Sweden. And not surprisingly, foreign nationals are disproportionately affected by the policies.
The European Court of Human Rights has lashed out against Sweden's repressive policies, saying in 2005 that Sweden had violated the right to liberty and security of an HIV-positive man forcibly detained for up to seven years.
No word on when or if Assange will head to Sweden to answer questions about alleged sexual misconduct—or if he'll take STD tests. But with these laws on the books, who would?blog comments powered by Disqus


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Reports of a dead fish found in a Pepsi bottle by a woman in Xi'an have been making the rounds in Chinese media outlets recently.
Reportedly, the woman, surnamed Wen, bought a 600ml bottle of Pepsi from a supermarket on June 4. When she got home and took a gulp, she suddenly spotted a gold-colored object floating in the fizzy black abyss. After taking a closer look, Wen noticed that it was a dead goldfish.
Sickened, Wen then rushed back to the supermarket to tell the staff. The staff declared that the fish had in fact been dead for some time, though were pretty perplexed as to how it ended up in the bottle. Netizens have expressed equal surprise, with one user joking, "It must have been the work of Liu Qian!" (a famous Taiwanese magician). Some have also speculated that it could have been a ploy by a rival supermarket, though as of now, no one really knows the answer.
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Pepsi already had someone claiming that they found a rat in a bottle of Mountain Dew. The rat would have dissolved into jelly due to the chemicals in the soft drink, as would the goldfish.
souds like a hoax you would notice sth solid in the bottle just by holding it. you would definitely see the colors before taking a drink. she wants money and china is on a quest to muddy the reputation of foreign brands.
Mmmmm I never tried to put a gold fish in coca or pepsi for more than a day but I guess it would quickly be melted out. Most likely between the time the bottle is filled in and it has been open by a customer quite a few days or weeks minimum are gone. That fish seems in a perfect condition...
as i heard if a tooth is left in coke for some days.. it will disappear!!.. the fish seems fully intact!! Also noted that she spotted the fish when the bottle was in open condition!!! wtf... useless news!!
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Perhaps your best friend in the entire world was dating an amazing girl, and the whole time they were dating all you kept thinking was: "Why can't I meet somebody like her?" Every time you hung out with them in a group you had such great chemistry with her. She was so cool. You always told your buddy how lucky he was to have a woman like her.
Now they've broken up, and she's started calling you; she tells you she's starting to have feelings for you. At the same time, your best friend still talks about her and wonders if he did something wrong.
You're in love with your best friend's ex, and she is in love with you. How do you handle this? What do you do in this situation?
Dating your best friend's ex - it's OKI am somebody who truly believes that people are not possessions. If I break up with someone — and I have broken up with a lot of people — I have no problem with any of my friends dating my ex, falling in love with her and even marrying her.
This has, in fact, happened to me. My good friend Charlie is married to a woman I used to date. They started dating three years after I broke up with her, and I was perfectly fine with it. So, if you have feelings for your best friend's ex, here is what you need to do: You need to confirm your feelings with her.
Sit down with her and tell her exactly how you feel. You know she feels the same way about you, as you do about her. Have that heart-to-heart talk with her and then ask her: "What do we do about telling my buddy? I don't want to lose my friendship with him, but I do want to act on my feelings for you." Both of you know your friend extremely well, and together you will be able to come up with a way to tell him so that he will not be angry or hurt.
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UT T&F Meet Notes For Texas A&M Challenge
By Eric Trainer, Associate Director of Media Relations
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Taking part in a battle between three conferences, the University of Tennessee men's and women's track & field teams will travel to College Station, Texas, to compete in the Texas A&M Challenge on Saturday at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium at the McFerrin Athletic Center.
UT will join Alabama and Ole Miss to represent the Southeastern Conference, while Texas A&M, Texas and Texas Tech carry the flag for the Big 12, and Houston, Rice and UTEP enter the fray on behalf of Conference USA. On the men's side, ranked teams include No. 1 A&M and No. 10 Texas Tech, while Top 25 women's squads include No. 1 A&M, No. 6 Tennessee and No. 16 UTEP.
According to the meet information site, scoring will be 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for individual and relay events, with points awarded by conference. Teams will be limited to one quartet each in the distance medley and 4x400m relays, while three entries per squad will be allowed in the field events as well as the 200m, 400m, 800m, mile and 3000m. There will be unlimited entries in the 60m dash and 60m hurdles.
Tennessee will be making a return trip to College Station after the school was represented there twice in 2009. The NCAA Indoor Championships, where the Big Orange women won and the men placed 38th a year ago, were held there. Also, the Lady Vols competed in the facility's inaugural regular-season meet, dropping a dual competition to the Aggies on Jan. 24 by a score of 83-69.
This time, the squad from Rocky Top will do its best to aid the SEC cause. The ultimate goal, however, is to utilize the strong competition and excellent venue in the quest to qualify folks for this year's NCAA Indoor Championships and to continue improvement in advance of the upcoming SEC Indoor meet.
"Our decision to go to the Texas A&M meet was based on the fact they have a good track and that we'd be facing off in a scored type of competition against eight different schools from the SEC, Big 12 and Conference USA," UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said. "It's an opportunity to battle against high-caliber competition, similar to the NCAA meet, and get us comfortable with different venues and different competitors."
"It's also our last big meet before the SEC meet. It gives us a chance to shore up some things and sharpen up different areas as we approach the championship portion of our indoor schedule."
The top-rated performers for the men's team thus far are senior sprinter Evander Wells, who ranks sixth and eighth nationally in the 200 (20.99) and 60 (6.66) meters, respectively; sophomore Desmond Brown, who stands 18th in the long jump (25-0); and a pair of pole vaulters in junior Joe Berry and sophomore Robert Rasnick who rank 27th in the nation with identical best clearances of 17-0 3/4. All five marks are on the NCAA provisional list.
The UT women, meanwhile, boast four NCAA automatic qualifying marks. Senior Phoebe Wright stands first in the nation in the 800 meters (2:04.00), senior Jackie Areson is second in the 3000m (9:07.27), the distance medley relay combo of sophomores Brittany Sheffy, Ellen Wortham and Chanelle Price and Wright rates third at 11:02.85, and Price is No. 4 in the NCAA ranks in the 800m (2:04.72) thus far.
Wright (4:43.50) and Areson (4:43.85) rank seventh and ninth, respectively, in the mile, while junior Annie Alexander is seventh in the shot put (54-7 1/2) and Wortham is 11th in the pentathlon (3,899). All have met the NCAA provisional standard in their events.
Action gets underway at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday is expected to conclude around 7 p.m. ET. To follow the action in College Station, you can click on the live results icon on the scrolling front page schedule at either www.utsports.com or www.utladyvols.com.


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DALLAS: The most alarming part of Friday's 96-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks wasn't the poor second half or even the disastrous fourth quarter. The biggest surprise was the 18 turnovers.
Turnovers haunted the Cavs early in the season, when they routinely left arenas following nights with 19, 20, 21 – and once even 27 – miscues in a game. That problem has been rectified the last couple of months, but the Cavaliers were awful at protecting the ball on Friday.
Dion Waiters had five turnovers. The typically sure-handed Luke Walton did, too.
Waiters made a bad pass that Dirk Nowtizki stole, Walton lost a ball out of bounds. Waiters fired another bad pass and Alonzo Gee was whistled for palming the ball – and that was just within the first 5 ½ minutes of the fourth quarter.
Six of the Cavs' 18 turnovers were committed in the fourth, when the offense crumbled and the Mavericks outscored them 15-2 during a crucial five-minute stretch while coach Byron Scott burned two timeouts to no avail.
"We got a little bit antsy with the ball," Scott said. "Eighteen turnovers is too many for us against a team like this."
The third quarter has typically been the most bothersome for the Cavs, but Friday it was the start to the fourth that wrecked them. Actually, their problems began during the final two minutes of the third, when the Mavericks made a pair of 3-pointers and Darren Collison banked in an off-balance heave just to beat the shot clock.
"Ridiculous," Shaun Livingston said.
Livingston countered with a turnaround jumper to close the third and give the Cavs a 68-67 lead to begin the fourth, but the Mavericks had all the momentum they needed after storming back from an 11-point deficit in a first half in which they never led.
Waiters had 21 points, including 11 of the Cavs' 18 in the fourth quarter, but was more aggravated by his five turnovers.
The only time Waiters had more in a game was the last time the Cavs had at least 18 – Feb. 11 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, when Waiters had a career-high six turnovers and the Cavs ended with 20.
"I didn't even know I had that many turnovers. I've got to do a better job, first and foremost, of taking care of the ball," Waiters said. "I think it had to do with us rushing because we couldn't make shots. We just got out of character a little bit and it hurt us."
The Cavs had 15 baskets and 11 turnovers in the second half, when the Mavericks outscored them 58-40.
"We couldn't make a shot," Waiters said.
The Mavericks lost an emotional, draining game at the buzzer to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday and it showed in the first half against the Cavs. Dirk Nowitzki missed his first five shots, the Mavs began the game shooting 3 of 15 and the Cavs quickly built leads of 13-4 early in the first quarter and 29-18 early in the second.
It didn't last. The more shots the Mavericks made in the fourth quarter, the more the Cavs seemed to press and even panic. They missed open looks, stopped moving the ball at times and were blasted in the fourth quarter.
Livingston had 13 points, six assists and five rebounds, Tristan Thompson had 12 points and seven rebounds and Tyler Zeller had 10 points and 10 rebounds, but did the bulk of his damage in the first half. He went scoreless in the second half and missed all three of his shots while grabbing just one rebound.
"We didn't hit shots, they hit tough shots and we had too many turnovers," Zeller said. "It was those stupid turnovers that add up, little things you can't afford to do."
The Cavs played without Wayne Ellington, who sprained his ankle in Tuesday's win against the Washington Wizards. He warmed up during pregame drills, but the ankle was too sore. He said after the game he believes he'll be able to play tonight when the Cavs play at the San Antonio Spurs.


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My ex came to my house and started a verbal heated exchange with me. Our daughters were in the house, so I asked her to leave and she refused. She then started yelling at me, so I escorted her off of my property without causing any physical harm. What can I do next to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Ok technically she is trespassing and you should have called the police. The physical touching is not a good idea even if you did no harm. She will claim that you did. So next time if it happens call the police. Now, to insure that she does not come any where near you and does this you could try and file for a restraining order against her and that might do the trick. The issue with the kids will have to be worked out, though, as I am sure that you share custody. So I would speak with an attorney on the matter and see if you have enough for a court to issue one and how you will handle the issue of the kids Someone may have to be designated to get them and drop them off. Good luck.


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No power to fuses 5 thru 12,
Got power to coil, but nothing coming out.. same with a new coil.
car ran til I put a new fuse in slot 4 for the horn to blow for inspection.
Will run perfectly for weeks then fails to start. Have tried new coil. There is always a spark. Even tried replacing the air ram. If left for about 30 mins it will start again normally. Any ideas?
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Have drained the oil and it is now at the correct level. troublebeing the oil light is on all the time.
I'm trying to clean the fuel tank of my 1993 Audi 80, (renamed as Audi 90 in the U.S.).
I took out the pump, the pump holder cup with the sieve, fuel gauge ...but how do I get the sediment bowl out?
First of all, does it come out? Does it come apart somehow, because it's bigger than the hole/opening on the fuel tank?
What about the little switch-thing on its right side? What is it for?
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I need one wire for my Audi 90 and I can't buy a set. It the core wire.
I am changing the auto trans fluid and specs call for dextron and hypoid gear oil. Not sure where the drain/fill plug is for the torque converter.
had engine rebuilt it turns but wont start their is fuel and spark change the crank senso checked the rpm sensor
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need to know when the belt tensioner is located on the engin replacing altenator and there is not a diagram to be found.
Recently my 5cylinder 1991 Audi 90 has been stalling shortly after I get going. If I push the gas pedal to the floor it runs good until I release the gas pedal. Usually within 5 minutes it starts to run normally and is good until I shut the car off and restart it. Any ideas?
Car was running little hot, then ran hot hot for a few minutes and engine stopped, started one more time, enough to drive to a safe spot, still hot, stopped and won't start. Sounds weird when tries to start. Is this a timing problem or engine replacement?
Car was driving with no apparent problem. Then it just suddenly wouldn't start. The igition, starter and battery seem to be okay. It seems to want to ignite but then just rolls over and over with out starting.
just bought car a couple days ago car would start but would have to pump the pedal to get it started would idle rough but drive fine once it got going i fixed the vacume leaks and the car would start right up and was idiling smooth i then was replacing old rotted speakers which have power to them and shorted the wires to the speakers and blew fuse to stereo upon trying to access stereo i might have knocked a wire loose. also installed is some makeshift ignition that would start the car but could be suspect. checked power to ignition module and module to coil and there is power to coil but nothing coming out of coil and fuel pump dosen't come on when trying to turn it over sounds like a job for the mensa mechanic
I seem to have an electrical issue. I don't believe the starter is bad, but instead am having a short somewhere. Car dies while driving and fuses to the instrument panel keep blowing.
How do you change front brake pads on a 1990 Audi 90
whenever i use my heat, my battery volt goes down and things start to shut down. the car doesn't stop on me, but when i turn it off, i need a jump to restart. it seems to run ok during the day, but night time is a big problem, especially now that it is cold here. i'm in st. louis missouri.
i had the battery and alternator checked at autozone and was told nothing wrong with them.
please help. thank you.
About two years ago, I parked my 1988 Audi 90 (5 cylinder) for about two years. The last time I started it was about six months ago. It started right up and ran fine. When I went to start it the other day, it would not start, however, fuel is being pumped and leaking out from some undetermined location in the engine compartment and streaming all over the ground. I am unable to see exactly where the fuel is leaking from. Do you have any idea where the origin of this fuel leak might be? Thanks!
I have just changed my tstat and now I have no spark at all. I had to remove the serpantine belt but I did not remove the timing belt. I have checked all the electrical connections and vacuum and I cannot find the reason why it wont start. It started fine before and idled perfect but now I get nothing at all. People have suggested that it has jumped timing but this is not possible since I never removed the timing belt. Please help I am absolutly out of ideas.
My exhaust isnt connecting underneath, we bought new clamps but they ended up not fitting. Could this be the reason why whenever my RPM's get low enough the engine just cuts off.
Its pretty intense losing all power around corners that have a stop sign.
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I have a '93 model 90, six cyl. that wouldn't start. Replaced the ignition control module, plugs and plug wires. Now it seems to start when cold, but not hot. Does this sound like crank sensor? If so, can anyone tell me where to find it, and if I can test it?


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Merino wool socks are to a survival wardrobe what a multi-tool is to a bug-out bag. They are easy to care for, have a multitude of possible uses beside covering your foot, and can be had for bargain-basement prices. But why "Merino" wool?
These ain't your grandfather's wool socks . . .
Growing up in the warm South, I had no need for wool clothing. Good thing. Soft Merino wool had not appeared on the US clothes market. My first introduction to wool was the itchy socks issued to me in the military. I hated them so much that I decided to wear cotton socks on a long day's walk covering rough terrain. Bad idea. I learned the meaning of the hiking motto, "cotton kills." Cotton fibers collapse when wet, losing cushioning and becoming a real blister-maker. I learned to suffer the itch of wool to save my feet.
But wool doesn't have to itch anymore. Soft Merino wool can be worn next to the most sensitive skin. Merino wool is usually found in high-end athletic products, such as trekking, hiking and ski clothing, hats, and socks. Merino wool comes from the wool of Merino sheep, a breed that originated on the Eurasian continent. Australia is the greatest exporter of Merino wool which has been improved even more by selective breeding of the sheep.
Modern Merino wool excels in the regulation of temperature, summer or winter. Even better, Merino wool socks don't feel wet even after heavy perspiration. Merino wool fibers attract water molecules on one end and repel them from the other end. This gives them the ability to wick moisture away from the skin far better than cotton or other forms of wool. I have worn Merino wool for 10 hours in 950F of heat and never felt the need for a pair of dry socks. I can have wet areas on my leather boots (indicative of the Merino wool doing a great job) and have foot comfort and cushioning.
And how about performance in the winter? Hypothermia is a real survival concern in temperatures below 600F. Merino wool helps the body retain warmth even when wet. And wool contains lanolin, produced by the oil glands of the sheep, which is comforting to the skin and has antibacterial properties.
Caring for Merino wool socks
Washing Merino wool socks is a cinch and requires very little water, a precious resource in survival mode. If your socks are lighter in weight, fill a cup or mug halfway with water. Push a dirty sock in to get it wet. Then rub with bar soap or add a few drops of shampoo to the water. Heavier socks may require a taller container. Squish the sock into the soapy water repeatedly. Squeeze out the soapy water. Rinse the same way with clear water. Squeeze out and hang to dry.
Socks as a multi-tool
If the performance and properties of Merino wool socks are not enough to sell you, then consider some creative uses they can provide in a survival situation. Don't throw your worn socks away, as they can be perfect for other uses. When no longer protective of the foot, they have another life.
- Surviving in dry heat? Cool the water in your drinking bottle by stretching a wet wool sock over it and then hanging it in the shade. The evaporation and shade will cool your water and make it much more refreshing. Even better in a breeze.
- Collect food. Some of the best survival foods in my area are acorns, berries and small greens. Large wool socks can make a great bag for them while foraging. Tie full socks on the ends of a short length of paracord and sling to carry..
- Filter water. Wool socks of any fiber make an initial filter for muddy water or for leeching astringent wild foods like acorns or the horse chestnut, or buckeye. These are the most plentiful food in season at my retreat site. Native Indians turned to the buckeye for nourishment when acorns were not plentiful. Buckeyes are mildly poisonous unless properly leeched. Leeching requires repeated rinsing of smashed nuts with fresh water. The Indians used baskets, an item not in my BOB. The wool sock becomes a workable substitute to rinse the crushed nuts without loosing smaller bits of nut meat in the process.1
- Long Merino wool socks can become mittens in cold weather. If long enough, use a safety pin to make a neck scarf for small children or infants.
- Wool socks are great insulators. They can be used around the cooking fire. Wear one or two heavy ones as an oven mitt, or fold and use to grab a hot pot and pan handle.
- Survivalists anticipate shortages of most things, including soap. Those little slivers of soap left at the end of a soap bar's life can find more life. Insert them into the toe of a sock, and tie closed. Wet and massage the sock until full of suds to wash or bathe. A small bit of soap will go a long way.
- My good socks pay their own rent in my contingency bags. They are great protectors of the more fragile items, and great organizers of small loose items.
- In my gear bag, a pair of heavy socks provides two layers of thick protection to the muzzle of my .22 rifle. Traveling after a TEOTWAWKI incident will likely subject bags to rough handling. Most shooters are more concerned about protecting the finish of the gun, not realizing that the machining at the very end of the barrel is critical to accuracy and that accuracy is critical to feeding yourself. An inch off at fifty yards and I may not enjoy a small rabbit or squirrel for dinner. Perfectionist? Concerning survival eating, yes. Socks on!
9. Caught without a hat to protect your ears in cold weather? Insert paracord through both ends of a long sock and wrap it around the back of your head, over your ears, and tie at the forehead to make a ski wrap. Or wet and squeeze dry, wrap it over you mouth and nose and tie the ends together at the back of your head to make a breathing filter for dust and smoke.
10. Summer survival without shade protection? Over-the-calf length socks are long enough to protect from sunburn up to the elbow. Cut the toe open to cover more of the arm, or the exposed leg of a child in shorts.
Where to buy Merino wool socks cheaply . . .
Merino wool socks are usually expensive. I have found the best prices at Sierra Trading Post, an internet and catalogue discounter of close-outs and seconds. A $20 retail pair of wool socks sells for $12 or less. Get on their email list and receive two or three discount codes each week to get those $20 socks for as low as $6 a pair. If you don't care about color, some discount codes have gotten me that neon green pair for less than $5. Good brands of Merino wool socks that I prefer include Lorpen, Smartwool, Goodhew, Point 6, and Bridgedale.
A little bit of synthetic fiber helps durability . . .
The first socks I bought had the highest percentage of Merino wool that I could find. If Merino wool is good, then more must be better. I avoided the blends, thinking them inferior. My wife, who studied textiles in college, advised me to buy socks with a blend of wool and synthetic fibers and experiment with durability. I have tried socks with up to 30% synthetic fibers. They do seem last longer. Your mileage may vary.
In summary . . .
Durable, comfortable and so versatile, Merino wool socks are a must in my prepper storage and contingency bags. And to be sure that I am wearing wool socks the first day of TEOTWAWKI, the only socks I now wear are Merino wool socks, although I really don't like wearing the neon green pair.
1 Fill the sock with finely-smushed nuts and submerge it in a creek or stream. Hold the top down with a heavy rock or hang like a tea bag. When it no longer tastes astringent, squeeze dry in the sock. Spread in the sun to dry. Add to flour as a source of protein, cook like cereal grain, or cook Indian-style patties.
This contest will end on February 16 2013 – prizes include:
- First Place winner will receive Two cases of MRE's courtesy of Camping Survival, A Wonder Junior Deluxe hand-mill courtesy of Kitchen Kneads, $150 gift certificate for Fiocchi Ammo courtesy of LuckyGunner Ammo, A Big Berkey Water Filter System courtesy of TruPrep Emergency Preparedness and a one year subscription to Personal VPN service courtesy of unspyable.
- Second Place: A $200 gift certificate for any order from their store courtesy of Shepherd Survival and A Doom and Bloom Mini Trauma Bag courtesy of LPC Survival.
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Star Wars sound engineers Matt Wood and David Acord have spoken to this week's ForceCast. Chiefly, they were chatting in a rather specific and delightfully nerdy manner about a single detail of the original Star Wars soundtrack, debating whether or not Obi Wan's scary roar was borrowed from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon called Dino Boy. However, at the end of the segment, they revealed the following:
And, to be honest, that sound effect has been changed again. So at some point the audiences will be hearing that scene again with the new sound effect.
At some point, unspecified, in the future. Intriguing. Here's another quote on the new version of the effect:
[We] decided it should sound even more human. And the human it does sound like… yeah, we'll talk about that another time.
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This month, there will be a small price increase across our range. We have kept our prices the same for many years but unfortunately everything has gone up around us! Including the price of our materials, steel, coal, galvanising, workshop space, wages, pensions, and just about everything else. We have tried to absorb this over the last few years but unfortunately can no longer sustain this.
For us to continue and be able to grow we have had no choice. If we carry on as we are we will not be in business this time next year!
I sincerely hope you will understand and with everything changing in our country its time, now more than ever, to start supporting British artists and British industry.
It is the future!
Ian and all the team at Ian Gill Sculpture.
Ian Gill AWCB is an award winning metal sculptor who has been designing and creating contemporary works of art for almost two decades. He studied at Hereford Collage of Art & Design for 3 years perfecting his knowledge and understanding of blacksmithing, also incorporating wood and stone.
His full understanding of hot metal has enabled him to use a combination of traditional blacksmithing and modern industrial techniques, working with heavy gauge materials that can be hot forged.
His inspiration comes from natural organic forms combined with an industrial twist representing nature in its natural form, creating the captivating work he produces today – 'Conceptual Reality In Steel'.
Ian Gill's work can be viewed at various exhibitions around the UK throughout the year. His public commissions include 4 permanent installations in Bushy Park Water Gardens Hampton Court and he most recently created and installed an exclusive large set of bamboo/leaf gates on the Kings Road London. Ian was also commissioned to design and produce a selection of sculptures for Coworth Park Hotel (Dorchester Collection).
He has exhibited widely and his work is held extensively in collections throughout the UK and Europe, as well as being sold through Sotheby's.
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We finally found Olivia!
In her months (months!!) of absence she's been wandering the woods, accidentally crossing paths with Bash. The hunters he was with immediately saw bite marks on Olivia's arm and announced she'd been marked by "the darkness". Whatever that is, it made a semi-delirious Olivia stab a priest to death with his cross when he tried to bless her, effectively making her more interesting than her weird accent and being Francis' maybe-mistress ever did. There was no mention of Olivia getting lost in the castle and presumably being found by Clarissa (whose name was kept oddly quiet considering her survival was confirmed last week), and maybe Reign's going to pretend that particular something never happened and Olivia just…ended up in the woods. Even with her return, Olivia was hardly seen, though her declaration of "the darkness" coming to take them all will probably mean more for her to do in later episodes.
After bringing Olivia back to the castle for Nostradamus to treat, Bash sought out Mary to confront her about Francis maybe trying to have him killed. Considering the guards last week never actually attacked Bash, and Francis told even Catherine that they were supposed to take Bash to France, it's probably true that they weren't there to kill him. But seeing as how Francis has been threatening Bash left and right (including tonight after he convinced Mary he hadn't sent guards to kill his brother when he said Bash still wasn't safe from him. Because that sounds benign) I don't blame Bash for thinking he did. That being said, Francis and Bash have one thing in common: being annoying. Once they start harping on something they really just don't stop, and now that they both hate each other, it's one tiring cycle of fraternal hatred, and like Mary, I'm exhausted by it.
Olivia's return was actually quite coincidental considering Lola and Francis' onetime roll in the hay came back into play with Kenna figuring out Lola's pregnant. When we last saw Olivia she was there to split up Francis and Mary on Catherine's orders and trying to get pregnant herself, and an angry Francis was more than happy to wave his and Olivia's sexual relationship under Mary's nose. Mary and Francis got over that, but Lola's pregnancy won't be as easy to move past. It's disappointing that this is the route Reign's taking since Lola's pregnancy looks to have only been manufactured for drama's sake with no thought to character. Anything else they could have done with Lola has been tossed out the window by making her pregnant with Francis' baby (as Kenna pointed out this means Lola can now be Francis' mistress) which has a huge effect on a variety of things going forward and really does change everything but doesn't have the adequate background to make it feel anything less than contrived.
When exactly did Mary's friends stop caring about her? Somehow Lola thinks she can avoid her pregnancy having an effect on Mary's life (as if knowing about it doesn't affect Mary at all) by keeping it a secret, and she didn't really mind having sex with Francis despite knowing that Mary's feelings for him still remained. Kenna didn't bat an eye at what it would mean to Mary to find out about the pregnancy, even being gleeful about Lola's prospects now that she's pregnant by their supposed best friend's husband. These actions just don't gel with what we've seen of Mary and her ladies so far, who have been just as loyal to Mary as she's been to them, and it's very CW (and not in a good way) of Reign to forego character, however limited their development may have been, in favor of dramatics.
Sloppy storytelling aside, "Dirty Laundry" was easily the funniest episode Reign's had so far, largely due to Catherine and Henry teaming up to cover up an accidental death. The missteps plaguing other plots were easily overlooked when an Archduke and his sister visited the castle to iron out some issues of a French ship attacking another nation's, and Henry messed everything up by literally thrusting the Duchess to her death when they were having sex at an open window. If "Dirty Laundry" proved anything, it's that Reign is completely committed to being as ridiculous as possible at any given moment because only on this show would the king of France kill a woman in the middle of sex and ask his wife to help solve the problem.
Though Catherine and Henry's interactions this time around weren't on the level of their onetime romantic resolution a few episodes back, it's still nice to see them on the same side rather than feuding. Both were hilarious as they cleaned up the bloodstain, carried the body, penned a suicide letter, and were later forced to amend their story, after the Archduke identified the letter as a forgery, by blaming the dead priest, saying he was the Duchess' lover. After being so intense for weeks on end, Catherine and Henry being silly, despite the morbid circumstances, was a nice break, and like last time, there's a lot of chemistry to be seen among the two when one of them isn't trying to kill the other. Henry apparently agreed since he tried to woo Catherine only to be rebuffed, and when Kenna came to his room later Henry was eager to sleep with her, at the same window where the Duchess died. He appears to be on the way to losing his mind, if the weird look in his eyes is any indication, and I thought he might "accidentally" push Kenna out the window just so he could clean it all up with Catherine again.
Stray Observations
- I laughed when the Duchess fell out of the window because of course she fell out of the window. It was open.
- This week in badly developed Reign romances: Bash and hunter girl Roan (Hannah Anderson) are now a thing. It's hard to tell if it's supposed to be poorly developed or not. Surely Bash isn't into Roan because he's into her (not after professing his love to Mary again) but why is Roan into Bash? I like Bash just fine, but the dude's not particularly charismatic, and it takes a while for him to start looking attractive so…
- At least Greer's still tolerable, even if she's never onscreen.
- On servants getting things clean: "They take them to the laundry and dip them in something." Soap and water perhaps?
- Henry: "She deserved a better end."
Catherine: "Don't we all?"
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Passage remains unlikely, but if there were a secret ballot, he said, "it would pass overwhelmingly."
Without a secret ballot, many people did not have the opportunity to vote their conscience.
Republicans gather in every county and go through several rounds of voting by secret ballot.
When the department meets to discuss the case, the discussion is confidential and the vote is tallied by secret ballot.
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Inside the San Francisco Hyatt
Here is one from our San Francisco PhotoWalk when we made a surprise move and ducked into the Hyatt hotel. As you can imagine, I was not too excited about leaving the vibrant city to go into a hotel, but the people I was with assured me it was really cool inside. And it is! I was pleasantly surprised at the art and architecture on the inside… it was very complex and busy, but it proved to be a fun and challenging situation for composition.
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: New Beginnings by C_train_55
Draco and Hermione start a game on their first day of their last year at Hogwarts, what happens when an innocent game of lust, turns into a nightmarish fight for their lives. A/N: i changed the summary cuz of up coming chapters... when i first wrote the summay i didn't know where the story was going... now i do....
Genres: Romance, Action, Humor, Drama Characters: Draco, Dumbledore, Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Neville, OC, Oliver Wood, Ron, Snape, Voldemort Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2004.07.20 Latest Chapter: 2004.08.19 Updated: 2004.08.19 Status: COMPLETED (25252 words)
: My Daughter by Leo
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Hermione runs away taking something of draco's with her. what happens when that somethings goes to london with some friends. will he learn the truth behind this extremely talented witch. Special thanks to seriouslylupin for the banner
Genres: Romance Characters: Draco, Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, OC, Ron Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2004.07.08 Latest Chapter: 2004.07.13 Updated: 2004.07.13 Status: COMPLETED (2613 words)
: Where Fate Awaits by AzkabanPrincess1
COMPLETE!!! Hermione is Head Girl, Draco is Head Boy. Dumbledore has a plan to send them away to a muggle school all the way in London to see if they can stand each other for 4 monthes..... living together....
Genres: Romance Characters: Draco, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2004.01.25 Latest Chapter: 2004.06.18 Updated: 2004.06.18 Status: COMPLETED (26778 words)
: A Wall Between Us by DreamonDraco
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Hermione is back for her 7th year and realizes how somone has changed.....including herself.... can u please review? If you like those Hermione Draco stories than this is a good romance... although it's a little too serious maybe.....perhaps a review or two? i am going to write more......
Genres: Romance, General Characters: Draco, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2004.03.08 Latest Chapter: 2004.03.26 Updated: 2004.03.26 Status: COMPLETED (14865 words)
: If I Had Only Known by RomanceCharm
When their fields of work must unite to fight Voldemort, Draco and Hermione fall for each other, and eventually marry. But a malicious plan seperates Draco and a secretly pregnant Hermione, for six years. When they meet again, can they repair the damage done to their love?
Genres: Romance, Angst Characters: Draco, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2004.03.14 Latest Chapter: 2004.03.14 Updated: 2004.03.14 Status: COMPLETED (4475 words)
: The Daring Series by EighthWeasley
Short story collection
Collection of Dare You to Move, Only Hope, She Loves You and Breathing...enjoy!
Genres: Humor, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
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Syrian Foreign Minister visits Algeria
Syrian foreign minister Farouq al-Sharaa arrived in Algiers Saturday for a two-day visit to the country.
Speaking to reporters, the visiting minister said "the visit will be an opportunity to exchange views with Algerian officials to boost the relations between the two brotherly countries, in addition to discussing the developments in the Middle East."
According to KUNA, commenting on a proposal presented to the security council by the Arab group at the UN, calling for a resolution condemning the Israeli crime, al-Sharaa said, "Syria rejects the US blind bias to Israel specially in light of Israel's aggression against the Palestinian people."
Al-Sharaa is expected to meet Algerian governmental officials including President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Prime Minister Ali ben Flis and foreign minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem. (Albawaba.com)


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Two local girls put sweet smiles on Veterans' faces Thursday.
Donna Grant and Charlotte Beaulieu of Brownie Troop 228 gave out Girl Scout cookies to residents of the Maine Veterans' Home in Bangor.
The girls set up shop in different stores asking patrons to buy cookies for veterans.
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Classic ratatouille, typically a side dish, comes front and center as the filling of these inventive tarts. Annie Somerville, chef at San Francisco's Greens Restaurant, reenvisioned her original recipe by combining cream cheese with masa harina (dried corn dough for tortillas) in the crust, which gives it a rich toasted-corn flavor.
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Graphics Grief in Version 3.0
I have been having a great deal of trouble with plot and axes labels
in Version 3 for Win95. mathematica sometimes ignores some characters
in these labels (especially things like parentheses and Greek
symbols), at other times it spaces words in labels in strange ways, at
other times it seems to work fine (with the same file). I have tried
several styles and lots of different fonts and cannot find a single
one that works correctly consistently.
Have any others come across this problem? Does anyone know ANY way
around it? I have tried this on three diferent systems, so I don't
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Armagedon wrote:Haha, I like my link better. The video pops out like a light box, plus the link looks sleeker.
Fair enough, I just love a good excuse to embed a video.
That video just happened to be the first one that showed up after a search.
wasserkapf wrote:I really debated buying one yesterday. If this stays up very long, my will to resist may run out!
You have 6 1/2hrs.
OMGOMGOMGPONIESOMG PONIES!! this
The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000) is my favorite movie!
brasssong wrote:Getting through this woot-off is like trying to crap a pineapple
BUAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHA.... almost made this worth it.
YYWW?! wrote:Woot off killer
Is that the only 3 words you know? Why dont you try buying something for a change?
Ten minutes in and "one bought 1"
martinbogo wrote:There's nothing to be said other than, this is a FRACKING FANTASTIC DEAL.
Oh, quick addendum .. the Android 3.2 update is out now. It adds the critical support for Flash __as well as support for the SD card slot__.
Since this is a WiFi only unit, Motorola will not be upgrading it for 4G, obviously.
Get three
To save on shipping...
promyst wrote:I LOOOOOOOVE PONIES
I know I've said it before, but it is very appropriate...I think Planned Obsolescence has reached a New Low, when EVerything Tech is reduced to a Digital Doorstop the moment you get it home!
The 'updates' and 'improvements' are just coming Too Fast, making whatever you buy completely useless within days.
Maddening times indeed.
Now, where did I leave my Etch-A-Sketch?
Best. Wootoff. Ever.
From the last time this was available...
"Woots sold: 2288"
I don't even want to know how many they have on hand.
promyst wrote: The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000) is my favorite movie!
having fun with the censor?
How does the XOOM compare to the new Toshiba Thrive?
moxxee wrote:Best. Wootoff. Ever.
I may have time to drive home before the Bundle of Crops.
Can you read 'Barnes and Noble' e-books? I have a Nook Color, but don't want to buy this if I can't download my books.
Armagedon wrote:
I know of several others from the Herd that visit here, but they seem to be MIA. Someday.. we shall all post together..
new for $429...
I had a fave VHS when i was younger, that had this one episode I'd tell EVERYONE about... but it got taped over with Star Trek RIGHT in the middle and then AGAIN with a super bowl... Come to find out, It's Escape from Midnight Castle! NOW IT'S EVERYWHERE. I LOVE IT.... Jesus Freakin Christ... are we really talking about MLP?
Cusuldor wrote:Is that the only 3 words you know? Why dont you try buying something for a change?
just wants attention.
hey...this is the same write-up as last night.
can't you guys get some non-lazy writers?
(i kid, i kid)
I'd totally buy cheap earphones again! (and would like Bundle of Crops, which sounds like Bach....)
R&D wrote:Can you read 'Barnes and Noble' e-books? I have a Nook Color, but don't want to buy this if I can't download my books.
AND Kindle.
So much for getting a Bindle of Carrots before I have to leave at 6:15.
Armagedon wrote:You guys are posting this AGAIN?
Didn't sell enough yesterday?
That's the problem, I think they didn't sell enough because people are leery about buying it refurbished.
With that i'm outa here.
i see what you did there
ae121584 wrote:I dunno if you meant to say that... but it really made me want cookies... i bet i have enough time to run to the store and pick up some pink frosted sugar cookies...
now i want green eggs and ham AND pink frosted cookies.
step away from the woot...
eldiablohijo wrote:Video Review:
Rather long, so will give you something to do while these sell out.
Or you can read the review here
Or go to Engadget
Or Android Central
Or CNET
It's a nice tablet, but as there are more than a few flaws with it that keeps it from being a great tablet.
Very helpful +1
jessiferr wrote:When's your birthday? Mine's coming up in 2 weeks on the 28th!
30th...Happy Birthday to Us!
Yes, there is a nook app.
ae121584 wrote:are we really talking about MLP?
I think it's going to be a while....
throw the rest of 'em into the Bundle of Crops and bring on the next item!
stonewar wrote:having fun with the censor?
wait... am I missing something? Is "ponies" actually P*ssies or something... and this is a big lesbian discussion...?
OMGOMGOMGPONIESOMG PONIES!!yui wrote:worst
That's because you joined today! Lol. (laugh out loud)
dinner time and even time for after dinner drinks
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Ahead of yet another inconveniently timed Democratic debate Saturday night, Hillary Clinton's competitors are grumbling.
"They've scheduled it during shopping season, December 19th," former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said. "I don't know why that is. I think it's out of a false sense that they have to circle the wagons around the inevitable frontrunner."
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders seems to have taken the bad timing more in stride, but his spokesman's statement indicates he's also not thrilled that people will more likely be watching football or sipping on eggnog at a holiday party than tuning in to a debate. "We're playing the hand we were dealt," Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said. "I guess Christmas Eve was booked."
This is the second Democratic debates that has been scheduled for a Saturday night. Scheduling the Democratic debates at inconvenient times, some say, puts lesser known candidates at a disadvantage. The last two Democratic debates drew a combined total of nearly 25 million viewers, which is about even with the record-setting first GOP debate alone. The last two Republican debates combined totaled 31.5 million viewers.
The Democratic National Committee, however, is confident that the combination of the debates and forums with other events will allow candidates plenty of time to get their messages out to voters. Becca Stanek
It's official: President Trump is headed to France for Bastille Day. The White House on Wednesday announced that Trump has accepted French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to attend celebrations in France commemorating the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a decisive moment in the French Revolution. This year's Bastille Day also marks the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I.
Aside from attending the annual military parade in Paris on the national French holiday, Trump will also talk economic and terrorism-related issues with Macron. "President Trump looks forward to reaffirming America's strong ties of friendship with France, to celebrating this important day with the French people," the White House said in a statement.
That reaffirmation might be needed, given Macron and Trump's recent interactions. The two shared an uncomfortably long, white-knuckled handshake in Brussels last month. Shortly after that, Macron issued a brutal rebuttal to Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, during which Macron repurposed Trump's campaign slogan by calling on the world to "make our planet great again." Becca Stanek
Google News has a new look. On Tuesday evening, Google rolled out a redesign of its page that aggregates news stories.
Gone is the search engine-like results page, replaced by a sleeker card-based interface that boxes off stories with related coverage. Users can more easily click around to different topics, thanks to a customizable sections sidebar.
Alongside the increased focus on customizability is a greater emphasis on facts, a relevant addition in the era of "fake news." The newest version of Google News makes fact-checking more readily accessible, with a Fact Check block now planted in the right rail, featuring the latest investigations from sites like PolitiFact and Snopes.
The goal of the redesign was to make the News feature more streamlined and more user-friendly. "Right now, Google News shows too much, and in that it shows too little," Google product manager Anand Paka told Poynter. "Users are not able to connect with the journalism that they come to Google News to see. Our goal here was to make readability a prime focus and pick out elements that are the most important."
Google said the updates will be rolled out worldwide "in the coming days." Becca Stanek
CNN's Chris Cuomo fires back after GOP senator cries fake news: 'You tell me what I'm getting wrong'
CNN's Chris Cuomo has had just about enough of Republicans crying "fake news," and he let GOP Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) know it during an interview Wednesday morning. The confrontation was sparked by Johnson claiming that the debate over Senate Republicans' plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare is "completely distorted using incorrect information."
Cuomo, who had been discussing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's recently released cost estimate of the Senate bill, demanded to know whether Johnson was suggesting he was "using misleading information" by citing the CBO's estimates. "You let me know what I'm saying that is inaccurate," Cuomo said. "Because this whole 'fake' thing needs to end, and it needs to end right now. You tell me what I'm getting wrong, or we'll deal with the numbers as the CBO puts them out."
Johnson insisted he wasn't referring specifically to Cuomo's statements. "I'm talking about the fact that people don't understand the 22 million, and it was a wrong baseline," Johnson said, pointing to the CBO's estimate that 22 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 under the GOP health-care plan than under ObamaCare. The CBO, Johnson claimed, had used an outdated baseline assumption to make that comparison.
Watch it below. Becca Stanek
It's a good weekend to get out of town — and not just because of the holiday. American drivers will be treated to the lowest seasonal gas prices in more than a decade, Bloomberg reports, with a national average of $2.21 a gallon, the cheapest Fourth of July fill-up since 2005. This weekend will also mark the first time in 17 years that gas prices are expected to be lower for Independence Day than they were on New Year's Day, Bloomberg adds.
American drivers may see the cheapest fuel since 2005 over the July 4 holiday https://t.co/uCWMpT1qxn pic.twitter.com/nyngal1h21
— Bloomberg (@business) June 28, 2017
The national average has been as much as $1.04 a gallon more expensive in the past decade than it will be in 2017. And the low prices may be inspiring Americans to get on the road: A record 44.2 million people plan to travel at least 50 miles away from home this weekend, AAA reports.
"It's thrilling to see gas prices falling just in time for the most-traveled summer holiday," said GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan. "Perhaps we can finally get rid of the myth that gas prices go up for the holiday." Jeva Lange
Workers employed at a Chinese factory used by Ivanka Trump to manufacture shoes have spoken to the media for the first time, detailing nightmarish conditions, long hours, and abuse at the hands of managers, The Associated Press reports. In one particularly upsetting incident, the workers recalled a manager bludgeoning an employee on the head with the heel of a stiletto. "There was a lot of blood. [The employee] went to the factory's nurse station, passing by me," one of the workers recalled.
Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co. is used by several other fashion brands in addition to Ivanka Trump's. Trump's brand, though, has come under particular criticism for its association with the company because of Trump's retained ownership interest in her brand while serving in the government. On Tuesday, for example, the president's eldest daughter skewered China, which has been demoted by the U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report to the lowest possible level, claiming the government report was a "clarion call into action in defense of the vulnerable and the exploited" — but she has yet to comment on the conditions at her supplier's factory.
Recently, three human rights investigators for the New York-based China Labor Watch were detained and accused of secretly recording inside the factory. The group's founder, Li Qiang, said the reports out of the Ganzhou factory are "among the worst he has seen in nearly two decades investigating labor abuses," AP writes. "His group says pay can be as low as a dollar an hour, in violation of China's labor laws. According to China Labor Watch investigators, until recently, workers might get only two days off — or less — per month."
Read more about the factory at The Associated Press. Jeva Lange
Historically, successful presidents are both "revered and feared" by their fellow party members in Congress, The Washington Post reported. President Trump, it seems, is neither.
In spite of Trump's "mix of bravado, threats, and efforts to schmooze with GOP lawmakers," the roiling Republican debate over health care has revealed Trump might not be the commanding force he thinks he is, the Post reported:
In private conversations on Capitol Hill, Trump is often not taken seriously. Some Republican lawmakers consider some of his promises — such as making Mexico pay for a new border wall — fantastical. They are exhausted and at times exasperated by his hopscotching from one subject to the next, chronicled in his pithy and provocative tweets. They are quick to point out how little command he demonstrates of policy. And they have come to regard some of his threats as empty, concluding that crossing the president poses little danger.
"The House health-care vote shows he does have juice, particularly with people on the right," Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said. "The Senate health-care vote shows that people feel that health care is a defining issue and that it'd be pretty hard for any politician to push a senator into taking a vote that's going to have consequences for the rest of their life."
Asked if he personally fears Trump, Graham chuckled before saying, "No." [The Washington Post]
Shortly after the article was published, Trump on Wednesday morning fired off one of his signature "pithy and provocative tweets" making clear just how much stock he puts in The Washington Post's reporting:
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
Read more on the story at The Washington Post. Becca Stanek
Some of the World Series champion Chicago Cubs might snub Trump to visit dinosaur museums instead
Five months after visiting the Obama White House to celebrate their 2016 World Series win, the Chicago Cubs expressed mixed feelings about the team's invitation to the Trump White House on Wednesday. "I just don't feel like I want to go," reliever Pedro Strop admitted to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Other Cubs were similarly ambivalent, with pitcher Justin Grimm saying he'd go if he didn't have family in town and relief pitcher Hector Rondon adding, "I prefer to stay in my room, get rest, and get prepared for the game."
Of 22 players interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times, 10 said they were skipping the White House visit. But first baseman Anthony Rizzo said, "I'm going because it's the United States of America, and I'd rather not live anywhere else except this country. It's an honor. No political ties. It's the White House." Pitcher Mike Montgomery, who is also attending, was not quite as enthusiastic as his teammate but said it would be "maybe a little disrespectful to turn it down."
Reliever Carl Edwards Jr. is turning down the invitation — because he has better plans. "I'm trying to go see, like, the dinosaur museums," he said. Jeva Lange


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Quality $1 Tile from Home Depot?
What is the general concensus about the $1 tile that I see at Home Depot and Lowes. I saw both 12 x 12 and 16 x 16. Is it worth trying to use this for a bedroom or living room?
I wasn't sure if these are items from last year and thus discounted, or if they are just priced lower but similar characteristics to slightly more expensive tile, such as $2 or $3.
For me the styling looks ok, but not sure about the longevity. It will be placed on a cement slab foundation.
The quality varies widely. Which ones exactly are you looking at?
Correct me if I'm wrong floor people but, I think you can find the quality level or grade on the box. 2 is poor 3 is ok and 4 is probably the best you're going to see at a non specialty store.
?.. I don't think that's all true unless a certain brand puts numbers on like that.
Buying at home depot is ok for a home owner if you set tile for a living then no it wont work out in your favor in the long run.
I've put down a lot of the kind of tile you're talking about, and they're fine. No, they're not going to stand up under extreme conditions, but if you're not installing them for industrial application, you're okay.
I did see one comment that the grout might not end up smooth if you buy cheaper tile. I wasn't sure why, but maybe the edge is not sharp or matched well between tiles.
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It is only natural that in any love story a couple can reflect on their relationship in different ways.
For Ashin Gambira, the former Buddhist monk who helped lead Burma's Saffron revolution, it is the need for a partner to care for him, to massage his head three times a day and help him remember to take his medicine. For Marie Siochana, an Australian activist, it is the way she was slowly drawn to the courage of a man who was jailed for 65 years for heading the democracy protests.
The couple married last summer in Mandalay, spontaneously, just a few days after they had met for the first time in person and just hours after they had experienced their first argument. Now they are on an unlikely honeymoon of sorts in Thailand where Mr Gambira is seeking medical treatment and trying to work out what to do next.
"He said 'Marie, tomorrow we are going to get married'," said Ms Siochana, when we met last week in a monastery in northern Thailand. "He didn't ask."
In the autumn of 2007, the 34-year-old Mr Gambira was a member of the underground All-Burma Monks Alliance when he ensured his place in history. A protest initially sparked by a monk being insulted by officials swelled into a demand for democracy that saw tens of thousands of people pour on to the streets of Burma's biggest cities. The monks, wearing their saffron robes, led the civilians.
The regime responded violently. Dozens were killed and in the aftermath, those suspected of being involved were given severe jail sentences. Mr Gambira was tortured and kept in solitary confinement. He also caught malaria.
As President Thein Sein set Burma on a journey towards democracy, the monk was released in January 2012 only to be detained again when he tried to reopen monasteries that had been sealed. He was released once more in November that year and was among a select number of guests invited to hear Barack Obama speak at Rangoon University. He said his time in jail had left him suffering from headaches and poor memory and may have exacerbated feelings of depression that he had experienced before being jailed. "When I got to prison the strain was very bad, mentally and physically," he said.
Ms Siochana, born in Perth and raised on the Gold Coast, said she learned about the "quite good-looking" monk via social media in 2011 and began campaigning for him. (She is involved in a number of causes, including the campaign to prove the innocence of an Australian woman, Schapelle Corby, who was convicted of drug smuggling in Bali and who was released on parole last week.)
"There was nothing romantic between us when he was a monk, obviously, but we became closer after he left. I admired him a lot and felt very drawn to him," she said. "It was a gamble marrying someone I'd met online but I felt like I knew him so well already and knew all about his life."
Mr Gambira has faced continued harassment in Burma where he has campaigned for labour rights and against land dispossession and has clashed with pro-government elements within the powerful Buddhist clergy. On 17 April 2012 he ended his life as a monk.
Despite that, he has been one of the few voices to speak out against what he terms Burma's growing "Islamophobia" and the persecution of its Muslim Rohingya population. He said that there was wrong on both sides – he claimed Muslims were increasingly trying to marry Buddhist women and force them to become Muslim – but he said people had to talk to each other to resolve the conflict.
"I am working for religious reconciliation. We need to help each other and give and take," he said, as he served up a simple breakfast of coffee and rusk biscuits in the monks' dining area.
"We need to change the Buddhist extremists' opinion of the Muslims and change the Muslims' attitudes towards human rights. We must change the bad mind-set of both communities."
Mr Gambira said many in Burma were against him – the government, Buddhist extremists and certain politicians who were "jealous of his fame". Yet he recognised there was much for him to do.
He said he would like to return to his country and continue to work on the issues he has drawn attention to. But for now, he and his wife, who has two children from a previous relationship, feel safer in Thailand.
Some days after Ms Siochana flew to Mandalay where Mr Gambira met her on his motorbike and took her to see his family, the former monk was attacked in a village by men he believes are linked to a politician he had upset.
In the end, the couple had to flee the town. That was when he decided they should get married.
And how does he enjoy married life? Mr Gambira smiled, his teeth red with betel nut. "I need someone to look after me."
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Glitter, 61, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, is being held in the resort city of Vung Tau, where he has lived since March. He allegedly committed "obscene acts with a minor". Detectives confirmed that the singer, who served two months in prison in Britain in 1999 after being convicted of paedophilia, is still being held but declined to comment on whether he would be prosecuted.
The authorities decided to hold Gadd after questioning a 15-year-old girl they found living in his home last week. The former singer had already fled by then, reportedly with a 14-year-old girl who described him as her husband.
The Foreign Office confirmed that a Briton was being detained in Vang Tau, 50 miles from Ho Chi Minh, but declined to identify the person. If prosecuted for consensual sex with a minor, Gadd could face 12 years in prison.
Child protection experts say Vietnam is becoming increasingly popular with foreign paedophiles because neither the authorities nor the public have much experience of them.
"It's very easy for children to be exploited because society doesn't know a lot about sex tourism and so doesn't have the vigilance," said Le Hong Loan, Unicef's chief child protection expert in Vietnam. The police also lacked expertise, she said. "They're not prepared to deal with the issue. They're also very cautious about dealing with foreigners."
Paedophiles are moving away from traditional haunts such as Pattaya in Thailand and Phnom Penh in Cambodia because of greater awareness there, according to Christine Beddoe of Ecpat, a group campaigning to end child prostitution.
Gadd was detained in Cambodia in 2002 but was never prosecuted. He was forced to leave after an aggressive campaign by women's rights groups.


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Workshops, Readings, Book Clubs, Concerts and More Set for La Casa Azul Bookstore, Aug 2014
La Casa Azul Bookstore has released the program schedule for August 2014. The events include workshops, readings, book clubs, and the summer concert series! Scroll down for details.
Summer concert series: Boleros with Cassandra Oliveras Saturday, August 2, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Cassandra Oliveras considers the Bolero repertoire a blazing counterpart to the American Songbook; its melodies timeless, and truths universal. She has performed as a soloist and choral singer in venues throughout NYC and in Paris. Tickets: $10, free for children under 4 years of age.
Reading of Remedy for a Broken Angel by Toni Ann Johnson Saturday, August 2, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
About the book: Serena is a Bermudian jazz singer whose mental health problems lead her to abandon her daughter "Artie." Artie's anger and curiosity eventually drive her to seek out Serena's younger lover, Jamie L'Heureux, a jazz superstar. The spirit of Charles Mingus thrums throughout the story as these two women tangle in the complicated mess that is a mother-daughter relationship. Free event.
Workshop for artists: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Wednesday August 6, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
LMCC's Manhattan Arts Grant programs provide technical support to applicants and awards of up to $5,000 to enable hundreds of arts projects in all disciplines, serving communities from Inwood to The Battery. These grants are often among the first awards an artist or group receives and can help recipients to leverage additional support from other sources. Free event, pre-registration suggested.
Rice and Beans Book Club: Ruins by Achy Obejas Wednesday, August 6, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ruins follows the despair of Usnavy and his family in a disintegrated Cuba. This novel allows you to witness how one man confronts life's tragedy with a small glimpse of hope.
Summer Concert Series: Los Pleneros de la 21 Saturday, August 9, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Los Pleneros de la 21 is an East Harlem traditional performing arts nonprofit organization that fosters awareness and appreciation of Puerto Rican traditional expressions-particularly those of African descent: Bomba & Plena-as indispensable to a healthy community life.
Bomba and Plena are the core of Los Pleneros de la 21's musical production yet música jíbara (mountain music of Puerto Rico), jazz, salsa, rock, rap, and other genres are appreciable influences in their repertoire. Los Pleneros de la 21 brings this interaction to the stage during their performances, as well to the community with their dancing and drumming workshops for people of all ages.
Tickets: $10, free for children under 4 years of age.
Book drive: Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project (U-LAMP)
Card making for detained children Sunday, August 10, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Film screening of Sin Nombre Sunday, August 10, 3:00pm
La Casa Azul Bookstore, in collaboration with the Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project (U-LAMP) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/Safe Passage Project is launching a book drive for children who were apprehended and detained at the Mexico-US border and are currently in deportation proceedings in the New York City area. These children and teenagers are living in both local shelters and residing with legal guardians and need new and gently used Spanish-language books in good condition. Buy books at La Casa Azul Bookstore for the book drive, mention that the books are for the Unaccompanied Latin American Minor Project and receive a discount on your purchase.
La Casa Azul bookstore will be accepting books from Thursday, July 10th - Sunday, August 10, 2014. We will be delivering books to local shelters and providing them directly to children and teenagers who are currently in deportation proceedings.


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This is a quick to knit hat with lace and cable patterning, using 4ply yarn and is perfect for stash busting. It features a tubular cast-on which gives a lovely finish to the rib.
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Study Connects Number of Skin Moles with Breast Cancer
Two new studies show that women with a large number of skin moles have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
Researchers in France followed nearly 90,000 women for 18 years.
Women who reported having "very many" moles had a 13 percent higher risk of breast cancer.
In addition, researchers from Indiana University and Harvard studied medical records of some 75,000 nurses over 24 years.
They found that women who had 15 or more moles were 35-percent more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
The studies are published in "PLOS Medicine."


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My wife and I were on deed as Robert Cloo and Diane Cloos and sister was on deed as Joint Tenants.
Everyone contributed to initial investment but I ran it and my wife and I took the depreciation deductions over the years off my taxes.
So none of the accummulated depreciation is lowered by the passing of my wife?
Is that correct?