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2.Definition of personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data.Personal data does not include data that has been irreversibly anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you.
Here is a description of the types of personal data we may collect and how we may use it:
2.1 What Personal Data We Collect
Depending on the products and services you choose, we collect different kinds of personal data from or about you.
2.2.1Data you provide
We collect the personal data you provide when you create an account to use our products and services or otherwise interact with us, such as when you fill in account information, contact us, participate in an online survey, use our online help or online chat tool.
2.2.2Data from your terminal equipments
(1)Photos/ Media/ File
Our app can use files or data stored on your device.If you want to prevent our app from accessing to your phone data ,you can reset your permission on your phone. After obtaining your permission, Photos/Media/Files access may include the ability to:
① Read the contents of your USB storage (such as SD card).
② Add contents to your USB storage
③ Format external storage
④ Mount or unmount external storage
(2) Local storage
We may collect and store information (including personal data) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches.
You can upload photos when you comment by online services. So, we should collect images and other information from your device's camera and photos. For example, you will not be able to upload photos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or photos by your permission.
(4)Unique application numbers
Certain services include a unique application number. This number and information about your installation (for example, the operating system type and application version number) may be sent to website when you install or uninstall that service or when that service periodically contacts our servers, such as for automatic updates.
2.2.3Data about purchase
If you make a purchase, we collect personal data in related with the purchase. This data includes your purchase data, such as your mail of paypal , username, shipping address and other authentication information, as well as billing, shipping, and contact details.
2.2.4Data about improving our services and products
When you visit our websites, we may collect data about the type of device you use, your device's unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, and location information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. Where available, our services may use GPS, your IP address, and other technologies to determine a device's approximate location to allow us to improve our products and services.
2.3 How We Use Your Personal Data
Generally speaking, we use personal data to provide, improve, and develop our products and services, to communicate with you, to offer you targeted advertisements and services, and to protect us and our customers.
2.3.1Providing, improving, and developing our products and services
We use your personal data to help us provide, improve, and develop our products and services. This may includes using personal data for purposes such as complete shopping process, improving the users experiences, data analysis, research, and audits. Such processing is based on your prior express consent or our legitimate interest in offering you products and services. We encourage you to read those rules of privacy policy carefully before participating.If you no longer wish to agree above services we provide, please contact us to opt-out.
2.3.2Communicating with you
Subject to your prior express consent, we may use personal data to send you marketing communications in relation to our own products and services, communicate with you about your account or transactions, and inform you about our policies and terms. If you no longer wish to receive email communications for directly marketing purposes, please contact us to opt-out. We also may use your data to process and respond to your requests when you contact us. If you no longer wish to agree above services we provide, please contact us to opt-out.
2.3.3Offering and measuring targeted advertisements and services
Subject to your prior express consent, we may use your personal data to personalize your experience with our products and services and on third-party websites and applications and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. You are free to choose whether receive promotion information or not. If you no longer wish to agree above services we provide, please contact us to opt-out or choose"unsubscribe" to opt out in those e-mails.
2.3.4Promoting safety and security
Subject to your prior express consent, we may use some technology measures to protect your personal data for helping verify accounts and user normal activities, as well as to promote data safety and security, such as by monitoring fraud and investigating suspicious or potentially illegal activity or violations of our terms or policies. Such processing is based on our legitimate interest in helping ensure the safety of our products and services.
2.4 How We Store Your Personal Data
We may take technology measures to make sure your personal data record is complete and accurate, such as cookies and similar technologies. And Subject to your prior express consent, we may store our processing record of your personal data for ten years.
3.Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, offering and measuring advertisements, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience.
You can remove or reject cookies using your browser or device settings, but in some cases doing so may affect your ability to use our products and services.
3.1 Definition of "Cookies"
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are widely used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices.These types of files do a number of different jobs such as remembering your preferences and chosen items, assisting you to improve your site experience as well as trying to ensure that the adverts or offers you see online are more relevant to you. These "cookies" can be divided into 4 types each of which is outlined below.
3.2 Types of Cookies
3.2.1Strictly Necessary Cookies
In order to provide you with fundamental services of our website,such as visit our website or make a purchase,these cookies are essential. If you disable these cookies, we will not be able to fulfill your request.
3.2.2Performance Cookies
This type collect anonymous information on how people use the site and the data is merged with other users to enable us to improve how the site operates. For example we utilise Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and highlight areas where we can improve areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.If you disable or opt-out of these cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services, and it may reduce the support or information that we can provide you.
3.2.3Functionality Cookies
These cookies may remember the operations such as your preference so that we can provide you with better services and improve our operation models.If you reject these cookies, you may not be able to use certain functions of our websites.
3.2.4Targeting Cookies or Advertising Cookies
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more personalize to you.These cookies may remember the websites you have visited and share them with the third parties such as advertisers.If you reject these cookies, you may not be able to use certain functions of our websites and services, and it may affect your experience.
3.2.5Social networking cookies
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content on our websites and services through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.If you reject these cookies, you may not be able to use certain functions of our websites , and it may affect your experience.
3.3 Cookies Placed by Third Parties
You may also encounter cookies on our websites that are placed by third parties. For example, when you buy our products online, our e-commerce vendor may use cookies and other technologies.We may also allow third parties to place cookies on our websites to track information about your online activities and/or across third-party sites or online services, including to send you targeted advertisements based on that information, which may include the remarketing of our products and services that you have viewed on our websites and on third-party websites.
This Cookie Statement does not apply to the cookies, applications, technologies or websites that are owned by and/or operated by third parties, or such third parties' practices, even if they use or access our technology to store or collect information. To understand how third parties use cookies, please review their privacy policies.
3.4 Controlling and Opting-Out of Cookies
You can change the settings on your browser to prevent cookies being stored on your computer or mobile device without your explicit consent. Your browser "help" section will normally provide details on how to manage the cookie settings. If you choose to reject cookies, as noted above, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services.
3.5 Other similar technologies
DPAPI (Data Protection Application Programming Interface) is a simple cryptographic application programming interface available as a built-in component in Windows 2000 and later versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. In theory the Data Protection API can enable symmetric encryption of any kind of data; in practice, its primary use in the Windows operating system is to perform symmetric encryption of asymmetric private keys, using a user or system secret as a significant contribution of entropy.DPAPI can help record and store users' personal data.
Data Cube is a simple application for record and analyze personal data.
If you choose to reject cookies, as noted above, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services.
4.Your Rights
4.1We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is accurate, complete, and up to date. Based on protection for your privacy,your have the following rights:
(a) You have the right to contact us to know whether or not your personal data is being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and information, including but not limited to the purposes of the processing and the categories of personal data concerned.
(b) You have the right to contact us to correct or delete your inaccurate personal data concerning. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you are also free to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
(c) You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning yourself.
(d) You have the right to contact us to set the restriction of processing, which limited our processing authorities.
(e) You have the right to receive the personal data you provide in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to a third party.
(f) You have the right to contact us to make your objection on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data.
(g) You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you. When you need to realize this right, please contact us to offer help.
To protect the privacy and the security of your personal data, we may request data from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such data, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal data we maintain.
There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide or delete some or all of the personal data that we maintain.
You may contact us to exercise your rights. We will respond to your request within 30days.
4.2 Checking your details
How can I check my personal data
You can check your personal data via entering "My Account".
Deleting your Information
Please contact us when you find it necessary to delete your information :
(a) Personal data for providing, improving, and developing our products and services. If this type of data is deleted, your account will be close because your account can not be used normally without this type of data.
(b)Personal data that we use to communicate with you. If this type of data is deleted, we will be unable to contact you. Please make your decisions cautiously.
(c)Personal data to offer and measure targeted advertisements and services. If this type of data is deleted, you will not receive the latest marketing news and personalized shopping services.
(d)Personal data relating to promoting safety and security. If this type of data is deleted, your account will be strongly threatened that you may not use your account normally.
If you delete your data, we have no obligation to retain your data, and we may delete any or all of your data without liability.However, we may retain data related to you if we believe it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, if required by law, or for legitimate purposes, such as analysis of non-personal data, account recovery, auditing our records, and enforcing our rights and obligations under our agreements.
5.Disclosure of Personal Data
We make certain personal data available to strategic partners that work with us to provide our products and services or help us market to customers. Personal data will only be shared by us with these companies in order to provide or improve our products, services, and advertising; it will not be shared with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your prior express consent.
5.1 Service Providers
We share personal data with companies that provide services on behalf of us, such as website hosting, email services, marketing, sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions, auditing, fulfilling customer orders, data analytics, providing customer service, and conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your data and may be located wherever we operate.
5.2 Corporate Affiliates and Corporate Business Transactions
We may share personal data with Affiliated companies and business partners. In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal data to the relevant third party.
5.3 Legal Compliance and Security
It may be necessary—by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence—for us to disclose personal data. We may also disclose personal data if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.
We may also disclose personal data if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.
5.4 Legal Basis For The Processing of Personal Data from EEA Residents
It may be necessary—by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence—for us to disclose personal data. We may also disclose personal data if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.
If you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), our processing of your personal data will be justified if one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) Whenever we obtain your consent;
(b) Whenever the processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us or for taking any pre-contractual steps upon your request;
(c) Where the processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation;
(d) Where the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests;
(e) Where the processing is necessary for legal and reasonable causes (under this situation we will specifically explain the details).
6.Data Processing Globally
The definition of Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
We provide products and service to customers around the world and your personal data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed outside the EEA by staffs who work for
When we provide products and services to customers under assistance of our affiliates, business partners and service providers,your personal data may be processed out of EEA. In such circumstances, we will enter into model contractual clauses, or rely on alternative legal bases such as the Privacy Shield, where applicable, or binding corporate rules where our partners or service providers have adopted. Appropriate or suitable safeguards, for example, encryption technology, will be provided to ensure security of your information. Our customers have right to obtain copy of those data transferred to a third country. If you need to realize your rights, please contact us. As for details of data processing of the third parties that may reach your personal data, please read the following introduction of Third Party.
7.Data processed by Third-Party
7.1 Third party's previous authorization to us
7.1.1Facebook, Twitter, Google, VK
When you login in by your account via Facebook, Google at
If you choose to pay online through " Check out with Paypal", please be aware of the fact that once you click the button, you will be link to the website of Paypal. The personal data that you are asked to provide, including your card number, your billing address and your contact information, will be collected and processed by Paypal instead of
7.2 Other Third parties that may reach your information
To provide better products and service for our customers, we may mainly transfer your data to the two types of third parties,
7.2.1Third party related to Advertising & Marketing——Google、Facebook、Twitter、Amazon、Pinterest、TradeTracker, etc.
Information of your activities on our website, for example, what products you like to browse, may be transferred to these third parties. You may receive Communication letters on advertising and marketing in your e-mail sent by us and/or selected third parties. You have the option to opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us and/or selected third parties. When you register a new account, you may choose "unsubscribe". When you do not want to receive advertisements from us and/or selected third parties any more, you should opt-out by contacting us (e-mail) or click on the "unsubscribe" link in any email communications which you receive.
7.2.2Third-party related to Payment & Delivery——Paypal、Cybersource、 Adyen、 Dlocal、Stripe、Safecharge、Oceanpayment, etc.
If you make a purchase from our store, your payment and delivery information will be necessary to the trade. Your information may be transferred to third parties above and processed by them. We promise that appropriate or suitable safeguards, for example, encryption technology, will be provided to ensure security of your information This type of personal date is so important to your purchase activities that we strongly recommend you to think twice when you want to delete or object to the processing of these data.
7.3 About Third party located in a third country
As we have stated above, model contractual clauses or alternative legal bases or binding corporate rules will help protect your information security. Once we notice a third party breach its obligation and infringe your privacy, we will immediately notice it to correct its mistake. If you notice a third party breach its obligation and infringe your privacy owing to
7.4 About Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and other third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own privacy policies and we do not share your information with them unless your permission or other legal basis authorize us to do so. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites. We should not be liable for personal data breach caused by these third-party websites.
8.Information Security
We use reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access to your data, and to correctly use the data we collect. For example, access to your personal data is strictly limited to our data controller, data processer, data protection officer who need access to such data to perform their assigned job duties. We have built up recovery system to prevent your data from destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure caused by automatic technology.
It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your account credentials, and computer or other devices. "personal data breach"means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. We will investigate any complaint and notify the individual of the outcome of the investigation within a reasonable period.
9.Changes to this Privacy Statement
From time to time, we may update our Privacy Policy to reflect new or different privacy practices. We will place a notice to our customers when we make material changes to the Privacy Policy. The modification of the Privacy Policy is of great significance to ensure your rights on personal data. Consequently, we sincerely recommend you to check the Privacy Policy available online periodically. Additionally, you are always free to check the Privacy Policy through quick links whenever you need to input your personal data. Simultaneously, we will notify you about the modification by sending a notice to your account. There will be an special quick link in your account to offer the full text of the Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions, please click here to contact us.


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Today Good Smile Company announced a Sonic Nendoroid figure. If you don't know what Nendoroids are, they are figures usually based on anime or manga characters (Sonic being an exception) made in a style with a huge head and small body. They are about 10 cm or 4 inch in height and are adjustable, meaning you can put them in various poses or give them different facial expressions.
The Sonic figure is based on the modern iteration, meaning it basicly looks like classic Sonic with green eyes (heh) and a thinner body. It comes with the item box, chaos emerald and checkpoint items shown in the pictures and will be released in April 2012 for ¥3,500, which is about $45 according to Google.
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DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning To Police And Public
Dangerous opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl
WASHINGTON - DEA has issued a public warning to the public and law enforcement nationwide about the health and safety risks of carfentanil. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which itself is 50 times more potent than heroin. DEA, local law enforcement and first responders have recently seen the presence of carfentanil, which has been linked to a significant number of overdose deaths in various parts of the country. Improper handling of carfentanil, as well as fentanyl and other fentanyl-related compounds, has deadly consequences.
"Carfentanil is surfacing in more and more communities." said DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. "We see it on the streets, often disguised as heroin. It is crazy dangerous. Synthetics such as fentanyl and carfentanil can kill you. I hope our first responders - and the public - will read and heed our health and safety warning. These men and women have remarkably difficult jobs and we need them to be well and healthy."
Carfentanil is a Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act and is used as a tranquilizing agent for elephants and other large mammals. The lethal dose range for carfentanil in humans is unknown. However, as noted, carfentanil is approximately 100 times more potent than fentanyl, which can be lethal at the 2-milligram range, depending on route of administration and other factors.
Carfentanil and other fentanyl-related compounds are a serious danger to public safety, first responder, medical, treatment, and laboratory personnel. These substances can come in several forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray - they can be absorbed through the skin or accidental inhalation of airborne powder. If encountered, responding personnel should do the following based on the specific situation:
Exercise extreme caution. - Only properly trained and outfitted law enforcement professionals should handle any substance suspected to contain fentanyl or a fentanyl-related compound. If encountered, contact the appropriate officials within your agency.
Be aware of any sign of exposure. - Symptoms include: respiratory depression or arrest, drowsiness, disorientation, sedation, pinpoint pupils, and clammy skin. The onset of these symptoms usually occurs within minutes of exposure.
Seek IMMEDIATE medical attention. - Carfentanil and other fentanyl-related substances can work very quickly, so in cases of suspected exposure, it is important to call EMS immediately. If inhaled, move the victim to fresh air. If ingested and the victim is conscious, wash out the victim's eyes and mouth with cool water.
Be ready to administer naloxone in the event of exposure. - Naloxone is an antidote for opioid overdose. Immediately administering naloxone can reverse an overdose of carfentanil, fentanyl, or other opioids, although multiple doses of naloxone may be required. Continue to administer a dose of naloxone every 2-3 minutes until the individual is breathing on his/her own for at least 15 minutes or until EMS arrives.
Remember that carfentanil can resemble powdered cocaine or heroin. - If you suspect the presence of carfentanil or any synthetic opioid, do not take samples or otherwise disturb the substance, as this could lead to accidental exposure. Rather, secure the substance and follow approved transportation procedures.
Carfentanil is a fentanyl-related substance not approved for use in humans. In June, DEA released a Roll Call video to all law enforcement nationwide about the dangers of improperly handling fentanyl and its deadly consequences. Acting Deputy Administrator Jack Riley and two local police detectives from New Jersey appear on the video to urge any law enforcement personnel who come in contact with fentanyl or fentanyl compounds to take the drugs directly to a lab.
"Fentanyl can kill you," Riley said. "Fentanyl is being sold as heroin in virtually every corner of our country. It's produced clandestinely in Mexico, (also) comes directly from China. It is 40 to 50 times stronger than street-level heroin. A very small amount ingested, or absorbed through your skin, can kill you."
Two Atlantic County, NJ detectives were recently exposed to a very small amount of fentanyl, and appeared on the video. Said one detective: "I thought that was it. I thought I was dying. It felt like my body was shutting down." Riley also admonished police to skip testing on the scene, and encouraged them to also remember potential harm to police canines during the course of duties. "Don't field test it in your car, or on the street, or take if back to the office. Transport it directly to a laboratory, where it can be safely handled and tested." The video can be accessed at: http://go.usa.gov/chBgh.
On March 18, 2015, DEA issued a nationwide alert on fentanyl as a threat to health and public safety.
Fentanyl is a dangerous, powerful Schedule II narcotic responsible for an epidemic of overdose deaths within the United States. During the last two years, the distribution of clandestinely manufactured fentanyl has been linked to an unprecedented outbreak of thousands of overdoses and deaths. The overdoses are occurring at an alarming rate and are the basis for this officer safety alert. Fentanyl, up to 50 times more potent than heroin, is extremely dangerous to law enforcement and anyone else who may come into contact with it. As a result, it represents an unusual hazard for law enforcement.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate painkiller, is being mixed with heroin to increase its potency, but dealers and buyers may not know exactly what they are selling or ingesting. Many users underestimate the potency of fentanyl. The dosage of fentanyl is a microgram, one millionth of a gram - similar to just a few granules of table salt. Fentanyl can be lethal and is deadly at very low doses. Fentanyl and its related compounds come in several forms including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray.
More information about fentanyl, carfentanil and other dangerous synthetic opiates can be found at www.dea.gov.


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The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement outside the bar on Christopher Street, in neighboring streets and in nearby Christopher Park. The Stonewall Riots served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
Constant Raids at Gay Bars
The 1960s and preceding decades were not welcoming times for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans. For instance, solicitation of same-sex relations was illegal in New York City.
For such reasons, LGBT individuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, places of refuge where they could express themselves openly and socialize without worry. However, the New York State Liquor Authority penalized and shut down establishments that served alcohol to known or suspected LGBT individuals, arguing that the mere gathering of homosexuals was "disorderly."
Thanks to activists' efforts, these regulations were overturned in 1966, and LGBT patrons could then be served alcohol. But engaging in gay behavior in public (holding hands, kissing or dancing with someone of the same sex) was still illegal, so police harassment of gay bars continued and many bars still operated without liquor licenses—in part because they were owned by the Mafia.
Gay Rights Before Stonewall
The first documented U.S. gay rights organization, The Society for Human Rights (SHR), was founded in 1924 by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant. Police raids forced them to disband in 1925, but not before they had published several issues of their newsletter, "Friendship and Freedom," the country's first gay-interest newsletter. America's first lesbian rights organization, The Daughters of Bilitis, was formed in San Francisco on September 21, 1955.
In 1966, three years before Stonewall, members of The Mattachine Society, an organization dedicated to gay rights, staged a "sip-in" where they openly declared their sexuality at taverns, daring staff to turn them away and suing establishments who did. When The Commission on Human Rights ruled that gay individuals had the right to be served in bars, police raids were temporarily reduced.
The Stonewall Inn
The crime syndicate saw profit in catering to shunned gay clientele, and by the mid-1960s, the Genovese crime family controlled most Greenwich Village gay bars. In 1966, they purchased Stonewall Inn (a "straight" bar and restaurant), cheaply renovated it, and reopened it the next year as a gay bar.
Stonewall Inn was registered as a type of private "bottle bar," which did not require a liquor license because patrons were supposed to bring their own liquor. Club attendees had to sign their names in a book upon entry to maintain the club's false exclusivity. The Genovese family bribed New York's Sixth Police Precinct to ignore the activities occurring within the club.
Without police interference, the crime family could cut costs how they saw fit: The club lacked a fire exit, running water behind the bar to wash glasses, clean toilets that didn't routinely overflow and palatable drinks that weren't watered down beyond recognition. What's more, the Mafia reportedly blackmailed the club's wealthier patrons who wanted to keep their sexuality a secret.
Nonetheless, Stonewall Inn quickly became an important Greenwich Village institution. It was large and relatively cheap to enter. It welcomed drag queens, who received a bitter reception at other gay bars and clubs. It was a nightly home for many runaways and homeless gay youths, who panhandled or shoplifted to afford the entry fee. And it was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed dancing.
Raids were still a fact of life, but usually corrupt cops would tip off Mafia-run bars before they occurred, allowing owners to stash the alcohol (sold without a liquor license) and hide other illegal activities. In fact, the NYPD had stormed Stonewall Inn just a few days before the riot-inducing raid.
When Did the Stonewall Riots Begin?
When police raided Stonewall Inn on the morning of June 28, it came as a surprise—the bar wasn't tipped off this time.
Armed with a warrant, police officers entered the club, roughed up patrons, and, finding bootlegged alcohol, arrested 13 people, including employees and people violating the state's gender-appropriate clothing statute (female officers would take suspected cross-dressing patrons into the bathroom to check their sex).
Fed up with constant police harassment and social discrimination, angry patrons and neighborhood residents hung around outside of the bar rather than disperse, becoming increasingly agitated as the events unfolded and people were aggressively manhandled. At one point, an officer hit a lesbian over the head as he forced her into the police van— she shouted to onlookers to act, inciting the crowd to begin throw pennies, bottles, cobble stones and other objects at the police.
Within minutes, a full-blown riot involving hundreds of people began. The police, a few prisoners and a Village Voice writer barricaded themselves in the bar, which the mob attempted to set on fire after breaching the barricade repeatedly.
The fire department and a riot squad were eventually able to douse the flames, rescue those inside Stonewall, and disperse the crowd. But the protests, sometimes involving thousands of people, continued in the area for five more days, flaring up at one point after the Village Voice published its account of the riots.
What Was the Outcome of the Stonewall Riots?
Though the Stonewall uprising didn't start the gay rights movement, it was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, leading to numerous gay rights organizations, including the Gay Liberation Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays).
On the one-year anniversary of the riots on June 28, 1970, thousands of people marched in the streets of Manhattan from the Stonewall Inn to Central Park in what was then called "Christopher Street Liberation Day," America's first gay pride parade. The parade's official chant was: "Say it loud, gay is proud."
In 2016, then-President Barack Obama designated the site of the riots—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surrounding streets and sidewalks—a national monument in recognition of the area's contribution to gay rights.
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A History of Gay Rights in America. CBS.


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Indiana University experts comment on 'fiscal cliff'
Dec. 4, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders have been deadlocked over the "fiscal cliff," the tax increases and spending cuts that will take place Jan. 1 unless elected officials take action to avert them. The combination could have a dramatic impact on the economy, with the Congressional Budget Office forecasting that unemployment could increase to 9 percent.
Indiana University experts offer their perspectives and are available to speak with news media.
The time to act is now
Political stalemate ratchets up uncertainty
Painful for Indiana, but not as bad as elsewhere
Small steps could reassure economy
More cliffs than one
Wrong time for 'involuntary austerity'
Unsubstantiated rhetoric from both sides
Congress and the president need to reach an agreement
Nothing fundamental about 'fiscal cliff'
A 'fiscal cliff,' or a 'fiscal bunny hill?'
Catherine Bonser-Neal, associate professor of finance at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, said the need to reduce the federal deficit is clear, but how it is accomplished could have long- and short-term growth implications.
"The balancing act being examined by members of Congress is how to minimize the short-term economic-growth impacts of a cut in the budget deficit against the longer-term need to reduce the level of U.S. debt as a share of the economy," Bonser-Neal said. "However, history and economic research suggest that a preference to avoid short-term pain should not be put ahead of the need to address the country's long-term debt problem.
"Absent reductions in the fiscal deficit, the U.S. debt level will continue to grow as a share of our economy, with the result being that an increasing share of U.S. income created will need to be directed toward servicing and repaying the federal debt, instead of being directed toward new investment opportunities.
"Not only will this reduce U.S. economic growth prospects, but research also indicates that the ability of a country to service and also repay its debt becomes at risk when that country's debt-to-GDP burden exceeds a certain level. Absent changes in the level of the deficit, the U.S. will be on a path to reach and in time surpass this level."
Just as economists debate the impact of short-term stimulus and expansionary fiscal policy that creates a budget deficit, they also disagree about the size of the short-term negative effect of a reduction in the budget deficit, she noted.
"The answer is not a simple one and ultimately depends on how consumers, investors and businesses respond to a change in tax rates and to the changes in government programs. However, whatever the short-term impact, policy must be made with long-term consequences in mind. In particular, revenue-raising policies that reduce economic incentives to work, save and produce will only hinder economic growth and so could compound the difficulty of reducing the nation's debt-to-GDP burden.
"Furthermore, short-term cuts in government spending that do not address the longer-term spending trajectory of entitlement spending growth will mean the U.S. deficit will continue to grow."
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Political stalemate ratchets up uncertainty
The financial crisis and recession have pushed uncertainty about economic policy to historic heights, and the fiscal cliff ratchets it further, says Eric Leeper, Rudy Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. And while economists don't have good quantitative estimates of how uncertainty affects the economy, basic reasoning tells us it makes decision-makers reluctant to undertake new projects, including hiring new employees, launching investments and expanding production.
"Yet economic calculations play a distressingly minor role in the on-going debate about fiscal policy," Leeper said. "If a political party determines there is political advantage in falling off the cliff, or in holding the country hostage by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, then that's the strategy it pursues."
He said it's "unfathomable" that, at a time when the U.S. economy continues to struggle, elected officials are willing to risk recovery to score political points. And it's equally incomprehensible that politicians minimize the potential economic disruption they're causing, as when some said during last year's debt-ceiling debate that it was "no big deal" for the U.S. to renege on its obligations.
"Perhaps most disturbing about the cliff fiasco is what it portends for how our officials will cope with the fiscal abyss that awaits us," Leeper said. As the population continues to age, Social Security and Medicare consume more of the economy. Any real solution requires rewriting the social compact Americans now have with their government. And social compacts cannot be rewritten in a partisan atmosphere.
"This long-term fiscal problem is not yet a crisis," Leeper said. "It need not be solved overnight, and it certainly should not be tackled through 11th-hour, closed-door negotiations. Instead, alternative solutions should be proposed and their economic consequences studied before any bills are written in Congress. We have the time to make good policy choices -- ones that make sense for the economy as a whole. What we lack is the political will to make thoughtful and deliberative economic policies."
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Painful for Indiana, but not as bad as elsewhere
Jerry Conover, director of the Indiana Business Research Center in the Kelley School of Business, said the impact on Indiana's economy will depend on which path Congress and the White House take as they wrestle over the steering wheel of that vehicle rushing toward the fiscal cliff.
"The most likely scenario is that they postpone a real decision, temporarily extending the current tax cuts and federal spending levels to buy time to reach a more comprehensive solution. This kicking-the-can-down-the-road strategy exacerbates consumer and business uncertainty, however, likely leading to very weak growth while waiting for a real fix. If such a fix were found, the economy would start ramping up slowly in 2013," Conover said.
"On the other hand, many in Washington may feel that letting the nation go over the cliff is the safest path politically. It could provide a clean slate for making more meaningful changes to tax and spending policy," he said. "However, the significant rise in taxes and cuts in federal spending the cliff entails would push the nation into a recession lasting two to three quarters, and total growth for next year would likely be flat at best. This is not a welcome scenario for a nation trying to get to the end of a very long cycle of recession and recovery.
"Hoosiers would certainly feel the pain, some more than others, depending on their employment and income circumstances. Loss of the Bush tax cuts would take a big bite out of disposable income, and our unemployment rate would rise. Many Indiana firms sell to businesses in other states, and their sales would likely take a hit as the national economy shrinks," Conover said.
"On the other hand, the federal spending cuts that sequestration requires would not hit Indiana as hard as many states because the rate of federal spending in our state is well below the national average," Conover said. "Some of Indiana's biggest employers, however, such as our research universities and defense contractors, would likely feel sharp pain from reduction in the federal grants and contracts on which they rely. And defense facilities such as Crane may also be hard hit, which would be a major drag on the regional economy."
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Small steps could reassure economy
While the stakes are especially dramatic this year, the president and Congress have had considerable difficulty agreeing on a federal budget for over a decade, notes Leslie Lenkowsky, professor in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Yet many observers fear the cost of failing to agree on taxes and spending by the end of this year could be especially high.
"Fresh off his re-election victory, President Obama can claim support for raising taxes on the wealthy, a step many Republicans will oppose," Lenkowsky said. "However, he is now a lame-duck president, and how much political leverage he has -- and how concerned he is about his legacy, if another recession were to occur -- remain to be seen."
Republicans, on the other hand, are still debating who is to blame for their party's inability to capture the White House, Lenkowsky said. That may give the speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, and other GOP leaders in Congress -- including Paul Ryan, now a front-runner for the party's 2016 presidential nomination -- more running room than they had before the fall elections.
If imagining political reasons for a deal -- and possible fiscal compromises -- is not hard, the recent history of federal budget disputes offers little reason for optimism.
"However, the consequence of inaction may not be as dire as the 'fiscal cliff' image suggests," Lenkowsky said. "The spending and tax changes will be felt slowly, not all at once. Federal agencies will have time to adjust their activities -- and, after 2013, their budgets are actually slated to grow, though not as rapidly as in recent years. Taxpayers will notice their paychecks going down gradually, but tax rates will rise only to 2001 levels. Congress will also have time to address any problems that may arise piecemeal, its typical way of legislating."
How the "real economy" -- investors, employers and others whose decisions affect growth -- will react to such inaction is the big question, Lenkowsky said. "But if the president and Congress are unable to produce a more comprehensive solution," he said, "smaller steps, accompanied by some modest belt-tightening, could prove reassuring."
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Eric Schansberg, professor of economics at IU Southeast, says the U.S. faces not one economic precipice but two: a fiscal cliff and a debt cliff. And while the fiscal cliff is getting most of the attention right now, the other can't be ignored.
"There are three issues at hand," Schansberg said. "First, the underlying problems are our massive federal budget deficits and rapidly growing budget debt. Second, the potential solutions are also problematic. Actual reductions in government spending and big increases in tax rates would make it even more difficult for the economy to grow.
"Third, all of this contributes to what economists call 'regime uncertainty.' Nobody knows what Congress and President Obama will do -- from whether they'll address the problem to the particular solutions they'll embrace."
Schansberg argues that increasing taxes on the wealthy, preferably by closing loopholes, might be good politics for Republicans, even if it's bad economics.
"I'm not a fan of higher taxes," he said. "But if we're going to increase taxes, the rich are an attractive target: a small minority who can be easily tagged in a democracy. It wouldn't raise much money, and it would probably hurt the economy more than other policy choices. But the GOP would show a willingness to compromise and avoid a probable black eye, given the public's policy preferences.
"Most important, it would remove a huge distraction from the policy debate. Then we could focus on the critical choice: big spending cuts vs. big middle-income tax increases to close the budget chasm caused by our elected officials."
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Wrong time for 'involuntary austerity'
The "fiscal cliff" can best be understood as "involuntary fiscal austerity," says John Mikesell, Chancellor's Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Bloomington and an expert on government finance. And while fiscal austerity and reducing the federal deficit through spending cuts and tax increases may be a laudable goal, this isn't the way or the time to do it.
"Unfortunately, that reduction in deficit -- amounting to about 4.5 percent of gross domestic product -- will be occurring while the economy remains fragile after the Great Recession, and there is a significant probability that this deficit reduction will throw the economy back into recession," Mikesell said.
"If Congress and the president cannot agree on new laws to replace those in place, the big deficit reduction will start automatically. While controlling the federal deficit is an important eventual goal for economic sustainability, a drastic shock as the economy is struggling toward recovery from recession is not likely to be the best time to start the constraint."
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Unsubstantiated rhetoric from both sides
The U.S. faces a potential economic crisis that requires a political solution. Yet not only are Democrats and Republicans unable to agree, but "both parties use rhetoric that is unsubstantiated from an empirical standpoint," says Todd B. Walker, assistant professor of economics in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences.
Republicans say increasing income taxes on individuals making over $250,000 per year will kill job creation. They argue that the increase would largely fall on small business owners and that small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy, creating the most jobs during times of economic growth.
"Both of these claims are false," Walker said. "A recent report by the Joint Committee on Taxation found that only 3 percent of small businesses would be impacted by the tax increase. A 2011 study by the U.S. Treasury found that only one-fifth of small businesses had any employees. Finally, a recent academic paper argued that young firms, not small firms, are the job creators."
But Democrats, with a few exceptions, seem to suggest that substantial entitlement reform is not needed, even though Medicare will be the primary driver of government spending over the next several decades.
"The current fiscal dilemma is small potatoes when compared to the problems that may materialize if entitlement reform is not taken seriously," Walker said. "If current law is unchanged, the Congressional Budget Office has projected that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will increase from 9 percent of GDP today to around 18 percent by 2040, an unsustainable number."
Walker said much government spending has been financed by foreign investors, but demand for U.S. government debt remains strong and interest rates remain low, primarily because U.S. debt is considered risk-free. But good reputations are difficult to acquire and easy to lose. Standard & Poor's first-ever downgrade of U.S. debt, at the time of the debt-ceiling debate, had everything to do with the current political quagmire.
"What the economy needs most now is political leadership," Walker said. "A failure of leadership could prove disastrous."
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Congress and the president need to reach an agreement
Kyle J. Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, said an agreement must be reached in order to avert another recession.
"Failure to reach a deal will likely lead to recession in 2013. Higher taxes and less government spending will lead to lower consumer spending, and the unemployment rate will move higher rather than lower," Anderson said. "There is also concern that if we 'go over the cliff,' then Americans will lose confidence in the ability of the government to deal with our problems. A loss of consumer and investor confidence could make the recession severe and take us back to 2008."
Anderson said policy makers need to recognize the necessity of tax increases and spending cuts over the long term but should look to phase these in gradually so they don't cause significant damage to economic growth.
"The greatest threat to our long-term fiscal situation is our rapidly rising health care costs. Medicare costs will continue to rise due to an increasing number of retirees and the rate of cost increases in medical care," he said. "Unfortunately, there are no easy answers to addressing this problem, which means that government spending will continue to grow over the next decade."
Unfortunately, Anderson believes that Congress and the president will take another Band-Aid approach to the issues.
"Some sort of deal is likely to get done, but it may be more of a temporary fix rather than the tax and spending overhaul that most Americans would like to see," he said.
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Nothing fundamental about 'fiscal cliff'
An important thing to understand about the "fiscal cliff" is that it is entirely the creation of recent legislation; there is nothing fundamental about it, says Steve Russell, professor of economics in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
"From the debate on the subject, you might get the idea that the federal government faces a fundamental budget crisis after the first of the year: that it may default on its debt, or run out of funds to finance its spending, or something of that sort," Russell said. "Nothing could be further from the truth. The government does have long-run budget problems, but we have plenty of time to face them, if we act wisely."
Russell notes that the fiscal cliff results partly from the Budget Control Act of 2011, which calls for deep cuts in expenditures after the end of the year; Republicans insisted on these cuts as a condition for increasing the debt ceiling. The rest of it is caused by the scheduled expiration of tax cuts, including the Bush tax cuts of 2001-03, which Democrats were not willing to make permanent. The combination of big federal spending cuts and large tax increases may result in a large, abrupt decrease in the demand for goods and services.
"This could push the economy back into a recession," Russell said. "It is a bigger concern because the economy has not yet fully recovered from the current recession. In a sensible world, the Republicans and Democrats would get together and agree to put off both the tax increases and the spending cuts for a year or two, and then phase them in gradually, over two or three years. But it is not a sensible world."
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A 'fiscal cliff,' or a 'fiscal bunny hill'?
Timothy Slaper, research director of the Indiana Business Research Center in the Kelley School of Business, said the strength and rapidity of economic hits resulting from a stalemate on the "fiscal cliff" is still an open question.
"Based on the economic forecasts of how the 2009 stimulus would impact the economy, one can state with reasonable certainly that the current forecasts of how the fiscal cliff will affect the economy are also going to be off target," Slaper said. "It is extremely difficult to get the timing right with these models -- that is, when the hits will take their toll.
"The payroll tax holiday and income tax withholdings will hit immediately, with the first paychecks in January. The effects of businesses stopping their hiring and investments in plants, equipment and inventory will take a little longer to be realized. The cuts in federal spending -- the "sequestration" -- will also have some delay. Recall that it took several years for some of the stimulus money to make its way through the pipeline, and turning off the tap for the sequestered budgets won't be immediate," he added.
While the divot in disposable income and consumer spending, together with the loss of federal spending, would be enough to cause a brief recession in early 2013, the loss of business confidence in the political process and the attendant investment pull-back may do the greatest damage. Recall that consumer and business confidence suffered in the summer of 2011 because of the budgetary impasse.
Probably the best one could hope for, Slaper said, is that Congress and the president delay action for another year, with both sides agreeing to extend the entire package another year. Or the parties could agree to extend the middle-class tax cuts only -- a win for the president. In return for forgoing a debt-ceiling fight in 2013, there would be fundamental tax and entitlement reform -- a win for the Republicans.
"This wouldn't remove the fiscal cliff so much as making it more like a fiscal bunny hill, but with the advantage that both parties would signal to businesses, investors and our global partners that Washington can work. Business and consumer confidence would be restored, providing the economy a badly needed tail-breeze," Slaper said.
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Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Subpopulation Estimates from the HIV Incidence Surveillance System --- United States, 2006Please note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here. CDC has created an HIV incidence surveillance system in selected areas of the United States as a component of its national human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) reporting system (1). The purpose of the new system is to estimate the number of new HIV infections occurring each year in the United States. Initial results published recently for 2006 (2) showed that 73% of new infections were in males, 45% were in blacks, and 53% were in men who have sex with men (MSM). To provide additional subpopulation estimates by age group, race/ethnicity, and HIV transmission category, CDC conducted a more detailed analysis of data from the new surveillance system. The results indicated that, in 2006, of new HIV infections among males, 72% were in MSM. Among MSM with new infections, 46% were white, 35% were black, and 19% were Hispanic. Among MSM aged 13--29 years, the number of new HIV infections in blacks (5,220) was 1.6 times the number in whites (3,330) and 2.3 times the number in Hispanics (2,300). Among females, the predominant HIV transmission category was high-risk heterosexual contact, which accounted for 80% of new infections. The HIV incidence rate for black females was 14.7 times the rate for white females, and the rate for Hispanic females was 3.8 times the rate for white females. MSM (of all races), blacks, and Hispanics were represented disproportionately in 2006 among those with new HIV infections. The new incidence data will help guide local, state, and national intervention measures tailored to those populations at greatest risk for HIV infection. The ability to distinguish recent from long-standing HIV infection using a serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion (STARHS) (3,4) enabled development of the new national HIV incidence surveillance system and integration with the established national HIV/AIDS reporting system (1). HIV surveillance data, testing and treatment history, and STARHS results are now used to estimate HIV incidence using a stratified extrapolation approach. Detailed descriptions of this method have been published previously (2,5). For this report, the extrapolations were based on a total of 33,802 HIV diagnoses (with or without AIDS, adjusted to 39,400 for reporting delays) in 2006 among adults and adolescents aged >13 years, reported to CDC from 22 states* through June 2007. Based on risk factors, cases were classified in the following hierarchy of transmission categories: 1) male-to-male sexual contact, 2) injection-drug use, 3) both male-to-male sexual contact and injection-drug use, 4) high-risk heterosexual contact (i.e., with a person of the opposite sex known to have HIV or an HIV risk factor [e.g., male-to-male sexual contact or injection-drug use]), and 5) all other risk factors combined. Data for the fifth category are not reported because the number of cases was too small to permit analysis by race/ethnicity. Incidence was calculated for the 22 states included in the analysis and extrapolated to the 50 states and the District of Columbia by applying the ratio of HIV incidence to AIDS in the 22 states to those states without incidence data. Percentages and rates were based on extrapolated data. Rates were calculated based on official postcensal estimates for 2006 (6). Data were adjusted for reporting delays and redistribution of risk factors among persons initially reported without sufficient information to classify them into a transmission category (7). Persons diagnosed with AIDS within 6 months of HIV diagnosis were classified as having long-term infections. Missing testing and treatment history and STARHS results were imputed using a 20-fold multiple imputation procedure (5,8). Stratified data were analyzed for three racial/ethnic populations: white (i.e., non-Hispanic white), black (non-Hispanic black), and Hispanic. An estimated 2.6% of new infections in 2006 occurred among American Indian/Alaska Natives and Asian/Pacific Islanders; however, these populations were not included in the analyses because the small numbers precluded further stratification. The 22 states accounted for approximately 73% of AIDS cases in the United States (excluding territories) diagnosed in 2006. Of the estimated 54,230 new infections among whites, blacks, and Hispanics in 2006, 46% of the infections occurred among blacks, 36% occurred among whites, and 18% occurred among Hispanics. Among males, 40% of new infections occurred in blacks, 41% occurred in whites, and 19% occurred in Hispanics. Among females, 61% of infections were in blacks, 23% were in whites, and 16% were in Hispanics. Among both males and females, the highest rates of new infections occurred among blacks (115.7 and 55.7 per 100,000 population, respectively) (Table). Among black males, the incidence rate was 5.9 times the rate among white males; the rate among black males aged 13--29 years was 7.1 times the rate among white males in the same age group. Among black females, the incidence rate was 14.7 times the rate among white females. Among Hispanic males and females, incidence rates were 2.2 and 3.8 times the rates among white males and females, respectively. High-risk heterosexual contact was the predominant transmission category (80%) among females but accounted for 13% of new infections among males (20% among blacks, 13% among Hispanics, and 6% among whites). The male-to-male sexual contact transmission category represented 72% of new infections among males, including 81% of new infections among whites, 63% among blacks, and 72% among Hispanics. Among MSM, whites had 46% of new infections, and blacks and Hispanics had 35% and 19%, respectively. Among MSM aged 13--29 years, blacks had an estimated 5,220 (48%) infections, compared with 3,300 (31%) for whites and 2,300 (21%) for Hispanics. MSM aged 13--29 years had 38% of new infections among all MSM and 25% of new infections among white MSM, 52% among black MSM, and 43% among Hispanic MSM. Among white MSM, by age group, the largest number of new infections (5,600 [34%]) was among those aged 30--39 years (Figure). Reported by: J Prejean, PhD, R Song, PhD, Q An, MS, HI Hall, PhD, Div of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC. Editorial Note:The new CDC HIV incidence surveillance system provides the first U.S. estimates of HIV incidence based on a biologic marker of recent infection. Recently published estimates of HIV incidence provided overall incidence estimates for the nation (2), but stratification was limited. The additional analyses presented in this report show the distribution of new HIV infections among certain racial/ethnic populations, transmission categories, and age groups. The distribution of new HIV infections in 2006 demonstrates that, more than 25 years after the first report of AIDS, the disease continues to affect the MSM population more than any other in the United States. Although MSM represented the most new infections in the white, black, and Hispanic populations, the age distribution of persons with new infections suggests important differences by race and ethnicity. Among black and Hispanic MSM, most new infections were in persons aged 13--29, whereas, among white MSM, most new infections were in persons aged 30--39 years. The recently published incidence estimates confirmed that new infections of HIV occurred disproportionately among blacks and Hispanics (2). The results in this report indicate further that the disparity between racial/ethnic minorities and whites is greatest among females. Data on new HIV diagnoses, especially among females and young MSM, also have suggested these racial/ethnic differences (9,10); however, using new diagnoses as a proxy for incidence is complicated by numerous factors, including 1) difficulty in ascertaining the relationship between testing rates and HIV diagnoses and 2) diagnoses that occur years after the initial infection. The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, although the 22 states account for 73% of all AIDS diagnoses in the United States (excluding territories), they might not be nationally representative. Data from some areas with high AIDS morbidity but without confidential, name-based HIV reporting in 2006 were not included (e.g., California and the District of Columbia). Second, classification of cases with no risk factor data was based on historical patterns of reassignment to transmission category groups; these cases were assumed to constitute a representative sample of all cases initially reported without a risk factor. Finally, the stratified extrapolation approach is based on a number of assumptions that require more discussion than could be included in this report; however, these assumptions have been discussed fully in previous reports (2,5). In areas not covered by the new CDC HIV incidence surveillance system and in areas without enough HIV incidence surveillance data to accommodate subpopulation analyses, data on HIV diagnoses continue to provide the best data regarding the distribution of HIV infection despite the potential limitations of using HIV diagnosis data as a proxy measurement for HIV incidence. However, comprehensive surveillance systems are essential for HIV incidence estimation. All states are now implementing confidential, name-based HIV surveillance, and national data on HIV diagnoses and incidence likely will continue to improve. CDC will use the HIV incidence data in conjunction with data from the national HIV/AIDS reporting system and other recently implemented surveillance systems (e.g., the Variant, Atypical and Resistant HIV Surveillance System and the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System) to provide greater understanding of the scope of HIV infection and to refine and evaluate national prevention programs. CDC supports state and local health departments and community-based organizations to promote effective HIV prevention interventions that target those persons at greatest risk for HIV infection. Acknowledgments This report is based, in part, on contributions by N Benbow, MAS, Chicago Dept of Public Health, M Merritt, Illinois Dept of Public Health; Y Bennani, MPH, New York City Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene, L Smith, MD, New York State Dept of Health; KA Brady, MD, Philadelphia County Dept of Public Health, G Obiri, DrPH, Pennsylvania Dept of Health; S Chan, MPH, Houston Dept of Health and Human Svcs, Texas; D Crippen, Georgia Div of Public Health; N Diallo, MPH, Virginia Dept of Health; JA Donnelly, Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment; A Exarchos, MPH, Washington State Dept of Health; DK Fields, Indiana State Dept of Health; T Harris, MPH, Oklahoma State Dept of Health; CL Jablonski, MA, Texas Dept of State Health Svcs; K McCormick, MHA, South Carolina Dept of Health and Environmental Control; H Mergenthaler, MPH, Arizona Dept of Health Svcs; A Merriweather, MSPH, Alabama Dept of Public Health; H Noga, MPH, Connecticut Dept of Public Health; M O'Connor, MPH, Michigan Dept of Community Health; PJ Padgett, PhD, North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Svcs; S Ramirez, MPH, Louisiana Dept of Health and Hospitals; C Sadashige, MSS, New Jersey Dept of Health and Senior Svcs; TJ Shavor, MBA, Tennessee Dept of Health; S Singh, MPH, Mississippi State Dept of Health; M Van Dyne, Missouri Dept of Health and Senior Svcs; and S White, MPH, Florida Dept of Health. 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* The 22 states were those with confidential, name-based HIV surveillance and HIV incidence surveillance with adequate data to calculate incidence estimates: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Table
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It is difficult to separate fact from legend in a story as old as that of St. Nicholas. We do know that he was bishop of Myra on the south coast of Turkey in the fourth century. He was imprisoned for his faith and some say martyred during the reign of Diocletian, the Roman Emperor. He was always kind to young people and became the patron saint of children, merchants and sailors, as well as of Russia. The best-known story about St. Nicholas tells how he provided money for dowries for three poor sisters so that they might be happily married. It is believed he died on December 6 in 326 A.D. and this day is commemorated each year in many countries.
In Germany, Holland, Switzerland, and France St. Nicholas visits children on his day. In some countries he is known by his nickname 'Santa Claus.' In Germany he appears in schools and will throw sweets or cookies called pernoten for the children to gather. The festival of St. Nicholas is seen as a community celebration, whereas Christmas is a family time. St. Nicholas, dressed in bishop's robes, asks the children questions about the Christmas story and whether they have been good or bad throughout the year. His companion, Black Peter, writes down the names of any children not knowing the right answers or who have been naughty. They are then urged to put the matter right before Christmas.
In Holland, St. Nicholas and Black Peter arrive by steamer at the port of Amsterdam. St. Nicholas rides a white horse and, followed by a procession of excited children, visits the town and gives presents to the children. In Dutch homes on St. Nicholas' Eve, the children wait with mounting excitement for the doorbell to ring. This is the signal for them to rush to the door to find the basket of presents which he has left on the step. In France, St. Nicholas travels by donkey and the children leave hay beside the fireplace as a treat for the animal. St. Nicholas' favourite drink, and therefore always part of the celebrations, is hot chocolate. In Germany he is given honey cake and in Holland they bake a marvelous St. Nicholas' cake of puff pastry filled with marzipan and nuts (letter banket). In the places where St. Nicholas calls there is always a large tray of assorted cookies ready for him and any other visitors that might call during the Advent season.
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2. Cream the egg with the sugar, and add to the flour and butter mixture.
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4. Cut into shapes and put on to a greased baking tray.
5. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
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Recipe Source: Feasting for Festivals by Jan Wilson, Lion Publishing Corporation, Batavia, Illinois, 1990


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Pizza sauce and dough are two of the simplest things to prepare at home and both can be made in advance. The dough can be made in the food processor and stored in the refrigerator or freezer until you're ready. The pizza sauce goes together in under 45 minutes and also freezes well. There's just no excuse not to make your own.
Oddly enough the best pizza I ever tasted was in a tiny restaurant in Salzburg, Austria many years ago. It was topped with sliced fresh tomatoes, which came as a surprise to me. I almost always use fresh tomatoes now. That particular pizza also omitted the traditional red tomato sauce, but I've used a little of a homemade sauce on my pizza today. Feel free to omit it. It's delicious with or without the sauce.
For the dough I've used rapid-rise yeast. It's a time saver because it is a strain of yeast that doesn't need to be dissolved separately in liquid and the dough only needs to rest 10 minutes instead of the traditional one to two hours to rise.
Here are some tips from Wolfgang Puck for making pizza:
- Always bake in a hot, hot oven.
- Be sure to sprinkle your work surface with flour or cornmeal so your dough doesn't stick.
- Brush dough with olive oil before adding toppings to avoid sogginess.
Quick-rising Pizza Dough in the Food Processor
Makes two 12" crusts
Printable Recipe
2 cups all purpose white flour
2 packages Rapid-Rise yeast
½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
In a large-capacity food processor, combine 1 cup flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Heat ¾ cup water and the oil to 125 to 130 degrees F. With the motor running, slowly pour in the hot liquid through the feed tube. Process, adding up to 1 tablespoons of cold water if needed to make the dough form a ball, then process for 1 minute to knead. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead about 9 to 10 times, then cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10 minutes.
Dough can be made ahead, punched down, dusted with flour and wrapped with plastic wrap and stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator overnight. Bring to room temperature before using. Dough can also be frozen in plastic bags, defrosted overnight in the refrigerator, and then brought to room temperature before using.
Tossing the dough in the air is one of the fun parts of making your own dough. Here I am learning how to toss the dough from a friend of ours at his house. You can probably tell by the look on my face that I was a little afraid of dropping it. It always helps to have someone cheer you on and encourage you when trying something new.
Basic Pizza Sauce
Yield 4 cups, enough for four 12" pizzas
Printable Recipe
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup finely chopped yellow onions
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 - 28oz cans Italian peeled tomatoes, drained and crushed (save liquid)
4 tablespoons tomato paste
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
Pinch of ground allspice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Pinch of hot pepper flakes
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Splash of red wine if desired
Heat the olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the onions and cook over low heat to wilt. Add the garlic and cook a minute or two longer, taking care not to let the garlic burn. Add remaining ingredients (except parsley) including the liquid from the tomatoes. Stir well, cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring once or twice. Remove the lid, add the chopped parsley and wine if using, then simmer an additional 15 minutes or until the sauce is fairly thick, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat, cool, and refrigerate (or freeze).
Fresh Tomato and Basil Pizza
Serves 3 to 4
Printable Recipe
Dough for a 12" pizza, brought to room temperature if it has been refrigerated
Corn meal for preparing baking sheet or pizza stone
2 teaspoons olive oil
½ to ¾ cup pizza sauce (optional)
½ cup grated fresh imported Parmesan cheese (not the stuff in the green can), divided
2 – 3 tomatoes, cut into ¼" slices
6 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Fresh basil leaves for garnish and a wonderful fresh flavor
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet or pizza stone by sprinkling with a little cornmeal. Roll out pizza dough to the desired shape and place on baking sheet or stone. Brush with the olive oil. Spread with pizza sauce if using, leaving a ½ inch border, then sprinkle with half of the Parmesan cheese. Arrange the tomatoes over the cheese and top with garlic, salt and pepper and remaining cheese.
Bake the pizza at 500 degrees F for 12 minutes. Check to see if pizza is crispy. If not, let it cook another minute or two. When done, remove to a cutting board and sprinkle with some torn basil leaves. Let sit for 5 minutes before slicing.
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Did I hear someone say where's the mozzarella cheese? Your wish is my command. One of my favorite pizzas is the classic Pizza Margherita, shown above, made with mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and basil. As the story goes Queen Margherita was visiting Naples in 1889 and grew tired of fancy French fare and wanted to try what the common people ate. The owner of the best pizzeria in all of Naples was summoned to prepare three pizzas for her Highness. His mozzarella version was her favorite so he named it Pizza Margherita in her honor. While many people believe this story, records indicate that pizza with mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, which happen to be the same colors of the Italian flag, was eaten in Naples forty years before she sampled it. You can find my recipe for Pizza Margherita here in an earlier post.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Last Saturday this pretty hot air balloon floated past our lanai as we were having breakfast. Meakin was able to get a good shot of it through the screen don't you think.
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The first line for each weapon is my Chainmail conversion target numbers. The second line is an AD&D Normal Man using the same weapon. I expected the numbers to line up a lot better than they did. If I was Uncle Gary and sat down to write the AD&D version of the chart I would start with the one I already wrote as my basis.


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From prima ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young Misty, who discovers her love of dance through the ballet Coppélia--a story about a toymaker who devises a villainous plan to bring a doll to life.
Misty is so captivated by the tale and its heroine, Swanilda, she decides to audition for the role. But she's never danced ballet before; in fact, this is the very first day of her very first dance class!
Though Misty is excited, she's also nervous. But as she learns from her fellow bunheads, she makes wonderful friends who encourage her to do her very best. Misty's nerves quickly fall away, and with a little teamwork, the bunheads put on a show to remember.
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