Jamaican freed after 3-year US detention
Sunday, March 03, 2013 | 8:40 AM

STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia (CMC) – A Jamaican immigrant held in detention for almost three years has expressed delight with his new-found freedom, exclaiming that he’s “free” after United States immigration authorities last week released him and thousands of Caribbean and other immigrants.
“I’m good, man. I’m free!” exclaimed Anthony Orlando Williams, 52, after his release.

Williams, who became an illegal immigrant when he overstayed a visitor’s visa in 1991, said he was detained in 2010 by a sheriff’s deputy in Gwinnett County, Georgia, when authorities discovered that he had violated probation for a 2005 conviction for “simple assault, simple battery and child abuse.”
Williams said the charges emerged from a domestic dispute with his wife at the time.
He said he was transferred to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, and has been fighting a deportation order with the aid of Families for Freedom, a New York-based immigrant support group.
Williams called his detention“a long, long, long run.”
A review of internal US government budget documents has revealed that the US Homeland Security Department, which overseas ICE released more than 2,000 illegal Caribbean and other immigrants facing deportation from immigration detention centres because of budget cuts.
The department also plans to release 3,000 more during March, according to the documents, which show that ICE released about 1,000 illegal immigrants from jails around the country each week since at least February 15.
“As fiscal uncertainty remains over the continuing resolution and possible sequestration, ICE has reviewed its detained population to ensure detention levels stay within ICE’s current budget,” said ICE spokeswoman, Gillian M Christensen, in a statement.
The American Civil Liberties Union said that detaining immigrants is an expensive business, with an average daily cost of US$122 to US$164 per person.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said ICE “will be forced” under sequestration to reduce detention and removal of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants.
Immigrant rights advocates have long called for ICE to release some detainees, either to allow them to stay in the US or to keep them out of prison-like detention centres until they are deported.
The Obama administration has repeatedly said it will apply more prosecutorial discretion to immigration, releasing immigrants deemed low-priority so it can focus resources on those who are potentially dangerous or otherwise a high priority.

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Mandela wine launched in US

March 3 2013 at 12:50pm
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Associated Press
Nelson Mandela.
A wine company bearing the name of the former president Nelson Mandela has been established in the United States, the Sunday Sun reported.

The “House of Mandela” wine company was started by his daughter Makaziwe Mandela and granddaughter Tukwini Mandela last week.

“The wine movement is growing and more people are experiment(ing) with wine beyond spirit drinks,” Tukwini Mandela told the newspaper.

“There’s a large segment of the black community who are interested in wine.”

The wine can be bought online and is also available in China, Brazil, Europe and Africa.

The company’s website highlights the importance of the wine industry in South Africa, noting that: “Like wine, South Africa is a kaleidoscope of different colours and textures.”

According to the website, the prices of the company’s wines range from R47.95 for “The Thembu Collection Shiraz 2012” to R264.95 for the House of Mandela Cabernet Sauvignon 2008”.

“The Thembu Collection Shiraz 2012” is described as having “a soft and approachable style, drinking well in its youth”.

The “House of Mandela Cabernet Sauvignon 2008” is described as having aromatics of “blackberry, violets and liquorice, which are inter-mingled with vanilla, graphite and nuances of cigar box and sandalwood”. – Sapa

The Science of Kissing
(CNN) — There’s nothing like a romantic kiss. It is the climax of every great love story and an experience that has motivated poets and musicians for thousands of years. It’s also a wonderful example of a behavior that is both nature and nurture. Humans have an instinctive drive to connect through kissing, but the style and expression is shaped by our culture and personal experiences.

Beneath the surface, a kiss serves as the ultimate litmus test for a relationship. It can urge us to pursue a deeper connection with someone special or act as a warning to back off when something just doesn’t feel right. Science is finally beginning to unravel the mystery of how this happens.

While we don’t often think of them in this way, human lips are the body’s most exposed erogenous zone. Packed with sensitive nerve endings, even a light brush sends a cascade of information to our brains helping us to decide whether we want to continue and what might happen next.

Lip contact involves five of our 12 cranial nerves as we engage all of our senses to learn more about a partner. Electric impulses bounce between the brain, lips, tongue and skin, which can lead to the feeling of being on a natural “high” because of a potent cocktail of chemical messengers involved.

A passionate kiss acts like a drug, causing us to crave the other person thanks to a neurotransmitter called dopamine. This is the same substance involved in taking illegal substances such as cocaine, which is why the novelty of a new romance can feel so addictive. Dopamine is involved in sensations of reward, making us feel intense desire that can lead to feelings of euphoria, insomnia, and loss of appetite, and it is only one actor in the great chemical ballet happening in our bodies.

And then there are physical changes. A kiss can cause our blood vessels to dilate, our pulse to quicken and cheeks to flush. Our pupils grow wide, which is likely one reason that so many of us are apt to close our eyes. In other words, the body’s response mirrors many of the same symptoms frequently associated with falling in love.

But let’s be honest; not every kiss leaves us wanting more.
Evolutionary psychologists at The State University of New York at Albany recently reported that 59% of men and 66% of women say that they have ended a budding relationship because of a bad kiss. How is it that such a seemingly simple exchange has the power to influence attraction dramatically?

We can readily describe sensations of butterflies in the stomach or feeling weak in the knees when things go well, but we are less aware of the ways that kissing helps us to make a reliable assessment of another person. An often-overlooked organ that’s intimately involved in the experience is the nose.

Beyond obvious mood spoilers such as poor hygiene and bad breath, we each have a distinct natural scent that appears to guide us toward choosing a partner with compatible DNA. Scientists have found that women prefer the scents of men with a complementary set of genes that code for the immune system. The benefit may be that if children come along down the line, they would be well-equipped to ward off disease.

Of course, some people worry about the way that a kiss also puts us in very close proximity to another person’s germs. But in reality, we’re more likely to get sick by shaking hands throughout the day than by kissing.

It’s necessary to include one important caveat: There seems to be a rise in the number of young people biting each other to express affection.

This may be due, in part, to vampires in Hollywood making the exchange look extremely good on the big screen. However, biting your loved ones is the least appropriate way to show you care because injecting potentially dangerous viruses and bacteria directly into someone’s blood stream can be deadly.

Blood-sucking aside, kissing allows us to cross normal social boundaries and get close enough for a reliable sample of scent, taste and possibly pheromones providing insight into long-term compatibility. In other words, there’s more to a kiss than meets the lips.

We may not be actively aware of all of the significant ways our bodies respond, but kisses are powerful clues to evaluate when to pursue a relationship and when to move on. Fortunately, understanding the real chemistry involved doesn’t take any of the magic out of the moment, but it might boost the odds of leaving a lasting impression.

Editor’s note: Sheril Kirshenbaum is the author of “The Science of Kissing” and a research scientist at The University of Texas at Austin. She spoke last year at the TED Global conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Title: She’s a Whore.

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Women have endured so much since the beginning of time. Why are men so Quick to call a woman a whore especially when it was his fault? She loved him and tried to make it work but he cheated,What other option does a woman have than to try again move on to the next…then the next doesn’t workout she has to pickup the pieces and move on again..is This woman really a Whore?

Then their is the Woman that grew up without a father…The little girl looking for daddy,resenting men, might have been molested when she was younger and there was no daddy there to help her so she might have turned alittle promiscuous…Is she just a Whore?

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Another ‘banged up abroad’ story has taken place in Istanbul (Turkey) when a 66-year-old Nigerian woman was caught O in her wig. The police operation was recorded on cameras, and the moments were released in a footage…

The 66-year-old Jose O. of Nigeria was detected to be a drug courier by the police, and she was monitored before being caught in a hotel in Istanbul’s Laleli neighbourhood of Fatih district. An amount of 1 kg and 40 gram cocaine was found in her ‘wig’, and the police operation was recorded by a camera.

The old woman appeared in Istanbul Courthouse before she was arrested and sent to Bakirkoy Prison for Woman and Juveniles. –

A despondent palm wine tapper, identified as Nwandu (Surname withheld) operating in Ugbolu community near Asaba, yesterday, allegedly committed suicide following his inability to make love to his wife in the last few weeks.

Reports said that the palm wine tapper, a native of Ogbaru in Anambra state, has been married to his wife for over seven years before his séx organ began to disappoint him.

Sources said that the man has been having problem with his genitals since the beginning of the month of February this year.

The resultant failure on his part to satisfy his wife séxually, gave rise to repeated quarrels especially as blamed malaria for his dereliction of duty.

LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the situation persisted until last Thursday night when he allegedly made another failed attempt.

Police authorities in the state confirmed that the body of the palm wine tapper has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary for autopsy and added that investigation was ongoing.

LEADERSHIP checks revealed that the palm wine tapper in the early hours of that fateful day had complained of stomach discomfort to his wife who unsuspectingly gave him tissue paper for toilet.

But the near hopeless dashed into the bush path where he allegedly hung himself on a tree.

At the time of death he had three children.