All categories - 20 September 2007

e focusing on school work, i know it sounds dum, but they don't wash under their fingernails, and when their doing whatever to you yyuo don't think about it.

2007-09-20 13:20:46 · 7 answers · asked by missusa2003 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I'm dying to have long boots (calf, or knee-length) for fall/winter, but I'm a plus size girl with larger calves. Does anyone know where I can find some classy, sexy, affordable, tall boots that will fit?

2007-09-20 13:20:31 · 9 answers · asked by Deana F 1 in Fashion & Accessories

Woman sacked for revealing UN links with sex trade
By Daniel McGrory
How a tribunal vindicated an investigator who blew whistle on workers in Bosnia



A DAMNING dossier sent by Kathryn Bolkovac to her employers, detailing UN workers’ involvement in the sex trade in Bosnia, cost the American her job with the international police force.
She was sacked after disclosing that UN peacekeepers went to nightclubs where girls as young as 15 were forced to dance naked and have sex with customers, and that UN personnel and international aid workers were linked to prostitution rings in the Balkans.

After a two-year battle, an employment tribunal ruled yesterday that Ms Bolkovac was unfairly dismissed by DynCorp, an American company whose branch in Salisbury, Wiltshire, dealt with the contracts of the American officers working for the international police force in Bosnia. There will be a further hearing at Southampton to decide the amount of compensation DynCorp must pay Ms Bolkovac.

During her time in Bosnia as an investigator, Ms Bolkovac, 41, uncovered evidence of girls who refused to have sex being beaten and raped in bars by their pimps while peacekeepers stood and watched. She discovered that one UN policeman who was supposed to be investigating the sex trade paid £700 to a bar owner for an underage girl who he kept captive in his apartment to use in his own prostitution racket.

She detailed her findings in a series of explicit e-mails to DynCorp, but after first being demoted and transferred from the investigation she was sacked for allegedly falsifying her timekeeping records.

Charles Twiss, the tribunal chairman, said: “We have considered DynCorp’s explanation of why they dismissed her and find it completely unbelievable. There is no doubt whatever that the reason for her dismissal was that she made a protected disclosure and was unfairly dismissed.”

There are powerful voices in support of her claims, including that of Madeleine Rees, the head of the UN Human Rights Commission office in Sarajevo, who is in no doubt that trafficking in women started with the arrival of the international peacekeepers in 1992.

As well as 21,000 Nato peacekeepers and aid workers, there were police from 40 countries trying to keep Bosnia’s warring factions apart.

“When the civil war ended in 1992 there were curfews and ordinary people didn’t have cars or money,” Ms Rees said. “Only the international community would have been able to get to the flats and bars being made available with foreign women.” She estimates that there are more than 900 premises in Bosnia where sex can be bought.

Richard Monk, a former senior British policeman who ran the UN police operation in Bosnia until 1999, said: “There were truly dreadful things going on by UN police officers from a number of countries. I found it incredible that I had to set up an internal affairs department to investigate complaints that officers were having sex with minors and prostitutes.

“The British officers were on the whole extremely good and very professional, setting a great example. But there were policemen from other countries who should not have been in uniform.”

The tribunal was told that a senior UN official, Dennis Laducer, was caught in one of the most notorious brothels. Mr Laducer, Deputy Commissioner of the International Police Task Force, was investigated by UN human rights officers and is no longer with the mission.

The ruling yesterday will cause further embarrassment to the UN over the behaviour of its peacekeepers. In March investigators disclosed that British aid workers and the UN contingent in Sierra Leone were demanding sex from teenage refugees in exchange for food and money. The UN’s refugee agency, which carried out the inquiry, told of “a shameful catalogue of sexual abuse”.

Ms Bolkovac, a mother of three who now lives in The Netherlands, said that she was elated by the tribunal’s ruling. “Now I hope to gain more international exposure for this problem,” she said.

She was posted to Sarajevo in 1999 to investigate the traffic in young women from Eastern Europe. “When I started collecting evidence from the victims of sex-trafficking, it was clear that a number of UN officers were involved from several countries, including quite a few from Britain,” she said. “I was shocked, appalled and disgusted. They were supposed to be over there to help, but they were committing crimes themselves. But when I told the supervisors they didn’t want to know”. Two Britons, a UN peacekeeper and a policeman, have been sent home after allegations involving the sex trade. Both are being investigated.

Ms Bolkovac said that she witnessed frightened young women given exotic dance costumes by club owners, who told them they had to perform sex acts on customers, including UN personnel, to pay for the outfits.

“The women who refused were locked in rooms and food and outside contact was withheld for days or weeks. After this time they were told to dance naked on table tops and sit with clients, recommending the person buy a bottle of champagne for DM200, which includes a room and ‘escort’.

“If the women still refuse to perform sex acts with the customers, they are beaten and raped in the rooms by the bar owners and their associates. They are told if they go to the police they will be arrested for prostitution and being an illegal immigrant.”

Within days of reporting her findings in October 2000 she was demoted and six months later was sacked. She claimed that DynCorp wanted her removed because her work was threatening its “lucrative contract” to supply officers to the UN mission. DynCorp said that she was dismissed for gross misconduct. During the hearing DynCorp admitted that it had dismissed three officers for using prostitutes. Since 1998, eight DynCorp employees have been sent home from Bosnia; none has been prosecuted.

2007-09-20 13:20:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know this is going to sound stupid, and I don't know if I have any diseases or anything but your help is appreciated. I am a freshman and I hate my voice. I don't have gay voice but for some reason I can't talk to people because I am embaresed about my voice or I think I won't be able to socialize with them. Also I have to touch things a certain amount of times (I need to count in my head) and if I don't do this I feel like something bad is going to happen to me like I won't be able to talk to my friends or I wont know how to make people laugh. I try to fight it but it haunts me everyday, lowering my self-esteem the point of thoughts of suicide. If anyone knows whats wrong with me or has any help, it's appreciated. Thanks for reading

2007-09-20 13:20:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I'm Christian. I just don't think it will work. Sure she seems nice, but it feels weird. It's not going to be easy to convert one another to the other faith. Plus you might even be turned to their faith. So I don't know what do you guys say. What do Christians say.

2007-09-20 13:20:24 · 45 answers · asked by 2nd Commander 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay so I was computing.. And all of a sudden. My ear started vibrating, and I could feel it all. It went on for about 45 seconds and stopped. I hear perfect and don't have anything wrong with my ears.

2007-09-20 13:20:00 · 6 answers · asked by nick 5 in Other - Health

2007-09-20 13:19:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Wrestling

God or Satan?

2007-09-20 13:19:52 · 17 answers · asked by - 3 in Religion & Spirituality

He doesn't want to pay support anymore and I don't want him to have custody or visitation, so we are both in agreement to terminate his rights. Where can I get the forms for him to do this? He lives in CA, where the custody and support orders are, but my daughter and I have lived in AZ the past 7 mos.

2007-09-20 13:19:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-20 13:19:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

The answer I got was -16 is this correct or did I get it wrong

2007-09-20 13:19:35 · 10 answers · asked by m&m 1 in Mathematics

Then that way there would be no more drafts or terminations towards deathrow inmates. And if they survive and come back they can earn there freedom again. Wouldn't that be a good idea? Maybe somehow have the deathrow inmates get some kind of training or something. If they serve they're years in war then they get to be a free man once again, & have another chance at life. Is that a great idea? Whats your guys opinion?

2007-09-20 13:19:15 · 16 answers · asked by Yay Area 5 in Other - Politics & Government

Please, explain your answer.

2007-09-20 13:19:08 · 19 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi, I am currently a junior in MechE. I picked mechanical because it's the 'ever green' engineering field, meaning it's the most versatile in job selection and it allows you to do a master's in just about any engineering discipline. But after looking at some coursework that MechEs and ChemEs share (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, etc.), I realized that I am more passionate about those subjects and chemistry subjects. I go to a top 5 MechE school, and I've talked to an advisor from the ChemE department. She told me the only coursework that they require for you to make up is Transport Processes and Reactor Engineering. I was surprised because I thought more would be required (like Orgo, separations, etc.). So, finally, here's my question: what additional coursework would you RECOMMEND that I make up? If ChemEs in the field are reading this, which subjects from your courses do you find to use the most and are most helpful to your work? Thank you.

2007-09-20 13:18:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

Should I ask my doctor for a prescription? I can't sleep and I'm a nervous wreck! I have always had anxiety.

2007-09-20 13:18:40 · 5 answers · asked by Zennjenn 3 in Cancer

For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of “all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses” (Joshua 6). In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody! In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.



The God of the Bible also allows slavery, including selling your own daughter as a sex slave (Exodus 21:1-11), child abuse (Judges 11:29-40 and Isaiah 13:16), and bashing babies against rocks (Hosea 13:16 & Psalms 137:9).

2007-09-20 13:18:27 · 10 answers · asked by hh 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-20 13:18:15 · 24 answers · asked by Flaming Tresses aka Walkingbymoonlight 5 in Polls & Surveys

When the world spins the clouds move...or is it that the world spins....and the clouds dont move?

2007-09-20 13:18:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Weather

syria does not attck back. why is this. is this wmds from iraq. seems like syria has not made much of a stink about this. any thoughts why. neither has iran.

2007-09-20 13:18:01 · 7 answers · asked by tentieooo 3 in Other - Politics & Government

1 - 2/3y = 9/5 - y/5 + 3/5 Solve for Y

2007-09-20 13:17:52 · 1 answers · asked by KitKatbar 2 in Mathematics

this guy is sending me signals
but i do not know what they mean they r really messed up

he says he likes me then he says that i scare him then he pretends to put his arm around then he says he dispises me then today when i hitted him he sead cool that i touched him then he put his arm on my arm then he put his arm all the way around me but then he says that he does not like me then also today he was pushing me and throwing acorns at me and this was before he sead cool that i touched him then he put his arm on my arm then he put his arm all the way around me


does this mean he likes me i have told him that i like him and he keeps doing this to me and i can not understand


plz help me i need as much help as i can


so anyone can answer this

2007-09-20 13:17:41 · 9 answers · asked by Rawr1995 1 in Singles & Dating

I need some information on Syria's government for a paper that was assigned a couple of days ago. How is it that a Shiite government rules Syria when 75% of the population is Sunni. How is it that the leader is actually popular with the public?

Thanks for all your answers and insights.

2007-09-20 13:17:30 · 2 answers · asked by anonymous 3 in Current Events

what happens now?

2007-09-20 13:17:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

The envelopes are hand written to my personal address and were mailed from Cheyenne, WY! Many people in our little town received them.

2007-09-20 13:17:22 · 8 answers · asked by 109stitches 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm temporarily out of country. My Florida driver license has been expired last month. Do Florida have some king of renewal restrictions? And also can I renew license for example in Miami, but my residence in Jacksonville?

2007-09-20 13:17:19 · 4 answers · asked by rts 2 in Insurance & Registration

A bank has approved our offer for a short sale of a home in pre-foreclosure. The current owner of the property has told us he will only move forward with settlement if he can have two months free rent back while he finds someplace to go. If it came down to it, and I accepted this offer, to what lengths could the current owner extend his stay beyond those two months--through filing bankruptcies, or other legal means that could prevent me from moving forward with an eviction? Clearly, I am not going to move forward unless I KNOW that I can control when he vacates the property. How long could he potentially "squat", once I settle on the house, before I could have him evicted? Again--for you legal experts out there--this is in the state of Virginia.

Thanks!

2007-09-20 13:17:19 · 7 answers · asked by Justin F 1 in Renting & Real Estate

i would like to know what some of UR favorite poems are one of mine is edgar alan poe my anabel lee, by the sea

2007-09-20 13:17:06 · 21 answers · asked by bubblebee 2 in Poetry

What are the bible books: 42-46????

2007-09-20 13:17:05 · 5 answers · asked by k l 1 in Homework Help

I don't think so, but i want your opinion.

2007-09-20 13:16:56 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys