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It’s the reality of thousands of people who fled war-torn countries, poverty, hunger and sometimes death. Greek refugee camps are often overpopulated, with scarce access to water, heat, food, or toilets, set up over contaminated soil. They are the closest thing to hell on Earth. The pandemic worsened camps on several fronts. There has been a serious uptick in surveillance technologies administered to refugees since the pandemic started. Not only are refugees detained in inhumane conditions, but they are also subjected to strict surveillance inside and outside the camps, serving as guinea pigs for authoritarian technologies that are then used on the general population....

Often known by the brand name Piascledine, ASU supplements are available over the counter (OTC) as capsules that are taken by mouth. How ASU Works ASU contains one-third avocado and two-thirds soybean unsaponifiables—components of lipids that are unique in their composition in that they cannot be formed into soap. While the latter part of that definition seems irrelevant, it is the unique composition of unsaponifiables that is believed to be involved in its health benefits....

Last week, 100 House and Senate members signed a letter calling on Biden to extend the current pause on student loan payments past August 31. Former President Donald Trump first paused these payments during the beginning of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Biden followed suit, extending it until the end of this month. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently told reporters that Biden will soon “make a decision” on possibly extending the pause once again....

Avulsions are devastating injuries, and they come with a high degree of infection risk—similar to burns. They are commonly caused by animal bites, industrial equipment injuries, or motor vehicle accidents (especially motorcycles). Avulsion or Degloving An avulsion injury extends through all the layers of skin. You may be able to lift up a flap of tissue that is still connected, or the tissue could be completely detached from the body....

If you are not familiar with these marathons, they are semi-annual events that take place in January and alternating months in summer. Broadcast entirely on Twitch, they’re an opportunity for expert speedrunners to demonstrate their encyclopaedic knowledge of certain titles by completing them extraordinarily fast. In order to shave off as many seconds as possible from their posted times, these extremely committed players will often learn their chosen games inside out....

“What just transpired in the Senate was anything but a fair trial—it was a cover up coordinated by Mitch McConnell on behalf of the Occupant of the White House,” Pressley said in a series of tweets. “While this is a dark day, I have not lost faith in the resiliency of this nation.” “I find solace in the fact that Donald Trump is forever impeached by the House of Representatives,” Pressley added....

Although federal health officials have said staff and workers at correctional facilities should be among the first to receive vaccinations for the novel coronavirus, they have not listed prisoners as a priority. Massachusetts, Pressley’s state, has selected inmates as one of the first groups to receive vaccinations—ahead of seniors, home health aides and medically vulnerable state residents. “I’m going to continue to fight for our most vulnerable communities who have been disproportionally impacted by the virus, for our health care workers, for our essential workers, for incarcerated men and women to be prioritized in the distribution of the vaccine,” Pressley told CNN....

In a press conference held on Wednesday, technical lead for WHO’s COVID-19 response, Maria Van Kerkhove addressed the question of the BA.2 subvariant’s dominance, revealing that it now accounts for the vast majority of cases sequenced by experts. She said: “About 86 percent of the sequences that are available from the last four weeks are this BA.2 sublineage the rest are BA.1. So we are seeing an increasing proportion of BA....

Now, Marleigh has finally aced pouring drinks, after repeatedly going viral for her previous attempts. Of course, a baby pouring a drink for the first time isn’t out of the ordinary, but most babies don’t have an audience of millions anticipating it. In November 2020, Rooney shared Marleigh’s first attempt at pouring a drink, and has since been regularly sharing her progress to his followers. The pair went viral on November 2 when he first told her to pour orange juice into a cup....

When I was applying to college, Indiana University was the cheapest of the top-10 undergraduate business schools in the country. For a kid with little money but a strong interest in business, attending IU was probably the luckiest move I ever made. As a freshman, I decided to complete the toughest requirements for my major early on and take my freshman classes during senior year–mainly so that by the time I was old enough to drink, classes wouldn’t be so hard....

That success–at the expense of Communists and liberals–worries Russia’s neighbors, scares the country’s ethnic minorities and has gotten the Kremlin to sit up and pay attention. The United States, too, is watching to see if Rogozin’s anti-American rhetoric translates into a tougher foreign policy, especially if (as a long shot) he gets the foreign-minister spot in Vladimir Putin’s new government after the March presidential election. Rogozin speaks five languages and heads the Duma’s foreign-affairs committee–and is keenly aware of the unease he inspires, especially among East Europeans....

Once more violence convulses central Africa, a region where unspeakable catastrophes now appear chronic. First there was genocide in Rwanda, where as many as 1 million people, mostly Tutsi, were bludgeoned and hacked to death in 1994. Then came a lethal tidal wave of refugees, mostly Hutus fearing reprisals for those massacres, over the border from Rwanda into Zaire. Now some refugee camps are shutting down as their miserable inhabitants flee the latest disaster: battles between the bedraggled army of Zaire and Tutsi rebels....

Indiscretion and self-promotion are high crimes in Cheney’s world. His Secret Service code name was once “Backseat,” and not by accident. From his days as a whiz-kid chief of staff to President Gerald Ford, he has been both faithful subordinate and ultimate insider. As a vice presidential running mate, Cheney, now 59, fits seamlessly into the culture of the Bush family, where loyalty and team play count for just about everything....

Lay that rumor to rest. The Brits are huge football fans. Let’s check out this video they made of the College Football Playoff title game called “Bad British NFL Commentary 2 | 2015 Super Bowl” — oh, that’s not a good start. MORE: Who is Kyler Murray? | ESPN, NFL lobbying to reschedule CFP | Heisman trophy winners Okay, so maybe they still have a thing or two to learn, but they have the commentary game on lock....

Rookie Dexter McDougle tore his ACL in one-on-one drills that pitted wide receivers against cornerbacks who both were trying to snatch passes out of the air in the end zone. He will likely be out for the entirety of the 2014-15 season. Wide receiver Stephen Hill reached over McDougle, whose cleat got snagged in the turf as he fell down in the end zone. He was able to walk off the field without assistance....

That’s especially true since fate seems to be what’s been driving this Senators miracle run. MORE: Six big losers on NHL’s biggest, happiest night yet | Pacioretty expected to be ready for playoffs | Brian Murray’s cancer fight Boston’s 4-2 regulation loss to the Panthers on Thursday not only kept the Sens’ playoff chances alive, it also left the door wide open for them to waltz into sole possession of the first wild-card spot — something that was unthinkable two months when Ottawa sat 14 points out of the race....

Wisconsin may not have played in the NCAA hockey tournament this season, but it still has a presence as the host school at Tampa’s Amalie Arena. MORE: Red Wings’ ranking in postseason streaks | Former coach Jacques Demers hospitalized after stroke The NCAA announced in 2013 that Wisconsin would serve as the host for the 2016 Frozen Four in Tampa, despite taking place 1,300 miles away from Madison. The last time Wisconsin hosted the Frozen Four was in 2006, when the Badgers won their sixth national championship in Milwaukee....

The Ivory Coast international made a strong start to the season and formed a good partnership with Phil Jones. But he has not featured since the start of November due to a problematic ankle and that now looks set to ruin much of the remainder of his season. Mourinho revealed on Thursday that the centre-back’s injury is serious and is likely to require surgery, something the Portuguese has now been able to confirm....

MORE: Sooners QB Baker Mayfield reveals details of illness The Heisman Trophy winner has been battling “flu-like” symptoms, but appears to be feeling back to normal. “I’m not dying, but I’m not feeling 100 percent right now,” Mayfield told reporters on Saturday. Mayfield was also spotted carrying a “pretenders” sign into the Rose Bowl. The quarterback hasn’t forgotten what ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso said about the Sooners back in August, calling them pretenders....