Ukrainian manufacturer preparing to sell Adolf Hitler dolls
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Correction — May 3, 2008 This article has been retracted. This article has been deemed a hoax. Please see the follow up article, Hitler doll story found to be hoaxed, for more information.
News reports are claiming that dolls depicting former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler will go on sale in Ukraine. These reports cite Ukraine’s Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper which reported that a toy manufacturer would release the line of Hitler dolls in the summer.
The 40cm doll will reportedly first be available in Kiev with a £100 (GBP) price tag and comes with a large range of accessories in a presentation box with the dates of Hitler’s birth and death.
Nazis images are illegal in Ukraine, with positive portrayal specifically banned. However, there are allegations that right-wing nationalist politics are gaining strength in the country and that xenophobia and racism are on the rise, including some said to be comparable to that present in Germany under Nazi rule. Fascism and propaganda are also banned.
When the former Soviet Union, including Ukraine, was invaded by Germany under Hitler’s rule 2–3 million Ukrainians were among the casualties, of which 1.5 million were Jews.
Adolf can be dressed in various guises, including “early days Adolf”, which consists of a brown shirt and jodhpurs, and “Wartime Adolf”, which features a grey tunic, black trousers and the Iron Cross medal. The doll also comes with boots and shoes, caps, gloves, full uniforms, cane and belt which can be placed on Hitler, whose arms move, allowing the doll to replicate the famed salute of its real life counterpart.
| Kids can undress fuhrer, pin on medals and there’s a spare head in the kit to give him a kinder expression on his face | ||
Also included is a model of Blondi, Hitler’s female German Shepherd, who was exceedingly loyal to Hitler. Hitler poisoned Blondi with cyanide in 1945 at the same time as taking his own life in his bunker at Berlin.
“It is like Barbie. Kids can undress fuhrer, pin on medals and there’s a spare head in the kit to give him a kinder expression on his face. He has glasses that are round, in the manner of pacifist John Lennon,” said one saleswoman. The company, which will release the dolls in Summer, says that if demand is high a range of toys themed on the Third Reich may be released, to include barracks, working models of crematoriums and gas chambers, concentration camps and interior models of the chancellery.
The doll is not set to be released until the summer, but BBC News Online has footage suggesting that some stores are selling the doll already.
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U.S. Secret Service are warning retailers and consumers in Connecticut that fake $ 100 bills and are in circulation in the state.
Connecticut Better Business Bureau (BBB) has been notified of a counterfeit notes had been sent to a retailer not identified in southern Connecticut. According to the BBB in Connecticut, started the project as a legitimate banknote counterfeit $ 5
“The culprits apparently used a technique that money laundering is legal and amendment of bills to look like $ 100 bills, said the BBB in a statement.” Many companies use special pencils to detect fakes, but, pens can not give the right to confirm suspicion of changing money, and is not sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury. “
The BBB advise business owners in Connecticut to turn to banks for help. Banks, BBB notes, and works closely with government investigators, using a technology that can tell if the paper money has been changed, and report cases of counterfeit money for secret services.
If you receive a fake, you can not recover your money, but the BBB says that companies can deduct losses from counterfeit money, a tax deduction.
Unfortunately, the counterfeits not limited to the state of Connecticut. I remember a detective from Philadelphia said that counterfeiters are highly mobile and come in all sizes and shapes.
“Some counterfeiters use the drug addicts and street people to spread false invoices for $ 10 and $ 20 for a wide range of commercial enterprises. Business owners do not take into account the substance or invoices for purchases and bills are so small,” says detective. “Thieves who use $ 50 and $ 100 notes have a tendency to be more professional. They have legitimate expectations and future employers are willing to accept the fake notes, without being suspicious. “
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Detective said business owners should train their staff to review all invoices received, $ 10 and above. If they think they get a fake bill, call the police.
Owners of small businesses must be aware of the many ways to detect counterfeit money. The Secret Service provides the following methods to detect counterfeit bills:
Hold a bill to the light and looking for a hologram of the face on the bill. The two images are matched. For 100 U.S. dollars has been painted, the hologram shows a photograph of Abraham Lincoln that appears of $ 5 bills instead of Benjamin Franklin.
As for the bill by a narrow band also shows a vertical contains text that details the name Bill.
I will also give you some advice from the U.S. Treasury Department:
Color-shifting ink: If you hold the new series bill (except for $ 5) and tilt back and forth, please note the number in the lower right corner changes color from green to black and vice versa.
Watermark: Hold the bill to a light to view watermark in an unprinted space to the right of the portrait. The watermark may be visible from both sides of the bill because not just printed on the bill, but is embedded in the document.
Security Thread: Hold the bill to a light to see the security thread. You will see a thin imbedded strip from top to bottom in the face of a ticket. I is $ 10 and $ 50 the security strip on the right of the portrait, and $ 5, $ 20 and $ 100, which lies just to the left of the portrait.
Ultra Violet Glow: If the project is to ultraviolet light, light blue $ 5 bill, orange for $ 10 billion, light green $ 20 note, which is illustrated $ 50 bill yellow, and the $ 100 bill glows red – if they are authentic!
Microprinting: It is the way micro-minute security: the $ 5 bill has “USA FIVE” written on the thread, the $ 10 bill “USA TEN” written on the thread, it has $ 20 bill “USA twenty ‘written on the thread, $ 50 bill has “USA 50” written on the thread, has the $ 100 bill words “USA 100” written in the security thread. Microprinting are standing around and the security thread.
Fineline Printing reasons: very fine lines were added behind the portrait and the stage at the back to make it more difficult to reproduce.
Comparison: Compare the feel and texture of paper with accounts that you know is genuine.
If you think you have a counterfeit note, the U.S. Treasury Department recommended the following steps:
Do not put yourself in danger.
Do not return the bill to passersby.
Delay to spend it with an excuse, if possible.
Observe the description pass – and descriptions of their peers – and record their license plate number if possible.
Contact your local police or call your local Secret Service.
Print initials and date in the white border area suspected to be counterfeit.
Do not touch the fake note. Slip into a protective cover, a plastic bag or envelope to protect it until it is placed in the hands of an identified Special Secret Agent. You can also send to your nearest office of the Secret Service.
Remember, if you pass a counterfeit bill, you pay. Thus, accepting cash, it is better to be well informed about copyright infringement.
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Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
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A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. Two weeks ago Dr. Siemionow, in a 23-hour marathon surgery, replaced 80 percent of her face, by transplanting or grafting bone, nerve, blood vessels, muscles and skin harvested from a female donor’s cadaver.
The Clinic surgeons, in Wednesday’s news conference, described the details of the transplant but upon request, the team did not publish her name, age and cause of injury nor the donor’s identity. The patient’s family desired the reason for her transplant to remain confidential. The Los Angeles Times reported that the patient “had no upper jaw, nose, cheeks or lower eyelids and was unable to eat, talk, smile, smell or breathe on her own.” The clinic’s dermatology and plastic surgery chair, Francis Papay, described the nine hours phase of the procedure: “We transferred the skin, all the facial muscles in the upper face and mid-face, the upper lip, all of the nose, most of the sinuses around the nose, the upper jaw including the teeth, the facial nerve.” Thereafter, another team spent three hours sewing the woman’s blood vessels to that of the donor’s face to restore blood circulation, making the graft a success.
The New York Times reported that “three partial face transplants have been performed since 2005, two in France and one in China, all using facial tissue from a dead donor with permission from their families.” “Only the forehead, upper eyelids, lower lip, lower teeth and jaw are hers, the rest of her face comes from a cadaver; she could not eat on her own or breathe without a hole in her windpipe. About 77 square inches of tissue were transplanted from the donor,” it further described the details of the medical marvel. The patient, however, must take lifetime immunosuppressive drugs, also called antirejection drugs, which do not guarantee success. The transplant team said that in case of failure, it would replace the part with a skin graft taken from her own body.
Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, a Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeon praised the recent medical development. “There are patients who can benefit tremendously from this. It’s great that it happened,” he said.
Leading bioethicist Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania withheld judgment on the Cleveland transplant amid grave concerns on the post-operation results. “The biggest ethical problem is dealing with failure — if your face rejects. It would be a living hell. If your face is falling off and you can’t eat and you can’t breathe and you’re suffering in a terrible manner that can’t be reversed, you need to put on the table assistance in dying. There are patients who can benefit tremendously from this. It’s great that it happened,” he said.
Dr Alex Clarke, of the Royal Free Hospital had praised the Clinic for its contribution to medicine. “It is a real step forward for people who have severe disfigurement and this operation has been done by a team who have really prepared and worked towards this for a number of years. These transplants have proven that the technical difficulties can be overcome and psychologically the patients are doing well. They have all have reacted positively and have begun to do things they were not able to before. All the things people thought were barriers to this kind of operations have been overcome,” she said.
The first partial face transplant surgery on a living human was performed on Isabelle Dinoire on November 27 2005, when she was 38, by Professor Bernard Devauchelle, assisted by Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard in Amiens, France. Her Labrador dog mauled her in May 2005. A triangle of face tissue including the nose and mouth was taken from a brain-dead female donor and grafted onto the patient. Scientists elsewhere have performed scalp and ear transplants. However, the claim is the first for a mouth and nose transplant. Experts say the mouth and nose are the most difficult parts of the face to transplant.
In 2004, the same Cleveland Clinic, became the first institution to approve this surgery and test it on cadavers. In October 2006, surgeon Peter Butler at London‘s Royal Free Hospital in the UK was given permission by the NHS ethics board to carry out a full face transplant. His team will select four adult patients (children cannot be selected due to concerns over consent), with operations being carried out at six month intervals. In March 2008, the treatment of 30-year-old neurofibromatosis victim Pascal Coler of France ended after having received what his doctors call the worlds first successful full face transplant.
Ethical concerns, psychological impact, problems relating to immunosuppression and consequences of technical failure have prevented teams from performing face transplant operations in the past, even though it has been technically possible to carry out such procedures for years.
Mr Iain Hutchison, of Barts and the London Hospital, warned of several problems with face transplants, such as blood vessels in the donated tissue clotting and immunosuppressants failing or increasing the patient’s risk of cancer. He also pointed out ethical issues with the fact that the procedure requires a “beating heart donor”. The transplant is carried out while the donor is brain dead, but still alive by use of a ventilator.
According to Stephen Wigmore, chair of British Transplantation Society’s ethics committee, it is unknown to what extent facial expressions will function in the long term. He said that it is not certain whether a patient could be left worse off in the case of a face transplant failing.
Mr Michael Earley, a member of the Royal College of Surgeon‘s facial transplantation working party, commented that if successful, the transplant would be “a major breakthrough in facial reconstruction” and “a major step forward for the facially disfigured.”
In Wednesday’s conference, Siemionow said “we know that there are so many patients there in their homes where they are hiding from society because they are afraid to walk to the grocery stores, they are afraid to go the the street.” “Our patient was called names and was humiliated. We very much hope that for this very special group of patients there is a hope that someday they will be able to go comfortably from their houses and enjoy the things we take for granted,” she added.
In response to the medical breakthrough, a British medical group led by Royal Free Hospital’s lead surgeon Dr Peter Butler, said they will finish the world’s first full face transplant within a year. “We hope to make an announcement about a full-face operation in the next 12 months. This latest operation shows how facial transplantation can help a particular group of the most severely facially injured people. These are people who would otherwise live a terrible twilight life, shut away from public gaze,” he said.
