tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54642578727946149052024-03-13T15:28:52.360-05:00Such Fun to GiveGalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.comBlogger604125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-82741889436090608732021-07-20T20:21:00.005-05:002021-07-20T20:21:37.103-05:00Paid Surveys: How to Avoid Scams<p>On another post I shared some <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2019/04/survey-reviews.html">reviews of legitimate paid and rewarded survey sites</a>.
I don't claim, by any means, to have an exhaustive list. There are many
other good survey sites out there. Unfortunately, there are also scams.
Here are a few tips on how to avoid them.
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1. Don't sign up for any survey site which asks you to pay to access
the surveys. These generally only offer links to other survey sites you
will have to register at separately (and you can find these other ways
without paying a dime). These are not worth your money. You should never
have to pay to do a job, and that includes taking surveys.<br /><br />
2. Always carefully read a site's terms of service and privacy policy
before registering. If in their privacy policy they say they only use
aggregated info, this is GOOD SIGN they are legit. Aggregated
information is info (such as answers to survey questions) that is
grouped together so it can't be connected with anyone's personal
identification like name, e-mail, phone or address. That's what survey
sites SHOULD collect. Watch out for sites that say they give, rent, or
sell any personal information (info that is not aggregated) to third
parties.</p><p><br />
3. Watch for language like "get paid for taking surveys AND SIGNING
UP FOR OFFERS" if you don't want to have to sign up for stuff with other
companies to get paid. There are sites which say they pay for surveys,
but what they actually do is pay you to sign up for offers...and to take
surveys when you sign up. They also may refer you to some legitimate
survey sites which have affiliate programs or pay for referrals. If you
decide that you want to try any of these sites, be careful to read all
the information on the specific offers--as these offers come from
separate companies with their own terms of service and privacy policies.
Otherwise, you may end up paying more than you're getting (or give away
your info to those who will sell it).</p><p><br />
4. NEVER sign up for a survey site (or any other type of site)
through un-solicited e-mail. These can be phishing schemes, where they
try to get your information to mis-use it (often pretending to be
legitimate sites). I've gotten e-mails asking me to sign up for survey
sites I've already been a part of for some time. I contacted the real
sites, and they confirmed the e-mails had nothing to do with them.<br />
Some legitimate sites do have e-mail referral programs, so if the
e-mail is from a friend (or claims to be sent on behalf of a friend)
check with the friend first to make sure they sent it.</p><p><br />
5. Check around and do a little background research. You can check the site's rating on <a href="http://www.surveypolice.com/">Survey Police.com</a> (a very good survey rating a review site) and see if there are any reports against it on <a href="http://ripoffreport.com/">Rip Off Report.com</a>.
A google under the survey name and the word scam or review can also be
revealing. Remember though, many survey sites offer affiliate
commissions for sign ups, so the absence of bad reviews is much more
convincing than the presence of good reviews.</p>Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-23258960126493755512021-07-20T20:10:00.002-05:002022-02-21T21:24:38.848-06:00Survey Reviews<br />
While taking surveys online won't earn you gobs of cash or a full-time income (if they promise to, its probably a <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2021/07/paid-surveys-how-to-avoid-scams.html">scam</a>),
you can earn a little pocket change and other goodies---which is not
bad just for giving your opinion. For the time it's generally under
minimum wage. I tend to personally look for surveys that pay at least
$1 for 10 minutes estimated time. Less than that is not worth it for
me. Occassionally there will be higher paying surveys, but those are
few.<br />
<br />
Speaking of opinions, below you will find mine on various online
rewarded survey programs I have participated it and been payed through.
I don't take paid surveys as often as I used to, and some of these
companies I haven't worked with for a while, so I've started to add
notes underneath to show if I'm still active and when the reviews were
last updated (ignore the blog post date as this was copied from another site). Hope you find these reviews helpful.
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DISCLAIMER: If it says below that it has an referral program,
I'm likely a part of it (unless I specifically say I'm not), which means
I could earn a reward if you sign up through these links. I try to not
let any of that influence my reviews. I'll tell you if I had a bad
experience with this even if I get referral income through the links.<br />
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<td valign="top">Points redeemable for cash.</td>
<td valign="top">They had an affiliate program
where you received $0.50 for every person who signs up through your
links. They have now changed over to a new service I am no longer part
of so I am not sure if compensation is still the same.</td>
<td valign="top">This is just a good steady
survey site. I don't receive tons of payed surveys, but I receive enough
to make it worthwhile--and a lot of the higher paid surveys ($5-20) I
get are through ACOP. </td>
<td valign="top">You now have to earn 1,000 points ($100) before you can redeem your points for cash. </td>
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<td colspan="4" valign="top">Still Active 5/16/17 - Last updated 5/16/17</td>
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<td valign="top">Pays cash by check (you can let the money build up in your account and cash out whenever you choose).</td>
<td valign="top">They have a very good referral program. You get $1 for every survey taken by anyone you refer.</td>
<td valign="top">This is another steady company that's been
around for a long time. I like that you can cash out whenever you want,
even if you only have $2 in your account. Many of their surveys pay at
least $1 per 10 minutes. Their referral program is also excellent.</td>
<td valign="top">None currently
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<td valign="top">You earn points redeemable for cash (payed by check) or Amazon gift card.</td>
<td valign="top"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="outpost">Yes. They have an affiliate program you can </a><a href="http://ssi.hasoffers.com/signup_affiliate/29" target="_blank" title="sign up for here">sign up for here</a>.
This is a new program I'm in the process of signing up for, so I'm not
sure if it offers the same rate the old one did ($1 for every person who
joins through your affiliate links). </td>
<td valign="top">They used to send surveys frequently, and most
were reasonably compensated...after they had a ownership change the
compensation diminished some. I haven't taken surveys with them for a
while so I can't comment on whether any of that is still true.</td>
<td valign="top">You used to be able to cash out when you'ld
earned $5, but now you have to $20 before you can receive a cash reward.
However, they have other rewards you can get once you've reached $3 or
$5. Survey pay per teme spent has gone down.</td>
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<td colspan="4" valign="top">Not currently active. Last active 2015.</td>
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<td valign="top">You get itcoins redeemable for cash (payed by paypal) or Amazon gift cards.</td>
<td valign="top">Not that I'm aware of.</td>
<td valign="top">They send surveys frequently (sometimes too frequently)</td>
<td valign="top">A lot of their surveys are
REALLY low pay (like 20 minutes for 20 cents low), and while they do
have better payed surveys your inbox will be filled with all the cheap
ones.</td>
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<td valign="top">You receive points redeemable for cash. You can cash out once you reach 1000 points ($50).</td>
<td valign="top">They have an affiliate program, but it's hard to get into (i.e. they didn't let me in -- oh well).</td>
<td valign="top">They are one of the higher paid survey sites,
and send surveys very frequently. It only took me about a year and a
half to earn the $50 cash out (even considering that I missed a lot of
surveys due to browser incompatibility). The only program I earned more
from over the same time period was Pinecone Research.</td>
<td valign="top">They have a very high cash out threshold -- so don't join this site unless you are willing to stick with it for the long haul.</td>
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<td valign="top">Pays cash by check.</td>
<td valign="top">No.</td>
<td valign="top">They pay well ($3 - $10), and seem to send
surveys at least once a month. Some of their surveys are creative--on
occassion in stead of just asking you questions they will have you
arrange a photo collage on a topic and then explain what it means to
you. I like that.</td>
<td valign="top">Nothing so far.</td>
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<td valign="top">You can cash out once you receive a minimum of $5 and are payed via Paypal or check.</td>
<td valign="top">Yes. You get paid $1 for each referral through your referral links.</td>
<td valign="top">They sometimes have fun collages as part of
their surveys (where you get to make a "collage" with different pictures
symbolizing your feelings on a certain product or topic. I also like
that they always tell how long the surveys are expected to be, how much
you will be paid, and usually give you a sweepstakes entry for your time
taking screener questions if you don't qualify for the full paid
survey.</td>
<td valign="top">They don't send surveys that I qualify for as often as I'd like.<span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Currently only accepts participants from the US and Canada</span></td>
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<td valign="top">You earn points redeemable for rewards including gift cards, and get an optional entry into their sweepstakes with every survey.</td>
<td valign="top">Yes. You can earn points for referring up to 5 friends by e-mail.</td>
<td valign="top">They send surveys regularly, so its fairly
easy to earn enough points to cash out. They also often have sent
surveys on interesting topics (like religion or politics) as well as the
typical consumer surveys. They make an effort to avoid redundant
questions and keep surveys interesting--most of their surveys are
relatively short (often much shorter than they say in their entry
e-mail).</td>
<td valign="top">When I actually calculated how much the points
were worth when cashed in for gift cards, I discovered I was only
making $0.15 to $1.50 per survey. Also, they have reduced the number of
gift cards they offer (they used to offer Target and several other cards
they no longer offer).</td>
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<td colspan="4" valign="top">Not currently active. Last active 2012</td>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="harris"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="epoll"></a><br />
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<td valign="top">You receive points redeemable for rewards.</td>
<td valign="top">Yes. They have an affiliate program where you can receive $0.30 for every person who signs up through your links. You can <a href="http://affiliates.epoll.com/">access the affiliate program here.</a> I have had trouble updating my address to cash out lately though.</td>
<td valign="top">The surveys were fun. They had a lot of
surveys on Televisions, celebrities and current events...not just
product surveys. I received my first reward (a CD) not long after
joining.</td>
<td valign="top">I don't get sent surveys anymore because I
left my account inactive for too long. After I switched to Linux
(Mozilla) the surveys they sent didn't work so I stopped taking them.
(Their surveys may now work on Mozilla, since my account became inactive
several browsers versions ago, so I haven't been able to test this
out.)</td>
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<td valign="top"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc;"> Toluna primarily works through reward points </span>- check my <a href="http://www.windhavenweb.com/surveys/points.html">Points Value Grid</a> for more info on this.</td>
<td valign="top">Not that I'm aware of.</td>
<td valign="top">They send surveys VERY frequently.</td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">You
have to wade through a ton of surveys that are pitifully paid before
finding one worth taking (even at my $1 per 10 minute minimum)...and if
the survey you click on in your e-mail is full, they will redirect you
to another one. While they put the estimated time/points rewarded in
the new survey, it's only up for a few seconds, and those not aware
might still think they are taking the one mentioned in the e-mail. It's
a little disceptive. </span></td>
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<td valign="top">You receive points redeemable for rewards, or cash through Paypal, and sweepstakes entries.</td>
<td valign="top">They had an <a href="http://affiliates.lightspeedresearch.com/Home.do;jsessionid=bW8wyd7coVi8">affiliate program</a>
where you can receive $0.75 for every person who signs up through your
links. One thing that I don't like is they have no simple text link
option--according to their terms of use you must not change links so in
stead of just having an affiliate link to "Lightspeed Research" I have
to include the whole description they provide (or link their banner like
I have above).</td>
<td valign="top">Their site is very easy to navigate, and they
send surveys frequently. You get sweepstakes entries even for surveys
you don't qualify for, and for answering mini-polls (fun one question
polls), quick-matches (short profiles) and longer profiles.</td>
<td valign="top">Points can expire if you don't use them within
two years. Also, a lot of their surveys don't give a good return for
your time (often less than $1 for a 20 minute survey) but if you don't
take most or all of the surveys you qualify for you may not earn enough
points to reach your reward goal before your points expire (if you have a
t.</td>
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<td valign="top">Cash payments via Paypal or sweepstakes entries.</td>
<td valign="top">No.</td>
<td valign="top">Their paid surveys are usually at least $5, and I've always received payment quickly.</td>
<td valign="top">They don't send surveys very often.</td>
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<span style="color: red;">Pinecone does not usually take
applicants through their main website. They only take applicants through
their banner ads or sometimes through referrals (not paid), and change
the link to their registration for often. There's a site I recently
found called <a href="http://www.amylynn.org/home/pinecone.html">Annika's</a> which keeps track of these though.<br />
Important: DO NOT REGISTER MORE THAN ONE PERSON PER
HOUSEHOLD MAY REGISTER. Multiple registrations of the same Household
will void all registrations. </span></b></td>
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<td valign="top">They previously payed $5 per survey but are
moving to a $3 plus sweepstakes compensation per survey. Sometimes you
may get to test products (thought I haven't yet).</td>
<td valign="top">No.</td>
<td valign="top">During the period where they payed $5 per
survey and I wasn't having browser/operating system difficulties with
their site I was payed more through Pinecone than any other site. They
send surveys frequently and the surveys and even at $3 they are payed
well for the time involved (average of 15-20 min).</td>
<td valign="top">I am again having problems taking surveys with
them using Mozilla or even Safari (this has been a problem off and on
with them). I was disappointed that they now only pay $3 (though I
gather they sometimes still pay $5 if you sign up through a $5
banner)...I actually had the option to stay at $5 but they said they
would be phasing out the $5 surveys and eventually if we stayed signed
up at $5 we'd stop getting them. Still, $3 is not bad.</td>
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<td valign="top">Points redeemable for cash (by check). (You can also get points for submitting weekly poll ideas).</td>
<td valign="top">Yes. Once you are a member you receive points for referring up to 5 friends.</td>
<td valign="top">At one time this was the site I was getting
paid most frequently through. I've also received free samples to test.
You often get some points just for completing the screener questions,
even if you don't qualify for the survey.</td>
<td valign="top">They are only taking new members through
referrals from current members, and I have used up all my referrals.
They also don't send surveys that often any more.</td>
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My mother passed away several years ago...she would have been 75 this month.<br />
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I have so many memories of her... <br />
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I remember her teaching me to row, her hands on the paddles next to mine, back and forth and the swish of the oars.<br />
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I
remember quiet rainy days, sitting at our kitchen table cutting paper
hearts, making yarn ropes, or mosaics with allspice and cloves. She
was so creative and she passed that on to me. <br />
<br />
But I
have other memories too... <br />
<br />
Memories of her sitting cross-legged in her
room, tears straining down her face, talking about how she didn't want
to live anymore.<br />
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My
mother had <a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml">bipolar disorder</a>. It was, for her, a roller coaster that
took her at times so high there seemed to be no consequences, and at
others so low that it cut her off from herself and brought her thoughts
of suicide. It could make her euphoric, or paranoid, a powder keg, a
bundle of nerves or a shower of tears. In between those swings, she
was a good mom.<br />
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She was not the first in her family
to have this disease. My great aunto spent most of her life in a mental institution with an illness that didn't
even have a name then, much less a treatment. <br />
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When
my mom first showed signs of something being wrong, sometime in her
teens, they had a name for what she suffered from: Manic Depression (the name later was changed to bipolar disorder).<br />
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She
spent some time in mental hospitals too. Once during these stays she
received electroshock therapy. She said it probably saved her life,
literally jolting her out of her severe depression, but it also took
something away, a part of her that she said she never got back. The
last stay at a mental hospital was when I was very young. I remember
the strange lonely feeling and the worry I felt, staying with friends
while she recovered. When I visited her the place was cheery and
bright. She brought back crafts, but seemed ashamed to have been
there. <span style="color: #666666;">(<i>Sadly much of the mental health support available back then, in the 1970s, no longer exists.</i> <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/i-hate-you-dont-leave-me/201110/whatever-happened-intensive-mental-health-treatement"><i>Read more</i></a>.)</span><br />
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What
kept her out of the hospitals (most of the time), was a drug called
Lithium. Early on she looked at it as a crutch, something she should
be able to function without. It was a pharmacist who finally got
through to her...told her it was nothing to be ashamed of, that it was
something she needed like a diabetic needed insulin. And so she
faithfully took it, even when doctors had trouble getting the dosage
right and it would make her ill.<br />
<br />
That attitude, that the
medicine is just a crutch, is still far too common. I met a girl in
high school who shared that she was bipolar, but "was working to get off
the pills." She said it like someone would say "I want to quit
smoking" --as if this necessary medicine was an addiction she needed to
break free of.<br />
<br />
And no wonder. Throughout my mom's
life, ignorant people have told her that it's all in her head, that she
just needed to "get things together," and even that her illness was
caused by demons. But bipolar is just as much a real medical problem as
cancer, or Parkinsons.<br />
<br />
Recently <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170502084119.htm">scientists studied brain scans of those with and without the disorder,</a>
and discovered what bipolar disorder actually did to the brain: Brain
scans of thousands of bipolar individuals showed thinning of grey
matter, especially in areas of the brain that control inhibition and
motivation. They also looked at scans of patients that took lithium,
and discovered that it provides an amount of protection from this. <br />
<br />
My
mom passed away several years before this information came out. I
think she would have found it vindicating...but she had already
benefited from the research that has been done. Even in her lifetime
additional medications came out that worked better for her than the ones
she was originally prescribed, that helped immensely during the last
decades of her life. I have so much hope that things will keep
improving for those who face this illness in the future.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">~~~ </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">If anyone reading this feels like they might need help, I wanted to point you to the Suicide & Crisis hotline, which is NOT just for those who are suicidal. It's also for those in any sort of crisis who need to talk with someone, and for those seeking help for a loved one. 1-800-273-8255</span> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Mental Health Awareness Collab</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A group you-tubers and one blogger (me) are collaborating to talk about Mental Health issues today. Check out the other collaborators videos below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><a class="" dir="ltr" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F5iAVhH7vLFE&h=ATNEJpUtXEuQv2uPjv7XMFFns9yx9D9fHsBqSJbXXhsBCAbPzeNMZp6-tVI_y1fWZKc3_5Cmim3OxzQR1rI9FSUR8t3na-IyUfozQ56MnzG9LIVl4L20pC39QpRqBwPrwQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Post Partum Depression: Video by Mommy Wears War Paint</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"> <a class="" dir="ltr" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WvhfqpX5k0" rel="" target="_blank">Video by Emily Hudson </a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><a href="https://youtu.be/bbhgJ1ClE2s">Video by Haffina</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-42642686057295019772016-12-31T22:01:00.002-06:002016-12-31T22:01:59.592-06:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ring Out, Wild Bells </span></b></div>
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by Alfred, Lord Tennyson</div>
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Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,<br />
The flying cloud, the frosty light;<br />
The year is dying in the night;<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.</span></div>
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Ring out the old, ring in the new,<br />
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:<br />
The year is going, let him go;<br />
Ring out the false, ring in the true.<br />
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Ring out the grief that saps the mind,<br />
For those that here we see no more,<br />
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,<br />
Ring in redress to all mankind.<br />
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Ring out a slowly dying cause,<br />
And ancient forms of party strife;<br />
Ring in the nobler modes of life,<br />
With sweeter manners, purer laws.<br />
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Ring out the want, the care, the sin,<br />
The faithless coldness of the times;<br />
Ring out, ring out thy mournful rhymes,<br />
But ring the fuller minstrel in.<br />
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Ring out false pride in place and blood,<br />
The civic slander and the spite;<br />
Ring in the love of truth and right,<br />
Ring in the common love of good.<br />
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Ring out old shapes of foul disease,<br />
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;<br />
Ring out the thousand wars of old,<br />
Ring in the thousand years of peace.<br />
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Ring in the valiant man and free,<br />
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;<br />
Ring out the darkness of the land,<br />
Ring in the Christ that is to be.<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Happy New Year!!</b></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">Thanks to <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/beautiful-vintage-church-window-image-doves/">Graphics Fairy </a> </span></i></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #45818e;">for the Bells Illustration </span></span> </span></i></span></div>
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<li>Best Price Found: <a href="https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-tegu-magnetic-wooden-block-set-7?deal_option=1b57a4b0-a4a0-4c19-96ed-303bafb49be2&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US_DT_SEA_GGL_TIM_TTT_PADS_CBP_CHP_NBR_g*gg-tegu-magnetic-wooden-block-set-7_c*92163990301_k*_m*_d*Goods-Product-Ads_keyword*_target*_adposition*1o3_prodtarget*61559426761_adtype*pla_merchantid*10018412_productid*44644040_productpartitionid*61559426761&mr:referralID=b12e9374-d1ff-11e5-9a09-005056947d48&gclid=CjwKEAiAova1BRDS15OXjcug_FMSJACWNAKZEP-uEQbePbOnpmxaEbOEel3NIgYdo7YW39zJteRQ0BoCnfPw_wcB">Groupon</a>, <a href="http://www.zulily.com/p/40-piece-explorer-set-5675-20181117.html?tid=googpla_5564_20181118_zcvp2_US&CAWELAID=120191330000569825&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=120191330001115426&cadevice=c">Zulily</a> $80 </li>
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22 Piece Set<br />
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<li>Most Common Price: Around $60</li>
<li>Best Price Found: <a href="https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-tegu-magnetic-wooden-block-set-7?deal_option=a342f1f4-3e81-4b6b-bc27-d136f1beccc0&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US_DT_SEA_GGL_TIM_TTT_PADS_CBP_CHP_NBR_g*gg-tegu-magnetic-wooden-block-set-7_c*92163990301_k*_m*_d*Goods-Product-Ads_keyword*_target*_adposition*1o2_prodtarget*61559426761_adtype*pla_merchantid*10018412_productid*44644039_productpartitionid*61559426761&mr:referralID=f41cce5c-d1fc-11e5-94ab-0050569451e5&gclid=CjwKEAiAova1BRDS15OXjcug_FMSJACWNAKZ45cgRcXaw5zW-cCxwyDDD7JOtnX0TjujW-hNUSL-JBoCngTw_wcB">Groupon</a> and <a href="http://www.educents.com/tegu-blocks-22-piece-magnetic-wooden-block-set.html">Educents</a>* (til 2/18) $45</li>
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4 Piece Square Blocks Set <br />
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<li>Most Common Price: Around $12</li>
<li>Best Price Found: <a href="http://www.educents.com/tegu-blocks#a_aid=glmom">Educents</a>* $9.50</li>
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*If you're new to Educents, you can get a $10 off $25 order coupon when you sign up, which brings the price down even more on these. <a href="http://www.educents.com/signup-bonus.html?r=39053">GRAB COUPON HERE</a>.Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-2939797893349920112015-10-02T16:18:00.001-05:002015-10-02T16:20:04.174-05:0031 Days of Socially Conscious Weddings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://phoenixkids.com/coupon.php?bid=154294&id=164" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tolmachoff Farms</a> - Glendale</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12169&dealid=2055&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mortimer Farms</a> - Dewey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12205&dealid=2047&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocker 7 Farm Patch</a> - Buckeye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>California</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://lakidsguide.com/coupon.php?regionid=33&bid=11728&dealid=1726" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pirates Dinner Adventure</a> - Vampirates - Buena vista</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=9658&dealid=1333&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilroy Gardens</a> - Gilroy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=4565&dealid=1743&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California's Great America</a> - Santa Clara</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12211&dealid=2056&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Horse Corn Maze Festival</a> - Temecula</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/seasonal/halloween.php">ColoradoKids.com Annual Halloween Guide</a><b></b></span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7136" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=10010306" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7135" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anderson Farms</a> - Erie</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7134" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050909" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fritzler Maze</a> - La Salle</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7132" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050623" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7131" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mile High Farms</a> - Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050907" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wishing Star Farm</a> - Calhan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050912" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvest Farm</a> - Wellington</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050468" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cottonwood Farms</a> - Boulder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=23050805" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch</a> - Longmont</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7130" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=10010113" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7129" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elitch Gardens Theme Park</a> - Fright Fest - Denver</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=10010201" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Denver Zoo</a> - Boo at The Zoo - Denver</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7127" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.coloradokids.com/coupon.php?id=10010204" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Children's Museum of Denver</a> - Trick or Treat Street - Denver</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12208&dealid=2051&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott's Yankee Farmer</a> - East Lyme</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12167&dealid=1986&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Farm</a> - Goulds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://tampafamilyguide.com/coupon.php?regionid=368&bid=12004&dealid=1941" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lowry Park Zoo</a> - ZOOBOO Kids! - Tampa</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7125" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12206&dealid=2049&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corn Dawgs</a> - Loganville</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12207&dealid=2050&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Old Freeman Farms</a> - Sylvania</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7123" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=11242&dealid=1312&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7122" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LEGOLAND Discovery Center</a> - Atlanta</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12168&dealid=1987&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Funopolis Family Fun Center - Fearopolis Haunts</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Illinois</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=11355&dealid=1417" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Siegel's Cottonwood Farm</a> - Lockport</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=11269&dealid=1332" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazing Fall Fun</a> - Waterloo</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7120" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12203&dealid=2044&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shipshewana Corn Maze</a> - Shipshewana</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=11247&dealid=1318&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ripley's Believe It or Not!</a> - Batimore</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.bavarianinn.com/?nck=8554211366" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bavarian Inn Lodge</a> - Frankenmuth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12195&dealid=2038&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beggs Family Farm</a> - Sikeston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12204&dealid=2046&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carolyn's Country Cousins</a> - Liberty Corn Maze</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7076" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://kansascitykidsguide.com/coupon.php?regionid=31&bid=11545&dealid=1611" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Legoland Discovery Center</a> - Brick or Treat - Kansas City</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12190&dealid=2031&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Applestem, Inc.</a> - Vaughn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://iplayamerica.com/Halloween" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iPlay America</a> - Freehold</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7118" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=10871&dealid=2048&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7117" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Union Maze</a> - La Union</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=11326&dealid=1387" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wright Family Farm</a> - Warwick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12202&dealid=2043&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pick A Pumpkin Pumpkin Patch</a> - Esperance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sixflagsgreatescapelodge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Water Park</a> - Queensbury</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12178&dealid=2001&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blooms and Berries</a> - Loveland</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7115" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12196&dealid=2039&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7114" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beriswill Farms</a> - Valley City</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7111" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://portlandfamilyguide.com/coupon.php?bid=11366&dealid=1429&regionid=213" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7110" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maize at The Pumpkin Patch</a>- Portland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=11330&dealid=1390" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Confreda Greenhouses & Farms</a> - Hope (Western Cranston)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://southcarolinakidsguide.com/coupon.php?regionid=455&bid=9950&lid=16508&dealid=1935" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hollywild Animal Park</a> - Wellford</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Tennessee</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12194&dealid=2036&regionid=75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oakes Farm</a> - Corryton</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7107" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12212&dealid=2057&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shuckle's Corn Maze</a> - Hendersonville</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7028" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=10878&dealid=978" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7027" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Devine Acres Farm</a> - Devine </span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7026" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?regionid=460&bid=10954&dealid=1046" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiesta Farm</a> - San Antonio</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7105" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=11253&dealid=1995&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7104" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barton Hill Farms</a> - Bastrop</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7030" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12173&dealid=1998&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7029" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lone Star Family Farm</a> - Stephenville</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://utahkidsguide.com/coupon.php?regionid=77&bid=11961&lid=16393&dealid=1911" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This Is The Place Heritage Park</a> - Salt Lake City</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7072" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.usfamilycoupons.com/coupon.php?bid=12201&dealid=2042&regionid=75" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Great Country Farms</a> - Bluemont</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7070" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.accentsforkids.com/product/fall-pumpkins-personalized-placemat/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7069" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442611464964_7068" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Personalized Fall Placemats from AccentsForKids.com</span></a></span><br />
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Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-12031019836131816562015-09-05T15:15:00.001-05:002015-09-05T15:16:04.998-05:00Peachy Blue Charity<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #45818e;">I'm so proud that this treasury was one of the winners of the monthly treasury contast at the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/21094/caring-hearts-team">Caring Hearts Team</a> for July. This isn't the exact treasury that won...5 of the items in it have already sold (which makes me happy because <b>ALL OF THE ITEMS in this treasury support charity</b>). </span> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/238466388" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Womens Flower Garden and Paisley Apron, Teal Organza Ruffle Apron with Handmade Flower Accent, 100% Proceeds to Womens Charity in Mexico">Womens Flower Garden and Paisley Apron, Teal Organza Ruffle Apron with Handmade Flower Accent, 100% Proceeds to Womens Charity in Mexico</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/GiveAMiracle" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="GiveAMiracle">GiveAMiracle</a></div>
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$32.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/235723826" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Canvas Painting - Birds Flying Through Pastel Colours (Fundraising Item for Charity)" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/061/1/7319342/il_170x135.781750624_cw50.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Canvas Painting - Birds Flying Through Pastel Colours (Fundraising Item for Charity)" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/235723826" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Canvas Painting - Birds Flying Through Pastel Colours (Fundraising Item for Charity)">Canvas Painting - Birds Flying Through Pastel Colours (Fundraising Item for Charity)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BringFreedom" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="BringFreedom">BringFreedom</a></div>
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$41.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/202027638" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="African paper bead chevron necklace in teal. Made using recycled paper. Sales fight poverty in Uganda." src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/030/0/8778754/il_170x135.648161890_i5fd.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="African paper bead chevron necklace in teal. Made using recycled paper. Sales fight poverty in Uganda." width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/202027638" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="African paper bead chevron necklace in teal. Made using recycled paper. Sales fight poverty in Uganda.">African paper bead chevron necklace in teal. Made using recycled paper. Sales fight poverty in Uganda.</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TuliDesigns" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="TuliDesigns">TuliDesigns</a></div>
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$28.00</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tabitha31Threads" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Tabitha31Threads">Tabitha31Threads</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/189006008" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Paper bead layered bridesmaids necklace in teal. Custom colors available. Sales fight poverty in Africa">Paper bead layered bridesmaids necklace in teal. Custom colors available. Sales fight poverty in Africa</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TuliDesigns" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="TuliDesigns">TuliDesigns</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/192019630" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Acrylic faceted earrings, saucer beads, genuine turquoise, wood saucers, wood copper disks, modern, chic, watermelon, summer:Watermelon Ears">Acrylic faceted earrings, saucer beads, genuine turquoise, wood saucers, wood copper disks, modern, chic, watermelon, summer:Watermelon Ears</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TashinkaBeadingHeart" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="TashinkaBeadingHeart">TashinkaBeadingHeart</a></div>
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$18.00</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/224845610" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Set of 3 trendy stacking bangles. Bohemian, tribal stacking bracelets.">Set of 3 trendy stacking bangles. Bohemian, tribal stacking bracelets.</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheHoopProject" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="TheHoopProject">TheHoopProject</a></div>
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$28.00</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/161286600" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="FLOR DE LOTO Linen Petal Pants / Trousers / Wide Leg / Palazzo in Coral, Khaki, Blue, White, Black, Ivory, or Orange - Small, Medium, Large">FLOR DE LOTO Linen Petal Pants / Trousers / Wide Leg / Palazzo in Coral, Khaki, Blue, White, Black, Ivory, or Orange - Small, Medium, Large</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FLORyFAUNA" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="FLORyFAUNA">FLORyFAUNA</a></div>
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$79.95</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/173755717" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done // Nelson Mandela Quote // Watercolor Print // 3 Sizes Available // Charitable Donation" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/019/2/7905668/il_170x135.543613453_l9j0.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done // Nelson Mandela Quote // Watercolor Print // 3 Sizes Available // Charitable Donation" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/173755717" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done // Nelson Mandela Quote // Watercolor Print // 3 Sizes Available // Charitable Donation">It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done // Nelson Mandela Quote // Watercolor Print // 3 Sizes Available // Charitable Donation</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/atiliay" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="atiliay">atiliay</a></div>
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$12.00</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/150091701" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Colorful funky striped fabric bracelet "Be Odd, Do Kind" - handmade, hippy happy style, OOAK, cotton">Colorful funky striped fabric bracelet "Be Odd, Do Kind" - handmade, hippy happy style, OOAK, cotton</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WorkshopOfOddities" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="WorkshopOfOddities">WorkshopOfOddities</a></div>
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$15.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/230113708" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="leather key chain, leather key fob, tassel key chain, turquoise key chain, fringe key chain, the 'Do Good' (all profits donated to charity)" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/065/0/6506233/il_170x135.764414616_b9xm.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="leather key chain, leather key fob, tassel key chain, turquoise key chain, fringe key chain, the 'Do Good' (all profits donated to charity)" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/230113708" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="leather key chain, leather key fob, tassel key chain, turquoise key chain, fringe key chain, the 'Do Good' (all profits donated to charity)">leather key chain, leather key fob, tassel key chain, turquoise key chain, fringe key chain, the 'Do Good' (all profits donated to charity)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/JEVoges" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="JEVoges">JEVoges</a></div>
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$15.00</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Staceyscats" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Staceyscats">Staceyscats</a></div>
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$400.00</div>
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The following wedding items are either fair trade, or support charity, or both.
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/224225268" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Swarovski Crystal and Lace Dew Drop 38" Fingertip Veil, Custom Made" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/048/3/9526930/il_170x135.733831238_v74n.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Swarovski Crystal and Lace Dew Drop 38" Fingertip Veil, Custom Made" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/188595988" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Emerald Green Chrome Diopside Recycled Sterling Silver Ring - Children's Charities - May Birthstone - Canine's For Kids" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/061/0/5677386/il_170x135.779851265_237e.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Emerald Green Chrome Diopside Recycled Sterling Silver Ring - Children's Charities - May Birthstone - Canine's For Kids" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/186273698" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Origami Rose Wrist Corsage and Boutonniere Savings Set - Prom/Wedding Design 2 - Donate to Charity!" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/030/1/7021465/il_170x135.589991171_at8v.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Origami Rose Wrist Corsage and Boutonniere Savings Set - Prom/Wedding Design 2 - Donate to Charity!" width="140px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59334819" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Semi-Custom Personalized Wedding Cake Toppers Bride/Groom Wedding Decor The Original Peg Dolls - Fair Trade Wooden Dolls" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/009/0/5298931/il_170x135.434831409_sgzb.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Semi-Custom Personalized Wedding Cake Toppers Bride/Groom Wedding Decor The Original Peg Dolls - Fair Trade Wooden Dolls" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/150453667" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Celia Grace Silk Flower Rose Belt" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/016/0/7879029/il_170x135.456458303_1tvw.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Celia Grace Silk Flower Rose Belt" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/210803064" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Silver geometric shaped fairtrade wedding rings with rose cut diamonds" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/054/0/7273853/il_170x135.681194611_2vok.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Silver geometric shaped fairtrade wedding rings with rose cut diamonds" width="140px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/12665955" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Free Standing Lace Love Goodie Bag" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5197742/il_170x135.29701371.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Free Standing Lace Love Goodie Bag" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/125029564" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Plumeria Flower Silk Accessory- use as hair clip, fascinator, veil, head band, belt, ring bearer pillow, corsage, bustle accent, cake topper" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/031/1/7879029/il_170x135.626651893_mddq.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Plumeria Flower Silk Accessory- use as hair clip, fascinator, veil, head band, belt, ring bearer pillow, corsage, bustle accent, cake topper" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/172523361" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Sterling Silver Crystal Quartz Stud Post Earrings -- 8mm Semi Precious Gemstones •35•" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/058/0/8640104/il_170x135.750753483_tg13.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Sterling Silver Crystal Quartz Stud Post Earrings -- 8mm Semi Precious Gemstones •35•" width="140px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/205421456" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Minimalist 14k Gold// dainty Pearl beaded//June birthday gem stone birthstone bar necklace: The Celebration Collection/charity/pearls" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/053/0/6944745/il_170x135.727031184_l89t.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Minimalist 14k Gold// dainty Pearl beaded//June birthday gem stone birthstone bar necklace: The Celebration Collection/charity/pearls" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/162673688" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Recycled Stunning Handmade Fair Trade Indian Sari Bunting - Multi Coloured" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/033/0/8263132/il_170x135.637567456_qwyh.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Recycled Stunning Handmade Fair Trade Indian Sari Bunting - Multi Coloured" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/188192661" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Men's Bow Tie: Fair Trade Silk Wedding and Special Occasion Accessory" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/031/1/7879029/il_170x135.627012173_kdbz.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Men's Bow Tie: Fair Trade Silk Wedding and Special Occasion Accessory" width="140px" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/226550723" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="EXTRA DISCOUNT SAMPLE - size 4, 10, 12 - Silk A-line sweetheart Silk Fair Trade and Eco Wedding Dress with straps" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/068/0/7879029/il_170x135.795990558_5io7.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="EXTRA DISCOUNT SAMPLE - size 4, 10, 12 - Silk A-line sweetheart Silk Fair Trade and Eco Wedding Dress with straps" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/186214475" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Eastern Wisdom Origami Wishing Stars" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/054/0/5811865/il_170x135.734050386_9ent.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Eastern Wisdom Origami Wishing Stars" width="140px" /></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/208716214" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Letterpress Thank You Card; Handmade Paper; Stationery; Greeting Card; Pack of Two" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/045/0/8586467/il_170x135.674381809_bpwy.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Letterpress Thank You Card; Handmade Paper; Stationery; Greeting Card; Pack of Two" width="140px" /></a></td></tr>
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<b>Below are some giveaways that do some good</b><br />
<b>...and not just for the people who win them!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Proceeds from the following items go to help Nepal.</span></h1>
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Of course, the best way to help any cause is usually to donate directly (<a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1888#.VVvzmXGcXfE">here's a list of trusted charities helping Nepal</a>), if you are shopping for gifts already, these beautiful gifts are a great way to help at the same time!</div>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231621166" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Glass Bead Roll On Bracelet Handmade In Nepal (100% of Proceeds to Earthquake Relief)" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/067/0/11065465/il_170x135.764619933_c24s.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Glass Bead Roll On Bracelet Handmade In Nepal (100% of Proceeds to Earthquake Relief)" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231621166" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Glass Bead Roll On Bracelet Handmade In Nepal (100% of Proceeds to Earthquake Relief)">Glass Bead Roll On Bracelet Handmade In Nepal (100% of Proceeds to Earthquake Relief)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HimalayanRelief" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="HimalayanRelief">HimalayanRelief</a></div>
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$10.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231781893" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Hope For Nepal T-Shirt PREORDER" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/068/1/9533064/il_170x135.765216446_sq04.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Hope For Nepal T-Shirt PREORDER" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231781893" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Hope For Nepal T-Shirt PREORDER">Hope For Nepal T-Shirt PREORDER</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SuburbanAvenger" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="SuburbanAvenger">SuburbanAvenger</a></div>
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$20.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/221459420" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Charity -All profits to go towards Affected by the Earthquake in Nepal "Pashmina Shawl"" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/054/0/10465189/il_170x135.750966595_ijqk.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Charity -All profits to go towards Affected by the Earthquake in Nepal "Pashmina Shawl"" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/221459420" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Charity -All profits to go towards Affected by the Earthquake in Nepal "Pashmina Shawl"">Charity -All profits to go towards Affected by the Earthquake in Nepal "Pashmina Shawl"</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HnCInt" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="HnCInt">HnCInt</a></div>
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$14.99</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231491028" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Swayambhunath Monastery Temple-Kathmandu">Swayambhunath Monastery Temple-Kathmandu</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/supportfornepal" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="supportfornepal">supportfornepal</a></div>
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£10.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62898944" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="NEPAL Disaster Relief Item - Circadian Agate Wire Wrapped Talisman Pendant - No Coupon Codes / Fall Chai Tea Autumn Colors" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/001/1/6099075/il_170x135.352957230_c1zf.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="NEPAL Disaster Relief Item - Circadian Agate Wire Wrapped Talisman Pendant - No Coupon Codes / Fall Chai Tea Autumn Colors" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62898944" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="NEPAL Disaster Relief Item - Circadian Agate Wire Wrapped Talisman Pendant - No Coupon Codes / Fall Chai Tea Autumn Colors">NEPAL Disaster Relief Item - Circadian Agate Wire Wrapped Talisman Pendant - No Coupon Codes / Fall Chai Tea Autumn Colors</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/EmeraldCut" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="EmeraldCut">EmeraldCut</a></div>
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$21.00</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); padding: 6px 6px 3px 6px; text-align: left; width: 140px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231491510" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Sundaredala clouds" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/053/0/11057601/il_170x135.763985664_ppsw.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Sundaredala clouds" width="140px" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/231491510" style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sundaredala clouds">Sundaredala clouds</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/supportfornepal" style="color: #b2b2b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="supportfornepal">supportfornepal</a></div>
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£10.00</div>
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Hello, and welcome to the last article and giveaway for <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearts-should-be-free-2015.html">Hearts Should Be Free 2015</a>. If you've entered the other giveaways you now know that <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/10-facts-about-slavery-and-giveaway.html">slavery still exists</a> <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/slavery-today-and-giveaway.html">in various forms</a> throughout the world (<a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/02/modern-slavery-world-wide-problem.html">not just in third world countries</a> but in developed nations like the United States), and that slaves today suffer the same type of abuses that they did <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/slavery-then-and-now-giveaway.html">through-out much of history</a> (in some cases, more). <br />
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That there is still, after all this time, millions of slaves in the world is a discouraging fact. <br />
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But while many groups estimate there are a greater number of slaves today than at any other time in history, when you look at the total population of the world, it is also the smallest percentage of that population that it has ever been. To <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery/transcript?language=en">quote activist Kevin Bales</a>, slavery "has been pushed to the edges of our society" and is "standing on the precipice of it's own extinction." And we can push it over the edge. We can end it. We are closer than we have ever been before.<br />
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I hope you will join me in helping to fight slavery--and some of you, I know, already have. You've told me how you've shared these posts with others, and talked with friends about what you've learned. Thank you SO MUCH for spreading awareness about this issue. <br />
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If you want to help, but are not sure how, please click the link below. There are many, many ways to fight modern slavery, and some of them are easier than you might think.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/poppyandpinecone?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Poppy and Pinecone</a> has a collection of beautiful watercolor prints, many featuring different states and countries. She also has some charming quote prints like the one pictured in the middle above (I thought that was the perfect sentiment for this particular giveaway topic). Last year she game away a World Love print. This year she is giving away one 8.6 x 11" print of the winner's choice.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZenCustomJewelry">Zen Custom Jewelry</a> has beautiful tribal/BOHO style jewelry and hair accessories created with natural materials, fabric and mixed metals. You may remember the beautiful earrings and bracelets she donated last year. This year she's providing two necklaces and a peace bracelet. </div>
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Chyanne Ledbetter has a plan to help girls in Cambodia escape a life of prostitution through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/27bathandbody">27 Bath and Body</a>. You can read more about it in <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2014/02/giveaway-27-bath-and-body.html">our interview</a> for her giveaway last year or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAas0wuhYm4&feature=youtu.be">watch this video here</a>. This year she has donated soap samples in Chocolate Espresso, Chamomile, and Warm Chipotle. I've taken a whiff of these and I can tell you they smell WONDERFUL. </div>
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When I first learned about modern slavery, I thought it only existed OTHER places. I was wrong. Slavery was HERE too, in the United States, in spite of our laws against it. <br />
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<b>But for all the progress that we’ve made, the bitter truth is that trafficking also goes on right here, in the United States. It’s the migrant worker unable to pay off the debt to his trafficker. The man, lured here with the promise of a job, his documents then taken, and forced to work endless hours in a kitchen. The teenage girl, beaten, forced to walk the streets. This should not be happening in the United States of America.</b></blockquote>
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<i><b>- <a href="http://www.americanbar.org/publications/judges_journal/2013/winter/president_obamas_speech_on_human_trafficking.html">President Barak Obama</a></b></i></blockquote>
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No, slavery isn't just a third world problem. It happens in developed nations as well as developing ones...and not only the United States.<br />
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Below I've included some excerpts of stories about trafficking victims in the Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. I chose those nations since that's where the Hearts Should Be Free giveaway are open this year. (A side note: Since this is a world wide problem I'd really like to open these awareness giveaways to people in more places, but need help researching laws and, in some cases, translating the posts. If you would like to help with that, <a href="mailto:ecarian@yahoo.com">contact me here</a>.)<br />
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<b>Lucas </b><br />
Cesar Navarrete promised Lucas a job and a room. The "room" turned out to be the back of a box truck with no toilet or running water, shared with 2 -3 other workers. It soon became clear, that he wasn't going to get the money he was promised, and he wouldn't be allowed to leave.<br />
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"If Lucas became ill or was too exhausted to work, he was kicked in the head, beaten, and locked in the back of the truck. Other members of Navarrete’s dozen-man crew were slashed with knives, tied to posts, and shackled in chains." <i><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/06/slavery-in-the-tomato-fields/240140/">Click for the Full Story</a></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i><b>While the man in the story above came here illegally, <a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20141105085904-i8dfo/">a recent study</a> found that 71% of victims on labor trafficking in the US actually came here with legal visas. Sadly, by the time they manage to escape victim's visas have often expired, and they are are are treated as illegal immigrants</b></i>.</span></div>
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"I grew up in California and lived in foster and group homes starting at the age of nine. ... By the time I was a 11 years old I was being sold to men for sex by an older teen aged boy from one of the group homes that I had been living in." <i><a href="http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/american-male-csec-survivors-story/">Click for the Full Story</a></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Boys who are trafficked for sex are more likely to </i></span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>be <a href="http://jjie.org/trafficked-boys-overlooked-underrepresented/">overlooked as victims</a>, and less likely to receive proper aftercare than </i></span></b><b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>girls who are victims of sex trafficking.</i></span></b></div>
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She met Byron online through a friend who suggested they would be a good match. When she took a train to meet him (without telling her parents), and she had no idea what he really had in mind. <br />
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"He told me he wanted me to work. We got into a fight because I refused … and I told him I wanted to leave."<br />
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Her resistance meant nothing. Byron beat her that first day when she refused to do what he wanted. He then took her to see a customer and forced her to have sex with him. He collected $300.<br />
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Byron burned her birth certificate and stole her health card, textbook tactics used by pimps to gain control of their victims. He also threatened to hurt her family if she ran away. On days when she didn’t want to work, he pushed her around, pulled her hair and threw her into walls. (<a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/marys-story-she-was-17-and-a-victim-of-human-trafficking"><i>Click for Full Story</i></a>)<br />
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"A man approached me and said that I could earn lots of money in Europe working in a restaurant. I managed to raise several thousand dollars for an agent to arrange my travel and accommodation...<br />
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When we arrived, the man told me that I now owed more money for the trip, plus interest. They made me water cannabis plants to pay off the debt.<br />
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My captor would lock me up in the house when he left and only returned every few days with bits of food and water. When I asked for anything or complained he would hit me and threatened that if I left the house, the police would arrest me and beat me. (<a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/trafficking/personal_stories_hais_story.aspx"><i>Read Full Story Here</i></a>)<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/bonded_labour/default.aspx">Debt bondage</a> is the most common form of slavery today. </span></i></b></div>
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While victims of modern slavery are often kept secluded, other times they are out in the open, working in plain sight, controlled by fear of violence from their captor. Would you recognize a victim of human trafficking if you came in contact with them? You might not, but here are some signs you can look for, from the U.S. Office of Homeland Security...<br />
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Here are some common indicators to help recognize human trafficking:</div>
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<li>Is the person disoriented or confused, or showing signs of mental or physical abuse?</li>
<li>Does the person have bruises in various stages of healing?</li>
<li>Is the person fearful, timid, or submissive?</li>
<li>Does the person show signs of having been denied food, water, sleep, or medical care?</li>
<li>Is the person often in the company of someone to whom he or she defers? Or someone who seems to be in control of the situation, e.g., where they go or who they talk to?</li>
<li>Does the person appear to be coached on what to say?</li>
<li>Is the person living in unsuitable conditions?</li>
<li>Does the person lack personal possessions and appear not to have a stable living situation?</li>
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If you've visited any of my other <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearts-should-be-free-2015.html">Hearts Should Be Free</a> posts, you've read that though slavery is illegal in every country, there are still millions of people enslaved today. <br />
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<b>Threatened with Violence</b><br />
Violence or threats of violence to individuals and their families keep people working for little to no pay. This is usually an aspect of the forms of enslavement mentioned below as well.<br />
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<b>Born a Slave</b><br />
While descent based slavery is more rare than other forms of slavery today, it still exists. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold">Mauritania</a> was the last country in the world to officially abolish slavery, and though they publicly insists it does not exist there, it is estimated by anti-slavery groups that at least 4% of the population is enslaved. In this culture slavery is accepted as a part of life. Not only has the government done next to nothing to enforce their own laws about slavery, but they have actively opposed efforts to help enslaved people in their country. Only one arrest has been made since holding slaves became a crime in 2007, and, for their efforts, 6 of the activists who pressured the government to prosecute that crime spent the same time in jail as the man convicted of slave-holding. <br />
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Descent based slavery also exists in parts of <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/slavery_in_niger/default.aspx">Niger</a> and <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/slavery_in_mali/default.aspx">Mali</a>. Some forms of bonded labor (discussed under "Indebted") are also is multi-generational, and take place in various places. <br />
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<b>Kidnapped</b><br />
The first article I ever read about modern slavery was about children being kidnapped and enslaved. This was primarily done for profit--profit through their slave labor or by getting ransom from the children's families. Recently, kidnapping and enslavement has become a tool of terrorists, such as <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/meast/isis-female-slaves/index.html">ISIS</a> and <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-nigeria-schoolgirls/boko-haram-nigerian-father-has-not-seen-daughter-baga-raid-n289396">Boco Haran</a>.<br />
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<b>Sold by Their Parents</b><br />
Tragically, sometimes parents will knowingly sell their children to others to use for labor or prostitution. In many places around the world this is the result of extreme poverty--a horrid choice between selling off your children or watching them starve. But even in the developed world, in places where such extreme conditions are not a a factor, this happens. It is not uncommon for a young women to enter prostitution by being "turned out" by a family member, and even more disturbing are the cases of children being rented out by their parents to pedophiles. <br />
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<b>Tricked</b><br />
A common tactic among slave traffickers is to promise a person a job in another country--and once the person is in that country, take their passports and other immigration documents, cut off their communication with family, and tell them they will be arrested or deported if they stop working. Not knowing the language or being familiar with the country's laws, they feel trapped in their situation. This is one of the most common ways laborers are enslaved in the US. This is not just illegal immigrants--a recent study found that <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/21/pf/labor-trafficking/">71% of victims of labor trafficking came here legally</a>. But when <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/publications/close-to-slavery-guestworker-programs-in-the-united-states/holding-the-deportation-card">a greencard is tied to employment</a>, employers can withhold rightful wages and threaten deportation if workers speak up or leave. <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>This desperate mother traveled from her village in Nepal to Mumbai, India, hoping to find and rescue her teenage daughter who was trafficked into an Indian brothel. Nepalese girls are prized for their fair skin and are lured with promises of a "good" job and the chance to improve their lives. "I will stay in Mumbai," said the mother, "Until I find my daughter or die. I am not leaving here without her."</b></span><br />
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Deception is also used by pimps to "turn out" prostitutes right here in the US and Canada. Pimps will often start a romantic relationship with a young woman, convince her to run away with him, and then once she is away manipulate or force her into prostitution. Initially, a pimp may convince a women to sell herself willingly. For example, after running away together a pimp may create a false financial crisis, and convince the woman to prostitute herself "only for a little while, so we can get by," and because she loves him, she does it. But while pimps may not often use force to start someone in prostitution, violence and threats of violence are common ways to keep them working...and this is where it crosses the line into slavery.<br />
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<b>Indebted</b><br />
Debt bondage is the most common form of slavery around the world today. Simply working to pay off a debt does not make someone a slave--but when the debt is structured so that it can never be payed off, this can be a form of slavery. Debt bondage can involve the some of the deceptive practices described above...a person is loaned money and promised a job to pay it off, but then are charged room and board equal or greater to their "earnings", so that they are always working without ever paying off their debt to their employers. In other instances the wages are kept so low and interest is at such high a rate that paying off the debt is impossible. Debtors are usually not allowed to leave or work somewhere else. In some area, whole generations are working off family debts--debts of parents or grandparents which they did not even accrue.<br />
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<b>Blackmailed</b><br />
Blackmail is powerful in cases where someone is enslaved doing an illegal activity, such as prostitution. A pimp can threaten with violence, and then follow it up by telling his victim that if she tells the police, she'll be arrested. Similarly, an employer of an illegal immigrant may threaten handing him over to be deported if he doesn't continue working. Sadly, the threat of criminal conviction can by used by traffickers to keep victims from getting help even when they entered into the illegal activities under coercion. <br />
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In cultures where family honor has a high premium, threat of exposing a dishonorable activity can be enough to keep someone enslaved. In areas of the world where <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/2011/09/the-role-of-honor-related-violence-in-sex-trafficking/">honor killings</a> are common, a women is in danger of being murdered by her own family for her sexual activities (in some cases even if she was the victim of rape). It isn't hard to imagine the power this gives traffickers over their victims.<br />
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<b>Forcibly Recruited</b><br />
In various conflicts around the world today, children have been forcibly recruited as soldiers. In addition to the psychological ramifications of experiencing warfare, child soldiers have often been subjected to unspeakable violence, rape, and abuse.<br />
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<b>Married</b><br />
Kevin Bales, co-founder of "Free the Slaves" in his 2010 Ted Talk "<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery?language=en">How to Combat Slavery</a>," emphasized that the slavery of today was "not about lousy marriages, this is not about jobs that suck. This is about people who can not walk away, people who are forced to work without pay, people who are operating 24/7 under a threat of violence and have no pay." But some forms of "marriage" have long been recognized as a thinly veiled form of slavery. In 1924 the Council of the League of Nations adopted a list of situations it defined as slavery, including "the acquisition of girls by purchase disguised as payment of dowry, when it is understood that this does not refer to normal marriage customs." "Girls Not Brides" points out that a marriage, especially a child marriage, can be a form of enslavement when the bride has not given reasonable consent, is exploited and subjected to control inside the marriage (especially through violence), and if she can not leave. One example of marriage as slavery is the Wahaya, or "Fifth Wife" practice in areas of Niger, where girls from the ‘black Tuareg’ group are sold to wealthy men, forced into both sexual relations and labor, and never allowed to leave the house except to work in their master’s fields or take livestock to pasture. They are never legally married, have none of the legal rights of an "official" wife, and are altogether treated as property (even sometimes being forced to wear a special anklet designating their slave status). <br />
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I've included some of my sources in text links below. Here is a complete list. In stead of citing my sources in the text, I am organizing them under the topics below.<br />
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(1) <a href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2014/?utm_source=NEW+RESOURCE:+Trafficking+in+Persons+R">U.S. State Department 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report</a><br />
1a. <a href="http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/226844.pdf">Introductory Material: The Use of Forced Criminality, pg 14</a><br />
1b <a href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2014/?utm_source=NEW+RESOURCE:+Trafficking+in+Persons+R">Introductory Material: Child Soldiers, pages 38-39</a><br />
1c <a href="http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/226845.pdf">Country Narratives A - C, pages 91, 97, 98, 121</a> (Examples of Parent Involvement)<br />
1d <a href="http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/226845.pdf">Country Narratives A - C, pg 123</a> (Example of Parent's Deceived by Traffickers)<br />
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2a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/">Mauritania: Slavery's Last Stronghold - by John D. Sutter</a><br />
2b <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/meast/isis-female-slaves/index.html">'Treated like cattle': Yazidi women sold, raped, enslaved by ISIS" by Ivan Watson, CNN</a><br />
2c <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/21/pf/labor-trafficking/">Slave Labor in America Today </a> (Labor Trafficking Report Summary)<br />
2e <a href="http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/15/bonded-labor-stretches-from-third-to-first-world/">Bonded Labor Stretches from First to Third World</a><br />
2f <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/12/news/economy/underground-sex-economy/index.html?iid=EL">Inside the Underground Sex Economy</a><br />
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(3) <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/17/mauritania-anti-slavery-activists-jailed-biram-ould-abeid">Mauritania activists jailed as police quash resurgent anti-slavery - The Guardian</a><br />
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(4) <a href="http://d3mj66ag90b5fy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Global_Slavery_Index_2014_final_lowres.pdf">Global Slavery Index - 2014 Report, pg 18</a>,<br />
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(5) <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/default.aspx">AntiSlavery.org</a><br />
5a. <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/default.aspx">Descent Based Slavery</a><br />
5b <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/bonded_labour/default.aspx">Bonded Labor</a><br />
5c <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/child_slavery/default.aspx">Child Slavery</a><br />
5d <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/wahaya/default.aspx">Wahaya: Young Girls Sold Into Slavery by Antislavery.org</a><br /> (This article has been taken down, but there is another <a href="https://www.antislavery.org/niger-fifth-wife-outlawed/">related article here</a>. I do not know if it contains the exact info but does talk about the Wahaya practice)<br />5e <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2012/w/wahaya_report_eng.pdf">Wahaya Report: Domestic and Sexual Slavery in Niger</a><br />
(This article has been taken down, but there is another <a href="https://www.antislavery.org/niger-fifth-wife-outlawed/">related article here</a>. I do not know if it contains the exact info but does talk about the Wahaya practice)<br />
(6) <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-nigeria-schoolgirls/boko-haram-nigerian-father-has-not-seen-daughter-baga-raid-n289396">Missing Schoolgirls - NBC NEWS</a><br />
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(7) <a href="https://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/glotip.html">United Nations Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - 2014</a><br />
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(8) <a href="http://alexiskennedy0.tripod.com/lab/id21.html">Routes of Recruitment into Prostitution</a> (originally published in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 2007, 15 (2), 1-19.<br />
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(9) <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/publications/close-to-slavery-guestworker-programs-in-the-united-states/holding-the-deportation-card">Southern Poverty Law Center - Holding the Deportation Card</a><br />
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(10) <a href="http://newsroom.depaul.edu/PDF/FAMILY_LAW_CENTER_REPORT-final.pdf">From Victims to Victimizers: Interviews with 25 Ex-Pimps in Chicago</a><br />
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(11) <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_21538_5-things-i-learned-as-sex-slave-in-modern-america.html">5 Things I Learned As a Sex Slave In Modern America</a><br />
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(12) <a href="http://endslaverynow.org/learn/slavery-today/bonded-labor">End Slavery Now - Bonded Labor</a><br />
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(13) <a href="http://www.fairus.org/issue/human-trafficking-exploitation-of-illegal-aliens">Human Trafficking Exploitation of Illegal Aliens - FAIR</a><br />
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(14) <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/2011/09/the-role-of-honor-related-violence-in-sex-trafficking/">The Role of Honor Related Violence in Sex Trafficking - USAID</a><br />
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(15) <a href="http://www.pbs.org/speaktruthtopower/rana.html">Honor Killings - PBS</a><br />
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(16) <a href="http://www.child-soldiers.org/faq.php">Child Soldiers International: FAQ</a><br />
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(17) <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020341">Child Soldiers, Slavery, and the Trafficking of Children by Susan Tiefenbrun - 2007</a><br />
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(18) <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery/transcript?language=en">How To Combat Modern Slavery: Transcript of 2010 TED Talk by Kevin Bales</a><br />
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(19) <a href="http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/when-does-child-marriage-become-slavery/">When Does Child Marriage Become Slavery - Girls Not Brides</a><br />
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<br />Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-63430313139634519712015-01-26T13:30:00.001-06:002015-01-26T22:32:07.383-06:00Human Trafficking Bills in CongressBelow are the current bills in congress right now related to Human Trafficking. I have not had time to vet these bills so I want to be clear that I'm not saying you should or shouldn't vote for them, but just wanted everyone to know what was in the works. You can find <a href="http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/national-policy/all-pending-legislation">pending state legislation here</a>..<br />
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7398"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7Xl0UuvPxQPKXANyGmKtNcQk6a9od9V2EABj04PeQaxOEo25nG235h8FtlVU96V1qA8f478LWBWFTkLD49700XexXP1OzCE-2BljsoHU6QNDZmw-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNqccjd33DMb4rhCbdEAbMeVHzYoOts3yRPY5Wi0TQypDUnuZUlSKSoiXp4bfRdoFxPz5QXSso9Pj60PcfwbidW-2Br7cV8QnHULcNeqKs2-2FYDmj19vhgkP883OCdzv8ypadzq3T1NsITYp2GN4Oo-2BRcAdzrOqVBfJ6Fu-2BP0IFrAI19yCb2MEEh-2BnNbAHPRwTzAtI5ZkU595-2FiiF6uzOcX-2By4MHw2qmdrrDaqusJ4r4rkTb-2BM2UPYxDp0vVI6MDXrczTSbih1W8HZjrzEzPN313o1ymg5gS8YO72rnR-2Fyo-2BIZv1o-2BQDjmvMAD0i-2Fp3pjCahA" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Human Trafficking Prioritization Act</a> (HR 514): </span></strong><em style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7399" style="font-size: 14px;">To prioritize the fight against human trafficking within the Department of State according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 without increasing the size of the Federal Government. </span></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7382"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7402"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7401" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7W3m-2Fv-2FMZ41eA1MreMsARDJzkUfuODm3zH1s1lpHRPCF2ffHB9PVLMi9ONjLYuBDzzYiDMySukOVD4wuzByqUggPM6Q-2F4qanND3ZdHmTf8bEg-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNdZyAi4sXgGDwE8ydWnLtvzv89JB-2Ba01s-2BfHDBr0XHcKc4OylxkmJ0VGj77AQH-2FT-2FlI1-2FASHx7CIihhfJIv3tedHJhMFbFr4Po0NeAj7yl3Z-2FF0McH67AGVd7MYiPlQl9Oo4fo-2FSwPpLY3X4O0cbV0FfyZPQyL7MqWGvr6DPNoWMbmw-2FTQgsTlLgKXPCzjQSECOwZgmdEfPtHi6qftunf-2BQOoulx1iPqsODwHflY2oY3LiPgipzLN9YzTvvyU7w7ZgS9P5yMHZRgAx3lmh-2FWc97YXCgfbFBo8qPXGt0bEdv6gpLJYmspFWBfYuBQ53RGU" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7400" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking</a>(HR 515): </span></strong><em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7404" style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7403">— Bipartisan — </strong></em><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7384" style="font-size: 14px;">“A serious attempt to mitigate child sex tourism by noticing countries of destination concerning the travel plans of convicted pedophiles. And to protect American children, the bill encourages the President to use bilateral agreements and assistance to establish reciprocal notification so that we will know when convicted child-sex offenders are coming here,” according a floor statement by the sponsor in 2014. </span></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7387"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7390"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7389" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7VM5yi8TTN4PkBwem2ATpfnSKAJjIs6YEmQo5jn051DCvneTEI4kFw-2BloNHHyiY-2BEavH2-2F42wf9pXOIYTYf7TOvemEAmNGQtt0OEGERr9JuBw-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNOXvfCP3KnpKyQOz1ikhglg9c6laaWiIcG46o7K9ZLtWFRp2e9PrkX-2FQyLil1-2BTPnkrdhCDlDUvk4cj-2F77cDZLDcqiwFjACZR63j-2BQMCiFELL53TIE1-2FZ7cdqBZvh7x5db76ivIZfzIB2ng25dCkhha9jx-2BDOpPQIg24MssvlwDdUV1jVRHz4f1mKrQYMdZiFyMMyfkGW-2FrnVCY7k2U1cPxjxM9g0JqzM6Oy-2BunQpPRez3Fajagr1ovqOYK6eA8W5yrCDyUdniC42iVtbrkZDTWkrcVrxMo0DTutllVzG7juV-2Fe54sbKE-2BS-2BpGP3VTR3U" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7391" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Human Trafficking Prevention Act</a> (HR 357): </span></strong><em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7386" style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7385">— Bipartisan — </strong></em><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7405" style="font-size: 14px;">“Requires additional training for Department of State officials related to human trafficking,” according to the bill sponsor.</span></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7409"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7408"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7407" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7UyzOZYxbfQaVF874mCPU-2BKvl78-2BU7iAnvmYNdrA1anIKhpwFrS-2B8b1FaizcjHB6aiMQNDYCFl9qLE4Ufwddrd5hIS7FvEUrCvjELIC-2Fkco6Q-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkN7ukAmwJVyovb3I3KXBBcBPzUpw-2F-2FfEYqcQ2K9mQsW-2Bx0wV8dZsy9wcqZ0Hiw3AUk4Exv8pyV71EEiCS4U7dpFSj231s-2B46DZXwGjXUd9C1fLaEpK-2FQsbvmi8cZo6qNVeHnxK6KSqZmBCa3YRx5rqCCONBin5xlSksFyUcDDykfrdA-2BVcQiYrAkYITdyO6QTotUfiMpieNJGcU6Lqp5T0z6DK25C6DmfTZkokYQpUj6JCRhvsfAF1Hnpi6Fy9IZwDj48CTk0qjAdcjtKPe1g2JiV2GWt3ZyOdH-2BKhCaozf6mywjxr1BjFlSQdEDII7jWJ" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7406" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Improving Response to Child Sex Trafficking</a> (HR 246): </span></strong><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7411" style="font-size: 14px;"><em style="color: #ec881d;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em> To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking.</span></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7415"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7414"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7413" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7W79mkik3wjSucPqfVG8gsHcO2uVPKwmRws0pwqchxPzINzTgKFealqTLVvrAjvEix4BIpuFtgSe5-2FSAliqHjYMdBNHRes-2BfWLZydr8PMpG8w-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNnBVfSk3fDjUS7iFfg0i1FCFDOiQ7qL2x9a1jgOgyGDbEgYBs-2BZ8r09pxe6Na95BcO3PlGx1zHxdnCRIMuSKBiPjXZYl3N4lc16ysBfP-2FlGqS87tSszqI-2BvNJ4ChxP4oDbYjgI0-2FN40Rmt-2BsT-2FSrm9EsEefp2vVFErUwegQLYbUwxKETmhkNsqHSFIMbTztlW9c4JKFUGMEmihc2USUrKOSsNqouxcXTuDRPcEQT7o7PNUJlTEuvaccNgeCt0iZQ-2FWkhzNawh4ovd0-2FwRFvpwu4I02aBynEQSwPBD9WhpKeDZOXWw26Y0MULd8q1rct66" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7412" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act</a> (HR 398): </span></strong><em style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7417" style="font-size: 14px;"> “Trains healthcare workers to recognize the hallmark signs of human trafficking, thus allowing professionals to intervene on a patients’ behalf. This legislation trains healthcare workers to recognize the hallmark signs of human trafficking, thus allowing professionals to intervene. This legislation requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to a medical or nursing school within each of the 10 administrative regions to develop best practices for health care professionals. These best practices will allow for them to recognize, respond, and intervene on behalf of human trafficking victims,” according to the bill sponsor. </span></li>
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7421"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7420"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7419" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7VABW1UOeVgM1C9B-2B0kzLksYi0wbDHrhJttskg5SwfqhEYrgcaMwJtOFMvg3vgeNGadxaL9D-2F2-2B2ebgN4GH7zByxI5p7CEdV4xcp7ia0A8O4Q-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNI7LN3hXu5ZTeQvY4TMRp-2FzZNOPpiAUjDjtkHGAGaSU8NG1vWFV9SmYUf-2B-2Fn7so-2FiaLBq4N4MjZ-2BtCk6swQ6NkRUAh6TL8-2F8Q9lD4GuTkZBM4zyzXvtXPud1aOH6TquvLq52-2Bc8Lb9D9QZGY5cXm4np2ZK3W4Y-2B9ee5tmnklgkeYjVOXRtCNEX5raYVRBQd2OH-2FTqRFez-2FBtD4NA-2FcKty2rx-2FepDiZKh7V36j2KHioGwXSIUYQYasjONsRnYMJ-2FLcjBTaO-2BFil8jOI6lqRQIBMvdJpteW10lPXSO30NPvc9-2FUzX2j6IuBFJ4jaT-2FJ7CrN" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7418" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Human Trafficking Detection Act</a> (HR 460): </span></strong><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422299163377_7423" style="font-size: 14px;"><em style="color: #ec881d;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em>To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train Department of Homeland Security personnel how to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities.</span></li>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7X1EVtSpmv7wkB4EFkVe0CJCEmHEJnWhoTwNDO-2BvN5ZjZvaiJIYxDneRuKMpTvGbqNrkgC1T6NP-2FnH9YVPSAnlIPy5nyBIfPXOdLvqqvNURHQ-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNlDwBSOKWaTqetg1jFJjJEkzu-2FqkQgNsoYvpRmC7kuucUdU-2BdxjYSoTJ-2FCNHPzQFU-2FOty5hNbtlRXLjOMD4ghEs3RlLCItTF4UnOm4obsxuaJPhfG30sOegDR2S-2BnPQQZ-2BGbPuulVGFZMQly-2FvMOn1LGKOmWfT-2BfGKuL5QZZdYQKBnkg4NqD2fkol76wQnSwY9DsqSLJlVWtbzcB4AdS0E9KrWo40Jxkgdn0WL69LLJawOyrbJTDjg0QAFur8M1Z-2BNljUpaUdxrCKcG8AtibZR5OEzD81WXQoF0-2BkWzF-2FM-2FY0mAYoHyaPsYEa14tjkOZ2" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act</a> (HR 350): </span></strong><em style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px;">“Launches a review that will look into federal and state trafficking prevention activities in order to identify best practices to stop human trafficking; requires an inventory of existing federal anti-trafficking efforts to make sure all federal agencies and programs work together and that federal resources are being targeted where needed; and improves existing Department of Justice grants, ensuring that the grants also support shelters for survivors, according to the House Judiciary Committee. </span></li>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7Uv4TLqlxuURRrK4mwS-2BOmTcI3RFPKDm2rUwOAs2UdM-2BDl5UCQ3tU1F6w0vtcbQp5Zq7Xcpees-2BdCj-2Fl9U2y7Cfs4eSIwx6vRwD8KNe6cJTiQ-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNo3kvLWGE-2Bs5Vn8xVLXj6I42rgwlk9e-2F3-2FZe-2BIb1XtH5qiqvKE5P-2F3UL3GEJjDj5-2FLCO0EGN8wQpfwLl8yIZUH8vHppk67g7C4BiQYcJ8QVpX3GCiLe0j5XDIoTycL65X4pGmuSVoQi-2BQnK5WTE7q2z2sPNoLbC3pTVJ82eBH8r-2B0aKebgeHdbra5jJHRggPycGdaWPbPn2wzcCEZeRJAMHteZCbmLTvn3pGi0bzcUfALhna3yxU93unI5PTutugZ3LHDJWjrcbTkJPP1TPNYFYhHbNItmgZbJBEPw6VIIK0yJGdSnXLHUGwom-2B3IHEHs" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act</a> (HR 159): </span></strong><em style="color: #ec881d; font-size: 14px;"><strong>— Bipartisan —</strong></em><span style="font-size: 14px;"> “Provides incentives to states to adopt safe harbor laws that treat trafficked children as victims, rather than as criminals or delinquents. The bill also provides an avenue for victims to access job skills training so that they can begin to rebuild their lives,” according to the House Judiciary Committee. </span></li>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://email.popvox.com/wf/click?upn=vVex72bkMG7BCxZTI1bUfQMaBtj-2Fsbcq5q1KkEsGh7VuBs4nk9VaeGOddvI3o3GsbeBOP-2B9shT2Q5Uzg-2Bwk8bNFVyxVc77r2sIkQLlSNkRzgtgGYIguAABC9Nj-2FZkkmLka4d6n9Z-2BzOJpX-2F12PZcLg-3D-3D_RK8agnVbLclKrrmwvXaKHudq7Loq1cPTvNcHl9F1Olkr5mO2uT2cfNjPpi9MRXkNb2CQqoafXT7-2FoBqXZeIqIcrNh-2BUT-2FDleunq1h1O8LnokZvLytt7B1P8NW2w-2FF8gl3jBzhtbtSmUROq-2BAsyleiYtdg6uoEoaNzt-2ByI4dznBJ4epArVcZ6dbmK-2B64YDVt15DhcIxrn7-2BOrSMlEiCg1vBQdti-2B1XU8UhPfIXD1ogV9Vt0Vgvw-2F1-2FRc80ZRSBzEpZNqZItxwXRMhjEQKtL42IIan1tbrUYIc9ksFKLTgdSuTSnWdkmMNcngMaDrJizAMqD6HtAkaBvmPWe-2FGoZrUidRoTK28TS64Di8kDILCVBhMKRgW-2ByIlXz4T-2FNG4rSTQ" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act</a> (HR 181): </span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><em style="color: #ec881d;"><strong>— Bipartisan — </strong></em>“Boosts support and protection for domestic human trafficking victims by increasing and streamlining law enforcement resources, enhancing victims’ services, and strengthening our laws to ensure that both buyers and sellers engaged in sex trafficking are held accountable for their crimes,” according to the House Judiciary Committee. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Part of <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearts-should-be-free-2015.html">Hearts Should Be Free - 2015</a></b></span></div>
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"I want to be very clear: I'm talking about real slavery. This is not about lousy marriages, this is not about jobs that suck, this is about people who can not walk away, people who are forced to work without pay, people who are operating 24/7 under a threat of violence, and have no pay. It's real slavery in exactly the same way that slavery would be recognized throughout all of human history."<br />
- Kevin Bales (<i>from his </i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f63WZ-yeDnI" style="font-style: italic;">TED Talk in 2010</a><i>.)</i></blockquote>
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I think sometimes when people first hear about millions of people in modern slavery today they wonder, "Is it REAL slavery that we're talking about? Or is this just some metaphor for being trapped in bad circumstances?" But the more I learn about slavery today, the more clear it is that this is LITERAL slavery. I have read stories of people beaten if they would not work, people's lives being threatened if they tried to leave, and even some <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/16/sp-the-tattooed-trafficking-survivors-reclaiming-their-past">branded with tattoos</a> so that they could be found again if they escaped. Slavery today, looks a lot like slavery a few hundred years ago (though there are some differences). Read on...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Past and Present Slavery</span></b><br />
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">For most of history, in most places, slavery was legal. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1b, 1c)</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Today, slavery is officially illegal around the world, though laws against slavery are not always enforced, and some countries lack laws covering some forms of slavery. Still, slavery as a criminal activity exists worldwide. <span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;">(1c, 2)</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">The average cost for a old-world slave was around $12,000 to $40,000 (adjusted to today's currency), and were treated as a long term investment <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1d, 2)</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">The average cost of obtaining a slave, worldwide, today is somewhere between $90 - $400. In North America, the cost is around $3,000 to $8,000--still a fraction of what it cost when slavery was legal here. The result of this is that today's slaves are often treated like disposable resources. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Slaves were subject to beatings and other forms of violence and abuse. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1d)</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Beatings and other forms of violence are still tools traffickers use to keep people enslaved today. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Women slaves were often raped by their masters and subjected to other sexual exploitation. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1d)</span></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Women in slavery today are still subject to rape, even when they are trafficked primarily for labor, not sex. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Tattoos were used to mark people as slaves in ancient China, Greece and Rome, and branding was common during the trans-atlantic slave trade. In both ancient Rome and in the U.S. south, metal collars were sometimes put on slaves who tried to run away.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 4)</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Today, sex traffickers sometimes <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/16/sp-the-tattooed-trafficking-survivors-reclaiming-their-past">tattoo their victims</a> so that they can mark prostitutes as "theirs" and track them down if they try to leave. These tattoos may be names or designs like logos, and often incorporate bar codes that can be scanned by smart phones. In Niger, Wahaya slaves are sometimes made to wear heavy brass ankle bracelets to signify their slave status. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(5,6, 7a, 7b)</span></td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">In the past, slavery was an important part of world economies, and a large percentage of many nations were slaves. Here is a sampling of nations who's historical slave prevalence we know (numbers are rounded). <br />
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150 BC - Rome - 30-40%<br />
1086 - England - 10%<br />
1930 - Ethiopia - 12% to 25%<br />
1910 - Korea - 30% to 50%<br />
1860 - United States - 13%<br />
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">The percentage of the world population enslaved today is lower than at any time in modern history, and the money generated by slavery today is the "tiniest proportion of the global economy to ever be represented by slave labor." <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span> The exact percentage of slaves in the world today is impossible to determine as slavery today is mostly a criminal, underground activity, and no longer publicly recorded as it often was under legal slavery. But the largest slave population in the world today is most likely Mauritania, where an estimated 4% of the population is still enslaved. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2, 8, 9) </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #666666;">"The past, the present, and the future are really one: They are today"</span></b></i></div>
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1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline">Wikipedia: </a><br />
1b. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery">Slavery</a><br />
1c. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline">Abolition of Slavery Timeline</a><br />
1d. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States">Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States</a><br />
1e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_branding">Human Branding</a><br />
1f. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tattooing">History of Tattooing</a><br />
1g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Rome">Slavery in Ancient Rome</a><br />
1e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_Census">1860 US Census</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://how%20to%20combat%20modern%20slavery%20ted%20talk%20transcript%20by%20kevin%20bales/">How to Combat Modern Slavery, 2010 TED Talk by Kevin Bales</a> (<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery/transcript?language=en">Transcript</a>)<br />
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3. <a href="http://globalfreedomcenter.org/SexualViolenceinLaborTrafficking.pdf">Sexual Violence in Labor Trafficking</a><br />
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4. <a href="http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=698">Object Record: Slave Collar</a><br />
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5. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/16/sp-the-tattooed-trafficking-survivors-reclaiming-their-past">Tattood Trafficking Survivors Reclaiming Their Past - The Guardian</a><br />
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6. <a href="http://ink180.com/the-ink180-story/">The Ink 180 Story</a><br />
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7. <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/">Anti Slavery.org</a><br />
7a. <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/slavery_in_niger/default.aspx">Descent Based Slavery</a><br />
7b. <a href="http://www.antislavery.org/english/slavery_today/descent_based_slavery/wahaya/default.aspx">Wahaya: Young Girls Sold Into Slavery</a><br />(This article has been taken down, but there is another <a href="https://www.antislavery.org/niger-fifth-wife-outlawed/">related article here</a>. I do not know if it contains the exact info but does talk about the Wahaya practice)<br />
8. <a href="http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/findings/">Global Slavery Index - 2014 Report</a><br />
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9. <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09627251.2014.950509#.VMJuGHGcXfE">"The Global Markets in Modern Day Slavery" by Gary Craig Criminal Justice Matters, Volume 97, Issue 1, 2014</a><br />
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10 <a href="http://thesolutionsjournal.org/node/896">"Twenty First Century Slaves: Combating Global Sex Trafficking" by Siddharth Kara</a><br />
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I remember when I first read about modern slavery...I was spending some time flipping through a magazine waiting for my class to start, when I turned a page and read a headline about people trying to free slaves, TODAY. I was shocked! Didn't slavery end with the civil war? Why had I never heard about this before? What I read described children in Africa being kidnapped, forced to work as slaves, and desperate parents trying to buy their children back.<br />
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But it wasn't until years later that I would learn how widespread slavery still is. While legal slavery in the US ended with emancipation, throughout the world and even in the US, slavery continues. I'm not talking about people paid too little, or "enslaved" by their circumstances, but REAL slavery, where people are forced to work or prostitute themselves and kept enslaved through fraud, coercion and threat of violence.<br />
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Every year for <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearts-should-be-free-2015.html">Hearts Should Be Free</a> I update a short list of facts about slavery to share on the first giveaway post. I'll go further into detail on some of these aspects of slavery in some later HSBF giveaways, but here are just a few brief facts to get you started:<br />
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<li>Millions of people are estimated to be in slavery today. </li>
<li>Slave traffickers maintain control of their victims through various means, including violence, coercion and threats of harm to loved ones. </li>
<li>The modern "slave trade" is commonly referred to as "human trafficking." </li>
<li>Though slavery has been banned throughout the world, in many countries laws against slavery are not enforced, and in others they are inadequate (only covering certain types of slavery, or certain victims). At least nine nations have no legislation specifically criminalizing slavery. </li>
<li>Sex trafficking accounts for 58% of all human trafficking. Forced labor makes up around 38%. Other forms of human trafficking include forced marriage and forced enlistment of child soldiers. </li>
<li>Victims of forced labor have been found in nearly every job setting imaginable...including factories, restaurants, private homes, medical facilities, farms, and construction sites. </li>
<li>33% of trafficking victims identified worldwide are children. </li>
<li>While poverty can leave people more vulnerable to enslavement, this is not just a third-word problem. Slavery is present even in developed nations like the United States.</li>
<li>There are reported cases of modern slavery in every country of the world, except Greenland. </li>
<li>We are closer to ending slavery than ever before. The number of people in slavery today is the smallest percentage of the global population enslaved in modern history. Some experts believe that slavery could be eradication within 30 years. </li>
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SOURCES: <a href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2014/?utm_source=NEW+RESOURCE:+Trafficking+in+Persons+R">U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report - 2014</a> (1,2), <a href="http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm">International Labor Organization</a> (1, 3) <a href="http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/human-trafficking-faqs">Polaris Project</a> (3) <a href="http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/GLOTIP_2014_full_report.pdf">UNDOC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - 2014</a> (4,5,7) <a href="http://slaveryfootprint.org/">SlaveryFootprint.org</a> (6) <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2014/02/hsbf-giveaway-earrings-from-zen-custom.html">See my collection of links to stories about victims in various industries</a> (8,10) <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery/transcript?language=en">Kevin Bale's TED Talk</a> (9) <a href="http://journalistsresource.org/studies/international/human-rights/human-trafficking-new-slavery-problems-definitions-enforcement-understanding#">Alliance Against Modern Slavery</a> (10) <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19831913">BBC</a><br />
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Would you like to do something to stop slavery? One simple thing you can do is spread the word! Please feel free to copy this list and share it on your blog, tweet about it, etc. Please include the sources, and if you use this list verbatim, let others know they are allowed to share it.<br />
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For more ideas on how to fight modern slavery, <a href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/help/">click here</a>.<br />
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You can contact the host of Hearts Should Be Free at ecarian@yahoo.com.Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-23592343722576385172015-01-14T07:58:00.000-06:002020-03-05T13:28:57.953-06:002015 Heart Should Be Free Starts January 15!I wanted to give a shout out to the wonderful shops who have signed up to sponsor a giveaway for <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/2015/01/hearts-should-be-free-2015.html">Hearts Should Be Free</a>, and to thank these artists for helping helping with this event to spread awareness of the millions of people in slavery today. Below are some of the great gift items you can find in their shops (no, this isn't a list of the prizes...though a few of the prizes may be among what's pictured). <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZenCustomJewelry">ZEN CUSTOM JEWELRY</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FretKnotJewelry">FRET KNOT'S JEWELRY</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/UNBOUNDstyle">UNBOUND STYLE</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Lilsbitsofglass">LIL'S BITS OF GLASS</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FunandBaubles">FUN AND BAUBLES</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LadyMonacoCrafts">LADY MONACO CRAFTS</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/27bathandbody">27 BATH AND BODY</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/poppyandpinecone">POPPY AND PINECONE</a><br />
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<a href="http://scribbleprints.blogspot.com/">SCRIBBLEPRINTS</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/rose_on_weathered_wood_guitar_pick-256119468558338027?rf=238984407003792011"> <img alt="Rose on Weathered Wood Guitar Pick" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/rose_on_weathered_wood_guitar_pick-re32d7fd184af428e95725319136d0e7a_zvjzc_115.jpg?rlvnet=1&bg=0xffffff" style="border: 0;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/heart_of_flowers_ornaments-175357796143474991?rf=238984407003792011"> <img alt="Heart of Flowers Ornaments" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/heart_of_flowers_ornaments-rfaa50f5381ee4a78b3df1aa6421ed9c1_x7s21_8byvr_115.jpg" style="border: 0;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/scribbleprint_heart_photo_card_business_card-240756354172840466?rf=238984407003792011"> <img alt="Scribbleprint Heart Photo Card Business Card Templates" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/scribbleprint_heart_photo_card_business_card-r705ab974702c4b7bb7765e676b134093_i579q_8byvr_115.jpg" style="border: 0;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/inner_child_button-145629080919465896?rf=238984407003792011"> <img alt="Inner Child Button" src="http://rlv.zcache.com/inner_child_button-r7e8a7474abda4e3f9f4e5d47fb3ffb39_x7j3i_8byvr_115.jpg" style="border: 0;" /> </a>
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<br />Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-44204612741071341502015-01-13T17:03:00.004-06:002018-03-16T10:38:15.894-05:00Easy Wins: Low Entry Giveaways<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #4e0000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please check out our <a href="http://suchfuntogive.blogspot.com/p/giveaway-link-ups.html">Giveaways for Good and Regular Giveaway list too</a>.</b></div>
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RULES FOR ADDING GIVEAEWAY TO LINKY</div>
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2. Only add giveaways with under 200 entries per winner </div>
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EXAMPLES</div>
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$5 Amazon Gift Certificate (2/31) WW 20 Entries</div>
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Earrings (3/28) US 200 entries/2 winners</div>
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<b>GIVEAWAYS UNDER 200 ENTRIES - LINK UP HERE</b><br />
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Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02119498262301807853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464257872794614905.post-75933882878206213572015-01-12T23:59:00.000-06:002015-01-16T19:10:46.087-06:00General Giveaway Link-Up<div style="text-align: center;">
This is a general link up for any giveaways. Old giveaways will be deleted occasionally </div>
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RULES FOR LINKING UP</div>
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2. Include prize, end date, and where eligible (US, CAN, WW, etc.)<br />
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Full Disclosure: Some of the links below may be referral links added by me, which earn me extra entries. So thanks for entering!<br />
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