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No Right to Avoid Shelter: Tent City Dwellers Highlight Poor Shelter Alternatives
by Eric Falquero // December 16, 2015
Eric Falquero
Tim moved under the K Street Bridge on Nov. 29 after U.S. Park Police discovered him in Rock Creek Park and informed him that he could not continue camping there.
"Common sense when you're living out here tells you to find someplace that's a windbreak, find someplace that covers you from wet. The logical place is under a bridge," he said, explaining why he chose the new location. "Other than that, you've gotta look for a doorway, and very few of those are deep enough to provide any real cover, let alone a windbreak."
A week before Tim set up his home under the bridge, that area experienced a sweep from Department of  Public Works (DPW). On Nov. 20, sanitation trucks gobbled up tents, mattresses, camp chairs and bags at "Camp Watergate," a patch of land under the Whitehurst Freeway, just down Rock Creek Parkway from the Kennedy Center and across Virginia Avenue from the Watergate complex, where more than 40 men and women had been living in tents.
Camp residents speak with advocates after some items are put into storage while tents and many other supplies are thrown away during the camp cleanup. Photo by Olivia Aldridge.
"You are devils, you are devils, you are devils!" one man yelled at DPW employees as they loaded a couple of grocery carts into the trucks to be crushed.
Tim returned to his tent the next day, Nov. 30, to find a waterproof orange notice telling him that by unlawfully occupying public space, he created an "actual or potential hazard to the public." The orange notice stated that Tim's belongings would be removed by the District if he did not move them himself before 2 p.m. on Dec. 2.
When that deadline arrived, Tim and the other campers learned their eviction was postponed until Dec. 3. "I really don't know what they expect," Tim said. "They're not giving us any alternatives. They're saying you've gotta be out of here, but not suggesting any other place to go, other than the usual 'have you tried the shelters?'"  He was very clear on why shelters are unacceptable to him: in addition to being infested with bedbugs, shelters are hot spots for theft, disease, and violence.
Tim. Photo by Eric Falquero
"If someone wants to prey on you they know exactly where you are. At least when you're out on the street, you have a little wiggle room to not have your stuff stolen," Tim said. "Obviously, I understand [why people want the campers to move]: if you own property you don't really want a homeless shelter where you reside."
The second sweep of that area in two weeks happened Dec. 3. Waterproof notices similar to what Tim had received had been posted in many locations around the main encampment, including several satellite tent-clusters such as under the K Street Bridge, to inform residents of the cleanup. "Eviction…cleanup, call it what you will," Tim mused.
A 48-hour notice to remove property. "WARNING — ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. The items in this location are unlawfully occupying the public space. Violations: Occupying the public space without a permit. (24 DCMR 100.1) Tents or other temporary places of abode maintained in a public space. (24 DCMR 121)" Photo by Eric Falquero
The First Sweep
The Nov. 20 cleanup was first attempted on Monday, Nov. 16. As required by District law, the general cleanup notices were posted more than 14 days in advance. It was widely reported in media coverage of the cleanups that these notices informed campers to vacate the area by the posted date: Nov. 12. But most neighborhood residents, housed and unhoused, believed that only trash and debris would be targeted for cleanup. Not people.
When Foggy Bottom Association (FBA) President Marina Streznewski saw the DDOT notices, she called the office of Brenda Donald, Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services (DMHHS).  It was Streznewski's understanding that city protocol during hypothermia season in the District — Nov. 1 to March 31 — is to leave in place tents, blankets or anything else that can keep people warm during that time. The DMHHS office confirmed to Streznewski that the cleanup would remove only trash.
The main Camp Watergate tent city. There were three smaller satellite encampments that also made up the community of an estimated 40 people living there. Photo by Eric Falquero
Nevertheless, on Friday, Nov. 13, Department of Human Services (DHS) and Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) outreach workers spent the day informing campers that they would have to move before Monday, Street Sense first reported, and assessing them for potential housing placement.
It seemed to Streznewski that "the deputy mayor had done an about-face."
"There are a huge range of opinions about homelessness in our community," Streznewski told Street Sense. "I had one person say 'I pay too much in taxes to have to look at this."  On the other hand, people have said 'they are our neighbors too.'"
The FBA has been trying to reconcile these viewpoints and get all members working toward tangible solutions. Six months ago, the association created a task force specifically to address ending homelessness in Foggy Bottom.
"We want to actually solve problems, not just move them to somebody else's neighborhood," Streznewski explained. "These people are living here for the same reasons we are: it's a safe community, convenient for transit and close to healthcare."
Installing public trash cans located near encampments is one initiative the task force had begun working on. And at the November ANC 2A meeting, a resolution to seek a solution to the toilet problem was submitted by the People for Fairness Coalition and approved by the FBA.
"We're trying to figure out the toilet issue. Porta-potties can get expensive for the long term, so we want to look for another solution," Streznewski said. "Obviously, we don't have the resources that the government does, but we can achieve little things. We've received quite a bit of support from DHS, the mayor's office and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). They've been great about answering questions – what's against the law, what's not, etc. We're trying to be helpful."
Around 10 a.m. Monday, November 16, a sanitation truck arrived and several tents across K Street from the main encampment were taken down. However, DPW workers at the main camp only raked and picked up trash. Several homeless campers pitched in and worked alongside them.
In an email to Street Sense that morning, Jenna Cevasco, spokeswoman for Deputy Mayor Donald, wrote that "there have been complaints from the neighborhood about this site for many years" and cited "the increase in debris and tents in recent weeks" as reasons for the cleanup's immediacy.
Indeed, Google Street View images show that the number of people sleeping at the camp grew significantly in recent weeks. Images from months prior showed only a handful of tents, which weren't widely available to the campers until Arnold Harvey, a Waste Management employee from Maryland, began giving them away through his charity, God's Connection Transition.
Under the K Street Bridge, June 2014 | Courtesy of Google
Main camp area under the Whitehurst Freeway, September 2014 | Courtesy of Google
Across the street from the main camp, under the Whitehurst onramp, October 2014 | Courtesy of Google
Main camp area under Whitehurst Freeway, view from Rock Creek Parkway, July 2015 | Courtesy of Google
On Monday, November 16, outreach workers arrived with a shelter transport van to remind people that they had to leave and encourage them to seek shelter. Some campers left the area but most stood their ground. Only two people got into the van that day: a couple from Georgia who had been promised transportation assistance to return home with their two dogs.
Deputy Mayor Donald accompanied the van and spoke with several individuals in an attempt to convince them to enter a shelter. "Our concern is of course that [living in the campsite] is not healthy, not sanitary, and it is illegal," Donald told WUSA9.
No timeline, memo or speech was given to residents regarding the camp's fate. City workers, including the supervisor on site, were expressly forbidden from speaking to the press. At times there were more news crews on-site than outreach teams. The MPD officers that arrived shortly after the sanitation truck were the only city employees that would readily answer questions about their own presence. The officers said they weren't there to move people—or to make a statement on anyone's behalf, they were quick to point out—only to keep the peace. DHS and DBH continued to speak with campers. No one seemed to know how to proceed, city workers included. Everyone waited.
Watergate Encampment Update: No one was asked to leave. MPD officer on scene reports this is not DC land. pic.twitter.com/yqQb5DVbPK
— Eric Falquero (@EricFalquero) November 16, 2015
The rumor mill churned: everyone was getting apartments before anyone was evicted; this was happening on federal land and D.C. didn't have jurisdiction to move anybody; if someone's tent was touched against their will, they could file assault charges. All three of those statements are false, but were believed true at one time or another on Monday, November 16. Minutes from a meeting that afternoon state that the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) Outreach Policy/Protocol working group identified that there is an "issue with mixed messaging. Not clear to outreach teams and/or individuals residing in encampments whether tents are being removed by DPW or individuals are going to be ticketed and/or otherwise limited in their ability to access the area. Need clarity on whether tents are life-saving articles that will not be removed during Hypothermia season." The standoff on Monday, November 16, resumed Tuesday morning. Some campers skipped their routine of breakfast at nearby nonprofit Miriam's Kitchen for fear that city workers would swoop in while they were gone and dispose of tents and other supplies.  65-year-old Owen, who has been homeless for 14 years, was so stressed by the prospect of another displacement that he had to be checked into GW Hospital. Because there is no law against sleeping in public, only against doing so within a temporary abode, some campers packed up their tents and slept in the open in anticipation of the cleanup.
Owen. Photo by Olivia Aldridge
"It's like trying to sleep next to a wrecking ball, and you don't know when it's going to drop," described John, a camp resident. Clarity came on Wednesday, November 18, when 48-hour eviction notices were posted around the camp. The next morning, shelter vans arrived to take twelve campers to view apartments. "Word is, they're coming by with keys for everyone," a woman named Stefanie, John's wife, said while DHS workers called off names from the list. That morning it seemed even more people had arrived after word got out about the apartment tours the previous day. New faces intermingled with those who had been on-site since Monday. The rumor that the plan was to house people, rather than merely shelter them, was generating hope and expectations. When Friday came, no one had moved into housing, but the campers' 48 hours were up. Notices of infraction were being distributed and personal effects were being put into storage or destroyed – depending on the items' perceived value and each individual's level of cooperation.
DPW staff help campers to pack their belongings in storage containers. Photo by Olivia Aldridge
Advocate Diana Pillsbury complained that even though Deputy Mayor Donald claimed translation services were available during this process, nothing was provided in writing for the at-least six Hispanic men who had been living there longer than anyone else. Pillsbury provided verbal translation on the spot. Several of the men expressed frustration. "Maybe one of the most heartbreaking things about today was all the government workers who told me they didn't want to do it, they were under orders," Pillsbury tweeted Friday. By the end of the sweep, only a handful of the 20-25 tents remained under Whitehurst Freeway. A fence was installed on Saturday in the field where the camp had stood, not interfering with those who remained under the freeway.
The central area of the main Camp Watergate area was fenced off. The edges of the field and under the freeway remained open. Photo by JC Diaz.
DHS and police put up a fence yesterday. But "it's just for publicity" say campers. #campwatergate pic.twitter.com/SYmF61nKF9 — Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) November 22, 2015
The fenced-off area will be used to facilitate cleanup and inspection for a portion of the sewer system adjacent to the Kennedy Center, according to John Lisle, a spokesman for DC Water. This maintenance has been needed since February and must occur before March 31, 2016. Permitting for the project began in October before initial DDOT camp cleanup notices were posted. It is linked to a stormwater backup in May 2014 that caused sewage to overflow on the National Crescent Trail. No construction or digging will occur at the Camp Watergate site. It will be used as a staging area for physical work and equipment storage in relation to the Kennedy Center maintenance.
"I think they could find another staging area," said Miriam's Kitchen Advocacy Specialist Jesse Rabinowitz in disbelief, when he learned the project details.
That was sweep number one, which did not bring an end to the mixed messages and general lack of information provided to campers and community members alike.
Media inquiries regarding the camp were required to flow through the deputy mayor's office. Street Sense's questions regarding shelter conditions, whether or not tents should be confiscated during hypothermia season, and if/when other city encampments would be handled similarly, went unanswered.
"You can read into it how you want," said Tim, referring to the lack of transparency.
Advocates for the homeless have criticized the encampment cleanups and have contacted the D.C. Council and the Bowser administration requesting, among other things, that the District "follow the encampment protocol created by the Deputy Mayor, including the provision that prohibits the removal of life saving materials including blankets and tents."
Until now, the Bowser administration has been predominantly lauded by the advocacy community for approving a data and community-driven five-year plan to end homelessness in the District and investing an unprecedented amount of funds in homeless services for FY2016.
Councilmember At-Large David Grosso visited Camp Watergate during the Friday sweep, and was the only council member to visit the encampment during the three-week process.
Grosso told Street Sense he first noticed tents along Interstate 395 and elsewhere more than a year ago. A staff member he sent to check on the campers reported that they needed a lot of services, but they were clean; they had said very clearly that they would like to move into a better situation but in the meantime, they felt much safer in their camp than in shelters.
"So we never raised it, I never sent a letter," Grosso said. "The Gray administration kind of let it fly and didn't do anything. But for some reason Brenda Donald, over the past couple months, has decided that these [encampments] are unacceptable. Partly, I think people don't like seeing them. It's kinda good if you ask me. I want people to see people living on the street. We should raise some alarms and put up neon signs that say 'look at the failure of our society.'"
The council first heard about the cleanup after Deputy Mayor Donald's visit on the afternoon of Monday, November 16, according to Grosso.
Video by Jonas Schau
Like the advocates who have written-in about the camp closure, Grosso asked Deputy Mayor Donald to not do a blanket closure of encampments across the city. However, at the Mayor-Council Breakfast on Tuesday, November 24, encampment closures were discussed briefly between the mayor's debrief on implementation of the DC General family shelter's closing and a report on Mayor Bowser's recent business trip to China.
"Our intent is there will be no more new tents," said Mayor Bowser. Deputy Mayor Donald promised to continue outreach in an effort to convince campers to "move on."
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans suggested fencing the entire area off. His communications director, Tom Lipinski, told Street Sense that Evans' office has been contacted over a hundred times about the encampment, but not all comments have been complaints.
"The comments have ranged from neighbors coming up to Councilmember Evans at a restaurant to relate that individuals have defecated in their lawns," said Lipinski, "to concerns for the well-being of the individuals living in these tents."
Councilmember Evans was unavailable to be interviewed but provided a statement: "Homelessness and a lack of affordable and safe shelter housing continue to be very real problems for many people in the District. We know that it becomes more difficult to provide the critical wraparound services to individuals who are not in shelters or permanent supportive housing, and it's my understanding that many of the people living in this encampment are chronically homeless. I support the work the Mayor and the Interagency Council on Homelessness are doing to try to provide services for these individuals. On a larger scale, the city is working quickly to identify and create shelters across the city to provide vital services to those in our community that need them the most."
Gunther Stern, executive director of Georgetown Ministry Center, has been providing street outreach in the surrounding community for 25 years.  "I came here in 1990. There's always been a thriving community here," said Stern, who is approaching retirement. "[The city] keeps responding with solutions that cost a lot of money to keep people out. That could be better spent to house people."
Over the years Stern has seen walls erected to block off under-bridge areas, spaces welded shut to further enclose those areas, and now fencing rented from a Maryland branch of SONCO Worldwide, which was added around the DC Water fencing after a second eviction on took place on Thursday, December 3.
Despite seeing folks living in the shadow of the freeway consistently for the past 13 years, Stern confirmed that the population drastically increased after the tents began to be donated. "It was [only] the Hispanic community until maybe six months ago. [The number of campers] grew 10 to 20 times after that."
God's Transition Connection founder Arnold Harvey told The Washington Post that he began distributing the tents throughout D.C. and Maryland because they helped people staying outside keep themselves and their belongings safer, sleep better, and get noticed so that they could receive help.
The encampment sweeps have been an entirely different sort of attention for homeless campers. Ironically, "the Hispanic community" is who remains camping under the freeway on-ramp today. Though at least one man, Ramiro, has been told he will be taken to look at an apartment this week. Another man said on December 2 that he had been told a group of six men would receive placement in a house together.
By 2:15pm the next day, everything was gone. The six men sat together on a knoll overlooking Camp Watergate with nothing left but a tarp and several bags. "There is no house," the same man said. "We all need housing."
They weren't the only ones.
Paul, a veteran of the U.S. Navy who has been camping in the area since experiencing family trouble in July, had been elsewhere applying for a job when the sanitation trucks arrived. He saw one truck over the hill as he returned, but by the time he got to his tent, everything had been disposed of.
"I don't even have a sleeping bag. I don't even have a change of damn clothes," Paul said an hour after the cleanup occurred as he panhandled on K Street. "This is what I'm left with: a radio with dead batteries and no antenna. That'll keep me warm at night."
City officials say they've been working hard for months to connect with campers, but Paul slipped through the cracks and had not spoken with a single outreach worker by December 3. He blames staying on the move during the day, not loitering at the camp.
"I saw them putting up the notices. The understanding I had [from other campers] was that we had an extension until we found placement," Paul said. "But I guess they wanted to speed the process up or something."
The day of the sweep, Paul echoed the shelter complaints of other campers. "What I'm worried about now is how I'm going to stay warm tonight. I can't go to a homeless shelter because I like to sleep. I don't want to have to sleep with one eye open. I'll sleep out in the cold."
He has since obtained another tent, and is safeguarding its location.
Twenty-five of the estimated 40 campers that were evicted were targeted for housing (though not actually housed yet) through DHS and DBH's assessments; this is progress, since they probably will be housed in the near future. There's simply not enough housing available.
In the two weeks between the first and second sweep, 10 people from the camp had been housed, and one other had been matched to a successfully inspected apartment and was awaiting move-in.
Stefanie and John have been housed. Tim has not. Paul, the military veteran, has not. Housing was found for a woman named Karissa and her cousin James. They were awaiting city workers to help move their belongings as the second sweep wrapped up.
Paul, who did not want face to be recognizable online, panhandles in the median on the K Street Bridge after the final Camp Watergate eviction. "This is what I'm left with: a radio with dead batteries and no antenna. That'll keep me warm at night." Photo by Eric Falquero
"Me and my cousin stood our grounds. And let them know man, we can't go to shelter, so you gotta place us somewhere," Karissa said. "If it's not somewhere, help us get a permit for a tent." She described how comfortable sleeping on the bare carpet of their new apartment had been the night before. Now she's looking for a school to enroll in.
"GED is a must for me," she said with a smile. "If I can't find a school, I'm trying to find me a job."
It came to light at a December 1 quarterly meeting of the Interagency Council on Homelessness that most of these housing placements have occurred "outside of protocol." That means that people were housed independently of their score in a "coordinated entry" system that determines how vulnerable and in-need of housing someone is compared with the rest of those in need.
"I'm worried the city is housing the most visible rather than the most vulnerable," Jesse Rabinowitz told Street Sense.
While some advocates and city officials have criticized this disregard for coordinated entry, Staff Attorney Ann Marie Staudenmaier of the Washington Legal Clinic for the homeless thinks it is a moot point.
"The coordinated entry system is important, but when people are literally living outside because they have nowhere safe to stay indoors, we believe they also deserve priority for housing placements," Staudenmaier told Street Sense. "D.C. has more than adequate housing funds available this year to house both groups of people. It just needs to utilize those funds more efficiently."
Despite these agreements, advocates and people experiencing homelessness agree that for the immediate future, in lieu of housing or safe and secure shelters, people should be allowed to stay in their tents.
"It's really hard for me, not being an expert in it, to know whether someone is safe or not when it gets cold out," said Councilmember Grosso. "But I think we could probably take our cue from folks who live on the street."
A camp resident who wished to remain anonymous stressed that campers look out for each other. "All the homeless people here know each other. Maybe not the name, but the face. I know that guy, and he knows that woman over there. So we all recognize and watch out for each other."
A December 10 letter sent to the mayor and D.C. Council from the People for Fairness Coalition echoed these sentiments. "Many live in encampments because it is the only place where they feel safe and supported and can keep their belongings safe. Unlike the random strangers they would encounter in a shelter, they have formed a true community of people who know and watch out for each other."
"Nobody owes me anything out here. And I don't expect anything. But the tent, I really would have liked to have that, man. When the wind starts blowing, it gets cold," said Paul. "And once you get a chill on your bones… you ever see these guys walking around in layers and think to yourself 'man it's hot out, how does he have all that stuff on?' He's just now getting the chill off his bones from 3 o'clock in the morning."
A closed meeting was held Friday, December 11 between advocates and city officials, including Deputy Mayor Donald, to discuss improving how encampment evictions are handled. For now, continued cleanups are still expected.
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Olivia Aldridge, JC Diaz, Roberta Haber, Dottie Kramer, Jonas Schau and Alex Zielinski contributed to this report
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Kerala government opposed a petition filed by BJP leader TG Mohandas in Kerala High Court that had sought a ban on non-Hindus entering Sabarimala.
The Supreme Court had allowed women of all ages to offer prayers at the Sabarimala temple.
The Sabarimala is a secular temple and the entry of the devotees to the shrine cannot be restricted on the grounds of religion or caste, the Kerala government has said.
Opposing a petition filed by BJP leader TG Mohandas in Kerala High Court that had sought a ban on non-Hindus entering the hill shrine, the Left-led government cited customs followed by the Ayyappa devotees over the years to back its claim that the "secular" character of the shrine is "historically- accepted."
Mr Mohandas wanted a directive from to enforce a rule under the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorisation of Entry) Act, 1965, that prohibits the entry of non-Hindus into temples in Sabarimala. He had also claimed that "a scheme" to regulate the entry of non-Hindus has been in force in all major temples in the country.
The Supreme Court had allowed women of all ages to offer prayers at the temple in a historic order in September. But women of menstruating age weren't able to enter the temple as protesters fought street battles with police to keep them out during the past three occasions when the temple had opened for rituals after the court order.
To buttress the claim that the hill shrine is "secular," the state government said the "Vavar nada," a place named after a Sufi saint, Vavar, "co-existed with the temple" at Sannidhanam or the inner courtyard of the shrine.
Legend has it that Vavar was a close aide of Lord Ayyappa, the deity at the shrine. Muslims used to pray at "Vavar nada" and at the temple, the state government said, citing it an example of secularism and communal harmony.
The Ayyappa devotees of "all castes and religion" offering prayers at the Vavar masjid at Erumeli, some 60 km from Sabarimala, before they head for the hill shrine should be seen as another "secular" practice, the government said.
"Petta thullal", a ritualistic dance to celebrate the victory of good over evil in the legend of Lord Ayyappa who killed the demon princess Mahishi "starts from Vavar masjid," the state government pointed out in its preliminary objection to the petition. The state government said it would file a detailed affidavit on the petition later.
The government held that the opinion of various stake- holders such as the Wakf Board, Muslim organisations, Vavar Trust and Christian and Tribal organisations should be taken by the court while deciding on the petition.
The state government also referred to two historical school of thoughts on Sabarimala, the one that sees Sabariamla as a place of worship that had originally belonged to the Tribal people; another one that said Sabarimala temple was once a Buddhist shrine.


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NewsMail TodayManohar Khattar lags behind BS Hooda in Haryana road race
Manohar Khattar lags behind BS Hooda in Haryana road race
The BJP government in Haryana has come under severe pressure owing to a number of allegations of corruption in recent times.
Siddhartha Rai
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 8, 2017 06:31 IST
Nitin Gadkari claimed last year to have accelerated the pace of road construction to an all-time high of 20km a day.
According to an RTI, Haryana has got only around 70 km of new road length between 2014 and October 2016.
11 districts of Haryana never received an inch of new roads in the BJP dispensation between January 2015 and October 2016.
By Siddhartha Rai: While the Narendra Modi-led Union government claims to have considerably speeded up road construction compared to the previous Congress regime led by Manmohan Singh, in BJP-ruled Haryana, the Manohar Lal Khattar dispensation is lagging behind the Congress government of his predecessor, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
BJP government under pressure
Union minister Nitin Gadkari had claimed last year to have accelerated the pace of road construction to an all-time high of 20km a day. He had also promised to increase it to 25km. Moreover, the BJP government in Haryana has come under severe pressure owing to a number of allegations of corruption in recent times.
READ: Haryana state govt employees in a fix as Khattar govt makes e-transactions compulsory
RTI claims otherwise
According to information furnished in an RTI reply by Haryana's Public Works Department (PWD), the state has got only around 70 km of new road length between 2014 and October 2016. As Khattar took over the CM's office in October 2014, the length of roads built by the BJP dispensation is even shorter.
On the contrary, the RTI reply said, during the last two years of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the PWD department was able to lay nearly 270 km of road length. Between 2012 and 2014, Haryana got 269 km of new roads. Between 2014 and October 2016, the reference period of the RTI, the BJP government was able to add a mere 71.65 km.
Moreover, 11 districts of Haryana never received an inch of new roads in the BJP dispensation between January 2015 and October 2016.
READ: SYL canal row: Punjab to ask Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan to pay royalty for using its water
BJP claims Congress left roads in dilapidated condition
The PWD ministry, however, told Mail Today that the past two and a half years had been spent by the government in patching up and repairing old roads which the "Congress had left in a dilapidated condition".
A close aide of PWD minister Rao Narbir Singh said, "The minister himself accepts that no new roads have been built. But he had also declared in the very beginning that new roads were not the focus, but repairing the old ones, which the last government had left in a pretty bad shape.
Blueprints to be made public in March
"On the contrary, we have drawn up a blueprint of new roads which will be built now and the list would be made public in March this year."
Looking at the statistics, between 2012 and 2013, 74 km of new roads were constructed, while in the next year another 195 km of roads were built. These were the last two years of the Congress rule in the state before the 2014 assembly elections.
BJP made 13.65 km of new roads in 2016
Now look at the BJP period. In 2014-15 only 38 km of road length was added, while in the next year, 2015-16, a mere 20 km was added to Haryana roads. In 2016, till October last year, the BJP government made 13.65 km of new roads.
Meanwhile, the length of roads built in individual districts is even more appalling. For example, between January 2015 and October 2016, 0.24 km was constructed in Bhiwani, 2.35 in Gurugram when most of the state's revenue comes from the Millennium City, 1.2 km in Jhajjar and 1.2 km in Sonepat. RTI activist Harinder Dhingra told Mail Today that while the government had "promised the sky of development" it was "no better than the previous Hooda regime". "Ultimately the state is suffering and along with it the people," he said.

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Wayne Taylor says Andretti brings technology, tools and possibility for second car in GTP
Wayne Taylor Andretti
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The epiphany came with forceful and searing clairty when Wayne Taylor decided on adding Michael Andretti as a partner in his championship-caliber sports car team.
During an offseason test of the new hybrid prototype that will make its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, there were 91 people (between his team and Honda Performance Development) attending to the No. 10 Acura ARX-06.
As Taylor wandered the pit lane at Daytona International Speedway, he saw similar armies furiously tuning on high-tech, big-budget cars representing rival brands (Porsche, BMW and Cadillac) and formidable teams (Ganassi, Penske, Rahal).
Taylor called Andretti after the test and had the framework of Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport done within a week.
"Michael had approached me early in (2022) about getting together, and I didn't think the timing was right at that point, and we continued to talk through the course of the year," Taylor told NBC Sports. "And once we started getting the cars and the components and saw what everybody else was doing, it became clear to me that we had to step up to the next level to have a partnership with someone who could bring a lot to the table.
"I thought this was a great partnership that could work. Michael has been so good at this thing so far. And his two directors, Rob Edwards and J.F. Thormann, it's as if we've been together for more than a year already, and we have access to all the tools and technology they have. They don't only do IndyCar, they do Formula E and many, many different things around the world. And so being part of it brings a lot of value to us at Wayne Taylor Racing, HPD, ORECA and everyone associated."
For Andretti, who has been open about his ambition to field cars in virtually every major racing series in the world, the new deal filled a gap
"There's no secret that was one thing missing from our racing portfolio was racing in IMSA," he said. "It was the perfect time to get involved. The question is how you get involved. We just were being very patient looking for the right opportunity. I got the call from Wayne, (and) you can't get into the sport any better than a team like Wayne Taylor Racing, so it's one of those marriages made in heaven. It's been a lot of fun. We're really excited about this program and the future of it and growing it."
Announced Dec. 28, the rebranded team officially made its debut last weekend with Michael Andretti attending Rolex 24 qualifying and returning for the race. But its actual impact will be very gradual.
Taylor's operation will remain at its Brownsburg, Indiana, shop for at least the next two years before moving into Andretti Global's new 525,000-square-foot headquarters that is scheduled to open in 2025.
The No. 10 Acura ARX-06 will be driven by Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Louis Deletraz and Brendon Hartley in the Rolex 24 at Daytona (IMSA).
Taylor said Andretti mostly will provide equipment and technical support in the meantime without affecting the day-to-day operations of WTR.
"The great thing is they've said consistently they want us to carry on running it the way we have," Taylor said. "Whatever help we need, we ask for and get. They don't want to come try to reinvent the wheel. So they're coming down for the Roar and the race, but they're going to leave us to do our job.
"We're going to run out of our premises for '23 and '24, and then when their new facility comes in 2025, we'll move into that shop and obviously will be a lot closer then. But we are already working together with them with machining and people. There's a lot going on behind the scenes."
WTR might need help in the GTP era, but its past success in IMSA is unquestioned. The team has won the Rolex 24 four times in the past six years and finished second in the DPi category the past three seasons after winning the inaugural title in 2017. It's also won the prestigious endurance races at Sebring Raceway and Michelin Road Atlanta.
But No. 10 WTR driver Ricky Taylor (whom RACER reported will get an IndyCar test soon with Andretti) could see his father's organization would benefit from a broader knowledge base and technical wherewithal.
"As we went in the new GTP era, the level of competition had just gone up like crazy from Porsche Penske to BMW to Cadillac," Ricky Taylor told NBC Sports. "Everybody's raised their game. So as Acura and HPD and WTR has always been one to pivot very well and adapt to change and pivot around new rulesets, new strategies, new tires, new cars. And to supplement what Wayne Taylor Racing does very well, partnering with Andretti Autosport, such a well-storied and experienced organization, is very exciting from a driver's perspective.
"We're going to be surrounded by the best. Wayne Taylor Racing brings a lot in terms of its sports car racing pedigree, but from a lot of other angles, Andretti Autosport brings a whole new level as well. It all seemed to happen very quickly, but it's very exciting at the same time to have that sort of security and resources in such a big organization. The blend of the team has been really smooth so far."
Wayne Taylor indicated before Rolex 24 qualifying Sunday that aligning with Andretti increases the likelihood that he will field a second Acura in GTP next year.
"Obviously, Michael's group and us will discuss all of those things," he said. "Clearly, our motivation is to be a two-car program next year. There's no doubt about that."
But if such a move happens, it won't have been a Honda-influenced decision (as has been the case with many rivals whose agendas are being driven by manufacturers).
"HPD really had nothing to do with it," Andretti said about partnering with Taylor. "We did the deal and then we told HPD afterward. We've been looking at sports cars the last three years (asking) how do you get in, and this opportunity came up. It was just a no-brainer. To come with a team that has won so many times, what a great way to get right into it. Our plan is to let them do their job and just be here to support."
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Doherty Posts Career-Best 10th in Soldier Hollow Pursuit
By Bill Kellick | Feb. 16, 2019, 1:14 p.m. (ET)
Sean Doherty is all smiles after a career-best 10th place on Saturday in Soldier Hollow (photo by NordicFocus)
SOLIDER HOLLOW, Utah (Feb. 16, 2019) – It's official. Sean Doherty loves home cooking. With a career-best 10th place in Saturday's men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit at the BMW IBU World Cup at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, the Center Conway, N.H., native has now posted three of his top four career finishes on U.S. soil, including two this week. Just yesterday, Doherty placed 14th in men's sprint to set himself up for a career performance today.
'I am very happy to crack that top-10 barrier today," said Doherty. "Conditions were tough but we had great skis, which was huge."
For the day, Doherty posted the fifth-fastest shooting time and sixth-best range time. After a clean opening prone stage, Doherty missed three targets in the second prone stage. Instead of collapsing, the seasoned 23-year-old regrouped and cleaned all 10 targets in standing to secure his first top-10 World Cup finish.
"After that little mishap in prone I remembered one of my favorite sayings...'all the greats have short memory'...and refocused for standing. A big thanks to the home crowd for the big push on the last lap."
Doherty's time was 2 minutes, 22.8 seconds behind winner Quentin Fillon Maillet of France who shot clean to post the winning time of 30:55.8. Norway's Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen was 25.9 seconds back with one penalty. Simon Desthieux of France, with three penalties, finished third, 47.3 seconds back of Fillon Maillet.
In the women's 10km pursuit held earlier in the day, Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.) and Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) finished within a second of each other in 26th and 27th, respectively. Dunklee was clean through her first three shooting stages and had just one miss in the final standing stage to cross the line 2:34.5 behind winner Denise Herrmann of Germany. Egan, with three penalties, all in standing, was 2:34.9 off the pace. Joanne Reid (Palo Alto, Calif.) came in 40th with two penalties, one in prone and one in standing, 4:11.9 back.
"The shooting felt stable and controlled," said Dunklee. "I love exiting with a clean stage while athletes who came in ahead of me are still on the mat. The crowd was great today. The hill out of the stadium had loud spectators on both sides. It was like skiing through a tunnel of sound. We put three women in the (World Cup) points. Next stop...world championships...so watch out."
Herrmann had two penalties herself but pulled away in the final 600 meters of the women's pursuit to claim the victory in 28:03.4. She finished 4.2 seconds ahead of her teammate, Franziska Hildebrand who had one penalty. Third place went to Finland's Kaisa Makarainen, with three penalties, 16.5 seconds behind Herrmann.
The BMW IBU World Cup from Soldier Hollow concludes on Sunday with the single mixed relay starting things off at 12:10 p.m. ET, followed by the mixed relay at 4:05 p.m. ET.
WAYS TO WATCH:
Fans can watch live coverage of the World Cup races from Soldier Hollow on NBCSN and the Olympic Channel (check your local listings).
There will be live streaming coverage each day on NBC Sports Gold and OlympicChannel.com, as well as simulstreams of the Olympic Channel and NBCSN broadcasts.
Streams will be available on all digital platforms: desktop via NBCSports.com/Gold, and mobile, tablet and connected television platforms via the NBC Sports Gold app.
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The NBC Sports Gold premium package will give paid subscribers commercial-free access to each event across the span of the competition. Users can subscribe to the NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow.
Replay with commentary is also available thru www.eurovisionsports.tv/ibu.
Men's 12.5km pursuit results
Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
30:55.8/+0
Vetle Sjaastad Christiensen (NOR)
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Simon Desthieux (FRA)
Sean Doherty (Center Conway, N.H.)
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Women's 10km pursuit results
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Kaisa Makarainen (FIN)
Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.)
Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)
Joanne Reid (Palo Alto, Calif.)
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Big Steps Campaign 'Walk Off' set for September 7
A planned 'walk off' by early childhood education and care workers is set for this Thursday at 3.20pm. The 'walk off' is in support of United Voice's 'Big Steps' campaign which seeks equal and equitable wage parity for sector workers. Following is a recent communique from United Voice regarding the action.
Walking Off the Job for Equal Pay: United Voice's Big Steps Campaign
United Voices' Big Steps campaign has been pressing the government to fund wage increases in early education for almost a decade. While our sector has moved toward high-quality, evidenced-based practice, our pay has not moved alongside it.
To many of us, obtaining equal pay is an absolute must to make ends meet. We're fighting for a wage that reflects our worth and enables us to thrive in our profession.
This year, to escalate our campaign, we organised our first ever nationwide Big Steps walk-off on International Women's Day. Our September walk-off is shaping up to be an even larger affair: it will make our message louder and clearer than it has ever been.
If you would like more information about our walk-off actions and how you and your centre can get involved, register your interest with us, join our Facebook page and check out Educators Everywhere – our one-stop shop for getting active in your local community.
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Teachers in early years learning services – it's time to make sure you have organised all your Victorian Institute of Teaching annual registration documentation and submitted your re-registration details by 30 September. Click on the tile below to see more information on the VIT website.
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Important update re back pay for casual educators
On 17 August, the Fair Work Commission released a decision to vary the Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement 2016 (VECTEA) as it relates to the payment of casual educators.
This decision comes after a series of discussions between ELAA and the Australian Education Union (AEU) before the Commission during which the parties agreed that the VECTEA was ambiguous concerning the rates of pay that apply to casual employees, and made application to the Commission to vary the agreement to clarify the ambiguity.
The Commission has now agreed to the variation and hence determined that casual educators under the VECTEA should be paid at the "52/52" rate plus 25% as per Schedule 2 of the agreement from 1 July 2017. See a copy of the Fair Work Commission decision
The parties have also agreed that there is a back-pay component for casual educators, effective from the date of commencement of the VECTEA (i.e. 29 June 2016).
ELAA has developed an Excel worksheet to assist with backpay calculations and this is available on our website. This Excel worksheet is only available to ELAA members. To access the worksheet:
1. go to 'My Membership' tab on the main menu of the ELAA website
2. login with your member details
3. choose the 'Industrial Bulletins' menu option from the menu on the left hand side of the page.
In future, casual educators and Activity Group Leaders will be paid according to the 52/52 pay scales with a 25% loading in lieu of leave entitlements.
For more detail regarding the Fair Work Commission decision please see our latest August Industrial Relations Bulletin
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Die Sprechenden Laternen sind eine Gruppe von Lichtfiguren in der historischen Altstadt von Celle.
Fünf Laternen, die in ihrer Silhouette verschiedenen menschlichen Charaktertypen nachgebildet sind, bilden auf einer Grundfläche von 4 m × 8 m eine Laternenfamilie. Diese besteht aus der leicht gebeugten "Oma Lilo", ihrem kleinen "Enkel Jonas" und seinen drei Onkeln, der akkurat erscheinenden "Perfekten Laterne Herr Westphal", dem schlaksigen "Langen Lulatsch Olli" und der korpulenten "Dicken Laterne Gerlach".
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Jede der Laternen hat eine zu ihrem äußeren Erscheinungsbild passende Stimme, die von realen Personen, Prominenten aus Rundfunk und Fernsehen mit Bezug zur Stadt Celle, gesprochen wird, wobei während des Sprechens die jeweilige (Kopf-)Lampe rhythmisch aufleuchtet.

Diese sind:

 Die Oma: gesprochen von Lilo Wanders alias Ernie Reinhardt, bekannt aus dem Hamburger Schmidt Theater sowie der TV-Sendung "Wa(h)re Liebe"
 Das Kind: gesprochen von Jonas Pache-Brunsch, ausgewählt bei einem Kinderstimmen-Casting
 Die Perfekte: gesprochen von Stefan Westphal, bekannt als Moderator und Autor bei NDR 2
 Die Dicke: gesprochen von Gerlach Fiedler, Synchronsprecher und Schauspieler, bekannt u. a. als Sprecher bei NDR 2 oder für "Die Drei Fragezeichen" und als Synchronstimme des Krümelmonsters aus der "Sesamstraße"
 Der Lange Lulatsch: gesprochen von Oliver Vollmering, bekannt u. a. als Moderator bei Sat.1 und Hit-Radio Antenne Niedersachsen

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Die Sprachbeiträge starten, sobald sich jemand in die Mitte des Laternen-Ensembles stellt und dadurch Sensoren aktiviert. Die in einem benachbarten Geschäftshaus installierte Elektronik wählt per Zufall eine der gespeicherten Geschichten aus. Nach Ende einer Sequenz werden automatisch drei Minuten Pause eingebaut, bevor eine neue Sequenz aktiviert werden kann. Während tagsüber Kurzgeschichten erzählt werden, schaltet der Computer am Abend auf kurze Begrüßungen um. Den Passanten wird dann beispielsweise beim Vorbeigehen ein Gute-Nacht-Lied geträllert. Die "Sprechzeiten" sind:

 Tagesprogramm 10:00–13:00 Uhr und 15:00–18:30 Uhr
 Mittagspause 13:00–15:00 Uhr (kein Betrieb)
 Abendprogramm 18:30–21:30 Uhr (eingeschränkt, nur Kurzsequenzen)
 Nachtpause 21:30–10:00 Uhr (kein Betrieb)

Neben den gespeicherten Sequenzen, die mit Sprechern vorab in einem Tonstudio aufgenommen wurden, gibt es auch die Möglichkeit, bei besonderen Anlässen zwei der Laternen "live" sprechen zu lassen. Dazu versteckt sich einer der Sprecher in der Nähe und spricht über Funk aus dem Lautsprecher der Laterne. Hier ist auch ein Mikrofon integriert, sodass eine echte Unterhaltung zwischen Laterne und Passanten entstehen kann. Diese Funktion wurde erstmals im Rahmen der Weihnachtsmann-Meisterschaft 2008 ausgeführt, die am 29. November 2008 in der Celler Altstadt stattfand.

Als Kopf haben die Laternen einen dimmbaren Leuchtkörper, der während der Sprachwiedergabe flackert und den Effekt auch optisch unterstützt.

Idee und Realisierung

Die Grundidee der Sprechenden Laternen stammt von den Hildesheimer Lichtdesignern Matthias Schiminski und Peter Schmitz, in deren Werkstatt die Laternen auch angefertigt wurden.

Anlässlich des 150. Jahrestages der erstmaligen Aufstellung von öffentlichen Gaslaternen in Celle im Jahr 2007 wurde diese Idee aufgegriffen und zusammen mit der Stadtverwaltung Celle und der Tourismus Region Celle GmbH (TRC) weiterentwickelt. Die äußere Grundform der Sprechenden Laternen mit einem Metallkorpus, dem rundum verglasten Leuchtkörper sowie dem typischen "Laternenhut", orientiert sich an den im 19. Jahrhundert aufgestellten ersten Gaslaternen.

Standort der Sprechenden Laternen ist die Runde Straße / Ecke Poststraße, mitten in der historischen Fachwerk-Altstadt von Celle. Dieser bietet durch seine Lage an der Haupt-Fußgängerstraße einerseits eine gute Wahrnehmung durch die Öffentlichkeit, andererseits ist dieser Platz dennoch ruhig genug, so dass man die gesprochenen Sequenzen noch verstehen kann. Die historischen Fachwerkhäuser rund um die Laternen runden die Atmosphäre des Ortes ab.

Die Sprechenden Laternen wurden am 13. November 2008 offiziell eingeweiht. In der Finanzierung wurde das Projekt durch Sponsorengelder von Unternehmen aus der Region Celle unterstützt.

Gemeinsam mit anderen Maßnahmen und Installationen im öffentlichen Raum bilden die Sprechenden Laternen einen Teil des von der Stadtverwaltung Celle ins Leben gerufenen Lichtkonzepts "LICHTART Celle".

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'This man just started following me': Women are using TikTok to expose real-world harassment, but some say the online abuse they've received as a result is making them regret their choice
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Women are using social media to expose their harassers, but it's creating unintended consequences.
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It's becoming increasingly common for women to film harassment as it's happening and post it online.
Insider spoke to several women whose videos about such incidents gained widespread attention.
They say their videos had unexpected consequences, including exposing them to online hate.
It was a regular day in June when 22-year-old Yula Delcore got on a ferry in Larkspur, California, to visit her boyfriend in Santa Rosa.
Delcore described the journey as an "easy-peasy" commute that she makes once a week, but she told Insider that this time, she heard a man calling out from behind her when she got off the ferry. He was following her, she realized.
"I told him, 'Before you even start, I do have a boyfriend, so I'm not really interested,' and he said, 'I don't care,'" she told Insider.
As the man followed and heckled her, she took out her phone.
"He literally made me so uncomfortable to the point where I thought, 'I ought to film this.' No one else was around us, so I thought if something were to happen, I could at least get proof of it," she told Insider.
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In recent years, it's become increasingly common to film instances of harassment or discrimination and post them online, especially on TikTok, where they often blow up — as Delcore's did — receiving hundreds of thousands of views.
Women told Insider that filming harassment is a response to a long history of women's stories being doubted and belittled; they see it as a way to collect indisputable evidence of their experiences. But gaining attention under such circumstances can have disastrous consequences — many women have faced unprecedented backlash when commenters dismissed their experiences, subjecting them to even greater levels of online abuse.
Experts say the explosive and adverse reactions to these videos show how unstable social media can be when it comes to women's safety. And while posting harassment footage may feel impactful in the moment, more needs to be done to create sustained real-world change.
TikTok makes it easier than ever for women to expose their harassers
Now that nearly everyone has a smartphone, filming troubling encounters has become increasingly common.
"It's like saying, 'Hey, this happens. It happens every day. And now you see it, you can't deny it,'" Laurie Essig, a professor and the director of gender, sexuality, and feminist studies at Middlebury College, Vermont, told Insider.
Delcore told Insider she decided to post footage of her harassment on TikTok so she could "expose the kind of stuff that us women have to go through all the time," adding that she did not expect many people outside her relatively small following of 43,000 people to see it.
While most of Delcore's previous videos received between 1,000 and 5,000 views, her footage of the incident was viewed more than 530,000 times.
Delcore is not the only woman to gain widespread attention with such a video. Natalie Rose, a 29-year-old fitness trainer, shared a video of a man who followed her while walking in Birmingham, England, this past March.
Rose told Insider she reported the incident to the police but also wanted to post her footage of the man's face on TikTok to warn other women in her area. "I thought that if they saw my video, they could be a little bit more wary and look out for him," she said.
@natalieroseuk Be vigilant ladies! I walked past him, he was sat on the grass and he began chasing me. Then said he wanted my p**sy. I used my phone to look behind and decided to film! Iv reported to the police but wanted to raise awareness on what women face everyday! It's not okay! #shewaswalkinghome #safetyforwomen ♬ original sound - natalieroseuk
Rose's TikTok received 6 million views, and the unexpected attention quickly became overwhelming.
"A TikTok can go all over the world, and mine did. But I think if you don't expect it to, it can be a little bit of a shock," she said.
TikTok's algorithm recommends content to users based on what they have previously watched, regardless of whether a user is following the creator who posted the content. Videos about harassment are often viewed by hundreds of thousands of people under popular tags about the topic. One such hashtag, #safetyforwomen, which Rose used in her video caption, has 124 million TikTok views.
Many women who post these videos risk being discredited and blamed for causing the incident
Some creators told Insider they'd hoped to feel empowered by filming their harassers but found going public had the opposite effect.
Caitlin Wilkinson, 23, filmed a TikTok showing her confronting a man on a subway, who she says was harassing another woman in the car. The man is not visible in the video, as Wilkinson only filmed her own face during the interaction. She told Insider she was worried the man would get "angry" and lash out at her if he realized she was filming him.
Caitlin Wilkinson captured a man making lewd comments to another woman on a New York City train.
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The clips garnered more than 2 million views. While the TikTok comments about Wilkinson's videos were overwhelmingly positive, with users praising her for defending the unknown woman, Wilkinson told Insider that she noticed some people posted negative comments about her on Facebook after her TikToks were mentioned in a BuzzFeed news article about her that began to circulate on the platform.
Wilkinson told Insider she read through comments made by Facebook users and saw that many — who she said appeared to be men — were saying the video was staged because she didn't film the perpetrator's face or they thought she was only posting it for views.
"I just felt gaslighted by these guys who didn't believe my side of the story," she said.
Delcore said she was "shocked" to receive comments that defended the unknown man who was following her; these comments — which were seen by Insider — appeared to largely be from male users.
"There were a lot of comments that were like, 'What did this guy do wrong?,' and I was shocked to see so many of them, because I'm obviously uncomfortable in this video," she said.
Other comments seen by Insider appeared to be from men telling her she should have handled the interaction differently. She told Insider she felt they were suggesting the harassment was her fault because she chose to respond to the man's questions instead of ignoring him.
The response to videos portraying harassment can be retraumatizing for victims
Delcore described the online abuse she faced after her video circulated as "retraumatizing," a psychological phenomenon whereby the symptoms experienced after a traumatic experience can reemerge when a new situation carries reminders of the original event.
Delcore said that the flood of skeptical comments she received from men caused her to relive and reprocess her experience with harassment. "For them to tell me nothing happened and nothing was wrong in the video, it was traumatizing, because they're enabling this kind of behavior," she said.
Wilkinson told Insider that the high number of views on her videos, paired with responses from viewers who said they did not believe her account, made her feel anxious to the point where she would not want to post about harassment on TikTok again if she were to witness or experience it.
"Going viral really changed my whole perspective on the internet. I always thought it would be cool, but to get so much hate, it was really confusing for my brain," she said.
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i was actually shocked at how it actually fit this video... anyways can men actually start calling out other men for shitty behavior cuz it scares me
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Rose told Insider that another source of trauma following her video was the harrowing stories women shared about their own experiences with harassment in the comments.
"It was too much. I had hundreds of messages, and people were sharing all these horrible stories. I guess I opened myself up to that by posting about it, but it just felt like once the comments started, they didn't stop," Rose told Insider.
Natalie Rose filmed a man walking and then running to catch up with her while on a stroll in Birmingham, England.
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Delcore told Insider that she feels some people share too much information on social media, a practice sometimes referred to as "trauma dumping."
Kalliopi Mingeirou, the chief of the ending violence against women campaign for UN Women in New York, told Insider that there can often be a "multiplying effect" on social media, where if some women share their stories of harassment, other women begin to step forward, as was the case with the #MeToo movement that also began on social media.
According to Mingeirou, this can create adverse emotional effects when women start to feel responsible for the other women they have inspired to speak out, particularly when these other women are mainly organizing in one person's comments section and replying to her post.
"We cannot expect women to bear the responsibility of sharing their experiences in digital spaces because of all these negative effects which expose them to more violence and trauma through reliving the experiences of other survivors," she said.
These videos alone are unlikely to lead to tangible change
It can be tempting to see this wave of videos calling out sexism and harassment as a route to social change — especially when they gain widespread attention. But it may not be that simple.
Essig told Insider that "circles of support" — where women flood each other's comment sections in an attempt at supporting one another — are also often unlikely to create tangible effects, as sexism remains rife online. There are "rabbit holes on the internet where some young men are amazingly, horrifyingly misogynist," she said.
Essig believes that the most effective way to create social change regarding harassment is to take these conversations off social media and into the real world.
She drew a comparison to the Black Lives Matter movement, which saw a resurgence online after a video of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020 went viral, which then led to worldwide protests and vows to reform police systems.
"Making videos is a powerful way to get a conversation started, but the conversation has to turn into organized, in-person resistance. Black Lives Matter did not just remain a hashtag," Essig said.
Advocates suggest a possible organizing model for women fighting harassment is the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Mingeirou told Insider that women could begin to organize in person by joining or starting local activism groups and taking part in campaigns that lobby governments and lawmakers to put practical measures in place to prevent harassment, such as better street lighting and reporting systems.
This would help take the pressure off of individual women posting their stories of sexual harassment, who would no longer be a spotlighted spokesperson for the issue, but part of a localized effort against harassment, Mingeirou said.
Ultimately, activists are hoping for a future in which solving the problem of harassment is more equally shared between women and men, and between law enforcement, social organizations, and government bodies.
"Sharing stories in online spaces can have consequences that end up putting the survivors in more danger, and survivors need to be aware of that risk," Mingeirou said. "I really feel that we need to take the responsibility off of women to share their stories and place more responsibility on the government to take action against what should not be happening in the first place."
For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.
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Stand up for Kosciuszko
Our beautiful Kosciuszko National Park and its unique fauna and flora have been trampled by thousands of hooves for too long, and we need your help.
As you know, we are still operating under the 2008 horse management plan when there were estimated to be only a few thousand feral horses in the park – and even that was far too many!
No more delays. No more distractions or diversions. Just a plan displayed to the public within a reasonable time frame. That's all we're asking. And we're asking you to remind the NSW government what's a stake if we continue to delay.
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Kosciuszko is in desperate need of a new Kosciuszko horse management plan.
No more delays. No more distractions or diversions. Just a plan displayed to the public within a reasonable time frame. That's all we're asking the Minister to provide. And we're asking you to remind him.
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Dear Minister Kean, I am writing to urge you to set a date for the release of the new draft Kosciuszko horse management plan in Kosciuszko National Park – and preferably by mid-September at the latest. There should be no further delays. The damage caused by horses to the fragile alpine environment of Kosciuszko has been allowed to go on too long and must cease. As you know, the 2018 Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act passed by your government over two years ago contains specific provisions for the management of horses – including ensuring environmental values are maintained. Minister, on behalf of the people of NSW and the precious ecosystems of the park, now is the time to honour the spirit of that legislation and immediately place the new horse removal plan on public exhibition. Your commitment to manage feral horses in Kosciuszko will protect numerous species and ecosystems, preventing further trampling and destruction of Kosciuszko's fragile habitats and water catchments. At stake is the survival of our threatened corroboree frogs, alpine she-oak skinks, stocky galaxias fish, pygmy possums and broad-toothed rats. A new management plan will also greatly benefit fire-impacted areas as they slowly recover from the devastating Black Summer fires of 2019/20 which burnt a third of the park. For the sake of our beloved Kosciuszko National Park and its wildlife, now is the time to deliver the new and promised plan. The people of New South Wales deserve no less. We appreciate your continued support and thank you. I look forward to receiving your reply,
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Thailand is the destination for the Hong Kong Residents XIII next international adventure, with the representative team set to take on a Thailand Residents XIII in Pattaya on Saturday, May 28.
Following on from a highly successful tour in 2015, when the Residents took on the Manila Storm in the Philippines, the HKRL will continue to play its role in helping spread the Rugby League message throughout South-East Asia by travelling West to the former Kingdom of Siam.
The match will only be the second ever played by the Hong Kong Residents XIII, with the side made up of participants from this year's Hooked Hong Kong Nines.
The Hong Kong outfit will take on a Thailand side made up completely of Thai based players at the Horseshoe Point Resort. The match will kick off at 3:00pm.
Players or fans wanting to find out more about the tour are encouraged to email info@hongkongrugbyleague.com for more information.
The Hong Kong Rugby League wishes to thank Hooked Fish & Chips, the Rula Bula, iCG and Gwelio Beer for their continued support of the HKRL and of the Residents XIII tour of Thailand.