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12-31-18 Duterte: Outrage as Philippines leader describes sexually abusing maid
There has been a wave of criticism after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he sexually assaulted a maid when he was a teenager. In a speech, he recalled confessing to a priest how he reached into the maid's underwear as she slept. Women's rights group Gabriela said Mr Duterte was "unworthy of his position and should resign". The Philippines president has sparked outrage with a number of provocative comments but remains popular. In his latest remarks, he described entering the room of his maid while she was sleeping. "I lifted the blanket... I tried to touch what was inside the panty," he said. "I was touching. She woke up so I left the room." He said he told the priest that he later returned to the woman's room and tried to molest her again. Mr Duterte said the priest told him to say "five Our Fathers, five Hail Mary's, because you will go to hell", according to news website Rappler. (Webmaster's comment: That is not punishment! That is just a license to do more of the same.) It is common for well-off families in the Philippines to employ maids and many women also work as domestic helpers across Asia and the Middle East. Mr Duterte's spokesman has since said that the president had merely "made up" and "added and spliced" the story during his speech on Saturday. Rights groups in the Philippines have strongly condemned the comments, which were made as part of a tirade against the Catholic Church over the sexual abuse of children. Gabriela, a political party representing women's rights groups, said the comments were tantamount to admitting rape. "Rape does not happen only through penile insertion," the organisation's secretary general Joms Salvador said. "If it is a finger or an object it is considered rape." The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific warned that the president's comments put domestic workers at risk. "Flaunting abusive practices encourages the rape culture and in this case, sexual abuse of domestic workers," said executive director Jean Enriquez.
12-30-18 The health risk of sexual harassment
When public-health researchers look at people — for studies, at least; not sure what they're like at dinner parties — they think in terms of "exposures." Exposures are factors in the environment that have the potential to affect people's health. Exposures can include everything from air pollution in people's neighborhoods, to how much radiation folks encounter at home and work, to the racism people face (which has been shown to hurt their health). One "exposure" that's gotten a lot of attention lately, but which hasn't been very much studied as a public-health risk, is sexual harassment and assault. "There's been such a dearth of research in this area," says Nancy Krieger, an epidemiologist at Harvard University who studies health inequalities. That lack is especially notable because so many Americans — women especially — face sexual harassment. In a recent study of more than 300 healthy, middle-aged women in Pittsburgh, about one in five reported having been sexually harassed at work. About the same number said they had been sexually assaulted before. "That's not a trivial exposure," Krieger says. The new study is one of the few to link having been exposed to sexual harassment and assault and health outcomes. Women in the study who said they had faced workplace sexual harassment were more likely to have high blood pressure. Women who said they had dealt with sexual assault — defined as unwanted contact involving either person's private body parts — were more likely to have symptoms of depression and anxiety. Both were more likely to have insomnia. The study didn't go into too much detail. Study volunteers were just asked to answer "yes" or "no" to whether they had experienced harassment or assault before. In a field where such measures are lacking, however, the study was an important start. "Given the high prevalence of sexual harassment and assault, addressing these prevalent and potent social exposures may be critical to promoting health and preventing disease in women," the study's authors, a team of psychiatrists and social scientists from the United States and Switzerland, wrote in their paper, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
12-24-18 Kevin Spacey: Actor charged with sexual assault in Massachusetts
US actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts. He will appear in court on 7 January over the incident, which allegedly occurred in Nantucket in July 2016. On Monday, Mr Spacey posted a video in which he appears to deny any wrongdoing while in character as Frank Underwood from House of Cards. "I'm certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn't do," he says in the clip. "You wouldn't believe the worst without evidence, would you?" he asks. "You wouldn't rush to judgements without facts." The alleged victim is the son of former television news presenter Heather Unruh, who spoke publicly about the incident last year. She accused Mr Spacey of buying her then 18-year-old son alcohol - the drinking age in Massachusetts is 21 - and then groping him. In the video, Mr Spacey speaks in Frank Underwood's accent and addresses the viewer directly, much like he did throughout his five seasons on House of Cards. "Of course some believed everything," he says. "They're just waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all." "They're going to say I'm being disrespectful, not playing by the rules," he adds. "Like I ever played by anyone's rules before. I never did. And you loved it." (Webmaster's comment: Why do we never believe the victims sworn testimony, but always believe the brute males protestations of innocence!)
12-21-18 India man held for rape of British woman in Goa
An Indian man has been arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a British tourist in the western state of Goa. The woman, 48, was attacked around 4:00 local time (22:30 GMT) on Thursday as she was walking to her hotel from a railway station, police told PTI news. The accused is a man from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. He fled after also taking three of her bags. Goa is one of India's top tourist destinations and its beaches attract thousands of foreigners every year. The woman is a regular visitor to the state. Police said she had been going there every year for the last 10 years. Police were able to track down the suspect with the help of CCTV footage from the railway station as well as the area where the crime occurred, according to the NDTV news website. This is one of several crimes against foreigners in the state. An Irish woman, Danielle McLaughlin, was raped and murdered while on holiday in Goa in 2017. Vikhat Bhagat, 24, was arrested soon after her murder and his trial, which began in April, is still under way. In 2008, Scarlett Keeling, a 15-year-old British teenager was raped and killed while on a trip in Goa. Her killers are yet to be caught. Two men who had faced charges of culpable homicide and grievous sexual assault were both cleared in 2016. (Webmaster's comment: There are over 250 rapes and 3 sexual attack murders of women every day in the United States. Why don't the news media cover these!)
12-18-18 The 'wary' #MeToo conversation in Australia
On Monday, Australia was transfixed by fresh sexual misconduct allegations against Geoffrey Rush - one of the nation's most celebrated actors. Australian actress Yael Stone alleged that Mr Rush behaved inappropriately towards her during a theatre production in Sydney in 2010-11. Mr Rush, 67, has denied her accusations. Ms Stone, 33, said that she had feared speaking out because of personal and career reasons, echoing concerns raised by many women around the world since the #MeToo movement began last year. But she also raised concerns that she could face legal consequences - because under Australia's strong defamation laws, people or publications making allegations often face threats of legal action. Experts say worries like this are a key reason why the #MeToo movement has not gathered as much momentum in Australia as in many other nations. Mr Rush is currently suing a Sydney newspaper for defamation after it published allegations against him involving another actress, Eryn Jean Norvill. Mr Rush denies wrongdoing. Ms Norvill did not speak to the newspaper and was not named in its reports, but she was publicly identified in the subsequent legal battle. She later agreed to give testimony in the defamation case. But like two other women at the centre of prominent Australian cases of alleged sexual misconduct in the past year, Ms Norvill had never wanted her experience to be known publicly. Last month, Luke Foley resigned as New South Wales state opposition leader over allegations that he groped a woman at a bar in 2016. They were first raised publicly by a political rival under parliamentary privilege - a method that affords additional legal protection. But alleged victim Ashleigh Raper, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist, had wanted to remain anonymous. She only identified herself publicly in a bid to help resolve "ongoing media and political interest". "It is clear to me that a woman who is the subject of such behaviour is often the person who suffers once a complaint is made," Ms Raper wrote in a statement. (Webmaster's comment: And who leads the charge against women's testimony, males of course. They have a vested interest in denying the truth.)
12-18-18 Spain violence against women: Outrage at teacher's murder
The murder of a 26-year-old woman who had crossed Spain for a teaching job has sparked outrage in the country, the latest high-profile case to put the spotlight on gender violence. Laura Luelmo's partially naked body was found near the southern village of El Campillo after five days of searching. The murder is being investigated. She had travelled 500km (310 miles) to take up her first full-time job. She had travelled 500km (310 miles) to take up her first full-time job. Campaigners say violence against women is still ingrained in Spain's society. The issue made headlines around the world earlier this year following the trial of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman during the San Fermín bull-running festival in July 2016 in Pamplona. The men, who became known as La manada (the wolf pack), were acquitted of rape and convicted on a lesser offence of sexual abuse. Judges said the woman had not been assaulted as no intimidation or violence was involved. Ms Luemo, who had left the north-western city of Zamora, went missing last Wednesday, sparking a search that involved more than 200 volunteers and officials. Officials who searched her home believe she went out for a walk or run before disappearing, as they did not find her sports gear, smartphone and purse. Her body was found among some bushes in a remote area outside El Campillo with signs of sexual violence, El Mundo newspaper reports (in Spanish). It showed signs that she tried to defend herself and marks on her neck that could suggest a death by strangulation. She also appears to have been struck on the head. The location was some distance from the last point mobile phone antennas had located her. No arrests have been made.
12-18-18 Two Scandinavian women tourists found dead in Morocco
Two Scandinavian women tourists have been found dead in Morocco with cuts to their necks, the country's interior ministry said. Both bodies were found near the town of Imlil in the High Atlas mountain range. The families of the women, from Denmark and Norway, have been notified, officials from the two countries confirmed. A suspect has been arrested in the city of Marrakesh on suspicion of murder, according to Moroccan authorities. The man was being held in custody "to determine the motive of the crime while investigations continue to arrest other individuals who have been identified and suspected of taking part in criminal acts", the central bureau of judicial investigation said in a statement. The women had been sharing a tent 10km (6 miles) from Imlil and their bodies had been found inside the tent on Monday, near the foot of North Africa's highest peak, Mount Toubkal, reports said. One of the women was named as Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway. Danish officials have not yet confirmed the identity of the second woman. Maren Ueland's mother Irene told public broadcaster NRK that the pair had been studying together at the University of South-Eastern Norway and had gone backpacking for their Christmas holiday on 9 December. She shared a picture on social media of her daughter with the simple message: "Our Maren". The pair had taken all necessary safety measures before they had left, she told NRK.
12-18-18 Former CBS boss Les Moonves denied $120m exit pay
Les Moonves, the former boss of CBS, will not receive a $120m (£95m) severance package after an inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct. The US broadcaster said that he misled the company over the allegations and failed to work with investigators, meaning it had grounds to fire him. Mr Moonves stepped down in September following fresh claims he had sexually harassed or assaulted six more women. He said that the accusations made in The New Yorker magazine were untrue. In a statement, CBS said Mr Moonves had displayed "wilful and material misfeasance" and failed to co-operate fully with the company's investigation into the allegations against him. It also said he had had violated company policy and was in breach of his employment contract and as a consequence he would not receive any severance payment from CBS. At the time of Mr Moonves' departure as chairman and chief executive at CBS, where he had worked for 23 years, the company said it had set $120m aside as a possible payment to him pending an investigation. Actress and writer Illeana Douglas, known for her roles in the films Goodfellas and Cape Fear, was one of the first women to speak publicly about an alleged sexual assault by Mr Moonves. In the first of two articles The New Yorker published on Mr Moonves, Ms Douglas said: "What happened to me was a sexual assault, and then I was fired for not participating." The article also said there was a culture of harassment at CBS. "However, the investigators learned of past incidents of improper and unprofessional conduct, and concluded that the company's historical policies, practices and structures have not reflected a high institutional priority on preventing harassment and retaliation."
12-18-18 Hollywood's disappearing actresses
More than a year after the start of the #MeToo movement, men in Hollywood are still harassing women, and women are still paying the price. I had wondered what happened to Eliza Dushku. Even if her name is unfamiliar, you probably know her face. Over the years, the actress has played a badass cheerleader in Bring It On, a badass vampire slayer in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and a badass FBI agent in Banshee. Whenever Hollywood goes looking for a woman who can kick butt with charisma — you know, a badass — Dushku has often been on the short list of stars who can deliver. So it wasn't much of a surprise last year when Dushku signed on with the CBS show Bull to play, naturally, a badass lawyer. It was a mild shocker, though, when her character disappeared from the show after only three episodes. What happened? As The New York Times reported, Dushku had complained about being sexually harassed by her co-star, Michael Weatherly. Then, suddenly, she found herself written off the show. CBS ended up paying her $9.5 million in a confidential settlement, but she hasn't been on TV or in the movies since then. Hollywood is missing one of its best badasses. It's been more than a year since the first #MeToo stories appeared in the Times and The New Yorker, and it seems like new stories still emerge every day. Just this week, actress Yael Stone went public with allegations of harassment by the actor Geoffrey Rush; model Babi Christina Engelhardt stepped forward, claiming to have been Woody Allen's secret, underage girlfriend while he made the movie Manhattan; and the CBS board of directors announced that Les Moonves, the former CEO outed over sexual harassment allegations, will be denied the $120 million severance package he was expecting. (Webmaster's comment: Women are the victims of male aggression and vengance all the time!)
12-18-18 The perils of our Great Awakening
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" and the death of seduction. Can a four-minute holiday ballad be a source of moral harm in the world? Plato, who suggested that the best political system should either expel artists or strictly censor their work, would certainly have thought so. So would the original Puritans settlers of New England, as well as the Americans who supported the many forms of state and local censorship that prevailed across the United States for much of our history until the mid-20th century. And so, of course, would the feminists and progressives who have lately directed their attention, and ire, toward the old 1940s duet of wintertime seduction (and, possibly, menacing threat), "Baby, It's Cold Outside." The song is problematic, we are told, because it takes the form of a kind of back-and-forth negotiation in which (in most renditions of the song) a man repeatedly tries to entice a woman to stay at his home later into the evening when she repeatedly states that she prefers to leave. In the #MeToo era, this sounds a lot like the kind of manipulative, exploitative, and potentially even violent behavior that men too often engage in to get their sexual way with women. (More than one critic has suggested that the song is a prelude to date rape.) That seems to make the controversy about the song very much a product of our moment. But it turns out that the song has stirred up negative feelings for a long time. As The New York Times notes in its account of the criticisms surrounding the song, Sayyid Qutb, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood and major influence on the development of Islamist ideology, took critical note of the song on his travels throughout the United States during the late 1940s. (This account was published by an Egyptian magazine in 1950 under the title "The America I Have Seen.")
12-16-18 John of God: Brazil 'faith healer' considered fugitive
A Brazilian faith healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women is now considered to be a fugitive. Joao Teixeira de Faria - known as "John of God", failed to comply with a court order giving him until 14:00 (1600GMT) on Saturday to turn himself in. A dozen women have come forward in Brazil to accuse the prominent self-styled spiritual healer of sexually abusing them at his clinic. He is based in the central town of Abadiania but has followers worldwide. Mr Faria's lawyer, Alberto Toron, said he would report to the authorities but did not say where or when. Mr Toron said he would file an appeal on Monday. A Dutch photographer, Zahira Leeneke Maus, told Globo TV that he had manipulated her into performing sex acts and then raped her. In a statement to Globo, Mr Faria's office strongly denied the allegations. It said the 76-year-old had used his powers to treat thousands of people, and "vehemently rejects [allegations of] any improper practice during his treatments". Nine Brazilian women, who remained anonymous, also told Globo TV that the self-declared healer had abused them on the premise of transferring his "cleansing" energy. Some said they had been seeking a cure for depression when the alleged abuse took place. The related O Globo newspaper later said it had spoken to two more women with similar allegations.
12-14-18 Baylor rape charges
Jacob Anderson, 23, a former Baylor University fraternity president accused of rape, avoided jail time this week after pleading no contest to a charge of unlawful restraint. In February 2016, a Baylor sophomore said Anderson led her behind a tent at a party hosted by his frat, Phi Delta Theta, then gagged, choked, and repeatedly raped her. An investigation by the private Baptist school led to Anderson's expulsion and his fraternity's suspension, and a grand jury indicted him on four counts of sexual assault. Yet prosecutors say they lacked sufficient confidence to take the case to trial, and offered a plea deal allowing Anderson to be placed on three years' deferred probation while maintaining his innocence and avoiding having to register as a sex offender. "After all these years and everything I have suffered, no justice was achieved," his accuser said in court.
12-14-18 Forty-six percent of the women murdered
Forty-six percent of the women murdered over the past decade were killed by an intimate partner, according to an analysis of 4,484 murders of women in 47 major American cities.
12-14-18 After #MeToo Wall Street avoids women
In the #MeToo era, Wall Street's male executives are "making life even harder for women," said Gillian Tan and Katia Porzecanski. Feeling "spooked" by a movement that has toppled numerous powerful men with harassment charges, the industry is adopting a new strategy for interactions with female colleagues—namely, avoiding them. Male executives say they make it a point to not sit next to female colleagues on airplanes, not have solo dinners with women under 35, and even avoid one-on-one meetings without a door being left wide open. Now "Wall Street risks becoming more of a boys' club, rather than less of one." The changes "can be subtle but insidious, with a woman, say, excluded from casual after-work drinks, leaving male colleagues to bond." With few women in the upper ranks of Wall Street, such gender segregation can be devastating. "The industry has also long nurtured a culture that keeps harassment complaints out of the courts and public eye, and has so far avoided a mega-scandal." Of course, not all male executives see treating women with the respect they would show a male colleague as a troubling dilemma. One investment adviser said he "briefly reconsidered having one-on-one meetings with junior women," but then landed on a better solution: Just don't be a jerk. "It's really not that hard."
12-14-18 No sexual consent means rape, Spain told by legal panel
Spanish law will be toughened to define any non-consensual sexual act as "assault" or "rape" instead of "sexual abuse", experts have decided. A panel of legal experts was set up by the government after protests when five men were cleared of raping a teenage woman. Judges ruled that the so-called "wolf pack" gang had not assaulted her. The panel will recommend that the maximum jail term for rape should remain 15 years, Spanish media report. The proposal is still being worked on. On 5 December judges in the northern Navarre region upheld the decision to clear the five men in the case known as La manada (wolf pack). The case will now go to the Supreme Court. According to their ruling, the 18-year-old woman was not assaulted as no intimidation or violence was involved. The men had had unprotected sex with her in a basement during Pamplona's bull-running festival in July 2016. Under the current law, proof of violence or intimidation has to be presented for a case to be treated as "rape". The new proposal, quoted by Spain's Europa Press news agency, calls for the "maximum penalty" in cases involving violence or intimidation against a victim "in degrading circumstances", or when the victim is assaulted by two or more people.
12-14-18 Indian national jailed over sex assault on US flight
A US court has sentenced an Indian man to nine years in jail for sexually assaulting a woman who sat next to him on a US flight in January. Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 34, was sitting between his wife and the victim, who said she was asleep at the time. The woman said she had woken up to find her shirt and trousers unbuttoned and his hand in her trousers. Ramamoorthy will be deported back to India after he serves his sentence, a federal court in Detroit said. The prosecution had originally sought an 11-year jail term. But the US District Judge Terrence Berg concluded that nine years was sufficient for what he described as "an extremely serious offence," according to the Detroit Free Press. When the accusations against Ramamoorthy surfaced, he had denied them, telling police he could not have committed the crime because he was also asleep. Ramamoorthy was held without bail after appearing in a federal court in Michigan after prosecutors argued there was a risk he could abscond. Prosecutors told the Washington Post that he had been charged with aggravated sexual abuse. The woman reported the incident to crew shortly before the plane, belonging to Spirit Airlines, landed. Ramamoorthy's wife alleged that the woman had been sleeping on her husband's knees.
12-12-18 'Every day I go to work and pray I'm safe'
Hotel room cleaners have long battled sexual harassment by guests. Now a group of them in New York City are hitting back.
12-12-18 Australian prisoner gave birth alone in 'degrading' cell incident
A woman in Australia was forced to give birth alone in a locked prison cell in a "degrading and high risk" incident, a report has found. The woman, identified only as Amy, had told staff two hours earlier that she believed she might be in labour. There were no complications at the birth. The March incident was in a maximum security cell in Western Australia's only women's prison. A review found the event had exposed a series of failures. One of them was that no alarm had been raised. Amy had been sent to Bandyup Women's Prison in the late stages of pregnancy after failing to meet the conditions of her bail, Australian media reported. At 17:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on 11 March, she called from her cell to inform staff that she was distressed and possibly in labour. After being taken for a health assessment, she reported abdominal pain but did not say she was in labour. Nurses were not informed of her earlier statement. She was given paracetamol and returned to her cell, but became "audibly distressed" about 18:30 and began pleading for help. Amy gave birth about 19:40. Nursing staff had arrived about five minutes earlier, but could not gain access to her cell because the only staff member with keys was not nearby. The nurses had been forced to communicate with her through a hatch in the door, said the review by the state Inspector of Custodial Services Neil Morgan. Amy and her baby were taken to hospital later that night.
12-11-18 Baylor University sexual assault suspect walks free after plea deal
A woman who watched the man she accused of repeatedly raping her walk free from a Texas court has said the justice system failed her. Jacob Walter Anderson, 24, faced charges of sexual assault after allegedly attacking the woman at a fraternity party two years ago. But after agreeing to a plea deal on a lesser charge, the former Baylor University student was given three years' deferred probation. The woman said she was "devastated". "He stole my body, virginity and power over my body and you let him keep it all for eternity," the woman told Judge Ralph Strother in a Waco courtroom after he agreed the deal, NBC News reported. "I not only have to live with his rape and the repercussions of the rape, I have to live with the knowledge that the McLennan County justice system is severely broken," the woman added, according to a family statement. "I have to live with the fact that after all these years and everything I have suffered, no justice was achieved." This is the third time Judge Strother has approved probation for sexual assaults of Baylor students in the last two years, news agency AP says. However, District Attorney Abel Reyna has defended the deal, which saw four counts of sexual assault dropped in return for a "no contest" plea to unlawful restraint, as achieving "the best result possible with the evidence at hand". The woman, who has not been named, alleged she was repeatedly raped at a party by Jacob Walter Anderson in February 2016. She accused him of attacking her after she was given a drink which made her feel ill. He had offered to take her outside for some fresh air, where she alleges he assaulted her until she passed out. (Webmaster's comment: Looks like rape is now almost legal and you can get away with it in the United States. Male brutes win again over their female victims.)
12-8-18 The sexual assault case that shook Ancient Rome
"You say that he raped an actress," Cicero told the court. "And this is said to have happened at Atina, while he was quite young." There was a low, subdued chuckle from the crowd. They were all men — women weren't allowed inside the courtroom — most from the town of Atina themselves. They'd made the 80-mile trip to support a man they respected, whom they believed had been unfairly accused. His name was Gnaeus Plancius, and in the year 54 B.C., he was one of the most powerful men in Rome. It was more than 2,000 years before the #MeToo movement, but a scene similar to the ones we've witnessed so often lately was already playing out. A prominent politician was on trial for corruption and bribery, charges bolstered by dirt his enemies had dug up from his past: the violent sexual assault of a young girl. Those charges of corruption and bribery were a serious matter, but to the men in the court, the rape charge was nothing. It was harmless boys-will-be-boys misbehavior — something half the men there were guilty of themselves. His lawyer, Cicero, didn't even bother to deny it. He just threw up his arms in a mock flourish and, to the gleeful delight of the men who surrounded him, declared: "O how elegantly must his youth have been passed! The only thing which is imputed to him is one that there was not much harm in." And that was it. Nobody bothered to bring it up again. Raping an actress, as Cicero assured them, was nothing more than following "a well-established tradition at staged events." It was hardly a crime, every man in the courtroom agreed. It was mudslinging; a cheap attack on a decent man's character, bogging down the process of something that actually mattered: a trial over bribery. (Webmaster's comment: Over 2000 years and hardly anything has changed. The rape goes on!)
12-7-18 Media: More details on a predatory CEO
CBS's disgraced former chief, Les Moonves, repeatedly lied to investigators as new misconduct allegations emerged, said Rachel Abrams and Edmund Lee in The New York Times. The powerful executive was forced to step down in September, as CBS hired outside investigators to look into claims of sexual harassment. Investigators have compiled a 59-page report for CBS's board, which found that Moonves had "transactional" sexual relationships with at least four CBS employees and kept a woman employee "on call" for oral sex. It also alleges that Moonves "engaged in multiple acts of serious nonconsensual sexual misconduct in and outside of the workplace." "It looks like CBS might now have grounds to deny Les Moonves his $120 million severance package," said Laura Bradley in Vanity Fair. CBS hired the outside investigators, in part, to determine whether it can withhold his whopping severance, and the "damning report" says the network had cause to fire him. The report says he deleted incriminating text messages and gave investigators his son's iPad instead of his own. One of the most powerful responses to Moonves' behavior came from CBS This Morning anchor Norah O'Donnell: "Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility."
12-7-18 A wrist slap for a serial sex abuser
A massive pedophile scandal has reached into the Trump administration, said Liz Mair, and it should cost Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta his job. In a major exposé, the Miami Herald last week detailed how the criminal justice system let a serial sex abuser, the billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, off the hook after he'd recruited and molested more than 80 girls, mostly between the ages of 13 and 16. Epstein, a politically connected slimeball who befriended both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump and hired famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz to defend him, faced a life sentence for his many crimes, which included an international effort to recruit underage girls for his sex ring. But Acosta, then the U.S. attorney in Miami, somehow let Epstein plead guilty to just two felony prostitution charges and gave him a mere 13 months in a county jail. Epstein was permitted to spend most of that sentence in work-release at his Palm Beach office. And Acosta and Epstein's lawyers agreed to keep the whole plea deal secret. Why? "At best," Acosta thought the rich and powerful deserved special treatment. "At worst," he may be "crooked" and was bought off. Either way, he should not be heading up a federal agency.
12-7-18 Billionaire sex criminal settles
Jeffrey Epstein maintained for nearly a decade that attorney Bradley Edwards coaxed dozens of underage women to accuse him of sexual assault, but this week he abruptly settled a defamation suit brought by Edwards. Epstein, 65, a powerful hedge fund manager with extensive political ties, apologized to Edwards but not to his clients, who were slated to testify in a jury trial. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procurement of minors for prostitution and was sentenced to 13 months in jail. Federal prosecutors found that up to 40 minors were sexually abused at Epstein's mansion. According to Edwards, the victims were forced to recruit other underage girls, forming "a spider web of child molestation." Epstein claims he believed the women were of age, and says they consented. He avoided federal prosecution in a deal that drew revived scrutiny last week after a Miami Herald investigation.
12-7-18 Neil deGrasse Tyson
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has denied allegations of sexual misconduct by three women. A former assistant, Ashley Watson, said she quit her job after Tyson, host of the TV series Cosmos, called her to his home and made inappropriate sexual advances. Another accuser, Bucknell University astronomer Katelyn Allers, said Tyson reached into her dress and groped her while supposedly looking at her tattoo of the solar system. A third accuser, musician Tchiya Amet, said Tyson drugged and raped her while they were graduate students at the University of Texas. In a Facebook post, Tyson said he had a brief consensual relationship with Amet and that he hadn't recognized Watson's and Allers' discomfort when those incidents occurred. The married father of two promised to be more mindful of "personal space." Fox Broadcasting and National Geographic, which air Cosmos, said they would conduct a full investigation.
12-5-18 Spain 'wolf pack' sex attack gang not rapists, say judges
A Spanish court's controversial decision to clear five men of gang rape has been upheld by five appeal judges, and the group are now set to go to jail for a lesser offence of sexual abuse. There were protests across Spain when the men, who became known as La manada (the wolf pack), were acquitted of rape and then later freed on bail. The appeal judges agreed that the 18-year-old victim was not assaulted as no intimidation or violence was involved. The case now goes to the Supreme Court. "We don't like it," the teenager's lawyer said, after the five judges in the northern Navarre region upheld the nine-year jail terms for abuse. Under current Spanish law, an offence of rape has to involve sexual assault, which includes violence or intimidation. Significantly, two of the five judges said that the attackers had used intimidation to carry out a "continuous offence of sexual assault" and called for 14-year jail terms. But they were outvoted by the other three judges. The case sparked such a wave of revulsion that a committee of experts was formed to reform Spain's penal code on sexual violence. Among those outraged by the verdict was Pedro Sánchez, who has since become prime minister and has promised to introduce a new law on sexual consent. During the San Fermín bull-running festival in July 2016, in the crowded streets of Pamplona, the 18 year old was led to a basement where five men in their late 20s surrounded her and had unprotected sex. Some of the men filmed the attack on their phones and sent it around their WhatsApp chat group entitled "La manada". A police report said the victim maintained a "passive or neutral" attitude throughout the scene, keeping her eyes closed at all times. The appeal court accepts as proven that the "wolf pack" victim did not give consent to sex and that the five men took advantage of circumstances and their own position of superiority to carry out the crime of sexual abuse. (Webmaster's comment: Protect the men, blame the woman for not getting beaten in the attack!)
12-4-18 Jeffrey Epstein apology deprives accusers of day in court
An influential billionaire accused of sexually abusing dozens of young girls has deprived his alleged victims of the chance to testify against him for the first time, by settling a lawsuit. Financier Jeffrey Epstein reached a last-minute agreement on Tuesday in the civil case in Palm Beach, Florida. The lawsuit had pitted Epstein, 65, against a lawyer representing women who say the tycoon abused them as teens. Epstein admitted prostitution charges in 2008 and served a year in jail. In his latest legal battle, the registered sex offender originally sued lawyer Bradley Edwards, who has represented alleged Epstein victims. When the financier dropped the lawsuit, Mr Edwards counter-sued. Just before jury selection was due to begin on Tuesday, Epstein issued a public apology to the attorney. Read out in court, it said he had filed an "unreasonable" lawsuit against Mr Edwards. Epstein said he did so because the defence attorney's "aggressive investigation and litigation style was highly effective and therefore troublesome to me". "I am now admitting that I was wrong and that the things I said to harm Mr Edwards' reputation as a trial lawyer were false." None of the other details in the settlement, including a monetary payout, have been divulged. Until his disgrace, Epstein rubbed shoulders with the likes of former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew. (Webmaster's comment: Except for his billions this man would have been convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole!)
12-4-18 Afghan women's football dream turns into nightmare
In post-Taliban Afghanistan, the women's football team was hailed globally as a symbol of the new freedoms enjoyed by the country's women. But now one of Afghanistan's top sports officials has admitted that female footballers - who defied hard-liners and militants by daring to take to the field in the first place - have been sexually abused. And it's not only football - he admitted the problem extends to other sports too. Most women athletes are too frightened to speak publicly about alleged abuse by coaches and sporting officials. But several have now disclosed privately to the BBC what they have experienced. The scandal has exploded in the last few days. On Friday, football's governing body Fifa said it was investigating claims made by women in the national football squad. The Afghan Attorney General's Office then announced its own investigation too. On Monday, President Ashraf Ghani addressed the allegations head on, saying they were "shocking to all Afghans". "Even if mere allegations cause our people to stop sending their sons and daughters to sports, we need to act immediately and comprehensively," he said. Hummel, a Danish sportswear company, has pulled sponsorship of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF), which is at the heart of the allegations. But the furore is showing no signs of abating. Questions were asked in both houses of Afghanistan's parliament on Monday. Then Hafizullah Rahimi, the head of Afghanistan's Olympic committee, made a surprising statement to reporters in Kabul. "Sadly, these sorts of concerns have reached us," he said. "Sexual abuse does exist, not only within the Football Federation but in other sports federations as well. We have to fight it."
12-3-18 Iceland scandal over MPs' crude and sexist bar talk
There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist. Icelanders were especially shocked that the MPs' targets included ex-MP Freyja Haraldsdottir, a disabled woman and well-known disability rights activist. Iceland has long been seen as a beacon for women's rights and has a female prime minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir. Four Centre Party MPs, including an ex-PM, apologised for the crude language. On Facebook Ms Haraldsdottir - who has osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) - said former Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson had apologised to her personally. But she said the apology did not go far enough. "To apologise, while trying to explain, explain, and just lie about what happened, is not an apology." "There are a thousand and one ways to express differences of opinion other than mocking a woman's body and appearance," she wrote on Facebook (in Icelandic). The four Centre Party MPs and two MPs from the People's Party - all opposition politicians - were secretly recorded by a member of the public in a Reykjavik bar, Klaustur. They are heard repeatedly using the word "bitch" and sexually-charged language. A woman MP was in the group, but did not make similarly offensive comments. The anonymous eavesdropper sent the recording to Icelandic media, and it then went viral on social media. He said he recorded them on his mobile phone because he was shocked by the language they used, the Iceland Monitor reported. The MPs' conversation was more than three hours long. On Saturday about 1,000 people protested against the MPs involved, at a rally in Iceland's Parliament Square. Anna Margret Björnsson, a reporter at Iceland Monitor, told the BBC that "most Icelanders are very shocked and offended" by the recording. For nine years Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index, which tracks progress towards gender equality. (Webmaster's comment: The male hatred of women is obvious!)
12-1-18 Kareem Hunt: Kansas City Chiefs release running back over video
One of the NFL's best running backs, Kareem Hunt, has been released by the Kansas City Chiefs after a video appeared to show him shoving and kicking a woman. The video, filmed at a Cleveland hotel in February, was released by American news website TMZ on Friday. The Chiefs say they spoke to Hunt, 23, about an incident earlier in the year and he was "not truthful in those discussions." "The video released today confirms that fact," the Chiefs said in a statement. Hunt, who was the NFL's leading rusher with 1327 yards in 2017 and is fifth on the list this season, has apologised, saying: "I deeply regret what I did. I hope to move on from this." The Chiefs, who are 9-2 this season, are one of the favourites to win the Super Bowl. Cleveland Police told NFL.com that no arrests were made in the incident and Hunt has not been charged. The NFL has placed Hunt on the Commissioner Exempt list - meaning he can not practice, play or attend games. "The NFL investigation, which began immediately following the incident in February, will include a review of the new information that was made public today," the league said in a statement.
12-1-18 The safehouse for women and pets to flee abuse
Shari delayed leaving a violent domestic situation because she was worried about her dogs. Almost half of domestic violence survivors with pets wait to leave because they're concerned about their animal's welfare. But often, when they do leave, it's impossible to find a refuge that will also accommodate pets.
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Margaret Heffernan
CEO, Entrepreneur, and Author, The Huffington Post and Inc.com
After 13 years of producing television programs for the BBC, Dr. Margaret Heffernan moved to the U.S. where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit, The Learning Company and Standard & Poors. She served as chief executive officer at InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and then iCast Corporation. The Hollywood Reporter named Dr. Heffernan as one of the "Top 100 Media Executives."
The author of five books, Dr. Heffernan's third book, "Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril," was named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. In 2015, she was awarded the Transmission Prize for "A Bigger Prize" which was described as "meticulously researched … engagingly written … universally relevant and hard to fault."
More than seven million people have watched Dr. Heffernan's TED talks, and in 2015 TED published "Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes." She is lead faculty for the Forward Institute's Responsible Leadership Programme and, through Merryck & Co., mentors CEOs and senior executives of major global organizations. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath and continues to write for the Financial Times, The New York Observer and the Huffington Post.


In honor of St. Dominic's feast day, August 4.
Almost 800 years lie between his death and my birth, and yet I claim Dominic de Guzman as my teacher.
Such is the influence of this Spaniard, born in rural Calaruega, near the Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos in 1169.
In 1194, around age twenty-five, Dominic joined the Augustinian Canons Regular. Ten years later he accompanied the Bishop on a diplomatic mission to in Denmark. The envoys traveled via Aragon and the south of France. There, they encountered the Cathars, a heretical religious sect with gnostic and dualistic beliefs that was spreading throughout southern France. This was to prove to be a singularly auspicious meeting for the Church.
The Cathars' baleful influence was especially felt in the emergent cities of the era, and Dominic responded with a new concept for a religious Order which would combine dedication and systematic education, with more organizational flexibility than either the monastic orders or the secular clergy of the time.
He also subjected himself and his companions to the monastic rules of prayer and penance and the local bishop Foulques gave them written authority to preach throughout the territory of Toulouse. In 1215, Dominic established himself, with six followers, in a house there. By January 1217, they had gained papal approval for "The Order of Preachers" ("Ordo Praedicatorum", or "O.P.," popularly known as the Dominican Order).
Despite the fact that Dominic died in 1221, ten years before the office of the Inquisition was established in 1231, 'Dominic the Inquisitor' became one of the most famous figures in the infamous 'Black Legend' about Spain.
Historians now agree that 16th- and 17th-century Protestant polemicists created and perpetuated the legend of Dominic the Inquisitor. This image gave German Protestant critics of the Catholic Church an argument against the Dominican Order whose preaching had proven to be a formidable opponent in the lands of the Reformation.
According to his biographer Guiraud, the real Dominic lived an austere life, "observed stated fasts and periods of silence"," selected the worst accommodations and the meanest clothes", and "never allowed himself the luxury of a bed". "When travelling, he beguiled the journey with spiritual instruction and prayers" and "as soon as Dominic passed the limits of towns and villages, he took off his shoes, and, however sharp the stones or thorns, he trudged on his way barefooted" and that "rain and other discomforts elicited from his lips nothing but praises to God".
Perhaps it should come as no surprise to anyone that it is the Dominicans – friars, active sisters and nuns – who are leading the way into Christianity's Third Millennium. In stark contrast to their modernist counterparts, vocations to the orthodox Dominican communities are up all over the world — led by North and South America — as young men and women answer the call to be teachers, preachers and prayers. As someone who studied in the Dominicans' classrooms decades ago, I can say that the world is very fortunate in this regard.
SAINT DOMINIC WAS "…thin and of middle height. His face was handsome and somewhat fair. He had reddish hair and beard and beautiful eyes. …His hands were long and fine and his voice pleasingly resonant. He never got bald, though he wore the full tonsure, which was mingled with a few grey hairs." Blessed Cecilia Caesarini, Dominican nun.
AN INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE: The Order of Preachers is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers, the most famous of which was St. Thomas Aquinas.
FOUNDED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND TO COMBAT HERESY, the Dominicans' teaching and scholastic organization placed the Preachers in the forefront of the intellectual life of the High Middle Ages.
BLACK FRIARS: In English-speaking countries the Dominican friars are often referred to as 'Black Friars' because of the black cappa or cloak over their white habits.
THE LEGEND OF THE ROSARY: Given to Dominic by Our Lady, the spread of the Rosary, a Marian devotion, is attributed to the preaching of St. Dominic.
ACCELERATING VOCATIONS: Worldwide, the Order of Preachers has seen a 15% jump in vocations in the last decade, fueled by orthodox leaders as the USA's burgeoning Eastern Province.
DEATH OF 'GOD'S HOUND': Dominic died at the age of fifty-one, "exhausted with the austerities and labours of his career" Arriving at Bologna, Italy, "weary and sick with a fever" Dominic "made the monks lay him on some sacking stretched upon the ground" and that "the brief time that remained to him was spent in exhorting his followers to have charity, to guard their humility, and to make their treasure out of poverty". He died at noon on 6 August 1221.
1. Their identification as Dominicans gave rise to the pun that they were the Domini canes, or Hounds of the Lord.


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Cometary impacts into ocean: their recognition and the threshold constraint for biological extinctions
Jansa, L F
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 104, 1993 p. 271-286, https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(93)90137-8
Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 41391
Eastern offshore region
Scotian Shelf
extraterrestrial geology; geophysics; meteorite craters; metamorphism, shock; metamorphism; extinctions, biotic; petrographic analyses; seismic surveys, marine; seismic reflection surveys; seismic interpretations; seismic profiles; seismic surveys; geophysical surveys; tsunami; environmental impacts; Scotian Shelf; Montagnais Structure; Tertiary
seismic profiles; photomicrographs
The Montagnais impact crater is presently the only site in the ocean where the effect of a meteorite fall on marine organisms has been studied. The impact crater is 45 km in diameter and was formed at 50.8 Ma by a fall of probably an old cometary. nucleus 3.4 km in diameter, into shallow (<600 m) ocean. Comparison of the impact structure and related deposits with those on land shows several major differences of which the most significant is the absence of an elevated crater rim. Instead, the crater perimeter is bevelled and eroded as a consequence of impact induced bottom currents and turbulent, return water flow into the excavating cavity. By this process most of the fall-out breccia is reworked back into the crater cavity where it accumulates in much larger thickness than in impact craters on land. At a microscopic scale, the shock metamorphism features are about the same as those for land impacts. Geochemically, impacts of comet nucleii, may not leave a recognizable signature at the impact horizon except for a minor increase in iridium. Thus stratigraphic horizons associated with extinctions and/or major changes in biota have to be closely examined for other impact indicators, like the presence of tectites, glass spherules, and quartz grains with shock features. Occurrence of megatsunami wave deposits, extensive erosion on continental margins, margin failures and faunal mixing above erosional unconformities are other potential impact indicators. There is no single indicator that can provide sufficient proof of an impact event. Such interpretations have to be based on multiparameter studies of global extent, since many of the impact indicators are only of regional extent. The lack of extinction of any marine plankton genera, or of bottom dwellers at the Montagnais impact site allows us to place a lower limit for biological extinctions caused by cometary impacts on those with nucleus >4 km in diameter. The calculated frequency for a cometary impact which could result in a 10% extinction of marine genera is about 6 × 10-7 yr-1 and for the K/T boundary type of extinctions about 2 × 10-8 yr-1. Even allowing for a large degree of uncertainty in these estimates, it is unlikely that the biological extinction events for the last 250 Ma identified by Sepkoski (1990) could have been all caused by meteorite impacts.


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Microsoft Flight Simulator Jeopardized by Company-Wide Layoffs
By Mark Phelps
When Microsoft announced layoffs for 5,000 employees, it also shut down its subsidiary ACES Studios-developer of the Flight Simulator gaming software. The first version of Flight Sim came out in the pre-Windows era-1982-and is one of Microsoft's oldest and most widely known products. The current version, Flight Simulator X, is supported not only by the parent company, but by a virtual cyber army of third-party software developers, many of whom supply hundreds of programs for aircraft not included in ACES Studios' repertoire. Many pilots of actual (as opposed to virtual) aircraft use Flight Sim to maintain proficiency or to preview instrument approaches at new airports before flying there for real. Microsoft told PC Magazine it remains committed to "enabling great live experiences on Windows, including flying games, but we have nothing specific to announce at this time."-Is Flight Sim worth saving? Flying Senior Editor Robert Goyer isn't quite sure. Check out our Flying Editors' Web Exclusive here.


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M O N I C A Q U I N N
Producer | Content Creator
Monica Quinn is a Producer & the Executive Director of the Non-Profit. She is a charismatic and upbeat stage and screen actress born in Philadelphia. From a military family, she left the snow for the sun and relocated to San Diego. Growing up at S.C.P.A., a performing arts school like "Fame," she expanded her acting skills to include becoming a singer, voiceover artist, producer, and a champion for arts education. Monica founded Chrysalis Pictures Productions and The Moving Parts Film Festival based in Los Angeles. As a SAG-AFTRA/ AEA performer, some of her clients include Sony PlayStation, Fox Entertainment, Beats by Dre, Boost Mobile, Vital Farms, San Diego Rep, and the Virginia Stage Company.
Some of her Film/TV credits are The Wild, The Child, and The Miracle (Cannes Film Festival), Magic '85 (AFI), My Brother Wes (New York Film Academy), Three and a Half Thoughts (Winner Harlem Film Festival), SYNC (Winner iPhone Film Fest, Olleh International, Oxford iFest). Monica has also appeared in Dirty Laundry (pilot) as a series regular and 30 is Still 30 as a recurring guest star.
As a member of The Actors Gang Theatre Company, she performed under the direction of acclaimed Academy award-winning actor Tim Robbins.
She appeared in the world tour of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Tim Robbins, the national tour of "The Exonerated" directed by Cynthia Ettinger (The Silence of the Lambs, (HBO) Carnival, and Deadwood (HBO). Monica has also performed regionally in professional theaters across the nation and toured internationally with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, and theater festivals in China, France, Spain, Romania, Brazil, and Italy.
Monica has a B.A in Musical Theater from UCLA, as well as a Certification in Professional On-Camera Acting from UCLA.
In addition to performing, Monica has a heart for arts education and nonprofit work. She received a Masters of Science in Nonprofit Management from Walden University.
As a teaching artist, Monica coaches inmates with The Prison Project at The California Institution of Men, The California Institution of Women, and The California Rehabilitation Center. Through Theatre 360 and Drama Maniacs, she has also had the pleasure of teaching her artistry to children. Furthermore, she cultivates affirmative transformation with incarcerated youth at Camp Scott, encourages children who have left Juvenile Hall by working in continuation high schools, and has joined forces with The Youth Policy Institute to incorporate History and Spanish in
Immersion Programs with Culver City and La Conte Middle School.
A D A M F R I E D
Adam Fried is a Producer & Development Director for the Non-Profit. He is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. Hailing from Dayton, Ohio, Adam has a BA in Musical Theatre from Ball State University, and is currently in the inaugural class of actors selected for UCLA's Professional Program for Acting for the Camera.
After touring the country with two national tours and years of performing in NYC, Adam is thrilled to call the Silver City home. Most recently, Adam wrapped shooting on episode of The Bellman Chronicles, as well as producing and starring in his original one man show, MISUNDERSTOOD: An Unrequited Love Story at the Duplex Theatre, Laurie Beechman Theatre and Don't Tell Mama in New York.
Adam is a proud member of Actors Equity Association, and an even prouder Uncle.
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www.arputikos.itch.io . My github: https://github.com/Arputikos .
Explore fantasy world, collect weapons such as sword, sword and knife or craft yourself a bow and arrows to kill monsters and bosses! You'll find 20 levels in story mode and infinite number in a survival mode where maps are random-generated.
Stellar Revenge won a Palace of Culture and Science best game competition, 2015! You can find it here.
The game is entirely written by me in pure C++ with OpenGL 1.2 (graphics) and DirectX 8.1 (only for audio) (and of course WinAPI)! Written in my own game engine made for this game. No other graphic/engine/physics/audio libraries were used. Language: polish.
Hybrid of Mass Effect, Witcher, Lord of the Rings and Start Wars universe. We just wanted to make mass effect-style game, but the idea has evolved a little bit… 🙂 Made in UNITY, not Unreal (everybody asks, lol) with 2 friends in just 30 hours for Warsaw Film School Game Jam IV!
It's a VR game for Oculus Rift with Oculus Touch. After long time of killingspace invaders mushrooms, turtles, pokemons and other game figures, you've been placed in arcade game world. The arcade characters are everywhere, they are going for you and you need to survive all the waves! There is a lot of weapons in the game like: lightsabers, guns, swords (more will be added soon). Made for Disco VR game jam in a 3 people team.
Game for Oculus VR. You are a wizzard and you kill zombies. Throw fireballs, ice rocks and create lightnings to stay alive! Try to survive!
Made for KNWR hackathon in just 10 hours with 3 awesome people.
Luigi, always undervalued character from Super Mario Bros, will show you what he's got! Ride on snowboard throught Goombas, Koopas, collect coins and show off your skills! You can perform high air tricks such as 180's, grabs and more! Ride throught 4 different mountains and over 20 levels! If you get bored you can always choose quickplay mode, where level is completely randomly generated! Everything, including music was created by me.
This game won a Palace of Culture and Science best game competition, 2014! You can find it here.
reborn and your ghost too. This way you can enter places unavaliable before (you can jump on your ghost and so on…). There is also mechanism to rotate all level. This way you can walk on walls and ceiling. The game was meant to be singleplayer, then multiplayer shooter, then singleplayer again.
A strategy game where you play with… yourself! You start with a farm which produces the money. You can create barracks and farms. Destroy all enemy's buildings to win the round. Be aware how you play! In the next round you are playing with your 'ghost' from previous round!
It's a really weird game. It's a VR (cardboard) horror-ish game about being a diler and selling 'candys' to parents.
Trick or Treat = buy the 'candy' or I'll blow you away!! It means that if the client don't want to buy our product… we are bullying on him by destroing his property… but watch out – for every offence, you recieve one police star – if you collect 5 you go to jail… On the other side – you have to sell candy's because your boss will kill you! You'd better not collect knuckle-dusters, because it means how much your boss is pissed off!
It's my first game made for google cardboard VR.
It's a game where you are the basilisk! You live in a cellar. Your gaze turns people into a stone. Your goal is to fossilize as many children as you can! Watch out! Some of them have a mirror, so you can't look at them – if you'd see yourself, you'd turn yourself into a stone!
Made for Palace Game Jam by myself. Game for cardboard VR (android).
When you tap, the pipe in front of bird smashes. The goal is to smash the bird every time. His reborning every time :/.
Be careful, if the bird is not really in the center of space between up and down pipe, it will escape!
Are you upset and you've left your punching bag in home? No problem!
Now you can express yourself with this victim simulator sitting in front of your computer or android phone!
Hit, punch, smash and crush the stickman and let the bad emotions go away… Now you feel a lot better!
Made for Ludum Dare 40 (compo). The game is simple. You need to keep the children alive for specific amount of time. Click on a child to feed it. On the left side of each child there is a progress bar. It indicates hungry level. If it's too much… well see yourself 😉 If it falls to zero, the child dies.
It's a small game… Fly between dark clouds and the buildings. Released on PC and android.
Platform / logical and arcade genre game, where the world is black and white. The world has two 'layers', and the player can be only at one of them at a time. Jumping (and using a switch) – shifts player to the other layer – so he can move throught level. It's not so easy to explain, just try it!
It's a multiplayer game for 4 persons. It's a team co-op shooter but you don't have who are you with! It supposed to be visible by damage from weapon – there is no damage from friend's gun.
Additionally there is a fire ring which is getting smaller and smaller over time and eventually kills everybody who left alive.
Almost MMO! Multiplayer game. One player is playing on big screen, as a cat, and eats fishes in a fishtank. The other players sit in front of the big screen, but they control fish on thier smartphone (they just visit a website and they can instantly play online). So it's half-local multiplayer game!
Made for Nordic Game Jam 2017 with 5 other great people! Theme was "not there", I'm not joking.
It's a game about a suicide. A man is jumping from a bridge. You control him. He can swim. He wants to die, so you have to steer him to hit a ship. Try to die as many times as you can in 30 seconds! Made for Crazy Weekend Jam 5a – reverse edition, theme: joke.
Tower defence game. Defend yourself from stickmans, tanks and other enemies. You've got a gun.
A little bit younger version of "Paletkacz". No fancy things, just game.
Super Tamagotcchii Bros is a small platform game about "easter eggs",retro games, 90s and bosses. You can find invisible blocks, hidden areas etc… It was made by a team of 3 people during the Slavic Game Jam 2016, theme: 90's.
It was my first time when I was working with unity, and I barely coded anything. I did large part of level design and pixel-art graphics.
Classic. Super Mario Bros remake. It's was my first larger game. I've made it before I even started to code.
It's a game made for 1 Hour Game Jam #101, theme: one button.
Press the button when arrow is over a cup with the dice. The speed increases every run!
It's my first game made in 1 hour, for 1 Hour Game Jam #84, theme: upside down.
Just kill people with rocks.
This is a game like pong but with powerups.
I started to make a new Guitar Hero, but I abandoned the idea. There are better genres to make a game.
WARNING! HAZARD INSIDE! Addictive – only 18+!
You have 500 $ and you make bets – guess number from 1 to 5, and bet 10-50 bucks.
One of my first tries in C++.
Arkanoid-like game. A lot of levels, worlds and a boss at the end! Some elements are unfinished.
Propably my first game, written with my friend, in Turbo Pascal.
Little modified version of a game called "Monster" or so. Maybe not.
A simple space shooter. Propably the first game with graphics created entirely by me.


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