We were sitting around the table discussing logistics for Artists Bridge the Gap IV, when the first piece of backlash appeared on the Facebook event page. "Are you crazy?" the irate commenter asked us. He could not understand why Red Room would choose to support a small segment of the population, that segment being LGBTQ+ refugees, over another, larger group*. He accused us of ignoring the more dire needs of children, women, and men in order to be politically correct.
We always knew our choice would be controversial. We understood that the success of our event depended not just on our ability to coordinate with each other well, and choose refreshing activities, but on our ability to educate and enable people to empathize with situations far removed from their own experiences.
Sometimes the "right thing" is not the most popular or expedient thing. Having determined that, we reinvigorated our efforts. This event, we decided, would emphasize our shared humanity through seeking out those who are overlooked and ignored and providing them a platform to speak and with resources to thrive.
*videos, plays, support of LGBT community, comics. That so few people knew or understood the importance of our cause made it more salient.
Fortunately, we found support within the artistic community, the LGBT community and through a number of sponsors (whom were often part of one community or another). Haha Tai and the International Queer Film Festival in Taipei offered a significant sponsorship and a great deal of encouragement. Another sponsor, the Winkler Partners, proved enthusiastic supporters of the cause. Bai Win Antiques, an established supporter of the arts and of Red Room, stood steadfastly by the team. The Escape Artist, another seasoned partner of Red Room, proffered canvases and easels as they have during live art events in the past.
A cadre of artists, musicians, and dancers contributed their time, talent and passion to help Red Room realize this event and, more importantly, to buttress Red Room's efforts to demonstrate art's ability to connect people and bring about impactful change in our world. Magnolia La Manga, Mangelica, Bouncy Babs, Fei Fain performed at Artists Bridge the Gap IV and promoted the event and the cause widely. They invited us to events and venues, organized supplemental fundraisers at Cafe Dalida (which very graciously sponsored us as well), and invigorated us with their passion and commitment. Billy Chang proffered his voice and his dancing, bringing people together with his ebullience and grace.
Kara Linkonis inking of an educational comic I co-wrote with her, Breaking Barriers, added substance, character, and a striking poignancy that could not have been achieved without her commitment to her craft. A story was produced that hopefully addressed the vivid experiences of LGBTQ+ refugees with the respect they deserve as human beings. Members of All's Well Theatre wrote and performed moving accounts of refugee's experiences. High schoolers in America dedicated themselves to raising money in their hometown through designing post cards, posters and a T-shirt.
There are so many more people who deserve thanks for bringing Artists Bridge the Gap IV into fruition that I cannot possibly name. Truly, the support which overflowed from communities in Taiwan and elsewhere buoyed us through thousands of minute details and second guessing, and hundreds of passionate debates, and tens of setbacks. Perhaps, however, what motivated me even more was the semi-weekly meetings with the organizers and benficiaries In Leipzig, Germany. The Project Artists Bridge the Gap IV benefitted, Queer Refugees Network, Leipzig, is run largely through the dedication of volunteers and workers at Rosalinde Leipzig e.V. When I skyped with them, they relayed. During meetings they would open maps and search for 'Taiwan' and express disbelief in the decision for a community an ocean away to help them establish a new life. I was thrilled to hear about one beneficiaries plan to become a fashion designer, or another's to learn German or a third's to finally have discovered a setting where they could openly be themselves. This is what the funds we raised would be used for. They would pay for tangible goods like food, shelter, books, of course, but with these come a host of intangible benefits. These funds would enable QueeRNL to continue creating a network, a safe space and an opportunity to succeed.
Knowing that all of this hard work might have resulted in the realization of someone's dream, might have created opportunities for those who have been denied them, has carried me through every doubt, every negative comment and every painstaking re-explanation. I can honestly say that working with Red Room, QueeRNL and the amazing people in Taiwan has truly been a transformative experience. One might even say, to echo my teammate, that it was the right thing to do.
*If you have questions about why Red Room chose to support this cause, you should visit the FAQ page we wrote to help explain!
Napat Inkapairoj is a visual artist and a lifetime animal lover. Originally from Bangkok.
2014 : "I do as I please" Sudrit art gallery, Nan, Thailand. Charity project for animals shelter in need.
2014 : "Cats" Baan Prabat gallery, Saraburi, Thailand. Charity for animals shelter in need.
2013 Faculty of Fine and Applieds art Chulalongkorn University, Major in painting.
FeiFain Wang is an artist based in Taipei. In addition to creating art and illustrations, FeiFain does drag shows, performances and theater.
Charles Haines is a Canadian born sculptor, painter, printmaker and poet who has lived in Taiwan since 2001 and calls Taiwan his home. For over twenty years he has had a passion for painting crows. No matter where he travels people have strong feelings about crows. He likes that. If you ask him he will tell you the he was a crow in a former life and that he has dreams of flying and can still feel the air under his wings.
Kate Huang, was born and raised in Taiwan. A self taught artist and a freelancer, she's always loved drawing and painting since she was little, on papers, walls, or even the textbooks. She chose to put aside the drawing pens and stepped into the business world as she considered it to be the "secured path". But the calling from true passion lead her back when she listened to her own voice.
Huang loves painting, it is the time when she feels the most real, she acts truthfully, sees the world with better clarity and knows the ultimate truth that all things on both sides of the duality, are beauty. She seldom feels the need to make a statement through art, being an artist to her is like being a translator or a converter for the universal energy. She stretches wide to let passion and inspiration roar through. Paintings are done through her rather than by her. She believes in art, in it's healing power, and it's ability of reaching hearts. To touch a heart with a painting, the connection happens in an instant, in the most truthful and honest way.
In recent years when she paint, she structures the picture less and less before starting to paint. Now she just breathes and empties herself. She settles into her true state at the moment, then lets the moment transform into colors, texture, and shapes. She lets the flow lead the way to find it's possibilities and grow organically. Every beginning of a painting is a new journey, and the destination always surprises her. To me this is the best thing that painting had taught her – there is always a good possibility wherever we are!
Red Room is hosting Artists Bridge the Gap IV ( ABTG IV ), a one-of-a-kind event, on May 29th, 2016. ABTG IV is the fourth instalment of Red Room's all-day live art event!
This year, Red Room will bring together live art, music, and theatre from across the island for the purpose of bridging gaps between international communities and creating opportunities for those in need.
Visit the ABTG4 page for updates and more information.
Live Art created the day of the event by twenty amazing painters.
Interactive Corner where attendees can decorate their own postcards and film videos to send to the amazing NGOs in Germany!
Merchandise Table which features T-shirts designed by a community member and poster prints with art created by artists from the event!
Food and Drink with specially concocted drinks for the event!
Check out the event on Facebook for more updates!


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On the 29 April the ABC Four Corners program ran a story, "No Advantage", about conditions for asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru Islands. Major Paul Moulds of the Salvation Army appeared in that story. What he seemed to be saying was that conditions on those islands were not conducive to the well being of asylum seekers. He expressed concern and as such, implied criticism of the management of those facilities.
Others who had worked on the islands, including workers employed by the Salvation Army, and a doctor, who had been fired after expressing his concerns by the contracting company employing him, were far more forthright in their condemnation of conditions in the asylum seeker camps.
In early December 2012 I wrote an article critical of the involvement of the Salvation Army in seeking to 'ameliorate the condition' of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Islands. For that they have been paid $75m, with nothing to show for it except a spate of resignations by Salvation Army staff working on the islands.
In that article I said that the Salvation Army was wrong to think that it could make a difference to the physical and emotional needs of asylum seekers in those detention centres.
Paul Moulds, the head of the Salvation Army mission to Nauru and Manus Islands, wrote, in response to my article that, "Our presence on Nauru or Manus Island does not mean that we have endorsed this policy or given it 'legitimacy'...We have spoken clearly and publicly about our opposition to off shore processing, but as Mr Haigh knows, the implementation of off shore processing was inevitable. It was recommended by the Expert Panel and endorsed by both major political parties...Who was best placed to provide humanitarian support and care for these people? A security firm? A facilities management company? Or an organisation that brings to this task over a century of experience and skill in working with the distressed, vulnerable and marginalised people, and boundless amounts of faith, hope and love."
Sadly all that boundless faith, hope and love have not prevented an undocumented number of suicide attempts and inmates from sewing their lips together in distress and despair at their appalling living conditions and 'no advantage' incarceration, which is sending them mad.
Moulds continued, "We also understand Mr Haigh's point that future that future generations may well look back on this policy and see it, like the removal of aboriginal children and the care of children in large institutions, as flawed and inappropriate. But our concerns for our future reputation should not prevent us now from responding to the urgent need to bring some compassion and humanity to a tough policy. We are content to let the future judge our actions and response."
And further on, "The Salvation Army is continually advocating directly to the government for improvement in facilities and conditions, and we have seen positive response."
In the light of the ABC program that last statement by Moulds is a porky. By his own testament on the program he gave the lie to the words he wrote to me on 24 December last year.
The Salvation Army has fulfilled none of the objectives outlined by Moulds to me. It has been marginalised by a ruthless and fearful government. It has taken $75 million of tax-payers money to deliver outcomes which Moulds and his co-workers admitted have so far failed, and given the current loss of decency and moral courage by both major parties, are unlikely to succeed.
If it wants to retrieve any credibility the Salvation Army should go to the barricades and publicly advocate for the rights of asylum seekers to be upheld, as embodied in Australian legislation and under International law and Charter.
To do otherwise is to spend tax-payers money on a fig leaf.
At a time when they will be shortly facing examination from the inquiry into child abuse, particularly as it existed in orphanages and religious institutions, it might be prudent to clean out their stables, leave the islands, hand the money back and advocate for the rule of law to apply to asylum seekers.


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Populated places in ancient Crete
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GUBU 2.0: Could it happen again?
by Gerard Cunningham Posted on February 1, 2015
GUBU in 2015: Phone tapping never went away
An edited version of this article appeared in Village magazine, February 2015 edition
Late last year, the Irish Times reported exclusively on secret courts set up by justice minister Frances Fitzgerald to regulate requests for Irish data from GCHQ. The courts were set up after files released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that GCHQ was illegally tapping data on the internet pipes leaving Ireland, which travel through the UK. The new courts, established by statutory instrument, make it a crime to report that a company has been ordered to appear before the in camera courts.
Aiden Gillen as taoiseach Charles J Haughey during the GUBU years, from the recent RTE Drama "Charlie". Image: RTÉ.
Exclusive is a much abused word in journalism, but for once it is accurate. A month after the story was broken by Karlin Lillington, no other newspaper or broadcaster has covered it. Privacy, and in particular online privacy, remains a little understood concept in the Irish media. While Irish journalists reminisced about CJ Haughey as RTE showed its three part series "Charlie", their memories colouring their judgment of the ambitious but flawed programme, another Charlie made headlines in France. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, leaders who linked arms in Paris in the name of free speech announced in lockstep days later the need for increased surveillance on their citizens.
Charlie Haughey accidentally invented Irish privacy rights in 1983. His justice minister didn't object at the thought of tapping the phones of journalists – they were a security threat, the Boss said so – but after the affair became public as part of the year of GUBU, legal cases by Geraldine Kennedy and Bruce Arnold led the courts to outline a right to privacy. Technology has moved on from 1983, when many rural phones were still connected through manual exchanges and the Apple IIe and Commodore 64 were the height of computing sophistication. Not surprisingly, the law has struggled to keep up.
In principle, surveillance of Irish citizens is governed by two laws. Data interception (telephone tapping) is regulated by the 1993 Interception of postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act, while, law on data retention comes under the 2003 Data Protection Act, with an annual report prepared by an independently appointed designated judge. These reports can be laughably brief, often amounting to a single page.
In practice, a myriad of other laws, governing everything from the coroners' courts to the investigation of shipping accidents, give State agencies access to personal data.
"The headline stuff is the 1993 Act for interception and the 2003 Act for data retention, but there is a bit question mark over how other powers could be used," says TJ McIntyre, law lecturer and chairman of the independent civil liberties group Digital Rights Ireland.
"There's tonnes of legislation that give powers to, not just the Gardai but investigators in the department of agriculture, revenue commissioners and other state bodies, and the obvious concern is that these bodies may demand documents as may be found, and obviously those powers can be used to get their hands on particular communications."
"There's also the concern that the Garda or other state agencies might also be getting voluntary disclosure of some information, for example going to social network sites and asking to see direct (private) messages between people, and perhaps even if they don't have the power to compel disclosure, that site might be disclosing them anyway."
"US firms wouldn't do that, as to the extent that their operations are based in the US they would have to comply with US laws which are more stringent, and normally would insist on some sort of US process. But domestic firms I would be a bit more worried about."
"To put this into context. There is a wider European context, under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which is quite clear that when you have state surveillance systems, you should have certain safeguards in place.
"So if you don't have a judge authorising access to information beforehand, you should have some sort of judicial oversight of the system as a whole, the systems have to be prescribed by law setting out when they can be used, what kind of crimes are being investigated and so on."
Digital Rights Ireland last year pursued Ireland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), securing a judgment striking down Irish data retention laws as excessive. The government, perhaps anticipating a successful challenge to its 2006 regulations on data retention, passed the Communications (Retention of Data) Act in 2011.
McIntyre is unconvinced anything has changed as a result of the ECJ decision.
"It would be disappointing if the telecoms companies had not approached the state to amend the practice in Ireland after the DRI decision, and I would be fairly confident they hadn't," he says. "The State's position, as far as the State is concerned the 2011 Act is still in force and while that is the case, everything is hunky dory, nothing to see here, nothing to worry about. And our position is no, the 2011 Act is unconstitutional and by continuing to keep their head in the sand the State is only storing up problems for the future."
"I think it is very likely you are going to see convictions quashed in the future because evidence was admitted when it shouldn't have been admitted, when there was no statutory basis for it."
The Morris tribunal revealed two instances where confidential telephone data was obtained outside the regulatory framework. In the first instance, telephone records were obtained by an officer in Garda HQ who phoned the GPO, where the then publicly owned Telecom Eireann (now Eircom) was based, and asked the person who answered the phone for the records. He produced no warrant or authorisation, and the records were sent to him within a few days. The officer said this was the only time he had done this, as the records were needed urgently and he didn't have time to process the paperwork, and that he did not recall the name of the person he spoke to in Telecom Eireann.
In the second case, private investigator Billy Flynn was able to obtain the home telephone records of a Donegal garda, something Garda investigators could not do. Flynn later claimed that he was able to do this because he serendipitously gave a lift to a hitch-hiker who worked for the phone company, who was able to provide him with exactly the printouts he needed in order to further his investigation.
Barrister Fergal Crehan notes that such instances of "informal" garda requests, and "blagging", are not simply glitches that happened in Donegal decades ago, pointing to a recent prosecution of a private investigator by the Data Protection Commissioner.
"A garda witness was treated as a hostile witness, and it emerged from that that the garda really had no reason to be accessing the PULSE data in question. We can only speculate on the extent of those activities."
"The people who have access to this information often are not earning a lot of money, they're not in the boardroom. If people aren't earning a whole lot of money, if you throw them €50 they'd be far more likely to say yes than somebody higher up the hierarchy.
"You ask could GUBU happen again," says Fergal Crehan. "The answer is, it is already happening literally on an industrial scale."
Crehan points out that what was said in the tapped phone calls of Geraldine Kennedy and Bruce Arnold wasn't really what Charlie Haughey's government cared about. Haughey already knew there were leaks in the cabinet. That was why the taps were set up in the first case. What really mattered was the metadata. Who were the journalists talking to, and when? That kind of metadata is stored by Irish internet and telecoms companies for Garda authorities, and can be accessed – legally and illegaly – by foreign agencies such as the NSA.
Metadata – data about data – is the kind of thing that makes non-geek eyes glaze over, but such data, even anonymised, can be enough to identify unique patterns. As a recent public example, by comparing telephone data released under Freedom of Information with Oireachtas attendance records, the Sunday Times was able to identify Michelle Mulherin as the TD who made numerous mobile phone calls to Kenya.
GUBU was a lifetime ago. Then, the Garda had to take specific steps to get information on an individual telephone. Today, all that information is collected and stored as a matter of course.Small wonder then that several journalists to this writer's knowledge carry several throwaway "burner" mobile phones at any time.
Appendix: Legislative provisions permitting access to telecommunications and other data (or any data at all, in some cases).
Communications (Retention of Data ) Act 2011
Data Protection Acts
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000.
Regulation 21(6) Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 to 2008
Competition Act, 2002 (with a warrant from the District Court)
Criminal Justice Act 1994
Coroners Act 1962 Section 26
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000
Agencies who can access data under above laws:
Competition Authority
Coroners Court
Dept of Justice Equality and Law Reform
Garda Ombudsman
Garda Siochana
Irish Medicines Board
Marine Casualty Investigations Board
Revenue Commissioners
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GOP Issues Warning as Democrat 'Inflation Reduction Act' Includes Hiring of 87,000 New IRS Agents
By Jack Phillips
Republicans say a piece of Democrat-backed legislation worth $740 billion includes funding to hire 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, which they say will target Americans.
The measure, known as the "Inflation Reduction Act," was approved in a 51–50 vote as Vice President Kamala Harris served as a tie-breaker for Democrats. A provision includes the hiring of 87,000 IRS agents, a move that was defended by Democrats, who said the funding would target people who cheat on their taxes.
"Millions of Americans aren't going to be impacted by that other than getting better service from the IRS, having their telephone answered, [and] getting the questions they need in order to comply with our tax laws," Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told Fox News on Aug. 7. "The auditing is going to be focused on those of high income, the large corporations, etc."
Democrats have pointed to a May report from the Government Accountability Office showing that IRS audits have dropped over the past decade, including audits for the wealthy.
In a recent letter to Congress, IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said if an additional $80 billion is given to the agency via the legislation, it wouldn't increase audits for households that earn less than $400,000 per year.
"These resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans," Retting wrote in the letter. "As we have been planning, our investment of these enforcement resources is designed around Treasury's directive that audit rates will not rise relative to recent years for households making under $400,000."
But Republicans say the IRS will target middle-class Americans with the tens of thousands of extra agents.
"Seriously, how out of touch do you have to be to brag about forcing a purely partisan bill through the Senate that raises taxes on the middle class, makes inflation worse, lowers after-tax income for Americans at every income level, decreases economic growth during a recession, and sends an army of IRS enforcers after grandma?" Republican National Committee spokesman Tommy Pigott asked, according to the Washington Examiner.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said those agents will "target Americans with 1.2 million new audits, more than half of which would be for people making less than $75,000 a year."
"This bill is a give-away to the Democrats' radical leftist base at the expense of middle-class Americans. It's a betrayal of President Biden's promise to not raise taxes on the middle class. Make no mistake—this bill will hurt America and hardworking Americans at a time when we can least afford it," Cruz wrote.
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the ranking Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee, disputed Democrat claims that the new funding will be used to target tax cheats and millionaires.
"My colleagues claim this massive funding boost will allow the IRS to go after millionaires, billionaires and so-called rich 'tax cheats,' but the reality is a significant portion raised from their IRS funding bloat would come from taxpayers with income below $400,000," he said in an Aug. 7 statement.
On Aug. 8, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Republican claims about more IRS audits or changes to the U.S. tax code are false.
"This is just the latest example, again, of those who do nothing to protect tax welfare for the rich at the expense of everything else," Jean-Pierre told reporters on Air Force One. "They're blatant lies."
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The Impact of FOSTA/SESTA on Online Sex Work Communities
jessiesage on April 2, 2018
The last couple weeks have been rough for sex workers on the internet. Adult content creators are reporting that their porn videos are disappearing out of Google Drive; Microsoft has announced that they will prohibit profanity and nudity on Skype; Patreon has changed its terms of service to exclude pornography; Facebook is censoring events that are related to sex – including even sex ed by refusing to allow for paid promotion (I recently gave a Dirty Talk workshop for a Pittsburgh based sex-positive sex education collective, and their ads were rejected); Twitter is shadowbanning sex workers at alarming rates; and several platforms related to erotic services have shut down entirely: Craigstlist personal ads, several sub-Reddits, The Erotic Review, MyRedBook, CityVibe, Providingsupport, to name a few.
Much of this is a reaction to the passage of FOSTA (Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) in the House, and SESTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act) in the Senate. These bills are a response to the government's inability to prosecute trafficking cases against the online classifieds site Backpage (a competitor to Craiglist known for being more hospitable to sex workers like those from Swallow Salon). These bills would amend Section 230 of The Communications Decency Act of 1996, holding websites liable for content posted by 3rd parties and making it easy for plaintiffs and state attorney generals to sue websites that "knowingly assist, facilitate, or support sex trafficking" (a phrase that the bill does not clearly define and often seems to conflate will prostitution more generally). In other words, once these bills are signed into law, Craigslist, for example, could be sued because of something that a user posts, if an attorney general from any of the 50 states decides to interpret it as vaguely related to sex trafficking. And, many proponents of FOSTA/SESTA seem to be indicating that they view all sex work as equatable to sex trafficking.
The title of the bills make them near impossible to vote against. What politician would want to be viewed as pro-sex trafficking? Indeed, SESTA passed with a 97-2 vote. But what's already clear from the aftermath of these bills is that they have a chilling effect that reaches far beyond sex trafficking. In fact, the consequences already seem to be more of an anti-sex work (and perhaps more broadly anti-sex), than anti-trafficking. Perhaps this shouldn't be surprising, given that one of the main proponent of these bills was the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, a rebranding of Morality in the Media, which was founded in 1962 to fight against pornography. On their website they argue that
Pornography is a social and physical toxin that destroys relationships, steals innocence, erodes compassion, breeds violence, and kills love. The issue of pornography is ground zero for all those concerned for the sexual health and wellbeing of our loved ones, communities, and society as a whole.
Clearly, this is as much about pornography and sex work in general as it is about trafficking.
My sense from being a part of the community is that clip producers who create and sell their own content and who use Google Drive in the process; escorts who advertise erotic services on Craigslist, Backpage, and RentBoy; and sex workers of all sorts who use Twitter and Reddit as a platform to discuss safety measures and build community with other sex workers and fans are, by and large, independently managing their own careers, making their own decisions, and, therefore, not trafficked. In fact, escorts describe sites like Backpage as having made their jobs safer by enabling them to solicit clients from the safety of their own homes rather than out in the streets. One result of FOSTA/SESTA is that independent escorts and trafficking victims alike will be pushed back into the streets to find clients. That is to say, those being affected by these bills are not the ones who the bill is ostensibly aiming to protect. Moreover, the bills do not come with any funding to help actual victims of sex trafficking (which, for the record, sex workers are probably most committed to and have the greatest stake in fighting).
This is a new iteration of an old story. There has always been a tendency to see things as inherently more dangerous because they are mediated by the internet. Researchers continue to argue that heavy internet use brings about greater isolation and is tied to higher levels of depression. Parents are invited to seminars and given pamphlets regarding the danger of the internet and the various ways in which to monitor their children's online behavior. This moral panic about the dangers of sex trafficking on the internet is just the latest in a long line of rhetoric about the moral depravity of the web. Fear that this uninformed moral panic would result in the loss of sexual freedom the internet that we are now seeing, the Electronic Frontier Foundation lobbied hard against the bill; it even built the website that allowed you to send pre-organized letters that opposed the bill.
Unfortunately, however, lawmakers, along with the population writ large, are steeped in both this internet rhetoric, and in the stigma that surrounds sex work. But these sort of un-nauanced views of both are actually the very thing that puts sex workers at risk. In fact, there is a great social need right now to disambiguate what constitutes trafficking from consensual sex work for the safety of everyone. To have a productive conversation about this, we need to do a couple of things.
First, we need data on sex trafficking. What information we have now is incredibly poor. (The preamble to SESTA cites a spike in calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline as its main source of data, without examining how many of those proved to be legitimate trafficking cases or mentioning that the spike coincided with a major marketing campaign.)
And second, we need to listen to the voices of sex workers whose lives, safety, and businesses are impacted by these bills. Sex workers are speaking out on social media in huge numbers, and an unprecedented lobbying campaign is under way by sex worker-led groups.
In fact, in contrast to the seemingly unshakeable assumption that the internet creates social isolation, the sex work community is a counterexample of the ways in which it provides support, safety and community to an already marginalized population that cannot organize as effectively without it. But viewing sex and punishing sex work through the narrow lens of sex trafficking has already profoundly undermined these communities.
Tech scholars and tech-oriented social scientists have real potential to do social good by examining these sites more closely and working to demystify the panic around trafficking. Without data to support this alternative understanding, sex workers of all sorts will be further marginalized and harmed. This is no small thing. Lives are at stake.
Jessie Sage can be found on twitter @sapiotextual
Violet — April 3, 2018
Facebook has refused paid promotion for sex ed events or anything related for years. That part has nothing to do with SESTA. The bill is definitely causing problems and is horrible but it is not the reason for censorship on Facebook at this time. They've always loved violence over sex there.
kelly vargas — April 8, 2018
We the people must protect sexy workers.
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So, is there a way to work with counties.rg with gvisGeoMap() function. The region parameter allows a way to zoom in, but sometimes more detailed maps are needed.
This could also be possible by adding a layer on top of the default map via global coordinates. Is there a way to do this? I would add the shape files, but I suppose the question has a really general answer.

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Роден е в 1700 година в град Банско, тогава в Османската империя. Произхожда от рода Кундеви. Замонашва се и на 1 ноември 1753 година е ръкоположен за самоковски митрополит от патриарх Гавраил II Печки. Противопоставя се на опитите на цариградския патриарх Самуил I Константинополски да предаде епархиите с владици българи в ръцете на гръцки духовници.

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The piglets were VERY pleased and the boys got right to rearranging the straw.
The moving-of-the-straw was very important and so very exhausting. Once they had all the straw juuuuust right, they stretched out and took a nap.
Just plopped all over each other and snoozed. A big pile o'piglets. Sweet little fatties.
This week end will mark Willow's 21 days without any nursing piglets. Hopefully she will come into heat soon. I was thinking to move the fatties in with her after her first post birth heat cycle. Her udders have receded nicely and she almost looks like her pre-baby self. Pigs are herd animals and I don't like her to be by herself. Plus the piglets are getting larger and have out grown their small weaning pen. So it's time to move them back together.
This picture is from about a week ago.
The boys (my real 2 legged children boys) and I will run into town on Saturday for 2 more pig panels before their 4:00 baseball game and we will expand the pig palace by about 40 feet. The area where the big piglets and Willow will be together is plenty large now. But Willow has rearranged the area so much with her digging and nosing about that I thought it would be nice to offer all of them a new bit of dirt/ soil to explore together. Then I was thinking of laying down a thick layer of straw over some scattered dried corn. The corn will give the pigs something to hunt for beneath the straw. Pigs are very intelligent so hunting for small bits of food is "intellectually stimulating".
I once read how Temple Grandin suggests giving pigs a telephone book every day. She suggests that the act of tearing up the phone book is "intellectually stimulating" and makes for happier, contented pigs. I tried that, ONCE, with Willow and her brothers when she was smaller. They tore the book up alright. And the pages blew all over the pastures. All. Over. It took me every bit of the afternoon to clean up the mess that four small-ish pigs made. (Can't you just see my big fat fanny chasing telephone pages blowing around 40 acres of fields? Not a pretty image, eh?) The telephone book is a good idea. We don't want our pigs bored, (I don't think). But I guess Temple didn't have to worry about telephone book pages blowing all over her yard and pastures and neighbor's property, too. So I'll just stick to dried corn buried under straw.
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Massive Latin Urban Summit to Take Place in Phoenix
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Pre-registration costs $99 and covers both days of the Summit and includes all panels and performances. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/ulsummit.


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There are 32 local authorities in Scotland ( Table 5, Figure 9). Each LA was sent a postal survey designed to collect information about their use of rodenticides in 2015 in relation to season, setting and target of use. The survey also included questions about compliance with best practice in relation to rodenticide use, use of non-chemical control methods and experience of rodenticide resistance.
An initial introductory letter and survey forms were sent to each LA. These were followed by a reminder letter, two months after survey initiation, if data had not been received. In some cases follow up phone calls were required for data clarification.
Both the agricultural rodenticide surveys (1)(2) , and the UK local authority survey conducted by CSL in 2001 (3) estimated total rodenticide use statistically based on the sample data collected. The agricultural reports are based on data from a random stratified sample of agricultural holdings and total agricultural use is estimated by ratio raising (comparing data from the sample of farms with the total population within each stratum reported in the June agricultural census). The UK local authority report estimated total rodenticide use based on human population, stating that there was a strong correlation between rodenticide usage and human population in authority area. Data were raised within counties/metropolitan districts by a factor accounting for the human population represented by nil returns, to give an estimate of national rodenticide use. The UK survey received returns from 51 per cent of LAs, accounting for 53 per cent of the UK population.
In contrast, in this report the data have been collated and presented as a sample rather than using ratio raising to produce a statistical estimate of total use. It had originally been the intention to use the same raising method as implemented in the 2001 UK survey. However, when the data were analysed it was clear that, in this sample, there was not a correlation between human population or population density with rodenticide use, either in relation to Scotland as a whole or within geographical regions. This was discussed with a BIOSS statistician and the decision was taken that the most appropriate action to avoid mis-estimation, was to present the data as a sample. As the sample covers 78 per cent of LAs and 81 per cent of the Scottish population it is considered to provide a robust overview of how rodenticides are used by Scottish LAs.
The dataset underwent several validation processes as follows; (i) checking for any obvious errors upon data receipt (ii) checking and identifying inconsistencies with use and approval conditions once entered into the database (iii) 100 per cent checking of data held in the database against the raw data. Where inconsistencies were found these were checked against the records and with the LA if necessary. Additional quality assurance is provided by sending reports for independent review. In addition, the Scottish pesticide survey unit is accredited to ISO 9001:2008. All survey related processes are documented in Standard Operating Procedures ( SOPs) and our output is audited against these SOPs by internal auditors annually and by external auditors every three years.
These surveys may be subject to measurement bias as they are reliant on respondents recording data accurately. As this survey is not compulsory it may also be subject to non-response bias, as some LAs could be more likely to respond to the survey than others.


Simply, quickly and accurately count the number of people that visit your building, facility or event, using the 'people count' sensor 'Akribos by Giken'. The Akribos is more than 95% accurate, and thus is one of the most reliable 'people count' sensors on the market: even during busy times.
The Akribos can be directly connected to your Ethernet and external data services via the 'PoE' connection on the sensor. The patented image analysis algorithms create a 3D virtual environment allowing accurate counting of people entering and leaving. Individually set counting lines track which way people go after entering, allowing you to analyse traffic flow from the point of entry. This valuable information can contribute to an increase in efficiencies including, sales and staff management, inventory management and climate control management as well as optimizing your energy consumption.
Using the real time video output of the sensor over the 'PoE' network you can, in consultation with the system administrator, at any time and from anywhere log in to observe changes in the counting environment and, if necessary, make appropriate adjustments. You decide yourself how often the counting information is sent to the recipient server or 'Cloud'. In case of failure of the 'PoE' network, the sensor, if equipped with the optional power-adapter, will save the counting information for 30 days on an internal flash-memory.
to 6 meters. Optionally, the power adapter can be used as an additional power backup. The settings for the IT coupling of the Akribos sensor to your network and data server or external data centre is actually a routine job for IT people.
the eight counting directions, which can then be locally adjusted via your laptop or remote login procedure. The height of the objects to be counted can be set relatively accurately, which will enable you to exclude for instance, shopping carts and children from the count. Because of the 3D virtual mapping you eliminate, among others, shade detections and you can be assured of an accurate count in situations of high people traffic. The Akribos functions in minimal ambient light and has a proven count accuracy of at least 95%.
Optex sensors guarantee optimum functioning, therefore we supply our products with a full 3-year warranty. The Akribos is also CE ClassA, FCC ClassA and RCM certified.
The manual is available upon request!
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Enter a Weird World on Your iPad
Astraware is releasing what must have the longest title I've seen for the iPad so far, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, which was originally released back in 2006 for the PC and Mac.
The description sounds a bit like Star Trek with exotic aliens, the death of stars and space combat, but the part where you may encounter drifting space hulks carrying untold riches or untimely death is a little worrying.
"Weird Worlds is perfect for iPad," said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. "Directing space battles with a touch of the finger is great fun, and very engaging!"
Weird Worlds is quick to play (game can be played in just 15 to 30 minutes) and each game begins with a newly generated star map, so offering players countless hours of challenging space exploration, combat and adventure!
"We're really happy to work with Astraware to bring Weird Worlds to the iPad," said Rich Carlson, CEO of Digital Eel. "The team at Astraware have taken the game a step beyond, into the future. Now players can experience the wonders, dangers and disgusting aliens of the Purple Void with the touch of a finger! Eww!"
Click links for more: www.astraware.com/ipad/weirdworlds, www.astraware.com, www.facebook.com/astraware, twitter.com/astraware, www.digital-eel.com, www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=34329143665
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An RSS and Atom feed parser, using expat via the luaExpat binding. Similar to the Mark Pilgrim's Universal Feed Parser, but less good.
You'll need LuaExpat for this to work. You may get it at http://luaforge.net/frs/?group_id=13.
Once that's done, download feedparser over at Luaforge.
untar the archive, edit the Makefile to match your Lua installation, run make, and make install. make test is nice. too. Pretty standard fare stuff.
returns a table generated from the feed described by the xml_string parameter. Quite similar to the Univeral Feed Parser's output, with a few exception listed below. Optionally, base_url may be provides as the source url of the feed. It's useful when resolving relative links found in the feed.
Just a little helper thingy. Don't mind it.
parses RFC2822 and W3CDTF formatted date strings.


Photos from the Marine Safety Open House.
7. Don't Dive Headfirst, Protect Your Neck: Serious, lifelong injuries, including paraplegia, occur every year due to diving headfirst into unknown water and striking the bottom. Bodysurfing can result in a serious neck injury when the swimmer's neck strikes the bottom. Check for depth and obstructions before diving, then go in feet first the first time; and use caution while bodysurfing, always extending a hand ahead of you.
The lesson? Heed this warning. There are countless individuals ranging from surfers to every day people who just went in for a swim, and have ended up spending their lives in wheelchairs due to spinal injury. These people never thought that the day they went out for a pleasant time or new challenge, their lives would be forever changed.


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Nearly Two-Thirds of Gen Z Plans To Make Money With Social Media in 2023
Gen Z knows how to make money when the going gets tough, and 2023 is looking like it's going to be a tough year, indeed. With inflation still roaring and a global recession on the horizon, this young…


The Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin is the ultimate in contemporary style and Irish warmth and is located at the heart of Dublins fashion district.
The Fitzwilliam hotel, Dublin, is a 5 star luxurious hotel located in the heart of Dublin's main shopping district and overlook the beautiful St. Stephen's Green park.
If you are visiting Dublin and want to appreciate everything Ireland's capital city has to offer, the leading cultural, historical, and leisure attractions are located on the doorstep of this amazing hotel.
The 5 star Fitzwilliam hotel offers luxurious accommodations in Dublin city centre Ireland, the rooms at this hotel feature baths and power showers, anti-mist mirrors, luxurious bathrobe, slippers and H20 toiletries, LCD TVs, iPod compatible music systems and free internet connections. Discover more!
One of the most popular destinations to enjoy a fine dining in an elegant atmosphere is Michelin-starred Thornton's Restaurant, which is overlooking St. Stephens Green. Also on the mezzanine level, Citron serves modern Mediterranean cuisine.
The Inn On The Green at the Fitzwilliam hotel is one of Dublin's coolest city centre bars where hotel guests mingle with locals and business people, it offers great food on hand all day as well.
The Inn on the Green welcomes a selection of performers and always there are great deal of music for you to enjoy your stay.
The hotel is ideally located in Dublin city centre with close proximity within city's major concert and music venues such as 3Arena, Bord Gáis Theatre, Olympia Theatre and many more, Gaiety Theatre is located just a minute by wlalk.
The hotel features a compact gym that has everything you need to keep your exercise regime going, including aerobic machines and free weights. You don't even need to book it - just use your room key whenever you like.
Also this hotel is located just a 15-minute walk from two of Dublin's major sporting venue, the Croke Park and the Aviva Stadium.
This luxurious 5 star hotel in Dublin 2 Ireland features great facilities and offers best service for a business meeting, event, conference, product launch, function or celebration.


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New Developments in Official Sports Betting
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It's not uncommon to hear of sportsbooks getting involved in golf betting. This trend began after the Supreme Court legalized sports gambling in many U.S. states in 2018. The question remains how the future will play out.
As a result of the decision, sportsbooks can be found in all 50 states and DC, with several neighboring jurisdictions already offering online wagering. Many are also mobile. In some cases, a customer support phone number or live chat is available.
Among the biggest developments in official sports betting is the UFC's recent announcement of a groundbreaking partnership with DraftKings. Their combined sponsorship is estimated at $350 million. They'll also have the right to use UFC marks, which means in-game odds generation and promotions will be easier.
Another important development is the NFL's announcement of its first international sportsbook sponsorships. The league struck deals with Australian, German and Latin American sportsbooks.
NFL research revealed that fans prefer using sportsbook apps. They didn't like betting kiosks in the stadium. Therefore, the league moved cautiously in its approach to sports betting.
The UFC has tightened its rules, which prohibit coaches and family members from gambling on fights. They have also placed an onus on operators to protect against insider betting.
Moreover, the NFL has licensed international video to sportsbooks, and it has also tested video licensing overseas. For its part, the PGA TOUR has formed a robust integrity program and partnered with IMG Arena to license live scoring data.
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I'm 57 years old and have written for over 30 years as I believe I'm given an inspiring word to share. I'm presently working on my Masters in Biblical Studies and have been accepted into the Theology Doctoral Program. My desire is to share my writings in hopes of encouraging others in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I hope as I finish my post graduate work that I will be able to continue writing in the field Bible CourseCurriculum. I have seven grandchildren who are certainly God's blessing and promise as my hair turns a little more every day.
"And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. The second isequally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." Mark 12: 30-31.
"What is the depth of my love to God? Does trials and tribulations reveal the real me? Do I love Him more than anybody or anything else? Am I willing to leave it all on the field when my love is tested?"
"So be truly glad. There is a wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold - though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." 1 Peter 1: 6-7.
"Do I believe in the promises of God when everything looks impossible? Do I really believe God in the midst of pain and suffering? Am I willing to leave it all on the field when I don't understand His ways or workings in my life?"
"While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God."
"Do I really learn obedience traveling paths of trials and tribulations? Am I willing to leave it all on the field and obey God when He commands me to do what I do not like or what I wish to avoid?"
"Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith. "Abraham!" God called. "Yes," he replied. "Here I am." "Take your son, your only son - and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you." And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed - all because you have obeyed me."
"As for me, may I never boast about anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world's interest in me has also died." Galatians 6:14.
"Do I still cling to the possessions and treasures of this world? Have I laid myself on the altar and died to myself? Am I willing to leave it all on the field and sacrifice everything for the Lord?
"You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2: 5-11.
"Do I have the mind of Christ who humbled himself to take the form of a slave and became obedient even to the death of the cross? Will such humility bring great honor from the Lord? Am I willing to leave it all on the field so his power is made perfect in my weakness?" 2 Corinthians 12: 9.
"Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped otherswho were suffering the same things. You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever." Hebrews 10: 32-34.
"Will I endure until the end? How much am I willing to endure for the Lord? Will I give up easily when trials come in following the Lord? Am I willing to leave it all on the field and be strong in my commitment to follow him?"
"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing." James 1: 2-4.
"Am I willing to wait for God's perfect timing in all things? Does my impatience create suffering in my life? Am I willing to leave it all on the field during trials with patience in order to inherit His promises?"
"To the believer there is no middle ground. We must leave it all on the field in our commitment to follow the Lord if we want His glory and power revealed "This side of Paradise!"