Visitors to Huntington State Beach may not realize it, but they could be witnessing an incredible recovery story taking wing just past the fringes of their towels.
For the first time in 50 years, Western snowy plovers have successfully nested and fledged chicks at this beloved California beach.
These shorebirds look like tiny, two-legged tufts of feathers. Their numbers were falling fast, mainly because of people and development disturbing their nests, which are built right on beaches.
As a biologist I was overjoyed to see these birds saved from the edge of extinction by America's Endangered Species Act. But now this bedrock environmental law itself may need saving — from the Trump administration.
Before talking about Trump's attack on this crucial conservation measure, it's important to understand how it saved the plovers.
The birds first gained Endangered Species Act protection in 1993. The designation activated efforts by agencies all along the West Coast to locate and protect nests.
Thanks to those efforts, throughout California, Washington and Oregon, the Western snowy plover population leapt from about 1,500 birds when first protected to almost 3,000 in 2015. Now Huntington State Beach is again home to these adorable birds.
This is nothing short of amazing on such a heavily used public beach. Such success is proof that recovery efforts, when done right, can work for any species anywhere. And the plovers' amazing recovery is not an exception to the Endangered Species Act but the rule. The act has saved more than 99% of species under its protection from extinction and put hundreds more on the road to recovery, including the plovers.
Here in Southern California, for instance, we've watched the El Segundo blue butterfly bounce back from the brink. Found in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties, and nowhere else on Earth, the butterfly lost approximately 90% of its ocean-side habitat to construction of Los Angeles International Airport and a housing development.
The butterfly's population declined to about 500. But it was protected under the act and then saved from extinction by restoration efforts, which by 2011 had steadily increased the population at the Airport Dunes to 123,000 — an astounding 22,000% population increase.
Yet now anti-wildlife politicians in Congress and the Trump administration are working to dismantle the lifesaving Endangered Species Act. In just this 115th Congress, 112 legislative attacks on the act have been introduced, including nine by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona). Some bills target specific species like wolves. Others would eliminate court access for everyday Americans who want to hold their government accountable when it breaks the law.
Even worse, bills to fully repeal or gut the act are expected in the near future. With a pro-polluter administration in the White House, these legislative blitzes could succeed in irreversibly damaging our nation's imperiled wildlife.
And the Trump administration itself recently unveiled plans to radically weaken regulations that implement the law. Among other things, these proposals would ensure that hundreds of imperiled species awaiting protection — like the monarch butterfly wolverine — either never get safeguards or face extinction-threatening delays.
But opinion polls are clear: A majority of Americans wants to prevent endangered wildlife like snowy plovers from sliding into extinction. We know the Endangered Species Act works. And we'll fight to protect it from the right-wing politicians who want to condemn our most successful conservation law — and the imperiled plants and animals it protects — to oblivion.
Ileene Anderson is a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity in Los Angeles.


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Q: Angular app throws error My code is like this

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        <input placeholder="Dimension" />

                Line #
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                    <button ng-show="prdElement.show" ng-click="newPackageItem( prdElement,$event)">Next Pallet</button>

                    <button ng-show="prdElement.show">Remove Pallet</button>

    (function () {
    angular.module('myApp', []).controller('MainCtrl', function ($scope) {
        var counter = 0;
        $scope.pacakageElement = [{
            name: counter,
            show: true,

            Data: [{
                name: 'item 1',
                itemId: '284307',

                itemCode: '',
                description: 'Bicycle parts - frame',
                quantity: '100',
                handlingUnit: 'CTN',
                weight: '613.04',
                class: '',
                lenght: '102',
                width: '42',
                height: '61',
                flag: 'P'

            }, {
                name: 'item 2',
                itemId: '284308',

                itemCode: '',
                description: 'Bicycle parts - fork',
                quantity: '200',
                handlingUnit: 'CTN',
                weight: '242.99',
                class: '',
                lenght: '75',
                width: '34',
                height: '18',
                flag: 'P'
            }]
        }];

        $scope.newPackageItem = function (packageElement, $event) {
            var npackageElement = {};
            angular.copy(packageElement, npackageElement);
            counter++;
            packageElement.show = false;

            npackageElement.name = counter;
            angular.forEach(npackageElement.Data, function (row) {
                if (row.quantity != row.newquantity || row.quantity != 0) {
                    row.quantity = row.quantity - row.newquantity;

                }

            });

            $scope.packageElement.push(npackageElement);
        };
    });

}());

Here I am trying to duplicate my first dataset and do some calculations on it. Everything works fine except function newPackageItem. this function alone throws error
TypeError: Cannot read property 'push' of undefined
at Scope.$scope.newPackageItem

Fiddle

A: You misspelled the property "packageElement" as "pacakageElement". Change all instances to use "packageElement" and it should work.

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1 And there was given me a reed similar to a rod, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
2 And leave out the court outside the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.
3 And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.
4 These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.
5 And if any man wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if any man wants to harm them, he must be killed this way.
6 These men have authority to shut the sky, so that it may not rain the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they may desire.
7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them, and he will overcome them and kill them.
8 And their corpses are in the thoroughfare of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
9 And out of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations they see their corpses three and a half days. And they will not allow their corpses to be put in a sepulcher.
10 And those who dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and will celebrate, and will give gifts to each other, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
11 And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those who watched them.
12 And I heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.
13 And in that day a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth part of the city fell. And seven thousand names of men were killed in the earthquake. And the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe departed. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.
15 And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.
17 saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, who is and was, because thou have taken thy great power and reigned.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was seen in his temple. And there occurred lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and great hail.


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As chief economist, Craig leads a team of economists providing economic, fixed income and foreign exchange research to RBC clients. Craig is a regular contributor to a number of RBC publications and is a key player in delivering economic analysis to clients and the media through the Economics Department's regular economic briefings.
A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto, Craig was appointed Chief Economist in 2001 having joined RBC 1994 after working at another financial institution for seven years. Craig is a participant in a number of the key RBC internal committees and is a member of the CD Howe Monetary Policy Council, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics Wilfrid Laurier University, Dean's Advisory Council at Wilfrid Laurier University and the British Columbia Economic Forecast Council.
Craig and his wife Susan live in Toronto with their three children Emily, Bradley and Jacob.
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Matt Lauer has spent the last few months keeping a low profile since he was fired from NBC over sexual harassment allegations. However, it appears his scandal has had a negative effect on his personal life, as sources close to the anchor revealed his marriage.. A Lauer insider went on to reveal his marriage to Roque was never good, and the two struggled with a modern marriage. Since his termination from NBC neither Lauer nor Roque has commented on the state of their marriage.. Entertainment Tonight. Annette is done playing the role of Matts loyal wife, the insider added. In November 2017, a source told. People those close to Lauer knew he was often unfaithful to Roque throughout their marriage. He regularly cheated on his wife, one insider stated.. 29, 2017, are reportedly preparing for divorce after almost 20 years of marriage. He is truly devastated and wants to make up for anything he has done to hurt people, a source told. People. But the damage in his marriage cant be fixed, and each..
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# API SDK

### Usage

```
const api = new API(root, globalConfig);

api.PATH⁰..PATHⁿ.method(currentConfig);
```

* **root** is the root path of api, default '/'
* **globalConfig** is global config for all invokes
* **currentConfig** is current config for current invoke
* **PATH⁰..PATHⁿ** is request path of api
* **method** is one of HTTP methods

---

* **config** is the parameter of fetch api
* **config.credentials** is defaultly 'include'

### Examples

```js
import API from 'apisdk';

const api = new API('http://127.0.0.1');

/* GET http://127.0.0.1/path1/path2 */
let $result = api.path1.path2.get();
```

```js
import API from 'apisdk';

const api = new API();

/* POST /path1/path2 HTTP/1.1 */
let $result = api.path1.path2.post({ body: 'a=1&b=2' });
```

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EIFF 2012: IN DEVELOPMENT
by Hope Dickson Leach
in Festivals & Events, Filmmaking
Berberian Sound Studio, Chris Fujiwara, clive owen, Edinburgh Film Festival, Future My Love, Gillian Anderson, James Marsh, Maja Borg, Mark Cousins, Molly Marlene Stensgaard, Shadow Dancer, Sonja Henrici, Thelma Schoonmaker, What Is This Thing Called Love?
We're over half way through now and I'm starting to panic. I keep hearing about great films that I've missed (The Mirror Never Lies is spoken of only in superlatives, and The Unspeakable Act is another one I'm late to the table for, Tabu, Kid-Thing and more) and rocking events that slipped by while I was elsewhere. Chris Fujiwara told me about an event where he and some of the Filipino filmmakers who are in town did a live musical accompaniment to a film, and I don't know where I was for Thelma Schoonmaker's Q&A after a screening of a restored print of Lawrence of Arabia. But, as we all know, everyone has a different festival experience — you just can't do it all. But I've been trying as hard as my overloaded, waddling hips will let me.
British films have long been an important part for the EIFF programme and two of the most anticipated new movies premiere in the next few days. James Marsh's Shadow Dancer (above), starring Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen and the English version of Gillian Anderson (channeling Fiona Shaw) is a slightly murky thriller. As fastidious as Marsh's storytelling is in his documentaries, his fiction work seems to be more attentive to mood, and I'm not sure he was as interested in the plot of the IRA thriller as I was. Berberian Sound Studio, the nightmarish vision from Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga) is a beautiful, funny, and exquisitely made film about a sound engineer working on an Italian horror movie. As compelling as it is on a moment-to-moment basis, and as ambitious as it is in terms of its many and various themes, both human and cinematic, it never came together for me, descending in its final moments into outright strangeness that I'm not sure it had earned.
Another world premiere, of another British film, Mark Cousins' What Is This Thing Called Love?, was shot on a Flip video camera over three days. Although Cousins is very open about how much he enjoys taking his clothes off, one film critic told me he didn't think Cousins had ever been so naked as after the screening. Like Maja Borg in Future My Love, Cousins exposes himself, physically and emotionally, in his film, and this is one of the things that makes it so exciting.
Having seen several unpromising British fiction features I won't mention here, I can't help but wondering what it is it that is making the documentary films so much more successful? Someone suggested that British screenwriting just isn't good enough, but I don't buy that. The producer of Future My Love, Sonja Henrici, told me that in documentary you shoot, then develop, then shoot, and develop, until you've got the film. This sounds great, except impossible for most fiction films. They have to be developed before they are shot. Is the development working?
We are immensely lucky in this country to have national funding support for making films, as are filmmakers in many European countries. Although paid development has become a much rarer thing than it used to be, support is provided in other ways, mostly in the form of schemes. Several of these schemes have been taking place at EIFF, but others happen year round. When these schemes are done well, filmmakers are given the freedom and support to develop an idiosyncratic project that reflects their personal vision. The danger is that you can be encouraged to develop a story in a certain way that is more formulaic, and as these schemes are run by the same people who have the ability to finance your films, you listen. It's a scary business, and one that can see you putting aside your voice in order to try and get your film made.
I've been lucky enough to participate in a screenwriting programme this year that was the exact opposite experience. Binger in Amsterdam and Creative Scotland put together a residency programme run by Playwrights' Studio Scotland to develop new Scottish feature scripts. We've been working together for the last nine months, and last night we had a performed reading of extracts of all the projects. The theatre was packed, sold out early, and there was lots of excitement about what was brewing. I think it went well (who can tell, really?), but people were certainly excited to see such different projects coming out of one scheme. My story is a political thriller, set in a future, fictional independent Scotland, about the rise of a female dictator and an assassination attempt on her life masterminded by her brother. I worked with the brilliant Molly Marlene Stensgaard, best known for her work as editor or Lars von Trier's films. Rigorous about structure, as you would expect from an editor, Molly was supportive and provocative in a way that made me more and more excited by my story, and want to push the storytelling on every level. It's not done yet, but if it does ever graduate from script to screen, I know that will because I feel ownership of this project like no other. I may not actually be taking my clothes off and climbing into the frame like Cousins and Borg, but I can tell you that's what it will feel like, as I'm so present in every moment of the film. I wish everyone a development process as good as this one.
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I have real-life experience starting, growing, buying and selling successful small companies, using my own money. Importantly, I know what it's like to have to "make payroll."'
I'm a long-time entrepreneur turned business coach, professional speaker, and author.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, my career included time in the U.S. Air Force, McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft (now known as Boeing), and General Electric Company.
In 1988, my wife Joyce and I founded BC Group International, Inc. with a small personal investment and a loan guaranteed by the SBA. Over the 15+ years we owned the company, it grew from a local/regional distributor of biomedical testing equipment into a respected force in the industry with customers all over the world.
The company was named to the St. Louis Technology Fast 50 list in 2000, 2001, and 2003 – recognizing the 50 fastest-growing technology firms in the St. Louis Metro region. In 2005, we received the Hall of Fame Award from the Great Game of Business for BC Group's "extraordinary business practices and performance."
I hired and developed a management team that allowed me to work on the business and not just in the business. We used Open Book Management and other innovative techniques to motivate employees and achieve solid financial results. The company surveyed its customers on an ongoing basis, and satisfaction was continually above 95%. Voluntary employee turnover was well below 5%.
Recognizing the value of the company, we decided to sell the company in 2004. The deal was successfully negotiated and transacted in 2005, and both buyer and seller were delighted.
In 2006, I started Collier Business Advisors, LLC and began coaching & training other businesses. In that capacity and especially as a certified coach for The Great Game of Business, I've worked with hundreds of companies to improve their culture and business results. Especially enjoyable to me has been providing financial literacy training for thousands of business owners, managers and front-line employees.
I've written for various business publications and for years had a regularly featured column in St. Louis Small Business Monthly. I've given presentations, including keynote addresses, at a variety of trade shows and industry conferences, including Great Game Australia – Sydney in 2011 and Brisbane in 2012. My mates and business associates down under have named me an "Honorary Aussie."
In mid-2003, while still CEO at BC Group, Joyce and I took advantage of an opportunity to acquire Arch Engraving, founded in 1968, whose owners were retiring. Arch makes awards, signs, promotional products, personalized gifts and performs custom and industrial engraving services. We remain actively involved in Arch's ownership and management. Arch Engraving won recognition as the Small Business Administration's 2019 Veteran-Owned Business of the Year for Eastern Missouri.
I'm neither a business broker nor an SBA loan expert, but over my career I have received 2 SBA loans and have been personally involved in buying (5 times) and selling (2 times) small businesses or parts of small businesses.
My current and past community involvement includes Toastmasters International, several non-profit board memberships, and more. I'm a former ad-hoc faculty member for St. Louis Community College's Continuing Education and Entrepreneurial Development programs, and am a past board member for the St. Louis Enterprise Centers (joint St. Louis County/City business incubator program).
My book, How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner … and Still Have a Life, was twice the #1 book in Amazon's "Work/Life Balance" category.
Joyce and I have been married since the dawn of time. We have 2 daughters and 5 grandsons. We're longtime members of our local Catholic church, where I've served as president of the school board and a member of the parish finance committee.


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Samuel Lynne Galleries is pleased to announce the opening reception for artist Lea Fisher's latest exhibition " A Good Story…" on September 10, 2016 from 5 – 8 pm. Fisher will be in attendance at the opening reception and the exhibition will be on view until October 8, 2016. This exhibition marks a significant evolution in Fisher's career, with her newest artworks demonstrating her own unique interpretation of Reflectionism and an unapologetic use of diamond dust and whimsical subject matter. Fisher's latest body of work, comprised of mixed media works on canvas and pen-and-ink drawings, pushes her artistic envelope by revealing innovative and unique methods of creation. In her newest conceptions, Fisher intends to display authentic, expressive artwork with the intention to inspire, leaving her audience with an experience rather than "A Good Story".


If your business owes delinquent employment taxes, you could be subject to personal liability and you could go to prison.
There are indications that the federal government has renewed interest in pursuing employment tax enforcement. For example, on December 8, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced the "Early Interaction Initiative" to identify employers with symptoms of noncompliance. Also, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently updated its Criminal Tax Manual related to Internal Revenue Code § 7202, a criminal statute addressing willful failures to collect or pay over employment taxes. At recent tax conferences all over the nation government leaders have discussed increased enforcement efforts in the employment tax arena. In today's environment, businesses need to be acutely aware of their employment tax obligations and need to seek immediate help from a qualified tax professional if payroll tax compliance falters.
Employers are required to withhold income tax and employment tax (i.e., social security tax, and Medicare tax) from an employee's wages. The employer is required to collect the money in trust and pay it over to the U.S. Treasury on behalf of the employee. These taxes are commonly referred to as "trust fund taxes".
To encourage compliance with collecting or paying trust fund taxes, Congress created the "Trust Fund Recovery Penalty" ("TFRP") that can be assessed against any person who (i) is responsible for collecting or paying withheld income and employment taxes, and (ii) willfully fails to collect or pay those taxes.
(d) Any other person with authority and control over disbursement of funds, etc.
Willfulness requires that the responsible person was aware, or should have been aware, of the outstanding trust fund taxes and either intentionally disregarded the law or was indifferent. However, no bad motive is required. For instance, using company funds to pay other business creditors instead of remitting those funds to pay the trust fund taxes to the U.S. Treasury may be indicative of willfulness.
If the IRS contacts you regarding unpaid trust fund taxes, then you will likely be interviewed by a Revenue Officer who will ascertain whether you were a responsible person and whether facts exist indicating willfulness. If the Revenue Officer determines that you were a responsible person who willfully failed to collect or pay trust fund taxes, then you will receive an IRS letter stating that you have sixty days to appeal the proposed TFRP assessment. If ultimately assessed with the TFRP, then the IRS will take enforced collection action against your personal assets such as filing a federal tax lien and/or seizing funds in your personal bank accounts or your personal assets. But that's not the worst that can happen because the willful failure to collect or pay over trust fund taxes is a crime.
The DOJ continues to prosecute individuals who willfully fail to pay trust fund taxes. In fiscal year 2015, there were 102 employment tax evasion investigations opened, 80 prosecution recommendations and 62 sentencings with an average sentence of 24 months in prison. For example, in July 2015, Maria Townsend, the former president of an electrical contractor company, was sentenced to 40 months in prison despite her claim that psychiatric disorders prevented her from paying over trust fund taxes. In April 2016, James Redding, the president of an interior construction business in the District of Columbia and Maryland, was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to pay over $1.4 million in income and trust fund taxes.
Employers facing trust fund tax compliance issues should immediately seek assistance from a qualified tax professional. For a free consultation, please contact Giovanni V. Alberotanza atgalberotanza@rosenbergmartin.com or 410-649-4990.


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BREAKING: Major Meretz-Histadrut Sex Scandal
September 27, 2017 by Richard Silverstein
CORRECTION/APOLOGY: Thanks to a number of Israeli readers who pointed out that the previous identification of the suspect in this case was in error. My profound apology to the individual who was wrongly identified. A number of independent sources have confirmed the name of the actual suspect who I've named below.
בכיר מרצ וההסתדרות הנאשם בעבירות מין בקטינה הוא ציון אלגריסי
Tzion Algrisi, senior Histadrut official accused of child rape
I've reported many Israeli sex scandals from judges to journalist, to rabbis, to presidents. But I never thought I'd report a sex scandal within two prominent Israeli institutions. The first is the Histadrut, where the suspect worked. And a lesser participant is the Israeli left-Zionist Party Meretz, of which the suspect is a member and mid-level official.
Meretz officials (l. to r.): Yossi Marciano (Histadrut deputy chair), Zehava Galon (Party chair) and Algrisi
For the past six months, police have conducted an investigation of a Histadrut official accused of committing sex acts with a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested and indicted last February. Later reports indicated that he'd conducted the affair with the girl from the age of 8 or 9 till she was twelve and a-half years old. The YouTube video above is a TV interview with the woman who first exposed the case.
The suspect claims that the girl "seduced" him and that the charges were concocted by the victim's mother. How in God's name does a little girl seduce a grown man?
There is an Israeli gag order prohibiting reporting of the name of the suspect. His name is Tzion al-Grisi (or Algrisi). He works for the Histadrut labor federation as the Tel Aviv regional branch chair. He is also the chair of the Tel Aviv professionals union. He was also a labor union delegate to Meretz and was a mid-level member of the union's delegate list (though important enough to feature a photo of himself arm-in-arm with Party chair Galon).
Though al-Grisi was arrested months ago, the labor union announced after the case became public last March that it was taking action to suspend him. He remains in his position.
Interview with Algrisi from Meretz website about his union representation of high tech workers. The article has been removed from the website.
The Party announced that it had suspended the Algrisi a few days after the charges first became known. However, Party chair Zehava Galon had requested he be fired. It's unclear why the Party chose the milder approach considering the seriousness of the charges. Further, it's unclear why the Party revealed nothing about the incident for months until rumors began flying through the Twittersphere, which the Party felt had to be addressed.
One of those charges was that other Party officials made sympathy visits to Algrisi's home while he was under house arrest. This is not the case. It appears connected to the earlier erroneous identification of the suspect with another individual.
Though Israeli media have widely reported the suspect was a senior member of Meretz, this appears to be a slight exagerration. He is a senior member of the Histadrut, which appears to have taken no disciplinary action against him. There are several references to him and his position on the union's website. I posed a series of questions to the Histadrut's attorney about Algrisi's status in the organization. If he responds, I will update this post.
In considering why Algrisi remained a fixture in both organizations well after he was arrested, I considered whether he had a political patron who offered him support or protection. Though this is only speculation, I noticed that the other senior Meretz/Histadrut official pictured in the Facebook photo above is Yossi Marciano, the Histadrut deputy chair. If you read the interview displayed here with Algrisi, it's noteworthy that he specifically mentions that Marciano is the one who gives him his political marching orders concerning policy issues related to the Party. These two circumstantial facts may be help explain the leniency offered to the rape suspect.
Filed Under: Mideast Peace Tagged With: meretz, rape, sex
FYI – It seems you outed the wrong person!
Meretz insider Yossi Gurvitz says he knows with certainty the person responsible is not Marciano.
used to be in meretz
Reply to Danny
True! it's not him – it's a different histadrut meretz rep
Reply to used to be in meretz
@ used to be in meretz: The identification is now correct. The suspect is Tzion Algrisi.
Reply to Richard Silverstein
You have crossed two ethical lines here: (1) You've accused an innocent man of a heinous crime, and (2) you've helped to potentially ID the victim. If I was Marciano I'd try to sue the pants off of you.
My advise to you is to stick to political commentary…
I live in a country where suspects last names are never mentioned in the media, and this remains so even if they are convicted. The idea is that after you have paid your debt to society you and your family should be able to start with a clean slate. So this naming of suspects never sits very well with me. That being said, I do not understand what you mean when you say the victim can be identified because of Richard's post.
@ Danny: As far as I can tell, you aren't Marciano & can't sue me. But I'd urge you to contact him & urge him to do so. As George Bush said about Iraq: bring it on. And while you're at it, tell Algrisi to sue me as well.
Nor does this disclosure harm the victim in any way & your claims that it does are a stupid red herring argument used by Israeli males to justify shielding the male perpetrators.
As for your "advice." You can take it & shove it where the sun don't shine…
Meretz Member
Someone fed you with the wrong information. you shuld appologize to Yossi Marciano!
there is indeed someone under house arrest for these chrages, but that individual crries no roles in Meretz anymore
Reply to Meretz Member
@ Meretz member: I updated the post and added an apology. But the fact that Algrisi, the real suspect, no longer has any role in Meretz doesn't explain why he DID have a role in Meretz for months after he was first arrested. Maybe you or someone can explain that.
Strelnikov
Because sleaze seems to be the norm in Israeli politics the last ten years?
Could that title be even worse? 'Sex scandal'? Since when is rape a 'sexual act' and pedophilia is a 'scandal'?
Reply to GY
@ GY: Give it a friggin' break! Your hasbaphilia is showing. I think you appear anatomically-challenged. Everyone but you knows that rape involves sex and that a rapist who works for Histadrut & is a Party delegate to Meretz constitutes a "scandal." You can't piss on our backs and make us think it's rain, bud.
And if you take this line of argument any further I warn you I have a very low tolerance for bullshit, which is what you're peddling.
No, I'm not Marciano, and I have no connection to him at all.
But I do follow Yossi Gurvitz on Twitter, and he is a well-known Israeli pundit and extreme leftist. As far as I can tell, he is what you would call a feminist (even though he's a man). He is the one who alerted me to the two ethical transgressions committed by this post. If you want to accuse an "Israeli male" of shielding other males of sexual assault, do so to him. He will answer all your charges, I promise you.
As for how outing Algrisi can also out his victim – it could potentially happen if someone who knows both Algrisi and the victim puts two and two together. Believe it or not, this is the main reason the police puts a gag order on such cases – to protect the victim's identity and privacy.
@ Danny: Your description of Yossi Gurvitz is ridiculous. He's not a pundit nor an extreme leftist. He is a self-important jackass & pain in the ass, but that's a whole other story. Nor do I live my life or owe anything to you or him. Nor does he or you get to define what are "ethical transgressions." At least not for me.
So it "could possibly happen" that Algrisi, who himself desperately does not now want this case known, would go to the trouble of outing his alleged victim. And that's your proof that I'm harming the victim? Really? That's all ya got?
You are the 40th Israeli male over the years whose real purpose was to shield fellow male perpetrators from sex abuse charges, who glommed onto the female victim as the reason for police misfeasance & malfeasance in pursuing sex crimes; and for the judicial enabling of this wretched phenomenon. Let's see how many female victims believe their male perpetrators should be protected by gag orders. Can you find any? I didn't think so.
So stop speaking for women & stop speaking for female victims of sex abuse & rape. You're a ridiculous male chauvinist hypocrite.
Oh & do please urge people to sue me for this. Or better, be a man & do the deed yourself.
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