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Recently, Virginia became the 38th of the United States to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. It's been a long-fought battle for proponents of dismantling all barriers to women achieving full and complete equality with males. Earlier this month supporters became ecstatic when both chambers of the Virginia state house approved the amendment.
"We must begin to see a world without discrimination of any kind," declared Virginia State Senator Mamie Locke. "Equality based on sex is not just good for women, it is good for society."
Ratification of the ERA reached a critical flashpoint in the 1970s, as more women entered the workforce and began seeking higher levels of education than at any time in U.S. history. When Congress submitted the ERA to the states for ratification in 1972, it gave it a March 1979 deadline for 38 states to ratify it. They didn't make it. In 1979, however, the U.S. Congress gave the ERA three more years to get ratified. Again, it didn't succeed. By then, most judicial and legislative experts declared the amendment dead. Even the U.S. Supreme Court, the only court to review it, acknowledged that.
Proponents remained undeterred. The slew of legal machinations born of this ongoing effort is astounding, which is understandable. Our education system often discusses our founding fathers, but – outside of Betsy Ross – says little about our founding mothers. Yes, men devised and built much of the infrastructure and technology that has helped the United States become a wealthy, powerful nation. The same is true for most other developed countries. But women have been at the forefront of change and progress as well. To deny their impact is essentially telling only half of the story.
Still, ERA critics state the ratification process has been unnecessarily complicated and even unconstitutional. Others point to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which includes the term "equal protection of the laws," and often refers to citizenship matters. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg (undoubtedly the most progressive of all the Court's judges) opined that any attempt to ratify the ERA would mean starting over again.
But, as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for; you might just get it. Full gender equality doesn't just mean equal pay for equal work – which has been the crux of the argument. It could also mean certain employment standards would have to be adjusted or eliminated. For example, one could argue that physical fitness requirements for firefighters could be declared illegal based strictly on gender. Some women may be able to meet those particular goals, while a number of men couldn't.
A new argument that has arisen is that the ERA will prevent pro-life advocates and groups from protesting abortion, which is generally aimed at women. It's a dubious claim at best. Perhaps some birth control methods could come under greater scrutiny. Since birth control pills and IUD's are consumed primarily by women, does that mean they will have to be deregulated and sold over-the-counter like condoms? Or will condoms become available only by prescription? That's a disaster waiting to happen!
I personally want to see how ERA advocates react to women being compelled to abide by Selective Service. Currently, all able-bodied, able-minded males in the U.S. are required to register for Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. There's no penalty for late registration, but there are a slew for non-registration. Men who don't register usually can't enter college or get financial aid. In some places, they can't even graduate from high school, or could have their diploma rescinded. They can't obtain federal job training, or get jobs within the federal government. All men who immigrate to the U.S. before their 26th birthday must register in order to garner full citizenship. Failure to register is a felonious offense and punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Selective Service is the most blatant and deliberate form of gender discrimination. The education penalties alone are violations of Title IX, an act passed by Congress in 1972 and directed towards ending gender imbalances in the education system (mainly college). Contemporary feminists had argued that all-male schools, for example, are unconstitutional if they receive federal funding. But, as I see it, Title IX means nothing, since Selective Service permits discrimination against males.
The Selective Service system refers, of course, to a military draft, which has not been in place in the U.S. since 1973. While it basically means all young men must be available for compulsory military service, it actually means that group is expendable. When the concept of women serving in combat positions in military conflicts arose, many people expressed horror at the thought of women coming home critically disabled or in body bags – as if we've made our peace with men returning in the same conditions. Selective Service, therefore, makes young males cannon fodder. Even some disabled men have to register for the draft; that is, if they can leave their dwelling under their own power. If disabled men have to register, why shouldn't able-bodied women be required to do the same?
How will the ERA affect family leave policies in the American workplace? Most health insurance policies require coverage for pregnancy, and most companies allow for X amount of time off to care for a newborn. But very few companies maintain paternity leave, and I don't believe any insurance policies plans consider such time a medical issue. Will pregnancy no longer be considered a unique medical condition, but rather, something chronic like diabetes?
Will the Violence Against Women Act have to be restructured to include men, or will it be eliminated altogether? First enacted in 1994, the VAWA seeks to improve criminal justice and community responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in the United States. In effect, it's also a highly sexist piece of legislation because it assumes either that only adult females are the victims of violence or that adult females are the only victims of violence who matter. The law has been amended in recent years to include lesbian and transgender women – as if men, again, aren't worth the trouble or should just be left to fend for themselves with laws and processes that don't really help.
Currently in the U.S. vehicle insurance rates are slanted against males. Most companies will lower insurance rates for females when they reach the age of 21, but only for males when they reach 25. Men can earn lower insurance rates if they marry or have children. Years ago women often couldn't enter into a contractual agreement without a man as cosigner. That's now illegal, but will the ERA render the insurance rates' gender disparities invalid?
Aside from forcing women into the military alongside men, one bloodcurdling fear among social conservatives is that the ERA will compel society to establish unisex public lavatories. Early opponents seemed to focus on this in particular. If that happens, will locker rooms fall to gender equality next? Will doctors be forbidden from letting prospective parents know the gender of their baby after a sonogram?
As a writer, I wonder what the ERA might do to language. It's more common now to use the term humanity instead of mankind. Will gender-specific pronouns fall out of favor or – worst – be outlawed?
How will the transgendered be impacted by the ERA? Growing up there were only two genders: female and male. Now we have such classifications as non-binary and cisgender. Excuse me?
I know some of these issues seem almost comical, but we really have to think about what gender equality means. I fully believe women are just as capable as men, when it comes to professional matters, such as business and law enforcement. But men and women each possess qualities that are generally unique to our respective gender. Neither set of attributes is superior to the other; they're meant to work in concert with one another. I've always said that, if gender and racial oppression hadn't been in place for so long, we might have made it to the moon 200 or more years ago. Telephones, motor vehicles and television could be ancient equipment by now.
But alas, our world hadn't become that progressive until recently. Still, aside from restroom signs and military deployments, gender is not always fluid and malleable.
What does gender equality mean to you?
Tagged as 14th Amendment, bigotry, discrimination, equal pay, equal rights, Equal Rights Amendment, equality, female, gender, gender equality, male, men, prejudice, Selective Service, sex, U.S. Constitution, violence, Violence Against Women Act, Virginia, women
January 3, 2020 · 11:54 PM
One Last Angry Clarion Call
Trump looking out in anger.
"It seems clear that [Attorney General William Barr] will do or enable anything to keep Trump in office. And Trump will do anything to stay there. Suspension of the election, negation of the results, declaration of martial law are not simply fanciful, alarmist or crazy things to throw out there or to contemplate. Members of Congress, governors and state legislators, leaders in civil society, lawyers, law enforcement figures and the military need to be thinking now about how they might respond."
– Norm Orenstein, Chair of American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research
Donald Trump has joked recently that he might not leave office after a second term, as mandated by the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This particular amendment was ratified in response to the 12-year tenure of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The original authors of the Constitution had never intended for any elected Chief Executive to hold the position as if it were a divinely-inspired monarchy. They certainly didn't anticipate Roosevelt, but they most likely designed the Constitution with concerns about scandalous characters like Trump. Our 45th Chief Executive made his claim about an extended presidency last month at a conference of the conservative Israeli-American Council in Hollywood, Florida. I've always found it oxymoronic – downright hypocritical, actually – that Trump bears such ardor for Israel and the Jewish people, while openly courting White supremacists. But that's a different subject.
The thought of Trump holding just one term in the White House was frightening enough three years ago. That he could be elected to a second term is deeply unsettling. That he could somehow forcibly remain in the office even one day longer makes the bloodiest horror films look like Hallmark greeting card commercials.
Yet Trump is delusional enough to believe that's a real possibility, and he has plenty of supporters who would be comfortable with such a scenario. Those of us who live in the real world understand this simply could not be allowed per that pesky 22nd Amendment. Still, even some constitutional experts have surmised Trump might make such an attempt. That would be reality TV at its worst! Richard Nixon quietly left the White House, following an impassioned farewell speech to his staff, in August of 1974. There were no guns blazing or hand grenades exploding. Nixon and his family weren't spirited out of the White House through a tunnel to avoid angry mobs of detractors. The Nixons simply strolled onto the South Lawn, accompanied by newly-appointed President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty, to Marine One. The helicopter made the loudest sound of anything. That's how a peaceful transition of power occurs, even in the most dire and tense of situations.
With Trump, I can almost see him and his wife, Melania, scurrying through that tunnel in a setting reminiscent of Romania's Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. I honestly don't believe it will ever come to that sanguineous of a climax. Yet, I wouldn't put it past the infantile Trump to grip onto the door frame of the master bedroom.
But, while Trump's behavior can't be taken too lightly, another aspect of the current American experience that definitely shouldn't be dismissed is the effect Trump's presidency has had on his faithful minions and the sentiments that put someone like him into office. Decades of socially progressive behavior and legislation gave us Barack Obama and others like him; individuals who didn't meet the traditional standard of those in position of power. In other words, Obama and others weren't White males. Just a half century ago it was inconceivable that someone like Obama could ascend to the highest elected office in the land. It was unimaginable that Nancy Pelosi would be the one banging the gavel in the House of Representatives. Only a handful of visionaries thought it possible that Hilary Clinton could be a serious contender for the presidency, or that Pete Buttigieg could live openly gay AND serve in the U.S. military AND talk about having a "husband." People born, say, since 1990 have no idea what a vastly different world it is today than in the few years before their time.
Now, it seems the nation has digressed with Donald Trump. Decades ago, Ronald Reagan aspired for America to return to a time before the 1960s messed up everything. That was a simpler time for him and others just like him. But it meant Blacks sat at the back of the bus; women sought nothing but marriage and motherhood; queers remained in the closet; and Native Americans languished as comical figures on TV screens. The 1960s may have messed up the world for the likes of Reagan and Nixon, but it opened up the universe for everyone else.
As I marched through my junior year in high school, I began receiving phone calls from a man with the local recruiting office of the U.S. Army. I believe I'd spoken to him at least twice, before my father happened to answer the phone one day; whereupon he politely told the man that I had plans for college and that he and my mother were determined to ensure I get there and graduated. Just a few years later I'd openly stated I had considered joining either the Navy or the Marines. And each time my father talked me out of it. In retrospect, I understand why.
As a naïve high school student in the late 1940s, my father had been convinced NOT to take a drafting course and instead go for something in the blue collar arena. "Most Spanish boys do this," is how he quoted the female school counselor telling him. My father liked to draw and – much like his own father – had the desire and talent for an architectural profession. But he'd been talked out of it. Because that was what most "Spanish boys do". College was for White guys. Trade school and the military were for everyone else.
Years of struggle – working twice as hard for half as much – and assertive civil rights action had led America to the early 1980s, when I graduated from high school. And didn't have to join the military. In the spring of 1983, I was sitting in a government class at a local community college, when the instructor asked, "What do we owe minorities in this country?"
Seated in the row in front of me was a young man who had graduated with me from the same high school. I knew his name, but I didn't know him personally. Without missing a beat, he muttered, "Nothing."
Only the few of us nearby heard him. He was White, as was most everyone else seated on either side of him. From my vantage point directly behind him, he looked angry; as if he'd been robbed of something that was rightfully his.
I finally spoke up and informed the class that "this country" owes the same thing to minorities that it does to everyone else: equality and fairness; "the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", as prescribed in the Declaration of Independence. I added, "Nothing more, nothing less."
That one young man and the others nearby nodded their collective heads and looked at me, as if I'd said something unbelievably profound – which, to them, it may have been.
That level of total fairness and freedom hasn't been easy. But nothing so monumental as dramatic cultural changes are. The Civil War, for example, ended more than 150 years ago. Yet, some people in the Deep South of the United States still can't let that go. They still insist it was a war over states' rights, not slavery. They've been fighting that conflict all these years and they still haven't won!
That's a little of what Donald Trump's presidency is all about: a bunch of old-guard folks wanting to maintain things as they were way back when. And it's just not going to work for them any longer. The old White Republicans dominating the U.S. Senate disrespected Barack Obama as much as they could without making it too glaringly obvious. They did everything they could to undermine his presidency and essentially failed at every step. If anything, they only hurt the country and their reputations.
Social and political conservatives can't return to an America of the 1940s and 50s any more than liberals can return to an America of the 1990s. Memories are forever, but time marches onward. It always has and it always will. Trump's presidency may be the final battle cry of the angry White male.
But we can't go back to whenever. Time continues.
Tagged as Donald Trump, equal rights, equality, gender, Gerald Ford, race, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Civil War, U.S. Constitution, U.S. presidency
Best Quote of the Week – September 13, 2019
"At this point I call the women's marches 'parades,' with white women doing arts and crafts the night before. This is an event for them. It wasn't until white women were personally affected that they came out in the millions. All of a sudden they knew how to organize. Women of color have been marching a long time."
– Rachel Cargle, author and activist who has criticized feminist movements around the world as exclusive of non-White women.
Filed under News
Tagged as activism, feminism, gender, race, Rachel Cargle
July 31, 2019 · 11:32 PM
Said Again
I keep having to look at the slew of calendars I have scattered throughout the house – the National Geographic, ASPCA, military veterans and one displaying houses I get every year from my real estate friend. They all assure me of the same thing: it's 2019 – not 1919. Or 1969. Or even 1999. Nope! It's 2019, my friends. We're at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. Oh wait! Yes. I had to check again: 2019 – the two and the zero being the key factors here.
I have to do this because of the recent series of tirades Donald Trump has lavished upon certain members of Congress. Would somebody get the damn phone away from him?!
As if anyone should be surprised, our Dear Leader hasn't quieted down verbal attacks against non-Whites who dare to speak their minds against him. Via his Twitter feed while safely ensconced in the White House, he created quite a stir recently, when he assailed four alphamore U.S. congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. Denouncing them as "The Squad", he became enraged, after they criticized him for his response to the growing migrant crisis along the southern border – among other issues.
Ocasio-Cortez had already identified herself as a socialist when she won New York's 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens boroughs – both of which have large non-White populations. In fact, I think non-Hispanic Whites are so scarce in the Bronx they might qualify for endangered species status.
Trump didn't hold anything back when he assailed the four congresswomen (an attribute his devotees love) that, if the lawmakers "hate our country," they can "go back" to the "broken and crime-infested" countries "from which they came". For the record, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Tlaib were all born and raised here in the United States; thus making them, well, natural-born Americans. Omar emigrated to the U.S. with her family as a child; the clan fleeing their Somali homeland, as it sunk further into political and social chaos. But she is now an American citizen. Omar has been openly critical of Israel's treatment of Palestinians, which garners the usual cries of anti-Semitism from all sides. But a statement about the 09/11 terrorist attacks as "some people did something" makes me think suspiciously of her. Yet, one has to look at that verbiage within the context of her entire speech. To her credit, she's also said: "I do not blame every single white person when we have a white man who massacres children at a school, or moviegoers in a movie theatre. And I think this really horrendous narrative that says, as a Muslim, I'm supposed to explain, apologize, for the actions of someone who's also terrorizing me, is absurd."
Now Trump has gone after Congressman Elijah Cummings who represents Maryland's 7th District, which includes Baltimore. Describing the majority-Black area as a "rodent-infested mess" where "no human being would want to live", he drew widespread condemnation from Democrats and independents. I don't know what incited that particular discourse, but it's obvious Trump likes to play the proverbial race card when things get rough in the political arena, which is something like, oh…100% of the time. And I've found that, if you go for the jugular by mentioning race, ethnicity, gender or sexuality, you've essentially lost the debate. You've run out of legitimate things to say; you've exhausted your gallery of facts and logical points, but you want to keep arguing because you just absolutely have to have the last word.
As I've stated before, not everything wrong with America is the fault of White males. But again, I have to look at one of my calendars. Seriously?! We're still dealing with this shit in 2019?! I heard that "go back" crap when I was in high school! It was a similar comment from a fellow student that propelled me into my first and only fight in high school – towards the end of my senior year. During my alphamore year a substitute teacher said my last name is un-Christian. I took that up with the school principal before I told my parents about it. I was concerned my proud father would go to the school and want to kick some old White ass.
I heard a little less racist language while in college. Key words – "a little less". Occasionally, some idiot would throw a "you people" in my face, and I was just as quick to slur right back at them. By the 1990s, ironically, the people slinging racist vitriol at me the most were Black or other Hispanics.
So, how is it that this kind of talk has worked its way back into the mainstream? Retro may be cool in some nightclub situations, such as retro-70s. (I try to ignore "Retro 90s" nights!) But it's not necessarily cool with a spoken language. Never mind that Trump's "go back" comment might be illegal in a workplace setting. I'm still perplexed that we've gone from No-Drama-Obama to Czar Trump in a virtual blink of our collective eyes.
But, after 200 or so years of civil rights progress, it seems we've now started rolling backwards. To we Trump detractors, this is not news. Trump had pumped fuel into the "Birther" movement: the band of morons who questioned the birthright of President Obama. He never acknowledged he'd been wrong when he said his "researchers" had learned some odd things about Obama. Yet, he sat in the Oval Office next to Obama and called him a great man. Amazing how brave some people get when they're behind a phone or a computer, isn't it? It's so different in person.
Thinking back to my high school tenure doesn't bring back many good memories. I was so shy and introverted I often fell prey to bullies. So I try NOT to think about that period. It was so long ago anyway. Yet, that "go back" shit slammed into my conscious harder than seeing a Windows 3 screen.
My mother used to recount the number of times people had called her "half-breed" because her father was German-American and her mother was Mexican. My father told me of the day an older White woman at the printing shop where he worked said she saw "a bunch of Mexicans" working on a lawn and thought of him. He responded by saying something like, "Well, I saw a herd of cows in a field on my way to work and thought of you."
A friend of mine once asked how is it that, in such a large city as Dallas, our fathers happened to know each other.
"All those old Mexicans knew each other!" I replied. "They were all crammed into the same neighborhoods and went to the same schools. They had to stick together. It was a matter of survival."
She's only a few years younger than me, and my answer seemed to surprise her. But she understood what I was saying.
In high school – and to some extent, even in college – I often felt isolated because I was one of the few Hispanic kids. But I was as much American as I was then and still am now. Some of my Spanish ancestors were here in Texas long before the Mayflower pilgrims; my Indian ancestors long before them. So I always pulled that from the depths of my mind whenever some fool threw a "go back" at me.
I suspect Donald Trump's presidency is the final battle cry of the "Angry White Male" – the withering group of individuals who still feel they should run everything and should be allowed to say what they want. But, as a mostly White male myself, I know Trump gives all White men a bad name. I'll never criticize people who voted for him in 2016. They had that right, and it's not up to anyone else to decide what their selection should be. I definitely disagree with a recent essay by Pastor John Pavlovitz about Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" comment three years ago.
But still…"go back"? I'm hearing that again? From the president of the United States? Pardon me just a moment. Yes…still 2019. Time just won't stop or roll backwards, no matter how much we beg.
Tagged as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, ethnicity, foreigner, gender, go back, hate speech, Ilhan Omar, name calling, nationalism, President Barack Obama, race, racism, racist, Rashida Tlaib, Twitter, you people
It's Okay to Kill Men
The jokes were seemingly endless. "No hard evidence." "Won't stand up in court." This was part of the chaos surrounding the infamous John and Lorena Bobbitt fiasco from two decades ago. In June of 1993, Lorena Bobbitt was an Ecuadorian immigrant living in Arlington, Virginia and married to a former U.S. Marine, John Bobbitt. Lorena claimed John returned home in a drunken rage one night and raped her. In retaliation, she grabbed a kitchen knife and severed his penis. Then, she fled their apartment with the organ in her hand, dropping it into a field.
The story quickly made international headlines, and Lorena Bobbitt became an instant feminist heroine. And then, the jokes started – about John Bobbitt. Everyone, it seemed, especially television and radio talk show hosts, had a good time with it. Women in my own workplace laughed out loud about it, carrying on as if they were discussing the antics at a family dinner. But, I noticed no one made fun of Lorena Bobbitt.
Exactly one year after the Bobbitt incident domestic violence took a deadlier turn when O.J. Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend of hers, Ron Goldman. Shortly after Simpson's arrest, a group of women's rights activists, led by Los Angeles-based feminist attorney Gloria Allred, demanded that Simpson be put to death, if he was found guilty. Legal semantics did not concern them in that Simpson qualified for the death penalty under California law because supposedly he'd murdered two people at the same time. Too many men, they declared, had murdered their female partners and gotten away with it. They wanted an example made of Simpson. Keep in mind that they called for Simpson's life even before he was arraigned in court and long before the actual trial began. But, amidst all the talk about the volatile relationship between Simpson and his ex-wife, one person was consistently left out of the picture: Ron Goldman. He was hardly mentioned. In fact, he was almost always referred to as "her friend," meaning Nicole Simpson's. It took a lawsuit by Goldman's father to bring Ron's name to the forefront. But, even now, Ron is still often referred to as "Nicole's friend."
Four months after the Simpson case erupted family violence took yet another tragic turn. In York, South Carolina, Susan Smith placed her two young sons in her car and rolled the vehicle into a local lake whereupon the boys drowned. Smith claimed that a man had carjacked her. As with the Simpson case, race played a significant role because Smith had specifically stated a Black man had committed the crime. As officials scoured the local area for the missing car, they also descended on every Black man in the county. Not just those with a criminal record, of which there were few. Virtually every Black make who passed through York, South Carolina found himself with a target on his back. Finally, after intense scrutiny, Smith confessed to the unthinkable: she had fabricated the entire story, from the kidnapping to the pleas for her boys' return, and led police to her car. She had driven it into a local lake – her toddlers strapped into their car seats. The boys' bodies were still entombed in the submerged vehicle.
The media did a good job of showing many women lovingly holding onto their children, as if to emphasize that most women wouldn't dream of behaving like Susan Smith. In the Simpson case, however, the media didn't make any effort to note that most men don't abuse, much less murder, their wives or ex-wives.
Then, during her trial, Smith made a stunning accusation. She claimed her stepfather, Beverly Russell, had molested her as a teenager. And, after Smith was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, the focus suddenly shifted away from her and her dead young sons and onto Russell. And the same band of feminists who had been so quiet throughout the trial suddenly rose up in anger, demanding that Russell be investigated. And, just like Ron Goldman, Smith's two sons were lost in the heated discussion about domestic violence.
I thought of these cases Both the Bobbitt and Simpson cases brought the ugly specter of domestic violence into a new light. Virtually every analysis of this subject, however, has focused on males as the aggressors. If anyone mentions the term battered husbands, they are met with incredulity. But, in a 1974 study of couples in which violence had occurred, researcher Richard Gelles found that while 47% of the men initiated the violence on a wife or girlfriend, 33% of the women did the same to a husband or boyfriend. In 1980, Gelles joined with fellow researchers Murray Straus, a pioneer in family violence research, and Suzanne Steinmetz, another prominent sociologist, to analyze an even greater number of similar situations and found that the percentages had increased exponentially – for women. In 1999, University of Wisconsin psychology professor Terrie Moffitt confirmed those findings and added that, contrary to feminist proclamations, women don't often initiate violence as a measure of self-defense. They are often the aggressors.
Admittedly, roughly 75% of arrestees in domestic violence cases are male. But, does that mean men simply are more violent? Or, that police are more likely to arrest men? Still, the idea of women being violent is somewhat foreign. It contradicts the stereotype of the helpless, passive female.
So, just how many battered men are there in this country? No one knows. Despite years of analysis – even of that particular subject – researchers still can't present an accurate count. To feminists, this proves that domestic violence is strictly male-on-female and nothing else. But, to those studying this issue from an analytical perspective, it points to a cultural definition of manhood. Men who are abused emotionally or physically by women are considered weak; the objects of ridicule; less than human.
To me, it points to a long-held assumption that violence against men is perfectly acceptable; that the male life is expendable. It starts in infancy, when many newborn males in the United States are routinely circumcised without any type of anesthetic relief and for no established medical purpose. The procedure became common in the early 1950s in the U.S. and soon reached a peak of roughly 90% within a few years. That figure remained relatively steady for the next 30 years, when it began to decline. By 2010, the rate of newborn male circumcisions had dropped to an astonishingly low 40%. But that's been a difficult battle to fight. It's still perfectly legal to sever part of an infant male's penis for the ridiculously mere purposes of religious means or aesthetic sensibilities. Any efforts to ban the procedure – even at a local level – have always been met with hostility and ultimately abandoned.
Yet, in the 1990's, the issue of so-called female circumcision became prominent, and women's rights activists pushed for laws to ban the procedure in this country. They achieved that in 1996 with the passage of the Female Genital Mutilation Act, which received 100% support from all members of the U.S. Congress and took effect immediately. Opponents of FGM declared that female circumcision is worst because it removes all of the genitalia, while male circumcision only removes part of the penis. That's like saying, if you're going to hurt somebody, stab them. But, for God's sake, don't shoot them. Still, FGM never has been practiced in the U.S. or most other developed nations. Personally, I'd never heard of it until the early 1990s.
On the issue of child abuse, male children are six times as likely to endure physical abuse and ten times as likely to suffer injury than their female counterparts. Some school districts, even at the elementary level, maintain policies that forbid corporal punishment from being administered to girls, but not boys.
And then, there's Selective Service. Mandatory military service for men in the U.S. ended nearly half a century ago, but Selective Service was reinstated in 1980. All males in this country are required to register for Selective Service within thirty days of turning 18. While there's no penalty for late registration, there are some severe penalties for failing to register; such as an inability to obtain financial assistance for college, find employment, or get a driver's license. Non-registrants can be fined several thousands of dollars and be imprisoned. Even men who are only children or only sons and those who are physically disabled (but can leave their residence under their own power) are required to register. Selective Service means young men can be drafted into the military in times of national crisis; meaning they can be forced into a war; meaning they could get killed. It turns young men into cannon fodder. Yet, all of that is perfectly acceptable.
Not until 2013 did the United States finally allow women already enlisted in the military to serve in combat roles. But they still can't be conscripted. And Americans remain squeamish about the thought of women coming home in body bags, or with missing limbs. Apparently, though, we've made peace with seeing men return like that.
In the realm of capital punishment, men comprise 98.5% of death row inmates. Death penalty opponents often point out the racial disparities in meting out capital punishment, which are valid. But, in reality, the death penalty is more sexist than racist. And, when women are sentenced to die, the objections are especially boisterous. In 1984, Velma Barfield of North Carolina became the first woman executed in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment eight years earlier. At the time, she was only the tenth woman executed in the U.S. since 1900. Barfield poisoned a number of people to death, including her own mother. But, when she was sentenced to death, a tidal wave of protests, including some by religious leaders, ensued. And, the same cacophony of protests surrounded the execution of Karla Faye Tucker here in Texas in 1998. No one actually has declared that it's immoral to execute a woman, even if she is a proven killer. But, it seems to be implied.
I'm not trying to defend the likes of John Bobbitt or O.J. Simpson. Neither has been an upstanding citizen. And, no one really knows what happened those two different nights so many years ago, except the parties involved. The police had been called to the Bobbitt home several times in the months preceding the knife incident. As one observer put it, to say that John and Lorena Bobbitt had marital problems is like saying Jeffery Dahmer had an eating disorder. It somewhat trivializes the entire matter.
Violence is violence, regardless of gender, race, age, or any other attribute. It's morally wrong and it serves no purpose. We need to stop putting prices on people's lives and categorizing violence according to how much injury the victim incurs. Despite decades of progress regarding basic human rights, most societies – even those with high standards of living and educational rates like the U.S. – seem to believe it's okay to kill men. Except in rare cases of self-defense, it is not okay to kill anybody.
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Home > Insights > Publications > Illinois appellate court strengthens sole proximate cause defense in asbestos cases
Illinois appellate court strengthens sole proximate cause defense in asbestos cases
Erick VanDorn August 19, 2015
The question of whether a product manufacturer or employer in an asbestos lawsuit can introduce evidence of the plaintiff's exposures to asbestos from other sources has become a highly contested issue. There is a lengthy latency period associated with asbestos-related disease and some types of asbestos fibers may be more hazardous than others. To paint a complete picture for the jury, it is important to put on evidence of all sources of asbestos the plaintiff encountered throughout his or her life.
Recently, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, held that a defendant in an asbestos case may introduce evidence of plaintiff's other exposures to asbestos to support its defense that those exposures were the sole proximate cause of the alleged injury. The case is Smith v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 2015 IL App (4th) 140703.
James Smith alleged he was exposed to asbestos when he worked for Illinois Central at a railyard in Illinois between the years 1955 and 1958. Before working at the railyard, he worked for three months at the nearby Union Asbestos & Rubber Company (UNARCO). Smith testified he left the UNARCO facility because it was too dirty and the conditions were horrendous. A fact witness who also worked there testified that it was so dusty that people could not be seen walking around inside.
But UNARCO was not on trial. The plaintiff successfully moved in limine to exclude any evidence Smith was exposed to asbestos dust in any manner other than from his employment by the defendant at the railyard. Smith claimed such evidence would confuse or mislead the jury.
In 2014, the jury found Smith had an asbestos-related disease, which it could only blame on the defendant because it heard no other evidence with regard to asbestos exposure. After judgment was entered for the plaintiff, Illinois Central appealed.
On appeal, the plaintiff argued that "any attempt by defendant to bring up Smith's exposure at UNARCO would just be an attempt to shift the blame to a concurrent tortfeasor, not to prove a sole proximate cause defense." The Illinois Appellate Court disagreed and reversed and remanded for a new trial. The court emphasized that the defendant did not have to prove anything. It was the plaintiff's burden to establish Illinois Central's conduct was a proximate cause of his injury. In turn, the court said, Illinois Central should have been allowed to introduce evidence of the plaintiff's other exposures in an attempt to cast doubt on plaintiff's claim.
This holding reiterates the Illinois Supreme Court's holding in Nolan v. Weil-McLain that a defendant in an asbestos case is entitled to put on evidence of the plaintiff's other potential asbestos exposures. See 233 Ill. 2d 416 (2009). It is important, however, for the defendant to do its homework before trial and throughout the discovery process to develop evidence of alternative asbestos exposures.

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The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.
Actor category
The global disinformation index
Indexation project aiming to catalog the news media outlets of every country so as to classify them according to the degree of trust their readers should place in them.
Conspiracy Watch
Conspiracy Watch is an offspring of the Observatoire du Conspirationnism (association under the French law of 1901), with the support of the Foundation for the Remembrance of the Holocaust.
Société Française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication
The SFSIC provides a reflection and a platform for conversation on questions pertaining to the role of information, communication, and digital technology.
UNESCO - International Programme for the Development of Communication
UNESCO, in its International Programme for the Development of Communication, assists developing countries in establishing a pluralistic and qualitative media environment. L'UNESCO dans son Programme international pour le développement de la communication aide les pays en développement à accéder à un environnement médiatique pluraliste et qualitatif.
Open Society Foundation
The Open Society Foundation financially supports organizations in various domains (information, technology, journalism) that promote civil liberties, in an effort to cultivate more inclusive and more democratic societies.
The NGO explores the different types of democratic responses to attempts by anti-liberal powers to manipulate and influence information.
Yale University Law School - Abrams Institute & Information Society Project (ISP)
Think Tank, University
New Haven, United States
The Information Society Project is a think-tank affiliated to Yale University, which describes itself as an "intellectual center". It consists of academics concerned with the complex relationships between law, technology, and civil society. It notably cooperates with the Abrams Institute on topics relating to freedom of expression and information.
Center for European Policy Analysis - Stratcom Program
Think-tank dedicated to the promotion of Euro-Atlantic interests in Eastern Europe. The concept of the Russian "info[rmation] war" is of paramount importance to the think-tank, which launched the Stratcom/#Disinfonet project.
Democracy Fund
The Democracy Fund invests in projects related to the consolidation of democracy, such as the reliability of news media.
Alliance for Securing Democracy, Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard
The Hamilton 2.0 Dashboard is a project within the German Marshall Fund that seeks to monitor Russian propaganda on social networks, on websites sponsored by the Chinese or Russian governments, or in official declarations to the United Nations. The initiative aims to develop a symmetrical response to the actions undertaken by Sino-Rusians actors with regards to information.
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I'm this close to tearing up my notes right now.
Despite totally NOT being prepared for my exams this week (this is the first time I've not been successful at staying up into the night to finish studying! guess it really indicates how NOT turned on my engine is for studying this semester...), I'm still gonna pluck up courage to face down the rest of my papers.
"Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny."
And I decided that I've to get back up from being discouraged about my papers, and start putting all my beliefs into action. I may not be that A student yet, but I will get there.
even though we know the Asia conference isn't FOR the benefit of our church, still can't help but be impacted. no matter where we are, no matter how big or successful, there is always always room to improve and grow. it's definitely weird to see Pst Phil, Rev Ulf, Carola, Sidney Mohede, Don Moen, all in the same place at the same time!
it's curious though, to know that this time it wasn't really about seeing the big names and going to write down yet another booklet worth of sermons and information. instead, the conference for me is becoming more and more about the immediate people around. how my leaders in attributes come the earliest and leave the latest and still find it worthwhile to serve, though a lot of us know customer service isn't the easiest job in the world!
Well today certainly clocked the miles. Me legs are achingggg... Worked this morning from 7-3 plus, headed home and out again to school just to drop off an assignment (even if that doesn't really justify 3hrs of commuting, it made me feel better as a student so... yah... by then my legs were numb)... met Jangalar at Bugis for dinner (after around an hour of walking around trying out various venues that were packed like nobody's business.
=) Kenneth at Raffles Starbucks certainly made my day. ^^ haha.. free drink on the house for Sheila Pretty Lady. =P Kk.. time to get focused on my studies for the next few hours... =) I resolved that I'd rather be tired and happy than tired and unproductive.
One day, I will draw something that the world will see.
I know my breakthrough's on the way.
Dream holiday: a day on Whistler's slopes.
Time and money to devour books!


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Q: How to create columns based on string

Item
Date

Bread,Muffin
1/3

Jam,Cake
2/3

Jam
3/3

I would like to change to the output below using python / pandas

Date
Bread
Muffin
Jam
Cake

1/3
1
1

2/3

1
1

3/3

1

A: If need 1 if value exist in column use Series.str.get_dummies:
df = df.join(df.pop('Item').str.get_dummies(',').replace(0, ''))
print (df)
  Date Bread Cake Jam Muffin
0  1/3     1               1
1  2/3          1   1
2  3/3              1

If need counts values use crosstab with DataFrame.explode od splitted values by ,:
df1 = df.assign(Item = df['Item'].str.split(',')).explode('Item')

df2 = pd.crosstab(df1['Date'], df1['Item']).replace(0,'').rename_axis(None, axis=1).reset_index()
print (df2)
  Date Bread Cake Jam Muffin
0  1/3     1               1
1  2/3          1   1
2  3/3              1

Difference in changed data:
print (df)
                 Item Date
0  Bread,Muffin,Bread  1/3 <- duplicated Bread
1            Jam,Cake  2/3
2                 Jam  3/3

df1 = df.assign(Item = df['Item'].str.split(',')).explode('Item')

df2 = pd.crosstab(df1['Date'], df1['Item']).replace(0,'').rename_axis(None, axis=1).reset_index()
print (df2)
  Date Bread Cake Jam Muffin
0  1/3     2               1
1  2/3          1   1
2  3/3              1

df0 = df.join(df.pop('Item').str.get_dummies(',').replace(0, ''))
print (df0)
  Date Bread Cake Jam Muffin
0  1/3     1               1
1  2/3          1   1
2  3/3              1

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require 'active_support/json'

module Draftsman
  module Serializers
    module Json
      extend self # makes all instance methods become module methods as well

      def load(string)
        ActiveSupport::JSON.decode string
      end

      def dump(object)
        ActiveSupport::JSON.encode object
      end
    end
  end
end

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The outcome wasn't the one I was banking on, and subsequently, it took quite awhile for me to feel better about the situation and life in general.
Instead, I continued participating in the same cycle of placing my peace in someone else's hands.
A few weeks ago, after months of searching for new opportunities in all areas of my life, I told my family that I was OK with not finding what I was looking for. I was more consumed with my significant other finding the job he was looking for.
In my eyes, if that search ended up being fruitful, I would have more stability and security in my life. So I became entangled in his search — telling him who I thought he should call and what jobs he should be applying to on a daily basis.
it's a state of mind completely independent of outside circumstances.
That's the tricky part — as humans we are inexplicably interconnected, yet true and lasting peace and happiness must happen independent of each other.
Satisfaction with the actions of others is short-lived and never a dependable source of happiness.
From a strictly logical standpoint, if your state of mind is reliant upon others acting in a certain way, chances are you will be disappointed the vast majority of the time. People think and act in a way that is conducive to them and their experience — there are too many contributing factors for you to know what is best for them and for them to know what is best for you.
The only way to be empowered in your search for happiness is to find it within yourself. The only way to find a sense of peace and happiness that lasts is to get back to basics. It depends entirely on your ability to operate outside of your current circumstances in order to find a place of acceptance and gratitude.
You may think that you've managed to control a situation in the past — and maybe you have — but it likely had negative external or internal consequences. Control is something many of us seek to obtain, but it eludes us — for a reason.
We may not have all the facts or be able to see the big picture, so while we push for one outcome, another might be better suited for everyone involved. Accept that gaining control is out of your control and move on.
Fear is what convinces us that our happiness lies in the actions of others.
I know that my preoccupation with my partner's job hunt is based on some very deep seated fears — fear that the money will run out, fear that I won't be taken care of, fear that our relationship will suffer as a result, fear that things just simply won't work out in the end.
If you know that fear is the origin, second-guess where your attention is being placed. Don't concentrate on the actions of others when the issue lies within your own thoughts and beliefs.
One of the greatest rewards of being a member of the human race is the lessons we learn from each other.
If what someone is or isn't doing really rubs you the wrong way, find out what it's triggering in you and why. Or use it as a chance to move outside yourself in order to see where someone else is coming from.
If there is struggle, there is always a lesson — you might just have to do some digging to find it.
Relying on others for happiness is a drain on your personal power.
Anytime we search outside of ourselves for happiness, we are essentially saying that we aren't enough, that we aren't whole on our own. This way of being completely discounts the power we already have to create the life we want.
In looking back over my past experiences, I can remember the overwhelming relief I've felt when I've been able to release my preoccupation with what others are doing or what they've done. I view this as a kind of reuniting with my personal power.
I've never had that same type of satisfaction when I banked on someone doing something and I received the outcome I had been hoping for.
I now feel like I'm in the process of reclaiming my right to be happy no matter what happens around me.


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RIDGID introduces the new 18-Volt Compact Radio with Bluetooth Wireless Technology. This radio is the second radio to use the RIDGID Radio App. This radio is also the second RIDGID radio to be covered by the Lifetime Service Agreement.
RIDGID Radio App compatible pair your smartphone to stream music, set jobsite alarms and alerts and control the radio remotely through the RIDGID Radio App using Bluetooth wireless technology.
USB charging and aux in connection for charging your devices or smartphone on the jobsite; MP3 player compatible.
Weather resistant protects radio from jobsite conditions.
Fold-down, rotatable antenna- durable and flexible design delivers clear reception.
Compact design for use on any jobsite area.
Backed by the RIDGID lifetime service agreement.
18-Volt Mini Bluetooth Radio (Tool-Only) is rated 4.3 out of 5 by 12.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Jbdekes from If it would only hold presets If it would hold presets through a battery change or when being powered off overnight, this radio would be great. Personally not much of an audiophile, but think the sound is quite respectable. The reception is great when in the house or outdoors, just watch out for significant cement or any metal buildings, reception may not be best (your inside a virtual faraday cage). Anyways, quite respectable unit that can run on a 4Ah battery for 2 full days with volume set at 3 or 4.
Rated 2 out of 5 by Rkelly009 from Poor sound quality I have been very impressed with the ridged brand tools I have. I would not hesitate to try any of there tools based on the many I have. So I tried there radio. It would be great to use there batteries to power a radio. But the sound quality is that of a cheap radio. Probably should stick with tools.
Rated 5 out of 5 by MiketheChiefsman from Great little radio and Bluetooth player. I used this recently while painting and I was impressed by the durability, radio reception signal and overall usability. Some takeaways from my experience: • Good AM/FM reception. AM can be sketchy at times with some radios but this one held up well while I was enjoying some sports talk radio. • It's small and easy to carry around. Very small footprint, which I love. Barely takes up any space in your tool bag. Also great to use outside, in the garage, bedroom, tailgating, etc. • Easy to use and program. Probably one of the 'easiest to use' Radio's/Bluetooth's you have ever owned. • Bluetooth holds connection well. I got plenty to distance. • This thing can take a beating. Built well and tough. • No defects found on the radio. • It will charge you smartphone. I truly love this feature! • Aux in for those who don't want to use Bluetooth. • 18V battery is efficient on this radio. • Sound quality is on par for this type of radio, size, and price point. Overall, it's a great, compact unit. I couldn't recommend this one enough.
Rated 5 out of 5 by TippittsTimber from Grab and go Many days, I have to jump in the truck and go to a job site and dont have time to think through all the details of what I need to power things up, but with RIDGID batteries, I just keep enough in the truck to provide power for my radio, and 5-6 power tools for the day and I am set. I love this specific radio because its weather proof- I have literally had it in a downpour and it works and sounds great. I love also that it is incredibly durable! It has taken many beating with the work that I do and has not skipped a beat. One time I even dropped a 2x10x12 pine board right no top of it when it was playing and it works just fine. It didn't even scratch it! Thank you Ridgid for designing such great products and ones that I can trust will continue to work in the natural environments that are around and also the crazy environments that I might inflict on it.... :) All the more reasons why I am proud to be #TeamRIDGID for life!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Edgar from Sweet radio I bought this radio with the idea of it being a good camping radio. It has proved to be true. It's small and fits in well at the camp site. It's also a tough little bugger, it gets ash from the fire blown onto it from time to time and still pumps out great sound. I've been impressed with this radio and recommend it to everyone.


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More Changes at Five Horizons
August 3. 2005 – More C-C-C-Changes
If you visit Five Horizons often, you've undoubtedly noticed a lack of updates in the past few months. Due to growing family obligations and work commitments, it has become extremely difficult to attend to everything. With a small PJ tour in the near future, it is important to find a way to keep the Concert Chronology current.
Fortunately, good friends at TwoFeetThick (TFT) agreed to take on the CC and merge it into their existing site framework. John, Jessica and Kathy are graciously accepting responsibility for updating shows with setlists, notes, media (handbills and posters) and more. They are huge, long-time fans, have built a powerful resource in TFT and will undoubtedly do as terrific a job with the CC as they have done with the rest of their efforts.
Thus, the CC on 5h will be locked down, just as the remainder of the site has been for nearly three years. 5h will stay online as an archived resource and you are welcome to continue to visit.
All new contributions and corrections should be sent to TFT. You'll find a form for submitting information at the bottom of each CC page on TFT. Updates sent to 5h will be forwarded to TFT. Please continue to support the CC by sending relevant information to them. A strong, communicative fan base is so important in making the CC excellent.
The CC on TwoFeetThick can be found at www.twofeetthick.com/cc
And their announcement about this change and the background of the CC is here
Thanks very much everyone … and special thanks to Caryn, the usual suspects and everyone who has contributed. It has been a great ride!
When 5h launched six years ago out of the foolish dreams and hopes of a bunch of crazy Pearl Jam fans, things were much different. There were very few PJ sites, and the ones that existed were not maintained. There were no official sites.
5h's mission has always been to provide unique content to PJ fans. It has become more and more difficult to remain true to that goal. There are plenty of PJ sites out there now, many of whom provide discographies, articles, mp3s, news and photos.
Out of respect for Pearl Jam, 5h has always maintained a policy of not reporting on rumors, gossip or idle chit chat. The fact that we always tried to maintain integrity in our reportage allowed us to build a great network of informants (the infamous "PJ Rebel Alliance," thank you all!), who respected our work and understood what we were trying to do (and, more importantly, what we weren't trying to do).
However, lately it's gotten a little too hard to figure out what is and isn't permitted, and there's no point in just repeating the same content or information that's mirrored on other web sites, whether official or unofficial. Additionally, while two people ran 5h from 1997 until a few months ago, right now there is only one person still maintaining the site.
So what do we do as new album and tour time approaches? Well, we know that the Concert Chronology is the thing that everyone really cares about on 5h. And, so far, it's the one thing we have to offer that's still truly unique.
Effective today, all updates to 5h will cease except updates to the Concert Chronology. All other sections will be frozen as they are now but will remain online as a resource. The Concert Chronology remains a living document and will continue to be maintained.
It's been a wild six years. It didn't turn out like we planned it, but nothing ever does. Thanks to all of you for your continued support.
So what does this mean, really?
Arrangements are in place to keep 5h online for pretty much forever. The content that you see here will continue to be available to you. However, most of the site will be frozen.
General questions, except those with respect to the Concert Chronology and relevant submissions, will not be answered.
There WILL be updates to the Concert Chronology, both past and future shows. Updates will not be instantaneous. Setlists will not go online immediately when a show ends. They will, however, always be verified, true, and correct, as they have always been. 5h will accept photographs, notes, comments and possibly reviews (undecided yet) as relevant to a particular show.
How can you do this? Have you turned against Pearl Jam?
Are you kidding??? Absolutely not! There is so much excitement about the new album and anticipated tour plans. Actually, it will be fun to be able to enjoy the news as it unfolds, rather than needing always to "update the web site."
I will help you run 5h!
It was difficult to keep it running with people who were close friends.
How about you give me the 5h content for my site?
No. It's going to stay here, maintained and available for anyone to use. If at some point in the future we are unwilling or unable to keep the server running, then we'll make some decisions. However, at this point, that isn't anticipated.
This is just a change and not a horrible thing. Change is hard but change is good.
New • On the Road • Concert Chronology
News/Info • Song X • Articles • Photo of the Moment
Contents • Misc • Email • Search • Main
Copyright © 2004 Five Horizons


There are 80 Dojo listed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Jiu-Jitsu (Jujutsu/Jujitsu) & Aikido are the top Martial Arts Styles offered in Allegheny County.
If you are associated with a Martial Arts School, Club or Dojo in Allegheny County, please make sure it is listed with dojolocator.
Chart based on style information available from 80 Dojo in Allegheny County.
Distance is showed from the centroid (center) of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Click on 'Map' next to a school to see it on the Map.
These are the top cities in Allegheny County Pennsylvania along with the number of Martial Arts Schools listed in them.


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Q: Can a WiX bootstrapper rollback major upgrades in a way the end user expects? I have a bootstrapper application with several msi packages in the chain. For convenience, the msi packages always perform a major upgrade that completely removes a product before the new version is installed.
When a rollback is necessary during an upgrade operation in the middle of the bundle's chain, the previously performed major upgrades are reverted resulting in the affected products not being installed any more.
This seems reasonable but is probably not what the end user expects. Instead of some products being left uninstalled, those products should be ideally reverted to their previously installed versions.
I wonder if their is a way to solve this requirement without giving up the major upgrade strategy. Can a WiX bootstrapper rollback major upgrades in a way the end user expects?

A: I had the same question and opened a support ticket with FireGiant. Their response was:

Unfortunately, Burn doesn't do that today. Bundles only carry "their" packages, not older ones. And bundle version N could upgrade version N-1 or N-10 so it wouldn't be feasible to repair one package. Instead, the current best advice is to tell the user to run repair on the already-installed bundle. There's an open feature request to have an option to tell Burn to do that automatically but it hasn't been implemented.


The Utopian · The Thirteen Commandments of Neoliberalism.
This is both educational and horrifying. People you once considered "conservative" quite often buy into this. It's a somewhat confusing doctrine, because they are swift to shift bits of it around, dispense with huge chunks to further their commodification of all things, ideas and people.
Neoliberalism is a sociopathic.. I hesitate to call it a philosophy, because it's not that nuanced. It's a highly malleable means to the end of enslaving humans and the earth to the production of wealth for the few, and as such, has no real principles at all.
Read the above link for a valuable understanding of the many attacks on our humanity and freedom, such as the T-Trade deals Obama is pushing now. Neoliberalism cuts across parties like a machete, laying waste to the original principles they were established on. It's more akin to a cancer or a virus, spreading infection by any means possible, and hiding inside the cells of both government and non-government organizations, attacking from all sides.
Pentagon rewrites 'Law of War' declaring 'belligerent' journalists as legitimate targets (VIDEO) | Novorossia Today.
Call now and raise hell. Widget to your congresscritter in the sidebar.
"On May 6th of this year, I sent you a letter (enclosed) regarding your request for Congress to grant you fast-track executive authority. Under fast-track, Congress transfers its authority to the executive and agrees to give up several of its most basic powers. These concessions include: the power to write legislation, the power to amend legislation, the power to fully consider legislation on the floor, the power to keep debate open until Senate cloture is invoked, and the constitutional requirement that treaties receive a two-thirds vote.
"The latter is especially important since, having been to the closed room to review the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it is clear it more closely resembles a treaty than a trade deal. In other words, through fast-track, Congress would be pre-clearing a political and economic union before a word of that arrangement has been made available to a single private citizen.
"I would therefore ask that you provide to me the legal and constitutional basis for keeping this information from the public and explain why I cannot share the details of what I have read with the American people. Congress should not even consider fast-tracking the transfer of sovereign power to a transnational structure before the details of that new structure are made fully available for public review.
via Fast-Track Would Give Obama Green Light To Form EU-Inspired 'Pacific Union,' Surrender Congress' Treaty Powers – News Releases – Senator Jeff Sessions.
The GOP Is Trying to Nuke Net Neutrality With a Budget Bill Sneak Attack | Motherboard.


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Q: Is there something equivalent to .equalTo(object)? I'd like to write a function that deletes the given RealmModel from the Realm, opening and closing the Realm.
I'm having a hard time to query for the same object on the new Realm instance in this delete method. What would be the recommended way to do so? I do not even know how to get the Primary Key without manually overriding a method in each of my models.

A: You don't need manually implent thread-safe delete operation on your RealmModel.
You can listen for updates in your threads by Object notifications

Realm supports object-level notifications. You may register a notification on a particular RealmObject in order to be notified if the object is deleted, or whenever any of the managed fields on the object have their values modified.


'i have changed',so she tells me. At 1 am,i see her lying flat on her stomach,tired and yes a little sleepy, after a much busy day of doing nothing close to what she must be doing,much like her every other day. well i'm sure you have,good for you i say.
she has these sudden moments of inspirations,you see. every now and then. acts on them too,just sticking to them seems to be the loose string.
see i told ya, she was this close but damnation!(cause damn just doesn't sound frustrated enough) the sweet devil of slumber has struck again.
so it looks like the rest of the learning has to be left for later, "after all tomorrow is a new day" in the words of the sturdy yet crazy Scarlett.
unless,of course, you see to it.


Knee surgery is an umbrella term which includes any surgery performed on the knee joint i.e. any part, be it on the bones, cartilage, meniscus, ligaments etc. It includes treatment of sports injuries, fracture of bones, meniscus repair, arthroscopy, arthoplasty, knee replacement surgery and more. Any medical condition that causes knee pain and does not get relief with medications can be considered for surgery. The best available non surgical treatments are attempted and advised by the experts at Euromedic Healthcare before surgery is recommended.
Who can opt for surgery?
Knee replacement surgery is commonly known as knee surgery or arthoplasty. It is a surgical procedure conducted to replace the weight bearing surfaces of the knee joint with artificially made plastic or metal components to relieve pain, and disability. This surgery is usually recommended for people above the age of 50, who have severe osteoarthritis, resulting in wearing away of the normal smooth knee cartilage and bare bone is exposed. At Euromedic Healthcare, highly experienced orthopaedic surgeons examine and investigate the patient before recommending a knee replacement surgery.
This surgery can be done for other knee disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gouty arthritis or lupus arthritis too. It is a great option to correct significant knee joint bone trauma in young patients and to correct mild valgus or varus deformity (bowing in and out). It is one of the most commonly conducted surgeries for the elderly in Germany and rest of the world.
Knee replacement can be either a partial or total knee replacement. Partial knee replacement surgery is called uni-compartmental knee replacement surgery. It is a type of minimally invasive surgery. Here, only the most damaged areas of cartilage are removed from the joint leaving the healthy parts of the joint. The knee implants are placed between the lower end of the thigh bone and upper end of the shin bone. It can also replace the knee cap or the patella bone. Partial knee replacement surgery is indicated when the patient is older than 55 years, not obese, relatively sedentary and has intact ligaments. This procedure has benefits over the total knee replacement in terms of smaller incisions, lesser blood loss, shorter recovery time and lesser chances of complications.
The ultimate goal of total pain relief and free knee function is possible with a high tech surgery by one of our panel doctors in Germany. Rehabilitation and physiotherapy is required post operatively. Our German knee surgery specialists show precision, accuracy. Euromedic healthcare offers one stop solutions for patients across the globe guided by the principle 'Your health is our motto'.


The Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) is preparing new rules for the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law. The CORI law regulates employers' ability to conduct criminal background checks. Any criminal charge filed in a Massachusetts court appears in a person's CORI report and includes all cases, including not guilty findings and dismissed cases.
The new rules broaden the scope of who is considered an employee for purposes of a CORI background check. A criminal background check under CORI law no longer applies only to traditional or volunteer employees, but will include contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and special state, county, or municipal employees. If an employer is using CORI to take adverse action against an employee, then the employer must provide the employee with the specific information found in the CORI report that lead to this adverse action.
The definition of what is considered "Criminal Offender Record Information" will no longer be a restricted list of examples of information that is or not included as part of a CORI background check. The regulations also now specifically exclude from the definition of CORI information related to criminal proceedings that were initiated against an individual before the individual turned 18, unless the individual is adjudicated as an adult. Prior to the revisions, this threshold was 17 years old.
Employers will be allowed to store CORI in the cloud storage system, provided that employers electing to store it in the cloud have a written agreement with the background check provider, and that the storage method is password and encryption protected. Background screening companies can continue to obtain CORI at the request of employers, but are still restricted with respect to storing CORI. Background screening companies are not allowed to electronically or physically store CORI results unless authorized to act as the decision maker by the employer.
The new regulations will also change how employers handle the CORI Acknowledgement Form and require employers to enter into an iCORI Agency Agreement prior to obtaining and/or renewing electronic access to the iCORI system. The iCORI Agency Agreement has not been issued and is forthcoming.
Employers will want to alter their approach to employee criminal background checks. Employers also need to ensure that their background check providers are using procedures and forms that are in compliance with the new rules.
If you have any questions about the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law or the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) new rules, please contact any of the attorneys at Royal, P.C.


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Girl bullied out of school by classmates for saying 'biological sex exists' speaks out
"I'm not speaking in pursuit of a petty vendetta but to a much larger issue that affects teachers and students alike," she said.
Katie Daviscourt Seattle WA
Jun 8, 2022 minute read
A female student in the United Kingdom is sharing her side of the story after she was bullied out of school for "transphobic remarks" after questioning a guest speaker's speech regarding "gender identity."
A member of the House of Lords had visited the Stonewall Diversity Champion private girls' school to talk about transphobia in parliament. The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that the speaker was "dogmatic" from the start, according to Daily Mail.
"She was saying that her colleagues were 'transphobic' and implying that the Lords was a phalanx of bigotry," the student said in regards to the parliament member, which sparked her interest in having further dialogue as she believed the speaker's views were "disconcerting" and suggestive of "a distaste for negotiation."
The student raised her hand and asked the member of parliament, "How do you define a woman?"
The baroness answered and said, "gender identity" is a social construct and that "biological reality" is "irrelevant."
In response, the student said that "biological sex exists" and asked the member of parliament how to "bridge the gap," in which the baroness could not provide an answer to the simple question.
Because of this, the speaker accused the student of reducing the issue to "semantics," according to Daily Mail.
"I said, 'I respectfully disagree' and thought that was the best place to leave it," the student said. However, the campaign attack to bully and label the student a "transphobe" had already transpired after another student allegedly ran out of the speech in tears to complain to administrators and other peers.
Shortly after the speech, the student went to the school's "wellbeing" center and was denied entrance. Students claimed that she had been "transphobic" during the speech and cause them "harm." In the following days, transgendered students at the school said that the student's seemingly reasonable questions caused them to contemplate suicide, the outlet reports.
A mob of around 60 furious students surrounded her and began to shout horrific and volatile slogans, labeling her a "Nazi" and "bigot."
"They began shouting at me, words such as 'Nazi', 'bigot', 'fascist', 'transphobe', 'homophobe' and 'racist'. There were up to 60 of them," the student recalled.
"They were so close and enunciating so emphatically, all I felt was their spit on my face," the student said, a situation that left her feeling "shaken."
The following morning when the student arrived back at Stonewall Diversity Champion private girls' school, she found her desk to be covered in print outs of the pink, blue, and white "trans flag," with writing that said, "Trans rights are human rights."
The next day, students staged a spontaneous "Trans Day of Visibility" without informing the student victim, and they protested at the school all wearing colors of the "trans flag."
The uproar caused the school to launch an investigation and 4 students, along with the victim, were interviewed by administrators.
According to Daily Mail, the student victim overheard her favorite teacher addressing the sixth form, describing her "terrible and hateful behavior."
"Later, a second, retroactive investigation was launched pertaining to my character to justify the reaction of the girls, allegedly legitimated by a 'provocative' history going back five years," the student explained.
The school decided to bar the student from returning to campus for several weeks.
"I was seen as a danger to myself and to other students," she said. When she was allowed back at school she was forced to sit in the library, away from her fellow students, "just surrounded by books and my own thoughts."
The isolation negatively impacted her mental health which resulted in her slipping back into anorexia after previously overcoming the hard struggle.
The administration told the student that she would not be allowed back in normal lessons because she had "distressed" other students for too many years, the outlet reports.
The student is now continuing her A-level studies online and is on track to start university by the time she is 21 years old. With her head held high, she said, "I'll feel like a mature student!"
The student said that she is less concerned about her story but the much bigger issue of freedom of speech.
When the story first garnered national attention last month, author J.K Rowling, who has also been the victim of attacks from the left regarding her stance on biological sex, expressed condolences to the student and publicly shamed the school.


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Former Defense Minister Denies Claims that Silanyo Era Ministers are Planning a Clandestine Plot against President Bihi
The former minister of defense in president Silanyo's administration Mr.Ahmed Haji Ali Cadami has refuted claims that his colleagues have a sinister plot in the offing against the incumbent president Musa Bihi Abdi. The minister was speaking in an exclusive interview with the Horn Newspaper whereby said "I'm aware of gossips circulating within the city environs purporting that a clique of former ministesr in president Silanyo administration are planning to converge in Erigavo town. These are my colleagues we have known each other for a long time they have invited us we to have invited them it does not concern the opposition. People should not be stopped from talking we are in a free country so I do not see why we should not meet. Our conscience is clear we have nothing to hide. These are baseless rumors being circulated by sinister people who have other motives.
The minister went on to say "My colleagues have different ambitions others have gone to the UK to further their studies while other are in Scandinavian countries. Most of my former colleagues are residing in Hargeisa and are law abiding citizen no one is plotting anything against the government. As I'm aware all former ministers relinquished power honorable."
Speaking about the security of the country he had this to say "No one can bribe us to maintain security in the country we love Somaliland and we are right behind our people aspiration of self determination. It is wrong for the government to hear gossips of some sinister people who claim the former ministers are holding a clandestine meeting which seek to cause chaos in the country. That's wrong the ministers are members of the ruling party Kulmiye and have played their role in Somaliland development are will never play any role that seek to reverse that."
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Q: Android: Don't exit after an exception How can i make that my app dosen't exit after an UnknownHostException?
My code actually:
    public String getXmlFromUrl(String url, String Username, String Passwd){
    String xml = null;
    try{
        DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        httpClient.getAuthSchemes().register("ntlm", new NTLMSchemeFactory());

        NTCredentials creds = new NTCredentials(Username, Passwd, "AndroidApp", "****");

        httpClient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, creds);
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpClient.getParams(), 1000);

        HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
        httpGet.getParams().setBooleanParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.USE_EXPECT_CONTINUE, false);

        HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
        HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
        xml = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);

    } catch (UnknownHostException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("HTTPClient", "Unknown Host");
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ConnectTimeoutException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("HTTPClient", "Connection Timeout");
    } catch (NoHttpResponseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.e("HTTPClient", "No Response");
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return xml;
}

To get the exception is to click on a login button then the app load an xml file over http on the phone.
In place of the exception comes an dialog for User that the hostname don't exists.
Same for other exceptions...
Update:
Ok i've found a solution.
I had added a NullPointerException when i'm switching between the Fragments