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In the United States there have been more than 6,400 reported incidents of violence against abortion providers since 1977, and around the globe some 47,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year. What's that about anti-abortion views being non-violent again?
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During a recent online Q&A session with Campus Reform, Julian Assange, founder of the government secret-leaking group WikiLeaks, admitted he's a "big admirer" of former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), for what he called "their very principled positions." Specifically, he praised them and their libertarian Republican brethren for, among other things, their fervent opposition to abortion rights, characterizing their position on abortion as a reflection of their commitment to non-violence.
In response to a question about his thoughts on Rand Paul, Assange heralded him as the "only hope" for U.S. electoral politics. He lauded both men for their commitment to "non-violence," highlighting the various ways in which he sees that commitment reflected in their political stances. "So, non-violence, well, don't go and invade a foreign country," said Assange. "Non-violence, don't force people at the barrel of a gun to serve in the U.S. army. Non-violence, don't extort taxes from people to the federal government. Similarly, other aspects of non-violence in relation to abortion that they hold."
According to Assange, opposition to abortion is grounded in a commitment to non-violence. But non-violent for whom?
According to the National Abortion Federation, there have been 6,461 reported incidents of violence against abortion providers since 1977, including eight murders and 17 attempted murders. Abortion providers and clinics have faced numerous bombings, cases of arson, butyric acid attacks, death threats, kidnappings, and more, all from opponents of abortion rights. In 2009, Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed while at church with his family. His convicted killer, Scott Roeder, is heralded as a "hero" in some anti-choice circles.
In 1965, eight years before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States, illegal abortion accounted for 17 percent of all deaths attributed to pregnancy and childbirth. And today, around the globe—mostly in the developing world—at least 47,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year (roughly 13 percent of maternal deaths worldwide) and many times that number suffer serious and sometimes lifelong health consequences.
It is impossible to quantify how many people in the United States avoid accessing safe and legal abortion care because of fear of harassment and intimidation, but with 5,165 abortion clinics reporting some form of disruption or harassment in 2011 alone, it's safe to assume that it plays at least a small role; people often avoid accessing the basic reproductive health care to which they have a constitutional right because of virulent hostility from abortion opponents.
What's that about anti-abortion views being non-violent again?
In a political climate so openly hostile and threatening to abortion rights, one in which states have enacted 43 abortion restrictions in the first six months of 2013 alone, where 37 of the 42 abortion clinics in Texas will be forced to close because of an omnibus anti-abortion bill, where serious legal threats to Roe v. Wade abound every day, women's lives are literally at risk.
So why are men like Assange essentially telling women to get over the abortion issue and praise Ron and Rand Paul anyway? It's simple: privilege.
While these white, cisgender men may be able to pick and choose which political positions they like from the Pauls, marginalized groups do not have that luxury. They are essentially asking women and people of color to praise politicians who disdain and combat their very existence. This is not petty partisanship; it is a fundamental lack of respect for who we are as people. A simple look at their political records proves this.
In 2011, Ron Paul sponsored the Sanctity of Life Act, which would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. He has stated that he favors abortion as an option only if a woman is a victim of an "honest rape." He is listed as the author of some controversial newsletters from the 1980s that featured racism and other types of bigotry. In 1999, he voted yes on HR 2587, a bill that would have banned adoption for gay couples in Washington, D.C. He has run ads that vehemently state his opposition to granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants and has been critical of current efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration system.
As RH Reality Check's Adele M. Stan has pointed out in the past, Rand Paul opposes the 1964 Civil Rights Act because he believes it infringes on private establishments' rights to refuse service to whomever they deem unfit. Earlier this year, he introduced a "personhood" bill that would give legal recognition to fertilized eggs and effectively outlaw safe abortion care in the United States. He has linked same-sex marriage to bestiality and opposed a bill that would ban workplace discrimination against LGBTQ people in the United States. He publicly opposed the creation of an Islamic community center at Ground Zero and has been accused of running anti-Muslim attack ads.
If, as Assange stated, Rand Paul is the "only hope" for U.S. electoral politics, that doesn't bode well for women, people of color, or LGBTQ individuals. These aren't small bumps-in-the-road in an otherwise spotless political record; this is evidence of general disdain for and bigotry against women, people of color, LGBTQ communities, and other marginalized groups. Yet civil libertarians expect us to put aside our partisan squabbles to cheer for these men? Please.
It's easy for Julian Assange to endorse Rand Paul as "non-violent" when he doesn't belong to the marginalized groups against which the younger Paul perpetuates violent oppression. Likewise, it's easy for journalists like Salon's David Sirota to belittle reproductive and civil rights activists for their opposition to Paul when his rights aren't on the line. And it's easy for The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald to say that the elder Paul is "willing to advocate views that Americans urgently need to hear," when the views of which Ron Paul speaks so often come at the expense of women and people of color.
For those of us on the front lines of the fight for reproductive rights, many of us women, it is both demoralizing and sexist to hear these men scold us for not embracing Ron and Rand Paul more fully. As people who will never need to access abortion care, it is telling that they aren't more willing to check their privilege and listen to the individuals whose health care and basic reproductive rights are eroding before our very eyes. It is both offensive and absurd to ask that women put concern for something as fundamental as their own bodily autonomy aside in order to commend the very men working to erode it. And it is the embodiment of hypocrisy that Julian Assange, a so-called champion against governmental overreach, lobbies for an end to imperialistic foreign policies while supporting the occupation of women's bodies.
These men have the privilege of never having to worry firsthand about accessing abortion care or being disenfranchised because of their skin color. As men who are often heralded as progressive heroes, one would think that they would not only understand and acknowledge their privilege, but advocate for political candidates who embrace women's and civil rights, in addition to civil liberties and anti-imperialism.
But as we've unfortunately witnessed, they largely don't. They and other civil libertarians like them eulogize the duo for their opposition to drone strikes but remain conveniently silent on their virulent disdain for women, people of color, and LGBTQ people. Yes, it is possible to commend them on certain issues, even if they're terrible on others. But it seems woefully hypocritical to support politicians who undermine the rights and liberties of people who don't look like you.
When Julian Assange heaped praise on Ron and Rand Paul while equating abortion with violence, he simply reified what many of us already knew: Too often, civil libertarians like Assange prioritize other issues ahead of our own basic human rights, and then condemn us for being petty and partisan.
If you champion men like Ron and Rand Paul for their anti-imperialism, but casually disregard their bigotry, it isn't women's and civil rights activists who are being politically myopic. It's you.


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Universal Parks and Resourts have signed an agreement to place a park in South Korea by 2012. Other than an agreement and a proposed opening date no location is given - and details are vague. NBC/Universal is also planning on opening parks in Singapore and Dubai.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Lindsay Whalen has a history of coming back from injuries quicker than expected.
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The Italian Constiutional Court's decision no. 238 of 22 Oct. 2014 (unofficial translation into English) already inspired a flurry of comments in the blogosphere (see in EJIL talk! Christian Tams (24 Oct. 2014) and Theodor Schilling (12 Nov. 2014); on the Verfassungsblog amongst others Filippo Fontanelli (27 Oct. 2014); on Opinio Juris Andrea Pin (19 Nov. 2014); on the Völkerrechtsblog Felix Würkert (11 Dec. 2014)).
In that Sentenza, the Corte refused to give effect to the ICJ's judgment (in) Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy) of 3 February 2012, in which the ICJ had upheld the principle of state immunity against allegations of serious human rights violations of German state organs committed during the Second World War.
Sentenza No. 238 is important not only because it concerns the persisting tension between respecting (state) immunity and protecting human or fundamental rights (see for a recent publication Anne Peters/Evelyne Lagrange/Stefan Oeter/Christian Tomuschat (eds), Immunities in the Age of Global Constitutionalism (Leiden: Brill 2015)), but – maybe even more importantly – because it concerns the relationship between international law (in the shape of a judgment by the ICJ) and domestic law, as applied by a domestic (constitutional) court.
Just the latest item in the sequence of domestic courts' resistance against decisions of international bodies
The Corte relied on its established case-law on the effects of European Union law, notably on the doctrine of controlimiti in order to erect a barrier to the "introduction" of the ICJ judgment into the domestic legal order: "As was upheld several times by this Court, there is no doubt that the fundamental principles of the constitutional order and inalienable human rights constitute a 'limit to the introduction (…) of generally recognized norms of international law' (…) and serve as 'counterlimits' [controlimiti] to the entry of European Union [and now international] law" (Sentenza No. 238, in "The law", para. 3.2.). Read the rest of this entry…


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If public schools or Medicare providers were held to the same standards as military contractors, they'd never have to beg for cash. Need money? Sure! -- Congress would say -- what's a few missing billions of tax dollars?
Congress agreed to pump an extra $33 billion into Afghanistan this week, even as a new report revealed that almost nine billion earmarked for the nation's other occupation -- Iraq -- simply, it seems, went missing.
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says $8.7 billion earmarked for Iraq reconstruction has gone. Precisely where, no one can tell him.
Not one percent or five percent, but a full 96 percent of the special fund created from the sale of Iraqi oil and gas—and frozen Saddam Hussein-era assets -- is missing according to the BBC. The Pentagon is "unable to fully account for" it.
And they're blaming a lack of accounting, oversight, and who knows what -- probably some secretaries. Powerful politicians have a habit of blaming their secretaries.
It's not the first time billions have disappeared—in 2005, the Coalition Provisional Authority faced a criminal investigation over its management of an $8.8 billion fund. This isn't the same $9 billion. It's a different one. In that case, eight US officials were convicted of bribery, fraud and money-laundering.
It's not the same $9 billion but it is the the same old story. How many strikes and the Pentagon's pals are out? There's a very different law for shop-lifters.
Officials are now, as they always do, mouthing words like "undetected loss" and "significant archival retrieval efforts." I'd say -- no more talk of deficits or cash crunches or tax -- until the lost cash is accounted for. Can't afford to support the troops you've deployed? Bring them home then.
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The Prevalence of Delusion-Like Beliefs Relative to Sociocultural Beliefs in the General PopulationPechey R. · Halligan P.
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Received: 9/28/2009
Accepted: 7/29/2010
Published online: 12/24/2010
Issue release date: January 2011
Number of Print Pages: 10
Number of Figures: 2
Number of Tables: 4
ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)
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Background: Delusions are defined as false beliefs different from those that almost everyone else believes. The aim was to develop a new measure (the Cardiff Beliefs Questionnaire, CBQ) to establish the range and prevalence of delusion-like beliefs (DLB) and compare these to other types of beliefs in the general population. Sampling and Methods: A total of 1,000 participants completed the CBQ, which uniquely assesses a broader range of currently held beliefs [delusion-like (bizarre and non-bizarre), paranormal and religious and general political/social beliefs) using this large stratified sample. Results: Strong belief in 1 or more DLB was reported by 39% of the participants (91% reporting 'weak', 'moderate' or 'strong' belief in at least 1 DLB). Moreover, 25% endorsed at least 1 bizarre DLB (76% one or more at any strength). Endorsements of DLB were strongly correlated with paranormal and religious beliefs but not general political/social beliefs. Conclusions: Both bizarre and non-bizarre DLB are frequently found in the general population, lending support to the psychosis continuum account and need to revise key clinical criteria used to diagnose delusions. The good psychometric properties demonstrated by the CBQ indicate that this measure is a useful tool to investigate the wider continuum of beliefs held in the general population.
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Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 4, Number of References : 61
Psychopathology (International Journal of Descriptive and Experimental Psychopathology, Phenomenology and Psychiatric Diagnosis)
Vol. 44, No. 2, Year 2011 (Cover Date: January 2011)
Journal Editor: Mundt C. (Heidelberg), Akiskal H.S. (San Diego, Calif.), Mezzich J.E. (New York, N.Y.)
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Received: 9/28/2009
Accepted: 7/29/2010
Published online: 12/24/2010
Issue release date: January 2011
Number of Print Pages: 10
Number of Figures: 2
Number of Tables: 4
ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Chris retained its strength as it headed west toward Cuba on Friday, prompting authorities to post storm warnings -- meaning severe weather was expected within 24 hours -- for the Turks and Caicos islands and the southeastern Bahamas.
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel's army prepared on Friday for a possible push deeper into southern Lebanon to drive out Hizbollah which threatened to launch rockets further into Israel if central Beirut is bombed. While world powers worked on a U.N.
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) - A leading virologist has urged countries battling new H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in animals to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus to trace its origins and better arm themselves to combat the disease.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said on Friday global crude oil prices could touch $100 a barrel due to geopolitical problems and soaring winter demand.
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A senior Mosul policeman was killed by a car bomb on Friday and heavy clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi forces were reported in the city, Iraq's third largest, police sources said.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A NATO convoy was bombed in Afghanistan's south on Friday, a day after four soldiers were killed in the area, but there were no casualties, the alliance said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said on Friday global crude oil prices could touch $100 a barrel on geopolitical tension and soaring winter demand.
By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes destroyed three highway bridges north of Beirut on Friday, stalling several U.N. aid convoys for civilians caught up in Israel's expanding conflict with Hizbollah in Lebanon.
HADHAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Ten people, including three Iraqi policemen, were killed on Friday by a suicide bomber in Hadhar, a town 90 km (55 miles) south of Mosul, a police source said.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council should be scrapped for trying to make Iran halt its atomic work while failing to stop Israel's offensive against Lebanon, a senior Iranian clerical politician said on Friday.
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TOKYO - Honda's quarterly profit doubled from a year earlier as sales got a big perk from a weak yen.
Honda Motor Co. reported on Friday a $1.58 billion net profit for the October-December fiscal third quarter.
The maker of the Fit subcompact, Odyssey minivan and Asimo humanoid, posted a 25 percent jump in quarterly sales to $29.6 billion.
A favorable exchange rate helped Honda's fortunes. The dollar has been trading above 100 yen compared with about 80 yen a year earlier. A weak yen helps lift the value of Japanese exporters' overseas revenue.
About $4.2 billion of Honda's sales and other operating revenue was due just to a favorable currency for the quarter.
Honda stuck to its previous forecast for a $5.7 billion profit for the fiscal year through March 31, 2014, up 58 percent from the previous fiscal year, on $118.6 billion sales, up nearly 23 percent.
Tokyo-based Honda, like other Japanese automakers, has bounced back from troubled years, such as the 2011 tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan that devastated parts suppliers and disrupted production.
Honda was also hurt by flooding in Thailand in late 2012. Anti-Japanese sentiment that flared up in China eroded sales in that key growth market last year.
Honda said its results were helped by cost cuts and the launch of new models, in addition to the help it got from a weak yen. It sales grew in North America, Japan and the rest of Asia.
During the quarter, Honda sold 1.08 million vehicles around the world, up nearly 10 percent from a year earlier. It also reported an 11 percent jump in motorcycle sales.
It expects to sell nearly 4.39 million vehicles for the fiscal year through March 2014, up 9 percent from 4.01 million in the previous year. Although upbeat, that's lower than its earlier forecast of 4.43 million vehicles, as it expects fewer sales in North America, Asia and Europe. For the nine months through December 2013, Honda's net profit gained nearly 39 percent to $4 billion. Nine-month sales soared 23 percent to $86 billion.
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's top automaker, reports earnings Tuesday, while Nissan Motor Co. reports Feb. 10.
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Nondestructive Testing Methods to Evaluate Large Anchor Bolts (Past Project)
What is the long-term strength of anchor bolts? And how can we test them without destroying them?
Researchers around the world are developing solutions that can be applied to this problem.
Where are large anchor bolts used?
Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, power plants, and canals it constructed in 17 Western states. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. The Bureau of Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River.
Reclamation has built a number of dams that use large anchor bolts to support spillway gates. These bolts measure up to three inches in diameter and are over 10 feet long. Many of them were installed over 50 years ago. Having been in place for half a century or longer, it is imperative to find a non-destructive method to determine the load-carrying capacity of these bolts. No methods currently exist.
Large anchor bolts are also used on a wide variety of infrastructures besides dams including highway structures, electrical towers, large tanks, nuclear power-plants, foundations and in mining.
The absence of having a method to determine the load-carrying capacity of large anchor bolts has lead to the use of unsupported conjectures about the load carrying capacity of these bolts. This can result in the replacement of bolts that are satisfactory and, worse, leave untouched bolts that are prepared to fail.
NDT of large anchor bolts
Accurately estimating the load carrying capacity of large anchor bolts with nondestructive tests is very difficult. The ideal method should be able to accurately measure the cross-sectional area throughout the entire bolt length. We will be looking for an area loss as little as 10%, with a resolution of 2 %. In addition, we also want to look for areas where the bolt is disbonded from the concrete. Access to the bolts is typically very difficult. Often we can only reach the top of the bolt.
Failure Mechanisms
We do not know the typical or probable deterioration mechanisms of these large anchor bolts. It could be corrosion at the head or along the outside perimeter of the bolt. It could be cracking of the steel.
Recorded failures
Reclamation has not found many references to structural failures directly attributed to large anchor bolts. Most of the recorded failures of rock have occurred in mining applications, primarily because failures in other locations are not visible.
NDT Large Anchor Bolts Position Paper (1.2 MB pdf)
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The main objective of this project is to enhance the technical capability of the regulatory body in assessing safety through an integrated risk informed decision making process, based on a comprehensive understanding of fundamental safety principles and safety assessment methods. Through a higher level of understanding of the technical and scientific principles involved in the evaluation of nuclear safety and taking into account lessons learned from Fukushima accident, regulatory staff competencies will be strengthened.
Beneficiary Countries: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (primary beneficiary) and the International Nuclear Community at large and, particularly embarking countries among the INSC beneficiaries.
Meeting Title
Workshop on basic modelling and simulations using RELAP5 computer code
Amman, Jordan
January 11-15, 2015
Workshop on Review of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for research reactor
February 22-26, 2015
Output 1: Tailored training programmes based on the Safety Assessment Education and Training (SAET) syllabus and results of the competence needs-assessment report provided to the Member State
1 – Assess the competence needs of the selected developing Member States', using the Safety Assessment Competency Evaluation MethodologyThis activity is continuing. This activity was initiated by the Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Authority as part of the larger self-assessment report in preparation of the IRRS Mission. The report has been sent in the 1Q 2014 to the IAEA and it used to inform the training programme implemented within this project. No EC-PUI funds were required for this activity.
2 – Tailor complete and sustainable training programmes, based on results of the assessments and the Safety Assessment Education and Training (SAET) syllabusThe following meeting was held during this reporting period. This completed Activity 2. Title of Meeting: Planning meeting on Safety Assessment and Training with the Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Authority. Date: 7 February 2014 Location: Vienna, Austria Member States participating: Jordan Description: A project plan was developed during this planning meeting including training of both the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) on four main areas: Essential Knowledge (EK) on Safety Assessment, Practical Application on Deterministic Safety Assessment (DSA), Practical Application on Probabilistic 42 Safety Assessment (PSA) and Practical Applications on Reactor Physics Analysis.
Output 2: Extensive training activities, using state-of-the-art methods for knowledge transfer provided to the beneficiary Member State
1 – Deliver safety assessment educational modules of the Safety Assessment Education and Training (SAET) programmeIn accordance with the planning established under Output 1, initial training has been performed on Essential Knowledge areas of the Safety Assessment Education and Training (SAET) for both JAEC and JNRC staff. This training has been funded under a separate Extra Budgetary Project.
2 – Place on-site training or on the job mentoring for the staff of developing country regulator at experienced regulatory bodies or in their work settingTo commence 3Q 2015.
Output 3: Sustainable safety assessment capacity building framework developed in the beneficiary Member State
1 – Ensure sustainability of the training programme by establishing knowledge management tools for subsequent trainingTo commence 4Q 2015.
Output 4: Effective project management, technical expertise and implementation
1 – Plan and monitor of project activitiesThe project plan has been finalised.
2 – Implementation of project activitiesThe IAEA Secretariat is managing the projects through standard IAEA activities- consultancy services, contacts, technical meetings and training workshops.