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The actual state of sexualized violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo—When the Democratic Republic of Congo was dubbed the "rape capital of the world" in 2010 by Margot Wallström, the former UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, understandably the government of DRC was not happy. Besides that, putting one country above all others when it comes to violence against women is a debatable move: So many places have horrifying records of rape and impunity for such cases. But Wallström had good reason for aiming her words at what is unambiguously a truly terrible place for women.
DRC ranked 149th out of 188 countries on the 2014 Gender Inequality Index, a measurement compiled by the UN Development Program. It's a country in which nearly a third of men told researchers in 2012 that women "sometimes want to be raped and that when a woman is raped she may enjoy it." Violence against women in Congo is "underpinned by widespread acceptance of patriarchal norms and perceptions that support rape, that justify and normalize rape and the everyday subordination of women," Gary Barker, international director of Brazil-based gender-justice organization Promundo, told me in 2014.
But while, yes, the level of violence against women is unconscionable, is it getting any better at all? Has the hard work of gender equality and justice groups, the UN, and so many others made any inroads after years of hard and difficult work? Is anything improving for women in this complicated, impoverished place?
These are the questions I set out to answer in a winter reporting trip to the east of the country. While there, I spoke to survivors, women's groups, doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and many others who work on the problem of violence against women and the accompanying lack of justice. I expected to hear more of what I'd heard on my last trip to DRC, two years ago: Things are bad, very bad. Impunity rules and nothing is changing. What I found, in fact, surprised me, and plunged me into a kind of Möbius strip of reporting that I've been trying to untangle since.
The complicated effort to count cases
It was a tempestuous morning at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, the capital of eastern South Kivu province, on the border with Rwanda. The rainy season, while coming to an end, was unleashing sudden downpours as we walked from covered walkways to open air and back. Mud stuck to boots like sludge, although many walking around the campus wore flip-flops. For now we were tucked beneath outdoor awnings as Dr. Denis Mukwege, Panzi's much-lauded medical director, offered dozens of gathered patients—all women—a morning prayer.
The hospital—DRC's main health center for treating women who've been sexually violated—is a sprawling complex with a dedicated sexualized violence wing. There, women and children lie in rows of metal hospital beds, the children accompanied by their mothers, who sleep next to them during their treatment. In one bed lay a girl, 11 years old, who was seven-and-a-half months pregnant from rape. She didn't have breasts yet and had not even had her period ever when she was raped; unfortunately, the timing of her reproductive development was silently working against her. She didn't understand what was happening to her body now, said Dr. Nadine Neema, known to all as Dr. Nene. When told that a child would be coming out of her soon, she cried, "Ooh, but I'm a child."
A few beds down from this little girl lay a tiny 3-year-old who had been raped the night before in the nearby town of Kavumu, where a mysterious series of child rapes have plagued the town for nearly three years, with unending delays on making arrests of the perpetrators.
While the scene at Panzi is easily horrifying, the numbers may tell a more hopeful story. Between March 2014 and March 2015, only one woman, an 18-year-old, needed surgery at the hospital, according to Dr. Ellinor Ädelroth, assistant hospital manager at Panzi. Multiple children were operated on, but Ädelroth explained that adult women don't tend to need surgery from rape if objects other than a penis were not inserted into them. In previous years, the hospital treated women who showed more severe signs of sexual torture, she explained.
"But still, journalists are saying Dr. Mukwege is operating every day," Ädelroth said.
Last year, Panzi treated 44 percent of all rape cases in South Kivu, one of the main provinces facing unrest in the last two decades of war. Even so, the numbers have remained relatively steady for the past couple years in terms of patients treated, if not operated on. Between 2004 and 2010, the number of women treated for sexualized violence hovered between 1,900 and 2,600 a year. But in 2011, that number dropped to 1,177, according to the Panzi Foundation, which supports the mission of the hospital. The number crept up a bit to 1,338 in 2012, but then leapt up the following year to 1,772 and remained around there for the next couple years, leaving off at 1,877 survivors in 2015.
Yet the UN Refugee Agency, which is just one of multiple UN offices and NGOs gathering numbers, told me that they "can't make a real comparison between 2015 and 2014" because they've changed how they collect information on SGBV. And this is where the confusing warping of reality begins.
It's very hard to say what the true numbers of rape are in the restive east of DRC—is reporting getting better or are the numbers lingering at about the same level because that many rapes are still being committed?
UNHCR's Bukavu office outlined multiple impediments to gathering numbers, including the fact that the eastern province of South Kivu alone is the size of Rwanda and Burundi combined. "Safety is compromised because of armed groups," said Serena Ricci, a UNHCR associate field officer in sexual and gender-based violence. Ricci also pointed to the lack of actual roads in DRC, which makes reaching many areas incredibly difficult.
"Numbers are a speculation," said Ricci. "If you have 2,000 cases in 2015 and 1,000 in 2014, it could be due to more reporting or it could be better collection of data."
The numbers may vary greatly depending on who you ask, but over 20 years of war, thousands and thousands—likely hundreds of thousands—of women have been sexually violated by armed groups and the Congolese army, mainly in the east. Not only that, but studies have shown that rape by civilians is at a viciously high level, with so many former soldiers returning home with little or no rehabilitation or reintegration, and taking out their trauma on their own families and neighbors.
"If you look at the country in general, I think the level of rape is very, very high," said Irma van Dueren, the senior women protection advisor for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). "It's a very unsafe country for women."
For its part, MONUSCO only reports on cases that are 100 percent verified (although other groups, like the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), don't investigate all the reports in the numbers they gather). So, like Ricci, Van Dueren warns: "You have to approach the figures with a bit of caution."
There is a lot of underreporting in general of rape in the country, and not just because many conflict areas are inaccessible. Women also don't report because they're afraid of revenge, according to Van Dueren. Sometimes an attack is not reported to authorities because the local community has found what it sees as a suitable solution to rape: such as giving a goat to the woman's family or, in some cases, the rapist will marry his victim in order to alleviate the shame of the family of the woman—that's how intense stigmatization is in the country.
When is rape "war-related"?
While the east of DRC is still under bombardment periodically by the army and various rebel groups (right now a Ugandan group is wreaking havoc throughout North Kivu province and into South Kivu), the question of what is "war-related" in the country is an interesting one. After 20 years of extraordinary violence, "war" itself is a complex concept. A dysfunctional, corrupt country torn apart by decades of conflict (after the additional trauma of colonialism) tends toward violence, with weakened justice systems and protection mechanisms. Women become deeply vulnerable in such an environment.
The Panzi Foundation said it didn't have information about the perpetrators of attacks—whether they were military or civilian men. But who is perpetrating these crimes matters. If army rapes are going down, then the government/UN/NGOs may finally be doing something right in terms of training commanders to control their troops. If rebel militia rapes are decreasing then actions to stop fighting in the east may be helping. If civilian rapes are on the rise, making up the difference—then that's a whole new nightmare brewing in itself, and may explain the jump in cases at Panzi.
A 2013 study commissioned by the World Bank found that "a significant proportion of former combatants showed higher than normal signs of aggression." A remarkable 44 percent of decommissioned fighters said they felt a feeling of satisfaction when harming others, and 35 percent said they still felt the urge to fight.
But figuring out who is committing which crimes—and which perpetrators are being reported—is far from simple.
"One of the reasons this is so complicated is that for a long time 'civilian' rape wasn't even viewed as rape," said Jocelyn Kelly, director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Women in War program. She said this prompted much advocacy and awareness-raising to be targeted toward women who were being abused by soldiers. It also led to a reduction in reporting of sexual abuse by husbands or neighbors. "I think that this is beginning to change slowly," Kelly said, "so there may be more reports of rape by civilians, but it would be difficult to know if this were a real trend or an artifact of reporting."
Congolese men and women I've spoken to love to say they never had a word for rape in their languages until Rwandans flooded into their country after the 1994 genocide, bringing the crime with them. That, however, does not mean that the act did not exist. Consider the United States' long-held attitude that spousal rape was not a crime. In fact, it took until 1979 for the first conviction to come about in such a case. Yet (does it need to be said?) spousal rape in the U.S. did not begin in 1979.
While many in DRC still look at military forces as the main perpetrators of sexualized violence, a UNFPA representative in eastern Congo told me in 2014 that there had been a drastic increase in civilian rape since 2011: More than 77 percent of all the attacks registered by UNFPA in 2013 were perpetrated by civilians. And before that, a 2010 Oxfam study found that civilian rape in Congo had increased 17-fold between 2004 and 2008.
Incremental change
The Western media's insistence that DRC is still the worst country in the world in terms of rape irks some local activists, who, while acknowledging that there is certainly still a long way to go, say it's time to recognize progress, to accept that their hard work is making a difference.
"When people say there is no change, it means the work that we've done has accomplished nothing," said Julienne Lusenge, head of Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), a coalition of Congolese women's rights groups. "I really think the efforts are working."
She pointed to a new program in Beni, in North Kivu, that keeps various medical centers and organizations from duplicating records on a single patient. When a woman comes to her office, Lusenge said, they create a record that is then sent to the local hospital. After the hospital provides the patient medical services, that record returns with her to SOFEPADI, which then provides survivors with psychological and legal assistance. Attributing the improvements to the hard work of grassroots groups, Lusenge admits the work is slow going, and underfunded. But she can point to concrete examples of things getting better. In Bunia in northern Orientale province, where SOFEPADI also operates, one woman recently had her own husband arrested because he raped his own daughter, she explained. The man has now been sentenced to 15 years and is currently in jail. "That was unimaginable in the past," Lusenge said.
The group is also seeing more cooperation from traditional community leaders, who are now willing to send people to investigate when they hear about a case of sexualized violence. Lusenge pointed to an example in which a traditional chief helped get a soldier who'd perpetrated rape arrested.
"Yes, there are still armed groups that are still keeping women as sexual slaves and committing all sorts of atrocities," she said. "But on the other hand, we're seeing a lot of efforts by community members to help and protect survivors of sexualized violence." People also now know where to seek services, Lusenge said. Sixty-two percent of survivors that come to her organization for help now come within 72 hours "because they know they can be saved" from HIV and pregnancy as well as other sexually transmitted diseases, she said.
Even men, husbands, are now accompanying their wives to court—something unheard of in the past. "When things like this would happen in your family—no!" she said. "They don't want to talk about it. If you were raped you were blamed: 'How did you manage to be raped?'"
Still, the struggle for justice with regard to rape cases is unending. There are parallel justice systems in DRC: civilian and military. All the experts I spoke to acknowledged advances made by the military justice system. On the flip side, one expert called the civilian justice system "entirely nonfunctional" when it comes to prosecuting rape. Regardless, both structures face huge challenges.
"You can see at Panzi Hospital that medical tests confirm there was rape," said Raphael Wakenge, coordinator for a Bukavu-based nonprofit called the Congolese Initiative for Justice and Peace. "Medically, you can have evidence, socially, you have met the victims, but on the justice level they will ask you for more evidence to prove the rape occurred. Because there are some alleged perpetrators who are released after the prosecutor investigates—because there is 'no evidence.'" And corruption is everywhere. The former prosecutor in Kavumu, the town where the little girls are being raped for a third year in a row, was known as "Mr. $100"—because that's how much it took to be released from his custody. I've been told stories of rape suspects arrested who "escaped" on the way to prison; others who "disappeared" from jail. Then there are the twin problems of a lack of resources and a lack of training of medical and legal professionals: Costly DNA tests are unavailable in the country, and evidence is sometimes washed away at local clinics in an effort to "clean" victims. Freddy Mukendi, a top military magistrate who tried the Minova rape case in which at least 76 women were violated in November 2012, told me in an interview that he was unable to convict 37 of 39 men charged due to a lack of good evidence.
At the same time, "it's not like it was 20 years ago," said SOFEPADI's Lusenge. "Police officers, army soldiers—our men are being arrested. That didn't happen in the past. And even women are seeking justice against their own husbands for perpetration. That's new."
What's also new is a measurable decline in rape cases perpetrated by government troops, according to MONUSCO. Van Dueren said that in 2013, government forces perpetrated 38 percent of cases reported by the peacekeeping mission (while the rest were by other armed groups) but in 2015, that figure dropped to 34 percent. Van Dueren attributed that to the work MONUSCO and others are doing to push for justice—for more arrests, convictions, and longer sentences for army perpetrators. If commanders stop condoning rape in their ranks (or even stop ordering it), you're going to see a reduction in violence. She said that MONUSCO has seen fewer cases overall reported to "all the different systems we have," but that she and others still "looking for an explanation" for this drop.
Why numbers don't matter in the end
It took a few hours for Dr. Mukwege to find time to sit down for an interview when I was at Panzi on that muddy day, but when we finally settled at a plastic-covered table, he was ready to answer questions. Minus one.
"Why are journalists so obsessed with these numbers?" he wanted to know when I asked him if he thinks cases of rape are going up or down.
He's not the only one irritated by this question. While it helps to have a grasp of the scope of the problem, the preoccupation with numbers has some real-world negative consequences, according to SOFEPADI'S Lusenge. International NGOs, she explained, require high numbers to secure funding, and that when cases of rape go down the groups come to her wondering why—"as if we should always produce high figures and numbers." Instead, she said emphatically, "Our objective is to have no cases of sexualized violence."
Mukwege doesn't have energy to talk about increases or decreases. After years and years of treating survivors, he's fed up with the global obsession with a body count. "We can't know if the numbers of cases are going up or down," he made clear. And then he quickly steered our conversation toward a more personal, and exasperated, realm. He despaired at the world's lack of interest in the desperate state of violence in his country—no matter the numbers.
"I have an impression, seeing the way Congolese women and children are treated now, I wonder if we have the same humanity," he said of his colleagues versus the rest of the world. "I think if it were happening somewhere else [the international community] should have found a solution."
I asked him if he feels like everyone has forgotten this place. His response was nonverbal; just an affirmative flip of his hands in the air.
Over the past few years, Mukwege's hospital has been under increasing pressure from the government, which has spoken out repeatedly about Panzi's "politicized" mission; it even froze the hospital's assets at the end of 2014, claiming Panzi had not paid an enormous tax bill. Like so many women's rights activists in Congo I've spoken to, Mukwege has said that peace in his country must be the priority, something the government seems to take as a kind of personal affront; Kinshasa (a good 900 miles away from Bukavu as the crow flies—above nearly no roads) tends to take umbrage at assertions it isn't doing enough to stop the war. Critics point to either a lack of ability or political will on behalf of the government to bring about an end to the fighting.
You can try to prevent rape, you can work to repair the damage, but peace is the only true thing that can stop the widespread destruction of women's bodies, activists say. Yet despite incremental wins in the two-decade war, such as the 2013 defeat of the rebel group M23, peace remains elusive. And therefore so does stopping rape, a free and dangerously effective weapon. This is why the idea of measuring numbers of rape cases can feel pointless to people on the front lines, like Mukwege. It's not about the numbers after all these years, to him; it's about what we do in the face of such depraved violence—whether that encompasses 1,000 cases or just one.
"I believe that we are all human and we should react," he said. "Maybe I am wrong, but if we can't react when someone is suffering, we have a problem."
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Services will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at Apfel Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Harris officiating. Burial will be at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Grand Island.
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The 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS has been spied for the very first time ahead of what is believed to be a full reveal later this year.
The highly anticipated 911 GT3 RS was spotted featuring the side air intakes of the 911 Turbo along with a large rear wing and wider tracks. It also came equipped with large alloy wheels mirroring those on the 918 Spyder while at the back there was a central dual exhaust and more air intakes in the bumper. It should be mentioned the prototype had some camouflage on the middle of the roof and hood which indicates Porsche has planned additional aerodynamic optimization.
From what we know so far, the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS will be offered only with a PDK gearbox that will be updated with a different shifting strategy and revised gear ratios. Power will come from the familiar 3.8 six-cylinder which will receive a minor power bump so expect more than the 475 HP (349 kW) available in the GT3.
Aside from being more powerful and aero efficient, the 911 GT3 RS will lose some weight as Porsche plans on installing lighter body panels, stripping out the cabin and putting thinner glass windows.
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Former Indians slugger Jim Thome is a legendary figure in the eyes of many fans. Last year, Cleveland built a statue for him outside of Progressive Field. Now, he will have a street named after him -- in his home town of Peoria, IL.
From the Peoria Journal Star:
State lawmakers unanimously voted Tuesday to rename part of U.S. Route 24 after retired Major League Baseball star Jim Thome.
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The resolution, which passed 96-0 in the state House, would designate Route 24 between South Adams Street in Bartonville and Griswold Street in Peoria as the Jim Thome Highway.
Thome attended Limestone High School and Illinois Central College, both located in Peoria, before being drafted by the Indians in 1989.
The future Hall of Famer played for seven different teams over his 22-year major-league career, including 12 seasons with Cleveland. His 612 career home runs are the seventh-most of all-time.
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October is National Pet Wellness Month, which is a nationwide educational campaign sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Focusing on weight management, balanced diet, dental care, and the special needs for senior pets, the program's initiative hopes to educate the owners of approximate 50 percent of the US pet populations on the preventative measures for battling obesity, diabetes, arthritis and thyroid disease. Through preventative care, as well as weight control, pets can be on the fast track to ultimate health and fitness in no time.
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In addition to committing to a more active lifestyle with your pet, a healthy diet is also of utmost importance. It is not just limiting the quantity of your pet's food that is helpful, but choosing a food that it rich in nutrients and quality ingredients.
Help make good choices for your pet and promote health from the inside out with American- made and -sourced Evanger's Pet Foods, for dogs and cats. With premium pure game meats like lean Buffalo and their best-selling Hunk of Beef, they also offer new Premium Dinners that feature Spinach and Kale.
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Dental Care
Dr. Andy Roark DVM MS is passionate about helping educate pet owners on simple, yet important ways they can stay ahead of oral/dental challenges and keep their pet's heart healthy!
Canine dental health is a hot topic, not just because of the importance of good oral hygiene, but also because (just like humans) canine tartar control is directly tied to heart health! Regular and preventative dental care, at home, can also save pet owners hundreds of dollars in veterinary expenses because once a problem arises, it can be very costly.
The dental tartar you see slowly building up on your pet's teeth is about 80 percent bacteria. It damages the gums, the bone beneath and the ligaments that hold teeth in place. This bacteria can get into the blood stream and infect vital organs like the heart, lungs and kidneys. And there's no question that advanced dental disease hurts; it makes pets feel sick.
Daily brushing is the best deterrent. Every pet's mouth is different, so the amount of dental maintenance needed to make sure your pet stays healthy varies among individuals and also among breeds.
Feeding a high-quality food, staying away from offering your dog table scraps, and using treats and chews that are specifically formulated to keep teeth healthy are all easy ways to support your pet's dental health. Your vet can even recommend a diet designed for dental health.
WHIMZEES™, all-natural, vet-recommended dog chews, help to fight dangerous plaque and tartar. Available in a variety of fun shaped characters such as Alligators, Hedgehogs, Stix and Toothbrushes, WHIMZEES™ are highly digestible vegetarian treats. These all-natural dog chews not only support dental health, but the unique shape ensures proper blood flow through the gums. WHIMZEES™ have no artificial ingredients, colors, flavors, preservatives, or meat products. They're GMO- and gluten-free, as well as high in fiber and low in calories.
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As cats and dogs age, even going potty can become more of a challenge. Achey joints and arthritis can make bathroom routines, such as stairs and inclement weather, almost impossible. Puppy Go Potty from Healthy Pet is an original indoor elimination solution that was created to ensure happiness and comfort at home to aging pups. Puppy Go Potty is made of 100 percent natural fibers, absorbs 4 times its weight in liquid, effectively controls odor, and is scented with a natural pheromone attractant.
Aging kitties can also get finicky around potty time, a new product from Healthy Pet, ökocat Soft Step, is an all-natural, 99 percent dust-free litter. Made of extra lightweight, fine wood granules that are softer on paws than other materials, which can be an issue for the discerning cat. ökocat™ Soft Step™ is a high performance clumping litter, ideal for cats of all ages, and a great choice for those concerned about transitioning to a natural litter; ökocat feels close to traditional clay litter, but without the scents, chemicals and dust of clays.
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I have a store in which we sell only 2 lines of dry dog and cat food, 4 lines of canned, 2 of dehydrated, and 4 of frozen raw. BUT - this article, purporting to be about health, is really marketing for the Industry (2 industries, really: pet food, and conventional pet medicine. I teach classes at our local community college on making healthy pet food, and creating a diet for your dog or cat that is similar to your own: seasonal variety, local,home grown, organic veggies, local grass fed meats, wild caught fish, local organic eggs and poultry, small amounts of functional carbohydrates to compensate for the depleted soil in which livestock graze and even organic produce is grown, and judicious use of high-quality supplements. It's not recipes for dog or cat food so you can make your own more wholesome version of the every-day-the-same stuff the industry has been promoting for 60 years. It's a way to shop for your pets when shopping for your whole household, making measl with the same degree of variety, and using commercial products the way healthy eaters use them -- very occasionally! You can get good nutrition advice from vets who are members of the AHVMA: the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. But AVMA vets, like those cited here, are far too enmeshed with the petfood industry (one of the most cynical, exploitive and dishonest on the planet - but extremely profitable) to have much credibility with readers of this journal! Most of the "super-premium" pet food is over-priced junk, the "dental treats" not as good as bones, and the basics of nutrition using a culinary approach is not difficult to master. Think about it: the only beings on the planet that are fed an every-meal-the-same "diet" for life are livestock and pets. And livestock are not expected, or even desired, to live out a full lifespan. That's why feeding trials, the gold standard of pet food certification, only last 6 months! Mother Earth needs to find some better sources for information on pet care, more in keeping with the health, environmental and humane values of its readers!


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Catherine Johnner, owner of Escape Rooms Jamestown will be our host for this month's meeting. We will be meeting at the business (located above Quick Solutions & Crown Street Coffee Roasting).
An Escape Room is a live action, adult team based game where players discover clues, solve puzzles and perform tasks in order to accomplish a specific goal in a limited amount of time. After members enjoy lunch we will be participating in "Escaping from Consequences".
For more information go to Escape Rooms Jamestown (and yes you will be able to leave and return to work!)
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In Toronto we have an expanding list of condominium corporations that find themselves deep in debt they claim they did not sign up for. Apparently a single individual falsified one or more documents in each case, either of board member signatures or of self-authorizing minutes. Then this individual seems to have taken out large mortgage loans on the properties, and diverted the sums into an account he alone controlled.
Now the person and the money are missing. They are believed to be out of the country.
Today's dumb question becomes two:
- Who did due diligence on all this paperwork?
- Why do we have no idea where the money went?
It appears that a case could be made that the financial institutions who approved these loans, and paid them into an individual's account, did not do magnificent due diligence. Cynics will recall that the issuers of "NINJA" mortgages were later bailed out by government; perhaps due diligence is no longer required when handing out cash with property as collateral.
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I say victim cause its all so fresh and I havent really addressed this the right way. I suppose this would be a step in the right direction.
I say victim cause its all so fresh and I havent really addressed this the right way. I suppose this would be a step in the right direction.
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Hi Xneen - first of all welcome to Fort glad you stepped in...
Can relate to feeling like a victim rather than a survivor...sure felt like that when I initially escaped my abusive situation - overwhelmed and emotionally battered - relief that I was safe but still feeling like I had plenty of wounds to lick. Hope coming here adds to your sense of being less alone as you work on processing the trauma you have been through...begin to heal.
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Rest in my arms precious child; cradled and warm. You are safe. The war is over.
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Thank you
Jane (08-05-2018)
See you are registered Xneen - expect you have had a poke round the members' only sections of the site have lots of convo's on a wide ranging number of DV related topics in our folder on that subject. Good to have you on board.
Rest in my arms precious child; cradled and warm. You are safe. The war is over.
Hey Everyone, im new here..after meeting this guy in a dating website. We hit it off..things were great. Then he started hitting me kicking me i always got back with him despite it. He always promised me he would change. Things just got worse. This happened all last year. On new yrs he got out of control and really hit me..i finally had the stength to leave. I didnt understand when things were good they were great and when things were bad they were horrible. And got with someone else..which he turned out to be bipolar and strung out on meth. he was also abusive verbally and physically. The guy i had been with that abused me the first time got out of jail for unrelated reasons..and i was vulnerable..he had written me drew me pictures and stuff..i know cheezy huh anyway i really thought he changed he swore things got out of hand cause he was addicted to meth and wouldnt lay his hands on me. I moved in with him within the week and things were good. He was sober but when we argued he would push me..i didnt think much of it since it wasnt a hit. On different ocassions he pushed me..last night he said he didnt like my attitude pushed me and i defended myself..he kicked me bruised my body punched me in the face and smashed my head against the wall and the tv remote. He hit me on the side of my thigh with my shoe. I can hardly walk. Nothing broken thank God. He spit in my face told me no one loves me he feels sorry for me and im nothing. Called me every name in the book.I called my parents and now i am staying with them they picked me up from the hospital...hes in jail i pressed charges. I cant believe im back in this situation. I feel so weak..so stupid..i couldn't believe he'd dp that again after me giving him the benefot of the doubt again. I just dont know where to start again...im scared. I feel guilt cause hes in jail. I know i shouldnt..theres something wrong with me..how can i not feel like i have worth..i use to be a free spirit. And happy..i am completely broken now. More than i was before.
Hello. Sorry to hear that things are so bad right now. I hope you are able to remain safe. There are a lot of aftereffects of abuse. Its not an instant change and everything is better at once. You may want to look into our member folders, looks like you've registered, find some support there as well.
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Hi guys! Happy Sunday! Last night V and I made an amazing vegan dessert perfect and easy for valentine's day. I'm a huge sucker for anything sweet so this was something I had seen on Pinterest for years, but wanted to veganize it! 🙂
They're healthier than cheesecake too. It's basically a stuffed strawberry dipped in chocolate… Two of my favorite combinations in one. Chocolate strawberries and "cheesecake"… mmMMmmm.
Here's what you need (all from TJ's) 🙂 :
- 1 lb vegan strawberries
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
- 1 package vegan cream cheese (8oz)
- 3 giant size graham crackers of your choice
- 1 grapefruit
- 1 teaspoon stevia/sugar of your choice
***We used a grapefruit because we already had one on hand. You can definitely use a lemon if you'd prefer that. 🙂
This cream cheese mixture is heavenly. 🙂
This was hard not to eat all of tooooo…. AHHH 🙂
- Prepare cream cheese mixture by mixing one container of cream cheese, two tablespoons grapefruit, 1 teaspoon stevia/sugar.
- Set aside.
- Melt chocolate by adding in one cup of chocolate chips and one teaspoon of coconut oil in a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water (or use double boiler if you have).
- Set aside.
- Cut the stems off of the strawberries and gut the middle out. 🙂
- Now take cream cheese mixture and either put in a bag to fill or use a spoon to carefully put mixture in the strawberries.
- Once this is done, crumble graham crackers and place crumbs on top.
- Then dip strawberry in chocolate mixture.
- Once this is done, place the strawberries on either wax paper or a pan of your choice to cool in refrigerator. 🙂
- Cool or 4-6 hours or overnight.
- Enjoy!!! 🙂
This is great to have for yourself or to make for your valentine!
I will also be sharing another food recipe for you this week as well!
Hope you have a great week filled with love and chocolate!


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What was the name of the footballer who scored a hat-trick on his international debut but was never selected to play for his country again? This question has undoubtedly cropped up in pub quizzes all over the country, and the answer, if you didn't already know, is East Fife's Henry Morris!
Henry was born in Dundee on 17th December 1919, and was relatively late in stepping up to the Senior game at the age of twenty-six; his football development having been delayed by active service during World War Two.
Before the war, Henry had turned out for Lochee Central, where he formed a striking partnership with inside-forwards Jake and Dougie Davidson, a trio which was destined to fill the same role at Bayview during East Fife's Halcyon days. Indeed, all three were transferred from Lochee to Dundee Violet during the summer of 1939, where the lethal striking force scored an incredible 36 goals in just four games, with Morris netting four times and the Davidson brothers a goal apiece in a league match against East Craigie at Glenesk Park on 11th August. Such was the attraction of the high-scoring Violet team at this time, an incredible crowd of 6,270 paid to see the 'Pansies' take on Dundee Harp at Glenesk Park that same month!
After being de-mobbed at the end of the Second World War, all three players teamed up once again at Dundee Violet, but it wasn't long before the senior talent scouts came calling. On Friday 7th June 1946, East Fife fought off a host of Scottish and English clubs, including Dundee United and Blackpool, to land the signature of Henry Morris, who was joined a week later by Violet team-mate Dougie Davidson. Doug's brother Jake, however, opted instead to sign for Dundee United, thus breaking up the striking partnership.
In Henry's first season at Bayview, 1946/47, the centre-forward scored an amazing 36 goals in 37 competitive appearances; but things were to get even better the following season following the signing of old partner Jake Davidson, who had failed to hold down a regular place in the Dundee United first team during his year at Tannadice. The old trio were now back together again, and season 1947/48 saw Henry Morris score 59 goals in 48 appearances with the Davidson brothers weighing in with 32 goals between them; all three ending the campaign with a League Cup winners' medal and a 'B' Division Championship medal to show for their efforts!
Although playing against tougher opposition in the top flight during season 1948/49, and without the assistance of Doug Davidson for most of the campaign following the player's transfer to Blackpool in October 1948, Henry Morris still managed to find the net no fewer than 25 times in 37 appearances. It was inevitable that Henry's scoring exploits would come to the attention of the international selectors, and the player was finally called up for international duty for the Home International Championship match against Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast on 1st October 1949, which was also to double as a qualifying match for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
On the Tuesday preceding the match, Henry and East Fife team-mate George Aitken met up with the rest of the Scotland party at Broomielaw Quay in the centre of Glasgow, where they battled their way through hordes of young autograph hunters and newspaper reporters before boarding the steamer Royal Ulsterman, bound for Belfast. Asked on the quayside how he felt about getting called up to the national team, Henry modestly replied: "I'll do my best not to let Scotland down".
Henry certainly didn't let the team down, as after just two minutes' play he got his head on to a cross from Willie Waddell to put the Scots ahead. It was a dream start to his Scotland debut and, into the bargain, Henry had written himself into the history books as the first British player to score a World Cup qualifying goal! And it wasn't to end there, with Henry Morris scoring another two second half goals to complete a debut hat-trick which, along with two goals from Rangers' Willie Waddell and further strikes from Derby's Billy Steel, Hibs' Lawrie Reilly and Third Lanark's Jimmy Mason, was more than enough to sweep the Irish aside and record a remarkable 8-2 victory.
Having made such an impressive Scotland debut, one would naturally assume that Henry Morris would once again line up alongside East Fife team-mate George Aitken in Scotland's next international at Hampden on 9th November 1949. Morris was not in the team that beat Wales 2-0, however, and it was assumed by many that the player had been snubbed by the international selection committee, but this is not quite true. The facts of the matter are that Henry picked up an injury in a league match against Motherwell just days before the Wales match, which effectively ruled him out. By the time he had regained his form, the Scotland centre-forward position had been claimed by Hearts' Willie Bauld, which effectively spelled the end of Henry's international career.
Despite a fall-out with East Fife just weeks after playing for his country, during which speculation was rife that he had played his last match for the club, Henry remained at Bayview until April 1953, during which time he picked up a second League Cup winner's medal in 1949 and made an appearance in the 1950 Scottish Cup Final. He ended his senior career following brief spells at Dundee United and Portadown in Northern Ireland.
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— May 5, 2014 — Miami, FL - A shared passion to promote literacy in Florida and across the nation was the inspiration behind a festive Miami Port event aboard the Carnival Breeze. The Literacy at Sea Celebration was hosted by the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation (CICF) to support the work of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The national nonprofit, which is focused on providing young children and their low-literate parents the opportunity to learn together, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a series of special events.
Nearly 200 guests enjoyed the Sunday brunch including business and education leaders, as well as families and students. The reception featured one of the Barbara Bush Foundation's strongest advocates - Jeb Bush, Jr.- and best-selling authors, including humorist and Miami native Dave Barry, as well as "100 Cupboards" Trilogy writer N.D. Wilson.
In addition to generously hosting the Literacy at Sea event, CICF is donating $25,000 to the Barbara Bush Foundation.
"CICF is a strong supporter of education and we are honored to support the Barbara Bush Foundation in recognition of the excellent work it does with families across the nation," said CICF Executive Director Mike McGarry. "We are proud to support such a deserving organization and we congratulate the Barbara Bush Foundation on its 25th anniversary."
The Barbara Bush Foundation empowers America's children and their parents, giving them the opportunity to learn fundamental literacy skills and achieve a better life together. Through a youth mentoring program, Barbara Bush Scholarships and family literacy grants the Foundation supports:
"We are grateful to the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation for believing, like we do, that all precious children deserve an equal opportunity to achieve," said Liza McFadden, president of the Barbara Bush Foundation. "We also recognize that millions of parents in America face a gap in education, lacking the basic reading and writing skills they need to help their children in school. That is why we support reading mentoring efforts and family literacy programs to provide the most basic of educational skills for both child and parent: the ability to read and write."
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I am a 28 year old man and this is my first question on AA although I have been reading this site for several months now which has helped me educate myself a lot about sex and relationships. It is literally the guide to my life.
Please do not pass judgmental comments after reading my question below as I am seeking honest answers from knowledgeable persons.
I am madly in love with a 24 year old beautiful girl for the past 3 years and we plan to marry soon. I genuinely, sincerely and honestly feel she is the goddess of my life and I am very lucky to have her in my life. I have repeatedly confessed this to her. Initially, she would laugh it off saying it is intense love that I have for her. Over a period of time, she has connected deeply with my feelings and she knows that I really mean what I say.
We have refrained from penetrative sex so far - as we want to do it only after our marriage. But the urge to give her pleasure - and seeing her experiencing intense pleasure - makes me give her oral sex (I lick her) as many times as we can whenever we can meet at a discrete and safe place. I have been swallowing her juices. I convinced her to let me drink her urine and after intial hesitation, now she flows freely in my mouth.
For many weeks, we have been discussing about my desire to consume her faeces and I have watched her in toilet, have washed her after she is done etc., tasted it after it was in my hand etc. She is hesitant as she cares for my health and is worried if after eating something will happen to my health. She is not averse to the idea though.
I read a lot on internet but was not able to find authentic information anywhere. I am not interested in sexually titillating or imaginative stories of such an act as I do not know if such content is real or not.
She is perfectly healthy with no diseases whatsoever. Is there any health harm if I consume her faeces?
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The new school year is here and there is so much to do and learn. The first grading period will begin with a social studies unit on community and how to be a good citizen. In math we'll be working on addition strategies and extending our knowledge of place value.
Keister has a new principal, Julie Zook, that we are enjoying the opportunity to get to know. We have a new pick up system for walkers, bikers, car riders and bus riders in the afternoons. In second grade, we are lucky enough to have a new teachers, Ms. Pence and Mrs. Ochoa. Lots of changes but all for the good of Keister Elementary!
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What we think: Cola Breeze has a nice chewy sticky texture, and great flavor. These all natural versions of gummies we grew up with are amazing!
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The Dots are wall hooks designed by Lars Tornøe and they introduce a playful and cute perspective on these simple and practical home accessories. The hooks are made from wood and they come in lots of different colors as well as in several different dimensions. They can arranged on the wall in any desired pattern and color combination.
Samuel Chan is one of the designers who enjoy thinking outside the box and revisiting basic principles and ideas. It's how this series of armless chairs and loveseats came to be. They're a sort of hybrids between armchairs and rocking chairs but without the armrests. In a way, this simplifies the design even though the structural composition is a complex one.
Call it what you will — a credenza, sideboard or buffet. It doesn't matter what room you put it in, it is a stylish addition to the room that is a handy storage spot for all sorts of items. In a dining room, a buffet can hold dinnerware, while in an office or entryway, a credenza can stash papers, books and other necessities. Whatever style of decor you favor, there are lots of great new credenzas to choose from.
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SOURCE: SeanieMac
October 28, 2013 09:25 ET
HUNTINGTON, NY--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2013) - SeanieMac International, Inc. (OTCQB: BETS), doing business as SeanieMac Limited, the parent company of the all-Irish online sports & casino wagering website www.SeanieMac.com, today announced the signing of two major partnerships.
SeanieMac will partner with Donedeal.ie and Attheraces.co.uk, two of the biggest websites in Ireland and the UK.
Donedeal.ie has a global Alexa ranking of 5,717 and is ranked the 10th largest website in Ireland. SeanieMac is now the exclusive betting partner of Done Deal beating a host of competitors to what will prove to be a very lucrative partnership. SeanieMac dynamic banners with special offers will be displayed on the Done Deal website from November 2014.
AttheRaces.co.uk is Britain and Ireland's largest TV channel for horseracing and the number one website for horseracing with millions of unique monthly visitors and also has exclusive rights to broadcast all Irish horseraces. At The Races will display SeanieMac's banners as well as adding SeanieMac's live odds feed to their odds comparison grid. SeanieMac will be featured on ATR from November 2014.
Mr Sean McEniff CEO of Seaniemac.com said he is "delighted to welcome Done Deal and ATR as official partners of SeanieMac.com. By partnering with these very successful businesses and leaders in their respected industries we will get SeanieMac in front of millions of potential customers every month and will give our brand great exposure and will add to our already strong customer base. This announcement is further evidence of the growing strength of the SeanieMac brand."
About SeanieMac
SeanieMac Limited owns and operates www.SeanieMac.com, an online sports and casino wagering web-based platform serving gamblers directly under the brand name SeanieMac.com.
While the site offers wagering for many categories outside of sports, SeanieMac is capturing the Irish market by initially focusing on the Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA) or Gaelic Games as well as Irish horse racing and soccer. Its mission is to offer a market-leading, user-friendly website for online gambling, including sports betting and casino gaming (traditional casino, live casino, poker, bingo and interactive skilled games). The Company does not market to U.S. residents and, hereby, specifically discourages them from attempting to access its wagering services.
The Irish gambling industry generated approximately $18.7 billion in 2011 revenue, with $1.7 billion of that generated online and growing rapidly at double digit rates. The Irish online gambling sector is projected to reach $3.2 billion in 2012.
As its national pastime, the Gaelic Games have long been popular in Ireland but they are gaining worldwide appeal, especially in areas with large communities of Irish emigrants and their descendants, such as the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, where many communities have their own teams and clubs participating in the Gaelic Leagues locally and internationally. To learn more about the GAA, see www.gaa.ie.
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Online synchronous learning and other digital tools are transforming the teaching and learning landscape for teachers, parents and students. From learning management systems to mobile apps, the K-12 learning community is more connected than ever. In fact, more teachers are implementing blended learning than ever before, and administrators are supporting this shift:
- 1 out of 3 teachers started describing their classrooms as a blended learning environment in the last year (Project Tomorrow, 2014).
- Over 2/3 of school administrators believe that keeping students engaged in school is a top benefit of digital learning (Project Tomorrow, 2014).
Furthermore, districts are generally doing a great job of embracing asynchronous forms of blended learning, but synchronous learning tools can often times go under utilized. Whether it's on-the-go professional development for teachers or personalized learning for students, collaboration tools provide a way for the K-12 community to embark on a synchronous learning journey that can lead to teacher and student success.
Check out the infographic below (or read the text alternative) to see how synchronous learning can transform student success in 5 impactful ways. Download the full guide here.
Key takeaways of synchronous learning
Synchronous learning tools enable districts to:
1) Offer on-the-go professional development. Two out of three (65%) district administrators believe that enhancing teacher effectiveness through professional development has the greatest potential to enhance student achievement (Project Tomorrow, 2014). After their digital and synchronous professional development experience, 83% of Metro Nashville Public School teachers reported greater comfort with and a greater willingness to integrate technology within their own classrooms.
2) Provide anytime, anywhere connectivity. Synchronous learning can occur even if there is inclement weather, a student is homebound, or a parent can't make a conference.
3) Embrace flipped learning. Synchronous learning tools allow teachers to record live sessions to create flipped learning content and students to watch recorded lessons at their own pace.
4) Engage learners on their devices. With the rise of mobile, synchronous collaboration needs to be offered where students already are – on their mobile devices. 82% of high school students and 68% of middle school students have access to smartphones (Project Tomorrow, 2014).
5) Maximize personalized learning. Synchronous learning allows students to choose how they want to engage with teachers and classmates through, web conferencing, video conferencing, voice, or collaborative work sessions.


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So, Boost Mobile is now on the Sprint network. So, if you have Sprint as a cell phone provider, and your contract is up, you can switch to Boost mobile (a subsidiary of Sprint) and enjoy the same coverage and same everything as you had with Sprint for HALF the price. Boost unlimited calling is $50 per month. I just renewed my contract...so, I'm not able to take advantage of this offer. I hope they make an exception for people who just renewed...but, I'm thinking NOT.
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Did you know that our tax codes are so outrageously complicated, that even the IRS will not stand behind the advice its agents offer us on the phone. So, if, come tax time, you call the IRS for some advice, and use the advice to complete your tax returns; if the advice turns out to be wrong and the IRS comes after you, you can not use the fact that you received the advice from their agents, as a defense.
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Another tropical storm spinning in the Eastern Pacific will threaten catastrophic flooding in areas recently affected by Hurricane Norbert.
Wednesday morning, an area of disturbed weather southwest of Mexico strengthened into a depression then into Tropical Storm Odile.
This system is expected to continue slowly shifting northward through the end of the week, then pick up more speed during the weekend as it strengthens.
Odile will likely become a hurricane by the start of the weekend.
Unlike the recent path of Hurricane Norbert, Odile is more likely to hug the Mexican coastline. AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Adam Douty explained that "Odile will brush the coast of southwestern Mexico, bringing very heavy rainfall. The city of Manzanillo could be at the greatest risk of flooding rainfall."
From Manzanillo to Puerto Vallarta, coastal cities and the mountains just inland should expect the greatest impact. While the heavy rain threatens mudslides, flooding rains will be possible closer to the coast.
With the increased strength of the storm, wind speeds will also increase, threatening widespread power outages along the coastlines.
Douty also added that "the worst conditions will remain to the north of Acapulco. However, some locally heavy showers and storms could still move over the city through Saturday as tropical moisture gets pulled into the area."
Into the weekend, the storm will race to the northwest, heading for the southern tip of Baja California. Odile will be zoning in on areas that endured flooding rainfall from Hurricane Norbert just a week earlier.
As much as 2-3 inches (50-75 millimeters) of rain could to these areas in only a few hours. After the extensive flooding across the Baja earlier in September, it will not take much more to cause additional flooding issues.
Some of the moisture from this system will likely be swept up into northern Mexico, including the cities of Hermosillo and Chihuahua into the new week.
Furthermore, this moisture will likely continue into the Southwestern United States. Parts of Arizona had catastrophic flooding from the moisture supplied by Norbert. The city of Phoenix broke their all-time record for daily rainfall, reaching a total 3.29 inches in one day. Much of this rain fell in only three hours.


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Record Type: RIE
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Vocational Guidance within the Context of the Democratization of Education. Rapports, etudes...S.129.
Siebel, Anselm
This paper, based on information concerning the current status of vocational guidance in various countries, describes the main trends in its development in the context of the democratization of education. The experiences of the following countries are reviewed: Austria, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, France, German Democratic Republic, Great Britain, Hungarian People's Republic, Japan, People's Republic of Poland, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and United States of America. The following conclusions are drawn: (1) in the socialist countries, the right to education is directly linked to the right to work through the targets set by the various parts of the educational system; (2) in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the role of vocational guidance is intended to develop the ability and readiness of young people for work in their chosen occupation, and is closely connected to moral education in emphasizing the importance of diligence, discipline, initiative, creativity, love of work, and respect for all occupations; (3) the market economies of Western Europe, the United States, and Japan differ from the aims, content, and forms of the socialist polytechnical system, in that they are not directly based on immediate production; and (4) as a consequence, vocational training in Western Europe, the United States, and Japan is mainly the responsibility of enterprises, while vocational guidance in schools is aimed at adapting students to conditions prevailing in the economy and to technological development. (TE)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, Communism, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Role, Cross Cultural Studies, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, Guidance Objectives, Guidance Programs, Secondary Education, Socialism, Trend Analysis
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Authoring Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Educational Policy and Planning.


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Immigration Issue Gets Little Attention On Convention Floor
Thursday, September 4, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- During the heat of the primary season late last year, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said it was imperative for his party to nominate a candidate who was tough on illegal immigration and didn't parrot President Bush's centrist stance on the issue.
"If we don't," King said in December, "then we're in for another four to eight years of the squabbling we've had."
Yet as Republicans prepared to ratify Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) -- author, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), of the comprehensive immigration measure that died in the Senate last year -- as their presidential nominee this week, little of that squabbling has been on display in the Twin Cities.
Immigration has received scant mention in speeches on the convention floor, and King conceded Wednesday that "the number of people who have come up to me to complain about this, so far it's zero."
King and other critics of McCain's record on immigration attribute the relative silence on the issue to two factors: The Arizonan has shifted to a more conservative stance since his reform measure died; and the convention's attention has been diverted, by Hurricane Gustav and, subsequently, by the furor over the selection of McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"I think it's probably a combination of both of those things," said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the conservative Federation for American Immigration Reform. The group has suggested that "McCain didn't want the public to understand how horrific" the "McKennedy Bill" was.
McCain has reassured some of his critics by saying that he understood the widespread opposition within the Republican base to any proposal that couples border security with the idea of a path to citizenship, or what critics call "amnesty."
"I got the message," McCain said at a campaign stop in South Carolina in November. "We will secure the borders first and then go on to other issues."
Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.), who mounted a bid for the Republican presidential nomination based almost entirely on his strong opposition to illegal immigration, said he was pleased that McCain had "modified his position." Most of the battles over immigration, Tancredo said, were won by his allies during deliberations of the GOP platform committee before the convention began.
The party platform includes language calling for tougher enforcement of laws, including a crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants, punishment for "sanctuary cities" and quick completion of a fence along the border with Mexico.
"We oppose amnesty," the platform says. "The rule of law suffers if government policies encourage or reward illegal activity. The American people's rejection of en masse legalizations is especially appropriate given the federal government's past failures to enforce the law."
Tancredo said nearly everything he wanted "was pretty much accepted [by the platform committee], and that's where the fight was. There's no purpose in doing anything at the convention to raise hell about it."