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'The nation’s capital didn’t wait for 2016 to make political history.

We started the year with three women in the District’s most high-profile jobs — mayor, police chief and schools chancellor — the only big city in the country to have such prominent female leadership.
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As a nation, we’re still terrible at representing 51 percent of the population fairly. The numbers in this year’s Congress are historically high — and still barely a meager 20 percent.

So when D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) took office last week and announced even earlier that she’d be keeping Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson in place, it was a big deal.

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'Women make better business decisions than men: Companies with female directors perform better and cut risk of bankruptcy says the study published by International Journal of Business.

The study goes on to say that there should be more women in the boardroom, and not just in the name of equality. They make better bosses than men because they are fairer and have more scruples. It means companies with women on the board are more likely to make decisions that benefit everyone, from investors to staff, rather than just the top brass Remember these are not my words I have a link to the study below my article for you to take a look for yourself. The study goes on to say that women also tend to consult others in the decision-making process, leading to a more cooperative feeling in the firm. The study, which surveyed 600 board members, concluded that female-influenced companies were more successful than male-dominated ones.'

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'Just over a year ago I covered a story in my video called The Gender War in Sweden about how Swedish feminists were so bored they were telling men how to sit on the bus. And I sourced a vice article from two thousand and twelve and it's the first one in the description below. Most people watching that video were shocked or outraged. So thought it was just plain stupid or funny. But with New York's MTO launching an advertising campaign targeting the act of "Man Spreading," this issue is gaining traction in North America. Some people are calling this the New York City Nutcracker in honor of Christmas. What I find insulting about this attack on men on public transit is that it's targeting men in the first place. What about women? Is it not possible that women could also behave the same way? Why is this an issue only facing men. And what about women that bring giant purses and put them on seats next to them? Or what about women that bring two, three or even four giant bags with them on public transit?...'

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'San Francisco bus and train riders may soon get a new lesson in etiquette: Close your legs, dudes.

A New York City movement to stop men from spreading their legs wide to ensure more room on public transit is making its way to San Francisco, in an effort by local agencies to spread the word on basic politeness.

The practice, known as "manspreading," is where riders, typically men, block seats on either side while sitting in a wide, V-shaped slouch. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is launching a public-relations campaign against the practice. One new sign by the authority reads, "Dude... Stop the spread, please. It's a space issue."

Now, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will conduct a survey to see how Muni riders feel about manspreading, a possible precursor to a campaign of its own.

"As part of our strategic-plan goals, we are looking to do additional outreach regarding Muni etiquette," SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose said.'

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"Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain, who has been named in the country's World Cup squad, was behind bars Thursday after being remanded in custody over allegations that he raped an actress.

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'Justine Herring, a real estate broker running for mayor in Colorado Springs, is being held at the El Paso County jail without bail on a felony domestic violence charge involving an assault-style rifle and other offenses.

Herring is accused of domestic violence menacing with an AR-15 rifle at Memorial Park, a public space near downtown and frequented by families and youth sports teams, on Saturday, according to Colorado Springs police. Authorities say she pointed the rifle at a man and threatened him.

Police also say Herring earlier Saturday waved a firearm and threatened the same victim at a different location, representing herself as a member of a federal law enforcement agency.

Herring, 48, who recently came onto the city's political scene, has a criminal history of misdemeanor offenses, including driving under the influence and domestic violence, records show.

"Bad publicity is better than no publicity," Herring posted on Facebook in November.'

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'The former National party senator Bill O’Chee [link added] says women are being given a “free pass” by police on domestic violence and are just as capable as men of killing, “especially when children are involved”.

O’Chee, a columnist for Fairfax Media’s Brisbane Times, wrote that equal opportunity for women meant equal responsibility for their actions, especially criminal ones, but police were failing to prosecute them for acts of domestic violence.
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Women are just as capable of killing in domestic circumstances as men, especially when children are involved,” he said.

O’Chee said he had a solicitor friend who “ruefully” did not charge one woman with domestic violence when he was a police prosecutor.

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You might not think that it’s appropriate for the government to launch a campaign telling men how to sit on the subway. Well guess what? You’re wrong.

If you “manspread” on the subway (which, by the way, means to sit with your legs apart, in case you are a fixture of the patriarchy who doesn’t educate himself on important women’s issues), you are doing so much more than taking up space.

Here’s what’s really going on with manspreading, as explained by some of the bright, forward-thinking minds on the Feminist Internet:

1. Manspreading is saying, “Who gives a f*** if you can’t sit, [we] are men. See [our] balls.”

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'Despite objections from 28 law professors, Harvard University Law School is going to subject its students to a potentially misguided interpretation of Title IX's sexual assault rules in order to preserve its federal funding.

Sexual assault is a serious matter. That is why it is unfortunate that the U.S. Department of Education has pressured universities and colleges since 2011 to lower the standard of evidence for convicting people of sexual assault. Through a guidance letter, the prior standard of "clear and convincing" evidence is no longer required for conviction. Instead, schools must show "a preponderance of the evidence," a lower standard.

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The University of Virginia has reinstated all of its fraternities, pending their acceptance of a new agreement requiring, among other things, that at least three members be “sober and lucid” at all parties. The college announced the measure in a news release on Tuesday.
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The new agreement, which fraternities must sign by January 16, requires, among other things, that:

• At least three members be “sober and lucid” at each function.
• At least one of the sober brothers be stationed at each point of alcohol distribution, and one be at the stairs leading to the house’s bedrooms.
• The fraternity provide one additional sober brother per every 30 members of the chapter.
• At least three of the sober brothers be non-freshmen.
• All fraternities submit two risk-management plans to the college’s Inter-Fraternity Council.'

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'Lawyer Alan Dershowitz is fighting back against claims that he was involved in a prostitution ring that involved the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Dershowitz says that the claims are fabricated despite them appearing in a U.S. court document.
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Dershowitz is a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and is one of the biggest names in U.S. law. Dershowitz helped negotiate the agreement with the government, which helped Epstein avoid federal prosecution.

A separate civil lawsuit claims that prosecutors violated the rights of Epstein’s victims when they agreed to a deal with him without their opinion.

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'Gotnews.com can conclusively prove that the photo of Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts, the alleged underaged prostitute is a forgery.
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The key to investigation is the size of the pixels. You would expect a photograph to have the same pixelation throughout. And yet the sections with Andrew and Virginia have different sized pixels that become clear when you zoom in.

Our analyst writes:

“Virginia’s and Andrew’s facial photos were taken using different cameras, different shutters speeds; therefore; at different times. Pixels in the photo of the brunette and Andrew are a better match, yet not exact.”

“It is 99.8% likely that the photo of Andrew and the brunette [Jeffrey Epstein assistant Ghislaine Maxwell] were taken by the same camera, with the same shutter speed, at the same time.”

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'Unlike other celebrities and politicians who have allowed sexual assault accusations to ruin their careers, attorney Alan Dershowitz [link added] is fighting back early — and hard.

Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor and outspoken critic of how colleges have been handling sexual assault, was accused of having sex with an underage girl by a former witness against billionaire investor Jeffrey Epstein.