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Devildog_123 stated >>>
While it is terrible that this happened. There was a sign posted saying that there was a big alligator seen in and NOT to swim in there. The guy decided to ignore that.

Same with other similar situations. Skiing: sign posted don't ski in certain areas as it can cause avalanches.. people ski there.. they get killed doing it.

Don't go into the wilderness to film bear.. people do it.. they get eaten

It is sad, but it is a " shake your head" sad.. as in avoidable.

Do alligators and poisonous snakes pose a threat to residents and emergency workers since their habitats have been flooded?

Snakes, alligators and other wildlife are not normally a serious threat to humans in flooding conditions. Abandoned or stranded pets are more likely to pose a threat as they seek a meal after several days with nothing to eat. However, there is a perception in this part of the world by those who fear snakes and gators that getting into any water that is not a swimming pool invites a snake or alligator attack. I heard a survivor today say that he waited until the last minute to exit his flooding home because he was afraid of snakes that might be in the water. He eventually broke a second floor window to get out and was rescued from the roof of his home. So, even if these wild animals aren't a threat, the phobia some people have of them could have kept some from acting prudently to get out of their homes when the water rose and consequently caused their death by drowning as they were unable to escape as the water pinned them on the inside of their attic roofs. I am not aware of such a scenario, but we all know some people who are "scared to death" of snakes. Once the water recedes, there will be incidences of snakes and perhaps a few displaced alligators stranded in and around damaged structures, on streets, etc.

History Has Been Made.
Female Genital Mutilation Banned In Nigeria
Kimberley Richards - Jun 03, 2015
"More than 130 million girls and women have experienced female genital mutilation or cutting ..."

Nigeria made history by outlawing female genital mutilation. The ban falls under the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 that was passed in Senate on May 5 and recently enacted into law.

This was one of the last acts by the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan. His successor, Muhammadu Buhari, was sworn into office this past Friday, May 29.
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is the act of either partially or totally removing the external female genitalia or causing injury to the female genital organs for non-medical purposes.

According to UNICEF:

"More than 130 million girls and women have experienced FGM/C in 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where the practice is most common."

With the help of community activism, campaigns and numbers of organizational efforts to end this practice, UNICEF reported that teenage girls were now one-third less likely to undergo FGM/C today than 30 years ago.

Now with the new law criminalizing this procedure, the hope is the ban will fully eliminate this practice and be strongly enforced to combat any existing societal pressures.

The World Health Organization cites immediate harmful effects of FCM/C that include hemorrhage (bleeding), bacterial infection, open sores, and long-term consequences that include infertility, childbirth complications and recurring bladder infections.

In another UNICEF report, communities who practice FGM often do so to reduce sexual desire in women and to initiate girls to womanhood, among other purposes.

According to "The Guardian's" analysis of 2014 UN data, a quarter of the women in Nigeria have undergone FGM.

Stella Mukasa, director of Gender, Violence and Rights at the International Center for Research on Women, explains the complexity of the implementation of the new law banning FGM/C.

"It is crucial that we scale up efforts to change traditional cultural views that underpin violence against women," she wrote in an article for "The Guardian." "Only then will this harmful practice be eliminated.”

The Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act serves to protect women and violence in multiple aspects. BuzzFeed News cited a 2013 version of the bill that highlights its purpose to eliminate violence both in private and public, and end physical, sexual, domestic and psychological violence.

pennyg281 posted >>>


I proudly post my weight regularly in my weight loss support forum. I'm 220 at the moment my ultimate goal is 180ish. I started at 404 three years ago. If I can do it anyone can.

SassyEuro posted >>>
Most I knew. But, the extent of the Swara ,I did not know. I didn't know that many are not aware of the law. And that it is so demented, that if is actually swapping one sex crime for another as some kind of twisted debt.

Honor killings - I did not know the list of pitiful excuses for it was so long & ludicrous. Example: 4 women were executed in 2007 for " clapping their hands " at a wedding. Some one video taped them doing it. And they were apaulding a NON male relative dance at someone's wedding.
Insanity & insecurity & control.... running rampant. Evil, simply evil

2kidsmom stated >>>
I feel unloved...and pissed smooth ****ing off.

SassyEuro posted >>>
2OLD,
I read this, did a little research .. 2 hrs was all I could handle. To call this issue " disturbing " would be an understatement.
I had one of those moments of ...
" I thought I heard everything ".

This topic lead into "honor killings " also disgusting & infuriating.
Especially reading actual cases of both. I am speechless & reluctant to post links at the moment.

But thank you, for making me aware of this evil. Helpless as I feel to do anything to help... at least I'm MORE grateful for my own life & all my female relatives here & for our freedoms. .

Blood, Fear and Ritual: Witness to Female Circumcision in ...
[time.com/3425529/...and-ritual-witness-to-female-circumcision-in-kenya

Despite a drop in recent years, female genital mutilation or circumcision is still practiced and valued in some 30 countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, ...

Debbie posted >>>
I did post this in another thread, but I should have put it here.

tomorrow, me and the whole family are all going down to see my nan and granddad, and this could be the last time were all together, unless he makes it to Christmas, im nervous im going to start crying because ill keep thinking is the last time we will all be together. but I need to hold it in, and let go in my bedroom alone when I get back.

Debbie asked >>>
from those who do.

my granddad's cancer has now spread and he Is he terminal now.

he is struggling mentally,more than physically at the moment and hes getting angry and hes upsetting my nan, this is hard for both of them, and all of us.

the hospital admitted making a mistake, and that they misjudged how aggressive his cancer was, and he was a grade 4 then, im upset by this, but that's another story.

could all you lovely people who pray please remember my granddad albert in your prayers, and my nanny hazel too, and my family please.

thanks in advance.

( I you granddad)

auraaangzeb posted >>>
People who wait 4 hours to reply to a text with '��lol'�� should be SHOT :)

Tmommy posted >>>
Good morning minglers
what is today? Friday?
Whew I might feel almost back
on track and somewhat normal today

melmaxx posted >>>
UGGHHHH....don't have that coffee cup in me hands YET!!!

Good Mornin Minglers

Good Mornin Trouble

melmexx stated >>>
Oh, sorry....forgot why I came in here.

Goodnight Gracie !!