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1-2-19 Surrogacy should be a relationship, not a transaction
UK surrogates are speaking out against a move to pay women a fee for carrying someone else's child, says Natalie Smith. SURROGACY law in the UK is in dire need of an overhaul. So it was no surprise when, last year, the body that oversees legal reform, the Law Commission, announced a project to make surrogacy rules "fit for the modern world". A consultation paper is due in May. I am a mother to two wonderful daughters born by surrogacy, who are now nearly 8 years old. For the past four years, I have been pushing for new legislation. The most hotly debated issue is whether surrogates in the UK should be paid. Former president of the Family Division of the High Court, James Munby, has said that serious consideration should be given to abolishing the UK's ban on commercial surrogacy. Yet the largest UK survey on attitudes to this, published last month, shows that surrogates don't support a move towards commercialisation. Over 70 per cent of surrogates agreed that they should only receive "reasonable expenses". They are motivated by making families, not money. The existing surrogacy culture in the UK, based on trust, mutual respect and partnership, has grown because the law as it is puts altruism at the heart of surrogacy. That must stay. Making it commercial would create problems. For example, in California payments to surrogates are typically equivalent to around £35,000. In total, surrogacy there can cost parents upwards of £100,000. We cannot be flippant about such sums. They are beyond most people. The real winners of a commercial model are surrogacy agencies and lawyers.
12-18-18 El Salvador court frees woman jailed under anti-abortion laws
A woman who was jailed for attempted murder under El Salvador's strict anti-abortion laws has been freed. Imelda Cortez, 20, says she became pregnant by her stepfather who sexually abused her for many years. Doctors suspected she had tried to perform an abortion after she gave birth to a baby girl in a latrine in April of last year. The child survived, but Ms Cortez was arrested and spent more than 18 months in custody as she awaited trial. Prosecutors argued that her failure to tell anyone about the pregnancy and seek medical help after giving birth amounted to attempted murder, which carries a possible 20-year sentence. But on Monday a court ruled that Ms Cortez, who was unaware that she was pregnant, had not tried to kill her child. Her lawyers said that to avoid a harsher sentence she had admitted to neglecting her newborn baby, an offence that carries a one-year jail term. But the court ultimately decided that she was not guilty of any crime and was free to go home. "This sentence... represents hope for women who are still in prison and are also being tried for aggravated homicide," defence lawyer Ana Martinez told reporters following the verdict. Ms Cortez was greeted outside the court in Usulután by cheering relatives and human rights activists bearing signs with messages of support. Prosecutors say her stepfather has been arrested and is awaiting trial. El Salvador is one of a handful of countries in the world where abortions are completely banned and carry heavy sentences. While the country is not alone in Latin America in having a total ban on abortions, it is particularly strict in the way it enforces it. (Webmaster's comment: Adult males raping their family members is a worldwide male problem!)
12-14-18 Kavanaugh, Roberts back Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court rebuffed efforts from Republican-led states to defund Planned Parenthood this week, frustrating conservatives who'd hoped newly appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh would open the door to stricter abortion limits. Two federal appeals courts had ruled that Kansas and Louisiana violated federal law when they terminated Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood affiliates. The states asked the Supreme Court to intervene. But neither Kavanaugh nor Chief Justice John Roberts joined the other three conservatives in voting to consider the cases. "What explains the Court's refusal to do its job here?" Justice Clarence Thomas wrote. "I suspect it has something to do with the fact that some respondents in these cases are named Planned Parenthood."
12-7-18 U.S. abortion rate has dropped
The U.S. abortion rate has dropped to the lowest level on record, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 188 abortions for every 1,000 live births in 2015, a 26 percent decline from 2005. Experts say better access to more effective contraception, such as IUDs and implants, and restrictive laws in some states are driving the continuing decline.
11-21-18 US judge blocks Mississippi 15-week abortion ban
A US judge in the state of Mississippi has overturned an abortion ban that would have prevented women from getting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Republican Governor Phil Bryant enacted the ban in March, but the law was temporarily blocked in a lawsuit filed by the state's last abortion clinic. On Tuesday Judge Carlton Reeves ruled the ban "unequivocally" violated women's constitutional rights. Under current state law, women are allowed abortions until 20 weeks. In his decision, Judge Reeves criticised the state for seeking a legal battle with abortion rights advocates in an effort to revisit Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, in federal court. "The state chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to endorse a decades-long campaign, fuelled by national interest groups, to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade," he wrote. "This court follows the commands of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the United States Constitution, rather than the disingenuous calculations of the Mississippi Legislature." The judge also pointed to medical consensus about when the foetus becomes vital, which typically begins at 23 or 24 weeks of pregnancy. The ruling means a similar 15-week ban will not be allowed to pass in neighbouring Louisiana, as that law was dependent on the outcome of Mississippi's ruling, the Clarion Ledger newspaper reported.
10-28-18 The women looking outside the law for abortions
Accessing abortion has become increasingly difficult in parts of the US. As a result, a growing number of reproductive rights activists say it is time American women learn the facts about "self-managing abortion" with pills. Kate could tell something was wrong. She'd been feeling nauseous for days and her body just felt different. The 27-year-old massage school student and her boyfriend were supposed to leave on a short road trip together, but before they hit the highway, she asked him to drive to a local drugstore. Kate, which is not her real name, bought a pregnancy test and took it in the store bathroom. It was positive. "I probably lost all my colour," she recalls. "I was pretty devastated." Over the six-hour drive that followed, the young couple wrestled with the decision in front of them - to become parents or not. Kate was open to the idea, but as a full-time student doing odd jobs on the side to make ends meet, she was also broke. Her boyfriend told her he wasn't ready to become a father. "I struggle putting food on the table and I'm in debt," she says. "I just didn't see how I could justify putting a kid in that situation." The nearest abortion clinic was hours away, and the attendant who answered the phone told her that because she was less than 10 weeks along, she could terminate the pregnancy with pills - one dose of the drug mifepristone to take at the clinic, and a second medication, misoprostol, to take at home. She was also told it would cost nearly $800. Kate was shocked. "It would have taken everything I have. I don't know how I would have paid rent." So she did what thousands of women around the globe do every year - she decided to try to have an abortion on her own. Despite the fact that abortion is legal in the US, various studies have estimated that hundreds of thousands of Americans have tried to end a pregnancy without the help of a doctor at some point in their lives, whether through medication, herbs, vitamin C, alcohol, drugs or self-harm. Although accurate figures are difficult to come by, one study estimated that in the state of Texas alone, between 100,000 and 240,000 people had attempted a self-induced abortion. A New York Times analysis of Google data found that in 2015, there were 700,000 searches from the US for information about self-managed abortion - phrases like "how to have a miscarriage," "how to self-abort" and "buy abortion pills online". With the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, pro-choice activists are preparing for the possible dismantling of Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision which legalised abortion across the country. In this imagined "post-Roe" United States, some campaigners are making the case that women need to know the facts about how to "self-manage" their own abortions. "This is the next frontier in abortion access," says Erin Matson, co-founder of Reproaction, a pro-choice group that has begun hosting public information sessions on self-managed abortion throughout the US. "Everybody has a right to know information about how to safely and effectively end a pregnancy on their own. It's bigger than this political moment."
10-14-18 I've been an 'abortion doula' 2,000 times
Doulas typically give women emotional support during childbirth, but in New York some help women through abortions too. Vicki Bloom has been in the room for more than 2,000 procedures since joining the non-profit Doula Project in 2010. One of the things Vicki Bloom found most surprising when she first became an abortion doula was just how many of the women - most of them already mothers - wanted to chat about their children. "I had thought that would feel weird while they were terminating a pregnancy, but actually it makes a lot of sense," says the 60-year-old food scientist and volunteer doula. "Making sure they can take the best care of the kids they have factors into a lot of people's choice to have an abortion, so their kids may be on their mind. "I also feel like some people may want to talk about how they take care of their kids to get reassurance that they are a good parent and a good person." There's a misconception, says Bloom, that women who have abortions are somehow different from those who have children. In fact more than 60% of women having abortions in the US already have at least one child, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organisation. When they take their place in the operating theatre, Bloom will be there in her hospital scrubs to hold their hand, calm them, comfort them, talk to them and wipe away any sweat or tears. The time they spend together is normally shorter than for a birth, but in many ways the support Bloom provides is the same. "I will stand up by their head and be looking into that person's eyes, ready for whatever they need, while the doctor is doing the procedure," she says. "Even in clinics where staff are amazing, having someone in that dedicated role can be so valuable." The Guttmacher Institute finds that abortion is increasingly concentrated among women living below the poverty line.
10-10-18 Did a 'West Virginia Republican' Tell Women to 'Get Your Coat Hangers Ready' ?
Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber made the "coat hanger" comment in a reply to a Facebook post about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation. Republican Eric Barber "celebrated" Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation by telling women to "get your coat hangers ready." Parkersburg, West Virginia, city councilman Eric Barber wrote, "Better get you're [sic] coathangers ready liberals" in reply to a Facebook post upon news that Democratic senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia would cast a tie-breaking "yes" vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Barber isn't a Republican in terms of his official capacity on the Parkersburg City Council. He changed his political party affiliation in October 2017 from Democrat to "none."
10-5-18 Roe v. Wade poisoned our politics
Today's "partisan chaos" is a direct result of Roe v. Wade, said Michael Barone. The all-out war over Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court would not be so heated if people on both sides didn't think Roe might be at stake. In 1973, 16 states with 41 percent of the nation's population had already liberalized their abortion laws, and America would have had different laws in different regions, depending on the democratic process. But then seven justices delivered "an unusually sweeping" ruling that made abortion legal in almost all circumstances—and the country's defining wedge issue. While public opinion on cultural issues like same-sex marriage has shifted markedly this century, "opinion on abortion has scarcely budged." It's hard to win converts on such a fundamentally moral issue about "the way people live their lives": Pro-choicers, who are largely secular, think their "personal autonomy" is at stake, whereas pro-lifers, who are mostly religious, believe abortion amounts to "extinguishing human lives." Rather than settle the abortion debate, Roe inflamed it because neither side believes it can afford any compromise. As a direct result, every Supreme Court nominee battle has literally become a matter of life and death. (Webmaster's comment: So let's strap any women who might get an abortion down in bed and make her give birth. Incest by daddy or uncles at any age, rape by whoever at any age, doesn't matter. She must bear the child! Her purpose is breed stock for men!)
9-28-18 US review of fetal research signals the return of the abortion wars
Backed by the "most pro-life president in modern history", conservatives are gearing up for a new assault on reproductive rights, says Lara Williams. The Trump administration has launched a review of state-funded research that uses fetal tissue, prompting many to speculate the start of a fresh battle on abortion rights in the US. The Health and Human Service (HHS) department announced on Tuesday that it was cancelling a contract for Advanced Bioscience Resources to supply the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with fetal tissue for research purposes. This was followed by a statement from the HHS confirming a full audit on the use of such tissue. "HHS was not sufficiently assured that the contract included the appropriate protections applicable to fetal tissue research or met all other procurement requirements," the department announced. "HHS is now conducting an audit of all acquisitions involving human fetal tissue to ensure conformity with procurement and human fetal tissue research laws and regulations." In the US, $98 million, including grants, contracts and other state spending, was dedicated to fetal tissue research just last year. It has been instrumental in developing vaccines and in fighting diseases such as Zika. Even so, research using embryonic stem cells and fetal tissues is heavily policed: several states, such as South Dakota and Florida, prohibit the use of such cells in research, and there are staunch restrictions on profiting from their supply. The HHS now suggests these controls are inadequate. The move is a troubling one from an administration headed by "the most pro-life president in modern history", in one supporter's words. Trump has stocked the HHS with anti-abortion advocates, with evident results: in October 2017, the HHS released a strategic plan that declared its purpose as "serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception".
9-24-18 Imagining post-abortion America
The age of abortion may well be ending. What shall we fight about next?Abortion has consistently been the most fractious social issue of the past half-century of American life. This may be about to change. It's hard to imagine, I know. After all, there are reasons why abortion has been so divisive for so long. Pro-lifers like myself see legal abortion as a scourge that has claimed tens of millions of human lives in the United States alone. By contrast, many progressives see it as a necessary guarantor of women's full social equality. These battle lines seem deeply etched into our social consciousness. What could possibly soften them? I can think of several possibilities. First of all, contraceptives have become considerably more effective even just over the past few years. The newest IUDs and hormonal implants do seem to prevent pregnancy with some (though still not perfect) reliability. We may soon reach a point where contraceptives are nearly failproof, with little or no margin for "user error." When unplanned pregnancies become an extreme rarity, the demand for abortion will fall too. If I were in the abortion-providing business, I'd be worrying about a lot more than just Supreme Court nominations. Contraceptives are just the beginning, though. You won't need them if, like increasing numbers of young people, you're not interested in sex in the first place. They'll also be superfluous if declining male sperm counts make conception an ever more remote possibility. When today's kids reach adulthood, they may be so concerned about achieving pregnancy that they lose interest in fighting over whether and how it should be ended. One more possibility looms on the political horizon. What if the pro-life movement becomes so wedded to toxic political currents that it alienates the younger generation and women, finally losing its long-standing influence? (Webmaster's comment: Women will be forced to have any child regardless of circumstances, even rape and parental rape, and even if we have to strap them into a bed for 9 months.)
9-13-18 Pregnant and breaking the law
The women and men who risk all to have abortions in Iran. Every year more than 250,000 illegal abortions take place in Iran. In Iran abortions are only permitted up to the 19th week of pregnancy and only under certain circumstances. Fahimeh was just 16 when she was forced to marry a man 11 years her senior. She grew up in a conservative family. "My mother believed that girls should not know anything about things like sex and menstruation," she says. After the wedding she was sent home with her husband. "The first night with my husband was the most traumatising experience of my life." From the very beginning Fahimeh knew she didn't want to stay in the marriage, but she was afraid of telling her family, thinking they would not understand. Knowing little about sex and contraception, Fahimeh became pregnant straight away. More than 200 million women in the developing world don't have access to modern contraceptives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Fahimeh was one of them. She pleaded with her husband to help her end the pregnancy. "I am a child myself, I am so inexperienced, I don't even know if I want to keep on living, I can't be a mother." Eventually he agreed. Abortion in Iran is illegal unless the pregnancy poses a risk to the woman's life or the foetus has severe physical deformities. Because of these restrictions, the abortion pill is not available on the market. So Fahimeh's husband bought hormone injections, which can cause a miscarriage, on the black market. The couple then went to a midwife who was willing to administer the injections. Fahimeh was treated on a dirty old sofa in a damp basement. The midwife advised her to lift heavy things once she got home to help the hormones take effect. But she also warned her the termination might not succeed.
9-6-18 Brett Kavanaugh: Supreme Court pick 'questioned abortion ruling'
US President Donald Trump's choice for the Supreme Court questioned whether a ruling legalising abortion was settled law, emails show. Brett Kavanaugh, 53, made the comments while working as a lawyer in 2003 for then-President George W Bush. His record is being closely examined as his appointment is seen as likely to tip the court towards the right. The Supreme Court is America's highest and has the final word on many contentious matters. Judges are appointed for their lifetime and getting his nominee approved would mark a victory for President Trump and his supporters. The email shows Mr Kavanaugh considering an opinion piece which states "it is widely accepted by legal scholars across the board that Roe v Wade and its progeny are the settled law of the land", referring to the landmark ruling that legalised abortion in the US. In response, Mr Kavanaugh says: "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since court can always overrule its precedent, and three current justices on the court would do so." The nominee is currently attending day three of a four-day confirmation hearing in Washington. Asked about the document, he repeated what he said on Wednesday that Roe v Wade was an "important precedent of the Supreme Court, reaffirmed many times". While campaigning for the presidency, Mr Trump promised to appoint pro-life judges, raising the possibility of Roe v Wade being overturned. (Webmaster's comment: Putting him on the Supreme Court would be a first step in abolishing all abortions in this country for any reason. Women have no rights in this regard in his thinking. They must bear the fruit of a man's loins.)
8-25-18 Women in England to be allowed to have abortions at home
Women who are less than 10 weeks pregnant will soon be able to have abortions at home, bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales. Women in England will soon be able to have abortions at home if they are less than ten weeks pregnant. Home abortions were introduced in Scotland and Wales last year. Now the UK government has said this will be legalised in England before the end of the year. But abortion remains illegal in almost all circumstances in Northern Ireland. Medical abortions during the first nine weeks of pregnancy involve taking two lots of medicine, a day or two apart, called mifepristone and misoprostol. About eight in ten terminations of pregnancy now happen this way. Currently women in England have to take both doses in a clinic under medical supervision, and then leave the clinic after the second pill to pass the pregnancy at home. Women may experience pain, bleeding, nausea and vomiting. But studies have shown the process is relatively safe. It's the same process that happens when women have a miscarriage, which they usually don't need to go into hospital for. As some women start passing the pregnancy on their journey home, charities such as the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, a UK abortion provider, have long been campaigning for home abortions to be legalised. The Department of Health and Social Care announced today that, under the new system, women will be allowed to take the second pill at home if they prefer. The change will not be debated in parliament, but the UK health minister will need to take some legal steps so that homes become approved as a venue where abortions can take place.
8-9-18 Argentina abortion: Senate defeats bill after polarising debate
Argentina's senate has rejected a bill which would have legalised abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a marathon debate, 38 senators voted against it and 31 in favour. Its defeat means lawmakers must wait until next year to resubmit legislation. Currently abortion is allowed in Argentina only in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger. Some pro-choice campaigners started fires and lobbed missiles at police in Buenos Aires after the vote. Demonstrators on both sides of the debate had rallied outside parliament as voting took place. Anti-abortion activists have been jubilant. "It's a joy to see that our society can be based on such an important principle as the defence of the most defenceless, the child," said one. Pro-choice campaigners have for years tried to get bills passed in Argentina, where the population is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. Their efforts gained new impetus when President Mauricio Macri - who opposes abortion - called on Congress to consider a vote on it, and it narrowly passed in the lower house. However, with the Senate leaning conservative, the bill's passage always looked difficult. Among the 30 women in the chamber, the vote was evenly split. The debate lasted more than 16 hours in an often fraught session.
8-7-18 No going back: The two sides in Argentina's abortion debate
It is the middle of winter in Buenos Aires, but a spring-like green has blossomed in the city in recent months. Everywhere you go, you see women wearing emerald pañuelos (bandanas) around their necks, wrapped around their wrists, or tied to their bags. The bandanas are the symbol of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion which started in 2005. Since then, it has introduced seven bills to Congress. For years, its supporters got nowhere. But that all changed earlier this year when President Mauricio Macri, who himself opposes abortion, called for Congress to debate the latest bill. The pace at which things have moved since has surprised everyone, and the green bandana has also come to represent a peaceful resistance by a growing women's rights movement which argues that society needs to change. Currently abortion is only allowed in Argentina in cases of rape, or if the mother's health is in danger. The bill asks for the practice to be legalised in all circumstances in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. In June, the lower house narrowly passed it in a marathon debate that lasted nearly 24 hours while hundreds of thousands of women held a vigil outside. Now, as Argentina's Senate prepares to vote later on Wednesday, women are getting ready for another long and cold night outside the Congress building. Ana Correa will be there, wearing her green pañuelo with pride. Eleven years ago, when she was three months pregnant with her second child, she discovered the baby had Edwards' syndrome (a serious genetic disorder), and doctors told her it would never live beyond birth. "I decided to end the pregnancy. It didn't make any sense to prolong the pain," she tells me. "I went to a doctor who was very close to the Church and he suggested that I continue with the pregnancy, so that I would be able to hug my dead baby." "He said that that was all the help he could offer me."
7-30-18 The GOP's abortion conundrum
These are bittersweet times for pro-life conservatives. On the one hand, once President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed (and he will be), for the first time in 45 years conservatives will have enough strength on the bench to overturn Roe v. Wade. On the other hand, since Trump was elected, the pro-life movement's gains over the last decade or so in turning public opinion against abortion have evaporated into thin air. Poof! This startling change suggests that conservatives can't hang a simple morality tale on abortion (Abortion = Murder!) in their quest to severely restrict reproductive rights. They will need to take the full complexity of this issue into account if they want to truly convince a majority of Americans of their cause's righteousness. Whatever they do, they should resist the temptation to demonize women in an ill-fated effort to turn Americans against abortion. Kavanaugh doesn't have a lengthy track record on this issue (which is why he was an ideal Supreme Court nominee), but it is safe to assume that, like the four other conservatives on the court, he would be no friend of Roe (which is widely reviled in conservative circles as judicial activism at its worst) or reproductive rights. He is a practicing Catholic whose legal hero is former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, one of Roe's two lonely dissenters. The only abortion case Kavanaugh has ever ruled on went against the woman. It involved a pregnant unaccompanied minor in government custody who requested a termination. Kavanaugh opined that the government wasn't obligated to provide "abortion on demand" and she could wait to get one once she was released to a sponsor or deported. No matter how much he protests during his confirmation hearings that he considers Roe to be settled law, the only question is whether he would vote to overrule it in one fell swoop or kill it incrementally. But either way, Kavanaugh and the pro-life movement will get their wish. And then they will run into a buzzsaw of public opposition.
7-30-18 Why rejecting birth control can be an empowering feminist choice
Confessions on my organic-sex life. I'm not by nature an exhibitionist, but we all have our moments of temptation. Mine often come in elevators, when I'm momentarily cloistered in close quarters with my four young boys and some man. It's crowded, so he is literally backed in a corner. I see him glancing back and forth between the children and me, his thoughts as clear as a baby's bottle. Can they really all be hers? Holy cow. In my fantasy, I address him casually. "Hey, Mr. Staring Guy," I say. "Have you had sex four times in your life? That's great. Me too!" I don't actually say this, because a lady doesn't kiss and tell, even when the evidence is rummaging through her coat pockets and tugging at both sleeves. It's fun to imagine though, and since my fifth is expected at the end of this year, it should soon be possible to shock without speaking. I'm looking forward to some sizzling months of scaring strangers with my shameless fecundity. Four boys, and she's even having another one? Who does that? The short answer is: a Catholic. I'm one of those crazy orthodox ones who shuns artificial contraceptives. When my husband and I plunged into this lifestyle a decade ago, we were recent Catholic converts, and perhaps not fully aware that we were flinging ourselves into a chasm of religious zealotry. I'd read the Catechism, and a collection of important papal encyclicals. It seemed like this was how Catholics did things. Naturally, in the intervening years I've been acquainted with the reality that I am a nut, enslaved to patriarchy and probably dwelling somewhere in the low country between Michael Houellebecq's France and Margaret Atwood's Republic of Gilead. That's a little startling, but I soldier on anyway. For one thing, I like to finish what I start. Also, I'm actually pretty happy with the organic-sex lifestyle. It's a little demanding on certain fronts, but it makes for a very meaningful life, and one that is in some respects especially good for women.
7-30-18 Cricket Australia accused of sacking woman over abortion tweets
A former Cricket Australia (CA) employee says she was sacked for publicly criticising lawmakers over the state of abortion services in Tasmania. Angela Williamson, 39, had been a government relations manager at affiliate Cricket Tasmania until June. Ms Williamson said she was sacked after writing tweets critical of the state government. CA said only that it would not tolerate "offensive comments". The recent closure of Tasmania's only abortion clinic has been controversial. Its closure, due to lack of demand, has forced Ms Williamson and other women to travel to mainland Australia to seek an abortion. Ms Williamson has launched legal action against CA over her dismissal. In June, Ms Williamson used her Twitter account to express frustration about healthcare in Tasmania and local lawmakers. One tweet criticised a lawmaker's speech on abortion as the "most irresponsible, gutless and reckless delivery in parliament ever". CA referred to the tweets in its termination letter to Ms Williamson on 29 June. Ms Williamson's lawyers argue that her sacking breaches national employment laws. "Political opinion is protected under the law. She was obviously shocked to lose her job over an issue like this," lawyer Kamal Farouque told the BBC.
7-20-18 Push for legal weed, abortion
The jurist who may serve as Mexico's next interior minister has said that she will seek to decriminalize abortion in the first trimester. Abortion is currently only legal in Mexico in cases of rape or to save the mother's life. But Olga Sánchez Cordero, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador's pick for the interior ministry, said women "should not be deprived" of the right to an abortion, and vowed to discuss the issue with Mexico's 32 state legislatures. López Obrador's Morena party took a majority in 22 of the state legislatures earlier this month. Sánchez Cordero also said she would push at a state level for legalizing marijuana use. "Canada has already decriminalized, as well as almost half of the states in the U.S.," she said in a radio interview. "Why are we killing ourselves when North America and many European countries have decriminalized?"
7-12-18 Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Want Roe v. Wade to Stand
As the U.S. Senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the public is strongly opposed to any attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortion legal nationwide. Currently, 64% of Americans believe Roe v. Wade should stand, while 28% would like to see it overturned.
28%, including 51% Republicans and 13% Democrats, want Roe v. Wade overturned
49% say Supreme Court nominee's views are a reason to reject
46% think rejection based on nominee's views is unjustified
7-7-18 If Roe v Wade is overturned, will abortion become illegal in the US?
Could abortion in the US become illegal? That's the question being typed into search engines across the world, as people wait to see who President Donald Trump announces as his nomination for the US Supreme Court. He's previously promised to appoint a "pro-life" judge. Since Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, questions have been raised over whether his replacement will overturn Roe v Wade. That landmark Supreme Court ruling legalised abortion across the US in 1973. There's no guarantee, regardless of who is appointed, that Roe v Wade will be overturned, but there has still been an explosion of search interest on Google as to what will happen to abortion access if it does. In the absence of Roe v Wade, a woman's access to abortion would be affected by the state she lives in. Ultimately, in most - but not all - states, a ban is unlikely come into immediate effect. However, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, 23 states would have the potential to ban abortion outright if Roe v Wade is overturned. "In nine states (including the District of Columbia), the right to abortion is at risk of loss, and in 19 states, the right to abortion appears secure," it says. (Webmaster's comment: Many men think a women is male property and the right to have his spawn bear fruit regardless of the circumstances must be preserved even if she's gang raped! Even if she must die it's the unborn fetus that's important to him! She is just a breed cow.)
6-29-18 Pharmacy dispute
Walgreens faced angry calls for a boycott this week after an Arizona pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for medication that would induce a miscarriage for a woman with an unviable pregnancy. Nicole Arteaga had been saddened to learn from her doctor that her 9-week-old fetus' heart had stopped beating. She opted to take misoprostol, a medication used to end a failed pregnancy. But the pharmacist at the local Walgreens refused to fill the order on ethical grounds, ignoring Arteaga's tearful and careful pleas while her 7-year-old son was in earshot. "What [the pharmacist] failed to understand is this is something I have zero control over," said Arteaga, 35, in a Facebook post; she later obtained the medication at another Walgreens. Refusing to fill prescriptions is expressly permitted under Arizona law and Walgreens policy.
6-29-18 The risk of a radically pro-life American future
The pending retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court has provoked alarm among defenders of women's reproductive rights. They worry that his successor may well be willing, as Kennedy himself was not, to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. This concern is fully justified. If Roe were overturned, abortion would immediately revert to being an issue decided at the state level, and as many as 20 states may be poised to ban the procedure outright. But this isn't even the worst-case scenario for abortion rights on a post-Kennedy Supreme Court. What if a conservative majority of the Court rules not that abortion should be decided by state legislatures, but that the procedure should be banned outright at the federal level as an assault on the personhood (and hence constitutionally protected, inviolable rights) of the fetus? Far-fetched? Perhaps. But we simply don't know how sympathetic the Court's current crop of conservatives might be to such arguments, just as we're unlikely to receive much illumination about the question during confirmation hearings for President Trump's nominee to succeed Kennedy. (Nominees have long eschewed answering detailed, specific questions about their views on the most controversial issues likely to come before the court, for fear of sinking their prospects of receiving an affirmative confirmation vote.) The reality is that such arguments about the personhood of fetuses are in wide circulation among conservatives and anti-abortion activists — and that they have gained considerable traction over the past two decades, eclipsing the originalist arguments on which Robert Bork would have drawn in seeking to overturn Roe had he been confirmed back in 1987, and which Antonin Scalia regularly made in justifying his own contempt for the 1973 decision. That's why everyone who cares about the reproductive freedom of American women needs to be aware of the present danger — as should Republicans, who may end up inadvertently reaping the political whirlwind with their votes to confirm a justice who could conceivably declare unconstitutional a procedure that fewer than one-fifth of Americans want to see banned outright.
6-29-18 Legal bid to throw out US sex trafficking law
Digital rights campaigners are starting a legal challenge to a US law that seeks to fight online sex trafficking. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the "poorly written" law can hinder attempts to help victims and prosecute traffickers. The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (Fosta) also trespasses on free speech laws, claims the lawsuit. The EFF wants the law declared unconstitutional to stop it being enforced. In a blog announcing its legal action, the EFF said the law needed to be halted because, in its current form, it was harming many people working on behalf of sex workers and victims. In particular, said the EFF, the vague language in Fosta puts those who call for decriminalisation of sex work, or who try to establish greater recognition for prostitutes and others in the trade, at the risk of prosecution. In addition, it said, the law undermines established protections enjoyed by websites that host content posted by their users. Fosta "vastly magnifies" the risk these net firms bear if they choose to run ads or forums dedicated to these sexual professions, it said. Already net firms including Craigslist, Reddit and others have shut down forums and chat rooms dedicated to the buying and selling of sex for fear of prosecution. The law has also limited the work of organisations trying to help people who offer sexual services, said the EFF. One such was VerifyHim, which logged descriptions of abusive clients to help workers avoid them. The EFF's legal challenge is also being aided by the Internet Archive, Human Rights Watch and Woodhull Freedom Foundation. In addition, two individuals are backing it - one a spokesperson for sex workers and another a masseur who now finds it hard to advertise his non-sexual service.
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Namsky District (; , Nam uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. The district is located in the center of the republic and borders Ust-Aldansky District in the east, Megino-Kangalassky District in the southeast, the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the south, Gorny District in the west, and Kobyaysky District in the north. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Namtsy. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,198, with the population of Namtsy accounting for 38.3% of that number.

Geography
The landscape of the district is the flat territory of the Central Yakutian Lowland. The main river is the Lena with its tributaries, such as the Kenkeme and Khanchaly.

Climate
Average January temperature is  and average July temperature is . Average annual precipitation is .

History
The district was established on February 10, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Namsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into eighteen rural okrugs (naslegs), which comprise twenty-three rural localities; as well as the selo of Grafsky Bereg, which is not a part of any rural okrug. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Namsky Municipal District. The eighteen rural okrugs and the selo of Grafsky Bereg are incorporated into nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Namtsy serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Demographics
A bulk of the district's population are Yakuts (96.7%); Russians account for about 2% and others ethnicities—for 1.3%.

Notable people
Aita Shaposhnikova, poet

References

Notes

Sources
Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Namsky District.

Districts of the Sakha Republic
States and territories established in 1930

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A train wagon serving as an entry to the BAU 2 building of the 'Tabakfabrik' Linz (a former tobacco factory turned into one of the centers of the creative industries in Austria) sets the stage for an acoustic play. The modified wagon presents itself as a open tube, with reflective coating on one side and loudspeakers on the ceiling. Over the course of a 24-hour installation, sounds flare up at irregular intervals and in various forms. These sounds are taken off site-specific and mixed with recordings of classical music variations, wind-generating home appliances, electronic sounds and sounds from the insides of pipes. This creates an acoustic 'air flow' that simultaneously strengthens and irritates one's perception of the surrounding environment.


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Каланхое бехарське (Kalanchoe beharensis Drake) — вид багаторічних сукулентних рослин роду каланхое, родини товстолистих.

Етимологія

Видова назва походить від назви села Бехар на Мадагаскарі, біля якого цей вид був знайдений.

Загальна біоморфологічна характеристика
Напівкущевидна рослина з прямостоячими одиночними або слабо розгалуженими стеблами, заввишки до 3 м. Листя супротивні, черешкові з широкою округло-трикутною пластиною до 30 см завдовжки і до 15 см завширшки в основі. Мають хвилясто-зазубрені краї. Верхня сторона листка вогнута, покрита щільною рудуватою повстю. Нижня сторона опукла, має густе білувате запушення, таким самим запушенням цілком вкриті молоді листочки. Наприкінці зими у дорослих рослин на верхівці з'являються суцвіття до 60 см заввишки, з багатьма дрібними зеленувато-жовтими квітками, що мають фіолетові прожилки.

Поширення
Батьківщина цієї рослини — південна частина острова Мадагаскар.

Утримання в культурі
Невибаглива в культурі рослина, яку слід вирощувати в піщанистому, добре дренованому ґрунті при яскравому освітленні. У вегетаційний період рослини потребують помірного поливу, взимку — сухе утримання. Мінімальна температура 10 °C.

В культурі цвіте рідко. З віком втрачає листя і нижня частина рослини оголюється. Старі рослини періодично замінюють молодими паростками.

Розмножують стебловими живцями, які зазвичай укорінюють навесні або влітку у вологому субстраті.

Має низку сортів. Розповсюджений різновид aureo-aeneus з листям, що вкрите червонувато-коричневими волосками.

Примітки

Література
 Jacobsen, H. 1954. Handbuch der sukkulenten Pflanzen.
 Eggli, U., ed. 2003. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Crassulaceae.
 AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database — Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
 Boiteau, P. & L. Allorge. 1995. Kalanchoe Madagascar 1-252. Karthala, Paris.
 Descoings, B. 1997. Portraits de Succulentes II. Kalanchoe beharensis Drake. J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 3: 26.
 Drake del Castillo, E. 1903. Note sur les plantes recueillies par M. Guillaume Grandidier, dans le Sud de Madagascar, en 1898 et 1901. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 9: 35-46, 96-99.
 Jahandiez, A. 1930. Kalanchoe ornementaux de Madagascar. Rev. Hort. 102: 32-33.
 Raymond-Hamet. 1908. Monographie du genre Kalanchoe. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 17-48.
 Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z. S. Rogers, C. M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 0(0): 0-0.

Джерела
 Мария Тереза Делла Беффа. Кактусы и другие суккуленты: Справочник — М. ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2003.-335 с. ISBN 5-17-016773-3
 Рой Маккалистер. Все о суккулентах. — Санкт-Петербург: ООО «СЗКЭО» Кристалл, 2007. — 208с., ил. — ISBN 978-5-9603-0061-2
 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21013
 Kalanchoe на сайті «FloralWorld»
 Сайт «О Каланхое»

Посилання
 Kalanchoe beharensis Poellnitz на Українському сайті про кактуси і кактусистів
 Kalanchoe beharensis на сайті «Desert-tropicals»
 Kalanchoe beharensis в базі даних «Tropicos» Міссурійського ботанічного саду
 Kalanchoe beharensis в базі даних африканських рослин «African Plant Database» Женевського ботанічного саду ,
 The Kalanchoe Page // The Succulent Plant Page

Ендемічна флора Мадагаскару
Рослини, описані 1903
бехарське


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Pelagia and the White Bulldog: The First Sister Pelagia Mystery
by Boris Akunin
Publisher Weidenfeld Nicolson
Released May 3, 2006
In the dying days of the Nineteenth Century, the small Russian town of Zavolzhsk is shaken out of its sleepy rural existence by the arrival from St Petersburg of a Synodical Inspector with a hidden agenda and a dangerously persuasive manner. Meanwhile, in the nearby country estate of Drozdovka, one of the prized white Bulldogs - prized because of its one brown ear, and its propensity to drool - belonging to the cantankerous lady of the house has been poisoned. The old widow has taken to her bed, sick with fear that her two remaining dogs may face a similar fate, and the many potential beneficiaries of her will wait fretfully to see whether or not she will recover. Sister Pelagia: bespectacled, freckled, woefully clumsy and astonishingly resourceful is summoned by the Bishop of Zavolzhsk to investigate the bulldog's death. But her investigation soon takes a far more sinister turn when two headless bodies are pulled out of the river on the edge of the estate.
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DGA super PAC debuts with TV attack on Bob Stefanowski's record
By Mark Pazniokas // CTMirror.org
The DGA super PAC is hitting Bob Stefanowski on his history as former CEO of a payday loan company.
A super PAC funded by the Democratic Governors Association began a TV campaign Wednesday to remind voters of Republican Bob Stefanowski's former role as the chief executive officer at a payday loan company whose high-interest loans are illegal in Connecticut.
"What do you really know about Bob Stefanowski?" a narrator asks in the opening of a commercial by Stronger CT, a committee registered two weeks ago by the DGA. "He made millions running a payday loan company that charged working people up to 450% interest."
With an initial expenditure of $408,468, the DGA began returning some of the fire directed at Gov. Ned Lamont by the CT Truth PAC, which has spent nearly $1.6 million attacking the Democrat. Another super PAC has made a $200,000 down payment on a promised $1 million campaign against Lamont.
"I think we're moving more and more into a campaign season. I see a lot of PAC spending coming on the other side," Lamont said. "So I think we'll be there to talk about what I think is a pretty good track record for the state — where we were four years ago, where we are today, and where we want to be four years from now."
Stefanowski, who has not begun regularly releasing a campaign schedule, was unavailable, but his campaign quickly issued a statement that ignored the content of the new ad and kept to what has been a consistent theme of his campaign: Lamont and other Democrats are to blame for inflation.
"We know Ned Lamont is stuck on the same old tired policies, and his friends at big money super PACs will say and do whatever they want to keep him in office," said Liz Kurantowicz, an adviser. "We're running a different campaign with new ideas while Ned Lamont and Democrats in Washington, D.C., are taking us back to inflation we haven't seen in 40 years and the same status quo that's costing families and businesses thousands and thousands of dollars."
The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that inflation reached 9.1% in June, a measure of increased costs over the previous 12 months. The year-over-year May inflation rate was 8.6%.
Lamont noted that commodity prices had fallen in recent weeks after rising dramatically after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a potential harbinger of lower prices. The Wall Street Journal reported that some retailers are planning deep discounts to shed inventory in case of recession.
But the governor acknowledged that inflation was pressing consumers across their household budgets.
"Inflation is slamming people," Lamont said. "All I'm trying to say, you look at grain and you look at soybeans and you look at oil and you look at those wholesale prices, they've come down say 10% in the last few weeks. That will be reflected. But in the meantime, I've got to do everything I can to help out people. That was what these tax cuts and rebates were all about."
At Lamont's request, the legislature acted in late March to suspend the state's 25-cents-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline from April 1 through Nov. 30. The current budget also provided relief through, among other things, a $250 child tax credit, a higher property tax credit, lower car taxes in 75 communities and free bus fare.
Stefanowski has called on Lamont to use more of the state's budget surplus for immediate tax relief, rather than paying down debt and setting aside money for a potential recession that could be a result of the Federal Reserve's efforts to cool the economy with higher interest rates.
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Connecticut was $4.60 on Wednesday, down 16 cents from a week ago and 38 cents from a month ago, but still sharply higher than the average price of $3.15 last July.
There is no threat of a recession on campaign spending.
Stefanowski has deposited $10 million of his own fortune into his campaign account, and his campaign already has spent at least $4.25 million, according to filings this week. He also has raised $1.1 million from other donors, including $508,759 in the financial quarter ending June 30.
Lamont, who spent $15 million in 2018 and already has personally spent $6.3 million on his reelection, is hardly in need of financial support from the DGA. But outside groups have a freer hand in making attacks that do not necessarily splash back on the candidates they are trying to help.
By law, groups like Stronger CT and CT Truth PAC operate independently of the campaigns and are solely responsible for the content of their ads.
Stronger CT's funds came from the DGA, whose donors include major corporations and individuals.
Nearly all CT Truth PAC's money has come from three businessmen. David Kelsey of Old Lyme and Thomas E. McInerney of Westport each gave $750,000; Raymond Debbane of Greenwich, an investor and chairman of Weight Watchers, gave $100,000.
Lamont spoke to reporters Wednesday after appearing with Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and community leaders at the site of a residential-and-retail project on the northern edge of downtown, a winner of a competitive grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
Gov. Ned Lamont and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin on a walking tour of a redevelopment site north of downtown, near the minor-league baseball park.
The governor has campaigned largely via daily official events publicizing his administration's priorities and programs, an advantage of incumbency. The practice is not without risk, as it exposes Lamont to daily questioning by the press.
Stefanowski has yet to regularly share his campaign schedule, though he has held at least four press conferences since accepting the GOP endorsement in May and sat for an in-depth interview with CT Mirror. He planned a press availability for Thursday.
The Stronger CT commercial largely was a reprise of the greatest hits Democrats directed at Stefanowski in 2018, when he also was the GOP gubernatorial nominee.
Stefanowski's role running a payday loan company, DFC Global, until 2017 was an issue in 2018, as was his proposal to try to eliminate the state income tax without raising other taxes. Half of the new commercial is a repeat of arguments Democrats made in 2018: That Stefanowski's tax plan would devastate state services.
"Bob Stefanowski's extreme record of hurting working families is wrong for Connecticut," said Sam Newton, the deputy communications director for the DGA.
Newton also leveled a line of attack not in the current ad: Who are the clients who have enabled Stefanowski to more than triple his personal campaign spending over his effort in 2018, when he used $3 million of his own funds?
"What else does he have to hide?" Newton said.
Stefanowski has promised to release his tax returns but not necessarily the identity of his clients, some of whom are foreign. Stefanowski said that most, if not all, of his consulting work was covered by non-disclosure agreements.
The Democratic Governors Association played a minimal role in the open race for governor of Connecticut in 2018, but the DGA typically plays a more active role in protecting incumbents.
"I think they support the team," Lamont said. "And I'm part of the team."
The governor indicated to reporters after a late morning public event that he was generally aware that something was coming, though not the specifics.
The PAC had acted Tuesday to reserve television time, according to public filings with the FCC. It reported its initial expenditure Wednesday afternoon to the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
Mark Pazniokas // CTMirror.org
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Work-life balance is a myth.
I could say that in today's hyper-connected world, work comes home with us far more easily than it did 20 or even 10 years ago. And that would be true.
But it's no less true that our "life" also comes to work with us. Worries about our sick children, concern over a fight with a spouse the night before, fear over making ends meet on a tight budget – all can color how we approach our work and how we treat our colleagues.
At best, we can hope for work-life blending in which we focus on letting the best of both worlds influence each other. I doubt anyone reading this post will argue that their lives are not very busy. But how do we define that busy-ness?
In many ways, I enjoy my work colleagues as much as I do my outside-of-work friends. I have deep, personal relationships with them.
That's the reality of our lives today. We tend to develop relationships with the people we are in contact with the most. For many of us, we spend more time at work and with work colleagues than we do even with family.
Peers see more – Those with whom we work closely naturally have a better window into what we do, ways we contribute, and how we behave.
Peers understand more – Because they are often in similar roles, peers understand the context and the many variables of our working situation. They can more easily appreciate the complexity of our day-to-day.
Peers support more – Our peers are in the same trenches we are. They are working most closely with us to deliver the near-terms goals. They are the ones that most likely know how our kids did at the weekend sports tournament, or how our ill parent is recovering. Peers become a more natural support mechanism at work.
Clearly, our peers are fundamental to how we get the work done. Yet all too often, peers and their observations are ignored or lessened in an employee recognition experience.
Managers are given the opportunity to share their appreciation, which is valuable and very important, too, of course. But let's not ignore both the power of peers and their more direct insight into their colleagues' contributions and achievements.
One hindrance to peer recognition is manager perception that recognition is one of the few levers they have.
At our annual company kickoff event this month, a customer of ours shared the fallacy in this thinking. When they opened peer recognition to all employees to nominate others for recognition and rewards, they results showed 70 percent of recognition moments came from peers, with only 30 percent of the budget for recognition and rewards used on those moments. Managers still retained their lever, but empowered all members of their team to notice and appreciate the good happening around them every day.
With whom do you have the deepest relationships at work? How do you recognize and appreciate peers to foster and strengthen those relationships?


This is a small collection of short stories, articles, and city guides I have written for this or that. Most recently, the Gaylord Herald Times.
This week we found ourselves at the Sugar Bowl once again to chat with newly local cook and entrepreneur Elizabeth Màrcano-Kennedy. Little did we know we were about to meet such a fascinating woman.
When you move into a historic home, you expect the house to creak and groan. You anticipate the wind to whip around it in a certain creepy way. So when we first settled into the house we never really thought anything of the squeaks and moans we heard.
So y'all put a ring on it — now what?
Love isn't about grand gestures and expensive things. Love is doing the dishes without being asked, shoveling the drive way, and somehow making tedious every day tasks fun because you are in it together. To this day my favorite date of all time was spending the day driving around South Florida in our beat up 1991 Caprice getting free "Stolen Base" Taco Bell tacos, making jokes and dreaming about the future. With that said here are some thoughtful ideas on how to spend Valentine's Day loving instead of spending.
Winter activities work up quite an appetite. Gaylord has plenty of places to warm up after a big day in the snow.
New year...not so new me.
I used to go to the gym ... often. Then, life happened, and I stopped. However, I've never been gymtimidated. Yoga, pilates, boot camp, barre, Zumba, kickboxing — call me, it's a date — as long as it's after 6 p.m.
The reality isn't that my failures are someone else's fault, but my own. How did I ruin everything? What damage did I cause to get me to this moment? What actions did I take to get me here? From the good to the bad, I find myself taking responsibility for my current position.
We've all come to know Gaylord as a town of varied interests. Golf Mecca, growing foodie village and hub for a burgeoning music scene, but is Gaylord a breeding ground for a nascent underground art scene? All sign are pointing to yes. This week we hit the streets to dig a little deeper, and we found that our gorgeous downtown offers up more than just cocktails, fine dining and great shopping.
Thanksgiving is upon us. Gaylord's sons, daughters, brothers and sisters return from their respective locations for tryptophan-laced celebrations with family... and a tsunami of feelings. Your mother sneak-dissing your weight, your dad just not getting it, your sisters openly, and aggressively hate your partner, your auntie asking when you're getting married, and grandpa's slightly problematic undercover racist comments all come together to create a perfect storm of potentially wild fury. But, here at Extra, we got you. Before you fling a handful of stuffing at your little brother let us help you plan your pre and post-meal escape. Here is Gaylord's ultimate guide to taking the edge off this holiday season so you can stay calm and party on.
As November comes to a close and we enter deeper into the holiday season, gratitude is something we all explore. This past month, Yoga-45 invited the members of the Gaylord community to participate in a gratitude challenge. When researching the challenge, Yoga-45 found a Harvard University study that revealed a daily gratitude practice had physical, spiritual, and social benefits. Surprising, no?! These benefits include stronger immune systems, lower blood pressure, better sleep, general alertness, positivity, and happiness, as well as, increasing compassion, generosity, and creating more forgiving natures.
Hot, gooey, cheese and crisp bread solve a lot of life's problems. This childhood treat is seeing a renaissance with adult renditions popping up at trendy restaurants. Gaylord's culinary elite are proving to be masters in the game. Here are some of our favorite picks.
The Farm Haus becomes a bnb. The demand for affordable vacation rentals in Gaylord is high. Airbnb is the best way to supplement one's income.
Fall foliage is coming! Week by week, billions of leaves will change color painting Northern Michigan's already spectacular scenery into something even more breathtaking. It happens every single year, but natural wonder never fails to please and draw crowds. Projected peak color for 2018 is Oct. 14-21. Let us help you plan the perfect trip. Here is the ultimate guide to taking in the fall colors without straying too far from home.
From omnivore to vegan from spicy to mild there is a plate of nachos out there waiting for you.
Downtown Gaylord is no stranger to regular crowds filled with tourists and locals alike. Each venue offers its unique brand of entertainment year round. In such a competitive climate where decent crowds are essential, a couple of places are standing out from the crowd with their signature trivia nights.
Hey, Google where is...? Hey, Siri what is...? Alexa, can you...?
A couple of months ago I visited my mother. I found her fluttering about the kitchen in her particular way. Suddenly, she said" Hey Google, play Meghan Trainor," in her endearing accented English. To my great surprise, the kitchen filled with the singer's signature swagginess. The sound was shockingly rich for a device the circumference of a large drink.
Summer may be nearing its end, but the hot sunny days aren't over yet. There is still plenty of time for that last-minute getaway before Gaylord goes into deep freeze.
Over the years Yoga has become a go-to work out with a cultlike following. Yoga has become synonymous with tight abs, firm butts and tight stretchy pants. We hear the term yoga and instantly increased flexibility and strength comes to mind. But, yoga has a little secret — sometimes it makes you cry.
This week we sat down with local comedian, Jr Williams, to discuss fatherhood, and his swiftly thriving career as a stand-up comic. Williams saunters casually into the Blind Squirrel in flip-flops and a big easy grin that just instantly sets you at ease.


The Clinical Massage Therapist will have 2 years training plus CPD Hours.
Clinical Canine Massage works by addressing the dog's gross anatomy, (their bones and muscles) to bring about physiological change (the living systems and organs of the body) within the body. The aim is to reduce sympathetic activity within the body by addressing sensory neurons embedded in muscle, fascia and skin, leading to resolved or reduced pain and restoring normal muscular function and mobility.
– Muscles, tendons and ligaments are manipulated to create space within the body.
– The dog holds spasms, trigger points, myofascial pain and myalgia just like us. Nothing addresses soft tissue problems better than the soft tissue of another – machines and exercises are no substitute for practiced, informed touch.
– The muscle strain is the most common muscular injury in dogs. It responds better and quicker to massage than any other therapy.
– The whole body is connected; areas of overcompensation and imbalance are always addressed during a massage therapy session.
– Each massage is individual to the dog's needs. There is no routine and a therapist is able to justify which techniques the dog needs to address their specific issue.
– Massage improves circulation and reduces ischemia by releasing trigger points and relieving areas of congested muscle that have formed due to habitual patterns of tension and protective muscle splinting.
– Clinical Canine Massage addresses superficial and deep fascia to inhibit nocicpetive pain activity and normalise fascia to improve muscular and somatosensory function.
– Restores normal muscular tone and inhibits hypertonic muscle by addressing Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles with specific techniques.
– Clinical Canine Massage therapists understand when the dog needs to be referred back to the vet or when another therapy may be more suitable.
– A maximum of 3-4 initial sessions although some dogs need less.


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1. Pick out 9 or 12 sight word flashcards and lay them face up on a table.
2. Ask your child to pick up any word they know and say it aloud. If they are right, they keep it in a pile. If not, say the word for them and they try again.
3. Replace the missing flashcard with a new one (or not if you want a shorter game).
4. Repeat until your child has found all the words she can name.
5. Then say, "Pick up the word ________" and you name the word. It is easier for kids to recognize words than naming the word themselves, so they should be able to pick up a few more this way. If they can identify the word, it goes in the pile. If not, say the word and ask for it again later.
6. When all of the cards in the pile, count them up and celebrate their success! Now those words will be fresh in their mind when they read the story.
Click on "Sight Words" on the right to see more games and activities.
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett- This is a fun Goldilocks story, except set in the far north. This time the bears are polar bears! Kids will love the gorgeous pictures. Jan Brett is known for her beautiful illustrations, with sidebars showing even more of the story. While you are reading, compare/contrast this story with the traditional Goldilocks.
Snow by Uri Shulevitz- Caldecott Award-winning illustrations and simple sentences tell the story of a boy's excitement as snow starts to fall. This is a good book for beginning readers.
Snowy, Blowy, Winter by Bob Raczka- This is a quick, fun read with lots of rhyming with words that end in 'y'. See if you can come up with some more snowy words while you read!
Snow Happy! by Patricia Hubbell- This book has cute watercolor illustrations and fun rhyming words to tell what one family does out in the snow.
Winter is for Snow by Robert Neubecker- In this a boy describes his love of snow (in blue print) and his sister tells why she doesn't like snow (in red print). It would be fun to read this together with your child reading one part and you reading another. Or read it yourself in two different voices.
Snow by Cynthia Rylant- It is a very sweet story of a girl excited about snow. She tells about how she feels and what she will do in outside in the snow.
Marco Flamingo by Sheila Jarkins- Marco is the only flamingo that wants to go north to see the snow. The story is told in both English and Spanish, so it would be great exposure to another language. It also has a large section with no words, just pictures of Marco's activities in the snow. See if your kiddo can use their own words to tell that part of the story!
We're not a TV-watching family. In fact, we don't even have a TV. We watch shows on our computer. But for the past few days we have been glued to the Olympics. With snow piled up on the ground outside, it's nice to cuddle together under a blanket and watch some TV. I remember watching when I was little and then practicing figure skating on the linoleum kitchen floor. Fast forward to Big Sis jumping around the family room showing us her "snowboard moves." It makes my heart happy.
And while we are watching, we are learning about..
Sports– Being exposed to new sports is a great learning opportunity. It gives kids background knowledge that will help their reading comprehension. If they are reading a book where the characters are skiing, but they have no idea how to ski, it will be difficult to understand the book.
Sportsmanship– The athletes reactions to falling down or low scores make good conversation starters about good (or bad) sportsmanship.
Geography– Just hearing the names of other countries is increasing kids' knowledge about the world. You can take it a step further and look up the countries on a map or globe as you are watching. Talk about continents. Compare sizes of countries. The list goes on and on.
Flags– Play a game and point out our country's flag each time you see it on the screen. Identify other country's flags and see if they can remember a few. Or print out a sheet of flags and play a match game with the ones you see on TV.
Math– There are numbers all over the place! Younger kids can play "find the numbers" and call out 1-10 when they see it on bibs, scores, etc. Older kids will be able to understand more about scores and times. You can talk about place value with tenths of a second. You can do math problems about how many more points someone needs to be in first. Or make a table to show the metals from each country and add them up every day.
And then you can extend that learning. You know, away from the TV.
Play a winter sport– Go ice skating. Try out skiing.
Go to the library– Read books about the Olympics, a favorite sport, athlete, or country.
Make your own Olympics– This is a family favorite. Make up your own events and get the whole family involved. The events can be board games, video games, obstacle courses, silly tricks, or even chores.
Get crafty– There are lots of Olympics-related crafts on Pinterest. Get out your scissors and glue and get to it!
I call this game "I'm Thinking of a Word." It's a quick sight word game to play while you are waiting at a restaurant or office.
See if your child can guess (and read) the word you chose.
Now it is her turn to think of a word and give you a clue!
My word has the letter 'b' in it.
My word is in the title of….
My word has 3 letters.
My word ends with the /t/ sound.
My word has two vowels.
My word has 3 syllables.
It is easy to make this game fit your child's ability level. You can vary the amount of words you write, the level of difficulty of the words, and the clues you give. You might play that they have to identify all the words that fit a given clue. Or just give clues that only fit one word. Have fun!
kindergarten- fifth grade: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
This is an easy game to play with sight words. It's exercise and learning combined! It is a great way to take a movement break in the middle of reading or homework.
1. Purchase some sight word flashcards….or better yet, make your own.
2. Scatter the sight words around the room writing side up.
3. Call out a word and see if your kiddo can run and find it. Exercise and learning combined!!
Okay, it's not so much hiding as seeking. Although you could turn the words face down to add an extra memory challenge. You could also vary the game by the movement involved. Call out a word and an action (skip to find the word "you", crawl to the word "can"). Have fun with it!
What can you do with sight words? Make sentences! Once a kid learns a few sight words, you mix them around and BOOM he is reading a sentence. It will blow his mind. All of a sudden, he is a READER! Very cool.
You say a sentence out loud and then the kiddo makes it using sight words.
Your child makes up a sentence and you make it using a combination of sight words and written words. He reads it out loud to "check" your work. Kids love this!
Your kid makes a sentence that you have read together in a book.
You make a sentence with sight words and without saying anything, see if she can read it.
Make a sentence and leave a blank that you fill in with crazy words. Instead of "Mama and I go to the store," how about the moon? Brainstorm a list of ideas to fit in the blank.
Teach about the meaning of pronouns by substituting "it" for a noun in the sentence. Try it with other pronouns that you have introduced as sight words: we, she, he, etc.
Extend the activity: Once you have made a sentence, write it on a piece of paper and your child can illustrate it. You could even make a whole book that they can read!


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Airbus and Boeing are betting their futures on a new generation of long-range widebody twins with better fuel efficiency, lower operating costs and reduced noise and emissions compared with today's two- and four-engine widebodies.
The A350 is Airbus's largest, longest-range, highest-flying and fastest-cruising twin. The A350-900, the first version now entering service with Qatar Airways and other carriers, is a larger aircraft than Boeing's 787. With nine-abreast economy seating, the A350 can fly 315 passengers 7,750 nm at Mach 0.85. The 787-9 seats 280 and has a maximum range of 8,300 nm.
Having flown the 787 in 2012 (AW&ST Dec. 10, 2012, p. 46), Aviation Week & Space Technology has now had the opportunity to fly the A350. Several differences are apparent, between the new Airbus and Boeing widebody twins and between the A350 and earlier A330.
The A350 has the largest displays in an Airbus—six Thales 15-in. landscape flat panels. Outermost are the onboard information displays. In front of each pilot is the primary flight and navigation display (PFD/ND). The top center screen is the electronic centralized aircraft monitor (ECAM) with engine instruments, system display, mailbox and crew-alerting annunciations. The bottom center screen presents twin multifunction displays, used for flight planning via a point-and-click interface.
Chandler directed his attention to the right-side OIS screen. This displays master minimum-equipment and interactive configuration-deviation lists that enable the crew to determine whether the aircraft, with certain deferrable discrepancies, can depart and safely complete a mission given current weather, runway length and conditions, and other variables.
By the time we were ready for push back, the inertial reference units were aligned, FMS programmed and checks complete. Once clear of the gate, we set the parking brake and twisted the engine start knob on the center console to the 2 o'clock "start" position. This awakened the full-authority digital engine controls and brought engine parameters up on the ECAM. Then we switched on the left engine master. From that point, everything related to engine start was automatic. Approaching idle speed, ignition and start air from the APU were shut off and the left generator came on line.
We had to advance thrust to about 10% to start the aircraft rolling, but only idle thrust was needed for most of the taxi to Runway 14L. The aircraft has limited-authority nosewheel steering through the rudder pedals, but it is easier to steer the aircraft with the tiller, even on straight sections. Steering response to tiller rotation is inversely proportional to ground speed, so there is little tendency to overcontrol.


Discussion in 'Tronsmart' started by Geekbuying, Apr 7, 2014.
I test different 1080p mkv, ts format local video file, and use built-in XBMC to play them!
First test the HDMI Passthrough, here is how i connect the tronsmart with receiver and TV.
I use one male to male HDMI Cable to connect tronsmart vega s89 and the yamaha receiver( use the hdmi in port in receiver) and then use another male to male hdmi cable connect the receiver with TV ( use receiver's hdmi out port).
And on the tronsmart vega s89 setting, i change the audio output to hdmi passthrough, and enable passthrough on xbmc.
use male to male hdmi cable to connect tronsmart vega s89 and the TV. and then use the optical cable to connect vega s89 with receiver.
and on the tronsmart vega s89 setting, i change the audio output to optical passthrough, and enable passthrough on xbmc.
1 Dolby (AC3) 5.1 HDMI passthrough ——–OK, but with noise.
2 DTS 5.1 HDMI passthrough——–OK, but with noise.
3 DTS-HD HRA 5.1HDMI passthrough——OK, but with noise.
4 DTS-HD MA 5.1 HDMI passthrough—-OK, but with noise.
5 Dolby True-HD 5.1 HDMI Passthrough—same as hdmi passthrough problem, can't passthrough 5.1.
So, seems the HDMI passthrough is working ok, but there is something problem with optical passthrough. I have reported this problem to factory, and check if they can fix it.


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John Bailey: Angling in times of crisis
John and Ian with a cracking chub. What a great way to say farewell to the old river season Picture: John Bailey - Credit: Archant
In the week since my last article in these pages the world, as we know it, has changed. Seven days ago I could write freely, with the coronavirus little more than a dark cloud on a distant horizon, but how could that be the case now?
England cricketers home from Sri Lanka. The Six Nations binned. Football wiped out until who knows when... although perhaps our brave Canaries could be saved after all?
But is angling safe, all us fisher folk are wondering? Perhaps. This is what Jamie Cook, chief executive of the Angling Trust, has added to the website: "Where appropriate anglers should carry on fishing and encourage others to do so. Angling gets people out into the fresh air and away from crowded, indoor situations where infections are more likely to spread."
True. Surely we can all self isolate in our bivvy, or by a tench lake or on a distant bank of the Nar? Perhaps if we walk halfway to Blakeney Point we can wield a rod soon for bass and see not a living soul but a wide eyed seal or two hundred? Yes, the Angling Trust must, for once, be right and we must keep fishing.
And of course, we have fished through times tougher than this. Forty years ago I was given an ancient, bamboo, two-piece fly rod by Henry, an old friend. I was told that it had belonged to his father, a man he had never seen. Henry was only a few weeks old on July 1, 1916 when his father died on the battlefield of the Somme. The rod that the father had taken out to France finally worked its way back to Henry and the family many years later, long after The Great War had ended. But, you see, even in the trenches, angling had its role to play.
My grandmother had been taught to fish by her father as a child and during the Second World War, as a 60-year-old, she took her tackle out onto the River Aire in Yorkshire to catch gudgeon and perch for her family, friends and neighbours. She was a game old bird was my Nanny and over a decade later she was happy to walk five miles to the canal with me and teach me the ways of fooling sticklebacks on snippets of garden worms. Her beloved son died in that war but in fishing she found comfort and food both. Those were times when life was truly cruel.
Many of us will remember that the early 70s were far from being a breeze. My first 'proper' job coincided with the three-day week. For six weeks I was told to visit the office at 8am, deal with mail and then lose myself the rest of the day. I'd take off my suit, pull on my fishing clobber and run to the car where my gear was stowed. Six full weeks of fishing heaven and getting paid for it into the bargain. "Too good to last", grumbled my father, and he was right, of course. It wasn't long before I knew what redundancy felt like. Let's not forget how close petrol rationing came either. In fact, somewhere I still have my fuel coupons, unused. True, but it was a near-run thing. I got as far as booking a room at North Elmham's Railway Inn every Saturday night so I could fish the Wensum for the weekend without travelling. We're not quite at that point, yet.
And what about the foot and mouth outbreak early this century? Waters all over the UK were pronounced out of bounds if they lay remotely near cattle pasture. For example, we were kept off the river Wye for the whole year and the only river fishing I could find one holiday was a few miles of a tiny Cornish salmon river. Many of my favourite lakes were closed and the whole summer was one of gloom for anglers and horrors for the farmers. I know we all felt life would never recover, but I suppose it did.
So, there we are and none of us knows how this latest situation will play out. All we can do is pray we will be out there when the seasons for trout and tench open and be back on the rivers post-June 16. What the virus has done is rather detract from end of the season thoughts and analysis. What has 2019/20 been like for you I wonder? I guess anywhere fish are artificially stocked sport has been fair to middling, but what about wild fish in natural waters? What's the shore fishing been like over the winter? How have the pike been bearing up? Have the rivers, the upper ones especially, shown any signs of improvement? It is about the time that the Environment Agency will be knocking on the door demanding our money for new licences. How do you feel about that? Do you feel the Agency is working on our behalf? Can you see areas where there has been a demonstrable improvement in our sport, ones that can credited to the EA of course? Do you think fish poaching has been tackled? Have there been any notable stockings of fish carried out? Where on earth does the EA stand on the subject of predator control? I don't think there is an angler who doesn't think something must be done about this. Sadly, I don't know a fishery scientist who agrees with us.
Like the two wars, coronavirus will eventually come to an end, but I suspect we will wake to a changed world, much like our forebears did in 1918 and 1945. Perhaps it might be just the time to take a deep breath and look at what we have been doing with our world. Good might yet come out of bad, I am hoping.