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Justia Patents Access To Data In Other Repository Systems, E.g., Legacy Data Or Dynamic Web Page Generation, Etc. (epo)US Patent for Progressive consolidation of web page resources Patent (Patent # 10,296,567)
Progressive consolidation of web page resources
Sep 1, 2017 - Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Described herein are systems, method and devices for modifying web pages to enhance their performance. In certain non-limiting embodiments, improved resource consolidation techniques are described, which are sometimes referred to herein as 'progressive' consolidation. Such techniques can be used to consolidate page resources in a way that allows a client browser or other application to process each of the consolidated resources after it arrives, even if all the client has not fully retrieved all of the consolidated resources yet. The teachings hereof can be used, for example, to modify a markup language document (HTML) to consolidate CSS, JavaScript, images, or other resources referenced therein.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/081,235, filed Nov. 15, 2013, which claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/729,696, filed Nov. 26, 2012, and of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/799,861, filed Mar. 15, 2013. The teachings of all of the foregoing applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
This patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights.
This application relates generally to methods and systems for modifying web pages to enhance their performance.
Brief Description of the Related Art
Web pages are complicated entities, made up of HyperText Markup Language (HTML), as well as other technologies, such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, Flash, and many more. Web pages can be thought of as programs executed by a browser or client, which is capable of executing software code in the abovementioned languages and technologies. Though it is generally transparent to end-users, web pages are often generated upon request, created by running dedicated software on a server when a user request is received. Such dedicated software is called a web application, and it typically uses technologies such as J2EE, PHP, ASP.NET and others.
A web page can be thought of as the software code provided or served as a response to a request for a particular and unique URI (universal resource identifier) or web address, or pointer thereto such as HTML, XHTML or different versions thereof. This software code is used by a web client to render or display a page for viewing.
One implication of the complexity of web pages is that there are many ways to achieve the same goal. Two web pages can look the same and function the same way (or at least similarly) for a given client, but their actual underlying content may be very different.
Even when different implementations result in the same or similar interface presented to a user, they may differ greatly in many different aspects. For example, one page may render much faster than the other; one page may expose a security flaw while the other does not; one page can be successfully loaded in multiple different browsers, while the other may only work in one kind of browser, for example.
As is known in the art, performance-enhancing changes (often referred to as performance optimizations) to web pages are sometimes performed by manipulating the web page after it is generated, using a proxy. A proxy may be realized as a software application able to modify incoming and outgoing communication with the web server. A proxy may be implemented in various ways, including the provision of a separate server machine that traffic to a web server goes through, or of a software proxy deployed as a web-server add-on through which internet traffic is passed. A content delivery network (CDN) may employ a distributed set of proxy servers operated and managed by a service provider. The service provider typically provides the content delivery service on behalf of third parties who designate their content to be delivered to end-users via the CDN. Typically, content providers offload their content delivery by aliasing (e.g., by a DNS CNAME) given content provider domains or sub-domains to domains that are managed by the service provider's authoritative domain name service, which directs end user client machines to one of the CDN's proxy servers to obtain the content provider's content more reliably and efficiently.
Making modifications in a proxy is an alternative to modifying the web application that generates the web page, and can provide several benefits, including lower cost and more flexibility.
In the last few years, there have been examples of proxy-based systems that perform not only the transformation, but also attempt to analyze the page and transform it based on that analysis, in order to enhance the performance of that page.
One known performance enhancement technique is sometimes referred to as resource consolidation. Resource consolidation generally involves combining multiple resources in a given web page into one consolidated resource.
For example, the proxy might several cascading style sheet (CSS) files referenced in a given HTML file into one CSS file. If the HTML referenced five external CSS files (e.g., with five separate URIs), combining them into one reference would eliminate four requests when loading the page, and the combined CSS file, when encoded using gzip or other compression, would likely compress more efficiently than compressing the files separately. Hence, a proxy solution may attempt to identify the CSS files in a given page, create a combined file, and modify the HTML to reference that combined CSS file instead. Other kinds of files, such as JavaScript files, can also be consolidated with this technique.
However, when a client browser downloads a consolidated resource, none of that resource is evaluated and processed by the browser until the entire resource has arrived. If the consolidated resource is relatively large, it may take a while until the first portion of it (e.g., the portion corresponding to a first JavaScript file that was consolidated into a larger consolidated file) actually gets processed by the browser. This can make consolidation actually degrade performance, for if the resources had not been consolidated but rather retrieved separately, the browser would have started processing them as they arrived, which in some cases would result in better performance.
Hence, there is a need for improved techniques for consolidating web page resources. The teachings herein address this need and offer other advantages and functionality that will become clear in view of this disclosure.
This disclosure presents, among other things, techniques for consolidating web resources in a way that allows a client browser to process them progressively—in other words, to begin to execute or process the resource after being received by the client, even if the entire resource is not fully retrieved yet. The techniques disclosed herein are sometimes referred to herein as "progressive consolidation" or "streaming consolidation." They may be implemented in a proxy server, although this is not required.
In one embodiment, resources are consolidated into a container resource. The container is configured to be or of a type known to be progressively processed by a client. This container is then embedded or injected into the parent web page. Thus the container wraps the consolidated data in a way that will cause the client to process each resource inside it as it arrives at the client, yet still provides the benefit of consolidation.
By way of example, consider an HTML document with—among other things—three embedded URIs pointing to three objects or resources, such as three JavaScript files, or three image files. The contents of the three files can be consolidated into one file that is formatted to be progressively processed. The HTML format is progressively processed by browsers, so the three files can be consolidated into a second HTML file, and this second HTML file can be injected into the first HTML file by inserting an embedded reference to the second HTML file using an iFrame (HTML inline frame).
In the example just given, the container resource requires just one request from the server to obtain all of the consolidated content—a request for the second HTML file. However, the client begins processing the consolidated content (e.g., the JavaScript, the image, as the case may be) as it arrives, rather than waiting for the entire contents of the HTML file.
The teachings hereof can be used to consolidate many different kinds of web resources. Typical examples include without limitation CSS files, image files, and JavaScript files, other scripts or code, and other resources capable of being identified in a textual manner within a web page.
The performance optimization techniques described herein may be performed as an automated post-authoring or post-generation treatment applied to web content on a web server before delivery to a requesting client. They may also be performed as a service by an intermediary between the client and origin server that modifies content as it is delivered from the origin server to the client. An example of such an intermediary is an HTTP proxy server that may be part of a distributed data processing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN).
Hence, in one embodiment, an HTTP proxy server receives a request for a given HTML file from a client. The proxy retrieves the HTML file from an origin server (e.g., the origin server of the content provider who is using the CDN for delivery), modifies the HTML file by applying progressive consolidation of web resources in accordance with the teachings hereof, and delivers the modified HTML file to the client that requested it.
The foregoing merely refers to embodiments of the subject matter disclosed herein, which are not limiting. The teachings hereof may be realized in a variety of systems, methods, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media. It is also noted that the allocation of functions to different machines is not limiting, as the functions recited herein may be combined or split amongst different machines in a variety of ways.
The teachings hereof will be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating a request for a web page from a client and a response with a web page;
FIG. 2 is a detailed system block diagram illustrating the components of the system illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating one embodiment of a distributed computer system configured as a content delivery network (CDN);
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating one embodiment of a machine on which a CDN server shown in the system of FIG. 3 can be implemented;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating hardware in a computer system that may be used to implement the teachings hereof.
The following description sets forth embodiments of the invention to provide an overall understanding of the principles of the structure, function, manufacture, and use of the methods and apparatus disclosed herein. The systems, methods and apparatus described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings are non-limiting examples; the scope of the invention is defined solely by the claims. The features described or illustrated in connection with one exemplary embodiment may be combined with the features of other embodiments. Such modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. All patents, publications and references cited herein are expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Throughout this disclosure, the abbreviation "e.g." is used to denote the non-limiting phrase "for example."
A detailed example of progressive consolidation is now presented. Consider first a scenario in which a web page has no consolidation. As shown below, in this case we have an HTML file that has an inline script (function processScript(data) { eval(data)}) and also references three external JavaScript files: first_script.js, second_script.js, and third_script.js.
No Consolidation
page.html       first_script.js processScript("console.log(1)"); second_script.js processScript("// A large script, which takes 1 second to download"); third_script.js processScript("console.log(2)");
With no consolidation, there is no performance enhancement, as the three scripts result in three separate requests from a client (and corresponding delays due to round-trip times between client and server, etc., in order to make those requests). Using consolidation, however, the three script files can be combined into a single consolidated JavaScript file, as shown below:
Consolidation (Non-Progressive)
page.html     consolidated.js: processScript("console.log(1)"); processScript("// A large script, which takes 1 second to download"); processScript("console.log(2)");
Since the three scripts have been consolidated, there is some performance enhancement, as the browser needs to make only one request to the server to get the content of all three scripts. However, the first script, which logs "1" to the console, will be executed by the browser only after the entire "consolidated.js" file is downloaded, which means it will be delayed by about one second: the time to download the second script (the "large script" listed second in 'consolidated.js') plus some smaller amount of time to download the third script (which logs "2" to the console).
By applying progressive consolidation, this one-second delay can be mitigated. Below is an example of what this can look like using progressive consolidation, replacing consolidated.js with an HTML file in an iFrame.
Progressive Consolidation
page.html      consolidated.html:
With progressive consolidation, the browser makes only one request for "consolidated.html" to obtain the content of all three scripts. In addition, the execution of the first script will not be delayed by the time needed to download the other scripts, and so the logging of "1" to the console will happen about one second earlier than in the previous case using non-progressive consolidation.
In the example above, a script—and more particularly a JavaScript call named processScript—is used to communicate the consolidated script data from the iFrame to the parent frame's context (i.e., which is defined by page.html). This approach, however, will not work if the parent document (the page.html) is from a different domain than the consolidated resource (the consolidated.html in the above example), because of JavaScript's 'same origin' policy.
To address that issue, however, a variety of known cross-domain communication techniques can be used to communicate data between frames from different domains, and thus take advantage of the progressive consolidation techniques described herein. For example, a "postMessage" JavaScript call can be used to send data from the iFrame, along with an onmessage event handler in the parent HTML page to receive the data.
As previously mentioned, progressive consolidation can be used to accelerate other kinds of files in a like manner. For example, if the three files in the above example had been CSS files, after progressive consolidation the client browser would begin processing and applying the first CSS file content without waiting for the other CSS to download. Similarly, if the three files in the above example had been image files, after progressive consolidation the browser would begin processing and displaying the first image without waiting for the other images to download.
It should be noted that the progressive consolidation techniques presented above is also advantageous in that it avoids inlining the consolidated content into the original HTML file (e.g., the page.html file in the example above). Inlining the content can have certain disadvantages in some cases. For example, it can result in delaying the page processing until the JavaScript content is downloaded, and can reduce the cacheability of the page, among other things. Hence, the teachings hereof can be applied to HTML that has content of resources inlined in the HTML, e.g., by modifying the HTML to remove the content of the resources inlined in the HTML, insert it into a container resource of a type (e.g., such as type HTML) in which content from a first resource will be processed by the client without waiting for content from a second resource to be received, and modify the HTML by inserting a reference to the container resource.
Automated Application of Progressive Consolidation to Web Pages
Preferably, progressive consolidation is applied "on-the-fly" to an original page by an intermediary module, device, or system that transforms the page as it is delivered from a web server to the requesting client.
One example of a system suitable for implementing progressive consolidation is presented in US Patent Publication No. 2011/0314091, titled "Method and System for Automated Analysis and Transformation of Web Pages," the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Thus, a computer-implemented method and system for modifying web pages, including dynamic web pages, can be based on automated analysis wherein web pages are transformed based on transformation instructions in nearly real-time, and wherein analysis is performed and transformation instructions based on the analysis are prepared prior to a request for the web page. An exemplary system has two primary components, an analyzer which asynchronously and repeatedly analyzes web pages creating and updating transformation instructions relating to the web pages, and a transformer which can intercept traffic to a web server in response to a request for the web page, receives the returned web pages, and transforms them based on stored transformation instructions.
US Publication No. 2011/0314091 describes a variety of methods and systems that can be extended with the teachings hereof. For example, that publication gives an example in which multiple CSS files in a given page can be consolidated, referred to as "merging CSS files" in the text, see paragraphs 87 through 113 thereof (merging example 'main.css' and 'menu.3.0.2.css' files). According to the teachings of the current disclosure, the functionality described in US Publication No. 2011/0314091 may be extended to apply progressive consolidation in such a case. Hence, instead of replacing multiple CSS files with a "combined.css" file, as described there, the analyzer 300 instead can be configured to combine multiple CSS files into a new container HTML file, store that new container HTML file in the repository 401, and then introduce the new container HTML file into the page by instructing the transformer 200 to replace the original page references to the CSS files (main.css and menu.3.0.2.css) with reference to the new container HTML file, using an iFrame tag. The analyzer 300 will also instruct the transformer 200 to insert certain code (e.g., scripts) into the container HTML. Within the HTML, these scripts will communicate the contents of the CSS files to the parent frame, where other scripts will apply them to the page.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show a system embodiment that is comprised of two primary components: a transformer 200 for performing a transformation and an analyzer 300 for performing the analysis. The system also includes a data repository 401 used by the transformer 200 and analyzer 300 to communicate and store information.
The analyzer 300 does not reside between the client and the server, nor does it watch or interfere with that communication channel, in this embodiment. The analyzer continuously monitors the repository 401, looking for requests to analyze a given page to perform tasks or analysis tasks. When the analyzer receives such a task, it analyzes the web page, and creates transformation instructions. Since the analysis is done asynchronously to the interaction between the client and the server, it does not delay the delivery of the web page to the client, and is not required to work in real-time speed.
Transformation Instructions are often simple instructions, as simple as a textual search and replace instructions. The most important trait of a transformation instruction is that it does not require any deep knowledge or understanding of the page it is transforming. Transformation instructions may be grouped together, if the analysis concluded a set of transformations should either all be applied or not at all.
The Transformer 200 acts as a proxy to the web application. Whenever it receives a web page, it fetches and applies the relevant transformation instructions from the repository 401. If there are no transformation instructions, the transformer 200 requests an analysis task for this web page to the Repository 401.
This system provides both speed and analysis depth. The analysis does not delay the web page, and can therefore "afford" to perform deeper analysis and take more time to do so. The transformer 200 does not need to understand the web page, only to apply the transformation instructions and can therefore do so very quickly. Separating these two functions so that a transformation can be done essentially immediately in response to a request to a web page, and analysis can be done at another time, for example when the page is not being requested, allows the system to provide relatively up-to-date transformations in near-real time.
As shown in FIG. 1, the transformer 200 resides between the client and the web application, and is able to modify the returned web page. The transformer 200 logs requests and pages as needed, to the repository 401. The analyzer(s) 300 reads a page and/or request from the repository, analyzes it, and writes transformation instructions to the repository 401 which will likely be used for a subsequent request of the web page. In response to a request for a web page, the transformer 200 reads the transformation instructions related to the current request/web-page, and applies them to the web page, returning the modified web page to the client.
The transformer 200 and analyzer 300 work independently; therefore there are two sequences presented below, one for each.
The transformer 200 sequence is as follows:
1. Receive a request and the web page returned from the application
2. Query the repository 401 (or a partial copy of the repository's data, such as a local cache) for relevant transformation instructions
a. If found, transform the web page based on the queried instructions
b. If none found, enter an analysis task for the request/page to the repository 401
3. The repository 401 returns the web page to the client with any transformations applied.
The analyzer 300 sequence is as follows:
1. Continuously and at regular intervals monitor the repository 401 for new analysis tasks
2. After receiving a task, analyze the web page
3. Create transformation instructions for the page, based on the analysis
4. Write the transformation instructions to the repository 401
As an example of a transformation instruction, consider a search and replace instruction, made up of the original text and replacement text, and a flag indicating if only the first found instance of the original text should be replaced or all instances. One use case for search and replace instructions is merging CSS files. Here is a full flow or sequence for performing such a CSS merge on the web page described below and referred to as "The Page" in this sequence.
Assume that the following 'page.html' contains HTML for The Page, as follows:
page.html   <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/main.css'>
1. Transformer receives the first request for The Page
a. Discovers there are no transformation instructions
b. Creates an analysis task for The Page in the Repository
c. Returns The Page unmodified (with both CSS files referenced)
2. Analyzer receives the Analysis Task of analyzing The Page
d. Analyzes the page, discovering both the static and dynamic CSS
e. Creates a combined file, called "combined.css", holding the content of both "main.css" and "menu.3.0.2.css".
f. Creates a group of three Search & Replace Transformation Instructions for page.html: two for removing the old CSS references, and one for adding the new one.
i. Instruction for removing main.css:
Original: <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/main.css'> Replacement: <empty string>
ii. Instruction for removing menu.3.0.2.css (using a regular expression):
Original:  Replacement: <empty string>
iii. Instruction for adding the combined CSS after the head element:
Original:  Replacement: <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/combined.css'>
g. Store as The Page's Transformation Instructions in the Repository
3. Transformer receives another request for The Page
h. Queries the DB, receives the group of Transformation Instructions
a. i. Searches for the 3 original texts
b. i. If all are found, replaces them with the replacement texts
ii. If not all are found, does not modify The Page
j. Returns the (possibly) modified page
In this case, if 3(b)(i) occurred, the returned 'page.html' in step 3 is the following one, with the added link in bold.
page.html   <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/combined.css'>
Extending the foregoing sequence to progressive consolidation is effected by changing step 2 for the Analyzer as follows (assume the same original 'page.html'):
e. Creates a combined file, called "combined.css.html", containing the content of both "main.css" and "menu.3.0.2.css", wrapped in the relevant JavaScript call. An example of the content of combined.css.html:

f. Creates a group of Search & Replace Transformation Instructions for page.html: two for removing the old CSS references from page.html, one for adding the new CSS reference to page.html in an iFrame, and one for adding code to page.html to apply the CSS in the iFrame.
Original:  Replacement: <empty string>
iii. Instruction for adding the combined CSS HTML in an iFrame after the head element:
Original:  Replacement:
iv. Instruction for adding code to page.html that will communicate the CSS in the iFrame to The Page and apply it.

As those skilled in the art will recognize, implementation of 'processCSS' will often include additional code to ensure the CSS text is applied to the page in the right cascading order (i.e., applying the contents of main.css before that of menu.3.0.2.css), as well as various browser specific adjustments. (For JavaScript, ensure it's applied in the right execution order.) Such additions and adjustments may be made in any manner known to those skilled in the art, in view of the teachings hereof.
In this case, applying the search & replace instructions above results in following returned 'page.html':
page.html


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Driving Distance : 144 KM and 174 meters / 89.6 miles.
Straight Line Distance : 110 KM and 500 meters / 68.7 miles.
The total straight line distance between Nadiad and Bharuch is 110 KM (kilometers) and 500 meters. The miles based distance from Nadiad to Bharuch is 68.7 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Nadiad and Bharuch may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road .
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SEC's private equity watchdog is leaving government
BYDan Primack
April 7, 2015, 4:36 PM UTC
A general exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. The database is emerging alongside a new program by the FBI's criminal profiling group in Quantico, Virginia, that is creating a series of behavioral composites to help agents investigate white collar crime. The more systematic approach by the SEC and FBI comes in response to the growth and complexity of financial crimes in recent years. Picture taken June 24, 2011. To match Special Report SEC/INVESTIGATIONS REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR2PCBJ
Photograph by Jonathan Ernst—Reuters
Andrew Bowden is leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of April, in order to "return to the private sector."
Bowden has been with the SEC since Nov. 2011, serving as director of the agency's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. It's not a position that generally garners too much public attention, but Bowden made waves last May by saying the following at a private equity industry conference:
By far, the most common observation our examiners have made when examining private equity firms has to do with the adviser's collection of fees and allocation of expenses. When we have examined how fees and expenses are handled by advisers to private equity funds, we have identified what we believe are violations of law or material weaknesses in controls over 50% of the time.
Most private equity firms had avoided government examination prior to the Dodd-Frank financial reform package, but Bowden's comments suggested a pattern of misbehavior that effectively justified the bill's controversial private equity registration requirements.
Included in Bowden's critique was the industry's rampant use of "operating partners," or professionals who appear to be firm employees but who actually are compensated by portfolio companies (thus creating what Bowden called a "back-door fee" for limited partners in private equity funds). He also railed against unequal sharing of "accelerated monitoring fees," whereby private equity firms guarantee themselves portfolio company-related payments for 10 years, even though they rarely hold fees for that long.
His comments were like a nuclear bomb in private equity circles, causing many firms to dramatically alter operating partner and fee-sharing arrangements on new funds. It also emboldened prospective investors to request various concessions.
What they have not led to yet, however, is much enforcement action. Remember, "violations of law or material weaknesses in controls over 50% of the time."
There have been settlements with a few small firms, some Wells notices sent and settlement negotiations with mega-firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). Sources close to the process suggest that the lack of litigation is about a natural lag between inspection and enforcement, rather than an indication that no enforcement will be forthcoming. Moreover, they add that Bowden's departure could signal that his side's role is largely completed.
No word yet on where Bowden is headed. Prior to joining the SEC, he spent 17 years with Legg Mason Capital Management (LM) , including as an executive director, general counsel and chief operating officer.
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Super-sized Ikea tub toys are cleaning up London's river trash
[Photo: courtesy of Mother London]
By Jeff Beer 1 minute Read
The strength and power of a particularly adorable tub toy has been known for eons. Epic ballads have been sung in their name (thank you, Ernie). But now Ikea has taken its Smakryp tub toy and created a giant, remote-controlled robot version that will help clean up trash in the River Thames in London.
To mark the opening of the Swedish retailer's newest London store in Greenwich, Ikea deployed two boats in the river in southeast London, dubbed The Good Ship Ikea, each equipped with technology enabling them to collect up to 44 pounds of trash at one time. Each boat is almost 10 feet long and weighs up to 150 pounds. According to Ikea, more than 300 tons of trash is cleared from the Thames every year.
It's not the first time Ikea has used its products to raise awareness for an issue. In 2014 in Singapore, the retailer used its store showrooms to promote stray dog adoption.
The boats are running during the U.K. school break this week, the retailer has teamed with the local Creekside Education Trust to provide an educational experience for local families, and the public was invited to help control the boats remotely. The collected trash will be turned into a sculpture for the new Greenwich store.
After this week, the boats will be permanently donated to the sustainability charity Hubbub.


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Another departure at the Chutes Coulonge park, the directer General of the parc, who was hired on this spring, has resigned from the position. Recently, it was Jean-Fracois Dubois who had left back in the fall of 2017, after more than 5 years of service as Director of the park. He was then replaced by Elizabeth Khoury last spring.
During last annual general assembly meeting, it was revealed that the park had been undergoing important financial trouble over the past several years. The Park is currently restructuring and developing new communication strategies to better attract new clientele.


I've become a major smoothie bowl addict. I could eat one for breakfast pretty much every single day, and a lot of mornings recently…I have been doing just that. Acai and pitaya bowls are also everywhere in San Diego, so I've been picking up my fair share of the bowls at local juice bars too.
But for these super warm summer months, with those mornings where I wake up already sweating, I needed something even more refreshing – something more tropical, bright, and fresh. Enter: the mango pineapple smoothie bowl, A.K.A. a vacation to a tropical island in a bowl. It's so irresistibly bright and fresh, it screams summer.
Bonus: it's only four ingredients! Banana, mango, pineapple, coconut milk, in a blender, pureed 'til smooth. That's it. I gave measurements of how I do it, but seriously guys, feel free to wing this and add a bit more pineapple or mango if you prefer one, or add another banana for extra creaminess.
The milk amount is also adjustable. I like my smoothie bowls really thick and creamy, almost ice cream-like, so I go for a small amount of milk. If you want it thinner and more smoothie-like, use more!
Now for the toppings…I go a little crazy here sometimes. On this bowl, I was obsessed with the kiwi slices, fresh mango and coconut, making things extra tropical. I usually top my bowls with granola for crunch, but between the slightly crunchy coconut flakes and chia seeds I sprinkled on top, my texture loving heart was satisfied – though some macadamia nuts would have definitely been welcome.
This recipe only makes one bowl, but it easy doubles so you can make one for you and whoever you love (or a giant one for you!!!). I wouldn't try to make more than two at a time – you blender might not be able to handle it, especially if you're making them ultra thick like me.
Combine all ingredients except for the toppings in a blender. Puree until completely smooth - the mixture should be very thick. Add a touch more liquid if necessary to get it to blend completely smooth, or if you want a thinner smoothie.
Transfer to a individual serving bowl and add toppings. Enjoy immediately!
I've been addicted to smoothie bowls lately too, especially because it's been SO hot out! This mango pineapple version sounds so fresh and delicious, Rachel! Definitely my kind of summer breakfast!
Aren't they the best?! Thanks, Gayle!
OMG this looks so good, Rachel! I want a bowlful right now!
It has been soooo hot here lately – all I've been craving are smoothies!! I really need to get on the smoothie bowl train – this sounds fantastic!
The smoothie bowl train is the BEST train! Thanks, Ashley.
This smoothie bowl is simply gorgeous! Love the mango pineapple combination. I wish I had one right now!
Haha, me too! Thanks so much, Jen.
I LOVE the flavors you've got goin' on in this bowl Rachel! I can see why you're addicted to smoothie bowls! And it's just so pretty!
You make the prettiest smoothie bowls, Rachel! I love how thick and creamy this one looks and the tropical flavors sound delicious!
Your smoothie bowl is gorgeous, Rachel, and I LOVE the tropical flavored smoothies the best! Mango and pineapple are so refreshing together, and all of the toppings you have take it over the edge. This looks like something I need in the heat we're having right now!
This looks so yummy and thick! Thick smoothie bowls are always the way to go. These tropical flavors are great! I really dig the coconut milk and kiwi in here!
Smoothie bowls are so perfect to beat this summer heat! I love anything to do with mango, so this is a must-try in my book!
Any idea about how many calories in this? Looks soooo good!
Hi Madeline, it's 366 calories without the toppings!
Hey Rachel! This smoothie bowl looks delicious. Do you think it would work to add a scoop of protein powder while blending with the fruit? Without some sort of protein in the morning, I feel like I get hungry again too fast. Thanks!
Hi Devan, you definitely could. I love adding a scoop of Vital Proteins collagen to mine.
I added granola to mine. Sooooo good!
Yum! So glad you're loving it Lereka.
Hello. This may be a silly question – I think I already know the answer but just to clarify – the coconut milk in this MANGO PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE BOWL recipe is the liquid kind you get in the refrigerated section of the grocery store yes? Not the canned, thicker kind? Thanks so much. Excited to try this!
Hi Mags, yes I used the kind from the carton, not the can!


Mr. Robert Kreyer CDT is a third generation dental technician and received his technical training from the US Army Medical Field Service School and education as member of various prosthodontic study groups at the University of California San Francisco and University of Southern California. He is a member of the American Prosthodontic Society, Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and past Chair of the the American College of Prosthodontists Dental Technician Alliance. Mr. Kreyer is a continuing education provider for the Dental Board of California and National Board of Certification in Dental Technology. He was a Biofunctional Prosthetic System Technical Instructor for Ivoclar Vivadent, and a Certified Instructor for Candulor in Zurich, Switzerland. Robert has published numerous articles on removable prosthodontics and writes a technical column for Inside Dental Technology.
In 2010 Robert Kreyer was the first recipient of The American College of Prosthodontists Dental Technician Leadership Award and in January of 2011 was selected by the National Board of Certification in Dental Technology as their 2011 CDT of the Year.
At the 2014 American Prosthodontic Society Annual meeting Robert was the recipient of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry's Editorial Board's Rudd Award.
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There are nine members of this team: Harold Bess, John Browning, Hal Chase, Andrew Draper, Reggie Farr, Brad Palmer, Chic Randow, Wayne Reed and Pastor Tim.
Besides discussing worship schedules for the next few months we spent time in prayer for our congregation and individuals among us.
We hope to be re-establishing our regular telephone "check-in" calls; some of you may be asked to help with this.
Please join us in prayer for the 10 people engaged in our Basics & Beginnings Class.
+ Jim Baker has organized records and information about the cemetery at Trinity.
+ Don and Dianne Klingemann are working on the records from Pastor Diefenthaler's years at Bethany.
+ Peggy Rule and Alice Hinrichs will be sorting through memorabilia from the years that Bethany had an elementary school.
+ Martha Tobias and Betty Kitzmann are working on the inventory in the safe.
+ The work is time-consuming and sometimes tedious, but progress is being made! However, much remains to be done, and if you would like to help in any way, please contact Betty Kitzmann.
It was great to have so many of you engaged in our Voter's Meeting last Sunday! Thank you for your time, and, may it be that you came away from our meeting with a renewed sense of the mission of our ECEC and the unity we share in the Lord concerning this mission!
As a reminder, we approved using the accrued interest of the School Endowment Fund, up to a maximum of $50,000, for the monthly financial needs of our ECEC through the end of this fiscal year (August).
For the month of January we will NOT need any financial help from the Fund – God is good!
On a note concerning our sacrificial giving in our tithes and offerings, we currently are $500 above our expected giving levels for our current fiscal year! Glory to the Lord for His work among us!


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EB takes up residence in Vienna with a night of intense—and intensely fun—music to bring down the curtain on a showstopping EB Festival 2013 season. Louise Brailey was down the front to report on When Saints Go Machine, Laurel Halo, Metro Area and, of course, Giorgio Moroder. All photos by Doron Nadav.
In a city that's never quite shed its imperial poise you'd be hard pressed to find a more grand and stately setting than Vienna's MuseumsQuartier. The largely neo baroque complex is built on the kind of scale characteristic to the former capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, loaning anything that passes through the courtyard an air of expansive dignity. Tonight, there's a real sense of event as beautiful things—handsome, bearded chaps in LBDs and pearls, women wearing underwear as statement outerwear—are all united in their desire to be seen.
Still, such pomp and posing takes a backseat by the time When Saints Go Machine take their positions onstage. The Danish four-piece, swamped in black sweatshirts emblazoned with "Love and Respect", possess a quiet, unshowy magnetism that's distilled in frontman Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild. His heat-squeezing croon, nestled in that sweet spot between the studied quaver of Antony Hegarty and the ethereal soul of Arthur Russell, lends the glassy electro pop of "Parix" an all too human core—even when he bends over a bank of gear to time-stretch his vocals into a machine howl. "Iodine", with its boom-bap spine, carbonated pads and heart busting chorus makes explicit the melancholic pop splendor that frequently underpins their records. The highlight of their all too brief set is a vital rendition of their much loved"Fail Forever" the mournful cello figure working in the same way as Vonsild's vocals, offering a strange, organic counterpoint to the synthesized backdrop and the crowd sway along, mesmerized.
Laurel Halo's hardware driven set offers tough, rhythmic counterpoint to the understated drama of WSGM. Where their synths billow and swoon, her set is all sharp edges and metal-on-concrete pummel. Anyone familiar with her latest album Chance Of Rain would no doubt come expecting velocity—those enclosed atmospheres of Quarantine long since dispersed—but the forward momentum of her warehouse-ready set is breathtaking. Beneath whisps of steam or geometric patterns that make up the large scale visuals, some attempt to dance, their limbs spasming as they find footholds within the rolling snares while others are content to observe the ingenious way the percussive elements align on techno's grid pattern before falling into arrhythmic sputters and bursts. This is techno's life-force sublimated into strange new forms, given additional charge by the almost carnal analog textures, those blunt sounding chimes of "Thrax" take on a corporal heft live, "Ainnome"'s planes of synth feels more like a shape than a sound as they wash throughout the space. Tellingly, Halo began her set playing to a smattering of people, by the time she picks up her microphone to thank the crowd, the only time she picks it up, the venue is full.
Stay tuned for live videos of the performances over the coming days.


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Home Movie News Avengers: Endgame Director Cast Daughter in Top Secret Role
Avengers: Endgame Director Cast Daughter in Top Secret Role
Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo announced that his daughter would have a secret role in the upcoming film while on the red carpet for Captain Marvel.
"This is my daughter, Ava, who's actually playing a secret role in Avengers: Endgame," Joe said, according to ComicBook.com. "We're not talking about what it is yet. That's it and that's all you're going to know." Though Ava's role has yet to be revealed, many fans have started speculating she'll play an older Lila Barton, daughter of everyone's favorite Avenger, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).
Joe Russo himself has made several cameos in Marvel Cinematic Universe films. He has appeared on screen in both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. He initially filmed a cameo role for Avengers: Infinity War but it didn't end up making the final cut of the film.
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Danai Gurira (Okoye), and Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon).
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How could a movie about dying children be so schlocky? The best-selling Jodi Picoult novel, My Sister's Keeper, is awash in drama but it never tipped the scales into absurd and tone-deaf melodrama. How does one botch a tear-jerker? You need only watch the big screen version of My Sister's Keeper for a primer on how to turn a complicated, challenging book into maudlin mush (hint: make sure to have a sizeable budget for obtaining music rights for endless montages).
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) is dying from cancer. Her little sister, Anna (Abigail Breslin), was conceived by her parents, Sara and Brian (Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric), to be a genetic match. Anna was born so that she might be "spare parts" for her ailing big sister. Jesse (Brennan Bailey), is the oldest child, and his needs have been overlooked because of Kate's illness. Anna's life has been one of prodding and pricking and testing and operations. Then one day, Anna consults with high-powered lawyer Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin). She wants to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. She's tired of undergoing numerous medical treatments. She wants a life of her own, something more than being "spare parts." Needless to say, Sara and Brian are horrified. Anna clearly loves her sister but by refusing to donate a kidney she is signing her sister's death notice.
The movie strikes one false, heavy-handed note after another. There is rarely a moment that feels authentic or genuine; everything comes across as powerfully manipulative and cloying and contrived and like a tuneless melodrama. Things are cranked to such a high degree of overkill. I swear to you that, no joke, at least seventy percent of the scenes in this movie involve somebody crying. People don't argue, they flail and shout until they go hoarse. There is nothing subtle to be found here. I didn't feel emotionally invested in these characters and one of them is a freaking teenage girl suffering with cancer! The first half of the movie feels far too rushed, and the majority of scenes last under two minutes, meaning that the plot lurches forward but the film fails to round out and establish its central characters. The movie's idea of covering up its screenwriting shortcomings and lackluster character development is to produce an extended music montage. There are over five music montages (I lost count) and it possibly takes up a fifth of the movie's total running time. I don't know about you, but watching characters smile and laugh set to music that is so painfully on-the-nose literal does not make due. After so many matching lyrics, I was waiting for a song to literally describe everything I was watching on screen, like, "Heaven/We're all gonna go/You're gonna go sooner/Because you're a little girl with cancer/Don't you think your mother's crazy?/So what's on TV?" Is it better drama to hear a somber cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"? It's just one of several flimsy filming decisions that rip you out of the story and make it perfectly obvious that you are watching a movie, and a poor one at that.
There is just way too much material here for it to succeed as a streamlined, two-hour weepie. There are complicated moral issues here about exploiting one child in efforts to save another. Grief can transform the nucleus of a family in small ways. This requires a delicate adaptation and this movie is certainly not it. This is an adaptation that alternates between syrupy music montages and falling anvils. My Sister's Keeper is beset with convoluted flashbacks, and I often was confused as to where in the timeline several of the scenes were taking place. Is this before or after Sara shaved her head in solidarity? Is this before or after she Katie starts chemo? There are multiple characters that share voice over duties, often just offering up a line or two. What's the point of having Jesse announce in voice over, "I wondered how much trouble I was gonna be in," when he sneaks into his house late at night? Could we not communicate this effectively without the added voice over? And only for a single line? This is just shockingly lazy writing and proof that the filmmakers have no trust in their audience. In fact, Jesse as a character is entirely pointless. He adds nothing to the story except to make things more confusing. Why does he sneak out at night to drink milkshakes in downtown L.A.? Why are judges unclear why a lawyer of such fame and stature as Campbell Alexander has a helper dog? There are intriguing dramatic setups that just get overlooked. What kind of life goes on in a family home when one child is suing their parents? Show me this stuff.
By far, the only believable part of this mawkish mess is a lengthy flashback to Kate's boyfriend, Taylor (Thomas Dekker, sporting a good-looking dome if you ask me). This is the only segment that's allowed to breathe and feel naturally developed. It is during this tender sequence where Kate feels like a character instead of a broadly drawn sketch of Cancer Girl. The interaction between Kate and Taylor is sweet and relaxed, until an obvious conclusion that has to spoil Kate's small hold on happiness. The supposed twist ending is predictable and nullifies the court battle, which makes the ethical struggle of bio-engineered babies just a plot gimmick. In the end, I got the overwhelming impression that the screenwriters, Jeremy Leven (The Notebook) and director Nick Cassavetes, are projecting. We conclude on one character's voice over, remarking, "I don't know why she died. I don't know why what happened happened. I don't know why we did the things we did." It's like a thinly layered confession by the screenwriters that they were clueless. Any tears that manage to squeeze out are unearned and are only the byproduct of such gloomy material.
The acting is typical of such hyperactive melodrama. Diaz fares the worst as the overprotective mom who fights tooth and nail to save her daughter at the expense of everybody else. She's abrasive and grating even when the movie tries to make her sympathetic. Diaz can do drama and can even manage understatement, as she showcased in the criminally underappreciated 2005 film, In Her Shoes. Cassavetes only knows how to direct actors when they're being histrionic and unrestrained, as Alpha Dog and John Q. prove. The rest of the cast slogs through the overwrought material with plenty of tears to bailout the Kleenex industry. The lone bright spot amongst the cast is Vassilieva (TV's Medium) who makes you feel her pain and manages to, at times, cloud your mind that you're being shamelessly manipulated.
My Sister's Keeper is supposed to be one of those moving, heart-tugging episodes that allows us all to re-evaluate life. The movie, in actuality, is a maudlin and overstuffed melodrama (cancer kids, dysfunctional families, court disputes, secret schemes, last wishes, etc.) that is so poorly executed that it manages to make Lifetime movies look like grand art. Cassavetes grounds down all the tricky ethical questions and tortured feelings down into simplistic soap opera gunk. Nothing feels genuine or honest, everything comes across as incredibly forced and contrived, and enough with the music montages. Hitting the soundtrack button does not erase screenwriting deficiencies. My Sister's Keeper is a malformed, overwrought, clunkily insensitive excuse to empty audience tear ducts. I suppose indiscriminate fans of the weepie genre will find the material forgivable, though fans of Picoult's novel will find the changes to be unforgivable. I like my emotions to be earned and not strangled to death.
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Celebrated annually on August 26 in the USA, Women's Equality Day honors past struggles, celebrates present gains, and forges continued action for a better future for women
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Women's Equality Day provides an important platform for change
One of the most important achievements in the fight for equality has been women winning the right to vote. While many further achievements have been gained, there is still much work to do.
Annually on August 26, widescale attention on women's equality is marked across the United States of America. The day is known as Women's Equality Day.
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The fight for gender equality
August 2020 is a significant month as it marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that guarantees and protects women's constitutional right to vote.
2020 is also the centenary year of the transformation of the National Woman Suffrage Association into the League of Women Voters.
In August 1920, the U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby officially certified the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
This was a victory in the fight for gender equality after many decades of campaigning from women's civil rights movements.
The Amendment reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
While several countries such as Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom had legalized voting for women by the early 1900s, the 19th Amendment failed to pass through when it was first introduced in 1878.
Following American women's contributions throughout during World War I, activists made it clear that it was unfair to expect them to fight for democracy in Europe when they were being denied a basic right back home.
Alongside protests, strikes and further campaigning efforts, support was garnered to approve the Amendment.
Women of color still faced barriers to voting
The amendment, however, did not actually guarantee all women in America the right to vote. Although the Amendment eased obstacles some women faced at the ballot box, women of color still faced legal barriers.
Black women continued to raise concerns about their unequal access to the franchise in the years after the 19th Amendment was ratified.
"For Black women, our right to vote is only secured with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965," says Valethia Watkins, an associate professor of Africana studies at Howard University. "Black women have only had the legal protected vote for half the time of some other women."
Susan B. Anthony, a social reformer for women's suffrage
One pioneering social reformer of the era was Susan B. Anthony, who played a pivotal role in gaining women the right to vote.
Alongside fellow campaigner Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she founded the Women's Loyal National League for the abolition of slavery; the America Equal Rights Association for equal rights for both women and Black people; and the National Woman Suffrage Association.
She worked on many state campaigns for women's suffrage, travelling across the country to deliver speeches. Initially ridiculed for her efforts, she persevered.
Her 80th birthday was celebrated in the White House and she was the first woman to be depicted on U.S. coinage.
Significant political and voting power of women of color
Black women have only more recently begun to receive credit and mainstream attention for their significant political and voting power.
Their work within the suffrage movement and the broader fight for Black voting rights has often gone unrecognized. While history recalls contributions of women suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the efforts of Black women like Mary Church Terrell, the first president of the pro-suffrage National Association of Colored Women, or writer and suffragist Adella Hunt Logan of the Black Tuskegee Women's Club received less attention.
The work of other figures like Ida B. Wells-Barnett and abolitionist Harriet Tubman is increasingly recognized for earning more attention for helping secure the vote for Black women.
Marking Women's Equality Day
The gender pay gap still persists in the United States, and women are still considerably under-represented in certain industries such as STEM - especially women of color.
Beyond the workplace, women still do more of the domestic work and childcare alongside forging their own career.
There are also far fewer women in leadership positions - especially regarding women of color - with men still making the majority of decisions impacting women.
There have been leaps of progress, however Women's Equality Day continues to highlight many institutional, societal and cultural changes that still need to be addressed to achieve gender parity.
Continuing to fight the good fight
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The focus continues on honoring the struggles of the past, celebrating the gains of the present, and forging continued action for a better future.
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Baseball and Softball Fields' Refurbishment
Kayla Reamey and Staff Writers|February 6, 2019
The CHS baseball and softball fields are being refurbished.
Head baseball coach Chad Anderson is spearheading the effort to make the fields look fabulous for this spring's season.
His hard work is also an effort to provide our softball team a home field to play on. Last season, several games had to be moved to Crider Field in Chatham in order to get them played. The field was poorly constructed initially and has been a problem area for some time.
The persistent rains all winter have delayed the restoration efforts, but they are almost completed although the softball field may not be completely finished before the season begins.
"The girls' field especially needed attention so that when it rains, runoff will drain properly so the field will dry quickly. The baseball field will now provide a good, safe playing surface for our athletes," said Coach Anderson. "I want the fields to be something we can be proud of. I want them [the fields] to look good when people get here."
The refurbishment effort has been intense and has required hundreds of hours of work. "For the softball field's renovation, we cut sod to take out the lips…bumps that form where dirt meets the grass, so the field will drain after it rains. After that, I took a tractor and back-dragged the edge to create a slope. Then I nail-dragged it again and rolled it with a roller over the weekend; and, as it looks right now, we will need to add at least 25 tons of brick dust for the final step.
"The booster club donated funds to purchase a new tarp that is currently in production as we speak," Anderson said.
The restoration effort has been time-consuming.
"For the baseball field we used 50 tons of brick dust for the surface of the warning track. We built two bullpens for pitchers and catcher to warm up, and have taken steps to get the grass back healthy again. While working on the fields, we've used a roller machine, a skid steer, a few tractors, expanded shale, calcined clay, a top dresser machine, and other equipment," said Anderson.
The booster club donated $3000 to help fund the softball field (based off of a $6,000 professional contractor's estimate); however, Coach Anderson agreed to help out in order to save money. Now, those funds will be used in purchasing the necessary brick dust to help absorb moisture from the dirt. The funds for the baseball field are being supplied by fundraisers by the team.
If they were to contract the softball and baseball fields' renovations, Coach Anderson estimated that it would easily cost the school between $30,000 and $50,000 to get everything done properly and with the necessary equipment.
Anderson is not getting paid anything for the renovation. In fact, he even admitted to losing a bit of money while working on the fields. "I've lost money out of my own pocket doing this project and have taken a day off of work to do it as well," said Coach Anderson.


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Current: Don't Call 6-Week Abortion Bans "Heartbeat" ...
Don't Call 6-Week Abortion Bans "Heartbeat" Bills. Here's Why.
By Greg Greene, Miriam Berg | April 25, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
The biased language in these bills has no basis in medicine or reality. They're written to divert attention away from the fact that they ban abortion and hurt women.
Politicians who support six-week bans on abortion — which amount to complete bans on abortion — have hoodwinked traditional news outlets into amplifying political talking points that mask their true, harmful intentions. Among such talking points: "fetal heartbeat," a manipulative term deployed to justify banning abortion early in pregnancy.
We call these politicians' bills what they are: abortion bans. Read below to learn why you should, too.
How "Heartbeat" Language Misrepresents the Facts
Why do politicians and opponents of reproductive rights deploy provocative phrases such as "fetal heartbeat"? Because they evoke false images in people's minds — false images meant to make people view common and accepted health care as immoral and shameful.
In truth, the "fetal heartbeat" talking point is nonsense: disinformation intended to deceive the press and public. As gynecologist Dr. Jennifer Gunter explains, at six weeks of fetal development, there is no "heart" that beats — instead, there is detectable activity within a 4-millimeter wide growth known as a fetal pole:
"The politicians know exactly what they are doing as [the term 'heartbeat'] is a way of making a 4 mm thickening next to a yolk sac seem like it is almost ready to walk."
—Dr. Jennifer Gunter
Why Politicians Want to Mislead You
Here's why politicians manipulate public opinion with misleading terms: because they know their true agenda is deeply unpopular. Among proponents of six-week abortion bans are groups and individuals whose stated mission is to ban all abortion—even though support for Roe v. Wade and access to abortion is at a record high, with 73% of Americans in favor of protecting access to safe, legal abortion.
An ideologically extreme group called Faith2Action conjured the first six-week abortion bans in 2011. It bills itself as "the birthplace of the heartbeat bill," and its website features model legislation for politicians to duplicate in their states.
Faith2Action is also an anti-LGBTQ hate group, founded by anti-abortion activist Janet Porter. Porter once served as legislative director at Ohio Right to Life, a group dedicated to banning access to abortion—and she subsequently led the Center for Reclaiming America, a group devoted to combating what it labeled the "radical homosexual agenda." With full-page ads in major newspapers, Porter quoted gay people who "overcame" their sexual orientation through the dangerous, debunked practice of conversion therapy.
What to take from all this: The people behind six-week abortion bans need misleading talking points as cover for their dangerous—and unpopular—agenda.
What Makes Misleading Anti-Abortion Language Dangerous
Writing an inaccurate phrase in legislation doesn't convert it into a fact, or into a legitimate description of what politicians intend to do. Six-week bans block access to abortion before many women know they're pregnant. Anti-abortion politicians' talking points are crafted to mislead people about this basic fact.
If these laws take effect, depriving women of the constitutional right affirmed in Roe v. Wade, women will face the heartbreaking—and life-threatening—consequences of losing access to safe, legal abortion. Remember: In 1965, one out of every six women who died from pregnancy-related causes had obtained an illegal abortion—and that's just according to official reports (doctors believe the actual number was higher).
No Six-Week Abortion Ban. No Bans, PERIOD.
Our right to abortion care is not debatable.
Real Public Health Crises Ignored—or Made Worse
Some politicians pushing these six-week abortion bans have given lip service to promoting healthy pregnancies, but done nothing to confront real—and life-threatening—public health challenges that face people in their states. Maternal mortality rates across much of the United States have exceeded levels experienced in every other wealthy country — with people of color, especially Black women, dying at the highest rates. Yet anti-abortion politicians have lifted scarcely a finger to address this widespread, growing public-health crisis.
Consider the big picture in three states: Georgia, whose six-week ban awaits the governor's signature; Missouri, which has a six-week ban moving through its legislature; and Ohio, whose governor has signed a six-week ban into law.
In Georgia, maternal mortality rates rank second-worst in the country. Cardiovascular issues like cardiac arrest are a leading cause of death in childbirth. That includes a young Georgia mother named Kira, who bled for hours in the hospital before dying from cardiac arrest.
The state of Georgia also has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country.
Georgia politicians have made these problems worse by refusing to expand Medicaid. The resulting funding shortfall has contributed to hospital closures in rural areas, depriving many women of color of access to maternal health care. Today, half of Georgia's 159 counties have no obstetric providers.
In Missouri, maternal mortality rates are 50% higher than those recorded in the nation at large. Missouri also ranks among the nation's 10 worst states for infant mortality.
Experts say that a contributing cause is the state's number of OB-GYNs per capita, which is among the lowest in the nation. A study of the country's biggest cities, in fact, has found the most overworked OB-GYNs—those carrying the highest patient loads of areas without providers—are in St. Louis, Mo.
In Ohio, women face a triple threat: Abortion could be banned before many women know they're pregnant, the state is "defunding" vital preventive reproductive-health care services, and President Trump's gag rule could bar 76,000 low-income Ohioans who get preventive care like birth control through the Title X program from accessing that care at Planned Parenthood health centers.
It shouldn't surprise you that Ohio also has among the nation's worst maternal mortality rates, infant mortality rates, and OB-GYN shortages.
The takeaway: If politicians in these places cared about pregnant women and babies, they would work to increase access to health care.
When Do Anti-Abortion Politicians Mislead? All the Time
Politicians at the highest levels have used misleading talking points, disinformation, and outright lies about abortion and pregnancy to further their efforts to outlaw safe, legal abortion. Inflammatory language about abortion later in pregnancy, and claims of "abortion until birth," remain part and parcel of efforts by anti-abortion politicians to shock Americans into supporting dangerous abortion bans nationwide.
Deceptive, medically unsound rhetoric about six-week abortion bans has to be examined with this track record in mind. Politicians and activists who spread these talking points have one motive: to ban abortion. They use pithy, attention-grabbing talking points in an effort to draw people — including the media, as well as everyday Americans — into giving their agenda the oxygen of amplification.
The Oxygen of Amplification — describing how mainstream journalists enabled "extremists, antagonists, and manipulators online" during the rise of Trump — is one of the finest works of media research I have read in years. https://t.co/90J6Rl3bSw Recommended. By @wphillips49
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) June 1, 2018
Why do anti-abortion politicians rely on such rhetorical tricks? Simple: they know their true agenda is outside the mainstream, and deeply unpopular. We've said it before, and will say it again: Support for Roe v. Wade and access to abortion is at a record high. In fact, 73% of Americans do not want women to lose their access to safe, legal abortion.
Abortion is also very common. Nearly one in four women in America will have an abortion in her lifetime. Every day, women across the country face the deeply personal decision of whether or not to continue their pregnancy.
Bottom Line: It's a Ban
Don't fall for disinformation. And don't let the anti-abortion movement get away with hiding its agenda. Call these bills what they are: six-week abortion bans. There is no more accurate way to say it.
There have been more than 250 abortion restrictions introduced in this country since January.
These attacks are only the beginning. It's up to us to stand united against this unprecedented effort—and to fight back.
Court Cases and Litigation
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State Fights
No Six-Week Abortion Bans. No Bans, PERIOD.
Uncover the latest attacks on our health and rights.
No Abortion Bans. Not Now, Not Ever.
Here's how you can take action to stop the extreme abortion bans sweeping the country and join the #BansOffMyBody movement.
Attempts to Ban Abortion at Six Weeks Have Surged
The politicians behind these bans have one goal: to push abortion out of reach, outlawing it in all but name.


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Kids Act encourages students to manifest their talents and abilities through the joy of creative expression. Students learn improvisational skills through theater games, adapt a story for performance, paint their own scenery, and perform for family and friends on the last day of class.


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I think the CD I'm looking forward to the most this summer is the new one from Ben Folds. We won't get to hear that one until September, so I've been digging through his old stuff again in the meantime.
Emaline is the only song from his days with Ben Folds Five that features guitar (other than bass guitar, I mean). It's from their 'Naked Baby Photos' B-sides album, and it's track four on this week's playlist (the third song, really).
I assume the theme this week is obvious, even if I hadn't spelled it out in the playlist title. Hot weather means skirt weather, and that makes me swoon.


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What is AMMPE?
Message from AMMPE's President
XXIII AMMPE London
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AMMPE worldwide
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Worldwide Association of Women Writers and Journalists
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XXIII Congress of the Worldwide Association of Women Journalists and Writers
Hello to all of you who attended the XXIII Congress of the Worldwide Association of Women Journalists and Writers in the UK. Or those who couldn't make it but have been following our progress on social media.
The Congress was a big success and we had a huge amount of positive feedback. We are starting to put some updates, videos and photos on the website, and we hope to share some of the presentations we heard. We had 350 attendees from 40 countries, and more than 100 speakers.
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There was a great deal of interest in the theme of story telling and its complexity, summed up beautifully by our keynote speaker, Turkish British author Elif Shafak.
The four days closed with an inspirational talk of a journey from journalism to politics, by Chilean former presidential candidate Beatriz Sanchez.
"Women can - they might think they can't and it is hard, buy they must get involved and act"	Beatriz Sanchez, Chilean journalist and politician
In between we heard discussion on topics such as what younger audiences need from the media, frontline reporting, how to change organisations, and perspectives from the Middlle East, Africa and Asia. We heard Helen Pankhurst, call for solidarity and feminism, and the Women's Equality Party's media lead Athena Stevens talk about the importance of political engagement.
One unifying area of concern throughout was the online harassment of women journalists and writers. Digital media brings huge opportunities, but also brings challenges. I was shocked by how prevalent the stories of abuse, threats and intimidation were, from journalists across the world. The Association will be working with international organisations to share information about how best to deal with these kinds of issues, and will provide a network of support for those who are going through it.
This was the first UK Congress is the Association's history, but also the first time the Association has offered bursaries to attend. We brought eight journalism students from outside London and the southeast to event, giving them opportunities to network and learn from others in the industry. One of our bursary winners, an international student from Bangladesh, told me that she had no idea women journalists in the 'developed' world were still dealing with the issues that she experiences – discrimination in the workplace, online abuse and sexism.
We were keen to give practical skills to delegates, as well discussion, networking and inspiration. We offered workshops on Virtual Reality, mobile journalism and investigative tools.
The presidency of AMMPE normally changes every two years, however until there is a firm proposal from a new president to take over and stage the next Congress in 2020, I'll remain president. In that time I'll be setting up a new UK chapter, the first in AMMPE's 50 year history, and trying to do what I can to make the organisation more sustainable. We'll also be really focusing on the website.
Luckily I'll be helped by a great organising committee, and lots of interest from amongst our volunteers, bursary winners and speakers.
I want to say a big thank you to all of those as well as our hosts and sponsors and all those who supported the Congress. It was a truly international event that with fantastic content and a really constructive and positive atmosphere. It was hard work, but all of us who worked on it are very proud of what we achieved.
Sarah Gibson,
AMMPE President
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