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Health and Education, Policy Updates
Protect Birth Control Access and IVF
by WREN Staff on Jan 24, 2017
Last week at our WREN Happy Hour, advocates had a chance to ask our staff members about our 2017-18 Policy Agenda and how they could stay involved in the legislative process. We are extremely optimistic about this session and our ability to pass and support crucial legislation. There was one question we couldn't avoid: Has anything been prefiled/filed this session that is dangerous to women?
Unfortunately, there have been two so-called "personhood" bills introduced this session, one in the House, and one in the Senate. A "personhood" bill, if passed, would grant full legal rights to a fertilized egg by defining "personhood" from the moment of fertilization, before pregnancy has occurred. In fact, pregnancy only begins when and if the fertilized egg attaches to a woman's uterus and begins to grow — implantation.
Defining a newly fertilized egg as a "person" means that the most widely used forms of contraception like the pill and IUDs would be banned because hormonal contraceptives work BEFORE the fertilized egg is implanted in the uterus. Furthermore, a "personhood" bill could even subject a woman who suffers a pregnancy-related complication or miscarriage to extensive criminal investigation and jail time for potential charges of reckless endangerment or homicide.
According to WREN Strategic Technical Advisor and Charleston fertility lawyer, Stephanie Brinkley, this bill would also prohibit In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
"Just when Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) has given hope to future families, 'personhood' legislation would infringe upon the constitutional rights of individuals turning to ART to build their families by medically assisted means. Such action would not only be detrimental to South Carolina families, but also to military personnel within our borders who just earned the privilege of IVF treatment under the Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015 S 469 and H.R. 3365 to fulfill their dream of parenthood.
Consequently, if embryos were granted the status of full personhood, any action or procedure that puts an embryo at risk could be a criminal offense. This could result in prohibitions against (i) freezing embryos (ii) discarding unused embryos and/or (iii) undergoing IVF.
Such prohibitions on freezing embryos or discarding unused embryos could prompt doctors to limit the number of embryos they create. This would increase the chances of needing to perform multiple egg retrievals, which are expensive, painful, and, as a surgical procedure done under anesthesia, arguably risky. Additionally, prohibitions could increase the number of multiple births and its associated health concerns if all embryos created during IVF cycles had to be transferred to the woman's womb.
From a fertility attorney's perspective, "personhood" legislation:
Interferes with one's ability to control the timing and spacing of his/her children
Interferes with a woman's ability to maintain bodily integrity during pregnancy
Interferes with one's right to determine how his/her embryos will be used or discarded
The cumulative effect is that such outcomes would deprive individuals control over their fertility and deprive women control over their bodies."
While we continue to urge WREN advocates to support our legislation, it is also crucial to consider what pieces of legislation we must stand against. We will continue to keep you updated on when and if these bills see any movement, and how you can get involved.
Thanks for standing with us!
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Marlon Brando's analysis of the ADR process
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263. The discovery of Higgs boson and a new ending to our film 24 02:26
264. Our documentary rejected at film festivals 31 01:49
265. The principal challenge of our documentary 21 02:07
266. The Superconducting Super Collider, Texas 29 03:31
267. The audience rejects the Super Collider story 25 03:35
268. What if film had been invented 100 years earlier? 21 05:11
269. The Three Fathers of Film: Ludwig van Beethoven 30 06:28
270. The Three Fathers of Film: Gustave Flaubert 34 03:51
I remember I was on [The] Godfather I. I was working with Francis [Ford Coppola]. I was the ADR supervisor for some of that film, and—in addition to other things—and we were working with Marlon Brando. And we had gotten, perhaps, halfway through the film, he... There wasn't a lot to do, but it was significant. And at... but at the halfway point, Francis suddenly stood up and said, 'Well, this is going great. I have to go somewhere else now, so you guys continue', and he was gone. And suddenly, I found myself in a dark room with Marlon Brando, doing ADR for The Godfather. And we finished the reel that we were working on. And the technicians, at the end of that, they have to take down everything and rethread everything up for the next section, and so there's a five minute break in between. We were sitting there in the dark. And then I suddenly heard this voice out of the darkness. Marlon Brando, he said, 'Some people say I mumble', and I had to think very quickly what the correct answer to this was. I was 26 years old at the time, or something. And I said, 'That's right, some people do say that you mumble.' And I wondered, 'What he's going to say now?' And he said, 'They're right, I do mumble, and I'll tell you why. Because – now they were threading the film up, he said – I don't know, when we shoot these films, I don't know whether that scene is going to be in the film or out. And if it's in the film, I don't know whether it's going to be in the position it was in the screenplay or somewhere else. I don't know that it's not going to be cut in half, and the first half will be put with the second. So, when I see this finished film, I sometimes say to myself, if I knew you were going to do that, I would've said something different, or I would've said it in a different way. So, in self-defence, when we shoot these films, I don't move my lips very much. I keep my mouth kind of closed so that, when I see the film before we finish it, I can change the dialogue and make it better. If I move my lips a lot like that, I can't... you can't... It's harder to change the dialogue, so I don't move my lips very much.'
So that was his analysis of the ADR process. And he enjoyed it. I mean, some actors hate it. They just... They have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, or even refuse to do it. But Brando, in fact, likes the... It does... If you accept it, even though it's technically challenging, if you accept it, it allows you, kind of, an escape clause, you can modify things at the last minute.
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Biogen Inc. (Cambridge MA) stock jumped Thursday after the drugmaker reported strong sales of some of its newest treatments for multiple sclerosis and hemophilia. The company's net income and sales were more robust than investors expected. Its revenue climbed 12% from a year ago.
A large portion of that growth came from its multiple sclerosis drugs Tecfidera and Plegridy and hemophilia treatment Eloctate, all of which were approved in 2013 or 2014. Tecfidera has become Biogen's best-selling drug.
Biogen stock has lost almost a third of its value over the last year, and in late June it fell to its lowest price in almost three years. Shares closed the week up 1% at $289.93. The company said its net income grew to $1.05 billion, or $4.79 per share.
Excluding one-time items Biogen said it earned $5.21 per share. The company said its revenue climbed to $2.89 billion. Analysts expected net income of $4.69 per share and $2.8 billion in revenue, according to Zacks Investment Research. Revenue from Tecfidera rose 12% to $987 million and Plegridy revenue climbed 65% to $123 million. Revenue from Eloctate rose 68% to $125 million.
Biogen also said CEO George Scangos will leave the company in the next few months, after a successor is chosen. Biogen did not disclose a reason for his departure, but in a press release, Scangos said it was the right time for the company to have new leadership. He has been its CEO since July 2010.
Biogen also raised its estimates for 2016. In May the company said it plans to spin off its hemophilia drug business into a separate publicly traded company, but it now expects to complete that move early next year.
It is now forecasting net income of $19.70 to $20 per share on $11.2 billion to $11.4 billion in revenue. Previously it projected a profit of $18.30 to $18.60 a share on $11.1 billion to $11.3 billion in revenue. Biogen reported $205 million in hemophilia drug revenue in the second quarter. Biogen stock is down about 9% in 2016 while the Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 6%.
Steve's Take: Let's see what we've got here. Biogen reports blowout second-quarter sales and earnings results that Wall Street underestimated. What else? CEO George Scangos will be leaving the company in the next few months. The company did not disclose a reason for his departure. Oh, and Biogen raised its estimates for 2016 while at the same time announcing it expects to complete plans to spin off its hemophilia drug business into a separate, publicly traded company earlier than originally contemplated. Anyone smell a sale in the offing? Apparently I'm not the only one.
Biogen saw its shares spike 31% since July on rumors that rival pharma giants Allergan and Merck are interested in buying the biotech bellwether in a deal that could be worth about $75 billion, according to Fortune. In addition, there have been preliminary and informal discussions between the parties, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. If the deal were to occur, it would create a biotech colossus, and join the recent landslide of consolidation attempts in the healthcare industry.
Fortune points out that the timing of the rumored buyout interest is not coincidental. Long-time CEO George Scangos will be leaving the company in the next few months. And Biogen has been making moves toward the development of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease, reshaping its workforce to develop treatments in that area, and already is a major player in the MS drug market.
A possible fit with Allergan and Merck, among others, makes sense. Allergan whose proposed merger with Pfizer blew up after new Treasury rules squashed attempts to achieve so called tax-inversion mergers were promulgated. Allergan then turned it sights on expanding its Alzheimer's portfolio.
Merck, meanwhile, has been restructuring its research effort to focus on areas like cancer immunotherapy, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases. If Merck where to buy Biogen, it could also expand its presence in biosimilars, or "generic" copies of expensive biologic drugs.
Seldom are signs of M&A activity on a scale this large as clear as this one. Although other suitors are out there, right now it appears that Allergan and Merck are the most likely to prevail with the brute capital power to do so. As of this week, Biogen's market capital stood at $74 billion, while Merck was it $162 billion and Allergan at $101 billion. Right now, I'd bet on a Merck-Biogen combination, although new circumstances could alter the metrics and the entire merger landscape.
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by War Blogle 09/14/2012 09/15/2012 2 453
Auburn wasn't the only one who had a terrible performance last week. After I blew up week one, last week was a disaster. I got a little ambitious and picked with my heart over picking with my head. I thought for sure Ole Miss and Kentucky would embarrass the conference further. Nope. Time to get better.
This Week: 9-3
Overall: 27-9 (75.0%)
Presbyterian at Vanderbilt – The Commodores are probably the only student-athletes in the SEC that could tell you where the Presbyterian mascot came from. They are known as the Presbyterian Blue Hose. No, that's not the same thing as promiscuous girls that were out in the cold too long. It's something a little less skanky.
Back in the Middle Ages, the clergy wore blue stockings, or hose, to set themselves apart from the rest of society. Obviously, Presbyterian is a religiously based school, so there you go. And that was your history lesson for the day.
The Commodores will get their first win and get it by a lot.
Vanderbilt 41, Presbyterian 3
Vanderbilt 58, Presbyterian 0 – SUCCESS!
Texas A&M at SMU – You're playing at SMU? AT SMU?! You're in the SEC now. You don't do that. Man up, and get the little teams to come to your house. You had a shot to beat Florida last week, and you blew it like you did most games in the Big 12. What? Do you want back over there? Don't let this happen again.
Texas A&M 31, SMU 17
Texas A&M 48, SMU 3 – SUCCESS!
Alabama at Arkansas – ULM exposed the Petrino-less Razorbacks for what they are: a mediocre program as a whole. Houston Nutt was the master of pulling wins out of nowhere, while Petrino made more with only a good quarterback surrounded by 3-stars. With John L. Smith at the helm, they're just a bunch of 3-stars with a good quarterback and that's it. With Wilson gone, they're middle of the pack at best.
Part of me thinks that if Wilson plays, and it looks like he will, the game may be slightly close for a bit. But if he does not, Alabama will win by 30 or more. I'm picking as if Wilson is playing. He'll be playing with a slight injury, so that won't help as much as it normally would. Alabama will win either way.
Alabama 31, Arkansas 20
Alabama 52, Arkansas 0 – SUCCESS!
Florida at Tennessee – Oh, how the media wants this to be a big game like the old days. Please. These are two mediocre teams that have won games over mediocre-at-best teams. I told you Tennessee would be ranked last week after beating up on Georgia State, didn't I? It's amazing what a name will do for you.
I really have no idea who's going to win this one. Part of me thinks Florida because they've already been on the road, but then again, I think Tennessee may win because of home field advantage. However, I just don't think they are close to back to where they were a decade ago, so Florida will win their 8th straight against the Vols.
Florida 23, Tennessee 14
Florida 37, Tennessee 20 – SUCCESS!
Western Kentucky at Kentucky – If Western Kentucky wins do they get to take the name Kentucky? It only makes sense. Doesn't matter because it won't happen.
Kentucky 30, Western Kentucky 10
Western Kentucky 32, Kentucky 31 (OT) – FAILURE
Arizona St. at Missouri – Arizona State has scored 108 points this year. Missouri has the offense to keep up with that, and they better. The only Pac-12 team that SEC teams lose to is USC. We don't lose to Arizona State. Do your part, Missouri. They will. Home field advantage will do it.
Missouri 45, Arizona State 38
Missouri 24, Arizona State 20 – SUCCESS!
Mississippi State at Troy – Auburn lost to a team that is playing at Troy this weekend. AT TROY. How are we supposed to explain to Texas A&M that they shouldn't be playing at SMU if you're playing at Troy? And at UAB last year? SMH…
It would be just like State to lose to Troy to make things look worse for Auburn, but they won't. Even Dan Mullen can't mess that up.
Mississippi State 34, Troy 17
Mississippi State 30, Troy 24 – SUCCESS!
Florida Atlantic at Georgia – Buffalo AND Florida Atlantic in the first three weeks? Slow down, Dawgs. Pace yourselves. Florida Atlantic is awful. They beat Wagner 7-3 in week one. Who knew Wagner had a football team? That's usually one of those teams you play early in baseball season, or one of those weird teams that somehow gets a bid in the NCAA basketball tournament.
Georgia will win big.
Georgia 63, Florida Atlantic 3
Georgia 56, Florida Atlantic 20 – SUCCESS!
Idaho at LSU – I see LSU is going the traditional Arkansas route. Play a bunch of cupcakes, or teams with a big name that aren't actually good, to pad that record before you get to the meat of the schedule. Go ahead and beat those Vandals, you Tigers. We'll be ready to welcome your new quarterback to his first road game next week. You're so dead. Ok, that's about as far as I could go before I started weeping in the corner. I am feeling something big, though.
For the third week in a row, LSU will score 41 points.
LSU 41, Idaho 0
LSU 63, Idaho 14 – SUCCESS!
Texas at Ole Miss – I have no idea why, but I think Ole Miss might win this game. Texas has fallen off the side of the college football world recently. I seriously had no idea what they had done this year until I looked it up. They're stuck over there in the Big 12, trying to get people to watch them on their station, and seem to be falling into mediocrity.
I know Ole Miss is only 2-0 because of their schedule, but there's usually a team that ends up being a surprise at the beginning of the season to fill headlines, and then will drop off to their predicted level. For some reason, I think that team is Ole Miss. The Vaught will be filled to capacity with high class drunks wearing bow ties due to a unique visit from a traditional Big 12 powerhouse, and I think that might be all the Rebs need to knock the Longhorns off.
Ole Miss 24, Texas 20
Texas 66, Ole Miss 31 – FAILURE
Notre Dame at Michigan State – You'll never guess, but Notre Dame is ranked. Yeah, with wins over Navy and Purdue. Totally makes sense, right? The Spartans will beat the Irish like a drum in the battle of mascots named after people from other countries/city-states.
Michigan State 31, Notre Dame 10
Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3 – FAILURE
**Upset Alert**
USC at Stanford – Sure, Stanford struggled against San Jose State in week one, but they blew out Duke last week. They held the Blue Devils to only 2-of-10 three pointers. It was a great defensive performance. But seriously, USC is good, but they are really just the sexy anti-SEC pick. They aren't THAT good. They struggled against Syracuse last week. You know these upset alerts are all in fun, but it could happen. Maybe.
Stanford 28, USC 27
Stanford 21, USC 14 – SUCCESS!
Twitter Prediction
UL-Monroe at Auburn – The Twitter folk were a more negative this week than I've ever seen them. There were no real jokes. There were a few more losses than normal. There were some very close wins. However, the general consensus was around a 14-point Auburn win. I'll be honest with you, I'm going to need at least a 17-point win to have it not feel somewhat like a loss.
Auburn 31, UL-Monroe 17
Auburn 31, UL-Monroe 28 (OT) – SUCCESS!
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Drunken predictions: USC falls to Stanford & Oregon. Rocky Top stuns UF. Bammer destroys R-Kansas.
Big Picture: 3-way tie for West: Mad Hatter's, Bammer, Fightin' Megan's. SECCG: MSU v Mizzou.


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The Museum officially opened on May 25, 1956 and quickly filled with artifacts and heirlooms portraying the rich history of Delta County and its people. Over the past fifty-plus years, the Delta County Historical Society has collected a wide array of objects of historical significance, all from the generous donations of the citizens of our county.
Through renovations and additions, the Delta County Historical Museum has changed quite a bit over the years, but one thing has remained constant: the museum will continue to do its best to preserve the history of Delta County for future generations. Exhibits at the Delta County Historical Museum portray many areas of our history, including: logging, shipping, the railroad industry, military, history, Native American culture, surveying, sports, history, fishing, local business history, and much more!


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Il millerosteo (Millerosteus minor) è un pesce placoderma estinto, appartenente agli artrodiri. Visse nel Devoniano medio (circa 390 - 385 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Europa.

Descrizione
Questo piccolo pesce non raggiungeva i 20 centimetri di lunghezza, e solitamente l'armatura che ricopriva la testa e la metà anteriore del corpo era lunga circa 6 centimetri. Le dimensioni medie degli esemplari di Millerosteus erano di circa 10 - 15 centimetri come lunghezza complessiva. Millerosteus è uno dei più piccoli placodermi noti. Lo scudo cefalico era piuttosto alto, e gli occhi erano relativamente grandi. Lo scudo dorsale mediano era lungo e sottile, con una spina nella parte posteriore. Le spine laterali erano anch'esse allungate e sottili.

Uno studio riguardante la colonna vertebrale di Millerosteus ha messo in luce alcune caratteristiche degli archi emali e neurali, particolarmente robusti: lo studio istologico ha determinato che questi archi iperostotici avevano una condizione simile alla pachiostosi riscontrabile nei vertebrati più derivati (osteitti), dotati di osso endocondrale, nonostante i placodermi fossero dotati solo di osso pericondrale nelle loro colonne vertebrali (van Mesdag et al., 2018).

Classificazione
Millerosteus è un rappresentante degli artrodiri, il più grande gruppo di placodermi. In particolare, Millerosteus era un membro dei coccosteidi, artrodiri predatori di dimensioni medio - piccole. Millerosteus minor è noto per numerosi fossili provenienti dalle Arenarie Rosse Antiche della Scozia, ed è stato descritto inizialmente da Hugh Miller con il nome di Coccosteus minor. Fu poi Stensio a istituire il genere Millerosteus per questa specie, riconoscendo le differenze con Coccosteus, di dimensioni maggiori. Lo stesso Stensio nel 1963 istituì la famiglia Millerosteidae per questo animale, ma in seguito altri studi indicarono che Millerosteus era a tutti gli effetti un coccosteide. Altri fossili di Millerosteus provengono dall'Estonia.

Paleoecologia
Millerosteus era un piccolo predatore che viveva nei pressi del fondale, dalle limitate capacità di nuoto libero.

Bibliografia
Desmond A. J. 1974. On the coccosteid arthrodire Millerosteus minor, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 54, Issue 4, Pages 277–298.
Mark-Kurik, E. & Põldvere, Anne 2012. Devonian stratigraphy in Estonia: current state and problems. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 61, 1, 33-47. DOI:10.3176/earth.2012.1.03
Savanna van Mesdag, Zerina Johanson and Jan L. den Blaauwen. 2018. Hyperostosis in bone in the vertebral column of the Devonian placoderm fishes Millerostus minor (Miller, 1858) and Eastmanosteus calliaspis (Dennis-Bryan, 1987). The Palaeontological Association 62nd Annual Meeting.

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I cant put in my php or html code here because then it wont let me post my message here. But the problem has to something with the double qoutes like ". There are all over my html code. When i modify my html code and delete all the " double quotes the mail will be send, but of course with pretty much no content. So, the double quotes are needed in my html code. How do i modify my php so it wont give me an error as soon as it sees an double quote?
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A closer look at Meituan-Dianping
As we previously discussed, Tencent-backed Meituan-Dianping, a Beijing-based technology startup unlike any other and China's answer to Groupon, Uber Eats, and Yelp all rolled into one platform, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO. Full details of the listing are still yet to be released, but it is rumoured that Meituan have started taking orders for their Hong Kong IPO at HK$60 to HK$70 apiece for 480.27 million new Class B shares, valuing the company at US$50 to US$55 billion. Meituan plans to price September 13 (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and will start trading on September 20 AEST.
Meituan is China's leader in O2O (offline-to-online) services, creating a one-stop super app for a range of services, from haircuts, manicures and massages, to movie tickets, food delivery and hotel bookings.
Meituan has delivered impressive revenue growth at 744% from 2015 through to 2017, but despite growing revenue at a startling pace the company is still unprofitable. In 2017, revenue increased to 33.9bn yuan ($5.2bn), up 161% from a year earlier. Last year the company still posted a loss of 18.99bn yuan per the prospectus, although after adjusting for changes in the value of convertible redeemable preference shares, share-based compensation expenses and other items adjusted net loss was recorded as 2.85bn yuan; this is approximately half the net loss recorded in 2016. Operating loss is trending down and if the top line growth accelerates on the same trend along with the rapid acquisition of new users, then the potential to turn a profit is there.
Source: IPO prospectus, Saxo Bank
Given the lack of profits valuing Meituan on traditional metrics is hard, estimating that revenue could grow to $70bn this year, continuing the growth in revenues seen through to April this year. Meituan is targeting a valuation of $50-55bn, so the company is valuing itself at 5.1x FY'18 revenues. To put this in perspective Alibaba, comparable in terms of the online marketplace with a food delivery component (Ele.me), trades on an EV/FY18 Sales ratio of 10.05.
CTrip.Com, China's most popular online travel agency and Meituan's biggest competitor in the travel services industry, trades on a EV/FY18 Sales ratio of 4.9. It must be noted that both these businesses are profitable while also growing rapidly; Alibaba grew revenues 61% in the last year while remaining profitable.
In April 2018 Meituan had 290m monthly active users (MAU) and last generated over 5.8bn transactions with over RMB 357bn in gross transaction volume. Comparing with Alibaba, which has 576m MAU spending more than RMB 5 trillion this year, the valuation discount seems warranted.
The problem for Meituan comes from its food delivery segment, which accounts for two-thirds of revenue. This segment of the business is cash-burn heavy and operates on thin margins of just 9%. According to the company's prospectus, the daily average food delivery for the four months ending April 2018 was 14.1m. During this time period, the revenue generated from the food delivery segment of the business was RMB 9.7bn but the cost of revenue was RMB 8.7bn. This works out as an average cost/food delivery of RMB 5, with revenue/delivery of RMB 6.
The food delivery segment of the business is labour-intensive and highly competitive so raising prices or charging more for delivery isn't an option without losing customers.
Meituan faces intense competition within the food delivery industry from Alibaba backed Ele.me, with other competitors like Baidu having been squeezed out due to price wars. Earlier this year, Ele.me announced plans to spend RMB 3bn in order to battle with Meituan for majority share of the Chinese $1.3tn food retail and service industry, according to data from iResearch. This competition for market share has proven to be costly and will continue to dent margins as the spend required to market and attract new users will remain high.
Additionally, the cost of retaining users is high, in 2017 Meituan spent RMB4.2bn on promotions and subsidies.
Meituan's travel and hotel segment of the business is far more profitable, operating on gross margins of 88%. This segment of the business is similar to Groupon and allows users to purchase vouchers for services like massages and manicures, as well as booking hotels and other travel-related services.
Meituan wants to become a one-stop shop for Chinese consumers' every need, so the intention is for users ordering food delivery to be converted across to the higher-margin segments of the business. According to the prospectus, 80% of users who booked travel services were converted through the app from the food delivery segment. This is compelling in order to offset the thin margins generated within the food delivery business. The rising demand for travel and tourism in China will benefit Meituan in the long term, especially as this segment of the business operates on higher margins.
The number of Chinese nationals traveling overseas is estimated to reach 230m over the next five years, rising from 130m in 2017. This coupled with growing demand for online services will generate long term tailwinds for Meituan's hotel and travel booking services.
Other metrics, however, paint a less compelling picture; in the last year, the transaction value per user only rose 26%, indicating that once users are active they do not actually increase their spend by very much. This is combined with the fact that average transactions per user is only 18.8 times per year, meaning frequency of use is on average once every 2.7 weeks.
Whilst there is significant upside potential for Meituan, the industry is highly competitive and expansion will not come without challenges. Given the fast-growing online consumer service industry in China. the growth potential certainly exists in order to drive profitability, but it is likely this will come with significant marketing costs also in order to grow the user base.
The IPO will provide funds for Meituan to compete within the growing Chinese e-commerce industry, allowing the firm to grow user numbers at the same rapid pace and sustain growth, which is a necessity for Meituan to drive eventual long-term profitability through economics of scale as revenue growth will then surpass operating costs.
Investors in Meituan will need to focus on the extreme top line growth and wait for the company to deliver on profits.
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Artists and writers around the world released poems, drawings and other work on social media on Thursday, to draw attention to Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet who was sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes for alleged apostasy in Saudi Arabia.
Using the hashtag #FreeAshraf, artists including the Egyptian graphic novelist Ganzeer, the visual artist Joy Garnett and poet Rachel Rose shared their tributes to Fayadh on Twitter and Instagram.
Fayadh, a prominent artist and curator in Saudi Arabia, was first arrested in 2013 from a cafe in the southern city of Abha, where he resides.
He was released the next day but then rearrested in January 2014 and presented with list of blasphemy-related charges, including distributing a book of his poems that was alleged to promote atheism.
Fayadh is a second generation Palestinian refugee, a central theme in his poetry.
Fayadh, 35, was first sentenced to death in November 2015. But following global outcry, a panel of judges commuted his sentence in February.
Fayadh has maintained that his arrest is the result of a personal dispute with Shaheen bin Ali Abu Mismar, the man who first accused him of apostasy.
Marcia Lynx Qualey, editor of the website arablit.org, and Mona Kareem, a poet, journalist and translator, organized the "Day of Creativity" to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
"Of course the best possible outcome would be that continued attention, as well as efforts from his lawyers and support within Saudi Arabia, means that he gets a royal pardon and is deported from Saudi Arabia," Qualey said.
Fayadh's lawyer is waiting to appeal his case and ask for bail. According to Kareem, the original hearing for the appeal was cancelled.
Ganzeer also placed blame on the United Nations Human Rights Council, of which Saudi Arabia is a member.
Qualey and Kareem have also shared Fayadh's poems that have been translated from Arabic to English and other authors' poems that were inspired by Fayadh.
Kareem is currently translating a book of Fayadh's poetry into English.
Can we send a postcard to him to help him to sustain this agony?
Is the Electronic Intifada able to submit the adress of the prison Fayadh is in ?
We demand Ashraf's release, and the freedom of all whose crime is to search out the truth in their daily lives.
The growing affinity between Israel and Saudi Arabia illustrates a single attitude towards art- that which cannot serve the state's interest must be crushed. To do that, you must destroy the source, the artist. Israeli Ministers Avigdor Lieberman and Miri Regev have not contented themselves with spitting in the face of living poets such as Dareen Tatour. They have attacked the dead, in the person of the great Mahmoud Darwish. Tyrants perform these acts at their peril. In raising the hallowed dead once more to the eyes of the world, they expose the ghostly remains of their own rotten regimes.
I believe that the United States government and its administration, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary John Kerry, hold at least indirect responsibility for Ashraf's ongoing imprisonment. I do not know if there is or has been US State Department diplomatic pressure for his release. International indignation about the love affair between the US and the Saudi regime must nevertheless translate to action. Activists must take very seriously our internationalist responsibility to Ashraf and all struggling for justice in his country. If Clinton is elected, US relations with the Saudi regime must be on our agenda.


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5 Key Players in Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Transport & Logistics 2013
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It is an exciting time for the Asia Pacific pharmaceutical transport and logistics market, which has experienced rapid growth despite economic problems in two of its largest trade regions - the EU and the US - and is seeing more opportunities open up in emerging areas such as Africa.
The ongoing development of the industry will be driven by a number of key companies. In this article Cold Chain IQ takes a closer look at 5 key Asian logistics providers:
Kerry Logistics
This Hong Kong-based company has over 600 offices and business centres across six continents and logistics facilities spanning more than three million sq m.
It started 2013 by expanding its network in Vietnam, securing a majority stake in express company Tin Thanh Express.
Kintetsu World Express
Kintetsu World Express traces its history back to the late 1940s and now has a global network encompassing Japan, China, the US, Brazil and many other countries.
The group's recent expansions have included an airport office in Delhi and a warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City.
Nippon Express
As well as strengthening its presence in Asia with new branches in Changsha, Tianjin and Shanghai this year, Nippon Express has expanded in other regions with openings such as the Guanajuato logistics centre in central Mexico.
The company has direct operations in 33 nations and annual revenues of over US$14 billion (£9.1 billion).
Sinotrans
Sinotrans is one of China's largest logistics providers, with revenues totalling RMB 23.16 billion (£2.4 billion) in the first half of 2012.
It offers a range of integrated logistics services, including freight forwarding, sea, air and road transportation, and storage and terminal operations.
Toll originated as a horse and cart haulage operation in 1888 and now employs over 45,000 people across some 1,200 sites in more than 50 countries.
The company's road transport provider Toll NQX has just invested AU$8.8 million (£6 million) in its fleet.
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In honour of 95th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Modi launches Atal Bhujal Scheme for better management of groundwater
He also named Rohtang pass in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Urging farmers to switch over to crops that use less water, he exhorted people not to waste the precious natural resource in daily household needs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Atal Bhujal Scheme for better management of groundwater, stressing on the need to use technology which helps prevent wastage of water in various spheres, including agriculture.
He also named Rohtang pass in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Urging farmers to switch over to crops that use less water, he exhorted people not to waste the precious natural resource in daily household needs.
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He urged start-ups to come up with technology to ensure minimal use of water for various needs. Modi said only three crore out of 18 crore rural households today have clean, piped water.
The plan, he said, is to provide the remaining 15 crore rural households with piped water in the next five years.
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It's December. It's the last month of my first year of being a mom. To give you a quick recap: I weighed 271 lbs. at my 40 week prenatal appointment. I gave birth to Piper in January. I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight of 233 lbs. fairly quick, and then slowly started to gain 15 pounds of that weight back throughout the year. My highest post-pregnancy weight was 248 lbs. I am at 246 lbs. right now.
The truth is, there was no way I could put my whole heart into my weight-loss journey this year because I was too busy pouring my heart into my baby girl. I only halfheartedly tried to lose weight this first year. Even that statement might be a stretch.
This year's transition to being a stay-at-home mom, to starting up my own stay-at-home business, and now living out the every day of my new life - has been filled with new learning experiences.
My best, most useful lesson this year has been on grace. When I fall short on things, grace is there to make it better. Here is a great little post on "Grace, Not Perfection". It really helped bring things into perspective for me this year.
So, this last month of my first year of being a first time mom, I only have one goal for myself. Drink more water.
December is filled with holiday parties (one of which is happening this Saturday!), so I'm not really making a goal to lose weight. Not with all that's going on this month. However, if I drink more water each day, I think it will help make me feel better overall.
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Cardiff City lose 'League's best left-back' Collins
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Jamilu Collins competes for the ball. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Jamilu Collins was an early injury casualty in Wednesday's English Championship game on the road at West Brom.
Collins was subbed off as early in the 9th minute for after the LB landed awkwardly following a tussle with Jed Wallace on the edge of the area.
He was helped off the pitch by the Cardiff City medical staff and though there is no official word from the club yet, the 28 year-old could spend a few weeks on the sidelines.
As the game wore on despite their early struggles, Cardiff managed to steer the boat to calm waters and at the end earn themselves a point.
Speaking about the injury to Collins in hi s post-match remark, the Bluebirds' head Coach Steve Morison said, "We don't know at the minute, in all honesty, he will be assessed in the coming days."
"With all the will in the world, let's hope it is just that he's in really bad pain at the minute and it's not what we suspect it might be."
The Englishman also paid tribute to the Nigerian, saying he asked the team to fight for a point against the Baggies in the honor of Collins.
"I said to the lads at half-time, 'If you're going to put your bodies on the line for anyone, go and do it for him", because he has been the best left-back in the league so far."
About the game Morison said, "It's a great point."
"It's a really tough place to come. We had to deal with the pressure in the first 20 minutes, and then, off the back of that, it was a pretty even game.
"This league is about not losing games of football, and being consistent with your performances. Neither goalkeeper was really tested – I think Ryan had to make a save right at the death.
"It was a pretty even game, and I think a draw was a fair result. If you come away to West Brom and get a point, you'd be pleased."
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Career and Beatle-Killing Case File #161: I Know Who Killed Me and Chapter 27
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Lindsay Lohan's career as a leading lady seems stuck in that curious cinematic moment when theaters were flooded with movies about dudes switching places, a wave that brought us the timeless Big and the instantly dated Vice Versa, Like Father Like Son, and 18 Again. The rest of the world moved on, but Lohan became mired in a weird time warp where identity-switching movies never went out of fashion. At first, Lohan was content simply remaking movies about identity swaps, appearing in The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday. But that wasn't enough for our Lindsay. No, she needed brand new identity-swapping movies, so she swapped luck with Chris Pine in Just My Luck and traded places with her long-lost identical twin (tardy spoiler alert!) in 2007's little-loved I Know Who Killed Me.
I Know Who Killed Me riffs on Lohan's schizophrenic persona by casting her as both a goody-goody Yale-bound scholar who resists the grubby advances of her boyfriend Johnny Football Hero, and as a stripper/occasional prostitute whose mother died of a crack overdose, leaving her to fend for herself. The split epitomizes Lohan's devolution from Disney Princess to out-of-control party girl.
It also reflects her waning fortunes. In just a few short years of bad behavior and worse choices, Lohan went from the A-list to the D-list. Everything about I Know Who Killed Me reeks of the grindhouse: the title, the sordid strip-club milieu, graphic scenes of beautiful young women being pursued and tortured, the ominous score, and a hilariously convoluted final twist. It'd be tempting to argue that anything would qualify as a step up after I Know Who Killed Me, but Labor Pains disproves that theory.
When I rented I Know Who Killed Me at a small independent video store that is so not Blockbuster, the goateed clerk behind the counter perked up and guilelessly enthused, "This is actually really good. It's essentially an American version of giallo, like something Dario Argento would have done." I smiled, nodded, and thought, "Sure it is. I would love to hear your cinephile defense of Saw IV as a contemporary version of a Val Lewton thriller."
"She knew a trick. She knew how to turn her life into a movie and make things happen, not to her, but to a girl who looked just like her," Lohan's opening dialogue announces in a voice that combines girlish enthusiasm with cigarette-stained worldliness. In a characteristically clumsy bit of foreshadowing, she's reading a story aloud to her high-school class, a story that bears a more-than-passing resemblance to the narrative that's about to unfold. We know that this incarnation of Lohan is bookish and serious by her glasses and practical ponytail. This is the same sly visual shorthand that allowed Uwe Boll to convincingly cast Tara Reid as a brainiac in Alone In The Dark.
Lohan 1.0 rebuffs the advances of her hot-blooded boyfriend, goes to a football game, hangs out with her pals, and threatens to quit piano lessons so she can concentrate on school. That last part might seem irrelevant unless we're versed in Roger Ebert's "Law Of Economy Of Characters," which states:
Movie budgets make it impossible for any film to contain unnecessary characters. Therefore, all characters in a movie are necessary to the story, even those who do not seem to be. Sophisticated viewers can use this Law to deduce the identity of a person being kept secret by the movie's plot: This "mystery" person is always the only character in the movie who seems otherwise extraneous. Cf. the friendly neighbor in The Woman In White.
So while it doesn't seem terribly important at the time, Lohan's desire to quit taking piano lessons ends up proving central to the plot. I Know Who Killed Me goes overboard with color-coded symbolism. As commenters noted in the last MYOF entry, Killed Me could very well be the bluest movie in existence. Scene after scene is shot through a blue filter and filled with blue costumes, blue backdrops, and ubiquitous blue roses. The clip below provides a concentrated dose of the film's obsession with blue (and its bleary stylistic excess):
After the football game, a crazed madman abducts Lohan and graphically tortures her while wearing blue gloves and extracting torture devices from a blue cooler. We then flash forward to a character I will call Lohan 2.0 waking up in a hospital room alive but lacking a few limbs, as she discovers in a scene that pushes Lohan's skills as a dramatic actor well beyond their breaking point, and helps her triumph over Home Of The Brave's Jessica Biel in the feverish competition for "worst performance by an overmatched sexpot as a depressed amputee." As Ryan O'Neal might say, "Oh God! Oh man! Oh God! Oh man!" Lohan can at least take comfort in the knowledge that it only takes one good hand to push people away.
When her "parents" visit her, Lohan 2.0 is full of questions. Who are they? Who do they think she is? And why is everything so goddamned blue? Lohan 2.0 denies being the Yale-bound goody-goody everyone thinks she is, and she hips a bewildered psychiatrist to the real facts of her existence as the bitter, jaded daughter of a dead basehead:
When you're raised by a crack addict who thinks that the less people know about you, the better, it kind of sticks… I could always count on seeing the palm of [my mother's] hand on payday. When she didn't come around, I figured she was dead. Wasn't too hard to see that one coming. She was stupid, pathetic, and a junkie.
But Lohan is a sharp cookie. When the psychiatrist requests her social-security number, she gets suspicious. "You're fuzz, aren't you?" If I might indulge in a pointless personal aside, my first knowledge of hippie culture came from watching a documentary about the '60s that featured a furry freak slurring something to the effect of "Aw man, it's chill. I was just over there rapping with the fuzz." So now I cannot hear that word without immediately thinking of that hippie and his rap session.
Lohan 2.0 turns out to be what is politely known as an "exotic dancer" in a tacky little club where she grinds robotically and indifferently while bathed in red light. Whoa, red light? That so has to mean something. In keeping with time-honored Hollywood tradition, Lohan's much-ballyhooed striptease is unconvincing, dispirited, devoid of nudity, and perversely unsexy. When name actresses play strippers, topless bars have a curious way of turning into keeping-bra-and-panties-on establishments. I expected so much more from Lohan's anonymous body double. [NSFW]
Here, Lohan 2.0 acquires a fancy new robot hand:
When Johnny Football Hero comes a-courting, he discovers an advantage to Lohan 2.0's new attitude: Where the old Lohan played hard-to-get, her new incarnation has him in bed in less than an hour. Much of Kill Me is dour and portentous, but there's a lively dark humor to the scene where she has wildly acrobatic sex with Johnny Football Hero, and mother Julia Ormond (whose presence serves as a haunting reminder that yesterday's star of the future often ends up today's has-been) tries to drown out the ecstatic grunting and moaning by scrubbing her kitchen counter in a Joan Crawford-like frenzy.
What the fuck is going on? Theories abound. Some posit that Lohan 2.0 is merely suffering from amnesia, or suddenly afflicted with multiple-personality disorder. But could it be something more sinister? Thankfully, professional conspiracy theorist Art Bell is on hand to explain it all:
Occam's Razor posits that when there are multiple explanations for a phenomenon, the simplest one is correct. Accordingly, Killed Me coughs up the simplest possible explanation for Lohan 1.0 and Lohan 2.0: Ormond's baby died during delivery, so her distraught husband purchased half of a pair of identical twins from a crackhead down the hall, then kept it a secret from Lohan and Ormond alike. Well duh!
But that still leaves a few questions unresolved. Who is the mystery killer, and where is Lohan 2.0's other half? The answer, not surprisingly, is the piano teacher. In another time-honored crappy-film tradition, once he's uncovered as a lunatic who tortures and dissects students who want to quit taking piano lessons, the teacher gets a crazed gleam in his eyes and slips into a breathy, slow, borderline-possessed "I am clearly insane" vocal pattern.
Killed Me's crimes are legion. The plot cycles through an entire season's worth of soap-opera twists, the score is as oppressive as the production design, and the whole enterprise is so unrelentingly sleazy and wrong that I felt like I needed to take a long, scalding-hot shower after leaving the theater. But no one can accuse director Chris Sivertson of not trying. On the contrary, he tries way too hard, filling every frame with hokey symbolism, slow-motion moments, and countless other histrionic touches. Sivertson might very well have set out to direct a gothic, Grand Guignol giallo-style atmospheric thriller. Instead, it comes like V.C. Andrews with a terrible hangover.
On a similar note, no one could accuse Jared Leto of not trying hard enough in 2007's Chapter 27. The film was supposed to mark Leto's emergence as a heavyweight actor in the truest sense, since he gained upward of 60 pounds by subsisting on a diet of melted ice cream, soy sauce, and olive oil to play John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman. That dedication would be admirable if Leto had made a contemporary Raging Bull, but Leto gaining that much weight to deliver an astonishingly awful performance in a terrible film that died at the box office and got scathing reviews is like me sawing off three of my limbs with a rusty chainsaw so I could play Max Cleland in a YouTube video: not quite worth the effort.
The killer in I Know Who Killed Me only slips into the slow, breathy, "I am so nuts and violent" voice when he's unmasked as the killer. But Leto uses that voice throughout the film. He's so unrelentingly creepy and off-putting, it's a marvel that anyone is able to tolerate his company for more than a minute or so, yet in this clip, Lohan asks him out. Apparently morbidly obese, ragingly effeminate lunatics with no social skills are her type.
Leto's second-hand ideas about actors being phonies and fakes feels just a little ironic, considering how egregiously Leto overacts. He twitches and mumbles to himself, reciting purple prose via the narration, and delivering all his lines in a grotesque caricature of a Southern belle. Apparently Mark David Chapman was half Holden Caulfield, half Blanche DuBois. How awful is Leto here? In this clip, he proves it's possible to overact even while standing still and doing nothing. Leto stops just short of drooling constantly and wearing a straitjacket to convey the depths of his character's insanity.
Chapter 27 creeps along at a funereal pace that makes it seem twice as long as its 81-minute running time, as Leto crawls towards his date with destiny. It's like spending almost an hour and a half locked in an elevator with the single most excruciatingly awkward person you've ever met. When all else fails, the director cuts to images of fields of rye waving peacefully in the breeze, accompanied by heavy-handed narration.
Chapter 27 is essentially a one-man show. The other characters are on hand solely to react to Leto's mounting craziness. The film inhabits his warped world; everyone else is a mere bystander, including Lohan, who begins to get seriously creeped out by Leto's deluded loner.
After that, it's just a waiting game. I wound up actively rooting for Leto to kill a dude who vaguely resembles John Lennon just so the film could be put out of its misery. Chapter 27 opens overwrought and keeps ratcheting up the lunacy until it's whipped itself into total hysteria.
Lohan makes it through this wreckage unscathed, mainly because Leto's performance is such a clattering, tone-deaf, misbegotten train-wreck that it swallows up the film. When someone mentions that Rosemary's Baby was filmed at the Dakota, Lennon's final residence, Lohan says she didn't like the film, explaining, "It's very slow-moving. Nothing happens until the end." That comment applies doubly to Chapter 27, in spite of its penchant for shameless melodrama. Chapter 27 was supposed to score Leto an Academy Award nomination, but something went terribly awry en route to Oscar glory. At least Lohan can take comfort in the knowledge that, for once, she isn't to blame.
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Things You Might Not Know About Maci Bookout And Taylor McKinney's Relationship
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Maci Bookout has been a familiar face on MTV for nearly a decade. The 25-year-old reality star first appeared on MTV as a pregnant teen on 16 and Pregnant. Since then she's been starring on the Teen Mom spin off series, now known as Teen Mom OG. Through the seasons we've seen Maci's life take many twists and turns, especially when it comes to her relationships. While on the show we've seen her go from being engaged to Bentley's father, Ryan, to dating Kyle King and now she's on the brink of marrying her long-term boyfriend, Taylor McKinney! Taylor has been appearing alongside Maci on Teen Mom for past couple years and since then we've seen them welcome two children, 16-month old Jayde and 4-month old Mavrick, into their growing family. As they gear up to walk down the aisle together, we've compiled a list of 10 things you probably didn't know about Maci and Taylor's relationship!
10. How They Met
Not long after her relationship with Kyle ended, Maci traveled down to Texas with her best friend Raj to visit another friend named Cassandra. When they got there Maci and Raj met Cassandra's best friend, Taylor. In her memoir, Bulletproof, Maci informs readers that she had actually met Taylor before when the same four of them were in New Orleans for a Supercross race, but it wasn't until the second time around that Maci really got to know Taylor a lot better. "The first thing that stood out to me about him was that he had no idea who I was. After he'd been around me for a second and saw people taking pictures of me, he figured out I was on TV. But he never so much as brought it up. He just treated me like I was Maci, some girl he'd met with his friends. It was a breath of fresh air to be around someone new, who didn't give a sh-t about the TV show I was on," she wrote. She was also super impressed at how he managed to find friends every place they went that weekend and was immediately drawn to his charisma. At some point over the weekend Maci managed to get Taylor's number and so when she got home, she started texting him. Once he texted back, the conversation never stopped!
Texas Frans! @tmon3yy
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Sep 30, 2012 at 9:01pm PDT
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9. Taking It Slow
Maci leads readers through the various stages of her relationship with Taylor. Maci and Taylor had been texting for about two months when he and her friend Cassandra made plans to visit her in Chattanooga. They had another great weekend together, and the night before they left, Maci and her roommates hosted a Halloween party. When the party ended, she was laying down on a bed with Taylor and she mentions how he never tried to kiss her or "creep close" even though they'd been drinking all night, were alone and had clearly begun a flirtatious relationship. She planned another trip to visit him in November and at this point it was clear they were interested in one another. She spent every night in his room that weekend, but once again nothing happened, not even a kiss. She started to get worried about things not moving forward so she confronted him about why he hadn't tried to kiss her and he responded with, "I just respect you and what you wanna do, so I'm not gonna push you to do anything." Afterwards, they decided to take things slow. Maci and Taylor had a long distance relationship for over a year before they finally reached an ultimatum — they had to either break up or move closer to one another, so Taylor decided to uproot his life and move all the way to Chattanooga.
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Feb 21, 2013 at 9:38pm PST
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8. Becoming a Father Figure
Before Taylor moved in with Maci and Bentley, they spent a lot of time talking about how he would make the transition from Bentley's friend to a parental figure. They knew it would be an adjustment for them all, especially Bentley. Taylor was going from being a single guy with no responsibilities to moving away from all his friends and family to raise a 5-year-old and live with a significant other. Luckily, Taylor took to his new life well and him and Bentley were great together. She does describe a few times when Taylor had to deal with Bentley resisting his authority and pulling the "you're not my dad" card. Surprisingly, Taylor knew just how to handle it and he decided to have a serious conversation with Bentley. He told him, "I'm not your dad, and I'm not trying to replace your dad. But when you say things like that, it hurts my feelings. I am here for you, and even though you might not like what I'm saying, you still have to respect me as an adult and as someone who takes care of you." He also told Bentley he could always talk to him about it. "You won't be wrong if you can talk about it without being disrespectful." Maci said they never had any problems again after that, and Taylor even went on to coach Bentley's Little League team!
Couldn't ask for a better Father's Day than spending it at the ball field with the fam. Bentley and the Owlz did their thing again. #BackToBack #DistrictChamps
A photo posted by ™ (@tmon3yyy) on Jun 19, 2016 at 7:55pm PDT
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7. Getting Serious
It's a given that Maci and Taylor knew they were serious about one another prior to him moving in, but things escalated when Maci found out she had polycystic ovary syndrome which led to her having to get Depo Provera birth control injections to treat her ovarian cysts. After a bit of research, she realized PCOS is one of the leading causes of infertility. Her and Taylor were forced to discuss whether or not they wanted children and if they were okay with potentially adopting in the future. Being the guy that he is, Taylor assured Maci it wasn't a deal breaker for him if she couldn't have children. Not long after, she saw a fertility specialist to see if she should be trying to have another child sooner rather than later now that she knew her and Taylor wanted to have their own children together. The doctor told her she wasn't producing eggs so her and Taylor decided she might as well go off birth control. "We knew we wanted to get married. We knew we were in it for the long haul. And we knew as well as anyone that conceiving usually gets harder with age, not easier…It wasn't like Taylor and I were desperate for a baby right at that moment. And if the outlook didn't improve and we got to feeling like we couldn't wait, we'd already decided we would be one hundred percent happy adopting a child," she wrote.
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Sep 19, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT
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6. Jayde Carter McKinney
Maci hadn't been off birth control that long before she found herself pregnant with her second child, a daughter. She describes the night she found out she was pregnant in her memoir. "One night we were hanging out, watching the Cowboys and drinking beer when I started to have these weird symptoms. My legs were getting tingly and itchy for no apparent reason, and my breasts felt tender. The tenderness in particular caught my attention. I mentioned it to Taylor and said, 'Maybe I should take a pregnancy test, just in case.'" After the game, they went out and bought a test and sure enough it was positive! They were both shocked, but completely over the moon about it considering she was previously told her body was a "No Pregnancy Zone." They bought a bigger home, moved in a few months before their due date. In June 2015 they welcomed their baby girl, Jayde Carter McKinney.
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on May 18, 2015 at 4:18pm PDT
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5. Their Engagement
After just about three years together, Maci and Taylor finally got engaged! Taylor popped the question last January while they were in Los Angeles filming the reunion for Teen Mom. He collaborated with producers behind Maci's back to get her down to Venice beach and have photographers there to catch the moment. Producers told Maci she had to go to the beach to do an interview with MTV.com which was merely a trick just to get her down to the beach so Taylor could get down on one knee and ask her to marry him! Her response was, "Finally!" and of course, she said 'Yes.' A few days later she took to Instagram to share the happy news with a photo of her kissing Taylor, showing off the new ring and a caption that read: "Well y'all, my best friend asked me to marry him! I'm one lucky lady, I love you T!" The proposal was shown on the 6th season of Teen Mom OG. When asked about how the proposal went down, McKinney said it was actually a very last minute decision! "The proposal just came together last minute. But I had been working on the ring with Tara at Ring Finger Studios for a couple months. I told myself I didn't care what anybody else had to say, I was gonna do it when I felt the time was right. And when it hit me I just went with it," he said. He also pointed out that it was important for him to get permission from Bentley before he asked Maci.
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:12pm PST
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4. The Naysayers
When Taylor finally popped the question after many months and even a year of nagging from Maci, a lot of fans suspected that he only popped the question to stop her from questioning him all the time. During a Q&A on the official Teen Mom Facebook page, McKinney finally spoke out about his delayed proposal and put a stop to all the naysayers. First someone asked why he waited so long and why he thought it was "OK to have a baby with someone and not marry them." To that he responded, "Well that wasn't planned but why should I rush a proposal just because we had a baby. I wanted it to still be special to her. It might not be considered the 'right way' but it's the way we ended up and we're all good. Loving every minute of it," he said. Another follower wrote, "Why did you let Maci pressure you into proposing? I felt it was childish for her to say you guys should just end things if you weren't going to do it." McKinney responded once again, but this time in defense of his fiancee. "You get to see a small portion of it. Don't get it twisted. And that comment was about that conversation at the moment, not ending our relationship."
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3. Surprise Pregnancy
Maci and Taylor's latest pregnancy was not only a huge shock to fans, but it was a huge shock to them as well! Maci admits she didn't realize she was pregnant until she was 21 weeks. The reality couple learned they were expecting their second child together (and Maci's third) only two days after Taylor got down on one knee. They got engaged in January and Maci's due date was in May! The way she found out was quite ironic. Maci went to the doctor to ask about having her birth control prescription refilled so she could avoid another pregnancy, to which her doctor responded that she couldn't because she was already pregnant! "Everyone is shocked. I mean, even we were completely speechless, and every time I shared the news with someone, I said, 'OK, are you sitting down?' And then I said, 'Feel free to say 'holy sh***' or congratulations because both are fine.' Because that's pretty much how I've been the whole time!," she said during an interview with Us Weekly. It seems odd that Maci wouldn't realize she was pregnant until she was already 3 months along, but she claims she thought it was simply excess baby weight. She had only just recently given birth to their daughter Jayde, so it wasn't unusual that her period wouldn't return right away and early pregnancy symptoms like extreme tiredness are also common in the postnatal period. But we're pretty sure Maci should be well versed on the fact that women are most fertile in the following months after giving birth — just sayin'!
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Feb 14, 2016 at 8:26am PST
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2. Controversy
Because Maci's pregnancy was such a surprise, she wasn't exactly doing due diligence to take care of her body during the early stages. The happy news hasn't exactly been well received by everyone. She caught a lot of flack from fans who scoured her Instagram and noticed she was drinking beer at a football game only six weeks before she announced she was three months pregnant. Not only that, but she found out she was pregnant soon after she got engaged, which was right after they wrapped up filming the Teen Mom OG reunion show. Fans blasted her because there was a lot of footage from the past season that showed Maci and Taylor McKinney out drinking with friends while on vacation. Unfortunately, the timing of her pregnancy means all of that happened during the early stages of her pregnancy. Maci has stood firm against any claims against her that she didn't know she was pregnant and therefore wasn't doing any intentional harm to her child. Regardless of how it all happened, Maci and Taylor welcomed their son, Maverick, in May and everyone is happy and healthy!
A photo posted by Maci Bookout (@macideshanebookout) on Jan 1, 2016 at 9:33am PST
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1. The Wedding
Maci's life never seems to slow down and it didn't help that she was pregnant and then raising two children under the age of two while planning her wedding! In the most recent season of Teen Mom OG viewers are able to see the early stages of Maci's wedding planning while her and Taylor shop around for wedding venues. Originally the two announced they would be doing a destination wedding, but after shopping around online Maci found a beautiful venue in Florida not far from their home state where they could host both the ceremony and reception all in one place. After a quick visit to the venue, the couple decided and it was general knowledge that the wedding would be held in October of this year. Just to add to all the already existing chaos in their lives, the exact date of their wedding has unfortunately been revealed. It seems there was a battle between their photographer and another customer who she was also booked to shoot on that same date. The photographer ended up choosing Maci and Taylor's wedding so she could get national exposure which lead to the world knowing the coveted date was October 8th. It's already a busy month for stars of Teen Mom as Chelsea Houska will also be getting married later that month and Amber Portwood. Houska has made it clear she will not allow MTV cameras to film the special day, but Maci and Taylor have agreed to film so fans can look forward to watching all the details of their special day in the near future!
Katherine is the Managing Editor for Health and Parenting, but she has a soft spot for entertainment. She loves binging shows on Netflix, reality TV is a guilty pleasure, and country music is her go-to playlist. When she's not writing, she's spending time outdoors, especially with her puppy Zoey!
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