The driver is coming to fix it tomorrow, but I'm afraid the paint job has suffered a bit!
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At least it wasn't rendered a fe-mailbox.
The flag didn't break off so I guess you are right.
Does the flag still go up?
Yes, but only when it really needs to send out mail. Most of the time the flag is flopped over and it passively receives daily deliveries of mail. It's a pretty mailbox though, painted with flowers and birdhouses, so I don't think it minds.
Whoa there boys!!! You are out of control!!
ROFL. too much. how, exactly, is that going to be fixed? You need a carpeter. Or better yet, one of those brick fixtures that contains a mailbox somewhere within it.


In this game dogs will mess with humans. Use this dude as cannon fodder and launch him in the air. Get bones to get points and clocks for extra time. Use your mouse to play.
A game based in the Sant Jordi legend that saved the princess from the dragon nailing down his sword and from the blood a flower came out. Use the mouse to select the zone and attack the back of the dragon.
A true war between the cats of this mansion has begun. Choose your character. You have 30 seconds to select an object to attack or defend yourself. Use the mouse, the arrow keys and the spacebar.
You have to drop the bear into the blue box. Use logic to get rid of the blocks. Use your mouse.


I'm back from my book tour for THE DAMAGE DONE! The past couple of months have been a whirlwind. My debut novel came out on September 28th, and I had a party that night in New York City. Since then, I've attended two conferences (Bouchercon and Noircon), had bookstore and/or library events in a dozen cities (including Houston, Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Pittsburgh and Toronto), and had six events in New York City alone. Also, I was writing my second novel, THE NEXT ONE TO FALL, which will be published by Forge in fall 2011 (I turned the manuscript in to my editor last Wednesday). There's been a lot of work on the publicity front, too. This past weekend, I was honored to discover that the Los Angeles Times featured THE DAMAGE DONE as one the the books the paper is recommending for the holidays. Reviews of the book have been wonderful. There are also a number of interviews with me (many include coverage of the Gluten-Free Guidebook as well).
Phoenix/Scottsdale Is a Great Destination for Gluten-Free Foodies: I was expecting to find terrific Mexican cooking here (and I found it), but I didn't realize just how diverse and sophisticated the dining scene is in Phoenix and Scottsdale. One tip-off: Phoenix Magazine, which had its "Best New Restaurants" issue on newsstands while I was in town; its list of hotspots included the Pomegranate Café ([address] 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 28, Phoenix [tel] 480-706-7472 [web] www.pomegranatecafe.com), which offers vegetarian, vegan, and raw dishes. Not everything there is gluten-free (there are spelt tortillas, for example), but most of it is, including a decadent cheesecake.
People Are Very Kind: I was surprised, over and over again, by how thoughtful people were. Just after I arrived in San Francisco, a writer friend (Joshua Corin, author of WHILE GALILEO PREYS) sent me a message about a gluten-free bakery he'd found in the Ferry Building (the wonderful Mariposa Baking Co., which I'll have more to say about later). Before I went to Los Angeles, another writer friend (Rebecca Cantrell, author of A NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES) recommended a restaurant across the street from The Mystery Bookstore, where I was reading. A friend of a friend passed along recommendations for Houston. In Pittsburgh, the lovely couple that owns Mystery Lovers Bookshop researched gluten-free restaurants in the area so that they could take me out to dinner while I was in town. While I was in Phoenix/Scottsdale, I got to meet the lovely Liisa (who wrote a Reader Report about her trip to Hawaii a while back), and she gave me a list of very accommodating local restaurants.
Still, Never Travel Unprepared: My hotel in Houston, the Four Points Sheraton, left a lot to be desired. That was especially true on the food front. As one employee said to me, when I started to ask about gluten-free options: "What, do you want me to explain what's in a steak to you?" I was very glad I had protein bars, pistachios, and fruit along with me.
Fast Food Chains Are Catching On: At Houston's Hobby Airport, my only dining option turned out to be Wendy's, which offers gluten-free salads. At Philadelphia's Central Station, I was able to pick up dinner at Cosi. At Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport, I was able to have dinner at Paradise Bakery Café. To tell the truth, the employees at each of these places didn't know what gluten-free was and had to get a manager, but each turned out to have a list (in Cosi's case, a giant binder) of nutritional information for people with food allergies or gluten intolerance.
If you'd like to read THE DAMAGE DONE, the first three chapters are available for free online. The book is available from independent mystery booksellers across North America, as well as from IndieBound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Powell's, and — in Canada — Indigo/Chapters. Signed copies are available from The Mystery Bookstore, Murder by the Book, The Poisoned Pen, and The Mysterious Bookshop.
After I return from a trip, I find that certain memories fade while others actually become brighter over time. My time in Las Vegas last November is a perfect example: I couldn't tell you what day I visited a particular casino, because those windowless rooms were hard to distinguish from one another after a while. But that makes the memory of the day I visited the Hoover Dam stand out even more.
The Hoover Dam is 30 miles southeast of Vegas, and it's impossible to overstate how important it is to the entire southwestern corner of the country. It's also hard to believe how gorgeous it is: while the dam was constructed between 1931 and 1936 to control the mighty Colorado River and generate hydroelectric power, its builders created a beautiful monument as well. The concrete dam and buildings have a distinct Art Deco appearance, enhanced by decoration using motifs of the region's Native American tribes.
There's a fascinating museum on the site, which explains everything from the complicated politics of building the dam to the engineering of the structure. (I have little understanding of engineering, but the description of the workings of the concrete arch-gravity dam — in which gravity and the design of the horizontal arch work together to carry the water load — were well-explained.) When you walk to the middle of the dam, you straddle the border between Nevada and Arizona, and depending on what time of year you visit, a single step can put you into a different time zone. There's also a very touching memorial on the site, dedicated to the many workers who died while constructing the dam. "They died to make the desert bloom," reads the large plaque in their honor.
Another memory that stands out from that trip is dinner at the Border Grill, which is located at Mandalay Bay. When I called them to ask if they'd be able to accommodate me, I discovered that they have a separate gluten-free menu. (This fact isn't mentioned on the restaurant's website; the original Border Grill restaurant in Santa Monica doesn't have a separate gluten-free menu, though they can accommodate celiac diners, too). It turned out that I had plenty of choice. For a starter, I had the queso fundido, a deliciously gooey mix of melted manchego, panela, asadero, and Oaxacan string cheeses, served with chorizo and roasted poblano peppers. My main course was the most memorable: I had the Kobe beef tacos, which were spicy from being marinated with guajillo chiles but also sweet with the addition of pineapple salsa. Whenever I go back to Las Vegas, I know which two spots I'll want to hit first.
Las Vegas has been called many things, but I like to think of it as the world's biggest theme park. Where else could you visit a pyramid with a Sphinx in front, soar to the top of a scale version of the Eiffel Tower, and take a Venetian-style gondola ride in one afternoon? There are representations of New York City and Monaco, hints of Southeast Asian colonial style (at Mandalay Bay), and scenes of ancient Roman decadence (at Caesar's Palace, of course). But there's one great city that doesn't figure into the design of any of the resorts, and yet dominates Las Vegas's haute culinary scene: San Francisco.
Having visited the City by the Bay in the spring of 2008 — and discovering places such as Fish & Farm, Le Colonial, Millennium, and Regalito Rosticeria — I'd already experienced some great gluten-free cooking. But while I was aware that many Vegas restaurants are outposts of New York spots (including some that are known for their gluten-free-friendliness, such as Smith & Wollensky and Dos Caminos), I had no idea that San Francisco chefs had taken the city by storm.
One of the highlights of my visit to Vegas was dinner at Bradley Ogden's eponymous restaurant in Caesar's Palace. It sits on the edge of the casino, but it's a world apart. Caesar's Palace was one of my favorite gambling spots (not that I'm a high roller — slot machines like Gold Fish are more my speed). While the casino's got sweeping ceilings, over-the top decorations and plenty of distractions, it's also filled with smoke, noise, and bright lights (like every casino on the Strip).
The Bradley Ogden restaurant is an oasis of clean lines, neutral tones, and serene quiet. (Like all indoor Las Vegas restaurants, it is smoke-free.) From the start, the incredibly charming server, Alexis, made it clear that I could have most of the items on the menu, since everything is made from scratch on-site and the kitchen would be happy to make whatever modifications necessary for a gluten-free meal. I ended up ordering from the prix fixe menu, which offered three courses for $59. I had a Caesar salad to start, followed by pork loin for my main dish and ice cream for dessert. The food was simply incredible, and the service was sublime.
What really amazed me was that the thoughtfulness didn't end with that night. Before I ordered, I talked with the server about why I often can't get a gluten-free Caesar salad (it's not just an issue of holding the croutons; many chefs use a Worcestershire sauce that contains wheat in the dressing). When I filled in the comment card at the end of the evening, I mentioned how much I enjoyed the meal and the attentive service. The next day, I received an e-mail from the restaurant, giving me their recipe for a perfect Caesar salad. Now that's what I call service.
Bradley Ogden at Caesar's Palace [address] 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas NV 89109 [tel] 877-346-4642 [web] www.caesarspalace.com or www.chefbradleyogden.com.


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Clove hitch
Slippery hitch, Two half-hitches, Buntline hitch, Cow hitch, Constrictor knot, Ground-line hitch, Lashings, Snuggle hitch
Releasing
Typical use
Securing lines running along a series of posts, belaying, starting lashings, weak binding
Can spill if the standing part is pulled forcibly in the wrong direction
#11, #53, #69, #70, #204, #400, #421, #437, #1176, #1177, #1178, #1179, #1180, #1245, #1773, #1774, #1775, #1776, #1778, #1779, #1814, #2079, #2541, #2542, #2543, #2544, #2546, #2547, #2548
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The clove hitch is a type of knot. Along with the bowline and the sheet bend, it is often considered one of the most important knots and is commonly referred to as a Double Hitch.[1] A clove hitch is two successive half-hitches around an object. It is most effectively used as a crossing knot.[clarification needed] It can be used as a binding knot, but is not particularly secure in that role.[2] A clove hitch made around the rope's own standing part is known as either two half-hitches or buntline hitch, depending on whether the turns of the clove hitch progress away from or towards the hitched object.
Although the name clove hitch is given by Falconer in his Dictionary of 1769, the knot is much older, having been tied in ratlines at least as early as the first quarter of the sixteenth century. This is shown in early sculpture and paintings. A round turn is taken with the ratline and then a hitch is added below. The forward end is always the first to be made fast.
—  The Ashley Book of Knots[3]
The difference between two half hitches and the clove hitch is that the former, after a single turn around a spar, is made fast around its own standing part, while the latter is tied directly around the spar.
2 Tying
This knot is particularly useful where the length of the running end needs to be adjustable, since feeding in rope from either direction will loosen the knot to be tightened at a new position. With certain types of cord, the clove hitch can slip when loaded. In modern climbing rope, the clove hitch will slip to a point, and then stop slipping.[5] With smaller diameter cords, after being heavily weighted it may become difficult to untie. It is also unreliable when used on a square or rectangular post, rather than round.
The clove hitch is also commonly used in pioneering to start and finish a lashing such as the traditional square lashing, tripod lashing, round lashing and shear lashing.[6]
Tying[edit]
The clove hitch is tied by first passing the running end of the rope around the spar and back over itself to form an X. The running end then passes around the spar again, under the intersection of the last two turns, and both ends are pulled tight. There are several methods of tying it using both hands[7][8][9][10] or one hand.[11][12][13][14]
Related[edit]
Clove Family of Constrictor-ABOK#176, Miller's/Bag-ABOK#1242, Groundline-ABOK#1243, Strangle-ABOK#1239
List of knots
^ Cassidy 1985, The Klutz Book of Knots
^ Clifford W. Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 224.
^ Ashley, Clifford W. (1944). The Ashley Book of Knots, p.214. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-04025-3.
^ "GEIR HUNDAL".
^ "Lashing INFORMATION". www.scoutpioneering.com. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjwTSIAmoQ on the working end method
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scL1QXMrB4s with half hitches over object end
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ERr3eIros on the bight arms crossed in one move
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FaAflrFPJY on the bight with two loops, front one moved back
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qSoIY6FPc one handed clove hitch on the bight, pinky and thumb
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0SHTNLjsRI one handed clove hitch on the bight both ends hanging
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hlzb1ROOlM one handed clove hitch on the bight to vertical rope
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58xEj9EG4c one handed clove hitch on the bight into carabiner
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clove hitches.
Grog. "How to tie the clove hitch". Animated Knots.
Notable Knot Index - shows quick method of tying
Hitch Knots - including instructions
The Misunderstood Clove Hitch - illustrations and stories
Bight
List of knot terminology
Albright special
Ashley's
Alpine butterfly
Double fisherman's
Fisherman's
Heaving line
Hunter's
One-sided overhand
Simple Simon under
Single carrick
Surgeon's
Surgeon's loop
Triple fisherman's
True lover's
Bottle sling
Ground-line hitch
Miller's
Packer's
Autoblock
Bowline on a bight
Directional figure eight
Double bowline
Farmer's loop
Figure-eight
Figure-eight loop
Figure-of-nine loop
Friction hitch
Klemheist
Munter hitch
Overhand loop
Prusik
Trident loop
Yosemite bowline
Coils &
Chain sinnet
Sheepshank
Carrick mat
Chinese button
Celtic button
Ghiordes & Senneh
Turk's head
Wall and crown
(angling)
Angler's loop
Bimini twist
Improved clinch
Knotless
Trilene
Turle
Adjustable grip
Anchor bend
Bale sling
Blake's
Buntline
Double overhand noose
Falconer's
Farrimond friction
Ground-line
Highwayman's
Hitching tie
Killick
Knute
Lobster buoy
Marlinespike
Ossel
Sailor's
Snuggle
Taut-line
Trucker's
Angler's
Artillery loop
Bale sling hitch
Carrick bend loop
Cowboy bowline
Eskimo bowline
Fireman's chair
Friendship knot
Halter hitch
Jury mast
Overhand
Portuguese bowline
Rigid double splayed loop in the bight
Slippery eight
Spanish bowline
Tom fool's
Triple bowline
Water bowline
(slip)
Hangman's
Running bowline
Running highwayman's hitch
Tarbuck
Splices &
Marlinspike
Ashley's stopper
Double overhand
Monkey's fist
Overhand knot with draw-loop
Sailmaker's
Lists of knots
Decorative knots
Hitches (friction)
International Guild of Knot Tyers
Mizuhiki
Norigae
Ropework
Lashing
Seizing
Sennit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clove_hitch&oldid=905075446"
Hitch knots
Knots of ancient origin
Jamming knots
Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2019

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Our tea towel is made with a cream color flour sack material featuring an image of a red reindeer with a scarf. I personally hand draw all of my designs and hand pull all of my screen print images. The printed cotton tea towel is eco-friendly, non-bleached, 100% organic cotton. They are nice and thick and will stand up to everyday wear. I use high quality water based inks that are earth friendly and long-lasting. This towel is printed in red, or request another color from our swatch by adding a note at the checkout.
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Marco Fincato (Pàdua, 6 d'octubre de 1970) va ser un ciclista italià que fou professional entre 1996 i 2002.

De la seva carrera professional destaca el Campionat d'Itàlia de contrarellotge

Palmarès
 1994
 1r al Gran Premi Ciutat de Venècia
 1995
 1r al Giro de la Regió Friuli Venezia Giulia
 1r a l'Astico-Brenta
 1r al Gran Industria i Comerç de San Vendemiano
 1996
  Campió d'Itàlia de contrarellotge
 1r a la Florència-Pistoia
 1r al Trofeo dello Scalatore i vencedor d'una prova
 1r a la Cronoescalada de la Futa
 1997
 Pròleg de la Regio-Tour
 2000
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Volta a Suïssa

Resultats al Giro d'Itàlia
 1997. 46è de la classificació general
 2000. 21è de la classificació general

Resultats al Tour de França
 1996. 30è de la classificació general
 1997. Abandona
 1999. 53è de la classificació general

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Fitxa a museociclismo.it
 Fitxa a cyclebase.nl

Ciclistes paduans

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Q: C++ binary search function inconsistent For the most part, the below binary search function I have created works. However, sometimes for no apparent reason, the search will not find an entry when I know it exists. Also sometimes, the variable of search will have what the user inputted, but with the first letter missing. I have appended a cin.clear() along with the cin.ignore() to try to fix the this weird error. So far, after adding the cin.clear() I have not been able to recreate the issue.
View the program below:
void searchInventory(vector<Vehicle> &carList)
{
    cout << "You have chosen to search for a vehicle.\n\n";

        int  first = 0,                     // first, last, and  middle define the vector element subscripts
             last = (carList.size() - 1),
             middle,
             position = -1,                 // Needed to keep track of current position
             searchResult = 0;              // Used copy the data from position for use in displaying confirmation messages to the screen
        bool found = false;                 // Flag to tell program if search has been successful
        string search;                      // Used to hold user's input on what to search

        do
        {
            // Prompt to user so they can enter the make they are searching for
            cout << "Please enter the make of the vehicle you are searching for: ";
            cin.ignore();
            cin.clear();
            getline(cin, search);

            cout << endl;

            // Binary search algorithm begins...
            while (!found && first <= last)
            {
                middle = (first + last) / 2;
                if (carList[middle].getMake() == search)
                {
                    found = true;
                    position = middle;
                }

                else if (carList[middle].getMake() > search)
                    last = middle - 1;

                else
                    first = middle + 1;
            }

            searchResult = position;  // position is copied into searchResult

            if (searchResult == -1)   // if searchResult is -1, then the user specified word was not found
            {
                cout << "Sorry, there is no vehicles under the make of " << search << " in your inventory\n"
                     << "Please try again...\n\n";
            }

            else
            {
                // If the make was found, the information about the first vehicle with the specified model is given
                cout << search << "has been found...\n";

            }

        } while (searchResult == -1);
    }
}

Some background on this function: I am searching a vector objects for a member variable of a string data type that contains the make of a car.
So for example, if I search for "Ford" when "Ford" exists in the vector, the program most of the will say

Ford has been found

But other times the program will say

Sorry, there is no vehicles under the make of Ford in your inventory

And other times the program will say

Sorry, there is no vehicles under the make of ord in your inventory

Notice the "ord" instead of "Ford" in the last one.
Does anyone have any clue why this binary search function can be so unpredictable?

A: To understand why your code is not working you need to debug it or at least add some debug output. If you add something like
cout << "Now compare: " << carList[middle].getMake() << endl;

before if (carList[middle].getMake() == search) you'd see that sometimes (after first input) your program does not compare anything, since you have not re-initialized variables found, first and last.
You need to remove cin.ignore();, thats why you miss first character.
Corrected code:
void searchInventory(vector<Vehicle> &carList) {
    cout << "You have chosen to search for a vehicle.\n\n";

    string search;                      // Used to hold user's input on what to search
    int searchResult = 0;
    do {
        // Prompt to user so they can enter the make they are searching for
        cout << "Please enter the make of the vehicle you are searching for: ";
        cin.clear();
        getline(cin, search);

        cout << endl;

        int first = 0,                      // first, last, and  middle define the vector element subscripts
            last = (carList.size() - 1),
            middle,
            position = -1;                  // Used copy the data from position for use in displaying confirmation messages to the screen
        bool found = false;                 // Flag to tell program if search has been successful

        // Binary search algorithm begins...
        while (!found && first <= last) {
            middle = (first + last) / 2;
            if (carList[middle].getMake() == search) {
                found = true;
                position = middle;
            } else if (carList[middle].getMake() > search) {
                last = middle - 1;
            } else {
                first = middle + 1;
            }
        }
        searchResult = position;  // position is copied into searchResult

        if (searchResult == -1) { // if searchResult is -1, then the user specified word was not found
            cout << "Sorry, there is no vehicles under the make of " << search << " in your inventory\n"
                 << "Please try again...\n\n";
        } else {
            // If the make was found, the information about the first vehicle with the specified model is given
            cout << search << " has been found...\n";
        }
    } while (searchResult == -1);
}

Also don't combine input with your algorithms. You better create more general function like int vehicle_search(vector<Vehicle>& list, const string& search) which returns index of vehicle in the vector or -1 if it is not found. (It is only for example, you can also return pointer to the element, or iterator, and pass Vehicle insted of string). Then you will call it from somewhere in your program, check return value and output result.

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import {Observable} from '../../Observable';
import {ReduceOperator} from '../reduce-support';
import {KitchenSinkOperators} from '../../Rx.KitchenSink';

const observableProto = (<KitchenSinkOperators<any>>Observable.prototype);

export function min<T, R>(comparer?: (x: R, y: T) => R): Observable<R> {
  const min = (typeof comparer === 'function')
    ? comparer
    : (x, y) => x < y ? x : y;
  return this.lift(new ReduceOperator(min));
}

observableProto.min = min;

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The Colorado Health Foundation will host a community event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in the Founders Room at Morgan Community College to introduce the foundation to the people of Morgan County.
Other goals are to foster current relationships, start building new ones, have fun and learn more about the health landscape. A community conversation will be facilitated by Jamie Laurie and Stephen Brackett from the Flobots. This event is a family-friendly event. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. RSVP is requested by Thursday, May 17, to RGreen@ColoradoHealth.org or 303-953-7910.


Canterbury Golf Club is a Private, 18 hole golf course located in Marietta, Georgia.
The front nine at Canterbury Golf Club has two challenging par fives and is fairly flat. The back is more challenging, with more hills and water hazards. There are water hazards coming into play on six of the eighteen holes.
Canterbury Golf Club closed in 2005.
I will not play again, nor, unfortunately will any one else. The course was sold in 2006. It is now a construction site for a 166 home housing development.
A dollar and a half just to see -em.
That you don-t know what you-ve got till it-s gone?


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I understand the ban on food in the library due to mess, but some people rely on caffeine to complete long library shifts. I think we should be allowed to take coffee cups with lids upstairs.
This ban is especially frustrating during assessment periods when you may need multiple cups of coffee/tea during the day- this could lead to wasting at least an hour of potential work time. The last thing you want to do is waste time drinking your coffee on the ground floor when you could have it by your side as you continue to work.
I'd personally like to see a vote or referendum on the issue. Another idea is we could allow coffee cups with lids upstairs and see how it goes for a month before deciding on the final outcome. I do believe this change will benefit a lot of students.
I cannot study without my caffeine fix therefore this is needed in the library!


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Ironman Effect
by Cynthia Taggert & r & & r & & lt;span class= "dropcap " & C & lt;/span & oeur d'Alene's streets are alive with diversity this week. Downtown shoppers are chatting in Japanese and German, proper English and Australian English, Chinese and Spanish. Sidewalk cafes are filled with people of every skin color and age. Group after group gathers by Lake Coeur d'Alene for photos.
The crowd members are on par with those at Seattle's waterfront most weekends except for one striking similarity. An unnatural number of these people are lean, muscular and sucking from water bottles as if they contain life itself.
These crowds are the result of the Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene race happening Sunday, an event that's estimated to nearly double Coeur d'Alene's population for a few days. Some of those people will return throughout the year for vacations. Some buy homes in the area. And many share their discovery of North Idaho with friends and fellow athletes, convincing them to add Coeur d'Alene to their travel plans.
"It's such a significant visitor event," says Jonathan Coe, executive director of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce. "We knew it would have an immediate economic impact. It's been an antidote to the Richard Butler image people had of us."
Nearly 2,500 athletes are registered for the race that starts with a 2.4-mile swim in Lake Coeur d'Alene, then transitions into a 112-mile bike ride and ends with a 26.2-mile run. They come from 40 states and 10 countries, including Singapore and Panama.
A 2003 study by the Spokane Regional Sports Commission placed Ironman's total economic impact on the Coeur d'Alene area at $4.23 million. That year, the race had nearly 900 fewer participants than it does this year.
"The simple addition of more athletes plus the fact that costs have gone up tells me the impact is well over $5 million a year now," Coe says.
Hotels and motels from the Spokane Valley to the Silver Valley sell out nine months before the race, and most won't reserve rooms for fewer than four days. Gatorade commercials featuring the Coeur d'Alene race run year round, narrated by nationally known sportscaster (and WSU alum) Keith Jackson.
"That's definitely a plus," Coe says.
& lt;span class= "dropcap " & I & lt;/span & ronman Coeur d'Alene's crowds have grown since the first race three years ago, partly because the course is so accessible to spectators. Every section is divided into two identical loops. Racers swim only a half mile out from Lake Coeur d'Alene's shore, staying in view of spectators, before returning to City Beach after half the swim. People crowd the beach and cheer as athletes run over the sand and enter the lake for their second lap of the swim course.
Cyclists bolt through a mile-long section of downtown four times -- twice in each direction. While spectators wait for their athletes, they shop, dine in downtown restaurants and indulge in their own workouts, walking or running over forested Tubbs Hill.
Runners follow the same downtown path lined with supporters before taking off along the Centennial Trail, a paved course along Lake Coeur d'Alene protected during the race from traffic.
"The course is very spectator-friendly," says Jim Wolfe, a Seattle athlete who watched Ironman Coeur d'Alene last year and will compete in the race this year. "You can see a lot more of the racers than in some races."
Wolfe, 23, is the former captain of the University of Washington swim team. He'd heard Coeur d'Alene's race was good for first-timers because it's not as crowded as some races. It's also a five-hour drive from his home. Those benefits plus an irresistible physical challenge motivated Wolfe to sign up.
Reed Sillers, owner of Speedy Reedy Triathlon Store in Seattle, did Ironman Coeur d'Alene twice. He's among dozens of western Washington triathletes grateful that Ironman North America chose Coeur d'Alene as a race site.
"The No. 1 attraction of the race for us is its proximity to Seattle," he says. "A lot of my customers elect to drive over a month or two before the race, pre-ride the course, check out the run, look at the swim. Proximity allows us to do that."
Ironman Coeur d'Alene also has boosted his business. His small shop along Seattle's Burke-Gilman Trail is one of two triathlon-specific stores in Seattle.
"More people in the area decide to do Ironman because the Coeur d'Alene race is available," Sillers says. "They train for a full year, come in and buy equipment, gear, nutritional products."
Mike Gaertner, owner of Vertical Earth Performance Sports in downtown Coeur d'Alene, sees hundreds of Ironman participants during race week. He caught the fever last year and is racing this year. Ironman is good for Coeur d'Alene, he says.
"The exposure of Coeur d'Alene in the national community is great," he says. "I know a few cases of people who actually moved here after coming to the race. It gets healthy, fit people interested in Coeur d'Alene."
Just one more Ironman perk, says Coe.
"I've heard stories of athletes buying homes and second homes here. Over 10 home purchases are associated with Ironman," he says. "We always talk about Ironman when we talk about the community. It's been good to us."
The Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene begins with a mass start of nearly 2,500 swimmers from CdA's City Beach on Sunday, June 25, at 7 am. (The pro women start at 6:25 am.) Finishers will be crossing the line from approximately 3:30 pm until midnight. Visit www.ironmancda.com.
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Registering your business under GST Composition come with few demerits and limitation in business which is not good for a growing economy where In the country like India, you can forecast correctly due to rapidly changing a Business environment.
A Registered taxpayer opted for Composition scheme is not allowed to carry on interstate transactions, import or export of goods and services and E-commerce. This compels the tax payer to carry on the business intrastate. This contradicts the motto of "One Tax, One Nation" as it limits the boundaries to a specified territory.
Mr. A – Manufacturer who has opted for Composition scheme under GST.
Mr. B – Wholesaler who is a registered taxable person under a regular plan.
In the given situation, Mr. A seller goods to Mr. B without charging GST in his invoice as he has opted for Composition scheme.
Mr. B will not get the input tax credit paid from his output liability as Mr. A has opted for composition scheme.
This will result in loss of business as buyers might avoid purchases from a taxpayer under composition scheme. The table registered person opted for composition cannot claim input tax credit even if he purchases the goods from a regular taxable dealer.
In spite of the rate of tax kept very low, the registered tax payers are not allowed to collect from his buyer. Thus the burden of paying tax rests with the tax payer himself. Thus the principle of limited compliance and less burden of the tax is defeated here.
As per the GST Law, if the taxpayer registered under the old law under composition scheme is found to be not eligible for the composition scheme or if the permission granted earlier was granted incorrectly then, such taxpayer shall be liable to pay the tax and penalty which can extend up to the amount of total tax liability i.e. 100%. We have done enough analysis, which in a country where taxpayers have limited knowledge of tax laws but since composition scheme comes with the strict penal provision as well additional tax liability may arise due to any small violation or mistakes in the overall implementation process.


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Things will be a bit slow around here this week. I'm out of town celebrating my 5th wedding anniversary with my wonderful husband. It's been almost 10 years since our first date and he's still putting up with me!
We're on a Mediterranean cruise through the end of the month and hopefully I'm having a blast right now. In case you're worried about the safety of the old Hyper House, don't worry- I have a great housesitter watching the place so there won't be any trouble.
I'll still be having a few posts come up but just be aware that my comment moderation will be slower than usual so don't freak out if comments don't appear instantly. I can't wait to share all the exciting details with you all!
I hope you all have a Merry Christmas (or just a nice weekend) and enjoy yourself. I'll be taking the weekend off to spend time with my family/take a break from projects.
I'll be back next week with all the details of my dining room makeover, a cool chalkboard DIY project, January housekeeping tips, and the most amazing cupcakes ever.


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Jensplaining
The Vagina Bible
Anatomy of an unsafe abortion
Posted byDr. Jen Gunter	 February 11, 2012 March 30, 2012 90 Comments on Anatomy of an unsafe abortion
I was in clinic when I heard the overhead STAT page to the emergency room.
As I sprinted down the stairs, I ran through the possible scenarios. I wasn't on call, so the day to day gynecologic emergencies weren't my purview. I hadn't operated on anyone in the past few weeks, so unlikely to be one of my own patients with a complication.
Logically there was only one conclusion.
A nurse was holding the staff entrance to the ER open. From the look on her face I surmised this was to save the minute or two it would take to punch in the numbers on the lock and inquire at the desk for patient's whereabouts.
"Down there," she pointed.
On the gurney lay a young woman the color of white marble. The red pool between her legs, ominously free of clots, offered a silent explanation.
"She arrived a few minutes ago. Not even a note." My resident was breathless with anger, adrenaline, and panic.
I had an idea who she went to. The same one the others did. The same one many more would visit. A doctor, but considering what I had seen he could't have any formal gynecology training. The only thing he offered that the well-trained provers didn't was a cut-rate price. If you don't know to ask, well, a doctor is a doctor. That's assuming you are empowered enough to have such a discussion. I was also pretty sure his office didn't offer interpreters.
I needed equipment not available in an emergency room. I looked at the emergency room attending. "Call the OR and tell them we need a room. Now." And then I turned to my resident. I was going to tell him to physically make sure a room, any room, was ready when we arrived, but he had already sprinted towards the stairs. He knew.
We didn't wait for an orderly. A terrified medical student and I raced down the hallway with the gurney. The amorphous red pool dripped onto the floor as we rounded the corner to the elevators.
The double doors that led to the operating rooms swung open. "The urology room. They're between cases," my resident shouted.
I saw an anesthesiologist out of the corner of my eye. "You. Now!" Most emergencies can wait a few minutes to check in at the front desk and for the anesthesiologist and nursing staff to take stock of the situation. This was not one of them.
The urologist, whose room I appropriated, blustered and sputtered in behind me. "What the fuck are you doing barging in, I've got another case…" but as we moved my patient over to the operating table and he saw the blood, he stopped. He grabbed a tray of instruments and opened. "I'll be your scrub."
The anesthesiologist was pissed. Not really mad, more riled up than anything. No one likes to be blind sided, no matter how well intentioned. And he probably thought I was over reacting. That is until he put in another intravenous.
"Fuck." What looked like blood tinged water flashed back.
And now they all understood what I knew the second I laid eyes on this patient. Abortions that go horribly wrong bleed out. Quickly.
The room filled with surgeons, nurses, and students eager to help. To do something. Anything.
I opened the vagina and by feel clamped through the holes on either side of the uterus where I knew from experience I would find the uterine arteries, the likely site of the puncture. I didn't know which side, and at that point it didn't matter. I just needed to stop the blood flow. It took less than a minute. She would have bled to death if I had opened her belly.
As the bleeding had stopped, it was up to the anesthesiologist to fix the hematologic tempest. A vascular system so traumatized by sheer blood loss that it had run haywire and lost the ability to clot. Disseminated intravascular coagulation. This is how many young women die when an abortion goes wrong.
My hands started to shake. Everything from leaving my clinic to this point had been one crescendoing adrenaline-fueled reflex. Now that there was nothing physically for me to do the energy had to go somewhere.
I looked around. A forest of IV poles, laden with blood instead of fruit. Everyone not directly helping was running back and forth to the pharmacy or blood bank. A nurse and another surgeon started to clean the floor. We were all bonded by this nameless woman whose life we were desperately trying to save. And we were bearing witness, because we knew if she died it was unlikely anyone would read about her in the paper. It was unlikely her family would protest. A myriad of potential reasons. Shame of the abortion. Distrust of government. Fear of immigration officials.
The urologist, a grizzled older man with whom I had nothing in common except a medical degree and this patient, rested his hand on my shoulder. It was a kind, fatherly gesture. The weight was comforting.
"You done good." He said. And then he added, "Those bastards."
I knew he was referring not just to the physician who did this procedure, but to everyone in society who had contributed to a disadvantaged woman finding herself in such a desperate situation.
Posted byDr. Jen Gunter February 11, 2012 March 30, 2012 Posted inabortionTags: abortion
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90 replies on "Anatomy of an unsafe abortion"
Jason Evan Mihalko, Psy.D. says:
So deeply sad that while some comfortably argue about the culture wars, real women are suffering from the decisions that others make in the abstract. This is such a story worth reading.
professorcastillo says:
So powerful. Thankful that this woman found herself in your hospital.
Salmo says:
PA_Lady says:
Those bastards, indeed.
cardinal says:
Here via Pharyngula. Thank you so much for writing this.
Judy Stone, MD says:
Thank you–for your moving story and your good work. I occasionally see infectious complications and dread the coming days when we will see more young women die from botched abortions or sepsis.
It is incomprehensible to me that the euphemistically self-appointed "right to life" religious zealots also oppose contraceptives, which would reduce abortions, and aid for pregnant women and young children…of course it is all different when it involves their families (e.g. Mrs. Santorum's "early induced delivery.")
Thanks for calling attention to this travesty.
They are not pro-life, they are pro-telling people what to do.
teamrns says:
I don't think the 'right to life' folks oppose contraception; they oppose having government, our taxpayer dollars pay for contraception. The Hyde Amendment is supposed to prevent taxpayer funding for abortions, but do we have legislation that prevents taxpayer dollars to fund contraception. What's next? Taxpayer funding to mow my lawn? Where does the hand of government reach stop? This subject must be addressed; but by education and that adoption is a resource quite underutilized.
Stacy Kennedy says:
Was this before abortion was legal, or could she just not afford it?
Did she live?
They said the bleeding stopped. The way it's written it seems recent. And mentioning immigration says a lot. that this young lady didn't have the money to have the child let-alone money for a real doctor to perform the abortion. But even if she wasn't an immigrant it's still heavily frowned upon by society and is usually done back-door style by pretty much anyone. Women are scared to go to places like Planned Parenthood because they will be questioned and I.D. required.
It could have been so much more than just the money, thanks to the violating restrictions that "pro-lifers" push and the dwindling number of abortion providers. Sometimes the nearest safe and legal abortion provider is hours away. And the young woman might have had to undergo some other ridiculous restriction, like wait three days after her initial appointment before she could go through with the procedure. If you were a low-income undocumented worker, and had to skip work, drive 5 or so hours to a provider, see the doctor, wait three days (paying for a hotel or driving the multi-hour drive home), and then go back (missing work again) to pay for an expensive procedure…well, you can see how illegal abortions are still very much a problem.
Kayla, I'm one of those "pro-lifers" to whom you refer. Instead of the scenario you present or waiting several day, driving several hours and paying for a hotel room only to see a 'back alley' abortionist, I'd like to see women take a different approach to their sexuality.
What's that? Personal responsibility comes to mind. Women should be educated that abortion of their pregnancy is not the only answer. How about not getting into this predicament in the first place? If we legalize abortion, it'll be centuries before we eliminate unwanted pregnancies.I defer in cases of rape incest or the life of the mother. Teach the expectant mother that she has the option of giving the child up for adoption.
Did she make it?
11thompa says:
Is "she" referring to the woman in the story or her baby? I'm guessing the baby did not make it.
"And we were bearing witness, because we knew if she died it was unlikely anyone would read about her in the paper."
^You're right, no one would read about the baby who died. Mainly because you chose not to include that in the story. Very unfortunate but I am hoping the mother did make it. I'm glad we have doctors who can help these poor women. It truly is sad, but I am a little disappointed that the baby was not mentioned.
Ursyl says:
Abortion didn't become legal here until 1973. I seriously doubt that Dr. Jen waited 39 years to write about this.
My understanding, based on what I read in the article, is that this woman was an immigrant, most likely illegal, and did not have the funds for a good doctor. She went to a doctor who offered a "discount" abortion and he (or she) was a hack who nearly killed her. There is no indication that this was an illegal abortion (hence, pre- 1973).
northbronx says:
But the outcome was the same – an individual who might or might not have been an actual doctor, untrained in gynecologic surgery, butchering a young woman. The only thing the woman wanted was to not bear the child she was pregnant with. How she got pregnant doesn't matter, the rest of her life situation doesn't matter. All that matters is that she was poor and desperate and this was the only option open to her. If the anti-choice crowd has its way, that woman will be a lot more of us.
The immigrant factor brings another issue into it, which is religious beliefs and the culture in her country of origin. Many countries in Latin America are fiercely catholic and have banned abortion under any circumstances (much like Santorum wants to do in the USA). In these countries, these policies actually have a large degree of public support, because their belief in the catholic church is completely unshakeable.
So in these countries, of course, there is a huge trade in illegal abortions and back-alley coathanger stuff that would make your stomach turn. Additionally a lot of young women somehow learn that drinking a cocktail of bleach, disinfectant, and other poisons is the way to rid yourself of an unacceptable problem.
But it's made much worse for the victim (I mean the pregnant mother) because their families often completely disown them if they find out an abortion has been done or attempted. It's a bit like the 'honor' killings that we see in many Arab cultures – having a daughter who has had an abortion is completely unacceptable, and while murder as a result is fairly rare, they are often completely disowned and abandoned by the family.
So if this family moves to America, the legality of abortion doesn't matter. She still has to use an illegal doctor or procedure because the legal version means their family will know. And if she has problems and ends up very nearly bleeding out to death, she is lucky if the doctor dumps her on the footpath outside a hospital, and nobody in their family will be present during the abortion to assist in an emergency.
It really is a tragedy, and I'd like to pile all the blame on the Catholic church. But in Latin America much of the blame belongs to the culture itself, because they take the Catholic teachings far, far too seriously in public policy and family life.
Just so sad.
Where is here? If you are speakimg about the US, abortion was legal in some states before 1973. Roe v Wade just made abortion available in all states.
Before 1973 some women had to travel to receive the procedure. Women from where I live in Illinois usually traveled to New York for an abortion. That made it even more expensive and made it more likely a poor women would seek an unqualified person to preform the abortion. Sometimes it was not even a doctor.
If Roe v Wade is overturned, abortions will not end. They will still take place in some states and in dingy backrooms located in the other states.
janeyqdoe says:
Nothing to say but thank-you. For writing this and for doing this work.
Abortion should not simply be legal, it must also be free of charge to those who want it-otherwise its legality is a moot point for a good 30%-40% of the female population. It's interesting to note that, where abortion is most freely available is also where the lowest per capita rates of abortion occur-& where the earliest term (& therefore safest) abortions occur. That's a fact that some so-called "pro-life" people might want to consider!
I wish there was some way to make sure poor and ill-informed didn't get pregnant. I know that's easy to take the wrong way but the stuff families have to go through to be foster and adoptive parents is something every person should have to fulfill. Now yes even 'good' people hurt kids and shouldn't have them, including foster and adoptive. I'd like something in the way of sterilization that can safely be reversed. but that's also putting our lives in the hands of government and that's never wise. Maybe something like sterilizing people who after one kid are shown they can't be trusted to have more in a healthy manner.
I think your heart's in the right place but reproductive rights vs societal health is a touchy subject. Certainly effective contraception should be free to everyone that wants it, and effectively taught in schools and taught to immigrant women in clinics like the one Margaret Sanger opened in 1916. Not being able to afford contraception is a really bad reason to conceive a child.
There IS a fully reversible and effective form of male sterilization called RISUG that's currently undergoing trials and appears to be close to approval in India. It's cheap, effective, and lasts over 10 years or until a procedure is done to reverse it. I would absolutely love to see it given to all males as part of their required immunizations around the age of puberty, and for it to be culturally standard to get it renewed when needed. That would effectively vaccinate against teen pregnancy. Instead of pregnancies being accidental, one would have to make a conscious choice to have a child. Opt-in fertility instead of the current contraception model, the standard for males would be sterility.
http://www.projectprevention.org/
There is actually a charity that pays drug addicted women to take contraception or get sterilized and even it has taken a lot of flak.
The Supreme Court has actually outlawed forced sterilization. The case was based off of the practice of sterilizing individuals in state-run institutions for the mentally handicapped, but the effect is that the government cannot force someone to undergo sterilization surgery. I really think a better (and less controversial plan) is just up the education in the public schools. No, this won't help everyone, but having age-appropriate sex ed has been shown to decrease the instance of unwanted pregnancies, and therefore the need for abortions.
I think more emphasis should be placed on education of these women, that abortion isn't the only option available to them. Teaching like this should be in classrooms, not just once they become pregnant and begin to panic, feel hemmed in.
People who are pro-life are not heartless; rather they see an unborn fetus with the same right to life that you and I have.
Desi says:
Anna, I don't think it was illegal in the area where Dr. Gunter practices medicine. That doesn't mean that isn't illegal in the eyes of her family members. If she was an immigrant, she might be discouraged by her family to go to the hospital because it might attract 'unnecessary attention'.
Federico Bär says:
…..they all understood what I knew the second I laid eyes on this patient…..
Doctor Gunter, are you an iridologist too? What a precious gift anyhow, to have a sense of diseases! Right you were, and a life was saved. Well, I take it the white marble young lady made it. Thank you for the moving story.
fosterdisbelief says:
Reblogged this on Foster Disbelief and commented:
The most powerful thing I've read this month.
S. Peirce says:
For those of us in the national media, on the front lines of the culture wars – whether we like it or not (And the overwhelming majority of us on this side don't) – I thank you.
In a few hundred words, you've made brutally clear why it doesn't matter what so-called "side" someone is on in the stupid, ginned-up, American culture wars. Proper, affordable medical care – including women's health issues like contraception and abortion – should be a right.
Then, maybe, you'd never have to experience this again.
You're a hero, IMO. Bless you.
Gotta love how the conservatives are so into personal liberty, until they're not.
DLC says:
Yes, abortion is technically legal in each of the 50 states. But in most you have to pay for it yourself and then only if you can find a proper abortion provider. Good luck finding one. In some states there are only a few for the entire state.
R2 says:
Moving. There is a side that is not mentioned here, though. The doctor performing an illegal abortion. When abortion is either illegal or "legal" but with rules (either laws or social ones) that make them practically illegal, sometimes the only option is an illegal abortion. As a doctor that wants to help but also does not want risks, you give vague advice about what might be sometimes taken and it might accidentally cause an abortion ("This causes an abortion so you should never ever take it if you think you are pregnant *wink* If for some reason you take it and you think you are pregnant and heavy bleeding starts, run to the hospital. But I never recommended this!!!"). We want to help. But sometimes there is no way to help without bending rules. Placing restrictions on abortions makes it more likely for them to be dangerous, even if they are nominally legal. And, as a doctor, I know we don't want to take responsibility over possible consequences of doing something illegal. I don't think (or at least it is not always) it is due to "discount" rates to earn quick money… it's mostly, wanting to help without risking your skin. Sucks, but c'est la vie. (Disclaimer: all the abortion advice I've given has been following current guidelines.)
It's also important to remind everyone that abortion restrictions only really affect those who are poor. If you have money, you can find safe ways around any anti-abortion law. It is not racist/elitist/classicist/whatever to want better birth control access for people with scarce resources. It should be free, easily available, and VOLUNTARY for everyone. If everyone can know about it, choose it and can access it when they want it they can control their reproduction however they wish to do it. "Parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children." Proclamation of Teheran, 1968.
Just thank you and a wish that the USA moves beyond demagogues who expose humans to this.
Thank you for taking care of her.
"Those bastards" was very appropriate.
I'm also going to include the modern day, right wing ,conservative, evangelicals who want to repeal the abortion law and are fighting to do away with birth control.
thefarmer says:
This is the only legitimate argument for abortion.However, if you accept it ( and in many cases you have to) you are accepting that humanity and society is disgusting and we should lose all hope for our future.
Rachael Acks says:
Logic. You're doing it wrong. Way to set up a false dichotomy.
How does it set up a false dichotomy?
You can't make a claim and then not back it up you bigot
Chalchiuhtotolin says:
@THEFARMER
You might want to back up your reasoning as to why he's a bigot.
You set up a false dichotomy by saying that there are only two, mutually exclusive options.
Lexa says:
Careful there, anti-choicer. That might be your mother, sister, wife, or daughter you're calling disgusting and damaging to the future of the country. Why don't you keep your opinions out of other people's uteruses?
apbblue says:
Thank you, Dr. Jen.
kartiknama says:
THAT IS SOMETHING ALL 'BASTARDS' SHOULD READ SIR..
AN IMPERATIVE TOUCH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS MADE YOUR STORY UNPARALLELED!
who are these 'bastards' you are referring to ?
People who wish to take away the right to choose. They are bastards.
Neosecularist says:
Women need places to turn to, other women to turn to, in such times of great need. Society failed this women not because she underwent a botched abortion – that was her choosing. Society failed her because she had nowhere she could go where she could feel safe for the time she had left until she gave birth. When a woman, or young girl, becomes pregnant, regardless of the circumstances surrounding how and why she became pregnant, she needs to know there are other women who will be there by her side to care for her and her unborn child. Why do we not have more of these places in America right now?
DMB says:
But there can be all sorts of reasons why a woman may not want to take a pregnancy to full term. So while what you say has force, it isn't a full answer to the problem.
No, actually. I don't think she chose to undergo a botched abortion. And sometimes there is no "safe" place for women to give birth. Women that were raped, or victims of incest, or have a family to feed, or are otherwise not in any position to have a child – where should they find "safety" during the nine months that you would force them to carry a child to term, in violation of their own bodily sovereignty and good sense? Where will she go afterward, when her family abandons her or her husband leaves or the rest of her children are taken away by the state because she's been gone for some months now? Where would the child go afterward? Some portion of healthy white babies will be adopted, but what about the non-white babies? The babies born to drug-addicted mothers, with congenital deformities, in states that don't allow otherwise suitable parents to adopt for unseemly reasons, in situations where adoption is so expensive that families seeking an infant go to the Third World instead or where they spend hundreds of thousands on IVF instead? Your suggested "solution" is cruel, inhumane, and impractical. That's why those places no longer exist.
mrskellington says:
I agree some women will still want an abortion, for whatever reason, but there's nothing cruel or inhumane in wishing we'd be willing to put ourselves out there and be there for women who decide to bring the baby to term. I also think a "safe place" isn't necessarily a place a woman shamefully runs to to hide for nine months, it can be her own home with people coming by to give support – wouldn't you do the same for a friend who just had an abortion?
We don't need any sort of laws for this to happen, or a formal organization. We just need to be willing to love each other, especially during the most trying times.
Well what says:
@Neosecularist: some women do not want to give birth no matter how many women are "by their side." Bodily integrity, look into it a bit.
Allendria (@Allendria) says:
A very moving piece, and thank you for writing it. Where did it take place (what country)? Is it a place where abortion is legal?
This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing. And in turn, I'm going to share (social networks), in the hopes of helping to draw attention to this plight.
Ana Rebeca Gonzalez says:
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Medical Marbles says:
Such a moving story. So sad that women who are desperate for help and turn to someone they believe to be an 'expert' have to suffer this way and nearly lose their lives to someone performing nothing short of butchery. I'd imagine it's quite hard to repeatedly roger the uterine arteries, has he been caught?
Great blog.
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Lalli-Oni says:
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Kamil Zawadzki says:
Wow… very powerful story…
Thank you for sharing… Reblogging this as well.
Reblogged this on Outspoken and commented:
This powerful piece was written by blogger, Dr. Jen Gunter.
Anyone who is opposed to any and all abortion might want to take a look at this and consider fully what they're creating when they push for abortion bans.
Sometimes, in abortion cases it's not just "stigma" or an "unwanted baby." Sometimes, it's about life itself. Ironic, isn't it?
Mistress Ursula OrElse says:
Reblogged this on The Ethical Villain and commented:
I want you to read this. Even if your personal beliefs hold abortion as wrong, I still want you to read this. We must legalize abortion NOW! ASAP! PRONTO! And we must provide proper abortion-provision training to medical personnel nationwide so this doesn't happen again. Safe abortions can result in healthy future pregnancies for the mother when she's ready to bear children, in most cases. There is nothing — NOTHING — ethical or moral about allowing a woman, no matter her race, creed, sexual orientation, or… well, ANYTHING, to be butchered from an unsafe abortion.
I'd just like to remark to your tweet about >42,000 viewers; someone linked your post to reddit, and it made frontpage, so that probably contributed a couple of people.
What a sad story. I feel so bad for the innocent child that was murdered.
MikeTheInfidel says:
Don't feel sad, Mindy. According to Christian teachings, it went straight to heaven. Look at it this way: if they're right, the mom prevented her baby from risking going to hell.
tgflux says:
No, it seems "the innocent child" (the marble-white child made pregnant) survived the near-murder of the incompetant abortion-provider.
Yeah, I get what you're saying, Mindy. But I reject your *religious belief* that there was another "child" involved. Children have ALREADY BEEN BORN, or else they don't exist. That's objective fact. Assertion that a embryo or fetus is a "child" is religion-dependent.
Bless you, Dr Gunter, for your medical gifts to those in such need…
elHoratioJ says:
You mean the fetus that was removed. Ugh, you people make my head hurt.
marieke02 says:
Oh yes. Much better that the mother pay for her sins also.
artemisquirrel says:
Me too. 😦
Did you forget about the real human being in this scenario – the one that nearly bled out on an OR table? Or do you think she deserved her suffering as a "whore" or a "murderer"?
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BookLover62 says:
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Too powerful not to re-blog. Just picture this happening over and over if Roe v Wade is ever overturned.
sweetgreerchic says:
This is exactly what would happen so many times each day if they ever change pro choice. It won't stop and turn into butcher shops where the women who happen to live may not ever be able to have children again. It is a very sad situation. I wish I could help.
taylortyler says:
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You and those involved are truly unsung heroes.
Suzanne R says:
I cried when I read this. It reminded me of a childhood friend…a girl I went to elementary school with who had been raped by a family member, had been taken to an illegal abortionist. More than once. Nearly died. Abortion was legal then, but it was hard to find a legal practitioner…and expensive.
When it came out that she had been raped, her mother put her out on the street. She was 13.
Thinking about her makes me angry (bastards) and sad. She id the reason I will always advocate for access to safe and legal abortion.
leanneveitch says:
Thank you for such a moving post. I only hope she survived.
Yeah. Those bastards.
YouWouldChooseThis says:
How did so many commenters miss that this was a legal, "safe" abortion procedure that went wrong?
And you sit here complaining about "right-wing conservatives" who want to make this illegal. You disgust me.
Dr. Jen Gunter says:
It was a procedure performed by someone with less than adequate training. Not what most of us would consider safe.
So. Ill. Activist says:
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Thank you for this. Thank you for caring for these women and trying to save their lives.
mr brown says:
Thank you so much for what you do!
Kamil Wierzbicki, UK. says:
Thank you so much for writting this. I was always a little torn on the "legalize abortion" issue. But this article convinced me. You perfectly explained, with this situation, why it has to be a choice. Becouse women deserve to make a decision. If we make abortions illegal, some women will get abortions from shady doctors anyways – they will do it anyways, becouse those decisions are VERY tough, and very dramatic for the woman. The only thing we CAN do to help women though, is to give them proper, qualified healthcare, and give them an abortion with minimalized health risk. I don't like the idea of abortions, and I would never convince a woman to do it – but I would never want a woman to die becouse of lack of basic care from qualified doctors.
Would you be able to comment on which city this is in, or at least which state?
Jeffrey Stevens (@jeff1132) says:
Powerful story. You got mentioned in AmericaBlog which is how I found this. Thank you for all you do.
whoever says:
OH I HAVE AN IDEA!! how about she just use some f*cking BIRTH CONTROL IN THE DAMNED FIRST PLACE and THEN maybe she wouldn't have been in this situation. She knew when she opened her god damned legs how babies were made.OK people?And if she didnt why the hell is she having sex?? Truth is, is that we have been given every tool and opportunity to prevent pregnancy, if you are too irresponsible or plain frigging stupid to protect yourself from it, then my God, i guess its best YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD
Dear WHOEVER,"She knew when she opened her god damned legs how babies were made"
Years ago, a male friend of mine uttered those same-similar words. I agree. Women are only going to "keep their legs together" as he so delicately put it, when they're educated about what pregnancy involves and how they can prevent unwanted pregnancies. I agreed with him and I agree with you now.
ellsee says:
wow… so my entire heart just broke. I have never had to go through anything like what that poor young woman did, but knowing there are "Doctors" like this out there, who really have no idea just what they could do to someone… makes me so sick to my stomach. She is really blessed for the well dedicated doctors, who saved her life. Thank you. ❤
thepoliticalcat says:
Dear Dr. Gunter,
I wish that just one of the facts that you discuss in this article — the "disseminated intravascular coagulation," or bleeding to death as a result of damage to the uterine artery — were common knowledge. It is simply unconscionable that in the 21st century, women's lives can be destroyed so casually by ignorance.
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I'll leave this open for a bit in case someone has anything to add that's a neater solution.
0xA9 is a iso 8859-* encoding of the "copyright sign" (c in a circle) character, so maybe you should try one of (there are multiple ones) the iso8859 alphabets as encoding?
Or otherwise you should get and use the "charset=" info from the header line Content-Type: OF the email (if present, of course) and then use that encoding. ISO-8859-1 (or its variations) IS a valid encoding for E-mail, UTF-8 is NOT, as far as I know, because it is not a single byte (8-bits) one. The "start byte" your error is complaining about is one of a special set that would indicate in UTF-8 a multi-byte encoding.
BTW: the word iso may be in lower AND upper case.
Depending on how thoroughly you want to scan, it might help to read in binary mode (every kind of file in UNIX has bytes in it). Although if you want to make sense of non-ASCII text, figuring out the proper encoding will be necessary.
Files opened in binary mode (including 'b' in the mode argument) return contents as bytes objects without any decoding.
In ISO-8859-x every character is valid, so you won't get errors. Or there should be a binary mode.
Sure. Don't forget multipart letters: every part has its own settings.


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Why Wasn't Tatiana Maslany Nominated For A 2017 Golden Globe? The Actress Was Snubbed
by Samantha Darby
There have been a lot of surprises with the 2017 Golden Globe nominations, but Orphan Black fans might be the most shocked — why wasn't Tatiana Maslany nominated for a 2017 Golden Globe?
It's not as if Maslany hasn't had any awards show love. She scored an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress earlier this year according to Entertainment Weekly, and was most recently nominated for a 2016 Critic's Choice Award in the Best Actress in a Drama Series category.
And those well-deserved accolades were a long time coming. According to Vanity Fair, the actress snagged the attention of critics in 2013 when Orphan Black premiered, but it took another three years for her to finally receive an Emmy. Maslany's portrayal of a group of clones sounds intense enough, but when you consider all of the characters she has to keep straight in her head, including accents and totally different mannerisms, it's no wonder fans of the show were ready for her to score some serious hardware for her awards shelf.
Altough she didn't make most of the major predictions list for the 2017 Golden Globe nominations, there's no denying many thought she would at least score the honor of a nod, even if she didn't win. Generally, when you're nominated for several awards shows and win one (I mean, hello. An Emmy is a big deal.), you're usually set for a few more nominations.
Some fans of Maslany and Orphan Black took to Twitter to express their disappointment.
Par for the course for Maslany. Despite her Emmy nod, the actress is used to missing out on some nominations everyone thought she was a shoo-in for. With the last season of Orphan Black on its way, who knows if fans will see Maslany receive any more awards for her character portrayals, let alone nominations. Maslany told POPSUGAR that receiving her Emmy made her think about her fans and how they really felt something, seeing a show they loved so much score so big (finally) at a major awards show.
Will that be the last time they feel something? Hopefully not, but the Golden Globes snub can make them feel that way.
Just chalk it up to too much talent in the pool of nominees. And, if anything, at least Maslany can know that her Emmy was more than just deserved — she had to fight for it. Maybe she can keep fighting for a nomination for the last season of Orphan Black — her fans definitely will.