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The young couple flew into Wichita bearing, in the lovely swell of the wife's belly, a burden of grief. They came from a religious tradition where large families are celebrated and they wanted this baby, and it was very late in her pregnancy. But the doctors recommended abortion. They said that with her complications, there were only two men skilled enough to pull it off. One was George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who specialised in late abortions.
They arrived on Sunday, 31 May last year. As they drove to their hotel, a Holiday Inn just two blocks from the Reformation Lutheran Church, they saw television cameras. They wondered what was going on, a passing curiosity quickly forgotten. But when they got to their room, the phone was ringing. Her father was on the line. "There was some doctor who was shot who does abortions," he said. They turned on CNN. Dr Tiller had just been killed, shot in the head as he passed out church leaflets.
Now there is only one doctor left.
After the first two doors of bulletproof glass, a sign at Dr Warren Hern's Boulder Abortion Clinic warns that mobile phones and cameras will be confiscated. The receptionist hits the buzzer that opens the third bulletproof door. In the waiting room, a sad woman with a tight perm waits for her daughter. The receptionist lets you through a fourth bulletproof door and leads you down a green hall decorated with lovely pictures of nature, leaving you in a small room stocked with tissues and free condoms.
Twenty minutes later, the abortionist enters. Dr Hern is a tall man in green surgical scrubs, remarkably vigorous at 70, emphatic in speech and impatient in manner. He has a long face and no lips, which gives him a severe look. He apologises for having very little time. This is the day he sees patients for the first of three visits, giving them the seaweed Laminaria, which slowly dilates the cervix, and his normal caseload has been doubled by Dr Tiller's patients – including two with catastrophic foetal abnormalities and a 15-year-old who was raped, all in the second trimester, all traumatised by the assassin who calls himself pro-life, a phrase he cannot utter without air quotes and contempt. "They hate freedom," he says. He says it again. He warns me not to use anyone's name or it will put them at risk.
Walking out, he leaves the door open. You hear voices drifting down the hall. "The worst picture of an abortion doctor ever," someone says. "Is that Fox?" "Yes, Bill O'Reilly." "Supposedly they were there to protect us." You see a nurse you cannot name leading a middle-aged Indian woman to an examining room. "You'll need to undress from the waist down." You hear one of the receptionists you cannot name speaking in the carefully modulated voice the doctor prescribed in his first book, Abortion Practice, a classic in the field. Steps come down the hall. "I'm Dr Hern. Where are you from? Lie down now. Put your hand on your chest."
The phone rings. "Did you have an ultrasound? And they referred you here?"
Yesterday, the man arrested for Tiller's murder warned that more killings were on the way. All last week, the anti-abortion groups put out statements denouncing the murder and praising the result. One called the killer a hero. As a result, a squad of US marshals rushed out here last week on orders from the attorney general. One of them paces the hall. The second receptionist you cannot name asks him, "Did you see that guy out there smoking a cigarette?"
"Yeah, I saw him."
The first receptionist keeps talking. "If you can fax us the amnio. We don't know, we'll have to wait to see what your body tells us. Do you want us to run your Amex now?"
Another phone rings and the second receptionist answers. "It's basically a three-day process. We require that you stay here in Colorado."
The voices begin to overlap. "Are you on any medication?" "Have you had surgery in the last year?" "No, we don't have any genetics counsellors to interpret that for you." "We don't get a lot of protesters. It's a liberal and tolerant community." "If that changes, we will contact you." "No, you'll get up and get in your car and drive home. And, if you have a change of heart, please call us – our schedule is completely full and you'll be taking someone else's place." After another silence, a soft voice gets softer: "I also want you to know, we don't care what your reasons are. We're not going to judge you."
In the kitchen at the clinic, Dr Hern bolts down two microwave tamales. He talks fast and doesn't smile. "It is my view that we are dealing with a fascist movement. It's a terrorist, violent terrorist movement, and they have a fascist ideology…" Dr Hern goes on like that for some time. Long before the first doctor got shot back in 1993, he was warning that it would happen. He was getting hate mail and death threats way back in 1970, just for working in family planning. They started up again in 1973, two weeks after he helped start the first non-profit abortion clinic in Boulder. "I started sleeping with a rifle by my bed. I expected to get shot." In 1985, someone threw a brick through his window during a protest by the quote unquote Pro-Life Action League. He put up a sign that said THIS WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY THOSE WHO HATE FREEDOM. In 1988, somebody fired five bullets through his window. In 1995, the American Coalition of quote unquote Life Activists put out a hit list with his (and Tiller's) name on it. The feds gave them protection for about six months, then left them on their own.
"People don't get it," he says. "After eight murders, 17 attempted murders, 406 death threats, 179 assaults, and four kidnappings, people are still in denial. They say, 'Well, this was just some wingnut guy who just decided to go blow up somebody.' Wrong. This was a cold-blooded, brutal, political assassination that is the logical consequence of 35 years of hate speech and incitement to violence by people from the highest levels of American society, including but in no way limited to George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Bill O'Reilly, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reagan may not have been a fascist, but he was a tool of the fascists. Bush was most certainly a tool of the fascists. They use this issue to get power. They seem civilised, but underneath you have this seething mass of rabid anger and hatred of freedom that is really frightening, and they support people like the guy who shot George – they're all pretending to be upset, issuing statements about how much they deplore violence, but it's just bullshit. This is exactly what they wanted to happen."
He goes on about TV host Bill O'Reilly for a while. Over the course of 29 shows, O'Reilly accused "Tiller the Baby Killer" of performing a late abortion for any reason at all, even so that a girl could attend a rock concert – a charge that is blatantly untrue. "O'Reilly is a disgrace to American society," he says.
But O'Reilly says he's just exercising his right to engage in vigorous debate, you point out.
"He's full of shit. This is not a debate, it's a civil war. And the other people are using bullets and bombs. I think O'Reilly is a fascist."
It's odd, you say, trying to be agreeable. They always go after the doctors, never the mums.
His eyes snap up. "What mums? The patients? They're not mums until they have a baby."
Late that night, Dr Hern calls you at your hotel. You are reading one of his many scientific publications. This one argues that man is a "malignant ecotumour" laying waste to the planet. A cancerous growth resists regulation. A cancer cell is a cell that reproduces without limits.
He's sorry, he says, but he must turn down your request to ride in his car to the Tiller memorial in Denver. He has to go with four US marshals in an armoured car. Even his wife can't ride with him. Same with dinner in a restaurant. "I will never be safe," Dr Hern says. "I'm always looking over my shoulder."
You use the term "partial-birth abortion" and he bristles. "It's a barbaric term for a procedure that was described at National Abortion Federation meetings in the early 90s by two doctors who didn't take the deadliness of the psychological warfare seriously." And then the Republicans took it up "and it became this obscene anti-abortion pornography". And when he tried to tell his colleagues, No, this is not the safest way to perform a delayed abortion, they accused him of working with the anti-abortion people and basically rode him out on a rail. "The whole thing turned into a tortured witch hunt – an incredibly painful experience."
Nothing pains him more than the disdain of other doctors. Sometimes the young ones ask to come in for an afternoon so they can learn to make a little money while their careers get started – they think it's as simple as changing a tyre. "There's no sense that this is an important operation that has to be done well, that a person's life depends on it." But let's face it, abortion is the lowest-status activity in medicine. That's why they always call their clinics Family Planning Centres or Women's Wellness Facilities, or some crap like that. Not his place: it's had the same name since 1975. "Because I felt that performing abortions was the most important thing I could do in medicine."
The patients can be upsetting, too. They're under terrible stress, of course, but sometimes they come in very angry. One had conjoined twins and would have died giving birth, but she exploded when told she couldn't smoke in the office. Some treat him with contempt: usually those who have been directly involved in anti-abortion activities. They hate all abortion except for their special case. One even said they should all be killed. Only 14, she came with her mother. "What brings you here?" Dr Hern asked. "I have to have an abortion." "Why?" "I'm not old enough to have a baby." "But you told the counsellor we should all be killed?" "Yes, you should all be killed." "Why?" "Because you do abortions." "Me too?" "Yes, you should be killed, too." "Do you want me killed before or after I do your abortion?" "Before."
He told her to leave. Her mother was very upset. But he isn't an abortion-dispensing machine. He's a physician. He's a person.
When Dr Hern takes his family home, he's escorted by the US marshals. When you come in, his mother is sitting in an easy chair surrounded by her family. She is 92, but she still has a girlish smile and twinkling eyes that summon gingham skirts and radio serials. You bend down to shake her grandson's hand. "So you want to be a pirate?" He nods and adds in a shy voice: "Or maybe a doctor."
The phone rings and Dr Hern goes to answer. He speaks in a heated voice. Hanging up, he's visibly agitated. "That guy got your number off the internet. He's a reporter.You have to change your number."
Dr Hern's mother explains that her number hasn't been listed for almost 40 years, because the anti-abortion people used to make nasty calls at two in the morning. Then there was a mix-up and it appeared in the phone book. Now she doesn't tell him about most of the calls. He's got enough to worry about.
As a boy? Always helpful. When he was just three, she'd give him a rag and let him dust. He sang in the choir. They got involved in church activities. But politically, they were always on the liberal side. He loved to go camping and fishing, and played the clarinet. His father was a carpenter, so they didn't have much money and couldn't afford to travel. But they always had exchange students from all over the world – Germany, Brazil, Italy, France, Pakistan, Japan, 13 countries in all. That was a way the kids could learn how other people lived. And he won second prize in Kodak's national contest for high school photography.
One thing that's probably important, she says, she had terrible migraines from as far back as she could remember. She'd get up in the morning and feel like her head was gonna roll down the hall. And one day she asked Warren what he wanted to be and he said, I really want to be a doctor, Mother. "He thought he'd be a neuro brain surgeon and maybe he could figure out what to do about my headaches."
That same year, he read a book about Albert Schweitzer healing the sick in Africa and announced, Mother, I'm going to go to Africa before I go to medical school. And he did, raising money so he could be a community ambassador with the Experiment in International Living. At college, he worked three jobs to pay his tuition. He learned ancient Greek and studied the Bible in the original. Then he sat her down and said, "I don't believe in this stuff any more." She said, "Well, you don't have to believe in it. Maybe I don't believe in all of it either."
In medical school, he saw his first botched abortions. Then he spent two years as a doctor for the Peace Corps in a Brazilian town so desperately poor, it wasn't unusual to see a dead baby on a rubbish heap. After that, he worked as a family-planning chief for the Nixon administration and spent some time in Appalachia, where he saw unintended pregnancies dragging families deeper and deeper into poverty.
But even after all that, there are still some family members who can't accept what he does. And other doctors, too. It really hurts him terribly, she says. "In his mind, he's trying to help women who desperately need help. And why can't these doctors, of all people…"
In his mother's opinion, he needs to retire.
The shooting? He called her as soon as it happened. He was trying to stay calm, but it was all he could do to keep from losing it. "I could hear the terror in his voice."
Has she ever tried to get him to stop? Especially now that he's kind of making himself a target. "I know that," she answers. "But that wouldn't do any good. He's got a mind of his own." The rims of her eyes are getting red. She moves her glasses and dabs at them.
Warren Hern's wife likes good coffee, so you meet at an espresso bar. She has a strong Roman nose and black hair that breaks against her cheeks in an ebony wave. In a charming mixture of English and Spanish, she tells you about growing up in Cuba, happy, sun-filled days and good medical training, until she started ducking the weekly "discussion" meetings and they told her she wasn't a good communist.
Later, working in a hospital, she saw women who tried to induce their own miscarriages bleed to death. Then she got pregnant. At 18 weeks, she went to her gynaecologist for the blood test. "They said, 'The baby's no good. You have a real problem.'" She went to a geneticist and a specialist in prenatal diagnosis. The geneticist suggested an abortion, "but the prenatal diagnoser, he said, 'What do you think about the baby?' And I said, 'I think he is good. I feel it in my soul, and I want to take him.' He said, 'Go and take your baby.'"
Labour lasted 36 hours, intensive care a month. The specialists told her the baby might have lifelong seizures or learning disabilities. To lighten her workload, she moved to Barcelona and took a job in an abortion clinic. She sees no contradiction in this. "I know that many women don't feel anything when they're pregnant and many women feel sad, feel angry. In this situation, you never can judge who's God. You need to respect women."
All that led to the man who would become her husband. She was at a medical conference in 2003 when Dr Hern came up to her and said, You are so beautiful. He was 64, she was 37. She was struck by his confidence. They began to send letters across the ocean and talk for hours on the phone. And he always showed her his fears and the loneliness of a life under siege by fanatics. She could relate: "When I was aborting in Spain, I finished the abortion of a young woman, first trimester. When I finished this procedure, she sat on the table, and said, 'Oh, doctor, you are really nice, you are such an angel, how do you kill babies?' I said, 'I'm sorry, I don't kill babies. I aspirate gestational sacs. You kill your baby.'"
But most important, Dr Hern always asked about her son. Other men did not do that. In the summer of 2006, they were married.But that was not their happy ending. At the end of May, when they were just back from a rafting trip in Utah, the phone rang. Warren took the call in his office, "and he didn't have any colour in his face. I said, 'What happened?' He said, 'A shooter shot George Tiller.' I thought it was crazy people, and he said, 'No Amor, these people killed him.'" Since that day, he has not relaxed one second.
Dr Hern barely has time to eat. Reporters come and go, the phone rings constantly, he disappears to the hidden rooms where no outsider is allowed to go. Every so often he snatches a minute or two to drop into the counselling room. You squeeze in a question. This idea about mankind being a "malignant eco-tumour". Doesn't it just invite the hate?
"I'm not inviting people to do anything. I'd like them to think. I do think that helping people control their fertility is highly consistent with helping people be responsible citizens of the planet. If somebody misunderstands it or tries to distort it, I don't give a shit. I'm sorry, I'm living in this country because I can say what I think."
But you're 70. You have ideas for a dozen books. Why not retire?
"I have important work to do here."
You want to cosy up to the next question, but there's no time, you blurt it out: What are your limits? When would you tell a woman no?
"There's no specific answer to that. I'm in the process of turning down somebody who's going to be 34, 35 weeks, with an important reason for doing abortion. I'm not going to do it." The phone rings. "OK. I'll be right there," and he's gone.
Hours pass. You've been moved to the nurses' office, where a soft felt sunflower weaves through the metal in-box. You are staring at a flyer advertising the clinic's services: "Specialising in late abortion for foetal disorders. Outpatient abortion over 26 menstrual weeks for selected patients with documented foetal anomaly, foetal demise, or medical indications."
The opponents of legal abortion often use the phrase "abortion on demand", implying there are no restrictions at all. This characterisation is untrue. It has always been illegal in the US to perform abortions after viability without a compelling medical reason. In Kansas, for example, where Dr Tiller practised medicine, the law for any abortion after 22 weeks requires two doctors to agree that failure to abort would put the mother at risk of "substantial and irreversible harm". But Dr Hern's long list of foetal abnormalities that have led women to his clinic ranges from anencephaly to dwarfism, and you know a few dwarfs. You like to think you'd be happy with a dwarf child.
He comes in, remembers that the US marshals don't like him to use this room because the window is too exposed, and walks right back out. You follow, asking about the patients who were supposed to see Dr Tiller.
"The patient I just finished was very unhappy to see me. I think they are very anti-abortion. She had a foetal abnormality, and she and her husband are just devastated. Stuff like that."
What kind of foetal abnormalities are we talking about? "One was Down's syndrome, another was a lethal brain abnormality along with a lethal heart abnormality. Another one had a catastrophic… we're not talking about cleft lip, we are talking about cleft face. There was no face."
He goes home, riding in the bulletproof car with three US marshals. You follow in a separate car. At home, there's a beautiful Bösendorfer piano with Beethoven on the stand and a primitive bow and arrow from the Amazon rainforest, where Dr Hern has cured diseases and conducted ethnographic studies for over 40 years. There are books everywhere, and many of the nature photographs he has published in environmental books and magazines. Then he leads you to his office. He sits down to bang out a letter to President Obama. "As you know, Dr Tiller was unarmed, vulnerable, and acting as an usher for his fellow worshippers."
It's four in the afternoon and he still hasn't eaten his miserable microwave tamales. Is he the abstemious type? "I enjoy food when I have a chance. I love to cook. Grown men lie down on the floor and cry with ecstasy over my paella."
What do the women do?
"They watch the men."
It's the first light thing you've heard him say. So you try to reach the emotional core everyone keeps telling you about. This woman you refused to treat, what was her reason?
"She was raped. I'm sympathetic, but I can't risk my medical licence for someone who just didn't get around to doing anything about it. I've done some cases over 36 weeks, but very few."
For what cause? "Catastrophic problems – anencephaly or lack of kidneys, you know. Lack of a brain."
The anti-abortionists say that in those cases, the woman should just give birth naturally and let God take the baby.
The sharp tone comes back. "Having a delivery is not a benign procedure. When you are trying to keep the baby alive, that increases the risk for the woman. And Reagan put in a bunch of rules about requiring to keep babies alive no matter how hopeless it is. You have people going to Europe to get away from that."
You mean the hospital requires them to save the baby?
"The hospital requires full resuscitation measures, no matter what."
Also, his seaweed procedure is very slow and gentle on the cervix. The tissue dehydrates, the collagen starts to pull apart, the uterus gets softer. If you do a forceful dilation, you're going to tear the cervix. All around, his way is safer.
Safer for the mum?
"Not for the mum," he snaps, "for the woman. Till she's had a baby, she's not a mum."
While you wait, you try to chat up his staff. Most don't want to talk on the record, but one says she's been working here for 13 years. Dr Hern is very caring with all of them, she says. He pays them well. He gives them insurance and a retirement savings plan, which is not routine in the abortion trade. Once, he took them all rafting down the Green River.
So what brings out his emotions?
"Well, I think it is difficult for him when women are experiencing pain and he's not able to control that for them."
Have you ever seen him cry?
"That's a question for Dr Hern."
Does it bother him when the patients show disgust? "That's a question for Dr Hern."
He is on the phone, talking with the editor of a scientific journal. "Well, I went to George's funeral in Wichita, and I was probably the most heavily protected son of a bitch in the state. I was surrounded by rings of marshals and they might've been able to get me with a shoulder-mounted rocket or something. But the grief of this situation was pretty hard."
The phone rings again. This time it's the president of the National Society of Genetic Counsellors, Steven Keiles. Dr Hern wants him to issue a statement denouncing the murder, the sooner the better. "I'm sorry, this is not very complicated. You make a statement and you issue it to the press, a one-page statement condemning the brutal assassination of a conscientious and dedicated doctor who helped tens of thousands of women." He slams down the receiver. "That guy is a fucking clerk. I have no patience for this kind of bullshit. George gave them so much money and so much help."
He starts ranting about the time the militant anti-abortion activist Randall Terry prayed for his death on national Christian radio. "These guys are just despicable. If anyone wants hope for the human species, don't talk to me."
A receptionist comes to close the door so the patients don't hear him. Later, he says, "You can never get used to this. I think we're hardwired, biologically, to protect small, vulnerable creatures, especially babies. The foetuses may not be babies, but some of them are pretty close." He suggests you read an essay called What About Us? Staff Reactions to D&E (Dilation and Evacuation). "The anti-abortion people quote the shit out of it. It's kind of anti-abortion porn for them. But the pro-choice people don't like it either. They don't like it when you talk about how it really feels to do this work." His voice is somewhere between bitter and proud.
So why did he write it? And what about this theory that man is a cancer? "I wrote it because, A, I'm a human being, and B, I'm a writer, and C and D, I'm a physician and I'm trying to understand what we're doing here."
You read the paper. He describes the reactions members of his staff have when they see residue of late abortions, which include "shock, dismay, amazement, disgust, fear and sadness". The later the pregnancy, the harder it is to accept. One assistant resented the patients for putting them through such a horrible experience. Two others described dreams where they vomited foetuses. Common coping mechanisms were denial, projection and rationalisation. The paper ends with the passage the anti-abortionists love to quote, always out of context; words so honest they are almost as painful to read as they must have been to write: "We have reached a point in this particular technology where there is no possibility of denying an act of destruction. It is before one's eyes. The sensations of dismemberment flow through the forceps like an electric current. It is the crucible of a raging controversy, the confrontation of a modern existential dilemma. The more we seem to solve the problem, the more intractable it becomes."
Dr Hern is in the basement doing an abortion. Today is Thursday, operating day. It's just after 8am, and very quiet. The waiting room is empty. So are the examining rooms. A receptionist tells you he just got done with a patient and should be back shortly.
A woman comes to the door. "Is it OK if I go outside for a minute?" "Sure. Knock on the door if you're starting to feel bad."
The phone keeps ringing. "If you have tissue samples," says the receptionist you cannot name, "That makes it logistically easier. Can I put you on hold one second?" She opens the door for the sad woman and her daughter. "Thank you," the daughter says in an emphatic tone that suggests she's not just talking about the door.
A few minutes pass and the phone rings again. "Good morning, Dr Hern's office. OK, did you get any measurements from the ultrasound? OK. And where was this done? OK."
When the calls slow down, the receptionist tells you about the time a pro-life reporter pretended to be looking for information and then quoted her by name. "They do these things to scare you."
The US marshals keep walking up and down the hall, carrying black bags that look ominously tactical. The receptionist opens the door again. It's a woman in an ankle-length Amish dress. "You've seen her before," she tells Dr Hern. "She was with another woman in the same kind of dress."
While you wait, you read another one of the doctor's essays. "It has been my practice to rupture membranes with ring forceps," it says.
At 11:30, the doctor comes up in a cheerful mood. "I have to go check the level of molecular degeneration in my tamales."
It's the second lighthearted thing you've heard him say. And when he comes back from the kitchen, he says another. "I identified a new species in my tamales. But I think with a gastroenterologist standing by…"
The receptionist smiles. "It's your risk."
The Amish women leave. He walks them to the door and says, "Give my regards to Dr H –"
In the nurses' office, the soft felt sunflower weaves through the metal in-box. A young woman wearing a 1920s flapper scarf comes up the stairs alone. At that very moment, you are reading page 83 of Abortion Practice, the section called Isolation: "One of the loneliest persons in the world is the woman who has not told anyone she is pregnant or considering an abortion. Some women have no one to whom they can turn; others insist on suffering alone as a form of self-punishment. The individual abortion counsellor may, and frequently does, fill that gap for both kinds of patients."
The woman in the flapper scarf stops at the receptionist's office. "Thank you so much," she says. "You're so helpful. You're wonderful ladies." Another woman stops at the desk. She's a Latina, here for her sister. "Can I wait? I want to say goodbye to everyone."
The phone rings. "Well, have you had an ultrasound? OK. If it's between 19 weeks and 24 weeks, it'll be between $5,000 and $7,500."
Five minutes later, it rings again. "No, we need to know what the measurements are before you travel. It's a measurement in millimetres and centimetres. Fax it to us. Everything is based on the measurement."
Now it's 1:47, and you're sitting down in the counselling room with the young couple who arrived in Wichita just in time to see the news cameras that surrounded the Reformation Lutheran Church. The woman has light brown hair and wears conservative glasses. She is calm, sombre and depleted.
As gently as you can, you ask her to tell you why she chose abortion.
"We had found out something was wrong at 28 weeks, seriously wrong. And they found out that it was going to put me, my health, perhaps in danger if I carried through to the end."
And it was a planned pregnancy?
"Oh yes. Absolutely."
And when you arrived in Wichita?
"We were caught between grieving about going through this and this awful situation."
You couldn't find a doctor closer to home?
"They do these kinds of procedures in Canada, where we come from, but because I was a very complicated case, and because I didn't feel comfortable with the way they wanted to do it, it was very high risk, I wanted to come to someone who is an expert."
Do you mind explaining why it was so complicated?
"The child had severe abnormalities."
You change the subject, asking what was wrong with the Canadian doctors.
"They do it very fast. They don't use the seaweed, they don't take their time, and it puts the woman at risk. And you're at risk of losing your uterus. I would like to have children, so I didn't want to have that risk."
And how did it go, the surgery?
"Well, Dr Tiller said that…"
"Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Dr Hern said I was a very complicated case. He said it went well, but it wasn't an easy thing to do. It was painful physically and mentally."
You ask if there's anything else they want to say. The husband answers. "It's important that people have a choice. At the end of the day, when things go bad, you know? I mean, God forbid something happens to Dr Hern, where are we going to go next? Australia? China?"
Five minutes later, you catch Dr Hern in the nurses' office. Did their procedure take long?
"Yeah, it was 45 minutes. The average is five minutes. She was very far along. It was the position of the uterus, and she had a previous C-section, poor dilation, it was very difficult. I think any other procedure would have been very, very dangerous for her."
She was in danger of her life?
"Oh yeah. She would have risked having a ruptured uterus in an induction procedure."
In surgery, or in birth?
"Well, she's at risk, at this point, no matter what she decides to do. That's why I'm quite sure this was the safest option for her."
Later that evening, you will drive with Dr Hern's wife and son to the Temple Emanuel in Denver. He'll choke up when he ascends to the dais to say that George Tiller was "gentle, considerate and compassionate", then recover and roll into the refuge of his annealing anger: "This brutal, cold-blooded, premeditated political assassination is the inevitable and predictable result of over 35 years of rabid anti-abortion harassment, hate rhetoric, violence..."
When he comes off the stage to embrace the wife, he will break down in racking sobs. His son will stroke his shoulder. You will be standing right next to them, close enough to hear him say, "Amor, Amor, Amor," close enough to hear members of the audience – who came by word of mouth, because the rabbi considered it too dangerous to advertise publicly – whisper their gratitude. "Thank you for your courage." One woman squeezes his hand. "It's because of people like you that my relatives survived the 1940s."
Three weeks later, the woman from Canada calls you. She has some things she wants to tell you. It was the most tragic and terrible experience of my life, she begins. She has a son almost ready to start kindergarten, she was afraid she wouldn't survive to raise him, and she wants to have a big family, and the situation was so crazy with the marshals and the bulletproof glass and the constant fear of a mad killer with a gun. Dr Hern was under so much pressure. She could see the stress in his face. "Now I'm still recovering, and still sad and still mourning, and I realise how grateful I am that Dr Hern was able to take me under such quick and terrible circumstances. That's what gets me so upset. He's a doctor who is trying to help people. It's shocking that people want to hurt him."
Without Dr Hern, she says, she doesn't know what she would have done. It's crazy he's the only one left. She is grateful, so grateful that she will be here to raise her son. And as the words tumble you hear, in the urgency unleashed by her deliverance, a love too sad for sermons, too personal for headlines, a private benediction, the abortionist's reward, the love song of Warren Martin Hern, MD.★
• Copyright John H Richardson. A longer version of this article originally appeared in US Esquire.


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Many had seen awkwardness in him. His antics had raised eyebrows. Was this wayward child simply yearning for love and understanding?
Those in this moment questioned the disturbing, guttural sound deep from within him.
His evil grin seemed to sneak up on the priests as they reentered the satanic room.
Jim Freeze is 69 years old and retired.He has been writing for three years and has completed over 50 stories to date, with seven published.

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Once again we are joining with other churches in town to help provide the food that is given away to those in need in the TAPIN Thanksgiving Food bags. Our congregation is asked to provide Instant Mashed Potatoes, Brownie Mix, and Stuffing Mix. (Please note that TAPIN is not allowed to split up large boxes of these items purchased from BJ's etc – they can only give out the regular sized boxes.) TAPIN helps about 450 families in the East Bay area each Thanksgiving so lots is needed! Food donations may be placed in the bins in the narthex (on your way into church) or in the bin at the back of Fellowship Hall. TAPIN also accepts cash donations for the purchase of gift cards which they can buy in bulk at a discount. Anyone wishing to make a cash donation should make the check payable to 'BCCUCC' and put 'TAPIN' in the memo line. Thank you.
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BLUE RIDGE (2018) 24″ x 44″
This piece was inspired by a photograph taken by my dad, John F. Plymale, at Pipestem State Park in West Virginia. If you ever find yourself at latitude 37.523400, longitude -80.994, look around and see if you recognize the view! I was born in West Virginia, and though I haven't lived in the state for decades, this landscape still feels familiar.
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This session is only for campers going INTO 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade in the Fall of 2020
Check-in is on Sunday, June 21st between 2-4pm at Camp E-Ko-Wah.
Check-out is on Friday, June 26th between 1-2pm.
Get ready to test your outdoor skills, competition drive and general know-how! Are you ready to outlast, outplay and outwit other campers in this Survivor-themed session? Campers will join a tribe and participate in some epic (and some ridiculous) challenges that will test the campers' wit, skills, silliness and sportswomanship! Campers can expect to participate in challenges that may include fire building, canoeing, eating contests, archery show-downs, and much more!
This is a traditional full-week camp session (6-days/5-nights) with a normal scheduled cookout.
Horse experiences are not a part of this camp unless purchased on a promotion from GSWESTOK.
This camp will not run if less than 5 campers register. If this camp gets cancelled, it might be replaced with another session.
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In center of Positano
The Hotel California has 15 double rooms.
6 in the original wing and 9 in the new addition; 3 of the latter are equipped with jacuzzis.
All of the rooms are airy and bright, with views of the sea and of the town of Positano from their balconies/terraces. The rooms in the original wing are decorated with frescoes done in the 18th century.
The rooms are equipped with television, telephone, mini fridge/bar, air-conditioning and hairdryer.
All of the rooms are air-conditioned and have views of the sea and of the town of Positano from their balconies/terraces. They are equipped with television, telephone, mini fridge/bar, air-conditioning and hairdryer;
- Most recent renovation: 2016;
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Yes, it's come to this.
Tom Koehler was an interesting addition to the Blue Jays late in 2017, offering the team a chance to take a look at a guy who had once been a nice back-end starter, and who was arbitration eligible for 2018. Koehler's season had gone completely sideways in Miami, but he'd managed to be a tick above replacement level over his three previous years with the Marlins (3.3 WAR over those three seasons per FanGraphs, 3.5 per Baseball Reference), and the hope was that a change of scenery might have allowed him to show enough to the Jays to make him an asset again going forward.
That wasn't exactly what happened.
Koehler made just one start for the Jays, throwing five innings against the Rays in late August, allowing four hits, just one run, while walking three and striking out seven. Not bad, actually. But Koehler ended up getting crowded out of the rotation and spent most of his time with the Jays in the bullpen — where he was also pretty decent. In 12 innings out of the bullpen he allowed four earned runs, walked just three, struck out 11, and allowed just 12 hits. He also saw a little uptick in his velocity, working at 93-94 and touching 95.
Koehler looked like he could have been an interesting bullpen piece, even though MLBTR projected him to make $6 million through arbitration. The Jays, however, decided not to tender him a contract at that rate, making him a free agent. It was a decision that was mildly questioned in a few corners (though, to be fair, out here on the internet you can find a living breathing straw man for just about every dumb opinion imaginable), especially after Koehler was picked up by a very good, very smart team: the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The word on what the Dodgers would pay him has been very slow in arriving, which only deepened the intrigue (the very, very mild intrigue). What's he going to get from L.A.? How close would it have been to the $6 million the Jays could have paid him? Have the Jays made mistake by not hanging on to this asset who Los Angeles is trying to make their new version of Brandon Morrow?
And the answer is: meh, not really.
Tom Koehler will be paid base salary of $2 million and can earn additional $1.25 million if he makes 25 starts or $500,000 if he appears in 60 games as reliever/starter with #Dodgers
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 20, 2017
Yeah, paying a guy twice the rate he ended up getting on the open market, even when we're talking about such low numbers (for a free agent baseball salary, that is), would have been a mistake. Especially considering where Koehler would have landed on the Jays' right-handed relief depth chart: certainly behind Roberto Osuna, Dominic Leone, Ryan Tepera, and Danny Barnes, and perhaps Carlos Ramirez, and (depending on how he's used) Joe Biagini, as well.
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'Bigg Boss 9' Day 74: Housemates meet their families for Christmas
Christmas spirit comes with a boatload of positivity, laughter and tears. Housemates gear up to do fun tasks which also involved entry of families of some inmates to spread festive cheer
Christmas spirit comes with a boatload of positivity. While the housemates wake up to 'Ruk Ruk Ruk'. Gizele complains about how Nora talks and laughs too much after lights out. Little do the housemates know that the day ahead will take them on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
In the afternoon, Bigg Boss announces the 'Remote Control' task wherein the housemates are supposed to 'pause', 'rewind', 'fast-forward' and 'play' upon Bigg Boss' command. What ensues after this announcement is laughter and hilarity.
Rishabh Sinha
While Gizele is chasing Priya to get out of the washroom, Rishabh irritates Priya by switching off the bathroom lights. This irks her and Gizele and Priya get into an argument. When Gizele finally realises that Rishabh is playing trouble-maker, she apologises and this is when Priya comes out and says, "Thank you. Rewind." Bigg Boss immediately commands Priya to rewind and she goes back in, making other housemates squeal with laughter. When she gets out after being asked to 'play', Gizele hugs her and Bigg Boss pauses the two of them. This moment is once again followed by reverberating laughter.
Rishabh Sinha with his sister
Later, when the whole house is put on the 'fast-forward' mode, Mandana playfully throws an orange at Rishabh and he retorts by hitting her hard with the orange. When everyone is put back into 'play' mode, this causes a huge fight between Rishabh and Mandana. When most housemates are in the garden area, Bigg Boss pauses everyone and Rishabh's sister enters the house. In spite of their equation with Rishabh, Suyyash, Rochelle, Prince and Kishwer are seen shedding tears at this emotional reunion. When Rishabh is asked to 'play', he quickly shows her around the house. Immediately after his sister leaves the house, teary-eyed Prince and Suyyash run to hug Rishabh.
Keith Sequeira with Rochelle Maria Rao's sister Paloma Rao
Seeing the reunion, Keith also gets emotional. All housemates, including Mandana, unite to cheer him up and make him feel better. Prince even gifts Keith his favourite T-shirt in order to make him feel better. Later, Bigg Boss plays a prank on the housemates. Upon announcing that the storeroom contains their confiscated belongings, the housemates rush to reclaim it. They have barely reclaimed their items when Bigg Boss says 'rewind' and the housemates are forced to return their items to the storeroom.
An emotional Kishwer breaks down after seeing her mother
In the evening, as soon as Kishwer sees on the TV screen that her mother is in the confession room and runs inside. Before she can enter, Bigg Boss pauses everyone and makes them rewind and pause again. Kishwer is now standing right in front of the TV screen. Bigg Boss tells her to 'play' and as soon as she runs and hugs her mother, he tells her to rewind. An emotional Kishwer leaves the confession room when he makes her do the same thing again. When Kishwer's mother leaves the confession room, Kishwer has a major emotional breakdown. Not one to spoil the Christmas spirit, Bigg Boss sends Kishwer's mother in to meet her again. An overjoyed Kishwer greets her and introduces her to all.
Rochelle Maria rao hugs her sister Paloma Rao
Later, Rochelle's sister Paloma Rao enters the house when the housemates are paused. Unfortunately for Rochelle, instead of telling Rochelle to 'play', Keith is asked to 'play'. Just when she is about to leave the house, Bigg Boss commands Rochelle to 'play'. She runs to the main door to hug her sister.
A day full of laughter, joy and happy tears draws to an end even as Bigg Boss pauses everyone at the dinner table and tells only Rishabh to 'play'. Rishabh enjoys making everyone sit in awkward, funny positions. Playfully, he makes Mandana hold a knife to her throat. The housemates cannot control their laughter just when Bigg Bos tells them to 'play'.
'Bigg Boss 9' Day 74: Gizele objects to Prince and Nora's 'PDA'
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September 9, 2015 by Drafts & Crafts
Summer is for mini's and fall is for midi's. A comfortable and feminine dress will always get my attention, here is my first midi of fall.
{Dress: Loft currently 40% off} {Bag: Michael Kors, similar love!}
{Sandals: Loeffler Randall, similar}
{Pearl Bracelet: Kate Spade}
I hope everyone had a wonderful labor day weekend filled with fun, sunshine, relaxation, and maybe a sip or two!
Midi, midi, midi can't you see, sometimes your style hypnotizes me. Am I right? Who else is excited for midi season, midi dresses and skirts are my jam!! This dress is my first purchase from Loft's fall line that just came into stores! Loft is currently having 40% off all of their new fall styles… have I mentioned I love the Loft! They are tons of grey, camel, and plaid tones that I am swooning over. Now, I am just keeping my fingers crossed for some cooler weather so I can break out the sweaters!!
I wore this dress for a lovely day trip to Amelia Island. My husband and I, along with my parents, had a awesome visit to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island! We drank DIY bloodies (see my DIY bloody bar here), visited the beach, and browsed all of the adorable boutiques in the hotel. We then traveled into Downtown Fernandina, where we strolled up and down the historic strip. If you are ever in Jacksonville and want to take a day trip, I highly recommend visiting Amelia Island or St. Augustine. There is just so much charm and history packed into one adorable town!!
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Sunday, July 31, 2005
I lay on my bed and ponder
Psalm 4:3 says, "upon your beds ponder in silence" and Psalm 63:7, " When I think of you upon my bed, through the night watches I will recall...." I can't seem to shut my mind down, even though I desperately yearn to get some sleep. What I often do when I'm wide awake at night for whatever reason is reflect on this psalm -- sometimes I'm awake worrying about things; sometimes it's trivial things keeping me up; sometimes (like tonight) I just can't get the sheep together in my head -- if I'm up at night, I try to "ponder" in my bed, meditating on the inscrutable ways of God or offering Him my sleeplessness or praying for whomever passes through my mind. Most of the time I fall asleep shortly; when I don't, I can't complain that my time was wasted.
Off to bed to ponder...
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- Anonymous said...
Been there many times....I usually have to force myself to quit thinking about whatever is bothering me and start praying...it's amazing how that can put me to sleep.
I have had many instances, especially these last few years, that I wake up and I know right away that our Lord wants me to pray for somebody...sometimes I know exactly who it is...sometimes I don't know and then I just start doing a rosary.
Are you still feeling so tired? That would have to make you feel really frustrated if you're tired and you can't sleep...hope you're doing well today. God bless!!!
- mrsdarwin said...
Thanks, I'm feeling a bit more human. I find that early in pregnancy I feel like I have the flu: no energy at all and an inability to focus or move! Recently I've been pepping up a bit, though of course being queasy slows me down. Eyes on the prize, I guess...
- strivingforholiness said...
and the prize makes it all worthwhile...


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III (Signed)
Robin Maddock
III (Signed)
Photographs: Robin Maddock
Publisher: Trolley
96 pages
Pictures: 64
Year: 2014
Comments: Hardcover, 170 mm × 250 mm.
'III' is part homage to 20th Century American photography, part response to a country already saturated in documentary images, and a visual history well known to us from the ether of both high and low culture. These 64 photographs, a pictorial riddle of small interventions, are an attempt to leave this tradition in some small way.
Previously known for his colour documentary photography in Britain, 'III' might seem an unusual departure for Maddock. Yet this book is a continuation of his solitary walking, and search for simple, quotidian illuminations. 'III' reflects a new freedom from a responsibility to represent social specifics. We are invited to see the three elements of traditional reportage; time, subject and place, in playful, vertiginous free fall.


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How would Jane Jacobs design bicycle lanes?
Bleecker Street (Near Murray's Cheese) 6th Avenue mayhem
Copenhagen it aint, even so, New York has witnessed significant progress. I can't imagine what resistance drivers, especially taxi drivers, would have put up when learning they were about to lose a cycle wide slice of their god given roads, in this city where cars held the reigns so tight for so long. But it has happened. Somehow, reason prevailed. But then, these shots are from the West Village, a district synonymous with Jane Jacobs and the triumph of reason. Jacobs saved the area from a proposed expressway and towers in the 60s, and in the process invented the modern concept of "urbanism", a word architects and planners take to mean the messy but nonetheless vital cacophony that comes from loosening zoning rules and designing with a pedestrian's eye.
I spent a few weeks in New York in 1998, and was horrified by the reckless way people drove. When I lived there in 2006, pedestrians were walking wherever they liked. The change had been a result of a new law that made drivers liable for hitting pedestrians, no matter what.
These are by no means safe or ideal cycle lanes. However, coupled with no fault laws to protect cyclists, I can see them working reasonably well. In Jacobs's book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, there's a passage describing drivers giving way to kids playing ball games on narrow streets.
Jacobs opposed separation at every scale. Mix it up and let people behave, was her edict.
Like it or not, Australian politicians look to America. Pub smoking bans swept America in 2005, then Australia in 2007. New York's public schools policies have just hit NSW. We can rile against their imperialism, and dig Danish chicks all we like, but I can't help thinking trends in America are more causal when it comes to the cycleways craze in Australia.
And this may explain our false starts, particularly some of the bungles that have happened in Sydney. The pictures are of one-way cycle lanes on one-way streets in New York. God help us if our politicians have seen these and thought wow! Cycle lanes like these hinder short trips by forcing cyclists into big clockwise loops of huge urban blocks. No fault rules, and signs telling cyclists they can ride either way on streets that are one-way for cars, would get more people riding. I think that's what Jacobs would say too, if she were alive still.


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I'm pleased with these boots overall. These boots are very stiff, but, I think they're supposed to be.
I've had them about a month and have wore them around town and just wore them on about a 10-11 mile backpacking trip in cold icy conditions. When I started the trip there was snow and temps were around 25 degress F. I climbed and descended what I consider to be a steep, rocky, rooty trail, Alum cave trail - Smokies.
About 1/3 of the way up I attached crampons to the boot and they held great. I made it to the top where the temp was 0 degrees F with warm feet and no hot spots. However, once I stopped moving my feet did get cold, as did the rest of my body though.
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On the way down the mountain I did get 4 hot spots and 2 blisters. I think my feet are almost broken in to the boots now. I think the blisters are really from me rolling my ankles so many times on this trail due to crampons. The blisters were not the normal spots and were on the sides of my feet.
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Strategy HCO7.2: Organize, support, or sponsor events that bring together interest groups or the wider community.
Strategy Description
Communities should work with local governments to establish or work with existing neighborhood associations to organize, support, and sponsor community events.
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Asheville's Downtown After 5 is a free music series that takes place regularly from May to September. Each concert showcases local food vendors and breweries and has amenities such as a bike corral and composting stations.


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My decision to start treatment at IMAC resulted from an injury where I tripped over wires. I felt intense pain when walking and it was even worse when walking up stairs. After treatment at IMAC I can do more physical activity pain free. Walking, stairs, shopping and working out is so much easier without the pain. At an age where everything hurts, the IMAC treatment gave me more freedom to do what I wanted.
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This gorgeous Italian American honey comes with a punch and knock out beauty, Tallah Dior Gotti says "I'm the one your man thinks about when he is making love to you" now living in Miami this cutie is on her way to becoming the next video vixen of the century Tallah stopped by and had a sit with TJKS and chatted her ass off world get ready!
Name: Tallah Dior Gotti
Birth Place: Boston, MA
State of residency: Currently Boston
Date of Birth: March 24th
Birth Sign: Aries
Ethnic Background: Italian American
Height: 5'2
Weight: 117
Measurements: 34, 26, 39.
T-Shirt Size: Small
Shoe Size: Six
Eyes: Dark Blue
Breast size: 32DD
Occupation: I am currently the General Manager of an international yachting company for the royal family of Saudi Arabia.
Interview with Tallah Dior
JAMKING: Where are you from?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I'm originally from Boston, living in Miami, but traveling across the globe 24/7.
JAMKING: What is your ethnic background?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I'm a Gotti so of course I'm Italian American lol
JAMKING: What are your measurements?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: My measurements are-34, 26, 39.
JAMKING: How did Tallah Dior get started in modeling?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I actually started when I was a baby and it lasted until I was a teen. I took a little break to find myself and create myself. Because I am so much more than my looks.
JAMKING: Who do you respect most in the modeling industry?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Myself 😉
JAMKING: We know you are quite the business woman, what keeps you driven?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: My Family, Success, and Respect keeps me driven. I know what I want out of life and I know exactly how to get it. I've always been driven and motivated because I've always believed in myself & nothing else.
JAMKING: What is like being the hit on twitter we see you be blasting off on there?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Haha I'm actually pretty new to twitter but I got hooked pretty easy it's my new obsession. I love meeting new people they inspire me.
JAMKING: Would you ever do a reality TV show?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Yes, I would defiantly love to do a reality show but it would have to revolve around me.
JAMKING: How do you shake the haters off?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I never let them get to me. To be honest I don't care what they think, or what they say. The only opinion that matters is my own. There jealous because lets face it..I'm the best that ever done it.
JAMKING: What's your ultimate fantasy?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Having sex in front of an audience. Lol
JAMKING: What advise do you have for any aspiring models?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: To all the aspiring models, NEVER EVER give up on your dreams. If you want it go out there and get it let NOTHING stop you even if it feels like EVERTHING is trying to stop you.
JAMKING: What do you think is your best physical attribute?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Defiantly my Butt..I'm obsessed with my Butt and I love it and alot of other people do too. Haha!
JAMKING: Your body is Bangin! How do you stay in such great shape?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Aw thank you. Well I work out everyday and watch my diet. Very simple. &I Box everyday it's my obsession and it keeps me in great shape.
JAMKING: How often do you workout?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I try and workout everyday no matter what.
JAMKING: What are some of you current projects?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I have so many projects I can barley sleep at night..you all will hear off them if you haven't already..look out for me.
JAMKING: What are some of your future goals?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: To be the best that ever did it.
JAMKING: Do you ever get tired of being a sex symbol?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: NEVER, I love attention. I'm a very sexual person I can turn anything and everything into sexxxy 😉
JAMKING: How would you best describe your personality?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I am very Confident (if you couldn't already tell lol) I'm funny, Fun, Classy, and of course Sexxxy 😉
JAMKING: So tell us Tallah what is your favorite quote?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: "I never pray to God, I pray to *Gotti*" Jay-Z
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I am very Confident (if you couldn't already tell lol) I'm funny, Fun, Classy, and of course Sexxxy 😉
JAMKING: What are some of Tallah Dior turn-ons and turnoffs?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Turn on-When a guy kisses me on the neck…then it's on lol. Turnoff- An over cocky immature guy. ew.
JAMKING: What type of guys do you like?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I really don't have a type. I use to go for the whole Guido thing but there basically all the same (No disrespect) Personality is everything to me if you can make me laugh make me smile and give me butterfly's…that's my type.
JAMKING: What is something about you that people would be surprised to know?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: For the first time in along time…I am SiNGLE 😉
JAMKING: Are you interesting in acting and or doing music videos?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I am interested in doing music videos I would love to do that. I love music and I'm an amazing dancer..actually one of my workouts is belly dancing so I know exactly how to work my body.
JAMKING: What can we expect in 2010-11 from Tallah Dior?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Get ready to hear and see allot more of me.
JAMKING: Any words for the fans once the get through glaze these photos?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: I'm so much more than just another pretty face.
JAMKING: Before we let you go where can the fans and the big talent scoots find you on the web other than the jamkingshow?
Tallah*Dior*Gotti: Twitter @_ExoticVixen tallahdiorgotti.com
JAMKING: Well we thank you for time and make sure you keep us updated so we can keep you out there, don't forget about us little people when you blast off.


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Monday, July 2, 2012
Back It Up!
Is there anything worse than pouring your blood, sweat and tears into something you created, only to have it disappear?
Oh, well sure, there's THAT.
But I'm talking about non-life-threatening things.
More specifically, your manuscript. You know, that thing you've been slaving over in the hopes that someday the world will read? What would happen if it got deleted?
I'm sure there would be a fair amount of this.
But that's not going to get your book back, is it?
Trust me, it won't. And you'll just feel ashamed for, A. losing your work and, B. doing the ugly cry.
This actually happened to me with my last post on this blog. I posted it and everything was fine, then I went in to edit it and *poof* it was gone. Luckily I had a backup, and I can't stress how important it is to do the same with your work.
How? You might ask.
There are plenty of ways, but I'll list a couple that I know about.
When I told Jordan about my problem, she suggested something called Windows Live Writer. I haven't looked into it too much, but it looks like a good option.
But let's say your computer pulls one of these:
Your files are just gone forever, just like Sarah Jessica Parker, right? Not if you're smart.
The first option is the external hard drive. These are great and for like a hundred bucks you can get a 2 terabyte drive.
For those non-techspeak people, 1 terabyte will hold a couple million pages of text files. So grab one of those drives and you should be set for life, even if every book you write is longer than Ulysses.
Unless you accidentally knock the hard drive over.
A friend of mine in animation school had all his files on an external drive and he accidentally kicked it, and he totally did the Dawson cry.
So if you're going to get an external drive, I'd recommend a solid state one. They're more expensive, but also more durable.
But what if you're travelling when your computer spontaneously combusts and you don't have access to your external drive?
There are a number of online options for file backup. I've used MediaFire.com and Dropbox.com. You can get a free account with a couple gigs of storage space or pay some money and get a bigger storage limit. Be warned though. I just got an email from Mediafire saying they might delete some of my files because I hadn't accessed them recently. (It's probably been about a year) I'm not sure, but Dropbox may have a similar time limit.If you're accessing it regularly you should be fine.
But my favorite method is free, easy, and allows me to have access to my document wherever I have internet access. It's called....Gmail.
That's right. My email account. I actually wrote my first book, all 76,000 words of it, in an email that I saved in my drafts. That way I had easy access to it wherever I had internet, and it would have been very hard to delete.
I'm still a little paranoid about losing my work, so on my recent manuscript, which I wrote in Word, in addition to cutting and pasting the text into an email and saving it, I would periodically email the Word document to myself. Easy enough, right? That way my computer could get nuked and I wouldn't have lost a word of my work, because I could just download it from Gmail whenever I wanted. It ensures I don't lose my work, and it keeps my keyboard free from those bitter tears that might otherwise fall.
So that's what works for me. What about you?
6 comments:
- Jordan Dane said...
You've got some good solutions here, Dan. There's also CLOUD, which is like Dropbox. I email my word docs everyday. It is a NIGHTMARE to lose your work. Nice practical post.
- July 2, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Ilsa said...
True story: my youngest child came into my study one afternoon, saw that interesting green light--and pushed it.
All I can say is . . . she's lucky she's made it into college.
- July 2, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- Ilsa said...
All those clouds out there are only good so long as the servers function. Given that Amazon's Cloud has crashed TWICE (the latest being that big storm when their backup generator failed to kick in) and I'm sure DROPBOX will eventually . . . flash drives. Backup hard drive. My hair is thin enough already without me tearing it out.
- July 2, 2012 at 8:55 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
I actually back up my system hard drive & email my latest MS version to myself. I had a hard drive crash on me & my genius nephew recovered most of my files. Lesson learned. I don't like the idea of completely trusting a third party system for something as major as my years of files. Scary stuff.
- July 2, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
Hey Dan. At my other blog, THE KILL ZONE, author Kathleen Pickering talks about identity theft & the security of CLOUD & DROP BOX files. It's a scary world.
- July 3, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- Dan Haring said...
Thanks Jordan! I hadn't heard of CLOUD, but I'll look into it as well. But I'm also hesitant about cloud-based systems. Like Ilsa said, if those servers go down you're just as out of luck. I really like the email method, but now I'm paranoid that somehow their servers will go down and I'll lose that stuff. Yikes.
Thanks for the link to Kathleen's post. That happened to my wife's grandpa too. Poor guy had a heck of a time getting everything back to normal. Sucks that people are so evil.
- July 3, 2012 at 11:26 AM


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Topic: Savory to the Taste (07/26/12)
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By Noel Mitaxa
They smiled their thanks as the waiter set down their meals; a couple of sides to share with two gigantic T-bones still fizzing on the iron plates cradled on thick wooden trays to absorb the heat. This was going to be some demolition derby, because for these two best friends, a meal couldn't just be a meal. It had to be a contest, for the respect in their friendship allowed plenty of room for rivalry; right from their first day at school.
Busy family life and demanding work schedules made these friends value their "Man Food" nights, as they proved the truth of Proverbs 27:17 - "as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
Food intake replaced conversation, until Todd rested his fork. "How did Saturday's men's breakfast go? I'd booked the weekend away with Stacey and the kids before I knew about it."
"It was a great time, and Pastor Kelvin shared some new ideas about how we can be the salt of the earth, like Jesus said," Mike replied.
"New ideas?" Todd furrowed his brow. "I've only ever heard about salt predating refrigeration as a preservative; before preachers serve up guilt trips about how we need to preserve everyone's morals.
Mike produced a paper napkin from his pocket. "Well check out what I wrote down!
"Salt enhances taste, just like we put on these steaks. So God's grace can flow through us to help people see how much better their lives can be."
"Let's not try it on desserts," Todd grinned, "and if you drink salty water you could end up with "brine" damage – Hah! But what else did he say?"
"Funny you should mention salty water," Mike chuckled, "because salty water is harder to boil or freeze. It's more thermostatic, so God's grace helps us to keep people around us less emotional and more objective if there's tension in the air."
"But salt is destructive too," Todd countered. "What about salt for de-icing winter roads? It clears the roads, but it eats our cars up!"
"That's true," Mike replied, "but that's just like God's grace corrodes the hard attitudes that we discover in some people from time to time."
Todd leaned forward with a smile. "But even a teaspoon full of salt can kill! "
"You're right again, Todd," Mike conceded, "but let's not let our steaks get cold. These notes can wait."
Eating resumed, heartily, as the two friends worked their way through their protein and trimmings.
Todd eventually pushed his empty plate away with a satisfied grin. "I always know when I've eaten enough; it's when my chair hasn't shifted and I feel the table rubbing against my shirt. But I'd like to hear more about that breakfast."
"Thought you'd never ask," chuckled Mike. "You mentioned how salt can kill if you ingest too much, but I've got here 'salt kills infection,' so we can release God's grace into poisonous attitudes and abusive scenarios to promote healing and harmony.
"Did you realise that salty water is a more powerful conductor for electricity than ordinary water?" Mike asked. "Pastor Kelvin invited us to pray by concentrating less on our problems and more on God's grace, so we can respond to his working with more confidence and less surprise. How about that?
"But salt's greatest feature is that it makes people thirsty. Which means that as we allow God to direct his grace through us, we will connect with people's inner needs or hopes, or even with the hurts they've hidden away from everyone else. And as they sense his availability through how we interact with them, they will want to know more about how to plug into his grace for themselves."
"So Psalm 34 verse 8 is right on the mark," Todd nodded: "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Happy is the man who takes refuge in him."
"You betcha," Mike replied, "because S-A-L-T is just another way to spell L-O-V-E!"
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I had some time this weekend to do an analysis of GHG emissions under different scenarios of driving the ICE on hot days to try to add extra life to the Leaf Battery. Very interesting results. Data was taken from the Lifecycle Analysis done for CARB by UCLA:drees wrote:Regardless - driving the stinker during the hottest two months of the year when air quality is typically at it's worst seems to defeat a lot of the purpose of the LEAF - especially when out on the "glide path" the difference in capacity between EOL at 10 vs 12 years is minimal.
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I took the following estimates from that study:
CO2 equivalents emitted to manufacture Leaf = 9,000 kg / 1.5 batteries assumed manufactured to get full matching life = 6,000 kg per battery
ICE vehicle CO2 equivalents emitted per mile = 60,000 kg / 180,000 miles = 0.33 kg per mile
--Assume that Leaf battery lasts 8 years under "normal" use, but would last 10 years if not driven in extremely hot climates for 8 weeks in summer. We can thus allocate 750 kg CO2 equivalents per year of use of the battery. If two years are saved, about 1500 kg CO2 would be saved
--my commute is 160 miles per week, so 8 weeks would be 1280 miles, which would be 422 kg CO2 extra emitted per year by taking the ICE vehicle
--over 8 years, the ICE vehicle would emit 3,379 kg CO2 equivalents extra to save the Leaf battery for 2 years longer life.
Thus driving the Leaf all the time would mean an extra 1500 kg CO2 would have to be emitted to build a new battery for the Leaf to last the two more years (allocated 2/8 = 1/4 of CO2 emissions to get 2 years of life from the new battery). However, in order to get that savings one would have to emit the extra 3,379 kg CO2 by driving the ICE vehicle. The break even point would be if one could gain 2 years extra life of the battery by driving the ICE vehicle only 3.5 weeks out of the year.
Conclusion: given the assumptions above it is better for the environment from a CO2 emissions standpoint for me to drive the Leaf all the time. Serious food for thought.


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I'm happy to be home from my pilgrimage. It was certainly a grace-filled time. I want to share those graces with you, so I'm going to put together a slideshow and share a little next Sunday at 6:30pm. I'll also give the presentation in Spanish. I didn't see our Lady in the sky or in my toast, but I saw her in my heart and that is probably more important.
There is a painting that caught my eye in Medjugorje called "Kissing the face of Jesus." It is beautiful. I was so moved by it I bought a copy and am going to put it up in the office. It is an picture of Mary tenderly holding the child Jesus in her arms and giving him a kiss. I've been reflecting on this image and what it means for us.
I think it means this: when we hold onto Jesus–I mean when we really hold him in our hearts–we can and do let go of everything else. So many of us hold on to so much. We hold on to past failures, grudges, anger, addictions, wrath, money, power, titles…this person treated me badly and I hate them….that woman is a witch….all this stuff….we hold onto it. Sirach says that in our humanity we often hug war and wrath. We hug this stuff.
But in holding Jesus, we can let go.
In holding Jesus, Mary let go of everything else–her fears of the future, her preoccupations of what others thought about her, her uncertainty, everything. She held Jesus and let go of the rest.
There is a Hill in Medjugorje called Cross Hill. It takes a while to climb. On the top is a giant cross. People go up there and leave their junk there, and they let go. A man on the pilgrimage told how he left his addiction to alcohol there some years ago and hasn't had a drop since. He let go. And he held onto Jesus.
But we don't have to go there to let go of this stuff. We can do it right here. Hold on to Jesus! And then you can let go of the rest!
Hold onto Jesus!! That we must do, and teach our kids to do. I don't know that anyone "loses Jesus" or "loses the faith." They throw it away. Our job is to teach everyone we know–through example, prayer and words–to hold tight to Jesus, to embrace him with everything, just like Blessed Mother. We show the world the joy and peace and love and faith that comes from holding onto Jesus more than anything else.
We don't just hold Jesus. We look him into the eye and kiss him. My favorite thing about baptism is staring the child in the eye as I pour water on his head. I've searched for the words to describe this, and then the other night I went to Poetry Night at the Strand. A young woman read a poem and one line went like this: "I wish you could see: there is a universe inside you!" When I stare into the eyes of a child, I see that universe inside! Like Isaiah says in our first reading: God knows your name! St Paul says in our second reading: I love you and pray for you! You were chosen in Jesus! There's something incredible about looking someone in the eyes. You feel your connection to the person, your obligation to him.
And if looking at a person does that, all te more so does this happen when we hold Jesus and look him in the eyes! St John Vianney said, I'm not a smart man…I'm not holy….but when I go to adoration, I look at Jesus and he looks at me. That's what it's about! Looking into Jesus and letting him look into us. That is what happens at adoration in a special way.
Hold onto Jesus! Hold onto him with everything! And let go of the rest. Give him everything, give him his due. And let go of the rest. Kiss him, look him into the eyes and let him look you in the eyes! This is what a relationship with God is all about.


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The rise of Milan's fashion, from 1971 to today
The story of the first Milan's FW
It is the eve of the time of the year that we prefer in the long run, the Milan Fashion Week begins and without hiding too much we can admit that we like being the center of attention. The leadership in Italy is far too obvious, but an event like this makes us reflect on the role that Milan plays in the world.
As evidence of an unquestionable growth, there is the increase of credibility of street fashion, in Italy for a long time seen only as an extravagant subculture, confusion to hide under the bed during the big high fashion events. Streetwear culture has crept in fashion system cracks, filling in part limits like accessibility and the possibility of growth of many luxury brands. The fashion world is heading towards more democratization, thanks to the continuous sharing of images. These photos let a various and wide part of people dreaming to obtain the latest releases, which become symbols of a common taste. The success of Milan in our historical period make us think about the exact moment when the Italian city became the center of the show. There are a lot of analogies with today.
The "beatniks" were a young cultural movement in the '60s, they were fascinated by new American ideas and by absolute bestsellers like 'On the road', written by Jack Kerouac. Those Guys scandalized the more closed-minded with their ways of living. The "ye-ye" girls, indeed, were always well dressed, with their short skirts distracted the bystanders on the way. Woman body is increasingly nude and disappears some gender differences. Now the comfort of the clothes is more important than the design and the fashion became more simple and informal in his shapes. It's definitely a democratic style.
The insiders agree on thinking that the future is represented by new store experiences. This situation isn't far from what happened between the end of the '60s and the first '70s. Fiorucci was the first who invested in his Milan flagship store, designed by the artist Amalia Del Ponte in 1967. Fiorucci showed a new strength of his brand and all Italian fashion.
We are now assisting to a middle-class approach with more sophisticated fashion items. In the '70s the taste is revolutionized by the haute couture designers. As in those days, now Milan is knowingly leading toward a positive change. American investors bought and imported to Italy big quantities of raw material. Fashion was vibrant and the research of new material, especially for the sportswear, helped to improve old traditions. The main Italian fashion cities were Rome and Florence but some Roman fashion houses decided to leave Palazzo Pitti. However, the capital wasn't a glamour city, even though Valentino Garavani, the Fendi sisters and Laura Biagiotti. Italy couldn't challenge Paris anymore.
27 of April 1971 is the date that put Milan in the center of the world of fashion.
Walter Albini was already well known in Florence but, at the same time, he understood the limits of a mechanism focused only on exclusive clothes. In doing so the customers could not be met. As Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin were trying to do in France, Albini decided to bid on the ready-to-wear, industrial and affordable. Five different collections, designed by Albini, were presented in Milan, in Circolo del Giardino Palace, on a T-form runway. Misterfox's dresses, Basile's coats, Diamant's shirts, Escargot's pullover, and Callaghan's jersey, Everything was distributed by FTM.
Like the Phoenix, Italian fashion sprung out of burnt remnant. The buyers come to Italy from all over the world and the prices diminished, Italian style became more and more democratic. Milanese runways, in 1974 yet, were the main event to watch. Missoni and Krizia left Florence with the aim of reviving a new personal style, closer to the last phase of the fashion process, the distribution.
If we think about the modern brand strategy, we can recognize some similarities with what the fashion houses did in the '70s. The store now is closer to the costumes. Well appointed interiors and strong social communication, that reduces the distance from the client to the luxury.
Albini was also the first all-around designer, a very modern concept today. The creative director is now the center of the process and the brand identify itself with him. If today we speak of Burberry by Riccardo Tisci, Celine by Hedi Slimane or Louis Vuitton By Virgil Abloh is also thanks to the strength of those changes.
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