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My love/hate relationship with JackThreads
I have a love/hate relationship with JackThreads. I've probably bought at least three dozen items from them in the last couple years, from three-piece suits and ties to t-shirts and sunglasses. Some of it's great, and some of it's garbage.
JackThreads' prices are super cheap for the most part, and the quality of their items is very hit and miss. I've gotten a few suits from them in the $100-$150 range, which is incredibly cheap, so I'm not too disappointed when the quality is a bit crappy and the fit isn't perfect; what do you expect for $100? But even for cheap suits they're pretty stylish and interesting and I'm totally okay with it; interesting colors, patterns, cut, etc. They pretty much match the photos you see, so you know what you're getting into.
Shirts from JackThreads, on the other hand, I've had a lot of bad luck with. I've been disappointed with button-down shirts from them enough times where I don't even risk it anymore. Many times I've found shirts on their site that look great in pics — bold colors, cool patterns, nice and crisp and pressed-looking; all the things I like — and then when I see the shirt in real life the color is bland and faded, the fabric is distressed and floppy and very wrinkle-prone, the fit is burlap-sack-ish. These things are totally fine and in style for regular dudes, but they're not what I want and they don't match what I see in the pictures.
In one case, the picture of the shirt on the website showed a bold, dark-red paisley pattern with the sleeves rolled up, and the much lighter interior side of the pattern was visible on the rolled-up part of the sleeves. I received the shirt, and it was manufactured with the fabric the other way around! The faded, distressed pattern was the exterior, and the bold dark red was the interior. Very disappointing. I don't wear anything distressed looking so this shirt was useless to me.
Another time I bought three ties from JackThreads; all the same style, in black, gold, and silver, with little shiny dots on them. They were "on sale" for $12.99 each, down from "$29.99 retail." When I received them, they were in plastic packaging with price tags on them that said $9.99 each. I emailed JackThreads to ask them what was up with that — are these $10 ties they got as overstock from some store and they were just pretending they were $30 ties? — and their answer was dumb; they didn't explain anything and just sort of said sorry and gave me a $10 credit, which was nice enough, I guess. Still sounds like a rip-off.
But that brings me to my next point: what's up with the inflated "retail price" they list along with all of their items, when none of these items can be bought (to my knowledge) anywhere but on the JackThreads website? The numbers seem like arbitrary bullshit, intended to make these items look like they're higher quality than they really are. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I can't find any explanation or anything to the contrary. (And I just now Googled "what's up with jackthreads retail prices" and nothing useful came up.) And while the usually-crappy quality of their clothes matches the "sale" prices they offer, it definitely doesn't match the inflated "retail prices" they list.
Another dumb thing: their sizes. A few of the slim cut suits on their site have a note at the bottom warning that the pants are very slim, and you might want to buy a larger size. That's weird, right? I have a 30″ waist and all my pants are 30″ waist and they all fit fine, and I like very skinny pants, so I got the suit pants with a 30″ waist. When I got them and tried them on, they were a good two inches smaller; I couldn't get the two sides of the fly clasp anywhere near each other. Why call this a 30″ waist when it's clearly a 28″ waist? That's just fucking dumb. Right? But, the suit was so cheap, I just went back on the site and ordered the pants again with a 32″ waist, and they're fine. So, it's fine, just stupid.
Okay, good things about JackThreads: They're cheap. Sometimes insanely cheap. They've got free shipping on orders over (okay I forget how much, but this is still great). When I'm in the habit of buying from them frequently, they're constantly sending me emails with discount codes for my next order; that's awesome. They have a good return policy but I'm too lazy to use it. You can get a $10 credit just for sharing your order on social media and getting friends to sign up. I have a few things from them that I really love, like a t-shirt with a huge all-over graphic of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat that was like $30; definitely on the very pricey side for JackThreads but not ridiculous compared to real clothes. I also have a lot of simple stuff like plain black t-shirts that I've gotten from them that have been totally fine.
JackThreads is cheap enough and their clothes are interesting enough that I continue to take chances with them — chances with my style and chances with the crapshoot of quality. I like 'em! Try 'em! Caveat emptor and all that.


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Sydney produced a sunny morning, with light showers dampening the course, as the first female marathon runners finished the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival.
Changeable weather produced ideal running conditions for athletes from 62 countries as they made their way over four separate courses in the run that's fun for everyone
All participants crossed the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge to receive a Blackmores Sydney Running Festival medal with the face of Australian athletics legend and Olympian Raelene Boyle adorning one side.
Event Director Wayne Larden said the festival was a tremendous success
"We had really great conditions. It was forecast to be wet and windy but we managed to avoid that for the majority of the morning to ensure that more than 32,000 people enjoyed their Blackmores Sydney Running Festival experience," Larden said.
"We started the day with a record in the women's half marathon, and the men's marathon winner wasn't too far off record pace either.
"We were also awarded Gold Label Status from IAAF this year, which really gives the race the credibility it deserves - it's now recognised among the top marathons in the world including Boston and New York. It's run well, we've always run it well, but now it's recognised that we run it well and it has the best athletes in the world running.
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"Having families running and people raising money for charity is very important. It's the run that's fun for everyone and there's a distance for everyone to enjoy," he said.
Marathon winner was Japan's Hisanori Kitajima in 2:12:44. The women's event was won by Kenya's Mirriam Wangari, who was competing in her first Blackmores Sydney Marathon, in a time of 2:34.38.
Japan also took top honours in the men's and women's half marathon, with Kinya Hashira finishing his race in 1:05.50 and Kikuyo Tsuzaki breaking the women's record set in 2001, to finish in 1.14.23.
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival consists of four exciting events, all crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the two longest distances finishing outside Sydney Opera House and the two fun runs ending at the prestigious Conservatorium of Music.

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Off to a flying start … mastered C, F & G7 and looking for more?
Build your strength and confidence and master a new set of chords at Brisbane Ukulele Bootcamp's free September beginners' course. Attendance is specifically for beginners who can move smoothly between C, F and G7, but want to master more.
Session 2: Wednesday 19 September 2018.
Arrive at 6:45 pm for a 7:00 pm sharp start. Sessions run from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Bring your uke and tuner.
Julie, John and Keryn will revise ukulele basics with Am, C, F and G7, and use mastery drills to add more chords and songs to your repertoire.
No notetaking required. You'll be much too busy. We cover a lot of material in each session, so you're unlikely to master everything at Bootcamp. Detailed notes with supporting resources designed to help you structure your own practice sessions will be emailed to participants after each session. Practising for 10-15 minutes most days of the week following the Bootcamp sessions will help you to consolidate what you learn.
Beginners Ukulele Bootcamp offers practice tips, finger dexterity drills, ear training exercises, basic music theory and how to find clues for playing songs in sheet music. The chords we'll use for this course's drills, chord progressions and songs include A, Am, A7, Am7, C, C6, C7, Cmaj7, D, Dm, D7, E7, F, G, and G7.
Registration: Please register via Trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/XLMU. Registrations open on Saturday 11 August 2018. Bookings are for two sessions. Please only register if you are available for both sessions. As the group size is limited to 20 participants, if you think you have missed out, please add your name to the waiting list. Registrations close 7:00 pm on Saturday 8 September 2018.


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Experts focus on child and family support in the Netherlands
Last week ICDI, along with Stichting JES Rijnland and Centre for Children and Families Leiden hosted the third PINN International Learning Exchange in Leiden. The participants were practitioners, program coordinators, lecturers, researchers and policymakers from Portugal, Ireland, Norway as well as the Netherlands.
The goal was to get a better understanding of how prevention and early intervention 'works' for children with additional needs in the Netherlands. During the busy three-day program the international visitors had the opportunity to speak with parents, teachers, social workers, policymakers, child projection lawyers, lecturers, and family support workers. They heard that a shift in outlook regarding family support in the Netherlands is slowly underway – a move away from reacting to and trying to 'fix' so-called problem families to attempting to really listening to the questions that parents have and standing next to them and working with them.
The participants in the Learning Exchange were impressed by the commitment and dedication of all practitioners to their work with children and saw much to be positive about how health, care and education professionals work together. Het Gebouw, the welcoming community-based integrated center with a library, playgroup, toy library, child and family health center, cafe and primary schools - all under one roof in the multi-cultural Leiden Noord was a highlight. The international visitors also appreciated the family system approach to working in the Netherlands – i.e. not just responding to the child, or a mother or father when a problem is identified– but aiming to support the whole family dynamic.
They were, however, perturbed about the seemingly increasing segregation that is taking place in the Dutch education system, where more and more children are being referred to special needs schools - this at a time when inclusive education is being prioritized in many countries in Europe (and officially this is also the case in The Netherlands). As remarked by one of the participants in the Learning Exchange, 'I was surprised about this old-fashioned approach in a country like Netherlands'.
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Let me preface this post by urging my fellow Christians, conservatives, traditionalist and everyone you know,please boycott the TV series Criminal Minds. Their anti-Christian agenda has far and away exceeded common decency. Every other episode depicts some psychotic Christian who, surprise surprise, winds up being a mind washed killer , who cannot function without slaying and sadistically mascaraing some poor soul. These criminals are always white men who are blinded by obscure and out of context bible passages.
The American media is finally being exposed for what they are, left wing propagandist, nothing more. I am sorry, I forgot to mention how they pimp out tragedy and misfortune to entice the ever growing population of overweight, under read, Americans whose lust for instant gratification has led to wide spread drug use, and disfunctionality. The media conditions these lost souls with important consumer needs, compulsive habits, and unsubstantiated fears, all in between the "identity to the killer" at 9:00 and " How to control your children" at 10:00.
When Nancy Pelosi was asked whether or not she thought it was fair for people to face incarceration for not participating in Obamacare, she replied, " Well the point is, we want.....blah blah blah" Why can't this administration ever say "YES" or "NO"? They truly reckon that we are idiot's, you know, maybe we are. American's overwhelmingly reject government run healthcare, but the democrats are forging ahead, buying off the dissenters. This whole political system is a sham, it's a mockery of the nation we once knew. We are virtually paralyzed, will this country survive the Obama con?
The Obama propaganda machine that surfaces like greasy grimy pollution in an otherwise beautiful pond, monopolize every cable channel, they can hardly keep a straight face defending their liar, I mean leader. They resemble rats, doing the bidding of their pied piper. The democrat party has produced quite an abundance of dirtbags, like Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, whose integrity was bought for a cool hundred million(some say 300 million), she figures her constituents can be bought as well if she spreads part of the wealth around. The problem is, it's not only the citizens of Louisiana that will be flipping the bill, it will be all of us.
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Bangladesh got off to a promising start but could not make the most of it as they folded for just 234 runs, despite a resplendent Tamim Iqbal century, in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton yesterday.
All 11 members of the national team were sporting black armbands to mourn the tragedy of the recent Chawkbazar fire that claimed 69 lives on the night of February 20, as well as to condole the passing of Syed Altaf Hossain -- widely acknowledged to be the first cricket coach of independent Bangladesh -- on February 26.
It was the green-top at the Seddon Park that was mostly talked about ahead of the Test, and it was assumed that it would give great assistance to the pacers. However, as head curator Karl Johnson had mentioned in the lead-up, the pitch had something for both bowlers and batsmen. While the pacers did get some initial movement, the surface had a lot to offer to the batsmen.
Perhaps the way Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal batted on his way to authoring a 128-ball 126 spoke to how batsmen could be the ones to make hay on the green if they chose their shots wisely. There was a valuable example later on in how patiently the two Kiwi openers -- Jeet Raval and Tom Latham -- batted after Bangladesh were kept to a sub-par total and ended the day in the drivers' seat, on 86 without loss.
Be it Mominul Haque chasing a harmless delivery down the leg side and nicking it to wicketkeeper BJ Watling, or stand-in skipper Mahmudullah Riyad's reckless attempt to pull a short delivery and top-edging a catch at a time when Bangladesh required the captain more than ever, it was only the Tigers themselves to be blamed for letting the initial momentum slip out of their hands.
While there would be no question regarding the skill and talent of the likes of Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar or Mohammad Mithun, the way they gave their wickets away cheaply in an attempt to score runs was almost as if the batsmen were playing a limited-overs game and not a five-day Test that requires a lot more temperament.
With New Zealand on top, it will now be a tough ask for the Tigers to claw their way back, and at the very least would require a lot more character and maturity than displayed yesterday.


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Preschool Director: Kelly Wheeler – (fondly known as "Miss Kelly") has been teaching for 30 years. She employs several different education methods and tempers her teaching to the particular needs of the children in her class. She is a firm believer in teaching through play and hands-on learning. Miss Kelly was trained in Creative Curriculum and Foundations Literacy by Dave Matteson.
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Lasting legacy in honour of Black Dog football legend
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Barney Vass is a legendary name in the annals of Bungay Town Football Club, a committed Black Dog until his untimely death 14 years ago.
And since then the family has wanted the name Barney to be carried on, and to be given to one of his great-grandchildren.
In time, seven came along - all girls - and of course all cherished by the Vass family. They were losing hope of a male successor until a boy finally arrived for Barney's granddaughter Amy and her husband Peter, who live in Hales. He was immediately named Barney Joseph Filsell, a brother for four-year-old Daisy.
And this week the now 13-week-old Barney junior visited the home of Bungay Town at the Maltings Meadow for the first time, with his granddad Paul Vass, Barney senior's son.
Following Barney's death the club re-named the stand the Barney Vass Stand as a memorial to him and all he did for the club. Now the family hope Barney junior, born on October 13, will share the same passion for football.
Grandparents Paul and Jane Vass said: "We were thrilled to have a grandson after seven lovely granddaughters, but to have a family name is also special. Now we are hoping he will follow in Barney's footsteps, his dad loves football and is a keen Rushden and Diamonds supporter."
Barney spent well over 40 years committed to the club, from the time he moved to Bungay in the 1950s. He took over the running of the A side in 1959, and was later involved with the Reserves before taking over as first team trainer (the physio of today) from Ted Myall. He did a stalwart job in that role for many years before going into the management side, becoming first team manager in 1977. Four years later he took the club from division one of the Anglian Combination into the premier division.
His training sessions were legendary among players of his period as he made sure they were as fit as possible for matches.
In 1981 Barney was presented with the Bezant Cup, given by the town council to the Bungay sports personality of the year, in recognition of his services to football. He was still an active member of the club committee, and immensely popular at the club and the town in general, at the time of his death in May 2002.
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Factors such as demographic trends, growing urbanisation, delayed marriage, greater acceptance of male grooming products and peer pressure with regard to appearance are likely to play an important role in the development of men's grooming over the forecast period. Moreover, demand for men's grooming products is predicted to be sustained by the increasing number of men with professional jobs living in urban areas, who attach more importance to their personal hygiene and appearance.
Men's grooming is expected to see a slower volume CAGR during the forecast period than was seen in the review period. This can be explained by the fact that the category started from a very low base, thus registering strong growth rates during the review period.
Lifestyle changes in Algeria are set to lead to the further erosion of the social stigma which prevented many men from using beauty products, in particular skin care products, which still sees negligible sales. Thus, it is expected that when younger men reach an age at which it is seen as normal to use these kinds of products, volume sales will naturally increase.
The Procter & Gamble Co led men's grooming in value terms in 2018, thanks to customer loyalty to the Gillette brand and product innovation. Indeed, the company's leadership can be attributed to its strong performance in all categories within men's shaving, leading men's post-shave and razors and blades, and holding second place in men's pre-shave in 2018.
The competitive landscape in men's grooming is fragmented, and mainly made up of imported brands. Domestic companies do not have large shares because the category has niche demand, which has prevented local manufacturers from investing.
The economic challenges witnessed in Algeria led the government to try to reduce imports, which drove stock-outs in the formal market; thus, reviving the parallel market, with more smuggled Gillette products purchased by consumers. Indeed, the growing restriction on imports of beauty and personal care products, including men's grooming products, led to a real supply issue for imported brands.
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Impacting Travel Monica Poling February 05, 2017
Citing "poverty pay," members of British Airways "mixed" fleet have started a three-day walkout. They are also threatening to continue the strike for another three days starting Thursday.
The "mixed" crew includes all cabin employees who have joined the airline since 2010, who serve long- and short-haul flights. Pay for the mixed fleet starts at £12,000 (approximately $15,000), but most earn around £21,000 ($26,000) when factoring in bonuses and flying time. British Airways claims no one makes less than £21,000.
British Airways, which has issued strict sanctions on crew members participating in walkouts, anticipates most of the 2,300 flight attendants in the mixed fleet will show up for work. British Airways has threatened to eliminate all travel discounts for anyone entering the action, as well as docking workers two years' worth of bonuses.
Read more: British Airways Cabin Crew to Strike Again
This is the third time in two weeks the crew is striking. A two-day strike and another three-day one in January forced the airline to cancel 68 flights.
The airline anticipates little disruption of travel schedules.
"This will mean some customers will travel slightly earlier or later in the day than originally booked. We are contacting those customers with the options available to them," said a spokesperson, according to an article in The Standard.
What's more, said the spokesman, the pay is consistent with other deals secured by the airline.
"Our pay offer for mixed fleet cabin crew is consistent with deals agreed with more than 90 per cent of British Airways colleagues, including many Unite members.
"The offer also reflects pay awards given by other companies in the UK and will ensure that rewards for mixed fleet remain in line with those for cabin crew at our airline competitors."
Unite, the union representing the mixed fleet, said that British Airways should "start valuing staff who contribute massively to the billions of pounds in profits the airline generates."
The current strike is scheduled to last through Tuesday, February 7; the second three-day phase will commence on Thursday and run through Saturday, February 13.
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Mob Mentality may be less than a year old but they have been incredibly busy and have just released one of our favourite albums of the year. We caught up with vocalist Dan who gave us an insight into the band. Enjoy!
Sounds Of The Street – Hi Dan, I hope things are good with you and thanks for taking time to speak to us. For people that don't know much about Mob Mentality can you start by introducing the band and how you guys got together?
Dan – Sure no problem me (Dan) on vocals, Jamie and Skip on guitar, Maurice on bass, and Santo on drums. We formed Mob Mentality early in 2017 because both of our respective bands (Wolverines and H77) had stopped playing shows. We knew each other and decided to throw together a demo. So far in the past year, we have recorded a 4 song EP, to begin with, a 14 song full length which has not been released yet, a split with Hooligan Justice, and 6 more songs for 2 more splits that have not yet been announced.
SOTS – Although your sound is brutal and powerful it's also melodic and catchy as hell, do you agree with this and what are the bands main influences?
Dan – Yes, I think that's pretty accurate. In Mob Mentality, we definitely developed a style but at the same time, we basically record/play whatever we like, that's one of the things that I like about Mob Mentality, we don't limit ourselves.
Skip and Jamie do a hell of a job putting the music together, I couldn't ask for a better group of friends to make music with.
As far as main influences, I really can't answer for the others but for myself, Stars and Stripes and The Bruisers are my main influences.
SOTS – For a band that's less than a year old you have released an E.P, a split E.P and are about to release your debut album which is pretty good going. You must be pleased with that?
Dan – Absolutely. I'm very proud and impressed with how fast we are putting stuff out there, and we're just getting started.
Our first E.P. No Honor No Guts No Glory was the introduction of the band, and fortunately, we received positive feedback, so we have stayed busy since then.
Our recent split called American Skinheads with HOOLIGAN JUSTICE has been doing well also, I highly recommend everyone to checkout Hooligan Justice, they are a kickass American Oi! Band from Texas. Download free here
Plus a 14 track LP "Carry on Tradition "soon to be released. The future is looking good.
SOTS – The album 'Carry On Tradition' is one of our favourite albums this year, you must be so proud of this?
Dan – Thank you very much! Our LP Carry on Tradition is something to give back to the scene, and do our best to represent American Oi! but no matter where you come from, we want everyone to enjoy it, we have songs that hit a wide range of topics plus skinhead Anthems/sing-alongs.
We really put a lot into these 14 new tracks so we can't wait for these songs to get out there, we are very proud.
SOTS – Who are the main songwriters in the band? Do you write the lyrics? If so how do you find this an easy process?
Dan – Everyone in the band contributes when it comes to the songwriting process.
We have a unique way of writing and recording. Typically, Skip will start by recording the drums, then do the bass and guitars.
After that, he will send the tracks to me to write lyrics. Jamie will think of solos or guitar parts to add. We then get back together in the studio, iron out all the instrument stuff, then go over the lyrics, make sure we like them, then record them. By now I'm so used to the process that it has become second nature, we all have the same vision for the band so we work great together. I've had bad experiences in the past with bands in the studio and that ain't fun. Mob Mentality gets shit done in the studio, we don't fuck around.
SOTS – The Street Punk/Oi! scene is in good health at the moment both in America and in the UK. What bands are you currently listening to? What do you think of the bands coming out of the UK?
Dan – I'm currently listening to Hooligan Justice, Embattled, The Unaccepted, Blood N Beer, Arch Rivals, B- Squadron and Brassknuckle to name a few…
I think a lot of good bands are coming out of the U.K. so the U.K. scene is looking pretty strong. The same goes for America.
We have some support from across the pond so I hope Mob Mentality can play over there one day soon. Anyone wanting us to play a festival over there feel free to contact us!
SOTS – Have you got any plans to go out on tour in the near future?
Dan – As of now because we're busy recording and busy with our families no plans to tour, but definitely expect a lot more music and hopefully we play some shows/festivals down the road. Who knows maybe a European tour? Anything is possible.
SOTS – What does 2018 hold for Mob Mentality?
Dan – Hit the studio, write new music, Vinyl, Cds, play some shows, hopefully, invade Europe.
We have some things in the works
SOTS – Thanks again for speaking to us, we wish you all the best for the next year.
Dan – We want to thank you very much for the support, SOUNDS OF THE STREET does a great job supporting the scene, and you guys supported us since day one.
We also want to thank Jason Long of SMASH THE DISCOS and Mick Fletcher of JUST SOME PUNK SONGS. All you guys do a great job and thanks for supporting Mob Mentality.
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Baby In The Womb
The following is a transcript of the February 25, 1990 airing of
The John Ankerberg Show. This transcript was taken from an audio
tape, so some names might be misspelled. For this, I apologize.
JOHN: Ninety percent of the 1.5 million abortions that are
committed in this country each year take place during the
first three months of pregnancy. That is, the first week
through the twelfth week. ProChoice people who argue
that a woman has the "right" to have an abortion admit
that there is no doubt that the child is alive, and that
it is human. But because it is *small*, or not fully
formed, they believe the child is not yet fully human.
Or not a person. Therefore, they think they can kill it.
Now, on this program you are going to see the scientific
evidence that PROVES the ProChoice argument is wrong in
asserting that the growing child is no more than a blob
of tissues or the "product of conception." You will see
the marvelous stages of a child's development in the
womb. You are also going to see the abortion techniques
used today to destroy human life.
But I'd like to begin with a tragic story. A father
walked into the delivery room of a hospital, and in a
rage, threw his newborn son against the floor, and killed
him. This man was charged with murder, and put in jail.
Ironically, he was punished for an act -- namely, killing
his son -- that could have been done by an abortionist
the previous day, without any penalty.
When I read this account, I thought, "There MUST be
SOMETHING wrong with our laws!" Why is a child only
protected twenty-four hours after it is born, and not
twenty-four hours before? Did the child change in some
significant way? No. Biologically, we know that there
is no difference in the child. So then, why does the
location of the infant inside or outside the womb make a
crucial difference to its moral status?
And let me ask you: Do you think there SHOULD be a
difference in the moral status of say, a nine-month-old
child in the womb as compared to a newborn baby? If you
say "no," then going back in time, when WOULD you judge
that the baby has changed SO SIGNIFICANTLY that it
doesn't DESERVE the right to be protected as a living
human being?
Well, to help you answer this question, let's look at the
baby as it develops in the womb through the different
stages of pregnancy. First, this is how the unborn child
looks in the womb at month five. That's right. Not the
ninth, eighth, seventh, or sixth month, but the fifth
month --- just twenty short weeks after conception. I
want you to notice that his body is fully formed. At
twenty weeks, sounds provoke him. His mother must
contend with his bouts of hiccups and repeated kicks and
punches. Babies at this stage relate to the moods and
emotions of their mother. This child's heart now pumps
THREE HUNDRED GALLONS of blood per day. Because of
modern technology, twenty-week-old babies in the womb are
now viable; that is, they can survive outside of their
mother's womb. Because of these scientific facts, the
majority of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong,
and should be LEGALLY PROHIBITED at this stage of
pregnancy and after. In fact, the state of Pennsylvania
has already enacted laws prohibiting abortion after
viability -- which they set at 24 weeks.
But if you would not permit abortions to take place at
this stage, what about earlier? Say, at four months?
Well, here is a sixteen-week-old child in the womb. You
can see that his face is taking on facial expressions.
Fine hair is growing on his head. His eyebrows and
eyelashes are apparent. His heart is regularly pumping
the blood through his body.
Do you think it is right that we permit children like
this to be destroyed? But if not at *this* stage of
pregnancy, how about at three months?
Here you can see the development of this twelve-week-old
baby's arms ... hands ... fingers ... and toes. His
entire body is sensitive to touch. The brain is
developed, and allows independent movement of limbs so
that the tiny baby can turn its head ... curl and fan
his toes ... and open and close his mouth. A twelve-
week-old child's genitals show a clear sexual
differentiation, and already contain primitive egg or
sperm cells.
I'd like you to listen to Dr. Bernard Nathanson's
comments concerning a twelve-week-old unborn child in the
NATHANSON: What we are looking at here is a depiction of the
development of this child in its prenatal stage of life,
from virtually the very beginnings, to the end of that
stage. We have here, a child at four weeks ... at eight
weeks ... at twelve weeks ... at sixteen weeks ... at
eighteen weeks ... at twenty weeks ... and at twenty-
eight weeks. As you can see, there is no revolutionary
or dramatic change in the form or in the substance of
this person throughout this developmental stage.
Now this little person, at twelve weeks, is a fully
formed, absolutely identifiable human being. He has had
brain waves for AT LEAST six weeks; his heart has been
functioning for perhaps eight weeks; and all the rest of
his human functions are indistinguishable from any of
JOHN: Let me ask you: Would you allow a child at twelve weeks
to be killed in the womb? Well, if not at twelve weeks,
would you allow children to be aborted at eight weeks?
The science of fetology tells us that from eight weeks to
twelve weeks, every organ in the baby's body is already
present. The heart beats similar to an adult's. The
stomach produces digestive juices. The liver makes blood
cells. The kidneys begin to function. Taste buds are
forming. Fingerprints have developed. The eyelids and
palms of the baby's hands are sensitive to touch. The
baby can suck its thumb at nine weeks.
Then science tells us, between the first and second
month -- actually only forty days from conception -- the
baby's brainwaves can be detected, recorded, and read.
The baby's facial features, along with the ears, nose,
lips and tongue, form with clarity. At eight weeks, the
eyes form and darken. The pigment is first produced
around the thirty-fifth day. Eyelids cover most of the
eyeball by the forty-fourth day; and soon after will seal
to protect the developing light-sensitive cells. From
eight weeks on, the child can feel pain. Science tells
us, from this time until adulthood, the changes in the
child's body will only be in dimension, and in the
refinement of working parts. The boy or girl growing in
the womb truly looks like a tiny, miniature baby at eight
weeks. Do you think that it's right that our society
allows these innocent ones to be destroyed?
But if not at eight weeks, or after four weeks, there's
only one other month that is not accounted for: that is
the thirty days that reach from the moment of conception,
to the fourth week of pregnancy. Concerning this time,
we MUST remember that it is now an undisputed scientific
FACT that life begins at conception. On what basis does
science state this?
It is on the basis that when 23 chromosomes from the
father unite with 23 chromosomes from the mother, a
unique, human, individual life -- consisting of 46
chromosomes -- comes into existence. No new genetic
information will be added to this individual person from
the moment of conception, until death.
It is also a scientific fact that 23 chromosomes from the
mother carry some 15,000 genes, that unite with the
15,000 genes carried by the chromosomes from the father.
At the moment of conception, these genes -- like letters
of a Divine alphabet -- mix and unite to spell out the
UNIQUE characteristics of the new person. The genetic
coding from the moment of conception is FIXED, and it
determines the color of the eyes, hair, and skin. The
facial features, the body type, and even certain
qualities of personality and intelligence.
All of this is why conception does not produce a
POTENTIAL human being, but rather an actual HUMAN BEING
with vast potential.
Science tells us that within 6 to 12 hours after the
nuclei have merged -- and the chromosomes have exchanged
genetic coding -- the fertilized egg divides into two
cells. After a time, the two divide into four; the four
into eight, and so on, creating after some two hundred
and sixty-six days a newborn baby, weighing approximately
7-1/2 pounds, and containing trillions upon trillions of
cells. By the end of only the third week, the backbone,
spinal column and nervous system of the child are already
forming. Simple kidneys... a liver ... and the digestive
tract are already taking shape. The baby's heart begins
to beat at three weeks -- just 21 days from conception,
and sets the rhythm of life for the rest of the
individual's existence. The brain begins to form and
soon will send out impulses through the child's body.
On the twenty-fourth day, the child has no arms or legs.
Then suddenly, just two days later, tiny buds for arms
appear; and in just another two days, legs begin to
Now what does science say about human life developing in
the womb? Is it fully human? Or is there some stage of
cell division before the body forms in which this life is
NOT human and then BECOMES human? Well, Professor Roth
of Harvard University Medical School has answered this
question clearly. He says, quote:
It is incorrect to say that the biological data
cannot be decisive. It IS scientifically correct
to say that an individual, human life begins at
conception, when the egg and the sperm join to
form the zygote. This developing human always is
a member of our species in all stages of its
Endquote. Dr. Bongiovanni, professor of medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania Medical School has written,
Standard medical texts have long taught that
human life begins at conception. I am no more
prepared to say that these early stages of
development represent an incomplete human being
than I would be to say that the child prior to
the dramatic effects of puberty is not a human
being. This is human life at every stage.
Endquote. World-famous geneticist Dr. Jerome Lejeune,
professor of fundamental genetics at the University of
Descarte, Paris, France, declared this, quote:
Each individual has a very unique beginning the
MOMENT of its conception.
Endquote. The chairman of the Department of Medical
Genetics at the Mayo Clinic, Professor Hymie Gordan,
testified before the congress of the United States,
By all the criteria of molecular biology, life is
present from the MOMENT of conception. Now we
can say UNEQUIVOCALLY that the question of when
life begins is an established, scientific fact.
DR. C. EVERETT KOOP: I think that, ah, we have a very
interesting phenomenon in this country and that is the
tremendous interest and enthusiasm about test-tube
babies. And anybody who knows about the birth of the
first one, Louise Brown, has to recognize that, ah, life
begins at conception. If you could put a sperm and an
egg in a petri dish, and get a human being nine months
later -- with nothing being added to it except to put
that fertilized egg back in its mother's uterus -- you
KNOW that life begins at conception.
DR. BERNARD NATHANSON: Life in the uterus, before birth, is a
smooth continuum... and, ah, in that sense one cannot
designate at some point when life begins. There is no
barmitzvah in the uterus. It is merely life beginning
when it really begins. Now we've created it in the test-
tube; we've watched it start. We have seen the spark
struck in invitro fertilization -- when the sperm meets
the egg -- so that the question of when life begins is no
longer metaphysical, theological, legal, moral,
religious... it is absolutely scientific now and it has
been established to begin at conception.
JOHN: What difference does it make that human life begins at
conception and continues through all the stages of
development? Well, the important difference is this: IF
human life DOES begin at conception, then abortion -- at
ANY STAGE of the child's development, from conception on
-- is the killing of innocent human life. To deny this
fact is scientifically impossible. But in spite of the
scientific evidence, abortions continue.
Now, how ARE these human children destroyed in the womb?
I'd like you to listen as Dr. John Willke, president of
the National Right to Life organization in Washington,
D.C., explains the different techniques abortionists use
to kill these developing children. Also addressing this
issue is the former Surgeon General of the United States,
Dr. C. Everett Koop.
DR. JOHN C. WILLKE: Abortions are done with different techniques
at different ages. The earliest method of abortion --
that is when the baby is very small -- is a menstrual
extraction. That is an approach through the vagina,
through the mouth of the womb -- the cervix -- and a
small little tube is inserted and the developing baby is
... "disrupted," if you please, and, something like a
miscarriage is precipitated.
The most common type would be what we would call a
suction aspiration abortion. Now this would be
approximately two weeks late ... three weeks late for her
period, and up till, maybe about when the baby's about 3
months old. This is a vaginal approach. The
abortionist stretches open the mouth of the womb -- the
cervix -- then inserts into the cavity of the uterus --
the womb -- a hollow plastic tube about this long [1
foot]. This he attaches to a powerful suction. It's
about 29 times more powerful than your vacuum cleaner.
This rips the developing baby's body apart, and pulls it
out through that tube. Then the abortionist must cut and
slice the deeply-rooted afterbirth from the inner wall of
the womb. Now that is a "suction abortion."
At approximately the same age -- or a little beyond,
sometimes -- a D & C is done. Dilatation and Curettage.
Here the abortionist uses a loop-shaped steel knife,
reaches into the womb from below, slices the body of the
developing baby into pieces, drawing it out, and then
cuts the afterbirth away from the wall. Now that's up to
about three months.
Then there's a D & E -- Dilatation and Evacuation. This
is done after twelve weeks and up to as late as ... oh,
maybe four months. Here, we see the abortionist
stretching the cervix very wide open, but now he has a
very technical problem. The bones of the baby are
solidly calcified and the skull is very hard. What's
done here is that -- without any anesthetic -- the
abortionist reaches up into the womb and seizes a part of
the body of the baby, usually a leg or an arm, twisting
and tearing ... tears it off and away from the body of
the baby. The baby, feeling pain, does not have any
anesthetic. Bleeding is extreme. The abortionist
returns in there with this grasping, pliers-like
instrument, tearing more parts of the body away, snapping
the spine, and finally, the mechanical problem is to get
the skull out and so he usually has to crush the skull in
order to bring it out. That is a D & E.
Four months and above, another method is salt poisoning.
Here, the abortionist injects a needle through the
woman's abdomen and into the fluid sac -- the bag of
waters around the baby -- injects a poisonous solution of
concentrated salt. Now, recall the baby was breathing
and swallowing as early as three months. This is done at
four, four-and-a-half, five, six months. So the baby
breathes and swallows in this poison, and is slowly
poisoned by it. It takes two ... three hours usually to
kill this baby, sometimes convulsing as she dies, which
the mother feels. Then the mother's body gets the
message, goes into labor, and delivers vaginally a dead
baby about 24 hours later.
Well, mostly dead. Sometimes these little tykes are
still alive. They have even been known to survive to be
adopted out.
INTERVIEWER: Is there growing concern over late term abortions?
DR. C. EVERETT KOOP: No question about that. Ah, people are
easily led into thinking that abortions is unimportant.
If you use a semantic-kind of smoke-screen and refer to
the unborn baby as a fetus, or an embryo, or some
tissues, or the "product of conception" -- very hard to
use those terms to refer to a late abortion that looks
just like the baby next door.
DR. WILLKE: There's another type, a "prostaglandin" type.
Prostaglandin given at any stage of pregnancy causes
INTENSE labor. VIOLENT contractions of the uterus, and
vaginal delivery of the baby at whatever age the baby is.
Now, in the literature put out by the Upjohn Company --
we doctors always have "complications" and "precautions"
-- one of the complications: LIVE BIRTH [from the use of
prostalandin as an aborticide].
Okay, the final type of abortion is a mini-cesarean
section, or a hysterotomy. Now this is just like any
other cesarean section: the mother's abdomen is opened,
the womb is opened surgically, pulled apart, the baby is
extracted and taken out.
Now, cesarean sections are very common. After this, the
baby is handed to the nurse who sucks out the phlem, gets
the little kid going, puts her in the warming bed -- the
incubator -- gives the baby all that tender loving care
Not now. This little kid has a contract on her head and
so the abortionist takes the baby out, cuts the cord,
throws the baby in the basin, and lets her die. And if
she doesn't die, it may be a head under water, or the
placenta on her face, and choke her to death.
You see, the baby, according to the abortionist, must not
survive, EVEN THOUGH SEPARATED FROM THE MOTHER.
DR. KOOP: And therefore late abortions are ... are rather an
embarrassment to people ... and remember that, ah, late
abortions are very commonly viable. And, ah, one of the
saddest things to me about the whole abortion business is
that what was a few years ago a womans RIGHT to an
abortion has now become a womans RIGHT to a dead baby
FOLLOWING abortion. And I think that's almost criminal.
JOHN: Now the Feminist Majority in their film, "Abortion for
Survival" have shown a suction aspiration abortion that
takes place in under two minutes. In their film, they
quickly show the audience the contents of the uterus:
what they call the "product of conception." And then
they say, "You see. This doesn't LOOK like a real baby."
So you may see for yourself what goes on, here's a
film clip and the testimony of some ladies that
experienced a similar aspiration abortion:
MONICA: ...um ... actually started to do the abortion, it was
at THAT moment, that for the first time, I realized that
was my BABY that was being aborted. That this whole
thing was NOT just a sickness -- as they tried to make it
seem -- but a child, my OWN child that was being
destroyed in that abortion. It was EXTREMELY painful,
physically. And, of course, I was going through a lot
emotionally, too. And, I, as soon as it was over I just
thought, "Thank God I'm alive." That was my first
INTERVIEWER OR THERAPIST: Yes, and you, Cindy, how did you feel?
CINDY: Well, physically it was painful. Not, um, it was VERY
painful and they did NOT tell you it would be this
painful ... you know ... and I was scared. I was scared
to death. I just lay on this table -- and I couldn't
really think of anything. I just -- all this physical
pain -- and I heard the vacuum, aspirator, whatever the
term is, it was on the floor, like next to me. And I
heard this humming noise, and I'm thinking, "Oh, my God,
Cindy, what are you doing? Now your baby --- it's --
and they're taking it from you, and it ... it ... just
like Monica had said, at that point I'm thinking ... I'm
hearing this noise, I'm laying there thinking, "My baby
... they're taking it from me!" and it was too late.
JOHN: What the Feminist Majority did NOT show in their film was
a close-up view of the "product of conception." If they
HAD shown you a close-up view of the remains of ANY
abortion done just 42 days after conception, you would
have seen small hands ... small feet ... arms and legs.
You would have seen twisted bodies, and crushed heads.
Yes, these babies are small, but is that any excuse to
kill them?
Even the first 30 days after conception when a human life
is developing through the early stages of cell division
and multiplication, there is no doubt SCIENTIFICALLY that
it is ALIVE, and it is FULLY HUMAN.
The scientific facts lead us to conclude that even at
THIS stage, abortion is the premeditated killing of human
What reasons can be given for allowing abortion at any
Science has shown us that the growing child is NOT just a
blob of tissues; it's NOT part of the mother's body in
any way. Rather, science has shown us that the child in
the womb is an INDEPENDENT human being. Therefore,
wouldn't you agree that these innocent human beings --
these children in the womb -- they MUST be protected?
If we value human life at all, how can we allow abortions
to continue...?
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Liveable floor area : 1,940 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 0.75 acre
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Meat Puppets
by Ásgrímur Hartmannsson
Table of Contents
Part 1 and Part 2
appeared in issue 241.
|part 3 of 7
Jonas lives alone and works for the weekend. He's woken up feeling hung over from his reason to live. While he's walking off his hangover, the friendliest girl he's ever met comes to him and starts sharing his life.
We all know that machines don't have a soul, and there's some dispute whether even humans have one. But let's suppose there is and that there is what the hopeless romantics refer to as a "soul mate." In the future, such a thing might be made by a factory in your own town.
Jonas and his young morphing girlfriend walked out of the apartment building to look for some place to eat. He had told her on the way down that he had to go to work next morning and they could not do this again until next weekend. She seemed okay with it, and they were both in high spirits as they walked along the sidewalk.
Every other establishment on the ground level was a coffee shop or a diner, and most of them were filled with clients. Jonas and his friend decided upon one of the less crowded ones, and ordered pancakes. The pancakes were delicious, they agreed.
Jonas stole looks around the place between bites. He already knew that even the most sophisticated new robots never ate any solid food, and he did get the feeling that there were quite a few of those around him. Many of the women were having yoghurt, but there was one other that was having a bread roll. Incidentally, she was somewhat homely looking.
Jonas looked at his friend again, and discovered that she had changed a little bit since they went out, her nose had thinned ever so much, and her cheekbones had become slightly more prominent. Jonas smiled at her and had another piece of pancake.
They had almost finished the meal when a well dressed woman entered the place and called for attention. "Good morning; men, women, toasters. Don't let me bother all of you for too long. I am here to collect the HDE unit — would the HDE unit please stand up?"
There was a brief pause, but then a hand was raised. The woman motioned with her hand toward the man with the raised arm, looking just like a teacher in class, and the man asked, "What's an HDE unit?"
"There is no such thing," said someone in the corner, "I read about it on the net; it's an urban legend."
Everybody looked into the corner, so the guy sitting there continued, "It is supposedly some kind of massive improvement over the TGJ model, that would, if put on the market, render flesh and blood women obsolete overnight. A pile of crap, if you ask me."
"That's right," said the well dressed woman, "aside from the part where you say it's an urban legend. Maya, will you please point out the HDE unit so we can take it and leave."
Maya, who was standing right behind her, stepped forth and waved her little device around.
"I'm not getting an accurate reading, it is in here, for sure, but I can't pinpoint exactly who she is. Must be interference from the iron binding in the concrete."
Jonas' girlfriend tugged at his sleeve. He looked at her. She was motioning him to leave.
"We can't just up and leave, we'll be singled out by them," he said.
His girl looked uneasy.
"They are looking for you, aren't they?" he asked her.
She nodded.
"Okay, we will have to do this by process of elimination then, won't we," said the woman out loud, and now got everybody's undivided attention.
One of the waitresses put town her tray and walked to the woman in the most unthreatening manner, smiled brightly and said, "Are you sure you want to start a commotion? I can offer you a pancake on the house, and then we can solve this thing peacef..."
At this point the woman got a large and heavy looking handgun from her handbag, and blasted the waitress in the face. "One down, around thirty to go," she said, and panic broke loose.
Jonas and the girl took the opportunity to stand up and leave through the kitchen.
"Well?" asked the woman.
"She has left the building. She is out back now," said Maya, staring at her device.
Maya pointed.
"Let's go," said the woman, and the whole group from the cellar ran through the coffee shop, through the kitchen and out the back.
Jonas and the girl ran through the alleyways, around every corner they could find until they were exhausted. Actually Jonas became exhausted; his girlfriend didn't seem to mind at all.
"Who are these people?" asked Jonas. "Friends of yours?"
"I haven't seen them before," said the girl.
"Maybe they're just crazy," he said, breathing heavily, "I think we lost them."
The girl smiled and nodded.
"Are you a robot?" asked Jonas.
The girl looked surprised. Then she just smiled and nodded. "Yes, I am. I'm happy to be yours."
Jonas wrinkled his forehead and gave her a lopsided look before he said, "But I didn't pay for you..."
"I wasn't for sale," said the girl, "I stole myself."
"You can do that?"
She smiled.
"And that's why you don't have a name?"
She nodded and said with a sardonic grin, "Just don't call me Andrea... or Roberta. It is too obvious a joke."
"Exactly what I was thinking," said Jonas.
"Well, I can read your mind."
"Then you know what I'm going to do next," said Jonas, and they both walked out of the alley together. A dump truck was passing by, and they ran after it and jumped on it. They tagged along for a couple of blocks, then got off and entered the first building they saw, a clothes store.
"Okay... Elfa..."
The girl smiled as she heard her name.
"Since you are mine, Let me get you some clothes," said Jonas. He looked at her again: "where did you get these anyway?"
Elfa reached into her purse and got out a card.
"I took it off Maya Polatti." She showed Jonas the card.
"All of it?"
She nodded.
"Yes. Even the underwear. I guess she is pretty pissed off at me now."
"I can only imagine; leaving the poor woman naked somewhere," said Jonas. At least she's alive. What else do you have in there?"
Elfa handed him the wallet. There were some ID cards in it, and Jonas took them and put the rest back into the wallet. Then he handed the wallet to Elfa.
"We just put this in the lost and found afterwards, okay?"
Elfa nodded. Jonas looked at her; she was shorter than in the morning, her breasts were bigger, her waist leaner and her hips more ample.
"Now, how do we go about buying clothes for a woman who has no shape?"
"I'm sure you will figure something out," said Elfa, and they walked into the store together.
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Copyright © 2007 by Ásgrímur Hartmannsson


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Football Association of Malawi's (FAM) annual budget for national team engagements this year is pegged at K2 billion with the body admitting it faces a daunting task to mobilise the funds.
The budget is contained in a report FAM presented on Wednesday to the Parliamentary Committee on Social and Community Welfare in Lilongwe after being summoned over Flames poor performance.
The financial plan shows that the senior national team will consume K860 million while the Under-23 will need K450 million with the Under-20's matches pegged at K70 million.
Among other assignments, next month the Under-23 will play against Zambia twice in the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers while the senior side will play Morocco in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group B final game.
In April, the Malawi senior side will face e-Swathini in the 2020 Africa Nations Championship qualifying round while in May it will compete at the Cosafa Challenge Cup in South Africa.
The senior team will later this year play in the 2022 World Cup preliminary round. The qualifying draw for the Qatar finals will be held in July.
The Under-17 national team will absorb K400 million. FAM president Walter Nyamilandu explained that much of the funds will go towards hosting of the Cosafa Cup later this year.
"Having won the bid to host the Under-17 Cosafa Cup this year, we will need a lot of resources to make it a successful event," he said.
The budget forecast puts women football activities at K150 million while beach soccer will need K70 million.
Nyamilandu said FAM expects to raise K500 million from the K2 billion.
"We expect government and well-wishers to help us reach our target. If that fails we will have to take painful decisions which may include removing women football and beach soccer programmes from the list," he said.
In the meantime, having exhausted their 2018/19 allocated from the Parliament approved national budget, Nyamilandu said they have a shortfall of K300 million for the upcoming games.
"We need K500 million to fulfil the games that will come before Parliament approves the next budget in July. Fifa will grant us K150 million while FDH Bank will give us K60 million. This leaves us with a shortage of around K300 million," he said.
Nyamilandu said they are processing a requisition for supplementary funding from government.
"Like always, when we are stuck we approach government for extra funds. We just hope that they will listen to our plea, otherwise, we will be stranded," he said.
Malawi National Council of Sports executive secretary George Jana acknowledged that FAM exhausted the funding.
"FAM has not yet approached us to present their supplementary budget. Nonetheless, we will support them to get the funds," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Committee on Social and Community Welfare chairperson Richard Chimwendo Banda has asked government to be providing enough funds into national teams' assignments.
"We must take full responsibility of sustaining the national teams. We can't be relying on Fifa. What shall we do if they decide to withdraw their support?" he quizzed. n


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