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Mob Mentality: Reverse it and Use Peer Influence in a Positive Way
--Greece, New York, A recent article posted by CNN reports about a 68-year-old school bus monitor being verbally abused and harassed by middle schoolers from Greece, New York. Video recorded by a camera phone and later posted online shows students using vulgar language, insults about her weight and income level, taunts, and even physical threats. Initial reaction is total sympathy for this woman mixed with the utter disgust that something so egregious would ever happen to a 68-year-old grandmother. Following these emotions are the thoughts of how these offenders should be punished. And punished they should be.
Their parents may currently not best be suited to handle the situation alone, because they might be part of the problem. This may be an unfair premature judgment—not as unfair as a 68-year-old grandmother being verbally assaulted by students, however. Schools have created policies in attempts to control, or perhaps to simply have a quick reaction for such occurrences, so they are not liable because they can say they have a "strict policy" against such behavior. "Zero Tolerance." What does that even mean? We have zero tolerance for such behavior. Awesome. So we now know that we like this behavior to the level of zero. Now what? With all the that educators are faced with on a daily basis, it is no wonder they are often underequipped to handle these situations. And, honestly, it's not the school's fault. Blame lies with the kids themselves and then their parents need to consider what they have or haven't done. Parents definitely need to be involved. Because schools are illequipped for such occurrences, removal of the perpetrators from school is usually how this starts--whether it is suspension or maybe even expulsion. But, again, what do we do now? The real problem is that these students lack a fundamental understanding of how their actions affect others, what helps and what hurts others--this is known as morality. If you are a moral person, you have high character Immoral, you lack character. These students are clearly lacking character. What they really need is to develop greater character.
Simply "sending these kids to their rooms" (or suspending or expelling them) is not going to fix anything. They may be removed from the situation, never to hurt this woman again, but they still lack the character to understand how their actions affect others. And most importantly, how their actions affected this woman. And this lack of consideration and character will presists ino the future. So how do we punish these kids so they learn, change, and improve? First is accountability. They clearly need help developing an understanding how these specific actions hurt this specific person. So they need to apologize to this woman. Second, they need to practice positive alternatives of behavior. Instead of hurting this woman, they need to practice helping her.
A psychologist father once told of an experience he had with his own children regarding "positive alternatives of behavior." He explained how two young siblings repeatedly fought with each other. Repeated verbal correction was apparently not sinking in, so more needed to be done. He said he could've sent the two to their rooms, so at least it would be quiet for him and the rest of the family. Or perhaps they could've been put in "time out" so they would know that this type of behavior is not acceptable. Though very traditional and common acts of discipline, this psychologist understood that these kids needed help learning alternative forms of behavior. So instead of choosing the quiet or traditional methods, he punished them by requiring that they learn to play games together. Punishment without teaching doesn't change the person. They don't develop character. To develop character, you need to practice.
So if the violation is verbally berating this woman--being mean or unkind--then the opposite (alternative), perhaps, would be for these kids to learn a lesson in kindness and compassion. After apologizing to this woman--using apologetic words directly linked to the weak-minded verbal insults they used, these kids should be instructed in helping this woman. Perhaps she needs things cleaned and moved around her house. Or maybe her yard could use a number of youthful hands in sprucing up the place. Or maybe she is part of a social reading group, or volunteer group that could use extra helping hands. Because of nasty they were, it is probably a good idea that their practice with kindness extend further. Whatever the case, these kids obviously need to develop character, they need to be held accountable, and they need it now. Their primary punishment should be practicing kindness and compassion. There is plenty of need in the world so they can get plenty of practice.
Reversing the Mob Mentality
If you have the stomach to watch the full 10 minute video on Youtube, one thing that stood out was there were no, or only weak and fleeting, attempts by other students to stop the attack. Quite the opposite, it appeared that students joined in trying to outdo the last insult with their own pathetic attempt. Not unlike a mob mentality. What is a mob, or herd mentality?
Herd Mentality
This type of mentality can be influenced by things such as peer pressure, conformity, the need for acceptance and the desire for a sense of belonging. These things often cause people who are in groups to behave in ways that are similar to others in the group. For example, a person might choose to listen to different music when in a group of friends than he or she would when alone, because the others might make disparaging remarks if another type of music is chosen. Another example might be a teenager who drinks alcohol or smokes cigarettes because of peer pressure from his or her friends.
Mob Mentality
Other factors come into play when the term "mob mentality" is used to refer to something negative. Two of the main factors are the greater anonymity that exists within a group and the distribution of responsibility for the group's actions. These factors sometimes make a person believe that they can act a certain way within a group and not have the same consequences that the same actions would have if he or she acted alone. For example, if a person is in a group that is vandalizing a building, he or she might believe that there is less of a chance of getting caught than if he or she was acting alone, because it might be difficult to identify every person who was involved. He or she might also feel less guilt because other people also vandalized the property. (Click for site reference.)
If a mob mentality starts by more individuals joining in due to momentum within the group--in this case insulting the bus monitor--then the opposite may also be true. If one, two, or three individuals proceed with insults, with the right kind and amount of character, it only need start with one, two, or three individuals to respond in the opposite and stop the verbal assaults, sit next to or protect the victim, and even turn the attention to the hurtful words of the attackers. With the right tools, a negative influence, mob mentality, can effectively be reversed and good can be achieved. Example, imagine for a moment if immediately when the insults started, one, two or three kids moved in to stop the behavior and offer support to the victim. Then imagine if the entire bus population exhibited character and turned the attention to the negative effects/hurt of these insults and how it needed to stop. The negative momentum and motivations of joining in are ceased and ultimately reversed. Now, the momentum has shifted. This positive peer pressure now dictates that for you to be part of the group, you cease the insults, or you join in the fight to stop them.
This type of positive peer pressure, or peer influence, is one of the most powerful tools in stopping bullying. And when you understand how to organize a group or class--which is not that difficult--it is also a major asset in measurably improving student achievement. Teachers can use positive peer influence to organize their class so acceptable behavior is higher performance. Teachers can learn how to instruct students in appropriately holding each other accountable to these new standards. Pretty soon, you've created a positive "mob mentality." If I am to fit in, be accepted, or my negative actions/behavior not be singled out, I need to live up to the class standards I agreed to. The results of organizing a class with positive peer influence are impressive.
The fact of the matter is, this type of behavior is not going to stop until we correct, emphasize, and adeqately teach, as parents and teachers, appropriate ways to act and think--academically and socially. Times are changing. Fewer are learning character, hardwork, and consideration for others by "growing up on a farm." We don't necessarily need to work harder, but we certainly need to work smarter. And learning how to correct certain behaviors is the first step. Not doing so, well then, we'll be faced with a mob of students who celebrate the end of the school year by taking 10+ minutes to insult and physically threaten a 68 year old grandmother. Awesome.


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2008 Review in Photos
I really have no clue where to begin.
2008 brought so many ups and downs that just the thought of going through and rehashing all of it freaks me out.
Regardless, 2008 was amazing for many reasons, and one in particular.
Thankful fors in 2008 in no particular order:
(clicking each photo will enable you to leave a comment and to enlarge a specific photo)
There are many more photo's I could place up there; blog party, etc. However I have limited space and time.
Perhaps if I feel it, I'll do a 2008 in Review part II.
I will say this, Twitpic made this a whole lot easier.
I truly never will forget 2008.
Each memory will be tattooed on mind and heart forever.
From the moment of 01/01/08, to the moment of all the tears I cried, to the moment I first laid my lips on Allison's, to the moments soon awaiting me in the next few days.
2008 will be a defining moment of my life to come.
I could truly never be more blessed.
We're All In This Together
Found this video via our worship leader Ashlee's facebook…
I don't know about you, but this broke me.
It convicted me.
How much we take for granted.
How much we throw away.
How much we ignore.
What we are doing IS NOT ENOUGH.
It can't be.
Interpression Ministries
This is what God has had me working on for four years.
I didn't realize I was working on it that long until two weeks ago when he decided to reveal his plan for me. This is just the beginning. God has some amazing plans for Interpression and for the lives that will be changed.
I am currently working on funding for a website. Until then however, be sure to check out the blog to learn more about Interpression Ministries, including the first of four Q&A's with me. I will be updating the blog throughout the week with information. So be sure to check back often.
Honestly, I get chills just talking about Interpression.

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And Jesus said unto her, your FAITH has made your whole. Mark 5:34
I'm preparing a message on faith. So I've been doing a little studying about it. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not see. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Trials come to test your faith which is worth more than gold! Don't let anything shake your faith in God. He is who he says he is. He can do what he says he can do. May God give you great faith today. Faith that can move mountains. Amen
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Weekly Wine-Up
1. Willamette Shakespeare was here last weekend and preformed a lovely rendition of Romeo & Juliet
2. @colette_e joined us for Romeo & Juliet and enjoyed a picnic on our lawn.
3. Our Pinot Gris blocks are starting to get some color too!
4. @vonringkamp had a nice visit with our friendly estate goats
5. We bottled the 2012 Reserve Pinot Gris & Reserve Muller-Thurgau on Thursday - the Reserve Muller will be the first of the two released, coming next Spring.
6. Lovely photo of Graham's reservoir, courtesy of @seadspaul
Here is some links we clicked this week:
- Wine Folly helps to break down some of the challenges and differences in the lovely Riesling grape.
- A new app for all wine lovers - Drync has developed "The Shazam for Wine", where you just take a picture of the label to purchase.
- It is Hatch chile season after all, so this weekend I will be enjoying Joy the Baker's Roasted Tomato and Hatch Chile Salsa in the backyard with some Borealis. Just the right amount of heat.
This weekend we will:
Be visiting our neighbor, Elk Cove, for Hog Wild. What is bound to be an epic battle of Memphis chefs and an ultimate Rosé lineup. It should not be missed. Memphis Magazine did a write up on the line up that will be attending.


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JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories)–Indonesia's Peer to Peer (P2P) Fintech Lending KoinWorks announced its Series A funding round of US$22.5 million led by Mandiri Capital Indonesia.
CO-Founder & Chairman of KoinWorks Willy Arifin said on Monday (13/8) in a press release that Gunung Sewu and Convergence Venture also participated in these round. KoinWorks will utilize this funding round to enhance its growth by investing further into developing more innovative technologies.
"With more and more people in Indonesia having smartphones and with the combination of an accessible investment as low as Rp100,000 (US$8) in KoinWorks platform, these will change people behavior. Similar with how people first begin to embrace online shopping, KoinWorks will change how people invest digitally." he added.
Arifin claimed KoinWorks controlled the majority of Indonesia's market share in the retail P2P investment space. Every investor in KoinWorks platform has the exclusive access towards curated financial products that display various risks level, tenor, and interest rate return. All of which, are made to enable investment based on data-driven analysis.
Furthermore, CEO of Mandiri Capital Indonesia Eddi Danusaputro said the company gives funding round to KoinWorks with aims to produce beneficial and safe financial services for Indonesia future economy that is the online small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
He added that with more than $7 billion worth of transaction annually, the online SMEs market will continue to grow.
"Alongside with our experienced supervision and KoinWorks innovative solutions, we have high hope for KoinWorks to continue being the leader in providing financial solutions for online SMEs." he said.
In 2017, 45% of Indonesian populations have grown accustomed to purchase essentials through online, and by 2022 the online retail industry is projected to reach more than $15 Billion worth of transaction annually. These data suggest an inevitable growth of the overall industry. It also provides relevant correlation upon P2P Lending growth, because 85% of borrowers in Indonesia's P2P Lending space is online SMEs.
Meanwhile, Co-Founder and CEO of KoinWorks Benedicto Haryono said online SMEs will continue to demand innovative financial solutions in the new digital world. "KoinWorks has always been the true innovator on providing technology-based financial services not only in the online SMEs space but also in student loan market," he added.
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The Janoni Hammered Brass Medallion Earrings are simple and stylish, designed as the ideal pieces to finish off your look. The hammered brass discs are attached to 14k gold fill ear hooks so you can wear them comfortably all day.
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The stock market had a pretty good rally today with the Dow up 165 to 8472, the S&P up 16 to 915, and NASDAQ up 28 to 1462. The reasons given by the media for the rally ran from a short squeeze, crude oil declining, not many earnings disasters, to better news on the SARS virus. The SARS virus has been something we have been very concerned about since a very sharp viewer we communicate with from Singapore has been keeping us in touch with the problem in Southeast Asia. Things weren't looking so good for a while, but the statistics did show pretty good relief over the weekend.
The rally could have been SARS related or any of the other above reasons, but the main point we would like to make is that rallies like these are normal in a bear market. We expect them, and usually act to benefit from them. However, with that said, we also make sure that we cover short positions that are breaking out and futures positions that are breaking out. We can't take a chance, that a short position may wind up being the target of a major short squeeze, will affect our funds too detrimentally. We advise our viewers to also protect themselves with stop orders for any stock breaking out with good volume irrespective of the fundamentals. We now have the flexibility to replace shorts that are breaking out with other shorts that continue to show a deteriorating pattern.
The rally that is taking place is not to be confused with a new bull market. The chances of a new bull market starting from here are very remote. The valuation levels are much too high, the sentiment figures much too bullish, and the public participation still much too high, for this to be the beginning of a new bull market. Please keep in mind that the 1929-1932 bear market was punctuated by six big rallies with respective jumps of 48%, 16%, 23%, 29%, 35%, and 25%. Each one of these rallies should have been sold or sold short in order to achieve the maximum returns in that significant bear market. >>Full story ...
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TCA: Weather Channel Greenlights 'Hurricane Hunters'
Pasadena, Calif. - The Weather Channel has greenlit the new
documentary series Hurricane Hunters,
the network announced at the TCA press tour here Saturday.
The series will follow the lives of pilots in the Air Force's
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Miss E (finds new Doritos)...So Addictive
Yesterday, in my corner grocery, I came across a bag of the new Doritos Collisions Zesty Nacho & Chipotle Ranch tortilla chips. "How does that work?" I wondered. "Are both flavors just mixed in there, or are they separated inside by the packaging, like on some of those 7-11 Slurpee cups?" I didn't buy a bag, but I thought about them all the way home.
You know who else is already obsessed with Doritos Collisions? Missy Elliott. According to a funny press release that went out today, she's gonna help launch the line! I love this line:
"Doritos fans expect bold moves and Missy Elliott is legendary for her bold approach to making music," said Ann Mukherjee, vice president, marketing, Frito-Lay North America. "Her unique style of mashing up unconventional yet complementary beats is just what Doritos Collisions is about."
I didn't think of it yesterday, but Doritos Collisions are so totally hip-hop. And doesn't this commercial already sound delicious?
"Elliott…is the star of the tortilla chip line's new TV commercial, scheduled to air in September," the press release goes on to read, "The spot opens with Elliott and a sound engineer in a recording studio working on a new mix. Stuck on the flow of the beat, she munches on new Doritos Collisions chips and, inspired by their intense flavor combination unexpectedly decides to spin in a country beat."
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"I drank the OCR Kool-Aid in 2012, and discovered an amazing lifestyle that was challenging, fun, a bit decadent, and fun! (Yup – that was redundant!) I raced, I competed, I coached, I volunteered with many OCR venues, and actually worked with Battlefrog (RIP). Upon the unfortunate demise of a great OCR, I bought one of their full venue-sized Platinum Rigs – the same one the OCR World Championships uses! It fit in my backyard yet, being outside, it was underutilized. AND, it bothered "that" one neighbor (they just didn't understand…).
I needed a place to put it. It wasn't depressing, it was actually an opportunity POUNDING on my door to build my dream. A dream where so many could benefit! A gathering of like-minded individuals who have come together to create Otherworld Fitness: THE best Indoor OCR Training Facility in the Mid Atlantic! Come on in! Chug the Kool-Aid! You won't regret it!"
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Introduced to the world of Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) in 2012, he applied his unique experience and skill set of coaching and training to this exciting venture. He trains, races and gets muddy with the best, and always strives to raise the bar and share the thrill with others. Tim has successfully competed in the last four (4) OCR World Championships, and recently qualified for his fifth consecutive appearance.
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Rewarding small companies can quickly fail if they lack money. Similarly, unprofitable unprof small companies can be survived for a long time if they have a decent cash balance. In other words, cash is the life blood of American small businesses.
Small Business Loans in Pinon Hills, California
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Regrettably, most of big city and village traditional loan providers have rigid and stringent criteria that their clients need to meet.
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Easy credit approval:
Services have a separate credit rating from the business owner. Even if the business owner has a high credit score, business may not have an established credit rating (especially if recently developed). For that reason, prospective lenders need to use options with that take business owner's personal credit into consideration which accepts applicants with less than best credit.
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Typically, when a company is seeking out a loan, they have operating costs that they need to have the ability to pay within the next 7-14 days (such as payroll and providers). As such, loans that take weeks to be authorized and financial resources simply aren't suitable to a lot of services needs
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At a Glance:
Cost: $20
Delivery Mode: Online
Course Access: 8 Weeks 24/7
Time Required: 6-8 Hours: Complete at your own pace
Assessments: Yes: Q/A After Each Module
Certification: Certificate of Completion.
How Does Learning Online Work?
When you first enrol in any of our online courses you will be provided with a username and password to allow you uninterrupted access to your course material 24/7 in your own personal online class. This class will contain your registered course the first time that you enter. Just click start to begin
You can start and stop the course at any time and resume where you left off in the previous session. You can also add more courses at any time, and can also work on multiple courses at the same time.
Where you have access to more than one course these will all be displayed on your home page showing your progress on each course, payment history and certifications to date. Upon finishing a course and assessment questions you will receive a certificate of completion by email.
Anger Management Skills
This workshop is suitable for all adults interested in dealing with aspects of anger and anger management or considering taking anger management classes. This online course will help teach participants how to identify their anger triggers, and learn to develop anger management strategies and techniques. to Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." We would like to add a third item to his list: anger. Anger can be an incredibly damaging force, costing people their jobs, personal relationships, and even their lives when it gets out of hand. However, since everyone experiences anger, it is important to have constructive approaches to manage it effectively.
This course will help teach participants how to identify their anger triggers and what to do when their angry.
Course Goals:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
· Understand anger dynamics in terms of the anger cycle and the fight or flight theory.
· Know common anger myths and their factual refutations.
· Know the helpful and unhelpful ways of dealing with anger.
· Know techniques in controlling anger, particular reading anger warning signs, using coping thoughts, exercising relaxation techniques and blowing off steam.
· Understand the difference between objective and subjective language.
· Know tips in identifying the problem.
· Express a feeling or position using I-messages.
Know skills and techniques in making a disagreement constructive, including effective negotiation and solution-building.
· Reflect on one's hot buttons and personal anger dynamics.
· Know alter, avoid and, accept ways of responding to an anger-provoking situation.
· Understand the energy curve and how it can help in responding to someone else's anger.
· Learn and practice de-escalation techniques.
· Gain an integrated view of anger management and how it can be best practiced.
Course Overview:
Module One: Understanding Anger
The Cycle of Anger
Understanding Fight or Flight
Common Myths about Anger
Practical Illustration
Module Two: Do's and Don'ts
Unhelpful Ways of Dealing with Anger
Helpful Ways of Dealing with Anger
Practical Illustration
Module Three: Gaining Control
A Word of Warning
Using Coping Thoughts
Using Relaxation Techniques
Blowing Off Some Steam
Practical Illustration
Module Four: Separate the People from the Problem
Objective vs. Subjective Language
Identifying the Problem
Using "I" Messages
Practical Illustration
Module Five: Working on the Problem
Using Constructive Disagreement
Negotiation Tips
Building Consensus
Identifying Solutions
Practical Illustration
Module Six: Solving the Problem
Choosing a Solution
Making a Plan
Practical Illustration
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By: Act! Blog | 11/03/2016
Before you get started with email marketing, here are the most important things you need to know. There are more than just best practices when it comes to sending email – there are actual laws that can come with some substantial fines, (up to $16,000!) if you ignore them. These laws are named under the CAN-SPAM Act.
Note: The first rule below isn't explicitly named in the CAN-SPAM Act, but it is important to remember.
1. Get Permission. There are several reasons why you should (read: must) get permission before you start sending emarketing messages to your contacts, prospects and customers. Beyond the ethical considerations – think about how it makes you feel when you receive an unsolicited email in your inbox.
2. Properly identify yourself. Make sure the "From," "To," and "Reply to" in your message accurately identifies the person (you) or business sending the message.
3. Make sure your message matches your subject line. No funny business – make sure that your subject line correctly indicates the contents of your message. Don't mislead the recipients of your messages.
4. Remember that your message is an ad. You're sending an advertisement – this must be overtly expressed in your message.
5. Provide your recipients with your physical location. You must provide your audience with a valid physical address in the messages that you send, so they know you're legitimate.
6. Make it easy to opt out. It is so important that you clearly explain to your recipients how to opt out of receiving future messages from you. Make sure it's easy enough for the not so tech/internet savvy person to recognize and understand – use a different font or color, so that it stands out from the rest of your message. Provide a direct link to opt-out or a return email address that's set up to receive requests. The last step is making sure your own spam filter does not block these opt-out requests from getting into your own inbox.
7. Quickly act on opt outs you receive. You must allow your recipients 30 days after they receive your message to opt-out and you are then given 10 days to honor the request. Do not charge a fee, do not ask for them to provide any personally identifying information beyond an email address, or make them take multiple steps in order to opt-out.
8. Monitor what others are doing on your behalf. If you hire someone to manage your email marketing on your behalf – YOU remain a responsible party. Both you and the company sending, would be liable for any legal implications – so make sure you're aware of what is being sent.
For more information on this topic, refer to the CAN-SPAM Act or the Act! emarketing Anti-Spam Policy.
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Minera Lead Mines and Venue in the Park at Alyn Waters Country Park have lots of exciting activities taking place for all the family this summer! After the fantastic success of the school holiday activities at Minera Lead Mines in 2018 and at the start of 2019, Groundwork North Wales are expanding the activities to Venue in the Park at Alyn Waters Country Park.
Minera Lead Mines and Alyn Waters Country Park offer a fantastic opportunity for the whole family to get outside in the natural environment. At Minera, you have 53 acres of grassland, wooded areas and archaeological sites to explore, including the restored beam engine house, winding engine and boiler houses.
Minera Lead Mines is not alone in sharing an interesting past. The site at Alyn Waters sits on top of a pile of sand, gravel and clay dumped by the melting glaciers at the end of the last ice age 13,000 years ago. It was not only sand, gravel and clay dumped by the glacier, however: In 1966, part of a woolly mammoth's huge tusk was unearthed (the tusk is now in the Liverpool Museum). Now the site is a rich variety of grassland flowers, including thousands of common spotted Orchids and plentiful numbers of Pyramid and Bee Orchids.
Venue in the Park at Alyn Waters Country Park can be found behind Caffi Cyfle. Contracted by Wrexham County Borough Council, Groundwork North Wales now operate the event space Venue in the Park and Caffi Cyfle at Alyn Waters Country Park.
Caffi Cyfle is a place where delicious, seasonal and wholesome food is created that everyone can enjoy as well as providing inclusive opportunities for the wider community to participate in work and volunteering programmes. Our emphasis is on using fresh, sustainably sourced local ingredients and supporting Welsh suppliers. A new menu has been launched featuring panini, a new Club sandwich, hot and cold drinks, fantastic cakes locally produced and much more. The menu is available yn Gymraeg.
This summer, Minera Lead Mines and Venue in the Park, at Alyn Waters Country Park will be hosting an exciting programme of activities for all ages and abilities. The sessions are great fun-filled events. We have interactive Slime Time, Bushcraft skills, Graffiti, Gold Panning, Natural Crafts, model building and much much more planned all run by the Education and Play Team from Groundwork North Wales (booking essential on some of the activities). With more events planned at both locations through the autumn and winter, please visit www.groundworknorthwales.org.uk, Facebook @GwkNorthWales and @VisitMinera or email email@example.com to find out more and to keep up to date with all the details.
Project Manager Lisa Jones is excited to be expanding the activities to Venue in the Park at Alyn Waters: "We are excited to be expanding our offering of school holiday activity sessions to Venue in the Park for this year's summer holidays. The activities allow families a chance to take part in a range of activities encouraging them to get outside and enjoy the outdoors".
Minera Lead Mines visitor centre and toilet facilities are open at the weekend 10am to 4pm and daily throughout the summer holidays. Minera Lead Mines is dog-friendly with plenty of parking.
Minera Lead Mines Country Park, Minera, Wrexham LL11 3DU.
Caffi Cyfle is open daily from 9.30am to 4.30pm (food served until 4pm). Alyn Waters Country Park, Mold Rd, LL11 4AG.
For further information contact:
Hanna Clarke, Marketing and Events Manager 01978 757524 or email


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One Half Cafe
Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Never thought I'll have the mood to blog in the middle of the night.
But just wanna share a newly opened cafe at Taman Paramount which it's call One Half.
Thailand Photo Diary ( Bangkok to Cha-Am & Hua Hin )
Hua Hin, Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan 77110, Thailand
So I was travelling to Thailand at both Hua Hin and Bangkok last month.
Sadly, the King of Thailand passed away by October.
It may be a bad time for tourist to venture but it's a great thing to explore a country
in this kind of different period. I mean it's not an every day thing right?
So the first stop was actually from KUL - BKK but we step to Hua Hin.
A further state from Bangkok. It's around 3-4 hours ride.
Through the journey we get to pass by Cha-Am.
Took a few photo's during my trip over here.
1000 Sook , Cha-Am
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The impact of the trial of the Templars varied from area to area. In the Mark of Brandenburg, where no Templars were arrested, people would not have noticed any changes. In areas where the Templars were arrested, lands were taken into royal custody and pensioners and other creditors went unpaid, outsiders would certainly have noticed the upheaval. Some Templars were unaccounted for: in Germany and eastern Europe many were not arrested, and their later history is unknown. Some of their lands passed to the Hospital of St John; some did not. In France, any Templar who escaped custody was hunted down and imprisoned; in England, the sheriff of York was in no hurry to lock up the Templars. As it was regarded as dishonourable for a knight to run away, most Templars did not try to flee. Yet Brother Bernard des Fons fled to Tunis and became ambassador for the Muslim ruler of Tunis; there may have been others who acted similarly.
Some Templars remained in Muslim prisons in the East, captured either during the final fall of Acre or on Arwad. The German priest Ludolf of Sudheim met two such ex-Templar prisoners during his pilgrimage to the East in around 1340. Others lived on in religious houses in the West, supported by a daily pension. A few took up new career opportunities, such as the would-be Templar necromancer mentioned in the previous chapter. All in all, the end of the Order of the Temple was rather untidy.
Contemporary views of the downfall of the Order varied according to their geographical location: those within lands controlled by the king of France or his relatives or in their service supported the trial; others condemned it. Opinions did not soften with time, and late in the fourteenth century the St Alban's chronicler Thomas of Walsingham was still condemning the trial. Templar properties continued to be called 'the Temple' long after they had passed to the Hospital of St John. The Flemish continued to refer to the Templars as 'white Templars' and the Hospitallers as 'Black Templars', on the basis of their knights' mantles. Writers of fictional literature were confused as to the relationship between the two orders: Joanot Martorell, writing his great novel Tirant lo Blanc in the 1460s, stated, that the Hospital of St John was founded after the Order of the Temple had been destroyed by the Muslims, and that the Hospital had rebuilt the Temple of Solomon on Rhodes.
The Templars continued to appear in fictional literature throughout the Middle Ages, although usually in peaceful roles rather than fighting the Muslims; perhaps because audiences were not absolutely sure what the Templars' role in the Holy Land had been. They continued to appear as defenders of the Grail Castle in German works written in the tradition of Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, but not in other Grail romances. Their image in fictional literature was almost invariably good; they were holy men, dedicated to God's service.
There were obvious moral lessons to draw from the downfall of the Templars: fortune rules all in this world, how quickly the great can fall from favour, how the poor-knights of-Christ became rich and proud and so they met their downfall.
Commentators were not slow to make such points. In fact, it is only human nature to try to come up with some reasonable explanation for the Templars' sudden and unexpected downfall at a time when they were still an active and pious religious Order. Historians from the Middle Ages to the present day have developed a 'mode' of the rise and fall of the Templars: the pure ideals of the first knights became contaminated as the Order grew rich and involved in politics; the Order became corrupt and greedy and increasingly unpopular, and meanwhile the West lost interest in the Crusades; so when Philip IV of France attacked the Order for its money, no one defended it and the Order fell. Because this provides an attractively simple explanation for the otherwise unjust and inexplicable fall of the Order, this model has gained wide acceptance, despite the fact that it is false.
The modern image of the Templars as magicians with secret esoteric knowledge of the divine is rather different from the devout but uneducated warriors who have been the subject of this book. Scholars such as Malcolm Barber, Peter Partner and John Walker have traced the development of this 'post-Templar history' in depth, while others such as Sharan Newman and Evelyn Lord have produced accessible surveys of the modern myths for non-experts. Their researches indicate that there were no accusations of magic against the Templars until the work of Henry Cornelius Agrippain the sixteenth century, which mentioned the Templars in passing as a group destroyed after being accused of witchcraft. Scholars in general ignored such views. For example, Thomas Fuller, in his Historie of the Holy Warre (1639), made no reference to magic in his account of the Templars' trial, concluding: 'They are conceived in generall to be guiltlesse and innocent from those damnable sinnes wherewith they were charged,' and 'the chief cause of their ruine was their extraordinary wealth.' It was not until the mid-eighteenth century with the rise of secret societies such as the Freemasons, that the Templars came to the attention of the educated, upper middle-class layman as an example of a secret society that had been destroyed because of its esoteric knowledge. Initially the Freemasons claimed no link with the Templars: it was the German Masons who in the 1760s introduced the idea that the Templars must have had secret wisdom and magical powers, which they had learned while they held the so-called Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. This wisdom and power, they claimed, had been handed on down a secret line of succession to the present-day Masons.
Such 'medieval mystery' fitted well with the growing Romantic movement of the period. 'Short-lived-Templar' orders were set up in France and England. Writers of fiction developed the concept of the Templars as an institution with secret purposes. The most famous of these was Walter Scott (1771-1832), whose negative depictions of Templars in Ivanhoe (1819) and The Talisman (1825) are still influential. Scott used the modern myth of the Templars as a secret society combined with the traditional 'model' of the gradual corruption of the Templars to create threatening yet fascinating villains. The negative image of the Templars in The Talisman, which is set during the Third Crusade, reappears in modern films based on this crusade, most, recently Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Another sinister depiction appeared in George Macdonald's gothic novel Phantastes (1858), where the hero, transferred to 'fairyland', comes across a mysteriously rectangular woodland clearing, walled with yew trees, in which stand 'three ranks of men, in white robes, standing silent and solemn, each with a sword by his side, although the rest of his costume and hearing was more priestly than soldierly'. The author calls this area a 'temple'. At one end is a platform, on which is a throne on which a 'majestic-looking figure' sits, which turns out to be a wooden idol. A youth and a girl are led up to the platform and sent through a door; we assume that they are going to some happy mystery, but then discover that they have been killed. The hero destroys the idol, which turns out to contain a huge beast that devoured the young people offered to it; the hero kills the beast, but is himself killed by the sword-wielding white-clad priests. The word 'Templar' is never mentioned, but the parallels with the Templars and the charges against them are clear: white-clad knights who are also religious, operating in a temple, worshipping an idol which destroys its young initiates.
The evil atmosphere around these 'Templars' was echoed half a century later in M. J. James's short story 'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' (1904), where a bronze whistle found in the ruins of one of the Templars' circular chapels summons a ghostly creature which tries to destroy the whistler. The original purpose of such a whistle remains unclear, but the reader is left with the impression that the Templars were a dubious organization: 'you never knew what they might not have been up to'.
For James, as for Scott and Macdonald, the primary purpose of his writing was to entertain. However, some writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries developed the myth of the Templars as a sinister secret society for political or religious reasons, even fabricating physical evidence in order to 'prove' their arguments.
Such writers were following the example of those who had contrived the original charges against the Templars: projecting their own fantasies and obsessions on to their victims. For example, in 1796 Charles Louis Cadet de Cassicour portrayed the Templars as part of a secret conspiracy which was behind the French Revolution and the execution of King Louis XVI, in revenge for the death of Jacques de Molay in 1314. In 1818 Joseph von Hammer Purgstall published a book entitled The Mystery of Baphomet Revealed that linked the Templars to the Gnostics, a religious movement of the early Christian era, condemned by pagans and Christians alike for their alleged sexual depravity. Hammer argued that the Templars were Gnostics and the 'Templars' head' was a Gnostic idol called Baphomet. In fact 'Baphomet' is simply the Old French word for the name Mohammad and the Gnostics did not have idols, because they did not worship anything with a physical form. They believed that the physical world is an invention of evil, while God is incorporeal and belongs to the realm of light, beyond the spheres of physical existence. Gnostic religion was a long way from the beliefs of the Templars, who were orthodox Catholics. Peter Partner has concluded that Hammer attacked the 'Templar masons' in order to discredit the Freemasons.
Hammer's vein of pseudo-history won a large following and underlies the modern mythical Templars. He also linked his mythical Templars to the legend of the Holy Grail, arguing that the Grail legend itself represented Gnostic mysteries. The fact that Wolfram von Eschenbach put 'Templars' into his Grail story encouraged Hammer and his successors to believe that the Templars (whom they did not understand) must be deeply connected with the Grail legend (which they did not understand either). The Templars appear by name only in Wolfram's version of the story and its sequels, but their absence elsewhere only encouraged scholars to search for hidden Templar influence in all the Grail romances.
Yet the medieval stories of the Holy Grail have no direct connection with the Templars. Like the Order of the Temple, such stories catered for knights, being written for knights and sometimes by knights; and like the Order, they set out the Way in which knights could reach God. However, unlike the Order of the Temple, the Grail stories depicted knights finding God by themselves, through their own personal quest, with little help from priests or the institution of the Church. In contrast, Templars had to commit themselves to a religious Order and vow to obey a superior without question, live without sexual intercourse and without personal wealth, and very probably die in action against the Muslims. The Grail stories allowed knights to find God without having to sacrifice their independence of action, obey anyone or give up their wealth. In addition, Muslims could also find the Holy Grail; they had to convert to Christianity before they could see it, but they could be much more successful in the search for the Grail than many Christians. This did not fit the Templars' ideal of fighting and killing Muslims as enemies of Christ.
Since the latter part of the nineteenth century, the supposed Templar involvement in the Grail legends has reinforced the supposed Templar connection with secrek societies and esoteric knowledge. However, this 'Templar myth' did not enter mainstream culture until 1983, with the publication of The Holy :Blood and the Holy Grail, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. This bestselling book stimulated wide interest in the Templars. Many 'discoveries' about the Templars have followed, many of which are little more than fantasy, with less basis in actual historical events than most historical novels.
Yet the Templars have not always had a negative or occult image in modern times. In the mid-nineteenth-century United States several temperance fraternities took the title 'Good Templars.' They named themselves after the medieval Knights Templar partly because of the play on words between 'temperance' and 'Templar', perhaps partly because of a myth that the original Templars drank sour milk, and also because they were fighting 'a great crusade' against 'this terrible vice' of alcohol. In 1851, in Utica, New York State, an 'Independent Order of Good Templars' was setup, which grew to become a world-wide organization, the International Order of Good Templars or IOGT. Urging absolute abstinence from alcohol, the Order also campaigned for prohibition, strove to provide social, facilities, that served only non-alcoholic beverages, promoted education and self-help, and supported decent working conditions for working people. It had its own youth organization and produced its own newspapers and books. Its institutions included fine regalia, impressive titles, secret passwords and ceremonies that 'cannot be divulged to the uninitiated'. The majority of its members were drawn from the skilled-working and lower middle classes.
Unlike the original medieval Order of the Temple, women were admitted as members from early in the 'Good Templars' history, and played a significant role in the organization. Women rarely held the highest offices in the Order, but often held the offices of Vice Templar and superintendent of Juvenile Templars - the support roles that were socially acceptable for women. Even these restricted roles allowed the women who held them more freedom than was then usual in western society - Jessie Forsyth, a leading campaigner within the Good Templars from 1872 to 1937, relished her opportunities to travel and meet people in the United States, Europe and Australia. The Good Templars were less successful in promoting racial equality within the Order, leading to a temporary schism in 1876: the British Good Templars broke away in protest at the refusal of the Good Templars of the southern Unites States to allow racially mixed lodges.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the IOGT is still active around the globe, campaigning against the use of alcohol and other drugs, equality for all, peace, justice and education. It remains an example of a modern 'Templar' organization not associated with the occult or esoteric knowledge.
Another Templar group with a positive message, also founded in around 1850, was the German Templar movement, set up by a Lutheran pastor and dedicated to 'the spiritual and economic development of the Holy Land'. The society was so named because 'each member of the Society was to be a "stone" in the spiritual Temple of Jerusalem'. The society was intended to show that 'a reasonable economic standard could be attained by adherence to religious principles in religious life'.
The German Templars founded a number of communities in Palestine, which was then under Ottoman rule, and lived peacefully and prosperously until the First World War, when Britain first occupied Palestine. Some of the German Templars emigrated to Australia, but the Palestinian settlements of Sarona, Waldheim and Wilhelma survived until the British mandate in Palestine ended after the Second World War. In 1947 the British High Commissioner of Palestine, having decided that the German Templars' property did not constitute 'enemy property' as the organization had had no relations with the Nazis - was anxious to arrange its sale and allow, the remaining German Templars to join their co-religionists in Australia. The German Templars were in danger from zealots in Palestine - two had been killed when one of their settlements was attacked and the Australian government was willing to allow them entry to Australia if they could finance themselves. Some of the property was sold in spring 1948, but the new state of Israel refused to release the proceeds. Eventually the German Templars successfully emigrated to Australia and the United States, but the dispute over who owed them was dragged on for many years, not being resolved until the 1960s.
The modern 'Temple Society' in Australia does not now claim any link with the medieval Knights Templar, and uses the spelling 'Templer' to refer to its members.
Some Templar appearances in literature since the mid-nineteenth century have mirrored these positive images of the Order. Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), thriller-writer supreme, was a member of a temperance society in his youth and made the occasional reference to the 'Good Templars' in his works. In Angel Esquire (1908) we meet an inspector of police who is a past Chief Templar; The Hand of Power (1927) refers to them alongside other fraternities 'these societies …. Good Templars and Buffaloes and Sons of the Phoenix, and knights of the Round Table' - while White Face (1930) features a conscientious, if unimaginative, policeman who is a member of the local. 'Good Templar' lodge and dreams of becoming Chief Templar. We are left with the impression that the Good Templars are a worthy part of modern society.
Jerome K. Jerome, in his Three Men in a Boat, to say Nothing, of the Dog (1889)mentioned the Templars only in passing in his description of Bisham Abbey 'whose stone walls have rung to the shouts of the Knights Templars', before going on to describe a ghost story of the seventeenth century. For Jerome, the Templars were not associated with ghosts but were a positive part of England's past.
The image of the Templars is darker in John Meade Falkner's The Nebuly Coat (1903), in which the heir to the Blandamer estates makes a vow 'as faithfully as ever taken: by a Templar' to serve his family interests. In the event, he murders twice and sacrifices his own life in this cause. The central image of the story is of a great church undergoing restoration, which has stood firm for so many centuries but is no longer able to carry the burden of its own weight: a literal case of decline and fall.
Perhaps the most poignant of these depictions of the Templars as a positive and integral part of England's past appears in Rudyard Kipling's story 'They' (1904), which describes enduring love and the pain of loss. The narrator, returning to southern England from the United States, becomes lost as he drives through the rolling hills of the Downs. He passes a Norman church, a Roman road, 'an old smithy that cries aloud how it had once been a hall of the Knights Templar' and finally comes to a Tudor hall, where dwell a blind, childless woman, and the ghosts of children. Our narrator realizes the truth of the place when the ghost of his own dead child kisses his hand. Here the Templars form part of the enduring network of the past which is for ever lost to us but in which our lives are based and from which they draw meaning. The ghosts are affectionate and loving, far from the menacing spirit of M. R. James's 'Oh, Whistle'.
A positive image of the Templars is also echoed in Leslie Charteris's adventure stories of Simon Templar, 'The Saint', a sort of proto-James Bond figure who works outside the law against international criminal conspiracies, and protects the innocent and vulnerable. Although the connection with the medieval Templars is seldom made explicit, Charteris explicitly draws a parallel with the (supposed) ideals of medieval chivalry. In the first story, Knight Templar (1930), the hero is described as living in 'a world of flamboyant colours and magnificently medieval delights', and compared to a series of medieval heroes: 'It was Gawain before the Grail, it was Bayard on the bridge of Garigliano, it was Roland at the gates of Spain.' In The Saint Overboard (1936), he is 'the perfect gentle knight, dying to save a lady's honour'. In Vendetta for the Saint (1964), the hero's connection with the Templars is articulated in a discussion about the origins of the Mafia:
'Right up to the unification of Italy, the Mafia were usually on the side of the oppressed. Only after that it turned to extortion and murder.'
'I seem to have heard that something like that happened to the original Knights Templar' said the Saint reflectively. 'But aside from that, I don't see why you should connect them with me.'
Later, in discussion with the Sicilian heroine of the story, the Saint describes the Knights Templar as 'a dubiously noble band not unknown in these parts' and claims a connection with them. As he adds that he cannot prove that he is actually descended from them, the connection must be that he is on the side of the oppressed, although readers of The Saint will know that he is also sometimes involved in extortion and murder of criminals. Charteris's swashbuckling hero was far from the austere, hard-working Good Templars and German Templars of the mid-nineteenth century, but nevertheless played a positive - if underground - role in society.
The Templars of fiction have taken many forms over the past two hundred years, from sinister villains to chivalrous defenders of the oppressed.
Today, several modern institutions exist which carry the name 'Templar'. Some of these new 'Orders of the Temple' carry out charitable work, like the 'Good Templars' of the temperance movement; others have a religious aspect and offer their members spiritual insights. Still others are a cover for criminal activities.
These new 'Templar' Orders are themselves now the subject of scholarly study. It is a strange tribute to the enduring appeal of this ordinary religious order - in existence for less than two centuries, and last seen nearly seven hundred years ago - that not only the original Order but also the myth of the Order and the 'false' modern Orders that bear its name have become part of serious history.
AS I STATED EARLY ON, THIS BOOK BY HELEN NICHOLSON CONTAINS EXTENSIVE "NOTES" COVERING PAGES 278 TO 332 FOR ALL SHE STATES, WITH THE OFTEN USED NUMBER SYSTEM IN CHAPTERS (1, 2, 3…..10, 11, etc.) WHICH I LEFT OUT.
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"There is no such thing as a ninth month abortion."-Jen Gunter, OBGYN trained in late-term abortions
Though this article is a little old, it's facts still stand true. Know what you are talking about when you speak on 3rd trimester abortions, or make a fool of yourself. Shocking at how graphic and inaccurate these anti's are towards abortion, but thankfully there are some people sharing and speaking truth.
While all this hate swirls around 3rd term abortion (which I support), let's get some facts straight. Copying from Forbes. This also goes on to further say what I wrote earlier today; women whom have 3rd trimester abortions don't just randomly jump up and decide on their 32 week that they want to abort; it's rare in and of itself, and when it does occur the situation has it's own reasons that are serious enough for doctors to take action. Saving the mother is and should be the first priority always.
As a side note, PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS isn't a medical term, it is a political term. Let's jump ahead and see what exactly is going on when this term is used:
"Partial birth" is a political, not medical, term, and it does not refer to all late-term abortions. It refers to a very specific and rare procedure called dilation and extraction*, in which a fetus is partially pulled through the birth canal and then aborted, nearly always when the fetus cannot live outside the womb and typically when the mother's health is in danger, the fetus has a serious abnormality, or both. Such a procedure is not conducted lightly: the fetus has a fatal defect and will not survive, or the mother is at risk of death herself.
When Chris Wallace asked Clinton why she had "voted against a ban on late-term, partial-birth abortions," Clinton's immediate response correctly pointed out that "Roe v. Wade very clearly sets out that there can be regulations on abortion so long as the life and the health of the mother are taken into account."
But from there, the ensuing conversation revealed both Wallace's and Trump's ignorance about these procedures.
When Trump, for example, suggested that "you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month on the final day," he appears not to realize that the term for that — and it's done considerably less violently — is a Cesarean section, a common, safe procedure by which about a third of women deliver their babies every year. In other words, Trump described how more than a million women every year give birth. It's quite legal, and generally a cause for celebration.
If that sounds a bit flippant, that's because, as Jen Gunter, an OBGYN who trained in late-term abortions, pointed out on Twitter, "There is no such thing as a ninth month abortion."
Those who seek late-term abortions are seeking them before a pregnancy reaches full term but often and unfortunately after they have discovered in the second or third trimester some problem with the fetus or danger to the mother.'
But the inaccuracies started before Trump even responded:
Wallace's question was problematic right out of the gate because of the term he used. "Partial birth" is a political, not medical, term, and it does not refer to all late-term abortions. It refers to a very specific and rare procedure called dilation and extraction*, in which a fetus is partially pulled through the birth canal and then aborted, nearly always when the fetus cannot live outside the womb and typically when the mother's health is in danger, the fetus has a serious abnormality, or both. Such a procedure is not conducted lightly: the fetus has a fatal defect and will not survive, or the mother is at risk of death herself.
As this NPR article notes about a partial-birth abortion ban passed in 2003,
"when some members of Congress tried to amend the bill to ban only those procedures that take place after viability, abortion opponents complained that would leave most of the procedures legal."
And the Supreme Court ultimately declined to strike down the ban anyway. Further, most states don't allow late-term abortions: just eight states and Washington, D.C., have no restrictions on abortion timing, and the rest have restrictions and other regulations in place.
As noted, these types of abortions are extremely rare. These procedures remain very safe, considerably more so than pregnancy and birth, in fact. Of these abortions, 91.4% are performed in the first trimester, less than 14 weeks into pregnancy. Just 1.3% of abortions are performed at or after 21 weeks, and an estimated 0.2% of all abortions involve the dilation and evacuation procedure. And why would women seek them in the first place?
"The kinds of cases that fall at the end of pregnancy are often the most heartbreaking, painful decisions for families to make," Clinton said at the debate. "I have met with women who toward the end of their pregnancy get the worst news one could get, that their health is in jeopardy if they continue to carry to term or that something terrible has happened or just been discovered about the pregnancy. I do not think the United States government should be stepping in and making those most personal of decisions."
If you have any question about whether the harrowing stories Clinton referred to are really the case, you can read the details of one woman's story yourself. Despite being "overjoyed" at her pregnancy, a discovery of a fatal defect in the fetus led her to the painful decision to have an abortion at 32 weeks — for which she was fortunate to have the resources to seek by flying across the country to Colorado. (She specifically notes, "if the doctors thought there was any way he [the fetus] might make it, I would have taken that chance.") A number of fetal abnormalities that lead to death or extremely severe disability in a fetus — including the majority of problems caused by a Zika infection during pregnancy — are not identified until after the 20th week of pregnancy.
Again, even among the 1.3% of abortions occurring after 20 weeks, most are also occurring well before the 38th to 40th weeks, when a baby may be considered full term. The most common procedure for these is a dilation and evacuation, which carries enough risks to the mother that they're unlikely to be undergoing it unless it's truly necessary.
Some individuals point to New Mexico as an example of a state with such lax restrictions on abortion that perhaps Trump's scenario could play out there. In fact, however, New Mexico wouldn't be the best poster child for the horror story Trump conjured up: just four New Mexico state residents had abortions at 28 weeks or later in 2014, and that dropped to two in 2015.
What's gone up, meanwhile, are women coming to New Mexico to seek abortions because neighboring states such as Texas and Oklahoma so tightly restrict them that it's difficult for women to get safe, timely abortions.
If you wonder why some women wait longer in the pregnancy to have an abortion, it's often because those in places such as Texas may have to save the money or otherwise make arrangements to be able to travel long distances for the procedure. Others don't know they're pregnant or are in abusive relationships.
As Christina Cauterucci at Slate points out, Clinton's deep understanding of this issue and lived experience with other women reveals the importance of having more women in politics. The more Clintons and Wendy Davisesthat are in office, the more likely it is that abortion and women's reproductive policies actually reflect women's experiences and the data on them.
*This sentence has been corrected to reflect the most accurate name for the procedure, called dilation and extraction. The sentence previously used "dilation and evacuation," which is a slightly different procedure. A dilation and extraction is sometimes also called an "intact dilation and evacuation," but this is not the preferred, precise term.


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