Re:the cell phones, wasn't there also discussion that towers were pinged that weren't near places they apparently visited that night? Meaning that maybe it wasn't the most reliable piece of evidence?
I believe they said that the tower pinging matched the locations in Jays story post 6pm, pre-6pm they did not match up with Jay's story
Post by PinkSquirrel on Oct 24, 2014 11:26:29 GMT -5
I'd recommend starting with a worsted weight scarf on size 7 needles. Just a simple garter stitch (knit right side, purl wrong side). It's what we recommend at my local shop
There's a difference between an 18 year old dating a 16 year old and parents get offended for whatever reason, a drunk idiot who urinates in a park and a real-life heinous child molester. It is my understanding that you end up on the list for any of the above and there is no differentiation. Is that correct?
I believe there are different levels within the registry, but that yes, they would all end up on it.
I assume this really depends on your insurance coverage. My old insurance covers both OB/L&D and abortion 100%, though you don't see abortion listed in the services brochure. I think they just consider abortion to be an OB expense.
On the flip side my sister paid like 3k after insurance to have a baby, so I'm going to assume if she had a termination there would be some cost associated too. If the person in the OP is paying $570 for an abortion with her insurance, I highly doubt L&D would be less than that (but given politics, who knows I guess).
In my experience, if a plan covers abortion it's covered the same as any other non-preventive service which that means it can apply to your copay, deductible, and/or out of pocket amounts. So then it just depends what your amounts are and what you've already met. So if you've got a huge deductible, for example, and haven't met any or much of that it can be quite pricey. Of course some awesome plans just cover all of that at 100%, but sadly it seems plans that good are getting harder to find.
Of course that's assuming it's covered at all.
Jermys, you're so awesome for everything you do.
Deductibles are definitely an issue, but some clinics will only use insurance for a portion of the procedure ie everything except the abortion even if your insurance covers it. It's actually really common the later you get for clinics to either only accept insurance for part of it or to not take insurance at all.
I thought Planned Parenthood offered them on a sliding scale of what you can afford?
They do. But for an in-clinic abortion at that many weeks, even if you make something like $17k/year, you're still (potentially) looking at up to $700/800 or so.
I know way too much about this, it seems.
None of the PPFA clinics I've worked with cover abortions on a sliding scale. I'm sure there are some that do, but it's likely in conjunction with some other specific funding being done to do so, it's not PPFA-wide.
Around me you can maybe get a small discount (<$100) by working with an abortion fund, but the rates are the same for everyone regardless of income. Insurance companies get $300+ discounts, but if you're coming in with your own money you likely get nothing at most clinics
Post by PinkSquirrel on Oct 22, 2014 10:41:27 GMT -5
Douchebag came into use around when douching started to be commonly recommended. How the hell are the sexist origins not even on the authors radar. I really don't know why this surprises me, it's fitting that the "white men's racial slur" is sexist in origin.
Depends on if you just have a print release or if you purchased the digital rights to your images. If you only have a print release and didn't purchase digital rights she's ok to ask that her watermark stays on the images online. (At least this is how it is with most of the photogs I work with)
Yes this. It depends on the terms of the release. If you just have a print release-then it is just for print. You could ask her for a couple with her watermark for online sharing. One reason photogs do this is because if someone steals an image with a watermark (and changes it/deletes/etc) it is much easier since the watermark was originally there.
Yep, it sounds like you have a print release. As a general rule any photographer worth their salt isn't going to give you full rights to the images they take. They are still the ultimate owner of the copyright. You likely also don't have the right to edit, crop etc either.
Photographers generally prefer their watermarked images be put on social media because people steal pictures. The main goal is typically to protect against theft, not for advertising so tagging her business likely isn't going to be what she's looking for.
Rwanda places much of the blame for their genocide on the French. Belgium gets first billing on their hate list, but France is a might close second. They also shit talk Hotel Rwanda pretty hard mainly because the dude who ran the Mille Collines was not a good person.
Please to explain. You mean Paul Rusesabagina or someone above him? Because that movie broke me for a good while.
Paul Rusesabagina. Obviously, I'm just repeating what I was told when I was in Rwanda this summer, but it was repeated again and again by multiple people at pretty different places, so I feel like at the very least these are widely held beliefs.
Essentially, everyone said that Hotel Rwanda is not a good representation of what went on largely in part because Hollywood decided they wanted to make Paul a heroic figure. Apparently, he was kind of a shady and wasn't protecting people out of the good of his own heart, he was profiting off of all of it. Today he's part of a party that isn't looked on favorably by many Rwandans because he still wants there to be Tutsi and Hutu and in Rwanda. "We are all Rwandan" is pretty much a mantra there because they do not want that kind of conflict it invites andplusalso the Belgians made up the groups based on the numbers of cows people had in the early 1900's so they don't even feel like particularly Rwandan terms and classifications. That said, there was far less mention of his current politics, most of it was related to his time at the Mille Collins and the fact that everything he did was motivated by greed. They were still more than willing to drive me to the hotel to take pictures and see it. Lives were ultimately saved there, that part happened.
I watched a French movie last night called La Rafle. It's about the roundup of foreign born Jews that made up the setting for Sarah's Key.
I am done.
I am so fucking done that I can barely talk about the movie Belle that I watched just before that. Fuck the French. Fuck them in their French fucking faces.
That movie was harder to watch than 12 Years a Slave.
I am iammalcolmx levels of mad. Just hateful all day.
I don't think I sobbed this hard at a movie since Hotel Rwanda.
Rwanda places much of the blame for their genocide on the French. Belgium gets first billing on their hate list, but France is a might close second. They also shit talk Hotel Rwanda pretty hard mainly because the dude who ran the Mille Collines was not a good person.
That comment doesn't imply the shot causes the flu. It implies the shot is not 100% effective at preventing every strain of flu. Which is true.
Yeah no, that's a standard line people use when blaming the shot for the flu. Mags also didn't deny that that was her reasoning, just that she wasn't encouraging others to do the same.
That comment implies that for some reason the shot caused the flu. That is NOT TRUE, not even the teeniest tiniest bit. When people spread false information bold faced lies people start to believe it. Please don't feed me "I didn't mean it that way." Those words are repeated in the exact same way and someone dittoed them because it's a common argument. If you meant something else you should have said that.
Repeating false information most definitely encourages others to believe it and it's just flat out not how it works. If there is a reason other than the shot is at fault for you getting the flu then say that and use factual information about the flu. There are a number of reasons based on scientific facts that are reasonable reasons not to get the flu shot, the flu shot being responsible for you getting the flu is not one of them.
Are you a spy for the FDA? or CDC?
Oh yeah, that's totally it. Not that I have a low tolerance for people who spout bullshit and expect their opinions to be respected.
You know those things have absolutely nothing to do with each other, right? This kind of mentality is not ok to encourage because it makes implications that are patently false.
I didn't encourage anyone to do the same. I said that was my experience. Huge difference.
That comment implies that for some reason the shot caused the flu. That is NOT TRUE, not even the teeniest tiniest bit. When people spread false information bold faced lies people start to believe it. Please don't feed me "I didn't mean it that way." Those words are repeated in the exact same way and someone dittoed them because it's a common argument. If you meant something else you should have said that.
Repeating false information most definitely encourages others to believe it and it's just flat out not how it works. If there is a reason other than the shot is at fault for you getting the flu then say that and use factual information about the flu. There are a number of reasons based on scientific facts that are reasonable reasons not to get the flu shot, the flu shot being responsible for you getting the flu is not one of them.
I finally got around to ordering some Inglot. I haven't had a chance to swatch more than two of the eye shadows yet, but those two swatches were top shelf. I also got a couple blushes. I will use it all for a few days and report back with my thoughts.
Yay!! My first thought was wondering if you had gotten around to trying Inglot. What colors did you get? I have really been so happy with them and their palettes are my favorite (just the empty ones) haha
I had it once, the only year i got the flu. Needless to say it was the last time i got one.
You know those things have absolutely nothing to do with each other, right? This kind of mentality is not ok to encourage because it makes implications that are patently false.
I don't know that they always are. I had a D&C for a m/c, which to my understanding is basically the same procedure as a 1st tri abortion (and is coded that way on my medical records) and I was out. Not like, intubated type anesthesia, but absolutely zero memory of anything.
I wonder if because one is a "choice" and one isn't? Or, not being put under keeps costs low, therefore more accessible?
Insurance definitely plays in, though sometimes they can get the sedation for an insurance that doesn't cover abortions to cover the anesthesia, but there are a lot of people getting abortions with no insurance who don't have the extra money to pay for sedation
I really enjoyed this article. I just really appreciate the view about mixed feelings, because it is exactly how I feel. I am very thankful their are people like her in the world that are able to provide comfort to the women that have to go through this.
Also, I don't know if I really realized that women were awake during first tri abortions, I mean I guess I did, but I can't imagine. I thought they would at least give headphones.
You have a choice, but it's more expensive to be sedated. The procedure definitely doesn't necessitate sedation.
I have a lot of friends doing abortion doula work and it's so amazing and is so needed, especially for patients who chose to have a medical abortion and are alone at home often with no support.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 10, 2014 20:23:08 GMT -5
Have people read Colorlines take on it? They aren't fans. The short version ... Fckh8 is is a predominately white organization, only $5 of the $20 are going to be donated and it appears at least one of the charities chosen to receive a donation wants nothing to do with it. They also took issues with the video itself.
So…. Our little New York office feels some kind of way about a new video making rounds today. Titled, “Hey White People: A Kinda Awkward Note to America by #Ferguson Kids,” the video’s making lots of rounds on social media. Which will probably equal lots of money for the company behind it, called Synergy Media
The video features a group of unnamed black kids, purportedly from Ferguson, reciting parts of a script that’s clearly been written by adults. A script that will make you think race is solely a black and white issue, by the way. Even if the children are from Ferguson, it’s unclear if or how they’ve been compensated. Either way, the idea that these kids are from Ferguson is paraded for consumption.
Towards the end, a white adult and a black adult make nice and encourage viewers to buy a FCKH8.com T-shirt. Five dollars from each shirt will supposedly go to unidentified “charities working in communities to fight racism.” Which charities? Who knows! What communities? Can’t tell you.*
The video concludes with a dedication, “For Mike,” and a quiet scene from the Ferguson street on which Michael Brown was killed by officer Darren Wilson more than a month ago:
The company behind the video, FCKH8.com, has made a name for itself selling what it calls “LGBT Equality Gear” (which sort of covers some LGB themes, but sort of leaves the T part out). It’s now trying to do the same with its “Anti-Racism Gear.” According to its website, FCKH8.com “recently became owned and managed by Synergy Media,” a corporate branding firm whose clients include Magnum bodybuilding vitamin supplements and pretty offensive “Buckeye Boob T’s” (the latter despite the fact that FCKH8.com says it’s anti-sexist).
There’s an entire economy around black death—and this ad campaign illustrates it all too well. Ironically, this economy’s profit margins depend on upholding the very racism this video claims to want to eliminate.
So there you have it, folks. Everything, it seems, can distilled, packaged, bought and sold—including racism.
Update, September 10, 2014, 4:55 p.m.: FCKH8.com issued a press release Tuesday indicating that Race Forward, which is Colorlines’ publisher, along with a few other organizations, would be receiving funds garnered through T-shirt sales. Race Forward has publicly responded.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 2, 2014 16:07:13 GMT -5
There are abortion funds that may be able to help with money. What state are you in? You can go to fundabortionnow.com and look up your local fund there. If there isn't a local fund near you feel free to PM me and I may have some other tips on where to go
What I'd really like is for people to stop dismissing these issues. I get real tired of random ass FB updates from white folks that ignore these issues as if black folks just made that shit up.
Curious how people think we can better educate "white people" who think racism doesn't exist today...really how do we do that? It is hard to understand it when you don't live it.
I went to to a wealthy private school (I was one of the poor folks ). The minorities that attended school with me were all from wealthy families and I think we were all taught the whole idea of "color blindness" which I know now from my life experiences is not the way to discuss race in America. But I will never forget driving in a pretty wealthy area with two male friends who were black and noticing cops up ahead. And my friend told the driver to turn at the corner so we wouldn't have to "get into it." I was clueless and they were like yeah, we are two black dudes driving with a white girl in a nice part of town, at night, in a brand new car. That is going to attract some attention we don't want. It opened up a long discussion about racism and what it was like to be black that I had never thought about before. But not everybody gets that chance so how do we do it?
The biggest thing we can do is stop keeping our mouths shut when our fellow white folks stay stupid shit. People of color have written pretty extensively about their experiences and I'm not sure it's really all that difficult to understand if you take the time to read/hear what is being said. I think a big part of what we need to do is call people out on comments like this. The "whoa is me" I don't know how to fix it attitude is bullshit. We are the cause of this problem and we're the ones that can fix it. We all need to stop playing dumb and acting like we need our hands held in order to understand the systemic racism in our society.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Aug 28, 2014 20:54:20 GMT -5
They cost $100 for my car at the dealership. It's because my car uses synthetic oil. It's $10 more than we've found elsewhere, but they also vacuum and wash my car, which is kind of nice.
My guess is almost the opposite: I took my mom to two neurosurgeons, an orthopod and a neurologist for a chronic pain issue that had her more or less housebound. I asked ALL of them about MMJ. We live in WA where recreational MJ is now legal!
You would have thought I asked them to give her straight up heroin. They prescribed the shit out of percocet and vicodin, but none of them would even talk about MMJ. "Oh I'm sure SOME of my patients use it but I couldn't speak to it." Yeah, whatever.
So you have doctors who are more comfortable giving lengthy Rxs of narcotics, but won't even TALK about MMJ because "drugs".
Now, if people have easy access to MMJ they tend to go for that first, or - if they've run out their script of percocet they may be able to get MMJ instead of a black market batch of pills. I think also for people with chronic pain, they are so sick of being accused of drug seeking that MMJ provides a fairly destigmatized means of actually getting some relief.
I meant that in theory doctors would have the option. I don't know how it goes in practice. I am in MA where it's been decriminalized and is now legal medicinally. I have found it difficult to get an appointment with a doctor for it. There's still the stigma here and it's legal to prescribe it. My primary care doctor has chosen not to get involved in it, as he puts it. He does prescribe an opiate and has for many years and will for as long as I'm a patient. I can't wait for an actual script. I know full well it works. Living proof . It's not easy to obtain. I imagine this will loosen up as doctors become more accustomed to it and are more comfortable with it. Getting pain meds around here is very difficult. There's a horrible heroin problem here in ma and Oxys and stuff, so pain meds are being heavily regulated. I wish I didn't need to have it sometimes. But until I can legally obtain my preferred medicine, it's what it is.
eta: Wait, if it's legal why do you need to get a prescription? Can't you just go buy them some weed?
MA has done a good job of dragging their feet on getting everything up and fully running in a manner that allows for access. I currently have two friends that are buying weed from dealers and using it 100% for legitimate medical issues because purchasing it through legitimate means still isn't a realistic option. It's ridiculous
I saw this on ML. Ok if they said the plate matched, that's lying and absolutely needs to be addressed. But just the mistake of the car, it says in less than a minute it was cleared up and the officers spoke to the kids and explained it was ok. I don't excuse it or think it wasn't wicked scary, but less than a minute isn't like they detained everyone and interrogated. I hope they're taken to task (the officers) for flat out lying about the plate matching.
Except the car they were looking for was tan with 4 black men and they pulled over a red car with a black woman and her kids. Lies or no, it's clear the only thing they were looking for was the color of people's skin. Can you imagine a white soccer mom being confused with 4 white men in a different color car? I certainly can't. That's what makes this out of line, they were just pulling guns on brown people.