For birth control, what's old is new again

(CNN)"I can't afford to get pregnant," says 25-year-old Aisha Mukooza.

So every morning, for the past two and a half years, Aisha's been strict about taking her temperature as soon as her alarm goes off at 6 a.m.

"I have my thermometer under my pillow. I take it, and then take the reading and put it in Kindara," Mukooza says.

Public Forum

Public Forum  on Proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline

   Through Rensselaer County, NY

Saturday, January 10, 2015

2 p.m. St. Mary’s Church, Route 20 Nassau, NY

Becky Meier a co-founder of “Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline” will narrate a Power Point Presentation about a proposed high-pressure fracked gas pipeline/compressor station in Rensselaer County to be routed along the powerlines.The environmental impact, health concerns, and the rights of communities will be discussed. The proposed pipeline and compressor station would affect the towns of Schodack, Nassau, and Stephentown, NY, and continue into Hancock, Massachusetts. Both parking and event itself are free of charge.

For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/stopnyfrackedgaspipeline
Contact: John Serio: seriojj@gmail.com or

 Sandy Nathan: snathanwrites@gmail.com  Sponsored by: Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline

Robert Connors

Canaan, NY 12029

raconnors@yahoo.com
Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline

https://www.facebook.com/stopnyfrackedgaspipeline

http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/columbia-county-news/

Don't forget to sign our Anti-Pipeline Petition:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-new-york-fracked.fb48?source=c.fb&r_by=2156007

http://thescene-thescene.blogspot.com/p/advertise.html

Special Bus Procedures for Thursday, Jan. 8 Due to Extreme Cold

Superintendent Bob Horan would like to let our community know that due to the extreme cold temperatures expected for the morning of Thursday, Jan. 8,

Oldest US Time Capsule Opened Today Jan 6, 2015

The oldest time capsule discovered in the country that dates back to 1795 was opened today in Boston as history buffs waited to get a glimpse of items from the nation's infancy.

Pamela Hatchfield, head of objects conservation at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, first removed the lid then inspected a newspaper, after loosening the screws beforehand for about four or five hours, she said.

Beef prices hit all-time high

By Michelle Linn
Owasso, Okla. —

People in Green Country and across the nation are enjoying low gas prices.

But, what you're saving on gas, you might be spending on groceries.

Beef prices are skyrocketing.

Top Republican open to gas tax increase

The incoming Republican leader of the Senate Transportation Committee said Sunday an increase is up for consideration, as "we have to look at all the options."

"I don't think we take anything off the table at this point," John Thune said on "Fox News Sunday."

Prices at the pump are at the lowest point in years -- the nationwide average has tumbled more than a dollar in the last year, reaching $2.20 on Monday.

The feds currently collect 18.4 cents in tax per gallon of gasoline.