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You may have heard that the FDA may finally remove age restrictions for the morning-after emergency contraception pill in the United States. If you've heard that, you may have started to hear some panic or fear-factoring, not just gratitude and relief.
Currently, in the United States, someone must be over the age of 17 in order to get Plan B at a pharmacy without a prescription. Until two years ago, the age limit was 18. It's still kept behind the pharmacy counter for people of all ages, but those over 17 do not need a prescription from a doctor or a clinic to purchase it.
For a long time now, organizations like ours and many, many other reproductive choice, justice and health organizations, have been lobbying to remove that age restriction, something other nations -- like Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Israel and others -- do not apply; a restriction which has never been supported by sound health data. The restriction per age has long been about politics, not health.Read more...
Here in the hemisphere I live in, we're into the swing of summer. Ah, summer, my personal favorite season. I love the sun, the warmth, everything blooming, the energy, the spirit of the season. As an alternative educator all my life, though, I miss out on that thing where teachers get summers off (though I've also known few teachers in the public sector who could afford to take the summer off, anyway), and as the Executive Director and lead educator at Scarleteen, I really don't get downtime. Summer is and has always been our busiest season. Eh, so it goes.
It's also the time of year when we tend to see the most new users coming to us because they're in a crisis or a panic, or are just really, really feeling down in the dumps. I'm a lot more concerned about those of you in that space than I am about my feeling occasionally ripped off of a summer vacation. We know that the idea of summer as a happy, carefree time for all young people doesn't square with the reality that for plenty, it'Read more...
So my boyfriend of 9 months was asking me about anal sex. We only ever done oral sex, so when he brought up anal I was a little scared. We both decided to at least see if it could work. We were at his house and I got on my knees and he slowly went in. At first if hurt then it didn't. All in all we only did this for about 7 seconds then we stopped. We were never intending to do anal for longer than 15 seconds. We were just going to do long enough to see what it would be like. After we stopped we sat on the bed and I asked him if this counted as sex. He said that it didn't. (We are both virgins by the way...or maybe not?) I'm not sure if it counted. If it did then did I just lose my virginity?
Depending on your view, the answer to that question might seem really obvious or very tricky and hazy.
This is a subject that's talked about all the time, however, when it is, there's often little to no clear definition about what healthy sexual development is. Many easy assumptions get made, and ideas about what's healthy for all people are often based in or around personal agendas, ideas and personal experiences of sexuality, rather than being based in broader viewpoints, truly informed and comprehensive ideas about all that human sexuality and development involves and real awareness of possible personal or cultural bias.
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I had a favorite line, in high school, when debating people on the subject of abortion. It was "Hey, that thing in your stomach's not gonna come out a toaster, right? It's a baby!"
Oh, I thought I was really, super clever with that one. Because I loved talking about the babies. I talked about the babies at the high school Young Republicans Club--not only was I the president, but also the founder. I talked about the babies at Club 412, the evangelical punk teen hang-out in Fort Worth I frequented with my friends. I talked about the babies in class. I cried about the babies while I strummed my guitar. I wrote songs about the babies, imagining myself as a broken, murderous whore who regretted her abortions.
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I am going on a graduation-required 28 day backpacking trip. It is likely that this will happen to fall around my period. What is the best way to work with your period when backpacking? Pads are out of the question, as they are not so great for letting your pelvic area "breathe" during exercise. Tampons...meh. I don't really want to have to carry the new ones in with me (extra weight), or the used ones out with me, like you have to do with all garbage. I thought a menstrual cup would be good, as it can be worn for a long time and there is no garbage involved--however, cleaning the cup might be complicated because polluting is a no-no out in the elements. Maybe I could use wipes of some sort? Are there wipes that don't have body-upsetting chemicals? It would be nice to not have to deal with this for just one month--are there any sorts of short term forms of menstrual suppressors that I could use just one time without huge side effects?
The people in charge of the whole thing don't seem very educated about other options, and simply reassure all of the girls that they can use tampons and carry around all the garbage.
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With offices in Germany and the U.S. EcoIntense (founded 2007) is the leading specialist for HSE management software solutions. Our 100% web-based software solution EcoWebDesk complies with ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001. EcoWebDesk is the one-stop shopping solution for organizations providing data consistency, streamlined processes, real time information as well as ...
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Since its inception in 1987, ICC The Compliance Center has been training and providing products to comply with dangerous goods regulations to safely handle and transport dangerous goods by air, ground or sea. ICC The Compliance Center has been operating for over 20 years throughout Canada and the United States, and has developed products that have become the de facto ...
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Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) is the world's most environmentally safe and cost effective bioremediation process for the mitigation of hazardous waste, spills and contamination virtually anywhere of any size, large or small. OSE II is an environmentally safe cleanup method because it uses natures own bioremediation processes to effectively eliminate hazardous materials.
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Whether you call them Hazardous Materials or Dangerous Goods, W.E. Train Consulting,can:help you get them properly classified;help you set up a compliance program;train your employees; andprovide periodic audits or assessments.We can offer assistance in:U.S.domestic shipments (49CFR, ground, water, rail, and air);International air shipments (ICAO, AIR Shipper, ...
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Follow a practical guide to building 3D cityscapes for games. IAuthor Adam Crespi constructs a city block in 3ds Max utilizing low-polygon modeling and advanced texturing techniques. The course shows how to model common city elements such as buildings, intersections, curbs, and roofs and explains how to expand a city quickly and easily by reusing existing geometry in a modular way. The course also sheds light on simulating real-world detail with baking, lighting, and ambient occlusion techniques and offers a series of best practices for exporting to the Unity gaming engine.
As part of forming a textured sheet for a modular building we need to add detail in. Often in a building like this we see details like sills, brick arches, corbels, and other pieces. For this I am going to choose to make a design variation. I am going to put a flat arch or a jack arch over these windows so I get a difference in brick direction. Right now these windows probably have a concealed piece of steel holding up the brick right there. To start, I'll go over to 3ds Max and in the UV Editor render the UVW template to bring into Photoshop.
Here in 3ds Max I have my polygons in the UV Editor, shown cleanly by turning off the texture. What I'll do is choose Tools > Render UVW Template. I'll set my Width and my Texture size 1024 square and hit Render. This produces these UVs. Notice it looks like some are missing. It's really a question of being zoomed out to 50%, noted by the 1:2 up here. I'll save this image and then go bring it up in Photoshop for use. I'll call this wall template. What I typically do is name things template so I can find them and note that any file with template in the name is a temporary file that can be deleted later.
I'll also save this out as a Targa to avoid introducing any lossy compression such as JPEG. Back in Photoshop I'll open that document and copy and paste it onto my existing texture sheet. Now I've got my template open. I'll select all by pressing Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C for Copy, or Ctrl+X for cut. It doesn't really matter at this stage. Go over to my texture sheet I had previously and paste this over. Typically, what I'll do is invert the colors by pressing Ctrl+I and set the blending mode of this layer to Multiply.
That way, areas multiplied by white are essentially invisible and I can see the color cleanly underneath. It may be helpful also to desaturate this layer. I'll hit Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate and possibly bump up the Brightness and Contrast. Now I can see my mesh lines cleanly. I'll also make sure to lock this layer so I don't ask accidentally grab it and move it. I'm ready to do my brick arch up above the windows. I'll go to the background layer of my texture sheet or my brick wherever it happens to be and using my marquee at a normal style, select a large piece of brick, roughly as tall as the windows are wide and at least two bricks tall to give me the right size on the arch.
With this brick selected I'll copy and paste it onto a new layer. I'll take this new layer and under Transform I'll rotate it 90 degrees. This avoids introducing any odd distortion and makes sure I get an exact rotation. Then I'll move this layer up on top of windows. Zoom in and see if it needs any cropping. It may be helpful to turn off the background at this stage to see clearer. What I am going to do is line up this layer over the windows, making sure that the brick sits evenly on top of the UVs, and then use my Marquee if I need to erase a little bit.
A little overlap right here doesn't bother me. We'll eliminate that as part of the scaling. Now I'll use the Transform tools to squish this in and make wedge-shaped bricks. Under Edit I'll choose Transform > Distort. I'll grab the left top node, hold Shift, and pull this brick out. I'll do the same on the right side. Then I may need to grab the center node on the right and just pull these bricks in a little bit.
When I'm done I'll hit Enter to accept the transformation. Now I have an arch almost over the windows. The one less thing is to make sure it comes across correctly and has mortar joints all the way at the top and bottom. I'll use my marquee, selecting a small region or using a Paint Brush and adding a white mortar joint just on top of the bricks here, because it needs a transition element, getting the size as close as I can and using the arrow keys to nudge it over if needed. I'll eyedropper my mortar color and fill this probably on a new layer so I can find it and move it cleanly if I need.
Now I have a brick arch over the windows, ready to save out as part of my texture sheet and I add additional detail to this building. I also use this technique on sills. I use it on soldier courses, turning a roll of brick to go at a floor line, and to add detail to an otherwise blank wall.
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Hans-Peter Weber, D.M.D., Dr. med. dent. was appointed as Professor and Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry in February 2010. Prior to joining Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM), he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine across town. Dr. Weber holds dental degrees from the University of Berne, Switzerland (Dr. med. dent., 1976) and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (D.M.D., 1990), as well as Certificates in Prosthodontics (1979) and Periodontology (1984) from the University of Berne.
He has contributed extensively to the scientific literature in his field and is a frequently invited lecturer at national and international meetings. He is a member of the Executive Council of the American Academy of Prosthodontics, an Honorary Member of the American College of Prosthodontists, and a Member of the Board of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). Dr. Weber also serves as Associate Editor of the journal Clinical Oral Implants Research and as reviewer for several other dental journals.
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Nopsaran Chaimattayompol (Nui), D.M.D., M.P.H. received his first dental degree, D.D.S., from Mahidol University of Dentistry, Thailand in 1994, earned his specialty certificate in Prosthodontics in 1997 and fellowship certificate in Implant Dentistry in 1999 both from New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD). He later received his D.M.D. and M.P.H. from TUSDM and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), respectively, in 2003.
Dr. Chaimattayompol joined TUSDM as a faculty member in 1999. He is presently a Clinical Professor, Division Head of Prosthodontics and maintains his private practice limited to prosthodontics and implant dentistry. He has conducted many courses and directs Implant Dentistry in the Predoctoral Prosthodontics Program. Dr. Chaimattayompol holds a membership in the American Dental Association, American Dental Education Association, American College of Prosthodontists, International College of Prosthodontists, Academy of Osseointegration, and the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. He has lectured locally, nationally and internationally as well as published several articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Chaimattayompol's current research interests are implant overdentures and independent implant overdenture attachments and prosthodontic dental education.
Peter Arsenault, D.M.D., M.S. is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts where he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in plastics engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, along with a minor in chemistry. Dr. Arsenault worked in industry as an engineer before entering dental school. He earned his D.M.D. from TUSDM in 1994. Upon graduation, Dr. Arsenault completed a General Practice Residency at Tufts New England Medical Center and then went on to private practice. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Massachusetts Dental Society and the Society of Plastics Engineers along with the Society of Materials Science Engineers.
Dr. Arsenault has shown great interest in product development and intellectual property law. He holds several United States patents and patent-pending products relating to the dental field.
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In addition, I frequently encountered a complaint that there was no plan for a clause. This was usually because a clause in whatever rule was selected to prove that clause had a plan but the current clause had no plan. It took quite some time to puzzle out that this was the reason for this "no plan in clause N" error. Better documentation would help a lot here, although I wonder if it would be appropriate to automatically generate '$$()' or 'return $$()' plans for these clauses? As it is, deciding to add a plan to a clause somewhere near a leaf of the proof tree can have a fairly significant ripple effect here.
It wasn't obvious that python clauses can't have a plan (maybe it was stated and I overlooked it).
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I've extensively rewritten the following documentation pages to try to clarify these issues: Overview -> Plans, Overview -> Knowledge Bases -> Rule Bases and KRB Syntax -> Bc_rule.
I've placed your suggestion to automatically generate '$$()' or 'return $$()' plan specs into the Feature Request Tracker. It is #1864021 if you want to monitor it. I'll have to think about how to implement this...
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I have a feeling some of these reviews are completely made up by people PO'd at the world. I have a 2008 Carvan. The issue I've had is that the AC stopped working. When it was repaired it stopped working in less than a year. The other issue are the cheap plastic tracks that house the components that open and close the side sliders. This is a very poor design by Chrysler. The van ride very comfortably and I feel very safe in it. I does very well on snow covered roads. I don't buy the "it just stopped working" story.
Comforable ride, battery lasted for over 150K miles.
Redesign housing under sliding doors, reduce road noise and improve A/C components.
This is the worst Minivan I have ever owned. I have owned 4 in total (different years) It seems that the newer year you get, the more issues you have. I currently have 3 recalls on it but there should be more.
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This is my 3rd Chrysler minivan, dating back from 1994; 1st lasted 10yrs, 180K, 2nd one totaled in accident after 6 years - both of those vehicles had 'usual' Chrysler issues, transmission, radiator. My '08 that I bought used from dealer 3 years ago, 30k miles - has been an absolute nightmare! I bought the extended warranty cuz of all the bells&whistles that came w/ this van; plus have a $150 deductible. This van has died on me at least 13 x's, stalled while driving @ 8x's, electrical panel gone awry, hatchdoor broke, slider broke, slider window broke, starter replaced 3x's, rear camera broke! If I did my research prior I would of NEVER EVER purchased van. I'm 15k til end of warranty & I cry
I purchased this van used in 2010.
I didn't know at the time, it was a previous Enterprise Rental.
I got a good deal on it and has been mostly reliable. The van still has the original battery in it! It currently has 79,000 miles on it. THE BAD - My van needs front brakes every 8-10k miles. I only replaced rears once so far.
Other than the A/C, Radiator Cap, and Sliding Door recall, I've had no major problems.
The right front caliper did freeze up on me once. Since the last time I did brakes, the right front has been making a screeching sound while driving.
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We bought our van 2 years ago and we wish we would of never bought it. Shortly after the "used" warranty expired I was stranded because the plastic key would not start the van. My husband had to take apart the whole dash and unplug and re plug in wires to make the van start with the key.
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