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In recent years, the percentage of veterans who report having service-connected disabilities (i.e., disabilities that were incurred in, or aggravated during military service) has risen. Common injuries experienced by veterans include missing limbs, spinal cord injuries, burns, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hearing loss, traumatic brain injuries, and other impairments. This guide is intended to answer questions you may have about your rights as an injured veteran, now that you have left the service and are returning to a civilian job or seeking a new job.
Title I of the ADA prohibits an employer from treating an applicant or employee unfavorably in all aspects of employment -- including hiring, promotions, job assignments, training, termination, and any other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment -- because he has a disability, a history of having a disability, or because the employer regards him as having a disability. That means, for example, that it is illegal for an employer to refuse to hire a veteran because he has PTSD, because he was previously diagnosed with PTSD, or because the employer assumes he has PTSD. The ADA also limits the medical information employers may obtain and prohibits disability-based harassment and retaliation.
Finally, the ADA provides that, absent undue hardship (significant difficulty or expense to the employer), applicants and employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodation to apply for jobs, to perform their jobs, and to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment (e.g., access to the parts of an employer's facility available to all employees and access to employer-sponsored training and social events).
Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act applies the same standards of non-discrimination and reasonable accommodation as the ADA to Federal Executive Branch agencies and the United States Postal Service. Documents explaining Title I of the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act can be found on EEOC's website at www.eeoc.gov.
You are protected if you meet the ADA's definition of disability and are qualified for the job you want or hold. The ADA defines an "individual with a disability" as a person who
You are considered qualified if you are able to meet an employer's requirements for the job, such as education, training, employment experience, skills, or licenses, and are able to perform the job's essential or fundamental duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
An impairment need not prevent or severely or significantly restrict your performance of a major life activity to be considered substantially limiting; the determination of whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity must be made without regard to any mitigating measures that you may use to lessen your impairment's effects; and impairments that are episodic or in remission are considered disabilities if they would be substantially limiting when active.
Yes. You can request an accommodation at any time during the application process or when you start working even if you did not ask for one when applying for a job or after receiving a job offer. If you are already receiving a reasonable accommodation, you may also request a different or additional accommodation later if your disability and/or the job changes, or if another accommodation becomes available that will help you.
Generally, you should request an accommodation when you know that there is a workplace barrier that is preventing you from competing for or performing a job or having equal access to the benefits of employment. As a practical matter, it is better to request a reasonable accommodation before your job performance suffers.
No. Even if your disability is obvious, an employer cannot ask questions about when, where, or how you were injured. However, where it seems likely that you will need a reasonable accommodation to do the job, an employer may ask you if an accommodation is needed and, if so, what type. In addition, an employer may ask you to describe or demonstrate how you would perform the job with or without an accommodation. If you voluntarily reveal that you have an injury or illness and an employer reasonably believes that you will need an accommodation, it may ask what accommodation you need to do the job.
No. The ADA does not require you to disclose that you have any medical condition on a job application or during an interview. However, if you will need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, such as more time to take a test or permission to provide oral instead of written responses, you must request it. Additionally, some veterans with service-connected disabilities may choose to disclose that they have medical conditions, such as PTSD or a traumatic brain injury, because of symptoms they experience or because they will need a reasonable accommodation at work.
Once an employer makes a job offer, it may ask you questions about your medical conditions, and perhaps even require you to take a medical examination, as long as it requires everyone else in the same job to answer the same questions and/or take the same medical examination before starting work.
You simply have to indicate -- orally or in writing -- that you need an adjustment or change in the application process or at work for a reason related to a medical condition. For example, if you have a vision loss and cannot read standard print, you would need to inform the employer that you need the application materials in some other format (e.g., large print or on computer disk) or read to you. You do not have to mention the ADA or use the term "reasonable accommodation." Someone acting on your behalf, such as a family member, rehabilitation counselor, health professional, or other representative, also can make the request.
The following are examples of types of accommodations that you may need for the application process or while on the job:
Yes, if the information is being requested for affirmative action purposes. An employer may ask applicants to voluntarily self-identify as individuals with disabilities or "disabled veterans" when the employer is: (1) undertaking affirmative action because of a federal, state, or local law (including a veterans' preference law) that requires affirmative action for individuals with disabilities; or (2) voluntarily using the information to benefit individuals with disabilities, including veterans with service-connected disabilities.
If an employer invites you to voluntarily self-identify as a disabled veteran, it must clearly inform you in writing (or orally, if no written questionnaire is used) that: (1) the information is being requested as part of the employer's affirmative action program; (2) providing the information is voluntary; (3) failure to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment; and (4) the information will be kept confidential and only used in a way that complies with the ADA.
Yes, you are probably covered even though the ADA uses different standards than the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in determining disability.
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Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will supply the French Armed Forces with advanced identification systems used to prevent friendly fire. The French defence procurement agency, Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), has awarded Cassidian a contract to supply 150 units of its newly developed Monopulse Secondary Radar (MSR) 1000 I interrogator for the short-range friend-or-foe identification (IFF).
The first units will be delivered by mid-2014. They are destined for installation on the Army's MISTRAL missile launchers and MARTHA air defence command and control stations as well as on the armoured launch vehicles of the Air Force's CROTALE NG missile. The contract is a part of the IFF New Generation (NG) operation, which sets out to develop equipment compliant with NATO's new Mode 5 interoperability standard. This will offer the French Armed Forces the option of upgrading their platforms.
"This contract is of strategic importance for the future," stressed Bruno Rambaud, Head of Cassidian SAS in France. "It makes Cassidian the European reference for short-range and very short-range IFF NG interrogators and it is a springboard to other markets, as the NATO allies will all eventually migrate to the new IFF standards." The MSR 1000 I is a suitable product for many platforms requiring Mode 5 such as Stinger, the German LeFlaSys or the British HVM.
The MSR 1000 I will be able to quickly and safely identify aircraft by using highly sophisticated encryption techniques to avoid hostile signal manipulation, thus overcoming the limits of the present IFF systems and facilitating commanders' decisions whether to engage aircraft or not. At the same time, a new civil mode S can thus be used by both civil and military authorities. Mode S actually helps to manage the growing volume of civil air traffic, improving the efficiency of flight control by addressing aircraft with their unique identity code.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a notably upbeat assessment of war progress, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that the U.S.-led coalition has advanced to the "last chapter" of an 11-year struggle to ensure that Afghanistan can defend itself.
The endgame to which Panetta referred is punctuated with uncertainty, beginning with doubts about whether the Afghan government can build legitimacy by credibly serving its population. Also in question is whether Afghan security forces will be capable of holding off the Taliban after international forces leave in 2014.
Panetta, who intends to quit his post within weeks, held an hourlong, one-on-one meeting at the Pentagon with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Pentagon chief said afterward that they had made "very good progress" on key issues, including the basis for an agreement on continued U.S. assistance after the combat mission ends.
Panetta also predicted that his designated successor, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, will be confirmed by the Senate, despite questions raised by many about his views on Israel and Iran.
"I think a lot of the criticisms that are being made right now are unfair," Panetta said, adding that he would leave it to Hagel to address these at his Senate confirmation hearing, the date for which has not yet been set.
"In these confirmation battles there are a lot of charges that will be out there," he added. "There will be a lot of criticisms that are out there. But ultimately, the truth prevails. And I think the truth in this case will mean that he'll be confirmed."
Panetta said he is confident, after having met with Hagel to discuss their transition, that the Vietnam War veteran is committed to the plan for gradually shifting responsibility for Afghanistan's security to Afghan forces so that foreign forces can leave in two years.
Panetta told a news conference that he and Karzai had laid the groundwork for the Afghan leader's meeting at the White House on Friday with President Barack Obama. That session is not expected to clarify the size of any U.S. military role in Afghanistan after 2014, but it may spell out specific examples of U.S. aid.
"We made very good progress on, you know, the kind of equipment that we would try to make available to them," to enable the Afghans to not only secure their borders but also prevent a Taliban takeover, Panetta said.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the same news conference that U.S. and Afghan officials are developing a common assessment of threats Afghanistan is likely to face in the future. Conclusions from that study will help determine the full range of Afghanistan's military requirements, he said.
U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have proposed options for keeping between 6,000 and 15,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 to continuing pressuring terrorists and further developing Afghan security forces. But the White House has aimed even lower, telling reporters on Tuesday that Obama would be open to the possibility of withdrawing entirely in 2014, so long as he can be confident that Afghanistan can stand on its own.
Karzai was meeting privately later Thursday at the State Department with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before they are joined for dinner by Panetta and Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the Clinton-Karzai talks would focus on the process of handing off security responsibility to Afghan forces through the end of 2014, as well as preparations for next year's Afghan elections and prospects for advancing Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
Karzai was greeted at the Pentagon by a ceremonial honor guard, and at a photo-taking session in Panetta's office the Afghan leader said he could assure the American people that his country "will not ever again be threatened by terrorists from across our borders" — an allusion to the al-Qaida leaders hiding in Pakistan. It was from Afghanistan that Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida operatives plotted the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Panetta spoke optimistically about the outlook for avoiding failure in Afghanistan. After more than 11 years of heavy sacrifice — including the loss of a little more than 2,000 U.S. troops — a brighter future is in sight, he said.
"After a long and difficult path we finally are, I believe, at the last chapter of establishing an Afghanistan, a sovereign Afghanistan, that can govern and secure itself for the future," Panetta said.


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Be careful with fire I will prevent wildfire. I will build my fires only when and where they are appropriate. When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold out. I will leave a clean fire ring, or remove all evidence of my fire.
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EDMONTON - This has statistically been the worst October in 20 years for the Edmonton Oilers, who had current general manager Craig MacTavish taking faceoffs in his last season here before he was sent to the New York Rangers for an unknown college kid named Todd Marchant several months later.
Those Oilers started with a 2-10-1 record, just a hair better than the current 3-9-2 log of MacTavish's team.
Present-day assistant coach Kelly Buchberger, goalie Bill Ranford, assistant captain Doug Weight and Jason Arnott were also on that team. It's hard to fathom, with that cast, how they were that bad, losing eight straight games to close out the first month of the 1993-94 season. They finished 20 games under .500.
Is there a glimmer of hope for this year's team after one month? MacTavish says there is and he doesn't sound like he's in denial.
He says he's "as shocked as anybody" by the Oilers' anemic record, but he's not ready to make a trade today and regret it tomorrow just to pacify an angry audience. He knows the team has major blemishes and he knows he doesn't have the right mix of players.
"I don't see how making a bad trade helps anybody. Are we trying to do something to shore up the deficient areas? Absolutely. But I'm not doing something at all costs," he said. "We've got significant pieces. Does the record really reflect the first 13 (14 games actually)? Everybody can draw their own conclusions there. And I'm drawing mine. I don't think it's reflective. We're improving."
But when big, nasty defenceman like Matt Greene, Robyn Regehr and Willie Mitchell kick butt for the Los Angeles Kings, it's obviously an area MacTavish has to address. When six-foot-three, 210-pound James VanRiemsdyk goes to the net or Max Pacioretty, of similiar frame, does the same, this is certainly something the GM wants. He also needs somebody to grab the ball and run with it, hard, in net. Devan Dubnyk, presumably, but for all those Ryan Miller fans, Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier says there has been not one offer for the unrestricted free agent.
MacTavish says he's not the eternal optimist.
"I actually gravitate to the negative side of things normally," he said. "I don't know what the mood is out there, but I've been reasonably pleased with the personnel. I see progress.
"There are things I didn't see coming. The game against Toronto, there were a number of factors that would be called excuses, so I won't go there, but in the analysis of the game, I was disappointed with the result but not the effort."
MacTavish knows the fan base is restless.
"Sure, but I have to make judgment calls on what I'm seeing, not calls based on the last four years of being in the same situation. I'm evaluating this group based on a 12- or 13-game stretch, not bringing in the baggage of what's happened previously," he said. "There are holes. Are they fixable in the short term? Some are. But they're solveable over the long term."
MacTavish won't trade all of his draft picks next June for immediate help. He won't say if he'd even deal his first-rounder, but you can bet it's in play, although this might break the heart of chief scout Stu MacGregor.
"You have to put value on what you're getting and what you're paying. We'll do whatever's reasonable to help this current group," he said. "But I won't make a trade because you run the risk of undoing your long-term objectives for a very myopic, very short-sighted gain."
Are the Oilers just conditioned to losing after being no higher than 19th out of 30 teams since their last Stanley Cup appearance when MacTavish was head coach in 2006?
"Absolutely not. That's not the body language I'm seeing. I've seen that body language before, but I'm seeing a pretty resilient group here," he said.
MacTavish agreed with captain Andrew Ference, who said the team has to get better with the little details (playing smart, constant work ethic) that winning teams harp on.
"There were some plays that were our undoing against Toronto, but from the beginning of the season when we weren't very good to now, there has been improvement," he said. "It's hard watching it day to day as we are, but you have to watch it with both eyes open."
If Dubnyk hadn't struggled early before getting his game back close to where it was last season, maybe the Oilers are 6-7-1.But MacTavish wasn't going there.
"I'm not blaming the goaltending. It's a team game and we're all in this together. We're responsible to win as a group," he said.
Does playing against the Kings, even in their old purple jerseys, hammer home the point that the Oilers need nastier people?
"Yup," said MacTavish. "That's what I'd take from that game. There are other teams with big nasty people who are looking for people who can score goals. Do we have the makeup now? When healthy we do. We can be highly competitive."
Can MacTavish get one of those abrasive blue-liners?
"There's a premium on nasty players and that's not necessarily what we want to pay," he said.
Does he have the right makeup of players on his team now?
"No. That's obvious when you have holes from game to game. The makeup has to be jigged."
Lots of fans are howling, saying he should trade one of the Oilers' young guns for bigger help?
"I understand the frustration, but at the same time, it's all about value. There's lots of deals out there where we can overpay."
There's no deals on the horizon?
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Blame Polarization for Tepid Economic Growth?
Chalk up another reason to worry about intensifying political polarization.
There has been a running argument among economists on the extent to which uncertainty over U.S. government policy –taxes, spending and regulation – is a big reason the economy has been so distressingly sluggish.
In a skirmish over the weekend at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, Harvard's Larry Summers challenged the case that uncertainty is a big problem: Do I want my doctor to be "consistently predictable or responsive to" a particular health emergency, he asked. Better, he answered, to have a doctor "evaluating my condition and responding appropriately."
Stanford's John Taylor responded: "It's great to have the all-knowing doctor," but history bears out that the economy does better when policy is "predictable…and rules-based."
Now the leading advocates of the case that uncertainty over policy is hurting the economy — a band of academics from Stanford, and the University of Chicago – have come up with a new hypothesis: Political polarization is adding to the uncertainty that is hurting the economy.
The partisan divide, they argue in a paper presented at the AEA meetings, leads consumers, businesses and investors to expect "more extreme policies, less policy stability and less capacity of policy makers to address pressing problems."
An index of policy uncertainty that these economists created from surveys of newspaper articles shows an increase in uncertainty over economic policy in recent decades that parallels the increase in various measures of political polarization, both in Congress and among voters.
While the American system of checks and balances has long been seen as a way to produce stability because it tends to preserve the status quo, that isn't always true – especially when something like a looming debt ceiling or an unsustainable budget deficit requires a change in the status quo.
This creates "tension that leads to high-stakes bargaining scenarios in which players face political incentives for brinksmanship that in turn generate high levels of uncertainty," the economists say.
That is obvious to anyone who has been paying attention to Washington lately, but there's more:
The economists also argue that presidents of both parties have politicized the bureaucracy by appointing partisan loyalists and shifting key decisions to White House staff not subject to confirmation. That means that regulatory policy tends to swing sharply whenever the presidency changes parties.
There are various explanations for the well-documented polarization trend: the way congressional districts are drawn, the changing political geography of the U.S. in which Democrats tend to represent the post-industrial urban core and inner suburbs while Republicans represent outer suburbs and rural areas, the proliferation of media outlets with well-defined and opposing political viewpoints (Fox News vs. MSNBC) and the widening of income inequality.
The economists don't have a firm view on why there's more polarization – and they caution that while they find polarization and uncertainty are rising at the same time, they can't prove one causes the other.
The latest uncertainty research was done by Stanford's Scott Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Jonathan Rodden; Princeton's Brandice Canes-Wrone, and Steven Davis of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.


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Gin Wigmore: A Brush With James Bond Unveils A Singular Voice
Gin Wigmore: A Brush With James Bond Unveils A Singular Voice
Sometimes a background player on a movie or TV screen will command the attention of the viewer and force them to ask, "Who was that?!" That's what happened with Gin Wigmore's performance in a series of Heineken ads featuring Daniel Craig as James Bond, about to take a dive out of a high-speed train.
Gin Wigmore was on the screen for only a fleeting moment — but her song, "Man Like That," which scored the chase scene, stood out. The 26-year-old New Zealand native says the song is one of a few she's used to playfully exorcise some old romantic grudges.
"Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful — getting back at all the bad boyfriends," Wigmore says. "You know, you break up and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all, when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later and you have all these great comebacks! That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective, and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say."
Gin Wigmore now has a full album available in the U.S., Gravel & Wine. She discusses it here with NPR's Jacki Lyden; to hear their conversation, click the audio link on this page.


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Obesity rates falling among kids
If children are the future, then the years ahead are looking slimmer than they have in a while.
Obesity rates among those age 2 to 5 fell by 43 percent between 2003-04 and 2011-12, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
It's a development that many anti-obesity crusaders and nutrition advocates in the state cheered, while also pointing out that there's still a long way to go before the public health scourge of obesity is gone for good.
"There's a cautious optimism," said Dr. Madhu Mathur, obesity medicine physician, pediatrician and director of Stamford Hospital's Kids' Fitness and Nutrition Services. She said today's 2-year-olds and 5-year-olds are the teens and adults of tomorrow, so a decreasing obesity rate in this age group is a positive sign for the future. And even though the study showed obesity rates among most adults didn't change during the research period, Mathur said a slimmer toddler and preschool population means grown-ups are getting the picture about the dangers of being overweight or obese.
"These children are at the age where they're in the care of someone else," Mathur said. "That means the message about obesity is getting to caregivers and parents."
The JAMA study showed that the prevalence of obesity among young children dipped from 14 percent in 2003-04 to just over 8 percent in 2011-12. Obesity is mainly determined by one's body mass index, a measure of body fat based on height and weight. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese and a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight. Obesity is considered a contributing factor to multiple chronic illnesses, including heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Last year, the AMA declared obesity itself as a disease.
In recent years, there's been an increased emphasis both nationwide and in Connecticut on getting people -- particularly children -- to eat better and exercise more. For instance, some schools, including Derby Middle School and high school, added the NuVal nutrition scoring program to their cafeterias. The scoring system, also in place at grocery stores throughout the country, gives foods a score from 1 to 100 based on how nutritious they are. The closer to 100 the score, the more nutritious the food.
Other measures to spotlight nutrition include efforts by many fast food chains, including McDonald's and Burger King, to add apples and other healthy items to their menus. It's not clear whether there's a direct relationship between these kinds of efforts and falling obesity rates among children, but that is certainly a possibility, said Dr. Steven Kunkes, a cardiologist with Cardiac Specialists, which has offices in Fairfield and several other locations in the area.
"In the end, what's going to affect the rates of obesity and being overweight is people being mindful of what they put in their bodies," he said.
However, there's still a long way to go, as the JAMA study results weren't all positive. The research showed that roughly one-third of adults and 17 percent of children age 2 through 19 were obese -- a percentage that didn't change during the study period. Also, the percentage of women age 60 and older who were obese increased over that time -- from 31.5 percent to more than 38 percent.
But those numbers aren't surprising, said Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.
"It's very hard to get an entire population to lose weight," she said. "Once children and adults become overweight and obese, it's hard to reverse that."
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I visited the Mulund Reliance Digital Store on 22nd June, 2013 as part of the Reliance Digital Experience promotion that is happening on IndiBlogger. (Quick detour, but if you have a blog and you update even slightly frequently, you should join IndiBlogger. Go.)
This was my first visit to the store, although its been open for more than 6 months now. Partly because I haven't bought any new electronic stuff in that time. And partly because whenever I visit these large electronic retail stores, I get very, very tempted to buy electronic stuff that I might or might not use later on. Mostly might not.
As suggested, I flashed my IndiBlogger invite at the gate and even the security personnel seemed to know what was up. The first thing they told me was "Haan, aapke kaafi log aaye hain." And here I thought there might not be many people coming to the Mulund store. The first thing I noticed upon entering the store was how absolutely huge it was. I mean, I don't think I've seen a electronic retail store this huge. Or maybe its the fact that the store seemed spacious, you know, where there is enough space for more than one person to walk in between the aisles. It turned out that the entire store is around 9000-10,000 sq.feet huge and including the wall hangings etc. has more than 14,000 sq. feet of retail space. That's pretty cool if you're a gadget lover.
There was a sizable crowd in the store, although I'd thought that I would be doing the smart thing by visiting in the middle of Saturday afternoon. Turns out a lot of my IndiBlogger brethren had the same idea. Ah, well. The mobiles and laptops areas seemed to be pretty crowded.
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So I thought I'd visit the less-crowded section, which was the consumer durables. Turns out the 20-something crowd isn't really into washing machines and air-conditioners. Who knew!
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Which was a shame really. They really did have a great collection of stuff. To be fair, I did see a couple walking in later who actually wanted all that stuff. I stood behind them and heard a sales executive patiently explain features of all the machines that they looked even slightly interested in. (I'll get to this part later.)
OK, before I write this next part, let me say that I have no clue how many ACs, refrigerators, hair straighteners they sell every day, but what do you think of this? As soon as we enter, let's first put this consumer durable section, and put the more 'popular' items near the back. Or where the TVs are there now. (You know where they are, Reliance people). So everyone who comes in has to look at your stuff like fridges and ACs and hair straighteners and fans and whatnot. You're a digital shop, everyone knows you have mobiles and laptops and cameras. Also, otherwise on a splendid weekend evening, when you must be getting a majority of your crowd, they must be mostly getting stuck in the first half of the shop, right? Why not disperse them to the back so that more people can come in? And if they see the crowd at the back, they just keep roaming around in your water-heater and washing machine area till that crowd is lessened and who knows, they might end up buying something? Otherwise, if they enter and see huge crowds near the mobiles, blocking the pathway to the inner sections, they might decide not to come in at all, yes? And that would be a damn shame, I tell you, because you have things like this:
An entire display section for coffee-makers! Now this isn't something you expect to find in a 'digital' shop, is it?
Or fantastic offers like these:
Now I have to admit, I was very perplexed when I saw this offer. Why would I base my purchase of AC on discounted shoes that might be available with it? And then the answer struck me. What Reliance was attempting to do here is to provoke the buyer into leading a healthier lifestyle. Don't get me? Let's say you buy the split AC along with the shoes. What do you think you're gonna think of every single time you put on the AC? That's right. Those shoes. And what do you think you're gonna do next? You're gonna put off your AC and go out for a run in your spankin' Reebok shoes. And what do you do after you come back home? You put on your sweet new AC and relax. So thanks Reliance, for trying to make my life healthier and more comfortable at the same time.
All jokes aside, I couldn't figure out what the hell this deal meant or why it was there in the first place.
I figured as I was in no way going to buy an AC or a washing machine, I should get out of this section and go back to things I actually do like to find out about. And on the way back, I fell right into the big pool of temptation that I had been so afraid of. To get from the home appliances to the TVs, mobiles and laptops, you have to pass the camera (and camera accessories) section. And I decided to have a look. And nearly ended up spending a big bundle of money. How did that happen? Seeing me looking at the cameras, and decidedly not having a clue, a very helpful store attendant came up to me. He enquired what cameras I was looking at, what I was interested in, what kind of budget I might be looking at etc. etc. and proceeded to show me all the features of the camera, what they kinda meant and which one would be the best value for money gadget I could buy. He also let me know of the kind of offers that were available and at one point I remember wondering if he was giving me the entire shop in return for buying a camera! Tripods, memory cards, bags etc. etc. all free. And all with EMIs I could (maybe) afford! And at zero processing fees! And zero interest! I really, really don't know how I got out of there without immediately buying the camera, but I'm damn sure I'm going back there to have a look when I do buy one.
I guess this is as good a place as any to talk about the store staff. These guys knew stuff. About the gadgets they were selling. I think each section had dedicated salesmen who had pretty good knowledge about the stuff they were selling. And they were obviously trained to sell. I mean that in a complimentary way. Like my camera guy. Not too pushy. I also enjoyed making small talk with them. That way, I found out that people in Mulund are more likely to just come in, look around and leave without buying than people in Thane, who come in with more definite intentions to buy. (I also found out some gossippy stuff about competitors, but I'll let that lie for now.) Also, am I the only one who thought the place was over-staffed? Don't know if it was only for the weekend, but there seemed to be so many staff members all over the store. I'm still trying to figure out if that's a good thing or bad.
I then wandered over to the Home Theatre Experience centre, which is like a small room within the store where they've set up a Home Theatre system so that people can experience it. A fellow dutifully followed me inside and walked me through the various systems. But nice concept, I guess.
I played around with a few mobiles. HTC One is gorgeous. Not nearly gorgeous enough to make me switch from my iPhone, but definitely enough to warrant a second and third glance. These guys have actual phones lying around and not just the plastic mock-ups, so that's a definite win. But really, I didn't spend much time there. Why, you ask? Because, this.
That's an entire wall of accessories. Cases, chargers, earphones, headphones and what not... I tell you, this is Mecca for me. iPhone chargers too!
That was another thing I noticed here. Where do you see stands for cables and wall mounting systems? I'll tell you. Here.
|Wall Mounting Systems, I tell you!
This shop has the most eclectic collection of items I've seen in an electronic shop. That could either mean this place is damn good, or it means I need to go around to more places.
Another thing I noticed was this brand, Reconnect, in all kinds of items. Laptops, accessories, TVs, household items etc. etc. So I asked around and its Reliance's own brand. Did not know Reliance manufactures laptops and electronics as well! Boy, they really are into everything, aren't they?
One thing that I found missing in this particular store was the store did not keep Macs. I thought that would be one of the major sells, given that Reliance Digital runs all the iStores in India. I hope they do add that soon because I was looking forward to playing on one for a bit in some peace and quiet. I was told they need some kind of special set-up etc. for displaying, that's usually done in consultation with Apple guys. Knowing Apple, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. So look forward to that coming here too!
Pretty soon, I'd wandered all through the shop, and pretty much sated my tech appetite. I kind of went back to the cameras, trying to convince myself into building a scenario where I could afford the DSLR, but it just proved too out of reach for the time being. No worries, its time will come.
As I was leaving, I was asked to speak a few words about my experience at the store by this charming Reliance Digital representative, Ms. Nidhi (IIRC). I also met up some other IndiBloggers who had come over for the experience. I think I must go to one of the meets soon, because I seemed to be the only guy there without an IndiBlogger t-shirt.
All in all, it was a good afternoon. And I do mean that. I don't know if I'd have spent nearly two hours (I did, really) in an electronics shop going through everything if I hadn't been forced to by circumstances. But now that I have, I know precisely what to pick up and from where at the Mulund Reliance Digital store!


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Mumford & Sons are heading back on tour.
The Grammy-winning band announced Monday that it has rescheduled dates in Dallas; The Woodlands, Texas; and New Orleans. The group will come to Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas on September 18.
The upcoming shows will include bassist Ted Dwane, who received treatment for a blood clot on his brain two weeks ago. The band postponed shows as a result, including a headlining gig at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
The latest news from around North Texas.
The foursome's "The Full English Tour" will begin Aug. 26 in Toronto. It wraps Sept. 20 in Bonner Springs, Kan. Other stops include Milwaukee, Atlanta and Simpsonville, S.C.
The folk-rock band's sophomore album, "Babel," won album of the year at this year's Grammy Awards.


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Business Intelligence vendors seem to embrace collaboration (I am still struggling whether this software is any different from the groupware we had in the 90's) . As an example please take a look at SAP streamwork at youtube. I am gonna be blunt here; this type of software is completely useless, unless the organization is willing to fundamentally change its decision making process.
Let me try to make my point here with the help of giants like Galbraith, Daft, Davenport and some..
There are basically two information contingencies; Uncertainty and Equivocality.
- Uncertainty can be defined as the absence of information (e.g. Shannon and weaver) and can be overcome by simply asking the right question. The answer is out there.....
- Equivocality is an ambiguity, the existence of multiple and conflicting interpretations about an organizational situation. Participants are not even sure about the questions that need to be asked, let alone the answers they need. I think this can also be regarded as 'wicked problems'.
Now, for overcoming Equivocality the Business Intelligence stuff like reporting and even analytics have diminishing usage. You need more 'richness' in the tooling. And with tooling I don't necessarily mean software. Examples of more rich tooling are group meetings, discussions, planning, creative (group) thinking, etc..Simply put; you need face-to-face contact.
Davenport wrote an article about 'Make Better Decisions' in the Harvard Business Review in 2009. He is advocating a more formalized approach towards decision making:
'Smart organizations can help their managers improve decision making in four steps: by identifying and prioritizing the decisions that must be made; examining the factors involved in each; designing roles, processes, systems, and behavior to improve decisions; and institutionalizing the new approach through training, refined data analysis, and outcome assessment.'
Davenport, in my opinion, is aiming towards the equivocality and a more formalized method of coming to an outcome. And frankly, I like it a lot. But organizations need to really be willing to change its decision making process. And this is a major organizational and cultural change in my opinion. If organizations are really committed (Davenport is naming a few of those companies - like Chevron, The Stanley Works) in making this change, collaboration software has the potential to shine in supporting such a decision making process.
I am however afraid that collaboration software from BI vendors will be sold as candy with the promise of better decisions. And that is just bullshit and my prediction is that it will fail big time.
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Home oxygen therapy is a method of passing extra oxygen to the lungs. It is done to increase the level of oxygen in your blood.
Reasons for Procedure
Home oxygen therapy is needed when you cannot get enough oxygen breathing normal air. It is most often needed because of a health problem or injury. Some common reasons that people need home oxygen therapy include:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Possible Complications
Home oxygen therapy is safe. There is an increased risk of fire around oxygen, but basic steps will help avoid this:
- Keep the oxygen supply away from open flames.
- Do not smoke. Do not allow anyone to smoke around you.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Home oxygen therapy is only given if you have low oxygen levels in your blood. Your blood oxygen levels will be measured. This can be done with a quick scan on your fingers.
A prescription for oxygen will be needed. The prescription will include:
- How much oxygen is needed
- How the oxygen will be given
- When to use it
Description of the Procedure
Home oxygen therapy is most often given with a nasal cannula or a facemask. A nasal cannula is a tube that is put just under your nostrils. If you have a stoma, oxygen can also be given through a tube directly to the stoma.
Home oxygen may be delivered through 1 of 3 systems:
- Concentrators—electrical device that pull oxygen from the air
- Compressed gas systems—available in steel or aluminum tanks (including small tanks that can be carried)
- Liquid systems—include both a large, stationary component and a smaller, portable component to carry oxygen
How Long Will It Take?
The amount of oxygen needed is based on your condition. It may be needed for a few hours a day or 24 hours a day.
Will It Hurt?
Home oxygen therapy is painless.
Call Your Doctor
Call your doctor if any of these occur:
- Cough, trouble breathing, or chest pain
- Gray/blue tint around eyes, lips, and gums
- Trouble sleeping
- Loss of appetite
- You are having trouble delivering the oxygen
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 21, 2013 – No. 20 ranked Coe College limited Washington University in St. Louis to six first downs and 124 yards of total offense as the Kohawks posted a 10-0 win Saturday afternoon at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Coe, who entered the contest tops in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) in scoring defense (14.5 ppg), forced eight punts in the game and allowed the Bears inside the 20-yard line just one once. The Kohawks also had a pair of interceptions in the win and a 42:17-17:43 advantage in time of possession.
Senior defensive back Andrew Skalman led the Bears defensive unit with a career-high 10 tackles and a pair of interceptions, while senior defensive back Tate Byers added a season-high 10 stops and four pass break-ups. Senior Nelson Nwumeh made a career-high 10 tackles from his defensive end position for the third-straight game and leads the team with 30 tackles.
Washington U.'s defense allowed 424 yards of total offense on 94 plays, and forced thee turnovers in the loss. The 94 plays for Coe on offense were the second most in school history.
A scoreless first quarter saw the Washington U. defense limit the Coe offense to 82 yards on 21 plays and forced a turnover on downs and an interception. The Kohawks drove into WUSTL territory on both of its possessions in the opening quarter, but a 12-yard sack by junior linebacker Matt Goad on the opening possession and an interception by Skalman halted the second drive.
Coe drove down to the Bears 13-yard line on its next possession, but a botched snap resulted in a 22-yard loss after senior defensive lineman Seth Wight jumped on the ball for a fumble recovery.
With the Washington U. offense struggling to move the ball, Coe took advantage of a tired WUSTL defense for the lone touchdown of the game. A three-yard run by Gage Mohs capped a 10-play, 95-yard drive as the Kohawks got the on the scoreboard first to make it 7-0 with 5:52 left before half. The big play of the drive was a 45-yard screen pass from Josh Rekers to Mohs, which got Coe to the WUSTL 17-yard line.
Skalman made another big play just before halftime, which kept the score a seven-point game heading into the locker room. He picked off Rekers at the two-yard line and brought the ball out 14 yards to halt the drive. Skalman was thrown at most of the first half, making six tackles and had two interceptions.
Washington U. was limited to 88 yards total offense in the first half on 24 plays, and was held to four first downs. Coe had 276 yards of total offense in the opening half, but were hampered by three turnovers. The Kohawks also had a 21:27-8:33 advantage in time of possession.
Coe (3-0) pushed the lead to 10-0 with a 27-yard field goal by Wes Anderson with 8:07 left in the third quarter. With the offense continuing to struggle to move the ball, junior Alex Hodakowski replaced Daginella at quarterback late in the third quarter. Hodakowski saw action in one series and completed a pass for eight yards. Freshman QB J.J. Tomlin saw his first action in the fourth quarter completing 2-of-7 passes for 13 yards and an interception.
Junior running back Zach Lonneman was the lone bright spot on offense running for 57 yards on 16 carries. Daginella was 5-of-19 for 40 yards and was picked off in the loss.
Washington U. (1-2) returns home to take on Centre College Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m. At halftime, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will introduce current student-athletes as well as former letterwinners at halftime celebrating the 2012-13 athletics season. Wrighton will also honor 2013 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Shelby Jordan during a halftime ceremony.
Bear Notebook: Washington U. and Coe met for the second time in school history … Sophomore punter Alec Stanke averaged 40.4 yards per punt and had a career-long of 61 … Coe was 9-of-22 on third down and 3-of-6 on fourth down.


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If you're like us, you're going to direct ALL your attention to the major at Hoylake this weekend. And if you've been watching the coverage on TV, you've seen our new Mack Daddy 2 Tour Grind Wedges everywhere on the course.
These new wedges are in stores on Friday (7/18), and this week our Callaway Staff Pros are relying on the 52-, 54-, 56-, 58-, and 60-degree models to attack short shots into the greens.
Here's a list of players who are gaming Mack Daddy 2 Tour Grinds at Hoylake:
Phil Mickelson
Ryo Ishikawa
Branden Grace
Henrik Stenson
Matt Every
Kristoffer Broberg
Patrick Reed
Danny Willett
We're likely to see these clubs even more this weekend, maybe we'll get a close up view of the higher toe that Tour players love, and the straighter leading edge. You can learn more about these wedges on our new Tour Grind wedgeducation page. Go #TeamCallaway!


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VPN encryption is hard, and it generally relies on well-tested implementation of advanced mathematics. Read on to learn a little bit about how ExpressVPN uses strong encryption to protect your data and communications.Get ExpressVPN
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ExpressVPN uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with 256-bit keys — also known as AES-256. It's the same encryption standard adopted by the U.S. government and used by security experts worldwide to protect classified information.
256-bit keys means 2256 or 1.1 x 1077 possible combinations. That's 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,560,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations! A brute-force attack on a 256-bit keyspace is simply infeasible, even if all the world's most powerful supercomputers ran for as long as the universe has existed so far, billions and billions of times over.Get ExpressVPN
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After expressing such pessimism — or is it negativity or crap? — about the Lower Churchill project on CBC's airwaves (audio link), North West River mayor Art Williams might just expect a phone call from his disappointed Premiertorial namesake.
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Over the first 3 years of his tenure as GM, Danny Ainge took a lot of criticism. When he came to the job he said that he had a 5 year plan to rebuild the Celtics and get them back to contention. His plan was to gather "chips" and then trade them for established stars. Many fans were disillusioned with the "youth movement" and felt that the Celtics were years away from contending, if ever. But what most fans forgot was Danny's initial vision of gathering trading chips. Some of his moves were lateral but others were trading one chip for another just slightly more valuable financially or on the court or that would give us a draft pick he could parlay into a player or use as a chip. Here is a look at Danny's road to rebuilding the Celtics into a contender.
Danny's first moves as GM weren't the greatest. He traded Darius Songaila to Sacramento and received 2 second round pics in return. These picks were used to draft Brandon Hunter in 2003 and Orien Greene in 2005. This move didn't really amount to much as Hunter was taken in the expansion draft and Greene was placed on waivers so it was more or less a dead end move.
In Danny's first draft, he picked Troy Bell at #16 and Dahntay Jones at #20. He then traded these two players for Marcus Banks, who was picked 13th and Kendrick Perkins, who was picked 27th. Obviously, Banks was a mistake because he didn't work out in Boston and has struggled in Minnesota, Phoenix, Miami and Toronto in his 7 years in the league. Perk, on the other hand, has become one of the best defensive centers in the NBA and was a key component to winning the title in 2008.
In 2003, Danny signed Mike James as a free agent to a one year contact worth $640,000. James averaged 10.7 points and 4.4 assists while he was with the Celtics.
Danny traded J.R. Bremer, who had been with the Celtics for 2 seasons, and Bruno Sundov, who had played 23 games with the Celtics, to Cavs for Jumaine Jones and a second round pick. This pick was later traded back to the Celtics as part of the Ricky Davis deal and was used to take Ryan Gomes. Jones was injured and only played in 42 games for the Celtics in the 2003-04 season.
Before the 2003-04 season, Danny made the biggest move of his tenure to that point when he traded Antoine Walker and Tony Delk to the Mavericks for Raef LaFrentz, Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills and a first round pick that Danny would use to take Delonte West. Raef's knees gave out and he played in only 17 games that season before having knee surgery but he would go on to be the only Celtic who played in all 82 games the following season. Jiri Welsh didn't work out as Danny had hoped and would later be traded for a draft pick that would later be sent to Phoenix in exchange for drafting Rajon Rondo for the Celtics. In the middle of the 2003-04 season Danny once again made a major trade when he sent Tony Battie, Eric Williams and Kedrick Brown to the Cavs for Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart, and that second round pick that I mentioned earlier that would become Ryan Gomes. Ricky played some solid basketball for the Celtics and although there were rumors that he caused some problems in the locker room, he always played all out, giving 110% out on the court.
Also in the 2003-04 season, Danny traded Chris Mills and Mike James to Detroit for Chucky Atkins and a first round pick that would be used to take Tony Allen. Chucky paid dividends in that he led the Celtics into the playoffs that season. These moves caused then Celtics coach, Jim O'Brien to resign in the middle of the season, leaving interim coach, John Carroll to finish coaching the 2003-04 season. After that season, Danny made another key move in hiring Glenn "Doc" Rivers to coach the team. Doc also took a lot of heat from the fans in the early years but now has proved that Danny did indeed pick the right man for the job.
After that season, Danny traded Chucky Atkins, Chris Mihm, and Jumaine Jones for Gary Payton, Rick Fox (who chose to retire rather than play that season with the Celtics), a first round pick and cash considerations. Payton at first didn't want to come to the Celtics, but when he finally reported, he gave them a very good year and most importantly, he helped to mentor the team's young point guards.
In the 2004 draft, Danny hit the jackpot when he picked Al Jefferson with the 15th pick, Delonte West with the 24th pick and Tony Allen with the 25th pick along with Justin Reed in the second round. Delonte was key in bringing Ray Allen to Boston and Al Jefferson was the key to the Garnett trade. Tony Allen spent 6 seasons with the Celtics, battling injuries through most of them, finally becoming a key player this past season. He chose to sign with the Grizzlies this off season rather than sticking with the Celtics for another championship run. During the 2004-05 season, Danny traded Walter McCarty to Phoenix for a second round pick. This pick would later be traded to Denver for the rights to Leon Powe. Leon's work ethic and character made him a favorite in Boston during his time there. He was a key player on the '08 championship team. While playing hurt in the 2009 playoffs, he tore his ACL and Danny chose not to re-sign him. It was a business decision but tore at the hearts of many a Celtic fan who hated to see a guy like Leon treated like that.
During the 2004-05 season, Danny traded Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta, Michael Stewart, and a first round pick to bring Antoine Walker back to Boston for a second run. In an ironic twist, this pick was traded by Atlanta to Phoenix and would be used to take Rondo for whom we would trade the Cleveland pick. Payton was waived by Atlanta and resigned with Boston and the Celtics made the playoffs but the Celtics didn't have enough to make it out of the first round. At the end of that season, Walker was looking for a long term contract that Boston didn't want to give so they arranged a sign and trade with Miami that brought back a trade exception, a 2006 second round draft pick, a future second round draft pick, cash considerations, forward Qyntel Woods, the draft rights to Albert Miralles and center Curtis Borchardt. Woods and Borchardt were waived. Miralles stayed in Spain and the trade exception was used to sign free agent Dan Dickau.In the 2005 draft, Danny picked Gerald Green with the 18th pick and nabbed Ryan Gomes with the 50th pick along with Orien Greene at 51. Ryan was the steal of that draft. Gerald has never realized the promise that everyone has expected of him. But, he was another key to bringing Kevin Garnett to Boston. He is currently still trying to get his game to the NBA level playing in Russia.
During the 2005-06 season, Danny pulled off the first blockbuster trade with Minnesota. Danny traded Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed and two second round draft picks for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones, and a conditional first round pick (which returned to Minny in the Garnett trade). The biggest bonus in this trade was getting rid of Blount who had become a cancer and a malcontent on this team.


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Supporters of Plan B and other types of "emergency contraception" (EC) used to claim that easier access to EC could "result in a greater than 50% reduction in abortion rates." J. Trussell et al., "Emergency Contraception: A Simple Proposal to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies," Family Planning Perspectives 24 (Nov/Dec 1992): 6.Click here for the printable version!However, that estimate came from a hypothetical "modeling exercise." In 2006, Plan B supporters began to admit that the hard data tell a different story:
"[T]he experts had estimated that we would see a drop by up to half in the rates of unintended pregnancy and the rates of abortion. And in fact in the real world we're not seeing that." Kirsten Moore, President and CEO of Reproductive Health Technologies Project, quoted in A.W. Schachter, "'Plan B': What Science Can't Tell Us," New York Post Online Edition, Aug. 11, 2006.
The following year even the author of the "greater than 50% reduction" claim, James Trussell, conceded that 23 published studies from 10 countries disprove his claim. According to every one of the 23 studies, published between 1998 and 2006, easier access to EC fails to achieve any statistically significant reduction in rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. E. Raymond et al., "Population Effect of Increased Access to Emergency Contraceptive Pills," Obstetrics & Gynecology 109 (2007): 181-8.
In 2013, Dr. Trussell reaffirmed what these studies had shown: There is no evidence that programs making "emergency contraception" more available to women have any lasting effect in reducing the pregnancy rate. "Furthermore," said an article about his findings, "there is some evidence showing that such schemes only make women more inclined to have unprotected sex as they regard the morning-after pill as a safety net." Dr. Trussell said: "It has no population impact…. I just don't think its [sic] strategy that is going to lead to a reduction in unintended pregnancies or abortions." S. Borland, "Morning-after pill failure: Letting women keep stocks of drug at home 'will not cut unwanted pregnancies or abortions'," The Daily Mail (London), 14 October 2013.
Some of these studies reviewed country-wide statistics on unintended pregnancy and abortion after EC became inexpensive (or free) and widely available in health clinics or over-the-counter in pharmacies. Other studies compared results between women given packets of EC for future use, and a control group of women who had to acquire EC on their own. In the latter type of study, women given EC in advance were more likely to use it, but no statistically significant difference in unintended pregnancy or abortion was found between the two groups.
These studies from the U.S., Europe, and China are among those demonstrating the complete failure of EC to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion:
Sixteen months after 18,000 sexually active women in a health district in Scotland were each given 5 packets of EC, researchers concluded: "No effect on abortion rates was demonstrated with advance provision of EC. The results of this study suggest that wide-spread distribution of advanced supplies of EC through health services may not be an effective way to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy in the UK." A. Glasier et al., "Advanced provision of emergency contraception does not reduce abortion rates," Contraception 69 (May 2004): 361-6 at 361.
Over 2,000 women in the San Francisco Bay area were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The first group was given packets of EC; the second was told how to obtain EC free from pharmacies; the third had to return to the clinic for EC. Over 80% of the women were also using another form of contraception. After six months, 7-8% of women in each group were pregnant. "We did not observe a difference in pregnancy rates in women with either pharmacy access or advance provision [of EC]; the adjusted risk of pregnancy for both treatment groups was not significantly less than 1. Previous studies also failed to show significant differences in pregnancy or abortion rates among women with advance provisions of EC. It is possible that the effect of increased access on pregnancy rates is truly negligible because EC is not as effective as found in the single-use clinical trials, or because women at highest risk do not use EC frequently enough or at all." T. Raine et al., "Direct Access to Emergency Contraception Through Pharmacies and Effect on Unintended Pregnancy and STIs," Journal of the American Medical Association 293 (2005): 54-62 at 61.
Hu et al. conducted a randomized, controlled trial of 2,000 postpartum women in Shanghai, China (who would have a strong incentive not to become pregnant within a year of giving birth because this is forbidden by the government). Half were given 3 courses of mifepristone to use at home as emergency contraception (EC) "as needed." The other half (control group) had to see a doctor to obtain mifepristone. Both groups could also purchase a Plan B-type emergency contraceptive at supermarkets. Women in the first group used EC twice as frequently as those in the control group, but there was no difference in pregnancy or abortion rates after one year. "This study adds to the growing literature casting doubt on the increased use of EC as a quick fix for rising abortion rates. That is not to say that EC will not prevent pregnancy for some women, sometimes, but rather that it may not make much difference to public health." Xiaoyu Hu et al., "Advanced provision of emergency contraception to postnatal women in China makes no difference in abortion rates: a randomized controlled trial," Contraception 72 (2005): 111-6.
Examining the impact of free, over-the-counter EC for teenagers in England, researchers reported: "The EBC [emergency birth control] scheme had no impact on conception rates." However, "the presence of a pharmacy EBC scheme in a local authority is associated with an increase in the rate of STI diagnoses amongst teenagers of about 5%. The equivalent figure for [children under 16] is even larger at 12%." This "is consistent with the hypothesis that greater access to EBC induces an increase in adolescent risky sexual behavior." S. Girma and D. Paton, "The impact of emergency birth control on teen pregnancy and STIs," Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011): 373-80.
EC researcher Anna Glasier seconds that observation in a September 2006 editorial in the British Medical Journal: "[D]espite the clear increase in the use of emergency contraception, abortion rates have not fallen in the U.K. They have risen from 11 per 1000 women ... in 1984 ... to 17.8 per 1000 in 2004." She adds: "Ten studies in different countries have shown that giving women a supply of emergency contraception to keep at home ... increases use by twofold to threefold ... but [has] had no measurable effect on rates of pregnancy or abortion." She concludes: "If you are looking for an intervention that will reduce abortion rates, emergency contraception may not be the solution." Anna Glasier, Editorial, "Emergency Contraception: Is it worth all the fuss?", British Medical Journal 333 (2006): 560-1.
"Another commonly held view for which there is no documented evidence is that improving knowledge about and access to Emergency Contraception will reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. ... Experience of use so far does not give any evidence of effectiveness. Prescribing rates of the morning-after pill have multiplied steadily in Scotland while there has been no observed decline in the rate of teenage pregnancies or abortions." A. Williams, The Morning-After Pill, Scottish Council of Human Bioethics (Nov. 2005) at 19-20 (www.schb.org.uk/downloads/publications/morning-after_pill.pdf).
"Despite the fact that emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) have become easily available across the country during recent years, abortion numbers continue to rise in Sweden, especially in the young age groups (<25)." T. Tyden et al., "No reduced number of abortions despite easily available emergency contraceptive pills," Lakartidningen 99 (2002): 4730-2, 4735.
Summarizing findings of the Washington State Pilot Project, which allowed pharmacies to dispense EC without a prescription from February 1998 to June 1999, researchers noted: "If the increased accessibility of emergency contraception reduces unintended pregnancy, there should be evidence of reduced pregnancy and abortion rates. To be sure, abortions in Washington reached the lowest level in two decades, dropping by 5% from 1997 to 1998. ... However, the national abortion rates also were declining during this period. ... In 1999, both pregnancy rates and rates of induced abortion increased slightly in Washington State." J. Gardner et al., "Increasing Access to Emergency Contraception Through Community Pharmacies: Lessons from Washington State," Family Planning Perspectives 33 (2001): 172-5 at 174-5. Note: The Guttmacher Institute reported a 5% decline nationally in the abortion rate between 1996 and 2000, compared to a drop of only 3% in Washington state.
Anna Glasier concedes
in her
above-cited study that "EC
be less effective than
belief [sic]. Estimates of efficacy are unsubstantiated by randomized
trials. Efficacy is based
on rather
unreliable data and a great many assumptions
and have been
questioned both in
the past and more recently. ... While advanced
provision of EC probably prevents
some pregnancies for
some women some of the
time, the strategy did
not produce the public health breakthrough
hoped for." A. Glasier,
op. cit.,
at 365.
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Sweetheart Sundaes
A creamy peanut butter sauce and cute chocolate garnishes turn plain ice cream into pretty parfaits. "This tempting dessert is easy to make and goes with most any meal," assures Suzanne McKinley of Lyons, Georgia.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup corn syrup
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- Vanilla ice cream
- 3/4 cup chopped peanuts
- 6 chocolate hearts (see page 58), optional
- In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, milk, corn syrup and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in peanut butter until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
- Divide half of the peanut butter mixture among six parfait glasses; top with a scoop of ice cream. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with peanuts. Garnish with a chocolate heart if desired.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 606 calories, 26g fat (9g saturated fat), 39mg cholesterol, 199mg sodium, 90g carbohydrate (77g sugars, 2g fiber), 11g protein.
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This ice cream topping is YUMMY! Be careful not to overcook, and use a non-stick saucepan. I use close to 3 TBSP of butter in mine. After cooling the sauce a bit, I refrigerate it for several hours or overnight. Before serving, you want to STIR it VERY WELL, and don't be scared by the appearance before stirring! We drizzle the refrigerated topping over ice cream, then top that with a dollop of whipped cream, then top that with chopped honey-roasted peanuts. (By the way, I don't layer it like advised in the recipe, I just drizzle the topping over bowls of ice cream. And I don't use chocolate because we don't care for it.) Try it -- you'll be hooked! -Lori in WI.


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Berkeley's belly-bug bio-fuel breakthrough
A group of scientists from Berkeley has used an engineered form of the E. coli bacterium to turn sugars in seaweed into ethanol.
The breakthrough is attractive because if it could be commercialised, it would allow biofuels to be created without displacing crops or forests.
According to the report published in Science, the engineered bacteria can metabolize alginate, which is seaweed's primary sugar constituent. Not only that, but it works without requiring heat or chemicals to pre-treat the seaweed, reducing the number of processing steps needed to create a biofuel.
DNA from E. coli – a workhorse in the lower intestine, but with a few strains that cause illness, giving it a poor reputation in the popular mind – was mixed with DNA from various marine microorganisms. These included Pseudoalteromonas, which provided genes to produce an enzyme to break up alginate; and Vibrio splendidus to digest the alginate.
The scientists claim the engineered E. coli yields "80 percent of the theoretical maximum amount of ethanol for a given amount of biomass".
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