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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:58:55 -0800 NRA Ad Targeting Obama Family Draws White House Response ... http://upypnak.posterous.com/nra-ad-targeting-obama-family-draws-white-hou http://upypnak.posterous.com/nra-ad-targeting-obama-family-draws-white-hou

The National Rifle Association pre-empted Wednesday's White House announcement on the results of Vice President Joe Biden's task force on gun violence prevention by releasing a controversial ad that targets the president's family. Amid a widespread backlash, White House press secretary Jay Carney offered a statement: "Most Americans agree that a president's children should not be used as pawns in a political fight. But to go so far as to make the safety of the president's children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly."

What got the NRA's back up, in such controversial fashion? Well, the word on the street was that the announcement on what President Barack Obama would propose as sensible reforms to existing gun laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting would include a stronger background check system, a ban on high-capacity magazines and a renewed effort to pass an assault weapons ban. Naturally, the NRA, which lobbies on behalf of gun manufacturers, is not happy about any of this and released a video Tuesday criticizing Obama for being a "hypocrite" and an "elitist."

And why is that? Well, here's how the video puts it:

"Are the president's kids more important than yours?" the ad asks. "Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?"

The ad continues: "Mr. Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he is just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security."

Well, let's unpack this a bit. First of all, I don't imagine that Obama's opinion of his kids factors into their receiving Secret Service protection. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he thinks his kids are just swell! But the reason they receive protection is because there simply happen to be more people in the world who want to kidnap and/or murder President Obama's children than there are people who want to kidnap and/or murder everybody else's children. I'm not saying that everyone else's kids aren't terrific, just that they aren't at the center of any number of potential threats to our national security.

Of course, I am similarly skeptical of the ability of armed guards to protect schools, but I'll tell you what: I could definitely get behind stationing a quartet of Secret Service-level guards at every public school in America, if only because that would create thousands of new jobs. But I do not think the NRA truly wants a "fair share of security" on the level that Sasha and Malia Obama receive. The NRA is certainly not going to get a big spending bill that dedicates money to public schools passed through the House of Representatives. I think they will settle for, "Let's just have the school custodian be cannon fodder, and call it a day."

Over at The Daily Beast, David Frum just went off, saying that "the NRA's sneering references to the president's family are beyond the pale":

As the makers of the NRA ad should know, and probably do know, the First Family has come under years of racially coded attack for their "uppityism," as Rush Limbaugh phrased it. This latest attack ad looks to many like only one more attempt to enflame an ancient American wound.

Generally speaking, a president's family should not be subject to political criticism. That rule was honorably upheld in the case of the Bush daughters, who grew into fine young people, and the rule should be same for the Obama daughters -- especially if it's true, as has been widely reported, that this first family has faced a unique degree of threat.

Katie Glueck rounds up some more reaction, including former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs slamming the ad as the sort "that somebody made about 2:00 in the morning after one too many drinks, and no one stopped it in the morning." But the more significant reactions may be the ones coming from other media figures:

"Trying to figure out what NRA is thinking with web ad targeting Obama girls. Who thinks that's appropriate? #mitchellreports," offered MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.

Ron Fournier of National Journal Group called the ad "low" in a tweet.

In a follow-up tweet, Fournier added, "'Has the NRA Finally Gone Too Far?' My take: Hell, yes." He included a link to a post that further took the NRA to task. "The ad is indisputably misleading, and is arguably a dangerous appeal to the base instincts of gun-rights activists," he wrote.

This ad has not been the NRA's most successful PR outing, it would seem. So how are they dealing with the backlash? As NBC News' Mike O'Brien reported, an NRA spokesman has words for the critics, saying, "Whoever thinks the ad is about [President] Obama's daughters are missing the point completely or they're trying to change the subject."

Topping the list of the people who think the ad is about the president's daughters are the people who made the ad for the NRA. Topping the list of the people who are trying to change the subject is that NRA spokesman.

Oh well, so much for having the courage of one's convictions.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:16:55 -0800 Are You Branding Yourself As A Job Stalker? | Business 2 Community http://upypnak.posterous.com/are-you-branding-yourself-as-a-job-stalker-bu http://upypnak.posterous.com/are-you-branding-yourself-as-a-job-stalker-bu

Nobody means to brand themselves as a job stalker ? yet job seekers accidentally do this every day.

What you view as innocently being proactive and following-up can easily cross the razors edge into crazy stalker, without you realizing what you?ve done.

Are You Branding Yourself As A Job Stalker? image shutterstock 108433196 200x300Being proactive is appreciated, if you?re the top candidate ? it confirms to the hiring manager that he/she has made the right choice.

But what if you?re not the top candidate? If you?re not the top candidate, being proactive is often ignored, because you aren?t a priority of the hiring manager.

You might have even been told to follow up in a couple weeks, but if your follow up doesn?t get a response, continued follow up is unlikely to improve your chances. Worse, it usually makes you look like a job stalker.

Here are 5 things that seem like follow up ? but brand you as a job stalker:

  1. Leaving a voice mail every day (or even every other) until you reach someone: Just because the hiring manager told you they would contact you in 2 weeks, doesn?t mean they will. Things change, priorities change, and if you?re not the top candidate, you?re not the hiring priority ? like it or not. Calling constantly won?t change this, but here?s what it will do ? if you were still being consider or ?on the bubble?, you?ve killed your chances by continuously calling. Because you sound like a stalker and maybe a little crazy.
  2. Calling without leaving a voice mail repeatedly: News Flash ? Businesses have caller ID too.
  3. Calling ?just to follow up? more than once: When you call just to follow up don?t expect a return call ? because just following up adds no value to the hiring manager (nor HR). When you call just to follow up more than once, now you?re wasting the hiring manager?s (or HR?s) time. When you keep calling just to follow up, you?ve crossed the line into stalker city.
  4. Sounding annoyed (or upset) on Voice Mail because you haven?t been called back: When you?re searching for a job, you?d better develop a thick skin ? if you seem the least bit annoyed, you?ve blown any chance you might have had with the hiring manger. Sure you?re upset that you weren?t called back when HR or the hiring manager promised. Simple rule ? don?t call if you?re pissed.
  5. Emailing to follow up repeatedly: Emailing repeatedly to follow up is even worse, because you leave a paper trail for an employer to remember how much of their time you?ve wasted. As an added bonus, that paper trail reminds HR that you?ve acted like a job stalker.

Many candidates ignore the lessons they should have learned by dating in high school ? that no response is an answer. It is closure ? you?re just not listening.

That?s not to say that follow up is a bad idea ? it?s not. But for God?s sake, add some value when you call if you don?t want to be ignored. Calling ?just to follow up? adds zero value to hiring managers or HR, but instead wastes their time.

And following up, even when you provide value eventually turns into job stalking. Here?s a hint ? empty follow up quickly turns you into a stalker.

But the more value you provide, the less likely your contacts will be ignored. So the less likely you?ll seem like a job stalker.

Author:

Phil Rosenberg is President of http://www.reCareered.com, a leading job search information website and gives complimentary job search webinars at http://ResumeWebinar.com. Phil also runs the Career Central group, one of Linkedin?s largest groups for job seekers and has built one of the 20 largest personal networks on Linkedin globally.

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TIPS! Prior to signing on the dotted virtual line, make sure that you know the details of your commitment with a host provider. Many times fees are added which aren?t discussed before you sign on the dotted line.

Choosing a good web host can seem frustrating at times, but if you have the right information then it should not be that hard. If you take time to familiarize yourself with what web hosts have to offer, you will find it easier to navigate the options. Continue on for some tips that will give you that information.

TIPS! Try reading reviews of various hosting companies prior to picking one. Read what these current customers have to say to get a sense of their experiences.

Does the company you?re considering have frequent outages? There are hosting providers out there that will blame electrical outages or other things for insufficient up time, but there are great companies that will always keep your site up and running. Do not put up with excuses for poor service, no matter how little you pay or how highly the company was recommended.

TIPS! Think about security considerations when picking a web host. In this society, websites can be exposed to attacks and other risks, and there are many ways in which this can occur.

See what kind of server access your web host provides. They may offer FTP access, SSH, or solely a control panel. If your site is large or complicated, the better controls will be essential. For a relatively small, simple site, web-based controls should provide adequate access that doesn?t require a wealth of technical knowledge.

TIPS! If you?ll have to upload big data amounts, you?ll have to check the uploading method that a hosting service uses. You may need to have FTP server access.

Research a web page hosting company prior to signing up, to find out what their history is. Some hosts will claim to do tasks that are actually pretty much impossible. You can stay ahead of the pack by doing your research first.

TIPS! If you are unable to find a provider that fully meets your needs, you may wish to select a backup hosting site. By doing this, if potential problems become deal breakers, it?s easy for you to quickly change to a brand new host that has less interruption in the plans you have than if a host server were to completely crash.

When looking at website hosting packages with unlimited services, proceed with caution. Unlimited disk space, for example, might be weakened in the presence of severely limited acceptable file types. Likewise, unlimited bandwidth packages are usually billed on a tier. Read the fine print and see what ?unlimited? actually means. It may be less than what the company wants you to believe.

TIPS! Read up on various web host companies before committing. Choosing a hosting service is a major investment in the success of your website; treat the decision accordingly.

Ultimately, your web host should be capable of supporting multiple programming languages, including current ones, and any that could be used in the future. You won?t be able to launch your site, if you choose a web host that doesn?t support the languages you?re relying on for your site as currently designed. Additionally, if later you want to use a language that isn?t supported, your web host might not be of help to you. It can be difficult when switching web hosts.

TIPS! Before settling on a web hosting provider, do some research to determine how long the business has operated. A long-standing company will, generally, provide better support.

You need to decide whether you should select shared or dedicated hosting. If this is your first website and it?s relatively small, a virtual shared server is probably good for now. If you?re moving a large website which already gets thousands or millions of views, shared probably won?t cut it. It?s a wise idea to find a dedicated host.

TIPS! Make certain that your web host has multiple connections to the Internet. If they only have one Internet connection, you go offline when they go offline, and that is not good for your business.

Many smaller website hosting sites rely on larger hosts. Web page hosting companies buy a lot of storing space at a low price, and rent it to webmasters. You should check out different web hosts under the same company, as you may find a better deal this way!

TIPS! All good web hosts offer a variety of add-ons to their plans, but the types of features will differ between companies. When you are comparing web hosts, ensure that the service you are looking at includes any specific features you need.

If you don?t have much experience when it comes to web design, you should search for a host who provides excellent customer service above all else. If you don?t have much experience, you?ll discover that you have lots of questions about using features on your hosting package. The technical support that you will receive from a company with great customer service will be much more beneficial to you than a package of features you may never use.

TIPS! For the average user, it can unimportant to have a lot of add-on options. Do you really need unlimited storage, for example? When it comes to the needs of most site owners, the extras really benefit the web host?s bottom line more than the end user.

A host that uses virtual private server will offer you greater control and the ability to test new software. A VPS gives you control over just about all of your server functions, such as setting up accounts and installing and removing applications ? just like you were managing the server yourself. This option, however, will only be one to consider if you already know about administering a server.

TIPS! You need to have multiple ways to contact your web host in case a problem arises. If they have contact available through email, live chat, and phone support 24/7, they?re probably a good hosting company.

At the very least, you should consult all the online reviews you can find about the web host before you make a decision. When services is outstandingly good or bad, customers usually discuss it online, particularly if it?s a web-based business. Read plenty of reviews and choose a company that has a long history of good service.

TIPS! Never select free web hosts simply because they?re free. One way free sites make money is showing advertising on their clients? websites.

By now you should be aware that it can be remarkably easy to find a good web host. If you understand more about the subject, finding the right host should be easy. The advice you?ve read here will get you off to an amazing start!

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:48:55 -0800 The Earning Potential of a College Degree - Rachel Higgins ... http://upypnak.posterous.com/the-earning-potential-of-a-college-degree-rac http://upypnak.posterous.com/the-earning-potential-of-a-college-degree-rac Published: January 13, 2013 at 01:37 PM GMT
Last Updated: January 11, 2013 at 01:37 PM GMT By Rachel Higgins

The question of sustained employability is one that continues to face Americans both young and old. Years ago, a college education was seen as a way out of this problem, but even a top-notch degree is no insurance against the waning job market as today's article illustrates. Writer Rachel Higgins takes a by-the-numbers approach to post-graduation job success, painting a rather dire picture for modern students and their families. Higgins, an online education expert, has composed a large reference of accredited universities on the Internet that readers interested in alternative college options might find useful.

Grads From Traditional and Online Colleges Struggle to Find a Profitable Place in the World


Over the last three decades, the cost of achieving a college degree has increased dramatically, and in recent years the rise has only become more pronounced. Increased enrollment and largely stagnant government funding have lead many universities to raise tuition to levels that many families are beginning to find prohibitive. However, studies show that a college degree is still an effective investment in one's future earning potential, labor mobility and quality of life, leading millions of students and their families to take on a large debt burden in the hopes of a long-term payoff.

"Soaring tuition and shrinking incomes are making college less and less affordable," says Senator Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. "For millions of young people rising college costs are putting the American dream on hold, or out of reach." A chart recently published in Bloomberg shows college tuition and fees have surged 1,120% since records began in 1978, four times faster than the increase in the consumer price index. In comparison, medical expenses have climbed 601%, while the price of food has increased 244% over the same period.

Despite widespread belief that government funding for higher education is routinely slashed, a recent report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers illustrated that state and local funding for higher education institutions has actually increased substantially in the past 25 years. In 1986, state and local governments provided $31.3 billion to support higher education institutions, and in 2011, state and local support rose to $87.5 billion. However, over the same time period, enrollment in public institutions has increased dramatically, from 7.2 million students attending public colleges in 1986 to over 11.8 million students today. In the past 5 years alone, enrollment has increased 17%, while state support has stayed the same, leading schools to make up the difference through tuition hikes. From 1986 to 2012, the percentage of university revenue attained through tuition has risen from 25% to approximately 45%.

This increase in the amount of college costs shouldered by students and in many cases their parents have lead to an average US family spending approximately $20,902 for the 2011-2012 school year. To handle the burden, 34% of 18 to 24 year old students in the 2011-2012 school year took out federal loans, up 4% from the prior school year, and 9% from 2008-2009. About 10% even took out private loans, which frequently incur higher annual interest rates and harsh penalties if not paid off in the allotted time. Currently the US holds more than $1 trillion in outstanding student loan debt.

Exacerbating conditions for college students and especially recent college graduates is the stubbornly high unemployment rate. Reports from the Economic Policy Institute have found that in the recent recession, college graduates have earned 8-11% less than graduates in 2001, while the unemployment rate sits at 16% within the 16-24 year-old demographic. "If one is not thinking about where this is headed over the next two or three years, you are just completely missing the warning signs," says Rajeev V. Date, deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal watchdog created after the financial crisis. Date likens student borrowing to the risky mortgages that created the student housing bubble before the economic collapse, asserting that college marketing officers, state lawmakers and na?ve families have enabled demand for a college education to remain unsustainably high while the federal government allows remains lax on doling out loans.

Despite carrying more of the higher education burden than ever, a majority of students in a recent survey -- more than 6 in 10 -- reported that they "strongly agree" that taking out loans is a better option than opting out of college. "Economists and many parents say that the only thing worse than graduating with lots of debt is not going to college at all," writes Andrew Martin and Andrew Lehren in The New York Times, "since study after study has shown that graduates earn more over a lifetime. And most college students in the US manage to eventually pay back their student loans."

A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that college graduates earn an average of $650,000 more over their lifetime than peers with a high school diploma. Over a 40-year career, the average worker with a high school diploma was found to make about $770,000, while a bachelor's degree holder could earn approximately $1.4 million. On its website, The College Board attempts to calm the nerves of prospective students' parents by maintaining that "whatever sacrifices you and your child make for college education in the short term are more than repaid in the long term."

A Georgetown study found that those with various engineering degrees frequently delivered earnings as much as 300% more than less technical majors. The disparity in median earnings is less extreme, but still noteworthy. For engineering majors holding a bachelors degree, median earnings are about $75,000, while those in psychology and social work fields with undergraduate education hover around $42,000. While these results probably don't come as a big surprise for most students and workers, some results offer surprising results. Computer and math majors, for instance, thought by many to be among the most secure fields, face an unemployment rate of 8.2%, almost on par with the national average. Education majors, however, face only a 5.4% unemployment rate.

While the burden of college education can be daunting for prospective students and their parents, statistics have shown time and again that in today's competitive global marketplace, they are still better off than if they opt out of higher education. New students preparing to invest in higher education today must realize that while they almost certainly broadening their potential future opportunities, they need to be realistic about how they plan to pay off any loans they take out in order to achieve their goals. By becoming aware of the risks of student loans and the realistic earning potential of one's major, students can still ensure that a college education is an effective investment in a profitable career and fulfilling life.

Rachel Higgins is a freelance researcher and blogger for http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org and an aspiring speech writer from the Northwest. She is also an avid Food Network watcher and cyclist who is hoping to launch her own startup in 2013. Rachel can be reached at rachelhiggins711@gmail.com.

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SALEM, Ore. -- Regulators in Oregon and California have quietly directed some health insurance companies to stop denying coverage for transgender patients because of their gender identity.

The states aren't requiring coverage of specific medical treatments. But they told some private insurance companies they must pay for a transgender person's hormone therapy, breast reduction, cancer screening or any other procedure deemed medically necessary if they cover it for patients who aren't transgender.

The changes apply to companies insuring about a third of Oregonians and about 7 percent of Californians, but not to people on Medicare and Medicaid or to the majority of Californians who are insured through a health management organization, or HMO.

Advocacy groups said the action is a major step forward in their long battle to win better health care coverage for transgender Americans.

"It's just a matter of fairness," said Ray Crider, a 28-year-old transgender man from Portland. "I just never felt that I was like anybody else. I see everybody else being taken care of without having to fight the system."

Officials in both states said the new regulations aren't new policies but merely a clarification of anti-discrimination laws passed in California in 2005 and in Oregon two years later.

Many health insurance policies broadly exclude coverage of gender identity disorder or classify it as a pre-existing condition. Transgender patients are often denied coverage for medical procedures unrelated to a gender transition, advocacy groups said, because insurance companies deem the condition to be related to their sex reassignment.

Some transgender patients also have trouble getting access to gender-specific care. A person who identifies as a man might be denied coverage for ovarian cancer screening or a hysterectomy. A transgender woman might be denied a prostate screening.

The state insurance regulators said those procedures, if covered for anybody, must be covered for all patients regardless of their gender.

Masen Davis, director of the Transgender Law Center in San Francisco, said he's unaware of insurance regulators in any other state taking similar action.

The California regulations took effect in September and apply only to insurance products regulated by the California Department of Insurance. The agency primarily regulates preferred provider plans, or PPOs, that covered about 7 percent of the population in 2010, according to data from the California Health Care Foundation.

The agency that regulates California HMOs has discussed transgender care with consumer groups and health plans, "but no regulations have yet been proposed or adopted," said Marta Bortner Green, a spokeswoman for the Department of Managed Health Care.

The Oregon Insurance Division issued its guidance last month in the form of a bulletin to insurers. It applies to commercial insurance companies that cover about a third of the state's population; the rest are uninsured, on Medicare or Medicaid, or work for a large employer that's self-insured.

"This is a very historic bulletin, and it really indicates that the tide is turning on this issue," said Tash Shatz, transgender justice program manager at Basic Rights Oregon, an advocacy group.

Transgender advocates say gender reassignment, through hormone treatment or surgery, is medically necessary, and they've long fought insurance companies that argue the procedures are cosmetic. They hope the new state regulations will mean fewer procedures are refused and make it easier to appeal a denial.

The transgender community has picked up significant momentum securing health coverage in recent years. San Francisco in 2001 became the first U.S. city to cover sex reassignment surgeries for government employees. Seattle, Portland, Ore. and Berkeley Calif., have followed suit.

Large employers are increasingly offering coverage for a broad spectrum of care, including gender reassignment surgeries.

State regulators don't have authority to force insurance companies to cover specific procedures, like hormone therapy or genital reconstruction. But they've told insurers that if they provide breast reduction for patients with back pain, they can't deny it for a gender reassignment that's been deemed medically necessary. Insurers could unilaterally exclude coverage of, say, breast implants, but it would have to apply to all policyholders equally, including breast-cancer patients.

"We've received the Oregon Insurance Division's directive to implement this new mandate, and we are working to ensure that our members' future coverage aligns," Scott Burton, a spokesman for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, said in a statement.

"We're still assessing the impact of the ruling, and will continue to monitor state and federal guidance on this topic," said Kathy Born, a spokeswoman for LifeWise, another large insurer in Oregon.

When Ray Crider heard the news, he danced around his apartment with his wife. A 28-year-old transgender man living in Portland, Crider fought a long battle to convince a previous employer to include transgender services in his policy.

Although he was insured, Crider paid thousands of dollars out of his pocket for testosterone treatment and mental health care before winning his fight for coverage of gender identity. He finally got a double mastectomy, covered by insurance, a year ago, he said, but not before the binder he used to flatten his chest required several emergency room trips because it constricted his breathing.

"This was one of the most incredible things that could ever happen," Crider said, "to know that there's a state full of people who won't have to go through what I went through."

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Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:59:59 -0800 Public Speaking Training Checklist Which Even Big Bosses Follow ... http://upypnak.posterous.com/public-speaking-training-checklist-which-even http://upypnak.posterous.com/public-speaking-training-checklist-which-even

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A new year always brings about new possibilities and the many things we can do and change in our lives during the course of the year to bring more growth and prosperity.

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In order to get fit you?ve to start doing your own push-ups. Likewise, in order to become a better public speaker, you?ve to start delivering speeches. Joining a Toastmaster Club is probably one of the best investments you can make. Not only will you get to meet like-minded individuals, you will also have the chance to learn from one another?s diverse background. Toastmaster Club also offers one of the cheapest presentation skills training with seasoned public speakers to help guide you along the way. ?Don?t only look for the Toastmaster Club that is nearest to you but find the one with the most number of active members. Of course, ensuring its weekly or monthly chapter meetings actually fits into your schedule is another important consideration.

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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:27:57 -0800 How Doctors Die | this is my inspiration. http://upypnak.posterous.com/how-doctors-die-this-is-my-inspiration http://upypnak.posterous.com/how-doctors-die-this-is-my-inspiration

by Ken Murray, MD

Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple a patient?s five-year-survival odds?from 5 percent to 15 percent?albeit with a poor quality of life. Charlie was uninterested. He went home the next day, closed his practice, and never set foot in a hospital again. He focused on spending time with family and feeling as good as possible. Several months later, he died at home. He got no chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical treatment. Medicare didn?t spend much on him.

It?s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don?t die like the rest of us. What?s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care they could want. But they go gently.

Of course, doctors don?t want to die; they want to live. But they know enough about modern medicine to know its limits. And they know enough about death to know what all people fear most: dying in pain, and dying alone. They?ve talked about this with their families. They want to be sure, when the time comes, that no heroic measures will happen?that they will never experience, during their last moments on earth, someone breaking their ribs in an attempt to resuscitate them with CPR (that?s what happens if CPR is done right).

Almost all medical professionals have seen what we call ?futile care? being performed on people. That?s when doctors bring the cutting edge of technology to bear on a grievously ill person near the end of life. The patient will get cut open, perforated with tubes, hooked up to machines, and assaulted with drugs. All of this occurs in the Intensive Care Unit at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars a day. What it buys is misery we would not inflict on a terrorist. I cannot count the number of times fellow physicians have told me, in words that vary only slightly, ?Promise me if you find me like this that you?ll kill me.? They mean it. Some medical personnel wear medallions stamped ?NO CODE? to tell physicians not to perform CPR on them. I have even seen it as a tattoo.

To administer medical care that makes people suffer is anguishing. Physicians are trained to gather information without revealing any of their own feelings, but in private, among fellow doctors, they?ll vent. ?How can anyone do that to their family members?? they?ll ask. I suspect it?s one reason physicians have higher rates of alcohol abuse and depression than professionals in most other fields. I know it?s one reason I stopped participating in hospital care for the last 10 years of my practice.

How has it come to this?that doctors administer so much care that they wouldn?t want for themselves? The simple, or not-so-simple, answer is this: patients, doctors, and the system.

To see how patients play a role, imagine a scenario in which someone has lost consciousness and been admitted to an emergency room. As is so often the case, no one has made a plan for this situation, and shocked and scared family members find themselves caught up in a maze of choices. They?re overwhelmed. When doctors ask if they want ?everything? done, they answer yes. Then the nightmare begins. Sometimes, a family really means ?do everything,? but often they just mean ?do everything that?s reasonable.? The problem is that they may not know what?s reasonable, nor, in their confusion and sorrow, will they ask about it or hear what a physician may be telling them. For their part, doctors told to do ?everything? will do it, whether it is reasonable or not.

The above scenario is a common one. Feeding into the problem are unrealistic expectations of what doctors can accomplish. Many people think of CPR as a reliable lifesaver when, in fact, the results are usually poor. I?ve had hundreds of people brought to me in the emergency room after getting CPR. Exactly one, a healthy man who?d had no heart troubles (for those who want specifics, he had a ?tension pneumothorax?), walked out of the hospital. If a patient suffers from severe illness, old age, or a terminal disease, the odds of a good outcome from CPR are infinitesimal, while the odds of suffering are overwhelming. Poor knowledge and misguided expectations lead to a lot of bad decisions.

But of course it?s not just patients making these things happen. Doctors play an enabling role, too. The trouble is that even doctors who hate to administer futile care must find a way to address the wishes of patients and families. Imagine, once again, the emergency room with those grieving, possibly hysterical, family members. They do not know the doctor. Establishing trust and confidence under such circumstances is a very delicate thing. People are prepared to think the doctor is acting out of base motives, trying to save time, or money, or effort, especially if the doctor is advising against further treatment.

Some doctors are stronger communicators than others, and some doctors are more adamant, but the pressures they all face are similar. When I faced circumstances involving end-of-life choices, I adopted the approach of laying out only the options that I thought were reasonable (as I would in any situation) as early in the process as possible. When patients or families brought up unreasonable choices, I would discuss the issue in layman?s terms that portrayed the downsides clearly. If patients or families still insisted on treatments I considered pointless or harmful, I would offer to transfer their care to another doctor or hospital.

Should I have been more forceful at times? I know that some of those transfers still haunt me. One of the patients of whom I was most fond was an attorney from a famous political family. She had severe diabetes and terrible circulation, and, at one point, she developed a painful sore on her foot. Knowing the hazards of hospitals, I did everything I could to keep her from resorting to surgery. Still, she sought out outside experts with whom I had no relationship. Not knowing as much about her as I did, they decided to perform bypass surgery on her chronically clogged blood vessels in both legs. This didn?t restore her circulation, and the surgical wounds wouldn?t heal. Her feet became gangrenous, and she endured bilateral leg amputations. Two weeks later, in the famous medical center in which all this had occurred, she died.

It?s easy to find fault with both doctors and patients in such stories, but in many ways all the parties are simply victims of a larger system that encourages excessive treatment. In some unfortunate cases, doctors use the fee-for-service model to do everything they can, no matter how pointless, to make money. More commonly, though, doctors are fearful of litigation and do whatever they?re asked, with little feedback, to avoid getting in trouble.

Even when the right preparations have been made, the system can still swallow people up. One of my patients was a man named Jack, a 78-year-old who had been ill for years and undergone about 15 major surgical procedures. He explained to me that he never, under any circumstances, wanted to be placed on life support machines again. One Saturday, however, Jack suffered a massive stroke and got admitted to the emergency room unconscious, without his wife. Doctors did everything possible to resuscitate him and put him on life support in the ICU. This was Jack?s worst nightmare. When I arrived at the hospital and took over Jack?s care, I spoke to his wife and to hospital staff, bringing in my office notes with his care preferences. Then I turned off the life support machines and sat with him. He died two hours later.

Even with all his wishes documented, Jack hadn?t died as he?d hoped. The system had intervened. One of the nurses, I later found out, even reported my unplugging of Jack to the authorities as a possible homicide. Nothing came of it, of course; Jack?s wishes had been spelled out explicitly, and he?d left the paperwork to prove it. But the prospect of a police investigation is terrifying for any physician. I could far more easily have left Jack on life support against his stated wishes, prolonging his life, and his suffering, a few more weeks. I would even have made a little more money, and Medicare would have ended up with an additional $500,000 bill. It?s no wonder many doctors err on the side of overtreatment.

But doctors still don?t over-treat themselves. They see the consequences of this constantly. Almost anyone can find a way to die in peace at home, and pain can be managed better than ever. Hospice care, which focuses on providing terminally ill patients with comfort and dignity rather than on futile cures, provides most people with much better final days. Amazingly, studies have found that people placed in hospice care often live longer than people with the same disease who are seeking active cures. I was struck to hear on the radio recently that the famous reporter Tom Wicker had ?died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.? Such stories are, thankfully, increasingly common.

Several years ago, my older cousin Torch (born at home by the light of a flashlight?or torch) had a seizure that turned out to be the result of lung cancer that had gone to his brain. I arranged for him to see various specialists, and we learned that with aggressive treatment of his condition, including three to five hospital visits a week for chemotherapy, he would live perhaps four months. Ultimately, Torch decided against any treatment and simply took pills for brain swelling. He moved in with me.

We spent the next eight months doing a bunch of things that he enjoyed, having fun together like we hadn?t had in decades. We went to Disneyland, his first time. We?d hang out at home. Torch was a sports nut, and he was very happy to watch sports and eat my cooking. He even gained a bit of weight, eating his favorite foods rather than hospital foods. He had no serious pain, and he remained high-spirited. One day, he didn?t wake up. He spent the next three days in a coma-like sleep and then died. The cost of his medical care for those eight months, for the one drug he was taking, was about $20.

Torch was no doctor, but he knew he wanted a life of quality, not just quantity. Don?t most of us? If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity. As for me, my physician has my choices. They were easy to make, as they are for most physicians. There will be no heroics, and I will go gentle into that good night. Like my mentor Charlie. Like my cousin Torch. Like my fellow doctors.

The Health Care Blog / The Insider?s Guide / Published: August 6, 2012
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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:40:56 -0800 Texas school can force teenagers to wear locator chip: judge http://upypnak.posterous.com/texas-school-can-force-teenagers-to-wear-loca http://upypnak.posterous.com/texas-school-can-force-teenagers-to-wear-loca

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A public school district in Texas can require students to wear locator chips when they are on school property, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a case raising technology-driven privacy concerns among liberal and conservative groups alike.

U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said the San Antonio Northside School District had the right to expel sophomore Andrea Hernandez, 15, from a magnet school at Jay High School, because she refused to wear the device, which is required of all students.

The judge refused the student's request to block the district from removing her from the school while the case works its way through the federal courts.

The American Civil Liberties Union is among the rights organizations to oppose the district's use of radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology.

"We don't want to see this kind of intrusive surveillance infrastructure gain inroads into our culture," ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley said. "We should not be teaching our children to accept such an intrusive surveillance technology."

The district's RFID policy has also been criticized by conservatives, who call it an example of "big government" further monitoring individuals and eroding their liberties and privacy rights.

The Rutherford Institute, a conservative Virginia-based policy center that represented Hernandez in her federal court case, said the ruling violated the student's constitutional right to privacy, and vowed to appeal.

The school district - the fourth largest in Texas with about 100,000 students - is not attempting to track or regulate students' activities, or spy on them, district spokesman Pascual Gonzalez said. Northside is using the technology to locate students who are in the school building but not in the classroom when the morning bell rings, he said.

Texas law counts a student present for purposes of distributing state aid to education funds based on the number of pupils in the classroom at the start of the day. Northside said it was losing $1.7 million a year due to students loitering in the stairwells or chatting in the hallways.

The software works only within the walls of the school building, cannot track the movements of students, and does not allow students to be monitored by third parties, Gonzalez said.

The ruling gave Hernandez and her father, an outspoken opponent of the use of RFID technology, until the start of the spring semester later this month to decide whether to accept district policy and remain at the magnet school or return to her home campus, where RFID chips are not required.

(Editing by Daniel Trotta and Peter Cooney)

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Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:30:59 -0800 Stocks close lower ahead of earnings season http://upypnak.posterous.com/stocks-close-lower-ahead-of-earnings-season http://upypnak.posterous.com/stocks-close-lower-ahead-of-earnings-season

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Stocks finished lower for the second session Tuesday, dragged by telecoms, as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of what is expected to be a weak fourth-quarter earnings season.

The?Dow Jones Industrial Average?slid 55.44 points, or 0.41 percent, to end at 13,328.85, led by?Boeing?and?Verizon.

The?S&P 500?erased 4.74 points, or 0.32 percent, to close at 1,457.15. The?Nasdaq?declined 7.00 points, or 0.23 percent, to finished at 3,091.81.

The?CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, ended below 14, closing lower for the sixth-straight session.?

Most key S&P sectors finished in negative territory, dragged by?telecoms?led the laggards, while?materials?eked out a gain.

"We're going to have some improvement about perceptions of growth?we need just a little bit of confidence," said Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Asset Management. "I'm using the phrase: muddle-through economy and grind-higher equity market?it's not going to be a gallop."

S&P 500 companies are expected to post earnings growth of 2.8 percent for the fourth quarter, up from the barely positive 0.1 percent growth in the third quarter, according to Thomson Reuters.?

"[The earnings expectation] bar is so low that it's almost impossible?not to beat it," said Kenny Polcari, director at O'Neil Securities. "The China?story is what we're going to hear going forward."

Alcoa?was slightly higher ahead of its earnings report. The Dow component and aluminum producer is expected to post earnings of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.6 billion, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Boeing?slumped after a Japan Airlines 787 aircraft returned to its gate prior to takeoff at Boston's Logan International Airport?after a fuel leak. No fire or injuries were reported. This comes a day after a different Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner aircraft caught fire at Logan airport.

Monsanto?rallied after the agricultural biotechnology company boosted its earnings outlook for fiscal 2013 and handed in better-than-expected quarterly results.?

For-profit education company?Apollo Group?is also expected to post earnings after the closing bell.?

Yum Brands?slipped after the fast food company reported that its China sales would be down more than expected due to a government review of the country's poultry supply.

Sears Holdings?dropped following news that CEO Louis D'Ambrosio will step down and will be?replaced by Chairman Edward Lampert.

Apple?edged higher after DigiTimes reported that the tech giant is planning on manufacturing low-cost iPhones for emerging markets in the second half of 2013. The low-cost alternative will include a larger display and a new exterior design.?

Separately, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas kicked off Monday night. Chipmakers such as?Intel,Nvidia?will be in focus. Large manufacturers such as?Samsung,?LG,?Sony?and?Panasonic?are expected to unveil new gadgets throughout the week.?

AT&T?declined even after the wireless communications company said it sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, topping its previous record of 9.4 million a year ago. The company is expected to post earnings results on January 24. Rival?Verizon?also traded lower.

GameStop?slumped to lead the S&P 500 laggards after the video?game retailer said it expects to post a decline in same-store sales for the fourth quarter due to a weak holiday season.

The government auctioned $32 billion in 3-year notes at a high yield of 0.385 percent. The bid-to-cover was 3.62.

On the economic front, small business sentiment was?mostly unchanged in December, as owners expect business conditions to deteriorate over the next six months, according to a National Federation of Independent Business survey. The December reading was the second lowest since March 2010.

Consumer credit gained in November by $16.05 billion, rising for the fourth straight month, according to the Federal Reserve. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer credit rising $12.75 billion.

European shares briefly dipped?following market chatter that France's sovereign debt rating would be downgraded by Standard & Poor's. However, a senior French official said the rumors are "erroneous," while the ratings agency said it does not comment on market rumors.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/stocks-close-lower-ahead-earnings-season-1B7895490

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:17:58 -0800 Head of Libya's parliament survives assassination attempt http://upypnak.posterous.com/head-of-libyas-parliament-survives-assassinat http://upypnak.posterous.com/head-of-libyas-parliament-survives-assassinat

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The head of Libya's parliament survived an assassination attempt unharmed at his home in the remote desert interior of the country, his spokesman said on Sunday.

Mohamed al-Magariaf's residence in Sabha, 800 km (500 miles) south of the capital Tripoli, came under gunfire on Thursday evening. "(He) was unharmed and escaped the attack but three of his guards were injured," spokesman Rasmy Burwein said.

Magariaf was in Sabha for meetings with local officials and community leaders after Tripoli declared the region a closed military zone to try to curb rampant lawlessness.

Sabha and the rest of the Saharan south has been plagued by tribal violence since the start of the armed uprising in 2011 that ousted and killed veteran dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Tribal power is much stronger in the south than on the Mediterranean coast. Porous borders with neighboring states and the easy availability of arms have turned the south into a security headache for a weak central government.

It is still struggling to curb a myriad of armed militias that emerged powerful from the anti-Gaddafi insurgency.

(Reporting by Ali Shuaib; Writing by Hadeel Al-Shalchi; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:57:56 -0800 Thumbs For Food: Hoshino Coffee (Dhoby Ghaut) | ThumbsForFood http://upypnak.posterous.com/thumbs-for-food-hoshino-coffee-dhoby-ghaut-th http://upypnak.posterous.com/thumbs-for-food-hoshino-coffee-dhoby-ghaut-th

Hoshino Coffee is a new Japanese Restaurant that is brought over to Singapore. It is famous for it's hand-dripped coffee as well as it's souffle. Being a dessert fan, I was eager to try out it's desserts! So, we went to Hoshino for tea time.

?It is not a restaurant that is enclosed. In fact, it has an "open-concept" situated in the new, air-conditioned, Plaza Singapura Extension. As such, you don't have to be worried about the heat from outdoors. Somehow, Hoshino gives me a cafe feel, especially given that it specializes in coffee. However, they do serve main courses such as curry, pasta and stuff as well. I guess I would return to try it's main courses.

They have a variety of Matcha drinks available. So, we decided to try their Matcha Latte with Softee (about $10). I guess for the price, I was expecting more or something different. Well, it tasted very normal. The matcha flavor wasn't as rich as I was hoping for. The softee was really just a scoop of vanilla ice-cream that made the drink more milky. Guess I won't be ordering this in future.

Green Tea Souffle with a scoop of softee ($9.80) was picked as our dessert because we really like green tea. I like that it was baked nicely with the top layer a bit crisp and the insides soft and fluffy. And yes, we ordered Hoshino Blended Coffee ($5.80).?Well, it's coffee is said to be hand-dripped. It really is quite a strong coffee in terms of caffeine. It will be a favorite among dark coffee lovers. Also, there is 50%off if you need a refill.

Overall, we felt that the prices of drinks and desserts are really quite high. So, I would say that the price does not befit the food served. Ambience wise, pretty noisy and since it's new, you got to queue. I don't think the desserts and drinks were memorable. But, since, many others have said that their pasta and curry is not bad, I shall visit it again another day. Till then.?

Our Rating: 6.5/10

68 Orchard Road

#03-84 Plaza Singapura

Tel:?63383277

Love, Y

Source: http://thumbsforfood.blogspot.com/2013/01/hoshino-coffee-dhoby-ghaut-thumbsforfood.html

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