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So this is me covering the Beatles song I want to hold your hand. I hope you like it. xo

Joy to the world... and all the other shit (this is cute)

Funny Funny FUNNY!

Bored? Watch this.

I just found it and I think it's hilarious! Girls are amusing.
xo Toxic Teaparty

The world is fucked up.

These people are so strong and amazing! I respect them so much!

Button eyes

Sewing buttons on my dolls eyes after watching the amazing movie Coraline.
-Toxic Teaparty

Fuck labeling people

As the title of this blog suggests, I am annoyed with 'labels' (or stereotypes) and people who use them. Does it really matter if you're a nerd, an emo or a skank? I don't think it does. It's who you really are and what you do that matters most. Not what someone else labels you. Don't you think?
People can call me whatever they want because I know most of the time they are wrong. That's just their opinion of me and their opinion isn't very important to me.

-Toxic Teaparty

ATTENTION ALL My Chemical Romance FANS
On December 26th (before if you can't make it) we will all watch Na Na Na in honor of the greatest band ever’s glory. Let's give them the best present ever: the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give them what they deserves and what Justin Bieber does not deserve to have!
Copy and paste to all My Chemical Romance videos and all music videos let's get this noticed quickly!
THUMBS THIS UP MY Chemical Romance can remove justin bieber

Sign and repost

Sign your name and re-post!! C'mon, Killjoys! :)
"I pledge to stay safe and never give up. To fight and not lose myself and never lose the value of my life. Because without me the MCRmy is one person weaker and one less person to care about us or me. I don't promise to love or not hate myself, I promise to try to keep going no matter how bad this gets"
Dr. De_Tox6 (Ritalin Revenge)
Nightmare Toxins (taytay)
Toxic Roulette!
Chemical Rejection (Chem)
Catastrophic Plague <3
Toxic Touch!! 'Feel the burn'
Professor Black-Blood -!>xox nlm(//_o)mln to BL/ind
Toxic Teaparty (Pip xo)

Want to be in a famous band? HELLS YESS!

If you wanna be a famous band one day, just like mcr, sign your name and position in band and maybe a band name below and repost! And in 1,2,5 maybe 10 or more years, we will see If anyone made it ;D

Lilli-Tiger Thomason, singer, no official band name
Zoe Wariner, singer?, no official band name
Beth Anderson, Triangle player and banjo, The HNNNNGNGGGGGG baconz.
Jaici Shiemke, singer or guitarist, maybe both, no official band name
Hannah Roop- bass player- Break Normality or LPM.
Erin Genereaux-bass player-Remember When.
Sara Kirkpatrick- guitarist- Acting Alias
Kat Elizabeth - bass player &

We're All Weird

My band Smash Mystery have made this lyrics video for our song 'We're All Weird' as a request of MurderousMusic. Hope you all like it! xo


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The First Time I Worked As A Call Centre Agent

I am so happy that my friends from Cybercity invited me for a beach party. Of course without hesitations, I said yes and agreed with the meeting. I bought foods for the party as well. I so missed my friends and my work as well. I could remember on the night we have to take a call from a project. My hand was shaking when I have to navigate the keys, especially when the phone rang and I was able to talk to a customer. Actually we just have a spiel that we always uttered that is already on our monitor. So it was easy peasy, what is hard was that when you have to talk while your hand is working on the keys. We have to encode the number that the customer ordered from a catalogue. Good thing, I didn’t have a complicated call, I have a very fine conversation with my first customer and apparently that helps me pass the training and eventually my way to work in a call centre.

I was not that expert to use a computer, I just knew a basic but being a call centre agent made me an expert, especially when every night I have to multitasking. So we were also trained as a customer representative, whereas you need to rebut with some complains and customers and technicians as well. You could also see more pop ups in the monitor, there’s a window for your spiel, for the serial number, and notes. You can imagine 5 or more windows you need to work at the same time. Yes, working in a call centre agent is not easy at all, but surely I had so much fun. It is not boring at all because every day you can encounter different people over the phone. Some were nice, some were kind but mostly some were irate. That was okay though, it’s part of my work. You might won’t believe this, but dealing with an irate customer is somewhat fulfilling. You know why? It is because when you were able to tone down the customer on the other line or you made him or her satisfied with your answers, there’s a feeling of success in the end of the conversation, which somehow makes you feel like yeah I did it!

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Q. In 1994, my wife and I purchased an older mobile home in Florida for about $25,000 that needed a lot of work. We bought this as our snowbird vacation home. We stayed there for five months of the year and then returned to our main home in Ohio for seven months.

In May, we sold the vacation home for $65,000 with some of our furniture. Over the years, we spent about $21,000 in remodeling and repairs to improve the trailer. I am now retired and on total and permanent disability. My wife and I are older than 75. Will we have to pay capital gains tax on the sale?

A. You have about $46,000 invested in the vacation home. We'd like to assume that the $21,000 you put into the trailer were capital improvements and not merely cosmetic work to the home. Generally, when you sell property, you pay some form of federal income taxes on the difference between its purchase and sales price. However, the IRS allows you to exclude certain expenses, including capital expenses and costs of purchase and sale.

In your situation, if we assume that you had additional costs to sell and buy your home of about $5,000, you might have a “basis” of about $51,000. For IRS purposes, the “basis” is what we might think of as the cost of the property.

Because you sold the property for about $65,000, you seem to have a profit of about $14,000. It would seem that you might have to pay tax on that difference. What you actually owe the IRS will depend on how much income you receive from other sources. As a retired and disabled person, your income might be limited. The lower your total income, the less impact this sale will have on your federal income taxes.

You didn't mention if you paid off a loan when you sold the property. If you didn't have a loan, you now have cash in the bank from the sale shy of $65,000, depending on your expenses relating to the sale. You might consider what other sources of income you have. If you generally take out money from a retirement account for your living expenses, you might want to think twice about doing that through the end of the year.

It seems that you will have to report the sale of the vacation home to the IRS. The sale will probably increase your taxable income. If your income is quite low, you might not have to pay any capital gains taxes on the sale of the home. If your income is low but you still pay federal income taxes, your capital gains tax rate might be 15 percent. Higher income earners have a capital gains tax rate of 20 percent.

If keeping your income low enough will allow you to bypass capital gains tax, consider using some of the money from the sale of the home but not withdrawing money from any retirement fund you might use. At your age, you are required to withdraw a certain amount from your retirement accounts, but if you have already withdrawn that amount, you could avoid paying capital gains taxes on the gain by holding off taking more money from those accounts.

If you can figure out where you are this year for income tax purposes and what your sources of income are, you can see what changes you can make to minimize your income. Keep in mind that if you have a profit of about $14,000, your capital gains tax might be around $1,400. Nevertheless, the additional income of $14,000 on your tax return can have some other unintended consequences with additional payments on your income and to your state.

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Pastry chef Rubina Hafeez with a tray of mice brownie bites at her Elmhurst bakery, Gür Sweets.

ELMHURST – A software engineer-turned-pastry chef, the owner of Gür Sweets in Elmhurst likes to challenge labels and put a twist on the expected.

“Being in America, we’re such a huge melting pot of the whole world,” said the bakery’s head pastry chef and owner, Rubina Hafeez. “It just makes sense to have a fusion bakery.”

Hafeez opened the fusion bakery after more than a decade working with computers, not bread. She grew up cooking with her mother and grandmother. In 2005, she earned her culinary degree, and in November 2012, Gür Sweets was born.

“We believe in wholesome nutrition,” Hafeez said.

The bakery’s name, “gür,” is an Indian word meaning “sugar in its purest form.” All of Hafeez’s creations, from her mango cake to her savory vegetarian samosa, are made fresh daily without preservatives.

“We are all about the quality instead of the quantity here,” Hafeez said.

Every day, her staff fills lighted bakery cases with frosted creations and stacks of fresh loaves of bread on tall racks. They all are baked in small batches. The bakery begins each day with a limited number but a variety of goodies.

Hafeez prides herself on always offering new items. She has favorites, but enjoys exploring regional foods when she travels and bringing back new flavors to her bakery.

“I admire, and I appreciate, what other cooks are doing,” Hafeez said.

Her recipes, while original, often mix cultural staples. When the cronut craze struck the U.S., she got to work mixing up her own “gurnut,” as she calls it. The croissant-doughnut hybrid exemplifies the type of fusion creations Hafeez loves to make.

Although she still considers her shop a bakery first, Hafeez won’t let that label limit her creativity. The store has begun to make mango ice cream in house and plans to start selling fresh yogurt drinks, which Hafeez said are healthier than smoothies. Lunch sandwiches on their homemade breads also are on the list of future items.

“It’s more about what the customer needs,” Hafeez said.

From custom wedding cakes to cupcake bouquets, Gür Sweets caters to the customer’s wish. If ordered in advance, the bakery can accommodate special dietary needs such as vegan, nondairy or gluten-free options.

Hafeez likes to think her storefront bakery offers customers the chance to sample tastes from around the world without leaving their neighborhood.

“I would encourage people to come and take an adventure,” Hafeez said.

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It happened at the 11-hundred block of Cortez Road in Bradenton early Wednesday morning.  According to Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies, the victim was leaving work when three men approached him and tried to force the victim from his car.  When he resisted, they battered the victim with knife.

The victim was able to drive away and go to a family members house, who took him to the hospital.  He received several stitches from the attack.  Anyone with information on this attack is asked to contact the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.


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Memories by Jess
Schenectady, NY |

Unique gifts and photography are my specialty. Memories by Jess will make a gift just for your occasion.

My Wedding Market
Glenville, NY |

Welcome to the all new My Wedding Market - we are now the online wedding store that is filled with unique and fun attendant gifts.

This year, make Celebrations & Gifts your one-stop source for Quality Gift Baskets as well as golf gifts, sports-themed gifts, custom gift baskets, and gift ideas for every occasion.

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Many brides choose to present their bridesmaids with jewelry as a gift to commemorate the special day. Designs can be as simple or elaborate as you like. We'll create the perfect pieces.

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Significant turning points in one's life deserve a personalized gift! Let Gifts and Engraving by George select that special memento that says it all.

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See what all the celebrities and media are buzzing about - Stella and Dot was recently featured in InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Lucky.....Find that perfect gift for your wedding party.

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From your parent's gifts to your wedding favors, we are glad to help make your day easier and more memorable. Congratulations and best wishes!

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Royal Tuxedo, the Hudson Valley's tuxedo tradition for decades, now also offers fine cigars and groomsmen's gifts in addition to our line of designer tuxedos

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Furnish your new home with fine handmade furniture and pottery.

Danforth Peweter
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Our distinctive pewter jewelry, picture frames, purse mirrors and other gift ideas make unique bridesmaid gifts. Danforth pewter oil lamps, tumblers, and other gift ideas make ideal groomsmen gifts.

Sweet Appreciation Gifts - a gift of thanks to wedding guests with our assorted exclusive, premium DOVEÂ® chocolate gifts, Sea-Salted Caramel Collection, Dark Chocolate-Covered Fruit, etc.

Specializing in the truly natural candle, our talented candle makers hand mold nature’s finest beeswax into decorative works of art.

Lincoln Pottery
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Beautiful pottery handmade in Vermont. Dinner sets or individual pieces available. Registries welcome.

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Hand painted ceramic guest book platters and signature plates with custom personalized designs for your wedding, anniversary or special occasion. Save a tree and make memories one signature at a time.

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White lace, gold wedding bands, and the melody of "Here Comes the Bride"

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We specialize in offering accents for you and your event, while providing many other unique gifts for all occasions.

We offer the most distinctive selection of bridal gifts and party supplies.

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Whichever means you choose, we guarantee that a gift from KJB will be expertly prepared and highly appreciated.

Home party business, offering bridal registry. Exclusive products; quality cookware, serve ware and home decor.

We have a complete selection of wedding gifts from Ireland. Claddagh and Celtic knot work are popular themes for weddings.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cherry-Fudge Brownie Torte

This week's TWD selection was another decadent delight!

April of Short & Rose chose Dorie's Cherry-Fudge Brownie Torte and really the name says it all don't you think? Cherry, fudge, brownie, torte. I'm there!

I made only minor changes to the recipe, using dried cranberries instead of cherries, black cherry jam instead of cherry preserves and leaving out the kirsch (I just used all water instead and this really allowed the flavour of the fruits to shine through).

My topping was not even remotely pourable - it somehow managed to achieve to achieve the consistency of a baked New York cheesecake. Fluffy and delicious but not at all mousse-like!

I was all set to do the chevron pattern on the top so I still piped the jam on top.

The taste test ...

I think this would have to be in my top 5 TWD recipes so far! Exactly like a black forest cake but in brownie form and with (an unintentional) cheesecake topping. And of course a lot easier to make. Absolutely delicious.

The tartness of the fruit cut through the richness but I was happy to be able to give most of it away. My MIL was having a working bee on Sunday to give her backyard a makeover. N and I couldn't make it so I sent the torte down to feed the hungry horde. It apparently went down really well and there was none left over, that's always a good sign!

I will definitely be making this again, perhaps for Christmas. Thanks April! You can find the recipe on her blog.

  1. Glad you loved this torte - yours turned out very well. And the jam stripes look quite good without the chevron effect.

  2. It looks wonderful! I like how you put the jam on top.

  3. Your torte looks amazing! We found it a little too heavy, but I'm glad it's a new favourite of yours.

  4. I agree, and so rich! Yours came out great! I made some substitutions too, dried strawberries, red raspberry jam and grenadine :)

  5. I'm thinking a cheesecake-type topping really isn't a bad thing, is it? That looks fantastic! And piping the jam on top definitely works quite well.

  6. Your brownie layer looks perfectly even o top. Guess it didn't fall like mine. Great job.

  7. Thank you for baking with me this week! I'm so glad you liked it, it would absolutely make a grand holiday dessert.

  8. Oh my. The name just screams decadence! It looks fabulous =D.

  9. Beautiful torte...delicious & exciting! Love the chevron effect on top too.

  10. Your brownie torte looks so elegant with the piping! =)

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Learn how the study of surfaces advances fields as diverse as archaeology and food science

(Nanowerk News) Philosophers often say that to find the truth one must look below the surface. But for scientists and engineers in a broad range of fields, the surfaces of objects can reveal a wealth of useful information, from the function of ancient stone tools, to the best temperature to serve chocolate, to the causes of excessive wear on machine parts, to the identity of an art forger, to the best surface topography for friction, adhesion, or cleaning.
Practitioners of surface metrology, the study of the texture or roughness of surfaces, will gather at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) between Oct. 26 and 28, 2009, for the inaugural International Conference on Surface Metrology. This is the first scientific gathering highlighting the use of surface metrology in fields as diverse as anthropology, art conservation, biology and biomedicine, chemistry, engineering, food science, geology, manufacturing, and physics.
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In addition to technical sessions, the conference will feature exhibitions of surface metrology equipment, including a confocal microscopy made by Olympus, and a number of tutorials on surface metrology techniques and applications by representatives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, DigitalSurf in France, Ecole Central de Lyons, the University of North Carolina, Rutgers University, the University of Huddersfield in the UK, and WPI.
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17 April 2015

Poem: Quiet Unexpressed Love

One more swing poem for PAD challenge day 17. This poem is dedicated to the feelings of quiet and unexpressed love.

his swinging moods
anger or sadness
scares me deeply
while I try to take care anxiously

his depth of love
makes him restless
how i care for him
so deeply
wish he understand
i am also restless

how i am worried
wish i could express
how i am anxious for him
wish he could understand

love is soothing
it's never swinging
with swinging moods
of me or he

true love is quiet
only the heart can understand it
beneath the layers of swinging emotions
love breathes staying quiet

silent doesn't mean ignoring
love talks and listens to the heart
without words
love cares without
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13 November 2016

Poem: The App Called 'My Life'

I always try to keep my rational plus technogy-overwhelmed thought process as an Engineer and poetic thinking separate from each other. For today's poem, I thought to mix them, let's see what happens...

Testing words
Valid, invalid, partly valid
Encoding emotions
In verses
Decoding heart
In poems

Programming days
In poetry
Drawing ambitions
In the lines of words
Measuring my 'self'
In the terms of creations
Calculating the maths of challenges
In metaphors
Unloading the mind
In poesy

Scripting dreams
In the language of heart
Wiring hope, love, and faith
In sync with my soul
Refreshing the pages of life
In poetry delight
Processing thoughts, ideas, and imageries

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Me, the Engineer turned poet:
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Poetically unimaginable,
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Predators win in shootout despite being seriously outshot

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Lovely, rich salmon pink color, as the Garnacha grape gives it a lot of color from its thick skin. Refreshing, fruity scent of raspberries and dark fruit.

At the first sip, it felt like – OK, lovely, not particularly exciting wine, nice for summer (and great for that price, right?). A lot of fruit, I missed the acidity a little.

Still, much better than many rosé wines I tasted lately, even for a much higher price. Don’t forget, for years I am being spoiled by Muga Rosé, that I consider one of the best Rosé wines made in Spain. So balanced, so rich, simply delicious.

But then we took a bite into our turkey sandwich, I prepared with sweet roasted peppers, lightly drizzled with hot Sriracha. The other sip of Borsao rosé was very surprising.

Hey – the wine’s true colors showed up! The heat of the sauce brought up the spices in the rosé, suddenly it felt balanced much better, it was vibrant, it woke up all our senses. I loved it – and must say, it’s a damn great bottle of rosé for that price!
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Alcohol: 13.5%

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Natalie's Score: 92/100

Beautifully floral and aromatic with lychee and rose petal aromas. I'd wear this as perfume if it didn't make sticky! It's such a lovely white wine that would complement so many dishes, from medium curries and Asian dishes to seafood, pasta and chicken. Stunning! Give it as a gift to a woman you're trying to woo.

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The kicking competition for the Washington Redskins is dead even following the team’s practice today.

Mark Maske of the Washington Post reports incumbent Graham Gano and veteran challenger Neil Rackers are both 16 for 19 on field goals during training camp.

Rackers, 35, was a perfect 6 for 6 today while Gano was 5 for 6, clanking a 34-yard try off the right upright.

Both kickers are known for having strong legs but coach Mike Shanahan obviously wasn’t comfortable enough to have Gano back without challenging him. Gano made 31 of 41 field goals last season (75.6 percent) and is at 73.8 percent over three seasons in his career. Rackers, who spent the last two seasons with the Texans, is 80 percent throughout his career. He’s also kicked for the Bengals and Cardinals.

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A Bishop Saint, perhaps Saint Augustine

Along with paintings of Saints Peter, Jerome and Paul, this panel formed part of the upper tier of a polyptych (altarpiece consisting of several panels) of about 1470.

Zoppo's artistic training was in Padua, where he was much influenced by Mantegna, but he worked mostly in Venice and Bologna.

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A Bishop Saint, perhaps Saint Augustine
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probably about 1468
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Tempera on wood
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Dream of the Virgin
On loan from the Society of Antiquaries of London, © The Society of Antiquaries London. Used by permission

This small panel painting shows the Virgin lying asleep while a companion reads to her at the foot of her bed. Above her, Christ is crucified not on the cross, but on a golden Tree of Life that rises from the Virgin's womb, while below her, a hand reaching down from the bed opens the gates of Limbo to release Adam and Eve.

The subject makes explicit the idea of the redemption of mankind through the intercession of the Virgin.

'The Dream of the Virgin' is thought to have been made as part of an altarpiece for a church in the artist's home town of Bologna, depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin.

The unusual iconography of the painting was once obscured by a layer of gold paint, which gave the work the appearance of a more conventional Crucifixion scene until it was removed in 1994 by conservators at the Courtauld Institute.

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All the National Trails have geocaches hidden along them. Looking for them will take you to some of the best views and most stunning landscapes the Trails have to offer. We'd love to have some geocache trails on the South West Coast Path, there may even be some we don't know about. If you know of one, or want to set one up please let us know.

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Very few forts in Maharashtra are as well maintained as Kandhar. The fort features a one of a kind water filled moat encircling the structure. A photographer’s paradise, this fort is frequented by many architecture students from the state. It’s a building from the Nizamshahi period and was built in honour of Rashtrakuta King Krishna III.

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Tressi L. Cordaro is a Principal in the Washington, D.C. Region office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She advises and represents employers on occupational safety and health matters before federal and state OSHA enforcement agencies.

Ms. Cordaro has advised employers faced with willful and serious citations as the result of catastrophic events and fatalities, including citations involving multi-million dollar penalties. Ms. Cordaro’s approach to representing an employer cited by OSHA is to seek an efficient resolution of contested citations, reserving litigation as the option if the client’s business objectives cannot otherwise be achieved. As a result, she has secured OSHA withdrawals of citations without the need for litigation.

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 ESDI: "Separable but not separate"?
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ESDI: "Separable but not separate"?

The development of a European Security and Defence Identity that is separable but not separate from NATO took a new turn at the European Unions Helsinki summit in December 1999. But, as Peter Schmidt argues, the EUs plans soon to absorb the Western European Union and to create a rapid reaction corps by 2003 raise a tangle of membership issues, as well as questions of a more fundamental nature.

The decisions taken at the EU summit in Helsinki in December 1999 mark a significant change in the evolution of European security arrangements. The EUs intention to absorb the Western European Union (WEU) in the near future, to create a European rapid reaction corps of 50,000 60,000 troops by 2003 for operations such as peacekeeping and regional crisis management, and to set up the appropriate decision-making structures (including a Standing Committee on Political and Security Affairs, a Military Committee, and a military staff) indicate the Unions new determination to become a serious security actor in its own right.

With its Helsinki decisions, the EU not only goes beyond previous statements on European security and defence, it also moves significantly beyond the model of transatlantic partnership agreed at the 1996 NATO ministerial meeting in Berlin. The purpose of the Berlin decisions was to develop a separable but not separate European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI) within NATO. The WEU was to serve as a bridge between the EU and NATO, keeping these two institutions at arms length of each other. This was important because four of the 15 EU members (Austria, Finland, Ireland and Sweden) are not signatories to the North Atlantic Treaty, whereas all members of the WEU belong to NATO.

With the prospective absorption of the WEU into the EU, this arrangement will no longer be valid, as the EU itself will take on the WEUs functions. Many observers may welcome these developments as a logical step a long overdue tidying up of Europes complicated institutional landscape. However, they raise a number of questions of both an institutional and a more fundamental nature.

The institutional questions raised by the prospective merger of the WEU and EU are fairly obvious. For example, what is to be done with the WEUs official bodies and treaty legislation? In particular, will the mutual assistance clause in the WEU Treaty be incorporated into the EU Treaty? And, if that were the case, how is this is to be done with four traditionally non-aligned countries in the Union?

Beneath these institutional questions, however, lurks a set of much more fundamental problems that still need to be resolved. One question concerns the enlargement processes of NATO and EU: how can these institutions continue the balancing act of continuing to pursue their still unfinished enlargement agenda, while preserving their ability to function effectively? Another question is raised with respect to the transatlantic partnership: how will it have to be redefined in the light of the Helsinki decisions to accommodate greater European independence of action?

Stabilising Europe: integration and cooperation

Both the Atlantic alliance and the EU are employing a dual strategy to promote stability in the wider Europe: integrating new members and offering comprehensive forms of cooperation to those states for which membership is not (yet) an option. This dual strategy reflects the need to carry enlargement forward, yet not compromise the internal functioning of the institutions.

NATO pioneered this strategy with its Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) and the special consultation arrangements with Russia and Ukraine.

In 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined the alliance. Even this modest expansion led some to question whether a much-enlarged alliance could still remain functional. Moreover, from the start, NATOs enlargement process was burdened by the conflict of interest between integrating central and eastern Europe on the one hand, and the desire to develop a constructive relationship with Russia on the other.

Despite Russian criticism of NATO enlarge-ment, however, it was possible to develop a NATO-Russia relationship, expressed in the 1997 Founding Act and the Permanent Joint Council (PJC). This suggests that as long as Russia does not opt for a strategy of confrontation with the West and NATO continues to show self-restraint, it should be possible to find some balance between these conflicting interests.

In a move that to some extent mirrored NATOs outreach strategy, the WEU gradually developed a differentiated and far-reaching system of participation in its decision-making processes for states that are not full members (see diagram, right). As a result, it has evolved into a comprehensive forum for dialogue.

During a visit to Eurocorps headquarters in Strasbourg on 14 December 1999, Javier Solana EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and April 2000, augmented by WEU Secretary General says that the European rapid reaction corps could be operational before the 2003 date set at the EU's Helsinki summit in December. Eurocorps will make up the core of the next KFOR headquarters from personnel from troop-contributing nations. (Belga photo - 9Kb)

With the pending merger of the WEU and EU, however, this network of relationships could represent a problem rather than an asset. As the EUs ability to function requires it to maintain a clear distinction between members and non-members, the WEUs differentiated system of participation may no longer apply. As a consequence, the rights of non-EU members to participate in EU decision-making are likely to be limited. This poses a particular problem for those NATO members that are not in the EU, as they will suffer a net loss in relation to the status quo. These states have therefore been pressing for a comprehensive participation arrangement. The EUs Helsinki decisions have done little to accommodate this wish so far.

Being aware that this situation is a disappointing one for the states concerned, the EU is apparently trying to make this situation more palatable. The assurance that it will accept new members from as early as 2002, and the decision to increase the number of candidates for EU membership to 13, including Turkey, could be intended to alleviate some of this disappointment. This may mitigate the problem for those candidates with prospects of relatively early membership. Turkey, however, cannot expect an early welcome. One reason is that the Copenhagen criteria have again been made a condition of accession. (1) Evidently, the EU is treading a fine line between the desire to stabilise Europe by enlarging the Union and the need to maintain or improve its own capacity for action.

On enlargement, however, as far as Russia is concerned, the EU is better placed than NATO. To date, Moscow has voiced no significant criticism of the EUs policy of expansion. Moscows criticism is focused witness the new military doctrine on the perceived dominant position of the United States within the international system. Only time will tell whether Russias attitude will change with the EUs latest decisions. It is likely, though, that the greater the potential of the EU grows, the more disapproving Russia will become.

Redefining the transatlantic partnership

Squaring the strategic imperative of enlargement with the need to maintain institutional effectiveness is not the only challenge facing NATO and the EU after Helsinki. Another challenge is the impact of an emerging ESDI on the transatlantic relationship. Not many dispute that a Europe carrying more responsibility for security could be a net gain for a fairer transatlantic partnership. The official rationale, however, according to which a stronger Europe would automatically lead to a stronger transatlantic relationship, is overly simplistic. Some fundamental questions need answering:

What relevant tasks will the alliance perform in future if the EU becomes a significantly stronger force in security policy?

  • Collective defence, although not of primary impor-tance in the present strategic situation, is still described as one of the alliances fundamental security tasks. By contrast, as the April 1999 Washington summit made clear, regional crisis management by NATO will take place only on a case-by-case basis. For the EU, on the other hand, crisis management in Europe will be a permanent function. However, any division of labour between NATO and EU that would relegate the alliance to collective defence only, while leaving crisis management to the EU, would marginalise the alliance and its non-EU members.
  • In terms of membership, the EU has admitted 13 states to its group of accession candidates. NATO launched a Membership Action Plan to help aspiring countries prepare their candidacies for possible membership and will review the enlargement issue in 2002. But we can assume that the number of EU members that are not part of NATO will continue to increase, perpetuating the lack of convergence between these institutions.

How can the transatlantic dialogue be successfully organised in the absence of the WEU?

At the April 1999 Washington summit, allied leaders raised the issue of a formal relationship between NATO and EU. Yet such a proposal is not without problems. The bureaucratic obstacles will be considerable, as it will be difficult to modify an EU position once it has been defined through a complex process of negotiation. In addition, four of the 15 EU states are not members of NATO. So there are strong arguments for leaving it to the EU states within NATO to continue representing Europes interests within the alliance.

At the same time, we need to find ways to make sure that the necessary strategic dialogue on regional high-risk areas takes place smoothly and rapidly. There is scope for direct EU-NATO dialogue here: the EUs High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana (who is also the WEU Secretary General) and, when appropriate, the EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, should consult regularly with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson. Joint sessions of the NATO and EU councils should be arranged and chaired alternately by NATO and the EU.

How will the relationship between NATO and the elements of an EU military structure develop?

NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson talks to his predecessor Javier Solana now EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and WEU Secretary General before the council meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on 16 December 1999, where plans to strengthen European defence capabilities were discussed. (Reuters photo - 9Kb)

France and the United Kingdom have already offered national command centres to the EU. For political and economic reasons, it seems advisable to create, or retain, the closest possible links between these and NATO structures. This will emphasise the strategic ties between Europe and North America and limit the expensive duplication of structures. The intention is also for these European structures to be available for use in NATO-run operations.

No attempt should be made to stipulate the conditions under which the alliance will make resources available to the EU. Such decisions will be taken at the political level according to the circumstances at the time. It is more important that a strategic climate develop between the EU and the United States in which this issue poses as few problems as possible.

How will the EU build up its defence capabilities given ongoing defence budget cuts in most member states?

EU states intend to develop collective capabilities as soon as possible in key areas, such as the command and control of operations, reconnaissance, and strategic transport capacities. But in spite of the ambitious objectives they have set themselves, the medium-term budget plans of the major EU states provide for further defence cuts. The extent to which the Helsinki goals will actually be achieved will therefore depend on what can be done to reverse this trend. Another critical factor will be how Europes efforts are linked to NATOs plans to improve key allied capabilities through the Defence Capabilities Initiative.

ESDI: a juggling act

For NATO and the EU the next few years will be a juggling act, as both institutions try to tackle the two fundamental challenges that lie ahead: stabilising the European continent and redefining the transatlantic partnership. These goals are not inherently contradictory provided both organisations keep focused on their common strategic objectives and refrain from engaging in petty rivalries.

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UC Can Release Most of Pepper Spray Report: Judge | NBC Bay Area

UC Can Release Most of Pepper Spray Report: Judge

There was a temporary restraining order which blocked UC from releasing the report on March 6.

    During an Occupy protest on Nov. 18, UC Davis campus police officers doused sitting protesters with pepper spray. The video went viral.

    An Oakland judge said today that the University of California can release most but not all of a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of protesters at UC Davis by campus police officers in November (video below).

    The Federated University Police Officers Association, which represents officers at UC Davis and other UC campuses, filed suit to try to stop a task force headed by former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso from releasing its findings to the UC Davis community.

    The 12-member task force was created to investigate an incident at an Occupy protest Nov. 18 in which campus police officers doused pepper spray on sitting protesters who had set up an encampment on the Davis campus.

    Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo issued a temporary restraining order on March 6 which blocked UC from releasing the report at that time.

    In a mixed ruling today, Grillo denied the police union's request for a preliminary injunction for most of the task force's report but he granted a preliminary injunction for parts of a fact-finding report by Kroll Associates, a security firm hired by UC Davis to investigate the incident.

    Grillo directed lawyers for the police union and for UC, which is headquartered in Oakland, to meet and confer to try to reach an agreement on which parts of the Kroll report can be made public and which parts should remain confidential. He will have another hearing on the matter on March 28 to see if an agreement has been reached by then.

    Both sides claimed victory after today's hearing.

    Police union attorney John Bakhit said, "We accomplished our goal today. We never wanted to ban the entire report from being released but the judge is blocking the reports we had concerns about."

    Bakhit said the union doesn't want UC Davis to release the names or confidential information that officers gave to the investigators who compiled the Kroll report.

    He said that before the next hearing lawyers for the two sides will "attempt to come to an understanding on the portions of the report that can be redacted without sacrificing the officers' privacy rights."

    UC General Counsel Charles Robinson said, "We are making progress and we hope that ultimately we will be able to release the full report to the public."

    Robinson said he will consult with Reynoso and UC Davis officials before UC decides to release the approved sections of the report now or wait to see if and when the entire report can be released.

    "It may or may not make sense to release the report in piecemeal fashion," he said.

    Robinson said releasing only part of the report "might be misleading or provide insufficient context" for a full understanding of the investigation.

    Bakhit said one of the union's biggest concerns is the safety of the officers who are being investigated.

    He said Lt. John Pike, the incident commander whose pepper-spraying of students was shown on national television and posted on the Internet, has received threats and has been getting 10,000 text messages and emails a week from people who are upset with his actions.

    Bakhit said that while Pike's name is already in the public domain, the names of other officers under investigation "absolutely should be withheld."

    But Michael Risher, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which is joining UC in opposing the effort to block the report's release, said, "The names must be released," saying he hasn't seen any credible and specific evidence that other UC Davis police officers would be subjected to threats if their names were made public.


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Giants Spring Training: Veterans Scuffling as Camp Nears an End | NBC Bay Area
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Giants Spring Training: Veterans Scuffling as Camp Nears an End

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    Veterans like Hunter Pence are struggling as camp nears an end.

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The Giants have watched with pride as Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford have helped lead Team USA to the final round of the World Baseball Classic, but back in Arizona, the plate appearances haven't been quite as fruitful.

    After a 6-4 loss to the Brewers during which many of his regulars continued to struggle, manager Bruce Bochy said some veterans could head down to minor league camp over the next week to get six or seven at-bats in one game. Bochy said the final decision is up to the veteran players, but it's not hard to figure out who he's talking about. In Sunday's lineup, there were two starters (Hunter Pence and Denard Span), a potential backup outfielder (Gorkys Hernandez) and a reserve infielder candidate (Jimmy Rollins) hitting under .200.

    Span has started to pick it up in recent days, but Pence was hitless in three at-bats, dropping his average to .125.

    "He's still searching, it's pretty obvious. He's still searching," Bochy said. "We've got some guys who are searching. You can look at the numbers."

    The positive news is that Pence is healthy. Also, spring training numbers don't matter at all for veterans who are locked in for Opening Day. Still, Pence would like to see some better results before the April 2 opener at Chase Field.

    "Hopefully I can figure it out before the lights go on," he said. "I definitely don't want to be feeling like this when the season starts, I know that."

    The results weren't much better on the mound Sunday. Jeff Samardzija gave up nine hits and six runs in four-plus innings.

    "The pitches were a little flat today, there's no getting around it," Bochy said.

    ROSTER CUTS: Tyler Beede and Christian Arroyo were sent down to minor league camp, where they'll probably join up with Austin Slater and Steven Duggar and others to form a loaded Triple-A team. The Giants also reassigned lefty Kraig Sitton and optioned Orlando Calixte to Triple-A.

    ICYMI: Mark Melancon is officially headed to the World Baseball Classic. Also in that story, Johnny Cueto's reaction to some fans back home calling him a traitor.

    TRAINER'S ROOM: Mac Williamson has been sidelined this weekend by left quad tightness. It's not serious (Williamson blasted four straight homers during one of his BP rounds) but the Giants are going to be careful here. Obviously, the timing sucks for a guy who was having a good spring and was trying to win a job. There's nothing standing between Jarrett Parker and an Opening Day look at Zack Greinke.

    FAMILIAR FACE: Andrew Susac didn't make the trip with the Brewers. He's sidelined by a neck issue, and it sounds like that could hurt his chances of winning a three-guys-for-two-spots camp battle. Brewers people think he's on the outside looking in.

    QUOTABLE: "No, not at all. Not at all. We've seen what he's done for the years he's been here and how he steps up in those big situations in the playoffs. That's what we have him for." - Matt Cain, when asked during a recent interview if Bumgarner's wild card performance surprised him. You can listen to that podcast online here or on iTunes here.

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Prince Harry Naked Vegas Photos: Anatomy of a Royal Scandal | NBC Chicago

Prince Harry Naked Vegas Photos: Anatomy of a Royal Scandal

The events before and after his already famous Sin City indiscretion.

    Prince Harry (seen in this file photo) has some very public memories of his trip to Las Vegas.

    What Kate Middleton is to fashion, Prince Harry is to scandal. Year in, year out, they can be counted on to deliver the goods. The royal standards, if you will.

    So, while Prince William's rugged rogue of a little brother is no stranger to a hidden camera lens or the unflattering pen of a tabloid journalist (to be fair, they've had ample time to hone their crafts thanks to Harry's nearly annual antics), but his lost weekend in Las Vegas has proven almost too much for even them to bear.

    Harry, on the other hand, had no such problems baring all. Ahem. So, let's take a look back at how the naked truth about Harry became public fodder.

    Check out Prince Harry's five biggest royal scandals

    Aug. 17, 2012: The regal has landed. Harry checks into the Wynn Encore Tower ahead of the night that will live in infamy. Though the world won't know it for a few days yet...

    Aug. 18, 2012: Prince Harry is first spotted in Sin City, getting his feet wet at a star-studded pool party held at MGM Grand's Wet Republic. The royal kicked off the boys' weekend (he had about six or seven hangers-on in tow) dancing, joking and drinking. Counted among the fellow klieg light-worthy attendees: Jennifer Lopez, though by all reports, the famous pair never crossed paths. He did, however, cross paths with a bachelorette party (of course he did), and two of the revelers, Lauren and Monica Martirano, told Inside Edition that the prince was a "gentleman."

    "We were speechless," Lauren said. "We just stood there with our jaws dropped." Monica added, "How many people can say they met and spoke to Prince Harry? This story can't be topped." Oh, but it could and did...

    Later that night, he hit up another pool party, this time for a little more harmless fun. While at the Wynn Hotel's XS nightclub, he met up with none other than Olympian Ryan Lochte. And seeing as how it was 2 a.m. and Harry was no doubt feeling slightly, um, emboldened, he took it upon himself to challenge the gold medalist to an impromptu swimming race.

    Check out five more naked celebrity scandals

    Speaking later in the week, Lochte recounted his version of events on the Today show, saying that the duo--then both fully clothed, he stressed--went their separate ways after their duel in the pool. Though that wasn't the end of Harry's night, as the world now knows.

    Aug. 21, 2012: Sometime in the evening the following day, the full extent of Harry's party weekend made itself known, as grainy presumptive cell phone photos of the royal showing off his crown jewels while in the confines of his private hotel suite made their way online. Cue worldwide giddiness. The photos showed Harry completely naked, but for one modest hand over, well, that, during a game of strip billiards. Which, judging by the state of his clothes-eschewing self, is not his game.

    Aug. 22, 2012: What happens in Vegas in no way stays in Vegas, but it did somehow stay out of the U.K. The royal family gave their best puppy dog eyes and pretty-pleases to the British media, specifically requesting that they not run Harry's naked self in their pages or online due to the implied privacy violation that yielded the photos in the first place. They complied, to hilarious and creative results.

    Meanwhile, celebs come out in support (and appreciation) of Harry and his physique, with Lady Gaga leading the online fray. "HOLY MOTHER HARRY LOOKS FIT," she tweeted. "Hope no ones mad at him for that, I'm certainly not." So speaketh Mother Monster, so speaketh the world.

    Aug. 23, 2012: Bullet-dodging party pal Ryan Lochte sat down with Matt Lauer and revealed his thoughts on Harry's hairy situation--specifically as they pertained to him avoiding being painted by the same scandalous brush. "Kinda happy," he said. "I don't need that."

    Aug. 23, 2012: British tabloid The Sun decides to run the Harry photo after all, setting it for their Friday edition with headline "Heir It Is!" headline and subtitle "Pic of naked Harry you've already seen on the Internet." Managing editor David Dinsmore explains to E! News, "For us, this is about the freedom of the press. This is about the ludicrous situation where a picture can be seen by hundreds of millions of people around the world on the Internet, but can't be seen in the nation's favorite paper."

    Aug. 23, 2012: Though he made his way out of Las Vegas the morning after his naked partying ways (he was reportedly spotted in Los Angeles hours later, though a layover may explain that), E! News confirmed that the prince finally made his way back to London and was gearing up for quite a showdown.

    Today, he could make his way up to Balmoral and get some face time (and likely a scolding for the record books) from Queen Elizabeth II and his dad Prince Charles before resuming his military service in the U.K.

    Rank aside, we think he might find himself getting saluted a whole lot more these days.


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L'Wren Scott Funeral: Mick Jagger and Family, Ellen Barkin Among Mourners | NBC Connecticut

L'Wren Scott Funeral: Mick Jagger and Family, Ellen Barkin Among Mourners

    L'Wren Scott's loved ones gathered to say goodbye to the fashion designer Tuesday at a private funeral service held in Los Angeles.

    Mick Jagger was among those who gave a eulogy for his late partner, who took her own life last week. Her brother Randy Bambrough and several others, including longtime friend Ellen Barkin also spoke.

    Jagger's daughter Karis read a poem and her half-sister Jade read Psalm 139. The rocker's grandkids Mazie and Zak read the traditional Psalm 23.

    Scott's niece, Randy's daughter Hannah, read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, which starts with the question, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

    The service was led by Reverend Ed Bacon of All Saints Church in nearby Pasadena.

    PHOTOS: L'Wren Scott's many famous fans

    Frequent Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler sang "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" with guitar accompaniment by Dave Stewart. (Not the Eurythmics' Stewart, but another British musician of the same name.)

    A source close to Scott told E! News last week that Scott, who had been Jagger's companion for roughly 13 years, simply "adored" her boyfriend's children. "She loved them like they were her own," the insider said. "She was a wonderful person. Kind, generous and lots of fun. Everyone adored L'Wren."

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    The 49-year-old designer, who established a built-in famous clientele during her early days as a stylist to the stars, was found dead at her Manhattan apartment on March 17. Her body was briefly held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on Madison Avenue before being transported to L.A. It's not immediately known whether Hollywood Forever Cemetery will be her final resting place.

    The New York City Medical Examiner's Office officially ruled Scott's death to be a suicide by hanging following an autopsy.

    "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," Jagger wrote on Facebook about his loss. "We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves.

    "She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her."

    PHOTOS: Stars we've lost in 2014


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Birth control options are growing for women 40 and older — a group that once viewed its choices as pretty much limited to tube-tying surgery and condoms.

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For them, the pill is back. So is the IUD. The reason is that both are safer. There’s even a nonsurgical method of tube-tying.

Such options have long been needed, experts say, because 40- and 50-somethings are a complex group. Some have had several children and are willing to have sterilization surgery. Others may want children, but not right now.

'One size definitely does not fit all'
Traditionally, women 40 and older are the least likely to use birth control. Along with adolescents, they have the highest rates of abortion. At the same time, these women are more experienced at using contraception and follow instructions better.

When it comes to contraceptives for women 40 and older, “one size definitely does not fit all,” said Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president for medical affairs of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

A review of the current science of contraception and women 40 and older was published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. The author, University of Florida gynecologist Dr. Andrew Kaunitz, noted that the risk of dangerous blood clots rises sharply at age 40 for women who take birth control pills containing estrogen.

The risk is even greater for overweight women, who also are more likely to have high blood pressure and diabetes.

But the dosage of estrogen in current birth control pills has been dramatically reduced. The pill is now considered a safe alternative for lean, healthy, older women Kaunitz and other experts said.

“It may not be well known that the current low-dose formulations are a reasonable option for healthy women in their 40s,” said Dr. JoAnn Manson, a Harvard endocrinologist who wrote a book on menopausal hormone therapy.

The pill may be preferable for some women, because it can help control irregular menstrual bleeding and hot flashes and has been shown to reduce hip fractures and ovarian cancer, wrote Kaunitz. He has received fees or grants from several companies that make oral contraceptives.

But middle-aged women who are obese, smoke, have migraines, high blood pressure or certain other risk factors should be steered toward IUDs or progestin-only treatments like “mini-pills,” experts said.

Nonsurgical sterilization
Higher breast cancer rates have been reported in older women who took estrogen-progestin pills for menopause. However, studies did not find an increased breast cancer risk in women 35 and older who took oral contraceptives.

The most common form of contraception for women 40 and older continues to be sterilization — a category that counts tubal ligations (tube-tying) in women as well as vasectomies in their male partners.

Increasingly, gynecologists are offering a newer type of tubal ligation that is nonsurgical. The procedure, called Essure, was approved by the government in 2002. Instead of cutting through the abdomen to cut and tie the fallopian tubes, a doctor works through the cervix, using a thin tube to thread small devices into each fallopian tube. These cause scarring, which in about three months plugs the tubes, stopping eggs from the ovaries from reaching the uterus.

Also relatively new is a product called Implanon, approved by the government in 2006. It’s a matchstick-sized plastic rod, placed under the skin of the upper arm, that is a more modern cousin of Norplant and can last about three years.

“Things have definitely changed. There are a lot more options for older women than there used to be,” said Dr. Erika Banks, director of gynecology at New York City’s Montefiore Medical Center.

Choosing the right contraception can be a bit of an odyssey, said Lisa Riley, a 44-year-old who works in Banks’ medical practice. Last week, Riley got a new IUD.

When she was younger, she took the pill. It worked, but she stopped it to have kids — twins — in 1993. She was nervous about returning to the pill because of worries about a possible cancer risk. For about a year, she and her husband used condoms, but he got tired of that, Riley said.

She had friends on IUDs so she chose that option. It worked well for several years until it began to cause heavy menstrual bleeding. After Banks advised her to get a new one, she chose Mirena, a version that releases hormones and should last for five years.

For now, Riley doesn’t plan any more children. But she wasn’t ready for sterilization. “It’s too permanent for me,” she said.

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