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The Healthy Youth Act
Family North Carolina MagazineFall 2009
[Caution] This article is meant for mature audiences as some of the content is graphic in its description.
In September, CNN's American Morning featured North Carolina in a special report entitled, "Educating America: Sex ed is back."1 The report focused on the enactment of the "Healthy Youth Act" (HYA), which was narrowly approved by the General Assembly in June, after a hard-fought battle between pro-family advocates and contraceptive sex education (CSE) proponents, such as Planned Parenthood and Equality North Carolina. The HYA amends the state's 14 year-old "Abstinence-Until-Marriage" (AUM) law to require thatbeginning in 2010-11in addition to teaching AUM, sex education instruction in North Carolina's public schools must also include more information on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), sexual abuse/assault, and the "effectiveness and safety" of all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved methods of STD and pregnancy prevention.2
The CNN report highlighted North Carolina as one of several states in the nation that have chosen to return to a "more comprehensive sex education" approach.3 While the HYA certainly opens the door for CSE advocatessuch as Planned Parenthoodto get into schools and promote "safer" sex, it should not be misconstrued as the end of AUM education in North Carolina. Thanks to the efforts of pro-family advocates, the AUM portions of the 1995 law remain intact, including the right of parents to withdraw their child from any portion of the instruction.4
The future of AUM education in this state depends on two key factors: 1) the willingness and ability of AUM educators to teach the requirements of the HYA in a manner that does not promote sexual activity; and 2) the willingness of school districts and local communities to continue to support and fund authentic AUM programs. Both factors hinge on an understanding of the HYA in the broader context of current North Carolina law regulating sex education instruction. What follows is an analysis of the HYA, including what remains intact from the 1995 law, along with an examination of the most controversial provisions of the HYA that could be used to challenge AUM programs.
What Changed
The HYA instituted the following key changes to North Carolina's sex education program, which apply beginning in the 2010-11 school year:5
1) Changes the title from "Abstinence-until-marriage education" to "Reproductive health and safety education."6
2) Requires local school districts to "provide a reproductive health and safety education program commencing in the 7th grade" that includes AUM and more detailed information on contraceptives.7
3) Mandates that materials used during the AUM instruction "shall be age appropriate," and that "information conveyed during the [AUM] instruction shall be objective, and based upon scientific research that is peer reviewed and accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education."8
4) Mandates that in addition to AUM, this instruction must also include information on:
STDs, and how they are and are not transmitted.
"the effectiveness and safety of all [FDA]-approved methods of reducing the risk of contracting [STDs], and information on local resources for testing and medical care for [STDs]."
"Instruction shall include the rates of infection among pre-teens and teens of each known [STD] and the effects of contracting each [STD]." It also mandates that this instruction include information on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and its effects.
"the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy."
Information on awareness of sexual assault, sexual abuse and risk reduction (healthy relationships, resources, definitions, common misconceptions, reporting requirements, etc.).
Requires that the materials used as part of the STD instruction be "age-appropriate" and "objective and based upon scientific research that is peer reviewed and accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education."9
5) Requires local school boards to "adopt a policy and provide a mechanism to allow a parent or guardian to withdraw his or her child from" this instruction on STDs/contraceptives.10
6) Repealed a provision in the original law that allowed local school systems to implement a comprehensive sex education program only if they held a public hearing process first, which allowed for parental review and input.11
7) Requires local school systems to "provide a comprehensive school health education program that meets all the requirements of this subsection and all the objectives established by the State Board." Allows local school boards to "expand on the subject areas to be included in the program and on the instructional objectives to be met."12
What Did Not Change
While the debate over the HYA during the 2009 legislative session focused on the contraceptive mandate that was added to the state's sex education program, most of the 1995 AUM law remains intact, including the following provisions:
Retains the mandate that AUM be taught. The HYA retains the definition of AUM education from the 1995 law, including the following:
Understanding the Requirements for Sex Ed.
To summarize, sex education instructors must continue to teach that AUM is the expected standard of behavior for all school-age children, including that sexual activity within the context of a faithful heterosexual marriage relationship is the best and healthiest means of avoiding a myriad of negative consequences.19 Beginning in 2010-11, instructors must also teach about STDs, including HPV, how they are transmitted and not transmitted, and their negative effects. This information includes providing students with information on groups that conduct STD testing and treatment. As part of this instruction, they must also teach students about the "effectiveness and safety" of all FDA-approved methods that reduce the transmission of STDs and the risk of pregnancy. The HYA also requires that information presented during both the AUM and contraceptive portions of the instruction "be objective, and based upon scientific research that is peer reviewed and accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education."20
The HYA's requirements for instruction on STDs, birth control methods, and condoms must be interpreted in light of North Carolina law regarding the teaching of these issues. Following are some important points about the law to keep in mind:
1) North Carolina law still requires that any discussion of contraceptives or prophalytics (condoms) must include their effectiveness and failure rates in the context of adolescent populations, and clearly explain the "difference between risk reduction and risk elimination through abstinence."21 This frees instructors to give students the truth about prevention methods and their inability to fully protect against the negative consequences of sexual activity, and to promote AUM as the best choice.
2) The mandate that instructors refer students to organizations that provide STD testing and treatment could open the door for students to be referred to groups, such as Planned Parenthood, that not only provide STD testing but also perform abortions and distribute contraceptives. But nothing in the law mandates that health educators refer students to Planned Parenthood clinics. In fact, some pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) that are licensed to operate as medical facilities offer STD testing as part of their free services, and can refer patients to medical facilities for care.22 In addition, the law mandates that students may receive information on abortion services or where to get contraceptives, "only in accordance with a local board's policy regarding parental consent."23 It is also important to remember that North Carolina law prohibits the distribution of contraceptives, including condoms, on school property.24
3) Finally, parents still have the right to review all aspects of a sex education curriculum, and to opt their children out of any portion of the instruction they deem inappropriate. While the HYA did eliminate the provision requiring school boards to hold a public hearing prior to expanding a sex education curriculum to include more contraceptive information, school districts are still required to provide parents with an opportunity to review any sex education materials and to have an opt-out policy in place.25 In addition to this, the HYA added a provision to the new section on the discussion of all FDA-approved prevention methods that requires school boards to put into place a "mechanism" for parents or legal guardians to withdraw their child from that specific section.26
Despite the positive provisions that remain in North Carolina's sex education law, the HYA still raises some troubling questions for many parents and educatorsquestions that range from what instructors will be required to teach about contraceptives, to what constitutes "objective" and who qualifies as "credentialed experts."
All FDA-Approved Prevention Methods
A red flag for many AUM educators is the HYA's mandate that instructors teach students about the "effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved" methods of STD prevention and birth control.27 In part, this is because the 1995 AUM law did not require instructors to discuss contraceptives but allowed them to do so only within a specific context (i.e., their effectiveness and failure rates among adolescent populations, and with an emphasis on risk reduction (with condoms) vs. risk elimination (with AUM).28
Under the HYA, instructors will be required to discuss the "effectiveness and safety" of all-FDA approved prevention methods.29 For STD prevention, this would include: the male and female condom, as well as the HPV vaccine, which is approved for use on girls as young as age nine.30 For birth control, the FDA lists the following 18 methods:31
It is easy to understand why AUM educators would be concerned about the HYA's mandate that they discuss the effectiveness and safety of 18-plus prevention methods with students. But this requirement does not have to present a roadblock to authentic AUM education because, as noted earlier, North Carolina law requires that prevention methods be discussed in a manner that presents abstinence from sexual activity as the "only certain means of avoiding" the negative consequences of early sexual activity.32
And while opponents have attempted to portray AUM education as "just say no," the truth is that contraceptive information has always been included in many AUM programs. "Many abstinence education organizations already discuss contraception in the manner set by North Carolina lawtalking about contraception within the context of its inferiority to abstinence," notes Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association.33
"We have always taught about contraceptives," agrees AUM education pioneer, Mike Long, who has trained over 50,000 educators in the U.S. how to effectively teach AUM education using a directive approach. "The difference is we teach the facts about them."34
"You can't talk about sex without talking about condoms," says Marcia Brown, director of Worth Waiting 4, an abstinence education program in Rocky Mount, which is a ministry of the local Pregnancy Care Center. She teaches the AUM program in all middle and high schools in Rocky Mount-Nash County. "While I do talk about contraception in the context of failure rates, I never encourage the use of contraceptives," says Brown, "and I never show them how to use contraceptives."35
The good news is that the HYA does not mandate that instructors show students how to use birth control or STD prevention methods or even encourage their use. It only requires that they present students with basic information about the methods. The bad news is that the law also does not specifically prohibit instructors from displaying how to use the methods, and it gives school districts the freedom to expand on any portion of the program without holding a public hearing first.36
Emergency Contraception (EC). Condoms are one thing, but what about teaching adolescents about more controversial forms of birth control, such as EC? For many AUM educatorsespecially those that operate through PRCspresenting adolescents with information on EC is abhorrent because of its potential to end a developing human life. One of the ways EC may work, according to the FDA, is to "prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb (implantation)."37
Carolina Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Greenville presents the AUM program, Why kNOw, in Pitt County schools. According to Blake Honeycutt, executive director of the CPC, they already discuss the failure rates of condoms and birth control pills with students. She says they would be willing to discuss most of the other forms of birth control in the same context, adding that they already do when students ask. But she draws the line at EC.
"We would NOT be willing to discuss emergency contraception as a choice," Honeycutt emphasizes, "as there is medical evidence substantiating that this method acts as an abortifacient."38
But Mike Long argues that AUM educators can present information on EC in the same manner they teach about condomsto point young people to sexual abstinence as the healthiest choice.
"I think you discuss emergency contraceptives by simply stating exactly what they are, but emphasizing the side effects and the possibilities of terminating a life, which also creates emotional and moral trauma," he says. "Sexual abstinence until marriage prevents young people from ever having to make such a determination in their own livesgiving them true sexual freedom."39
Ultimately, Long believes that AUM educators can teach the facts about prevention methods, including EC, without promoting their use or sexual activity.
"What I would do is take the list of FDA-approved contraceptives from the FDA website and go through them, one by one, and simply teach the facts," he explains. "For example, here's what a condom will do for you, it will reduce your risk of pregnancy and STDs, but the emphasis must be, the risk is still there. Then I ask teens, what odds do you want to play when it comes to AIDS, HPV, etc? They always respond zero."40
Objective and Expert Evidence
Another portion of the HYA that could be used by CSE proponents to challenge AUM education is the requirement that information presented during both the AUM and contraceptive portions of the instruction "be objective, and based upon scientific research that is peer reviewed and accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education."41 NARAL Pro-Choice N.C. applauded this portion of the HYA in a press release, stating: "For the first time in more than 13 years, all students in North Carolina will receive an objective, scientifically based and proven curriculum."42
The implication that AUM education is not "objective" or science-based is a message that CSE proponents continue to disseminate successfully, so much so they managed to get it written into state law. But a close examination of how CSE programs typically deal with issues that are central to North Carolina's sex education lawspecifically adolescent sexual activity, homosexuality, and contraceptivesraises serious doubts about their objectivity.
Teen sex. Reproductive health education in North Carolina is supposed to teach that sexual abstinence until marriage is the expected standard of behavior for all school-age children. But a core belief of CSE is that adolescent sexual activity is acceptable and even healthy. For example:
According to Planned Parenthood, "We are sexual beings from birth, and sexual expression is a basic human need throughout our lives. Sexual expression is an essential component of healthy development for individuals of all ages."43
The CSE curriculum, Focus on Kids, tells instructors: "When discussing 'Don't have sex,' be sure to help youth identify other options, such as finding fun ways to be together that don't involve sex, or finding different ways to please a partner without sex (e.g., kissing, rubbing, mutual masturbation)."44
Homosexuality. After the HYA was signed into law, Equality N.C., a state-level homosexual advocacy group that heavily promoted it, lamented that state law still "contains problematic homophobic language that presents only heterosexual marriage as the best option for preventing sexually transmitted diseases."45 This statement highlights another significant problem for CSE proponents, who would prefer to teach students that homosexuality is normal. Consider the following examples from two popular CSE curricula:
Reducing the Risk, which is taught in the Chapel Hill school system, includes the following scenario for students to act out: "Tony and Dylan have been to a party and then go to Tony's home to be alone. They start to kiss and undress each other. Dylan reaches into his jacket pocket, and realizes that he doesn't have the condom he planned to use. He says, 'I think somebody stole the rubber I had.' What can Tony and Dylan do to avoid unprotected sex?"46
Be Proud, Be Responsible advises teachers to encourage students to discuss issues related to condoms "in the context of same-sex partners."47
Condoms. Most CSE curricula spend more time promoting contraceptives and safer sex activities than promoting sexual abstinence. According to a 2007 study of nine popular CSE curricula by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
"…the curriculum with the most balanced discussion of abstinence and safer sex still discussed condoms and contraception nearly seven times more than abstinence."48
Be Proud, Be Responsible instructs students: "Use condoms as a method of foreplay... Think up a sexual fantasy using condoms... Act sexy/sensual when putting condoms on... Hide them on your body and ask your partner to find it...Tease each other manually while putting on the condom..."49
CSE is based on beliefs that run contrary to the requirements of North Carolina law for sex education instruction. Can CSE proponents who believe that adolescent sexual activity is acceptable and healthy, and that homosexuality is normal be expected to objectively present sexual abstinence until marriage as the best for adolescents?
"There is no way Planned Parenthood and similar groups can effectively teach what the law requires on abstinence," argues Long. "How can you expect an organization that has vehemently fought anything and everything that has to do with abstinence education since it's inception in 1985, to suddenly go into a classroom and teach that very thing effectively? Planned Parenthood is the biggest purveyor of contraceptives and abortion in the world. It is not in their interest to teach a behavior and lifestyle that would put them out of business."50
Accepted by "Experts." What about the HYA's requirement that information be "accepted by professionals and credentialed experts in the field of sexual health education"? The HYA does not define "credentialed experts" or specify which organizations qualify, which leaves the interpretation of this provision up for grabs. Authentic AUM programs contain medically accurate information; however, CSE advocates could challenge AUM curricula on the grounds that they are not backed by mainstream organizationsi.e., organizations that promote CSE. AUM educators should anticipate this kind of challenge and be prepared to respond, using the following suggestions:
Remember that North Carolina law requires instructors to present real-life effectiveness and failure rates for STD and pregnancy prevention methods that are based on adolescent use, not on laboratory tests or "perfect use" among adults.51
Who is Best Suited to Teach Sex Ed in N.C.?
The real question raised by the enactment of the HYA is not whether AUM education is dead in North Carolina, but who is best suited to teach reproductive health education going forward. Will it continue to be taught by well-trained AUM educators, who are able to factually present the contraceptive information without promoting teen sexual activity? Or will it be taught by condom distributors and abortion providers, who believe that adolescent sexual activity is acceptable and who stand to gain the most from the negative consequences associated with it? The impact of the new provisions in the lawsuch as whether or not students will be referred to Planned Parenthood clinics for STD testing, shown how to use condoms, or be encouraged to get the HPV vaccine or ECwill depend on who is presenting the information to students.
"What the new law does is it takes the handcuffs off CSE advocates, such as Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and radical gay rights groups," warns Long. "It opens the door for them to go into schools and teach our children and grandchildren how to use condoms, provide abortion referral, and promote 'tolerance' for all sexual lifestyles."52
In the 2010-11 school year, school districts in North Carolina will face enormous pressure from CSE advocates, such as Planned Parenthood, to replace AUM curricula with CSE curricula, or to allow CSE instructors to present sex education to students. Ultimately, school leaders will have to decide which way they are going to go with sex education. If they believe AUM educators will not teach the contraceptive portions of the program, or if AUM educators refuse to do so, Planned Parenthood educators and other radical groups will be waiting in the wings to take their place.
"Abstinence educators need to fill that gap and continue going into schools no matter what," emphasizes Long. "If we stop going into schools as a result of this new law, CSE proponents, like Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and radical gay rights groups will have a monopoly on our kids' sex education in North Carolina."53
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As a result, about 100 Wendy's workers in Omaha have been told their hours are being cut.
"It has a huge effect on me and pretty much everybody that I work with," T.J. Growbeck, who currently works 36 to 37 hours a week at the restaurant, told WOWT. "I'm hoping that I can get some sort of promotion because then I would get my hours, but everybody is shooting for that because of the hours being cut."
Wendy's spokesman Denny Lynch told the Huffington Post the decision was being made at the franchise level.
"Our franchisees are independent businesspeople, and they make the decisions regarding their restaurant teams," he said. "As small-business employers, our franchisees are facing rising food and operating costs and many new government regulations."
While Wendy's says the hours-cutting action by its Omaha franchise is not "a company decision," several major restaurant chains have been very vocal in their criticism of Obamacare.
A case in point: Papa John's (PZZA) CEO John Schnatter said the Affordable Care Act would cost his company up to $8 million a year, which would force him to increase product costs and cut workers' hours.
Other restaurant franchises, meanwhile, are also looking at options ahead of Obamacare. John Rigos, owner of a Five Guys franchise in New York City, told CBS News the new regulations will affect hiring policies at his restaurants.
"It'll probably have to reduce the staff to some degree," he said, "and again, focus on building [a] smaller stronger team rather than being as aggressive in opening up new stores and creating new jobs."
Rigos said while he "absolutely" supports Obamacare, he still finds it challenging.
"There's 25,000 restaurants within the New York City market we're competing against," he notes, "so it's not like we have surplus profits that we could just earmark a portion of them to go toward these types of initiatives."
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Step 2: Say Obama care will lower costs; then implement it and have it raise costs through government regulation.
Step 3: Realize that everyone will slowly realize they've been lied to again and will be out for politicians blood; Then push to disarm your citizens whom they now fear using a .001% death rate as an excuse.
Never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad that I'll most likely "go-under" before the coming storm hits.
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Coming off of an impressive win in Sacramento in which ball movement and elite play by Dwight Howard led the Los Angeles Lakers (38-36) to victory, the squad will now go back home to Staples Center on Tuesday to play the Dallas Mavericks (36-37) in a match-up that has direct implications on the western conference playoff race. The game will be televised on TNT at 7:30 PT. This is a true must-win. With upcoming games against the Grizzlies, Clippers, and Spurs remaining on the schedule, the Lakers need to take advantage of the "easier" games they have left to play. As they stand now, the Lakers and Mavs are competing with the Jazz for the 8th spot, which is projected to set-up a first-round match-up with the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks play the Lakers after winning a hard-fought game against the Chicago Bulls 100-98 on Saturday afternoon. Dirk Nowitzki had a throwback performance and scored 35 points, including the go-ahead three to win the game.
- Metta World Peace – Out. World Peace is still nursing a torn meniscus in his left knee and will be out for about a month longer. Let's just say that if we see Metta again this season, good things have happened. Meeks will start at shooting guard again with Kobe starting at the small forward position. Meeks scored 13 points on Saturday–his strongest performance in three games since being promoted to the starting lineup.
- Steve Nash – Doubtful. Nash left the game against the Kings after just 1:48 of gametime after re-aggravating a hip injury that he has been nursing for about a week now. Coach Mike D'Antoni said that Nash hardly participated in practice on Monday and doesn't expect him to play against the Mavericks. Steve Blake is the replacement and he's been playing really well of late, knocking down his threes (44.3% in March) and making some gorgeous passes such as the one shown here, in which he finds a cutting Antawn Jamison with an unbelievable behind the back pass.
- Kobe Bryant – Probable. Kobe will play, but it's worth noting that he's still dealing with a nagging bone spur injury to his left foot. Several times against the Kings, Kobe looked a little slow. His jumper looked a little off as well. When he needed to, he could still step up and make a big play. For example, he threw down a monster jam in the third quarter off of a Pau Gasol pass. He also played all 48 minutes, despite playing injured. That's Kobe for you. I'd expect a similar kind of game out of him where he looks to set up teammates often in lieu of being the primary scorer himself.
- Rodrigue Beaubois – Out. Beaubois fractured the index finger on his left hand on March 17 and is missing the rest of the regular season. The Lakers will not need to deal with the speedy guard, who averaged 9.5 PPG and 5.5 APG in two games he played against LA this season.
The Mavericks and the Lakers have a pretty extensive history in recent seasons. In this particular season, the Lakers lead the season series 2-1, with the last meeting being a 103-99 victory for the Lakers in Dallas on February 24 behind a spectacular game from Kobe Bryant. The Black Mamba had an efficient 38 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. In the two franchises' history, the Lakers have owned, possessing a record of 103-32 over the Mavs all-time. The most recent playoff meeting was in 2011 when the Mavericks swept the Lakers as they went on to win the NBA championship. Also noteworthy in this game historically is that Shaquille O'Neal will have his number 34 retired. It'll be the 8th different retired jersey in Lakers history. In Shaq's eight seasons with the Lakers, LA won three titles. O'Neal led the league in scoring twice and won the league MVP in 2000 as well.
Dirk Nowitzki has been on a tear of late. The lanky sharp-shooting German power forward is averaging 23.6 PPG on an incredible 63.2% shooting from the field and 54.2% shooting from beyond the arc in his last 8 games (see shooting chart to the right), during which the Mavericks are 5-3. Dirk scored 30 points against the Lakers the last time the teams squared off against each other, but that should be different now. Pau Gasol was injured at the time and matches up much better with Nowitzki defensively than Antawn Jamison and Earl Clark could in that game. If the Lakers can cool off Dirk, they'll have a solid chance of winning this game.
Key to Victory:
When Kobe Bryant has at least 7 assists, the Lakers are 20-9 this season. When he's looking to be the facilitator, the Lakers are a difficult team to stop. If the opposing defense commits to double-teaming Kobe Bryant, he has the newfound ability to distribute the basketball and find teammates via the pass.
I've got an uncomfortable feeling about this game. The Mavericks have been playing very well lately (posting a 11-5 record in the month of March) and Dirk has been on a tear. I don't think the Lakers win this one. Hopefully I'm wrong, but my prediction is a 108-100 Maverick victory.
Thank you for reading. My name is Skyler Gilbert. You can follow me or contact me on twitter @SkylerJGilbert for any comments or questions about the article or about the Lakers in general.


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To the Editor: Concerns about the influence on PTSD treatment of disability compensation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are well known. The main concern is that the compensation program may create an incentive for veterans to exaggerate symptoms or even malinger (1). Some have claimed that malingering is rampant and that those who engage in this behavior drop out of PTSD treatment once they are awarded benefits (2). However, we found no published studies of the impact of disability compensation for PTSD on the rate of use of VA mental health services.
We examined the effects of obtaining VA disability benefits for PTSD on participation in VA mental health treatment in a large Midwestern region. Using VA administrative data, we compared mental health service use before initiation of a disability claim with mental health service use soon after the claim was determined for all 452 VA users who applied for and obtained VA disability benefits on the basis of PTSD over a three-year period. We found that the rate of mental health service use increased after PTSD disability benefits were awarded (Z=7.35, p<.001). Over three-month periods, the mean±SD number of mental health appointments before claim initiation was 2.45±13.65, compared with 5.55± 16.61 after the award. The proportion of veterans using mental health services doubled after claim determination. Specifically, of the 452 veterans awarded compensation for PTSD, 112 veterans were using VA mental health services during the period before claim initiation, compared with 237 veterans during the period soon after claim determination (McNemar's test χ2=83.56, df=1, p<.001).
The VA assigns service-related conditions a disability rating ranging from 0 to 100 percent, with higher ratings indicating greater disability. We examined variation in service use as a function of the PTSD disability rating. In an analysis of variance of the rankings of mental health service use, a linear contrast was used to test for a linear association between the mean utilization rankings and the level of disability. The rate of mental health service use increased as disability level increased (t=3.56, df=448, p<.001). During the period just after award notification, veterans who received PTSD disability ratings of 70 and 100 percent used more mental health services than those who received lower ratings (χ2= 14.27, df=1, p<.001).
These findings suggest that VA disability awards for PTSD may provide an impetus for veterans to enter VA mental health treatment at an intensity level commensurate with their disability rating. Because veterans who receive VA disability benefits for nonpermanent conditions are reevaluated every two to five years, secondary-gain motivations must be considered. However, it seems unlikely that veterans would increase their service use so soon after receiving disability benefits in preparation for a reevaluation that will not occur for several years. In addition, the observed relationship between disability rating and service use is not readily explained as a secondary-gain effect. Instead, this increase in mental health service use is consistent with cross-sectional research demonstrating that veterans with VA disability benefits are more likely to use VA services (3). Further studies are needed to understand the effects of VA disability compensation on treatment.
The authors are affiliated with the Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis. Dr. Sayer and Dr. Spoont are also with the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus.
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Libratone Live AirPlay Speaker
Libratone Live AirPlay Speaker
Product Information
The Libratone Live AirPlay Speaker is easy to use - simply select the music you want to listen to on your iPod, iPhone, iPad or Mac, press play and listen. The Libratone Live begins to play your music as soon as your iPod, iPhone, iPad or Mac is within range and stops playing when you are outside it.
Apple AirPlay technology streams high-quality audio wirelessly from your iPod touch, iPhone or iPad to your Libratone Live.
Libratone Live plays music like an acoustic instrument, dispersing sound waves in all directions and reflecting them off the walls giving a 360 degree FullRoom sound experience. Whether you're dancing, working or playing, and no matter how far you are from the speaker, the audio experience will stay the same.
The Libratone Live app (available from the App Store) allows you to enhance and customise your FullRoom musical experience. The app lets you input information about the placement of your Libratone Live and it then automatically adjusts the sound to fit your room. The app also allows you to use your iPod touch, iPhone or iPad to control the volume thus eliminating the need for an extra remote.
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- Libratone app (available from the App Store) - allows you to enhance and customise the FullRoom experience
- Libratone PlayDirect creates a direct wireless network between your iOS device and Libratone speaker – for a truly portable sound experience
Did you notice?PlayDirect lets you connect via AirPlay anywhere, even where no Wi-Fi network is available.
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Great device after the firmware upgrade
A lot better now the firmware was upgraded - previously we were getting a lot of cut outs. Since the firmware upgrade we've had no A lot better now the firmware was upgraded - previously we were getting a lot of cut outs. Since the firmware upgrade we've had none. …
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Sound: not bad for a relatively small powered speaker. Sounds pretty good on a variety of different music types and seems to maint Sound: not bad for a relatively small powered speaker. Sounds pretty good on a variety of different music types and seems to maintain quality through out its volume range. Stereo image is a bit narrow - not unexpectedly. Doesn't suffer from the superficially attractive boom and tiz of 'hi-fi' speaker systems. Really requires the Libratone app to get the best out of it - rather than just presets this could do with more advanced settings to allow the user to tweak things a bit more. Overall: if there is any criticism the sound lacks 'involvement' when compared to more high end speaker systems but is loud enough for general purpose listening, even in a large space.
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Is it worth it? A bit on the pricy side but the convenience of a single box, funky good looks, lack of the usual birds nest of wires and easy portability combined with good although not really breathtaking sound quality make this definitely worth considering. …
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Published: Dec 11 2012 / 10:52
It's in vogue right now to claim that there's no such thing as a DevOps team or warn about certain kinds of teams that brand themselves DevOps but are not. Jez Humble's doing it. Patrick Debois has made similar noises in the past.