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March 1987By Dale Vree
Dale Vree, formerly a political scientist, is Editor of the NOR.
A Preface to Economic Democracy. By Robert A. Dahl. University of California Press. 184 pages. $14.95.
One of the best kept secrets in the academic discipline of political science is the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. While modern political history has been dominated by various essentially secular options, the Church has long been articulating her own vision of economic justice in general and the proper relationship between labor and capital in particular. More to the point, from Pope Pius Xl's 1931 encyclical Quadragesimo Anno to Pope John Paul II's 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, and from the U.S. bishops' 1919 "Program of Social Reconstruction" to their current pastoral letter on the economy, the leadership of the Church has in essence been calling for what is now generally termed "economic democracy" -- i.e., various forms of worker or employee participation in the management and ownership of enterprises. Economic democracy falls within the purview of political science because, among other reasons, it raises the question of the way in which enterprises should be governed.
Now that the shortcomings of both Marxist state socialism and free-market capitalism are becoming increasingly manifest, political science is in a sense beginning to catch up with the Church's vision of economic justice. The author of the book under review here, Robert A. Dahl, is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale, the author of numerous classics in political science (including A Preface to Democratic Theory), and indisputably one of the world's most accomplished political scientists. That a political scientist of Dahl's stature has recently been charting the prospects for economic democracy is of great significance - for Church teaching, but especially for political science.
That Dahl does not acknowledge economic democracy's debt to the Church is, I suppose, par for the course: one learns to expect as much from academia. Nevertheless, the book performs an invaluable service. This is so because the work of the Church is not the work of political science: the Church does not feel called to get involved in lengthy technical discussions of politics and economics; that she leaves to others.
And so, this book offers us in effect a discussion of how the Church's vision might be implemented (indeed, this book is footnoted approvingly in the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the economy) -- as well as an example of how that vision can be articulated in non-theological terms (whatever Dahl's personal views on religion might be, he does not write as a religious thinker, which is typical of American political scientists).
The purpose of Dahl's treatise in favor of economic democracy is to "help strengthen political equality and democracy by reducing inequalities originating in the ownership and control of firms...." This may sound daringly progressive, but Dahl's appeal is instead literally reactionary: he appeals to the Founding Fathers, many of whom saw a positive correlation between (relative) equality and political democracy. In this early American view, political democracy is considered meaningful only when citizens are, in Dahl's words, "approximately equal in their resources -- property, knowledge, social standing, and so on -- and consequently in their capacities for influencing political decisions." In the agrarian economy of early America, such an approximate equality obtained. But the subsequent rise of "corporate capitalism" in America disrupted this rough equality of condition, for it helped create "a body of citizens highly unequal in the resources they could bring to political life." Money is power, and the excessive power of monied interests grossly and unfairly distorts the democratic political process.
A second way in which our economic system works against democracy is found in the very governing structure of enterprises. Says Dahl: "with very few exceptions the internal governments of economic enterprises are flatly undemocratic...."
An aside is appropriate at this point: Dahl is not a mindless egalitarian absolutist. He states that there are values other than equality which could be endangered by pressing egalitarianism too far, and that democratic governance is not valid in every form of human association. As examples of locales where egalitarian democracy would not be appropriate, one might cite the family, the military, the university, medicine, and the Church herself.
Dahl affirms the right to private property, yet he says, "We cannot leap from my entitlement to secure possession of the shirt on my back...to a fundamental moral right to acquire shares in IBM...." He acknowledges that any form of enterprise requires capital; but the question for Dahl is "whether those who provide capital must necessarily own and control the enterprises to which they supply capital." (One way of supplying capital without the investor enjoying ownership and control is through loans and bonds, he says.)
But is the investor perhaps entitled to personal ownership and control because of the sacrifices he makes? Dahl finds this justification for undemocratic ownership inadequate: he suggests that "workers sacrifice more of their lives by working than investors sacrifice by investing."
For Dahl the strongest argument for private ownership of productive property seems to flow from the premise of political liberty: "the exercise of political liberties typically requires the use of resources, and consequently a sure and protected access to resources is a necessary condition for the exercise of political liberty." But he contends that while such an argument validates a decentralized economic order, such an order does not necessarily require the private ownership of enterprises. Moreover, such an argument does not justify "the right to acquire an indefinitely large supply of resources." Consequently, says Dahl, private enterprise is not inviolate, and citizens "are entitled to decide by means of the democratic process how economic enterprises should be owned and controlled...."
Dahl proceeds to stipulate five marks of an optimal economic order: (1) It would engender more economic equality, which in turn would give all citizens a better chance to participate in the political process on an equal footing. (2) It would have to be efficient. (3) Work itself would have to "become a source of deep and daily satisfaction for most of us." (4) The economic order would have to promote virtue and intelligence in the citizenry. (5) It would have to guarantee economic liberty, in the sense that "we must have a right to gain access to adequate personal economic resources."
Such an economic order would be "fundamentally inconsistent" with Marxist state socialism, says Dahl. Rather, it would be a decentralized order working within the context of both the market and the regulations established by a democratically elected government. Moreover, the enterprises in such an order would be "collectively owned and democratically governed by all the people who work in them."
The people who work in such a firm are the "citizens" of the firm, and they are entitled to "one and only one vote." Within a firm, "its citizens (or their elected representatives or managers to whom they delegate authority) determine wages and decide how surplus revenues are to be allocated." The point would be to shift control of an enterprise from stockholders, or managers nominally controlled by stockholders, to the employees.
It is Dahl's hope that such self-governing enterprises would foster greater "moral responsibility," and this for two reasons: (1) Such firms would "vastly reduce the adversarial and antagonistic relations" between labor and management that "foster moral irresponsibility on both sides." (2) "Being far more numerous and closer to the average citizen than [today's] managers and owners, employees would be more representative of consumers and citizens," and hence less likely to go along with corporate decisions which have harmful consequences for average people.
In the U.S. roughly one percent of the adult population owns over 50 percent of all corporate stock, and this one percent reaps enormous financial rewards. Dahl notes that "American society seems to require economic inequalities more extreme than Jefferson could ever have thought possible or permissible among a people with democratic aspirations." Would a system of self-governing enterprises correct this situation and return us to the egalitarian "classical republican" model of early America? For Dahl, "it is reasonable to suppose...that members of self-governing enterprises would maintain wage and salary differentials within their firms at much lower ratios than the ten-to-one, or even twenty-to-one" that currently exist. "They would also be less likely to provide top executives with the prerequisites that increase the differential even further, in some cases to 100-to-1." Moreover, income and wealth differentials would be further reduced because profits of a self-governing firm would be shared among all its members.
Turning from speculation to precedent, Dahl finds that the differentials in financial reward in actual self-governing enterprises, such as successful Mondragon co-ops in Spain (which were established by a Catholic priest), are generally much less than in private enterprises.
Dahl also addresses himself to various practical questions - e.g., whether workers are competent enough to be engaged in managerial decisions. His position is compelling: If citizens of an enterprise are not competent to govern the enterprise, then citizens of the state are not competent to govern their state. The argument against economic democracy from the premise of incompetence is an argument against democracy as such.
One might also say that the argument for economic democracy is not only an argument for entrepreneurship. If entrepreneurship is valuable because it engenders initiative and a desire for productivity, a willingness to sacrifice and take risks, and a sense of financial responsibility among private entrepreneurs, it should also engender those qualities among workers when workers themselves become collective entrepreneurs. Says Dahl: "in times of stringency when a...private firm would lay off workers or shut down, the members of a self-governing enterprise can decide to reduce their wages, curtail their share of the surplus [profit], if any, or even contribute additional capital funds.... Self-governing enterprises are likely to tap the creativity, energies, and loyalties of workers to an extent that stockholder-owned corporations probably never can...."
Dahl's assessment of the promises of economic democracy is a sober one. He is no dreamy utopian. Much of what he says is based on the experience of self-governing enterprises in various countries, including the U.S. There is no tinge of messianism in his analysis, as he is fully aware of the problems entailed in economic democracy. His argument is not predicated on the conjectures of imported ideologies, but rather is founded on that which is best in the American tradition. The essence of his position is this: "just as we support the democratic process in the government of the state despite substantial imperfections in practice, so we [should] support the democratic process in the government of economic enterprises despite the imperfections we expect in practice."
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Q: My boss is really getting to me. No matter how many extra hours I work and the amount I get done, she just snipes at me for things I haven't done. I just don't know what to do to keep moving forward.
— Trisha, communication analyst
A: Assess the good and the bad of your situation so that you can determine the best approach while also maintaining balance in your life.
So, you are angry — I get that. And it's an understandable reaction when you feel overworked and underappreciated.
What are you doing with that anger? If you are turning it on yourself in guilt or depression, it is obviously damaging and unhealthy. Likewise, if you're turning it outward at colleagues, it will harm relationships.
On the other hand, you may be using it as an energy source to fuel activity, particularly aimed at improvement and change. That's the path to pursue.
Now think about your overall relationship with your boss. Worst case, this is the dominant dynamic between you. This could become really toxic for you if it persists. If she is new, or if you think it could change, do what you can to improve it.
But if you think this is how things will be for the long haul, you might want to explore other options.
It may not be that bleak. For example, if you have worked together for a while with some ups and downs, this may just be a worse example of a down period. Regardless, you owe it to yourself to try to get some relief.
Select a key pain point that causes you a lot of rework. What would you change in terms of her requests and the nature of your interaction?
For example, maybe she asks you to prepare a communication brief and then changes directions in midstream.
Here are some possible root causes and ways to make it less painful:
She may be unclear in what she asks for the first time. This may be because she doesn't really know herself, or because she didn't communicate it clearly. In this case, try putting together a brief summary of her request for her to confirm. Then be persistent in getting her feedback so that you have a better chance of doing it right the first time.
Or, she may have last-minute changes in direction handed down to her. In that case, there may be little she can do to prevent the rework.
In this case, maybe all she can do is take a moment to explain what happened.
The other part of the problem is the lack of appreciation.
It seems like a lot of people rush past this part, underestimating the value of recognition — even of a simple thanks. This might be worth mentioning to her when you're not feeling emotionally charged.
Then figure out what limits you can set. You have the right to a life outside of work, so if she's frequently impinging on evenings and weekends, ask her to prioritize what you get done during the workweek.
After all, it's her job as a leader to help her employees succeed.
Liz Reyer is a credentialed coach with more than 20 years of business experience. Her company, Reyer Coaching & Consulting, offers services for organizations of all sizes. Submit questions or comments about this column at www.deliverchange.com/coachscorner or email her at [email protected]


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Another school year is about to begin in Fayette County and, if history is the judge, it will end with achievement gaps remaining about the same between white and black students as they are now.
Once again we will hem and haw about the reasons, try to dodge blame, and repeat the same mistakes next school year.
We blame teachers, parents, students, the educational system, society and racism, not necessarily in that order. And while we are pointing fingers, the gap continues to grow.
Black students have fallen behind their peers by as much as two grade levels. About a third of them drop out of school, and the rate is even higher for black males. The problem has gotten so great, it ought to have its own awareness ribbon.
In recent graduation rates released in Kentucky, Hispanics enjoyed a nine percent increase in the number of graduates. Apparently we have overcome language barriers to educate children, but not social and racial ones.
I don't have any children in the Fayette County Public Schools, but I am tired of the merry-go-round. And although there are loud laments and promises all around to do better, little has changed.
Are teachers and school administrators to blame? Yes. Are parents and students falling down on the job? Yes. Is the community failing to understand that what happens to the least of us affects us all? Yes.
Now that the blame has been spread around, we all need to pick up a piece of that mess and own it. Black kids are not inherently slow or dumb. If that were true, the Black Males Working Academy at First Baptist Bracktown wouldn't be having such great success. Nor would the school board have allowed the new Carter G. Woodson Academy at Crawford Middle School to springboard from that program. Something else is going on.
Poverty can definitely put a damper on success, but with the right encouragement from adults, poor kids can do quite well, thank you. (I was one of those.)
If poverty is not the real obstacle and there is no lack of inherent intelligence, then maybe it is environment. Maybe if someone helped students navigate out of that situation into a safer, more welcoming one, success might be more predictable.
Enter community help.
In July, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans. The overall goal of the initiative is to find — through federal agencies and community partners — techniques that are working to reduce the achievement gap.
It's the first time I can recall that the federal government has noticed the elephant in the room.
Obama is creating an office within the U.S. Department of Education to find ways to provide black students with early learning programs and greater access to advanced classes and support services; to develop lauded African-American teachers and principals; to reduce dropout rates and increase college access; and increase access to adult education, literacy, and technical programs.
If even half of those goals are met, many of the environmental obstacles that black students face will be eliminated.
That leaves teachers, families and students.
"It has to be an intentional focus, not just developing plans or throwing words on the wall," Fayette County Schools Superintendent Tom Shelton said in a statement. "We are responsible for making it happen. If we don't believe every child can be successful, then they're not going to be successful. It's not up to the kids, it's up to us. If they're not getting it, we need to change what we're doing."
Part of that change will come in building relationships with students and families, he said.
"It is our responsibility to make an intentional effort to know our students and families, welcome them into our schools and work collaboratively with them to find the path to success."
That's sounds good, but it will only work if everyone buys in.
To get parents on board, pushing for higher achievement in academics as fervently as they cheer for excellence in sports, I offer the story of Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as Canadian rap superstar Drake.
Drake is spending this summer getting his GED, about nine years after he walked out of a history class and never returned. Getting that certificate is something his mother, a teacher, wanted him to do.
How much are we parents pushing our children to understand the importance of an education?
But we adults can only do so much. The rest is up to the students.
You students must have the love of learning, a curiosity and the will to be your best.
There will be a host of negative influences vying for your attention, including peer pressure. You will have to look past that and past teachers who may not like you to create your own vision of who you are. Everything in your line of sight will change over time.
For example, lyrics in Drake's current single, Crew Love, say, "I guess we'll never know what Harvard gets us / But seeing my family have it all / Took the place of that desire for diplomas on the wall."
That's not quite true anymore, is it?
And finally, there is my role in this mess. If I see you in the grocery store, at a game or at church, don't be surprised if I ask about Newton's laws of motion, or the Pythagorean theorem, or who wrote about a character named Puck.
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Nic Fiddian-Green/Equine Sculptor
My husband, Bill, and I recently enjoyed an exhibit at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg, Virginia called "Chukkers, The Sport of Polo in Art." The exhibition was fabulous in content and so artfully displayed. There were a variety of lovely paintings and sculptures.
The following article has no copyright on the website. Nic Fiddian Green It is reproduced here, of course, with a link.
Born in Hampshire in 1963 Nic Fiddian Green graduated from Wimbledon School of Art, London with a BA in Sculpture. Continuing his education he attained an MA at St. Martin's School of Art. The Diploma was in Advanced Lost Wax Casting.
He is best known as an equestrian sculptor, working primarily in bronze and in beaten lead. He held his first exhibition in 1986, and has since been in demand by galleries and collectors alike: his work is now shown regularly in London, New York and Australia. In addition he is well-known for carrying out major site-specific commissions: two recent monumental pieces have been Turning Horse for Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex, and Horse's Head in the Wind, for Treasury Holdings in Barrow Street, Dublin.
Like many who have spent a life with horses and know them intimately, Fiddian Green took them for granted during his early life: they were simply there. However, his view was changed in 1983 when he first saw the Elgin marbles at the British Museum. He began to see the horse as a spiritual entity, not just a living thing with a beauty and energy particular to itself but a universal vessel for a whole breadth of emotions. A Fiddian Green horse is not an animal sculpture in any traditional sense. It goes beyond the portrait to become a study in energy and quietude, exuberance or wistfulness.
This spiritual quality manifests itself in so much of Fiddian Green's oeuvre. He is one of the few contemporary sculptors to address religious subjects head-on. His Head of Christ is perhaps the most powerfully explicit Christian work of art produced in the last ten years, tender yet unflinching in its evocation of Christ's ordeal and His place in an increasingly secular world.
One of the keys to Fiddian Green's work is his love of materials, expressed in the fact that - unusually amongst contemporary sculptors - he casts his own work. Having earned his diploma in bronze-casting, he put this into practice in 1992 when he was commissioned to carry out a project in Gozo, the neighbouring island to Malta, and he set up his own foundry there to carry it out. Inspired by this experience he continues to cast his own sculptures, collaborating closely with his founders for major pieces (his largest commissions can reach a height of 30 feet). In the words of his London dealer, Gerry Farrell, 'his studio resembles a blacksmith's shop more than an academician's atelier'. Fiddian Green's work, despite its classical roots and sensibility, is worked: hewn and scooped, hammered and riveted. He deals with mass held in torsion: even in repose, his works quiver with energy under restraint. Critics have compared his work to Rodin's and it is easy to see why.
For Fiddian Green, a sculpture is not deemed finished when the clay model is sent off to a foundry to be reproduced as an edition of bronzes as if in a factory. For him, each piece in an edition is a new enterprise, which he casts from molten metal or moulds from sheets of weathered lead. He then modifies, refines and patinates, worrying at it until a unique work of art emerges. Fiddian Green does not make multiples. Each piece is a distinct work, whole unto itself and conceived to convey its own message and mood.
There is something old-fashioned about him: crouching over his work and lit by the glow of the forge, he is like a leatheraproned artist-factor from an 18th-century painting by Wright of Derby. You feel that he could as easily put his hand to making a wagon-wheel or a bronze axe-head. Fiddian Green's sculptures too have something of robust antiquity about them. Many critics have pointed out a classical quality in his work, but it is the classicism of the primitive Greeks who hewed Doric columns from stripped tree-trunks and hung the walls of the Parthenon with the shields of their vanquished enemies. These works have no frivolity. To use the equestrian phrase they are not 'well turned-out': they are like pieces of the earth's crust exhumed and shaped by perseverance and design. Even though he works direct from live subjects, Fiddian Green's horses have a shared elemental identity, a kinship with each other, with all living things and with the mineraline earth from which they are fashioned.
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Automatic backght and analogue bar Graph.
Max value hold function.
Auto Power Off in 10 minutes.
Fast/Slow time weighting Selection.
Weighting A/C frequency selection.
Both AC and PWM signal output are available.
Calendar function.
4700 data record function and data clear function.
With USB interface to provide data record downloading, real-time data sampng analysis, and printing graph & data function.
Measurement of sound level range: 30dB~130dBA, 35~130dBC
Level accuracy: ± 1.5dB (reference sound pressure standard, 94dB@1KHZ)
Resolution: 0.1dB
Frequency response: 31.5Hz ~8.5KHz
Measuring level: 30~130, 30~80, 50~100, 60~110, 80~130
Frequency weighting characteristic: A & C
Time weighting: FAST/SLOW
Sampng rate: 20 times/second
Analogue bar Graph: 1db/1 bar graph
Calendar Accuracy: ±30 seconds/day
Data record: 4700
General Characteristics:
Operating temperature and humidity: 0 - 40?, 10-80%RH
Power Supply: 4 * 1.5V AA battery (not included)
Weight: about 200g
Dimensions: 256 * 70 * 35mm
Package Size: 26 * 8 * 6.5cm / 10.2 * 3.2 * 2.5in
Weight: 438g / 15.44oz
Package List:
1 * Digital Sound Level Meter
1 * AC Output Wire
1 * Sponge Ball
1 * CD Software
1 * USB Interface
1 * Engsh Manual
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200 watt panels to Battery AH ?
Kevin10873 Posts: 2Registered Users ✭
I have two 100 watt panels and will run them through a MPPT controller. I would like to know how big a battery do I need. I will be using the batteries as 12 volt without an inverter for a just in case the grid is hacked. I may run a small 12 volt TV or a 12 Volt scanner. I was thinking a 100 AH AGM would work; what do you think?
That should be about perfect, 2 100 watt panels should reliable produce about 10-12 amps in the charging range for a 12 volt battery bank, or about 10-12 % of a 100 amp battery bank. That's in the range of 10-13% we like to recommend.
If you are buying an inexpensive MPPT type charge controller, you should check to see that it really is an MPPT type! also the panels should be run in series for best results.
Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites, Midnite E-panel, Prosine 1800 and Exeltech 1100, ForkLift battery. Off grid for @13 of last 14 years. 1000 watts being added to current CC, @2700 watts to be added with an additional CC.1
Kevin10873 Posts: 2Registered Users ✭Thanks Photowit; I purchased a EPEVER MPPT Tracer A series controller with a MT 50 remote meter.0
The EPever is supposed to be a reasonable product, being a true MPPT controller. The battery capacity should be calculated by the loads and what they draw, amps multiplied by hours, remember a 100Ah battery has a usable capacity of 50Ah maximum, for longer life expectancy, less depletion is better. Have these calculations been done as it appears, from the outside at least, that this is a reverse engineered system, based on the question, don't want to see fundemental mistakes made, that's all.1500W, 6× Schutten 250W Poly panels , Schneider MPPT 60 150 CC, Schneider SW 2524 inverter, 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery bank0
littleharbor2 Posts: 1,012Solar Expert ✭✭✭✭For a beginner you might want to consider a couple 6 volt FLA golf cart batteries. They are inexpensive and will give you around 200 - 220 amp hours. A scanner sounds like something you would keep on continuously, probably more than a single 100 ah. battery can handle. That being said and if this is going to be an everyday system you would want to add more charging power. Rule of thumb is 10% of your ah capacity for charging amperage in a daily use system. which, in this case would be somewhere in the 20 - 22 amps of charging power. a third 100 watt panel should get you there.
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There's an old adage on Wall Street, "sell in May and go away," which is founded in data that goes back more than fifty years and suggests that all of the gains realized by stock investors have come within the six months beginning November 1 and ending April 30 and that even in nominal terms, returns for investors over the other six months beginning May 1 have been flat at best. So should investors sell their holdings at the beginning of this six month window? We think not.
Generally speaking, when a market timing strategy such as this one noted above becomes common knowledge it ceases to work. Examining returns of the S&P 500 over the past five years we found that this index returned a total of 24.88 percent for the historically strong six month periods beginning November 1 as compared to 27.74 percent for the seasonally weak period beginning May 1. This strategy is further complicated by the potential tax liability as well as transaction costs that the investor will bear.
This strategy also conflicts with our belief that the vast majority of long-term capital should be allocated into the equity markets with little or no regard to short-term fluctuations in the financial markets. Sell in May and go away? No way.
When asked during an interview about his lack of investment into tech powerhouses Alphabet (Google) and Amazon, the legendary CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett stated that "I made the wrong decisions on Google and Amazon. We've looked at it. I made the mistake in not being able to come to a conclusion where I really felt that at the present prices that the prospects were far better than the prices indicated."
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Anonymous, 01 Jan 2010You just need a browser that supports streaming. I have not updated anything on my phone. My A... moreyes, because i am planning to get this phone (unlocked). however, i heard that you cannot stream youtube over wifi, and you have to set up the internet streaming setting. SOme people claimed it works, while some don't.
and also, what's bad with updating the firmware?
Ok the thing I forgot yesterday was about the music player. I know people say you cannot navigate/skip through the tracks when they are playing. That is untrue, I discovered that you CAN navigate through a song. Instead of trying to DRAG through the bar, what you have to do is TAP on it where you want the song to go. Try it, it WORKS!!
J, 01 Jan 2010keep commenting btw it helps... Btw does ur phone react slowly wen playing music in the music ... moreNot at all. Everything works fast on my phone.
DEfine, 01 Jan 2010did you update the firmware?or all you have to do is using another browser? You just need a browser that supports streaming. I have not updated anything on my phone. My Arena is unlocked, no way am I going to mess around with the software when I don't need to LOL. Also, if you update the firmware, YOUR WARRANTEE WILL BE VOIDED!!
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2010Oh and a couple more things...I keep commenting LOL... About videos, even if they're in the r... morekeep commenting btw it helps... Btw does ur phone react slowly wen playing music in the music player?
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2010BIG UPDATE! Ok you CAN stream over wifi with the Arena, I'm not joking!! You just need the rig... moredid you update the firmware?or all you have to do is using another browser?
Oh and a couple more things...I keep commenting LOL...
About videos, even if they're in the right format, they will not work if the dimensions are too big. So if you put a high definition 1280x720 Divx file on the phone, it won't work. Make the dimensions maybe 720x480 or smaller. 640x360 is perfect for the HD videos.
ALSO I'm sure those who have it already know that you don't have to make the video widescreen for it to stretch across the screen. When the vid is playing and you tap once to show the icons, there's a plus and minus sign right? The vid will stretch to fit the whole screen when you press the plus sign!
Software updates? I don't think they are necessary, if your phone is crashing/slow it means you're abusing it by running too many processes. And I HEARD that if you have an unlocked phone and you update the firmware, the phone will become locked again. I don't know how true it is but those with unlocked Arenas should bear that in mind!
Wow I'm still going crazy over this phone, it's the best phone that ever happened to me! haha
There was another tip I was supposed to give but I've forgotten when I remember I'll return :)
BIG UPDATE! Ok you CAN stream over wifi with the Arena, I'm not joking!! You just need the right browser! I installed BOLT mobile browser and I can watch Youtube vids when I use it! Use google and you'll find the download site easily.
Remember to fix the streaming settings first though. Go to the main menu under SETTINGS and choose Connectivity. Scroll down to Streaming Settings and open it. Under Internet Profile, change it to Wi-Fi. And if they demand a UDP port number, well I have 6970 ~ 32000.
AND YOUTUBE STREAMING OVER WIFI WORKS! I'm from Trinidad by the way :)
this is one of the best phones i have ever had. Bright screen and top functions
Eligos, 31 Dec 2009Hello I want to ask you about youtube... can you use it for free on wifi... well i got the pho... moreVia wifi, you can't stream videos. Only with a data service maybe. Here's what's really good: you can play any MP4 from youtube on the phone without any converting. But if you wanted to stream vids over wifi, why'd you get this phone? LOL. I don't want that feature, so I don't miss it.
Anonymous, 31 Dec 2009It's me again, the one who left a LMGTFY link earlier. So I ignored all the stupid negative co... moreHello I want to ask you about youtube... can you use it for free on wifi... well i got the phone i love it so much its good, i just want to know if its possible to watch youtube videos via WI-FI, if not could the software update fix the issue?
Ken, 31 Dec 2009When the screen goes black after couple seconds of not using the phone, how to bring the scree... moreThat's all u can do form my experience, i hate it as well.
When the screen goes black after couple seconds of not using the phone, how to bring the screen back up? I find the only way is to press the keys on the right upper side of the phone because tapping on the screen will not activate the screen. This is really not convenient. Does anyone knows is there any other way to bring the screen back up?
woody, 30 Dec 2009no, it doesnt play wmv.Download formatfactory, its free and converts any file video, it even has a section for Lg phones also put a high screen resoultion wen converting... Video playback quality is the best i've seen on a portable device including an iPod touch.
It's me again, the one who left a LMGTFY link earlier. So I ignored all the stupid negative comments here about this phone and bought it today. The Arena is PERFECT! And I don't need ANY updates/firmware upgrades!!
This phone is NOT for the computer illiterate and those who are ignorant about multimedia. And if you don't understand anything about computer memory management, you will comment here saying that "it's always crashing" which is ALL YOUR FAULT! Stop running so many processes at the same time, it's a phone not a computer!
To those people who say it doesn't play any videos, are you kidding?? If you know about video codecs, you would already know what format to convert videos to. You also would not even use DivX converter at any time, I'm just being honest. The Arena is mainly an h.263/MP4 phone. It loves the MP4 container. Do not throw AVI videos on it and expect those to work. go buy some $500 smartphone if you want a portable computer.
Internet? The browser displays pages perfectly and even when you've zoomed out, you can read EVERYTHING because the screen on this phone is crystal clear, like HIGH DEFINITION!! The browser is fast and has great options that surprised me. The whole phone is very fast, the graphics are gorgeous, everything is nicely organised.
All in all, this is the best phone I've got yet. And my brother wanted a Sony-Ericsson before but when I got this phone he totally changed his mind! I am 100% satisfied and so happy that I ignored the negative comments about this phone because it is a GREAT, GREAT device, you can do endless stuff with it.
BUT if you don't even know about memory and multimedia formats on your computer, this phone is not for you. Go buy a cheap phone that does nothing except making and receiving calls. If you want a sophisticated phone with plenty of features, you must have knowledge to use it. Otherwise you will always make it crash and then you'll tell people not to buy it, which is stupid.
aussiegirl, 29 Dec 2009it says it plays 30 hr of music nd 3 hrs 50 mins talk time ...i guess thats enuf for it to st... moreno, it doesnt play wmv.
i wanna buy this fone
but does it play flash & Wmv videos? nd can it last for 30 hr music play?
i need an imediate answer !!!!!!!!
Jet, 30 Dec 2009To get call history: Main Menu> Communication>Recent History Aswell as phone call it also ... moreShortcut to show all the history > Tap the "Call Key" in your homescreen idle mode.
mul, 29 Dec 2009my phone hangs very often. Any helpYou need to update firmware - currently V10P


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Once a faux pas, recently a trend, now a skill for all fashionistas: Pattern mixing is a great way to expand your wardrobe without spending money. Alison Freer, costume designer, and author of How to Get Dressed has 6 simple guidelines to keep you from looking like a fabric sample sale.
- Stay in one color family. The monochromatic look is a good way to start. For the novice, neutral colors are a safe selection. Try a zig-zag with a large floral print. (See above.)
- Color repetition from one pattern into the other. A popular look is to wear a striped shirt that echoes a color from a floral skirt or bottom. Vice-versa works, too. This is also an easy way to start since stripes are a staple print – you probably already own one. (See stripes and plaid here.)
Try wearing small classic prints as if they were a solid or neutral. Thin stripes, small checks, tiny houndstooth, mini polka dots and highly textured fabrics, like nubby or boulce can be styled with a pattern that incorporates the other item's base colors. (On right: The tiny floral print skirt acts like a "solid" paired with the bold stripes on top.)
- Balance scale and size. Two prints of the same size tend to clash. A bigger print on the bottom is usually better.
- When mixing two "wild" patterns, always add a solid or neutral piece to ground the outfit and tone it down. (See top right: zig-zag print with floral skirt plus solid heels.) Navy is a trend proof classic quick fix.
- Practice makes perfect. Try it out running errands rather than your high school reunion. When you start to feel comfortable and get a few compliments, try it at work.
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A reader comments on Fall Capsule Wardrobe:
AJ writes: "For the very first time in my life, I'm packing away summer/spring clothes and just keeping the fall and cold weather clothes in my drawers and my closets. I think it's saved me time already because I don't have to comb through all those weather-inappropriate clothes. Also, this is inspiring me to just stick to the clothes I have. Getting my bank account statement the last few months has been sobering because those "little" clothing purchases online add up so quickly and cost a lot more than expected. Thanks!"
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NATO's Next War—in Cyberspace
The Atlantic Alliance protected its members during the age of the Berlin Wall. We must be prepared to protect them during the age of the firewall.
On April 23, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 150 points within seven minutes, destroying billions of dollars in value. The reason was a message on the Associated Press's Twitter account claiming that two explosions had shaken the White House.
The tweet was quickly exposed as bogus, the result of hacking by a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. The Dow recovered immediately. But the lesson was clear. A single tweet can cause major economic disruption.
How times have changed. During the age of the Berlin Wall, tanks and ideologies faced off across closed borders. In the age of the firewall, borders are open, ideas are free and war can be virtual—but its consequences just as devastating and real.
Europol, the European Union's law-enforcement agency, puts the annual value of corporations' losses from criminal cyberactivity at $1 trillion. Computer viruses can shut down key infrastructure such as nuclear power plants, international airports, or power grids. Cyberattacks are a cheap way for terrorists, activists and state-sponsored agents to do extensive damage.
As the world becomes ever-more dependent on cyberspace, both the possibility for damage and the costs of recovery are growing. Data lost in hacking attacks may never be recovered.
Amid such threats, NATO's primary role is to protect our own internal networks. We are making progress on strengthening our cyberdefenses, both at headquarters and for our forces deployed on operations. Last year, we dealt with over 2,500 cases of abnormal cyberactivity and intrusion attempts. Despite the increasing sophistication of such incidents, we reached the end of 2012 without any major disruption to our network services.
Cyberdefense is still primarily a job for individual nations and governments. But as the threats continue to evolve, NATO should be prepared to consider an enhanced role.
As a first step, NATO could consider regular training on cyberdefense so that national experts share the same knowledge and language. That would help them share information and better work together in a crisis.
We need to build on the efforts of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence, based in Tallinn, Estonia, which conducts research, training and regular exercises to test the rapid-response capabilities of allied cyber-units. The center was set up after Estonia, one of the world's most connected countries, fell under cyber-siege for four days in 2007, with concerted attacks on the country's banks, media and political institutions.
We are also setting up Rapid Reaction Teams that will help protect NATO's own networks in the event of attacks. A possible next step could be to make such teams available on request to NATO countries. We should also consider the scope for sharing more information on defense technologies, intelligence and best practices. Common training will enhance our ability to work together. The more alike our approaches, the greater protection we will all enjoy.
We are also looking at the linkages between NATO networks and national networks to ensure that all networks meet our high standards of cybersecurity. Cyberdefense, after all, is only as effective as the weakest link in the chain. We strengthen the chain by working together.
Cyberattacks are a global challenge, and NATO can contribute to a global response. NATO's network of partnerships includes one-third of the world's countries. Working together, we can build a truly secure cybercommunity, one that encourages cooperation between all stakeholders—public and private, state and non-state, civilian and military.
In particular, NATO should consider working closer with the European Union where we can, to ensure that our efforts are complementary. This week NATO defense ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss cybersecurity. They will review the efforts we have made to protect our networks and will discuss the next steps, including how NATO could provide more assistance to its members to prevent, defend against and recover quickly from cyberattacks.
NATO allies have always acted on the principle that we are all safer by sticking together. We have joined forces to meet other challenges such as terrorism, piracy and proliferation. NATO protected its members during the age of the Berlin Wall. We must be prepared to protect them during the age of the firewall.
Mr. Rasmussen is secretary general of NATO.


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Go ahead and guess where I am. I'll give you a hint. I refuse to watch House or Scrubs while I'm here.
If you guessed BGH then…ding ding ding!!! You win!
What do you win? Just the charming wit of my blog.
(Hey! Watch where those tomatoes land!)
So how, you ask, did it happen this time for Pete's sake!
If you recall the ole' cath was being a bit ornery on Tuesday.
Well lets just say Thursday was a wash out.
The cath decided to play dead. Okay. Maybe it wasn't playing.
It would not work for anything.
We flushed it and flushed it.
We used the CathFlo.
Nothing. Nada. Ziparooni.
I knew what was coming. Unfortunately it took the doctor forever to call back. Three hours.
When he called back with the plan (the plan I knew was coming) I was finally able to leave. Wait. No I didn't. I had to wait for the Kaexolate.
After that I got to go home.
I left the house at 3:00PM. I arrived home at the same time I usually do. 10:45PM.
The next day Mom and I head out to BGH to have the cath replaced.
It would be a long day, but I would be home after dinner.
As my luck would have it I won the jackpot! You may have won the charming wit, but I won lots of fun prizes. The first prize was a blood clot. Not just in the cath. Oh no. A huge one in the artery.
It required a filter to keep it from going to the heart and then a temp cath for dialysis.
The package deal also includes several IVs and a windowless room in the Surgical ICU (just in case something happens)and several IV blood thinners.
But wait! It was a two for one!
On Saturday I got another temp cath and more of the blood thinners.
However, the second cath was a dud. It wouldn't anything.
Today they checked out the clot and it was finally gone.
A perma cath was placed.
I will most likely be here until Tuesday or Wednesday.
I still have the other leg to have fun with.
Oh I just can't wait!!!


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The Munday Moguls have the ability to score on each and every play.
The boys in purple and gold racked up 800 points in 2011, averaging 50 points per game on the way to the state championship game.
Obviously, that's a plus. But, one drawback, the Moguls rarely get to practice sustaining drives.
Head coach Pat Corcoran entered 2012 looking to challenge his team. The result, a gauntlet of a schedule that starts with Windthorst, Stamford, Albany, Bronte and Holliday.
"I was like wow, we can't come out sluggish," senior defensive end Ryder Dillard said.
Combined, those five teams went 55-7 in 2011, each winning at least one playoff game.
"It'll make it easier down the road," Dillard said. "We'll know how to battle through all four quarters. We'll how to go through the whole game like we will late in the playoffs."
Expectations remain high for a Munday offense returning nine starters, including the dangerous backfield trio of quarterback Dee Paul and runningbacks Roddrick Taylor and Tyrone Neskorik. The trio combined for 75 rushing touchdowns and 4,615 yards last season.
"There's experience there, because all these kids (on offense) have been on varsity since they were either freshmen or sophomores," Corcoran said.
Improving the passing attack is a goal for the upcoming season. Paul threw for 1,138 yards and 14 TD's last year. Corcoran is looking to keep defenses more honest.
On defense, seven starters return, but three key Moguls have graduated in defensive end Blanford Paul (136 tackles, 13 sacks), linebacker A.J. Serrato (143 tackles, four interceptions) and Jose Gonzalez (139 tackles).
To help fill one of the voids, Neskorik will return to linebacker in 2012. Also, all four starters in the defensive backfield are back. Those players new to starting are eager to step up.
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Matt Rothschild will discuss "Making Democracy Work in Wisconsin" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 1, at the Waupaca Area Public Library.
Sponsored by Winchester Academy, the program is free and open to the public. This is the final program in its winter/spring series.
Rothschild is executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a non-profit, nonpartisan political watchdog group dedicated to clean government.
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Well, it is about 5 minutes until the WWDC 2007 starts and Steve Jobs takes to the stage. We will be giving you as much coverage as we can here, from the various feeds we are following, including some live audio feeds that we have access to. I hope everyone enjoys the announcements to follow.
6pm GMT (10am San Francisco): the Keynote is starting, lights dimming. New commercial playing, sounds very funny, joking about Vista.
6.03pm: Steve takes to the stage.
6.05pm: Announcements about attendance and ADC members, going over Intel switch.
6.06pm: Intel CEO Paul Otellini on stage.
6.07pm: Apple Store worldwide is down. Paul Otellini given special Apple Award designed by Ive.
6.09pm: Eleectronic Arts, developing for Mac again. This includes Command & Conquer, Need for Speed Carbon, Harry Potter and Battlefield 2142 - all in July.
6.12pm: Wow, Mac games will come from EA at the same launch date as PC titles. Madden 08 and Tiger Woods 08 in August.
6.14pm: John Carmack from iD Games on stage, showing some new technology for the first time. A game can be built first, then the graphics get done.
6.16pm: Moving on to Leopard. 22 million active OSX users at present. Leopard will ship in October with 300 new features. Showing 10 new features now.
6.19pm: New features include; Transparent menu bar and dock. Dock is also thinner, or should I say narrower. New 3D look. Dock allows 'stacks' which are like folder organisation right in the dock. Stacks pop out into a neat window or column that has transparent background, can be used to open files or even applications.
6.27pm: New finder windows look similar to iTunes. You can navigate through files like in Coverflow.
6.29pm: New .Mac feature 'Back to my Mac"… Seems like .Mac is automatically updated with your Macs IP address, so it knows where you are. Allows you to easily get files from your work Mac through your .Mac service.
6.35pm: New feature, Quick Look, allows you to preview most file types without opening the application you used to create it. Quick Look even plays movies!
6.39pm: Leopard is fully 64-Bit, but works with both 32 & 64-Bit applications. Massive speed improvement shown opening a large image. Running filters on the image, almost 3x faster in 64-Bit.
6.41pm: Core Animation. Stunning animation effects whilst searching for a video.
6.44pm: Boot Camp. Built right into Leopard. Runs XP and Vista. Comments on Parallels and VMWare, saying that users have three solutions to run Windoze. Quite funny as the screens on those Windoze show it running Solitaire :-)
6.47pm: Spaces… (we have seen this before). Group alike apps into their own space. Re-arrange with ease with drag & drop.
6.49pm: Dashboard. New Movie Time widget, plays trailers right in the widget. Web Clip (which we have seen before) lets you clip bits from the web and make widgets out of them, very clever.
6.55pm: Feature 9 - iChat. Better audio, backdrops, effects and tabbed chats (yes!). Demo with Phil Schiller. Sharing right from within iChat (with iChat Theater), they are sharing a slideshow. If it works in Quick Look, it seems that it will share in iChat. Even sharing a video.
6.59pm: Now using a backdrop. Phil with fishes swimming behind him.
7.00pm: Time Machine. You can back up more than one Mac with a Network Attached Hard Drive. Search back in time (seen it all before).
7.07pm: Developer copies of Leopard available today.
7.10pm: Safari 3 (that will ship with Leopard) announced for Windows. Runs on XP and Vista. Faster than Internet Explorer. Public Beta of Safari 3 released today.
7.16pm: iPhone. Will ship June 29. Custom apps will be possible, no Software Developers Kit required, just need to be written as a web application. Apps run on the iPhone within Safari.
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Today I wanted to note the difference between Command Levels. This is a basic important thing in the game and very important to have a grasp of so you can decide what you want for your army. Some armies use low level commanders and some higher. Same thing with players.
So one of the most important things are; how important is it to get priority for you? This is individual as I know there are many players who saves in on the commander and are prepared to move second each turn. But to much difference in CV makes it much simpler to win activation and sometimes you want to hold the enemy back from a guaranteed first activation so they can not position themselves so very effectively. In Dropzone Commander you can move a dropship far, drop the load, move further and then your units are very often in a very good position to strike if you get the first turn.
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0 difference: 50%
1; 66%
2; 76%
3; 82%
4; 86%
5; 86%
This is the difference of favorable outcomes for the player with higher CV. I have noticed some calculations out there are based on the odds of winning on a specific rolls. That means they include a draw. I have calculated what the odds are that you will win priority and thus included that any draw are re-rolled until an outcome is concluded.
The second question is how much are the cards worth? In some cases you need to consider the amount of chance of stopping the opponent again. Everybody has espionage cards and those are worth something. You can stop a quick thinking, a false diplomacy or a jink and weave with that. Many players that use low lvl commanders consider that the cards they get are "useless" but do not consider the odds of stopping the enemy's cards which will roam free if you are not careful.
Especially I have seen this on UCM whose cards are weak. But they do have several cards important and useful I do think it is worth considering a higher CV. A high CV also stops your opponents cards. You get 40 cards. You have 3 Espionage cards. That means during a game you should get 2 espionage cards. Those can be stupid important.
The third question is of course how much points do you want to spend? 120 pts for Scourge lvl 5 commander is a lot of points.
So in the end I do think that people should never go below 3 in CV. That means you get three cards (1 Espionage) and the worst case scenario is that the enemy has a 76% chance to win priority. 1-2 won priorities per game against CV 5. It also means that if you kill the enemy commander you will now get priority 82% of the times. I also think it is one of the most point effective commanders.
I have seen lower level commanders winning tournaments and while I do think it is possible a player need to know what it means. But I prefer higher end commanders (even with UCM and Shaltari) so for me a Lvl 4 is always a minimum.
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Area Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) had an opportunity to develop leadership skills and take part in competitive contests at the District IV Leadership Conference hosted by Fleming High School Wednesday, at Northeastern Junior College.
This year's state theme is "Decades of Dedication" and the national theme is "Legacy of Leadership." Schools attending the district conference included: Caliche, Fleming, Haxtun, Holyoke, Julesburg, Peetz, Revere, Sterling, Weldon Valley and Wray.
The conference started with a brief opening session and welcome by Eleanor Vogel of Fleming, state vice president District 3; Kristen Veliz of Hi-Plains, state vice president District 3; Jenna Lengfelder of Fleming, district secretary; Briauna McFadden of Haxtun, district reporter; and Rachael Northup of Sterling, district historian.
Keynote speaker for the conference was Chris Spradlin, who gave a message on how to "Be Remarkable."
"I'm going to challenge every single one of you to be remarkable, I'm going to challenge you to go to places that you've never ever been before, I'm going to challenge you to have guts, I'm going to challenge you to swim up stream, I'm going to challenge you to walk in strength and courage and fortitude and dignity," he told the students.
He encouraged the FBLA members to not to let anything get in the way and stop them from being remarkable.
Spradlin shared four steps towards being remarkable. First, be weird, because normal isn't working. For him being weird means being willing to go against the crowd, to have guts, to use your voice to stand up for others who can't stand up for themselves, and having character and integrity and not caring about popularity.
The second step is fight for your "fish," or your passion. Spradlin shared a story about his son fighting to keep a fish he caught and encouraged FBLA members to figure out what their fish is and to fight for it, no matter what may get in the way.
Third, set "B'HAGS" (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). Set goals that make a difference and meet them through simple, small, unheroic habits.
Lastly, choose gratitude over "gripe-itude."
"We have to walk in gratitude of everything that we have, because we are rich," Spradlin said, pointing out to the students that if they have a home, clothes to wear, food to eat and are able to go to school, that's more than some people have.
Prior to the keynote address, FBLA members took part in competitive events and attended several workshops, including one "Messages that Matter," led by Spradlin.
He spoke about how to actually give a speech, how to communicate in a bold way. To start, he shared the two critical factors of a speech: first be you.
"If you guys are going begin to communicate with others you have to do you," Spradlin said to the students, asking them to ponder the question, who are you?
The second critical factor is to be bold.
"We need high school student leaders that have guts, we need student leaders that are going to be bold, we need student leaders that are going to swim up stream, we need student leaders that aren't concerned about popularity, we need student leaders that won't just sit quietly, but will stand up and be bold," Spradlin told the FBLA members, asking them to think about what it is they're bold about.
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... like normol . after my pierod was done I had sex with my boyfriend , who I have been together with for 2 years.. ; had sex a few times actually .. didn't get my patch ,, still haven't it's been two weeks now . could I be pregnant ?
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Yes, you could. You might want to use some birth control that you can purchase over the counter until you can do a pregnancy test. You could also call your dr to see exactly what they would advise, but if this was just a slip up and you intend to use the patch again, you need to get some condoms, some spermidicidal jelly or foam and if you don't start, take a pregnancy test to see what it shows. Use the first pee of the morning to check if you do the test in 3 weeks, it will have more of the necessary hormone the test is looking for. Best of luck. Patti
so should I go and get my patches ?. or do you think if I do it would harm the baby !
also it says that , women who are on the patch for a long time , have a lower chance of getting pregnant ?
You need to ask your dr that .
okay . thanks .
Guess some people like to gamble. lol
If you didnt start your patches on time and you had sex after the time the patch was supposed to be reapplied, then you have a very good chance of getting pregnant. You cannot count on a slow return to fertility in "some" women, because "some" other women return to fertility quite quickly and you dont know which category you fall into!! In your case, I would advise a non-hormonal birth control, like condoms and spermicide, (or abstinence) until you get your period again (and you find out whether or not you are pregnant) then start your patches again, if you are not pregnant. It will be like starting all over from the beginning again. If you are late in getting your period, you will need to do a pregnancy test and like Patti mentions, using the first pee of the morning is the most accurate. If you dont want to be pregnant, then dont let your patches run out-be sure you have your refill well in advance of needing it!
so I got my patches today . should I put it on . ? or wait intill I get my pierod ?
You should call your dr and ask if it is ok to just put it back on, it won't berelieqble for total safety from pregnancy until you have gone a full cycle with it, use w back up method. Your dr can do a blood test to check for pregnancy now, but it still may not show yet. This is why we kept saying call your dr. This will be like you starting on the very first patch again, so you will need a back up method or 2( condoms and spermicides) until after you have had your first period after the patch is reapplied. There is no way for us to say if you are pregnqnt for not, so please call your dr for advice. Patti
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