New York Plans Official City Condom
Here's a sneak peek of some of the distinctive, "jazzy designs" for the wrapper.
New York Plans Official City Condom
Jan 25 2:19 PM US/Eastern
By SARA KUGLER
Associated Press Writer
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/25/D8MSG5VG0.html
NEW YORK (AP) -- Available soon from City Hall: an official New York condom in a jazzy wrapper, perhaps one printed with a colorful subway map or some other city theme.
New York City hands out 1.5 million free condoms a month in ordinary wrappers, and health officials figure people would be more likely to actually use them if the packaging were more distinctive.
"Brands work, and people use branded items more than they use non- branded items, whether it's a cola or a medicine, even," Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said.
The health department, which uses the condom program to fight AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, said it still considering package designs. Among the possibilities: a subway theme, with the various lines shown in different colors.
The 18 million free condoms each year go to hundreds of organizations, which distribute them at health clinics and advocacy groups, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, nail salons and prisons. By comparison, the Los Angeles County health department gives out just over a million condoms per year.
New York buys the condoms for 4 cents each, or $720,000 annually, health officials said.
City officials, who conduct an annual health survey, say a memorable package could also help them gauge how often people actually use the city's condom.
"If they describe our wrapper, then we'll know that they would have used our condom," Frieden said.
More than 100,000 New Yorkers have HIV or AIDS, and AIDS is the third- leading cause of death among New Yorkers under 65.
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Ok, so after doing about a year’s research on 9/11, and exploring many other aspects of the United States, I asked myself, "What does this all mean and how is it connected?" For some reason in the back of my mind I was trying to make sense of everything, but it seemed that there was some information that I just couldn't connect together. Now, anyone who researches 9/11 can come to the conclusion that the Government is withholding information, evidence, and is lying right to the face of the American people. Now if you look back in history and research some of the major events in history, you will find that the United States' Government has their hands in everything. From JFK to BFK to MLK to columbine, the 93 WTC bombings, 7/7 bombings in London, and many other events that changed the course of the United States. Then ask yourself, "If the government is withholding information about these events, don't we as a people have a right to know?" Then you got to ask yourself, what else does the Government know that we, the people, do not. Well, I found one such answer in my quest for normality. I then came to the realization that we as citizens of the United States are being manipulated to believe false truths. The fact that anyone working in the private sector of business, IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY AN INCOME TAX is just one example of how the government uses fear and manipulation to control US. Do the research, and you TOO will come to the realization that you have been made to believe that if you don't file your income taxes, the IRS will come and take you to court. Supreme court rulings state the 16th amendment gave Congress NO ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO TAX THE PRIVATE SECTOR UNLESS IT IS DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE STATES.
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Check this link out to learn in detail about this "Free Energy" and how its implications could change the world for the better.
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Remember the words of Albert Einstein, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."