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Friday, July 30, 2010
How religion almost ruined it
9 comments:
- ~Kimberly said...
Your post is very raw and real. Having grown up in a Catholic household and having had to attend Catholic school, I can relate to your concerns. I have a gay brother,and when he came out of the closet back in the 80's my father went nuts! I moved out to live with my gay brother when I was just 17,and am so thankful that I did....I learned so much about life! Not to mention had a blast!!
I am the complete opposite of my upbringing, but do find that I sometimes have to take a deep breath and pause to remember that I do not want to do the harm that was done to me growing up, with the constant control and mind games.
Thanks again for your honesty and I appreciate your honesty. :)
Kimberly Sharpe-Slage
- July 30, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Heidi Snavley said...
You might be interested in my latest blog post: http://fivefreebirds.blogspot.com/
I too started out as one of those moms. As an unschooling mom I was questioning everything and, although the religion was one of the last things I challenged, I ultimately decided that it was a bunch of fear-driven nonsense, used for manipulation and control. We walked away. Good for you for following your own path. I bet your mom is grateful for what she was able to learn from you along the way.
- July 30, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Ren Allen said...
~~The price you should be worried about is that your kids will stop feeling they can be honest with you.~~
That is worth repeating and repeating. Thank you for the very insightful post. I am also one of those children for whom the religious baggage my parents carried, caused me to hide so many things. Walking away from the family church was one of the most difficult and best things I ever did for myself and my children. Most of them barely remember ever attending. Phew!
- July 30, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- debra said...
an eloquent and "right on the mark" post. Thanks
- July 30, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Zenmomma said...
This post is practically perfect in every way! I was brought up in a heavy handed Lutheran home. I had to let go of ALL of that to really listen and connect with my kids.
- July 30, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- p.s. bohemian said...
i struggle with this - my faith vs. whatever spiritual path my children may take - but i am also discovering a sense of peace developing around that uncertainity - that whatever path(s) they chose to travel it is the here and now and love and light that we share that ultimately is what matters in our lives - and that is the place i work really hard to stay in.
thankfully, inhabiting that place feels more natural and softer and easier by the day :)
- July 30, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- Garden Pheenix said...
I love that you posted the realism of family life - the good AND the bad. Thanks for sharing this too - I take this kind of stuff on board as I raise my wee one.
- July 31, 2010 at 2:00 AM
- Unknown said...
So important. Such a courageous thing to say in this religious world. I think the main value that parents force on their children when they enforce any religion is the "value" of force itself, which is an anti-value when it comes to creating relationship and connection.
- July 31, 2010 at 2:56 AM
- Heather said...
"The price you should be worried about is that your kids will stop feeling they can be honest with you. They'll stop sharing their favorite music and books and games with you, they'll stop letting you meet their friends. They won't tell you they'd like to try Wicca or they have a crush on someone of the same sex. They will still DO all of those things, mind you, or at least they'll want to. But when they want someone to confide in about it all, it won't be you. You'll have lost that forever, and more importantly, your kid will have lost having a safe place to turn when they need someone. That's what you need to be worried about."
So, true, so true. That's a sentiment that's universal - not limited to unschoolers. I was raised in a very strict and Southern family as well and experienced many of those exact same outcomes. Now that I have children, my husband and I have had to have conversations with our parents about what can and cannot be discussed with or in front of our children and we've had many, many discussions with our kids about what grandma/grandpa thinks or says that our family doesn't agree with. I may end up creating a trackback to this post.
Very well said.
- July 31, 2010 at 12:29 PM


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Malcolm Charles, co-portfolio manager of the Investec Diversified Income Fund equates a 3-year fixed deposit to an online date; the only difference being that with the fixed deposit, you have to wait 3 years before you know whether you will get lucky!
So, will you get lucky?
Very simply, while you know upfront what your return will be when investing in a 3-year fixed deposit, you do not know what the return would have been had you invested in an alternative income-yielding product, such as the Investec Diversified Income Fund.
The following graph compares R100 invested in a 3-year fixed deposit1 to R100 invested in the Investec Diversified Income Fund over time i.e. we have compared the 3 year fixed deposit rate available on, for example, 1 July 2014 – this then being the return that the investor would receive if he had remained invested in the fixed deposit for the full 3 year period to 30 June 2017, with the performance of the Investec Diversified Income Fund for the 3 years from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2017.
Figure 1: Value of R100 invested in a 3-year fixed deposit compared to the Investec Diversified Income Fund over rolling three years
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|5 Years
|Since inception
Source: Morningstar and Investec Asset Management as at 31.08.17. Returns are calculated on a NAV-to-NAV basis, net of A-class fees (performance start date = 30.09.08, A-class start date = 30.09.09), with gross income reinvested. Highest and lowest 12-month rolling performance since inception is 12.8% and 4.1% respectively. Benchmark: STeFI Composite (ALBI 1-3 pre 01/07/2011)
1Proxied by historic 3-year Negotiable Certificate of Deposit (NCD) rates adjusted by a liquidity premium, as 3-year fixed deposits are not as liquid as 3-year NCDs.
The graph shows that 75% of the time the value you would have realised by investing in the Investec Diversified Income Fund (after fees) equalled or exceeded what you would have received from a 3-year fixed deposit i.e. you would have been better off investing in the Investec Diversified Income Fund three quarters of the time. Importantly, the Investec Diversified Income Fund has also consistently outperformed its benchmark over rolling 3-year periods.
Looks can be deceiving
Online dates don't always look the same in person as they do in their (PhotoShopped, outdated) pictures. The same can be said for how fixed deposit rates are quoted.
In many cases fixed deposit rates are quoted as 'interest at maturity', which is a euphemism for a simple interest rate and excludes the power of compounding. This differs from the standard yield quoting convention of fixed income securities, which are usually quoted as nominal annual compounded semi-annual rates (NACS).
To give you a sense of how different these rates can be, a 5 year fixed deposit which is quoted with an "interest at maturity" of 9.55% has the equivalent NACS yield of 7.96%; a difference of approximately 1.59%. The gross NACS yield of Investec Diversified Income at the time of writing (31 August 2017) was 8.94%*.
The cost of breaking up
Separating from a long-term relationship can be expensive, and the same can be said when trying to break a fixed deposit.
When you invest in a fixed deposit there is a contractual undertaking not to withdraw before the end of the agreed term. If your situation changes and you require your money early it is considered a breach of contract. The bank is then entitled to claim damages and apply a penalty. Where a client requires their money one year after making a three year fixed deposit, the bank will recalculate the interest at the lower one year fixed deposit rate and apply an additional break penalty. This penalty is dependent on prevailing market conditions and the liquidity position of the bank. Unfortunately there is no transparency in the calculation of this penalty and it can be substantial. Indeed it is worth asking the bank before entering into the contract if your capital is considered at risk in the event that the penalty is applied.
By way of contrast flexible fixed income unit trust funds such as the Investec Diversified Income Fund, allow investors immediate access to their money, no strings attached.
Given the uncertain political, economic and investment environment, the decision to lock up money at a fixed rate may prove riskier than investors realise. For example, if fiscal deterioration leads to higher yields, the Investec Diversified Income Fund's flexible investment strategy will allow the fund to adapt and exploit opportunities, whereas the fixed deposit return will remain static.
Other important considerations
Negative real returns
In the face of ongoing market volatility and weakness, local investors have continued to de-risk their portfolios by selling out of growth assets and investing into the money market. As a result, retail bank deposits now exceed R1 trillion, up from R700 billion in only 24 months. Many would consider this to be a riskless investment, however, it is important to note that the market is pricing in the probability of further repo rate cuts (by as much as 50 basis points). So, whereas the average money market fund returned 7.8% for the one year to 31 August 2017 (source: Morningstar), we believe investors can now expect the average money market fund to return closer to 7.25% one year from now.
In this environment of falling interest rates, the risk to investors invested in the money market is that after tax and inflation they realise a negative real return.
*The net current NACS yield of Investec Diversified Income at the time of writing (31 August 2017) was 7.94%.
A fixed deposit generates interest income, which is taxable at your marginal income tax rate. While the bulk of the return generated from a flexible fixed income fund is interest income and therefore also taxable at your marginal tax rate, a portion of the return is via capital gains and therefore subject to less punitive capital gains tax.
The value of independent financial advice
We believe that for most investors, investing in the money market, including fixed deposits, is not a viable long-term investment, since returns are only likely to match inflation at best. As always, given the importance of making the correct decision, we strongly recommend that investors seek professional investment advice, tailored to their individual circumstances.
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Everyone knows that teenagers love to sleep. And we're not just talking about until 10 or 11 a.m., either — most teens we know could sleep until the early afternoon if they were able to. This is particularly perplexing to those of us who can no longer seem to get any shuteye past 8 a.m., even when we want to.
Well as it turns out, evolution could be the reason behind it all. Science has found that when humans sleep in groups, it's pretty rare for everyone to sleep at the same time. In fact, there was a whole study dedicated to it.
Anthropologists, led by David Samson (formerly of the University of Toronto), studied the Hadza people in Tanzania to see what kind of role sleep played in people who lived in groups. These researchers monitored 33 adults from among 22 huts, attaching a Fitbit-like motion sensor to their wrists for 20 days. Of all those who participated, the researchers found that there were only 18 total minutes when everyone slept synchronously, which equalled about 0.01 per cent of total sleep time. The rest of the time at least one person was either awake or in a very light sleep, with roughly eight people awake at once during any given time.
So why the staggered sleep patterns?
As Mad-Eye Moody would say, constant vigilance. Depending on the age, certain people naturally seemed to be awake at a specific time in order to help protect the clan. That could be why teens sleep in later while grandparents go to bed earlier. It's evolution, baby, and everyone in the group plays a part.
"While we tend to look at every deviation from the normal sleep pattern as a problem, it may just be part of human variation," Samson said. "We are seeking to fill in a piece of the evolutionary puzzle."
What's super cool about this study is that it's the first time sleep patterns have been studied outside of a lab under artificial conditions. That makes it one of the most important studies done in terms of sleep and our evolution as a species.
So the next time you get upset at the teen in your life for oversleeping, you might want to go easy on them. After all, they're just doing what evolution [potentially] dictates, and watching out for the family.


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Ivanka Trump revved up her White House role by leading a meeting in her father's absence.
While President Trump delivered a commencement address to graduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., on Wednesday, Ivanka led Congress in a bipartisan roundtable discussion about global human trafficking in the Roosevelt Room.
"We have been conducting interagency meetings to understand the scope of the issue [of human trafficking], as well as gathering recommendations from the academic, public, and private sector," said Ivanka, according to CNN. "Today, we bring an additional and critical group to the table, legislative leaders, to discuss concrete steps through legislation."
Ivanka reportedly spoke for two minutes and said in part that combating human trafficking was "a moral and strategic interest domestically and abroad."
The meeting was another indication of the first daughter's influence in government. As an unpaid "adviser" to the president, Ivanka has sat in on meetings with world leaders and represented the U.S. at the W20 summit in Germany, which focused on gender equality. Ivanka was also rumored to have influenced her father's decision to launch a missile strike in Syria in April and his stance on issues such as family leave. In March she admitted that her role was "unprecedented."
On Wednesday Ivanka came under fire for her ties to a Chinese factory that produces her namesake merchandise. According to Bloomberg, a letter the nonprofit group China Labor Watch sent Ivanka reports it found that factory employees are forced to work more than 12 hours per day, six days a week, for little pay. Although the letter didn't provide evidence for the claims, Ivanka was the subject of criticism on Twitter.
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It hasn't exactly been all spring flowers for Justin Cucci, the owner of Root Down. Despite snatching a Best of Denver award for its unassailable contemporary cocktail roster (served by a cadre of the town's coolest bartenders), Jason Sheehan skewered the joint in a review published in early April, and now comes word that on April 24, just after service, Cucci booted exec chef Ryan Leinonen, the guy responsible for putting out the tofu pot pie that Sheehan called a "culinary Frankenstein-ism," and which may have led, at least in part, to Leinonen's dismissal.
"I didn't feel like my standards for the kitchen were being executed well, so I let him go," explained owner Justin Cucci when I got him on the phone this morning. "I'm a chef-owner, a lifelong kitchen guy and very hands-on, and I think Ryan expected a kitchen without any interference. The problem, though, is that consistency was always an issue with Ryan, and he got very frustrated because we were always so busy. I'd tell him that you can't choose your success, that this is what's happening, so embrace it. I was more than willing to give him more equipment, more staff, but in the end, his biggest flaw was that he couldn't handle the volume."
And volume is something this almost-six-month-old restaurant at 1600 West 33rd Avenue has to contend with on a daily basis, including this past Saturday, when I bellied up to the convivial bar to watch the Kentucky Derby post-commentary. By the time I left at 7 p.m., the bar was eight-deep, the dining room full. "We never expected such a floodgate," confessed Cucci, "and being so busy from the beginning meant that I couldn't be in the kitchen as much as I wanted to be."
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But that's all changing. "I'm going to be taking a much more active role in the kitchen, and because of that, I don't plan to hire a new executive chef. I really don't want a kitchen liaison any longer," admitted Cucci.
The menu has changed too, sort of. The infamous pot pie is gone. "It didn't fit on the spring menu, and while we might have revamped it if it was January, and not April, it just wasn't in check, so we dropped it," said Cucci.
As for Leinonen, Root Down's dropped chef who'd come from The Kitchen, he's not saying a whole lot. "It wasn't a good fit for me," he wrote in an e-mail. "I'm taking a few weeks for myself, doing some part-time consulting work and carefully entertaining some offers of employment. I'm being very open-minded about what the future holds."
And what does the future hold for Cucci? He just wants to get it right at Root Down. "No excuses," he told me. "I want everything to be perfect."


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Western Carolina University celebrated the close of its Lead the Way campaign on May 2, announcing more than $61 million raised for scholarships and other priorities at WCU. But, our work is far from done. Our students deserve our ongoing commitment to their success and to this institution. Thank you for all you've done for Western Carolina and all you will do in the weeks and years ahead.
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CDIAC provides input to the Fed on the economy, lending conditions, and other issues. Council members were selected from representatives of banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions serving on newly created local advisory councils at the 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
One member of each of the Reserve Bank councils will serve on the CDIAC, which will meet twice a year with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. The board announced in October that it was forming the CDIAC to replace the Thrift Institutions Advisory Council.
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text: Kids Understanding Anxiety in Your Child Mention the word 'anxiety' and just about anyone can relate. We live in a society where the pace of life is fast and downtime rare. Up to one in four adults will suffer from an anxiety disorder each year, and more and more children are now suffering too. Stopping anxiety in its tracks in childhood by teaching our children how to deal with it, and providing a safe place for them to learn to do that, is key to raising resilient children. While it's normal for all children to feel nervous now and again, it's when this becomes a common theme in your child's days, or when it prevents them from enjoying everyday activities, that it might signal that all is not OK. Read Next: What Can I Do To Help If My Child Has Anxiety? Louise Patterson of Child Therapy Ireland says that, like with most other habits - good and bad - children look to their parents, or those who care for them, as a gauge as to how to deal with anxiety-provoking situations. "If a parent tends to be anxious, the child is likely to feel anxious too. It is common to see children have the same fears as their parents. For example, a fear of spiders, dogs, etc." Keeping this in mind before you react with fear to a situation your child is present for, would be a good step to take initially. Empathise When dealing with your child's anxiety, it's important to remember that the fear is very real to them, despite the fact that to us, it might seem illogical and silly. "Fear is triggered on a neurobiological level. When fear is triggered, the logical thinking part of the brain has disengaged and the primal survival part of the brain has taken over. "It is important not to express anger at a child's anxiety, even if it doesn't make sense to the parent. The fear a child experiences in that moment is no less real than the fears we adults feel, and can only be soothed in the same way as we can be soothed. Read Next: How To Nurture Your Children's Mental Health "Take for example the fear of flying, something many adults experience. Imagine as you stood shaking and struggling to breathe before embarking on a flight, that your partner became angry at you and told you that you were being ridiculous. Would that help snap you out of the anxiety? Absolutely not. Anxiety comes from a place of feeling out of control, and lacking the ability to problem solve in the moment. To help our children overcome anxiety, we need to let them know they are not alone, and that we can figure this out together," suggests Louise. So the natural response of, 'Of course you shouldn't be afraid of the spider / playschool / going into this person's house', not only doesn't make your child feel better, it actually belittles their fears, which doesn't work wonders for their self esteem. All they will then do is hide the fear that they feel is now 'silly'. Read Next: How To Teach Your Child About Mindfulness Prepare Apart from a few thoughtful phrases when your child is feeling anxious, what else can you do to enable your child to deal with their emotions? Louise believes that being prepared for a situation where your child is likely to feel anxious is key. "You should always prepare your child through play and age appropriate talking for visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals. These normal life events can develop into anxiety issues for children as they are unlikely to understand why they are being poked, prodded and injected. If you arrived into a strange room where a smiling stranger took hold of your arm and injected a sharp sore thing into you, would you willingly go back?" This is what it is like for a child who does not feel prepared for a medical visit. People often believe children will not remember these things...children have incredible memories. CBT Therapist with Adult and Child Therapy Centre, Marie O'Sullivan, believes that teaching your child to understand all their different emotions is extremely helpful. "If children are taught early on in life the symptoms of anxiety and how to manage them, then our world would be a much healthier place. Children catch on very quickly once they are helped to see that the 'pain' in their tummy can sometimes just be anxiety and that there is nothing seriously wrong with them." The idea is to give them the tools to help overcome the feeling of anxiety and to manage it as they come upon difficult situations in their lives. It's much easier to get it under control while they are young. It becomes much harder to control as we get older. At the clinic, Marie uses talking therapy, teaching the child to 'catch' the scary thoughts and to pause for a minute. "Bringing awareness to our thoughts, in each moment, is the key to taking control of them, rather than having the thought take control of us," she adds. What are the key signs and symptoms of anxiety? Fnding it hard to concentrate Not sleeping, or waking in the night with bad dreams Not eating properly Quickly getting angry or irritable, and being out of control during outbursts Constantly worrying or having negative thoughts Feeling tense and fidgety, or using the toilet often Always crying Being clingy all the time (when other children are ok) Complaining of tummy aches and feeling unwell Providing a safe, nurturing environment and leading by example will provide your child with the foundations for a healthy mind. Then teaching them how to identify and manage their emotions and feelings is probably the best gift you can give your child in order to encourage the resilience they will need to get through life. Child Therapy Ireland provides psychotherapy and play therapy services for children, teens and adults. www.childtherapyireland.com Adult and Child Therapy Centre is a multi-disciplinary team of clinical psychologists, CBT therapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and a music therapist. For more information, visit adultandchildtherapy.ie Share this article to connect with everymum on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest About the Author Jo Lavelle is a freelance editor and journalist with 12 years experience in the magazine, newspaper and radio industry. During her magazine career, she was style and beauty editor, before going to be editor of a magazine group. She was also a news writer and reporter for both newspapers and radio, in addition to feature writing for the press. She's mum to 18 month old Elise, and has another on the way! Comments Please login to leave a comment.


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I am not a liar, Digvijay on Karkare claim
A day after he claimed of having proof of his phone talk with Hemant Karkare just before the 26/11 attacks, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said he has not been able to get the phone records but stuck to his remarks about threat to the police officer from right-wing Hindu groups.
"I am not a liar, there is no need for me to lie that I had spoken to (slain Maharashtra ATS chief) Hemant Karkare," Singh, who has recently been made party in-charge of poll-bound Assam, told media persons in Guwahati.
The Congress general secretary, who had on Monday claimed he had records to prove that he had spoken to Karkare, said he had requested the Telecom Ministry to get the record of the call between him and the police officer from its centre in Pune.
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'I stand by what I said'
Singh said he had sent a request in this regard to the General Manager of BSNL at Bhopal but 'has got in writing from them that they cannot provide details of this number as the records are kept only for 12 months.'
He said he had spoken to Karkare from his number registered in Bhopal.
The Congress leader had said that Karkare had spoken about threats from right-wing groups during the telephonic conversation with him.
"There is no need for me to spread a lie. I stand by what I said. It's not a new thing and I have said it many times on the electronic media and to the print media," he said.
Dismissing as "absolutely rubbish" suggestions that he was questioning the investigation in the 26/11 case or meant to say that Pakistani terrorists were not involved in the encounter of Karkare, he said, "BJP is a master of double speak and is creating confusion" on his remarks.
Image: Hemant Karkare
'I am satisfied with the investigations'
Singh said, "I do not have any doubt about involvement of Pakistani terrorists in 26/11. I am satisfied with the investigations."
He rejected former Assam Chief Minister Praful Kumar Mahanta's charge that he was using Karkare as a weapon for creating communal divide in the country.
"Mahanta is my old friend. He should stop making such statements," he said.
Continuing his tirade against the BJP, Singh said immediately after the incident former Governor Julio Rebeiro had also said that Karkare had met him a few days before the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
'I am grateful that BJP reacted strongly'
Karkare had told Rebeiro that "he was sad as senior BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Rajnath Singh and some Hindu outfits were levelling baseless allegations against him and had raised questions on his honesty and integrity.
"I want to ask the BJP what right Advani and Rajnath Singh had to put question marks on Karkare's honesty and integrity. Was this act by a former home minister of the country not an attempt to influence the investigations and demoralise Karkare," he said.
Replying to a question, Singh said that he was "grateful" that the BJP has reacted strongly to his statement.


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I AM CHANGE- A Youth Empowerment Workshop
Change takes advocacy and advocacy succeeds when it is intelligent. "I Am Change" is a leadership workshop about active citizenship for the sake of humanity.
The Desmond Tutu Center has teamed up with the Center For Interfaith Cooperation and the Peace Learning Center to offer an exciting and insightful workshop that will showcase how our young leaders are equipped with the talent, diversity and activism to bring about positive change where we live.
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I AM CHANGE- INTERFAITH EDITION is about fostering and empowering young leaders in our diverse community. The two-hour workshop will provide: (1) an insight into intelligent advocacy; (2) a powerful narrative on what it means to be civically engaged; (3) an interactive opportunity to meet and engage in discussion with various local young civic leaders making a difference today.
As Desmond Tutu states, "Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another." Some may be motivated by faith or some by something else, but the idea is that we, together, see ourselves as change agents for positive change.
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Linda Herrick encounters a rugged yet sensitive stranger in a romantic Spanish setting.
There he was. A tall, dark, handsome stranger I met in Valencia, on Spain's southern coast. It was dusk, in the western outreaches of the city, in a long gulley.
He was sitting on a rock, pensive and still. Then his head turned and he looked straight at me: a massive alpha male silverbacked gorilla. Just a sheet of thick glass separated us. His head was long and pointed, his black eyes shrewd. His hands were as big as paella pans. He would have killed me if he could.
"I call him The Philosopher. He often sits on that rock with his head resting on his hand," says Gicu Cerchezan, my guide on the walk around Valencia's Bioparc, a new, privately owned zoo.
"Zoo" is not the right word for Bioparc, which opened in 2008 and spreads along 100,000sq m of land in Parque de Cabecera, in the old Turia river bed, diverted after deadly floods in 1957. Bioparc is dedicated to providing natural ecosystems for its animals, all rescued from inhumane, outdated zoos from eastern Europe and African nations such as Angola.
Bioparc is divided into "territories" - savannah, equatorial forest, Madagascar, baobab forest and wetland zones, each one replicating as closely as possible the animals' original habitats.
Bioparc participates in various threatened species breeding programmes in Europe, and supports conservation projects in Africa.
Its primary aim is to offer the visitor a "total immersion" experience - the ability to observe the animals behaviour naturally outdoors, unfettered by bars or cages. Separation is achieved by moats, bridges, tunnels and glass.
Cerchezan, who grew up in Romania - where, he says, his childhood visits to local zoos were traumatic - loves his job.
And so we walk through a tunnel and start out in Madagascar, where we are joined by long-tailed lemurs, bold and confident in human company and sharing space with flamingos, ducks and storks.
Equatorial forest is home to a diverse range of creatures, with those that won't eat each other grouped together in scenes reminiscent of a Garden of Eden. Black-crowned cranes, bongos, otters, duikers and pygmy hippos hang out in one area, a sleek, stunning black panther in another.
A gang of chimps scamper around their own grassy home, while our friend the gorilla shares his space with a female or two.
In the savannah, Cerchezan shows me a large white rhino, separated from a group of his fellows on the other side of the bridge, and asks if I can see something unusual about this enormous mammal. It's not hard: he keeps walking around in a circle. Cerchezan says he was rescued from a zoo where he'd been confined to a tiny space for years, walking around and around. He is so damaged psychologically the keepers believe he may never join the other rhinos.
A herd of elephants present a happier picture, rolling around in the dust. A group of giraffes cavort alongside the zebras, while nearby - but out of reach - a male lion snoozes. There are 54 species at Bioarc, with new animals continually arriving. I was captivated by a mother and child hippo swimming gracefully underwater, watched from below from a thick glass-plated walkway.
Bioparc is a place with a profound educational and emotional impact, which its founders and staff hope will ripple out as the struggle continues worldwide to conserve species.
* Getting there: All four daily Emirates flights from New Zealand connect at Dubai with the airline's daily service direct to Madrid. See emirates.com. From Madrid you can get to Valencia by train (raileurope.co.nz) or on domestic flights (see iberia.com)
* Bioparc: See bioparcvalencia.es. Entry costs €10.50-20 ($20-39).
* Further information: See the Spanish Tourism website at spain.info
Linda Herrick visited Valencia as guest of Spanish Tourism and Emirates Airlines.


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Was Obama's Choice to Pass on Climate a "Blunder of Historic Proportions"?
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Earlier in the week, I looked at a hypothetical scenario laid out by columnist David Brooks in which he imagined Obama and the Democrats had gone forward with an energy bill instead of doing health care reform. Joe Romm of Climate Progress had looked at the same scenario, and commented in the end that ""Future generations are likely to view Obama's choice of health care over energy and climate legislation as a blunder of historic proportions." Since then, heavyweights from around the blogosphere have chimed in with their opinions on the statement, and proves fertile ground for debate. Will Obama's legacy be wracked by this one loaded decision?We've looked at a similar question once before (perhaps, actually, the last time Romm leveled the charge -- though I guess other bloggers weren't paying attention then ...), but it's useful to do so again. Reason being that given the science, from the Clinton era on, every elected official in the US has a moral imperative to act to address climate change. This is most true of the president, of course.
If the US fails to act to avert catastrophic climate change, future generations will perhaps scour history's actors and non-actors for the reason that extreme weather events have become commonplace around the globe and that once fertile and and occupied coastline has been submerged (among other phenomena, of course).
And it's why it's so dangerous to write off inaction on climate change as mere policy choice, as many of the pundits responding to Romm do. The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, for example, reprints this argument from ED Kaine:
While certainly there is work to be done on the climate change front, the potential side effects of global warming are still a ways down the road, while the side effects of being uninsured are immediate. Similarly, the costs of future global warming are hard to predict, while the costs of not reforming our healthcare system are relatively easy to predict. In other words, climate change is something we are still on some levels unsure about - we know it's happening, we know we're contributing to it, but we don't know exactly what will happen in the end and for most Americans, it's still a fairly vague, abstract fear in any case.Therefore, it's more politically beneficial to do health care. This argument, however, while underestimating the scale of climate change (the "potential side effects"? Climate change is already underway, folks ...), misses Romm's point. And that is, I think, that no matter how many valuable achievements Obama is able to make, whoever has or had an opportunity to do something meaningful to mitigate the advance of global climate change -- and didn't take it -- will have to answer to history. That includes George W Bush, and it includes Obama.
That said, I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks -- did Obama truly have a rare shot at making significant progress towards averting climate change (some think he never did)? And if so, will his failure to do so be viewed as a blunder of historic proportions?
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Bernard Kouchner and David Miliband are going to Sri Lanka today. On their arrival, tomorrow, they will have a meeting with their Sri Lankan opposite number and later with the Sri Lankan President.
After this first meeting, tomorrow the two ministers will also go to Vavuniya in order, inter alia, to visit the field hospital which France has deployed there, as well as stepping up her assistance to the humanitarian organizations, doubling her contribution to the UNHCR and increasing aid to the French NGOs. Our field hospital, which has been operational since this morning, has begun to take in the first patients. It has around 30 beds and can carry out between 10 and 20 surgical operations a day.
The Minister's plane will bring 36 field medical chests containing medicines and consumables to come to the assistance of 18,000 people, both in our field hospital and other facilities.
The French field hospital is located in Cheddikkulam, 20 kilometres south of Vavuniya. It will support Vavuniya's second district hospital and relieve the congested Dutch MSF field hospital in Vavuniya.
If you include all the measures we have taken, France's humanitarian response to date stands at €1.2 million. So far 78 Foreign and European Affairs Ministry personnel have been sent to the area.
But the humanitarian situation of the internally displaced people is still very alarming. The international community is worried about the fate of the civilians caught up in the fighting. OCHA estimates that there are 40,000 of them. The Sri Lankan authorities' announcement, on Monday, 27 April 2009, of the ending of the use of heavy and aerial weapons has not been followed by authorization for access to the area of fighting and the "grey area", between the combat zone and Vavuniya.
We deplore the fact that civilians and NGOs cannot move around freely and the consequent hindering of access to humanitarian aid and care.
Since 1 January, 200,000 people have been displaced, including over 113,000 since the beginning of last week. 30,000 to 40,000 people are reportedly still without water, food and access to care in the "grey area".
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Oscar Predictions 2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign and a few very possible upsets are marked by the [U] sign. Lets wait a couple of days to see how right it goes.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
[U] Sean Penn in "Milk"
Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
[A] [R] Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Josh Brolin in "Milk"
[R] Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"
[A] Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
[R] Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
[A] Kate Winslet in "The Reader"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in "Doubt"
[A] Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
[U] Viola Davis in "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
[R] Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"
Best animated feature film of the year
"Kung Fu Panda"
Achievement in directing
[U] David Fincher for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard for "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant for "Milk"
Stephen Daldry for "The Reader"
[A] [R] Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire"
Achievement in makeup
[A] "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
[R] "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance" James Newton Howard
"Milk" Danny Elfman
[A] [R] "Slumdog Millionaire" A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E" Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
[R] "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
[A] "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best motion picture of the year
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Reader"
[A] [R] "Slumdog Millionaire"
Achievement in sound editing
[A] "The Dark Knight" Richard King
"Iron Man" Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire" Tom Sayers
[R] "WALL-E" Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted" Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
[A] "The Dark Knight" Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
[R] "Slumdog Millionaire" Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"WALL-E" Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
"Wanted" Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects
[A] [R] "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"The Dark Knight" Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"Iron Man" John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt" Written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon" Screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader" Screenplay by David Hare
[A] [R] "Slumdog Millionaire" Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay
"Frozen River" Written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky" Written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges" Written by Martin McDonagh
"Milk" Written by Dustin Lance Black
[A] [R] "WALL-E" Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter


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But despite strong historical performance, political wrangling over the federally-legislated RET has made investors wary and the future of wind energy in Australia is uncertain.
Some comfort has been provided by the federally-funded Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena), although the respite may be shortlived. Arena is facing cuts to its funding and the CEFC is at risk of being dismantled under the new conservative coalition government that took power in September.
States apply brakes
If shaky federal political commitment was not enough to contend with, development in windy Victoria must also comply with new, more restrictive state planning regulations. Introduced in 2011, the new rules insist on two-kilometre setbacks and so-called no-go zones, in which new wind development is not even considered.
The five years to 2010 saw almost 3GW of wind farms approved in Victoria, but just 60MW has been approved since. The collapse in project activity has resulted in up to A$3 billion in lost investment. The states of New South Wales and South Australia are considering similarly restrictive policies.
State governments have traditionally been more supportive of renewables than federal legislators. Many states viewed the original mandatory RET of 2% as unambitious and contemplated their own initiatives. Victoria got as far as implementing a policy in 2007, which prompted significant activity in the state's wind sector, although it was quickly superseded by the introduction of the federal "expanded RET" (eRET) in 2009.
Now, with federal politics unlikely to produce much in the way of support for wind energy in the foreseeable future, pressure is once again mounting for state governments to step in.
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First to move is the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which announced a law in late 2013 to source 90% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Wind is expected to comprise more than 80% of the portfolio, which could generate a total of A$1.7 billion in private investment. The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia recently highlighted the economic benefits for Western Australia — a state blessed with world-class wind and solar resources — of adopting a local target.
The economic argument for developing state-based targets is strong. A healthy wind industry has the potential to offset some of the significant recent job losses in the Australian manufacturing sector. Wind-tower manufacturing is in the spotlight following the recommendation by Australia's Anti-Dumping Commission to impose import tariffs on Chinese and South Korean turbine towers.
Lessons from America
Indeed, experience in North America underscores the lesson that state-based support can make or break an industry's fortunes. California's long-standing commitment to renewable energy attracted an estimated US$7 billion investment in 2012 alone, while legislation passed in Maryland to see 200MW of offshore capacity by 2017 will create more than 850 jobs.
In contrast, several provinces in Canada — including Ontario, following the World Trade Organisation ruling on domestic content, and Quebec, where there is major public opposition — are now reviewing long-term energy plans, creating uncertainty and slowing investment.
By its very nature, wind energy is highly location-dependent. The added complexity of local social and economic factors means that any policy designed to foster a sustainable investment climate will have a distinctly local flavour. As experience in Australia and elsewhere has shown, decisions made locally can help or hinder wind power at least as much as national legislation.
As long as support for wind energy in Australia continues to ebb and flow between state and federal governments, anyone with an interest in the sector is well advised to keep a close eye on which way the wind is blowing.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 13 miles of stream in the Turkey Creek watershed around Pinson as critical habitat for the endangered vermilion darter, a small, brightly colored fish known to occur only in Jefferson County.
The designation means that federal projects in the area must be reviewed to ensure they don't damage the habitat. Projects on private property that don't need a federal permit are not affected.
Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke said the new designation expands protected darter habitat from the current 7.2 miles.
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Deborah's professional photographic journey began in 2010 when she retired from a successful 23-year career as an ASID and NCIDQ-credentialed interior designer in the kitchen and bath industry. Her forte was designing luxury interiors for the South Florida and Carolina Mountain lifestyles. She is delighted that she can now apply all that creative energy, time, and talent to her life-long passion for photography.
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Deborah says, "Photography is the intersection of composition, light, and timing. Sometimes it is the absence of light and what is NOT in the image that makes a good image. Knowing what to leave out could be as important as what to include." Continuing, she explains, "The absence of light is as important as light itself, as this is what gives shape and form to the subject of your image. Light cannot exist without darkness, and it's that contrast that I work with. Revealing the gradients between light and dark is what we, as photographers, do. It is our artist's pallet.'
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- All girls between 11-12 should get the HPV vaccine BEFORE any sexual contact.
- There are three HPV vaccines – one protects against 9 types, one protects against 4 types and one protects against two types of HPV.
- If you receive your first HPV vaccine before you turn 15, you will only need 1 booster vaccine about 6-12 months after the first dose. But if you are 15 or older, you'll need 2 booster shots – a total of 3 shots.
- The HPV vaccine will not cure a current HPV infection.
There are about 150 different types of HPV (Human Papillomavirus) and more than 40 are sexually transmitted. Researchers keep track of the different types of HPV by identifying them with numbers – such as 6, 11,16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.
Some types cause genital warts, others cause pre-cancerous changes (cellular changes that can lead to cancer of the cervix later). In rare cases, the virus can cause other types of cancers to the vulva, vagina, anus in girls, the anus and penis in guys, and the back of the throat, base of the tongue, and tonsils in both.
There is a vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer and other conditions caused by certain types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Am I at risk to get HPV?
If you have had sexual contact or plan to have sexual contact in your lifetime, you're at risk for getting HPV. Any person who has sexual contact—no matter what color, race, gender or sexual orientation—can get HPV. In fact, at least 1 in every 2 sexually active young women has had a genital HPV infection. Over 20 million Americans of all ages know they have the HPV virus because they've had genital warts, an abnormal Pap test, or have tested positive for HPV. However, most people don't know they have HPV because they haven't had symptoms.
HPV and genital warts are usually spread by direct skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who is infected with HPV. Condoms and dental dams (used as a barrier during oral sex) can help protect against HPV, but they aren't perfect because HPV can be found on skin that isn't covered by a condom. HPV can be in the skin and genital organs without any symptoms.
What are the HPV vaccines?
There are now three vaccines that protect young women against different types of HPV.
One vaccine, called Gardasil®, protects young women against four different types of HPV. The vaccine works to prevent two types of HPV-16 and 18, which have been linked to cervical cancer, and two other types—6 and 11, which cause genital warts. Gardasil® can also prevent some vulvar, vaginal, and anal cancers. Gardasil® is also approved for young men.
In 2015, a new vaccine called Gardasil 9® became available. This vaccine works to prevent all of the HPV infections covered by the old Gardasil® (HPV 6, 11, 16, and 18) and also prevents five more types of HPV (31, 33, 54, 52, and 58) which also cause cervical, vulvar, vaginal, and anal cancers. Gardasil 9® is recommended for all young men and women ages 9 through 26.
The third vaccine, called Cervarix®, protects young women against two different types of HPV. This vaccine works to prevent HPV-16 and 18, which have been linked to cervical cancer. It does not protect against HPV-6 and 11. Cervavix® is not approved for young men because it doesn't prevent genital warts (HPV types 6 and 11).
The vaccines work best in girls/young women who have not yet come in contact with these viruses. That is why the vaccine is recommended for all 11 and 12 year old girls and boys as a routine vaccination, and for all young women 13-26 years of age who have not yet had the vaccine. Young men ages 13-21 who have not yet had the vaccine should also receive it, and young men up to age 26 can receive the vaccine safely. Anyone receiving the HPV vaccine before their 15th birthday needs a total of 2 doses (instead of 3, which used to be the rule.) The 2nd dose should be given 6-12 months after the first one.
However, anyone starting the HPV vaccine series after they turn 15 years old still needs to get 3 doses. The 2nd dose should be given 1-2 months after the first dose and the 3rd dose should be given 6 months after the first dose.
How does the HPV vaccine work?
The vaccine is a fluid that has very small particles in it that look like HPV. The body quickly starts making antibodies against the types of HPV noted above. Antibodies are necessary to fight HPV. Remember that the virus isn't a live virus, which means you can't get HPV from the vaccine.
How does a vaccine get approved?
Before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves any medicine or vaccine, scientists and doctors must study it. After researching the vaccine for a long time, the pharmaceutical company that created the vaccine must show that the vaccine will improve the health of people who receive it.
Is the HPV vaccine effective?
When tested in girls who had not yet been exposed to HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18, Gardasil® was 100% effective in preventing infection. When Cervarix® was tested in girls not yet exposed to HPV types 16 and 18, it was 93% effective in preventing infection. Gardasil 9® protects young women and men against nine different types of HPV including the four previously covered by Gardasil® (6, 11, 16, 18) and five additional types (31, 33, 45, 52, and 58). Overall, Gardasil 9® is expected to prevent 90% of genital warts and 90% of cervical cancers. It can also prevent some vulvar, vaginal and anal cancers.
Both vaccines are less effective in young women and men who have already come in contact with the HPV types in the vaccine. However, if a person has been exposed only to one of the types, the vaccines still gives protection against the remaining types. So, even people who have had sexual contact should get immunized.
It's important to plan on returning to your health care provider for the follow-up booster shot(s) because the vaccine will not be completely effective if you don't have all the doses.
When is the best time to get vaccinated?
The best time to get vaccinated is before you come in contact with the HPV virus. In fact, the government organization that decides when kids should be immunized recommends that all 11 and 12 year old girls and boys get it. Health care providers can also offer the vaccine to younger girls and boys (9 and 10 year olds). Gardasil is approved for young women and men from 9 years of age up to 26 years, while Cervarix is approved for young women from 10 years of age up to 25 years. Gardasil 9® is approved for young women and men ages 9-26.
Are there any side effects with the HPV vaccine?
Side effects are rare; however, some young women who get the vaccine may complain of pain, or have swelling or redness where they got the shot (arm or thigh). These discomforts are temporary but may last a couple of days. In very few cases, people may get a fever, feel dizzy, or feel sick to their stomach. Some patients have fainted after receiving the vaccine, so you may want to sit quietly for 10-15 minutes after getting it.
Do I have a choice about getting the HPV vaccine?
Only a few states require that kids get the HPV vaccine. Ask your primary care provider if the HPV vaccine is required in your state. Most health care providers (HCPs) would like you to have the HPV vaccine if you're between the ages of 9-26 to lessen your risk of cervical cancer (the younger the better). However, most HCPs will suggest that you get the vaccine if you're between the ages of 9-26 years old to lower your risk of getting genital warts or cervical cancer.
How do I know if I should get the HPV vaccine?
Talk it over with your health care provider. Now that the vaccine is available, it is a good idea to take advantage of it. Most people will become sexually active at some point in their lives and the vaccine is very effective in preventing the spread of HPV. Using condoms lowers your risk of HPV, but condoms are not perfect. Getting HPV is far worse than getting the shot.
Is there any reason why I shouldn't get the HPV vaccine?
The vaccine is not recommended if you are pregnant, have certain blood conditions, an immune disorder, or certain other medical problems. You should not receive the HPV vaccine if you are allergic to any part of the vaccine or if you had a reaction to the first dose.
Let your health care provider know if you have a latex allergy, as Cervarix® comes in two different vaccines, and one contains latex. Talk to your health care provider to see if the HPV vaccine is right for you.
Should I get the vaccine even if I've already had sex and don't know if I was exposed to HPV?
Yes. All people ages 9-26 should receive the vaccine even if they've already had sex. It's not necessary to have an HPV test before getting the vaccine.
Is the HPV vaccine safe?
The vaccine is considered safe by FDA standards. It's not made with a live virus that can cause an HPV infection. It does not contain mercury or thimerosal.
If I've already tested positive for HPV, will the vaccine help?
It depends on what type of HPV you have been exposed to. The vaccine won't cure an HPV infection that you already have, such as genital warts, pre-cancers (changes that usually happen before a cancer starts to grow), or cervical cancer. It could, however, protect you from the types of HPV that you have not come in contact with. Many people who have HPV are not infected with all the types of HPV that the vaccine targets. Since there is no test available to tell for sure if a woman or man has had just one or multiple types of the HPV virus, it's recommended to get the vaccine.
If I get the HPV vaccine will I be protected for the rest of my life?
The vaccine is effective for at least 8 years, but is likely effective even longer. It's unknown, but at some point in the future a booster will possibly be available.
Is there an HPV vaccine for guys too?
Gardasil® has been approved by the FDA for use in young men ages 9 through 26. It's given to prevent genital warts caused by HPV-6 and 11. Cervarix® is not approved for use in young men. Gardasil 9® has been approved by the FDA for use in young men ages 9-26.
Will my insurance cover the HPV vaccine?
Most health insurance covers the HPV vaccine, but some may not. It's expensive if your insurance company doesn't pay for it. If you're covered under your parent's insurance, check with them. If you have your own policy, you can call your insurance provider directly. If you must pay for the vaccine on your own, each dose is about $130, and up to $390 for the full series.
Will there be a vaccine someday, that prevents other types of HPV?
It's very possible that someday there will be a vaccine that works to prevent more types of HPV.


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