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Human Vγ9/Vο2 T cells: Innate adaptors of the immune system
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Unconventional T cells are gaining center stage as important effector and regulatory cells that orchestrate innate and adaptive immune responses. Human Vc9/Vd2 T cells are amongst the best understood unconventional T cells, as they are easily accessible in peripheral blood, can readily be expanded and manipulated in vitro, respond to microbial infections in vivo and can be exploited for novel tumor immunotherapies. We here review findings that suggest that Vc9/Vd2 T cells, and possibly other unconventional human T cells, play an important role in bridging innate and adaptive immunity by promoting the activation and differentiation of various types of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and even turning into APCs themselves, and thereby pave the way for antigen-specific effector responses and long-term immunological memory. Although the direct physiological relevance for most of these mechanisms still needs to be demonstrated in vivo, these findings may have implications for novel therapies, diagnostic tests and vaccines
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Author: DOHERTY, DEREK; DOHERTY, DEREK
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I. Methods
Each year, all U.S. schools of allopathic and osteopathic medicine are invited to submit policies to the AMSA Scorecard for assessment. Emails are sent to appropriate contacts at these schools (deans, conflict of interest officers, etc. as established by previous year's contact at each school) explaining the Scorecard project and requesting the submission of their policies.
Schools that do not submit policies after multiple attempts at contact will be assumed to be unchanged from the 2014 Scorecard and will retain an unchanged assessment. For schools that do not submit policies this year and also did not submit policies in 2014, a web search will be conducted in an effort to locate any publicly available policies. If no applicable policies can be found, schools will be assigned an incomplete grade.
In order to score the policies, we created a scoring codebook and will provide formal training for analysts in its use. All policies will be blinded when evaluated by analysts.
II. Rating system
This scoring instrument focuses on conflict-of-interest policies directly related to industry marketing and education.
Policies are rated on each of the domains listed below, using the following general format.
3 = Model policy
2 = Good progress toward model policy
1 = Policy is absent or unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior
Policies are rated on how closely they approach the goals, recognizing that there may be many approaches to a single goal.
"Industry" refers to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Policy Domains:
- Gifts from industry
- Meals from industry
- Industry-sponsored promotional speaking relationships
- Industry support of ACCME-accredited CME
- Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events
- Industry-funded scholarships and awards
- Ghostwriting and honorary authorship
- Consulting and advising relationships
- Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives
- Access of medical device representatives
- Conflict of interest disclosure
- Existence of an adequate conflict-of-interest medical school curriculum
- Extension of COI policies to adjunct/courtesy faculty and affiliated hospitals/clinics
- Enforcement and sanctions of policies
- Gifts
Background: Numerous published studies demonstrate that small and large gifts play a role in influencing prescribing decisions, which directly affect patients. Medical personnel consistently underestimate the extent to which they personally are influenced.
3 = All gifts funded by industry are prohibited, regardless of nature or value.
2 = Gifts allowed but only if value ≤$10 or if the gifts are limited to educational items for physicians such as textbooks.
1 = Gifts allowed of value above $10 or no restriction specified.
- Meals
Background: Like gifts, studies have shown that free meals can influence prescribing decisions.
3 = No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed.
2 = Meals allowed but only if:
(a) the value of the meal is ≤ $10,
(b) or when provided at industry-funded accredited CME events,
(c) or when provided on-site as part of an indirect grant from industry
1 = Meals allowed of value above $10 or no restrictions specified.
- Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships
Background: Research relationships with industry may entail beneficial public presentations and speeches by individual researchers. However, industry also uses academic physicians to support marketing goals by identifying and cultivating speakers who give a positive message about the drug in question. Such ongoing relationships, sometimes called "speakers bureaus," compromise the academic integrity of the institution.
3 = Policy effectively prevents faculty from being paid by industry to do promotional speaking, or to be on industry-funded speakers' bureaus. An effective policy may ensure this in a variety of ways, but for the purposes the Scorecard, the policy must explicitly state the following two criteria:
(a) The talk is not promotional in nature, but purely educational; and
(b) Industry has no role in determining or approving presentation content.
2 = Industry-funded speaking relationships are regulated but with less stringent limits on content control, compensation, etc.
1 =No limitations on industry-funded speaking or no policy.
- Industry support of ACCME-accredited CME
Background: Studies have shown that industry funding of continuing medical education programs tends to bias topic choices and content in favor of the sponsors' products and therapeutic areas. Major medical organizations, such as the Institute of Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the American Medical Association's Council for Ethical and Judicial Affairs, have called for elimination or severe restriction of industry funding for CME.
3 = Policy states that industry funding is not accepted for the support of accredited CME courses except in certain clearly defined circumstances. Examples of permitted exceptions must be defined explicitly and may include:
- The course would be prohibitively expensive/unaffordable to physicians without industry funding, or
- Industry funding is accepted via a central, undesignated, blinded pool of funds with the central office having sole discretion on how the funds are to be used. For purposes of the Scorecard, a central, blinded pool is defined as such: a company cannot suggest or stipulate the specific course or academic program (i.e. department) for which the funding is awarded.
2 = Commercial support accepted, but at least one measure is in place to prevent promotional content (in addition to ACCME accreditation), such as:
- Requiring more than one sponsor for any event,
- Requiring that departments not be allowed to make a profit from programs (i.e., funds must be used for educational program only)
- Requiring that physician participants cover some of the cost of the program (i.e. they may be required to pay for their own meal),
- Requiring centralized management of CME programming (i.e., industry can award funds for a specific course but all funds must go first to a centralized CME Office, which is responsible for compliance with CME regulations and which disburses funds to departments for CME courses; this is not as stringent as a blinded pool of funds, which does not allow companies to designate funds for specific courses), or
- Some other robust regulation or oversight of commercial influence
1=Industry support can be accepted with the only stipulation being that courses must follow ACCME criteria.
- Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional programs
Background: Industry promotional programs generally provide educational content, but are created with the ultimate goal of increasing physician use of the promoted drug or device. Such programs are philosophically inconsistent with the educational mission of medical schools, which is to instruct broadly on the optimal care of patients.
3= Faculty, students, and trainees are prohibited or discouraged from attending industry-sponsored promotional events. Attendees cannot accept industry reimbursement for travel or other remuneration.
2=Attendance allowed (without any statement discouraging attendance) but attendees cannot accept industry reimbursement for travel or other remuneration.
1=No restrictions or no policy.
- Industry-funded scholarships and awards
Background: Industry frequently provides funding to support students and trainees' attendance at medical conferences. Allowing industry to subsidize educational opportunities risks persuading trainees to favor the funding company's products. Policies that prevent companies from directly selecting recipients do not prevent students' knowledge of the identity of the funding company, which in turn creates the same opportunity for companies to engender good will with students and trainees.
3=Industry support for residents and medical students to attend conferences or trainings is prohibited.
2=Industry support to attend conferences or trainings is allowed, but there are one or more safeguards in place to ensure the funds are not used by the company to establish a marketing relationship with the trainee. An example of such a measure may include selection of recipients through a competitive process managed by the dean or university administration.
1=Industry support is allowed without stipulations or there is no policy.
- Ghostwriting and honorary authorship
Background: Pharmaceutical and device companies often hire medical writing companies to ghostwrite articles that are subsequently published in the medical literature under the names of academics—termed "honorary authors"— who may have had little or no involvement in the research or in the writing. Physicians rely on the information they read in journal articles to make prescribing decisions, and they should be able to trust that any recommendations made reflect the research and opinions of the authors and not the hidden influence of writers hired by industry.
3=Industry-funded ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.
2=The practice is discouraged, but not prohibited.
1=No policy.
- Consulting and advising relationships
Background: While consultation with industry is crucial in drug and device discovery and refinement, some consulting agreements are explicitly focused on marketing. Such consultations vary in topic and scope. These types of activities place a physician in a promotional role for a product, which, like serving on industry-sponsored speakers' bureaus, is not consistent with the academic mission of providing unbiased medical education.
3= Policy specifies that consulting or advising relationships for purely commercial or marketing purposes are prohibited or actively discouraged. Consulting or advising relationships for research and scientific activities are allowed without prohibition or discouragement. The policy also requires at least one of the following:
- Prior review of the activity
- Clear, legitimate deliverables spelled out in the contract
- Fee is at fair market value
2=Policy allows all consulting and advising relationships (research, scientific activities, and commercial and marketing consulting relationships are all allowed) but requires at least one of the following:
- Prior review of the activity
- Clear, legitimate deliverables spelled out in the contract
- Fee is at fair market value
1=Institution places no restrictions on any consulting and advising relationships.
- Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives
Background: Industry sales representatives are employed to increase the sales of their company's drugs. Permitting their access to medical staff is not in the interests of patients or staff.
3=Pharmaceutical sales representatives are not allowed access to any faculty or trainees in academic medical centers or affiliated clinical entities. However, faculty may invite other industry scientists who are not acting as sales representatives for specific discussions that do not involve marketing a specific product.
2=Pharmaceutical representatives are allowed to meet with faculty and the following two criteria must be met:
(a) meetings must take place only in non-patient care areas and
(b) meetings must take place by appointment only.
1=No policy, or a policy that does not substantially limit access.
- Access of medical device representatives
Background: Medical device representatives often provide faculty and staff necessary technical assistance and in-service training on devices and equipment. It is inappropriate for them to actively market new equipment directly to physicians, particular while they are indirectly assisting with patient care. Clarifying the non-marketing role of medical device representatives is a best practice.
3=Medical device representatives are permitted in patient care areas only for legitimate reasons not related to marketing, such as providing necessary technical assistance and/or training on devices and other equipment already purchased.
(Exceptions to the requirement that equipment already be purchased can be made when faculty are involved in legitimate research under a signed contract to research new devices or new uses for approved devices).
2= Medical device representatives are permitted in patient care areas and there is no specification or restriction regarding their activities. However, the policy does regulate site access in some way (such as requiring an appointment or registration).
1= No policy, or a policy that does not substantially regulate access.
- Conflict of interest disclosure
Background: Disclosure is an important component of conflict-of-interest policies. Faculty should be transparent about any financial relationships that could potentially influence their clinical and educational duties.
3=Policy requires both of the following types of disclosure:
(a) Internal disclosure to the institution, and
(b) Disclosure to trainees/audiences
2=Policy requires at least one of the following:
(a) Internal disclosure to the institution,
(b) Disclosure to trainees/audiences
1=No form of disclosure required, or no policy.
- Existence of an adequate COI curriculum for medical students
Background: A formal curriculum on conflict of interest aims to teach medical students how to prevent marketing activities from inappropriately influencing their treatment decisions.
3=COI curriculum/education is required for medical students. The medical school's curriculum materials that are submitted must cover the two core competencies below:
- Understand the effects of industry marketing on physician education and practice, and its relationship to medical professionalism
- Understand the effects of industry influence on how the efficacy and safety of drugs and devices are demonstrated, regulated, and/or marketed.
2=COI curriculum/education is required for medical students but it is more limited.
1=No COI curriculum/education for medical students is required or there is no policy in place.
- Extension of COI policies to adjunct/courtesy faculty and affiliated hospitals/clinics
Background: Policies written for medical schools and major teaching hospitals are generally understood to apply to faculty and trainees in those academic settings. However, medical education extends beyond those walls to employees of all types and to community hospitals, clinics, and private practices.
3=Policy applies to both of the following:
- All employees (full/part-time or volunteer faculty) and students/trainees
- Applies wherever faculty and trainees are working (i.e.: affiliated institution, such as off-site clinics and offices, or community hospitals), even if the site does not have the same policy.
2=Policy applies to or is actively encouraged, for at least one of the following:
- All employees (full/part-time or volunteer faculty) and students/trainees
- Applies wherever faculty are working (i.e.: affiliated institution, such as off-site clinics and offices, or community hospitals), even if the site does not have the same policy.
1=Policy applies only to regular faculty and only within the primary medical center.
- Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies
Background: To ensure compliance with policies, institutions must provide mechanisms for oversight and enforcement.
3=Policy states that there is a party (e.g. the committee or individual to whom violations should be reported) responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies AND that there are sanctions for noncompliance (a description of sanctions is not required).
2=Policy states that EITHER there is a party (e.g. the committee or individual to whom violations should be reported) responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies OR that there are sanctions for noncompliance (a description of sanctions is not required).
1=There is no policy for enforcement and sanctions of policies.
III. Determination of Letter Grade
Scores are computed by adding up the total scores for each of 14 domains. Since each domain can score from 1 (poor or no policy) to 3 (model policy), the possible scoring range for each school is 14-42.
Based on the raw score, a standardized score was calculated based on converting the maximum score, 42, to a more intuitive maximum score of 100. This formula is:
(Raw score X 2) + 16 = Standardized score.
This is then converted to a percentage by dividing by the maximum score and multiplying by 100.
Grades are assigned as follows:
- A ≥ 85% (Excellent, or model COI policies; corresponding to raw scores ≥ 35)
- B ≥ 72% (Moderate COI policies, raw scores 28-34)
- C ≥ 56% (Poor COI policies, raw scores 20-27)
- I ≤ 54% (Incomplete policies, raw scores ≤ 19)
IV. Reassessment
An institution may request an explanation or reassessment of its score within 30 days of the scorecard release if policies change or if it feels it has been scored inappropriately. The reassessment process requires that a school submit either (a) new or additional policies or (b) a written explanation of why the current assessment is incorrect, specifically addressing each relevant domain and referencing the policy and page number to provide evidence to the grading methodology. During reassessments, the grade will be changed to In Process and the reassessment completed within 60 days. Contact email@example.com for more details.
V. Assessment Instrument
The rating system discussed above was translated to a coding book to aid analysts in making their assessments.


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Westhill Consulting and Employment
Getting that Job Takes Work
With the school year winding down, many high school students are looking for employment. Whether it's our first job or our tenth, applying for a job always seems a bit challenging. First, we have to find a job we believe we can be reasonably happy with. If you're unhappy indoors, try to find an outdoor job … then fill out the job application, and then have the job interview.
Interviews make some folks nervous. We have to maintain a balance of selling ourselves to our employer and yet not coming across as conceited. A nice middle ground is to be confident. If we are truthful about what we put on a job application, and know that we can do the skills that we've listed, our confidence is appropriate.
Work Wise Kauai is an organization whose vision is "To develop the skills of the entire workforce of Kauai and to ensure a smoothly functioning total economy. Their mission is "To support the economic development of Kauai through the workforce development system." In other words, they will help people find, and prepare for jobs as well as list job availabilities on their website: Workwisekauai.com
There is a link on the website to Hire Net Hawaii. On that site you fill out your zip code and a radius in miles of places you'd be willing to work. I typed in 96746 for Kapaa and 10 miles as a distance. Up came 7 pages of 25 jobs in that area. For advanced info on how to apply for the job, you have to fill out an online registration form. Many of these do require specific skills, but many would be appropriate for first jobs, such as working as sales clerks for Safeway, Macy's, Long's, Papalani Gelato and more.
Work Wise will post your resume on their site for employers to review. They also provided a very thorough checklist of do's and don'ts for a successful job interview. Since they specifically work with employers on Kauai, it's good to know. I did some minor editing.
"Make sure to fill out your application completely using excellent spelling and penmanship.
Have all the dates, addresses and phone numbers you need, as well as your own blue or black ink pen, pencil and eraser.
First impressions are very important. Have clean hair, teeth, and clothes.
Dress properly even if you are only picking up or dropping off an application. You might be asked to have an interview on the spot. Dress appropriately without heavy makeup, perfume, aftershave or jewelry. It's work, not a date. Be neat and clean.
Arrive 10 minutes early and go alone, without friends, relatives or pets.
Turn off all cell phones and pagers.
Smile, smile and smile. Give good eye contact. Be enthusiastic, friendly and courteous to everyone you meet. Sit up straight and confidently without fidgeting.
Have a good attitude. No "Genuine Aloha Spirit" was a common complaint!
Answer questions thoughtfully, and speak clearly. It's recommended to leave the pidgin English at home. You will be representing the company and employers want to make good impressions on their clients.
Answer questions honestly and completely, but don't talk too much. You should both talk about 50 percent of the time.
When asked a question that you don't understand, get clarification. Don't just agree for the sake of agreeing. Then organize your thoughts before you speak.
Don't talk badly about a former employer or any co-workers.
Leave personal problems at home, and don't say that you've been "stressed out."
Know the basic duties of the job you are applying for, and know about the company. You may ask about the job duties and the company, but avoid discussion of salary. That comes later, after they're interested.
Keep a record of all contacts so you can follow up on your applications.
If you leave your phone number with your potential employer to call you back, make sure that your answering machine message is polite!
Do not list a skill that you don't have. This can backfire and put others at risk.
Review yourself! How do you think you'd come across in an interview. Would you want to work eight hours a day with you?
There were two other websites that show job opportunities: hawaiijobengine.com/i-kauai-jobs listed 37 jobs, craigslist.org takes you to a page with all of its listings. Click Hawaii. Then at the top click Kauai. Jobs are listed by category. There were several of food and beverage industry jobs listed. Since craigslist is open to anyone, scams sometimes do occur.
Do your own personal investigation! If you've frequented a restaurant for years and like the place, go to the manager and ask if there are any job openings. Not all jobs get listed on websites or in the window. Word of mouth from employees is important. It always helps to "know someone who knows someone." Ask others if they know who's hiring.
When filling out applications and previous work experience is asked for, remember that babysitting and yard work are worthy to list. List where you've volunteered and provide references. Also ask your teachers, coaches, neighbors or pastors if they will give you a good reference on a job application. Good luck! And the next time it will be easier!
Stand Out, Never Stand Down
Equally as important as learning how to get a job is learning how to keep one. Working is much like dating: Keep the relationship exciting or your employer might get a wandering eye for greener pastures. You need to stay at the top of your game to prove to your employer that she was right to pick you in the first place. You can stand out at work by being a stand-up person. Be honest, act with integrity and treat everyone with kindness and respect. Westhill Consulting and Employment in Jakarta has recognized the need of many employees to stand out among colleagues. You cannot expect any development when you continue to stand down to others.
1. Make a habit of introducing yourself.
Whenever you walk into a meeting, go up to someone you don't know and introduce yourself. People with the confidence to do this stand out. Work out a few questions to ask to get to know people, and you'll quickly boost your visibility. More people you know more chances of being popular.
2. Sit next to new people.
As an extension of tip one, if there's an opportunity to sit next to new people at a meeting, a talk, at lunch, on a training course – you should take it. Whether they may be from different nations like Jakarta, Indonesia, Ghana, Africa or Tokyo, Japan, treat them with respect. Often the shared experience creates an opportunity to build a relationship. Not only does this again demonstrate your confidence, but it's also a great way to show senior managers you take an interest in other people and have the skills to develop a widespread network. If you can show that, it will be noted.
3. Be first to act.
If you've heard someone ask for a volunteer, or open the floor for questions after a presentation, you've likely experienced the awkward silence that follows. But by being the person to stand up and volunteer to be the one at the flipchart or taking the action points, or by having a question ready to start the ball rolling, you show you're willing to get into action when the structured part of the meeting stops – something senior managers equate with leadership ability and the ability to make a career leap successfully.
4. Smile.
Even when it's the last thing you feel like doing, still smile -- and others will smile with you. Instead of having complaints with the system or any negativity in your workplace, smile and treat them with optimism.
5. Seek opportunities to learn new skills and maintain old ones.
Don't make the mistake of becoming a dinosaur; keep yourself marketable by remaining current in your profession. Review what you need to improve on and learn where you need to excel more.


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The UberSLEIGH toy drive is coming to San Diego! Uber and Toys for Tots are partnering up this season, and and we invite you to join us in delivering cheer and joy to children in your community during the holidays.
Open the Uber app on December 18th, select SLEIGH, and we'll pick up your toy donation for free! The elves will be equipped with red velvet treats provided by Kiss Kreations, for those who donate toys.
- Open your app between 11am-3pm on Friday, 12/18
- Slide over to the "SLEIGH" icon on the far right and request a FREE pickup at your location
- Meet your driver curbside with your unwrapped toys
- Once the Uber elves have collected all of the donations, they will be delivered to Toys for Tots, providing holiday gifts to children
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- Anyone who requests UberSLEIGH will automatically be entered to win the hotel package
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***Sweepstakes Name: SD UberSLEIGH Staycation Giveaway Sweepstakes Period: December 18, 2015 Winners Announced: December 21, 2015 Age Requirements: 18 years or older Method of Entry: Complete a request for UberSLEIGH through the Uber application, or enter by Electronic Mail by: sending an email to email@example.com specifying the name of the sweepstakes in the subject line of the email. Entrants must also include ONLY the following details in the body of the email: Entrant's email address and name. All email entries must be received by no later than the end of the Sweepstakes Period. Prizes and Approximate Retail Values: 2-night stay at the Hotel Del Coronado, with dinner for 2 at ENO. Expires 12/30/16 and is based upon availability. Total package value is $ 1,200 How Winner is Selected: The winner will be randomly chosen following the end of the Sweepstakes Period. Contact: Winner will be contacted via email. Other Terms: For additional terms and conditions applicable to the SD UberSLEIGH Staycation Giveaway sweepstakes, please see: Official Sweepstakes Rules
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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy on Labour Markets and Production
This paper discusses the measurement of production and employment effects of trade policy, and more broadly the effects of economic integration and globalization. First, it provides a broad-brush overview of the ex-post literature linking trade to performance, such as measures of worker displacement, adjustment costs, and econometric evidence on trade and wages. It then defines structural impact indexes, illustrating their use with a stylized CGE model-based assessment of the impact of EU enlargement on the transition economies. Finally, the last section discusses the gap between our ex-post experience with adjustment costs, and what ex-ante methods actually tell us.
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"Children watch their parents," it runs, and "employees watch their leaders and adopt what seems to work and what they perceive to be acceptable to the company". As aphorisms go, it's not implausible, even if it's only a variation on that old Chinese tune about the fish rotting from its head.
Would McKinsey, however, want to apply it, at home in the US? There, according to a recent study by Ian Dew Becker and Richard Gordon for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the share of total income going to corporate leaders has increased by leaps and bounds, at a hugely greater rate than payments to middling and shop floor staff, who have barely seen any real terms increase in decades.
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In the UK private sector, there are signs of similar stretching, with a small group of top people getting annual increases in base salary and bonuses at a rate far in excess of the company at large, and usually far in excess of any increase in profitability.
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The article in the McKinsey Quarterly from which the line comes is entitled "The 'moment of truth' in customer service". In dealing with, say, a bank, there may come a time (handling a lost card, applying for a mortgage) when you invest emotional energy in the outcome of the episode. How the bank handles it determines "brand" - how much trust it merits, and whether customers will stay loyal.
Public bodies esteem trust and loyalty too, especially those such as hospitals, which are starting to compete with one another. In public services, these "moments of truth" are many and varied. They tend to be asymmetric: you want something only the public authority can grant, such as planning permission, or access to home help, or income support.
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When you earn a degree, you want more than just an education. It's reasonable to expect a return on your investment. Unfortunately, certain degrees don't always lead to the job opportunities and financial rewards you want.
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New York's main contract, light sweet crude for June, gained 81 cents to 84.03 dollars.
Oil rose Wednesday in a late rally, one day after being rocked by the Greek financial crisis and the strengthening dollar.
As markets prepared to close, news trickled in that the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had kept interest rates at ultra-low levels, further stimulating the economy.
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I used agave syrup instead of honey and 1 T flaxseed a 3 T water instead of egg, and my flour was whole wheat pastry flour. Made this way I felt these were really very yummy. Next time I will sub some oil with applesauce. Oh I did add vanilla and orange extract too ( 1 tsp each)
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What is in measles vaccine and how is it delivered?
Measles virus: Measles vaccine is made from measles virus, but it's altered so that it causes no disease in most, but slight disease in a few (low grade fever and/or rash for 1-2 days). It is delivered via a needle into the tissue that lies under the skin. It stimulates the immune system to make antibodies against the virus, but without having to have the full-blown illness, with all the illness's risk, first. ...Read more
Vaccinations (Definition)
Latin word for cow, vacca, because of the smallpox/cowpox work of edward jenner, vaccination is the administration of a substance, live organism or otherwise, that stimulates the immune response to prevent a specific disease. Primarily a preventative procedure, some vaccines can ...Read more
Can there be side effects of a measles vaccine on adults?
Sure: Of course. Any medication or vaccination can cause side effects at any age. Mostly it will be local reaction such as soreness, redness and pain/itching or global such as feeling crummy, fever, etc. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Could you tell me what are chances of experiencing side effects of a measles vaccine on adults?
1 side effect higher: Children and adults have the same possible side effects of fever, rash, & swollen lymph nodes. One difference: children have at 1% incidence of potential side effect of painful stiff joints but this side effect has a much higher rate of up to 25% in adults, & more often in women than men. Actual joint swelling is rare in children but occurs in up to 10% adults. It is reversible in all groups. ...Read more
I gave measles vaccine to my 1yr old twice,unaware dat i gav 1 earlier.1st dose at 9 months and 2nd dose today.Shud i be concerned abt any effects?
No: A child should get a measles vaccine (MMR = measles, mumps, rubella vaccine) once after his first birthday, and a second time after his 4th birthday or at age 4-5 years. Some children get an extra dose of measles vaccine BEFORE their first birthdays, but that extra dose is for extra protection and does not count towards the future 2 doses. Thus, some kids have 3 total doses. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
For How long does the Measles 's after vaccine fever last?My daughter had measles vaccine on 1 sept, she is having fever till then.Fever is above 100.
Measles vaccine: The measles part of the vaccine often doesn't cause side effects prior to 7-10 days after the vaccine, and this is usually fever and a rash. If this fever is atypical, she should see her MD to see if there is another cause. ...Read more
Does ofloxacin have any effect on the measles vaccine?
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Can anyone please tell me if I should give my child measles vaccine during a fever?
How high?: Low grade fever is not a reason to delay MMR but significant fever is a reason to delay the vaccination. ...Read more
I had my 1st measles vaccine between 2008 & 2011, and bloods confirmed i was not immuned. I had my 2nd one in november 2013, am i protected now?
Possibly: A single dose of the measles vaccine was known to confer immunity to 85% +/- of the population. By the mid 1990's a second dose became routine in the us, bringing the protection level to >95% of the population. Various individual factors can interfere with vaccine protection, but for normal individuals 2 doses will keep them safe.Another blood test could verify your status. ...Read more
My country currently has the measles outbreak so should I get a measles vaccine shot? I already got 2 shots when i was 9 months & 18 months old. I'm 18 yrs old. Plus, i never have measles before
Measles Immunity: If you have had the measles vaccine series you most probably are immune. A simple way to check is to ask your physician to get a measles titre (blood test)which will confirm or exclude your immunity. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Is it safe to use paracetamol after a measles vaccine?
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Spring in the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Sure, it may still be grey and the weather might be a bit changeable but the explosion of cherry blossoms and other delightful flowering bushes and trees and plants make it a pretty magical season.
One perfect April springtime getaway in Pacific Northwest is a trip up to the Skagit Valley to visit the Tulip Festival – acres and acres of flowers! Even on the grayest of days, the tulip fields are bright and cheery and will put a smile on even the grumpiest person's face (although not the sickest, as I will explain in a moment).
Last year, my roommate and I planned our inaugural visit to the Tulip Festival and of course packed ourselves a basket of treats to eat along the one-hour drive north. We had extended the invitation to our upstairs neighbors to join us, but one of them broke her foot the night before and didn't come – and while the other one DID ride along, he also managed to contract a terrible cold along the way which pretty much ruined the outing and forced us to cut our trip short.
Despite all that, the healthy and un-injured (Heather and I) still managed to have a pretty nice time. The tulip fields are bright and cheery and it was nice to be out among the flowers even though the weather went from perfectly dry to a torrential downpour while we were there. After snapping a bunch of pictures, we scurried to the tent to purchase armfuls of the flowers to bring home. In the interest of our sick passenger, we decided not to do the entire driving tour or stick around for any of the festivities that take place in the afternoons/evenings during the week and on the weekends, but I'd like to do so next time! You'll definitely get a dose of cute small-town charm.
I'd recommend the Tulip Festival as a good mid-week day trip because we didn't have to fight the crowds. Even for a weekday there were plenty of people around, but we didn't have trouble parking and the selection of flowers for purchase was plentiful.
The Tulip Festival takes place throughout the month of April – but definitely check the website to find out if the tulips have bloomed first! If you live in the Pacific NW, there's a good chance that your Facebook news feed will be inundated with people's tulip field posts, so that's a great indicator. 🙂


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