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Ten Die On Kentucky Roadways (Sept. 7 - Sept. 12)
Date of News Release: 09/13/10
(Frankfort, Ky.) -- Preliminary statistics* indicate that ten people died in ten separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Tuesday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010.
Eight of the crashes involved motor vehicles and four of the victims were not wearing seat belts. Single-fatality crashes occurred in Christian, Knott, Mercer, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Shelby and Trigg counties. The suspected use of alcohol was a factor in the Pike County crash.
Two motorcycle involved fatal crashes occurred in Boyle and Green counties and the victims were not wearing helmets.
Through Sept. 12, preliminary statistics* indicate that 515 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2010. This is 49 less fatalities than reported for the same time period in 2009. There were 406 motor vehicle fatalities and 212 of those victims were not wearing seat belts. Sixty-three of those crashes involved a commercial motor vehicle. Forty-one fatal crashes involved a pedestrian and two involved a scooter. Fifty-five crashes involved a motorcycle and thirty-two of those victims were not wearing helmets. Nine crashes involved an ATV and seven victims were not wearing helmets. Two crashes involved a bicycle. A total of 107 fatalities have resulted from crashes involving the suspected use of alcohol.
Citizens can contribute to highway safety by reporting erratic drivers to the Kentucky State Police toll-free at 1-800-222-5555 (in the state of Kentucky only, does not work out of state). Callers will remain anonymous and should give a description of the vehicle, location, direction of travel and license number if possible.
*These statistics are still preliminary as KSP waits for all local law enforcement agencies throughout the state to report any crashes and fatalities that may have occurred in their areas. Crash data for this report is generated from the Kentucky Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
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Wedged between her parents, each hand attached to one of theirs, Hannah McCormick approached the Oak Bluffs School. She wore a favorite light pink dress and colorful sneakers that lit up pink when she pressed into the toes. Her mother, Kate, slung a Little Mermaid backpack over one shoulder.
On Monday familiar yellow buses will roll over Island roads, stopping along the way to collect their precious cargo: school-age children from kindergarten through high school.
And another Vineyard school year begins.
When school bells ring this morning, kindergarten students won't be the only ones with butterflies. The school district processed paperwork for 100 new staff members this summer, and many more returning employees took on new roles.
With the school year nearing and many personnel out on vacation, there are still three major regional administrative positions to be filled.
The Cape Cod Collaborative conducted a search for assistant superintendent of schools beginning two weeks ago that has yielded five candidates, including three off-Island and two local applicants. None of the candidates are currently employed by the school district, Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said.
The rafters echoed with laughter as 12 high school seniors gathered in Polly Hill Arboretum's far barn to commemorate their graduation with a simple lunch. These students are the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School's Class of 2013, the school's largest graduating class since its first class of seniors graduated in 2001.
Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard (ACE MV) was named an Outstanding Community Arts Education Collaborative on May 22 by Arts Learning. The award was presented in a ceremony at Lesley University in Cambridge.
ACE MV offers numerous classes in many different mediums. It also hosts community forums, performances, readings and cultural events focusing on the arts.
The mission of Arts Learning is to transform education through the power of the arts.
The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, "No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship." This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.
On his 103rd day on the job, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Matthew H. Malone came to the Vineyard for a full immersion in Island education: he chatted up students and praised the school's vocational program, made suggestions for school fundraisers and sampled the culinary program's scalloped potatoes.
Mr. Malone was on the Island Thursday for a look at Vineyard schools and to listen to concerns, he said, as part of a tour of schools across the commonwealth.
I have had more failures and mishaps learning to farm than most. My tendency to be cheap and, at times, careless has proven costly more often than not. In California, on a winery where we were also raising food, three heritage breed piglets were purchased from a breeder on the coast for more money than I would like to admit. They were brought back to their new home, and housed in a small makeshift pen meant to be a temporary home while we constructed a more permanent place for them behind a large storage facility.
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A visit to the doctor can be quite a trip for people in rural areas.
For example, on the Fort Berthold Reservation, some people are two full hours away from a doctor on most days.
But a new telemedicine system promises to make it easier for tribal members to get the care they need.
This heartbeat could signal a big change in the delivery of medical services on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The beating heart is being heard, both by the nurse holding the stethoscope in Parshall, and by a doctor - many miles away at the Elbowoods Memorial Health Center in New Town.
(Dawn Berg, Elbowoods Memorial Health Center CEO) "Reducing the barriers to care."
The barriers the health center's CEO speaks of are being broken down by technology - in this case telemedicine.
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "It's going to do great things. We're so excited about it."
Dr. Zane Rising Sun is a family practice doctor and clinical director at Elbowoods and a man who has to try to figure out how to get doctors to the far corners of the sprawling reservation.
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "It's a couple hours drive out to Twin Buttes and close to an hour out to White Shield."
Enter telemedicine
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "It's going to allow us to serve the people in the remote communities that maybe don't have a doctor on staff that day."
So a patient with a rash (Rose Davis, Elbowoods Memorial Health Center) "They can come in the next day and we can reexamine it."
or perhaps some ear pain...
(Rose Davis, Elbowoods Memorial Health Center) "Alright, we're going in..."
Can be seen by a doctor - even when the doctor's not right there at the time.
(Rose Davis, Elbowoods Memorial Health Center) "I'm able to show the ear to Zane in New Town and he's able to look at the same thing I'm going to look at and be able to prescribe medicine and they won't have to go to New Town.
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "It just overall will increase our ability to see patients, to remove the barriers to our patients we've had for so long ever since they made the lake some of the communities have been isolated and so having that ability helps us reach them."
Dr. Rising Sun says this system - that's going on line right now - will also open more doors to better medical care for tribal members through hookups with specialists far away.
(Dawn Berg, Elbowoods Memorial Health Center CEO) "Patients won't have to travel to Mayo, to Trinity, to Sanford, to St. Alexius, and we can really provide services at home."
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "So we can save them the cost of that visit, the time away from work... "
But the reach may also be closer to home - maybe even right in the homes of people who have trouble reaching a clinic.
(Dr. Zane Rising Sun, Clinical Director) "Start reviving that old house call type of medicine that used to be here but doing it through the telemedicine service."
The doctor stresses that the gold standard remains a patient having direct contact with a doctor. But he knows the reality is that sometimes that can't happen, and the new telemedicine system could be the heartbeat of a new era of care on the reservation. In Parshall, Jim Olson, KX News.
CEO Dawn Berg is thankful the tribal council provided the hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to get telemedicine going on the reservation.


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Troopers say the accident happened on State Road 101 near Harlan Lane Road. They say a pick-up truck slammed into the back of another pick-up pulling a horse trailer. Officers say one of the truck's then veered over the center-line and hit a car head-on.
Investigators have identified the woman killed in the car as Jean Laltrello of Rockmart.
Others involved suffered minor injuries.
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The first human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was licensed in 2006 and despite tens of millions of doses being safely administered according to experts, parents don't seem to be any more comfortable with the vaccine today.
"Concerns about safety and side effects for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine — one of the newest shots recommended for adolescents — has increased among parents: 16% cited these fears as the main reason they did not have their daughters vaccinated in 2010, up from 5% in 2008, a new study finds.
"And the percentage of parents who said they did not intend to vaccinate their daughters against HPV in the next 12 months also grew, from 40% in 2008 to 41% in 2009 to 44% in 2010, even as parents reported increasing physician recommendations to get the shot, says the study in April's Pediatrics, released online Monday.
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV vaccines offer the best protection to girls and boys who receive all three vaccine doses and have time to develop an immune response before being sexually active with another person.
"Parental anxiety over the safety of other new adolescent vaccines — the tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis booster Tdap, (and a version called Td without the pertussis portion) and the meningococcal disease shot MCV4 — did not show a similar increase."
HPV is a group of sexually transmitted viruses passed through genital contact – most often during vaginal or anal sex but can also be spread through oral sex. The vaccine is recommended for boys and girls 11 to 12 years old.
We discussed this when the vaccine first came out. I can't find the story because my archive doesn't go back that far in this system, but I remember many moms saying that wanted to wait a while to see what shook out. At the time my oldest was too young for it, and I was glad I didn't have to make that decision then, but guess what? Now she is exactly the age they are targeting with the vaccine. So in the next year or so, we will have to make a decision about it.
So have you done it? Did you hold out? Did you give it to your son as well? Where do you stand on it now?
March 19th, 2013
2:55 am
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March 19th, 2013
5:59 am
My son will be the right age to have it in two years. Based on what I know now, I will allow his doctor to administer the series. I want to raise a responsible young man, and sexually active boys have a responsibility to do all in their power to protect their female partners from STDs, pregnancies, and HP viruses.
March 19th, 2013
6:13 am
Why am I apparently the only one who raises an eyebrow that we are asking adults to inject BOYS with something so that will primarily benefit girls?
Would we be willing to put a chemical into the bodies of girls when the health of boys is the stated primary goal? Do we know the long term side effects? Has anyone asked? Or are we just so much on the bandwagon of doing anything under the pretext of women's health that we don't even think to ask what it's doing to the future health of the men of this country?
If you want to give girls the vaccine, by all means go ahead. It's a shame that some of you mothers care more about girls that aren't yours than you do about boys that are.
March 19th, 2013
6:41 am
Jeff, this vaccine is not just for boys. First off, almost every man and woman have come in contact with HPV at sometime in their life. 19,000 women will develop cancer from it (in US). 8000 men will develop cancer from it. It also causes genital warts in both men and women. There are also lots of girls who not get this vaccine for their daughters. It would be horrible for me to watch my son lose a loved one and he be the guilty party who gave this infection to that person. I have seen it happen.
My college roommate who was a virgin until she married. She developed cevical cancer in her early 30s. Her husband and her both had HPV. She had never been with another person including oral sex. She lived but had a hard fight being it was stage 3. His guilt was horrible to watch.
I will vaccinate my sons. I have no daughters. I will vaccinate them because I love them.
March 19th, 2013
6:56 am
"sexually active boys have a responsibility to do all in their power to protect their female partners from STDs, pregnancies, and HP viruses." Good grief, you do know that there are plenty of women of questionable character giving STD's to men right? Basically the modern woman bears no responsibilty if I am reading your statement correctly….
March 19th, 2013
7:02 am
Tough issue, because it challenges our inner prunes. Immunize early and often. We are sexual beings first. Look what happened to Al Capone.
March 19th, 2013
7:03 am
I think Jeff said it best….this is clearly another example of men's health being largely overlooked in favor of medical issues that impact females.
March 19th, 2013
7:07 am
Both my daughters got the shot before they went to college. No problems at all.
March 19th, 2013
7:12 am
HPV doesn't only afftect women. It can affect men too… Cancer of the throat and mouth, women can get all of those plus cervical cancer, which by the way, is no walk in the park. If I had BOYS or GIRLS, I would vaccinate them in a heartbeat. I had/have HPV, the high risk kind, only because the vax wasn't around when I was growing up, but you can be damn sure that I would have had it.
Stop making this issue into a you vs. me, its a general health issue. If you could get a vaccine for colon cancer, would you?
March 19th, 2013
7:18 am
As far as I know there have been no reported negative side effects from this vaccine. What's all the fuss about? I had it myself a few years ago. It's a painful injection, but other than that I haven't experienced any side effects.
March 19th, 2013
7:32 am
My daughter did not get it. She has a good friend who got VERY sick from it and still has issues to this day.
Since she is 20, it is her call. She had all her other immunizations, with the exception of a flu shot this year.
March 19th, 2013
7:32 am
This blog doesn't address the epidemic of head & neck squamous cell carcinoma in middle aged, primarily white men caused by HPV 16 exposure. This isn't political correctness run amok, this is a smart, very low risk way to prevent cancer in both men and women.
^ D'Souza G, Dempsey A (October 2011). "The role of HPV in head and neck cancer and review of the HPV vaccine". Prev Med 53 Suppl 1: S5–S11. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.001. PMC 3287051. PMID 21962471.
March 19th, 2013
7:39 am
Go to the FDA's website and read the complaints yourself. There are teenage girls all over this country and others with severe neurological disorders and other serious complications (including deaths) as a direct result of being injected with this horrible vaccine. If you care that little about your child that you are willing to risk your child's life simply because the government, the media, and the pharmaceutical industry are scaring you into believing their lies, then you are a horrible parent. The internet is loaded with great documentation of everything that is wrong with this vaccine. Do your homework and don't just buy into the lies. You are supposed to be looking out for your children, not willingly putting them in danger.
March 19th, 2013
7:42 am
I think the reason that there has not been widespread adoption is due to the vaccination-autism debacle from years back. While this "study" was proven to be false, people get things stuck in their head and believe what they want to believe. This has spilled over into this vaccine.
March 19th, 2013
7:47 am
"The internet is loaded with great documentation of everything that is wrong with this vaccine."
Because if it is on the internet then it must be true **eye roll**
Ask your DOCTOR about the risks and discuss it with him/her. Yes, there are risks but they only occur in a small percentage of people. My daughter has never had an adverse reaction to any vaccine so I felt that the benefits definitely out way the risks for her. But this is an individual decision that you need to make for yourself and your child.
March 19th, 2013
8:01 am
Both of my sons had the vaccine. I don't have daughters. But I waited until my insurance covered it before giving them the series of shots because it was so expensive. My pediatrician was very helpful and didn't push the vaccine. He simply explained the pros and cons and my boys and I made the decision to go ahead and vaccinate.
Polio, TB, pertussis, and measles are public health vaccinations – we vaccinate our children for their own good as well as the good of the community. HPV is a more personal decision. My boys didn't get vaccinated until they were older (16 and 20), and I wanted them to be a part of the decision. Not all children are sexually active in their teens and early 20's, and I was lucky to have the luxury of having time to discuss the vaccine with my boys. Parents need to know their own children and decide what's best. It's also important to know the real risks and benefits before deciding.
March 19th, 2013
8:27 am
"Why are parents so leery of the HPV vaccine?'
The fact that you asked that questions proves what a moron you are.
March 19th, 2013
8:30 am
My son figures his pants are better protection from HPV than the vaccine would be. Since he's good at using the pants correctly, I agree with him. Since he doesn't like shots, and I don't like spending money unnecessarily, he'll forgo the shot, at least for now.
March 19th, 2013
8:33 am
@Common Sense
Direct from the CDC itself, only 6% of adverse-event reports have been documented as "serious". Keep your fear-mongering to yourself. All vaccines, prescriptions, medical procedures, etc have risks. Generally, however, the benefits to individuals and society more than outweigh these risks.
March 19th, 2013
9:07 am
My older one has had it. My younger one will get it next year.
Whatever I can do to lower their chance of cancer I am going to do. Their father agreed.
She got the Hep A one at the same time. Would you have second thoughts about getting that?
Jeff, I would think the boys would want to protect themselves from being carriers. They would want to protect their future wives. Plus this like many other things is probably causing problems in boys too we just don't hear about it.
A woman is more likely to survive a breast cancer diagnosis than a man. It is a still a death sentence for men, mostly because they do not get routine chest exams like women do. Thus it is not caught in time. (I am aware this vaccine does nothing for this but it is an example of more awareness among men is needed).
My mother says when my brother was a young man (11 – 14) the doctor wanted to the birds & bees check with him….My brother said doc I got it! "You keep your d*&$ to yourself"
March 19th, 2013
9:20 am
Jeff, I was actually one of the parents who asked my son's doctor why the vaccine WASN'T available to boys when it first came out. Girls may suffer more consequences from HPV but boys are the ones passing it along. Wouldn't it suck for your son to get married later in life and find out that HE passed the virus on to his wife? We've talked plenty of times about male birth control so I'm kind of surprised you're taking this side.
Our insurance did not cover the vaccine for my son a couple of years ago and then when I took him for his physical last year, the doctors office didn't have the vaccine in stock so we put it off. I would like for him to get it though.
I've seen the "scary" reports of side effects but so far I don't think any have been substantiated.
March 19th, 2013
10:09 am
A couple of relevant points: If you have sons or daughters who you are pretty certain will become sexually active by middle school because 'all kids do', by all means get them the vaccine. On the other hand, if your believe your son or daughter is or will be armed with the maturity and judgment to avoid sexual activity until they can make their own decision about whether this vaccine is right for them, then why force it on them so early in life? We all know what causes HPV, right? Note to parents who are certain their child will be sexually active so early in life: I'm sorry for your circumstance and I feel your pain. Sounds terrifying to have worry about that in middle school.
March 19th, 2013
10:24 am
I had a friend who died from cervical cancer. It's not a good way to die! I've heard plenty of descriptions of whooping cough from ancestors who witnessed cases of in the early half of the 1900s. Yes, I know that is ancient times to most of Atlanta's current residents. Whooping cough may not always kill you but it's not pretty either. I've seen livestock and dogs with tetanus infections. Tetanus infections aren't a pretty way to die either.
March 19th, 2013
11:05 am
I am 49 y.o., and I was recently diagnosed with HPV. I have been sexually active with two men and married them both (consecutively, not concurrently). Since I was found to have several pre-cancerous cells, I will have Pap smears every 6 months for the foreseeable future. If that's the worst of it, praise God! I wasn't aware that my sons could be immunized. Thank you for that info.
March 19th, 2013
11:20 am
I think what happened was that when it originally came out, it was stated that it only prevents a certain type of virus that causes uterine and or cervical cancer, not all. That being said, parents felt that it wasn't worth it to get it because you could get the vaccine and STILL end up with a cancer that wasn't covered. It's kinda a little like the flu shot. It's great if you get the one for that years strain. If you get the wrong one, you go down just like everyone else. I have a few years to make this decision for my daughter and I still don't know what I'm gonna do. So many medical interventions have gone horribly wrong. Just look at the lawsuits for companies knowingly distributing medicines that were later found to harm or even kill people. For all we know it could make them sterile, have reproductive problems or cause problem in their future children. 2006 is not a long time to see results. Just like the H1N1 vaccine that they pushed out so fast a few years ago. How long before they are saying that cause some time of condition in the children that received it? I hope never, but with big companies only looking at dollar signs…..you just don't know.
March 19th, 2013
12:00 pm
"Why are parents so leery of the HPV vaccine?"
Because it forces them to confront the idea that their children might have sex.
March 19th, 2013
12:04 pm
"The internet is loaded with great documentation of everything that is wrong with this vaccine."
Like the commercial says: "They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true" . Have fun with your French model date.
March 19th, 2013
12:09 pm
"On the other hand, if your believe your son or daughter is or will be armed with the maturity and judgment to avoid sexual activity until they can make their own decision about whether this vaccine is right for them, then why force it on them so early in life?"
What if you believe they are staying sexually "pure" and they prove you wrong by getting cancer from HPV?
March 19th, 2013
12:10 pm
"On the other hand, if your believe your son or daughter is or will be armed with the maturity and judgment to avoid sexual activity until they can make their own decision about whether this vaccine is right for them, then why force it on them so early in life?"
Or are you trying to say that if they get cancer from sex, it serves them right.
March 19th, 2013
12:36 pm
Intelligent and caring parents will get their children immunized against HPV. Why on earth would you NOT?
March 19th, 2013
12:37 pm
How many people will become sick and/or die because of Jenny McCarthy's anti-vaccine hysteria? The contagion of her ideas is deadly.
March 19th, 2013
12:40 pm
@ ATL Born and Raised – You state that only 6% of adverse reports have been documented as "serious". Wow, 6% is huge. Six out of every 100 girls or boys have serious reactions. That is a lot of kids.
Dr. Diane Harper, one of the lead developers of Gardasil and the lead researcher in Phase II and Phase III trials of the vaccine is strongly advising parents to know more about the risks. Comments that she has made in interviews the past couple of years raise serious questions. She actually states that the risk of death with cervical cancer is the "same" as the risk of serious adverse affects with Gardasil. And, she states that the risk of serious adverse effects may be greater than the risk of cervical cancer the vaccine is intended to prevent. Some of these adverse effects are very serious debilitating illnesses, such as strokes, and also deaths.
Anyone who thinks that parents are skipping the vaccine simply because of some irrational fear related to the Autism/vaccine issue is insulting parents who are doing their due diligence to evaluate these risks and benefits. Cervical cancer is very preventable with routine pap smears. Skipping the vaccine does not necessarily increase your risk of cervical cancer if you are getting regular pap smears through your teenage and adult life. There is "no data" yet that measures whether cervical cancer will be reduced or not with this vaccine.
Okay, so given that 6% have serious reactions, let's look at the risk of cervical cancer over the lifetime for U.S. women (1 out of 117). So, there's less than 1% chance of cervical cancer, but 6% have serious vaccine reactions. This is what makes it very difficult for parents and teens to weigh the benefits with the risks.
Dr. Harper's statements are quite enlightening, including how little research has been done with boys. And, she also states that the vaccine does not prevent cervical cancer, that it only helps prevent abnormal pap smears. She says that, in order to prevent cervical cancer, as a matter of public policy, the vaccine needs to "last" 15 years and it only lasts 5. She complains that Merck was given too much leeway in how they are marketing the vaccine. She states that the best way to prevent cervical cancer is through pap smears, which do not have negative risks. She also discusses the link between Guillian-Barre syndrome and the vaccine. You can read some of her comments here:
March 19th, 2013
12:44 pm
"How many people will become sick and/or die because of Jenny McCarthy's anti-vaccine hysteria? The contagion of her ideas is deadly"
A lot of children will die. If they are the result of their parents' listening to Jenny McCarthy, I guess we should just say they deserve to die. Darwin Awards to them.
March 19th, 2013
12:53 pm
Ann, she wrote 6% of adverse reports, meaning 6 out of every 100 who have reactions, not 6% of those who get the vaccine. The other 94% of reactions were not serious.
March 19th, 2013
12:55 pm
@Ann I suggest you actually read the link I posted. Many of those "reactions" were only tangentially related to receiving the vaccine; many of the recipients were already at high-risk for developing blood clots, etc.
HPV doesn't just cause cancer. It also causes genital warts. And considering over 80% of the sexually active population has some form of HPV, I think this vaccine is a risk worth taking. Remember HPV is largely asymptomatic and people pass it back and forth unknowingly.
March 19th, 2013
12:56 pm
Whoa, Ann, I think you need to improve your reading skills. "@ ATL Born and Raised – You state that only 6% of adverse reports have been documented as "serious". "
She didn't say what percentage have ANY adverse reports. The CDC states that ANY adverse reactions were reported in only 1 out of 1800 vacinations. And out of THOSE only 6% were "serious". The chance of having a "serious" adverse reaction was 1 in 30,000.
according to the CDC:
•The most common events reported were:
◦Syncope (or fainting)–common after need injections, especially in pre-teens and teens
◦Local reactions at the site of immunization (pain and redness)
March 19th, 2013
12:58 pm
Also, pap smears don't prevent cervical cancer. They can only detect abnormal cell growth in an early enough time frame to intervene before it becomes deadly.
March 19th, 2013
1:15 pm
Pap smears do prevent cervical cancer. They detect pre-cancerous cells "before" they become cancer. Once detected, they can be removed and the person never gets "cancer". In that regard, they do prevent it.
@ Parent – the CDC does list the most common symptoms. Parents, however, should not just "ignore" the more serious effects that have occurred in thousands of cases. If one of the creators of the vaccine acknowledges these serious effects, why shouldn't parents know about them in order to make their decision? Dr. Diane Harper is not a "Jenny McCarthy".
March 19th, 2013
1:34 pm
"Parents, however, should not just "ignore" the more serious effects that have occurred in thousands of cases."
Ann, in 20 million vaccines, there were 734 "serious" effects reported (not thousands) including 32 deaths. They are still studying those 32 deaths (and other seriou effects) to see if they had ANYTHING to do with the vaccine. I am not asking parents to ignore the risks, but to discuss it with their doctors. The risks of contracting cervical cancer should be weighed against the risks of the vaccines (and the risks of genital warts, and transmitting the disease to others, etc.).
And, by the way, pap smears do not PREVENT cancer, they only give early warning of it. Repeating a lie does not make it true. People on this blog are intelligent enough to realize that.
March 19th, 2013
1:40 pm
Ann, you are absolutely wrong about pap smears "preventing" cancer. You are also wrong that once cancer cells are detected through a pap smear, "the person never gets cancer". It is just not that simple, although I wish it were. My aunt had abnormal cells removed several times, yet she developed cancer. She ultimately had to have a total hysterectomy, but fortunately she survived cancer. And for those who think cervical cancer is some kind of just punishment for immoral behavior by women – my aunt contracted HPV from her husband. My children will be vaccinated.
March 19th, 2013
1:46 pm
Am I the only one that remembers Michelle Bachmann loudly proclaiming during her presidential bid that a woman at a meet and greet told her that her daughter became mentally retarded (her word, not mine) after having the vaccine? Between her and Jenny McCarthy we have a generation of under vaccinated children who pose a threat to all of us. My child's school has already had a whooping cough outbreak because of stupidity. I told my husband, who is an attorney, that if any member of our family gets sick because of these unvaccinated children we will sue the pants off the stupid parents. He said he didn't think there was legal presidence, I told him I didn't care, at least they would have to pay legal fees and face the embarrassment of having everyone know that they are stupid.
March 19th, 2013
1:51 pm
" He said he didn't think there was legal presidence,"
You need to ask him how he spells precedence.
March 19th, 2013
1:54 pm
You have a lot of parents who say " my kids don't need no vaccine against HPV because the only way you can get it is through sex, AND THEY BETTER NOT BE HAVIONG SEX, OR I WILL KILL 'EM!"
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March 19th, 2013
2:01 pm
@ Jenny but not McCarthy – You misinterpreted my statement. To rephrase it better, I was explaining how the pap smear "prevents" cancer in the cases where abnormal cells are removed, resulting in no future cancer. In those instances of prevention, the person does not get cancer. And "prevention" is an appropriate word to describe it. I did not intend to imply that "screening" tests are always 100% accurate and that there are never cases of cancer. No screening test of any type is 100% accurate at all times.
March 19th, 2013
2:02 pm
Once again, it is not a vaccine against all the different types of viruses that cause cervical cancer..just some. It will not prevent all types of cervical cancer and should not be viewed as a cure all. Please make informed decisions. Do the research for yourself and then make the decision you feel is right for your child. That's what I plan to do. It's not about whether a child will or won't have sex. It's about injectng them with something that will effect them whether for good or bad for the rest of his or her life. I mean for it to be preventative long term doesn't it have to change their immune system in some way. In the act of possibly saving them from one thing we could be causing the body to potentally create something worse. I don't know, and that is why I will be researching it until time to make my decision. Blogs are good sounding boards but not always great for factual information.
March 19th, 2013
2:32 pm
Sort of reminds me of a cat I used to have. I had put off getting the cat spayed but was not worried about it, because she was a totally indoor cat (takes two to tango, no male cat= no pregnancy). One day she goes THROUGH the window screen. Shows up again three days later looking all satisfied. Next thing you know I have a cat and five kittens.
March 19th, 2013
2:34 pm
Interesting in that we didn't vaccinate daughter #1 right away because at that point the vaccine was new. It's not new any longer, and the data has it as pretty safe. Both Ds have now gotten it, and if I had a son, he'd have it too. Men *transmit* HPV. That's why they need to be vaccinated.
March 19th, 2013
2:50 pm
Cobb, with all due respect, we do not have a genreation of UNDER vaccinated kids. More children take more vaccinations now than at any time in our history.
March 19th, 2013
3:02 pm
" I was explaining how the pap smear "prevents" cancer in the cases where abnormal cells are removed, resulting in no future cancer. In those instances of prevention, the person does not get cancer."
So I guess you would say that mammograms "prevent" breast cancer. Tell that to my wife who died of breast cancer. Too bad there wasn't a vaccine against breast cancer.


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The fortunes of companies in the technology sector can change fairly quickly. Companies that are hailed as the darling of the stock market are overnight turned into toxic waste no one wants to touch. This is the very reason some of the most epic 'bubbles' have come from this sector. A major weakness with technology company valuations is the unreliability of growth estimates. The exaggerated growth estimates increase the EPS estimates and reduce the value of forward P/E multiples, thus making an expensive stock look very cheap.
A very recent example is Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) fall from grace. The biggest argument given by pro-Apple analysts was the low P/E ratio of the stock and upside based on unrealistic growth estimates. As the recent developments have revealed these estimates were overly optimistic, to say the least. Another technology giant has been on the bad side of these sell side estimates. The market is expecting only 10% growth from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which I believe is very pessimistic in light of its dominant position in gaming consoles, the strength of WP8/Windows 8, and growing a enterprise segment. I believe the recent quarterly results are a precursor for great things ahead for Microsoft investors, and this is the right time to take a long position.
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In its recent quarterly report Microsoft met analyst revenue estimates and beat EPS estimates. The Street was expecting revenues of $21.5 billion and EPS of $0.75. The software giant reported revenues of $21.5 billion and EPS of $0.77, slightly above consensus estimates. One of the primary reasons behind the solid quarter was the stellar performance by the enterprise segment and better performance by the Windows segment.
Like other aging technologies companies, Microsoft might be becoming an enterprise play. I believe this trend was initially started by International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) when it diversified itself into an enterprise segment after declining sales in its PC business. Companies like Intel, Cisco, HP, etc. are relying heavily on their enterprise businesses to compensate for the slowdown in growth from their consumer segments. A major weakness of the consumer segment has always been the lower margins due to easy market entry. These margins are much higher in the enterprise segment, but with increased competition major players might start witnessing squeezed margins. While the growth in enterprise is compensating for PC slowdown in the short run, the increased competition in the enterprise segment can be a major problem for Microsoft's value in the long term. IBM investors should also watch out for this increase in competition in the enterprise segment, because IBM is relying heavily on its enterprise sales. In the medium run IBM's innovative initiatives such as the Smart Planet program give it a competitive edge over its competitors.
Windows 8 sales were better than expected and were reported at $5.05 billion, compared to the $5.02 billion analysts estimated. The quarter doesn't fully account for the impact of Windows 8 sales and I believe the next quarter will also reflect improvement in Windows segment. The real surprise came from the office segment, which reported sales of $6.03 billion, compared to estimates of $5.36 billion, almost 13% higher than expected. The sever unit also beat estimates with $4.39 billion, while Xbox missed slightly with revenues of $3.7 billion.
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The most well known method for Feng Shui space analysis is the use of an octagonal overlay pattern called the Bagua. Each area denotes a different aspect of Feng Shui namely health, wealth, career, fame, relationship, and support.
Another simple yet highly beneficial Feng Shui approach for analyzing the characteristics of your home is to view it as a "Living Being".
First, it is helpful to consider our personal space as an external part or extension of our personal selves. Our home then is an outward expression of the self. Typically, we chose our home because of its personal appeal, whether we chose our house for its looks, functionality, roominess, comfort, price, or all those factors together.
From a quantum view, our home, apartment, or condo can be looked at as a holographic microcosmic universe. As such, our home portrays all our hopes, wishes, dreams, accomplishments, strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, if we can consider that our space is alive energetically with an ebb and flow of Chi, then we can stretch that thought to think of our space as not only alive, but as a" living being" as well.
In Feng Shui, you will always read or hear that the front door is the "Mouth of Chi". What we mean by this is that, as in our own body, the air (or energy) enters the body through the mouth. Symbolically then, the Chi energy can also be seen to enter through the mouth of the building - the front door.
Extending this analogy we can imagine that the front windows are the eyes and the front view of the house to be the face of the "being". (See Figures A & B)
Such an analogy is very helpful to analyze your home. For example, a door that is proportionally too small for the size of the building does not let enough energy into the home. The "mouth of Chi" - the mouth of the being - is restricting the energy flow. This lack of in-flowing energy can indicate a lack of health, wealth and career problems. Conversely, a door that is disproportionately too large can be seen as introducing too much Chi and thus overpowering and adversely affecting these same qualities of health, career, and finances. In this case, more is not better! For example occupants can become hyper and money may be spent too quickly on unimportant or frivolous items.
Similarly, if the windows -the eyes of the home - are dirty, shuttered, or blocked by overgrown plantings one can thus deduce that the occupants will lack vision and foresight. They can be unaware or blind sided by future events - they won't see a problem or development coming until it's right on them. By then it's too late and the occupants are then only able to react with damage control! (Figure C)
A home that appears to have a sad face like a sad "Jack O Lantern" can indeed in a short time begin to reflect sadness to the family living inside. (Figure D)
By the same reasoning, we can also overlay a "Being" on top of our house layout and figure out more information. For instance if there is too much Chi energy flowing rapidly through the very center, (In the front door and out the rear door as the example shown) then the body will feel it in the spine, nerves or heart. The people themselves can be susceptible to and develop those types of problems. (Figure E)
It is important to point out that not everyone is susceptible to the problems cited. The conditions are not meant to be certainties. They are rather, possibilities or potentials that could express with time. Also, some individuals with good luck or good Karma can still escape these issues regardless.
A missing corner of the house as shown above, could reveal a problem related to the corresponding part of the body. A foot missing (as drawn in Figure E) could mean lack of movement, constantly limping along or tripping up in life! Similarly if a hand is missing, then it could indicate a problem of application in career or in school.
The concept of a house as a "being" can be carried to a slightly deeper level of understanding wherein the plumbing equates to the digestive system while the electrical wiring represents the nerves. A stopped up drain or backed up toilet can easily be understood as a potential health issue. Dangling wires, inoperative switches or electrical equipment breakdowns might imply a nervous system that needs attention.
Now you are armed with new information about your personal space. Take a few moments, go around and survey your space once again and take a really close look with your new viewpoint and see what you might discover and want to correct. Are your windows blocked, cracked or broken? Is your mouth of Chi (front door) too small? Maybe there is a light fixture that was removed and the wires are still hanging out from the ceiling. Are there leaks in your plumbing or worse yet, is one of the drains constantly clogging up? Maybe there is a leak in the roof! This could alert you to possible emotional issues. Ask yourself: Is your "being" whole?
There is more than one way to analyze the Feng Shui aspects of a space. Using the building as a living being as a method of analysis is not only easy and simple but can prove to be most useful and very valuable. Knowing and understanding that everything is alive and that your home is a reflection of your personal universe can provide you with a treasure of information to enhance you and your family's well - being!
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What a special night it was at the ESPYs Wednesday night. Good Morning America anchor and cancer survivor Robin Roberts received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, one of the highest honors in all of sports.
NBA star Lebron James presented the award to Roberts followed by a standing ovation as she walked up on stage.
"I realize there are many worthy of holding this honor. Others who have exhibited far more courage, strength, and resilience, and it is humbling to me to represent you tonight. I draw strength from you, you give me the courage to face down any challenge. To know that when fear knocks, to let faith answer the door," Roberts said in her acceptance speech.
That contagious warmth was felt by First Lady Michelle Obama.
"The beautiful thing about Robin is that she treats everyone she meets with such deep respect and kindness," the First Lady said.
"When we feel we have adversity that hits us and we start to think about I can't or it's too hard or we can't do it, let's just think about this moment," Lebron James said.
Roberts also thanked her sister, Sally Ann, her fans, colleagues, doctors and nurses.
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In recent years, Serbian authorities undertook a number of important steps in the fight against corruption, including the ratification of key Council of Europe legal instruments in this field - Criminal and Civil Law Conventions against Corruption, as well as the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention. Despite the reforms undertaken, corruption remains a serious concern for the people of Serbia. The Serbian authorities have acknowledged that corruption is a priority issue that requires comprehensive and serious countermeasures. This includes adequate responses to various challenges in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating corruption and white collar crime. With the above in mind, the Council of Europe and the European Union have launched, in December 2012, a joint project "Strengthening the Capacities of Law Enforcement and Judiciary in the Fight against Corruption in Serbia" (PACS). With duration of 28 months, the project will encompass specialised training designed for the judiciary, prosecution and law enforcement officers; introduce new IT tools to investigate corruption and white collar crime; and will conduct risk analyses and provide recommendations aimed at improving the efficiency of criminal investigations and proceedings.
In July 2014, the Serbian Ministry of Justice established a Working Group assigned to prepare the methodology for unified statistics for criminal cases. This decision corresponds to requirements set by the measure 220.127.116.11 of the Anti-corruption Action Plan (2013-2018). Taking into account its previous assistance, the PACS project was invited by the ministry to continue its assistance in this area and participate in the Working Group meetings. The first meeting of the Working Group is tentatively scheduled for September 2014.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, the project prepared a review of the final version of the draft Law on Whistleblowers Protection. The review, apart from assessing the draft law's conformity with the Council of Europe Recommendation on Whistleblowers (CM/Rec(2014)7), also considered to what extent the final draft introduced the recommendations set in the Council of Europe expert opinion (ECCU-PACS SERBIA-TP8-2014) provided in January 2014.
In cooperation with the Novi Sad School of Journalism, the project held two specialised trainings for journalists aimed at discussing good practices in investigative journalism and reporting on corruption. Specifically tailored training manual that, inter alia, includes ethical standards, definition and key components of the investigative journalism, practical examples/case studies and glossary of legal terminology, was presented and distributed to all trainees.
In late April 2014 the project finalised the risk analysis on corruption and poor conduct within police structures in Serbia. As a result of this analysis a comprehensive report which, inter alia, sets recommendations on how to develop and strengthen their anti-corruption mechanisms, has been prepared and delivered to the respective authorities. This report
was publicly presented and discussed at the conference organised by the PACS project in cooperation with the A-COP group (Civil Society against Police Corruption) held on 3 June 2014 in Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade.
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The project, in cooperation with the Judicial Academy, will hold four interactive trainings in the different regions in Serbia. These trainings will be conducted by the national trainers certified following the completion of the PACS training of trainers programme. The focus of the trainings will be on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of corruption/economic crime cases, financial investigations, evaluation of evidence, use of special investigative means and case law of the European Court of Human Rights. First training
took place in Belgrade on 23 May 2014.
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As a part of its activities targeting journalists and civil servants, the project organised an awareness raising event that discussed good practices in investigative journalism and reporting on corruption. The roundtable, organised in cooperation with the Novi Sad School of Journalism, will be followed by three specialised trainings for the same audience.
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Following its first year of implementation, the project held the 3rd Steering Committee meeting and discussed its achievements and
way ahead. The meeting also approved the project's 1st Progress Report and agreed modalities for activities' implementation scheduled for period April – September 2014.
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Further to the expert opinion on the Draft Law on Whistleblowers Protection (provided in January 2014), the project continued to assists Serbian authorities in aligning this piece of legislation with the relevant Council of Europe standards. In view of that, the meeting of the Working Group, assigned to finalise the draft law, was attended by the Council of Europe/PACS expert who assisted in formulating the final version of the draft law.
The second training of trainers session, gathering the same participants as the first one held in Vrdnik, was organised in Vienna from 19 to 21 March 2014. This session focused on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of corruption and economic crime cases with emphasis on models and functioning of the joint investigative teams, detection of corruption through audits reports and assessment of financial evidence by prosecutors and courts. In addition, the participants had an opportunity to meet and exchange their experience with the colleagues from the Austrian Federal Bureau for Anti-corruption.
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PACS project has supported the Serbian Judicial Academy to develop training plans and materials to be used by prosecutors, judges and police officers in the preparation and delivery of training on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of corruption and economic crime. The first stage of the training of trainers programme took place in Vrdnik (Serbia) while the second session is scheduled to be held in Vienna, in March 2014. Once both sessions are completed, PACS will provide certificates to the future trainers who will then be engaged in follow up training of their peers in Belgrade, Nis, Kragujevac and Novi Sad.
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Upon request of the Serbian Ministry of Justice and Public Administration the project prepared the expert opinion/assessment on the compliance of the draft Law on Whistleblower Protection with the relevant international standards, particularly with the Council of Europe draft Recommendation on Whistleblower Protection. The opinion is expected to be used by the Working Group assigned to finalise the draft law, in its efforts to bring this piece of legislation in line with international standards and good practice.
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Mankind: God's Handiwork
Major Texts: Gen. 1:27; 1:26; Mark 12:13-17; Gen. 2:19-25; Acts 17:26; Rom. 5:12-19
This week the focus of the lesson is on origins, particularly the origins of humans. In opening up this topic, we immediately run into the big debate that continues to swirl around the question of origins in our society and time. But we are not going to look at the controversy itself as much as we are going to try to look at the implications that accrue to humans from the issue of origins. In particular, we are going to look at the question of origins as laid out in the Bible.
Perhaps the place to begin this discussion is with the observation that, in the Biblical account, the whole matter of origins rests with the sovereign action of a sovereign and supernatural being - God. Interestingly, the God of Genesis is very different from the other perceived gods of time. He has no consorts, no peers, no paramours, no spouse, no enemies, nothing. God stands sovereign in Himself with no contenders. And He is powerful, so powerful His word is able to accomplish what he says. God speaks, and what He says comes into being. By this means, God creates our place and order.
It is worth noting that God created a dualistic reality, not dualistic in the pagan sense, but dualistic in a biblical sense. The pagans saw a dualistic universe where the material world was bad and needed to be escaped. But in the Bible, the dualistic world is by design and it is good, a realm of the Creator, and a realm of the creature. Both realms are good, and they relate to each other. And the cardinal wrong would be for a creature to try to enter or usurp the place and prerogatives of the Creator.
Part of the created world, and a final and grand part it is, involved the creation of "mankind," said in Genesis 1:27, to be made in the "image of God." How do you understand this? Does this refer to some physical attribute? Does it have to do with the way the human mind works? Is it the power of personhood, the ability to relate to other sentient beings? Does it speak of some inherently divine or immortal element in human makeup? Is this reference to some spiritual capacity, the capacity to believe and have faith?
The Genesis account indicates that the creation of earth was purposeful, done by God deliberately. And, if (since) God made the earth, one would presume that the parameters in which life was to be lived were properly provided by the Creator, just as one would expect the maker of something like an automobile would provide the parameters in which the vehicle would be best driven or used. What implications might the purposeful actions of God in creating humans have in terms of providing humans with purpose? How would this compare with the sense of purpose that came from believing we are here by mere chance? And what implications would this have on the ability to find meaning in life?
There is a lot of discussion about the historicity of Adam and Eve. If they were real persons, actual people, what implications would that have for us today? If they were not real people, as many today believe but only mythical beings representative of our early ancestors, what would that mean?
In Genesis, the account of origins, which resulted in a creation that was "very good," is followed by a very sad story of its corruption, by what is often called the "Fall." Because of sin, Adam and Eve fell from their designed place in creation, and creation itself became corrupted to the point that now, everything is broken!
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Hello! My name is Tammy Drugatz. I would like to take this opportunity to
tell all of you a little about myself. I am one of the intermediate school
counselors here at Nazareth Area Intermediate School. I am the counselor for
students whose last name begins with letters A-L. I began working in the
Nazareth Area School District in September of 2004 as the school counselor
for Shafer Elementary. Before I came to the Nazareth Area School District, I
was a school counselor in the East Stroudsburg Area School District. I
received my Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Marywood University. In
addition, I earned a Master of Science Degree in Community Counseling from
the University of Scranton. I also have a Pennsylvania Certification in
School Counseling. Prior to becoming a school counselor, I was a Mobile
Therapist that worked specifically with elementary
school aged children.
Elementary years are the building blocks for the development of knowledge
and skills necessary for children to achieve to their fullest potential.
Through an elementary school counseling program, counselors work as a team
with the school staff, parents and the community to create a positive
learning environment. The developmental school counseling program provides
education, prevention, early identification and interventions, which are
integrated throughout the school community.