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A short piece in Ars Technica passes on the inference that scientific rebuttal papers have little impact. The work has some flaws (presuming, for instance, that citation rates would fall when the rebuttal was published, when often the rebuttal is voicing an opinion already established within a skeptical part of the community, or that citations of a rebuttal are all that meaningful) and the recommendation is rather weak tea (there should be links to the rebuttal in the original paper, which is fine as far as it goes and is in fact policy for many online publishers–though the links are not necessarily very prominent). While some people like to write comments on papers, GG has resisted this urge for many years despite (as should be obvious from many other posts) being deeply skeptical about some work. Why not write comments?
There are a number of issues writing a comment pointing out weaknesses in published work. One is that such pieces are inherently negative, which is a bit of a turnoff. You are asking people to simply forget or unlearn something rather than offering something new. Another is that usually the original authors will rebut the comment; basically, if there was something appealing about the original paper, the reply will often paper over flaws well enough to allow readers to continue to embrace the thesis advanced in the original paper. Third, the flaws being pointed out are generally well below the kinds of misbehavior that would justify retraction. Fourth, the venue is a limiting one, where a fully expansive reconsideration of the topic is simply not possible. Fifth, it is very hard not to have a rather hostile tone in a comment (and sometimes the tone is downright offensive), which again can turn readers against the comment rather than the original paper.
(This is, by the ways, part of why GG advocates for solid and thorough review of papers. In the review stage, one can convince authors that they made some mistakes that could now be corrected; after publication there is more of a tendency to defend rather than revise work as it can be hard to publicly say "whoops, we need a redo").
In a way this is all unfortunate because of course a robust discussion of the pros and cons of some research should be enlightening. But the reality is that it is rarely a help. Should you want to write a comment, though, consider those weaknesses. It is possible to offer up a positive spin when commenting on some papers, and there is no point in writing anything mean-spirited no matter how many pictures of the lead author remain taped on dartboards in your lab. Offering insights to replace the ones you feel are mistaken would probably be wise.
GG advocates advancing the understanding of the topic at hand by conducting research relevant to the points in dispute. You can then, armed with new data or analysis, more fully dismember a truly misdirected piece of research, and you are then in the catbird seat should your work inspire a comment. This is obviously a slower sort of response and so might not be suitable in certain circumstances (e.g., a paper influencing important policy decisions), but overall it is more satisfying. Instead of just destroying somebody's attempt to add a brick to the edifice of scientific knowledge, you are more in the position of replacing that rotten brick with a sounder one and maybe putting more on top of that. And it has the advantage of keeping you from making a knee-jerk stupid response. Occasionally you learn that you were in fact wrong (GG is aware of a few instances where a scientist was convinced a line of research was misdirected and set out to prove it wrong only to discover it was right and, by trying to do solid work on it, provided stronger evidence for that line of inquiry).
So maybe it isn't too tragic that rebuttals seem to be ineffective. It might just be that the most influential attacks on new science are not appearing in that particular venue.
Italian tectonics, corrected
With the earthquake in Italy last night (our time) come some of the most ham-handed tectonic explanations ever (this is stuff that makes the Grumpy Geophysicist officially grumpy). The official USGS explanation is:
The August 24, 2016 normal faulting earthquake is an expression of the eastwest extensional tectonics that now dominate along the Apennine belt, primarily a response to the Tyrrhenian basin opening faster than the compression between the Eurasia and Africa plates.
This is totally off the wall and so of course has been repackaged by the BBC:
The Tyrrhenian Basin, or Sea, which lies to the west of Italy, between the mainland and Sardinia/Corsica, is slowly opening up.
Scientists say this is contributing to extension, or "pull-apart", along the Apennines. This stress is compounded by movement in the east, in the Adriatic.
The result is a major fault system that runs the length of the mountain range with a series of smaller faults that fan off to the sides. The foundations of cities like Perugia and L'Aquila stand on top of it all.
OK, here's the problem with this explanation. If the Tyrrhenian Sea is opening up, something else must be closing (Earth is not expanding, sorry Carey fans). The general picture, as has been put forward by Malinverno and Ryan or Wiki Royden, goes like this: the ocean floor to the east of Italy (the Adriatic) is sinking into the mantle. The subduction zone (where the Adriatic goes under Italy) is basically moving to the east, dragging Italy along for the ride. To compensate for this, new ocean floor is opening up on the west side of Italy (the Tyrrhenian Sea). This was drawn by Malinerno and Ryan like this:
If the Tyrrhenian Sea was opening faster than the convergence on the east side of Italy, then you should see compression (thrust faulting) all the way across, but you do not. Instead, this earthquake and others in the area are extensional, north-south trending normal faults. However, these are paralleling thrust faults farther east, so some additional thought is needed.
Now given the thrust faults on the east edge of Italy, the normal faults of the Apennines seem strange, but in fact this happens in many places. Here, the buildup of the mountains has produced gravitational stresses in the Apennines that favor normal faulting. The fact the sub-Adriatic lithosphere is driving the subduction zone to the east is what prevents the lithosphere from being in compression, so the relatively low potential energy in the Apennines can be expressed as normal faulting (in contrast, the very high compressional stresses from the Indian-Asian collision require very high mountains before you see any extensional faulting, and there the extensional faults are perpendicular to the thrust belt, not parallel as in Italy).
Look, it is probably a bit more complex that "it is caused by the Tyrrhenian Sea opening" but not so much that it excuses such a misleading explanation.
This is, by the ways, an example of a style of tectonics that probably produced the late Paleozoic Antler orogeny in the western U.S. Similar stuff goes on behind "retreating" subduction zones in parts of the western Pacific, but lacking the continental material to reproduce Italy in quite the same way.
Llama learnings
The past week has had bits and pieces of things that arose from llama packing the Muir Trail. So a last few odds and ends before moving back to more typical fare.
- If you llama pack, make a list of what is in each bag once you first get bags balanced. It speeds things up on later days.
- Similarly, stuff sacks make that description (and packing) lots easier. We had a green stuff sack with cooking gear, a blue one with towels and shower, a yellow one with power-related stuff, etc.
- If your llama packs have small end pouches, use them both to easily shift things to get packs in balance but also for things you might want to grab. We had water bottles, first aid kit, and sandles in ours.
- It seems there are two strategies for keeping llamas from getting poisoned: keep them away from complexes of plants, and let them roam. The first is what we did; the second is only open to private groups with their own llamas and the willingness to chase them down.
- Probably a bad idea to leave llamas picketed in the same place for several hours unless you are confident there is nothing bad for them to eat.
- Sure would be nice to have a llama-friendly list of grazing sites. Not enough llama-travel to justify one.
- Look beyond the first obvious campsite. There is almost always a better one.
- Take at least one outrageous luxury llama packing. People will be baffled why you use llamas without one.
- Ovaeasy egg crystals really are good enough to leave eggs at home. Hunt them down.
- You can never take enough chocolate.
- Nice big llama-bag-sized bear boxes are tons easier to pack than those black cylindrical her cans. But the black cylinders are great for getting tortillas to last a long time.
- Dress well if leading llamas-you will be in lots of vacation photos and so might want to look your best.
- Don't use water from a lake without an outlet unless your filter can be back flushed.
- Always check in with a ranger. You never know what good karma might emerge.
- Gravity feed water filters rock. They last longer if you are careful with what you put in.
- Don't crap in campsites. Please. You walked this far in wilderness, a few more steps won't kill you. On a related note, learn just how deep 6 inches really is.
- Plan on taking out your used TP. This is getting to be a common rule more easily addressed with planning.
- Llama jokes are harder to come up with than you would expect.
- Llamas are not bothered by lightning and thunder. But they will startle if you stumble while close behind them.
- Solar panels for backpacking work great for iPhones but we had less luck with camera batteries. Try before you hike.
- Solar panels work well lashed atop llama packs.
- Obscure convenience: Muir Trail Ranch has AC power for hikers. Come prepared.
- Crushed hope: the little store at Muir Trail Ranch has no snacks. It does have gloves, bug stuff and first aid materials.
- Moleskin without benzoin is basically an invitation for a new blister where the moleskin piled up.
- Molefoam is a cruel joke.
- Somebody please make size 12 1/2 boots.
- If you can, take a chair. If not, take a hammock.
- Tripods make good gravity-feed filter props when above timberline.
- Marvel at those on the trail at sunrise or sunset. Did they really come to work that hard?
- Have at least one mildly absurd food in your resupply. (Ours was Pringles).
- Plan ahead. You don't want to make the journey too long when passing through areas where grazing isn't allowed.
Finally, some lousy llama jokes:
- What is a religious llama's favorite off-Broadway play? Hello Dalai Llama.
- Where do expectant llama mothers go? Llama mamas class (Or llama-Lamaze)
- What does a startled llama see in the mirror? His spitting image.
- What is a llama's favorite drink on a hot day? Llamonade. (No it does not make sense).
Disrepair…or misunderstood?
Nicholas Kristof apparently was on the John Muir Trail with his daughter about the same time GG was on the trail with his daughter (but GG had 3 llamas, while poor Nicholas had to make do with a backpack). How did we miss each other? Anyways, he wrote a bit about how we all own national parks but then included this damning note:
Even on the John Muir Trail, large stretches are in disrepair and had turned into creeks of snowmelt when my daughter and I hiked them. This quickly erodes the trails so much that new ones have to be built nearby. This reluctance to pay for maintenance isn't even fiscally prudent, for it's far more expensive to build new trails than to maintain old ones.
Now there are a lot of things that need repair or maintenance in national parks, but you know what? It isn't clear that the John Muir Trail is anywhere near the top of the list.
Road gaps
Hiking the Muir Trail this summer got GG pondering what might have been, as is still evident in the California highway numbering system…
If you are in Denver and driving east on I-70 and want to be on I-70 in Washington DC, you can simply stay on I-70. This is pretty much true throughout the interstate system: get on I-5 in San Diego and you can follow it all the way to Seattle. But get on California 190 in Porterville and head east and you'll need an atlas to somehow get on California 190 heading east from Olancha. Similarly, following highway 168 east out of Fresno will carry you past a small ski area and to the edge of the Huntington Lake Resort, but try to continue on to the Bristlecone Pine forest and you'll quickly find yourself on what amounts to a paved horse trail heading to Florence Lake with no hope of getting across the range in your motor vehicle. Those oddly disconnected pieces of numbered highway are reminders of how the long Wilderness of the Sierra very nearly was not to be.
These highway numbers are not an accident or a malicious joke by Caltrans. These two highways were intended to be connected; two others were the Minarets Highways crossing the Sierra near Devils Postpile (a continuation of highway 203) and a continuation of highway 180 across Kearsarge Pass to Independence. As roads to the north were completed, continuing the march to the south seemed likely in the 1950s and plans were laid for expansion of the highway system.
Increased experience in mountain highways and a shift from a need for access to a need for preservation conspired to block this march of progress. The cost of maintaining the existing trans-Sierra roads was proving to be significant, lessening Caltrans's appetite for more expensive mountain roads only open a few months of the year; the need for residents of Fresno to visit Bishop was hardly compelling, the Forest Service established a Primitive Area across some road alignments, Congress legislated Wilderness areas in some other areas, and the most promising road (the Minarets Highway), which would have given Central Valley ski bums a quick link to Mammoth Mountain, was scotched by Governor Reagan and his Secretary of Resources, Ike Livermore, who apparently was scarred by finding automobiles at Reds Meadow as a youth working as a packer. [Reagan also killed the designation of the Mineral King road as a state highway].
This is generally good news though for Muir Trail hikers, though. Had planned highways been completed, we would have crossed three major trans-Sierra highways instead of hiking for nearly 200 miles through wilderness. While this maybe has made getting a resupply harder than it might have been, it is difficult to imagine Highway 168 plowing down Evolution Valley or winding down Piute Creek towards the Muir Trail Ranch; the halfway point for the John Muir Trail might have been a highway rest area. Highway 180 would have replaced the busiest backcountry area in Kings Canyon National Park with gas fumes, car campgrounds and even more abuse. The fragmented wilderness would have been quite different.
In a way, it is possible that Los Angeles's appropriation of the Owens River helped to keep the roads from being completed. Had water stayed in the valley, it is nearly certain that populations would have been larger and more eager for major east-west highways.
Whatever the reasons, it is well to recall that one of the longest wilderness hikes in the country nearly became impossible.
"Your Trail Rep Is Poor…"
GG and his daughter were greeted at Guitar Lake by an upset hiker GG had passed some days earlier, who announced loudly that GG had mistreated him and followed this with the statement that he had talked with some others and three felt that we mistreated them. [FWIW, we met literally hundreds of people. Pissing off 4 seems a fair ratio.]
Setting aside the mentality which might best be described as "trail rage" [guy, if you are reading this, get help, or you'll probably be dead in five years due to a road rage incident], how does one have a "trail rep"?
To have a reputation, there must be a community. For instance, all professional geoscientists have some kind of reputation with their scientific colleagues, another reputation with their grad students, another with the faculty at their school, etc. What struck GG was, where is the community necessary to generate a reputation?
For GG, going to the wilderness was to go and see and experience the wilderness and let civilization seep away to some degree. It was not to meet people and form some kind of temporary community capable of passing judgement on the various folks found on the trail. Yet this fellow felt there was a community and that he was part of it and could convey its sentiments to us.
This made GG wonder, are there folks coming to hike these trails not to experience the nature along them but to connect with a fairly random collection of other people? If so, that might explain the very strong concentration of people hiking the Muir Trail versus the surrounding trails. After all, the trail community on the Gardiner Basin trail or in Simpson Meadow is probably your own group. Does this mean that these days, the only way to escape your real-life reputation is to go to the wilderness with a group of strangers? Is this a primary motivation for some folks?
GG doesn't know, but it was an interesting insight….
Is Through-hiking Killing the Wilderness?
One observation from hiking the John Muir Trail (JMT) with llamas was just how many people are on that trail (a separate observation was just how many of those backpackers are baby-boomers–seems like about a third if not more). Does this represent a big increase in Wilderness use, or is it misleading?
If you try and hike the Muir Trail, you quickly learn it is very popular. Yosemite has a quota of 45 on permits leaving the park over Donahue Pass; this was instituted after the number of JMT hikers jumped from about 1000/year 14 years ago to 3500/year more recently. Similarly, the Forest Service has a quota of 25 people/day for exiting at Whitney Portal (there is also a quota for entering there). The result of these has been to push hikers to other trailheads; the quota for entering at Cottonwood Pass, for instance, was met for most days in July this year. We met a lot of folks who started there.
Is this a blip on the radar? Is it an increase in popularity? It is hard to tell…


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Over A Cup: Rhubarb recipes for summer
This past week I checked our rhubarb. Last year, we lost one of our two plants that had produced enough rhubarb for us, our kids and friends. The rhubarb is near the corral loading dock, an area that isn't easy to water. Last summer, I packed water to the surviving rhubarb plant, and it's alive but certainly not thriving.
Anyway, it made me think about some of the delicious rhubarb recipes that the readers have sent in throughout the years. This week's "Over a Cup of Coffee" features two rhubarb recipes. The first is a family favorite. I'm not absolutely sure that I have tried the second one, but I do have a similar recipe from my sister Darlene Blackford.
To make "Rhubarb Cake," you will need: 1/2 cup shortening, 1 egg, 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tablespoon baking soda, 1 cup milk, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 3 cups rhubarb, cut fine.
For the cake topping you will need: 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup nuts chopped fine, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add soda to the milk. Stir and set aside. (The soda and milk will foam so use a container other than the cup measure to mix it.) Grease and flour a 9×13-inch pan.
Cream the shortening, add the sugar and mix well. Add salt. Beat in the egg. Add the soda and milk mixture alternately with the flour. Stir in the rhubarb.
Put the batter in the greased and floured pan. Then stir the topping ingredients together. Sprinkle the topping over the cake batter. Bake for 45 minutes.
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To make "Rhubarb Bread," you will need: 3 cups brown sugar, 1 1/2 cups oil, 2 eggs, 2 cups buttermilk or soured milk, 5 cups flour, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 3 cups cut up rhubarb, and 1 cup chopped nuts (optional).
For the topping, you will need: 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon butter.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease three loaf pans.
Mix the ingredients in the order they are listed above. Mix well. Pour the batter into the loaf pans. Mix up the topping ingredients. Sprinkle over the batter. Bake for about 75 minutes.
You can freeze the bread.
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The Orlando Magic have locked down one of their promising stars after center Nikola Vucevic agreed to a four-year contract extension with the franchise.
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The Magic are currently in a rebuilding stage and are developing a core of young stars that they hope will blossom into a championship-contending calibre unit.
The 23-year-old Montenegrin appears to be at the top of their list after the Magic worked out a contract extension that would keep their promising center until the 2018 NBA season.
Vucevic averaged 14.2 points and 11 rebounds in 31.8 minutes per game last season for the Magic, that kind of production from a big men is vital and for a small market franchise like Orlando, they need to retain their assets as they struggle in the free agent market.
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There may be feeling that Orlando could've overpaid for their 23-year-old center after they agreed around $13.5million per year on average for their 7 ft big-man.
One aspect that does need to be considered however is that the NBA will be soon restructuring a TV deal that will acquire billions for the league, therefore rapidly increasing the salary cap and affording more luxury to teams like Orlando to pay these kind of contracts.
The next order of business for the Magic is taking care of another one of their upcoming stars, they are looking to iron contract details out with small forward Tobias Harris.
Although according to reports from Adirna Wojnarowski of Yahoo sports, there appears to be a significant gap between Orlando and the 22-year-old when it comes to restructuring a new contract.


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Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive
- Core has been successful in its application for participation in the Federal Government's Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive ("JMEI") scheme
- JMEI credits will be distributed to shareholders as tax credits for the 2017/18 tax year
- To be eligible, shareholders must have participated in Core's fundraising activity after the issue of JMEI credits on Monday, 23 April 2018
- Only new shares issued by Core are eligible for JMEI credits
- Successful SPP participants will be eligible for JMEI credits
- Recent share placement participants are eligible for JMEI credits
In March 2018, the Federal Parliament passed legislation introducing the JMEI scheme with effect from 1 July 2017 for a four-year period based on an annual application process. The ATO is the administrator of the scheme.
The JMEI scheme enables eligible exploration companies to create refundable tax credits to distribute to eligible shareholders by forgoing a portion of their carried forward tax losses that have arisen from allowable expenditure on "greenfield" exploration.
Australian resident shareholders that are issued with JMEI credits will generally be entitled to refundable tax offsets (for individual shareholders or superannuation funds) or franking credits (for companies). Receiving a JMEI credit could have tax consequences and shareholders who are issued JMEI credits by the Company should obtain independent tax advice specific to their personal circumstances.
The Company's allocation of JMEI credits must be distributed to all eligible shareholders on a pro-rata basis. For shareholders to be eligible to receive a pro-rata distribution of JMEI credits from the Company, they must have applied for and be issued shares in the Company after Monday 23 April 2018 ("Record date") and no later than 30 June 2018.
The Company has recently announced a share placement to issue approximately 95.2 million shares as well an SPP to raise $2.0 million. Both the successful applicants under the placement and SPP will be eligible to receive a share of the Company's JMEI credit allocation. Core anticipates the Company will make a JMEI distribution of between approximately 0.5 cents and 0.8 cents per share depending on the participation in the SPP. The precise distribution per share will be determined after 30 June 2018 and will be impacted by the amount raised under the SPP and any other new shares issued prior to 30 June 2018.
The JMEI credits will apply to the 2017/18 tax year and can be issued by Core after lodgement of its 30 June 2018 tax return.
The Record Date to determine eligibility for JMEI credits is Monday 23 April 2018 and only those shareholders to whom shares were issued after this date and before 30 June 2018 will be eligible to receive a distribution of the JMEI credits allocated to the Company.
Shares issued prior to the Record Date will not be eligible for the credit.
Eligible shareholders are expected to be notified by the Company of their JMEI credit entitlement in the approved form by 30 September 2018, and the JMEI credits will apply to income tax assessed for the year ended 30 June 2018.
About Core Lithium Ltd
Core Lithium Ltd (ASX:CXO) is an emerging lithium producer focused on development of its Finniss Project near Darwin in the Northern Territory. Core owns 100% of Finniss, a major developing project that lies close to existing infrastructure such as the Darwin Port, grid power, gas and rail infrastructure.
The Finniss Project covers a 500km2 tenement holding and 25 historic pegmatite mines. The project area is about 80km from Darwin Port. Exploration work has generated a near term development timeline, with feasibility studies to be completed over the course of 2018 ahead of receipt of approvals in early 2019 and planned first production during 2019.
An aggressive exploration program is under way, which has confirmed the high quality prospectivity across much of the Finniss Project area. Core's stated ambition is to upgrade Finniss' resource base to fast-track commercialisation options.
Core Lithium Ltd


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Makeover Your Family Room for Under $500
1. Create a gallery wall using family photos.
- Budget: $160
- Shown here: Frame Set, Crate & Barrel
2. Update your look with new throw pillows.
- Budget: $210 (allows for two each of the four pillows shown)
- Shown Here: Elephant Pillow, HomeSense, $24.99; Blue Pillow, BoConcept, $46; Floral Pillow, Crate & Barrel, $89.95; Geometric Pillow, CB2, $49.95
3. Bring summer indoors with a bright floral arrangement.
- Budget: $25
- Shown Here: Faux Floral Arrangement, HomeSense
Makeover Your Family Room for Under $1000
1. Add a set of accent benches to provide extra seating.
- Budget: $298
- Shown Here: Accent Bench, Decorium, $149/each
2. Layer a sheepskin rug over your existing throw rug or carpet for an extra touch of luxury.
- Budget: $123
- Shown Here: Sheepskin Rug, Pottery Barn
3. Add a set of glamourous but functional table lamps.
- Budget: $338
- Shown Here: Lamp, Royal Lighting, $169/each
Makeover Your Family Room for Under $2000
1. Add a functional coffee table that provides storage.
- Budget: $1,299
- Shown Here: Coffee Table, BoConcept
2. Add a stylish floor lamp for reading.
- Budget: $399
- Shown Here: Floor Lamp, Royal Lighting
3. Add visual interest with a cowhide rug.
- Budget: $219.95
- Shown Here: Black and White Cowhide Rug, Fur Source


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Arkansas farmers are getting their first opportunity to grow a new wheat variety from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture that combines high yields with resistance to common wheat diseases. The wheat is called Pat after Pat Sullivan, first president of the Arkansas Association of Wheat Growers, said Robert Bacon, small grains breeder for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
"Pat averaged 76.6 bushels per acre in three years of variety testing in plots around the state, notably better than the state average of about 50 bushels an acre," Bacon said. "It has good winter-hardiness and good straw strength. It's resistant to soilborne wheat mosaic, wheat spindle streak mosaic, and stripe rust, and it is moderately resistant to leaf rust.
"Quality test results for Pat indicate excellent milling and baking characteristics," he said.
Pat seed was available to producers for the first time last fall.
"Arkansas is one of the leading producers of soft red winter wheat," Bacon said. "It's an essential part of double-cropping systems with soybeans. It provides the cash flow needed to purchase inputs for soybeans.
"Producers have increased profits from wheat by using higher-yielding varieties and fewer inputs," Bacon said. "Unfortunately, many high-yield wheat varieties do not have disease resistance."
Fred Miller is science editor for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Title: Only For You (For You #1)
Author: Genna Rulon
Source: Received through blog tour in exchange for an honest review
All Everleigh Carsen wanted to do was complete her final semester at Hensley University and begin the life she planned. When a wave of violent crime seizes campus, Everleigh is persuaded by her best friend to attend a school sponsored self-defense seminar, where she meets volunteer instructor, Hunter Charles. After Everleigh's biting sarcasm induces Hunter to eject her from class, an explosive relationship is born. Everleigh is determined to forget the striking man, but fate-that fickle shrew- continuously intervenes. Unable to escape him, she casts Hunter as her prime adversary. The only complication...Hunter is resolutely pursuing his vindication...by any means necessary. Verbal warfare ensues, and despite Everleigh's ingenious efforts, in Hunter, she has finally found her equal. Only For You is a compelling tale of friendship, desire, and redemption-brimming with witty characters, intelligent dialogue, unexpected twists, profound sorrow, unfettered hope, and love's unassailable perseverance. This story is appropriate for readers 18+
Only For You is the first book in a new series by Genna Rulon. It's a great New Adult romance told from the view of Everleigh – a college student at Hensley University. After many attacks on female college students, Everleigh's friend Sam convinces her to take the self-defense course that the school is offering. Here is where she meets Hunter – the hot instructor who kicks her out of class. Feeling humiliated, she is determined to forget all about him...but that's hard to do when he ends up being everywhere she turns.
There's a lot of comical banter between Hunter and Everleigh, and they end up being friends. Everleigh is a great heroine – she is a strong and witty character. She and Hunter have personalities that mesh so well, they fit together like 2 puzzle pieces. Because of some ridiculous reasoning on her part, Everleigh thinks that there's no chance that Hunter could ever be attracted to her (but I won't spoil what that reason is). She falls really hard for Hunter though. The story is only told from her point of view, so you don't really know what is going through Hunter's head.
The mystery revolving the attacks is written amazingly. Not only do you feel a slight creepy vibe throughout the book, but you always feel on guard as a reader because you never know when the next attack is going to happen. The plot is really interesting and the character development is great too. Another character I really liked was Everleigh's friend Sam. I see that the second book in this series is about Sam, and that makes me really happy.
There's a lot of mystery, comedy, and romance going on – but my favorite part was the romance. Hunter and Everleigh have a lot of passion together. There's a lot of sexual tension leading up to when they FINALLY have their first love scene. It isn't detailed like in a lot of books, but yet it isn't glossed over either. I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately, and this book helped to pull me out of it. It was perfect and the writing was wonderful. I'm really looking forward to book #2!
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Bump Weed Wars, the latest cut from Snoop Dogg. It was released on Thursday, November 17th, 2011. Things are improving for Snoop Dogg with each new offering, and Weed Wars is certainly no exception. It's a worthy addition to the Snoop Dogg's catalogue, which has seen much evolution as of late. We're definitely anticipating the next step.
Have you heard Snoop Dogg's The Motto (LA Remix), featuring YG & Nipsey Hu$$le? If you're down, make sure to visit Snoop Dogg's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
How does this compare to Snoop Dogg's previous work?


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Kelly Rowland Straight Hairstyle with Bangs
Kelly Rowland's luxe blow out can be worn to a job interview ... and out for drinks to celebrate landing the gig. Get the look: 1. Apply conditioning, straightening balm to damp hair and blow dry straight with a paddle brush. Blow dry the bangs separately, see next step.2. Switch to a Mason Pearson-style boar-bristle brush. Blow the bangs to the left, and the right, a few times, then direct them forward with a natural bend. 3. Curve the ends of your hair under using a flatiron.4. Finish the ends with a dab of grooming cream.
Katie Cassidy Formal, Wedding Updo
Katie Cassidy's formal updo is an elegant choice for a bride or bridesmaid. Steal her style: 1. To get the look, apply a smoothing serum and straighten hair first with a blow dryer and then using an iron.2. Next, tie hair up into a high ponytail, brushing out bumps as you pull up. Sleek is what we're going for.3. Separate your ponytail into sections and smooth gel through each. Form a loop with each section, criss-crossing them over each other. Secure each section with bobby pins, tucking them into the bun so they're hidden. Save one last section to wrap around the base of the updo.4. Mist generously with hairspray -- definitely don't want it falling apart on your big day.
Jennifer Aniston Long, Straight Hair with Highlights and Layers
Jennifer Aniston's style is perfect for a super-swanky formal occasion or a regular ol' party. What to do: 1. Apply smoothing cream to towel-dried hair, and blow dry hair with a paddle brush to straighten it and add volume. 2. Part the back section of hair down the middle and the front section off to one side. 3. Using a straightening iron, smooth out 2-inch sections of hair, all over the head. 4. Set the look with a shine spray, and arrange hair with fingers, sweeping the front section across your head and tucking it behind your ear. See More Jennifer Aniston Hairstyles


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The Hollywood Media District Master Plan
A business improvement district uses new graphics and streetscape to add vibrancy in Hollywood's historic working quarters
The Hollywood Media District, a business improvement district in the historic production area of Hollywood, has engaged Suisman Urban Design to develop a master plan for the area, and to implement specific improvements to the public environment. Focusing on Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, the project includes an overall land use and streetscape strategy, wayfinding and facade improvements for it's Theater Row, new transit and information structures, signage, landscaping, and lighting.
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There's nothing like a great pairing. Apples and Vermont cheddar, pecans and bourbon, bacon and…everything. If you're feeling particularly analytic this winter, I recommend the following book-to-movie pairing: David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method with Gary Small's The Other Side of the Couch.
Even if you've never read Freud or Jung, A Dangerous Method is undeniably fascinating, though—be warned—unavoidably cerebral. It might just be the first filmed love letter to psychoanalysis, so crystalline is Cronenberg's enjoyment of the source material. Like many of his previous films it explores forms of violence, but unlike its bloodier peers (A History of Violence, Eastern Promises) A Dangerous Method is more concerned with sexual violence and the psychological warfare of true intimacy.
Freud and Jung may have founded psychiatry, but where is it now? The Other Side of the Couch is an easily digestible look at one contemporary psychiatrist's most baffling, compelling cases. There's something here for everyone: sexual obsession, amputation fantasies, hysterical blindness, and—of course—transference. If your curiosity is whetted and not quelled after reading, you might also enjoy: The Interpretation of Dreams, The German Genius, and On Creativity and the Unconscious. For now, pardon me as I return to my nerd cave—I've got a dream to analyze.


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"New Jersey"
Published by Johnson & Browning, 1861
This superb reproduction is from the rare, original antique map of "New Jersey" that was published by Johnson and Browning of New York in 1861, the first year of the Civil War.
Compiled, drawn and engraved under the supervision of J. H. Colton and A. J. Johnson, this map was part of Johnson's New Illustrated family Atlas. The coloring was a combination of block printing and hand stencil.
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Latest dispatch from Ground Zero in the Culture War: A couple of fake nuns (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) receive Communion during Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco's Castro District. Archbishop apologizes. Talk show pundits go nuts.
It's another example of how the city is a "disgrace on every level," says Bill O'Reilly. And more fodder for commenters.
As for those who called our Open Mic line, some were outraged by the fake nuns' actions while others faulted the Archbishop for apologizing.
One caller even admonished The Chronicle for defining the Eucharist as just a representation of the body and blood of Christ.
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Okay, so they're not blue suede shoes but she loves them anyways! Eliana was given some clothes by some friends to borrow and in them are these adorable brown boots that she has taken quite a fancy to. She wants to wear them all the time!
Actually, that was until she got some new black dress shoes for church. Now she has a new favorite pair. For now.
Our girlie has a shoe addiction!! She adores these boots and looks awfully cute in them, if I might say so.
I'm not really sure where that inate desire to pull up their shirts and/or dresses comes from but I'm pretty sure all little girls do it at some point!
She giggled when she saw this pic:) She has a basket of shoes in her room and she is very specific about which ones she wants to wear each day. We may be in trouble…
Just doin' some homework like the brudders! We start 'em young around here:)


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Thursday, August 27, 2009
30 Weeks
Posted by Elaine at 4:25 PM 3 comments
Labels: family
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
My hunters
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Labels: boys
Sunday, August 23, 2009
County Fair Time
I LOVE being with my family, seeing the animals, eating scones, drinking lemonade, running in to friends, listening to friends perform, and watching my boys.
(I don't love the bags of junk they collect at all the booths!!!)
Here are a few animal pics of the fair....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Cool Kitchen = Happy Mommy
Buttercup Squares
3/4 c. butter, melted
3 c. crushed graham crackers (about 1 1/2 pkgs.)
2 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 1/2 c. peanut butter
1 1/2 c. chocolate chips
Mix all ingredients together, except the chocolate chips. Pat into a 9x13 pan. Melt chocolate chips and spread over mixture. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until firm. Cut into squares.
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Labels: recipes
Monday, August 17, 2009
Oldies but Goodies....
Posted by Elaine at 9:26 PM 2 comments
Labels: fun times
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Dodsworths
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Labels: family
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A completed project!
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Labels: projects
Saturday, August 8, 2009
John Russel Kuykendall
In two short years.....
Isn't it amazing how God designed us?
My baby is now two years old. What a blessing he has been to our family. There was a time when doctors told us he may never walk...and I get to see his little legs run to try to keep up with his big brothers. We thank God for the miracles that have taken place in his life. Even after three other boys, J.R. still has such a unique personality. He is our singer! He loves to sing songs even if he can't say the words. J.R. also has a strong opinion about life. :) Sometimes I marvel at how many different ways God could make Kuykendall boys. You would think that after this many He would be running out of ideas!
Happy Birthday J.R.! We love you!
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Party Time!
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Our new little critters...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Beach Day
We found the best place to beat the heat......
The weather was absolutely perfect. I don't think I could even describe how great it felt to escape the heat for a few hours. Towards the end of our day we even felt chilly...and welcomed it!
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Welcome to My Finance Class, the official website for Financial Services and BPA at Northwest High School.
"Financial Services has pushed me to work hard and step out of my comfort zone. This program has helped to prepare me for life and I am hopeful for what is in store for my future."
Brennan Moore, 2018
|"This class has done so much more for me than I ever would have expected. In fact, this year is one of the most memorable I have ever had and I will remember it for years to come. I can't wait to make countless more memories in FS senior year."
Trevor Rider, 2017
|"Financial Services was everything that I thought it would be when I signed up for the class ... and so much more." Joshua Harper, 2016
|"My junior year in Financial Services and the Knights Credit Union has been a great experience and I can't wait to see what's in store for my senior year. This class is really getting us prepared for college and beyond." Deja Martin, 2015
|"When I look back on my days in high school, most of my memories will come from this class. I've gained friends for a lifetime, I've reached limits I never thought obtainable, stepped out of my shell, and have done some amazing things." Jayme Ahr, 2014
|"Without Financial Services, I do not think I would be as prepared as I am for the college life and just being on my own. The program gives you a head start on the tools necessary for success." Zack Stamper, 2013
|"I will always remember my experiences in BPA. I had a blast doing the competitions, traveling, and meeting new people." Antenajia Carter, 2014
|"I am enjoying this program and learning a lot of cool things along the way that will help me in the future." Payton Brown, 2015
|"Financial Services gave me the realization that I can achieve and conquer anything … I was made for this!" Kyler Famble, 2016
|"While applying for Financial Services, I was expecting the best two years of high school, and this first one has definitely met that expectation. I have learned so much and am grateful for the time I've spent in this class. I can't wait to see what next year brings and I'm very excited to spend my senior year in this class."
Abby Bandy, 2017
"It turns out that signing up for FS was the best decision I made in my high school life. This class showed me that I want to major in finance in college. I really love the material and can see myself doing something in business for the rest of my life."
Andrew Orange Lemon, 2018
"This school year has definitely been one to remember. Having all my friends in one class was a great experience for me and to have an awesome teacher like Mr. Clark was even better. I've learned so many things in a year's time, it's absurd."
Chandler Marshall, 2017
|"This class was no ordinary class. We were all like one big family in Financial Services."
Kobe Brown, 2016
|"Financial Services has definitely prepared me for the next chapter of my life." Haley Golden, 2015
|"Financial Services has given me the courage to do my best and go achieve anything that I set out to do." Hunter Giblin, 2014
|"I have really enjoyed my time in Financial Services. I have had so many great experiences in this class and I have learned so much about finance and the business world." Amari Rose, 2013
|"I am so grateful for having the opportunity to come to Financial Services everyday ready to learn something new and interesting!" Ashley Gwinner, 2014
|"This year in FS has been life changing, not just in the classroom but also in the real world. Can't wait for next year!!!" Delton Colvard, 2015
|"Financial Services has helped me to grow both as a person and a leader." Carter Gehring, 2016
|"This class has been the most interesting and enjoyable class that I have ever been in. It has taught me so much, and given me so many different opportunities."
Claire Horne, 2017
"No matter what happens or how much time goes by, I will always be a Financial Services student from the Class of 2018."
James Adleta, 2018
"Financial Services has taught me to be more innovative. I've started looking at things in the everyday more as a businessman, always trying to think of ways I could potentially make something better."
Carlos Boyd, 2017
"This year and this course have changed my life in more ways than one. Taking Financial Services is one of the best decisions I've made in my life."
Louis Girts, 2016
|"Financial Services was the best part of high school because of all the amazing things I got to experience." DeAirrez Daniels, 2015
|"Financial Services not only prepares you for college, it prepares you for life." DaQuan Fletcher, 2014
|"Throughout my two years in Financial Services, I have grown so much – as a student and as a person. I will never forget this class, my teacher, or my classmates." Eric Hunn, 2013
|"Financial Services has expanded my horizons and changed my outlook on the world of business and economics." Briana Leigh, 2014
|"I loved this class so much and I can't wait until next year to learn so much more…" Lilly Dominguez, 2015
|"The environment of the class was very welcoming, people who were shy came out of their shells, the open environment allowed questions to be asked freely, and wrong answers to be forgotten within seconds without embarrassment. These are all things you will not find in any other high school classroom." Jenna Ahr, 2016
"I have totally enjoyed having this class … in fact, this entire year in Financial Services has been awesome."
Julio Toro, 2017
"This class helped me build some of my best friendships. We helped each other every step of the way and now we are set to go out on our own, but I know we can do it because of FS and the lessons we have learned for an amazing and successful future."
Hunter Nichols, 2018
College & Career Ready
Financial Services College Tech Prep offers a truly unique atmosphere. Students learn interesting material in a fast-paced, interactive environment. Teamwork, effective communication techniques, and time management skills are learned through extensive involvement in classroom projects and activities. Students gain valuable leadership skills and have the opportunity to compete at regional, state, and national levels as members of Business Professionals of America. And most importantly, Financial Services prepares students for a successful transition to many exciting college majors and careers.


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In order to apply, you must submit a video audition via YouTube and then fill out the proper application form for the area(s) of study in which you are interested.
- If you don't have a YouTube account, please create one by going to:http://www.youtube.com. Click on "sign in" in the upper right hand corner and follow the directions to create an account.
- PLEASE USE YOUR FULL NAME as identification (no nicknames) as the title of your video.
- Upload your video, following the instructions provided on YouTube.
- Under the video settings, be sure to choose "unlisted," for copyright and privacy concerns.
- Once your performance video has been uploaded to YouTube, copy and paste the URL of your video into the application form where indicated. (Links to application forms are listed at the bottom of this page.)
You may submit audition videos/applications for more than one area of study, but will be placed in only ONE, based on the review of the audition videos.
You will find the areas of study listed below. Each one links to an application form and audition instructions specific to that area of study. Good luck!
All accepted students are required to participate in the final concerts on Saturday, July 20.
Should you be accepted into The Honors Music Institute, you will receive registration materials electronically. Registration fees are $965 for resident participants and $865 for commuters, due July 1. After July 1, fees increase to $1015 for resident participants and $915 for commuters. Registration fees includes instruction, meals, and materials as well as lodging for the residential participants. Participants will have the opportunity to have a 30 minute private lesson with Honors Music Institute faculty for an additional $30.00, or a 45 minute lesson for $45.00.
Partial scholarships will be available to qualified students upon acceptance to The Honors Music Institute. Scholarship information will be sent with registration materials to accepted participants. We encourage students to explore other possibilities for funding such as school music parent organizations, community/religious organizations and do-it-yourself fundraising websites such as GoFundMe (www.gofundme.com).
Note: Rising seniors interested in majoring in music at Penn State may have the opportunity to have their participation in The Honors Music Institute serve as their audition to the Penn State School of Music. Information to follow upon acceptance to The Honors Music Institute.
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Multi-Disciplinary Academic Slides
Multi-Disciplinary Academic Resource Slides
February 2019
Ask, Listen, Do - Mary Busk Family Carer Adviser Improving Health and Quality Team, Learning Disability Programme and Carl Shaw, Learning Disability Adviser, Transforming Care, Learning Disability Programme, NHS England
Link to: NHS England, Ask, Listen, Do
November 2018
Supported Loving , Dr Claire Bates, Quality Analyst, Honorary Research Associate, Tizard Centre
October 2018
Copy number variation in ID psychiatry -Nick Bass, Associate Professor of Psychiatric Genetics Molecular Psychiatry Lab, UCL Division of Psychiatry
September 2018
Clinical and cost effectiveness of staff training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for treating challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability: a cluster randomised controlled trial - Prof Angela Hassiotis, Dr Michaela Poppe et al. UCL Division of Psychiatry
June 2018
National Mortality Review , Emily Handley, London Regional Coordinator, Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme, NHS England
May 2018
Forced Marriage and Learning Disabilities - Deborah Kitson & Rachael Clawson, Ann Craft Trust
March 2018
Assistive technology and communication
Cristiana Atherton & Charlotte Sax, Speech and Language, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
February 2018
Modulation of Brain Function during Executive Functioning in Autism with Tianeptine - Dr Rob Wichers , Clinical Research Worker/PhDstudent
January 2018
100K Genomes project - Henry Rogers, Research Assistant, 100,000 Genomes Project Recruitment Team & Prof André Strydom, Consultant Psychiatrist, Southwark Mental Health Learning Disabilities Team, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Kings College London
November 2017
South East London transforming care programme - Smriti Singh, Programme Director, NHS Southwark CCG
October 2017
SHRINE- Sexual and reproductive health rights, inclusion and empowerment
September 2017
Epilepsy and MHID - Mo Eyeoyibo, Clinical Lead and Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
July 2017
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The Virginia Apgar Papers
[Statement by Virginia Apgar to the Subcommittee on Health, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare]
Representing the National Foundation-March of Dimes, Apgar testified about the importance of the federal funding of immunization programs then being considered by the Senate. She explained the tragic consequences of rubella (German measles) infection in the first trimester of pregnancy, and the need to start an immunization program before the next rubella epidemic, expected in 1970 or 1971. Funding would be needed not only for the vaccine itself, but for a wide distribution network, and an educational campaign.
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Apgar, Virginia
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Mount Holyoke College. Archives and Special Collections. Virginia Apgar Papers [MS 0504]
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Statement by Virginia Apgar, M.D.
Vice President for Medical Affairs
The National Foundation-March of Dimes
Subcommittee on Health
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
June 30, 1969
The National Foundation-March of Dimes is pleased to have been invited to present its views on proposals to the Senate for the control of communicable disease. Our interest in immunization is well known and extends back to 1938, the year in which The National Foundation was organized by Franklin D. Roosevelt to lead the fight against poliomyelitis.
During an era in which government support of health research and development was minimal, The National Foundation was the principal source for the funding of major advances in virology and immunology which culminated in the licensure of the Salk vaccine in 1955 and the elimination of epidemic poliomyelitis as a public health problem in the United States. Underlying all the developments leading to subsequent virus vaccines were the laboratory techniques perfected in poliomyelitis vaccine research.
Since 1958 The National Foundation-March of Dimes has been dedicated to the prevention and amelioration of birth defects which are this nation's primary problem of child health. An estimated seven per cent of the liveborn -- some 250,000 each year -- have defects which are evident during infancy. Through programs of laboratory and clinical research, medical care, professional and public education, and community service, this organization strives to advance the fight against birth defects.
S.1662 addresses itself to the problem of the control through vaccination of certain communicable diseases of childhood, namely, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, measles and rubella. S.2264 adds to this list tuberculosis, venereal disease and other communicable diseases determined to be of national significance.
With the exception of rubella, existing prophylactic measures have brought each of the specified diseases under control to varying degrees -- from virtually complete control in the case of poliomyelitis to less-than-adequate control for tuberculosis, measles and the venereal diseases. Our particular interest, however, is directed to the prospects for prevention of rubella, since the recent approval of a vaccine for this disease represents a significant step forward in the fight against birth defects.
Rubella is usually a mild childhood disease but may cause serious defects in the unborn baby when the mother is infected in the early months of pregnancy. Young children are the principal source of the infection of pregnant women. Epidemics of rubella occur in the United States at irregular intervals of 6 to 9 years. The last major epidemic, in 1964, caused an estimated 50,000 abnormal pregnancies, resulting in some 20,000 live-born babies with birth defects and about 30,000 fetal deaths.
The consequences of rubella in pregnancy are varied and unpredictable. Spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, live birth with one or more anomalies, and normal infants are represented in the spectrum. Virtually every organ may be involved, either temporarily or permanently. Cooper and Krugman, in a review of 271 abnormal infants followed to age 18 months, found congenital heart disease in 142 (52%), confirmed or suspected hearing loss in 140 (52%), cataract or glaucoma in 107 (40%), severe or moderate psychomotor retardation in 65 (24%), and neonatal thrombocytopenic purpura in 85 (31%). The mortality rate was 13% (35 infants).
Thousands of victims of congenital rubella from the 1964 epidemic and from subsequent outbreaks of the disease have been cared for at the 107 Birth Defects Centers supported by the March of Dimes. Many of these children continue to require intensive medical and educational services if they are to realize their full potential.
With widespread immunization of children with the new rubella vaccine, this tragedy may not be repeated.
In our view, however, there are formidable obstacles to the rapid and widespread use of the rubella vaccine in time to prevent another wave of rubella babies which may occur as early as 1970 or 1971.
Some of these obstacles are educational in nature; others are fiscal. On the educational side, the idea of vaccinating children against rubella to protect unborn babies from birth defects will not be easy to get across. But public understanding is crucial if the vaccine is to prevent another epidemic. Accordingly, The National Foundation has pledged itself to render voluntary service when requested by health departments and medical societies to foster public understanding and acceptance of the vaccine, as supplies become available. A review article on rubella has been mailed to 145,000 physicians and other health professionals throughout the nation, and millions of educational flyers are being readied for widespread public use.
We are confident that educational measures such as these, undertaken in cooperation with other voluntary health agencies, organized medicine and public health departments, can and will overcome the barriers to public understanding and acceptance.
As for the fiscal obstacles, however, we are less optimistic. There are approximately 56 million children aged 1 to 14 in the United States. This is the target group for rubella immunization. If 75% of these boys and girls are to be vaccinated -- and I believe that we can achieve this level of participation -- some 42 million doses would be required initially. If as much as half this amount were to be administered on a private, fee-for-service basis -- and I personally view this as a probable upper limit -- then governmental sources will need to furnish at least 20 million doses to achieve primary protection against another epidemic. At current prices, this is equivalent to $30 million, exclusive of necessary laboratory, surveillance and administrative costs.
In view of the cyclical nature of rubella epidemics and the consequent need to achieve rapid vaccine coverage, neither of the legislative proposals under consideration appears to be entirely adequate to meet this challenge. The appropriations authorized in S. 2264, however, more nearly approach the requirements.
S. 2264, moreover, would permit expeditious use of rubella vaccine through the well-established mechanisms of the National Communicable Disease Center which has proven its competence in earlier programs authorized under the Vaccination Assistance Act. The coming rubella epidemic, whether it strikes next year or the year after, constitutes a real emergency for the more than 4 million American babies who will be conceived that year. Under the circumstances, it would seem ill-advised for the federal government to approach the problem of rubella prevention along a circuitous route which involves untried and necessarily slower administrative mechanisms.
In urging your favorable decision on S. 2264, we should like to call your attention to the need for amendment of the measure to comprehend the prevention of another disease which constitutes a more serious threat to children than most of the others included, and for which there is an effective vaccine. This is hemolytic disease of the newborn due to Rh incompatibility, otherwise known as erythroblastosis fetalis, or more simply, Rh disease.
Unlike the vaccines for the other diseases, this vaccine prevents, instead of fostering, immunization, in this case the immunization of Rh negative mothers against the Rh positive blood of their unborn babies. Each year an estimated 250,000 women and their families in the United States face the possibility of having an affected child.
Prevention of Rh disease now is possible with the use of a specially prepared blood fraction known as Rh immune globulin. This product has been available to hospitals since June 1968. Injected into an unsensitized Rh negative mother soon after the birth of an Rh positive baby, the Rh immune globulin effectively prevents her sensitization and the possible development of the disease in a subsequent Rh positive baby. About 8.4% of white maternity patients and 4.1% of Negro maternity patients are candidates for this vaccine.
With optimal use of this vaccine, the incidence of Rh disease can be expected to decline continuously from year to year, so that in 20 to 25 years the present pool of sensitized women of childbearing age will be exhausted, thus eliminating the disease as a public health problem.
Our surveys of hospitals and our consultations with state public health departments, however, indicate that in many parts of the country substantially fewer doses of the Rh vaccine are being administered than are needed to eliminate the disease. While the situation differs from one community to another, we estimate that nationally about one out of every 4 women who need the vaccine is not receiving it. The reasons for under-utilization of this preventive are varied, but since the vaccine is relatively expensive, cost may be a serious obstacle for many low and moderate income families, especially in areas where public programs of medical assistance are absent or inadequate to meet this need. For this reason, we ask you to consider the inclusion of Rh disease in any vaccination assistance measure you approve.
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Summer is the season for outdoor adventure, travel, festivals, great road trips and it also happens to be the most popular date to move. The weather is ideal, the kids are out of school, and it's the best time to do home repairs and to organize your belongings before the cold and unpredictable weather sets in.
Moving can seem like an arduous and overwhelming task, especially if you have a hectic work schedule or you are moving into your first home. As insurance brokers, we have seen a lot of do's and don'ts over the years and decided to share this with you by compiling our Top Ten Tips to save you time and to help reduce stress during your move this summer.
Top Ten Moving Tips:
1. Plan ahead- Try to schedule your moving truck, book your movers, and secure your boxes well in advance before everything is booked up or taken. Since it is the busiest season for moving, many of these things may not be available at the times you require them, so you may have to be flexible with your time.
2. Get estimates on movers- Depending on the moving company, prices may vary quite a bit. As a rule of thumb, it's a good idea to get three estimates. Try to avoid choosing your movers based on price alone. Look up reviews online or ask friends for referrals.
3. Insurance- Remember to check with your insurance company to see if your items in storage are covered under your policy. Most often than not, it isn't, and you may have to purchase additional coverage through the storage company. Ask your broker about damage to your contents while they're being transported. For example, if professional movers damage your property, this coverage would typically come from their commercial policy, and not your own insurance policy.
4. Move your own valuables- Transport all of your fragile or high valued smaller items such as jewelry and special collections yourself to avoid any lost or damaged items.
5. Clean out your house before you move- Try to go through all of your unused items with your spouse or family before you make the move. It is much easier to move without the extra weight and items. Hold a garage sale or donate your excess items to charity. A lot of non-profit organizations offer free pick up services for donations.
6. Personal luggage- Put all of the essential items you will need for the next couple of days such as toiletries, clothes, toys for the kids, pajamas, etc., in accessible luggage, to avoid going through mountains of boxes.
7. Make an inventory list- This may seem like a lot of work, but it will end up saving you time and hassle. There are many online moving inventory lists that you can print and use as a guide.
8. Pick the right moving truck- You can use the size of your current home as a guide when choosing your truck size. The last thing you want to do is make several trips across town because your truck is too small. For example a 15-ft moving truck is perfect for 2 bedroom apartments, while a 24-ft moving truck is great for 3-4 bedroom houses.
9. Colour code your boxes- Save time unpacking by colour coordinating boxes to each room in your house. You can do this by box colour or by putting coloured stickers on boxes to denote which box is designated for which room.
10. Don't forget to transfer your information- Remember to send notice of your new address to the correct parties. Register your new address with Canada post, and remember to transfer over your utilities as well as your cable and internet.
Need insurance on your new place? Contact us and we will be happy to provide you with five different quotes from the leading insurance companies in Canada.


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Farsound Aviation wins lucrative contract with TS&S Aerospace
MRO supply chain and logistics company Farsound Aviation has secured a multi-million-dollar contract renewal with Turbine Services & Solutions Aerospace (TS&S Aerospace), a specialised and leading maintenance, repair and overhaul provider for aircraft engines located in Abu Dhabi.
The contract represents the renewal of an existing agreement and business relationship between the two organisations.
David Skinner, managing director of Farsound Aviation, said: "Farsound Aviation already enjoys a strong working relationship with TS&S Aerospace and we are thrilled that we have been entrusted with this contract renewal. Working with the business is very important to us as they are a leading independent engine MRO shop in the Middle East and have strong growth plans."
Abdul Khaliq Saeed, CEO of TS&S, added: "It's due to strengths in partnerships with leading aerospace players such as Farsound Aviation, that robust global supply chains and ecosystems have been built to bolster the market. Today's news is also testament to the leading independent MRO base established by TS&S Aerospace within the Abu Dhabi aviation community."


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NORTH SEWICKLEY TWP. - This time of year, people are scrambling to use up vacation time before they lose it, but there's no break in the action when the Riverside girls basketball team plays defense.
"It shouldn't take the night off," Riverside coach John Wolf said of his defensive unit, which stymied Laurel, 57-21, and hounded the Spartans into 33 turnovers in Monday night's home section opener at the Panthers' gym.
"Every so often, the offense will go cold, so a team needs its defensive effort to carry them," Wolf added as Riverside (4-1, 2-0 in Section 2-AA, four-game winning streak) travels to Neshannock at 6 and 7:30 p.m. today to face the Lancers (3-2, 2-0).
The team won't have much time off, either, on the schedule. Riverside travels to New Sewickley Township at 6 and 7:30 p.m. Friday for exhibition games against Freedom.
While Riverside has beaten Beaver Falls and Laurel, the Neshannock girls have defeated Shenango (45-33) and New Brighton (37-11) thus far in league play. The Lancers seemed to go to extremes, spotting Shenango an early 10-point lead before coming back, then holding New Brighton to single digits until the third quarter.
Senior Kylee Patton, a 5-foot-10 forward, has been a veteran of many Riverside-Neshannock games over the years and she remains an offensive threat in the paint. The rebounding match-up of Patton against Riverside 6-0 forwards Samantha Perkins and Amy Gatnarek should be one of the focal points.
But guard play in tonight's game will also be intriguing. While Riverside starts juniors Leah Prisuta (13 points in each of her last two section contests), Kessi Osborne and Brooke Mulneix, the Lancers have a solid group of young backcourt performers.
Seniors Caitlyn Bleggi (5-8) and Megan Black (5-5) have shown the example of leadership for two freshmen, 5-3 Chelsea Kauffman and 5-5 Tara Richardson. Juniors Courtney Frengel (5-7) and Robyn Dougherty (5-6) have also seen time at guard. While Patton scored a game-high 15 points at New Brighton, Kauffman added eight points and Bleggi, seven.
One notable omission from the Lancers' roster is senior Kacey Gibson, the cross-country and track-and-field star that hurt Riverside in last year's game at Neshannock with a double-digit scoring night. But Wolf knows from past history that the Lancers play aggressively no matter who wears their red-and-white uniform.
"It's always a little tougher to shoot on the road and a team always wants to get off to a good start away from home," Wolf said. "We've had a nice balance in our lineup so far, with different girls in double figures in different games, and we hope that continues."
Meanwhile, Riverside and Neshannock won't approach this latest showdown any differently than they have while vying for Section 2-AA titles and playoff spots in recent seasons.


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This is one of those things that really bugs me about the title insurance business. Beyond the broad federal privacy laws there are no rules that govern how we guard YOUR most private financial data. There are no guidelines for storage or disposal. Doesn't that bug you, too, as a consumer?
Add to that - even operating with privacy laws, your information may go to parties who are not subject to licensure and may have been subjected to little or no vetting. That's even more disconcerting to me.
Consider this. When you apply for a mortgage loan, you provide your full employment information, all or most of your banking accounts and your outstanding debts. All of this information, along with your residence, marital status and social security number is typed onto a form 1003, the uniform residential loan application.
This 1003 form and often attached exhibits such as tax returns or bank or credit statements are given to the title insurance agent as part of the closing documents, usually so that you can sign these documents at the closing.
If the title insurance agents uses its own employees to conduct the closing, these documents at least do not leave their care. If however, the title insurance agent uses notary signing agents who are not employees, these documents containing your full financial data move into the care of yet another entity who is in most states not licensed.
Even when dealing directly with one of the super large title underwriters you may experience your data moving to such an unlicensed entity or even overseas - off shore - for processing.
Now that I've explained how your most private personal financial information can move about, I'd like to tell you how our office, The Closing Specialists, handles this information.
1. We only use on staff, fully trained and well experienced, closers.
2. We hire a secure shredding service to routinely pick up trash that contains sensitive information. We have shredding disposal boxes on every floor excepts the main floor which is open to the public so that employees can easily dispose of document copies or faxes which do no move into your permanent file.
3. Your full permanent file is retained in our on-site storage until it is scanned and then it is also given to the secure shredding service.
4. Your scanned documents may only be accessed by an employee. Requests coming in from outside of our office are screened by a manager. Requests must be in writing and the party making the request must meet privacy law requirements for access before a document is released.
5. Off site backups of this data are stored in a bank safe deposit box.
6. When we have a need for a hardware repair or upgrade to the system in which this data is stored, the work takes place on site and the old equipment is retained by us and stored in a locked room which can only be accessed by management.
We take our role as custodian and guardian of your personal data very seriously. Frankly, I don't even think we ought to have access to this information as it isn't really a part of the title insurance transaction however, for now mortgage lenders don't see this as a security risk and so since we receive the data and we recognize ourselves that it IS a security risk, we guard your data.
So, when you are deciding between title insurance agents, think about how you guard YOUR personal information and then realize that your choice of title insurance agent is a part of that security plan.
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on the evolution of our industry
I am the branch manager of a title insurance office. I've enjoyed your blog for the last year or so and I am wondering what your thoughts are on the CFPB proposed changes to the Truth in Lending and RESPA act disclosures and their effect on our industry. I understand and applaud the goal of protecting consumers but I am concerned that these proposed changes will hurt small title offices.
Your thoughts?
Hi, T:
I am the branch manager of a title insurance office. I've enjoyed your blog for the last year or so and I am wondering what your thoughts are on the CFPB proposed changes to the Truth in Lending and RESPA act disclosures and their effect on our industry. I understand and applaud the goal of protecting consumers but I am concerned that these proposed changes will hurt small title offices.
Your thoughts?
Hi, T:
Thanks for your kind words about the blog. I take a long view of this business. I've been in and around it since 1973. It's always been in a state of constant change. Interestingly, though, the community of people just keep playing musical chairs and manage to find places in the ever changing evolution. So, I don't worry too much about the possibility that small agencies such as mine might be effected. We've always tried to roll with the punches, stay honest, and serve the needs of consumers, lenders, and real estate agents. Somehow, doing that we've been able to find niches in large and small markets that have allowed us to survive.
I have already discussed with my staff that it is possible that the evolution of the industry might eliminate or severely change the role of a title agency. If we can't find a way to get rid ourselves of the lousy agents and maintain professional integrity, then like mortgage brokers before us, the business model may be considered too risky and the good guys will be tossed out with the bad. I have assured my staff that they ought not to worry because no matter what, the work of moving real estate will march on. It is a necessary function and there will always be a place for well trained people who know how it works. We'll just move into some other position. Some of us will use our skills to create new businesses that function within a new workplace model.
We need not to be buggy whip makers trying to protect the way we make our living. We can evolve. Don't be afraid. ;)
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