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Dental Hygienist doing substitute work - self employed?
by loribeth, Performer
- Created: May 26, 2010, 11:12 am
- Updated: July 18, 2014, 7:59 am
My question is why a dental hygienist is considered self-employed or an independent contractor? It seems to me this is a gray area. We cannot work without a dentist and his office, tools, and patients. He directs the process of the day as well as start and stop times. Yet, they pay us with a personal check and pass the tax liability onto the substituting hygienist. Can you help me understand why I am not an employee? Would it be beneficial to start my own business to ease the tax burden or would it just increase my tax liability?
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Reva | Window Shopper | 7/18/2014 - 7:48 am
Yes, your correct more beneficial to start my own business to ease the tax burden or would it just increase my tax liability ---------------- This post was edited to remove a link. Please review our Community Best Practices for more information about how best to participate in our online discussions. Thank you.
gjosephus | Contributor | 5/28/2010 - 1:15 pm
Dear Loribeth Let me try and answer your question(s). 1. If the dentist you are providing services to is a large enough practice, then the answer is 'YES' you may be absorbed as a full-time employee. However, if the dentist's practice is not large enough or if he does not need a full-time hygienist or if he cannot afford one, he may only employ you as an independent contractor (or a 1099). 2. For the hours you are actually providing the service, are you being paid (hourly) what you think a hygienist-employee should be paid? Now be careful when you answer this question. I do not mean the total money you get every month, as there may be times during the day/week/month you are not providing a service, as you are simply waiting to be called/scheduled by the dentist you are working for. If the answer if YES, you have nothing to be worried about. If the answer is NO, you should definitely set up on your own. 3. Setting up on your own is always beneficial, and I would suggest that you do, UNLESS you are a full-time employee. The advantages are: - If you are on your own, you can work for more than one dentist's office; - There are significant tax benefits, as you can treat portion of costs related to the portion of your room, telephone, automobile mileage, internet, stationery, advertising, entertainment, etc. as a tax deductible. You cannot do this as an employee, as commuting miles to your workplace is not tax deductible, and the IRS does not allow you to claim home use for work, as you are expected to work out of your employers office. But as an independent contractor or as a self-employed person, you are a 'consultant' hiring yourself out to whomever you please. If you do set-up on your own, you may want to go to your employer and discuss availability schedules and work out days/hours you are needed most or you will be available to him during the week, as you could now start doing the same with other dentists. If the problems you are facing really is to do with managing your tax and social security withholding, I suggest run your 1099 through a payroll company like ADP, and they will handle the monthly withholdings for you, so that you will not end up owing a lot of money to the IRS at the end of the year. They do that for a nominal fee. Do you think I have answered your question?? Best of luck with your endeavors. George
davef | Creator | 5/28/2010 - 6:05 am
>>> why a dental hygienist is considered self-employed or an independent contractor? <<<<<< Because it's easier for the dentist and so far they are getting away with it. From what you described, the relationship certainly seems to be an employee relationship, not a contractor. One day the IRS may decide there's money on the table they are missing and actively campaign to change things. Until then, I guess you are a contractor providing a service that the dentist is willing to pay for. >>>> Would it be beneficial to start my own business to ease the tax burden or would it just increase my tax liability? <<<< As an employee, the dentist would pay half of your social security tax and Medicare tax (probably 7.65% of income). Depending on what state you are in, an employer pays a portion of state payroll taxes too. The dentist's income is being recorded as 'other income' on your tax return with you paying the 15.3% self employment tax, correct? As a sole proprietor you'd still have to pay the tax, there would just be more tax forms to fill out. As an LLC or Cooperation, there would be a whole lot of extra paperwork and fees that may not justify the cost if you are talking about the equivalent of one person's annual income. I don't know what a dental hygienist earns, but typically an independent contractor has to earn more than an employee for doing the same job. Not just for the tax differences, but to cover the cost of benefits (like health insurance). Remember, if the dentist had to hire you as a full time employee, he'd be paying 7-1/2% more than he is as an independent contractor. Plus benefits, depending on how many hours you are working. If you can't earn what you want as an independent contractor, can you find a larger dental practice that would hire you as an employee so you get the benefits?
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fish is on a mission here, can`t stumble against monaco, odds are wrong because of monaco`s win over roddick.
caro has a good defensive game, but not against sharapova`s kind of groundstrokes. also caro`s serve isn`t gonna be a problem for maria, she`ll break her a few times for sure.
as for ferrer, he simply amazed me against delpo, the argentine was the last leg of my parlay, but i can`t even be angry, ferrer was just too quick and consistant. and nole isn`t having his best week here in miami, ferrer worth a shot here.
Dude, have you checked H2H Fish - Monaco ? I agree, the American cannot stumble here but odds are a bit short to my liking.
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In late July and early August 1914, the great powers of Europe embarked on a course of action that would claim millions of lives, topple empires, reshape the political structure of the continent, and contribute to an even more destructive conflict a generation later. Known at the time as the Great War or simply the World War, the conflict that is today called World War I was characterized by British tactician and historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart in this manner:
The World War may be briefly epitomized as a progress from convention through chaos to co-operation. The nations entered upon the conflict with the conventional outlook and system of the 18th century merely modified by the events of the 19th century. Politically, they conceived of it as a struggle between rival coalitions based on the traditional system of diplomatic alliances, and militarily as between professional armies—swollen, it is true, owing to the continental system of conscription, yet, essentially fought out by soldiers while the mass of the people watched, from seats in the amphitheatre, the efforts of their champions.
Liddell Hart, who was writing for the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1926), continued:
The Germans alone had a glimpse of the truth, but—one or two prophetic minds apart—the "Nation in Arms" theory evolved by them during the 19th century visualized the nation rather as a reservoir to pour its reinforcements into the army than as a mighty river in which are merged many tributary forces, of which the army is but one. Their conception was the "Nation in Arms," hardly the "Nation at War." Even today this fundamental truth has yet to be grasped in its entirety and its full implications understood. Progressively throughout the years 1914–18 the warring nations enlisted the research of the scientist, the inventive powers and technical skill of the engineer, the manual labour of industry and the pen of the propagandist. For long this fusion of many forces tended to a chaotic maelstrom of forces; the old order had broken down, the new had not yet evolved. Only gradually did a working co-operation emerge, and it is a moot point whether even in the last phase co-operation of forces had attained to the higher level of co-ordination—direction by unity of diversity.
As Liddell Hart made clear, the concept of a "Nation in Arms" was not a new one. Prussian military scholar Carl von Clausewitz had advocated a form of total war in his classic work Vom Kriege (1832; On War). Although Clausewitz later modified his position to state that military aims were subordinate to political necessity, the concept was made manifest in the structure of the German military. On the eve of World War I, conscription was an established practice in Germany, and an able-bodied German man was subject to up to three years of full-time military service, followed by more than two decades of progression through numerous tiers of reserve status. At the commencement of hostilities, German land forces numbered almost two million troops, divided among 98 regular divisions as well as 27 Landwehr reserve brigades. Reserve units had traditionally been relegated to noncombat duties, but German reserves were of such high quality that they were utilized as an integral part of the frontline advance. At the core of this sizable conscript force was perhaps the German military's greatest strength, its career commissioned and noncommissioned officers.
In contrast, the British army could field just 120,000 men in August 1914, but it had benefited from a series of organizational reforms implemented by Secretary of State for War Richard Burdon Haldane. Haldane had restructured the army into an expeditionary force of six infantry divisions and a cavalry division, supplemented by a 14-division Territorial Force that, while committed primarily to the defense of the British Isles, could, at the discretion of the unit's commander, volunteer for deployment abroad. Haldane also reformed the top levels of command by creating a general staff inspired by the German model. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that embarked for France in August and September 1914 would prove crucial in checking the advance of the German right flank and frustrating the Schlieffen Plan, Helmuth von Moltke's modification of Count Alfred von Schlieffen's proposal that Germany strike a rapid, decisive blow with a large force at France's flank through Belgium, then sweep around and crush the French armies against a smaller German force in the south. But the BEF would achieve that at an enormous cost.
French military planners had grossly miscalculated German strength on the Western Front, most notably failing to account for the combat readiness of German reserves. That failure produced troop estimates that were roughly half their actual levels. Thus, from the Battle of Mons (August 23, 1914) to the First Battle of Ypres (October 12–November 11, 1914), the BEF consistently faced superior numbers but still performed admirably, thanks largely to the remarkable discipline and enviable marksmanship exhibited by its soldiers. However, the attrition that would characterize the war as a whole meant that few of the men and officers of the BEF remained in action by the end of 1914. The burden of service would shift to the Territorial Forces, Lord Horatio Kitchener's "New Army" divisions, and troops from Britain's colonies and dominions. By war's end, almost 9,000,000 men would serve in the British army: more than 4,000,000 came from England, 1,300,000 from India, more than 600,000 from Canada, roughly 560,000 from Scotland, almost 420,000 from Australia, 270,000 from Wales, 136,000 from South Africa, 134,000 from Ireland, 124,000 from New Zealand, 26,000 from British East Africa, approximately 16,000 from Nigeria, an additional 16,000 from Britain's Caribbean possessions, almost 11,000 from Nyasaland, 10,000 from Gold Coast, and thousands of others from throughout the British Empire. According to official records, 908,371 of those men were killed, and an additional 2,000,000 were wounded.
What, then, was the result of this sacrifice? Liddell Hart, writing in the 1920s, viewed the war's outcome through a lens that was uncoloured by the later horrors of World War II:
It is…futile to ask which country won the war; France did not win the war, but unless she had held the fort while the forces of Britain were preparing and those of America still a dream the release of civilization from this nightmare of militarism would have been impossible. Britain did not win the war, but without her command of the sea, her financial support and her army to take over the main burden of the struggle from 1916 onwards, defeat would have been inevitable. The United States did not win the war, but without their economic aid to ease the strain, without the arrival of their troops to turn the numerical balance, and, above all, without the moral tonic which their coming gave, victory would have been impossible. And let us not forget how many times Russia had sacrificed herself to save her Allies; preparing the way for their ultimate victory as surely as for her downfall. Finally, whatever be the verdict of history on her policy, unstinted tribute is due to the incomparable endurance and skill with which Germany more than held her own for four years against superior numbers, an epic of military and human achievement.
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Four imperial dynasties—the Habsburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Hohenzollerns of Germany, the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire, and the Romanovs of Russia—would collapse as a direct result of the war, and peace was merely a prelude to revolution in numerous countries.
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Albert I (Belgium)
H.H. Asquith, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith (United Kingdom)
Sir Robert Borden (Canada)
Georges Clemenceau (France)
Constantine I (Greece)
Ferdinand I (Romania)
Andrew Fisher (Australia)
George V (United Kingdom)
William Morris Hughes (Australia)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (Russia)
David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
Tomáš Masaryk (Czechoslovakia)
Nicholas II (Russia)
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Italy)
Nikola Pašić (Serbia)
Raymond Poincaré (France)
Taishō (Japan)
Eleuthérios Venizélos (Greece)
Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
Woodrow Wilson (United States)
|Central Powers
Ferdinand (Bulgaria)
Francis Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este (Austria-Hungary)
Francis Joseph (Austria-Hungary)
Said Halim Paşa (Ottoman Empire)
Mehmed V (Ottoman Empire)
Talat Paşa (Ottoman Empire)
William II (Germany)
Military leaders
This table provides a gallery of some of the war's most prominent military leaders.
It is hard to overstate the enduring effect of World War I on the arts, given the cultural blossoming of the Weimar Renaissance and the emergence of the Lost Generation of writers in the 1920s, to cite two notable examples. The mood during the war, however, is perhaps best captured by the poetry of the period, which reveals a progression of popular sentiment from patriotic idealism to anger to despair and disillusionment. Some of these works are made especially poignant by the fact that their authors did not survive the conflict that they chronicled.
Thomas Hardy: "Men Who March Away"
Thomas Hardy was an established English novelist and poet when war broke out. At age 74, he was also a half-century older than many of the men who would fight and die on the Western Front. This poem, written in the style of a marching song, captures the enthusiasm of the early weeks of the war, when quick victory seemed assured. It was first published in The Times on September 9, 1914.
What of the faith and fire within us
Men who march away
Ere the barn-cocks say
Night is growing gray,
Leaving all that here can win us;
What of the faith and fire within us
Men who march away?
Is it a purblind prank, O think you,
Friend with the musing eye,
Who watch us stepping by
With doubt and dolorous sigh?
Can much pondering so hoodwink you!
Is it a purblind prank, O think you,
Friend with the musing eye?
Nay. We well see what we are doing,
Though some may not see—
Dalliers as they be—
England's need are we;
Her distress would leave us rueing:
Nay. We well see what we are doing,
Though some may not see!
In our heart of hearts believing
Victory crowns the just,
And that braggarts must
Surely bite the dust,
Press we to the field ungrieving,
In our heart of hearts believing
Victory crowns the just.
Hence the faith and fire within us
Men who march away
Ere the barn-cocks say
Night is growing gray,
Leaving all that here can win us;
Hence the faith and fire within us
Men who march away.
Rupert Brooke: "The Soldier"
A wellborn English poet gifted with charm, good looks, and a circle of friends that included Virginia Woolf, Rupert Brooke would become a symbol of young promise snuffed out by the war. His poems were boldly optimistic, expressing a confidence that sacrifices, if they must be made, would be for the greater good. "
The Soldier," his best-known work, was published in 1915 in the collection 1914. Brooke died of septicemia on a hospital ship off the coast of the Greek island of Skyros on April 23, 1915.
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
John McCrae: "In Flanders Fields"
Lieut. Col. John McCrae was unusual among the "trench poets" in that he was a senior officer with prior combat experience. Having previously served in the South African (Boer) War, the Canadian physician enlisted in the Canadian Contingent of the BEF upon the outbreak of World War I. He served as a medical officer at the Second Battle of Ypres, an experience that inspired him to pen "
In Flanders Fields." The poem was first published in the December 8, 1915, issue of the British magazine Punch. McCrae died of pneumonia on January 28, 1918, while supervising a Canadian field hospital near Boulogne, France.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.


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Kahlim Denmarks track and field career is headed toward the beach.
Denmark, MVP of Hanahans Class AAA state championship team, recently signed a letter of intent to continue running at Coastal Carolina. Coastal is located near Myrtle Beach.
At state, Denmark was part of the Hawks winning 4 x 400 meter relay team and also earned silvers in the 200-meter dash, 4 x 100 meter relay and bronze in the 400-meter dash.
Between his sophomore and junior years, he really developed, Hanahan boys track and field coach David Pratt said. He got faster, and this year he worked on his strength a lot. He learned how to run. You cant just line up and outrun people. There is a strategy to sprinting.
Denmark made tremendous strides compared to the state meet in 2013. A year earlier, Denmark was seventh in the 100-meter dash and fourth in the 200-meter dash.
Pratt said he thought Coastal was a perfect fit for Denmark. Its not so big a program hell get lost in the mix, and its a perfect distance from home.
But there will be an adjustment from high school to college.
Youve got to get stronger and there will be some transition for him because hes always played football in the fall, Pratt said. Now, its going to be full-time track. I think that might be the biggest transition that most of them have to make. Theyve never done that before.
Denmark plans to major in accounting.
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North Korea and the World, a Complicated Relationship
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
North Korea is often portrayed in our media as the most isolated country on the planet, a peculiar leftover of the Cold War stuck in another time and disconnected from the rest of the world. This image is at best only partially true. The policy of the North Korean government, from the time of its founding in 1948 to the present day, has never been to keep the country totally cut off from the outside world. Rather, North Korea has practiced a selective engagement based on the regimes perception of its own interest, driven by the twin goals of self-determination and avoidance of dependency on outside forces. North Koreas isolation has been over-determined by its history: the perceived shortcomings of traditional Korean subservience to China; the memory of colonial exploitation by Japan; and North Koreas experience in the Cold War not just resisting the US but also navigating the conflict between the Soviet Union and China, Pyongyangs main allies. Finally, in the post-Cold War period North Korea has tried to adapt to changing circumstances, including limited attempts at economic reform and opening, while avoiding any potential threat to the security and stability of the regime. For North Korea, the benefits of economic, cultural, and other exchanges with the outside world are secondary to the defense of its national sovereignty and maintenance of its political system. Only by understanding how North Korea came to this point historically, can we understand how North Korea can and will engage with the outside world and how we on the outside can best engage with North Korea.
Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and former Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. A historian of contemporary North and South Korea, Professor Armstrong is the author, editor or co-editor of five books, including most recently Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950 1992 (Cornell University Press, 2013) and The Koreas (Routledge: second edition, 2014). Professor Armstrong holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Yale University, an M.A. in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Princeton, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Seoul National University, and has been a member of the Columbia faculty in 1996.
Charles Armstrongs Athenaeum lecture is co-sponsored by the department of history at CMC.
Professor Burge is a former president of the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as of the British Academy, and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Institut International de Philosophie. He has given the Locke Lectures at Oxford, the Dewey Lectures at Columbia, and the Nicod Lectures in Paris.
MIKE MARSHALL, musical director
When Avner Yonai searched to discover his family roots in Poland, he came across a picture of his family playing in a pre-WWII Jewish mandolin orchestra. The photograph inspired Yonai to create a contemporary version of this musical group as a memorial to his own family and the orchestra members who perished in the Holocaust. Under the direction of Grammy award winner Mike Marshall, the Ger Mandolin Orchestra was formed. This renowned group of international musicians features authentic instruments and scores, and authentically re-creates this once quintessential Jewish musical form.
This concert is the culmination of the Athenaeums semester long series on Jewish renewal in Poland, supported with funding from several individuals and groups, including Hillel of The Claremont Colleges, and is a rare and wonderful musical experience not to be missed.
BRUCE FULTON, translator
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Kim In-suk was born in 1963 in Seoul and studied journalism at Yonsei University. A published writer at the age of 19, she issued her first story collection, Bloodline, in 1983, and her first novel, Flowers of Fire, in 1985. She is the recipient of the 2003 Yi Sang Literature Prize for Sea and Butterfly, (2003) and the 2005 Hanguk ilbo Literature Prize for The Long Road (2010), one of the very few Korean fictional works involving the Korean diasporic experience in Australia. Today, building on a three-decade career in letters, she is one of Koreas senior writers, but an author whose literary sensibility and wide-ranging world view belie her age. Her most recent works are the story collection So Long, Elena (2009), for which she received the 2009 Tongin Literature Prize; the historical novel Sohyon (2010); and the novel Could You Lose Your Mind? (2011), which conflates natural and human disaster. She is represented in English in Koreana; the novella The Long Road, the anthology Reading Korea: 12 Contemporary Stories (2008), and in an ASIA Bilingual Edition of her story Stab" (2013).
Kang Yong-suk was born in 1966 in Chunchon, Kangwon Province, and studied creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Since her debut in 1998 she has issued half a dozen story collections and novels and garnered several literary awards, including the 2006 Hanguk ilbo Literature Prize for her first novel, Rina, and the 2011 Kim Yu-jong Literature Prize. In 2009 she took part in the University of Iowa International Writing Program. Her 2011 story collection The Night He Lifts Weights, honored with a Book-of-the-Year award from the Korean Library Association, is strongly colored by urban noir, the stories set in locales within and without Korea. She is represented in English translation in Azalea 4.
Bruce Fulton is the co-translator, with Ju-Chan Fulton, of numerous volumes of modern Korean fiction, including the award-winning womens anthologies Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers (Seal Press, 1989) and Wayfarer: New Writing by Korean Women (Women in Translation, 1997), and with Marshall R. Pihl, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction, rev. and exp. ed. (M.E. Sharpe, 2007). The Fultons most recent translations are River of Fire: Stories by O Chonghui (Columbia University Press, 2012) and How in Heavens Name: A Novel of World War II by Cho Chongnae (MerwinAsia 2012). The Fultons have received several awards and fellowships for their translations, including a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship, the first ever given for a translation from the Korean; and a residency at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre, the first ever awarded to translators from any Asian language. Bruce Fulton is the inaugural holder of the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.
He writes ¡Ask a Mexican!, a nationally syndicated column in which he answer questions about Americas largest minority. The column has a weekly circulation of over 2 million in 39 newspapers across the United States. In 2006 and 2008, it won the award for Best Column from the Association of Alternative Weeklies. Scribner Press published the column in book form in May 2007.
Arellano is the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Clubs 2007 Presidents Award and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and was recognized by the California Latino Legislative Caucus with a 2008 Spirit Award for his exceptional vision, creativity, and work ethic.
Gustavo Arellanos visit to CMC is sponsored by the Center for Writing and Public Discourse.
The NSA claims that all information they collect is for the purpose of stopping terrorists at home and abroad, but many believe that Snowdens leak is evidence that the scope of their operation is excessive and unconstitutional. Depending on which side you believe, Snowden is either a traitor or a populist hero. In what is sure to be an enlightening evening, the award-winning Claremont Colleges Debate Union will be attacking this question from both sides.
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and former Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. A historian of contemporary North and South Korea, Professor Armstrong is the author, editor or co-editor of five books, including most recently Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950 1992 (Cornell University Press, 2013) and The Koreas (Routledge: second edition, 2014). Professor Armstrong holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Yale University, an M.A. in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Princeton, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Seoul National University, and has been a member of the Columbia faculty in 1996.
Charles Armstrongs Athenaeum lecture is co-sponsored by the department of history at CMC.
On September 5th 1996, David Irving, an English writer and Holocaust denier, sued Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher Penguin Books on the charge of libel in her book, Denying the Holocaust. In this book, Lipstadt identified Irving as a Holocaust denier and described his manipulation and distortion of historical documents. Irving claimed that Lipstadt could not call him a Holocaust denier when there was no Holocaust to deny. The subsequent trial in a British court validated the historical truth of Hitlers genocide of six million European Jews during World War II. At the time of the verdict in favor of Lipstadt, the Daily Telegraph described the trial as having "done for the new century what the Nuremberg tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations."
Following the trial, Lipstadt published the book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving, which documents the story of the courtroom confrontation. In reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly concludes that, No one who cares about historical truth, freedom of speech or the Holocaust will avoid a sense of triumph from Gray's decision or a sense of dismay that British libel laws allowed such intimidation by Irving of a historian and a publisher in the first place.
Presently, Lipstadt is the Dorot professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She received her B.A. from City College of New York (1969) and her M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) from Brandeis University.
KEN MILLER, moderator
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Bruce E. Cain is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. He received a B.A. from Bowdoin College (1970), a B Phil. from Oxford University (1972) as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1976). He previously taught at Caltech and U.C. Berkeley, where he served as Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies 1990-2007. He was elected the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and has won awards for his research (Richard F. Fenno Prize, 1988), teaching (Caltech 1988 and U.C. Berkeley 2003) and public service (Zale Award for Outstanding Achievement in Policy Research and Public Service, 2000).
Marguerite Leoni is a partner at Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP, specializing in law and civil litigation relating to elections, redistricting and voting rights questions, school district reorganization law, campaign, government and initiative/referendum law including appellate practice and extraordinary writ proceedings. Ms. Leoni is a nationally renowned redistricting and voting rights expert with expertise in administrative preclearance practice under Section 5 of the Federal Voting Rights Act and Section 5 enforcement litigation. Ms. Leoni graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Ms. Leoni has been a guest lecturer on the Voting Rights Act at Hastings College of the Law and has spoken at numerous forums concerning voting rights and election issues.
GAYLE BLANKENBURG, piano
RACHEL VETTER HUANG, violin
Brittens centenary is being celebrated with a concert performed by Charles Kamm (tenor), Gayle Blankenburg (piano), and Rachel Vetter Huang (violin) of the Scripps College Department of Music.
This program will include: On This Island (1937) - for tenor and piano; Suite (1935) - for violin and piano; Realizations by Britten of songs by Henry Purcell - for tenor and piano; Folk Song Arrangements - for tenor and piano.
LUNCHEON 11:30 am; PROGRAM 12:00 p.m.
Mindi Abair is a singer, songwriter, and noted American smooth jazz saxophonist. She has recorded or toured with numerous well-known personalities and artists including but not limited to: Backstreet Boys, Duran Duran, Adam Sandler, and Josh Groban. In 2008, Abair signed to Concord Records and released her first 50/50 saxophone/vocal album Stars, which features Abairs characteristic lively and aggressive fusion of jazz, soul, and pop. The Jazz Times writes of Abair, Captivating...a distinctive sound and memorable melodies. Lets put it this way .Abairs one Apple commercial away from superstardom.
Marcy Kraft is a festival specialist who works for Live Nation. Live Nation is the worlds largest live entertainment company. The larger company contains both Ticketmaster and Live Nation Concerts, entertainment market leaders in their respective domains. Ticketmaster.com is one of the worlds top five ecommerce sites, with a database of over 119 million fans. Whereas, Live Nation Concerts produces 22,000 live shows annually for more than 2,300 artists.
Cheryl Pawelski is a three-time GRAMMY-nominated producer who works at Omnivore Recordings. Before Omnivore, she was a Vice President at Rhino Entertainment and the Vice President of Catalog Development at Concord Music Group. She has either produced or overseen hundreds of recording, reissues, and boxed sets for may well known artists including but not limited to: Aretha Franklin, The Beach Boys, Rod Stewart, and Bette Midler. She is currently the Vice President of the Board of Governors for the Los Angeles Chapter of The Recording Academy.
Tremaine "Six7" Williams is a recording engineer with a total of five GRAMMY nominations in the past five years and the winner of the Contemporary R&B GRAMMY in 2011 for his work on Ushers Raymond v Raymond (2010). He has also cooperated with acclaimed artists like 50 Cent, Chaka Khan, Janet Jackson and Boyz II Men.
GRAMMY U is a unique and fast-growing community of full-time college students primarily between the ages of 17 and 25, who are pursuing a career in the recording industry. The Recording Academy created GRAMMY U to help prepare college students for their careers in the music industry through networking, educational programs, and performance opportunities. GRAMMY U is designed to enhance students' current academic curriculum with access to recording industry professionals to give an "out of classroom" perspective on the recording industry. For GRAMMY U coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit www.grammyu.com and social networks: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
From 1988 2011, Dr. Baskin was the Israeli Co-Director and founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) - a joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think and do tank located in Jerusalem. Since January 2012 he is the Co-Chairman of IPCRIs Board of Directors. He initiated the founding of IPCRI in 1988 following ten years of work in the field of Jewish-Arab relations within Israel, in Interns for Peace where he lived for two years in the Israeli-Palestinian village of Kufr Qara, the Ministry of Education and as Executive Director of the Institute for Education for Jewish-Arab Coexistence (established by the Israeli Ministry of Education and the Prime Ministers Office at Baskins initiative).
During the Premiership of the late Yitzhak Rabin, he served as an advisor on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to a secret team of intelligence officers established by Mr. Rabin. Dr. Baskin was a member of the Jerusalem Experts Committee established by the Israeli Prime Ministers Office during the Final Status Negotiations in 2000-2001.
Gershon Baskin holds a Ph.D. in International Affairs from University of Greenwich. His dissertation was on Sovereignty and Territory in the Future of Jerusalem, parts of which were published as a book Jerusalem of Peace: Sovereingty and Territory in Jerusalem's Future (1994).
He is a member of the steering committee of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum, a member of the Board of ALLMEP the Alliance for Middle East Peace, a member of the Editorial Board of the Palestinian Israeli Journal, and a member of the Board of One Voice. Dr. Baskin is also a member of the Israeli Council for Peace and Security. He was a founding chairman of the progressive Synagogue Kehilat Kol Haneshama in Jerusalem where he served as Chairman for three years.
He has a regular column in The Jerusalem Post newspaper and was for two years a radio host on All for Peace Radio. Dr. Baskin has now also begun writing a bi-weekly opinion piece on the Palestinian new web site Maan News. Dr. Baskin has been awarded the Histadrut Prize for Peace in 1996, the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute Peace Prize in 2004, the Tribute of Honor and Courage from the World Movement for Democracy in 2004 and the Search for Common Ground Journalist Award for Middle East Journalism in 2005 and 2007 as well as the Ordine Della Stella Della Solidarieta Italiana. Dr. Baskin speaks Hebrew, English and Arabic.
Since January 2012 Dr. Baskin is working to develop renewable energy projects around the Middle East focusing on Palestine and Egypt. He is also a consultant to the USAID supported TRADE PROJECT run by Deloitte Consulting aimed at reducing the costs of Palestinian trade in the West Bank and Gaza. Dr. Baskins talk is sponsored by the Center for Human Rights Leadership at Claremont McKenna College.
RACHEL VETTER HUANG, violin
He will be joined this evening by CMC Associate Director of Development Todd Mandel and Richard Sogliuzzo who will read selections from his latest books, A Sorting of the Ways: New and Selected Poems (2011) and Shanksville (2012). Mr. Sogliuzzo has taught drama at SUNY, Albany, and at the University of Texas, Austin, and has acted professionally, as has Mr. Mandel. Together their reading will bring out the dramatic voice in verse.
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Rodriguez-Chomat said the bench would benefit from his 35 years of legal experience and said his connections to "many friends in Tallahassee" would help bring increased funding to the court system.
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Eva helps Mario Lopez with festive wedding; fun airing on TLC
Eva Longoria wasn't the bride this time, but she sure did her best to make the Mexican beach wedding of her pal Mario Lopez fun and festive. "Extra" and "X Factor" host Lopez and Courtney Mazza — mom of their toddler daughter Gia — tied the knot at the Mexico estate of "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe […] [Read More]
'X Factor' news: One S.A. singer cut, the other stays
. The Alamo City can now claim only one "X Factor" finalist. Fifth Harmony member Ally Brooke Hernandez (second from left in top photo), the San Antonio native known simply by Ally Brooke, survived Thursday night's cut. She advanced to the show's Top Six with the rest of her band. However, S.A. transplant Paige Thomas […] [Read More]
Barkley on S.A.: Spurs 'elite team'; food 'amazing'; women, well…
Was I hearing this. . .really? Charles Barkley enthusiastically singing the praises, not just of the Spurs, but the city of San Antonio! Wasn't this the same man who has taken every opportunity to refer to S.A.'s team as "cockroaches" and the Alamo City as "dreary," its San Antonio River a "dirty little creek" and […] [Read More]
Miss 'Mad Men'? Seductive 'Hour' fills in beautifully
I miss "Mad Men" so much that, when I find myself tossing and turning in the wee hours of the morn, I watch old reruns of the drama on AMC. Thank heavens for "The Hour" – which starts unfolding its second outing at 8 tonight on BBC America, and continues for five more Wednesdays. It […] [Read More]
Tiny mariachi from 'AGT' giving S.A. concert; singing Sinatra
The adorable San Antonio singer was called "a Mexican superhero" by Howard Stern. He sang a love song to Sharon Osbourne and was an entertainment favorite of Howie Mandel and host Nick Cannon. Most important, his mariachi mastery and gentlemanly demeanor absolutely charmed America, which helped him sail through to the semifinals of "America's Got […] [Read More]
S.A. native McGill in meaty role on tonight's 'Good Wife'
Look for San Antonio native Bruce McGill in a powerful role on tonight's Thanksgiving episode of hit legal drama, "The Good Wife." "A Defense of Marriage" airs at 8 p.m. on CBS. It's so good, in fact, that his agent was able to convince him to cut short a visit with his mom, Squeaky McGill, […] [Read More]
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I've horsed around with him at parties, rocked with laughter at his salty quips, and enjoyed the holy heck out of his portrayal of J.R. Ewing on both the old and the new "Dallas." Yes, Larry Hagman may have played one of the most infamous foes of prime-time television, but Friday, it felt like an […] [Read More]
Seasoned newsman returns to WOAI-TV
You can go home again. . .as countless local TV news personalities have discovered over the years. The latest to return to the San Antonio television fold after a lengthy absence is engaging reporter Randy Escamilla. The news vet left his longtime home of WOAI-TV more than seven years ago to pursue a new career […] [Read More]
S.A. reporter top 10 Maxim hottie; in December issue
A San Antonio TV reporter and lifestyle show co-host will be featured in Maxim's December issue as one of the magazine's top 10 hottest women in America. Votes will determine whether KWEX-TV's petite and shapely Marycarmen Lopez, 24, wins next month's cover as well as modeling contracts representing MGM Grand, Jose Cuervo tequila and other […] [Read More]
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Angie Laney was pulled from the surf by her husband and was treated by medical personnel at the scene, according Lowry. "She never regained consciousness,'' he said.
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hey B ON B CRIME I BEG TO DIFFER WITH YOU,NOT ALL BAPTISTS ARE IDIOTS JUST LIKE NOT ALL PEOPLE WHO POST ON HERE ARE NOT IDIOTS.I AM A BAPTISTS AND I RIDE WITH PEOPLE TO HELP DEFEAT THESE IDIOTS.JUST BECAUSE THEY GO UNDER THE NAME BAPTIST DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE.THESE PEOPLE ARE A CULT JUST LIKE MEMBERS OF ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT RELIGIONS HAVE SOME IN THEM TO.
ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch him.scratches from running thru the woods,i guess the fence fell just by hearing his foot steps coming .get a grip girl,dope dealers be ware Prichard is coming for you.
100% hang em high,save the tax payers money ,this way we don't have to house,feed and take care of there medical bills the rest of there miserable lives.
40 arrest, come on judges and lawyers enough is enough.that's what is wrong with society now .just like some fishing catch and release"
please send him packing ,we don't need peple like him.
it goes to show ,just because you are a educated teacher it doesn't mean you are smart,or have common sense.
as an ex law officer that was wounded (before vest were issued)how many hero's have to be shot and killed or seriously wounded before it is mandatory to wear the vest.come on people stop and think about your families and friends first,then comfort.sure the vest are a little uncomfortable but they do work,so that you can continue to work and enjoy life with your family.
come on Mrs.Worley it's been 8 years and you don't know what it will take to repair your home.and may we ask what you have been doing the last 8 years.NOTHING. TEAR IT DOWN SHE CARES NOTHING FOR IT.
If you make a float park from this you think the Somalian pirates are bad ,think again.you will need bullet proof boats and glass for sure.
oh i'm sorry for my comment,he's innocent untill proven guilty.some scumbag lawyer will argue.even though he had stolen goods on him,some one planted it on him nooooo doubt!
it's about time the citizen's of prichard stepped up to the plate,come on mobile.
latest news out ,man steals identity,next hit and run gives false info.no you are right illegals don't hurt anybody there are here just trying to make a living.i have some beautiful property to sell you in downtown prichard to.
our thought's and prayers are with the families may God cover you with his grace
yesit is good but don't go to the factory to buy it ,i stopped there and it was $1.00 a pound higher than you could buy it in Mobile.i ask the salesman why it was higher and he just shrugged his shoulders and said location? next to interstate maybe can charge more.
come on people it is not the responcibility of the city or the schools to provide something for these kids to do.if the parents will make them do chores around the house it will teach them responcibility and will help clean up some of the houses that are falling down in prichard.clean up the yards help neighbors that are old and can't do the work ,have some PRIDE in your community.clean it up.
oh no not Boeing,that has to be a mistake they wouldn't lie to any one.
this is totally disgusting,if this person had got out of the service to protest the war effort ,yes return the portion of sign up .BUT this person was wounded and not able to continue his service as the at the level the service wanted and was booted out ,no he should not have to return the monies,also what help is he GETTING FROM A grateful NATION FOR HIS SERVICE.rise up people and cal/write your congressmen and women to protest the treatment of out service people who risk their lives that we can do and live like we do.


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I've had a blog post writing inside me for a few months now, and although I've tossed the words around and around in my head, they never formed the sentiment I wanted them to.
"What will people think if I say that?" "What good will it do?" "Why should I waste my time?" All those doubts kept me from writing.
Maybe I'll start like this: I've been largely absent from the blogging world for a few months now, and it wasn't something I anticipated happening. Life simply got in the way — a new baby, extra work in the evenings, more responsibility in my day job, and just a general love of life that trumped sitting in front of a screen watermarking pictures and making pinable images.
I tried to come back — I really did. I follow all those posts, all the blog fan pages, all the Twitter accounts, everyone trying to grab a piece of my time and my heart and my words. "New on the blog!" they said, "Let me tell you my story ON MY BLOG."
So one day this summer, my child was having trouble sleeping and by trouble, I mean he would refuse to lay down and would scream at me and make himself throw up so I'd have to come in and clean up his vomit every single night. This went on for two mind-numbing weeks. It's one thing when your newborn gives you fits, but when there is intentional vomit from an almost-3-year-old, things get real. One night, my big boy fell asleep in our bed on a Friday night. He was just exhausted and was sleeping so peacefully. K was talking to his Mom, I was watching TV, and big boy was sleeping. Clearly, he needed the comfort of his Mom and Dad to reset whatever sleep clock was misfiring at that moment in time.
For one hot minute I thought about moving him to his bed. Then I thought about Tweeting about it and asking advice. All I could think about was the plethora of bloggers who would probably jump me for allowing my child to share my bed. "Once you let him in, you'll never get him out!" I started worrying what people would think about me if I let him sleep in my bed, how people would judge my mothering and I'd feel guilty as a result.
Then I closed my Twitter app and got in bed and snuggled my little guy. Guess what? The world didn't stop turning. We all got a good night's sleep and he went right back to his own bed like old times the next night.
It's then I started realizing how unnecessarily reliant on social media for parenting advice I'd become. For every piece of good advice, there was one person who had to throw in a snarky comment and about five who took a screen shot and sent it to her friend to make fun of me (and if you don't do it, you're lying.) I'd become wholly untrusting of the same people I'd conversed with, laughed with, and read faithfully. I was too worried about what other people thought of my parenting than what was best for my own child. That's not right.
Is it because I have changed, or because blogging has changed? I started seeing it with different eyes. Stories weren't stories, they were a way to get exposure and traffic. Negativity and melodramatics were rewarded and praised. Everything had a shareable image attached.
I get frustrated with posts that are urging me to cry or to feel anger and sadness. I can't feel for everyone. By feeling intense emotions for other people ALL the time, I am less likely to feel for my own family. How sad is that? Humans aren't conditioned to feel sadness and anger all the time. It's not a healthy thing. We need to laugh and feel joy. That's why everyone is depressed these days…we focus on sadness. Sadness goes viral; Drama goes viral. Chocolate cake recipes go viral. Wait, what?
So here I am, mad as hell and I"m not going to take it anymore. Is this the end of my blog? Certainly not. I will always have it here for celebrity gossip and refashions and comparisons of my beauty subscription services. But I just can't read your sad posts anymore. It's not you, it's me. I can't pin all your images. I can't try all your recipes. I'm out of words to tell you how great your writing is. My child is almost three and I'll have another one here in a few months. I have to reserve my attention and feelings and love and sadness for them. I have a million things to do every day; a pity party for blog friends is, unfortunately, not going to make that list.
I love to write; I love to share my life. but there has to be a line in the sand, so to speak. Some things should not be shared with the world. Blogging isn't your own personal diary, and even though 70 of your closest friends comment every time, hundreds of others may stumble across your words down the line….neighbors, family, your childrens' friends' parents..your children. The pursuit of fame or notoriety through blogging has reached a tipping point, and it's not something I really want to be a part of right now.
My takeaways fro anyone who reads this:
- Respect your family and their personal privacy
- Be happy; Laugh
- Reserve your most intense emotions for your own family
- Don't blog about every controversial hot-topic out there; it makes your writing seem cheap and gimmicky
- Ask one person you chat with on Twitter or Facebook or through comments for their phone number and call them or text them; build that relationship and make it strong
No pinable image for this one..just pin it to your brain and your heart.


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Email discussion groups are emailed discussions, or threads, that are forwarded to a group of people. Usually, they cover a specific topic of interest, and countless such groups exist. Some lists are moderated by a listowner willing to take responsibility and remove offensive posts; other discussion groups are not moderated. This form of communication was one of the first methods of group conversation online, predating forums by several years.
Joining a discussion group is usually done by simple request. You ask to join by submitting requested information and your email is added to the list for that group. This can result in an immediate flood of emails, but most listserves offer a digest option, where many messages are combined into a single email. When an email response is sent, it is forwarded to the entire group, often resulting in discussions branching off in different directions.
So many discussion groups exist that finding one is just a matter of searching for your interest or browsing lists to find one that is appealing. Many websites, like Yahoo Groups, MSN Groups, Coolist.com, and Freelists.org provide free group hosting, and some offer customizable pages and administrative features for anyone who wants to start a new list.
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By Gabrielle KirkAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2009 The Military Health System is one of the many Defense Department organizations embracing social networking in order to provide information to and receive feedback from servicemembers.
Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, director of strategic communications for the Military Health System, detailed the organization's work in social networking at an event for federal communicators July 9 in Washington, D.C.
More of an effort was needed, even after the organization developed a robust and interactive health.mil Web site and blog, Kilpatrick said. Less than 10 percent of health.mil visitors are under 25 years old, he said, while 80 percent of the entire military community is between the ages of 18 and 25.
"So we're not reaching the people we need to reach using that Web site," Kilpatrick said.
To provide health information to servicemembers and their families of all ages, it's necessary to use a variety of communications platforms, he said.
"We want them to receive the information they want, in the way they want to receive it, when they want it," Kilpatrick explained.
Security concerns have been one of the most significant speed bumps to promoting social networking in the Defense Department. Many military Internet domains block access to social networking sites, though the Army recently has reversed a policy that blocked many popular Web sites from bases in the United States.
At the moment, there is no hard-and-fast method to measuring social media success. People can track how many fans they have on Facebook or how many are following them on Twitter, but it is difficult to quantify the impact of an organization's presence in social networking. For now, anecdotes may say it best.
Kilpatrick described to the audience how a recently relocated military spouse was seeking care for her autistic child and "tweeted" her inquiry to the Military Health System's Twitter account. Staff members were able to contact an expert and quickly provide local resources to her. A regular visitor's comments went from critical to complimentary.
The Military Health System is currently using "DotMilDocs" audio webcasts, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and other social networks that it links to from its Social Media Hub Web page located at www.health.mil/connect
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From: M0aHerder
Date: 03/21/2013
Thorughout Halo Forerunners have used the color blue to accent their gray structures. However, in Halo 4 we see that Orange and Green are also used on occasion. I can assume that Orange is used by the Warrior-Servants, or at least the Ur-Didact, and Blue by the Lifeworkers and/or the Builders. But what about Green? Does each rate have a different color that represents them? If so, what are they?
From: Greg Bear
Date: 04/10/2013
I believe that was the thinking in HALO 4. Not sure what the Green represents, however! Any answers out there?


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Influenza Vaccine
(Flu Vaccine)
What Is Influenza?
Influenza (also called the flu) is an upper respiratory infection. It is caused by a strain of the influenza virus. There are many types of influenza viruses but there are two main kinds that infect humans:
- Type A
- Type B
Each year (usually beginning in October), the flu spreads around the world. You can get the flu when you breathe in droplets from someone infected with the virus. It can also be spread by touching a contaminated surface and then putting your hand to your mouth or nose. For most, the flu will cause fever, aches, fatigue, coughing, congestion, loss of appetite, and sore throat. However, some people are more vulnerable to more severe complications which may require hospitalization. Risk factors for severe complications include:
- Age younger than 5 years old or age 65 years and older
Certain medical conditions, including:
- Chronic lung condition, such as asthma or COPD
- Cardiovascular disease
- Kidney or liver disease
- Neurological, blood, or metabolic condition, such as diabetes
- Suppressed immune system, such as those with HIV, cancer, or chronic steroid use
- Current pregnancy
- Long-term aspirin therapy in people under 19 years old
- American Indian and Alaskan Native ancestry
- Severe obesity
What Is the Influenza Vaccine?
The flu shot is made from an inactivated, killed virus. There are three types of flu shots available:
- Regular flu shot (the most common type)—for people aged six months and older, injected into the muscle (usually in the upper arm)
- High-dose shot (Fluzone High-Dose)—for people aged 65 years and older, injected into the muscle
- Intradermal shot (Fluzone Intradermal)—for people aged 18-64 years old, injected into the skin with a smaller needle
There is also a nasal spray (FluMist) made from live, weakened flu viruses. The nasal spray is available for healthy people aged 2-49 years who are not pregnant. It is the preferred vaccine for healthy children who are 2 to 8 years of age.
The flu shots and nasal spray contain several influenza viral strains. The type of strains that the vaccine contains change from year to year. The strains are based on which viruses are likely to circulate during that flu season.
Who Should Get Vaccinated and When?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that anyone aged 6 months and older should get a flu shot. Children 6 months to 8 years of age will need 2 doses of the vaccine. This will help your child build immunity to the virus.
It takes about two weeks for the vaccination to protect you against the flu. Even if you have been vaccinated, you can still get the flu. If you have symptoms, tell your doctor.
You can get the flu anytime during the year. But, flu season typically lasts from October to May. The best time to get vaccinated is as soon as the vaccine is available. This will protect you before the flu comes to your community.
What Are the Risks Associated With the Influenza Vaccine?
Almost all people who receive the influenza vaccine have no problems. There are certain risks associated with the vaccine. As with any vaccine, there is a small risk of serious problems, including severe allergic reaction.
Side effects associated with the flu shot include:
- Soreness, redness, and swelling around the injection site
- Low-grade fever
- Muscle aches
Side effects associated with the nasal spray vaccine include:
- Runny nose
- Headache
- Vomiting
- Muscle aches
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Cough
- Wheezing
Who Should Not Get Vaccinated?
Certain people should talk to their doctor before receiving the influenza vaccine. These include people who:
- Have any severe (life-threatening) allergies to chicken eggs
- Note: The vaccine is safe for people with a hives-only allergy to eggs.
- Have had a severe reaction to the flu vaccine in the past
- Have had Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
- Are currently are very sick with a fever
The following people should not get the nasal spray:
Children who:
- Are aged 24 months or younger
- Have asthma
- Are aged 2-4 years who have had wheezing in the past 12 months
- Have a condition that may increase their risk of flu complications
People who:
- Are aged 50 years and older
- Have a chronic condition, such as heart disease, lung disease, asthma, kidney or liver disease, metabolic disease, blood disorders
- Have a nerve or muscle disorder
- Have a weakened immune system
- Are in close contact with others who have a weakened immune system
- Have a nasal condition which makes it difficult to breath
- Have gotten any other vaccines in the last 4 weeks
- Have taken influenza antiviral medication within the previous 48 hours
- Pregnant women
- Children or teens on long-term aspirin therapy
What Other Ways Can Influenza Be Prevented?
Good preventive measures include:
- Avoid close contact with people who have respiratory infections.
- Wash your hands often for 15-20 seconds with soap and water. This is especially important to do when you come in contact with someone who is sick. Rubbing alcohol-based cleaners on your hands is also useful.
- Do not share drinks or personal items.
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
- Do not put your hands near your eyes, mouth, or nose.
What Happens in the Event of an Outbreak?
In the event of an outbreak, the primary focus is to vaccinate as many at risk people as possible, especially those in high priority groups. The use of antiviral medications can reduce the length of the illness when given within two days of onset. Finally, people who are infected should be isolated as much as possible.
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62(18):356.
Fluzone high-dose seasonal influenza vaccine. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa%5Ffluzone.htm. Updated July 31, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2014.
Influenza in adults. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated June 16, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2014.
Influenza in children. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated June 23, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2014.
Influenza vaccine in adults. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated August 18, 2014. Accessed August 28, 2014.
Influenza vaccine in children. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated May 6, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2014.
Key facts about seasonal flu vaccine. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm. Updated March 6, 2014. Accessed August 12, 2014.
People at high risk of developing flu-related complications. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/high%5Frisk.htm. Updated November 7, 2013. Accessed August 12, 2014.
10/15/2007 DynaMed Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Nichol KL, Nordin JD, Nelson DB, Mullooly JP, Hak E. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the community-dwelling elderly. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1373-1381.
3/5/2012 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: FDA approves first quadrivalent vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm294057.htm. Published Updated March 15, 2012. Accessed August 12, 2014.
2/11/2014 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Bridges C, Coyne-Beasley T. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended immunization schedules for adults aged 19 years or older: United States, 2014. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160(3):190-197.
8/28/2014 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—United States, 2014-2015 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(32):691-697.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 08/2014
- Update Date: 12/02/2014


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An exercise in grouse hunting
I had a ball last weekend hunting for grouse in the mountains. While we didn't down any birds, we jumped several and had over a dozen beautiful points by the dogs.
And even better, we weren't attacked by any bears, although I did take a picture of a big pile of bear poop that looked a lot fresher than I would have preferred. At least now I know where bears do their business.
Hunting with guide Josh Swaim of Yadkinville was a memorable experience, and his dogs were of the highest caliber. While it's been a long time since I've done much hunting, I did do a fair amount as a boy, both with and without dogs.
Back then, my friends had some strong bird dogs, but I have never seen a pair of dogs hunt this enthusiastically. They hunted so hard that Josh carried five dogs with him so he could rest three in the truck while hunting two, then switch out for a new set between morning and evening.
We had all kinds of equipment to aid in hunting the dogs, including GPS tracking collars that showed on a device where each dog was, where they were heading, and when they stopped on a point.
Then we would scramble up steep hills through heavy woods to release the dogs and flush the bird. Grouse are typically loners, so you only have a shot at that one bird, and the way they run and make short flights through the heavy brush like roadrunners, it's hard to drop one.
Although we didn't get any birds for the table, I did get a few weeks worth of exercise in those two days of hunting, and by the time I returned home after midnight last Saturday night, I was so sore it was hard to get out of the car.
If someone was to do that kind of hunting regularly they'd be in great shape, and Josh sure was. At the end of the day Saturday, he was running up steep hills at almost the same pace he'd been at since we started, while I had begun to lag behind using a walk and rest pace more befitting to a middle-aged man who is used to exercising on a treadmill.
Kerr Lake fishing report – Crappie are biting up in the Staunton River. Bass fishing's a little slow right now.
Next week's report – Susan and I are heading to the Wake Forest vs Georgia Tech basketball game on Saturday, then leaving for a road trip to either the mountains or the beach. We will decide which way to turn when we get to the end of the driveway.
Tip of the week — Keep a backup drain plug in your boat. And mark your calendars for the Boys and Girls Club of North Central N.C. benefit fishing tournament coming up on June 1 this year.
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Then & Now #31: Main at Texas
This 1915 photo shows the southeast corner of Main and Texas. These days, much of this square block is a parking lot, but that's about to change. You may have heard the news that Hines is planning to build a 41-story tower on this site. You might recall that up until a few years ago […] [Read More]


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First Arab world action ends up behind bars for FEMEN activists
Three young European women with topless protest group FEMEN were arrested on Wednesday after baring their breasts in central Tunis, a first in the Arab world, an AFP journalist reported.
Standing outside the main courthouse, the women, two French and the other German, shouted: "Free Amina," in support of a young Tunisian woman detained while protesting against hardline Islamists and awaiting trial on Thursday.
The police swiftly arrested them and took them inside the building, before a crowd of journalists.
"It is the first action that we have taken in the Arab world... I prepared this international team in Paris and they were sent yesterday (Tuesday) to Tunis," FEMEN's leader in Paris, Inna Shevchenko, told AFP by phone.
Indecency in Tunisia is punishable by six months in jail.
"We don't take any notice of this kind of thing. In these countries the law is applied as it suits (those in power). In Tunisia, we see that people run the risk of two years in prison just for simple graffiti," she added.
The 18-year-old Tunisian known by her pseudonym Amina Tyler was arrested in the city of Kairouan on May 19, the day that Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia planned to hold an illegal congress there, after painting the word "FEMEN" on a wall near a cemetery.
She faces a pepper spray charge which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison.
On March 23, Tyler posted topless pictures of herself online in a FEMEN-influenced action to protest women's rights violations in the region.
Tyler went into hiding from fear of death threats sent to her following the release of her photos.
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