Today's Teamster News 09.06.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamster-mailers-union-respond-star-ledger-publisher-threats" rel="nofollow">Teamster Mailers Union Respond to Star-Ledger Publisher Threats</a>  teamster.org ...This is the official statement from Steve Grant, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 1100 in Fairfield, N.J. which represents 195 mailer employees at the Star-Ledger newspaper...<br /><a href="http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/222412501.html" rel="nofollow">Teamsters among grocery workers picket to raise regional awareness</a>  Auburn Reporter   ...Members of three unions representing grocery store workers in the Puget Sound region, including members of Teamsters Local 38, took to the streets on Aug. 28, picketing to raise awareness about ongoing contract negotiations with several local grocery stores, including the Auburn Safeway and Fred Meyer stores...<br /><span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/bmwed%E2%80%99s-western-region-association-holds-annual-meeting" jquery1378404295272="44" rel="nofollow">BMWED’s Western Region Association Holds Annual Meeting</a></span>  teamster.org   ...Representatives from the Unified System Division;  Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe, Frisco System Federation; Allied Federation; and Burlington System Division, all part of the Western Region Association, met to conduct an educational conference this week...<br /><a href="http://www.wfmj.com/story/23346508/allied-waste-drops-lawsuit-filed-against-youngstown-teamsters-union" rel="nofollow">Allied Waste drops lawsuit filed against Youngstown Teamsters Union</a>  WFMJ 21 News   ...Allied Waste has dropped a federal lawsuit that was filed against the Teamsters Union during this past spring's walkout against the trash hauler...<br /><a href="http://www.dyersvillecommercial.com/news/county/union-contract-talks-continue/article_2be35cf4-1500-11e3-8e5d-001a4bcf6878.html" rel="nofollow">Union contract talks continue</a>  Dyersville Commercial  ...The Delaware County (Iowa) board met again with representatives of the sheriff’s department deputies and jailers to further iron out details of a proposed switch over from American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union membership to the Teamsters Union...<br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/05/jpmorgan-will-stop-making-student-loans/" rel="nofollow">JPMorgan Will Stop Making Student Loans</a>  firedoglake   ...Competition from the government may be a factor, another might also be that student loans are in a <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/a-closer-look-at-the-trillion/">massive trillion dollar bubble</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.nationalmemo.com/failed-policy-the-401k-shrinks-in-a-growing-economy-2/" rel="nofollow">Failed Policy — The 401(k) Shrinks In A Growing Economy</a>  The National Memo   ...even though the economy is improving, the number of workers saving out of their paychecks for old age is shrinking. So is the amount they save, down 6 percent in real terms from 2008 to 2010...<br /><a href="http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2013/09/nearly-half-of-births-in-the-u-s-are-covered-by-medicaid-study-finds/" rel="nofollow">Nearly Half Of U.S. Births Are Covered By Medicaid, Study Finds</a>  Kaiser Health News   ...About half the births in the United States are paid for by Medicaid — a figure higher than previous estimates – and the numbers could increase as the state-federal health insurance program expands under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released Tuesday...<br /><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24026316/protests-planned-walmart-store-lakewood" rel="nofollow">Demonstrators protest against low wages at Walmart store in Lakewood</a>  Denver Post   ...The protest outside the store at West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard was one of about 15 demonstrations held nationwide Thursday against the retailer...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/walmart-protesters-arrested_n_3873791.html" rel="nofollow">24 Walmart Protesters Arrested At Demonstrations In New York And Los Angeles (UPDATED)</a>  Huffington Post   ...The New York Police Department arrested three Walmart protesters in New York City on Thursday during demonstrations against the company's wages and worker conditions...Also on Thursday, 21 protesters were arrested in Los Angeles during a similar demonstration downtown...<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323623304579055502328631952.html" rel="nofollow">New York Unions Might Find a Friend in City Hall</a>  Wall Street Journal   ...Private-sector labor unions could have a strong ally in the next mayor as they embark on new efforts to organize workers in New York City...<br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21584982-trade-unions-grill-nations-burger-joints-fast-food-condemnation" rel="nofollow">Fast-food condemnation</a>  The Economist   ...What do you say to a teenager with a job? Answer: “A Big Mac, fries and a Coke, please.” At least, that was the joke in happier times. Today’s question might be: “What do you say to a single parent with two jobs and no health insurance?...”<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pensions-transit-20130905,0,2181081.story" rel="nofollow">Gov. Brown plan exempts thousands of transportation workers from pension limits</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...Brown's proposal comes in response to a federal threat to withhold transit money from California...<br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/blog/morning_call/2013/09/organized-labor-readies-for-ky.html" rel="nofollow">Organized labor readies for Kentucky right-to-work battle</a>  Louisville Morning Call   ...Kentucky legislators seeking to curb the power of unions could face major hurdles if a Labor Day event was any indication. About a dozen unions participated in a Louisville picnic for organized labor members, and thousands of people showed up...<br /><a href="http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2013/09/04/hart-schaffner-marx-apparel-union-workers-stand-solidarity-against-tra" rel="nofollow">Hart Schaffner Marx, Apparel Union Workers Stand In Solidarity Against Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement</a>   Progress Illinois   ...The Chicago-based apparel firm Hart Schaffner Marx, its factory workers and their union say they will collectively fight against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement that is currently under negotiations...<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/05/usa-china-smithfield-idUSL4N0H10G720130905" rel="nofollow">U.S. likely to approve Chinese purchase of Smithfield</a>  Reuters   ...The U.S. government is unlikely to block Chinese meat company Shuanghui International's $4.7 billion deal to buy <a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SFD&lc=int_mb_1001" rel="nofollow">Smithfield Foods, Inc.</a> on national security grounds, according to one person familiar with the matter...<br /><a href="http://money.msn.com/now/post--female-doctors-make-dollar56000-less-than-men" rel="nofollow">Female doctors make $56,000 less than male MDs</a>  MSN Money   ...The Journal of the American Medical Association points out the wage gap, which has been getting wider over the years...<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-03/detroit-billionaires-get-hockey-arena-as-bankrupt-city-suffers" rel="nofollow">Detroit Billionaires Get Arena Help as Bankrupt City Suffers</a>  Bloomberg News   ...In the wake of Detroit becoming the biggest U.S. municipality to declare bankruptcy and raid pensions, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder approved a plan to put public money toward a $450 million downtown arena on behalf of the NHL’s Red Wings and their billionaire owners...<br /><a href="http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/heres_the_biggest_challenge_fo.html" rel="nofollow">Alabama's job creation struggle: Growth is not only slow, but also low-quality</a>   The Huntsville Times   ...<a href="http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/08/alabama_utah_both_preach_small.html" rel="nofollow">A comparison of job growth in Alabama and Utah published last week</a> looked at changes in unemployment rates and job growth overall. This story goes a level deeper, and looks at the quality of jobs being created in each state...<br /><a href="http://www.thestate.com/2013/09/03/2958214/signatures-collected-for-alaska.html" rel="nofollow">Signatures collected for Alaska wage initiative</a>  The State   ...Sponsors of an initiative to raise the minimum wage in Alaska said they have collected more than a third of the signatures required to qualify the measure for the ballot...

Today's Teamster News 09.06.13

Teamster Mailers Union Respond to Star-Ledger Publisher Threats   teamster.org ...This is the official statement from Steve Grant, Secret...

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Fed's Dudley, a staunch dove, turns upbeat on US economy

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20131118&t=2&i=812923469&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE9AH1E7000" width="600"/><br /><p>Credit: Reuters/Andrew Burton</p><br /><p>William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, answers questions during a lunch at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, May 24, 2012.</p><br /><p>The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pointed to an improvement in the labor market last month and better-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter, and he predicted a rise in economic growth next year and in 2015.</p><br /><p>Dudley, a close ally of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, did not say what this rosier view might mean for the central bank's accommodative policy. But the comments may suggest the Fed as a whole is closer than otherwise thought to reducing the pace of its $85-billion in monthly asset purchases, which are meant to spur investment, hiring and growth.</p><br /><p>'I have to admit that I am getting more hopeful,' Dudley, a permanent voter on the Fed's policy-setting committee, told students and professors at Queens College in New York.</p><br /><p>'Not only do we have some better data in hand, but also the fiscal drag, which has been holding the economy back, is likely to abate considerably over the next few years at the same time that the fundamental underpinnings of the economy are improving.'</p><br /><p>Though he warned of 'substantial uncertainty' in his forecast, Dudley was clearly more upbeat than the last time he publicly weighed in on the state of the economy in the wake of the 2007-2009 recession.</p><br /><p>In late September, Dudley said the labor market was still not healthy and the broader recovery still needed monetary support from the Fed including the quantitative easing program, known as QE.</p><br /><p>'TURNING POINT FOR THE ECONOMY'</p><br /><p>On Monday he predicted less interference from fiscal policies, better private-sector growth, and a 'fairly cyclical' recovery in consumer spending and durable goods.</p><br /><p>Dudley also noted banks have eased credit standards, and he predicted an improvement in labor market conditions and a positive 'updrift' in still-low U.S. inflation as the pace of GDP growth picks up over the next two years.</p><br /><p>Adding to the positive picture, the Fed policymaker said the sustained contraction in state- and local-government spending and employment 'appears to be over.'</p><br /><p>U.S. stocks edged slightly higher after Dudley took to the podium, but remained mostly flat after hitting a fresh record high earlier on Monday.</p><br /><p>Dudley's speech - part of a tour of New York's ethnically diverse Queens borough that includes a tour of a piano factory - comes days after fellow Fed policy-maker Janet Yellen strongly defended the Fed's bold steps to spur economic growth.</p><br /><p>Yellen, President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Bernanke in February, made it clear at a Senate committee hearing that she would push on with easy policies until she was satisfied a durable recovery was in place.</p><br /><p>U.S. GDP growth was 2.8 percent in the third quarter of this year, and employers added 204,000 new jobs to their payrolls in October, data that suggests the economy was able to weather the 16-day government shutdown last month.</p><br /><p>Calling these 'nascent signs that the economy may be doing better,' Dudley said: 'I hope that this marks a turning point for the economy.'</p><br /><p>Yet the unemployment rate remains high at 7.3 percent, and the Fed has said it wants to see substantial improvement on that front before winding down purchases of Treasury and mortgage bonds.</p><br /><p>QE has been in place for 14 straight months, sowing concerns among some more hawkish Fed policymakers that the Fed's $3.8-trillion balance sheet will bring about asset-price bubbles or inflation on the horizon.</p><br /><p>(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)</p><br /></div>

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Factory Output in US Rose More Than Forecast in October (1)

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>Bloomberg News</p><br /><img src="http://www.bloomberg.com/image/ib8iLAtV4hrY.jpg" width="600"/><br /><p>Factory production in the U.S. rose more than forecast in October, indicating the partial government shutdown did little to halt the pickup in manufacturing at the start of the fourth quarter.</p><br /><p>The 0.3 percent advance at factories followed a 0.1 percent gain the prior month and exceeded the 0.2 percent median projection in a Bloomberg survey, figures from the Federal Reserve showed today in Washington. Total industrial production fell 0.1 percent as output at mines and utilities declined.</p><br /><p>The report indicates businesses were increasing orders and output even in the face of the 16-day federal government closing in October. The housing rebound and demand for vehicles, the mainstays of manufacturing, will help to sustain economic growth that's forecast to cool in the wake of last month's fiscal gridlock.</p><br /><p>'Manufacturing will keep expanding,' Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics Ltd. in Valhalla, New York, said before the report. O'Sullivan is the top industrial production forecaster in the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. 'Demand should be pretty solid. The overall economy has been held back by the fiscal drag but as that fades, we should see an improvement.'</p><br /><p>The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 0.2 percent rise in total industrial production. September output was revised up to a 0.7 percent gain from a previously reported 0.6 percent advance. Estimates of the 84 economists surveyed by Bloomberg ranged from a drop of 0.2 percent to an increase of 0.5 percent.</p><br />Stock Futures<br /><p>Stock-index futures held gains after the report, with the contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in December climbing 0.2 percent to 1,791.6 at 9:24 a.m. in New York.</p><br /><p>Another report today showed a gauge of manufacturing the New York region unexpectedly declined this month. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's general economic index fell to minus 2.2 in November from 1.5 the prior month. Readings less than zero signal contraction in New York, New Jersey and southern Connecticut.</p><br /><p>The gain in manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of the economy and 75 percent of total industrial production, reflected increased output of furniture, computers and metals.</p><br /><p>Today's Fed report also showed that capacity utilization, which measures the amount of a plant that is in use, fell to 78.1 percent from 78.3 percent the prior month.</p><br />Mining, Utilities<br /><p>Utility output dropped 1.1 percent after a 4.5 percent surge the previous month. Mining production, which includes oil drilling, decreased 1.6 percent, the biggest drop since February 2011. The decline reflects the temporary shutdowns of oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico in advance of Tropical Storm Karen.</p><br /><p>The output of motor vehicles and parts decreased 1.3 percent, the first decline in three months, today's report showed. Excluding autos and parts, manufacturing production climbed 0.4 percent after no change the previous month.</p><br /><p>'There's a lot of volatility in these numbers and auto production can be very lumpy,' O'Sullivan said.</p><br /><p>Other recent reports signal a pickup in manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index climbed in October to 56.4, the highest since April 2011, from 56.2 a month earlier, the Tempe, Arizona-based group's reported on Nov. 1. Readings above 50 indicate growth.</p><br />Third Quarter<br /><p>The economy expanded at a 2.8 percent annualized pace in the third quarter, after a 2.5 percent rate in the prior three months, according to Commerce Department data released Nov. 7. While the biggest gain in inventories since the beginning of 2012 provided a boost, the buildup of stockpiles risks limiting growth this quarter as companies restrain production.</p><br /><p>Motor vehicle sales have been a bright spot in this expansion as Americans take advantage of cheaper borrowing costs to replace older models. Cars and light trucks sold at a 15.2 million (SAARTOTL) annual rate in October, matching the September pace, according to Ward's Automotive Group data.</p><br /><p>'Economic conditions continue to improve at a modest pace,' Emily Kolinski Morris, senior economist at , said on a Nov. 1 call with analysts. 'Manufacturing sector growth continues at a steady pace' and housing data signals there is 'a broad-based recovery still in place.'</p><br />Cisco Systems<br /><p>Some companies are faring worse. Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer-networking equipment is facing slower spending by phone companies and large corporations, as well as economic weakness in Europe, Asia and emerging economies.</p><br /><p>'The shutdown, debt ceiling negotiations, and delay of key decisions exacerbated the lack of confidence among business leaders we had highlighted over the past few quarters,' John Chambers, chief executive officer, said on a Nov. 13 conference call. He said the impact of the shutdown on the company's federal business was about $50 million, and slower global growth is hindering sales as well.</p><br /><p>The U.S. economy will grow 1.9 percent in the final three months of this year, less than the 2.4 percent pace that economists projected in October, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey from Nov. 8 to Nov. 13.</p><br /><p>The figure will reflect a decline in government output, estimated by the number of hours put in by federal workers, as well as cutbacks at contractors, economists said.</p><br /><p>The effect of the budget impasse on the economy and lack of faster progress in the job market are among reasons that help explain why U.S. central bankers are continuing with $85 billion in monthly asset purchases.</p><br /><p>To contact the reporter on this story: Shobhana Chandra in Washington at schandra1@bloomberg.net</p><br /><p>To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christopher Wellisz in Washington at cwellisz@bloomberg.net</p><br /></div>

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The Google Teacher Academy in New York #2: Jeffery Bradbury's TeacherCast podcasting site

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Tuq43V5vwMMjfdCW1_pbIJcZl0AoFCQYj0455yHE7uHaPAgops5iyz3f46J9KysJfiPWnN-mtklxBqPVzRBmtRspx_a9TjV1wNxKfk6GAyTe8vfA13DbLp2IuYw4vypVv1Ah-BFBPqA/s1600/teachercast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Tuq43V5vwMMjfdCW1_pbIJcZl0AoFCQYj0455yHE7uHaPAgops5iyz3f46J9KysJfiPWnN-mtklxBqPVzRBmtRspx_a9TjV1wNxKfk6GAyTe8vfA13DbLp2IuYw4vypVv1Ah-BFBPqA/s320/teachercast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is just  day or two before the greatly anticipated Google Teacher Academy, and I thought I would take a look at what some of the other 49 attendees get up to in their daily technology explorations. This podcasting site, TeacherCast <a href="http://podcast.teachercast.net/" style="line-height: 115%;">http://podcast.teachercast.net/</a> caught my attention. It is hosted by Jeffrey Bradbury, one of the Google attendees,  and it contains many really<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 115%;"> interesting educational podcasts, blog posts, app reviews and much more! I follow Jeffrey Bradbury on Twitter (@teachercast) but never thought I would get to meet him in person!</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Jeffrey has conducted three podcasts recently that are related to the upcoming Google Teacher Academy in New York. He asked folk to volunteer to be interviewed (but of course I didn't!). Let me tell you about the three posts.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 13.2pt;"><b>1. TeacherCast Podcast #63 “Welcome to the Google Teacher Academy” (@edtechschools @remedy1978 @dwmalone @MatthewPMoran)</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 13.2pt;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Jeff sits down with Sean Beavers, Tanya Avrith, Matthew Moran and David Malone to discuss the Google Teacher Academy and their recent appointment to the Google Teacher Class of 2012. Read more </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">and/or listen to the podcast</span></span> <a href="http://podcast.teachercast.net/teachercast-podcast-63/" target="_blank">here</a> .</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"><u>Featured topics</u>:<br />*Google Teacher Academy<br />*Application process for GTA<br />*Making a GTA video<br />*Thoughts on GTA<br />*Things to do while in New York City<br />*New school year<br />*Tech for the school year</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 12pt;">2. TeacherCast Podcast #65 “Google Teacher Academy Part 2″ @elh @lthumann #GTANY</b></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Jeff sits down with two of the leaders from the upcoming Academy, Google Certified Teachers Erica Hartman and Lisa Thuman to discuss the 2012 Google Teacher Academy which is to be held in New York.   Read more </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">and/or listen to the podcast </span></span><a href="http://podcast.teachercast.net/teachercast-podcast-65_google-teacher-academy/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"><u>Featured topics</u><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">*Google Teacher Academy<br />*Application process for GTA</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">*What does Google look for in a GTA?<br /> *The GTA commitment<br />*Instructing at a GTA<br />*How hasa GTA opened up your educational world? </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 13.2pt;"><b>3. TeacherCast Podcast Special: Google Teacher Academy #GTANY</b></span></span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Jeff sits down with the rest of his team - Brent Catlett, Cory Pavicich, Mark Coleman, Jenny Kirsch and Kelly Croy to discuss the Google Teacher Academy. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;">(We are divided into teams of 6, each with a leader, for the Academy).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 115%;">Read more about the interview or listen to the podcast  </span><a href="http://podcast.teachercast.net/gtany-podcast-3/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 115%;">. </span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 115%;">It's amazing to think that I will soon meet all these people in person at the Google Teachers Academy. New York.  </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div></div>

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On the Value of Old Publications

The Architectural League's recent digital presentation of <a href="http://archleague.org/2013/01/vacant-lots-2/">Vacant Lots</a>—their 1987 design study and exhibition—prompted me to flip through my copy of the book that presents some essays and designs for ten vacant lots in New York City. The League's study on affordable housing for infill lots sits on my shelf next to a contemporaneous book on affordable housing, which sets next to a book on architecture projects funded by NYSCA grants.<br /><br />So the next thing I know, instead of reading <i>Vacant Lots</i> again, I ended up digging out a bunch of books that are similar to it, not in subject but in something else—these books are two-to-four decades old yet purchased much later. Most are well beyond their intended shelf life (these are not the books that have stood the test of time—the Gideon's or the Banham's—and maintained their popularity to this day), but all of them are appealing to me for some reason. Below is a presentation of these books that I grabbed off my shelf and some quick thoughts on why they might be important; all fit neatly into some categories that reflect some personal interests.<br /><br />Mainly, I think these books capture a not-too-distant past, either in terms of architecture or the writing and presentation used to document it. Also, there is something worthwhile in picking up books a couple decades after they've been published (I'm not recommending to wait that long to get a book, but rather to not pass up a book because it hasn't been published in the last year or two)—there is a certain cultural amnesia these days, and looking at old books reminds us that supposedly new ideas have probably been tried already in one form or another, and that even new things will look old someday.<br /><br /><b>Guides:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back1.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back1.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Even before I started work on my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393733262?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=211189&creativeASIN=0393733262&link_code=as3&creative=373489"><i>Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture</i></a>, I already owned a number of guidebooks to architecture in the city, most of which were fairly recent. But as I researched, wrote and assembled the photos and maps for the book, I looked to older books that I found in used bookstores and even thrift stores. This looking back wasn't about figuring out what buildings to include or, to a lesser degree, learning historical aspects of the city; it was about the format, tone, and usability of a guide. A few books I obtained include Paul Goldberger's excellent <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039450450X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=039450450X&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan</i></a> (Vintage Books, 1979), which takes a critical look at old and new buildings in Manhattan (and which unfortunately did not extend to the other boroughs as planned); <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0965929914/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0965929914&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>A Look at Architecture: Columbus, Indiana</i></a> (Visitors Center, Columbus, Indiana, 1984), more a promotional document or souvenir but still a valuable guide on the famous Midwestern town that the Cummins Engine Company built; and Sally B. Woodbridge's and Roger Montgomery's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VT4JI0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004VT4JI0&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>A Guide to Architecture in Washington State</i></a> (University of Washington Press, 1980), a guide short on descriptions that makes up for it with an excellent "environmental perspective" (Woodbridge's well-done 1992 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H2M9B4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000H2M9B4&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>San Francisco Architecture</i></a> guide was also helpful for its easy-to-use layout and simple, yet effective b/w maps).<br /><br /><b>Housing:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back2.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back2.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Another subject that I've amassed a few old books on is multi-family housing. I've never been one to voraciously pour over the seemingly infinite stream of books on single-family houses, and perhaps that stems from more historical and theoretical interest being focused on housing rather than houses, which tend to be the purview of glossy collections. Most recently I picked up Martin Pawley's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0275493202/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0275493202&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Architecture versus Housing</i></a> (Praeger Publishers, 1971), which traces the history of "publicly financed building projects," particularly in England. Normally this particular history would not interest me too much, but Pawley was such a sharp writer that I considered it a valuable title to have. A couple of the titles I referred to at the beginning are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0962176591/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0962176591&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Reweaving the Urban Fabric: Approaches to Infill Housing</i></a> (NYSCA/Princeton Architectural Press, 1988), a small snapshot of international housing designs in the late 1980s accompanied by well-researched essays by Marta Gutman and Richard Plunz, who wrote the invaluable <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231062974/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0231062974&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>A History of Housing in New York City</i></a>; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910413614/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0910413614&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Vacant Lots</i></a> (Princeton Architectural Press, 1989), which gives a glimpse at attempts to fill holes in the city's urban fabric by architects like Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Weiss/Manfredi, and others before they were famous.<br /><br /><b>Buildings:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back3.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back3.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Not surprisingly, given my predilection for book-length case studies, I have a hard time resisting books on buildings that I like. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1885254458?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=211189&creativeASIN=1885254458&link_code=as3&creative=373489"><i>Eleven Authors in Search of a Building</i></a> (The Monacelli Press, 199<i>6</i>) is about Peter Eisenman's design for the Aronoff Center for Design and Art at the University of Cincinnati; not surprisingly, the plethora of drawings and photos are accompanied by some dense academic prose by the usual suspects (Sanford Kwinte, Jeffrey Kipnis, Cynthia Davidson, +8). <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013I1MTG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013I1MTG&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>The Construction of the New Headquarters for the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation</i></a> (Ian Lambot, 1985) is published by photographer Lambot, who documented the Kowloon Walled City in the amazing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873200137/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1873200137&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">City of Darkness</a>; this book on Norman Foster's addition to Hong Kong's skyline is extremely thorough in its documentation of the building's realization (plumbing, water chillers, structural steel, bamboo scaffolding, prefab modules, etc.) but beautiful throughout as he captures the building's evolving form and spaces that are now hidden. <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2005/08/08/highrise-homes/"><i>Highrise of Homes</i></a> (Rizzoli, 1982) is more a polemic than a serious proposal to be built; James Wines attempts what many people see as a gulf that can never be bridged—merging the city and suburbs, housing and houses, the modern and the traditional.<br /><br /><b>Periodicals:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back4.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back4.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Old magazines are pretty hard to resist because they are often priced at one or two dollars at used bookstores. Usually all it takes is one project I like in its pages and I snag it. But there is the occasional magazine that tackles a broader theme worth examining. While I've never been a fan of postmodern architecture, I couldn't resist buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JD26KK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000JD26KK&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>American Architecture: After Modernism</i></a> (A+U, 1981), a special issue of Japan's A+U guest edited by Robert A.M. Stern. As postmodernism is being reappraised in books and exhibitions, I'm finding this issue more and more valuable—it has a ton of projects, many now forgotten, and articles by Michael Sorkin and Suzanne Stephens that are, respectively, (cautiously) critical and helpful in providing a larger context. When in Venice last August I happened to find a copy of <i>Domus Dossier 5: Exhibiting</i> (April 1997) at a used bookstore near my hotel. It was a suitable way of gaining a larger understanding of exhibitions and their designs—from Carlos Scarpa to Coop Himmelb(l)au—as I was <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/pages/page_item/biennale-architettura-2012">writing about my first Biennale</a>.<br /><br /><b>Independent Study:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back5.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back5.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Somewhat by surprise I realized there are a couple books in my library on independent study, one on students and one on professionals. I was not one of the chosen few at my school to enter the SOM Traveling Fellowship, but a number of fellow alumni from Kansas State University have won the award, so I couldn't pass up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PGDGOQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000PGDGOQ&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Traveling Fellows: Fifteen Years of Student Awards</i></a> (SOM Foundation, 1997). Like <i>Vacant Lots</i>, this booklet with CD-ROM gives a glimpse at some now common names in their formative years, as they describe how the travel affected them; comments from the SOM jurors are also enlightening. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0930829182/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0930829182&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Independent Projects: Experimental Architecture, Design + Research in New York</i></a> (SITES Books, 1993) collects architecture, planning, and design projects funded by the New York State Council for the Arts from 1988 to 1992. Many of the projects are known because of later publications or projects that came out of the grants, such as Kaplan and Krueger (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003156DTS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003156DTS&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>PA14: Mosquitoes</i></a>), Smith-Miller + Hawkinson's <a href="http://smharch.com/project.php?id=47">North Carolina Museum of Art</a>, and Camilo Jose Vergara's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QYFECU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004QYFECU&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>New American Ghetto</i></a>. <br /><br /><b>Urban Design:</b><br /><img alt="looking-back6.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/looking-back6.jpg" title="Book Covers" /><br /><br />Going to school for urban design five years ago (has it been that long?) did a couple things for my library: it expanded my interest in urban design literature of bygone eras (which isn't very long, considering urban design as an articulated profession or approach dates back to the mid-1950s), and it gave me easy access to discard books at the CCNY library. One book I picked up post-graduation, and which sparked me to write about <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2012/03/planning-for-pedestrians.html">an unrealized scheme in its pages</a>, is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394713052?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=211189&creativeASIN=0394713052&link_code=as3&creative=373489"><i>The Pedestrian Revolution: Streets without Cars</i></a> (Vintage Books, 1974). The book offers practical solutions that are rooted in its time (a chapter on "other mini-vehicles" is charming), so it has not stood the test of time of something like Bernard Rudofsky's historical look at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0442278403/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0442278403&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Streets for People</i></a>. The Regional Plan Association's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670742023/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670742023&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><i>Urban Design Manhattan</i></a> (The Viking Press, 1969) is full of overreaching visions for Midtown Manhattan; for example "mechanical aids to pedestrian movement, such as moving belts or quick-access shuttle vehicles." Yet is also has some beautiful diagrams that make the (top-down) information easy to understand. Both of these books are helpful in reminding urban designers that even as their goals are admirable, looking to trends and technology is not always the best route.

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Book Talk and Review: The Nature of Urban Design

<a href="http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/N/bo8897076.html"><b><i>The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience</i></b></a> by Alexandros Washburn<br />Island Press, 2013<br />Hardcover, 264 pages<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJpAd8BeD24VL0_yS5dnJrdQecxWQCPQEJda41hUXqy6fHngsdyf-xjCG773-oxOHkUCCjxp0O1DFNDsCscKwN73wpq5KXqQWFzxycyDJQIEmzUi_DAaZRJpycvI-vwzvHEuHWEQ2ZAlK/s1600/9781610913805.jpg" /><br /><br />On January 13, a couple weeks after he ended his seven-year post as Chief Urban Designer of the NYC Department of City Planning, Alexandros Washburn <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=6443">spoke at the Center for Architecture</a> about his new book, <i>The Nature of Urban Design</i>. Like many events at the Center, it started a little bit late, prompting members of the audience to ask Rick Bell, AIANY Executive Director, if Washburn was riding his bike to the event on the not-too-cold winter day. Needless to say, the author's reputation preceded his arrival at the podium where he discussed his firsthand experience of Hurricane Sandy in his neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, his mentors, his definitions of urban design, his ideas on risk and resiliency, and his post-Bloomberg-administration path.<br /><br />Like the book, Washburn started the talk with stories and images of the storm surge in and around his home in Red Hook, one of the mayor's evacuation areas. Washburn stayed home to observe the rising waters, what happened to be the same week he had planned to write the introduction to his book that was years in the making – and more difficult than his work at the city, in his words. More than anybody could imagine, that storm changed how discussions of urban design happen; if anything pushing the word "resiliency" to the forefront of discussions about rebuilding and urban planning, particularly in coastal areas like New York. It's no wonder that Washburn's book is subtitled "a New York perspective on resilience," even though it's clear from Sandy's aftermath that the perspective is about what needs to be done, not what is already in place.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQ5mSYbn93LvRBUNpavvIzKfDqEh02nlcfSb666upaJ5gzHVKiZR36yOZe4THN7yiRO88sNB6YVcXez48I3z84LXt9kHbJBA3wYE9GY0CGnV_I6prg4_J0sMEJdNongX2l9YT8oNu4gyV/s1600/2014-01-13+19.03.15.png" /><br />[Photo by John Hill]<br /><br />Having seen Washburn speak at PlaNYC and other related events in the past, I was familiar with his triumvirate of influences – Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses, and Frederick Law Olmsted. But I had not heard him speak about Daniel Patrick Moynihan, which he did on the 13th, paralleling the preface to his book. Moynihan is known for the way he <a href="http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/136543">guided the principles of Federal architecture</a>, so it's no surprise that he was the only politician on Capitol Hill with an architect on staff. Near the end of Moynihan's four terms, that architect was Washburn, who left to make the <a href="http://www.moynihanstation.org/">eponymous NYC station</a> of his mentor a reality. Washburn took from Moynihan a sense of civic responsibility, something he passed on through his work at City Planning during two of Bloomberg's terms, in this book (while it may not have all the answers, it asks a lot of the right questions), and in the future at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he will be working with two departments (complex systems and Davidson labs) to look closer and more scientifically at the waterways around New York City in this century of "rising tides."<br /><br />In the book Washburn lays out his case for resiliency in urban design in five chapters: Why Should We Care About Urban Design?, The Process of Urban Design, The Products of Urban Design, The Process and Products of the High Line, and Urban Design for Greater Resilience. The first chapter deals with his four mentors, while the next two chapters delve into the nitty gritty of the often misunderstood field of urban design. Given Washburn's statement in the talk that, unlike architecture, urban design "influences everything but controls nothing," the chapter on process is an important one, yet admittedly it is is geared to students and professionals interested in the field. Laypeople will probably find the fourth chapter more interesting, since here the preceding chapters are applied to a case study, and an extremely popular and familiar one at that.<br /><br />Washburn closed his talk, like the book, with some words on risk and resiliency. As in other parts of <i>The Nature of Urban Design</i>, he explains things in a way that make the fairly large and abstract subjects and concepts easy to understand, though I won't go into detail on what that chapter offers in detail here. Needless to say the book and the book talk parallel each other not only in the chapter-by-chapter structure but also in the way Washburn uses words. There is a conversational quality to the way he has written the book, such that reading it is like hearing him in the same room. Add to this the fact many of his own sketches and photographs are found throughout the pages, and the book is a personal yet broadly applicable account of urban design in New York City at a time of great challenges but also great potential.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Talk and Review: The Nature of Urban Design

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Michelle Obama Stuns in Jason Wu -- Twice

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><iframe height="360" id="kaltura_player_1358911212" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_5lld54di/uiconf_id/3775332/st_cache/85410?referer=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/politically-dressed-inauguration-daughters-18243560&autoPlay=false&addThis.playerSize=392x221&freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&closedCaptionActive=true&addThis.playerSize=640x360&closedCaptionsOverPlayer.fontsize=18" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" width="640">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe> <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><br /><div id="date_partner" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; height: 32px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 150px; min-height: 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 490px;"></div><div class="byline_date" style="float: left; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 490px;"><div class="byline_date_inner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 485px;"><div class="byline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/shushannah_walshe" rel="author" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">SHUSHANNAH WALSHE</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/shushwalshe" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@shushwalshe</a>) From: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">http://abcnews.go.com</a></div><div class="date" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px;">Jan. 22. 2013</div></div></div><br /><div id="sponsoredByAd" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; left: 430px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 404px;"><span id="sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span id="_fw_container_sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Michelle Obama, wearing a <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/01/live-updates-inauguration-day-2013/#MichellesDress" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">custom Jason Wu</a> ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown, with a halter-top neckline and deep back, stunned again Monday night at the inaugural balls.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">The first lady <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/ladies-inaugural-ball-gowns-past/story?id=18287165" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">also wore a Wu</a> gown -- a floor length, one-shouldered white number -- to the inaugural balls four years ago, taking the 26-year-old designer to instant celebrity.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">She chose Wu again for this year's inaugural, much to his shock, Wu said, embellishing his creation with a handmade diamond ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald and Jimmy Choo shoes.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu wasn't the only one surprised. Obama's choice also astonished a number of fashion critics, who thought she'd choose another little-known designer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/slideshow/celebrities-wearing-jason-wu-18287680" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Check Out Other Celebrities Wearing Jason Wu</a></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu was born in Taiwan, grew up in Canada and was educated in the United States, Tokyo and Paris. Now based in New York City, more than 85 percent of the Jason Wu Collection is made in New York's Garment District, according to Jason Wu Studios. Made-in-New York might have been a selling point, as the first lady tends to favor American designers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu said he hadn't known that Obama had chosen his design again, although he did create it specifically for her and submitted the sketches and finished gown to the White House. 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She surprised me again. She's really good at it," Wu told <a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/michelle-obama-picks-jason-wu-again-6644989?module=Fashion-Fashion%20Features-main" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Women's Wear Daily</a> after she took the stage. "I was so nervous. You'd think I wouldn't be, since I'd experienced it before, but I really was."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Women's Wear Daily reported that four years ago, when Michelle Obama entered the ball wearing his gown, Wu had only three employees and was at home eating pizza with a friend. This time he was watching with a team of 30 in his downtown New York City studio.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"I was just elated. It's hard to describe," he told WWD.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">And of dressing Obama in the bold red?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"Like last time, I had to go with my gut. I instinctively had to think of the woman in the dress. After four years in office, I thought the country was ready to see a confident first lady in red. It just felt right," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">On Monday evening, Wu also spoke with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/us/first-lady-and-fashion-are-no-longer-so-combustible.html?_r=0" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="external">The New York Times</a>, and said he was "still floating."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"You have to think about the client, and I felt like red was such a perfect color for her. It's such a confident color for her. and it really was my first instinct," Wu told the Times.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">After the first lady took the stage Monday night with the president, they danced to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," performed by Jennifer Hudson. Obama's gown and the accompanying accessories will go to the National Archives.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/politically-dressed-inauguration-daughters-18243560" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Political fashion stylist Lauren Rothman</a> told ABC News she wasn't surprised that Obama chose Wu instead of putting the spotlight on another little-known designer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"There was a lot of pressure on who was going to design that ball gown, but deciding on Jason Wu took some of that pressure away," Rothman said, noting that Obama wore Reed Krakoff to the official ceremony and Thom Browne at other inaugural events, which will undoubtedly boost their careers as well.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"I am not at all surprised that she was loyal to Jason Wu, because she is loyal to the people she wears," Rothman said. "I don't know if anyone could have imagined that she would have worn him again, but at the same time, it's not surprising because her fashion personality is very loyal."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Rothman also believes the choice signaled assurance, saying, "In the second term she is sending a message that she's got a more relaxed, quiet confidence in what she has to prove fashion-wise."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Obama does wear Wu quite often; the young designer is one of her favorite choices. She wore a magenta sleeveless dress of Wu's for the cover of Vogue in March 2009, and she wore a black-and-white sheath dress by Wu in a 2008 interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. Wu and Obama were originally introduced by Vogue's Andre Leon Talley.</div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_thumb" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_3" style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu has won several awards for design, including the Swarovski Award for Womenswear at the CFDA Fashion Awards in 2010. In 2011 he was nominated for the CFDA/Swarovski Award for Accessory Design and in 2008 was named one of the finalists in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. He launched his first ready-to-wear line in 2006, at the age of 23.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Last year Wu designed a line for Target, which sold out almost instantly.</div><br /></div></div>

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<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">If you're looking for a flu shot, you can walk into a Walgreens or CVS or Rite Aid in any state and get one from a pharmacist.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>For the vaccine against the blistering skin condition shingles, however, you can go to a drugstore in San Francisco but not in Sioux Falls, S.D. And for the whooping cough vaccine, your options include<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>Nashville, Tenn.,<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>but not North Conway, N.H.;<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "></strong>Brookline, Mass.,<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>but not Brooklyn, N.Y.; Gainesville, Ga., but not Gainesville, Fla. Why the geographic hodgepodge?</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Vaccines have long been the province of doctors, and as the role of pharmacists has expanded in the past few years, many state medical societies have fought the trend. They argue that moving shots to pharmacies disrupts the doctor-patient relationship and complicates record keeping. Hence the odd compromises: In New York state, for instance, the rules essentially tell pharmacists: influenza? Yes. Whooping cough? No.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">It's time to end these silly inconsistencies. Pharmacists have played a key role in providing flu shots and are increasingly doing the same with other vaccines, making them more accessible and convenient. This is critical at a moment when whooping cough cases are surging and adult immunization rates are <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a2.htm?s_cid=mm6104a2_w" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(86, 129, 140); text-decoration: none; ">dismally low</a>. Not everyone has a primary care doctor or will go to one to get their shots. Nor do all docs even offer vaccines. Pharmacists can and should be allowed to help—with all CDC-recommended adult vaccines in every state.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">The push to turn pharmacists into vaccinators dates back at least to the mid-1990s. Donna Shalala, then secretary of Health and Human Services, saw it as a way to improve the country's immunization rates and pressed the American Pharmacists' Association to develop a plan, according to Mitch Rothholz, chief strategy officer for that organization.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>Some states already had laws on the books that allowed pharmacists to immunize people, even if these provisions were rarely used. The APhA developed a rigorous training program for pharmacists. State pharmacy associations also began to lobby their legislatures.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>But for years it was slow going.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">And doctors' groups pushed back hard. In New York, for instance, a 2008 bill was written to authorize pharmacists to give all CDC-recommended adult vaccines, but after much wrangling, everything but flu was axed. (Even then, the Medical Society of the State of New York opposed the law.) This year, state legislators tried again, passing a law, taking effect this week, that allows New York pharmacists to administer the shingles vaccine to people who have a prescription from a doctor or nurse practitioner. But pharmacists still can't offer the whooping cough vaccine.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">"I don't understand the resistance," Amy Paulin, a Democratic assembly member from Westchester who wrote both bills, told me. The answer from the medical societies is that letting pharmacists give vaccines makes health care more fractured. "Many primary care providers rely on the flu shot as a way to get patients in" for other services, like blood pressure screenings or colonoscopy reminders, Robert Hughes, president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, told me. "We're looking at it in terms of the overall quality of care." Doctors' groups also fret that if people can get their shots at pharmacies, it will be harder to keep track of who's gotten what.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">But these concerns pale in comparison to the risk that without the pharmacy, a lot of people may not get their shots at all. In a perfect world, everyone would have a primary care doctor who offered long-term, holistic care. Yet some people don't have health insurance (in case you hadn't heard). And some just don't go to the doctor unless they're in dire need. "Ask any internist or family medicine doctor how many healthy men between the ages of 21 and 50 they generally see," said Elizabeth Rosenblum, a family medicine doctor at UCSD. "There is theory and there is practice." Not all doctors are keen on providing vaccines either, which require providers to make an upfront investment and then deal with storage, handling, and other logistical issues. Unlike pediatricians, who handle high vaccine volume, some adult doctors may decide that it just isn't worth it.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Pharmacies, meanwhile, operate at a high level of professionalism. Many keep their own records, give patients written receipts and sometimes even notify patients' doctors. Many states also require all vax providers to enter shots in a state registry.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>Yes, some people may get an extra dose by accident.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>But even that may not be so bad: Duplication is unlikely to cause side effects other than redness, swelling, or a passing low-grade fever, said Rosenblum.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Pharmacists are already crucial to the annual flu shot push. During the swine flu surge in 2009, the CDC recommended the pandemic vaccine for everyone 6 months of age or older. The following year, for the first time, they also recommended the seasonal flu shot to the same broad range of people. This vastly boosted demand, and pharmacists were increasingly allowed to step in. In 2006-07 they administered roughly 7 percent of adult flu shots. By last year that number was over 18 percent.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "> </strong>Carolyn Bridges, associate director for Adult Immunizations at the CDC, says she's not sure the country could have kept up without the help of the pharmacists.<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "></strong></div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">There's no shortage of work to be done on other vaccines either. A happy story: In California during the 2010 whooping cough outbreak that killed 10 babies, pharmacists and pharmacy students at UCSD offered free shots to all household contacts of newborns. They made it easy, with Saturday and evening hours in a little-used waiting room on the postpartum floor. And fully 84 percent of the newborns' family members received Tdap vaccination before the baby was discharged, according to Rosenblum. Since newborns can't receive the whooping cough vaccine themselves, this is one of the best ways to protect them.</div></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Yet across the country, only 8.2 percent of adults got a Tdap shot, according to a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a2.htm?s_cid=mm6104a2_w" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(86, 129, 140); text-decoration: none; ">survey in 2010</a>. Rates are also disturbingly low for shingles (<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6104a2.htm?s_cid=mm6104a2_w" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(86, 129, 140); text-decoration: none; ">14.4 percent of adults age 60 and older</a> in 2010) and for the pneumococcal vaccine, which protects against a bacteria that is a common cause of pneumonia and other infections. And so we need more states to pull pharmacists into the vaccination loop. Signs of progress: Earlier this year, Florida passed a law allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines protecting against shingles and pneumonia, Illinois allowed them to give the vaccine against whooping cough to children age 10 and older, and Massachusetts permitted them to give all CDC-recommended adult vaccines. Other states, including Washington, Connecticut, Colorado, Minnesota, and Kentucky, already do the same. But until we can stop pathogens from crossing state lines, they all need to get onboard.</div></div></div><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/vaccines_at_the_pharmacy_states_should_let_drugstores_give_shots.html?">http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/vaccines_at_the_pharmacy_states_should_let_drugstores_give_shots.html?</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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07-Nov-2013 07:25

Justices Weigh Constitutionality of New York Town's Prayers - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/nyregion/supreme-court-justices-consider-new-york-towns-prayer-practice.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/nyregion/supreme-court-justices-consider-new-york-towns-prayer-practice.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>LAX shooting victim: 'I knew I had to stem the blood flow' - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/lax-shooting-victim/?hpt%3Dhp_t2">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/lax-shooting-victim/?hpt%3Dhp_t2</a><br /><br><br /><br>10 people shot at Detroit barber shop, at least 2 dead - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/06/9-people-shot-at-detroit-barber-shop-at-least-3-dead-/3459413/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/06/9-people-shot-at-detroit-barber-shop-at-least-3-dead-/3459413/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama Moves to Quell Democratic Dissent Over Health-Care Rollout - Businessweek :: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-07/obama-moves-to-quell-democratic-dissent-over-health-care-rollout">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-07/obama-moves-to-quell-democratic-dissent-over-health-care-rollout</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ex-NY Giant Jim Burt says Richie Incognito problem is for Dolphins coach ... - New York Daily News :: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/gola-ex-giant-incognito-problem-coach-players-tackle-article-1.1509125">http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/gola-ex-giant-incognito-problem-coach-players-tackle-article-1.1509125</a><br /><br><br /><br>Joe Biden offers congratulations to wrong Boston 'mayor' - New York Daily News :: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/biden-congratulates-wrong-boston-mayor-article-1.1509285">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/biden-congratulates-wrong-boston-mayor-article-1.1509285</a><br /><br><br /><br>CMA Awards backstage and beyond - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/11/07/cma-awards-backstage/3459409/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/11/07/cma-awards-backstage/3459409/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was 'murdered with polonium' - Times of India :: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Palestinian-leader-Yasser-Arafat-was-murdered-with-polonium/articleshow/25334603.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Palestinian-leader-Yasser-Arafat-was-murdered-with-polonium/articleshow/25334603.cms</a><br /><br><br /><br>Democrats try to make 'Tea Party' a smear - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/06/tea-party-cuccinell-christie-republicans/3455985/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/06/tea-party-cuccinell-christie-republicans/3455985/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Twitter may fly on first day, 'gray market' shows - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/05/twitter-first-day-fly/3443467/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/05/twitter-first-day-fly/3443467/</a>

07-Nov-2013 07:25

Justices Weigh Constitutionality of New York Town's Prayers - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/nyregion/supreme-cour...

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05-Nov-2013 03:34

Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>John Kerry praises US-Saudi ties as 'enduring' - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24799662">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24799662</a><br /><br><br /><br>Democrat McAuliffe Grabs Center in Virginia - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-373142/">http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-373142/</a><br /><br><br /><br>New York student Asher Vongtau wedged between buildings - Sydney Morning Herald :: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-york-student-asher-vongtau-wedged-between-buildings-20131105-2wyep.html">http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-york-student-asher-vongtau-wedged-between-buildings-20131105-2wyep.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Abortion rights groups take their case to the US Supreme Court - San Antonio Express :: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Abortion-rights-groups-take-their-case-to-the-4954926.php">http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Abortion-rights-groups-take-their-case-to-the-4954926.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>SAC Capital Agrees to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading - New York Times :: <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/</a><br /><br><br /><br>J&J to pay $2.2B in drug marketing penalties - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/</a><br /><br><br /><br>After Los Angeles Airport Shooting, No Easy Answers on Security Strategies - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/after-los-angeles-airport-shooting-no-easy-answers-on-security-strategies.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/after-los-angeles-airport-shooting-no-easy-answers-on-security-strategies.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ariel Castro victim Michelle Knight: 'He tied me up like a fish' - Toronto Sun :: <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/04/ariel-castro-victim-michelle-knight-he-tied-me-up-like-a-fish">http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/04/ariel-castro-victim-michelle-knight-he-tied-me-up-like-a-fish</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bill Advances to Outlaw Discrimination Against Gays - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html</a>

05-Nov-2013 03:34

Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-us...

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