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FDA VRBPAC Meeting: Vaccine Targeting Lineage JN.1 for Fall 2024
I didn’t get a chance to watch the June 5th FDA advisory committee meeting on the new vaccine formulation for Covid-19 for this fall. There is a nice summary on the Minnesota CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy). The committee unanimously upvoted the selection of the JN.1 lineage strain (which includes JN.1, KP.2…
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In Memory of L. Jay Stein
I was thinking of one of the Johnson County judicial mental health referees I often worked with years ago. L. Jay Stein died in 2014. I looked up his obituary the other day and was a little surprised to find I had written a remembrance for him. I’d forgotten it. “I will always remember my…
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Mindfulness Video
Great mindfulness video below. Millions of views.
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FDA VRBPAC Meeting on Covid Vaccine for Fall of 2024
The voting question for today’s FDA VRBPAC Meeting on the Covid Vaccine strain for this fall is: “For the 2024-2025 Formula of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., does thecommittee recommend a monovalent JN.1-lineage vaccine composition?Please vote “Yes” or “No” or “Abstain.” The FDA Selection of the 2024-2025 Formula for COVID-19 vaccines briefing document has a…
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Svengoolie Movie: The Tingler!”
We saw the 1959 movie “The Tingler” starring Vincent Price on the Svengoolie show last Saturday. Price plays a prison pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin, who’s trying to scientifically study a parasitic creature called the tingler (tingles up and down your spine means you’re scared right out of your mind!). It sits on your spine and…
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The Mumbo Jumbo on Some Big Antique Cribbage Boards
Today, I’m going on a tangent about big, mostly antique cribbage boards which were specially made for making the scoring more complex. The main perpetrator (I mean manufacturer), was Drueke (variously pronounced as Drooky, Drew, Drooka). The Drueke name turns up on most of the big two, three and four track vintage cribbage boards you…
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Cribbage for Four Players
Here’s the other cribbage version and it’s for 4 players. You play as teams. You can find these and more games on this website.
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Cribbage for Three Players
Hey, I found a great website for learning how to play cribbage with more than two players. In fact, you can learn how to play all kinds of games. If you already know how to play two-hander cribbage, you can learn the other common variations. Here’s the YouTube on the 3 player version.
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Thoughts on Down Time Activities for Land Survey Technicians
I was just thinking about the old-time land survey crews. When I was getting on the job training as a survey technician, the typical land survey crews were at least 2-3 persons. One rodman, one instrument man, and a crew chief who organized the job, which could be property or construction jobs. Nowadays, you get…
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Reminder: FDA VRBPAC Meeting June 5, 2024 on Covid Vaccines for Fall 2024
There will be an FDA VRBPAC meeting on June 5, 2024, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET to discuss Covid vaccines for this fall.
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