Bridgewater State University 

Visiting Authors Series presents: Joseph Boyden 

Thursday, April 9,  7pm

Moakley Center Auditorium

Reading and book signing with Joseph Boyden.  Joseph Boyden was born in Northern Ontario of Irish, Scottish, and Anishinaabe heritage, and he writes about First Nations heritage and culture.

  His first novel, Three Day Road, won numerous awards as did his second novel, Through Black Spruce. 

In 2012, Boyden received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to Canadian art and culture. 

A concussion is a brain injury; the only known cure is prevention. Helmets can protect against skull fractures and more serious brain injuries but cannot prevent a concussion; therefore, it is vitally important to be well-informed about prevention. Many products have claimed to prevent concussions but none have been substantiated.

Concussion Signs and Symptoms

There are a wide variety of signs and symptoms associated with concussions. No two concussions are the same and individuals may experience only some of the symptoms. Symptoms may not show up immediately; they may be noticed a few hours or days later. Exertion exacerbates symptoms. Remember: if a concussion is suspected, the athlete should be immediately removed from play!

Baseline Assessments/Cognitive Testing

Pre-season cognitive baseline testing is relatively new to youth sports. Typically a short computerized test administered prior to the beginning of the season, it measures selected brain processes and scores the test for each athlete to establish the athlete's baseline. If a concussion is suspected during the season, s/he can re-test. The computer software compares the baseline score to the re-test score and alerts the clinician of a reliable change in the score. Computerized cognitive testing can also be used during management/treatment even when a baseline has not been established. The changes/improvements in scores over time help to determine progress toward recovery. It is important to remember that computerized cognitive baseline testing is only a tool to be used by a trained clinician. It cannot diagnose a concussion and should always be used as one component of a concussion assessment.      www.sportsconcussion.com

Bridgewater State University

Horace Mann Auditorium, Boyden Hall

Presidents:   Adrian Tinsley         Dana Mohler-Faria         Fredrick Clark

The candid discussion will be moderated by Judith Block McLaughlin, a former BSU trustee and senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A special appearance by Horace Mann, founder of the normal school movement in the commonwealth, will be featured by a reenactor.

A ridesharing company may also be called a transportation network company (TNC).  Among the leading ridesharing enterprises are Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar.

The March 5, 2015 edition of the Massachusetts Agent, a publication of the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents, included an article on ridesharing.

In the following excerpt from the article, addressed are insurance coverage issues for those owning and operating a car in Massachusetts, and use it for ridesharing, or are are considering doing so:

If you have a Massachusetts personal auto policy, there is NO coverage for anyone injured while occupying your car while it's being used as a public or livery conveyance. In addition, the coverage will not pay for Property Damage, and coverage under all optional insurance parts - like Optional Body Injury, Medical Payments, Collision, Comprehensive and Under-insured Auto Bodily - is excluded. If driving for a TNC is your 'job', you are not eligible for a personal auto policy at all. The only policy which will cover you as a TNC driver is a Taxi/Limo/Car Service policy. As you can imagine, the cost of this type of commercial auto policy is substantially more than your personal auto policy."

Operating as a rideshare driver can be a good way to make money - for sure.

But, please keep in mind, that while doing so in Massachusetts, your personal auto insurance policy is woefully inadequate. You need additional and specific insurance offered through the rideshare company for which you are providing a service. And It is important to check with the company to understand the extent and type of insurance and coverage under which you will be working.

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