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Positive Childbirth Experiences in US Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Analysis
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Research on maternity care quality in the US often focuses on avoiding adverse events. Positive birth experiences receive less attention. This analysis used a mixed methods approach to identify factors associated with confidence and positive experiences during birth among a national sample of US mothers. Data are from a nationally representative survey of women who delivered a singleton baby in a US hospital in 2005 (N = 1,573). We explored the relationship between confidence, positive birth experiences and socio-demographic characteristics as well as factors related to the clinical encounter and health systems, including common obstetric procedures and interventions. Self-reported confidence during birth was the outcome in quantitative analyses. We used logistic regression analysis and qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses. Approximately 42 % of mothers reported feeling confident during birth. Confidence going into labor was the strongest predictor of confidence during birth (adjusted odds ratio 12.88 for nulliparous women, 8.54 for parous women). Black and Hispanic race/ethnicity (compared to white) and having partner support were positively associated with confidence during birth for nulliparous women. Qualitative analyses revealed that positive experiences were related to previous birth experiences, communication between women and their clinicians, perceptions of shared decision-making, and communication among clinicians related to the timing and logistics of managing complications and coordinating care. For clinicians who care for women during pregnancy and childbirth, thoughtful, deliberate attention to factors promoting positive birth experiences may help create circumstances amenable to enhancing the quality of obstetric care and improving outcomes for mothers and infants.
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- Title
- Positive Childbirth Experiences in US Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Analysis
- Journal
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Volume 18, Issue 5 , pp 1280-1290
- Cover Date
- 2014-07-01
- 10.1007/s10995-013-1363-1
- Print ISSN
- 1092-7875
- Online ISSN
- 1573-6628
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Obstetrics
- Birth
- Mixed methods
- Patient satisfaction
- Patient communication
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 720 Delaware St. SE, MMC 729, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- 2. National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA, USA


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Lotus reserve driver Jerome d'Ambrosio will enjoy his first taste of the E20 at next weeks in-season group test at Mugello. DAmbrosio, who raced for Virgin in 2011, will be in action at the Italian track on the opening day of the three-day session.
Its an amazing opportunity for me, and Id like to thank Lotus F1 Team for giving me the chance to experience the E20; its a great car and I cant wait to drive it! the Belgian explained to the teams official webiste. Ive said all along that a third driver position with a top team would be much better for my career this year, and Im starting to see the benefits of that strategy. Ive learnt a lot so far with Lotus F1 Team, and this is just the beginning.
Its going to be very valuable for me. This will be the first time Ive been in a Formula One car for six months, which feels like a long time, and also Ill get to try out the E20 which will help me to get a feel for how the car handles, and therefore improve my ability to help the team with developments in the simulator.
With DAmbrosio sampling the E20 on the first day, the teams race line-up Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean will each spend a day testing. The test gets underway at Mugello on May 1.
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Ate Berries in the Canaries is from OPI's 2009 Fall/Winter Espana Collection. OPI refers to it as a "cool fuschia". It is a mid-tone creme that is right in between pink and purple. I originally purchased it for DD10, but I was craving a fun color for my tips last night. ABitC looks great with my light neutral skintone. It's a nice pop of color without being too bright. Would make a great pedi, too. Application of 2 coats was easy with the pro-wide brush. I always get great wear with OPI when using a quality base and top coat. Highly recommend!
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I really like this nail polish!
It's a midtone cool-toned purpley-pink creme. I am fair with pink undertones and I think this looked great on my short squoval nails.
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I think this color is great for spring, summer, or even fall as a transitional color, or to spice things up when you don't want a vampy.
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Isaac Porter Duffer Family Home PageUpdated July 17, 2006 |
Welcome to the First Attempt by an Old Genealogist to create a web page!Isaac Porter Duffer was born on 30 January 1837 in Charlotte County Virginia. He married Nancy Epsie Taylor born 15 August 1839 in Tennessee (date unknown.) They had eight children named William, Mary Alice, John Taylor, Charles D., David Porter, Thomas H., Epsie Anna, and Ella ( Minnie) Bell . The family migrated to New Boston, Texas. My Father, Marvin Leroy Duffer was born to Isaac's Greatgrandson, Cecil Taylor Duffer and Mabel Alma Johnson on 18 September 1923 in Pocasset, Oklahoma. If you would like more info or you would like to share Duffer information please write soon. |
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Edward Douglas Jr.
Mr. Edward "Doug" "June Bug" "Gooney" Douglas Jr., 71, of Ozark, died Sunday, December 13, 2009, in UAB Medical Center in Birmingham.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 17, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with the Reverend Harry Circle officiating, Holman Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12 noon until service time.
Mr. Douglas was born July 9, 1938 to Melissa Jane Dunnam and the late Edward Douglas. He was a native of Loxley, Alabama and lived in the northern California Mountains that he loved, making his home in Ozark for the past three years. He served in the United States Navy and was a small businessman during his entire working career. He loved gold crevising, fishing, traveling and gardening. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one sister, Maebell Douglas Gordon.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Welch Douglas of Ozark; four daughters and sons-in-law, Gay and Allan Lassiter and Wynne Griffin, all of Summerdale, Ala., Mylie Douglas and Lori Phariss, both of Grass Valley, Calif.; one step-daughter, Colleen Kelley of Fountain, Florida; one son and daughter-in-law, Rod and Lori Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va.; one step-son, Sean Kelley of Fremont, Calif.; his mother, Jane Calloway of Loxley, Ala.; one sister, Ann Hill of Loxley, Ala. Seven grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive.
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Accra — President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Accra called on African leaders to emulate the exemplary leadership qualities of late Ghanaian President, John Atta Mills and his efforts at promoting the essence of democracy.
Jonathan also applauded and recommended to emerging democracies on the continent, the smooth and prompt transfer of presidential power to President Dramani Mahama following the death of Atta Mills on July 24.
Ghanaians gather as a military cortege conveys the body of late Ghanaian President John Atta Mills in Accra from the State House parliamentary complex, where it had lain in state since August 8, 2012, to Independence Square, for the funeral service. Thousands of mourners including African leaders, dignitaries and ordinary Ghanaians attended the state funeral of president John Atta Mills, who died last month ahead of a re-election bid. AFP PHOTO
He made the call in a tribute at the final funeral rites of Atta Mills at Accra Stadium.
Jonathan hailed the significant legacy of stable and enduring democratic institutions of governance established and nurtured since 1992 in Ghana.
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He described the late Atta Mills as a "dependable leader, an affable gentlemen, soft spoken but firm, a self assured man of honour and of intellect who loved his country, his continent, his race and who served humanity with all his heart".
"John Atta-Mills did his best as a leader and servant of his people.
"We honour him today as a great teacher, administrator and political leader who dedicated his entire life to the service of his country, Africa and humanity.
"The people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria join you in praying that God Almighty will grant him eternal rest from his earthly labours," he said.
The President assured Mahama and the people of Ghana of Nigeria's continued brotherly solidarity and friendship.
The President said the late President was a great friend of Nigeria and an affirmed believer in the shared heritage and common destiny of all Africans.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Accra for the burial, reports that 16 Heads of State, five Vice Presidents and other high-powered international dignitaries attended the funeral and burial service of the late President at Accra stadium.
Among the dignitaries were the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman of AU and President Benin Republic, Boni Yayi, and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan, who is also a Ghanaian.
Born on July 21, 1944, Atta Mills was a graduate of University of Ghana Law Faculty, the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London where he obtained his Ph.D at the age of 27.
He spent more than 25 years as lecturer at the University of Ghana and several institutions of higher learning where he rose to Associate Professor.
In 1988, Atta Mills launched into Ghana's political terrain when he was appointed Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and also named Commissioner in 1996.
He was the presidential flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for eight years that the political party stayed in opposition.
On January 3, 2009, Atta Mills was declared winner of the Ghana 2008 general elections and sworn into office on January 9, 2009 as Executive President and Commander-in-Chief of Ghana Armed Forces.
He was re-elected in July 2012 as Presidential candidate of his Party, NDC, for the December 2012 Ghana general elections.
Atta Mills died on July 24 of throat cancer a few hours after he was hospitalised in a Ghana Military Hospital, three days after his 68th birthday.Vanguard


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We're in the home stretch of the biggest superhero launch of the year as Dynamite continues to proudly present Kevin Smith's Green Hornet! The dark forces that took the life of the original Green Hornet now set their sights on young Britt Reid Jr as he takes up his father's war on crime. With the help of the Kato family, Britt begins to grow into his role as hero. But a larger, more sinister game is afoot, one that could cost our new Green Hornet not only his life, but the lives of everyone in Century City. From the unproduced screenplay by fan-favorite Kevin Smith, featuring the careful hand of Phil Hester and artist Jonathan Lau! And check out the strong line-up of all-star covers!
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EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Eagle Point Police are investigating a burglary at the Eagle Point High School.
Police first received a call about a burglary at the school around 7:30 a.m. on Friday. Police say the burglary happened sometime during the night hours.
Police say unknown suspect/s entered the Eagle Point High School and took numerous lap top computers, I-Pads, big screen televisions, a Chevrolet pickup and a livestock trailer.
Police have no suspect information at this time and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information as to the identity of the suspect/s is asked to contact Sr. Officer Leonard at Eagle Point Police Department 541-826-9171, refer to E.P.P.D. Case #13-7576.


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North Carolina's Supreme Court wants to know who witnessed a contested drug search involving a 15-year-old at an alternative school who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court is going to decide whether officials at an alternative school should have required students to participate in a bra search based on a tip that pills were being bought to class.
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A State Court of Appeals has reviewed the legality of personal searches on students. In 2008, the Brunswick County Academy required a "bra-lift" search on its female students, which some say is unconstitutional. According to a ruling by the court of appeals today, the "bra-lift" search at the alternative school was degrading, demeaning and highly intrusive.
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Is Autism More Likely to Occur With Highly Educated Parents?
A study published this week by the University of California at Davis reveals the discovery of clusters of autism in places where the parents are older, Caucasian, and have higher than average levels of education.
Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute found ten clusters in California among children born between 1996 and 2000, primarily in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Central Valley. A cluster is defined as any geographic distribution in which there is markedly higher incidence of the diagnosis.
The findings, published online in Autism Research, raise the question of a correlation between advanced education levels and likelihood of seeking a diagnosis. "There is mounting evidence that at least some of this clustering results from the greater access and utilization of services by those with more years of schooling." It is not known if there are other correlating factors, including exposure to household chemicals in homes where education and income is higher. Children within the clusters were found to be more than twice as likely to have a diagnosis of autism than children in surrounding areas.
The study did not find any environmental factors which would account for the higher incidence of diagnosis.
According to Karla C. Van Meter, lead author of the study, "In the U.S., the children of older, white and highly educated parents are more likely to receive a diagnosis of autism or autism spectrum disorder. For this reason, the clusters we found are probably not a result of a common environmental exposure. Instead, the differences in education, age and ethnicity of parents comparing births in the cluster were striking enough to explain the clusters."
From the article, the clusters occur in the following areas:
Southern California:
1. The Westside Regional Center, headquartered in Culver City, Calif., which serves the communities of western Los Angeles County, including the cities of Culver City, Inglewood and Santa Monica;
2. The Harbor Regional Center, headquartered in Torrance, Calif., which serves southern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Bellflower, Harbor, Long Beach and Torrance;
3. The North Los Angeles County Regional Center, headquartered in Van Nuys, Calif., which serves the San Fernando and Antelope valleys — two clusters were located in this regional center's service zone.
4. The South Central Los Angeles Regional Center, headquartered in Los Angeles, which serves the communities of Compton and Gardena;
5. The Regional Center of Orange County, headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., which serves the residents of Orange County; and
6. The Regional Center of San Diego County, headquartered in San Diego, which serves people living in Imperial and San Diego counties.
Northern California:
7. The Golden Gate Regional Center, headquartered in San Francisco, which serves Marin and San Mateo counties and the City and County of San Francisco. Two clusters were located within the Golden Gate Regional Center's service zone; and
8. The San Andreas Regional Center, headquartered in Campbell, Calif., which serves Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties.
Central California:
9. The Central Valley Regional Center, headquartered in Fresno, Calif., which serves Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties; and
10. The Valley Mountain Regional Center, headquartered in Stockton, Calif., which serves Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties.
The research comes on the heels of recent findings indicating that one in a hundred eight-year-olds now has the diagnosis. The CDC in December called the rise of the disorder "an urgent public health concern." The CDC found the incidence of autism diagnosis to be significantly higher in boys than girls, 1 in 70 compared to 1 in 315.
On the Web:
UC Davis Researchers Identify Autism Clusters in California - UC Davis MIND Institute
Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders - CDC (December 18, 2009 Morbidity and Mortality Report)
Parents with more education and money (like my friend), however, are taught to monitor every developmental benchmark, and are more likely to be aware of autism from reading, conversations with other parents or (God help us) from Jenny McCarthy. My-brother-the-doctor speaks often of the "worried well," and he is speaking of folks who have the knowledge and leisure time to obsess over their own moles and rashes; Kathy's piece makes it seem likely that they are also getting diagnoses and assistance for their children at a higher rate, which would account for the "clusters" that cannot otherwise be explained. Rated.
It makes me wonder what happens to the many undiagnosed children out there.
And I am now cynical and do not trust any study unless they prove they didn't have an agenda going in and the numbers aren't being manipulated. rated.
Not every kid with autism has classical autism. On the higher-functioning Aspergers end of the spectrum, you have a lot of kids who in previous generations would have just been thought of as ubergeeks.
Now, what if you have two people who have the stereotypical math-nerd qualities (poor ability to read facial cues, fascination with numbers and patterns, no real understanding of unspoken social norms), they meet and fall in love, and produce a kid that inherits those qualities from both parents?
I don't think the indication is that education causes Autism, but rather that the inherited risk factors associated with Autism are more prevalent among groups of people who have enjoyed more economic and social privileged than others. The other direct causative factor may well be that as we grow older our cells are less efficient at repairing damaged or mutated chromosones, and these difficiencies may impact fetus born to older parents who are by and large more privledged than younger parents.
Our son has asbarger's syndrome. Parents have five college degrees between them, grandparents are college educated, great grandparents were college educated. That and four dollars might get one an overpriced cuppa coffee, but my point is that it is genetic or are smart people better able to recognize the signs and symptoms
One of the passions of my life is helping parents of children who newly diagnosed with something on the autism spectrum learn about resources available. And also learn that all is not lost. Children at two or four or six, as every parent knows, may be completely different at twenty. Rated. Thanks for writing this.
Along those lines, people used to suggest that Bill Gates had some form of Asperger's when he was first famous. He shared many of the traits/behaviors.
In the 1960's it was lumped in with children diagnosed as having MBD (minimal brain dysfunction or damage), as were many children with emotional problems and learning disorders.
In 1975, when the first federal law in special education was passed (P.L. 94-142), autism was included in the category of "serious emotional disturbance." A very strong parent advocacy movement eventually prevailed and autism was singled out for its own category in federal law (I think it was 1984).
Since then our understanding of autism, now autism spectrum disorder has blossomed. I doubt that we will ever find environmental causes as "the answer"; however, I claim no crystal ball powers.
I have been in special education since 1975 (my Ph. D. is in special education) and have had the privilege of working with many children (and their families) with all of these various issues (autism, Asperger's Syndrome, learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, etc). One of the original and most well known autism research centers in the world is here in Chapel Hill at UNC. Guess what? We have an incredibly high incidence rate of students with autism here. It matches the Cal study in all ways.
In my experience, socioeconomic factors play a huge role in the identification and treatment (as suggested by the authors). I did not say "cause." The truth is, one could substitute "Highest achieving students" for "autism" and guess what? They too cluster in areas with parents with above average incomes and education. It's not as simple as I'm saying (I've been way too long already), but this study makes perfect sense. Thanks for posting it.
This is why I was puzzled to see the comment by "libertarius" that a question I raised, based on personal experience and rational thinking, was deemed by her/him as "shocking ignorance." That alone, with no supporting citations or argument, strikes me as so emotional that I can't help but wonder if I might have touched a personal sore spot by wondering whether surrogate child-rearing might have a bearing on neurological problems developing in children. If not, if my hypothesis is not relevant personally to "libertarius," then why such hostility?
I am cognizant that "libertarius" may deem this question as well to be shockingly ignorant, but I'll be damned if I stop asking questions about serious topics merely to satisfy some intellectual tyrant's unspoken agenda.
Also, any discussion of the supposed increase in autism rates has to take into account two factors. One is the creation of the "autism spectrum," which has broadened the diagnostic criteria for autism, which means more children qualify for a diagnosis. The second factor is a phenomenon known as "diagnostic substitution." What that means is that children who in the past would have been diagnosed as being mildly retarded or mentally ill are now being placed in the autism category. Thus, as the rates of these other disorders go down, autism rates go up. More here:
It's not at all clear that there is a real increase in autism cases, and even if there are, the rate of increase is vastly exaggerated by the statistics. It's unfortunate because people are being panicked by the idea of an epidemic that may not really exist.
First off, there is significant research out there that already shows that the incidence of autism is higher in families where the parents, particularly the father, is older. Usually the higher the education level, the later that a couple waits to marry, and the later they are having children. So the idea that autism might therefore seem to "cluster" among higher-educated families is not unusual.
Second, there is plenty of research to suggest that there is a genetic component to autism. That is NOT the same thing as saying that it is a purely genetic disease. (There is some reason to beleive that there is an environmental toxins component as well, but the clear existence of a genetic component should give anyone ready to blame environmental factors alone some pause.) But there are studies that show that families where there is already an autistic child are much more likely to produce an autistic sibling. My husband had one autistic child by a previous marriage. When I became pregnant, the genetic specialist who did my amnio told me that my risk of having an autistic child was about 8 times higher than normal.
People with Aspergers Syndrome are usually of above average intelligence, and for the last 100 years often (when their symptoms are not severe) went undiagnosed, going through life as merely highly intelligent, misunderstood "geeks" as opposed to someone with a developmental disorder. Given the genetic component of autism/Aspergers and Aspergers' correlation with high intelligence, it stands to reason you might find more Aspies kids in areas with highly educated parents.
In fact, research is showing a high incidence in diagnosis of adults with Aspergers and autism spectrum disorders as a result of the increased diagnostic awareness of spectrum disorders in children. What happens is the kid gets a diagnosis, the parent listens to the doctor explain the disorder, and suddenly the light bulb goes off -- "Wait a minute! That sounds a lot like ME!" I have a good friend who found out at 42 that he has a spectrum disorder. He made it all the way through medical school without ever being diagnosed (with a pediatric specialty no less!) . And yet within five minutes of meeting him, as a parent of a child with Aspergers, I recognized the markers of autism all over him. By the way, his daughter is autistic.
I don't know if you can call these "clusters" in the same way that there are cancer "clusters." Remember that the traditional use of the term "cancer cluster" was in the context of identifying environmental factors that were causing cancer (polluted water supplies, airborne toxins, etc.) Here the clustering has less to do with something in that geographic location than with perhaps a common socio-economic demographic. Calling it a cluster in this case might be a misnomer because it makes an unwarranted association of place with a disease when in fact the environment of the place has nothing to do with the research conclusion being drawn. So in that way, I think the research is flawed in its very construction. If you are making socioeconomic correlations, make them, without trying to draw conclusions regarding a particular place.
The study authors used the term cluster because they were using a cluster model hypothesis to structure their reseach question. They address the fact that these geographic clusters do not appear to be environmentally linked, and then they offer their sociodemographic variables explanation for the incidence rates in this particular study invovlving a very sizeable number of subjects.
While the news is not "new" this appears to be a carefully conducted epidemiological study that should help us to better understand the tenfold rise in the rates of autism.
I know you have personal experience, and are very well read on the literature - I offer these comments only in the spirit of adding to the information here.
And yet every parent of an autistic child has had to deal with ignorant people who presume that autism doesn't really exist as a real, clinical disorder, or who presume that the fact that your child has autism is somehow because of your failings as a parent. Pediatricians who refuse to consider the diagnosis of autism, instead suggesting that your child's behavior is due to the "lack of discipline." Mothers on the playground who give you dirty looks because your kid doesn't behave like the other kids. Schools that would rather kick your kid out of school rather than undertake their legal obligation to accommodate a child with a disability.
Parenting a child with a spectrum disorder you are constantly battling people's ignorance, so often defensiveness becomes a way of life. We go to war for our kids because we have to. It's often the only way to make sure they get the treatment, the services and educational accommodations they need and are entitled to.
I'm going to take you at your word that you were asking an honest question. But realize that the underlying presumption in your question is that somehow autism is really about lack of attachment or poor parenting rather than a neurological condition. To those of us who parent autistic children, who know this condition intimately, it can seem to be an insult, even if you didn't mean it to be.
I'm surprised that no one in this discussion (at least I didn't see it) mentioned John Elder Robison's enlightening autobiography, Look Me in the Eye - my life with asperger's. Robison is the brother of Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors. He is also the man who, with his electronic circuitry genius, developed the famous "fire-breathing" guitars used by the rock group KISS. He wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's until he was 40. An amazing book by an amazing man. His website is at www.johnrobison.com.
BTW, I was diagnosed with ADD when I was about 60. I've been on Ritalin ever since, and I plan to write about my experience for the "A" Open Call project - either tomorrow or Friday. Watch for it at a blogsite near you.
Nothing in this post or the comments suggested that parental education was to blame for the existence of the autistic condition, only that it might account for a diagnmostic sensitivity to its existence or the maintenance of fluency norms that make the communicative difficulties endemic to ASD stand out in sharp relief. ClarkD on the other hand clearly did look to "blame" autism on the use of parental surrogacy, a scarcely displaced retread of the Bettelheim argument that he undoubtedly knows nothing about.
Was he thus being insulting without really meaning to? I'm sure. But then that is the very definition of ignorance. And I never directed any insult deliberate or otherwise at him, only at his words, which remain as benighted as I said they were.
I would add here that while Bettelheim's "refrigerator mother" theory has been largely abandoned in this country there remain significantly credential proponents, such as Ann Miller, Peter Breggin and Frances Tustin.
Tustin, a clinician, wrote: "One must note that autism is one of a number of children's neurological disorders of psychogenic nature, i.e., caused by abusive and traumatic treatment of infants.… There is persistent denial by American society of the causes of damage to millions of children who are thus traumatized and brain damaged as a consequence of cruel treatment by parents who are otherwise too busy to love and care for their babies."
Here's something you have to keep in mind when you hear anecdotal stories about kids who improve on a special diet or other alternative therapies: autistic kids are developmentally delayed, not developmentally stagnant. Most kids will progress to some extent no matter what you do. It's easy for a parent to initiate a diet, see their kid achieve a milestone and then attribute it to the diet even if the kid would've progressed no matter what they were eating.
The reality is that there are almost no autism interventions that have solid research behind them, with the exception of Applied Behavioral Therapy. Even Floortime, which is an increasingly popular therapy, doesn't have research proving it's effective.
There really needs to be more research on what exactly autism is (it's not even clear if it's one discrete disorder or different disorders that manifest with the same symptoms) and effective ways to treat it. It's unfortunate that this subject creates such hysteria and suspicion because parents and kids are floundering and need better options than are available at the present time.
Was he ever really Autistic? I know that when he was 2, he was lost - as if in another planet. Now, he is very much a part of this one. Maybe, in this day, we over-label and over-compartmentalize too much. Do we need to know exactly what is "wrong" with him to fix it? Maybe we should just treat symptoms to help children adjust to society. But I strongly think that we must also embrace the quirk and just tweak it where the child is still him/herself yet able to live on planet Earth.
Just a thought... :-)
The subject is like many that can become very touchy when the conversation takes place with some who have personal familial experience with the issue and others do not or are just learning about it, as is my case.
I have found that Liz once again offers a good understanding of this dynamic and knows how to express why it develops. In the light of the hot button nature of the topic I think that even though some sparks were generated, on balance the commenters have done a great job.
I agree with Grif that the study does help fill in some of the gaps. And nowhere does it argue that its findings reflect conclusions on causality. We do need to keep that in mind.
This is one of the better conversations that we have had on OS. I have been blessed to have some of those on my posts. At times I think that the post itself becomes important not primarily because of what it says but because of the discussion it generates. I think that when that happens it shows blogging at its best.
Recently one of the nicest little guys you'd ever want to meet had heard his diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome mispronounced so many times that he finally told her that he didn't mind being different, but he wish they had come up with a name for his problem that did not start out by calling him "ass".
I am willing to bet that this is a highly complex "disease". Perhaps, just as some are born with the bone structure or the muscular structure to excel in athletic endeavors, but may never, due to lack of training and resources, some are born with a well integrated central nervous system, yet are born into a chaotic environment, which the nervous system cannot overcome, and thus cannot develop into a well-rounded individual. And by chaotic, I do not mean chaotic to the well-meaning, well-intentioned adults, who may have read every handbook out there on the proper care of an infant. "Chaos" to the immature infants CNS may be, simply the combined affects of being raised in contemporary america--from the "antibacterial"interiors, toxins in water, vaccines and foods, to parents who are overly committed to the clock, to caregivers, parents or otherwise who learned how to nurture from a handbook rather than by a relative, family member, or by personal experience with siblings or "charges" (thereby having no personal "natural" instinct as to what makes an infant feel secure and loved). A succession of such stresses may cause the young infants nervous system to react to a relatively minor event in a crying fit which is catastrophic to the Central Nervous System.
Another thing to think about is that Autism seems to be an example of a personality type which we revere in this culture (think of the lone, suffering, "genuis" or tycoon ). It is individualism taken to an extreme. Perhaps children in our society are given too much alone time and are treated as separate and individual at too young of an age when they are neurologically simply not ready for it. If the parent is already an extreme of this sort of behavior (the type of person and personality which is highly monetarily successful and who has come-of-age (and aged) within a corporate structure which prizes high-minded logico-rational thinking ), it makes sense that there would be rash of children exhibiting the signs of neurological overload. A highly individualized person who is analytical in mindset, who processes emotions on an intellectual level may have a hard time switching gears, suddenly rearranging themselves to be at the beck and call of an "irrational" eating, crying and sleeping machine. In a way, our society and the demands it places on our time and personhood to be "successful", may have stripped us of the means and know-how, to make up for the loss of the "it takes a village", way of life. Biologically speaking, as a species, we evolved in bands or clans of people where babies were continually attended to passed from family member to siblings to placate their little bundles of nerves.
All of the above coupled with a perhaps, minor over-investment that well-educated people have over their child being seen as intellectually fit, may lead them to pursue a diagnosis early rather than just keeping a watchful eye or shifting priorities around to fulfill the needs of the neurology of the infant (admittedly hard to do).
I have come across this theory before. I believe it was a national magazine and it was discussed as the "geek chromosome" if I'm not mistaken, due to the supposed prevalence of autistic children in places like Silicone Valley.
Autism's prevalence is very difficult to account for. It could be better diagnostic tools. Pediatricians who are now looking at the markers with more care. Parents who are better educated. Environment. Who knows? The last I heard was that perhaps there was a correlation between oxytocin given at childbirth and the hormone affecting the newborns' brains. And yes, perhaps, we have gone label crazy.
I have no answers for you. My son is currently in 7th grade at a public school in a "regular" classroom, is enrolled in the Special Education program, participates in clubs and tutoring programs. He received speech and occupational therapy. He is fully bilingual though he still has a hard time with some language skills in his native tongue, strangely enough not in English. I could tell you we have been lucky. But for the rest of those who are having very difficult issues with this condition answers are needed.


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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I actually saw the movie before I read the book on this one. The movie was quite good, and I realize that a movie can never do justice to a book, but the movie but scratched the surface of the book. The Book Thief is a story told from the viewpoint of Death as he follows her through her life from where she loses her brother in a train accident when they were on the way to live with foster parents till their mother could get on her feet. At her brother's funeral, she steals her first book, The Gravedigger's Manual and keeps it hidden. Liesel can't read or write, but she holds the book as a thing of value, a connection to her brother. Her new foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, are an odd pair. Rosa is loud, harsh and often vulgar with her tongue, admonishing as swiftly with her words as she is with her wooden spoon. Hans is gentle and quiet, sitting by Liesel's bed till she falls to sleep at night. Hans discovers Liesel's book and so begins her journey to learn to read under his gentle tutelage. Chapter by chapter, they work their way slowly through the pages of the book and day by day, their life becomes more strained as the war begins to take more and more from them. Hans brings in his friend Max one night, a Jewish man, half starved and looking as if he won't make it through the night. He is moved to the cellar where they make a room for him. At first, Liesel is afraid of this strange man, but in time they begin to talk and form a friendship. All the while, you listen to the voice of Death as he speaks of what he sees, the people he takes in his arms. He speaks of his life and what he has seen. Though he gives special notice to what he sees in this war where there are days when he takes hundreds of souls into his arms. Most, he is relatively disinterested in. Its just what he does, what he has always done. But, there are a few people he has come across that have left a mark. And Liesel is one of them. I have read a few of the reviews on this book. One said that not enough horror was given to what was done at this time. I will disagree with that. I don't think all books about Nazi occupied Europe need to be filled with all those horrors. There are enough books already that have more than covered it. The horrors are covered just enough so that you don't forget what was going on while the story of the lives of these people unfolds. So, you realize how people made do with less and still found ways to make life. How sometimes the horror was forgotten for a brief few moments while a young girl named Liesel read to you the pages from a book while the bombs were exploding overhead. How a simple gesture like that distracted you till the shelling stopped and took you to another place where there were no bombs and life had normal desires and fears. Where starving Jews weren't marched down your main street on the way to their death. It's a brilliant, wonderful, heartbreaking and uplifting story. It tears your heart out of you and then hands it back to you with a smile again and again. The lyrical prose of it will tickle you memory for a very long time after you close the book. http://sephipiderwitch.com/book-thief-markus-zusak/ February 2015 Markus Zusak's historical novel, The Book Thief, is a heart-wrenching rendition of a sad and shameful era in human history. It's the story a young German girl, Liesel, who discovers the power of the written word. She first becomes a book thief on the same day her brother dies and her mother hands her over to foster care. While her mother desperately searches for help to bury her child, Liesel discovers a book hidden in the snow: The Grave Digger's Handbook. She can't read yet, but she picks it up, and her journey as a book thief begins. This book will shape her destiny. The imagery used to depict the pain and degradation experienced by the Jewish people in wartime Germany is so vivid and stark it will leave you shaken. The discovery of the power of the written word brings joy and a sense of purpose to Liesel's impoverished world, but she will soon be slapped with the flip side, where words have the power to bring only pain and destruction. Highly recommended. This book cannot leave you untouched. A book to wake up the the slumbering love of reading! The narrative perspective is amazingly unique and one that brings a distinct voice to the reader. The characters are both believable, lovable and hate-able. A new, fresh approach to a topic that is both compelling and difficult to read. Labeled as a young adult book, The Book Thief can be appreciated throughout the generations. I read this based on the recommendation by my wife. I thought so much of the book that I looked at the reviews to see how well it fared. I was struck that 8% of the Amazon reviewers actually rated this masterpiece below 4 stars. That just shows that there are a lot of people that just don't get it when faced with literary greatness! There are thousands of reviews that explain the story and go into lengths about the magnificent characters. I will not rehash other than to say that I agree completely. In truth, I had a bit of a difficult time with the beginning of the book. I was confused by the narrator and the short kind of cryptic paragraphs. So, persevere and you will figure out and come to embrace them. As you are probably aware, Death is the narrator and came close to being my favorite character in the book. The short cryptic paragraphs give some great insights into the "bones" of the story. Since it has been almost 10 years since this book was first published, my review is not going to generate much in the way of sales. I just wanted to take the opportunity to praise the quality of work by this talented author. I will have to search out his other works. I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie, because books are usually better and I was right. The language of the narrative is so poetic and colorful, you think you are reading poetry even when it's prose. Liesel is dear to my heart as an avid reader, though I did not take so long to start. There is more I could say, but I think everyone else has covered it.
This over-praised, overlong novel is in trouble before it starts. The acknowledgments open with a tribute to someone "who is as warm as she is knowledgeable" and continue in the same saccharine manner. Unsettling, thought-provoking, life-affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner. I cannot recommend it highly enough. This is a moving work which will make many eyes brim. Zusak shows us how small defiances and unexpectedly courageous acts remind us of our humanity. It isn't only Death who is touched. Liesel steals our hearts too. The Australian writer Markus Zusak's brilliant and hugely ambitious new young-adult novel is startling in many ways, but the first thing many teenagers will notice is its length: 552 pages! It's one thing to write a long book about, say, a boy who happens across a dragon's egg; it's quite another to write a long, achingly sad, intricately structured book about Nazi Germany narrated by Death itself. This is never an easy read, never a glide. But, in Zusak's ability to imagine and execute, he has achieved a very personal vision that grabs the reader and does not let go.
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Does chicharrón count as a dish? It should, because this experience has never happened to me anywhere in Miami but at El Palacio de Los Jugos: I bite into a hot, chopped-before-my-eyes slab of crisp pork skin and think damn, this tastes exactly like that time on the side of the road in Soroa eating fat chunks of chicharrón with a bunch of guajiros who used palm leaves to dab mojo all over a lechon fresh out the pit. In my eyes, anything that triggers that kind of crazy nostalgia deserves to be on some kind of list.
So if you're wondering what on-the-side-of-the-road chicharrón tastes like, sidle up to one of Palacio's many counters, point to the pieces with the least globs of fat and the juiciest morsels of meat clinging to a layer of crackly, bubbly skin, and shamefully walk out with a grease-soaked paper bag full of bite-sized pieces that cost $9.99 a pound. Never mind if you've got a refrigerator full of fresh, organic greens and heart-healthy grape seed oil vinaigrette waiting for you at home. There's always tomorrow to get started on that pork fat-free diet.
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TULSA, Okla. -- A new method for dealing with cardiac arrest patients may be behind a marked improvement in survival rates for EMSA, agency officials said. The survival rate for 2010 was 42 percent, up from 38 percent in 2009. The agency expects that practices put into place after 2010 will cause even higher rates for 2011 and 2012, said Dr. Jeffrey Goodloe, who serves as medical director for EMSA, the Tulsa and Oklahoma City police departments and other agencies in the area. EMSA already has an above-average cardiac survival rate, he said.
"We've had a great system for years, but there's always a chance to fine-tune," he said The agency, which supervises a contractor providing medical service to more than 1 million people in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and surrounding cities, has a goal of a higher than 50 percent cardiac arrest survival rate, he said.
EMSA responds to about 1,100 cardiac arrest patients a year. In 2010, paramedics began cooling their cardiac arrest patients with an IV of saline chilled to near freezing. The cooling blunts some of the body's negative responses to a lack of oxygen that results from the arrest, Goodloe said.
Toward the end of 2011, EMSA began training paramedics to perform chest compression on cardiac arrest patients with a metronome to ensure they get as close as possible to the optimal timing. Soon after, the agency implemented a specific team approach to cardiac arrest responses. It's similar to a pit crew at a racing track.
Every responder has a specific role, depending on how many responders there are. The team approach works for two responders up to six. Everyone at the scene has a playbook of sorts, said Jason Likens, EMSA paramedic. "There's no more guesswork on who's going to do what when they get there," he said. The new methods haven't been difficult to implement and have actually made responding to cardiac arrest a bit easier, he said.
"There's a really rich training program that backs up the protocol change," he said.
The data used to calculate survival rate include only those cardiac arrests that are either seen or heard by someone. The patient must also receive some form of bystander CPR and have a heart rhythm that will respond to the shock of a defibrillator when emergency medical personnel arrive. A person is ruled to have survived when he or she is discharged from the hospital. Goodloe said that working toward survival of a cardiac arrest begins with a bystander who can alert medics and start CPR or use an automatic external defibrillator.
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Topped with whipped cream and crushed peppermints, these singe-serving bread puddings make perfect desserts for a buffet-style holiday party.
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- 12 slice(s) white bread
- 1.333 cup(s) semisweet chocolate chips
- 10 large eggs
- 1 cup(s) sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1.5 cup(s) whole milk
- 1.5 cup(s) heavy cream
- Whipped cream (optional)
- Crushed peppermints (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Toast bread on 2 baking sheets until slices are dry but not brown, about 15 minutes, flipping after 7 minutes. Cool completely on sheet.
- Meanwhile, line 20 cups in 2 standard-size muffin tins with paper liners. Cut cooled toast into 1/2-inch cubes and divide, along with chocolate chips, among muffin cups. Gently shake tins to distribute chips evenly; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt until sugar is dissolved. Add milk and heavy cream and continue whisking until smooth. Pour custard evenly over bread cubes and chocolate chips in muffin cups. Let stand until bread absorbs custard, about 20 minutes.
- Place muffin tins on pans with 1-inch sides. Pour water into pans, creating a bath around muffin tins. Bake until custard sets and tops are golden, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in muffin tins on a wire rack.
- Serve with whipped cream and crushed peppermints, if desired.
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Try moving the TX further away at least 2 metres Harrow. At least his has not flown off yet!
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I have the manual in front of me. Page 7 BNF transmitter and receiver binding.. Computer radios do not require the rudder input whilst binding.. Non computer radios do.
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I just picked up another mcpx v2 the other day...I may use my original for bl some day... Anyway, I have one 300mah battery that always lasted longer and was stronger than the supplied 250s. I used the 300 on my new mcpx and i've been getting loss of power(light goes out briefly on occasion). When the power stays on, the tail will not hold on simple things like pitch pumps i guess you call them. It's almost like there's too much power with this battery or something. It never happened on my original mcpx v2.
The 250's work fine. Has anyone had this issue before? I know about the tail hold issues but i'm not flying inverted or anything. I still just hover around the living room and very seldom crash. I wondering if I should take this one back? I don't yet know enough about these things to know if i have a defective one or am just asking too much from the tail. ps my original does have a 1" extended solid boom. |
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Have just fitted a tail support to my mcpx as i seem to crack the tail boom too often. rakon heli tail support fits well to standard mcpx tail or extended tail. Problem with tail losing power - found old batteries cause this, even have mine having the hiccups (all servos move every few seconds, and power drops) and only does this with my bad batteries
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Hi Jsejalisco, there are a lot of how to videos on YouTube that will hell.
Read the manual and follow the factory setup to start with as this works well. Have a look at this
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Rangers Refuse To Go Down Without A Fight
Lundqvist: 'It's An Absolute Joke' (ESPN video)
Down 3-2, the Rangers went into Game 6 with a win or go home situation. They seemed to have come out of the gates a little flat and the offense was a struggle for both teams from the start. This would appear to be a good sign considering are X factor just happens to be arguably the best goaltender in the league. That advantage quickly disappeared as the Senators found the back of the net on their first power play of the game at the 7:05 mark. This was not a good sign for any Rangers' fans after the heartbreak of two overtime losses in this series. Sometimes the better team doesn't win and that thought was running through my mind.
Thankfully, the floodgates were opened in the 2nd period and the Rangers banged out 3 goals like rapid fire. It all began on a power play kill that frustrated a confident Senator team. With a 5-4 man advantage, the Senators committed a penalty of their own, resulting in a 4 on 4 which eventually led to a 5 on 4 for the Rangers. This is when Derek Stepan found the back of the net revitalizing this team while demoralizing Ottawa even more. Not only did they kill one power play resulting from another Senator dumb penalty, they got a gift from the referees resulting in a goalie interference call against Ottawa's Nick Foligno. This eventually created a 5 on 3 advantage where Brad Richards ripped a shot through the armpit of goalie Chris Anderson. That made the score 2-1 in favor of New York. Not too much later, Chris Kreider recorded his first career goal with 41 seconds remaining in the second, which could not have come at a better time. Any hope the Senators had was crushed by that 3rd and final goal by Kreider.
The game appeared over when the Senators pulled the goalie to make it a 6 on 5 skater advantage. They crowded the net and eventually put one past Lundqvist with a little over 30 seconds remaining. This struck up major controversy because Lundqvist was covering the puck and then was removed from on top of it by an Ottawa player shoving him with his stick. Not only was that a horrible no call from the refs, which Henrik clearly acknowledged in the press conference shown above, but the puck appeared to be guided into the net off of Chris Neil's skate. Unfortunately the call on the ice was a goal and the evidence reviewed by the ref was inconclusive, resulting in a 3-2 final score.
Regardless of controversial calls, the Rangers live on to see a Game 7 with home ice and momentum in New York's favor.


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