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Editor's Note: The enlightened voters of Oak Park, Ill. -- my home town! -- passed a resolution Tuesday asserting that residents should be given information on vaccine ingredients including thimerosal. This account by the Chicago Trib -- our least favorite newspaper -- quotes a dismissive AAP spokesman: "The mercury amount referred to in the question is a different chemical form from the mercury formerly used in vaccines. ... 'So this is apples and oranges and appears designed to inflame. The toxicity issues are theoretical and have been robustly rebutted.'" Geez, maybe Tribune reporters and public health officials are the ones who should be reading the product labels. Anyway, this vote is a great in-your-face moment that shows people concerned about vaccine safety can make themselves heard on election day. Let's hope it's the start of something big. Kudos to Barbara Mullarkey, an Oak Park resident and friend of Age of Autism who engineered the success. -- Dan Olmsted.
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Robert, it may be true that thimerosal has not been proven to cause autism, and that it isn't in vaccines anymore. But it is not true that vaccines are safe and have never been proven to cause autism.
Consider Hannah Poling's case:
After receiving multiple vaccines, she developed long term seizures, which is a known symptom of the MMR vaccine. Her other symptoms were those of inflammation of the brain - encephalitis.
The case is painted as if the genetic disorder condition she suffered from was the underlying cause of the reaction with the vaccine. But, I think it is more accurate to say that the vaccine was what caused the genetic mutation in the first place.
Knuutila, S et al, "An Increased Frequency of Chromosomal Changes and SCE's in Cultured Lymphocytes of 12 Subjects Vaccinated Against Smallpox," Hum Genet, 1978 Feb 23; 41(1):89-96.
Cherkeziia, SE, et al, "Disorders in the Murine Chromosome Apparatus Induced By Immunization with a Complex of Anti-viral Vaccines," Vopr Virusol, 1979 Sept Oct, (5):547-550.
Omokoku B, Castells S, "Post-DPT inoculation cervical lymphadenitis in children." N Y State J Med 1981 Oct;81(11):1667-1668. Vaccines and Chromosome Changes Leading to Mutations:
Poling's case is a perfect example of how autism is not, in fact, caused by mercury.
Those that promote mercury as the sole cause of autism fail to realize that it's the vaccine as a whole that's causing autism, or, more accurately, "the subacute sclerosing panencephalitis from the demyelination following vaccine induced encephalitis." (www.drcarley.com)
Herroelen, L et al, "Central-Nervous-System Demyelination After Immunization with Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine", Lancet, Nov 9, 1991, 338(8776):1174-1175.
Kaplanski G, Retornaz F, Durand J, Soubeyrand J, "Central nervous system demyelination after vaccination against hepatitis B and HLA haplotype." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995 Jun; 58(6):758-759.
The MMR vaccine, for example, does not have any mercury in it...yet, there are numerous cases of children receiving the vaccine, and within a few hours or days, becoming very ill with seizures, fevers, etc..and, consequently, they incur substantial neurological damage.
Bondarev, VN et al, "The Changes of the Nervous System in Children After Vaccination", Pediatria, Jun 1969; 48:20-24.
Allerdist, H, "Neurological Complications Following Measles Vaccination", Inter Symp, Brussels, 1978, Development Biol Std, Vol 43, 259-264.
Coplan J, "Seizures following immunizations," J Pediatr 1983 Sep;103(3):496.
Barkin RM, Jabhour JT, Samuelson J S, "Immunizations, seizures, and subsequent evaluation," JAMA 1987 Jul 10;258(2):201.
Griffin MR, et al, "Risk of seizures after measles-mumps-rubella immunization," Pediatrics 1991 Nov;88(5):881-885.
Goetzeler, A, "Fatal Encephalitis after Poliomyelitis Vaccination", 22 Jun 1961, Muenchen Med Wschr, 102:1419-1422.
Naumova, R P, et al, "Encephalitis Developing After Vaccination without a Local Skin Reaction", Vrach Delo, Jul 1979, (7):114-115.
Greco D, et al, "Case-control study on encephalopathy associated with diphtheria-tetanus immunization in Campania, Italy," Bull World Health Organ 1985;63(5):919-925
Thousands of cases are waiting to be heard in the courts and almost all will be dismissed. Poling's case, however, was the first ever to win, and it shows that there is indeed a connection between autism and vaccines.
Perhaps Mr. Robert Calin-Jageman needs to update himself on the research. He needs to check out:
http://www.safeminds.org/research/SafeMinds%20Science%20Summary.pdf (This list stops in 2009 - 70+ research papers)
http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/92221/index.php (Dan Olmstead & Mark Blaxill)
Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Manmade Epidemic - Dan Olmstead & Mark Blaxill - thoroughly cited & documented.
Vaccinated Children Two And A Half Times More Likely To Have Neurological Disorders Like ADHD And Autism, New Survey In California And Oregon Finds
Evidence of Harm - David Kirby - again, thoroughly cited & documented.
Please do your homework, read the latest scientific research - not just a study or 2 before you want to tell all parents what they should or should not do. Please know that it isn't just infants who have adverse reactions to vaccines & it's just not the mercury - aluminum, msg, formaldehyde aren't ingredients that should be put into our children. Our son was 10 when he developed autistic symptoms from the hep B vaccine. Twelve years later & $900K later he's almost healthy. At the time he was vaccinated, (according to the IL Dept of Health) there were more children with adverse reactions to the vaccine that there were with Hep B disease.(he was vaccinated the first month the hep b vaccine was mandated, so the low numbers of the disease are not attributed to the vaccine) The only ones that benefited from this vaccine was the drug companies - in other words, FOLLOW the MONEY!
I've been able to speak with many nonvaccinating parents - one common thread they all have - their kids are healthy - very few colds, hardly any ear infections, and no allergies. I only wish I had been as wise.
Good luck with your little one - you have a lot more vaccines to go!
Please do not mistake our mission to bring attention to the suffering of our children, who cannot communicate their pain and struggles, for trivialization of your very real disability. In advocating for the recognition of our children's issues we are also advocating for you too.
Please be aware of how important your voice is in this effort. You are a tremendous help to the parents who have children who are severely disabled by this condition. You have the personal insight and can give voice to many of the problems our children suffer but we may be unable to understand because of their lack of communication. Believe me, we value your perspective and sympathize with what you're going through too.
Your focus with regard to lack of support should be with those people who claim to be on the spectrum and advocate a position that the symptoms of ASD are not disabling, but ONLY a difference to be acknowledged and accepted. They are the ones that are interferring with recognition of your struggles. It is their perspective that seems to me portrayed most often in the media, to the detriment of the public recognizing the seriousness of our message. And that ultimately interferes with getting the appropriate attention and treatment for your and our children's debilitating and painful struggles.
Theodora, please understand that you have our support.
Perhaps I wasn't clear. The underestimation I was speaking of was for adverse reactions to vaccines. If you don't know what the true rate of all adverse reactions to vaccines, then you cannot possibly make an accurate assessment of risk vs. benefits of vaccination. If it is not mandatory to report adverse reactions, if doctors are not aware of all possible reactions, if doctors refuse to acknowledge possible adverse reactions and report them, or if doctors cannot be bothered to file the paperwork, you cannot know what the real rate of risks are.
You also seem stuck on comparing risk of infection to risk of autism instead of risk of complications from disease to risk of adverse effects of vaccines. As MinorityView pointed out, many people came through infection of polio without any issues and gained life long immunity. I know this to be true from family history. My grandparents and their 10 children were exposed to polio. Out of the 12, only my grandmother suffered as her leg atrophied. (And to hear my mother tell it, the doctor told my grandmother to get out of bed and move about but she refused and the leg atrophied.) All of my siblings and peers had chickenpox, measles, mumps, etc and came through it; and yes I realize that complications can happen however the point being that risk of infection does not mean automatic complications.
I know it is not intentional, but everytime I am here and I hear how much less of a problem Asperger's is, or how less severe it is, I cringe.
I feel as though our struggles don't even count! Despite how dibilitating they can be, what damage they cause, we are less of a problem?
I have to spend some much of my mental and physical energy every single day just to appear acceptable to the rest of society! I have to minimize my ticks, hold down meltdowns, bite down when sensory issues are overwhelming me.
And I can do that because I GOT THE HELP!! Many of us do not. We sit at home by ourselves everyday, in a small room, sometimes with a computer as our outside link, sometimes not!
Everyday, walking out of my door is like walking into another country who's language I can't read, nor understand, and who's culture baffles, confuses, and fustrates me to the point of anger and exhaustion.
I know it is unintentional. I also realize that in comparioson to what I have seen with my own eyes in the hab centers, I should feel greatful!
But I don't want those of us with AS and the very REAL and quite DIBILITATING issues that we face everyday of our lives and the struggles we go through to be trivilized either.
We are to often invisable, not only to the outside world, but to those within our own community who dimiss us because we are not "severe enough".
There are thousands falling through the cracks right now, who have infinite potential who will not recieve help because of those two words!
And those who call us a personality difference aren't helping matters! Introvert and Extrovert is a personality difference! Someone who self harms because the room is painted in bright yellow and they just can't take it, that's a disability!!
And by not calling a spade a spade you contribute to those numbers that continue to fall through the cracks because they are now convinced they don't need the help!
So either by trivilization, or other means, we stay behind closed doors.
This is not meant to offend. I only wish to have the help of such passionate warriors as yourselves to HELP US TOO!!!! Please don't forget us!! WE NEED YOU TOO!!!
Robert, you never responded to the question samaxtics posed: "Can you explain why you don't want patients to have this info? As Theodora already pointed out, when you have a prescription filled you get a print out of information that you can peruse before you take the meds. Why should vaccines be any different?"
You believe the cost/benefit ratio for vaccines (all lumped together, I notice, even though you only did the calculation for polio, and not for other diseases like chicken pox, which have a near-zero fatality rate) means that your child would be better off being vaccinated than not. Fine. Why shouldn't other parents have all the information needed to make that decision for themselves? I can think of no other medication given to a healthy individual that is stripped of its ingredients list before being handed to a patient. Imagine if doctors gave out birth control pills with all the packaging removed--wouldn't there be a public outcry?
So what do you say to the question from Samaxtics? Why should you decide what information other parents are given by their doctors, just because you've made your own calculation for your own child?
There is a big mistake in the polio stat. Simply put, most people who got polio survived with no symptoms at all, a few had mild symptoms (sort of like stomach flu) and a very tiny percentage actually because seriously ill or died. Once someone had gone through polio naturally they became immune. So the risk didn't remain level. One of the reasons that polio epidemics tended to have a rise and fall was that more and more of the population would become immune.
So you don't get a continuous life-long risk. For most people the risk came and went without a visible bump in their lives.
One cause of paralytic polio:
A significant factor in bulbar polio:
Other responses:
Dan – I'm in Oak Park, IL. I'm don't think the data I cited have been superseded (I couldn't find any retractions, recounts, etc. that suggest they are inaccurate or have been replaced). Perhaps, like Theresa, you were objecting to lifetime risk data that is not sensitive to recent increases in prevalence? Anyways, if you want to supply information, links, citations that would support your point I'd be glad to check them out.
Samaxtics – I'd agree that data direct from pharmaceuticals would be biased towards underestimating impact. But here we're tallying actual reported cases of autism and ASD, culled from applications for special education, medical services, etc. I don't think the pharmaceutical industry could have an impact on this data.
I had discussions like this in our birth group 3 years ago, and know this is a sensitive and emotional topic. If anything I've written here has upset you or offended you, I sincerely apologize. I know that each of us is straining to make the best decisions for our children. Regardless of your opinion on this issue, I wish you the best.
First, thank you to the editors for allowing this discussion to continue here. I hope they won't mind if I keep the ball rolling with a response to the latest batch of comments.
Theresa objects to using total lifetime risk of autism as a term of comparison for Polio risk, as the incidence has been steadily increasing. She's correct; the total prevalence rate I'm citing represents the average risk over a considerable period of time, so it certainly underestimates the risks a child born today would face.
Taking Theresa's criticism into account, here's another pass at this back-of-then envelope calculation.
First, I tried to identify risk of autism for the most recent cohort available. I found a report from Rice et al. (2009) reporting on the 2006 data for autism-spectrum disorders for 8-year olds collected by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance. They estimate that prevalence for this cohort is a whopping 0.9% (about 1:100). Unfortunately, this report does not distinguish between autism disorder and less severe problems such as Asperger disorder. They do, however, report that only 41% of those diagnosed with ASD had cognitive impairment (IQ < 70). Based on the IQ data, I think it's fair to suggest that the prevalence of autism disorder is about half the total rate of ASD, or 1:200. If you disagree or don't like my narrowing of the question down to this category, just double my estimates along the line for autism.
Now, what % of these autism cases might be vaccine-induced? The available evidence suggests 0%, but I'm not going to start that fight here. Let's say, as an initial estimate, that 10% of autism cases are vaccine-induced (you can re-run this calculation with your own estimate). Under this scenario, there is a total risk of vaccine-induced autism of 1:2000 for children born in 1998 (and reaching 8 years old for this 2006 study).
This would, indeed, be quite a risk, but it still doesn't stand up well to the risk of infectious disease. Polio, as I've cited, had a peak infection rate of 1/10,000 per year (Trevelyan et al. 2005). So in 5 years at the peak of the Polio crisis, the cumulative risk of infection would be equivalent to the current cohort's risk of autism. For children living more than 5 years at the peak of the Polio crisis, the risks of the vaccine would be less than the risks of autism.
If you believe the vaccines cause more than 10% of autism, the break-even point will be later for the polio vaccine. But even if you think that *every* case of autism is due to vaccines, the polio vaccine would still carry a lower risk after 50 years of life (or 100 years if you want to count every single case of ASD as vaccine-induced). Also note that this comparison is very unfair to vaccine—we're tallying maximal autism impact from all vaccines against the reduced infection risk of just a single vaccine. Although this is back-of-the-envelope, it suggests to me that even the worst-case scenario for a vaccine-autism link would not outweigh the benefits vaccines hold in preventing infectious disease.
Robert, if the under-reporting of adverse effects for vaccination is possibly as high as 99%, won't that skew your stats? You claim to be looking at all the best information but are you aware that pharmaceutical companies have been found to hide negative outcome concerning their products?
Furthermore, that mankind still walks this planet attests to the fact that infection does not automatically equal adverse outcome. To be true, your comparison should be adverse effect of disease to risk of autism or other adverse effects of vaccination.
Can you explain why you don't want patients to have this info? As Theodora already pointed out, when you have a prescription filled you get a print out of information that you can peruse before you take the meds. Why should vaccines be any different?
"The mercury amount referred to in the question is a different chemical form from the mercury formerly used in vaccines. ...
Uh, how dumb are these pediatricians? I say scary dumb.
"Lifetime risk" ... hahahahaha. Too funny, Bob. You had me going for a minute there. Sure, you can average the 1% incidence for kids born in the 1990s with a 1-in-10,000 incidence for people born in the 1950s and come up wish an incidence for the overall population--maybe it's true that the current autism incidence in the entire population is 1 to 2 per 1000. That's not a true lifetime risk, however, for a disorder whose incidence has increased with each succeeding generation that has been measured. (Try this little test: would you take the overall incidence of peanut allergy in the population and call that number the "lifetime risk" for a child born today? I don't think so. It's another disorder whose incidence is increasing, and for the most part, it doesn't go away. Once you have it, you have it.)
bob, what planet are you on? this recitation of dated and superseded autism rates makes you look like you don't have a clue of the dimensions of the problem and simply lack the information base to opine on this any further.
Thank you for your welcome, Mark.
I think you've misunderstood the figures I mentioned and cited. I stated that the "total lifetime risk of autism is currently 1 to 2 per 1000". You've countered with a rate for autism in children in the 1990s of 1 in 100. I think you can see that these numbers measure different things--you're comparing apples and oranges.
Furthermore, the figure I cited is not a lie. It comes from a 2007 review, "The Epidemiology of Autism" by Newschaffer et al. Here is the relevant passage:
Autistic disorder prevalence estimates centered at 5 per 10,000 in the 1960s and 1970s, tended to be 10 per 10,000 in the 1980s, and have been highly variable since the 1990s with reported estimates as low as 5 per 10,000 and as high as 72 per 10,000 (76, 152). Several factors associated with the variation in estimates have been noted, including the size and composition of the population studied, the means of conducting initial screening for cases, and the methods and criteria by which cases are confirmed (48, 78, 178). Most recent reviews of the prevalence literature tend to conclude that prevalence of autistic disorder falls between 10 and 20 per 10,000.
I went with what seems to be the emerging consensus of 1-2:1000, but perhaps should have aknowledged the considerable variability between different studies. Also, rates of the combined autism spectrum disorders are much higher than these figures, which are only for autism disorder.
If you'd like a pdf of the article, I'd be glad to provide it (it's behind a pay wall).
My method of comparison is crude, but reasonable, I think--take the annual infection rate for polio in the U.S. at its peak and multiply by number of years of life to get a rough estimate of cumulative lifetime risk that can be compared to the cumulative lifetime risk for autism. By this (admittedly imperfect) method, even if *all* occurances of autism were due to vaccines, this risk is outweighed by protection from polio alone for any child planning on living more than 10-20 years of life. This is very 'back-of-the-envelope', but I think it is a reasonable guesstimate.
Do you have a citation to rates of autism for children in the 1990s? I couldn't find that--the number you cite sounds closer to some recent estimates of autism spectrum disorders.
I would like to take you up on your guarantee that the risks of vaccine-induced autism are much greater than all the other benefits of vaccines. I have a proposal to make for us each to put up some money towards charity. First, however, I need your estimate--what % of autism cases do you believe are related to vaccines? You can guesstimate, but if you have some data so much the better. Second, what do you mean by "nowhere near"? Within an order of magnitude?
We welcome the facts you have provided on your wife's past financial interests. If you have training in statistics, however, it is not on display here. Autism rates among children born in the US in the late 1990s were approximately 1%, not 1 in 1000. Autism will be a lifelong disabling condition for most of these children. Comparing these rates to death/disability from infectious disease is a complex exercise and I don't know what method you have used, but I can guarantee you that the risk of lasting harm to children from the infectious diseases involved in the current childhood vaccination program is nowhere even close to the autism risk. Please don't embarrass yourself or insult our readers with blatantly false statements like these.
Not that I expect a fair discussion here, but I am the Oak Park resident who spoke out against the vaccine referendum in the Oak Leaves. I happen to work at Dominican University, though it was the Oak Leaves reporter that decided this was somehow relevant to my objections.
I'd like to correct the erroneous assertion made in the comments that my wife, Irina Calin-Jageman, is employed "to make and promote pharmaceuticals." This is not true.
Irina is a PhD in biology, currently employed at Dominican University. She has worked on a range of research topics, from RNA processing in bacterial phage to her most recent work on the molecular mechanisms of hereditary deafness. She's never been employed by a pharmaceutical, never contributed to research related to drug development, or helped promote pharmaceuticals. She was employed as a post-doctoral researcher at Emory University Medical School in the Department of Pharmacology in a lab that studies calcium-channel function.
Being a researcher in a pharmacology department does not mean that you make or promote drugs. Nor does it give you a financial conflict of interest with the operations of the pharmaceutical industry. Even a casual reading of the Scopus listing linked to for Irina would show that the poster's claims about this supposed conflict of interest are false.
My opposition to this referendum is not a 'planned assault due' due to fictitious financial ties from my wife. My speaking out against this referendum is neither ethically nor legally troubling. It is troubling though, to find this attempt to smear the credibility of both my wife and myself with this incompetent use of Scopus.
I am not a physician nor a pharmaceutical flac. I do have some expertise in statistics, so when we were expecting a child I did a lot of reading about vaccine safety. From weighing the evidence available, it was clear to me that the benefits of vaccines drastically outweigh their risks. Not only are vaccines not linked to autism, even if they were the prevalence of autism in the U.S. is still far below the combined previous prevalence of the deadly diseases controlled by vaccines. For example, the total lifetime risk of autism is currently 1 to 2 per 1000 (Newschaffer et al., 2007). For polio, however, infection rates in the U.S. reached 1/10,000 *per year* (Trevelyan et al., 2005). This would give a child the same cumulative risk for polio as autism in just the first 10 years of their life! Add in risks for other deadly diseases that we can vaccinate against, and the risks are much smaller with vaccines than without.
I'm sad that this evidence is not convincing to my fellow Oak Parkers, and I will continue to raise awareness about the overwhelming statistical evidence that vaccines have benefits that far outweigh their risks.
I don't expect this to change minds in this forum, but please don't smear my family with false accusations for speaking out about our beliefs.
Could we get a little of that Oak Park mojo down here in MO?
That would be awesome!!
I never understood why they never showed us the ingredients so to speak of the vaccines when I was younger. They do so for every other medicine they have ever given to us!
Every prescription I have ever picked up always had a booklet that listed ingredients and side effects, it was always automaticly included. So why are they SO against doing the same thing for vaccines?
Because they are hiding something, that's why!! If they were as confident in them as they act like they were, they would show you all the information like they do with the other medicines.
Or so this little thing called logic and common sense tells me.
We can't have that logic or common sense going around now, can we?! It's dangerous to the public health!!!
*rolls eyes*
I may be young, but I wasn't born yesterday, and my momma didn't raise no fool!!
In this article,a lot of space is given to a local assistant professor at Dominican University? Why and what is his interest?
Oak Park voters say yes to controversial advisory question about mercury in vaccines
"Oak Park Public Health Department officials opposed the referendum, as did Bob Calin-Jageman, an assistant professor of psychology at Dominican University, River Forest.
Both believed it would require doctors to release misleading information, thus reducing vaccination rates and jeopardizing public health.
Calin-Jageman said the initial study "linking autism to vaccination is now known to have been a fraud," and that epidemiological evidence showed no link between thimerisol exposure and health problems such as autism.
He also stated thimerisol — a preservative that can be used to extend vaccine shelf life — had been removed from the vast majority of vaccines administered in the United States since 2002."
It appears this same professor is married to someone who works in Pharmacology and has an extensive conflict of interest on this topic, namely her job is to make and promote pharmaceuticals.
Calin-Jageman , Irina E. Calin-Jageman , I.
Calin-Jageman , Irina Department of Pharmacology Atlanta United States
Calin-Jageman , Robert J. Calin-Jageman , R.
Calin-Jageman , Robert Department of Psychology River Forest United States
and a more detailed description:
She also is a professor at Dominican. None of this was mentioned in the article, as it shows a bias and a financial rationale for his getting involved in this discussion (his wife makes money in that field and may also have direct funds from those companies that have or do produce and distribute vaccines).
The rest of his comments are incorrect and show a planned assault due to his wife's financial ties. That is morally, ethically and possibly legally wrong.
JenB, the form of mercury in vaccines today (ethyl mercury in thimerosal) is exactly the same as it has always been.
Good for Oak Town residents. It appears that their doctors may need to study vaccination components quite a bit more to actually provide informed consent.
I've heard before the rumor that patients have overheard pharma reps saying the form of mercury has been changed in vaccines before. It's there any actual formulaic basis for this or is it a misrepresentation of the issue of using methylmercury guidelines for ethylmercury toxicity or ?????? an outright lie?
Yay for Oak Park voters!
Boooo for the Chicago Tribune! I hate the slanted, biased, propaganistic way they write about this.
I would like to know how they can justify not complying with this when the PEOPLE SPOKE! Last time I checked, this is a democracy we live in.
The internet is the medical establishment's biggest nightmare because it empowers people to share important information and educate themselves. The days of blindly following what your doctor says are over. When it comes to Autism, it is the parents that are the most knowledgeable. The doctors that do get it, have kids on the spectrum.
I would be happy to vaccinate my son if it can be proven by a 3rd party group with no financial interest or political agenda that the ingredients are safe. I don't want my son to get Whooping Cough or some other preventable disease, but I can't risk his Autism getting any worse by continuing to vaccinate.
Some day we will look back and see that vaccine damage is no different than the lead in paint and asbestos in our homes and buildings that were both perfectly acceptable and caused people to get extremely sick and even die.
Number 1, Go Oak Park (also my home town!) and number 2, Different form of mercury?!!!! Seriously?!!!!
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Way to go Barbara Mullarkey and Oak Park voters!
This -- "pediatrician Rodney Willoughby....The mercury amount referred to in the question is a different chemical form from the mercury formerly used in vaccines, he said."
formerly used in vaccines? what is in most of the flu shots? the lack of the word "thimerosal" in his statement attempts to deny and dismiss....his comment is just bizarre - what is he talking about?
"different chemical form from the mercury formerly used in vaccines"
WTF???? This is what they're claiming now?
I don't know why some are complaining about this referendum? As I understand it .. all it does is "ask" health care providers to disclose the list of ingredients in vaccines and provide more information for each injection".
To me .. parents should not have to "ask" what ingredients are about to be injected into their children .. they should be voluntarily "told" by their pediatricians.
In addition .. I also think pediatricians have a duty to inform parents how many vaccines their child is going to receive in any single visit .. and .. I don't mean simply the "number" of shots.
Such as .. should a child receive BOTH .. Pediarix and Prevnar .. two "shots" .. in a single visit .. that child will have received vaccines for .. diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepititis B, and three strains of the polio virus. The Prevnar shot contains seven of the most common pneumococcal viruses (associated with spinal meningitis and other diseases)
As I understand it .. BOTH Pediarix and Prevnar have been known to be given to 4 month old babies.
Please .. any pediatrician who may be reading my comments .. TELL ME I AM WRONG.
Not only is that AAP spokesperson dismissive, they also just fell off a turnip truck. It's ethyl mercury, it's always been ethyl mercury and it's neurotoxic! We've got Light Beer and Light, filtered cigarettes and now they're gonna play the 'Mercury - Lite' game?
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Charles Dharapak, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney released two years of his federal tax returns under pressure from Newt Gingrich, who made his 2010 tax filings public ahead of his GOP rival. Romney, in turn, successfully pressed Gingrich to disclose contracts between his consulting firm and housing giant Freddie Mac.
Don't confuse the sudden surge of transparency by the leading Republican presidential candidates with a commitment to open up the inner workings of the federal government — or their campaigns. In their hands, transparency has been a club to beat an opponent with until he produces information he'd rather keep private. It's been a political weapon in an increasingly ugly campaign that is heading toward a crucial primary in Florida on Tuesday.
"Transparency and accountability are about a lot more than a candidate releasing personal information when his or her back is against the wall," said Patrice McDermott, executive director of OpenTheGovernment.org, a coalition of public interest groups. "An executive who cares about transparency makes it clear he or she understands the public has a right to know what its government is doing."
Openness advocates said they don't know what changes, if any, Romney and Gingrich might propose to the Freedom of Information Act, the nation's preeminent open records law, or other transparency initiatives advocated by the Obama administration. But the signals from the GOP's fractious campaign are worrisome, they say, especially at a time when there is so much pressure to slash federal budgets.
Prior to releasing his tax returns, Gingrich said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "the country deserves accountability, and they deserve transparency" as he pressed Romney to do the same. On his campaign website, Gingrich lists accountability and transparency as cornerstones of his plan to overhaul the country's education system. He also proposed to reform the Federal Reserve "to promote transparency."
Romney has pushed Gingrich to disclose more about work he was paid to do after leaving Congress, warning voters could see "an October surprise a day" about the former House speaker.
But efforts by Romney and his staff to keep records from his term as Massachusetts governor from becoming public are inconsistent with his stated commitment to openness. The Associated Press reported in November that Romney's personal gubernatorial records — including emails exchanged with aides, private calendars and other materials — were unaccounted for when staff began gathering information to be housed in the state's archives.
Top Romney aides also were permitted to buy and remove their state-issued computer hard drives. Romney said he followed the law. His campaign aides said their actions were based on a 1997 Massachusetts court ruling that the records of all governors are private.
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Is this about the loss of our rep points again?
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If you are a free thinker then you will take note of all of these warnings, but if you are a free thinker you will also be suspicious of these warnings, because everybody wants to tell you what you should believe, and everybody has a motive.
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Nice stuff...Now the USA is trying to put Arab against Arab like we did in the Cold War era. Turkey, Syria, Egypt has CIA fingerprints all over it....the drone shot down by Syria owned by Turkey??? Like Turkey is flying drones..please...
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All of that is true but what can a naked man sitting in front of his computer on KAT.ph do about all this stuff. It is so depressing, I am going to get dressed....
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Band problems - song rights?
I figured this would be a good place to put this question.
My latest music project recently broke apart. It was basically me and another guy, my music partner, and we have had a total falling out. So, no relationship at all anymore.
My question relates to so-called "song rights". We recorded a 12 song album on his computer at his apartment (on his daw). He wrote (essentially) all of the music, and I wrote (essentially) all of the lyrics and sang (and came up with vocal melodies). I also played guitar on most of the tracks.
He wants to tell me that the 12 songs are somehow "taboo", meaning that I can't form a band and play any of these 12 songs, or that I can't even play them acoustically at a bar without his permission.
I am just curious as to what my rights are. I would really like to put a new band together, write some new stuff, and play 3 or 4 songs off the 12 song album.
I would assume I would have a '50/50' split of rights, meaning that I WOULD be able to form a band and play any of the songs I wish - even all 12!
If so, what would my obligations be? For right now, I'm just talking about getting a band together, teaching them some of these songs, and eventually play 10 or 20 shows, at least at first, including whatever of this album that I want.
This question is keeping me from starting a new band, because I don't know what to tell the guys I talk to.
Btw, tomorrow night I'll be around a few musicians who I would possibly invite to jam and maybe start something. Appreciate all responses!
The answer is probably in there somewhere.
Did you write the melody? Did you write the lyrics? iirc those are legally what a song is and if you've written those you're entitled to songwriting credits, and if you've played on these recordings you're entitled to performance credits, unless he somehow bought those rights from you.
yeah, I just read:
And I wrote 99% of the lyrics, quite literally, and did about 95% of the work on melody lines. I say 95% and not 100%, because what we would do - we'd hit record, I'd have the headphones on with the mic on, I'd sing whatever came to mind, and we'd record 4 or so of what I called 'scratch-tracks'. We'd then go over them, pick out the good parts, and try to string one melody line together from the best of 4 (or however many). So, that 5% is the credit I'd give my music partner to 'his part' (i.e. arranging (right word?), not composing) of the vocal melody.
Anyways, it sounds like I'm in pretty good shape, that I (gulp) even have more rights to these songs than he does!
Sure, on the album, he did all the chord sequences, piano, synth, bass, drum programming, - but it doesn't sound like, from the paragraph above, that this means much.
This is actually really good news. Really
He might be entitled to more performance rights than you, which is simply the amount of money paid out to each person playing on the album, which I don't think is your issue right now.
The only thing you've got to do now is PROVE that you've written these things and get them copyrighted.
Yeah, I'm not even yet talking about selling the album at a future show, and figuring out how much money I should send to him.
It would be very easy for me to prove I wrote them. Many of the lyrics were of poems and such that I had posted on the songwriting forum, from 2006-2009. I also have the paper sheets that I originally wrote all the lyrics down on, during our late night songwriting processes. It's pretty much proof. Also, there's no way, even though we will always be on bad terms, that my music partner would lie and say that he wrote the lyrics or some such nonsense.
I was also wondering about copyrighting - If I should include him, or if I should just name myself. Hey, I'm just looking out for myself, right? But I don't want to do anything 'sneaky', i.e. if I owe him a certain kind of credit in the copyrighting process, then I'll damn well give it to him. What that is, I'm not sure.
But I just want to be clear - can I start telling musicians I meet, that I have the full right to play these songs with them live?
btw album is in the sig
My other point, is that it would be nice to be able to show my ex-music partner some proof on the internet somewhere that I have the rights to play these songs with a different band. Because I would want to inform him that I was starting a band to play these songs, before I started playing shows (I don't need his permission to start putting a band together, though - although he would probably say that I do, the over-controller..)
Also, there's probably no (worthwhile) legal recourse for either of you. So this is really a question of whether you feel okay playing the songs without him. No one's suing anyone here unless you're both idiots with a lot of money to burn.
If you aren't charging money for people to see you play these songs, then I dont think it matters. Only when it comes to things like you charging entry or for an album with these songs on does it matter.
If you really are going down the copyright route, I would say include his name as he did write stuff. If you wrote the majority of the melodies (vocal or guitar etc), then I guess you have a bit more leverage.
I would just speak to him dude. That's the best way to sort it all out.
Proof and copyright are two differnet things. I've seen people get screwed from writing something first and having someone else copyright it. It's getting BETTER now with everything time and date stamped but still. If you truly want the rights to it, copyright it.
Honestly dude, who cares. Just play them and let him whine about it. If you perform the songs live he will get performance royalties (and so will you) as long as you file your setlists with ASCAP. The only way he could do something about it is if he sued you and he won't do that unless you had a hit.
I'll be sure to copyright asap
That's the thing - I would plan on being paid to play these songs, and for this I would NOT send him any money. I would possibly plan on selling the 12 song album at future shows, including his writing credit written on the inside. For this, I would give him a 10% cut (just send the money directly to his bank account). Not anything more - I think this would be fair, considering I am talking about very small amounts of money here. IF it were to start getting bigger after a year or two, I would think then I could renegotiate, but believe me - I would not plan on earning more money than beer and gas money for at least a year or two.
I could talk to him, but he would likely be of the opinion that he is entitled to more than he actually is under law. If we're talking garage band status, a few little gigs here and there, I think I can pretty much safely say screw him. Exactly, what's he going to do - sue me? Good to hear I'm the one with the leverage . Thx for the responses
Just use them, give him credit in the album cover, if you get a serious deal or make real money out of it, that's probably when you'll have to talk to him and maybe a lawyer.
But for now, it's not really that serious, not making much money so I don't think it matters.
Side note: reminded me of metallica / mustain relations on kill em all. except I think some of those songs were mostly Daves, not shared... Dont get into that kind of thing.
This is what I was thinking. Make sure to give him any credit he deserves. And I believe since it was the two of you, things should be split 50/50. They are your songs too so don't hesitate to perform them live. Good luck.
Look this exact same thing happened in my last band when my drummer left he wanted one of the songs because he had "done everything" even though he came up with like two lines for the song, but really you just gota come to an agreement and basically you should keep what you have done yourself and give him what he did himself if that screws you both over so be it you can write new stuff but thats just my opinion.
I'll just add my opinion as I've been through this a couple of times.
Firstly, the legal rights in this thread are pretty spot on. Copyright covers melody and lyrics, and rarely anything else.
Secondly, just because somebody else part or wholly wrote a song does not mean that you cannot perform that song in public. Cover bands are a perfect example of this. Usually a venue will have pre-paid a licence for artists to perform in their venue whatever songs they wish, and no copyright is infringed.
Thirdly, if you start playing with a new group of people it's quite possible that a new/different arrangement for the music will be made, so that's one consideration.
Fourthly, and most importantly, your reputation is everything. Although playing these songs is not legally infringing on anybody's rights, the ex-member may be hurt regardless and tell people that you "stole/took credit for his song".
The easiest way to address this situation is by simply stating before or after you play a couple of songs "hey these couple of songs were worked on by myself and my buddy Mr X, unfortunately we're no longer playing together but they turned out awesome. Cheers dude!" (Break into song).
WTF, that means all the stuff in the tabs and chords section can be "stolen" or ripped off? ****ing copyright laws...
UG pays for the licence to host them. It is the reason that UG is the primary source (if not one of the only sources) of tabs on the internet.
If you're talking about someone taking a tab off UG then claiming it as their own, tabs/chords are far more likely to be covered as a literary work rather than a musical work. So say the chords in themselves, played as you hear them mayn't attract musical copyright, but write down a transcription and they're covered as a literary work.
Of course the question then comes as to who is the true author, is it you, or is it Metallica? I think I know the answer to that one.
just to give a point of reference of what I'm talking about, this message is from a month and a half ago, regarding me playing two of our songs at a tiny bar in front of 8 people:
that's what I'm dealing with. I gather this is all bullsh*t
and btw when I did play there, I announced his name to the 8 people who couldn't care less
I'm talking about The Tabs&Chords section.... things that people on this forum make to show other members.
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ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad Review
Reviewed by: hornybluecow
Reviewed on: November 3, 2013
Price: $29.99
ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Introduction
Today I will be looking at ROCCAT's Raivo Stealth Black mousepad, priced at $29.99. ROCCAT is a relatively small company that has been putting itself on the map for gaming peripherals. Founded in 2007 and located in Hamburg, Germany, ROCCAT has been busy creating a vast lineup including mice, keyboards, and mousepads. It is all to often when playing PC games the difference between winning and losing is twitch reflexes, which is reinforced by using a good mousepad.
If you are interested in other ROCCAT products, you can either check out my Hiro Review or ROCCAT Roundup.
ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Closer Look
Here we see the Raivo packaging, which is very similar to the Hiro I previously covered. This time it is no different; ROCCAT took great care in the presentation of its gaming mousepad lineup. The mousepad itself is held in a plastic clam shell, but without the need to cut through the plastic - once you remove the cardboard cover, it pops open. Quite simple and I wish all companies did this because scissors are annoying to use.
The cardboard cover has a great deal of information about what it has to offer. On the front it gives you the run down and the need to know. Top left reads "ROCCAT Raivo, High Velocity gaming mousepad." Down the side it gives you the major features, most notably "Micro-Granular Surface". On the bottom front, ROCCAT has two squares in which you can feel the texture, which allows a customer to check the mousepad out before opening it up. ROCCAT went one step further and on the back made sure if you spoke any major language in the world, all the features are listed and readable. I typed a Russian sentence into Google Translate and it came out mostly the same in English, same goes for the rest. The top corner lists major mice that have been tested, including Razer and SteelSeries.
Once the Raivo is out of the plastic clam shell you can see what it really looks like. Looking back at the previous picture you can see the ROCCAT big cat logo's seamless transition from cardboard to the actual mousepad. On the front bottom left corner is the name just in case you missed it before. Looking closely, all the colors themselves seem to be screen printed on. This means overtime it's possible the image will fade away and you will be left with a grey mousepad. On the back is ROCCAT's non-slip solution for the Raivo. It's nearly impossible to see in the picture below but there are thousands of little circles raised slightly. This in turn acts as little grips to keep the mousepad from sliding around. This worked well enough for the desk surface I was using.
Similar to the Hiro review, I was able to capture a high magnification photo of what is really on the surface and If you missed it previously, let me recap. The picture below will make a little more sense once I explain it a bit. The surface of a mousepad has a bit of science behind it. In theory, a mouse can use any textured surface because its laser is a very simple device. It calculates or "reads" the distance from the surface to the laser and reports the numbers back. The higher the DPI (dots per inch) a mouse supports, the more reads it can potentially give. This has a few different outcomes because the software also plays a large role in this.
A cheap mouse with a high DPI could run into problems because it reads out every little fraction of a millimeter. When programmed correctly, the mouse software is armed with algorithms to ignore odd values that could be false reports or simply a change in texture. This is when a nice mousepad comes into play. A good example is using very fine threads and having them weaved consistently. This can change how a cheap mouse performs and gives those gaming mice an extra bit of control. If the weave is inconsistent or the thread count is low, you will have major problems with cheap mice and less accuracy with a good brand.
Last up is a look at the size. ROCCAT likes to make large mousepads, On the right you can see the Raivo sitting next to a Logitech G510, which is one of the largest keyboards you will find on the market. For most if space is an issue, you can push the mousepad under the keyboard. The mousepad itself is sold under three different versions. The only difference is the color for the screen printed image.
ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Specifications
350 x 270 x 2 mm
All Kinds of Mice - 80 Mice Tested
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ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Features
- MICRO-GRANULAR SPEED SURFACE - For ultra-fast gliding with mega-precise control
- INTEGRATED FLEX-SUPPORT PLATE - For max stability with the longest play comfort
- ERGONOMIC BATTLE SHIELD SHAPE - With wrist cut-out for top combat effectiveness
- NON-SLIP RUBBER BACKING - For worry-free warfare during even the most hectic battles
- DIRT-RESISTANT COATING - For tracking interference protection; easy to clean
- COMBAT-TESTED MATERIALS - For the longest life of relentless, hardcore gaming action
- PERFECT SIZE FOR GAMINGv - 350 x 270 x 2mm – for top notch performance and comfort
All information is courtesy of: http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Mousepads/ROCCAT-Raivo/#crb_2
ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Testing
To give you an idea of how the ROCCAT Raivo compares to other mousepads I will be using a qualitative approach for the Precision, Speed, and Control. Each description of my findings will be based off observation while playing Unreal Tournament 3. My choice to use a semi-dated game and not another game or office software was because Unreal Tournament is known for its twitch gameplay. The graphics may be showing its age, but the core gameplay has not changed since its first debut in 1999. The ROCCAT Raivo is marketed toward gamers so it seemed most appropriate.
Let me give a quick rundown of what my observations are based on. For Precision, I will keep track of how often I miss due to inaccuracy of the mousepad. Speed was based on how fast I could move the mouse across the screen with the DPI at 3500. Control is directly related to how smooth the cursor traveled across the screen and the ability to track targets. There will be no hard data or quantitative chart this time around, because I feel It does not give a good comparison for a mousepad.
- Processor: Intel i7 4770K @ 4.2GHz (1.1v)
- CPU Cooling: Thermaltake NiC C4
- Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming
- Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Series 16GB 2400MHz
- Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 770
- PSU: Thermaltake Smart 750W
- Hard Drive: OCZ Vector 120GB SSD
- Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
- OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1
- Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 3500 DPI
Comparison Mousepads:
- Desk Surface
- Generic
- ROCCAT Hiro
- ROCCAT Raivo
While playing twitch reflex-type games, it's important to remember you only have one chance to be on target before they shoot back. Sometimes It even comes down to who has the best aim. This is where having more than just a generic mousepad makes you the winner of a showdown. Being on target the first time is absolutely necessary and the Raivo did not disappoint. I ending up switching around the pads enough to get a feeling for each one. In doing so, the generic mousepad was clearly the worst as I often missed my shots as a result. The desk surface was actually better because of my time without a mousepad and I have become accustom to it . For most people, it is uncomfortable and hard to use and any mousepad is better than the desk surface.
For the Speed comparison, I turned the DeathAdder to 3500 DPI with the goal to see if the mousepad was still readable. The Razer DeathAdder was able pick up the Raivo on the highest setting. The worst of them all was the desk followed by the generic mousepad. There is not much to this observation, but just remember fast is good because you can always turn down the sensitivity. On the other hand, if your mouse does not pick up the pad in the first place, then that becomes a problem. I find myself leaving the DeathAdder at 1800 DPI and making slight adjustments in game. If you are playing a real-time strategy (RTS) game, a low DPI might suit you better, but I've also known a few people who max out the DPI so they basically don't have to move their hand at all.
Control is a little hard to explain if you are not a first-person shooter (FPS) gamer. The problem I had across all the mousepads except for the Raivo and Hiro was moving the mouse in a diagonal direction. If you play FPS games you know that being able to look up, down, and left to right is essential. Interestingly enough, if you pay close attention, you are often traveling at an angle. If you have played Unreal Tournament, this is something that is constantly happening and everything is based on twitch reflex. The second you stand still to readjust, you become a target. I could feel and see a noticeable difference between the Raivo and the generic mousepads. Similar to the Hiro, the Raivo was smooth and was always just where I wanted the cursor to be.
When it comes to long gaming sessions, comfort plays just as important of a role as the rest. The ROCCAT Raivo wasn't perceptibly more comfortable; in fact it felt more like an extension of the desk surface. The mousepad has sharp corners that cut into your arm as it rests and the materiel itself feels like using a mouse made of cardboard. A simple solution is to get a gel pad for the wrist and your comfort problems disappear.
ROCCAT Raivo Stealth Black Mousepad: Conclusion
To sum up the review, let me give you the rundown on how I based my scores. Much like any other review, I split it into the three sections to determine the final award. First I looked at what the company is saying it offers. For example, if the company states the mousepad supports a smooth surface and is waterproof. In any example, I examine what is advertised versus what is actually offered. Most of this becomes uncovered as I take pictures to document the product. If the company does not stay true to its word, then it loses points because no one ever wants to be sold on false advertisement. Next I look at what the product is marketed for and put it into perspective. An example of this could be using a cheap mouse and expecting the same high scores. This would contradict its target market and something I try to catch so it does not affect the score. The last bit is my own interjection. What could the mousepad offer in its price range, and what do other companies offer. This category may include larger or smaller pads, different colors, or support for higher DPI. This list is endless so let's move on to the conclusion.
Before I say my final words, let me recap the Pros and Cons pertaining to the Raivo. Starting with the Cons: the Raivo only has a few, but for a mousepad that is one too many. The biggest issue I have isn't the semi-sharp edges. While they are not enough to cut you, it is definitely uncomfortable to lean your wrist on for a long period of time. The mousepad feels like a piece of cardboard with some color added to the front. It's not a good feeling after a few hours of gaming and the only solution would be to get a gel pad, which adds to the final cost.
Next are more minor issues. First is the cost and frankly, it's too high for what it has to offer. I ended up looking at other brands and ROCCAT's own mousepads to find similarly priced ones with more to offer. It is a tough market to be in considering the vast amount of mousepads already floating around. Last up for the Cons is the size. Now I cannot mark a company down for making sure you have enough room, but it is a very large mousepad and less than half of it I used. Overall the Raivo is a tad bigger than the flagship Hiro mousepad, which was monstrous, let alone overkill.
On to the Pros! ROCCAT has delivered on its promised advertising, which is high DPI support, among other things. Having the DPI support is the defining difference between a generic or cheap mousepad. If you have a $70 mouse and play a lot of first-person shooters, you need that extra control. The Raivo is smooth and consistent when moving the mouse around, which is also necessary. Not once did I hit a bump or miss while aiming because of faults from the mousepad. It does comes with a price: a hard surface that is unconformable, as explained above. Finally, the Non-Slip backing does its job as you would expect any decent mousepad to provide. It is, however, based on the surface the Raivo is placed because it has no cushioning of its own. The mousepad uses small bumps to prevent movement and it loses this effect when placed on an uneven surface.
My final thoughts are that the ROCCAT Raivo is good enough but could use a little TLC. The Raivo priced at $30 is right next to many other mousepads that are just as good, if not better. It's hard to justify that amount of money for a mousepad, especially if it does not offer something truly unique. Adding the fact it hurt my wrist after a session of gaming, I would advise to wait and see if something the same price or cheaper replaces this entirely.
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Michael Keaton tackles the role of villain, portraying the devious Raymond Sellers, the CEO of OmniCorp. The interesting bullet point about this remake is that it contains quite a few surprises that will thrill the audience. The star power alone is an added addition, and it doesn't hurt to have Samuel L. Jackson, as Patrick Novak, who hosts the series "The Novak Element." He is in favor of a mechanical fighting machine to deter crime in the city of
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The way Kyle Lohse is pitching at the moment, the St. Louis right-hander doesn't need much run support to win.
The same goes for Pittsburgh's Erik Bedard.
Only Lohse, however, has the luxury of playing on the team with the National League's best offense. It made all the difference Sunday.
Lohse scattered six hits while pitching into the eighth inning to lead the Cardinals past the Pirates 5-1.
David Freese had a two-run single for the St. Louis and Rafael Furcal had three hits as the Cardinals extended their strong start behind another superb outing from Lohse (3-0), who struck out five without issuing a walk even though his ERA actually ticked up from 0.89 to 0.99.
"Man he's unreal," Freese said of Lohse. "I've heard other guys say that when he hits his spots, he's one of the toughest in the game to string some hits together. And he's showing it, for sure."
So is Bedard, who was again undone by a lack of run support.
The left-hander gave up three runs on six hits, walking four and striking out seven in seven innings but it wasn't enough to keep his record from calling to 0-4. The Pirates have scored three times with Bedard on the mound this season.
"All you can do is battle," Bedard said. "Runs will come and right now they're just not coming. You keep doing what you can and put zeroes up there."
Lohse improved to 8-2 in his career against Pittsburgh, having his way with baseball's worst offense. His only mistake came in the eighth, when Mike McKenry led off with a double and scored on Casey McGehee's pinch-hit single to trim St. Louis' lead to 3-1.
Mitchell Boggs came on in relief and quickly shut the door. Nate McLouth flied to left and Boggs held onto Jose Tabata's sharp grounder back to the mound to start an inning-ending double play.
The Cardinals tacked on two runs in the ninth off Evan Meek for the final margin.
Bedard, as he has in each of his starts, kept the Pirates in it despite a rocky first inning in which the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs, just as they did against A.J. Burnett on Saturday night.
Burnett, however, settled down and escaped the inning unscathed. Bedard wasn't quite so fortunate, giving up a run when Carlos Beltran hit into a double play.
St. Louis made it 3-0 in the third when Furcal led off with a double and Tyler Greene walked. Bedard managed to get through Matt Holliday and Beltran and came within a strike of getting out of the jam before Freese lined a sharp single to right.
The hit ended a 1-for-25 funk by the Cardinals with runners in scoring position.
"I didn't even know it was that bad," Freese said. "But you feel it a little. You definitely understand what's happening, what's been going on."
Bedard didn't give up another hit over his final four innings, but once again it wasn't enough in yet another nip-tuck game for the Pirates.
Though Pittsburgh has been anemic at the plate — coming in with a team batting average of .203, easily the worst in the majors — the Pirates have remained competitive thanks to a pitching staff that ranks third in the NL in ERA (2.53).
Pittsburgh hasn't scored more than five runs or given up more than five runs in a game this season, the longest such streak to start a year in the NL since the 1965 Pirates.
That team shook off a 6-10 start to finish 90-72 and featured three Hall of Famers in Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski.
This version of the Pirates lacks that kind of star power, and will need to find some offense eventually if it wants to be a factor this summer.
"We've scored (three) runs in Erik's starts," manager Clint Hurdle said. "It's problematic."
The Cardinals have no such worries. The defending World Series champions are the National League's top offensive team despite losing slugger Albert Pujols in the offseason.
St. Louis has outscored its opponents by 36 runs through the season's first two weeks, the most in the NL and have won each of its first six series of the season.
"That's what you try to do, you try to win series," Freese said. "You want to sweep, but that's obviously not going to happen all the time. Consistency, that's the name of this game, and we're doing that pretty well right now."
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Manamadurai Somalingam, 64, of Pelham, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit visa fraud and conspiring to conceal and harbor illegal aliens for private financial gain. He faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Well, my trip has begun and I am now on my way to Wikia's headquarters, where I shall discover the deepest secrets of Wikia. ... ... :D Okay, well, maybe not, but it should be a good time.
Currently I am in the Dallas Airport, waiting for the trip to San Francisco. Trip's been fine so far - flight to Dallas departed a bit later than scheduled, but then arrived earlier than scheduled, so I've got a bit of extra time.
I'll keep you updated here as the trip continues, so watch this spot. And if you have any questions or anything about Wikia (the headquarters), you can ask them here, and I'll see if maybe I can answer them.
Day 2 - Morning
I am in San Francisco - I am scheduled to arrive at Wikia's headquarters in about an hour. Trip was fine - flights were good and I arrived at the hotel okay. The hotel is nice, but it doesn't have free wifi. I didn't want to pay for it and I didn't feel like doing much but sleeping last night, so no update last night. It's morning now, though, and I am up and at 'em.
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I have just arrived and I am here at Wikia's headquarters. It's very nice - they have sections that are named after various wikis (no Harry Potter one that I've seen so far, but they do have a Lego one that includes Lego Star Wars and Lego Harry Potter) and the computer station I am seated at has a Harry Potter Wiki logo with Gryffindor on it.
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Twenty years before the Wright brothers, John J. Montgomery was already flying high.
The Wrights had the first powered flight, but Montgomery was credited with the very first controlled piloted flight in the United States. His took place in 1883 near San Diego, in a glider called the Gull.
Now he's being honored with a public art project in San Jose's Evergreen district at San Felipe and Yerba Buena roads. That's not far from Montgomery Hill, where many of the Santa Clara University professor's flights originated. A ceremony commemorating the art installation will take place Saturday at 1 p.m.
The sculpture of a glider wing - designed by San Francisco artist Kent Roberts - and the surrounding plaza are a great monument to Montgomery's pioneering spirit.
Of course, history buffs know that things sometimes end badly for pioneers, and that was the case for Montgomery. He died in 1911 after crashing in southeast San Jose in a glider - appropriately named the Evergreen.
SCHOOL SPIRIT: Archbishop Mitty High School students, faculty and parents got pretty crazy at Monarch Madness, an evening of class competition, cheering and dance routines held last week at the San Jose Civic Auditorium.
The 50-member team from the senior class won the coveted Monarch Madness trophy - and the following weekend, the boys and girls basketball teams won Northern California championships. No doubt fingers are crossed to see if the spirit buoys both teams a little longer and produces state titles this weekend.
SPOTTED: The owner of a Honda CR-V I saw this week in San Jose was clearly channeling Carnac the Magnificent with a license plate that read: WNSRCS. The license-plate frame had the punch line: "The most common question asked by first-graders."
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