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For over 30 years, New Jersey 's birth rate has remained slightly below that of the U.S. as a whole. In 2004, the U.S. birth rate was 14.0 per 1,000 population. Birth rates peaked nationally and in New Jersey in 1990. Since then, New Jersey 's birth rate has declined 17.1%, while the U.S. rate has declined 16.2% (Table BT1 and Figure BT2).
County birth rates ranged from a low of 8.8 births per 1,000 residents in Cape May County to a high of 15.2 in Passaic County . Eight counties were above the statewide rate of 13.2 births per 1,000 population (Table BC1 and Figure BC1).On average there were 314 births to New Jersey residents each day in 2004. Birth rates were lowest in winter and fall and highest in summer. More births occurred on Tuesdays than on any other day (362, on average). Substantially fewer births occurred on weekends: an average of 238 on Saturdays and 211 on Sundays (Table BS1 and Figure BS1).
Over the past several decades, birth rates have declined among younger women while rising among older women. For example, in 2004, birth rates for women under age 30 were well below those in 1970, while rates for women 30 years and over were far higher in 2004 as compared with 1970. The age pattern of fertility differs by race/ethnicity. Birth rates for Black and Hispanic women under age 25 were substantially higher than those for White and Asian/Pacific Islander women. Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander women had the highest birth rates in the 25-29 age range. White and Asian/Pacific Islander women had substantially higher birth rates than Black and Hispanic women aged 30-39 years. For women 40 years and older, birth rates were similar for all races/ethnicities (Table BT2 and Figure BT3).Teen birth rates varied widely across the state. The lowest rates were in the northwestern part of the state: Hunterdon (2.7 births per 1,000 females aged 10-19 years), Morris (3.0), and Sussex (3.1) Counties. The highest rate, 37.3 in Cumberland County , was nearly double the second highest rate, 19.0 in Passaic County (Table BC3 and Figure BC2). When considering the 15-19 year age group, rates in each county were basically double their rates for 10-19 year olds. Hunterdon (5.5 births per 1,000 females age 15-19 years), Morris (6.1), and Sussex (6.3) again had the lowest rates and the highest rate, in Cumberland (75.6), was nearly twice the second highest rate, in Passaic (39.5). Two counties had fewer than 20 births to females aged 15-17 years. Of the other 19 counties, Morris (2.7), Bergen (3.9), and Somerset (4.9) had the lowest rates and Cumberland (42.0) had the highest rate per 1,000 females aged 15-17 years. Morris (11.4), Sussex (14.6), and Bergen (17.1) Counties had the lowest birth rates per 1,000 females aged 18-19 and Cumberland (133.9) and Salem (75.0) had the highest. In every teen age group (10-19, 15-19, 15-17, and 18-19), Cumberland County 's birth rate was more than three times higher than the rate for New Jersey as a whole. The rates for Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex Counties were between one-fifth and one-third of the state rate for all teen age groups (Table BC3).
Maternal age distribution
Since 1987, the number of births to women aged 35 years and older has exceeded births to mothers aged less than 20 years (Table BT3 and Figure BT4). The median age of mothers in New Jersey was 30.5 years in 2004 (Table BT4), and the distribution of maternal age was fairly symmetrical around this midpoint of childbearing years. More than half of births (55%) occurred to women aged 25-34 years. The proportion born to women aged 20-24 years and 35-39 years was also quite similar (16% and 18%, respectively). The share of births to those aged less than twenty years (6%) slightly exceeded births to those aged 40 years and older (4%), but the difference was relatively small, reflecting both declines in teen childbearing as well as increases in fertility at older ages (Table BS2 and Figure BS2) .The distribution of maternal age varied geographically, with births to younger women being relatively more common in certain South Jersey counties. In Morris and Hunterdon Counties , births to mothers under the age of 20 comprised less than 2% of births in 2004. In Cumberland County , 18% of births were to mothers under the age of 20. Other counties with high percentages were also in South Jersey : Salem (11%), Camden (10%), Atlantic (10%), and Cape May (9%) (Table BC4 and Figure BC3). As expected, the opposite was true of births to women aged 35 years and over. More than one-quarter of births in Hunterdon (40%), Morris (32%), Somerset (30%), Bergen (29%), Monmouth (28%), and Sussex (28%) Counties were to women aged 35 and over. Less than one-sixth of mothers in Cumberland (8%), Salem (12%), Atlantic (16%), and Cape May (16%) Counties were 35 or older (Table BC4 and Figure BC4).
Median maternal ageThe overall median maternal age increased steadily over the past decade among all race/ethnicity groups, then leveled off between 2003 and 2004. Median maternal age for first births, however, declined slightly among Blacks and Hispanics between 1994 and 2004, while rising slightly for Whites and Asians/Pacific Islanders (Table BT4 and Figures BT5 and BT6).
Race/ethnicity of mother
The share of all births which were to White and Black mothers decreased 16% and 21%, respectively, over the past ten years, while the share to Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander mothers increased 56% and 106%, respectively (Table BT5 and Figure BT7). The distribution of births by ancestry among Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders has also changed over time. In 1994, 43% of Hispanic births were to mothers of Puerto Rican descent and 41% were to mothers of Central and South American origin, while Mexicans and Cubans each made up less than 11%. By 2004, the percentage of births to mothers of Central and South American ancestry comprised half of Hispanic births. Births to Puerto Ricans fell to one-quarter of Hispanic births while births to Mexicans increased to 22% of Hispanic births (Table BT6 and Figure BT8). While the number of births to women of Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese descent has increased, the distribution among these groups has changed dramatically as the Indian population has comprised more and more of the Asian and Pacific Islander population in New Jersey . In 1994, births to mothers of Indian and Filipino origin each comprised about 22% of births to mothers of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, while 18% of Asian/Pacific Islander births were to mothers of Chinese descent and 15% were of Korean origin. By 2004, nearly half were of Indian ancestry, while Filipinos, Chinese, and Koreans comprised 15%, 15%, and 10%, respectively. Births to mothers of Vietnamese descent increased steadily through 2003 yet made up only 4% of Asian/Pacific Islander births in 2004. Births to mothers of Japanese origin decreased to 2% of Asian/Pacific Islander births (Table BT7 and Figure BT9).
For the first time, less than half of births in New Jersey were to White mothers. In 2004, there were 56,997 births (49.8% of all births) to White mothers, 26,887 (23.5%) to Hispanic mothers, 16,491 (14.4%) to Black mothers, 10,119 (8.8%) to Asian/Pacific Islander mothers , and 450 (0.4%) to mothers of other races (Tables BT5, BS2, and BS3 and Figure BS3). There were more births to mothers of Central and South American ancestry than to women descended from all Asian and Pacific Island countries combined (Table BS3).The highest concentration of births to Hispanics was in Hudson (46.6% of all births) and Passaic (46.2%) Counties. Of those births, more than half were to mothers of Central or South American descent. More than 40% of Essex County births were to Black women. Over one-quarter of births in Middlesex County were to Asians and Pacific Islanders; two-thirds of whom were of Indian descent (Tables BC5 and BC6).
Nativity of mother
The percentage of births to foreign-born mothers increased steadily from 21% in 1994 to 33% in 2004. Foreign-born is defined here as mothers born outside the 50 states, Washington , D.C. , or Puerto Rico . Therefore, under this definition those born in U.S. territories other than Puerto Rico and those born abroad to American parents are considered foreign-born. In both 1994 and 2004, over 89% of Indian, Korean, and Mexican women giving birth were foreign-born. Among Filipinos and Central/South Americans, the percentage decreased slightly from 94% and 91%, respectively, to 86% and 88%, respectively. Large declines occurred among Puerto Rican and Cuban mothers: from 10% to 1% for Puerto Ricans and from 67% to 41% for Cubans. Increases, however, were seen among White and Black mothers and since they comprise a large portion of the births in New Jersey, the increase in the percentage of foreign-born mothers among these two groups caused the overall percentage of foreign-born mothers to increase to 33% of births in 2004 (Table BT8 and Figure BT10).
Maternal and newborn characteristics varied by mother's nativity. Native-born mothers had higher rates of low birth weight, preterm births, teen births, large families, and no prenatal care than foreign-born mothers. These same rates for those born in Puerto Rico were even higher than for those native-born. In general, native-born mothers had higher levels of educational attainment. Additionally, native-born mothers were more likely than foreign-born and Puerto Rico-born mothers to have received first trimester prenatal care and were less likely to be unmarried. This pattern is somewhat different among Blacks. Native-born Black mothers were nearly twice as likely to be unmarried as compared with foreign-born mothers. Additionally, the percentage of native-born Black mothers who had not completed high school was 1.8 times higher than for foreign-born mothers while the percentage with a college degree was less than half that of foreign-born mothers. Additionally, the first trimester prenatal care rate was lower among native-born Blacks than among those foreign-born (Table BS4).
More than half of births to mothers in Middlesex (53%) and Hudson (52%) Counties were to foreign-born women. The New Jersey State Registrar's Office does not receive maternal birthplace and other information for many births to residents which occur out of state, so counties with high out-of-state birth rates have higher rates of missing information than others, thereby making it difficult to ascertain which counties truly have the highest and lowest proportions of foreign-born mothers (Table BC7).
Previous pregnancies and family sizeForty percent of women delivering in 2004 had no other living children at the time of delivery. Eight percent already had three or more living children. Nearly 28% had never been pregnant before and 21% had been pregnant three or more times before this birth. Abortions, fetal deaths, and live births who later died account for the differences between the number of previous pregnancies and the number of living children (Table BS5). The first birth rate was 25.5 per 1,000 female population aged 15-44 years. The first birth rate was higher for Hispanics (34.5) and Asians and Pacific Islanders (32.3) than for Blacks (22.6) and Whites (22.5). Overall, women aged 25-29 had the highest first birth rate: 50.3 births per 1,000 females in the age group. Among Blacks and Hispanics, the highest first birth rate was among women aged 18-19 (Table BS6). Forty percent of women who delivered in 2004 gave birth to their first child. This was the second child for one-third and the third child for 16%. Large families varied by race/ethnicity. Over 14% of Black mothers delivering in 2004 had a fourth or higher birth, as compared with 9% of Hispanics, 8% of White mothers, and 3% of Asians and Pacific Islanders (Table BS7).
Marital status
From 1974 to 2004, the percentage of births which were to unmarried women more than doubled. In 2004, 30% of births were to mothers who were not married at birth, conception, or any time between (Table BT9 and Figure BT11).
Marital status varied considerably by age and race/ethnicity. As expected, the percentage of mothers who were married was positively correlated with age except in the oldest age groups where the percentage declined slightly after 40 years of age. This relationship between maternal age and marital status existed among all races/ethnicities. For all ages, 95% of Asian/Pacific Islander mothers and 86% of White mothers were married. In contrast, only 45% of Hispanic and 35% of Black mothers of any age were married. Thirty percent of Asian and Pacific Islander mothers under the age of 20 were married compared to 15% of Whites, 14% of Hispanics, and 2% of Blacks (Table BS8 and Figures BS4 and BS5).Nearly 60% of mothers in Cumberland County and 47% of mothers in Essex County were unmarried. Other counties in South Jersey and near New York City also had higher than average rates. Only 10% of Hunterdon County mothers were unmarried. All other counties in the northwestern part of the state also had low rates (Table BC8 and Figure BC5).
The percentage of births which were part of a twin pregnancy increased nearly 50% from 1994 (2.8%) to 2004 (4.2%). The percentage which were part of a triplet pregnancy increased 77% and the proportion of births which were quadruplets or higher order increased 87%. There were 4,850 infants born from a twin pregnancy, 331 triplets, and 20 quadruplets in 2004 (Table BT10 and Figure BT12). Numbers given are the number of infants born in each category, not the number of sets of twins, triplets, or quadruplets.
The percentage of births which were part of a twin or higher order delivery was positively correlated with age. In 2004, no one under the age of 15 delivered multiples while more than one-quarter of women aged 45 and over had twins or triplets. However, twins and higher order births were still uncommon among those under age 45, comprising only 4.5% of births among women in that age group. Multiple birth rates also varied by race/ethnicity. Nearly 6% of births to White mothers were twins or higher order, while only 4% of births to Black women, 3.4% to Asians and Pacific Islanders, and 2.5% to Hispanics were multiples (Table BS9 and Figure BS6).The geographical pattern of multiple birth rates reflected patterns in maternal age. Multiple birth rates ranged from 1.5% of births in Cumberland County to 6.3% of births in Somerset County . Other counties with high multiple birth rates were Morris (6.0), Mercer (5.6), Bergen (5.4), Gloucester (5.4), and Warren (5.3) (Table BC9).
Prenatal care
Completeness of prenatal care onset reporting improved greatly between 1994 and 2004; therefore trend analysis is based only on those records for which data were available. Throughout the decade, about 80% received first trimester prenatal care; however the proportion receiving early care slowly declined. About 15% of mothers began receiving care in the second trimester and 4% began in the third trimester. These proportions both rose as more mothers delayed the onset of prenatal care and fewer mothers received no care. The percentage receiving no prenatal care remained slightly above one percent (Table BT11 and Figures BT13 and BS7).
In 2004, 87% of White and 85% of Asian/Pacific Islander mothers received first trimester prenatal care compared to 66% of Hispanic mothers and 62% of Black mothers. Less than one percent of Asian/Pacific Islander and White mothers and 1.2% of Hispanic mothers received no prenatal care while 3.7% of Black mothers did not receive prenatal care. Older mothers were much more likely to receive prenatal care in the first trimester than younger mothers. Over 80% of mothers aged 35 years and over received first trimester care compared to 52% of teen mothers (Table BS10 and Figure BS9). Marital status also had an effect on onset of prenatal care. Eighty-six percent of married mothers received first trimester care while only 60% of unmarried mothers did. Additionally, 0.4% of married mothers received no care compared to 2.9% of unmarried women (Table BS11 and Figure BS10). Educational level, which is also correlated with age, had an affect on onset of prenatal care, too. Ninety-one percent of college graduates received first trimester prenatal care compared to 54% of those without a high school diploma. While only 0.2% of those with a college degree received no prenatal care, 3.2% of those who had not completed high school did not receive any care (Table BS12 and Figure BS11). Among women who received prenatal care, the average number of visits was ten. Nearly half of women who began prenatal care in the first trimester had 10-12 visits, while 27% had 13 or more, 20% had 7-9 visits, and 6% had fewer than seven visits. As expected, women who began prenatal care later in pregnancy were more likely to have fewer visits (Table BS13).While 90% of mothers in Sussex County received prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy; the same was true of less than two-thirds of Essex and Atlantic County mothers (Table BC10 and Figure BC6). However, Atlantic County had the highest rate of second trimester prenatal care onset (26%). Essex County had the highest rate of no prenatal care (3%) while only 0.1% of mothers in Hunterdon County did not receive prenatal care. The percentage of records with missing prenatal care information ranged from 0.8% in Salem and Atlantic County to 10.3% in Hudson County , thereby making it difficult to draw absolute conclusions about geographic variations (Table BC10).
Substance use during pregnancyThe use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs during pregnancy declined fairly steadily between 1996 and 2004. Tobacco and drug use each decreased about one-third while the rate of alcohol use in 2004 was less than half of the 1996 rate. In 2004, 7.7% of mothers used tobacco while pregnant, 1.0% used alcohol, and 1.4% used other drugs (Table BT12 and Figure BT14). This analysis does not take into account whether the mother quit or cut down her use of any of these substances while pregnant. Also, use of these substances was self-reported and some under-reporting is likely
Tobacco use was most prevalent among mothers aged 15-24 years (13%). This pattern was true for all races/ethnicities except Blacks. Smoking prevalence was highest among White mothers aged 15-24 (24%), however among mothers of all ages, Blacks had the highest prevalence of tobacco use while pregnant (12%). Only 1% of Asian and Pacific Islander mothers used tobacco during pregnancy (Table BS14 and Figure BS12). The percentage of mothers who used tobacco while pregnant ranged from 3% in Somerset to 18% in Salem and Cape May Counties . However, while as few as 1% of records in some counties had missing tobacco use data, 19% of records in Salem and 10% of records in Hudson County had missing data. Therefore, it is possible that the tobacco use rates for those counties could be much higher than stated (Table BC11).
AlcoholAmong all races/ethnicities combined, mothers aged 15-24 and 35 years and over had the highest prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy (1.2% and 1.4%, respectively). This was not true in every race/ethnicity group. Among Blacks, alcohol use was positively correlated with age, while it was negatively correlated among Asians and Pacific Islanders. Alcohol use during pregnancy ranged from 0.3% of Asian and Pacific Islander mothers to 1.9% of Black mothers (Table BS15 and Figure BS12). Middlesex County had the lowest rate of alcohol use during pregnancy (0.4%), while the highest rates were in Cumberland and Hunterdon Counties (2.9%). Again, high rates of missing data in other counties such as Salem (19%) and Hudson (10%) could affect results (Table BC12).
DrugsAs in past years, drug use was more prevalent than alcohol use in 2004. Mothers aged 15-19 years were most likely to use drugs while pregnant (3.1%) among age groups with enough cases to calculate a reliable rate. This was true for Whites (4.7%), Hispanics (2.0%), and Asians and Pacific Islanders (1.2%). However, among Black mothers, drug use was most prevalent among older women aged 35 and over (6.8%), followed by mothers aged 20-24 (4.2%). Overall, 4.3% of Black mothers of all ages reported using drugs while pregnant compared to 1.1% of Hispanics, 0.9% of Whites, and 0.1% of Asians and Pacific Islanders (Table BS16 and Figure BS12). Drug use rates ranged from 0.4% of mothers in Morris County to 3.6% in Camden County . Missing data played the same role here as it did for tobacco and alcohol use (Table BC13).
Medical risk factors
For most medical risk factors, there was little change between 1997 and 2004. There was a slight decrease in births to women with cardiac disease (1.4% of births in 2004) or a previous preterm or small-for-gestational-age infant (1.2%). There was a slight increase in births to women with diabetes (5.0%), acute or chronic lung disease (3.6%), and anemia (2.6%) (Table BT13).
In 2004, diabetes was the most commonly reported medical risk factor (5.0% of births). It was followed by acute or chronic lung disease (3.6%), sexually transmitted diseases (3.2%), pregnancy-associated hypertension (2.9%), and anemia (2.6%). The prevalence of diabetes was positively correlated with age and affected 8.8% of mothers over age 40. Acute or chronic lung disease and anemia were negatively correlated with age and affected 5.4% and 4.6% of mothers under age 20, respectively. The most commonly reported medical risk factor among mothers under 20 years of age was sexually transmitted diseases (7.6%). The three most common medical risk factors among White mothers were diabetes (4.3%), pregnancy-associated hypertension (3.2%), and acute or chronic lung disease (3.2%). For Black mothers, the three most common risk factors were sexually transmitted diseases (7.2%), anemia (5.2%), and acute or chronic lung disease (5.1%). The three most commonly reported for Hispanic mothers were diabetes (5.3%), acute or chronic lung disease (4.5%), and anemia (3.7%). Among Asian and Pacific Islander mothers, diabetes was the most commonly reported risk factor (10.1%), followed by anemia (2.1%) and hydramnios/oligohydramnios (2.0%) (Table BS17 and Figure BS13).
Nearly all mother s in 2004 had electronic fetal monitoring and ultrasound performed. This marks a notable increase from 1997, when only 58% had an ultrasound reported on the birth certificate. Stimulation of labor by use of oxytocin or through artificial rupture of membranes after labor has begun decreased from 32% of births in 1997 to 28% in 2004. Induction of labor, meaning the initiation of uterine contractions before the spontaneous onset of labor by medical and/or surgical means, increased from 16% of births in 1997 to 19% in 2004. The use of amniocentesis decreased from 9% of births in 1997 to 5% in 2004 and tocolysis, the use of medications to inhibit preterm contractions, decreased from 2.5% in 1997 to 1.2% of births in 2004 (Table BT14 and Figure BT15).Obstetric procedures varied little by age except for amniocentesis, which was much more common among older mothers. Rates of electronic fetal monitoring, ultrasound, and stimulation of labor decreased with increasing age, but this may be a data artifact. Older mothers are more likely to give birth out of state and information about obstetric procedures is not provided on out-of-state birth records. Amniocentesis was much more likely among White and Asian/Pacific Islander mothers. Stimulation of labor was most common among Asian/Pacific Islanders while induction of labor was most likely among White mothers (Table BS18 and Figure BS14).
Maternal weight gain
The Institute of Medicine recommends that women with a normal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) gain 25-35 pounds during pregnancy. Mothers who are underweight when they become pregnant are encouraged to gain 28-40 pounds and mothers who start off overweight should gain 15-25 pounds. It is recommended that women carrying twins gain 35-45 pounds. (IOM, 1990.) Pre-pregnancy height and weight necessary for the calculation of BMI are not available on birth certificates, so results are given for women of any BMI. Thirty-nine percent of women who delivered full-term singletons in 2004 gained the recommended 25-35 pounds, while 31% gained less and 30% gained more (Table BS19).
Period of gestation
The share of all births which were preterm increased 26% from 1994 to 2004. More than 10% of infants born in 2004 were delivered prior to 37 weeks of gestation (Table BT15 and Figure BT16). Preterm deliveries were most likely among Black mothers (15.7%). The preterm delivery rate increased with plurality. More than half of twins were born prematurely compared to 8.1% of singletons. As expected, gestational length and birth weight were positively correlated. Seventy-three percent of low birth weight infants (< 2,500 grams) were preterm compared to 5.1% of normal birth weight infants (Table BS20).
The proportion of births which were preterm ranged from 6.1% in Cape May County to 12.9% in Essex County . The clinical estimate of gestation which is used to determine preterm births is not required to be reported on out-of-state birth certificates; therefore some counties have high rates of missing information: Salem (18%) and Hudson (10%) (Table BC14).
Attendant at birth
Between 1994 and 2004, the percentage of births attended by doctors of osteopathy (D.O.s) nearly doubled and the share attended by certified nurse midwives (C.N.M.s) increased 121%. The proportion attended by doctors of medicine (M.D.s) decreased as the other two increased (Table BT16 and Figure BT17).
Attendant at birth varied by age and race/ethnicity with younger mothers more likely to have had a D.O. or C.N.M. attend their child's birth in 2004. This may, however, be an artifact of geography as D.O.s and C.N.M.s are more prevalent in the southern part of New Jersey which also has higher rates of births among younger mothers (Tables BS21 and BC4). Nearly all births to Hudson (97%), Bergen (94%), Middlesex (94%), and Morris (90%) County mothers were attended by an M.D. D.O.s attended more than one-fifth of births in Cape May (33%), Gloucester (31%), and Burlington (24%) while more than one-fifth of births in Cumberland (41%), Mercer (27%), Atlantic (23%), and Salem (22%) Counties were attended by C.N.M.s. Missing data for Salem (18%) and Gloucester (7%) Counties could affect their rankings among counties with high D.O. or C.N.M. rates (Table BC15). Over 90% of births to Asian and Pacific Islanders were attended by an M.D., while only 80% of White births were. White women were most likely to be attended by a D.O. (11%) and Hispanic women were most likely to be attended by a C.N.M. (11%) compared to women of other races and ethnicities (Table BS21).
Place of delivery
Nearly all births in New Jersey occur in hospitals. In 1994, 133 births occurred in freestanding birth centers but by 2003, all birth centers in New Jersey had closed. Home births decreased by nearly one-quarter over the decade (Table BT17 and Figure BT18).
Method of delivery
A shift in method of delivery occurred around 1995 and 1996. In 1995, 73% of births were delivered vaginally. The percentage began to drop steadily after that and by 2004, only 62% were delivered vaginally. The reason for the decline is twofold. First, the vaginal birth after previous cesarean (VBAC) rate declined from a high of 35.6 births per 100 women with a previous cesarean delivery in 1996 to 11.1% in 2004. Accordingly, the repeat cesarean rate increased from 64.4 births per 100 women with a previous cesarean in 1996 to 88.9% in 2004. Second, the rate of primary cesareans increased from 16.4 births per 100 women who had not had a previous cesarean delivery in 1995 to 26.0% in 2004 (Table BT18 and Figure BT19). The percentage of cesarean deliveries which did not follow a trial of labor also increased 27% since data became available in 1997. Among women without a previous cesarean, the proportion with no trial of labor increased from 35% in 1997 to 45% in 2004 and among women with a previous cesarean delivery, the proportion increased from 75% in 1997 to 92% in 2004 (Table BT19 and Figure BT20).
The cesarean delivery rate was positively correlated with age. Over 56% of mothers aged 45-49 years delivered via cesarean while only 21% of mothers aged 10-14 years did in 2004. Cesarean delivery rates were fairly uniform across races/ethnicities (Table BS23 and Figure BS16). Among counties with low missing data rates, Mercer had the lowest cesarean delivery rate (27.4%) which is to be expected with its high percentage of births attended by C.N.M.s. Passaic County had the highest cesarean delivery rate (38.1%) (Table BC16).
The percentage of mothers who delivered vaginally and received an episiotomy declined steadily from 41% in 1997 to 27% in 2004 (Table BT20 and Figure BT21). Forty-six percent of Asian and Pacific Islanders were given an episiotomy compared to 29% of Whites, 23% of Hispanics, and 15% of Blacks in 2004. Episiotomy did not vary as much by age with the exception of a high rate among mothers aged 10-14 years (43%) and a low rate among mothers aged 45 years and over (21%). All other age groups had rates near the overall rate of 27% (Table BS24 and Figure BS17).
Complications of labor and/or delivery
For most complications of labor and/or delivery, there was little change between 1997 and 2004. The percentage of births with cephalopelvic disproportion decreased from 2.2% of births in 1997 to 1.3% in 2004. Premature rupture of membranes (more than 12 hours before the onset of labor) decreased from 2.0% of births in 1997 to 1.2% in 2004. Excessive bleeding not due to abruptio placenta or placenta previa also decreased, from 2.2% of births in 1997 to 1.7% in 2004. Fetal distress increased from 5.4% of births in 1997 to 6.8% in 2004 (Table BT21).In 2004, the most commonly reported complications of labor and/or delivery were fetal distress (6.8%), moderate or heavy meconium (6.5%), and breech/malpresentation (4.4%). Certain complications were more common among younger mothers. These included febrile (>100°F or 38°C), moderate or heavy meconium, and prolonged labor. Others, such as breech/ malpresentation, abruptio placenta, placenta previa, and other excessive bleeding were more common among older mothers. Above average rates of fetal distress, abruptio placenta, and moderate or heavy meconium were seen among Black mothers, while Hispanic mothers had higher than average rates of prolonged labor and febrile and Asian and Pacific Islander mothers had high rates of febrile, placenta previa, and dysfunctional labor (Table BS25).
Postpartum procedures
The number of births followed by tubal ligation, the tying off of the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, decreased between 1997 and 2004. The proportion decreased among all age groups in which there were enough procedures to calculate a reliable rate (Table BT22 and Figure BT22).
Four percent of mothers had a tubal ligation in 2004. Only tubal ligations performed prior to discharge from the hospital are included in this rate. The procedure is more common among older mothers . Eight percent of mothers aged 35 years and over had their tubes tied compared to 1.3% of mothers under age 25. Tubal ligation was more common among Black (5.5%) and Hispanic (5.5%) mothers than among White (3.6%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (2.3%) mothers (Table BS26 and Figure BS18).
There were 58,422 males and 56,018 females born to New Jersey residents in 2004. The male/female ratio was 1.043. The ratio varied by race/ethnicity. Hispanics had the lowest rate (1.019) and Asians and Pacific Islanders had the highest (1.072) (Table BS27 and Figure BS19). More males than females were born in each county except Cape May , Warren , and Hunterdon. Salem County had the highest male/female ratio (1.198) (Table BC17).
Birth weight
Eight percent of births in 2004 were of low birth weight (less than 2,500 grams or 5 lbs 7.5 oz). The percentage of births which were of low birth weight was 7.8% higher in 2004 than in 1994 (Table BT23). The modal weight group (37%) was 3,000-3,499 grams (6 lb 9 oz - 7 lb 10.49 oz) and 27% of births weighed 3,500-3,999 grams (7 lb 10.5 oz - 8 lb 11.9 oz) (Table BS32). Low birth weight rates ranged from 5.4% in Hunterdon County to 10.3% in Salem County . Missing data rates as high as 10% in Hudson and 7% in Bergen Counties could affect results (Table BC18 and Figure BC7).
Age of mother
Low birth weight was most common among the youngest and oldest mothers. Among mothers aged 40 years and over, where multiple birth rates were high, 12% of births were of low birth weight. Mothers aged 15-19 years also had higher than average low birth weight rates (Table BS28 and Figure BS20).
Race/ethnicity of mother
While the low birth weight rate increased 26% among White mothers and 14% among Asian and Pacific Islanders, it decreased 2% among Blacks and Hispanics from 1994 to 2004. However, throughout the decade, Black mothers had approximately twice the low birth weight rate of mothers of other races/ethnicities (Table BT23 and Figure BT23). In 2004, the low birth weight rate among Black mothers was 1.7 times higher than the overall rate and 1.9 times the rate for Whites. The rate for Black mothers was 13.7% compared to 8.0% for Asian/Pacific Islanders and 7.2% for Hispanics and Whites (Table BS28).
Previous pregnancy losses
Low birth weight was positively correlated with the number of previous pregnancy losses experienced by the mother. Thirteen percent of mothers with three or more previous losses had low birth weight babies compared to less than 8% of those with no prior losses (Table BS29 and Figure BS21).
Multiple birthsAmong singletons, the proportion of births which were low weight decreased slightly between 1994 and 2004, while among multiples this share increased. Therefore, the overall increase in the share of births which are low weight can be attributed to the increase in low weight births among multiples. The proportion of low birth weight infants who were part of a multiple delivery increased from 21% in 1994 to 31% in 2004 (Table BT24 and Figure BT24). While less than 6% of singletons were of low birth weight, 52% of twins, 92% of triplets, and 100% of quadruplets were of low birth weight in 2004 (Table BS30 and Figure BS22).
Prenatal care
While the trimester of prenatal care onset does not have a large effect on birth weight, nearly 30% of mothers who did not receive any prenatal care had low birth weight babies. Lack of prenatal care had the greatest affect on the birth weight of newborns of Black (33% low birth weight) and Asian and Pacific Islander (32%) mothers (Table BS31 and Figure BS23).
Apgar score
Apgar score is a summary measure of an infant's clinical condition based on heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color taken at one and five minutes after delivery. A score less than seven is considered an indicator of potential health problems. Less than one percent of births had five-minute Apgar scores below seven. Low Apgar scores were more likely among young mothers under the age of 17 years (1.7%) than among mothers aged 18 years and older. Black mothers had a higher rate of low Apgar scores (1.8%) than mothers of other races/ethnicities. Five percent of births whose mothers did not receive prenatal care had low Apgar scores (Table BS33).
Abnormal conditions of newborn
Rates for all reported abnormal conditions of newborns were low in 1997 (each less than 1%), but all have declined further since then. Rates of meconium aspiration syndrome, assisted ventilation (<30 minutes), and hyaline membrane disease/respiratory distress syndrome halved between 1997 and 2004. The percentage of newborns with anemia and the percentage requiring 30 or more minutes of assisted ventilation decreased by more than one-third from 1997 to 2004. Other abnormal conditions such as fetal alcohol syndrome and seizures also decreased but numbers are too small to produce a reliable trend (Table BT25 and Figure BT25).
Assisted ventilation of 30 or more minutes was the most frequently reported abnormal condition of newborns in 2004. Hyaline membrane disease/respiratory distress syndrome was more common among newborns of younger mothers and Black mothers. Birth injuries were also more common among younger mothers and assisted ventilation was more common among Black mothers than among mothers of other races/ethnicities (Table BS34).
Congenital anomalies
Congenital anomalies are captured on the birth certificate, however some birth defects are not detectable until some time after the infant has been released from the hospital. Therefore, congenital anomaly information from the birth certificate files is not complete. In 2004, rates were virtually the same or lower than in 1997 for all congenital anomalies reported on birth certificates (Table BT26).
Urogenital anomaly was the most commonly reported congenital anomaly on birth certificates in 2004 (0.2%) and it was more common among newborns of White and Hispanic mothers than Black mothers. Polydactyly, syndactyly, and adactyly were four times more commonly reported among births to Black mothers than among White mothers (Table BS35).
NICU admissions
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rate remained between 7.2% and 8.2% of births from 1997 to 2004 (Table BT27). In 2004, 8.2% of newborns were admitted to the NICU at the hospital of birth or after transfer to another hospital. Multiple births, preterm births, and those of low birth weight were much more likely to be admitted to a NICU than singletons, full-term births, and those of normal birth weight. Twenty-two percent of newborns whose mothers received no prenatal care were admitted to a NICU while the admission rate for births with any prenatal care was about 8% (Table BS36).
The percentage of male newborns who were circumcised decreased 12% from 66% of all male newborns in 1997 to 58% in 2004. Only circumcisions performed prior to discharge from the hospital are counted. Foreign- and Puerto Rico-born mothers were much less likely to have their sons circumcised and while the percentage of circumcisions among newborns of native-born mothers declined 5% from 1997 to 2004, the percentage among foreign-born mothers decreased 21%. However, among mothers born in Puerto Rico , the percentage increased 11% (Table BT28 and Figure BT26). While 78% of Black and 67% of White mothers had their sons circumcised in 2004, only 42% of Asian/Pacific Islander and 38% of Hispanic mothers did. Seventy-two percent of native-born mothers had their sons circumcised compared to 52% of Puerto Rico-born and 38% of foreign-born mothers. Among Blacks, there was little difference based on nativity, but for other races/ethnicities, the mother's nativity greatly affected circumcision rates. Among native-born mothers, 72% of Whites, 68% of Asian/Pacific Islanders, and 61% of Hispanics had their sons circumcised. However, among foreign-born mothers, the percentages were 44%, 40%, and 26% for Whites, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics, respectively (Table BS37 and Figure BS24).
Feeding at discharge
Feeding at discharge refers to the type of feedings given to the newborn in the 24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital. The exclusive breastfeeding rate decreased from 40% in 1997 to 35% in 2004 (Table BT29). In 2004, 31% of newborns were exclusively formula fed and 29% were combination fed (both breast and formula) (Table BS38). Exclusive breastfeeding rates ranged from 15% in Hudson County to 59% in Hunterdon County while exclusive formula feeding rates were lowest in Hunterdon County (18%) and highest in Essex County (44%). Rates of combination feeding ranged from 5% in Gloucester County to 40% in Union County . Missing data for Salem (20%), Hudson (11%), and other counties could affect their rankings (Table BC19).
Age of mother
The percentage of mothers exclusively breastfeeding increased with maternal age up to 30-34 years old where it peaked at 40% before declining again. Exclusive formula feeding was most common among the youngest mothers and the rate decreased with increasing age before leveling off among women aged 30 and over. Combination feeding was most common among mothers aged 15-29 years, though the rate was between 20% and 33% for each age group (Table BS38 and Figure BS25).
Race/ethnicity and nativity of mother
Between 1997 and 2004, the exclusive breastfeeding rate decreased from 49% to 47% among White mothers, 21% to 20% among Black mothers, 30% to 22% among Hispanic mothers, and 47% to 39% among Asian/Pacific Islander mothers (Table BT29 and Figure BT28). In 2004, e xclusive breastfeeding was most common among White mothers (47%), while formula feeding was most common among Blacks (50%) and combination feeding was most common among Hispanics (47%) and Asian/Pacific Islanders (44%) (Table BS39 and Figure BS26 ).
The exclusive breastfeeding rate decreased from 43% to 40% among native-born mothers, from 41% to 30% among foreign-born mothers, and from 22% to 19% among Puerto Rico-born mothers. (Table BT29 and Figure BT27). In 2004, breastfeeding was only slightly more prevalent among native-born mothers than formula feeding (38%), formula feeding was most common among Puerto Rico-born mothers (45%), and combination feeding was most common among the foreign-born (48%) (Table BS39 and Figure BS26).
Among Whites, and Blacks, nativity had little or no effect on breastfeeding rates, but formula feeding was more common among the native-born and combination feeding was more common among the foreign-born in those race/ethnicity groups. The same pattern was seen among native- and foreign-born Hispanics, however feeding choices among those born in Puerto Rico varied from that of both native- and foreign-born Hispanics. Among Asians and Pacific Islanders, nativity had little effect on formula feeding rates, but breastfeeding was more likely among the native-born and combination feeding was more likely among the foreign-born (Table BS39 and Figure BS26).
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Something interesting happens when women start Dressing their Truth.
We call it our "Compliment Guarantee."
But suddenly receiving so much positive attention can make some women uncomfortable or unsure of how to respond.
So get our tips for the best way to handle those compliments coming your way.
What's with all the attention?
When you really start to show up in your Type of Beauty, people notice!
Even total strangers come up to tell you how amazing you look. We know many women who have been stopped in the grocery store or the mall and told how great they look.
But sadly, many of us women have been conditioned to to deflect compliments or respond by putting ourselves down or pointing out something we don't like instead.
Instead, watch the video for what to do the next time you receive a compliment.
You'll also hear what a compliment really is—and how to receive it humbly and graciously.
Plus, find out what I've been doing more of lately to recognize the beauty of all women.
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When in doubt, say "Thank you!"
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Saying "Thank you" is your best way to respond when you receive a compliment. It's a gift! So receive that gift as an expression of love with open arms.
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ROSSVILLE, GA-- Just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, families have been having fun at an awesome theme park for almost 90 years. Lake Winnepesaukah, or Lake Winnie as the locals call it, is part amusement park, part water park, all fun!
The amusement park side of Lake Winnie sits around the lake that is its namesake. From kiddie rides like the Wacky Worm and Motorcycles to adventure rides like the Alpine Way ski lift, the Cannon Ball roller coaster, and the OH-Zone, there are rides to please every member of the family. People can even take a tour in the train that travels around the park, or stop to grab a bite to eat from one of several concession stands available. There is also a playground and a "splash pad" type water feature that allows children to cool down on hot days.
The water park side of Lake Winnie will keep visitors cool...and wet! From a lazy river to a cola bottle cap challenge, water takes center stage at Soak Ya Water Park. The park, which is on the west side of the lake, is a great way for families to cool off while having fun on hot summer days.
Lake Winnie also hosts numerous special events throughout the year. From Lake Winnepaspookah in October, to the numerous concerts held each year, to parties and special events held for numerous church and business groups, Lake Winnie makes any day special.
Lake Winnie is an amazing water and amusement park located in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, metropolitan area, just an hour drive from the Huntsville area. Families and groups are encouraged to make the short trip up U.S. Highway 72 to enjoy the theme park, opened since around 1925, that has always been family owned and operated.
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Massage Therapy Styles and Health Benefits:
Swedish Massage
This is a light and relaxing massage that utilizes long, flowing strokes, often but not necessarily in the direction of the heart. This soothing massage and gentle touch takes you to a new level of stress reduction.
Deep Tissue & Trigger Point Massage
Deep muscle massage will flush toxins from your body and enhance your immune system. Working a specific joint, muscle or muscle group, your therapist can access deeper layers of the soft tissue. Because each body experiences pressure differently, your therapist will start superficially and ease into the depth of the muscle slowly to allow more movement. The direct pressure applied by your therapist will relieve tension immediately.
Sports Massage
Regular human activity leads to a consistent build-up of tension in the muscles and causes stress on joints, ligaments and tendons. Sports massage is designed to reduce injuries and alleviate inflammation; this technique is for novice and professional athletes before, during and after training events.
Prenatal Massage
Because many pregnant women feel discomfort and added stress on their bodies at various points of the pregnancies, more women are discovering and benefiting from Prenatal Massage. Prenatal Massage is a form of therapeutic bodywork which focuses on the special needs of the mother-to-be as her body goes through the dramatic changes leading up to childbirth. The techniques used enhance the well being of both mother and baby.
Thinking about holistic health care, visit Midpoint Chiropractic Center!
Cape Coral Chiropractor at Midpoint Chiropractic Center understands clients are individuals each having a distinct set of needs. We see chiropractic as a method of health care which is certainly unique than medical care alone. At Midpoint Chiropractic Center, without using drugs or surgery, we can help retrain the body to take care of itself. In the event your bodily structure is imbalanced or is not straight and true, you might feel pain, get sick or tire more easily. We are a fully-integrated holistic clinic which utilizes the methods of Chiropractic Care including:
1. Spinal Decompression Therapy
2. Massage Therapy
3. Physical Therapy
4. Back Rehabilitation
5. Spinal Stabilization
6. Soft Tissue & Massage Therapy
7. Therapeutic Exercises
8. Therapeutic Stretches
9. Physical Modalities
10. Employee Health Training & Education
11. Dietary & Nutritional Counseling
12. Lifestyle Modification Counseling
13. Balance / Proprioception
14. Joint Mobilization
15. Manual Therapy
16. Electrical Stimulation
17. Ultrasound
18. Moist Heat
19. Cryotherapy
20. Phonophoresis
21. Lumbar Traction
22. Postural Re-education
23. Evaluations
24. General Orthopedic Rehabilitation
25. Sports Medicine
26. Gait Training
27. Sports Specific Rehabilitation
28. Work Conditioning/ Hardening
29. Patient Education
30. Exercise Prescription
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32. Pre Operative Exercise Rehabilitation/ Home Program and Education
33. Post Operative Rehabilitation
34. Spinal & Postural Screenings
With no prescription medications or surgical procedures, Midpoint Chiropractic Center work along with you to efficiently deal with a variety of issues such as:
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College Hockey:Powers Returns to Coaching at Wesleyan
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan has named former Rensselaer and Bowling Green coach, Buddy Powers, to fill its vacant head coaching position. Powers replaces Dave Snyder, who retired at the end of this past season after 32 years at the helm.
"Buddy Powers is one of the most respected collegiate ice hockey coaches in the country, " said Biddiscombe. "His experience and reputation will be instrumental in making the coaching transition at Wesleyan a smooth one and in continuing to attract quality student-athletes to our program."
Wesleyan originally offered the position to a pair of Ivy League assistants — Brendan Whittet of Dartmouth and C.J. Marottolo of Yale — who each decided to turn down the job. Marottolo was recently promoted to associate head coach for the Bulldogs.
Powers, a 1975 graduate of Boston University, was an assistant for six years (1982-88) at Bowling Green under Jerry York, before getting his first head coaching position at RIT. He stayed for just one year before an opening arose at Rensselaer when Mike Addesa was fired in the aftermath of an incident between himself and player Graeme Townshend. Powers took over for the fired Addesa, and coached for five seasons (1989-94) before returning to Bowling Green as head coach. Powers was fired from Bowling Green following the 2002 season after eight years on the job.
Powers' career record is 255-220-41, and includes a runner-up appearance at the Division III NCAAs in 1989. He also made the NCAA tournament in 1994 with RPI, and had three 20-win seasons in his five years with the Engineers.
At Bowling Green, Powers won 25 and 26 games, respectively, in his first two seasons, and was the 1994-95 CCHA Coach of the Year. But he never had another 20-win season, and didn't make the NCAAs with the Falcons, going 9-25-6 in his last year.
Powers was a volunteer assistant for the Under-17 U.S. National team this past season. He will also serve as the golf coach at Wesleyan.
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Authorization Model in SOA Suite 11g by Shawn Bailey
By Juergenkress-Oracle on Apr 19, 2013
Figuring out how the authorization works in SOA Suite 11g between the
WebLogic Console and Enterprise Manager can seem daunting. This blog
post aims to clarify how the two parts work together and hopefully
demonstrates that it is not as complicated as it may first appear.
In SOA Suite 11g there is one Authentication stack and 2 Authorization stacks:
- Authentication is handled by WebLogic Server and is based on the order and control flags set for the Authentication Providers in the Security Realm.
- Authorization is split between the Global Role definitions in WebLogic Server and the SOA Application Roles in Fusion Middleware Control (EM). WLS Roles govern the interactions in the WLS Console while the SOA Roles control permissions on SOA resources / activities. In most cases the users will need access to both.
Let's describe the authorization stacks independently:
In WLS there are Global Roles defined out of the box that apply to the WebLogic Console. For our purposes we will focus on the 'Admin' Global Role as it has a counterpart in EM and is representative of the other roles as well. In the standard domain this role has a single membership condition which is for the pre-configured Group 'Administrators'. This means that any user who is a member of a group called 'Administrators' will be granted the permissions of the 'Admin' Global Role in WLS. This is important because in order for a user to login to the WLS or EM consoles they must have permissions for at least one of the WLS Global Roles, either through a Group or individual association. Read the full article here.
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May 14, 2006
LOS ANGELES - The defending NCAA Champion UCLA men's tennis team moved a step closer in its quest to repeat Sunday, dispatching of Colorado, 4-0 in an NCAA Second Round match at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. With the win, the 10th-seeded Bruins (19-5) advance to face seventh-seeded Illinois (24-6) in next week's round of 16 in Stanford, Calif.
UCLA's Haythem Abid and Chris Surapol clinched the doubles point for the Bruins at court No. 2, registering an 8-4 victory over Geoffrey Chizever/Chad Tsuda. That win was preceded by an 8-3 victory at court No. 1 by Benjamin Kohlloeffel and Philipp Gruendler, who have now won 25 matches in a row. The duo is currently ranked second in the country.
Kohlloeffel, the nation's No. 1-ranked player, was even more impressive in singles Saturday, as he downed 51st-ranked Eric Molnar, 6-0, 6-0 at court No. 1. Kohlloeffel improves to 39-4 overall on the year and has won 19 of his last 20 matches.
Surapol was next to finish at court No. 5, as he put the Bruins ahead 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Tsuda. Surapol owns a 20-1 record in dual-match play this season with his only defeat coming in UCLA's 4-3 loss to top-ranked Georgia at the USTA/ITA National Team Indoors.
Abid finished things off for the Bruins at court No. 2, recording a 6-2, 6-4 match-clinching victory over Peter Bjork.
When play was suspended, Mathieu Dehaine was up 7-5, 4-3 at court No. 3, while both Gruendler (court No. 4) and Michael Look (court No. 6) were up 2-1 in the third set of their respective matches.
UCLA and Illinois last faced off during the 2004 NCAA Semifinals in Tulsa, Okla. The Bruins won that match 4-3, snapping what still stands as the nation's longest winning streak at 64 matches.
|(2) Gruendler/Kohlloeffel (UCLA) def. Bundalo/Molnar (CU)
|Abid/Surapol (UCLA) def. Geoffrey Chizever/Tsuda (CU)
|Dehaine/ Jeremy Drean (UCLA) vs. Dvorak/Zelezny (CU)
|UCLA Wins Doubles Point
|(1) Benjamin Kohlloeffel (UCLA) def. (51) Eric Molnar (CU)
|6-0, 6-0
|Haythem Abid (UCLA) def. Peter Bjork (CU)
|6-2, 6-4*
|(100) Mathieu Dehaine (UCLA) led Marko Bundalo (CU)
|7-5, 4-3
|Philipp Gruendler (UCLA) led Jan Zelezny (CU)
|3-6, 6-4, 2-1
|(96) Chris Surapol (UCLA) def. Chad Tsuda (CU)
|6-2, 6-3
|Michael Look (UCLA) led Marek Dvorak (CU)
|6-0, 4-6, 2-1
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Josh Morgan Suing Bobby Werhane Over 'Financial Improprieties' at Choptank
Not to mention "fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and unjust enrichment."
Well, here's something for a Friday afternoon: A representative for Josh Morgan passed along a statement from the Morgan Restaurant Group owner saying he has filed a civil lawsuit against his Choptank partner, Bobby Werhane. Morgan is alleging that Werhane, who recently opened the Italian restaurant Spasso, conducted "financial improprieties" and "committed, among other things, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and unjust enrichment." After Choptank shuttered in December owing to water damage, the restaurant never did open back up again. Morgan tells us he got suspicious while conducting a year-end analysis of the restaurant's finances. Though fall and winter had been slower, "the decline in sales wasn't accounting for the significant insolvency," Morgan tells Grub Street, "as I looked closer I started to see some serious improprieties." Plenty more, straight ahead.
Now Grub Street learns that Werhane will open an Italian concept in the Choptank space in "a couple of weeks," if things go according to plan. Morgan, meanwhile, tells us he hopes to retain the Choptank brand and reopen in the same space, if possible. So, this should be fun to watch.
Here's Morgan's full statement:
New York, NY - Choptank co-owner Josh Morgan has filed a civil lawsuit against his financial partner and long time friend Robert Werhane, owner of Experience Hospitality, Ernest & Olivia, and the recently opened restaurant Spasso. The two opened Choptank in January 2010.
Josh Morgan worked together with Werhane to bring the best of their native Chesapeake Bay to New York City's West Village. Their success was featured on ABC News, Taxi TV, the prestigious Vanity Fair Summer Restaurant Guide, and most recently in Time Out as having one of NYC's top burgers. Choptank was known for it's traditional Maryland Crab Feasts and it's casual and relaxed, neighborhood vibe.
The restaurant experienced sudden insolvency and after preliminary investigation, Morgan believes he can show documented instances of financial improprieties on behalf of Werhane and his company, Experience Hospitality. Morgan retained Jason Gabbard and his firm as legal advisors. The civil suit they filed alleges that Werhane, Experience Hospitality, and 551 Hudson, LLC d/b/a Spasso, "committed, among other things, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, and unjust enrichment."
Josh Morgan said, "I am deeply saddened that a potentially sound partnership based on friendship has come to an end. But the financial misconduct I believe was committed here, and which I suspect is indicative of his volatile history in previous partnerships, must be acknowledged. I put my heart in this concept and my trust in Bobby and his book-keeping."
Josh Morgan is still an investor in the business that owns the Choptank space, although he is no longer involved in the operations and management. The entity, now solely under the control of Robert Werhane, is planning on opening an Italian concept in the old Choptank space.
While Josh and his company, Morgan Restaurant Group, sees this suit through, he will be looking to obtain the rights to the Choptank brand, which he created, and is currently working on a new concept.
Of course, Werhane isn't having any of this. When we contacted him to get his side of the story, his rep sent the following statement along:
I am both disappointed and frustrated that my former co-managing member Mr. Morgan has named 308-310 Bleecker Restaurant, LLC, 551 Hudson Restaurant, LLC, and myself as co-defendants in a malicious and meritless lawsuit, as a result of his removal as a managing member. We have retained counsel and will defend these false allegations as far as the law will allow.
- Robert C. Werhane, Experience hospitality.
Between this, the Graffit/Graffiti kerfuffle, and the shenanigans at the Lion, it's been a good week for beefin'. Sounds like everyone needs to relax a little. Must be time for the long weekend to start!


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Once upon a time, the knick knacks in your living room were sweet and charming. Today, they're just dust collectors and clutter. The quickest way to get rid of your "junk" may be to throw it all into a bag and head to Goodwill, but why not spend some extra time to put together a garage sale? You'll turn your trash into someone else's treasure while earning cash.
4 Garage Sale Do's:
Do: Advertise Online You can still put up paper flyers, but don't skip over Internet advertising. One week before the sale, post on Craigslist, your Facebook profile and your community's Facebook pages. Include high quality photos of your best items as well as prices - you may sell some pieces before the sale's even begun!
Do: Have a Section With Free Items Once people are browsing, they're likely to spend money - getting them out of the car is the hard part. Create an area with just free items, put it close to the road and make sure there's a big "FREE" sign to accompany it. Also, don't put junk nobody will want in the free pile just for the sake of creating one.
Do: Greet People as They Arrive Sitting behind a table with your eyes averted and your arms crossed doesn't exactly invite people to your garage sale. Potential customers will shy away from the whole thing if you're unapproachable. Say "hello" when guests walk up, smile, be friendly and stay nearby (without hovering) to answer any questions.
Do: Play Music It's sort of awkward to visit an eerily quiet garage sale. If two want to chat about an item, they don't want the seller to overhear everything they're saying. Steer clear of any music that may be considered offensive; just play something appropriate that will drown out subtle conversations.
4 Garage Sale Don'ts:
Don't: Make an Itsy Bitsy Flyer Remember that drivers have to read your flyer as they're cruising by at 35 mph. Help them avoid veering off the road by using paint to create thick letters on a large board. Include both the house number and arrows, and set up signs along busy routes at least a full day in advance.
Don't: Make Prices a Mystery There are two things shoppers don't want to do at a garage sale: guess at prices and approach strangers (i.e. you, the seller). You may prefer to haggle, but it's still necessary to put price tags on everything. Lower prices will sell because people go to garage sales to score deals; don't err on the side of pricing items unreasonably high. Remember, the point of your garage sale is to get rid of clutter, not to make enough money to buy a new car.
Don't: Insult Your Own Items We know you're sick of looking at the pieces you're desperately trying to pawn off on other people, but that's not an excuse to insult your collection of ceramic angels. What you think of as junk may be important to somebody else. Plus, if you tell somebody they shouldn't like something, they're going to listen to you. Then they're going to find a more lighthearted garage sale at which to spend their money.
Don't: Compete With Another Event Face it, your garage sale isn't going to beat out the holiday parade or annual floral market. Schedule your sale for another day or smartly work around the event. For example, if there's a farmer's market a block away from you, schedule the garage sale to start when the market closes and put signs up near the fruit and veggie stands.
15 Additional Tips for Sellers:
Put larger items up front, closer to the road. Your smaller items might be the best finds at the sale, but they're not going to attract passersby who can't actually see them. Anything big and easily noticeable should be front and center.
Label everything. If customers have to ask questions, they may pass up buying the item altogether. What size are those never-worn running sneakers? What model iPhone does that cell phone case fit? Make it very easy for shoppers to spot and distinguish must-have items.
Group items together by their similarity, not their price tag. For example, parents who are interested in children's toys should be able to find them all in one place. Put kitchen gear with cookbooks, jewelry with purses, etc.
Be open to bargaining, but don't start discounting right from the start. As the day goes on, you should be more and more flexible when it comes to lowering your prices. This way, you'll know what people haven't been interested in and you can reduce those items more than others.
Reposition items and organize as the day goes on. As people come and go, your inventory will start to drop (hopefully). Keep everything looking beguiling by rearranging to keep your sale looking full, not sparse and picked over.
Stock up on cash, including rolls of change and plenty of $1 and $5 dollar bills. Also, you can sell to people who only carry plastic by ordering a PayPal Here, which lets you swipe cards with a small cell phone attachment.
Ask friends and family members to help expand your sale by supplying items they're trying to get rid of. Figure out beforehand how you'll split up the earnings. Will everyone get an equal share? Should contributors receive a percentage of sales depending on how much they provided? Try to come up with a simpler plan than attempting to keep track of each and every item that's sold.
Rethink how you're displaying items that aren't selling. Your books may not be getting scooped up even though they're just 50 cents each because they're stuffed into a musty box. Put them on a bookshelf to see if people respond better to their presentation.
Electronic items won't sell if they can't be tested. Keep batteries and an extension cord nearby so shoppers can try before they buy.
Keep items with multiple parts together neatly in plastic baggies. If you have items that are too large for a little Ziplock, use a nice looking reusable grocery sack, not something unappealing like your plastic Target bag.
Clean and repair items before displaying them. It may seem like a hassle to wash every one of the 40 coffee mugs you're hoping to get rid of, but if you sell them all because they're sparkling clean, it's worth it.
Make sure to check your town or city's ordinances concerning garage sales. Some areas regulate how many days in a row your garage sale can span and how many sales you can have in a year.
Use hanging tags on items that can be ruined by sticky tags. People may not buy a paper item, like a map or a soft cover book, if they think it's going to be ruined when they try to peel the price sticker off.
Collect plenty of bags and newspapers to pack up items for shoppers.
Cover items that aren't for sale with sheets or tarps. Otherwise, someone may walk away with your outdoor furniture set! To that end, make sure that everybody working with you knows what is and what is not for sale.
Just a little bit of planning can go a long way to making your sale a successful (and profitable) de-cluttering mission.
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NASHVILLE- Stanford junior forward Erica Payne was honored by the NCAA as this year's Division I women's basketball Elite 89 award winner Sunday.
The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 89 championships.
Payne owns a cumulative grade-point average of 3.52 and is majoring in science, technology and society (STS). The Concord native was presented with the award during the under-16 media timeout of the second half of the Maryland-Notre Dame national semifinal contest at the Final Four at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
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SOA Governance Is Not a Documentation Exercise
By J Swaroop on Dec 07, 2010
Following is an excerpt from an excellent article by Mervin Chiang which highlights the fact that SOA Governance is not a massive undertaking as some organizations perceive it to be:
Responses to the question "What are we doing about SOA governance?" vary. Some try to dodge the question. Others offer a fuzzy explanation that something is being done, and mumble something about managing services in an Excel spreadsheet.
So what is SOA governance? Do organizations really need it at all? If the answer is yes, where should you start? SOA governance doesn't have to be a massive undertaking. This article will walk you through this mysterious topic of SOA governance, its importance, and how to get started.
Architecture is the "A" in SOA. The term architecture carries ominous implications. But a significant part of governing Service-Oriented Architecture boils down to a matter of service management.
Why manage services?
At the start of this paper, we alluded to the fuzziness of people's understanding of SOA governance. When the issue of SOA governance is raised, one common response is, "We're just starting out and have only two dozen services. Do we need this?" Another response is, "This is only our first SOA project. Let's first see how it goes."
These responses imply that the organizations in question equate SOA governance with the thick manual that comes with a digital camera. How often do we refer to these manuals after we open the box? There may be some complex functionality on the camera that you want to explore, but you avoid the manual.
Let's consider two scenarios:
Your SOA project team goes away on a group holiday and their bus rolls off a cliff. How much information have you lost? How fast can you start the project again with a new team?
You have to revisit this same SOA project area again in two years. How much can you reuse? Can you truly achieve agility here?
Speed, reusability, and agility are the top three promised outcomes of SOA. Speed can be realized quite easily in this technology. But how can you ensure reusability and agility?
I'd like to propose the notion that simply considering and applying basic SOA governance, or service management, can go a long way.


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While the VA on Saturday said it would allow more veterans to get health care outside Veterans Affairs facilities, an uncovered sixty-year old memorandum that was released on Sunday reveals that such a plan previously existed and raises questions of why it was changed.
The memorandum in question was issued by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and provided medical care choices that veterans could use that included the use of private medical facilities and was signed by Lt. Col. James D. Boole, Jr., Chief of the Military Personnel Branch.
The memorandum was uncovered by Gary DeMar, whose father served in World War II and was present at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7, 1941, and who served in the Pacific Guadalcanal, Northern Solomon's, and the Philippine Liberation Campaigns.
His father also re-enlisted when the Korean War broke out.
In presenting the finding, DeMar said that what is happening now is nothing new and is old news in referencing the VA's plan to allow veterans to use civilian medical facilities.
DeMar found the memorandum while going through some of his mother's files on Saturday and said, "This is old news. This document shows how the VA used to work. It makes sense."
In the memorandum, it states:
"If at any time while on Detached Service you are in need of medical attention, you may obtain such treatment at any Army, Navy or Air Force Hospital. If these are not available, it may be obtained from a hospital of other Federal Agencies, such as Veterans Hospital[s] and US Public Health. If none of these are available, it may be obtained from Civilian hospitals. Notify the Registrar of this hospital immediately upon receipt of any treatments. If you are admitted to any hospital notify this office immediately by wire or telephone."
DeMar said, "When my father died in May of 2001, I saw for the first time the letter the Army had sent my mother informing her that my father had suffered a near-fatal injury. A mortar shell had exploded next to the jeep he was riding in. It happened on February 28, 1951, I was born in April of 1950. My father's foot was resting on the running board. It was the last time it would rest anywhere again. After the explosion, all that remained was a bloody stump."
"I know the VA very well," DeMar said. "The VA hospitals treated him well for 50 years. He had nothing but good things to say about the VA. When did this all change?"
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"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Apollo Nida was charged with starting false businesses and using false identities just after Christmas. He was given a court date, but added that he wanted to ask for more time to come up with a defense. His extension ends next week, so it will be interesting to see what will happen. According to a new Radar Online report published on March 18, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Apollo Nida could be close to striking a plea deal to get off the hook for the false businesses he started.
A legal document has surfaced about where the case currently stands. "They are still in the process of investigating additional facts and negotiating a resolution," the documents explain, and "have made substantial progress toward a resolution of this case." In other words, he will get an extension to deal with his charges and he has until April 25 to come up with a new defense. This could include a plea deal.
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Good sign.
You have an awfully weak definition of strong. o_O
Really? Are you for real? or was that sarcasm?
Considering it dropped to below $452 a share in the last hour, it was a good finish. At least the $450 support level held up today.
Definitely. I'm feeling more confident we will not see AAPL break below $450/share, except as a quick transient.
Sentiment: Hold
I too am starting to think $450 is the floor. All the same, I am still looking for a persistent climb back to $500 before adding shares.
Yep, you should buy it if it falls below 450. You would've made money if you did.
Yeah that was impressive. LOL
That was to extinguish both the 455 calls and 450 puts.
Same old same old
I agree, today was all about weekly options and sucking volatility out to smash both calls and puts. take a look, up on down days, but down today on a really strong market day? come on.. the fact of the matter is AAPL has turned into a traders dream because of the quick swings. Not sold on the thought that we have seen bottom yet.


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UMass had the most student-athletes in the league attain a 3.5 GPA or higher for spring semester
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The Minutemen finished 10th of 34 teams with the help of strong performances by upperclassmen.
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Release Date: 2014-07-25 (Limited)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Romance
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Duration: 2hrs 30min
On a train journey in Warsaw, psychiatrist Shaina meets Himanshu, who is a police officer from India to discuss their prospective marriage. Both are reluctant to enter into an arranged union but become friends and strike a deep conversation where Shaina reveals her previous relationship with the eccentric Devi, a man who lived only for his 'Kick' aka an adrenaline rush . Despite his idiosyncrasies they embark on a whirlwind romance, until one day he breaks up with her for a new 'Kick' and walks away never to return. Himanshu in turn regales her with his glorious escapades as an officer but mentions that he has finally met his match, an intelligent thief. What they are both unaware of is that their stories have one thing in common, Devi. He returns to their lives under the pretext of having lost his memory. Behind it all, is a deeper mystery and an uncompromising mission for which Devi is ready to lose his life.
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