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Posted on 11/29/2006 11:28:09 AM PST by Omega Man II
Time To Talk Mormon, Mitt
Romney needs to get past the faith issue, fast.
By John Dickerson
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006, at 7:11 PM ET
Mitt Romney. Click image to expand.Mitt Romney Mitt Romney has said that if his Mormon faith becomes an issue in his race for the presidency, he will address it at length in a speech. Does he have space on his calendar tomorrow?
The press is writing about his religion. Pollsters are asking about it, and GOP voters inevitably bring it up in any discussion of the 2008 candidates. Will his faith affect how he governs? Will it hurt his chances at winning the nomination? A debate in the blogosphere rages over Andrew Sullivan's posting of a picture of the undergarment worn by some Mormons, an act that some of the faithful have found offensive.
When they're talking about your bloomers, it's time to clear a few things up. It's not that Romney should come clean about his clean laundryhe should please stay quiet about thatbut now is the time to improve on his current approach, which has largely been to make fun of misconceptions about Mormonism. ("Take my wives, please" kinds of jokes.) If he doesn't define what his religion means to him, others will do it for himfocusing on the most loopy aspects. Constant questions and endless press coverage will get in the way of his larger task of pitching himself as the only "true conservative" in the GOP race.
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It ain't about his religion. It's about his politics. I don't like 'em.
"Andrew Sullivan's posting of a picture of the undergarment worn by some Mormons"
Oh I know he just did not go there. Those who live in Glass Freak Shows should not cast stones.
My response is always the same: Mormons have more in common with the values of mainstream American Christian denominations than do Jews. Would we be having this same debate over a Jewish candidate? I really don't think so.
To Mr. Dickerson - The First Amendment protects journalists. But Article VI of the Constitution protects candidates and elected officials from being subjected to a religious test.
So if I were Mitt, I would tell Dickerson to go to hell.
Leave it to the liberals to help him try to get past the Mormon issue -- until he gets the nomination. Then, it will be the only things that matters.
Didn't a mussie just get elected to congress? No one seems concerned about that. Who would you trust more?
I posted same above...I guess liberal journalists (like all liberals) only think that the constitution applies to them.
Incidentally, objections to a Muslim candidate for President would not be about religion, but about whether he or she will fight terrorists. (Of course I think we all know the answer to that hypothetical).
What is the obsession with one's religion though? Who cares what the guy's religion is? I certainly do not have a religious litmus test.
What about Harry Reid and his Mormon beliefs?
Yes a Muslim was elected to Congress.
Mitt Romney is a Republican. So Democrats and the MSM want to try to make an issue out of him being Mormon. The same people who said it didn't matter that Kennedy was Catholic, are the ones who are concerned about Romney and Mormonism.
There are different standards for Democrats and Republicans.
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This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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"What about Harry Reid and his Mormon beliefs?"
Reid gets a pass, because as Democrat, everyone knows he thinks religion is just something you use to trick the rubes to vote for you.
It's kinda like Clinton's big, TV-ready, Bible. (The only part that was read in Clinton's Bible was Song of Soloman and those pages now stick together.)
"Didn't a mussie just get elected to congress? No one seems concerned about that."
Yes, as a Democrat. Democrats share the Muzzie's hatred of America and desire for its destruction.
How many people know Senator Dingy Harry is a Mormon?
I don't have a religious litmus test either, but I do worry what the media will do with the Mormon issue. I don't think it's something he can get past with a witticism. If the media decides it will be the single most important thing about his candidacy, then it will be.
He sure wasn't aspousing his Mormonism when he was talking like a liberal. I don't trust him no matter what. What bothers me is that he was a BIG star at the Idaho Republican Covention this year because of his Mormonism.
I don't think it would be that big of an issue. I heard Glenn Beck ask Jerry Falwell (during an interview on Beck's TV show) if he could vote for a Mormon for President.
Falwell's answer was excellent, and he said he would not impose any "religious" litmus test on a candidate, his stand on issues and morality would be what he judged a candidate by.
The issue is framed by the press, and by bashers everywhere. Here on the F.R. I have read many misinterpretations of the Mormon belief. I know something about it as I have relatives involved in the church. And they are very admirable, regard themselves as Christians, are more family, community and charity oriented than most, and have very high conservative values. They are amongst the best people we know.
I wonder of Mormons are prepared for the deluge of Big Media stories about gold plates and talking animals is Romney became the candidate?
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
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30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
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He shouldn't waste time on this issue. He should lay out his political positions, loudly and boldly, and keep pounding away at them until he is either elected or defeated.
His enemies are trying to draw him into a cul-de-sac, forcing him to waste time proving he's not weird. Ignore them. His potential friends want to know where he stands politically, and if he has the grit to stick by his guns when it all hits the fan. I have my doubts on the latter, and his challenge is to prove he's tough enough to take the pounding. Letting the enemy define the battlespace will only work against him.
The beauty of Romney is they have nothing to vilify except his religion. They can't call a Harvard Law grad stupid. They can't say he is fat, bald, short or ugly. They can't call a MA Governor a right wing kook. Thay can't call him corrupt or a Bushbot. They can't call him mean. This must frighten them terribly.
So that only leaves his religion. The same as their Senate Majority Leader's, who is (?)4th in line for the Presidency. Should Reid resign?
Because Mormons are so very very touchy, I think the press coverage of their religion would drive them right up the wall.
They can't call a Harvard Law grad stupid.
"the only "true conservative" in the GOP race"
Is Mitt really a conservative? I would not vote for him. The Newt-ster yes, this guy, no.
But hey, that's what makes America great!
You do not have a religious litmus test yet your name is Trust and Verify??
You mean the "blue dress Pages". LOL
I doubt the left is hitting him on this. I believe they are hoping for his nomination because they know, as I suspect, he can't win the general.
Whether right or wrong, enough of the evangelical base will reject him to prevent him winning.
Probably jealosy. They're so sexy.
(Like I can talk; I still frequently wear undergarmets with Tzitzis.)
"I certainly do not have a religious litmus test."
Sure you do, just a broad one.
I strongly suspect you would not vote for a devout Shia muslim, for example.
Or a Satanist.
Or a Baal (or whomever) worshiper.
Religion tells a lot about a person.
They get away with it, because Harvard Business School circa 1973 wasn't super selective. Law schools were much harder to get into than business schools. For example, Bush had applied unsuccessfully to University of Texas Law School.
Romney's academic record crushes any stupid charge to powder.
--Started at Stanford University.
--Graduated as valedictorian from Brigham Young University in 1971.
--In 1975 was awarded an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar (The top academic honor at Harvard Business School is the Baker Scholar designation (High Distinction), given to the top 5% of the graduating MBA class).
--JD cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Calling anyone with an academic bio like that stupid is like calling Ann Coulter fat.
You know, (here's a scoop for the media) Joseph Smith once said that the moon was made of green cheese. He was kidding, of course, but for generations after, opponents of the church used that statement to "prove" he was a false prophet. They knew it was a joke and yet they presented it as truth.
If you go to these "critics" websites, you will find quotations from church leaders. Some are footnoted, others are not. Some just have a name attributed and nothing else and we are left to believe that they were church leaders to. I looked up a number of those names and discovered that they were actually critics of the church not leaders. No wonder their credentials were left to inference.
Many quotes are judiciously edited to contain only the words and phrases the "critics" want their audience to read. The use of "..." is wide spread. Frequently, if you look up one of the "damning" quotes, you will find that if you read the surrounding paragraphs and the words that the "..." cut out, the quote has a totally different meaning than what the "critics" led the reader to believe.
So yes, there will be Mormons who cannot take the criticisms. Some do not have as strong a testimony as others. We are all at different maturity levels. But it must also be understood that much, if not the majority, of the criticism the church draws results from ignorance or willful misinterpretations and that wears on even those of us who don't normally respond to this junk.
Judaism is close to 4,000 years old, and is accepted as the pre-curser of Christianity by all Christians.
Mormonism is not quite 180 years old, and is seen as a very odd cult built on ridiculous fabricated evidence, by an oversexed fraud.
Personally I would be highly suspect of anyone who really believes the tenents of the LDS--and I wouldn't want a President so gullible.
Yes and No.
"There's no such thing as bad publicity."
For example, the way the Press openly lies when it talks about consevatives angers me. When the press gets my religion wrong I get bothered too. But then I think of it in the bigger picture. When the Mainstream media states falsely, "Mormons believe XYZ", I can then take the opportunity to clarify, expound and blather on about what I really believe.
The rumor mill was ripe when Jesus walked the earth. A lot of lies were said about him and he was eventually killed on the cross for some of the lies. But just about anyone who was anyone had heard about "this Jesus" fellow. Most people have heard about Mormons today because of many of the media lies told about it over the years.
Actually in my belief system, The True church has been on the earth since the time of Adam predating Judaism. The Church of Jesus Christ has been present throughout history. IOW Adam was Christian, Moses, of the mosiac law, that Jews follow was Christian. Judaism really is Christianity, they just don't realize it. Some famous bible theologian (sorry I can't remember the reference) cites thousands of references and hidden meanings about Christ on the OT. The Bible says that when the Messiah returns the Jews will finally recognize him.
Do you claim Christianity is only 2000 years old or eternal, ie from before the earth was created?
A Mormon any day of course. The fact that a Muslim got elected in this country after 911 with very little debate is astounding to me.!
Any specifics?
Here ye Christians! Bring out your litmus tests for Mormons!
It will come back to haunt you. The secular progressives view any religion as cooky and cultish. Watch your future Christian candidate sunk because of his 'odd' faith, 'outdated' views on a 6,000 yr old earth, the second coming, homosexuality, tithing, and angels.
I'm going off on a tangent here, but given the Mormon bashing going on....
Interestingly, if you look at the class composition of the nation's top law schools, you'll see that BYU outperforms a lot of Ivies in terms of the most represented undergraduate schools at a particular law school.
When I was at UVA Law, there were more BYU graduates than Columbia, Dartmouth, or Cornell graduates, for instance. They outnumbered all but UVA, Harvard, Duke, and Yale at the school.
And now that I switch directions, there are 4 BYU grads in my state medical school class--in a state not exactly known for its Mormon population.
I have absolutely nothing against Mormons. They're hardworking and family-oriented, and from my experience, some of the most sincere, kindest people I've met--almost universally.
It bothers me to see so many trashing them here on this site. Sure my beliefs are different than theirs, but I'd say their values are pretty much the same. And should be the same as most conservative posters on this site.
" (Of course I think we all know the answer to that hypothetical)."
Well, at least half of us do, anyway.
Close, Dilbert. I'm convinced the dems, et al have no standards at all.
Interesting. I thought he was crucified as a result of blasphemy, which required the death penalty. The charge of blasphemy was true.
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This intrusive new law will force women who face serious health problems later in their pregnancies to wait until their lives are in jeopardy before a doctor can legally terminate their pregnancy and has no exception to provide care for women carrying a fetus with a severe anomaly. Ohio is on the fast track to becoming the most dangerous state in the country for pregnant women.Last fall, Governor Kasich promised voters that he would work tirelessly to create jobs and grow our economy. Instead he has joined the legislature's War on Ohio Women. He and the Ohio Legislature are endangering women's health because they don't trust women and their doctors to make personal, private decisions for themselves.
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The Greatest Gift of All - An End-of-the-Year Endorsement from NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC: Our political department has been busy tying up the end-of-the-year PAC endorsements from some awesome pro-choice candidates. This week, we announced the PAC endorsements of pro-choice Rep. Kendrick Meek in his bid for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida, and three pro-choice House incumbents for the 2010 election cycle: Rep. John Adler in New Jersey's 3rd District, Rep. Tim Bishop in New York's 1st District, and Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio's 15th District. Additionally, NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC endorsed Ann McLane Kuster for New Hampshire's 2nd District, where she is seeking to succeed Rep. Paul Hodes, a NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC-endorsed candidate for the U.S. Senate.
We got some press love from Rep. Meek - he tweeted his thanks, and it made The Hill's top tweets! - that really made us smile. SEE!? Everyone is in on the tweeting action! ;)
Putting Pen to Paper: It's official: President Obama signed legislation that includes a repeal of an onerous anti-choice policy in Washington, D.C. and eliminates funding for discredited Bush-era 'abstinence-only' programs. Nancy Keenan commented:
"I commend pro-choice leaders for putting sound science and teens' health before political ideology. This investment of funding signifies an important step toward ensuring teens receive the accurate information necessary to prevent unintended pregnancy and avoid sexually transmitted disease."
Thanks, Mr. President!
So that about sums up our week!
This is a guest blog post from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts that originally appeared on Blue Mass Group.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts recently released new research showing that the availability of abortion care in the Commonwealth has declined dramatically since the early part of the decade.
The study found that Massachusetts - like the rest of the nation- has witnessed an overall decrease in the number of health care providers offering abortion services. They are also increasingly concentrated in the Metro-Boston area - leaving women in the Southeast, Central, and Western regions with the least access to these medical services.
Massachusetts prides itself on being a leader in improving access to health care, but we're heading in the opposite direction when it comes to meeting the needs of women as they make personal, private decisions about their pregnancies. Without providers, the right to choose could become but a hollow promise.
Moreover, while Massachusetts is recognized for its role in training many future physicians, there are gaps in what medical residents learn here. A review of the six ob/gyn and five family practice residency programs found that nearly half (4 family practice, 1 ob/gyn) did not offer training in abortion care. Of the remaining six that do, all but one is located in Boston.
Clearly, even in Massachusetts, women face significant barriers to abortion care. Our elected officials have an opportunity this session to show their support for women's private medical decisions - and the courageous physicians who care for them - by repealing the last vestiges of our anti-choice history.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is calling on legislators to pass An Act Updating the Public Health Laws. Sponsored by Sen. Chandler and Rep. Story, the bill would revoke three, archaic and unconstitutional statutes that could jeopardize women's health and well-being if they were ever enforced again, including a pre-Roe v. Wade ban on all abortions and a medically unjustified mandate that pregnancy terminations after twelve weeks take place in a hospital.
Learn more about the availability of abortion care in Massachusetts.
Emily Gardner is a Policy Associate for NARAL Pro-Choice America.
(Dr. Wicklund, at the head of the table, addresses NARAL Pro-Choice America staff and guests.)
Last week, Dr. Susan Wicklund, a NARAL Pro-Choice America board member and an abortion provider based in Montana, spoke to NARAL Pro-Choice America staff and guests about her experience as a provider who assists Native American women with reproductive-health services. Our Diversity Team organized the presentation as part of our ongoing diversity-related educational series.
Even though Montana is one of 17 states that allow state funds to pay for abortion care, Native-American women must clear additional hurdles, through HHS and others, that cause delays and, in some cases, put women's privacy at risk. Trying to maintain confidentiality while living on reservations or in communities with as few as 300 people is difficult, especially because of the stigma around abortion in many communities.
Dr. Wicklund also spoke of barriers to choice that many rural women face. The sheer distance that women in places like South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming have to travel to receive abortion care is astounding, and sometimes prohibitive. Dr. Wicklund used the example of Montana, which is hundreds of miles wide and contains only four health centers that provide abortion care. Some women live as far as 400 miles away from one of these health centers. For Native women living on reservations without cars, they have to rely on clinic volunteers to drive them to the nearest health center for abortion care. The number of abortion providers across the country is diminishing - which disproportionately affects rural women. Dr. Wicklund said that enacting pro-choice policies and electing pro-choice politicians is essential to protecting choice, but without providers, the right to choose is effectively meaningless.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is very grateful to have such a board member like Dr. Wicklund, who provides much-needed health-care services to women. Thank you, Dr. Wicklund, for taking the time to speak to us today, and for the extremely important work you do everyday.
(To learn more about Dr. Wicklund, please take a moment to read this story from The Charleston Gazette. You can purchase Dr. Wicklund's book, "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor" at your local bookstore, or online here.)


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Kenneth Starr accused of defrauding clients
A financial advisor whose client roster includes a slew of celebs has been nabbed for allegedly bilking his clients out of $30 million.
Both criminal and civil complaints were filed against Starr Thursday. He is accused of misappropriating funds for personal use, including the purchase of a pricey new home.
His clients reportedly include Martin Scorcese and Uma Thurman.
A press conferece detailing the charges is expected to be held by law enforcement officials this afternoon in Manhattan.
Starr, topper of Starr Investment Advisers and Starr & Co., is not the same Kenneth Starr who investigated the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in the late 1990s.


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When it comes to quarterbacking the Denver Broncos at the highest level, it doesn't get better than two-time Super Bowl champion and Hall of Famer John Elway. As the Broncos' executive vice president of football operations, Elway must decide if Tim Tebow is his quarterback of the future.
It's no secret that Elway is investigating top quarterback prospects for the 2011 NFL draft, even though his predecessor traded up to use the 25th overall pick on Tebow last year.
Former coach Josh McDaniels, however, was Tebow's biggest supporter and he is gone. Tebow again must prove himself to Elway and new coach John Fox. Nothing about Tebow's rookie season assured the Broncos that he was their long-term solution at quarterback.
"We're always looking for that guy," Elway told The Denver Post. "We may already have the guy who can pull the trigger and win us a championship someday.
"We may have him. We don't know. We believe in Tim, but he's not there yet."
Elway and Fox were keen observers at the pro day of Auburn's Cam Newton two weeks ago. The team also scheduled private workouts for Missouri's Blaine Gabbert and Nevada's Colin Kaepernick.
Of course, the Broncos hold the No. 2-overall pick and Elway's comments simply could be gamesmanship. The Broncos have several needs, especially on the defensive side, and would benefit greatly from trading down. If Elway can sell other teams on his willingness to draft Newton or Gabbert, it might induce a more QB-desperate organization to offer a bounty to Denver to trade up into the No. 2 spot.
The Kaepernick angle, therefore, is more interesting. The Broncos also hold two second-round picks -- Nos. 36 and 46 overall -- and the they could be interested in using one to take the Nevada prospect.
It should be no surprise that Elway is showing such passion when scouting quarterbacks, looking at his own history of competitive excellence. The standards now are higher for Tebow, who has the drive and work ethic to face his added second-year challenges.


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On March 12 Dr. Elizabeth Johnson got some good news: a call from an attorney telling her that Josiah Sutton, 21, had just been released from a Texas prison. Sutton had already served four years after being convicted of rape, a verdict based almost entirely on faulty DNA evidence presented by the Houston Police Department's crime lab. If the moment was sweet for Sutton, it was no less a vindication for Johnson, a forensic scientist who has made it her mission to expose the lab's deficiencies. Says Johnson: "If you're not going to address the problems in your own profession, why be in it?"
In what has become a full-blown scandal for the Houston police, Sutton's is the first of what are likely to be hundreds of cases that will be reviewed and possibly overturned due to shoddy work in the department's crime lab. Thanks in no small part to Johnson's repeated criticisms, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors launched an audit of the lab late last year. In a scathing 50-page report in January, the auditors described a litany of irregularities. In response, acting Police Chief Tim Oettmeier shut down the unit pending a full review. "Elizabeth Johnson made the difference," says Bob Wicoff, the attorney for Josiah Sutton. "She is dogged."
If so, it is because Johnson, 42, is a true believer in the power of science to do good. Growing up in Spartanburg, S.C., she excelled at math and science. After attending Wofford College in her hometown, she got her Ph.D. in immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina. In 1991 she landed a job setting up the DNA lab for the Harris County medical examiner in Houston.
She loved the work. But that abruptly changed in April 1995, when her office took on the case of Joe Durrett, who had been arrested for bludgeoning two sisters to death. A clump of hair was found in the hand of one of the victims, a sample that a colleague of Johnson's concluded was a match with Durrett's. Johnson disagreed; the sample was mostly long blond hairs, while Durrett had short dark hair. Her willingness to undermine the prosecution's case—she later testified for Durrett, who was eventually acquitted—seemed to infuriate her coworkers. Johnson says that during the months that followed, she was harassed in ways large and small, including having her lab space sabotaged and her building-access card canceled without notice. "I had trouble eating, sleeping or focusing on anything," says Johnson of her ordeal. In December 1996 she was fired, allegedly for trying to accrue comp time. She sued under the Texas Whistleblower's Act, arguing that she was being punished for trying to do her job properly, and got a $375,000 settlement from the county.
Her principled stand caught the attention of defense lawyers in Houston, who began calling on her to review the testing of a different crime lab, the one run by the city's police. There Johnson uncovered even more serious problems. She says she found police-lab record keeping was shoddy at best. "You'd have to have a decoder ring to understand their notes," says Johnson. The building that housed the lab since 1998 had a leaky roof that contaminated samples, prompting one analyst, who quit, to complain that the place was "more suited for condemnation" than sensitive testing.
Perhaps most disturbing, Johnson pointed out that, counter to normal procedure, the inadequately trained staff of the lab routinely used up the entire DNA sample being tested, meaning that evidence could not be retested later to verify the results. "You couldn't pass a high school science class doing things that way," says William Thompson, a professor of criminology at the University of California at Irvine, who is an authority on the use of DNA evidence.
In Johnson's view, at least some of the responsibility for the lab's shortcomings must fall on its longtime DNA chief Jim Bolding, who has declined media requests for comment. "A very aggressive prosecutor's office was relying on a very incompetent lab," says attorney Wicoff, a respected appellate specialist. "The results, as we're seeing now, were disastrous."
In the past few years Johnson frequently spoke out about her concerns, but to little avail. It was not until November, when TV station KHOU aired an investigative report on the abuses, using Johnson and Thompson as experts, that officials took steps. While acknowledging that hundreds of cases will have to be reevaluated, D.A. Chuck Rosenthal insists no one has been executed as a result of DNA analysis from the police crime lab. He adds, however, that the cases of 17 defendants on death row will be getting a close look. For Johnson, who now works for the private forensic-testing company Technical Associates in Ventura, Calif., justice delayed is better than no justice at all. "A real scientist is concerned with the truth," she says, "and whatever that proves to be, that's what it is."
Bill Hewitt
Carol Rust in Houston
Undone by DNA
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U.K. Business Investment Seen at Pace Damping Economic Growth
U.K. business investment will grow by an estimated 2.3 percent this year and 3.9 percent in 2013, a pace that's "hampering" economic recovery, as companies delay spending decisions, according to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club.
Business investment, forecast to advance a further 8 percent from 2014 to 2016, won't return to previous peak levels until 2015, the London-based economic forecasting group said in a report published today. Investment fell 24 percent between the end of 2007 and the end of 2009, it said.
"The recovery in U.K. business investment has been poor," the ITEM Club said. "The fundamentals are all in place, but a lack of corporate confidence is holding back major spending decisions and is now hampering U.K. growth and the rebalancing of the economy."
Companies are deciding against committing to lengthy investment projects amid uncertainty over future returns, with little evidence that a lack of access to finance is responsible, the report said. After 18 quarters, investment is 15 percent below its peak in the U.K., compared to 7 percent for the U.S. and Germany, the ITEM Club said.
There's as much as a 25 percent probability that one or more countries will default in the euro area and that is affecting business confidence, the ITEM Club said.
"The degree of uncertainty appears to have promoted a culture of risk aversion which spreads beyond capital spending," according to the report. Merger and acquisition activity that's highly correlated with investment also fell this year, it said.
Private non-financial corporations removed 65 billion pounds ($104 billion) from the country's economy last year, according to the ITEM Club. Greater clarity on government spending cuts will lower "uncertainty" and help companies plan operations, according to the report.


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- December 05, 1994
- Vol. 42
- No. 23
Grammer Tested
A Year into His Great Reformation, Frasier's Star Celebrates Sobriety Arid His Engagement to Ex-Model Tammi Baliszewski—and Denies a Cloudy Allegation
Grammer, 39, chuckled. "If I don't keep everything opened up," he says, "that's where it goes."
At the time, Grammer's ankles were firm and smooth, with perhaps just a hint of optimism—the ankles, in fact, of a very happy man. And why not? His NBC sitcom Frasier is a critical and mainstream hit, making him perhaps the only star in the hugely popular Cheers ensemble who shines brighter now than then. In September the five-times-nominated actor finally won his first Emmy. And after years of well-documented drug and marital problems, he is, he says, sober and, equally important, in love—big time. To Grammer, she is nothing short of a heavenly lagniappe. "It's like a cosmic game show," he says of his relationship with Baliszewski, 28, "and God is saying, 'Tell Kelsey what he's won!' "
Two weeks after his ankle exam, Grammer's joints may still be fine. But it wouldn't be surprising if they'd ballooned a bit. Last week the National Enquirer reported that the father and stepmother of an unnamed teenager were claiming that Grammer had seduced the girl last year, when she was 15. The parents, the story said, planned a multimillion-dollar lawsuit charging him with having sex with a minor and inflicting mental distress. The allegations were "categorically denied" by Grammer. "It is an unfortunate but sad truth," he said, "that the price one must pay for fame is having to defend one's reputation against malicious lies."
Although the accusation has been repeated in the press, the specific facts of the matter remain few. The parents and the girl—whose names have never been made public—have refused to be interviewed by reporters. No lawsuit has been filed, and no legal charges made. A source who knows Grammer says that the actor met the girl, once, and that the two were never alone. Nick Bissell, a prosecutor in New Jersey's Somerset County, says he was contacted by the family's lawyer in October 1993 but that he took no action because there was no evidence. The parents had heard the story not from their daughter but from her friend. One other loose end in the story: Grammer's friends say his lawyer Leon Bennett received a call from the girl herself several weeks ago and that she said her parents were pressuring her into making false allegations for financial gain. Bennett reportedly then took a deposition from the girl in which she denied ever being involved with Grammer.
How are the actor and his fiancée coping with the situation? "We're both taking everything one day at a time, like we always do," says Baliszewski. "We know the truth. I couldn't believe that people would do something like this to hurt someone, but Kelsey isn't being brought down by this." On the set he is "pretty even-keeled," says producer and friend Peter Casey. "It's not like he's joking about it, but he's certainly not morose. The way he's handling this now is a perfect example of how he's decided to take control of his life. The man is a rock, a survivor."
The events of the past year do indeed suggest that one of show business's most battered personalities finally has acquired a measure of peace. Grammer's family history is truly remarkable, and tragic: in 1968, when Grammer was 13, his father, a bar owner on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas, was shot and killed at home by an intruder. Grammer's 18-year-old sister Karen was raped and murdered in Colorado Springs in 1975. Two half brothers died during a scuba accident five years later.
Perhaps understandably, Grammer's personal life came to resemble an ongoing train wreck: pileups included addictions to alcohol and drugs, and arrests, in the late '80s, for cocaine possession and drunk driving. A first marriage, to Doreen Alderman, the mother of Spencer, ended in divorce in 1990. Grammer had a second daughter, Greer, now 2, by Barrie Buckner, a makeup artist, before marrying Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992. That marriage broke up last year.
Given those catastrophic credits on his résumé, "Kelsey needed a good, stable relationship," says Casey. Enter Tammi—"a wonderful, grounding influence," he says of the trim, sunny former model and bit actress who now is a partner in a company called Lifespan, which uses blood tests to diagnose food allergies and recommend proper diet. Baliszewski, from Hutchinson, Kans., is the oldest of three daughters of Donald Baliszewski, an Air Force officer, and Judy Butler, a former computer operator. Her sister Tonda, a Las Vegas real estate agent, describes her as "an air popper, with all these kernels of energy."
"I don't deserve as much credit as I get for his turnaround," says Baliszewski, who notes that Kelsey himself realized he was in serious trouble. "I just feel he'd hit rock bottom and his choice in a woman would have been healthy whether it was me or not. His old ways didn't work, and he was going to die if he continued them."
They met at a Manhattan Beach, Calif., restaurant-bar, Harry O's, days after he had split with Csuhany. Grammer was there with buddies intent on cheering him up. Baliszewski, out with friends after a spirituality seminar, recognized that familiar face. "I'd read about how things weren't going well for him," she says, "but he seemed happy and bubbly."
He noticed her too. "I thought she looked a little sad and pretty," he says. "I sensed a little bit of something tragic in her, so I was drawn to her." He was reluctant to make the first approach, he recalls, "but then a funny little voice came to me. It said something that George Wendt says all the time: 'You don't have a hair on your ass if you don't go up and talk to that girl.' " Grammer obeyed his inner Wendt and made the first move.
"He was very humble and shy and kept apologizing for bothering me," Baliszewski says. "I fell in love with him immediately because of that."
Grammer called the next morning and asked her to join a group of his pals for a barbecue that night at his four-bedroom, Spanish-style home in the San Fernando Valley, a 45-minute drive from Baliszewski's condo in Marina del Rey. They had a great time, Baliszewski recalls. She hoped that would translate into romance. No such luck. "I was thinking he was my destiny," she says. "But then I didn't hear from him for three months. I was devastated."
The fact is, he was terrified. "I ran away," he says simply. "I knew I really, really cared for her. And I knew I wasn't prepared for this relationship and I had to do some work on my own before I could approach her."
How to get closer became the intense focus of his weekly therapy sessions for the subsequent three months. Finally he called Baliszewski that September and asked her to the fall-premiere party for Frasier. More dates followed. Then, during a vacation in Puerto Vallerta late last year, "we were looking at this gorgeous, moonlit view," says Baliszewski, "and I was wearing an off-white dress, and he said, 'You look like the bride of my heart.' I started crying, and he apologized, asking if he'd scared me. I said, 'Scared me? Are you kidding?' "
The actual proposal came in a limo during a shopping trip last February, with Grammer scrunching down on one knee in the backseat. Then, before a Tuesday night Frasier taping, he called her down from the audience and proposed again, this time offering her a two-carat diamond engagement ring. Her answer—both times—was yes.
And it's still yes, despite the current controversy.
"I guess you could say this just brings us closer together," says Baliszewski. "Sometimes he says he feels bad that I have to be a part of it." But, she adds, she accepts the unhappy truth that there will be "ups and downs living with a celebrity"—or, if the celebrity is Kelsey Grammer, mountains and valleys.
Grammer works especially hard to maintain a steady calm on the Frasier set. As he sees it, "I'm the helmsman of this show. I have to be the rock." But no one seems to be in danger of being crushed, says Jane Leeves, who plays physical therapist Daphne. "You never realize that he's the head of the show," she says. Instead, "you want to protect him." There was the day she arrived late for a scene, and he jokingly called out to her, "Where are you, you old sow?" He later took her aside and, clearly pained that he might have caused pain, anxiously apologized.
Psychologically it has become vital to Grammer not to let his sitcom clan, which includes John Mahoney as his father and David Hyde Pierce as his brother, ever become dysfunctional. "I actually have the opportunity to act out relationships I've never had in life," says Grammer.
Back in real life, it is already settled that the wedding will be at St. Monica Roman Catholic church—in Santa Monica—where Baliszewski attends mass. When she began bringing her fiancé with her, says St. Monica's pastor, the Rev. Ken Deasy, "I recognized him because he was sitting in the front pew, which most Catholics never do, and because his voice was so loud when he sang." Deasy, who has become a close friend of Baliszewski and Grammer's, will be delighted to unite the two. "There's a definite camaraderie there," he says, "a magic."
There is, nonetheless, an obstacle to setting an actual nuptial date. For the couple to be wed in the church, says Deasy, Grammer's previous two marriages must be annulled, a time-consuming process at best. "I wouldn't say I'm religious," says Baliszewski, "but I do have a relationship with God, and a good spiritual foundation." She admits, though, that she returned to the church following a period that she refers to as "lonely and scary," during which, as a fledgling model, she submitted naked shots to Playboy, hoping to pose for a pictorial. Once she got together with Grammer, the tabloids were keenly interested in exploring this aspect of Baliszewski's life. She confessed all to Grammer.
"She's lived," he says, with a shrug. "That makes her a whole human being."
Until now, the couple agree their biggest problem has been how to find time for each other, what with his acting, singing and producing. Often the best they can manage is four days a week. Then they're happy enough to stay at home. They shoot pool and play with his four dogs, all from the pound (he also bought her a chow pup as an engagement gift). And, says Grammer, "we debate and disagree. Some of our discussions are religion oriented. Some are health oriented. We have great respect for each other's individuality."
Tonda, for one, is confident the couple will survive. "This relationship will go the duration," she says firmly. "No way either of them is going to walk away."
Grammer seems ready for whatever comes next, in any area of his life. He doesn't assume things will be easy. "I think that's part of the deal," he says. "Life is supposed to get tough." He's "looking forward to 40" and to having children with Tammi: "It will be exciting, I think." He is sure, however, about the one thing he doesn't want. "I certainly don't want a dull life," he says. "I haven't had one up to this point."
His ankles, though, had better be ready.
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A new video shows what looks like the largest gathering of al Qaeda terrorists in years.
According to CNN, the footage shows the terror group's second-in-command, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, nicknamed al Qaeda's "crown prince," meeting with more than 100 fighters and commanders in Yemen.
Al-Wuhayshi, who heads al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, has said he wants to attack the United States.
Is Yemen becoming a hotbed for al Qaeda? CBN News' Erick Stakelbeck addressed that question and more on CBN Newswatch, April 16.
"We must eliminate the cross," al-Wuhayshi tells his followers in the video. "The bearer of the cross is America."
CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen said the main problem with AQAP is its bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, who doesn't appear in the video.
Bergen said he "can put bombs on planes that can't be detected."
Some experts believe al-Asiri is behind several attempted terror attacks in the United States, including the 2009 Christmas Day underwear bomber in Detroit.
The video started appearing on jihadist websites recently, drawing the attention of global terrorism experts and U.S. officials, who say they believe the footage is authentic.
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The 'Damian Humanitarian Award' will be presented to Steve and Theresa Mandracchia for their close to 30 years of compassion, financial assistance and dedication to DSF and for being the driving force to get Teri's House built. The award is named for Damian Russo, who never let developmental disabilities get in the way of his love of life or people. Damian died recently, but his legacy lives on.
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Mary Charlene Vandevender, 90, died at her home on April 12, 2014.
She was born Nov. 20, 1923, at Circleville to the late Kennie Andress Adams and the late Peachie Mae White Judy.
She was married to William Mackie Vandevender on Feb. 2, 1946.
She was a member of Thornwood Community Church and was a member of the Ladies VFW.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Mackie Vandevender; her brothers, Thomas Guy Judy and Jack Adams; and grandchildren, April Lynn Newbrough and Brian Edward Vandevender, and Caden Luther Vandevender Kesler.
She is survived by six sons and three daughters, Dale Lee Harper (Shirley), William Charles Vandevender (Mary Ann), Judy Mae Greer (Freddie), David Lynn Vandevender (Donna), Judith Kay Newbrough (Frederick), Daniel Thomas Vandevender, Dallas Eugene Vandevender (Elsie), JoAnn Rae Gilardi (Michael) and Douglas Phay Vandevender (Amy); 28 grandchildren, Sandra Ann Waldron (Randy), Mark Dale Harper (Tammy), Aleisha Ann Morgan (Larry), Travis William Vandevender, Judy Jeanette Arnett (Larry), Mary Marcella Rexrode (Kenneth), Ava Anne Shrader, David Lynn Vandevender Jr. (Angela) Joseph Lee Vandevender (Michele), William Berlin Vandevender (Jeanne), Frederick Ray Newbrough II (Theresa), Melissa Kay Chrislip (Gary), Thomas Lee Vandevender (Miranda), Misty Lynn Teter (Jeremy), Dallas Eugene Vandevender, Lana Marie Gear (Billy), Jessica Joelle Feathers (Marc), Tasha Lynn Vandevender (Brian); 23 great-grandchildren, Alexander and Adrianna Waldron, Brianna, Austin and Alivia Morgan, Nadine, Jolene, Olivia, Marcus, and Brian Vandevender, Ryan Douglas, Austin DeHaven, Kathryn, Jonathan, Jason, Mason, Ryan, and Jackson Newbrough, Timothy and Ashley Hayes, Jon'Casey Macias, Sabrina Currence, Coty Rexrode and Cory Rexrode (Aleisha); two great-great grandchildren, Landyn Dale Rexrode and Delcio Jon' Macias.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at Thornwood Community Church at Thornwood.
Burial will follow in the Vandevender Cemetery at Thornwood.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the Thornwood Community Church.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale is in charge of arrangements.
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In this program you will compute the date of Easter Sunday, which is
the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring. With this
program, those of you who care about Easter Sunday will be able to
determine when it is years into the future, and those of you that
don't can determine when to not go out to lunch. Regardless, you'll
get practice using variables, arithmetic operators, and the print
This algorithm was invented by Carl Friedrich Gauss.
In your program you will prompt the user to enter the year and then write out the date for Easter Sunday.
Here is a program template that you may use. The code to accept input and make a decision has been provided for you. You may not use any concept that has not been introduced in class.
You will need to write the output statements yourself.
Your session will look like this:
Enter year: 2001You also want to make sure that the tense for the verb is correct. For years before 2012, the statement should say "Easter Sunday was on ...". For the year of and years after 2012, the statement should say "Easter Sunday will be on ...".
Easter Sunday was on 4 / 15 / 2001
Be certain to test your code! You can go to the US Naval Observatory website and check your result:
Include your test cases and their output in comments at the end of your program. Add at least 5 test cases and be sure to test strange (edge, unexpected, intresting) cases. So after the final statement of your program, main() add test cases such as this:
#test case 1
#Enter year:2010
#Easter Sunday was on 4 / 4 / 2010
#test case 2
#Enter year:2014
#Easter Sunday will be on 4 / 20 / 2014
The program that you will be writing will be called EasterSunday. We will be looking at good documentation, and adherence to the coding conventions discussed in class. You may use the same variable names used in the problem statement. Your file EasterSunday.py will have the following header:
# File: EasterSunday.py
# Description:
# Assignment: 2
# Student Name:
# Course Name: CS 303E
# Unique Number:
# Date Created:
# Date Last Modified:
# Slip days used this assignment:
# Total slip days used:
Use the turnin program to submit your EasterSunday.py file by 11p on Friday, Feb 1st.


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A top Republican senator is suggesting the White House may be plotting a political strategy similar to that of former President Richard Nixon by creating its own "enemies list."
The charges come from Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a former aide and conference chairman for the Nixon administration.
According to Roll Call, Alexander warns the White House has made efforts to marginalize the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has gone after Fox News, repeatedly criticized banks and investment firms, and attacked insurance companies in the health care debate.
He also says the "enemies" campaign even extends to Congress.
Alexander likened the administration's actions to "street brawls and political campaign consultants."
"If the president and his top aides treat people with different views as enemies instead of listening to what they have to say, they're likely to end up with a narrow view and a feeling that the whole world is out to get them," Alexander said Wednesday.
"An 'enemies list' only denigrates the presidency and the Republic itself," he said.
However, White House spokeswoman Gannet Tseggai rebutted saying it is Republicans who "seem to be formulating lists of people and policies to oppose" while the president "is focused on tackling the list of critical priorities that Washington has ignored for too long."
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TU men v. Northwood
February 19, 2009 - Zach Baker
Tiffin beat Northwood in Michigan for its lone conference win.
-It's 7-0 TU after a 3 and jumper by Darryle Miller and a layup by Rafael Cuellar.
-Not sure who these guys are, but they're beating Northwood, 17-3 at the 14:19 mark. Brian Scott is confidently leading the Dragons from the point, and he has eight points. The Dragons defense has been outstanding, but the officials are letting the teams play, which fits TU's physical style.
Northwood is on an 8-2 run, highlighted by Chris Johnson, who has seven points. Dragons offense has cooled off, and the lead is down to 19-11 at the 9:58 mark of the first half.
-Fair to say Northwood's struggling from the floor, and the Dragons lead 24-14 at the 4:40 mark. Darryle Miller puts in a layup a moment later, and TU's lead is 26-14 with 4:00 left.
Dragons lead 28-21 at the break, after the T'Wolves finished on a 5-0 run.
-With 14:39 to go, The Dragons and Wolves are tied at 34. The officials have started calling fouls, and the result has a two-pronged negative effect on the Dragons. They have already committed six this half, and two of their better players -- Miller and Cuellar, have foul fouls each.
-It's 42-40 Northwood with 9:58 left. The Dragons are getting sloppy on offense, and it's disappointing. Mohammed Fall launched a 3, Scott threw a pass of Fall's head, and it's allowed Northwood to pull ahead. It doesn't help that Northwood is ahead in fouls, 9-2.
Dragons look tired. Scott hit another jumper, making it 44-42 NU. But the problem here is that when the Dragons have a chance to grab momentum, they over shoot and make mistakes. It's why they've struggled to keep games close, let alone win.
-It seems like it's happened six times tonight. Northwood misses a free throw, and gets the rebound. It just happened, and it turned what should have been a Mark Barnes free throw and miss into a three-point possession. Northwood leads, 55-52 with 4:15 to go.
A pair of 3-point plays in the last two minutes have burned the Dragons, and they trail, 61-57 with 1:17 left. Scott leads TU with 18 points.
Cuellar just missed a shot, but got the rebounds and threw it back in and was hacked. Free throw falls and we're back to a 1-point game.
Dragon just did a fantastic job on the last possession, focing a timeout. Eight seconds left on the shot clock. 23 in the game. Northwood ball.
Barnes got called for an over and back. Scott drove the ball and tried to pass it back, but Northwood's Ali Barada stole it and took it to the other end as time expired.
61-60 Northwood wins.
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A Train Ride into the Heart of Kashmir Valley
A short train ride through the Kashmir Valley's green vistas and quiet village scenes thoroughly charmed and disarmed Times Travel. The lowing of cows and baa-ing of sheep makes the atmosphere here more Heidi-like. The place is indeed a paradise on earth, and Srinagar, its entre-pot
It's not South Africa's famous Blue Train, nor is it Europe's Orient Express; it's not Rajasthan's Palace on Wheels or even Karnataka's Golden Chariot. It doesn't have a catchy name, it doesn't cost a fortune and there is no plush service on board. In fact, the only thing it has in common with the famous luxury trains that I've mentioned, is the promise of unforgettable vistas. Yet a brief hour's ride on a spanking new red-and-blue train of the just opened Baramulla-Anantnag rail link changed my entire perception of a state that is at once iconic and unsettling at the same time: Kashmir.
As I prepared to embark on my first-ever visit to the Himalayan paradise, my teenage son protested, "Are you mad? Srinagar? Baramulla? Sopore? Anantnag? Don't you see how these places make it to the papers every day? And you're haring off there to see a train?!" It did sound kind of crazy even to me, after all I was no hard-nosed reporter of militancy and Indo-Pak issues. I dealt with the good life — travel, food, wine... What was I doing courting trouble? Yet, the prospect of actually seeing for myself a state that seemed to make it to the headlines for all the wrong reasons was too enticing to forego. Moreover, the thought that Kashmir Valley has actually got a train 155 years after the first one ran in India between Bombay and Pune in 1853 was too piquant not to explore further! How could anyone have resisted linking Paradise to the rest of India with bands of steel for so long?


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The demand for copper is increasing and the anticipated surplus is not going to be there .
The land slide in Kennecott Utah crippled its Bingham Canyon Mine.
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G8 Environment Ministers Forward Conclusions to G8 Summit
24 April 2009: In the framework of the G8 Italian Presidency, the G8 Environment Ministerial Meeting convened on 22-24 April 2009, in Siracusa, Italy. The meeting was attended by the G8 Environment Ministers and the European Commission, as well as Environment Ministers and senior officials from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Egypt, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union (EU), Sweden as the next President of the EU, and Denmark as host of the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
Participants discussed the development and deployment of low carbon technologies in the context of the current financial and economic crises, and actions to address climate change and biodiversity. Ministers also participated in a Round Table on "Communication and Climate Change – Development Challenges and Opportunities," which was organized jointly by Italy's Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea and the World Bank. During this Round Table, the global media assistance organization Internews announced the creation of the Earth Journalism Awards for climate change reporting.
Among the Chair's conclusions, to be submitted to the next G8 Summit, are the need: for recovery and stimulus packages to include public spending and investments in more efficient production and use of energy, as well as in low carbon technologies, to address economic development and emissions reduction; and to urgently address climate change and agree on a post-2012 regime in Copenhagen covering all the elements of the Bali Action Plan. In this respect, the Chair will note the importance of increasing "mutual confidence," and being proactive to avoid remaining locked in waiting others' first move. [G8 Environment Ministers Summit] [Chair's summary]


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Prenatal care is not always easy to come by on Molokai, an island with a population of about 7,500 people, but the Women's Health Center at Molokai General Hospital is taking steps to make care for expectant moms a priority.
The center is the island's only facility for women to deliver their babies.
Last month, the center received a $133,232 grant from the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs to fund a new prenatal program to focus on promoting care in the first trimester of pregnancy. The grant will allow the hospital to hire a staff member for at least two years to coordinate group visits for experienced mothers to mentor first-time moms through their pregnancies, according to an announcement from the hospital.
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Molokai parents Jen and Dave Ainoa chose to deliver their son Ekolu, now 5, at the Women's Health Center at Molokai General Hospital.
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"Here on Molokai, when you have kids, they are going to be together for the next 18 years," Women's Health Center Manager Punahele Alcon said. "They'll be in the same school, on the same sports teams; (group visits are) a good chance to start a good foundation."
The group visits are a part of the new prenatal program, which will start July 1. The program is "100 percent voluntary," according to Alcon. Women may still opt for private one-on-one sessions with their midwives, who provide the majority of women's health services on the island.
The hospital adopted its unique midwifery model in 1985. In it, most of the perinatal care is provided by certified nurse midwives, not doctors. The program, overseen by Dr. Eesha Bhattacharyya, an obstetrics/gynecologist, gives Molokai residents the option to deliver low-risk pregnancies on their home island.
Women deemed "high-risk deliveries," or who wish to receive an epidural during labor, are usually transferred to providers on other islands such as Maui or Oahu.
Kaunakakai resident Jen Ainoa said that giving birth on Molokai - without an epidural or any painkillers - was one of the best experiences of her life.
"I loved the intimate setting. Our midwife became like friend and family," the mother of three said. "It was like having an aunty there with you. . . . You don't feel like you're just a number waiting in line."
The Women's Health Center provides prenatal care to more than 100 women each year. While the majority of pregnant women opt to deliver at larger hospitals on Maui or Oahu, about 40 babies are delivered each year on-island, according to Alcon.
Ainoa said that she is grateful for the opportunity to give birth to her now-5-year-old son, Ekolu, on Molokai.
"I know it sounds silly, but we wanted this to be a Molokai child. My husband loves to say his son was born and raised on Molokai," she said.
"When I had my first child (in a Texas hospital), I felt drugged with all the meds," she said. "With a natural delivery, your endorphins kick in. It's a wonderful, excited feeling. You feel like you could climb a mountain. . . . That's what it's supposed to feel like."
She added that while most hospitals will allow only one family member to be present during the delivery, the midwives at the health center allowed both her husband and her mom to be by her side during her labor.
"It was very, very wonderful because I needed them both," Ainoa said. "They (the midwives) made it seem like it was a natural thing that would happen at home, not a sterile thing."
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