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Meet the M&A banker set to run Manchester United
As UK Premier League football becomes awash with excessive pay and debt-fuelled takeovers, it is perhaps unsurprising that Manchester United has decided to appoint a former M&A banker as its next chief executive.
The football club, which sits top of the Premier League, yesterday said in a statement that Edward Woodward, a former M&A banker at JP Morgan, will take on a new role as its next chief executive. The club said that 40-year-old Woodward, executive vice chairman, will replace David Gill in the position from July 1.
The former banker, who has been at the club since 2005, had been an investment banker at JP Morgan's international M&A team from 1999. He initially managed the capital structure of the group and advised on the overall financial business plan. In 2007 he assumed responsibility for commercial and media operations and developed the club's sponsorship programme.
Woodward has since become well known to the company's controlling shareholder, the Glazer family, which controversially took over the company in a leveraged buyout. He worked at JP Morgan when its UK broker, JP Morgan Cazenove, advised the Glazer family on the buyout, according to Dealogic,
According to blog The Political Economy of Football, Malcolm Glazer then appointed Woodward to negotiate with the banks who provided the debt for the takeover. JP Morgan was only bookrunner of the $1.3bn leveraged financing, according to Dealogic.
The blog said: "His role will involve negotiating with JP Morgan, the chief lender on the deal. £275m on the debt was raised through the issue of PIK [payment-in-kind] loans to three New York hedge funds. The interest on these loans is punishing, ranging up to 20%, but the payment is deferred." http://goo.gl/DlfE0
In 2010 Woodward led the US presentations to investors when Manchester United sold a £500m bond issue to refinance some of this debt according to the Daily Telegraph: http://goo.gl/8pHhb. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank; RBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch led the bond offer, according to Dealogic.
Woodward was also on the roadshows when the football club went public last August on the New York Stock Exchange, with the ticker MANU, in a deal led by Jefferies and with his former employer, JP Morgan, as one of the bookrunners.
He told The Wall Street Journal that the firm listed in the US because that is where many of the team's partners and sponsors are based: http://goo.gl/pAUkk
Woodward said: "We had a fantastic response from the investor base in the US. We found that a number of people came in with a strong level of interest, which was tweaked higher when they heard our story. It's very easy for people in the US to grasp the huge opportunities around merchandising and digital media."
The club had revenues of less than $1bn in its last fiscal year before its initial public offering and therefore qualified as an emerging growth company under the Jobs act which passed last April. The 'Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups' Act allows emerging growth companies to make less financial disclosures and is meant to encourage more small businesses to go public.
The club intended for all of the net proceeds from the $233m IPO to reduce debt, which stood at £423.3m on March 30 2012, according to the IPO prospectus.
Shares were issued at $14 each in the IPO, below the initial range of between $16 and $20, but yesterday were trading 33% above the issue price at $18.60.
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Thirty-eight-year-old Jason Pascua was a pillar in the community.
He even ran a couple of companies, one called J2 Marketing Solutions and another called JP Productions.
He was a well-known kind of guy who was hip in the nightclubs and helped out in the community.
He was also a U.S. Army reservist, president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, marketing chair for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and candidate for House of Representatives District 48 in 2010.
He was the kind of guy no one thought would do this:
"He was soliciting money from people, telling people they'd get 30 to 50 percent returns on their money in just a few months for block concerts and night club promotions in Honolulu and Las Vegas," said FBI spokesperson Tom Simon.
He said those venues never happened.
In fact, the FBI said in a nearly three-year Ponzi scheme, Pascua scammed more than $1 million dollars out of 29 investors.
"I'm weak. I'm shaking," said Pascua's father Robert.
He said he knew his son was in a bit of trouble, but never suspected anything like this.
"Jason, you cannot use people's money to make money. That's the only advice I gave him," he recalls telling his son last year.
Robert said despite his son's shaky business, he said he's good man, who is generous and kind.
He believes there are others who are the real criminals.
"To me he's a very soft, easy-going boy and people can take advantage of him," said Robert.
"Some stories are heartbreaking, none more heart breaking than the single mother who invested her entire savings of $225,000," said Simon.
It is the reality for dozens of victims, waiting and wondering, who will ultimately pay the price.
"It makes me more sick, and I can't do nothing. I just want to protect the rest of the family," said Robert.
Jason Pascua moved to Arizona in January, but investigators tell KITV Pascua agreed to return to the islands to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud, which holds a maximum 20-year sentence.
His court date is scheduled for late May 2013.

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Why today is importantJuly 04,2014
For the people of any country, independence that is, the freedom to control their own destiny is an absolutely essential aspect of their national identity.
In fact, in one way or another almost every country in the world observes the anniversary of its independence, and those that dont surely wish they could.
The United States isnt the only nation that celebrates Independence Day this month. Among the others: Algeria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Colombia, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Rwanda, Slovakia and Venezuela.
Most recently, South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. Sadly, the situation there has descended into chaos as rival ethnic and religious factions struggle often ruthlessly for political supremacy.
Here in the United States, weve had our own struggles the Civil War being by far the most traumatic since declaring our independence from Great Britain in 1776.
In Hong Kong this week, thousands upon thousands of protesters mostly young people marched through the streets, undeterred by heavy rain, to demand democracy. They carried signs that declared Say no to Communist China. Essentially, they were calling for independence, something thats not in the Beijing governments plans.
But there is a tacit agreement among Americans of all ethnic, religious and political associations that, generally speaking, pluralism is a vital element in the preservation of our freedom, even if at times it is honored more in theory than in practice.
Sunnis and Shiites are fighting to the death in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. Protestants and Catholics are still bitter rivals in places such as Northern Ireland, while Muslims and Christians slug it out in parts of Africa.
But religious tolerance, while perhaps not yet universal, is an accepted virtue in our nation.
Even so, for all the idealism and the undeniable successes Americans have enjoyed, not all is well in our country, and the Fourth of July provides a suitable background for thoughtful assessment of the challenges we still face in our noble pursuit of national excellence.
For example, there is ample evidence that our education system lags behind those of many other modernized nations, and there are deep divisions among those who are seeking to remedy that dangerous situation.
Also, lets be honest: It took the United States far too long to properly embrace the noble notion expressed so profoundly by the Founding Fathers of equality of opportunity for all, and there remain too many examples of various kinds of discrimination, even though few nations can match ours when measured against the ideal.
And there is one other important area of concern in the United States, and thats the embarrassingly low level of citizen participation in our democracy. Too many of us are taking our freedom for granted.
For example, since 1968, less than 60 percent of the registered voters have cast their ballots in Americas presidential elections. Voter turnout at other levels state, county and municipality has generally been even lower.
Democracy which is just another word for freedom is best served when all of the citizens participate, even if that means no more than taking the time to register to vote and then to go to the polls on Election Day.
That more than 40 percent of those who even bothered to register havent cast their ballots when given the opportunity is shameful. Those who are eligible to vote but dont are simply not doing their share, and yet it would not be surprising to learn that they are among the loudest critics of their elected officials.
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Film, VideoFour masters of Chinese storytelling video collection : full-length repertoires of Yangzhou storytelling on video, 2001-2004 The entire repertories of four master storytellers, Dai Buzhang, Fei Zhengliang (Fei Li), Gao Zaihua, and Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) were recorded on video for the project "Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling" from 2001 to 2003 in Yangzhou. In addition, a medium-length repertoire was told by Ren Dekun. Project co-leaders were Fei Li and Vibeke Børdahl, project assistant, co-editor and translator was Huang Ying, ...
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Welcome to my convoluted world. I believe you don't have to be someone you are not, people will see through it. It's much better to be hated for someone you are than be loved for someone you are not! I hope you find my blog funny and insightful.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Versatile and Stylish Blogger!
1. I enjoy Solitude. I enjoy my own company. Going out to restaurants and the cinema alone. I have developed the habit of talking to myself....I question and answer myself. For as long as I can remember.
2. 90% of My dreams actually come to pass. Or most of them are just premonitions.
3. I was bullied for a whole year at primary school/ University and would miss classes, that's why I have morphed into a a woman who is perpetually on the defensive.
4. I still a foodie at heart. I love the entire process of cooking. I dream about a dish days before I cook it. Its orgasmic.
5. I am actually more caring and sensitive than I give myself credit for. I also cry at the drop of a heart.
6.Believe it or not. I have always had a nervous feeling that everyone is staring at me when I walk into a room. AND not for the right reasons. I am always shy when I walk into a bar, parties, restaurant or place filled with people. I sometimes wish I could be invisible. That's why I try to arrive early so I dont have to deal with the 'initial walk' Weird huh! Serious Issues!
7. I always have lofty ideas/dreams/aspirations that I would marry a funny Hollywood celebrity like Jim Carrey and live in Bel Air and feature in the DailyMail or US Weekly for the rest of my life. I have already started practicing for my life as a Hollywood wife. *I am not joking, even though I have no clue where the hell Carlifornia is on the map sef*
Now I have tagged some:
Mena Ukodo
Witty Fool
Lily Johnson
Myne Whitman
Nutty J
Amy Mauritz
There you have it....If I didnt tag you, My apologies. I dont love you any less. Smoochies.
13 comments:
- Ginger said...
Mamuje!! Whats going on in your life. come on I want to hear some spicy gist from you soonest...esp about you meeting Jim Carrey over the break.
Thanks thanks for callin me versatile and stylish! But you know say my tuna sandwich and your garlic chocolate no dey the same level. Talk about style lol.
- 16 January 2011 at 01:26:00 GMT+1
- awittyfool said...
Hmmmm... the things you find out about people on their Blog! lol....
I hav also always had a dream of being a Hollywood wife... although I am more into the hotties than the funny guys. think more Jensen Ackles than Jim Carey.
- 16 January 2011 at 02:23:00 GMT+1
- Nutty J. said...
Yay!!! I got tagged. Thank you...you are the second person tagging me.
I also got bullied in primary school. pri 4-6...so much that I missed school alot. when I left primary school i made up my mind not to take any BS from anyone no matter how small...
Guess thats why I'm so disagreeable...(like people say)lol.
- 17 January 2011 at 09:29:00 GMT+1
- Nutty J. said...
Is awitty fool the same as (the) awitty person on facebook?
Just asking
- 17 January 2011 at 09:31:00 GMT+1
- awittyfool said...
@Nutty J: yeah its d same person. although Facebbok now uses my real name. by d way, I noticed U trying not to call me a fool. LOL.....
- 18 January 2011 at 23:08:00 GMT+1
- Nice Anon said...
I actually enjoy going to the movies alone
- 19 January 2011 at 02:00:00 GMT+1
- 2cute4u said...
Happy New YEAR.. Good to know some new things about you..
- 21 January 2011 at 08:39:00 GMT+1
- Tigeress said...
LMHO@ no.7
- 28 January 2011 at 10:05:00 GMT+1
- Natural Nigerian said...
Wow! How often do you dream? Please can you kindly have a dream where you see me living happily ever after? And please put it in the 90% ;). I am a big believer in dreams. Not every dream comes true and some people's dreams are all over the place but I recognize that it is a real gift.
Kpele on getting bullied in school. That must have been tough on Mamuje the child.
- 1 February 2011 at 11:11:00 GMT+1
- Amy said...
I just realized you tagged me. I'm so honored I'm blushing ;-)
- 8 February 2011 at 03:13:00 GMT+1
- Anya Posh said...
lol. been there, done that! I did this meme last night. thanks for the tag lady. I was tagged a while ago by Third world profashional and I saved a draft but never got around to it until now.
I hope that shyness leaves you. I mean, when you enter into a room, don't focus on yourself, look at all the other people instead. Stare them down, and you'll see your shyness disappears when you focus on others. Other than that, you're good, girl. You're just good as you are.
- 18 February 2011 at 21:22:00 GMT+1
- Mena UkodoisReady said...
Just seeing this, sorry :(
The way you dey take abandon your blog and then reappear with a vengeance, little wonder I missed this.
Thanks for the tag my dear, and believe me your blog deserved the award and more!!!
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A Waianae woman is among those stranded in New York. She was set to perform on Broadway and now the show is cancelled. And she doesn't know when she'll be able to return home.
Hawaii singer and actress Kristian Lei captured video of a smoldering power line outside her aunt's home in Queen's, N.Y. as Sandy began storming through the neighborhood.
"All of a sudden you start to see, you know, the trees get -- they're starting to move even more and all the debris started to fly," said Lei.
Lei went to New York to perform on Broadway and make arrangement to record her next album. Instead, she's now taking cover from the incredible storm.
"I lived in Waianae side with Hurricane Iwa and Iniki and nothing like this. The wind is unbelievable," said Lei.
As firefighters arrived to put out that burning power line, Lei says she ventured outside but won't be doing that again for some time.
"We walked across the street to see the big tree. The wind almost blew us away and we started running back to the house like Godzilla was coming after us," said Lei.
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The best Stat n Melo Stat n Melo remix from NY rappers would be Nas, A-Z (not Jay Z but A-Z), Fabolous ,DMX, Alicia Keys in the hook, Mobb deep, Busta Rymes & under ground an artist to shine. lol I would love to heat it though.
LOL that Lebron photoshop is hilarious.
Stat n Melo, Stat n Melo, Stat n Melo. I like it KnicksFan! Now we just need to get a NY rapper to do the remix like Wayne did. Fabo?
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The best Stat n Melo Stat n Melo remix from NY rappers would be Nas, A-Z (not Jay Z but A-Z), Fabolous ,DMX, Alicia Keys in the hook, Mobb deep, Busta Rymes & under ground an artist to shine. lol I would love to heat it though.
We got a new york rapper who did it. Maino - Yeah Carmelo
You gotta get up on that.
"Met a bad chick said she was from Harlem, told her bring her friend with her
meet me at the Garden!" -maino
"We get it poppin ain't no black & yellow too it, just a blue headband like Melo
do it!" -maino
"Blue jersey, Orange stripes, dem floor seats, right next to Spike!" -maino
Cmonnn sonnnnnn yeah Carmelo yeah Carmelo yeah Carmelo yeah Carmelo
Homie what it do ?! welcome to the Knicks!
Last season dat was nuttin! Got Melo on da squad now we stuntinnnnn!
Yeah uhuhhhhh
Sons of Thunder, off topic but how's the Sig you created for me looking bro?
...BTW KFFQ I can do a sig for you if you want bro
Lol! Sorry didn't know you'd already posted the Charlie Sheen clip. I just put that up in the Hangout Forum. That sheit is golden.
Nice thread, man.
Other than the Knicks of course, I've been looking forward to this game became I'm a fan of Jason Williams and also I want the Suns to make the Playoffs and their a game and a half behind them (I want the Grizzlies to make it too, so hopefully the Jazz and another time get out).
Sig made by Sons of Thunder
Melo is shooting alot better now
This is a hard matchup for us. huge game here boys
Hell yeah he is. Melo has a smooth jump shot.
Lol Clydes the man! He just called Zach Ga-Z-Bo
Toney D = Mr. Lil Shot
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!
la2ny, I already have a SIG from Thunder that I love, but I would also like one (in the form of an avatar) with Starks, Oakley, Mason, Houston & Fields. If five players are too much scratch off Houston. I loved Houston but I see something special in Fields.


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Clovis native Robert Brack received unanimous approval Thursday from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to move from New Mexico's 9th District Court to the U.S. District Court for New Mexico.
Brack previously testified before the judiciary committee on June 25 and the committee vote clears the way for his confirmation by the full U.S. Senate. A confirmation vote has not yet been scheduled but his sponsor, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., issued a press release saying he will press for a vote by the Senate before the start of the August congressional recess.
"Judge Brack will contribute immensely to the New Mexico courts and will be able to promptly help with heavy caseloads, particularly in southern New Mexico, where they are overwhelmed," Domenici said.
Brack's duties will primarily focus on the federal courthouse in Las Cruces, where he will be the first full-time district judge in that location. The post was previously filled on a rotating basis by district court judges whose primary duties were in Santa Fe or Albuquerque.
Brack has served as a 9th District Court judge since 1997, working in both Portales and Clovis. From 1980 to 1997, he had his own civil trial practice in Clovis.
According to Domenici's press secretary, Chris Gallegos, standard practice is that judicial nominees agree not to speak to the media while the confirmation process is under way.


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I'm having surgery on June 20th and want to make sure I have a good sized freezer stash (baby will be 8 months at time of surgery). I have a pump now that is fine for how much I use it, but I know won't cut it to build up my stash over the next couple months. I am thinking that I'll probably have to pump exclusively for a couple days while in the hospital.
I was going to rent a pump for the next couple months and it looks like my options are the Medela Symphony and Lactina Select. But now am thinking it may be more cost effective to buy a PIS. What are the major differences between the models? Is the Symphony that much better? Will the PIS work for me?
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Just hoping we don't get embarrassed on TV tonight
Now we see where Knicks r with no Tyson
but i remember when Knicks won @ heat without MELO
so where is that team?
they finished season 17-5 after Pringles step down
then scored 2x more than 10 winnig streak last season and score 50+ win season
now they are loosing to Bobcats Hawks are blowing them Pistons
after Pacers it will be 3-8
west coast is coming Blazers Clippers Nuggets
this season can be or road for 8th seed or draft lottery road
Just hoping we don't get embarrassed on TV tonight
I did read that Karl, Carlissemo, Avery and JVG all said we were going to make the playoffs, too much talent and just needed time to figure it out. They didn't say the same for the Lakers, who they think we'll miss the playoffs.
Tyson is needed and MWP MWP can score 3s and play sometimes even like PG and i see no alley opps.
and knicks are better when there is no Felton
We struggle right now but we have been here before. We can turn this **** arond. It's too early to jump ship. 72 games to go daaaawg.
We played good enough to win...Just stupid #$$#@ and the refs really lost control of this game in the late 4th...Hopefully we build off this win. I was happy with a lot of the players performances tonight, and i realized tonight that Felton is terrible as a PG. I think Beno should start
We lost to Detroit the day before and almost(should have won if not for Woodsons and later Shumperts stupid mistakes) beat rhe hottest team right now. So, what happened?
This proves what i have been saing lately, that this team is good enough to be above 500 team but is not, because they are not playing hard every night.
Dog Collins said on ESPN at the end of our game vs Pacers "If knicks play with this kind of effort every time they step on the court, they will win a lot of games, because they will not play teams like Indiana all the time"
We all know that when a team, any team is not playing hard every night, it is almost always coaches fault,
If we didnt have retarded owner, Woodson would have been fired already.
There was just one problem .. we look like we havnt practice all season .. no one seem to be in tune with PG-Beno or PG-Prig
MWP/Ron Artest/Meta was not happy losing to his ex-team, so look for Meta strong leadership to CALL-OUT HC Isiah Thomas foolishness (Woody), and Star Jermain O'Neal ego (Melo) to make a 360 change to put this team on the win-win-win map.
Thats the Ron Artest aka MWP I recall .... who put the monitor in the lockerroom lastnight? LOL
And about Tyson getting abused, maybe we should talk about Melo's playoff performance? Like he's poor below 40% shooting? Or him disappearing in the 4th quarter? Or his very very questionable defense to say the least? Melo is a great player, moreover he's a top 5 player in this league, but without him we've still got the potential to be a playoff team. And without Chandler? Well, you see what happens... in other words Melo is a way better player than Tyson, but compared to Chandler he doesn't have the skill set/leadership/championship experience to make this team better. Melo can score 40 pts every single night, but as long as it doesn't win us games it doesn't mean ****.
and the stats are
MELo : 41.6% scoring %
Shump : 41.0%
Bargniani : 47.7%
compared to Pacers
George :46.5
Hill : 40
West 42.7
Stevenson 44.5
not much diffrence
but diffrence is Pacers and other are shooting good shoots not like Knicks not propered shots


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Athlete Year of Birth: 1983
Athlete Place of Birth: Luxembourg
Athlete Weight: 53 kg
Athlete Height: 166cm
Athlete Lives: LUXEMBOURG Array
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I have always been loved sports - especially trying out lots of different kinds of sports. I wanted to go to the Olympics ever since I was about nine years old. When I was a child I tried out riding, aikido, karate, gymnastics, ballet, volleyball, basketball, x-country skiing, kayak. Eventually I stuck with athletics and swimming which made life a lot easier for me when I decided to take up triathlon in 2000.
I quickly improved to achieve silver medals in the Junior and U23 Duathlon Championships, a bronze at the Junior Triathlon Worlds and a World Junior titel in Aquathlon in 2002.
In the following years I have climbed steadily up the world rankings and made it to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Since Athens I have been studying law at the University of Copenhagen. I think studying along with doing high level sport is a challenge but also helps to keep everything in perspective and to stay relaxed.
I am currently coached by Kiwi coach, Jack Ralston, and going for another 4 years in this great sport - maybe even 8:-)
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Athlete Other Sports: cross country skiing, kayak, waterpolo
Athlete Education: Studying law
Athlete Hobbies: painting, drawing, reading, sleeping
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Athlete Proudest Moment: Silver at the European Champs 2009
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It's what some say is as close as it gets to a perfect murder.
In 1984, a woman's body was found brutally beaten on the side of a county road near Westby.
Investigators are working on a new tip that could be the one needed to catch her killer.
Saturday marks the 29th anniversary of her murder.
To this day, 29 years later, she still remains a Jane Doe.
The Vernon County Sheriff's Department said the homicide rate in the county is virtually nonexistent.
"I'm just surprised that someone out there doesn't know who she is," said Sheriff John Spears of the Vernon County Sheriff's Department.
On the night of May 4, 1984, three teenagers found a woman's body off Old Line Road near Westby.
She was brutally beaten and her hands were cut off.
"It was the talk of the town, or talk of the county for quite a while, and people had the same comments wondering who she is, where she's from," said Spears.
Since then, investigators have been trying to figure out who this Jane Doe is.
"I think it's one of those things that you never give up on," said Spears.
Last year, investigators took a second look at her case.
They sent her clothing, shoes and dentures to the state crime lab to be re-examined.
Retired Vernon County Deputy Sheriff Jim Hanson responded to the call the night Jane Doe was found.
He was hoping a second look would shed new light on the case.
"To lay this out to the public and the media, it is a bit of a sigh of relief to say, 'OK, we've got it to that point, now public help us out,'" Hanson said last year.
Investigators also set up a Facebook Page for Jane Doe.
About half a dozen tips came in, but last September, Spears received a tip from Portage County, Wis., that caught his eye.
Three people were being investigated for cashing fraudulent Social Security checks for a missing woman.
"Apparently it looks like her family had been cashing those checks for some years," said Spears. "That intrigued us because the dates were similar to our Jane Doe."
But that wasn't all. One of the three being investigated, Dolores Disher, resembled someone familiar.
"My heart skipped a beat thinking, 'Oh my gosh.' The one daughter, her picture to me seemed remarkably similar to our Jane Doe," said Spears.
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A law school professor at Marquette University says he is considering running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Fallone says one factor that will weigh heavily in whether he gets in the race is whether a primary will be necessary. If more than two candidates run, there would be a February primary.
Fallone has been a faculty member at Marquette for 20 years. He says he's motivated to run because he says the Supreme Court is not currently operating effectively due to personality clashes.
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Pancake and Bratwurst Dinner will be served on Sunday, January 26, 11am-5pm, St. Peter's Lutheran Church Moltke Township, 63924 240th Street, County Road 10, Gibbon.
Supplemental funds provided by the Sibley County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. There will be all you can eat pancake, bratwurst, cookies, bars, cheese and applesauce. Free will offering. Sven and Ole Book Fair. Sponsored by St. Peter's Lutheran School, PTL.+11:00 amPancake & Bratwurst Dinner, Gibbon
−Barn Dance, New Ulm1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Barn Dance, January 26, 1-5pm at the Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club Clubhouse. Entertainment provided by Kris and the Riverbend Dutchmen.
From the south edge of New Ulm, at the junctions of Hwys 15 & 68, go east 2 miles, then left on 110th Avenue for 1/2 mile. Watch for signs. Sponsored by Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club, New Ulm.+1:00 pmBarn Dance, New Ulm
−Formal Wear Extravaganza, Redwood Falls9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Formal Wear Extravaganza – Prom Dress Sale will be held Saturday, February 1, 9am-2pm at the Redwood Valley High School.
Find a great deal on a gently used or almost new prom dress.+9:00 amFormal Wear Extravaganza, Redwood Falls
−American Red Cross Blood Drives1:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Tuesday, January 28 – Faith Lutheran Church in Janesville, 1-7pm
Tuesday, January 28 – Amboy Presbyterian Church, 1:30-6:30pm
Wednesday, January 29 – South Central College, North Mankato, 10am-3pm
Thursday, January 30 – St. James American Legion, 1-7pm
Friday, January 31 – St. James American Legion, 8am-12pm
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New Ulm Swim Club's Chili Supper and Silent Auction will be held Friday, January 31, from 4:30-7:30pm at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1400 South State in New Ulm.
Adults/$7; take out orders available+4:30 pmNew Ulm Swim Club's Chili Supper
−New Ulm Classic Pigeon Show7:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday, February 1, New Ulm Classic Program Show Youth Coliseum Brown County Fairgrounds, New Ulm. Doors open at 7am and will last until 2pm.
See breeds of pigeons as a few ounces to breeds of several pounds. Or as small as a few inches to 20 inches tall.
Show sponsored by Brown County Poultry and Pigeon Association. For more info, call 507-375-4716+7:00 amNew Ulm Classic Pigeon Show
−Emmet County Ikes Gun Show, Estherville, IA9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Emmet County Ikes Gun Show will be held February 1, 9am-5pm and February 2, 9am-3pm at Elks Club, Estherville, IA.
Admission is $5; under 12/free. For more information or to reserve a table, contact Cliff at 712-362-2897 or Rick at 712-380-5360+9:00 amEmmet County Ikes Gun Show, Estherville, IA
−GBHS Library Open House, New Ulm10:00 am – 4:00 pm
GBHS Library Open will be Saturday, February 1, 10am-4pm at 1200 South Broadway, New Ulm, rear entrance only.
This is a great opportunity to stop in and find out more about the resources we have to offer in our library. Get started on your family history or meet others who may be able to help you overcome any research roadblocks.
11am – Wade Olsen will present a slide show on the historic Kladbury Monastery.
1:30pm – Wade will present a review of the 2013 June tour and outline the plan for the Fall Tour.
There will be coffee and cookies served.+10:00 amGBHS Library Open House, New Ulm
−Am. Legion Fish Fry, Nicollet11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Annual Post 510 American Legion, Nicollet, Fish Fry will be held Saturday, February 1, 11am-7pm at the American Legion Friendship Hall in Nicollet.
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Annual Post 510 American Legion Fish Fry in Nicollet will be taking place Saturday, February 1, 11am-7pm, at American Legion Friendship Hall in Nicollet.
Serving German and American potato salad; cole slaw; coffee; milk. Adults/$12; children under 12/$6.+11:00 amAnnual Post 510 American Legion Fish Fry, Nicollet
−Hamburge Hunting and Fishing Club11:00 am – 7:00 pm
The Hamburg Hunting and Fishing Club is having their 35th Annual Fish Fry on Saturday, February 1, at the Hamburg Community Hall. It's all you can eat from 11am-7pm.
Adults/$10; kids 5-12/$6; and 5 and under/free. Take out orders available and they're selling their sportsman's calendars.+11:00 amHamburge Hunting and Fishing Club
−Fasching and MN Music Hall of Fame Fundraiser, New Ulm12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Come for a fun filled weekend in New Ulm!
Fasching will be held on Saturday, March 1, noon – 10pm at Turner Hall. Entertainment includes: 12pm Concord Singers; 1-3pm Dain's Dutchmen; 3-4pm Concord Singers; 4-5:30pm Wendinger Band; 5:30-7pm Dain's Dutchmen; Parade of Costumes at 7pm; 7:30-8:30am Concord Singers; 8:30-10pm Wendinger Band. Food and beverage available.
Fasching advance tickets available at HyVee; Cash Wise; New Ulm Chamber 507-354-8850 or check out www.newulm.com.
MN Music Hall of Fame Fundraiser will be Sunday, March 2, noon-6pm at Turner Hall. 12pm Dain's Dutchmen; 1:35pm Wally Pikal featuring Harvey Becker; 3:10pm Leon Helget; 4:40pm Bockfest Boys. Lower Level is the Concertina Jamboree. For more info, call 507-354-7305. Food and beverage available.+12:00 pmFasching and MN Music Hall of Fame Fundraiser, New Ulm
−Snow Day in the Park, New Ulm12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Snow Day in the Park will be held Saturday, February 1, 12-4pm at Harmon Park, 101 North Garden Street, New Ulm.
Horse-drawn sleigh rides; S'mores over a fire and hot cocoa; 3 skating rinks and warming house; sliding hill (bring your own sled).
Winter fun for the whole family!
Questions, contact New Ulm Park and Recreation at 359-8347.+12:00 pmSnow Day in the Park, New Ulm
−Snowfest, New Ulm5:30 pm – 11:45 pm
Snowfest 2014 will be a night to remember! Come to Snowfest on Saturday, February 1, at New Ulm Area Catholic Schools.
Come to Snowfest and have the opportunity to bid on one of the largest silent auctions in the area; try your luck on games of chance; dine on delicious food and socialize with friends. All proceeds from the event benefit NUACS.
Dinner will be served from 5:30-7pm in the Holy Trinity Cafeteria. Bingo will be held from 7-8:30pm. There will also be multiple raffles, pull-tabs, a bake sale, games of chance and both a Live and Silent Auction. The Live Auction begins around 9pm, with the Big Ticket drawing following.
This event is open to the public.+5:30 pmSnowfest, New Ulm
−Super Sunday Benefit Brunch5:30 pm – 12:30 pm
Super Sunday Benefit Brunch will be held Sunday, February 2, from 8:15am-12:30pm at St. Mary's School Cafeteria, Sleepy Eye.
Adults/$6; ages 5-12/$3; under 5/free. Serving scrambled eggs with smoked ham; golden potatoes; famous KC donuts; milk; coffee; juice sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council #3134.
Proceeds benefit Divine Providence Auxiliary.
There will also be a CCW Scholarship Bake Sale Saturday after 5:30pm Mass and Sunday 7:30am-12:30pm at St. Mary's School Cafeteria. Serving Schmierkuchen; caramel rolls; cinnamon rolls.+5:30 pmSuper Sunday Benefit Brunch
−Church of Japanese Martyrs Pancake Breakfast, Leavenworth9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth is having a Catholic United Financial Matching Grant Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, February 2, serving 9am-12pm in the church hall.
Serving pancakes; scrambled eggs; sausage; applesauce; coffee; chocolate milk and juice. Cost $6/adults; $5/ages 6-12; $1.50/preschool.+9:00 amChurch of Japanese Martyrs Pancake Breakfast, Leavenworth
−Winter Brunch, Gibbon9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Sunday, February 2, from 9am-12pm, a Winter Brunch will be held at St. Willibrord's Catholic Church in Gibbon.
The menu will include cheesy eggs, sausages, fresh fruit, homebaked muffins, rolls and beverages.
Proceeds will go to St. Willibrord's Parish Youth who are fundraising for youth trips.+9:00 amWinter Brunch, Gibbon
−Gibbon Sportsmen's Club Pollock Fish Fry11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Gibbon Sportsmen's Club Pollock Fish Fry will be held Saturday, February 2, 11am-4pm at Clear Lake Club Grounds, 5 miles south of Gibbon.
Serving Pollock, baked potato, beans, cole slaw. Adults/$10; children 5-12/$3; under 5/free.+11:00 amGibbon Sportsmen's Club Pollock Fish Fry
−New Ulm Legon Auxiliary Card Party1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
New Ulm American Legion Auxiliary Card Party will be held February 5 from 1:30-3:30pm at the Legion, 13 South Minnesota, New Ulm.
Door prizes; lunch is $3+1:30 pmNew Ulm Legon Auxiliary Card Party
−Blood Drives12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The constant need for blood continues and the American Red Cross is holding multiple blood drives in the area this week.
Tuesday, February 11 – Peace Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, 12-6pm
Tuesday, February 11 – Fairmont Holiday Inn, 12-6pm
Wednesday, February 12 – Fairmont Holiday Inn, 1-7pm
Thursday, February 13 – Fairmont Holiday Inn, 9am-2pm
Thursday, February 13 – Mankato Red Cross Headquarters on Homestead Drive, Mankato, 12:30-5:30pm
Friday, February 14 – Mankato Red Cross Headquarters on Homestead Drive, Mankato, 9am-1pm
For more information on giving blood or to make an appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go online to redcrossblood.org.+12:00 pmBlood Drives
−Welcome to Medicare Meeting, Springfield4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging, Inc. will be teaching an introductory class on Medicare. If you are getting ready to turn 65, new to Medicare or just want information about your benefits, this class if for you.
The class will be held at Springfield Elementary School, Elem. Computer Lab on Tuesday, March 11, from 4-6pm. You must pre-register to attend by calling 507-723-4283. Class size is limited and registration deadline is Tuesday, March 4.+4:00 pmWelcome to Medicare Meeting, Springfield
−65th Annual Chow Mein Supper, Springfield4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
65th Annual Chow Mein Supper will be held Wednesday, February 12, 4:30-7pm at the Springfield United Methodist Church.
Serving chicken chow mein, noodles, rice, orange rolls, beverages, dessert. Adults/$9; children 12 and under/$5. Advance tickets at Springfield Thrifty White Drug or Tauer's Super Valu.
Delivered meals to shut-ins only; take-out meals at front door only. Call 723-6698. Deliveries and take-out orders close at 6:30pm.+4:30 pm65th Annual Chow Mein Supper, Springfield
−Fairfax Area Parkinson Group Monthly Meeting2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
The Fairfax Area Parkinson's Support Group will meet on Thursday, February 13, at 2pm to celebrate Valentin's Day. They will meet in the Activity Room at the Fairfax Community Home. Keep moving and laughing!+2:00 pmFairfax Area Parkinson Group Monthly Meeting
−NUACT Presents Valentine's Weekend Dinner Theatre5:30 pm – 11:45 pm
NUACT Presents Valentine's Weekend Dinner Theatre, features Broadway Theme.
The great songs from Broadway will be presented for "A Broadway Valentine to New Ulm' on Friday, February 14 & Saturday, February 15. Bar opens 5:30pm; doors open at 6pm; dinner at 6:30pm; show starts at 7:30pm at the Holiday Inn, 2101 South Broadway, New Ulm.
Tickets are $39 per person and includes three course meal, show, tax and tip. Tickets available online at www.newulmact.com or at the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce.+5:30 pmNUACT Presents Valentine's Weekend Dinner Theatre
−Dyn-O-Myte Valentine Comedy Show, New Ulm Country Club6:30 pm – 11:45 pm
Dyn-O-Myte Valentine Comedy Show will be held Friday, February 14, at the New Ulm Country Club, 1 Golf Drive, New Ulm.
Tickets are $39.95 in advance; $44.95 day of show. Dinner at 6:30pm; show at 8pm; tickets 507-354-8896.
Jimmie "JJ" Walker – the award winning stand-up comedian and Golden Globe nominated actor as seen on the hit CBS Series "Good Times"; " The Tonight Show"; "David Letterman"; " The George Lopez Show"; "Everybody Loves Raymond" and more. He appeared in movies 'Airplane' and 'Home Alone II'.+6:30 pmDyn-O-Myte Valentine Comedy Show, New Ulm Country Club
−Henderson Area Arts Group11:00 am – 11:45 pm
There will be an Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, February 15, in the Roadhouse dining area in Henderson from 11am-5pm, in conjunction with the Henderson Area Arts Group.
Come experience local fine art on display all day. Then, local live music starts at 7pm to 12am at the Roadhouse Bar and Grill. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door.+11:00 amHenderson Area Arts Group
−Truman Fun Time Dance8:00 pm – 11:45 pm
Truman Fun Time Dance will be held February 15, at the Truman Community Center, Truman. Entertainment provided by Jerry Buse Band.+8:00 pmTruman Fun Time Dance
−Nicollet FFA Pancake Breakfast8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Nicollet FFA Pancake Breakfast will be held Sunday, February 16, Nicollet American Legion, 8am-12:30pm.
Serving pancakes, sausages, fresh fruit, coffee, milk and juice. Cost of breakfast is free with donation. All proceeds will benefit the Nicollet FFA Chapter.+8:00 amNicollet FFA Pancake Breakfast
−Central Lutheran Men's Annual Pancake Brunch, Fairfax9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Central Lutheran Men's Annual Pancake Brunch will be held February 16 from 9am-1pm at the Fairfax Auditorium.
There will be a Pancake Brunch, serving pancakes, sausages, juice, coffee, applesauce and milk, and Central Ladies Bake Sale.
Free will offering.+9:00 amCentral Lutheran Men's Annual Pancake Brunch, Fairfax
−St. George Catholic United Brunch & Bake Sale9:30 am – 12:30 pm
St. George Catholic United Brunch and Bake Sale will be held Sunday, February 16, 9:30am-12:30pm, St. George Parish Center.
Serving ham, landjaggers, sauerkraut, German potato salad, scrambled eggs, hamburger, spatezel soup, desserts, fruit cup, toast, beverages. Proceeds go toward education.+9:30 amSt. George Catholic United Brunch & Bake Sale


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'Pathos Envisioned' at the Stray Cat
July 31, 2013 —
BETHEL, NY — Three artists, Helen K. Garber, Todd C. Anderson and Ray Fiero, grapple with pathos and the past in the works on display at the Stray Cat Gallery on Route 17B in the exhibit "Pathos Envisioned.' There will be an opening reception on Saturday, August 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. The show runs through August 14.
Garber, who stayed in the Catskills during childhood summers, uses a fusion of photography and encaustics in a series based on the Catskills remnants of the Golden Age of tourism. A similar sense of nostalgia pervades the works of Todd C. Anderson, presenting a series called "Childhood Memories Preserved in Wax." Fiero's connection to a lost past, now found, comes through his material: found objects.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Saturday 10 to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 to 6 p.m. Visit www.straycatgallery.com or call 845/423-8850.


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Most deaths during deer season come from hunters falling out of deer stands.
It nearly happened to Lee Walt, an avid hunter from Dumas, Arkansas, and now he's warning others of the danger.
"The straps around the back of that stand disintegrated, just broke," he explains.
He was trying to secure a deer stand when he fell 20 feet to the ground and was knocked unconscious.
"Squirrels can chew on them if you leave them up there too long the trees grow and expand," he warns.
Lee broke his pelvis and was in a wheel chair for two months.
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MARTINS FERRY – The city held a town hall meeting Tuesday. State Rep. Jack Cera was present to give a personal account of progress in Columbus and to hear local concerns and bring them to the state capital.
He spoke about the state budget passed at the end of June and its local impact. The $61.7 billion general revenue package was the largest in Ohio history and an increase by several billion dollars more than the last budget.
Cera noted that he voted against the budget. He pointed out the added spending, which failed to address issues such as education, local governments and the prison system. He criticized the state for a focus on changing tax policy rather than restoring funding cuts to local government now that Ohio is seeing an increase in revenue. He pointed out the transfer of $1 billion into the rainy day fund, now at five percent.
In the realm of education, he noted a reduction of half a billion dollars to public schools through the expansion of vouchers. In addition, the property tax change will make passing new levies more expensive, since the state will no longer pick up that percentage from the general fund. Cera recounted the Supreme Court's decision in the 1990s that Ohio's method of funding schools through property tax was unconstitutional, since it favored wealthier areas.
Cera opinioned that one contributor to the situation in education is the biannual budget and the succession of governors with different agendas. He said a budget with longer terms might allow more stability, consistency and planning.
He added that the quarter-percent increase in sale tax is regressive for the average Ohioan, who will pay more overtime than with an income tax.
"Overall I'd say the budget is not good for Eastern Ohio," he said. "It could have been a much better budget."
Another major concern is the future of coal, as older power plants are being closed. Cera said new technologies are being developed that could address environmental issues, but a strong energy policy from the federal level and more short-term responses are needed in the meantime. He also criticized the policy of deregulation, saying investors prefer to construct power plants in a regulated state.
"In general, deregulation has not been helpful," he said.
City officials brought their concerns to Cera.
Development Director Kathy Wade Gagin brought up the question of whether temporary workers who have resided for more than 90 days are considered residents and required to pay municipal income tax. Mayor Paul Riethmiller noted the use of roads and utility as a result of the influx.
Riethmiller also brought up a plan to install traffic cameras at the Hanover Street intersection for the purpose of safety. According to the Ohio Municipal League, House Bill 69 would forbid municipalities the use of traffic cameras. Cera said the bill passed the House and was pending in the Senate. He agreed that the presence of cameras would benefit safety.
Finance Committee Chair Robert Hunker pointed out the 29-percent increase in health care, which meant $200,000, and health care reforms could mean a further increase. Cera said there was little the state could do beyond setting up exchanges.
A representative from the library system pointed out it faced cuts of 35 percent under the prior governor and is in the process of changing to a county district library by the end of the month. Due to the rising costs of the library's six buildings, they are considering a levy or face the need to close locations. Public libraries have also been asked to assist in helping people register for health care changes.
Guests also inquired about several Ohio House bills that Cera had co-sponsored.
House Bill 63, which aimed to increase Ohio's workers on the oil and gas industry through a tax incentive, may have constitutional issues. A House bill to return local government funding to former levels was rejected. House Bill 134, which would allow funds generated from water sold to fracking companies to be placed in the general fund, has been stalled by the EPA.
Cera also noted that the state's prison system, mentioning Belmont Correctional Institute, is badly overcrowded. He noted the institute has had to privatize food service. He added that he has reservations about the privatization measure, fearing this may facilitate contraband and a threat to safety.
Riethmiller thanked Cera for his accessibility and availability to his constituents. He also thanked Richard Hord of Martins Ferry for organizing the town hall.
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Kaden Dandrow, a basketball player from Edwards Knox has been on a tear this season.
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"Breaking records is not about luck. Breaking records is about hard work and dedication."
By outthinking his opponents, Kei Nishikori finds his way to the Tennis skies.
2014 is the year of all achievements for the best Japanese player ever. Like TAG Heuer, he is tough-minded and doesn't crack under pressure. His father gave him with his first racket at five. By six, the raw power of his stroke and the pinpoint accuracy of his serve had captured the imagination of the Japanese tennis elite.
The game was disappearing in Japan, widely eclipsed by baseball and soccer. Could this slight boy revive it? By 11 he had won his age-group title three times and was All-Japan Junior Tennis Champion. Then, at 14, unwilling to compromise his individuality and conform to the rigid mindset of the Japanese sports establishment, he moved to Florida, to train with the world's best. He wasn't the first Japanese player to do so, but he was the first to not just handle the pressure, but thrive on it. Wins followed wins, first in the Juniors, and as of 2007, in the pros. Then injuries hit, again and again, some requiring surgery, yet each time he pushed himself back into top form. At this year's US Open, he played intensely grueling matches under a blistering hot sun and beat three of the game's top-seeded players, including Number One seeded Novak Djokovic. What drove him then is what drives him now: a desire to be the best Asian athlete of all time, and the Number One tennis player in the world. We're betting he gets there, because, like TAG Heuer, Kei Nishikori is a path-breaker, a game changer who refuses limits, pushes himself to the extreme, and, no matter what, never cracks under pressure.
For more than 150 years, TAG Heuer has faced down every challenge, and then pushed past it. By defying the time-honored conventions of Swiss watchmaking, it has led it to ever higher levels of precision and performance. It makes its own rules, chooses its own path, never quits moving forward, never compromises, never cracks under pressure, just like its ambassadors.


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How Has Childbirth Changed in This Century?
Childbirth itself has not changed at all! Babies are still born today in the same way that that they have been born for generations. But many things associated with childbirth have changed, including:
- Women's expectations of childbirth
- Pain management options
- The economics of childbirth and the system of healthcare
- The technology used during pregnancy and birth.
These factors have greatly changed women's childbirth experiences.
How have women's expectations of childbirth changed?
Today, a woman having a baby in an industrialized nation can reasonably expect that both she and her baby will have a healthy journey through pregnancy and birth. Childbearing is generally safe and does not represent illness or disability. A hundred years ago, many women faced childbirth with some fear because they knew of a mother or baby who had died. Today, however, there is some expectation that changes in childbirth technology not only minimize risks that might have led to death or disability a century ago, but promise a perfect outcome.
Additionally, in many parts of the world today, women can plan their pregnancies and tend to have fewer children than a century ago. This has created a culture where each pregnancy and baby generates intense attention.
Expectations of pain management have also changed. One hundred years ago, most children throughout the world were born at home. Although many factors contributed to the movement of childbirth from the home to the hospital, one important reason for this change was the development of pain-reducing childbirth anesthesia, which was only available at the hospital.
How has pain management changed?
When childbirth occurred in the home, pain management was dependent on the skill of a woman's midwife or her family in helping her through childbirth. In the late 1800s, the labor analgesic "Twilight Sleep," a combination of morphine and scopolamine that both relieved pain and caused women to forget most of their labor and birth, became available in the hospital. At first, this option was only available to wealthy women who could pay for hospital care, but women's rights activitists advocated its availability for all women.
There were problems, however, with forms of dense anesthesia for childbirth. Women who were heavily medicated had difficulty communicating and difficulty pushing. Forceps and cesarean sections were often necessary to complete the birth. Babies who were born to heavily medicated women were born sleepy, with a decreased drive to breathe, and often needed resuscitation.
The development of spinal anesthesia, known in the mid-20th century as a "saddle block," helped relieve the pain of delivery, but often left women unable to push, again necessitating forceps deliveries. Anesthesiologists have continued to refine spinal anesthesia techniques, and in most Western hospitals today, many women may choose to have some form of epidural or spinal anesthesia for birth. Risks and benefits of these techniques are more fully discussed in the topics Why Should I Consider a Holistic Approach to Pregnancy and Childbirth? and What Factors Influence the Normal Progression of Labor?. As a culture, it appears that women have become more interested in a pain-free labor experience.
When did natural (unmedicated) childbirth become popular?
During the 1950s and 60s, women became more aware of the problems associated with heavy anesthesia during labor. Dense anesthesia had negative effects on women and their babies, and left women unable to play a role in their own care and that of their babies. Control of childbirth shifted from women (the birthing mother and her midwife), to the physician, (generally male at that time). The growing women's movement drew attention to this power change and set the stage for the natural childbirth movement. There was a strong sentiment that women, not their healthcare provider, should be in charge of the labor experience.
At first glance, the natural childbirth movement may have seemed a step backward in terms of comfort in labor and birth, but several advances had been made in non-medicinal methods of pain relief. Early proponents of natural childbirth (Dick-Read, 1943; Karmal, 1959; Lamaze, 1970; Leboyer, 1975; and Bradley, 1978) developed programs to prepare women for childbirth that included relaxation, patterned breathing, hypnosis, and water immersion. Encouraged by the work of these early experts, women began to reclaim their autonomy in the birth process.
Additionally, advances in medical treatment of pain have resulted in pain management techniques that are safer and less disruptive to the process of labor than earlier methods had been, although these are still not risk free.
The Additional Readings include recent and available works from childbirth experts with the most up-to-date methods of holistic pain management, and also include the classic works of the natural childbirth pioneers. Current pain management methods are discussed more fully in the topics What About Pain? and What About Childbirth Classes and Birth Plans?
How have the economics of childbirth changed?
During the 20th century, childbirth shifted to the hospital for several reasons:
- The availability of pain medications in the hospital.
- The belief that physicians were the most qualified to attend births.
- Women's and physician's beliefs that hospital births were safer.
- The increased ability of families in the United States to pay for what they felt represented the best care (physician and hospital care).
Childbirth has remained in the hospital for reasons that are largely economic.
Throughout time, midwives have provided the majority of maternity care around the world, however, the late 1800s and early 1900s represented a time of change. The development of forceps in the mid 1700s, which were only used by physicians, introduced the doctor to maternity care.
Physicians were called to births when progress was slow or there were other problems, and thus their introduction to childbirth was in problem situations where the outcome was often poor.
At the same time, the medical profession was shifting its professional basis. Organized schools of medicine replaced apprenticeships as the preferred method of learning and obstetrics was included as an area of study.
Physicians in the U.S. organized the American Medical Association in 1847, which sought to promote the wellbeing of its profession. For the first time, under the influence of the AMA, states passed laws regulating who could practice medicine. In general, this was a benefit to healthcare consumers, as it helped keep unqualified people from claiming to practice medicine, and it lead to the accreditation of medical and other professional schools. However, in the early 1900s these laws nearly put an end to the practice of midwifery as physicians sought the "business" of caring for pregnant women, using the medical practice acts to limit the activity of midwives. (A busy rural midwife in the early 1900s was estimated to make $678, compared to the estimated physician's salary at the time of $730, thus maternity care was a lucrative practice to seek!)
Physicians and hospitals also recognized that if a positive relationship was established with a pregnant woman, it would influence where she sought care for herself and her family for a lifetime. This provided another motivation to seek pregnant women as clients and is still a motivation today.
Beginning in the early 20th century and continuing today, hospitals recognized that they could gain income from providing services as well as providing a place to give birth. Epidural or spinal anesthesia, labor inductions, cesarean sections, even the placement of IV lines are a source of additional revenue for both the hospital and the practitioners involved (physicians, midwives, and anesthesiologists). From the perspective of the hospital, a low-intervention natural childbirth is not the most financially profitable.
How has our system of healthcare changed?
The system of healthcare in the United States has changed dramatically over the past century. At the turn of the last century, people paid for their healthcare from their own pockets. As employer-provided health insurance and public health insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid developed, women's access to healthcare improved, but the cost of healthcare has increased at a rate well above the rate of increase in our incomes.
Most individuals now receive their health insurance through a managed care program of some sort, either individually purchased, employer, or government provided. A managed care program attempts to balance access to quality care with controlling healthcare costs. Managed care has introduced some key changes for women seeking prenatal care, among them:
- The choice of providers may be limited.
- Most midwives and physicians practice in groups. While this is beneficial to an individual provider, as it prevents them from potentially working an unsafe number of hours, it may mean that the provider that a woman has seen through her pregnancy may not be available when she goes into labor.
Medical liability has also had an impact on current prenatal care and birth. The liability insurance premiums for providers of obstetric care are expensive and so is being sued. Consequently, practitioners seek any legal protection they can find. Following the standards of care established by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) may offer some protection from liability. Practitioners feel more protected if the standards are cautious, even if they are not well founded in research. However, this may lead to an overuse of birth technologies.
How has birth technology changed?
A typical physician-attended hospital birth today looks very little like a home birth of a century ago. The past century has brought numerous advances in childbirth technology, including how the baby's wellbeing is monitored, tests and procedures during pregnancy, and birth practices.
Monitoring the baby's wellbeing
The baby's wellbeing can be assessed by several methods:
- A century ago, the baby could only be monitored by using a stethoscope, or a specially designed fetal stethoscope, and a baby can still be monitored in this way today.
- In the 1960s, the electronic fetal monitor was introduced, that provided the physician or midwife with a paper record of the baby's heartbeat. Providers can monitor electronically by either using an external device placed on the mother's abdomen, which uses Doppler ultrasound to detect the baby's heartbeats, or with an internal device placed directly on the baby's head during an internal exam, which measures the electrical current generated by the heart.
- A handheld Doppler device can be placed on the mother's abdomen to listen to the heartbeat.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has outlined specific protocols for monitoring the heartbeat of a baby during labor and specific criteria have been developed for evaluating the heart rate. The ACOG protocols reflect research that shows that there is no benefit for low-risk women in using continuous monitoring as opposed to listening to the baby's heart rate intermittently. Moreover, continuous monitoring limits a woman's mobility and her ability to assume positions of comfort. If there is no remote telemetry monitoring available, she may be unable to walk or to use a shower or tub. Continuous monitoring has also been associated with an increase in other interventions, such as forceps, vacuum extractors, and cesarean section, without evidence of benefit to the baby.
Despite this evidence and the support for intermittent monitoring by the ACOG protocols, most laboring women in the hospital today are monitored continuously throughout their active labor. As a result, many labor nurses have grown so accustomed to continuous monitoring that they are unfamiliar with the option of intermittent monitoring.
Tests and procedures
Let's consider some tests and procedures physicians and midwives use to promote the health of the mother and baby. Providers generally offer women an array of screening and diagnostic tests during their pregnancy. (A screening test identifies an increased risk of a problem. A diagnostic test diagnoses the problem being considered. For example, the prenatal Quad Screen may identify a woman as having an increased risk of having an infant with Down Syndrome, but does not provide a diagnosis. The diagnosis can only be made with an amniocentesis).
It is now possible to identify more problems and risks earlier in pregnancy than ever before. This means that woman and their families have more decisions to make. For each offered test or procedure, women must decide if they want the test, and if so, what they are willing to do based on the results. For some women, the increased options for prenatal testing may lead to an increase in anxiety. All pregnant women desire a healthy baby, and to receive test results during pregnancy that indicate a potential problem leads to increased stress.
One perspective that may be helpful is to consider if the prenatal testing offered will be useful in making subsequent decisions. Some women don't want specific testing, because the information would not change what they plan to do. Some women want all the available information to help them make plans for potentially caring for a child with a disability, or to help them make a decision regarding pregnancy termination.
A full discussion of all of these tests available during pregnancy is beyond the scope of this module, but they are briefly outlined in this short guide to tests.
Ginny was offered first trimester screening to identify if she was at an increased risk of having a child with Down Syndrome or other chromosomal problems. After considering the screening tests available, and the follow-up tests that would be recommended if the screening tests indicated a problem, she and Charles decided that they wanted to be prepared if they had a child with chromosome problems, but she was not willing to take the small risk of miscarrying a normal child that could happen after amniocentesis. Her screening tests showed that she was at no greater risk of having a child with Down Syndrome than other women her age. Ginny and Charles felt relieved, but they understood that the potential for having a child with chromosome problems still existed.
Birth practices
Several birth practices have also changed in the past 100 years. Although cesarean sections and forceps were used early in the 20th century, their frequency was low. Today, the cesarean section rate is approaching 30% in the United States. A very recent trend is the elective cesarean section, that is, a cesarean section done without a current medical indication but that might potentially prevent future problems such as incontinence.
The development of the vacuum extractor has decreased the use of forceps, although both are still used frequently. Inductions of labor are becoming increasingly more common, and today, an estimated 40% of all women are induced, despite estimates that only 10% of women need to be induced for a medical reason.
Fortunately, some birth practices introduced in the past century, such as shaving a woman's pubic hair or routinely cutting an episiotomy, have been shown ineffective and discontinued. However, other practices, such as the routine placement of an IV, permitting a laboring women to have only ice chips, and not allowing her to use a tub if her bag of waters has broken, have continued to be a standard of care, even though not supported by research.
What is clear from the research is that although technological interventions may be helpful in many situations, their routine use for all pregnant and birthing women is not warranted.
How do all these changes affect my baby and me?
The good news about having a baby today is that a wealth of information is readily available: from your provider, on the web, in bookstores, and at the library.
Medical ethics have also changed. The paternalistic and well-meaning "doctor knows best" attitude of a century ago has been replaced with a respect for the autonomy of the birthing woman and an understanding that all women must be provided with information and give consent before medical treatment.
Most midwives and physicians have a strong desire to do just that. However, a few providers although well-meaning, might provide fear-based, limited information, particularly if a woman is identified as being high-risk. Imagine being told, "unless you have this procedure, your baby might die" without additional information about the actual likelihood of death or disability, or alternatives to the procedure. How would you respond in such a situation? Fortunately, these practices are rare, and, even for women who have identified risk factors, many options and alternatives remain available to her during pregnancy and childbirth.
It is important to discuss any proposed tests, treatments, or interventions with your midwife or doctor. For many women, this is challenging. Think about the last time you had a talk with an authority figure, or someone whose area of expertise was different from your own. Chances are you found it a bit intimidating. Now add to this the challenge of having such a discussion during labor, a time when women may feel especially vulnerable. Clearly, the discussion of childbirth choices should begin during the prenatal period.
With this in mind, research prospective plans of care or treatment options, ask informed questions, and expect to be a full participant in decision-making during your pregnancy and birth. Information and discussion can help you identify when childbirth technology might offer the best outcome for you and your baby, or when a less technological approach would be more appropriate.
Lorinda and Marcus moved to a new town early in Lorinda's pregnancy. They knew that they wanted to find a provider who involved them fully in Lorinda's prenatal care and who would support their choices in holistic and alternative healthcare measures. They also knew that they wanted a provider who did not routinely induce labor, in a birth center where waterbirth was an available option. The first midwife that they saw in their new town supported their holistic choices, but did not offer waterbirth. However, she helped them find a midwifery practice that did include waterbirths.
Holistic Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Why Should I Consider a Holistic Approach to Pregnancy and Childbirth?
- What About Pain?
- How Has Childbirth Changed in This Century?
- How Does My Body Work During Childbirth?
- What Factors Influence the Progression of Childbirth?
- How Can I Best Prepare for Pregnancy and Childbirth?
- How Can I Arrange the Best Birth Support?
- What About Childbirth Classes and Birth Plans?
- What Does the Research Tell Us?


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A California man has been arrested after police say he tried to poison his girlfriend by putting Visine eye drops in her drink.
Shayne Carpenter, a 27-year-old mechanic, faces poisoning and domestic violence charges following his arrest in Grass Valley, Calif., late last week, ABC News reported.
According to police, Carpenter put the drops in his girlfriend's drink after they had argued.
The woman fell ill, and called police after she saw suspicious text messages on his phone, UPI reported.
Carpenter admitted to the crime in a phone call with his girlfriend that was arranged by police, according to ABC News.
The woman had to be hospitalized, but has since made a full recovery.


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If you have attended Wine, Blues and BBQ here at Vino100 in the past then you know it's our hot shindig of the year. If you haven't, don't miss out this time. We gather great musicians, tried-and-true Barbecue and fantastic wines and beers to celebrate another year of serving our friends of Uptown!
We will feature a 3 piece blues band with lead guitarist, Rich McLure!
Barbecue is always provided by our friends at Peggy Sue's in Snider Plaza! Plenty of sides are included and it's All You Can Eat!
A wide range of BBQ friendly wines will be poured and we're NOT talking tasting pours. You will get your money's worth of wine at this Sunday Funday party!
Do you prefer a Brew with your BBQ! We've got you covered. Craft beers will be provided.
We would love all RSVP's to be decided 2 days prior to event in order to make the best arrangements for all of that BBQ! Please make your reservation early and be sure to include your credit card number. It will not be charged until the morning of the big event!
You may call Vino100 at the number below or email. Please include your phone number in the emails.
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing our Vino100 friends on August 3rd!
2909 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75204
Why Vino 100 is so Popular
Vino 100 in Uptown Dallas is one of those rare concepts that people hear about and immediately understand…they "get" it. Once they see the concept first-hand in the store and how it all works, they love it!
Vino 100 Dallas offers you a comfortable, affordable and fun way to buy wines. So come join us here "the buying experience is as enjoyable as the drinking!"
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