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When faced with bullying, I advise women to say: "Excuse me, but I do not have to do anything. This is my body and my baby and I am the one who decides what I will do. I am paying you to give me the benefit of your advice; whether or not I take it is entirely up to me."
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I handle group B streptococcus by giving women information on it regarding the risks, treatment, etc., and leave it up to them whether to culture or not. If they choose to culture, I do it at about 35 weeks. If the culture is positive, I give them the choice of herbal protocol and reculturing in two weeks to make sure the herbs worked. Or they can take antibiotics orally when labor starts.
— Betty Idarius, LM, excerpted from "Herbal Protocol for Group B Strep," Birth Wisdom: Tricks of the Trade, Vol. III, a Midwifery Today book
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Jan's Corner
Lawyers on Our Side
Midwifery is often at an unfair disadvantage with the law. What I mean is that there are times when, in spite of any birth professional's best effort, applied skills and care, a baby dies. If that happens at a homebirth, the midwife is often blamed, and punitive legal proceedings unfold. Doctors in hospitals do not face comparable scrutiny following a bad outcome, even though babies and mothers regularly die in the hospital from iatrogenic causes. (See the next issue of Midwifery Today magazine for a scathing account by Ina May Gaskin of the misuse of Cytotec.) The overuse and unnecessary use of Cytotec, inductions, augmentation and other generally inappropriate uses of medical technology cause many problems to mothers and babies. Mothers and midwives are caught in a web of harmful obstetric practices and unjust legal treatment.
We now have help. The joint Midwifery Today/Human Rights in Childbirth conference of April 2, 2013, convened an international coalition of lawyers working for justice in maternity care. The lawyers present at that event included members of Human Rights in Childbirth International, members of the US think tank Legal Advocates for Birth Options and Rights (LABOR), BirthrightsUK, National Advocates for Pregnant Women and individual attorneys who are dedicated to human rights in childbirth.
Since the conference in April, the work of Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC) network has crystallized. HRiC is a Hague-based organization working to connect and facilitate political activism and legal advocacy for human rights in maternity care the world over, directed by Hermine Hayes-Klein, a US-based lawyer. The US Legal Advocacy Network for Human Rights in Childbirth is a partner organization providing US-based advocacy in matters ranging from the criminal defense of midwives to the lack of informed consent given to women for their birth choices and is directed by Indra Lusero. HRiC Legal Advocacy Networks are also coming into shape in the UK, Ireland, EU and Australia; more are underway.
HRiC is again partnering with Midwifery Today for a one-day summit in Blankenberge, Belgium, on November 4, 2013, the day after the conclusion of our annual conference there. This event will continue to grow the HRiC Legal Advocacy Network by convening the lawyers, mothers and midwives across Europe who are involved in legal actions advocating for the human rights of birthing women.
The persecution of midwives has been going on for decades, if not centuries. For the first time, we have the help of dedicated lawyers on our side. Hermine and the lawyers working with HRiC declare that all birthing women share fundamental human rights to autonomy and authority in childbirth, including the right to choose the circumstances in which they give birth. This fact is one that we acknowledged in the wording of the Human Rights Declaration of the Global Midwifery Council written in Russia in 2010: "The most basic human right for every woman is the right to choose her place of birth and who will attend her."
The battles waged for control of the maternity care market often have legal significance. Those of us who seek to ensure that birthing women have real options in childbirth need legal advocates who understand the issues and are ready to stand up against perverse market forces and entrenched systems. You can join Midwifery Today in supporting the efforts of HRiC to provide such advocacy by registering for our joint conference on November 4. You can also support HRiC directly at Human Rights in Childbirth and on Facebook at facebook.com/HumanRightsInChildbirth.
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Jan Tritten is the founder, editor-in-chief and mother of Midwifery Today magazine. She became a midwife in 1977 after the amazing homebirth of her second daughter. Her mission is to make loving midwifery care the norm for birthing women and their babies throughout the world. Meet Jan at our conferences around the world, or join her online, as she works to transform birth practices around the world.
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GBS, Pregnancy and Garlic: Be Part of the Solution
Group B streptococcus (GBS) has not always been the household name it is today. GBS was proven to be the cause of serious newborn infection only 35 years ago. In 1996 the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) came out with its first protocols to lower the rate of GBS infection in newborns. In 2002 those protocols were changed, as more research has shown that half the 1996 protocols were wrong. In another five years, the field of GBS may change again. In any case, intrapartum antibiotic use is a temporary strategy until a vaccine is tested and proven to work.
The CDC protocols are intended to decrease the incidence of early onset GBS disease. Early onset means that the baby gets GBS infection during the first week of life. Recent data show that in over 90% of infants who get early GBS infections, symptoms occur within the first 24 hours of life. Use of IV antibiotics in labor has resulted in a decrease in early onset GBS disease, but it has not and most likely will not prevent GBS-stillbirths, prematurity or late onset neonatal infections.
Insufficient research exists to suggest a course of management for preterm labor, i.e., labor starting before completion of 37 weeks (three weeks before the due date). Current management of premature labor is based not on research but largely on "expert opinions" of individual physicians or institutions.(1) It is usually suggested that if a GBS culture has not been done in the current pregnancy and there is a considerable probability of preterm delivery, antibiotics should be given to lower the risk of GBS infection until culture results are returned from the lab. If a negative culture result within the previous four weeks is on record, or if the clinician determines that labor can be successfully arrested and preterm delivery averted, antibiotics for GBS prophylaxis should not be initiated. Recent clinical trials suggest that antibiotic administration during pregnancy may be associated with adverse neonatal outcomes, such as necrotizing enterocolitis (a serious infectious disease caused by bacteria, marked by fever and ulcerative inflammation of the large and small intestines) and fetal death.(1) Antibiotics should be reserved for instances in which labor is likely to lead to delivery.
No research has been done yet that can recommend a specific dosage or duration of antibiotics for GBS-positive women with threatened preterm delivery. With no data, management is left up to the discretion of the individual provider. It has been established that recto-vaginal cultures for GBS are only predictive if the cultures are collected within four to five weeks of delivery. Therefore, if the woman is screened for GBS because of threatened preterm delivery but does not deliver within four weeks, she should be cultured again for GBS every four to five weeks and managed according to the last culture.
At the time of the 1996 CDC recommendations it was thought that if a woman cultured positive for GBS, she would always culture positive and should be treated thus. This has now been disproven by research. A culture from a previous pregnancy is not applicable to the next or any other pregnancy. The culture is only accurate for a few weeks. GBS comes and goes, depending on the microbiological conditions, such as availability of nutrients and competition from other families of bacteria. All women should be cultured as close to delivery as possible.
— Judy Slome Cohain
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Q: What are your experiences with GBS or your ideas about it?
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A: I can tell you that, as a midwife working in an illegal state, GBS is one of the most difficult issues to deal with.
— Amy Miceli
A: Here in Italy, GBS is a big issue. The hospitals screen for it, but at home we give the possibility to follow UK guidelines: no tampons and look for risk factors. Even though homebirths are legal, it is difficult to find a doctor who allows midwives to use antibiotics during labour.
— Maria Dalle Pezze
A: As midwives, we need to bring awareness to prevention! Have our ladies eat foods high in probiotics, especially in the last trimester. The colon needs to be saturated with flora that prevents this bacteria's proliferation. Kefir has more and different probiotics than yogurt, but both are good to use.
— Carol Gautschi
A: I have my mamas eating fermented foods. Since I have been doing this, I have a much, much lower rate of GBS. There is a great cook book that just came out with fantastic recipes for fermented foods. Many of my families are using this book: The Essential Book of Fermentation by Jeff Cox.
— Susanna Napierala
[Editor's note: Look for more of the answers to this question in Issue 108 of Midwifery Today magazine this winter.]
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After seven years of abstinence, Ford Motor Co. is returning to the Super Bowl ad frenzy in February to showcase the makeover of the Lincoln brand with a spot created by comedian Jimmy Fallon.
"We have to get noticed," said Matt VanDyke, director of global Lincoln marketing. "The Super Bowl is as massive as you can get, and we need to make sure people know Lincoln is not what they thought it is."
The last time Ford ran a Super Bowl ad was in 2006, when Kermit the Frog croaked the praises of the Ford Escape hybrid. That was the year Ford lost a record $12.6 billion. It was also the year the football game was played at Ford Field in Detroit.
A year later, the Dearborn, Mich., automaker was promising to rejuvenate the Lincoln brand, but resources were limited. The number of skeptics has grown with each subsequent year that Lincoln has failed to introduce unique products to emerge from the Blue Oval's shadow.
"The serious start to Lincoln is now, not six years ago when they said it was," said analyst Jim Hall of 2953 Analytics.
Spending $8 million for a 60-second commercial in next year's Super Bowl gives Lincoln a stage it can't get anywhere else, said Mike Bernacchi, marketing professor at the University of Detroit Mercy. "This shows their commitment. There is no bigger marketing muscle."
Just ask Chrysler, which has turned Super Bowl advertising into an art form.
On the luxury side, Audi gained credibility with a 2008 ad that spoofed "The Godfather" with a grille in a bed.
"The Super Bowl is about selling perception," Hall said. "Lincoln is doing things luxury brands do."
Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus are expected to advertise in the Feb. 3 game in New Orleans. Cadillac will not.
Ford global marketing chief Jim Farley chose not to buy time during the big game in past years as the automaker shifted more of its marketing thrust into social media.
Farley has changed his mind when it comes to Lincoln, VanDyke said. "We convinced him if we do it in a unique way, it can be very valuable."
The deal with late-night talk-show host Fallon was announced last week by Farley and Ford CEO Alan Mulally at an event in New York's Lincoln Center Plaza to announce a new advertising campaign: "Introducing the Lincoln Motor Co."
Ford is taking its luxury brand back to its roots and original name: Lincoln Motor Co. and a new advertising campaign touting its heritage.
The name change is for marketing only -- dealers don't need new signs; the legal entity is unchanged. The symbolic goal is to differentiate Lincoln from the Ford brand. Lincoln debuts in China in 2014.
"Today we are announcing a new beginning for a brand that has been part of our company and the American fabric more than 90 years," Mulally said. "The new Lincoln brand will be defined by great new luxury vehicles, such as the new MKZ."
The print, broadcast and digital campaign is enormous in scope, VanDyke said. "In the next 100 days, we will be everywhere."
He did not disclose how much Lincoln is spending.
The first ads debuted Monday and featured images of Abraham Lincoln, after whom the company was named when it was founded by Henry Leland in August 1915.
Fallon will write the Super Bowl ad via social media after gathering tweets about Lincoln from consumers. Details are posted on Lincoln.com.
Fallon will take the material and use writing skills honed in his days at "Saturday Night Live" to write the 60-second ad. He may or may not appear in the ad.
"We needed someone with improvisational, creative comedy skills, and who has an audience and is active in social media," VanDyke said.
"With all the actions we have planned, we can't be quiet," VanDyke said. "We have to go big."
Everything is kicking off now in advance of the sale of the new 2013 Lincoln MKZ later this month, the first of four new Lincolns coming over four years in an effort to take Lincoln into a successful and distinct era again after the once-successful brand was allowed to languish.
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Transaction of the Day
Making Waves in the Wests
Signed RHP Carlos Silva to a four-year, $48 million contract.
The challenge for the Mariners this winter was to find that starting pitcher who could help pick up King Felix and provide a rotation strong enough to mount a real challenge to the Angels. It says something about their standards that they're instead congratulating themselves on getting someone they think could be as handy as Miguel Batista. However, on some level, I like the signing Silva, but on the face of it, and when you dig down a bit. He's still the extreme strike-thrower and grounder-dependent starter that he's always been. While he was the 20th-best starter in the AL last season in terms of SNLVAR, that risks overstating what he does for a club, which is munch innings well enough, and deliver winnable ballgames (including 20 quality starts in 33 last season). The negatives are that while he's going from one pitcher's park to another, leaving turf behind won't really help him, and Safeco's a slightly more homer-prone park than the Hump Dome. I guess the element of the pickup that I like is the idea that Silva might be exactly the sort of starter to give the Angels fits in head-to-head matchups. He can attack that lineup where it lives-contact-and he stifles the running game effectively. I'm not filled with a lot of faith that the Mariners can win the AL West, but I do think there will be moments where Silva makes things interesting. The money's steep, especially when Silva's margin for success is based on his ability to throw that sinker forever, but this was a lousy market for pitching. The real kill-shot move would have been to deal for Johan Santana-not try to sign Kuroda, which wouldn't have substantially improved the Mariners' fortunes-but Bill Bavasi is understandably skittish about dealing too many of his best prospects from a club whose long-term shot at the Angels depends on those prospects. Not that a one-year challenge with Santana in hand wouldn't have been fun, and made the AL balance of power even more interesting than it already is, but the dare of being able to re-sign Santana would be tough to take. I think we can respect Bill Bavasi for making a sober and perhaps sobering choice here.
Acquired CF-L Josh Hamilton from the Reds for RHP Edinson Volquez and LHP Danny Herrera.
As deals go, it's hard to know what to make of this pickup. The Rangers need pitching, but heck, they need a lot of things, so dealing one of their best pitching prospects isn't the end of the world. The problem is how much we can believe in Hamilton, even setting aside his past. After his breakout in the first half last season, he barely played in the second, starting only 20 games because of injuries. He hit five homers in those games-impressive-off of Bobby Howry, Greg Aquino, Anthony Reyes, Lance Cormier, and Buddy Carlyle, or Bobby Howry and four pretty fringy guys. We can skip making too much of that-of course people hit more homers off of bad pitchers than good ones. But it got me to thinking, and looking around a bit. So I saw that it's also really interesting that Hamilton was especially effective against junkers, mashing finesse pitchers at a .675 SLG clip, and for 12 of his 17 homers. That's what a peek at B-Ref can tell you, but it got me to thinking a bit more. Then this year's Acta Handbook provides the equally interesting info that Hamilton ranked fourth in the NL in "OPS versus Sliders." Then, thanks to Dan Fox's handy-dandy BIP Chart-try it, Mikey, you'll like it, it really isn't bad for you-I can tell you that Hamilton was an extreme opposite-field hitter when he got the ball in the air, pulling only 15.4 percent of the fly balls he put into play.
I'm not a scout, but it would be interesting to see what major league advance scouts who followed the Reds would have to say about this, or what they captured in their evaluations of Hamilton. That's certainly a weird bunch of facts, which suggest to me that Hamilton's not catching up to fastballs, but that he is muscling the stuff that he can catch up to. Watching him several times last season certainly didn't help me see that; when he played I saw feats of strength, and was as impressed as everyone else. A true specialist-a scout-would lend color to this interesting collection of observable data.
So, what does this mean for the Rangers? Certainly, hitting in the Gap helped Hamilton put pitches out of the yard; he slugged .617 at home, and .497 on the road. Both good marks, but a big split. While Texas is a fine place for lefties to hit for power, that's hitting to right field, where the corner and the power alleys are both closer than they are in left. Hamilton's a singular enough strange talent that maybe this all means he'll get better when he learns to catch up to fastballs and take them for a ride; maybe it also means that he's got a slider-speed bat and will get eaten up once he goes through the league another time or two. With Hamilton, I don't think we can say for sure, because there's so much about his history that defies easy explanation or anticipation.
At the very least, on the surface of it GM Jon Daniels has added an immensely gifted player who looks like he can hit right-handers and play a fine center. The risk taken is about as large as might be conceivable in a deal of prospect for prospect. Hamilton's gifts have been the stuff of legend for years, but there's an equally frightening amount of pumpkin potential. We've been nominating deals for "the one that made/broke/saved/killed Jon Daniels" for a couple of years now, and this fits comfortably with the Soriano and Teixeira swaps on that list. The possibility is that in Hamilton he gets the MVP candidate who might erase ready memories of the other two. For a pitcher, even one as talented as Volquez, that seems like a fun risk to have taken. The Rangers aren't going anywhere immediately anyways, and if Hamilton works out, his best years will cost the Rangers next to nothing to enjoy.
Acquired RHPs Dan Haren and Connor Robertson from the Athletics for LHPs Brett Anderson, Dana Eveland, and Greg Smith, 1B-R Chris Carter, OF-R Aaron Cunningham, and OF-L Carlos Gonzalez; acquired RHP Billy Buckner from the Royals for UT-S Alberto Callaspo; acquired RHPs Chad Qualls and Juan Gutierrez and 2B/OF-R Chris Burke from the Astros for RHP Jose Valverde.
With longer reflection, I begin to wonder if this deal isn't too clever by half. Not that the D'backs didn't get that starting pitcher to put behind Brandon Webb and let them put Randy Johnson in the "happy thoughts" bin, but are we absolutely sure that the D'backs got the best player in the deal? Maybe they did, but as Marc Normandin has already noted, this isn't going to be a simple matter of Haren moving back to the easier league-he's going from a park that helped him to a park that really doesn't, especially given his standard bass-ackward career splits as a forkball/fastball righty. However, on the plus side, he should have the benefit of a slightly better outfield and generally better defense to help him out, and that plus the absence of DHs should help him stay right around his same contribution, maybe just shy of the top ten in the NL in SNLVAR, but pretty close, and certainly worthy as the staff's No. 1A behind Webb. Better yet, he's already under contract for less than $6 million per through 2010, which is the real reason why he was worth this relative bonanza of young talent; there isn't a better value to be found on the mound in this winter's Hot Stove League. Say that Johnson's good for starting some chunk of the season, and that's a nasty front three to draw in a post-season series, and it isn't like Doug Davis and Micah Owings aren't a nifty pair. That's potentially the best rotation in the league, and certainly the best in the division on paper.
Crimping my enthusiasm was the decision to deal Valverde, in that I'm not given to betting that all of the Snakes' relievers will repeat their nifty 2007 seasons next year. Still, whether Qualls or Tony Pe�a get the saves, those two plus Brandon Lyon, Juan Cruz, Doug Slaten, and perhaps Dustin Nippert should make for a solid unit. Still, I'm not exactly wild about the trade with the Astros, although I'm being hard on GM Josh Byrnes-he got value that will make him look good over time, but it just seems like he should have been able to get more for a closer. Still, the market is what the market does. On the most basic level, you're exchanging three years of control with Qualls for two years of Valverde, which isn't too far from a push in terms of real value. Remember, Qualls ranked among the twenty best relievers in 2007, although like Haren he's consistently backwards, and in Phoenix, that's a bad thing. It certainly might make Bob Melvin's life a little interesting.
The least worthwhile part was the token position player. Burke's effectively a replacement-level filler at the keystone, and is not an improvement upon what Callaspo would have given them as the team's starting second baseman in 2008 (presumably after Orlando Hudson departs as a free agent). The throw-in worth wanting is Gutierrez, not Burke, and the young Venezuelan comes at hitters hard with heat consistently in the 90s and a power curve. Although he was in Round Rock's rotation and successful (4.15 ERA, less than a hit per inning, 6.2 K/9), the thought that he'll be better suited for relief work probably didn't lose anything to his struggles in the fifth inning (25 runs allowed in 24 2/3 IP) or his problems throwing from the stretch. He's one of those peek-a-boo guys, in that his Bastille Day birthday hides his age behind standard stathead convention of using July 1 as a cutoff; he'll turn 25 next summer, so he's not especially young, but he is quite talented, and provides the Snakes with a quality arm that should more than make up the difference between Valverde's perceived value as a capital-c "Closer" and Qualls' status as a quality set-up man.
I don't have much to say about Robertson and Buckner-both are filler guys in a system that needed some upper-level reinforcement in the wake of the Haren deal. You can look forward to their joining Gutierrez in Tucson for much of next summer, with Robertson having the greater likelihood of helping the parent club as an extra sinker-balling reliever in case somebody breaks down, while Buckner has to take a place in line behind Edgar Gonzalez (although his lack of options might get him moved in March) and Yusmeiro Petit.
Signed RHP Aaron Cook to a four-year, $30 million contract through 2011 with a mutual $11 million option for 2012; signed RHP Luis Vizcaino to a two-year, $7.5 million contract with a $4 million club option for 2010; signed RHP Kip Wells ($3.1 million) and LHP Mark Redman ($1 million) to one-year contracts.
There's a lot of risk here, and not just because it involves sentences with concepts like "pitching," "money," and "Denver." The million spent on Redman is money wasted, but I guess if you want to think about this as simply as possible, I'd take Vizcaino over LaTroy Hawkins (the man he's replacing), and if you put a gun to my head, Wells over Josh Fogg at the end of the rotation can be endured. Admittedly, Wells was one of "my" guys that I kept expecting more from than he ever seems to deliver, so consider yourself warned; I guess I could see him as a starter who could be Fogg-like in terms of having a good career record against the non-Dodger division rivals, and similarly modestly successful if used with a quick hook. Even so, he's going from a park that kept fly balls in the yard to Denver, so this could end as messily as Bryn Smith's career did, just less hirsutely so. Still, chances are that Redman and Wells become little more than statistical grease stains by June really should limit the concerns there to what it says about Dan O'Dowd's shopping habits and the money that can't be used on better things. To throw another $4.1 million away just makes me wonder why the Rockies aren't instead saving themselves the change and moving more aggressively on minor league vets no less likely to struggle pitching at Coors, and much more willing to do so for a fraction of the cost.
The moves that should have a more positive impact on the club's fortunes are the commitments to Vizcaino and Cook. Here, credit O'Dowd with doing a solid job of converting the leverage of Cook's last year before free agency eligibility into a multi-year below-market contract for a guy with a solid track record of pitching well at altitude. Despite his past challenges in terms of health, his arm's relatively sound.
Vizcaino's a rubber-armed reliever and slightly more valuable than his straight stats might lead you believe-remember, Joe Torre ordered up 11 freebies, so he actually walked fewer than four guys per nine, not great, but better than what he's saddled with on his totals line. He rated as the 28th-best reliever in the AL last season, considerably better than what Hawkins delivered for the Rockies last season. The danger is that he's a fly-ball pitcher when he isn't getting his outs at home plate, and a little prone to leaving a mistake over the plate (as opposed to inside; he doesn't get pulled with a lot of authority). Certainly, moving from a bad defensive Yankees club to the Rockies will help matters, but the danger is that Vizcaino might start nibbling when he sees that a fastball over the plate puts squigglies on the scoreboard. It's a worthwhile risk.
Signed RHP Hiroki Kuroda to a three-year, $35.3 million contract; signed CF-R Andruw Jones to a two-year, $36.2 million contract; signed C-R Gary Bennett to a one-year, $875,000 contract.
Importing Kuroda might be the case of catching the kind of Carp you want to keep (he pitched for Hiroshima, so you can make a Blinky joke if you're not squeamish). Although he'll be 33, as Mike Plugh noted in November, he has a nice power assortment and might give us further opportunities to see the shuuto thrown in the major leagues. The price is a bit steep for someone who might only be around a fourth starter in the majors, but after last season's rotation shenanigans with Wolfs and Jumbos and Hendricksons and Tomkos, and with Jason Schmidt's availability in doubt, you can understand Ned Colletti's desire to get something done, and skip having to ponder the virtues of someone like Kyle Lohse.
The other move of note is getting Andruw to yet another big-ticket short-term deal. While we bash on Colletti for a lot of things, he has been relatively good at taking this sort of chance, and it's a reasonable way to spend when you've got a fully-stocked farm system you don't want to scatter to the winds and a win-now agenda. Dodgers fans just wish he'd been similarly smart with Juan Pierre, and it's here that signing Jones creates that additional problem-what do you do with the monster mistake of the 2007 Hot Stove League? Already near-useless as a regular in center, Pierre's a disaster in the making for what he'll do to an offense in left. Ideally, Colletti will manage something semi-clever, like making Pierre a White Sock or a Marlin for the next four years, however much money eaten it takes to make it so, but the danger is that any gains the Dodgers make offensively by buying Jones after a down year will get handed back by playing Pierre in a corner while benching either Andre Ethier or Matt Kemp. You would think that an aggressive push to win the division and playing Pierre would be mutually exclusive, but after failing to learn that lesson last year, apparently Colletti needs another dose of the sledgehammer of certainty to convince himself he made a monumental error of judgment.
Finally, while it's sort of neat to see Bennett wind up with his eighth team in eight years, he's not an asset. Not that the Dodgers weren't already dead in case something bad happens to Russell Martin, but when an entirely punchless defensive specialist gets so week-armed with age that even the Cardinals lose interest, it's a bad sign.
Signed RHP Jake Peavy to a five-year, $66 million contract extension with a $22 million club option for 2013; acquired CF-L Jim Edmonds and $1 million from the Cardinals for 3B-R David Freese; signed LHP Randy Wolf ($4.75 million), 2B-R Tadahito Iguchi ($3.85 million), and RHP Mark Prior ($1 million) to one-year contracts; agreed to terms with C-R Michael Barrett on a one-year, $3.5 million contract, avoiding arbitration; signed LHPs Shawn Estes and Glendon Rusch, 1B-L Robert Fick, OF-S Jeff DaVanon to minor league contracts with spring training NRIs; non-tendered RHP Jack Cassel, LHP Ryan Ketchner, 3B-R Morgan Ensberg, and OF-R Jason Lane.
As usual, Kevin Towers has been busy, and I guess this is a collection of moves that helps keep the Padres' shot at contention going, but it's hard to work up that much enthusiasm. Edmonds will be 38, and he's several seasons removed from his days of belonging on anybody's MVP ballot. His range in center isn't just not what it was, it's well into "not good enough" territory, so while it didn't cost much (besides money) to get him, he seems a great bet to join Brian Giles on the list of yesteryear's heroes hoping to contribute enough OBP to keep themselves in the lineup. Add them to Scott Hairston, and you have one moderately effective platoon and a gimpy injury-prone center fielder; that doesn't quite get it done. Presumably, Kevin Kouzmanoff will wind up moving to left should Chase Headley prove he's ready to take over at third, which finally fully stock the outfield. As for finishing up the lineup, plugging Iguchi in at second is a solid enough filler move, regardless of how well Matt Antonelli's winter move to center field pans out.
On the pitching side of things, Wolf and Prior and Towers have all made sensible choices-if you're damaged goods and you want to mount a comeback, Petco's the place to be, not just because of the park, but also because of the opportunity to work with Bud Black and pitching coach Darren Balsley. Behind Peavy and Greg Maddux and Chris Young, you can see this adding up to a solid rotation with some upside potential. It could also give you Peavy, Maddux, and guys bouncing on and off the DL, but the Pads are used to that. Justin Germano might seem to be squeezed out if we're simply counting heads, but the Pads have already said he'll have to fend off challenges from guys like Estes, Clay Hensley, even Wil Ledezma. I wouldn't worry too much if I were him; after all, with this lot, how often will everybody be simultaneously healthy? Prior probably won't pitch in the majors until late May, and from there we'll just have to wait and see whether he earns some, none, or all of the $4.5 million in incentives attached to the deal.
As for the big-ticket item on the bill, Peavy's latest deal overruns the terms of his last extension, tearing up the incentive-driven escalators for 2008 and 2009 and guaranteeing them for a mere $14 million while tacking on at least $52 million (through 2012, with the the 2013 option bought out) and perhaps as much as $70 million (if they pick up the option). To put the deal in a divisional context, if the Pads pick up that option, at the end of the season, Barry Zito will finally be on the cusp of becoming an ex-Giant, with an option for $18 million for 2014 that will cost Brian Sabean's heir $7 million to avoid. It's not a fair comparison-Zito was a free agent, Peavy's only selling his freedom to forgo the opportunity, and Peavy's three years younger, but he's also only slightly more than a year behind in service time. From 2007-13, Peavy maximum expense will have cost the Pads slightly more than $90 million to Zito's minimum cost of $126 million. Given that Peavy's one of the league's best, this seems like a happy deal to have struck between player and team, so more power to the both of them.
Finally, among the little stuff, while some of my colleagues no doubt like the moves, I don't see a lot of value in Fick and DaVanon, so if there's credit to be given, it's that Towers didn't ink them to major league deals. DaVanon's 34 and not really playable in center, and if it wasn't for the benefits of playing in Phoenix in '06, he'd be coming off a third straight not-so-hot season. He might make a nice fourth outfielder, emphasis on might. Fick's about to turn 34, and while his utility as an emergency catcher and willingness to give pinch-hitting his best shot are admirable, he's roster filler if you've got a great lineup, and the Pads don't. Of the NRI guys, the one I like is Rusch, but part of that is simple sympathy for a guy on the comeback trail.
Signed CF-R Aaron Rowand to a five-year, $60 million contract; non-tendered RHP Scott Munter.
If you thought things were going to get better in San Francisco, guess again. The veteran hand they dealt themselves is still their lot, although swapping out Barry Bonds for Rowand gives the pitching staff the double break of replacing Dave Roberts in center with Rowand and Bonds with Roberts in left. Since the only real point to playing the 2008 season will be to let Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum do their things, building a better defense isn't such a terrible bit of off-season work. Maybe by signing Rowand through 2012, and in light of their having Barry Zito signed through 2014, they plan on pre-printing their media guide covers for the next several years, a linkage that works for me because I expect them to be almost as rudely disappointed by Rowand's hitting outside of Philadelphia as they were with Zito away from Oakland. Still, his road rates in 2007 were still pretty tasty for a center fielder (.299/.368/.475), so it isn't like they signed Juan Pierre. The chances that Rowand lasts the full five years while playing every day seem pretty slight to me-we're far beyond the misfortunes of Pete Reiser's or Fred Lynn's careers, but Jim Edmonds just arrived in the division-but with most of the geezers coming off the books by 2009, I guess Brian Sabean just had to have a veteran hitter to pretend to build around beyond that date. What I don't get is Rowand's decision, since it involves paying California taxes and leaving playoff-picture relevance for the balance of his career, but as he's already 30, we can at least acknowledge that he did choose a lovely place to play out the balance of his useful career.
There's still the problem with sorting out who starts at the infield corners-Dan Ortmeier at first base, and Rich Aurilia at third? No, really?-but basically, the Giants are where they were, a veteran lineup without a single prospect worth developing, with the difference being that the 2008 unit's Bonds-less. If you're buying season tickets, try to get the package that lets you only see Matt Cain's and Tim Lincecum's starts, because the rest really boils down to a mix of PCL and always-exciting SPBA action. That's not an insult in my book-or more properly, Peter Golenbock's-because the Senior League was sort of fun, but it's not what most people are willing to pay big-league prices for. For the curious, the only likely lineup regulars for the 2008 Giants who don't qualify for the Senior Circuit's age-35 cutoff (32 for catchers) would be Randy Winn (barely) and Ortmeier. Avoiding any disqualifications at first base wouldn't be that easy-Sean Casey isn't old enough, even if he's done enough, but Tony Clark would work. Here's hoping they have the courage to go for it, and see if they can get a waiver on Winn.
Christina Kahrl is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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WINDSOR, Canada - Mary Ann Cuderman owns the Old Town Bake Shop in Windsor, positioned between the Ambassador Bridge and the site for the proposed international crossing. She tells Local 4 she's watched the efforts of Canada to work with Michigan to build a new bridge for a decade now and she's sick of tired of Detroit International Bridge Company efforts to delay the new bridge any longer.
At12:45 p.m. Friday, Canada's Prime Minister Steven Harper along with Governor Snyder will announce plans to move forward with the new bridge. To Cuderman, the announcement is directed right at DIBC owner Matty Moroun. "It's like they're saying, time's up buddy. Move out of the way." Cuderman says.
Meantime, auto insiders say the new bridge will not only bring 6,000 construction jobs to the Detroit and Windsor area to build the bridge, but the bridge will help automotive jobs on both sides of the river.
More: Michigan House bill blocks funding for new Detroit bridge
Chrysler, for example, is adding shifts at its Jefferson North and Warren Assembly plants. Its stamping plants move parts across the Ambassador Bridge hundreds of times a day to its Windsor mini-van assembly plant. Insiders say then ew bridge gives manufacturers the needed boost of moving parts faster, helping business make deadline and also help them expand in the future.
Local 4 asked representatives from the Detroit International Bridge Company for comment about today's announcement. A spokesperson says no comments will be made prior to the governor's and prime ministers news conference. DIBC has vowed to try to put the new bridge up to a vote of the people by putting the issue on the ballot.
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Gems, 68, Tomahawks 28
GEMS faced Tomahawks from Paulton on Saturday and after a defeat to their opposition earlier in the season, Gems were keen to hit back.
The first quarter was an even contest, with each side matching the other goal for goal - However, once Gems had found their feet they began to pull away.
With a number of turnovers and some great team play, Gems continued to dominate and piled on the points.
Man of thw match performances from Hannah Clapp, Justine Pearn and Danni Keirle ensured there was no way back for Tomahawks as Gems ran out comfortable winners.
Ambers 24, Spears 29
A STRONG start saw Ambers go into a 4-1 lead at the end of the fiesta quarter.
But Spears fought their way back into the contest to take the lead by the end of the second quarter in what was turning out to be a tight and hard-fought affair.
Ambers were being helped by some solid defending from Rachael Coles and Megan Scott, as well as some neat and accurate passing throughout the team.
Despite their determination and effort, Ambers were unable to regain the lead and the score ended 29-24 to Spears.
Hannah Wallis took the player of the match award for Ambers.
Emeralds 19, Vipers 34
EMERALDS took on Vipers from Paulton on Saturday and made a slow start to the game.
Heavy rain made conditions difficult for both sides, but some good work from Rheanne Lee, Rachael Coles and Clare Tottle soon managed to get Emeralds going.
But Paulton's strong and accurate shooting kept the Emeralds' defence busy at all times as they capitalised on mistakes.
Rheanne Lee took player of the match, but Paulton ran out winners by 34-19.
Venus 27, Rubies 60
RUBIES met with Bridgwater Venus for the second time this season and Rubies started well to pull into a 15-7 lead.
Although Venus centre court players Chris Shaw (WA), Chris Durant (C) and Hollie Cornish (WD) tried hard to progress the ball to the shooters Sarah Perry (GS) and Lilly Rowland (GA) they found themselves trailing at half-time 27-15.
Laura Coombes and Jess Knott were able to keep Venus shooters at bay, making some timely interceptions, allowing Mikki Hole, Emily Hoare and Sammie Brown to bring the ball forward - Abi Ridler and Lynne Cornish were then able to extend the lead further to 45-20.
Both teams slugged on in the rain, but Rubies were comfortable winners.
Gems 48, Millfield 39
GEMS started strongly, but with tight defending from Millfield, the first quarter finished 12 - 10.
Millfield continued to apply the pressure during the second quarter and Gems had to dig deep to maintain their lead, whilst applying great pressure on their opponents.
Timely interceptions from player of the match Amy Witcombe and great follow up of her shots from Justine Pearn kept Millfield at bay - and Gems battled on to the win.


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Commentary -- Court's DNA Ruling Raises Important Questions
By Des Moines Register Editorial Board
Police have long used scientific tools to identify criminal suspects, ranging from head measurements and mug shots to fingerprints. Today's law enforcement agencies have something that's considered unsurpassed: a person's DNA.
A DNA test run on a bit of body tissue or body fluid collected at the crime scene can be matched with near certainty as belonging to only one individual in the world.
Of course law enforcement authorities want to collect DNA samples from criminal suspects whenever they can. But the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said the government cannot arbitrarily take a sample of your genetic material for purposes of a criminal investigation without violating the Constitution.
Unfortunately, the court set the bar so low that the question remains whether random testing of all criminal suspects may ultimately be accepted, regardless of severity of the crime. And that raises disturbing questions about government invasion of privacy.
Iowa law allows DNA tests only on convicted offenders. The Supreme Court, however, upheld a Maryland law that allows authorities to collect DNA samples from suspects arrested — but not convicted — of burglaries and violent crimes such as murder, rape and assault. Samples are entered in a national FBI database, but only after a judge has found probable cause for criminal charges.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said criminal suspects are routinely searched at booking and have a lower expectation of privacy. Kennedy likened DNA samples to fingerprints, which are routinely collected and stored in a national criminal database.
Kennedy glides over some important nuances, however, that should limit the government's ability to collect incriminating evidence without good cause. Jail booking searches are justified to find weapons or evidence related to crimes related to the arrest. The court talks about limiting tests to "serious" offenses but does not define what that means. A DNA sample provides vastly more personal information than a fingerprint, including physical and mental health profiles.
The government needs reasonable suspicion of a suspect's connection to a crime to justify a search as part of an arrest. Otherwise, authorities could use an arrest as an excuse to rummage through the suspect's car, or home or workplace without bothering to consult a judge. As Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in a dissent for himself and three other justices, the Fourth Amendment was written precisely to prevent such "general warrant" searches used indiscriminately by the crown against Colonists.
Scalia concedes that DNA profiling has benefits, including leading to the conviction of the guilty and exonerating the innocent. But there is reason to be wary of the privacy implications of creating government databases of complete genetic profiles of American citizens who may not have committed any crimes. Otherwise, he said, every American would be subject to a DNA test when boarding an airplane, applying for a driver's license or registering for school.
The questions raised by this case are not about the usefulness of DNA, but how it is used and by whom. This decision is likely not the last word on the question. As the court hears future DNA cases, it should not stretch the Constitution to allow any government searches without good cause.
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Samsung Stratosphere: LTE and QWERTY for $149 [UPDATED]by Jason Inofuentes on 10/10/2011 10:20 AM EST
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moinmoin666 - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkLAME, Fake-News :(
$149 on contract... Reply
Red Storm - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkYou must read a lot of lame, fake news then because this how cell phones have always been advertised. Reply
thewickyman - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkHe does have a point, the price is $149 on contract after a $50 mail in rebate. So on contract the price is actually $199 up front. Reply
jordanclock - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkUnless you get it from Best Buy, you pay $149 and they handle the rebates themselves. Reply
Exodite - Monday, October 10, 2011 - link...in the US. Reply
dennphill - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - link...just before T'day, got this phone for $29.99 at Costco. (Actually receipt showed price at $99.99 with instant $70 rebate. Think a good deal.) I just came from a Verizon store where they wanted $149.99, and they told me no way to attach a lanyard. (I sail and have lost my share of phones in the drink before my last one - a Samsung Convoy - on which could attach a lanyard.) Verizon doesn't even know it's products - the Costco vendor immediately snapped off the rear cover, removed my lanyard from the Convoy and attached it to the Stratos! I'm happy. Now all I need do is figure out how to use a Smart(erthanme)phone. 4G, too. And a keyboard. Reply
shabby - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkThis is last years samsung epic with lte. Reply
JasonInofuentes - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkI think it's fair to say that this is an opportunity for corporate clients who are frustrated by the absence of both Palm and RIM from competitive phones from a technology stand point. This isn't a huge market but its enough to consider going after, especially when you consider how many corporate types have a work Blackberry and a personal Android or iOS phone. Reply
thewickyman - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkThe only thing that matters to a corporate client is long term support. Most of these android phones are designed for consumers and are just the flavor of the month. Shortly after introduction something faster comes out and thats what consumers hunger for.
Most handsets that shipped with 1.x or 2.x OS never get updated beyond that and that kind of thing leads to such fragmentation. Not to mention all the various app stores outside of the official droid market place, and the different levels of hardware (cpu, gpu, and ram in each handset), screen resolutions, and OS level requirement for some of the apps business clients would use.
A handset maker would have to come out with a design catered to the corporate clients before any serious consideration would be done. RIM and iOS have that support to a larger degree. The 3GS came out with iOS 3.0 back in 2009 and in 2 days it's getting iOS 5.0. Sure it may not get all the features with each update but it is still supported, still getting security updates, still getting some new features. And above all else, it is still being produced. The 3GS has had over 2 years on the market already and if the current line up is any indication it probably has another 2 years in it.
The irony is the "freedom" android consumers want is the complete opposite of what corporate clients want. The idea of switching an established eco system from RIM or iOS into android is a HUGE undertaking even before handset cost comes into play. Without a big name like google launching a handset and putting 5 years+ of support into that handset, I doubt any big corporation would even entertain the idea of android at the table. Reply
JasonInofuentes - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkI'm not going to argue with you, I think you're right that enabling the type of full support that you see from RIM and, yes, iOS isn't likely to be an easy undertaking. I think Google made an intentional move not to support enterprise services in Android because they knew that they were going to be moving pretty fast and that the kind of legacy support that's necessary would be a burden they wouldn't want to deal with.
That doesn't mean that manufacturer's can't make a shot. EAS and Afaria may not be the ideal means of managing and accessing corporate networks from mobile devices. But it is an option. Reply
RoninX - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkWho would buy this? Anyone who wants a physical keyboard with LTE. Can you name another option?
Personally, I'm going to wait to see whether the Nexus Prime comes out in a slider, and whether we hear about the Droid 4/Maserati release date at the October 18 Verizon event.
I'm also leaning more toward the Captivate Glide than the Stratosphere, but there's a tradeoff with a faster dual-core processor on the Glide, but a faster network (LTE vs. HSPA+) on the Stratosphere. Reply


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This is my version of a staple in many of the places I eat breakfast at. They often serve it to you in a little skillet, but I doubt they cook it in the skillet they serve it in. I put a bit of a twist in it by using a wok to quickly finish it off. When I've made fried rice on the grill I noticed how quickly the scrambled eggs cook in the wok. I take advantage of having 2 grills which I can use for different setups and cooking temps. On a single grill you could remove your flat top griddle or cast iron pan when finished griddle grilling. Then raise the temperature while you go back to the Kitchen to chop up the bacon and gather the eggs and other ingredients for round two of the grilling. I often vary the meats and other fillings a bit to suit my mood. On to the pictures:
What would a good homemade breakfast be without some fresh squeezed orange juice? I use the juicer attachment to make slow work of the task of juicing the oranges. Yes it is slow and takes lots of oranges, but the end results are well worth it. Particularly on a cold day in January when these pictures were shot.
The grills are preheating on this 12 degree day in January. The grill in the background is preheating to 400 degrees and will be used with two half moon cast iron griddle grates. The grill in the foreground is being preheated to 600 degrees and is fitted with something called a spider which is intended to hold a wok.
The grill is at 400 degrees and the two griddle grates were installed and are also preheated. One is installed flat side up and the other ridge side up.
The ingredients are ready. This version was just for two, so it uses 6 eggs, 2 English muffins, 1 cup of a 4 cheddar cheese blend, a diced red bell pepper, a 6 oz. ham steak-diced, 1/2 pound of ground hot Italian sausage, 4 strips of bacon, kosher salt and ground black pepper.
The items that will be griddle grilled are outside and ready to go.
The muffins get grilled on the flat top, while the bacon gets grilled on the ridge side. When the muffins are done they are replaced by the ground Italian sausage.
The bacon is cooling on paper towels and will get diced once I am back in the Kitchen.
Now I've set up shop at the grill that has been preheated to 600 degrees. The wok has been preheated and a tablespoon of peanut oil has been added and heated.
First up on the wok is the bell peppers which are stir fried until they are soft, around a minute.
Next up is the diced ham which is stir fried for a minute together with the peppers.
The cooked bacon and ground sausage are added and are quickly stir fried just long enough to mix in with the other ingredients.
The eggs are added in now and are quickly stir fried. This goes very fast-under a minute for 6 eggs.
Time to eat! This is a really tasty and hearty breakfast and the fillings can be whatever you like. Often after eating this breakfast, I don't eat again until supper time.


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Dad alerts cop after spectator records cheering youths
Updated 12:35 am, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
As he looked into the viewfinder of a camera held by a man sitting in front of him, the father of a 9-year-old cheerleader became alarmed that something unseemly was taking place as his daughter and her teammates took part in a contest at the Alamodome.
Troy Harrison of Houston and other cheer parents summoned a San Antonio police officer to watch the footage Sunday, and the officer arrested convicted sex offender Andrew Sanchez III, 60, on one count of improper photography.
Sanchez was released from jail Monday afternoon after posting $7,500 bail.
Harrison said he and other parents sat near Sanchez, who had a two-day wristband and was sitting in the second row while focusing on their daughters, members of the All Star Revolution. The 30-member squad was one of several that competed — and a select few that won first place — in this weekend's American Cheer Power Southern National Championship.
"I saw him zoom in on a place of a girl he shouldn't have been zooming into, and he started ... recording," Harrison said. "I realized that this guy was filming little girls."
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A few songs later, Harrison and another parent flagged down the police officer, who was working security at the event. The uniformed officer then stood next to Harrison and witnessed the man "zooming in his video camera on young girls' pelvic areas," the incident report states.
Harrison said he was horrified to later hear that the man was a registered sex offender. In 2008, Sanchez was convicted of possession of child pornography and sentenced to three years.
"Everyone's so worried about us not bringing in outside food or drinks, but anyone can pay $20 and get a wristband," he said. "But you can't do a background check on every person coming in. I just never thought I'd be in a position to catch someone doing that."
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Alarmed about the impact that federal budget problems could have on other levels of government, state and local officials have become increasingly vocal this year in calling for constructive action in Washington.While welcoming these calls, Paul Hansen, western states regional director for The Concord Coalition, says state and local leaders could do more."State and local leaders can help by taking a pass on wasteful federal projects and by urging more responsible action by recalcitrant or timid federal officials," Hansen says in a new blog post. The United States Conference of Mayors and two associations of state legislators issued "compelling resolutions" that urge action by federal officials, he writes.
Earlier this year, for example, the National Conference of State Legislators asked Congress and the President to approve a comprehensive plan modeled after recommendations from the Domenici-Rivlin and Simpson-Bowles panels. And in Hansen's own state of Wyoming, the legislature overwhelmingly approved a resolution asking Washington for "a comprehensive deficit and debt reduction plan." "For too long," Hansen points out, "a common measure of success for members of Congress has been how much federal money they could siphon off to their home district." More state and local leaders should reject that standard in favor of more responsible fiscal decisions.


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Dr. Michel Odent is the founder of the Primal Health Research Centre in London, UK. Primal Health Research is a developing branch of epidemiology. It includes all studies exploring correlations between what happened during the "primal period" (fetal life, perinatal period, year following birth) and what will happen later on in life in terms of health, behavior and personality traits. To access the Primal Health Research database, go to www.birthworks.org/primalhealth/. The following is excerpted from an interview with Dr. Odent, by Jan Tritten of Midwifery Today.
Among the recent large and authoritative studies of autism from a Primal Health Research perspective, the Australian one will convince anyone that the main risk factors occur in the perinatal period (Glasson, E.J., et al. 2004. Perinatal factors and the development of autism: a population study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 61(6): 618-27). The birth records of 465 subjects born in Western Australia between 1980 and 1995 and diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder by 1999 were compared with those of 481 siblings and of 1313 controls. No differences in gestational age at birth (including the proportion of premature infants), weight for gestational age, head circumference or length were observed between cases and control subjects. Pre-eclampsia did not appear as a risk factor. These negative findings lend more importance to perinatal factors. Compared with their siblings, individuals with autism were more likely to have had induced births, to have experienced fetal distress and to have been born with low Apgar scores. Compared with control subjects, they were more likely to have been born after induction and by elective or emergency c-section.
The largest study ever published about the perinatal risk factors for autism was published in July 2002 (Hultman, C., P. Sparen and S. Cnattingius. 2002. Perinatal risk factors for infantile autism. Epidemiology 13: 417-23). The researchers had at their disposal the recorded data from the Swedish nationwide Birth Register regarding all Swedish children born during a period of 20 years (from 1974 until 1993). They also had at their disposal data regarding 408 children (321 boys and 87 girls) diagnosed as autistic after being discharged from a hospital from 1987 through 1994 (diagnosis according to ICD-9 code 299A). Five matched controls were selected for each case, resulting in a control sample of 2040 infants. The risk of autism was significantly associated with caesarean delivery and a 5-minute Apgar score below 7. Unfortunately the variable "labour induction" could not be taken into account, because it did not appear in the National Birth Register until 1991 (personal correspondence with one of the authors).
A recent report from Israel also found no prenatal differences between autistic children and controls, but the rates of birth complications were higher among the autistic population. In addition, we must consider data indicating that perinatal factors may play a lesser role in autism in "high-functioning" individuals compared with studies of autism associated with severe retardation, as well as data suggesting that anesthesia during labour is a risk factor for the development of dyskinesia among autistic children. Although the risk factors for autism seem to occur mostly in the perinatal period, we must keep in mind the association of autism with fetal valproate syndrome (a rare congenital disorder caused by exposure of the fetus to valproic acid during the first three months of pregnancy), thalidomide embryopathy (a syndrome related to in utero exposure to thalidomide) and Mobius sequence (disorder linked to first-trimester exposure to misoprostol).
— Michel Odent
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A Link Between Prenatal Ultrasound and Autism?
The cause of autism has been pinned on everything from "emotionally remote" mothers (since discredited) to vaccines, genetics, immunological disorders, environmental toxins and maternal infections. Today most researchers theorize that autism is caused by a complex interplay of genetics and environmental triggers. A far simpler possibility worthy of investigation is the pervasive use of prenatal ultrasound, which can cause potentially dangerous thermal effects.
Health practitioners involved in prenatal care have reason to be concerned about the use of ultrasound. Although proponents point out that ultrasound has been used in obstetrics for 50 years and early studies indicated it was safe for both mother and child, enough research has implicated it in neurodevelopmental disorders to warrant serious attention.
At a 1982 World Health Organization (WHO) meeting sponsored by the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) and other organizations, an international group of experts reported that "[t]here are several frequently quoted studies that claim to show that exposure to ultrasound in utero does not cause any significant abnormalities in the offspring. … However, these studies can be criticized on several grounds, including the lack of a control population and/or inadequate sample size, and exposure after the period of major organogenesis; this invalidates their conclusions…."
Early studies showed that subtle effects of neurological damage linked to ultrasound were implicated by an increased incidence in left-handedness in boys (a marker for brain problems when not hereditary) and speech delays. Then in August 2006, Pasko Rakic, chair of Yale School of Medicine's Department of Neurobiology, announced the results of a study in which pregnant mice underwent various durations of ultrasound. The brains of the offspring showed damage consistent with that found in the brains of people with autism. The research, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, also implicated ultrasound in neurodevelopmental problems in children, such as dyslexia, epilepsy, mental retardation and schizophrenia, and showed that damage to brain cells increased with longer exposures.
Dr. Rakic's study, which expanded on prior research with similar results in 2004, is just one of many animal experiments and human studies conducted over the years indicating that prenatal ultrasound can be harmful to babies. While some questions remain unanswered, based on available information, health practitioners must seriously consider the possible consequences of both routine and diagnostic use of ultrasound, as well as electronic fetal heart monitors, which may be neither non-invasive nor safe. If pregnant women knew all the facts, would they choose to expose their unborn children to a technology that—despite its increasingly entrenched position in modern obstetrics—has little or no proven benefit?
— Caroline Rodgers
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Q: I have a friend who has been trying to get pregnant for at least two years now, probably three, without success. She is a powerful, healthy, active, spiritual woman. Her husband is an wonderful African dancer and has an individual providing spiritual guidance from Africa who has promised them that the baby will come someday. I am an RN and know the medical definition of infertility. I try to have hope for them but it is hard for me. My friend has had all the infertility tests run and has been told all is okay with her. I do not know about her husband. They cannot afford in vitro fertilization.
My friend has great faith and has, incredibly, not lost hope but I wish I had some information to give her besides the normal medical research on things that could help her get pregnant. I know this is a struggle so many other women deal with too. Any ideas?
— Maira
A: I was in a similar situation. I'd been trying to get pregnant for over 2.5 years, all the tests showed that I was well and my husband was too. We couldn't afford IVF. After all that time I accepted the fact that I probably wouldn't get pregnant and decided to give up. Amazingly after all that time I was able to just accept that it wasn't happening and stop thinking about it all the time. Surprise, surprise—6 months later I was pregnant for the first time at the age of 30.
Not sure that that is really any help, but maybe it's hopeful still for your friend.
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A: It doesn't always work, but I have seen it work many times…natural progesterone cream. This is especially true if synthetic hormones were ever used such as the pill or patch or depo injections.
We also get a lot of xenoestrogens from pesticides and plastics off-gassing. The natural progesterone is reported to knock the synthetic from the receptor sites so they can receive the natural.
I have a friend pregnant now who was infertile for 15 years following the birth of her first child. She used the progesterone cream for over a year and conceived and continued to use it into her 2nd trimester. It is the cheapest and most harmless thing to try. If you develop uncomfortable symptoms from its use, stop using it. Make sure that it is truly a standardized dose of natural progesterone cream with instructions for its use, and not just wild yam cream.
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A: I would suggest acupuncture for your friend. I was unable to get pregnant, even with IVF, and when I added acupuncture, it worked immediately. Recent studies in infertility support this.
— Lisa
A: I would suggest that this couple find a "fertility awareness" teacher. Very often difficulties getting pregnant can be turned around with simple lifestyle changes and improved timing based on the woman's unique cycles (not on the so-called "average" cycle).
Some Web sites to check out are: www.justisse.ca and www.gardenoffertility.com
Many blessings,
— Natalya Lukin, LM, CPM
A: I would suggest that your friend read the book "The Art of Natural Family Planning." It has lots and lots of good (and mostly non-medical) information that could be of help.
Also suggest both of them go through a cleanse, perhaps supervised by an ND. I have found often women will get pregnant with ease after a cleanse, but the body is wise enough to know that it might be overload of her body before the cleanse is done to handle a pregnancy. Also his health is a key factor for fertility and for baby so this is often helpful to him as well.
Hope some of this helps, if it is encouraging I have a friend who became pregnant for the first time after making changes to cleanse and improve her diet. (She was 52 years old at the time and her husband was a few years older than she was. She had given up on having her own child, doctors had told her she was in complete menopause, but she had decided that a child in some way would become an important part of her life.)
— Anna Matsunaga
Q: My 21-year-old daughter has been advised to have a LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure) for moderate dysplasia due to HPV. I know this may leave scarring on the cervix or possibly pose a small risk of preterm labor when she becomes pregnant. My midwife said she would be put on a preterm labor protocol. What experiences have midwives had with this situation?
Have you seen cervical scarring or preterm labor after a LEEP? Does scarring lead to slower dilation or "stalls" in dilation? Does she have any alternatives for treatment other than the LEEP? What is your advice regarding pregnancy? Would this preclude her from using a midwife?
— Michelle
A: My own personal experience is that yes, with my first there were stalls in dilation and a very long labor (34 hours). However, much less with the second. And by my third labor (only 4 hours), I must say I don't think that the surgery had any effect on length. I don't know if that is helpful. Seemed to be more an issue in the first labor … and I wish the doctor had been more aware of the effect of the surgery 7 years previous to have mentioned it to me.
— Bari
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A new study has found that physicians do not always report abnormal test results to their patients. The Archives of Internal Medicine report states that "[i]n this study, failures to inform patients of clinically significant abnormal test results or to document that they have been informed appear to be relatively common, occurring in 1 of every 14 tests." Read the full report here.
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I would not have picked the answer chosen for the questions about whether a 21-year-old woman, who from the question I assume has never had a baby, should have LEEP for dysplasia resulting from HPV. [Editor's note: The answer referenced above appeared in "Question of the Week Responses," Midwifery Today E-News, Volume 11, Issue 12.]
The answer is a subjective expression of another woman's experience which hardly relates at all to that of the woman in question. Odette had already had a baby, she suggests that her condition was somehow caused by sexual abuse (even if it is, perhaps that is not the case with the other), and she finally chooses laser treatment a year, or two, she can't remember, after her diagnosis. I don't know much about dysplasia but it sounds like laser treatment is the heavier, more expensive option. I'm sure laser treatments do work quite well, but, knowing the medical establishment, it's not covered by insurance companies for cases that are less than extreme. Her conclusion that she later had a beautiful water birth that went quickly does not reassure me at all that the 21-year-old will have a easy time during her first birth, after work is done on her cervix. Odette didn't even have LEEP, and the specific questions—like whether a midwife would generally accept a woman who had had this procedure—are not addressed.
I hope the woman who wrote in finds some comfort in Odette's story, but I do not. Apples to apples is a basic scientific principle, and if we are to compete with doctors and scientists we must at least attempt some sort of logic!
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Heading into their final three contests of their regular season slate, the Saint Leo women's soccer team checks in at No. 7 on the latest NSCAA DII National Poll, announced Tuesday.
The Lions head up a list of three schools representing the Sunshine State Conference on this week's poll. Rollins College comes in at No. 11 with a record of 10-1-1, while Florida Tech earns a 21st place spot with a mark of 8-2-1.
Regionally, the Green and Gold top the list of South Region institutions. Rollins and FIT earn the second and third slots, respectively, while Nova Southeastern comes in at No. 4, and Lynn, Tampa, and West Florida fall into a three-way tie for fifth.
Florida Southern checks in at eighth, while Valdosta and North Alabama round out the remaining two positions at nine and 10.
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Muslim Woman Is Moderate and Well-Balanced
A Muslim woman acquires a firm and superior personality as she complies with the morality of the Qur'an. As she takes the Qur'an and our Prophet's (saas) Sunnah as the sole guides for herself, her attitudes and responses always comply with the morality of Islam. This grants her a moderate and well-balanced personality. Her acts, viewpoint and rationale in the face of incidents never become a matter of surprise for people around her. Her wisdom, conscience, attitudes and speeches always reflect the steadiness brought by the morality of the Qur'an. And therefore, she displays a reliable character. As a result of this steadiness in her morality and personality, she assumes an attitude that is distant to the female character in societies that do not live by the Qur'an.
A Muslim Woman Does Not Display an Emotional Personality
Being emotional is not considered as a negative behavior in the societies where religious morality does not prevail. For this reason base forms of morality such as resentment, grievance, crying, turning in on oneself, envy and anger are encouraged, on the grounds that these are the "humane" emotions.
However this rationale is utterly incorrect. Emotional character observed in the women living in societies distant to the morality of the Qur'an is a consequence of weak personality. People are driven by their emotions as they do not conduct themselves rationally. As a result they find themselves in a position of not thinking properly and arriving to pertinent decisions.
A Muslim woman, on the other hand, conducts her life and personality in compliance with the morality of the Qur'an and therefore has the most accurate information on this particular feature of lower-self and on fighting against it. She knows that being under the influence of emotions prevents her from rational thinking and renders people weak and powerless. She is aware that sentiment, sorrow, crying, swearing, anger, jealousy, turning in on oneself are the attitudes identified with the female character of the societies distant from the morality of the Qur'an and thus are not becoming of a true believer. Furthermore, they know that avoiding such base forms of morality and showing a strong personality would ecome a good example for those women having such a flaw in their characters and thus they always comport themselves with this responsibility in mind.