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Dove Invisible Solid Deodorant
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Ditch the Dove DeodorantI wrote in another review that there were a few things which were grilled into me in modeling school: 1) In general, liquid antiperspirants/deodorants are much more effective than solids; 2) Switch deodorants occasionally, as your body becomes accustomed to one formula and thus it grows less effective; and 3) Never apply an antiperspirant or deodorant after shaving. I don't sweat greatly, so I b...read moreroke two of these "rules." Dove, in general, makes reliable, sweet-smelling products. I thought a solid might be a nice switch to my routine. This did NOTHING for me. I liked the scent upon application, but there were the dreaded white marks on my clothing after use. It is not "invisible," as Dove claims. When I smelled a not-so-pleasant scent around lunchtime, I realized that it was--gasp!--me! I washed furiously in the ladies' room. I was sweating as well and the weather wasn't particularly warm. I went back to my tried-and-true Certain Dri clear liquid. I alternate that with Mitchum's unscented liquid, and I have no perspiration, no odor, and no marks on clothing. What was I thinking, anyhow? — 4 years, 6 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
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Low expectations, but better than the usual stuff.I'm not really a sweaty person by nature, so what kind of deodorant I use isn't that important to me-- I usually just buy the cheapest thing available. However, this was on sale so I tried it. I can't say that I'm impressed, but I honestly don't know what it would take for a deodorant to impress me. The smell is rather nondescript, but not unpleasant, it seems to do a good job of keeping me dry, a...read morend I haven't noticed it rubbing off on my clothes. It does seem to have a soothing effect on the skin as well. All in all, I would say that it's fine. If it were less expensive, I would probably be more inclined to buy it over another brand. It would've been nice to have more choices of the scent, though. — 6 years, 7 months agoLittleBunny | 545 reviews
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Oil on Water
W. W. Norton & Co., New York, New York, 2010
Project brief: This novel is about the environmentally devastated Niger Delta and how militants have taken over. The author wanted something that depicted not the devastation and horrors of war but the beauty of the land and the people.
Approach: I sent this manuscript to Jaya Miceli and told her we needed a beautiful photograph and her type to tell the story.
Effectiveness: Author, agent, editors and salespeople love this cover.
Juror Notes
Evocatively illustrated lettering, beautifully executed. An inspired merging of type and image through the rainbow hues. The type on the back cover is also given a tonal
Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2010
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book, Book cover
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- W. W. Norton & Co.
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Student of the Week, May 19, 2014
After-school activities: Playing volleyball and coaching volleyball, track and gymnastics.
Favorite book: "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis.
Favorite TV show: "The Joy of Painting" with Bob Ross.
Favorite band or musician: Kip Moore.
Parents: Scott and Dielle Norton.
Personal hero and why: My personal hero is my coach, Beth Nelson, because she pushes me to be a better person and always believes in me more than I even believe in myself.
Preferred college: Colorado Northwestern Community College.
Preferred career: Emergency Medicine or Criminal Justice.
Greatest achievement so far: Signing to play college volleyball.
What you'd like to be your next greatest achievement: To travel the world.
Q: What was the most memorable lesson you ever learned in a class?
A: An important lesson I have learned has not come from one specific class but my overall educational experience. Academics did not come easy for me early on, but through perseverance and determination I have overcome numerous obstacles and have learned that you can do anything you set your mind to.
Q: What subject or extracurricular activity are you most passionate about and why?
A: I enjoy almost anything outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. I have grown up doing both with my dad and grandpa, which are great ways of spending quality time with two important men in my life.
Q: Describe a time when you knew you made a difference in the community or in someone else's life.
A: I have been coaching for the Lady Knights Volleyball Club (the club I played for when I was in middle school) for the past four years. The girls are young and impressionable, and I am able to have an impact on their lives by passing on my love for the sport and challenging them to make good choices in life.
Q: What are your goals for after high school?
A: To attend CNCC and play two years of volleyball and then transfer to a four-year university and possibly play two more years of ball or finish my degree by traveling abroad through an international exchange program.
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kern9787 wrote:More spin cannot be generalized into more or less stable. It will equate to straighter in general, more HSS, less LSS. I can't expand on it right now, but I will in a little bit. Look up moment of inertia if you're curious in the meantime.
I agree with this. But something came up the other say during league play. 35-40 foot lie, ~15-20 ish headwind for my friend. He initially grans his putter and is standing sideways as if he is going to throw a slowish bh shot at it. He stops and gets a cfr gator from his bag, says he wants more stability for his wind, but then lobs his gator with barely any spin if any at all, wind throws it around, he is confused. I tell him that spin is needed for that disc to be "stable". He retorts without spin its " all stability", take into consideration hes regurgitating terms to make it sound like he knows everything which is common with him. But in fact, a discs rate of spin does have an effect on its ability to stay flat and travel forward at the same time right? To me stability is resistence to turn and fade during flight (staying flat basically) so without getting into varibles of weather and power req's disc to disc, how is this untrue?


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I think I've done this every year. What I want is the number of wins you think the Pacers will win this regular season. Don't give me best case scenerio, or worst case scenerio, don't give me well if they stay healthy or any ifs ands or buts. Just give me a number as your best guess right now.
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Flood Watch: Safety Tips and Resources
June 4, 2009
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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Fairfax County and other local jurisdictions. A flood watch means that there is the potential for flooding based on the current forecast. With the heavy rain experienced this past week, and more in the weather forecast for today and tomorrow, Fairfax County residents are encouraged to visit the county's Emergency Information page to learn how to be prepared for a flooding emergency.
Residents also can sign up for Fairfax County's Community Emergency Alert Network (CEAN) to receive important emergency alerts, notifications and updates during flooding or other emergencies. Messages can be delivered to different types of devices, including e-mail, cell phone, text pager, satellite phone and wireless device.
If a flood is likely in your area, you should:
- Listen to the radio or television for information.
- Be aware that flash flooding can occur. If there is any possibility of a flash flood, move immediately to higher ground. Do not wait for instructions to move.
- Be aware of streams, drainage channels, canyons and other areas known to flood suddenly. Flash floods can occur in these areas with or without such typical warnings as rain clouds or heavy rain.
- Evaluate the need to move valuables and essential items from flood prone basements or lower levels to a safer area in the home.
If you must prepare to evacuate, you should do the following:
- Secure your home. If you have time, bring in outdoor furniture.
- Turn off utilities at the main switches or valves if instructed. Disconnect electrical appliances. Do not touch electrical equipment if you are wet or standing in water.
If you have to leave your home, remember these safety tips:
- Do not walk through moving water. Six inches of moving water can make you fall. If you have to walk in water, walk where the water is not moving. Use a stick to check the firmness of the ground in front of you.
- Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground if you can do so safely. You and the vehicle can be quickly swept away.
- Six inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars causing loss of control and possible stalling.
- A foot of water will float many vehicles.
- Two feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles including sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickups.
More tips and information about emergencies, can be found online. During or after an emergency situation, visit the county's home page or call 703-817-7771,
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, Oct. 31, 3:10 p.m.) Wholesale produce distribution in the Northeast remains in limbo in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Distributors aren't certain how long business will remain at a standstill after the Category I hurricane slammed into New York and New Jersey, devastating homes and businesses and closing supermarkets and restaurants.
The Oct. 29-30 "superstorm" prompted the closing of the New York and Philadelphia terminal markets, which escaped damage and reopened Oct. 31.
The storm disrupted produce distribution for Northeastern wholesalers and grower-shippers throughout the U.S.
"It's a mess," Chris Armata, president of E. Armata Inc., a wholesaler on the Hunts Point Terminal Market, said Oct. 31. "Some customers are ordering and some are then cancelling because their power has yet to be turned on. In many areas, particularly on Long Island, many retailers and most restaurants are closed.
"Overall, business is very slow with the unknown power situation. We have no idea how business will be. It's so uncertain. We don't know whether to order or not and we have inventory that we still need to sell through."
Mike Maxwell, president of Philadelphia-based Procacci Bros Sales Corp., said the issue isn't so much storm damage, but lack of power and said many chain stores throughout the Northeast remain closed.
Maxwell said some stores likely won't reopen until Nov. 3-4 while sand remains at the doorsteps of others.
"If you're out of power, you will end up throwing out all your produce," Maxwell said Oct. 31. "There's a lot of pressure on the stores now. They can't get their people in to work. Once they do get in, they're all in clean-up mode, not operations. There are a lot of things being pushed-back. It's very hectic out there."
Maxwell said stores also await visits by insurance adjusters before resuming operations.
He said he couldn't speculate on when business would return to normal, but said it could be up to a week.
Maxwell said the stores that are open are doing brisk business but said distributors can't deliver to many Long Island customers because the secondary highways and roadways remain blocked.
Ken Gilliland, director of transportation and international trade for Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., said it could take several days before shippers determine how the road closures, delays at receivers caused by power shortages, lack of return equipment and higher rates following tighter truck availability could affect shippers.
"Everything is still kind of moving now and shipments are still going," Gilliland said Oct. 31. "We haven't had any issues raised by any of our members saying they're running into difficulty getting equipment. If equipment is kind of stuck and not moving, it will be a ripple effect and will either bunch-up or catch-up and be a time when things could get tight and rates might spike for a little then."
Grower-shippers are seeing a stoppage of orders.
"With the markets being shut down and people not at work, a lot aren't able to get back from the (Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit 2012) and it has been tough to communicate," Matt Reel, director of sales for IMG Citrus Inc., Vero Beach, Fla., said Oct. 31.
The hurricane didn't damage Boston's New England Produce Market and the area's restaurants and supermarkets escaped power outages and closings, said Bill Maheras, sales manager for Chelsea, Mass.-based J. Maheras Potato & Onion.
"There were a couple of places that had phones and Internet up and down a bit, but there wasn't any direct damage," he said Oct. 31. "Things just kind of slowed down for a few days because distribution centers weren't going full-tilt."
Waves as high as eight feet damaged Long Island and coastal areas surrounding the Bronx market.
"Long Island is a disaster," Alfie Badalamenti, vice president of Coosemans New York Inc., said Oct. 30. "We have no power (in Long Island). Everyone got hit real bad. All the supermarkets are empty here, especially in Long Island. People bought everything from A-Z before the storm. If don't have any power, they won't buy any product. I am sure they will have to fill the stores again, so things should go back to normal."
Southern New Jersey's fall production regions escaped serious damage, despite the hurricane making landfall within 35 miles of the fields.
"We were up all night waiting for it to come through, but were so surprised and expected damage," Jamie Graiff, partner and sales manager of Newfield, N.J.-based Daniel Graiff Farms LLC, said Oct. 31. "The six to seven inches of rain damaged baby arugula and baby spinach fields, but the major crop areas didn't get a lot of damage."
Ryan Flaim of R&R Flaim Next Generation Produce LLC, Vineland, N.J., said the storm didn't disrupt greens and vegetable harvests.
"We fared very well considering the conditions," Flaim said Oct. 30.


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6 mistakes you shouldn't make during a makeout sesh
His Answer: "Too much tongue. There is nothing worse than having to wipe your mouth after a kiss." —Walker E., 17
Decoded: Slobbery kisses aren't exactly romantic.
Your Move: Change up your kissing routine! You don't have to always use tongue. Switch it up and give him cute little pecks the lips—it'll surprise him and cut down on the slobber.
His Answer: "Being nervous! We're probably just as nervous as you are, plus it's best to just let the kiss come naturally." —Ben M., 15
Decoded: Being nervous is completely normal. He's freaking just as much as you are!
Your Move: Instead of focusing on the nerves, think about how much you like the cutie you're kissing. Don't think so much about the "science" of it all, instead let it come naturally and trust us, it will!
His Answer: "Keeping your arms awkwardly at your side. Put them around my neck or something. It just makes me feel like you aren't into it if you don't." —Josh R., 15
Decoded: Let him know you're into it! He's wondering what you're thinking, too.
Your Move: Drape your hands around the back of his neck or wrap your arms around him like a hug. It'll make you feel closer and he'll know he isn't totally messing up (after all, guys get nervous too!).
His Answer: "A girl's breath probably isn't as bad as she might think it is, but it never hurts to keep an extra stash of gum in that bottomless purse you all carry around, right?" —Hunter K., 16
Decoded: You probably don't need the gum as much as you think you do, but it never hurts.
Your Move: Keep a travel size mouthwash in your bag or your fav pack of minty-fresh gum. It never hurts to be prepared! Plus you can offer one to your crush if you think he needs a li'l freshening up.
His Answer: "Being stiff. If you like me, kiss me like you like me. If you do, then everything else will fall into place. No worries." —Patrick E. 16
Decoded: He'll lead, but he wants to know that you want the kiss as much as he does.
Your Move: Don't stay sitting in one spot. Move your hands through his hair, or maybe up and down his shoulder. Small little movements let him know you're into it just as much as he is.
His Answer: "Constant tongue-to-tongue contact. Mix it up a little. That's always nice." —Drew S. 17
Decoded: We need to come up from air at some point.
Your Move: Change it up! Small pecks leave time to catch your breath because sometimes when ya get caught up in the moment it's easy to forget to take a deep breath. By changing it up with different kisses, you'll keep him interested and your lungs will thank you for it!
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text: Gary Coukell, general manager of ICMS Inc., Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, is the new president of the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants. ICMS specializes in agricultural and environmental research services. Coukell spoke to the NAICC membership stressing the need for finding and keeping good talent at the alliance's recent annual meeting. He also talked about the resources available and additional ones that could be provided by the alliance for its members.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Sterling with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Dulles Sportsplex, Herndon Centennial Golf Course, and Center for Innovative Technology Complex. Dulles Golf Center & Sports Park and Dulles Town Center are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features an indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and dry cleaning.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Hampton Inn & Suites Washington-Dulles Int'l Airport provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. A 24-hour business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Event facilities measure 3200 square feet (297 square meters). An area shuttle within 3 mi and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) are complimentary for guests. This Sterling hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Conference space size (meters) - 297
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Grocery/convenience store
- Luggage storage
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 3200
- Multilingual staff
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- ATM/banking
- Free breakfast
- Number of floors - 5
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 170
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Long-term parking (surcharge), Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Shower only
- Satellite TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Flat-panel TV
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Phone
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Hampton Inn Int'l Hotel
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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'WWE Superstars' #1 Is Straight Up Crazo [Review]
I've loved pro wrestling almost as long as I've loved comics, but it takes a lot to get me interested in those two things joining together. Books like Super Pro KO and The Legend of Ricky Thunder are absolutely fantastic, don't get me wrong, but when it comes to making comics that are actually based on the real-life stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, I've been burned pretty much every single time. That said, if there's one thing that could've gotten me excited about WWE Superstars, the latest attempt at bringing pro wrestling to the page, it was the announcement that it was being written by one of my all-time favorites, Mick Foley.
That was more than enough to get me to read it, and I'm glad I did, because this book is ridiculously entertaining -- and part of that comes from the fact that it is also one thousand percent bonkers.


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Kearney selected as Rays' All-Star Teacher
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays announced on Tuesday that Alison Kearney is their "All-Star Teacher" winner in the Target presents PEOPLE campaign.
The campaign celebrates teachers, active or retired, who have made remarkable impacts on their students' lives and on their communities.
Kearney, from Bonita Springs (Fla.) Charter School, has been teaching for five years, and has become one of the most successful and loved teachers at the school. She teaches reading and language arts, with an advanced class, an intensive class and an on-level class.
Kearney also coaches the school's girls volleyball team. She loves running and sports -- and is a Rays fan -- and tries to inspire students to lead healthy lives at home.
Kearney will join one winner representing each of the 30 MLB clubs during the All-Star Week activities, and will be recognized during the pregame ceremony at the 85th All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 15 at Target Field.
Fans nationwide voted to select the 30 winners from a pool of 90 finalists. The PEOPLE All-Star Teachers program is part of an effort to celebrate teachers and raise awareness about the importance of education.
David Adler is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Research to Remember
A study of 380 primarily poor African American and Latino children in Boston found a 12% prevalence of infants and toddlers with vitamin D deficiency and 40% with levels below an accepted optimal threshold (30 ng/mL). The prevalence did not vary between infants and toddlers or by skin pigmentation. Those who were breastfed only without supplementation were 10 times as likely as bottle fed babies to have vitamin D deficiency. On x-ray, three vitamin D-deficient participants (7.5%) showed changes related to rickets and 13 (32.5%) showed evidence of demineralization.
— Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 162(6), June 2008
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Animal vs. Human Birth
The protocols in the world of animal husbandry to protect an offspring at the time of birth—no strangers, dimmed lights, freedom of movement, familiar environment, unlimited nourishment, respectful quiet, no disruptions—are done without hesitation because to do otherwise invites "unexplained distress" or sudden demise of the offspring. These thoughtful conditions are the norm, along with careful observation to determine when to use the technological expertise in true emergencies. When we have veterinarians in our childbirth education classes, they always start to smile and nod when I tell this story. These are givens—instinctive givens, even, for animals of all descriptions!
Yet what are the "givens" for the human who births not in a barn, but in a "modern and advanced" hospital? In many cases, 100% the opposite! Usually a minimum of a dozen strangers pass through the world of the laboring mother in her first 12 hours in the hospital—security officer, patient transporter, triage secretary, admission clerk, triage nurse, resident and/or doctor on call, admitting nurse, first shift nurse, break nurse, additional nurse at delivery, doctor or midwife plus possibly students, anesthesiologist, pediatrician, etc. Bright lights in the triage and labor rooms are challenging to dim. Mothers are tethered to monitors or IV poles and are moved through a bright hall with unfamiliar sounds to a new room in a building devoted to illness/trauma that most have visited once briefly if at all. They receive poor quality "clear liquids only." They are exposed to voices of others in the hall or chatting by the attendants during contractions and endless disruptions throughout! But then, do we ever find that we have an offspring experience "unexplained distress?" Of course, and at frightening rates! Yet, oddly, many of these disruptions are promoted as minor inconveniences or necessary to "protect" the baby.
Curiously, while veterinarians commonly have to defend interventions in light of the additional cost and the risks associated with interfering with nature, providers caring for human mothers within the medical system more commonly are forced to defend why they did NOT intervene! Consider the high rates of inductions, epidurals, artificial rupture of membranes, immediate cord cutting, cesareans and the vigorous defense necessary to fight for anything different, especially if time is involved (time to go into labor, to progress, to push, to allow the cord to stop pulsation or to get "done" bonding). I've recently seen outstanding CNMs and obstetricians sacrifice their own political reputations and suffer departmental reprimands for births with great outcomes where they protected the mothers' yearning for privacy, allowed extended pushing time with great vital signs or, during a healthy normal birth, followed their intuition and honored the mother's begging to check heart tones frequently by hand during pushing instead of what the mother considered the massive intrusion of wearing the monitor belt. Interventions are considered to be the ultimate protection from litigation in human care, yet they contribute mightily to the high rates of distress in mothers and babies!
In animal husbandry, the first line of defense for protecting the unborn is to protect and nurture the nutritional needs and comfort of the birthing female. In the case of institutionalized birth for humans, however, in spite of evidence to the contrary, the norm is to act as if the nutritional needs and the comfort of the birthing mothers are of concern to, at most, the marketing and public relations department! It's an affront to common sense that as a society we are currently more accepting of the needs of foaling mares, whelping poodles and high-producing cows than of our birthing humans. From the high rates of fetal distress, meconium staining and breastfeeding problems, the consequences are clearly devastating to our infants, just as any decent horseman would predict.
— Beth Barbeau
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The US now ranks 41st among 171 countries in the latest UN list ranking maternal mortality, with a maternal mortality ratio of 11 deaths per 100,000 live births, one of the highest rates among industrialized nations.
— US House Resolution 1022, "Reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad"
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Q: Do you think that baby formula milk should be available by prescription, readily available or what? Basically, I mean when breastfeeding doesn't work, and a mom has tried everything in order to be successful at it, or had a medical or other reason for being unable to breastfeed?
— Jessica A Bruno
A: Marketing of infant formula has changed parenting practices around the world; the WHO says that 1.5 million babies die each year because they are not breastfed. Researchers Rogan and Chen (Pediatrics 2004) calculated that lack of breastfeeding causes at least 720 infant deaths a year in the US. Formula is the first step towards infants developing diabetes, obesity, lymphomas and leukemias, and other chronic diseases. The general public doesn't know this because in the US, profit is more important than health. The information is being kept from the public to sell product. (Google: "HHS toned down breast-feeding ads" for the August 31, 2007, story about this from the Washington Post.)
Breastfeeding provides health benefits to mothers as well, reducing risk for breast and endometrial and ovarian cancer and diabetes, and also delaying fertility.
In the ideal world, every city with a level III NICU would have a milk bank certified by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
We don't live in an ideal world; human milk is not available for every baby. Currently, women who are HIV+, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2+, alcoholics or illegal drug users, or are receiving cancer chemotherapy are discouraged from breastfeeding. Rare infants with galactosemia should not breastfeed; they need special formulas to survive. In these situations, the babies need to be fed. That means using formula.
I would like to see women without medical contraindications for breastfeeding sign an informed consent before using formula to indicate awareness that the health course of both their lives will be changed when they choose not to breastfeed.
Before that happens, every mother must have access to accurate and practical information and encouragement about breastfeeding after the baby is born. This means that every birth hospital and center would implement the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (from WHO/UNICEF), whether they apply for Baby-friendly status or not. This also means that every business and place of employment would implement recommendations from the Business Case for Breastfeeding (free from DHHS/HRSA 2008). This also means that the WIC program would stop giving away formula.
The US has a lot to do to increase breastfeeding initiation and rates of exclusive breastfeeding. The goal is exclusive breastfeeding for about six months, and a gradual introduction of solids after that time, with breastfeeding continuing up to at least one year and, thereafter, for as long as mother and baby find the relationship rewarding. To achieve that goal, breastfeeding must be supported (practical advice and encouragement) and protected (legislation in place to honor breastfeeding in the workplace, outside the home, in the legal system). We have made strides in the past 10 years, and still have far to go.
To put all of the responsibility on women to initiate and sustain breastfeeding when the cultural norm for infant feeding in the US is formula is unfair. Breastfeeding needs to be honored by our culture so that everyone assumes the baby will be breastfed.
— Nikki Lee, RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
A: This is the first I've heard of any movement toward making infant formula available by prescription only. Presumably the intention is to make clear to parents that the decision not to breastfeed has serious medical consequences. A worthy sentiment, but even leaving aside certain practicalities (imagine all the substandard foodstuffs currently fed to minors that would then have to be regulated), I have a problem with any type of regulation that undermines the judgment of mothers. The variables that play into any one mother's decision are far too numerous and individual for any such regulation to accommodate fairly. If we want to get the message across that formula feeding should always be the last resort, we must continue to insist that every mother should have affordable access to a qualified lactation consultant, that formula-makers have no place on the maternity ward, and that our legal and social environment must be 100% supportive of nursing moms.
— Megan O'Connor, LMT
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In 2002 and 2005, following the devastation of the Tsunami in Indonesia, terrorist bombings in Bali led to the collapse of the tourist industry, resulting in economic devastation, mass poverty, and malnutrition on the island. As a result, the poorer families on the island lack the money needed to receive the health care they need in pregnancy and birth. When a mother is malnourished from poverty and then gives birth, there's a far greater chance she will tear, and without proper medical attention, the mother can bleed to death, which explains the high maternal mortality rate in Bali today.
In 1999, Midwife Robin Lim set up a birth clinic for women to come and receive prenatal care, as well as to give birth in a safe, compassionate environment commensurate with their ability to pay. To learn more, please visit the Web site of Yayasan Bumi Sehat: www.BumiSehatBali.org
Bumi Sehat began receiving 50 mothers per year and offering them a safe place to birth their babies. By 2007, that number jumped to 600, and projections are 750 to 800 births in 2008 with the same number of staff and facilities. Based on the numbers of women that come for prenatal visits every week, 2008 has already stressed the facilities at Bumi Sehat beyond maximum capacity. With a policy at the clinic that no woman is ever turned away, building a new facility in the same village that can accommodate all the requests for help has become critical. 100% of every dollar sent will directly go to funding the purchase of land, building and supplying the new clinic, and buying a much needed ambulance.
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— In gratitude!
[Editor's Note: To read more letters about the effects of the tsunami, visit this tsunami news page from 2005.]
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in May reversed the September 2007 decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine to order Lancaster County midwife Diane Goslin to cease and desist from the practice of midwifery. Goslin, a Certified Professional Midwife, serves many Amish women there.
The Commonwealth Court in its decision said that "practicing midwifery cannot be construed to be the same as practicing medicine and surgery." The Board had ruled that Goslin had violated the 1985 Medical Practice Act by practicing medicine without a license, in part because she is not a nurse-midwife.
This is a monumental victory for women, babies, and the women who attend them! To learn more or to make a donation to help pay for defense costs, go to: http://www.savehomebirth.com/home
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Douglas H. Kirkpatrick, MD
Dear Sir:
I am a practicing OB/GYN in southern California and Fellow of ACOG and recently was informed by midwife colleagues of your recommendation and encouragement for the AMA to lobby Congress for a law banning out of hospital birth. Funny that I had to hear of this decision from outside sources and was never approached by my college to see how I or my local colleagues felt about it. I have grave concerns regarding my organization taking such a stand. I think we are all agreed that ACOG has a statement regarding patients' rights to informed consent and informed refusal. Yet, it seems with every decision our organization moves further away from that basic tenet.
ACOG's little "guideline" paper on VBAC in 2004 where the word readily was changed to immediately has had the chilling effect of doing away with VBAC options at hundreds if not more hospitals. Not due to patient safety, or the ideal of giving true informed consent but really, let's be honest, to fear of litigation. I have seen how patients have become counseled by obstetricians at facilities where VBAC has been banned. They are clearly given a skewed view of the risks of VBAC but rarely told of the risks of multiple surgeries. If you think this is untrue you are, sadly, out of touch with real clinical medicine.
As to out of hospital birthing, please give me the courtesy of an explanation as to the data you used and the process by which an organization which is supposed to represent me came to this conclusion. Any statement saying that it is as simple as patient safety and that one-size fits all hospital birth under the "obstetric model" of practice should be applied to all patients is, putting it nicely, not really in line with what best serves all our patients. In many instances, hospitals are not safe, certainly not nurturing and have a far worse track record for disasters than home birth. Even when emergency help is nearby this is true. The focus of all of us in medicine should be on reigning in trial lawyers and tort reform and lobbying Congress for that. The best interest of the college members and the patients we serve would be for my organization to spend its time and energy on something that has true benefit.
Removing choices from well-informed patients and caring doctors and midwives is wholly un-American.
So please send me detailed information on how ACOG decided outlawing homebirth was a wise thing to do. You must have scientific data to take such a drastic stand. Please make it available to me so that I may share it with like-minded colleagues. I would also like to know the process by which this came to pass. Who first raised this issue and why? What committee reviewed all the data and did its due diligence in interviewing those of us with long-standing experience in backing midwives who perform out of hospital births? There must be a fine, non-confidential paper trail you can share with your members. Specific names of committee member who voted for this would be enlightening and I am requesting this information. I would like to know the background and expertise regarding out of hospital birth for each member who had a hand in the decision to go to the AMA.
We live in an odd era where once something is said or recommended by a legitimate organization such as ACOG it has deep ramifications never intended, such as becoming fodder for trial lawyers trying to squeeze the lifeblood and dignity out of your members. Or forcing women to travel hundreds of miles in labor to find a supportive facility. Or even worse, to have them arrive in a VBAC banned hospital and refuse surgery. Can this be the best we can do for our patients? Remember, your VBAC statement was meant to be only a recommendation but quickly became the rule by which hospital administrators, risk managers and anesthesia departments of smaller hospital banned this option for thousands of women. An option, that in proper hands, was the safe and accepted standard of care for 30 years. In fact, you still have an ACOG VBAC brochure that recommends this option!
For those of us working at smaller hospitals where VBAC was banned due to lack of emergency help (anesthesia, OR crews, etc.) there is a big question that has perplexed us, that no administrator seems to be willing or able to answer. That question is: "If a hospital cannot handle an emergency c/section for VBACs, and most emergencies are for fetal bradycardia, hemorrhage (i.e., abruption) or shoulder dystocia, not for ruptured uteri, then how can they do obstetrics at all?" For they seem to still be able to have a maternity ward without in house anesthesia. Will someday ACOG, in their great wisdom but seeming disconnect from reality, make a "recommendation" that little hospitals stop providing obstetric services? Will this better serve women and their communities throughout America?
I am frightened and angered by what you have done in my name. Now I ask you to defend your position in encouraging the AMA to lobby Congress for another restriction on the freedom of choice that belongs to women and their families. Those choices include midwifery and the right to have the most beautiful and life changing event occur wherever best fits their desire.
Midwives are well trained and required to have obstetrical backup. They have very special relationships with their patients and want the very best outcomes for them. They do not need me or you to police them. We have a habit in our country over the past 40 years of thinking we can legislate out stupidity. All that has done is erode the individual freedoms that belong, by birthright, to each of us. I would hope you trust your Fellows to know their specialty, their colleagues, and what is best for the patient as an individual.
These decisions do not belong to politicians or faceless committees. You should have more faith in your members to give balanced informed consent. Again, my recommendation to you is to put all your considerable energy into changing our legal malpractice system. Those of us actually practicing medicine and caring for patients know this to be the greatest threat to the mission and responsibility we have chosen to undertake.
I look forward to your response and possibly the beginning of a meaningful dialogue.
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Jessie Jay to perform at Westonbirt Arboretum
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1:00pm Wednesday 20th February 2013
By SNJ Reporter
Singer Jessie J has confirmed she will be performing at Westonbirt Arboretum in July.
The summer concert is part of Forest Live, organised by the Forestry Commission, where concerts are performed in spectacular woodland locations around the country Jessie, one of the hottest pop stars of the moment, having hit the No 1 spot in 19 countries world-wide, selling 16 million singles and over 3 million copies of her multi-platinum debut album Who You Are.
In the UK alone, Jessie has sold over 1.5 million albums and secured two No 1 singles with Price Tag and Domino. Her single Laserlight featuring David Guetta became her sixth top ten UK single from her debut album, and with it she achieved the accolade of being the first UK solo artist to have so many top ten hits off one album.
Not content with dominating the top of the music charts, Jessie has experienced success in the literary world with the release of her autobiography Nice to Meet You and has become established as a British fashion icon. Her second album is expected for release later in the year.
Jessie J plus special guests will be performing on Friday, July, 19 at Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Glos.
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It has been another exciting year for the Education Committee, having produced another year in our monthly webinar series that we kicked off in January 2012. We have now held 24 webinars to-date, all of which are available to ISGS members in the Members Section of the ISGS website.
In case you missed our announcement in October, our webinar series will continue in 2014. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers and topics and we hope you will join us next year.
Our second year was incredibly successful, drawing in viewers from around the world. We are grateful to have been able to fulfill one of ISGS's many goals, that being education. We'd like to take a moment to reflect on what we learned through the 2013 ISGS Webinar Series.
Linda Woodward Geiger kicked off the year with Beyond the Draft Cards: Additional WWI Selective Service Records. We learned the anatomy of WWI draft cards and the differences for each registration. She provided an excellent handout that shows images for each of the three registrations, in color, as well as a table outlining the differences she discussed. We also learned about other Selective Service records including docket books and induction lists. Some of the webinar attendees commented that they were going to go back and reexamine their records with the new insight they gained from the presentation.
In February, Harold Henderson presented Best Genealogy Present You Can Give Yourself: Citing Your Sources. During this highly-attended webinar, we learned about the importance of keeping track of where we find our information. Harold showed us several citation examples, highlighting the important elements for a variety of sources.
Lisa Alzo joined us again this year presenting Back to Your Roots: Planning a Successful Heritage Research Trip in March. Lisa shared tons of tips for planning a research trip, from what to expect when visiting a repository to what to pack. The presentation was primarily focused on traveling to the foreign homeland of an ancestor, but many of the tips apply to any type of research trip.
Debra Mieszala presented Digging Through Documents Word by Word in April. In this presentation, Debra explained why we need to properly review and evaluate all of the information we find. She shared several examples of how things could be overlooked and how that could affect the overall research. This is one of the highest-viewed recordings we have available in our webinar archives.
In May, Laura Prescott joined us for Timelines: Placing Your Heritage in Historical Perspective. She showed us that looking at a person's life chronologically is a valuable research tool. Laura shared several examples of why we should incorporate timelines into our research process, as well as examples of various types of timeline formats.
Luana Darby joined us in June for The Research Calendar: A Resource You Cannot Live Without. In this presentation, Luana explained why a research calendar (a.k.a., research log) is an important tool for genealogy research. She illustrated how the research calendar helps us keep track of what we have searched and our overall progress.
Common Surnames: Ways to Identify Your Ancestors in a Crowd was presented by Juliana Smith in July. This was one of the top-requested topics we received during 2012 and we were happy to have Juliana share a variety of tips for working with common surnames. Her presentation covered distinguishing between people of the same name, different tools to help us work with our person of interest, and online search strategies.
In August, J. H. "Jay" Fonkert presented Getting to Here from There: Following your Ancestor's Migration Trail, another frequently-requested topic. Jay introduced us to popular migration routes and how to use that information to help us understand our own ancestors' migration patterns.
Judy G. Russell joined us in September with her presentation "To the Honorable, the General Assembly" - The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions. Although this may seem like an obscure topic, many attendees commented that they learned something entirely new that they were excited to pursue in their own research. Judy explained what legislative petitions are, giving various examples, and showed us how they can help us in our research and the various ways to locate them.
In October, we welcomed back Peggy Clemens Lauritzen for her presentation Up In Smoke!! What To Do When the Courthouse Burns. Her message was clear: just because you are researching in a "burned" county, it does not mean all hope is lost. Peggy provided several alternative sources and workarounds that are all helpful even if you are not working with a record loss situation.
Diana Crisman Smith presented Little Houses on the Prairie: Midwestern Research Techniques in November. She explained how Midwestern research can be different from researching other parts of the US. Diana shared several strategies using a variety of examples.
Wrapping up the year, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom presented Miracles, Mysteries & Mayhem: Online Family Trees in December. Jeanne discussed common mistakes and how to identify them. She also shared her philosophy that online trees can be a helpful starting point, but cautions us to take the information with a grain of salt.
There you have it, the 2013 ISGS webinar series in review! Remember, ISGS members have access to all of our webinar recordings and handouts through the Members Section of our website. If you're not currently an ISGS member and would like to join to take advantage of this and many other great benefits, visit Join ISGS to learn more.
We would also like to take a moment to thank everyone who contributed to the Webinar Fund this year, as well as David A. Joens for sponsoring the September webinar. It is because of these generous contributions that we are able to continue fulfilling the Society's education mission. A BIG thank-you to all!


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This series on emotions is very good information and clearly presented. Karla McLaren gives direction that is helpful in understanding children and adults with heightened sensory awareness and understand how their perceptions can influence their behaviour.
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I loved "The Language of Emotions", but love "The Art of Empathy" even more. It brings everything about emotions together to create and sustain deeper relationships by being a more genuine empath.
Karla is a very engaging speaker. I listened to her CDs commuting to/from work, and caught myself, more than once, sitting in the garage listening on after arriving at my destination, because I couldn't say good-bye. It was like she was with me in the car. Thanks, Karla!
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text: This news item expired on 3/13/2014, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Fairview Evening Book Club: And the Mountains Echoed Thursday, March 13 at 7pm Weaverville Library 41 N. Main Street 250-6482 The book to be discussed is " And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini. All interested readers are welcome to attend.


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Potatoes from Colorado's San Luis Valley could be shipping in earnest by the end of August, earlier than usual.
As of Aug. 7, the valley crop was running about five days ahead of schedule for Center, Colo.-based Aspen Produce LLC, said Jed Ellithorpe, partner and marketing director.
"By the last week of August it should start to ramp up pretty good," Ellithorpe said.
The valley hasn't had much severe weather this season, but because of heat and drought, Bob Noffsinger, salesman for Center, Colo.-based Skyline Potato Co., characterized the overall growing weather as average.
Acreage is up slightly, and yields also are likely to be up slightly, but Ellithorpe is taking optimistic approach to the upcoming season, in which all of the major U.S. potato-producing states are expected to ship more spuds.
"Let's rise to the challenge, move this crop and make consumers happy," he said.
As of Aug. 7, it was too soon to predict what markets would look like when Colorado's harvest gets into full swing, Noffsinger said.
"Right now there's some pressure on pricing because of the rumors" of big volumes nationwide in 2012-13, he said. "But we're a long way from having harvest finished. We'll know more in October and November."
On Aug. 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported prices of $10 for 50-pound cartons of russets 40-70 from Idaho, down from $17 last year at the same time.
Some shippers are hanging on to storage spuds longer than usual because it's much easier to manage their temperatures, and there is no guarantee all old-crop spuds will be out of the pipeline by the time new-crop potatoes begin shipping, Ellithorpe said.
"If you're going to be messing around this time of year with old crop, there's a chance you may not sell all of it," he said.
That said, he expects a fairly good transition from old-crop to new-crop valley potatoes this year.
Normally, storage spuds are cleaned out by early August, Noffsinger said. That's not the case this year, but he said there wouldn't be enough to clog the pipeline once new-crop spuds begin shipping.
Quality was looking good as of the week of Aug. 6, Ellithorpe said.
"We've been digging around, and we're really pleased with what we see," he said. "It looks like an excellent crop."
Early russet varieties were sizing well, Ellithorpe said.
The valley did suffer some hail damage, but nothing out of the ordinary, Ellithorpe said.
Drought conditions have forced some growers to scale back on acreage this year, Ellithorpe said, but the overall effect on acreage industrywide could be as low as 1%.


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I'd love this one, but I just don't know that Seattle would do it.Originally Posted by naptownmenaceThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I'd love this one, but I just don't know that Seattle would do it.Originally Posted by naptownmenace
I can dream can't I? No? Okay...
I would say throw in that big pile of stupidness David Harrison, but Seattle already has about 40 project big men so they dont need him. I'd throw in Fred Jones tho, since with Flip he's no longer be needed.
40 project bigmen? They only have 1 bigman period, and he's a nutcase (Fortsen).
Potopenko, Petro, Mikki Moore are their garbage centers other than Fortson. They all reek, though Petro can defend a teeny bit, unlike all the others.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
I say go for reliability whatever team it comes from i don't care.


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EM Power Ranking: EM Advanced On Value, China Trade Data
I start each week highlighting previous week's best and worst performing emerging-markets single country exchange-traded funds, using the most heavily traded for each nation. Frontier markets are not included–yet.
The valuation of the Hong Kong China Enterprise Index hit a decade-low on Monday, prompting investors to come back into emerging markets for some bottom fishing. Market confidence was further helped on Wednesday by China's (a lot) stronger-than-expected import and export data. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) advanced 2.4% last week.
In the emerging markets column last weekend, I wrote that investors should be careful reading into China's overly strong or weak macro data in January and February, because this Chinese Lunar New Year came two weeks early in January, distorting direct year-to-year comparisons.
The biggest winners were:
- The iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF (ECH): +6.7%. Copper rose to a two-week high benefiting the world's largest exporter Chile. The Chile IPSA Index rallied 5.2%. The Chilean peso rose 1.3% against the dollar.
- The iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (EIDO): +4.7%. The rupiah rallied 2.8% after Indonesia reported fourth-quarter current account deficit that showed Indonesia finally had external accounts under control. The Indonesia Southeast Composite Index gained 0.9%.
- The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA): +4.4%. South African rand advanced 1.9% as emerging markets sell-off eased. The FTSE JSE 40 Index rallied 3.2%.
The biggest losers were:
- The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ): 0%. Brazilian central bank's economic activity index fell 1.4% in December, prompting Barclays to say the risk that Brazil ended 2013 in a technical recession has risen. In the third quarter, Brazil's real GDP contracted 0.5%.
- The WisdomTree Trust India Earnings Fund (EPI): +0.1%. India did not capture the broad-based emerging markets rally last week. However, India was relatively immune to this year's sell-off too.


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Study of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate-Impregnated Bath Cloths to Prevent MRSA Colonization in Complex Continuing Care
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily bathing with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated antiseptic cleanser (CHG) significantly reduces incidence of colonization of hospitalized patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Investigators postulate that daily bathing with CHG significantly reduces incidence of colonization of hospitalized patients with MRSA.
|Staph Aureus Methicillin Resistant Colonization
|Drug: CHG antiseptic body cleanser
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate-Impregnated Bath Cloths to Prevent MRSA Colonization on Complex Continuing Care Units of Baycrest Hospital
- Incidence of MRSA colonization [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Primary outcome measure will be incidence of MRSA colonization measured through bi-weekly point-prevalence surveys on each of the three units. All new admissions and re-admissions to the units will also be screened. Protective properties of CHG bathing are expected to significantly reduce the incidence of MRSA transmission in the intervention arm, compared to control arms.
- Time to MRSA conversion [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Secondary outcome measure will be time to MRSA conversion measured as the length of time it takes patients to convert from being MRSA-negative at enrollment to MRSA-positive at discharge or end of the study. Protective properties of CHG bathing are expected to significantly prolong conversion time.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: CHG antiseptic body cleanser
One randomly selected intervention unit in Complex Continuing Care program where all patients (MRSA-positive and MRSA-negative) will be bathed daily with an antiseptic body cleanser (CHG).
Only MRSA-negative patients at enrollment will be included in the study analysis, and only their outcomes (MRSA status and time to conversion) will be analyzed.
Antiseptic body cleanser - 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate in a non-alcohol and non-alkaline base, delivered to skin surface through the bath cloths impregnated with this antiseptic solution.
Drug: CHG antiseptic body cleanser
The intervention consists of daily bathing of all patients (MRSA-positive and MRSA-negative) on the intervention unit with CHG.
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No Intervention: Non-antiseptic body cleanser
Two control units in Complex Continuing Care program where all patients (MRSA-positive and MRSA-negative) will be bathed daily with a non-antiseptic body cleanser (Comfort Bath ®).
Only MRSA-negative patients at enrollment will be included in the study analysis, and only their outcomes (MRSA status and time to conversion) will be analyzed.
Detailed Description:
Bathing patients with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloths (CHG) is an established practice at Baycrest. Our previous studies have demonstrated strong MRSA-preventive properties of CHG bathing practice - the rate of MRSA transmission on intervention units dropped from 4.99 to 0.88 cases per 1,000 patient days - an overall rate reduction of 82%.
Although CHG will continue to be used as part of an established clinical practice in our hospital, its impact on MRSA prevention merits further evaluation in complex continuing care (CCC) settings endemic for MRSA. Investigators propose a cluster-randomized, prospective, open-label, two-arm clinical trial (RCT) on three geographically separate, but otherwise comparable, CCC units - one intervention unit using CHG, and two control units using non-antiseptic cleanser. The RCT is expected to conclusively answer whether daily bathing with CHG significantly reduces incidence of MRSA colonization.
By cluster randomization investigators imply randomly assigning interventions to the three patient care units. Investigators propose randomization of the units as it is not feasible to randomly assign the individual participants to intervention vs control arms.
For a meaningful interpretation of the RCT findings, patient populations on the three floors will be compared at the beginning, during, and at the end of the study. The following variables will be used to compare patient populations:
- Colonization pressure (CP) is a measure of the MRSA reservoir on the unit. CP will be calculated at the onset of the RCT and then bi-weekly (Number of MRSA patient-days × 100 ÷ Total Number of Patient Days).
- Average Braden scale score (BSS) for patients on each unit is measured to predict a pressure ulcer risk. It is one of the measures of patient's clinical complexity. It is calculated by examining six patient criteria (sensory perception, skin moisture, physical activity, mobility, nutrition, friction and shear). BSS will be calculated at the onset of the RCT and then monthly.
- Average Case Mix Index (CMI) is a value reflecting the daily relative weight of resources used by an individual patient compared to a base resource level (the average resource use of the patient population). The CMI value is not a dollar amount; rather it is a relative value and an indirect marker of patient's clinical complexity. CMI will be calculated at the onset of the RCT and then quarterly.
Patient information will be de-identified for privacy reasons, before analysis of the study data - logistic regression, to compare the rates of MRSA incidence and time to MRSA conversion on intervention and control units.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- MRSA-negative (at enrollment) inpatient of Complex Continuing Care program
Exclusion Criteria:
- MRSA-positive (at enrollment) inpatient of Complex Continuing Care program
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01717690
|Canada, Ontario
|Baycrest Hospital, Complex Continuing Care program
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6A 2E1
|Principal Investigator:
|Chingiz Amirov, MPH, CIC
|Responsible Party:
|Chingiz Amirov, Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Baycrest
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01717690 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 26, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 20, 2015
Keywords provided by Chingiz Amirov, Baycrest:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chlorhexidine gluconate
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Dermatologic Agents
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An environmental charity is offering to help Keighley schools set up tailor-made green projects through the new Shaping Spaces programme.
Bradford Environmental Education Service (BEES) can work with the youngsters on projects either in the school grounds or the surrounding neighbourhood. Shaping Spaces support is also available to young people's groups, community groups and businesses. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 01274 371305.
BEES worked closely with Cullingworth residents last year to improve village beauty spot The Dell.


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The Friends of Airedale have spruced up the main entrance to the Steeton hospital with some new furniture.
Chairman Eileen Proud said: "The area looks very smart and cleaning is easier because the furniture is moveable and stackable.
"It is already being well used, and we have been receiving a lot of very favourable comments from staff and visitors."
And to complement the new furniture, volunteers who operate the Friends' shop have been supplied with attractive new aprons.
The shop opens seven days a week, and all the profits go to the hospital.


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New Delhi: The Indian women's team qualified for the 2014 World T20, but the three successive losses that sent them out of the tournament left a spate of questions in its wake.
It was not just an abject batting failure that let India down in Sri Lanka, but there are areas that need urgent attention and improvement at home, say some of the best-known players of the country.
Meagre payments (each player at the World T20 is said to be getting just Rs 100,000 while Rs 2,500 per international), lack of sufficient tournaments, particularly for juniors, absence of large and enough number of grounds, proper selection, and lack of tournaments with multiple-day matches are some of the problems that they point out.
The most amazing fact, which they underlined, is that India haven't played a Test match for six years, the last one being in 2006 in England.
While no team member was willing to speak — they pointed that their contract prohibits them from talking to the media — stalwarts like former captains Shanta Rangaswamy and Sandhya Agarwal and former pacer Shashi Gupta minced no words in telling the sad story of women's cricket.
And Diana Edulji, who wants the BCCI to give a one-time benefit purse to women too, said: "I'm so disgusted with the performance that I don't want to comment." "Our team combination was not proper. Our batting performance was very, very poor," Sandhya told MAIL TODAY, referring to India's scores of 104/8, 116/6, 98/9, and 102/1.
India batted first against Australia and England, and barely crossed the 100-run mark. And against Pakistan, they failed to chase down 98 runs. The lone consolation win came against Sri Lanka, and it helped Mithali Raj's team to qualify for the 2014 World T20. Shanta said that "a combination of factors" were responsible for all this.
"The number of tournaments, particularly of longer duration, should be increased so that a good team could evolve. Then, we are not concentrating on the technique. We've to analyse the reasons for this failure. We must encourage under-16 players, but the u-16 tournament has been discontinued," she said.
Shanta is no more involved in the running of the game, but she said: "I've no locus standi, but as a well wisher of the game I'll write to the BCCI about these issues." A few years ago, the ICC made it mandatory for all national women's cricket boards to merge with the men's.
Shashi Gupta, who often raised pertinent issues with the BCCI, said smaller grounds and lack of proper pitches add to women's woes. "The problems persist in all the states. Last year, I pointed out that India hasn't played a Test series since 2006, but got no reply," she said.
While the BCCI was good enough to arrange three series before the World T20, officials say that women can't be equated with men.
"See the Indian (men) players are getting all these facilities after 75-80 years (of BCCI's formation); the women's wing wanted (the same) within two years. They want to be treated on the same lines as a Dhoni and a Tendulkar," said a top official on condition of anonymity.
"Within bounds and reasons they've been given everything. But we cannot duplicate the men's wing for them. Men's wing got it after 75 years, after delivering so much on the field."