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Positional Health Reports
Starting Pitchers, Part One
Even the least risky pitcher is risky compared to a position player, making the fantasy draft even that much more important as far as who you pick and when. Worse, the replacement level for pitchers is a steep slope; it's not so bad when a team is forced to replace its fifth starter, but there are no aces in reserve. The ability to keep the aces and big-dollar pitchers healthy is non-democratic, and means that more than a few fantasy GMs will be taxed by throwing big dollars at non-aces. It makes pitcher development once a pitcher makes the majors even more important, a factor that's often overlooked by teams and fantasy owners alike. We also know that players like roles, so noting new roles for players is important, though from the outside it's often tough to tell exactly who's where. These factors are often the difference between winning and losing, so it's worth taking some time to check all of these things out.
One other note: risk is not the same thing as certainty. It's the chance that an event--in this case, an injury that lands a pitcher on the DL--will occur within a pretty small population. If half the red pitchers end up on the DL, remember that also means that half of them didn't.
Normal risk is , elevated risk is , and high risk is . For more on the system, please check out the introduction.
Josh Beckett : He pitched past blisters, and apparently forgot that keeping the ball in play helps. Something as simple as band aids on his fingertips during warm-ups kept him healthy, which tips the fact that much of his time on the DL was calculated. A key to his season is new pitching coach John Farrell; Beckett can lose interest if he doesn't click with a coach.
Chien-Ming Wang : He's as good as his run support, so he's not too much of a concern aside from workload. Between Wang and Webb, scouts are wondering if this is an era of sinkerball dominance.
Roy Halladay : There are better things for the Blue Jays to do than pick a fight with me over cramps. Halladay started relying more on his cutter, a pitch that he moved with fingertip pressure. That application of pressure caused some cramping in his forearm. Many forearm problems wind up being precursors of elbow problems, and I said so, but Halladay's problem was nothing more than that. The problem continues, and while it hasn't gotten better, it also hasn't gotten worse either. If you add that to his history of arm injuries and the ball's magnetic attraction to his body, you'll wonder why this isn't red. The answer? He just missed.
Scott Kazmir : He was traded because of his mechanics, and they remain his only major worry. While at least one pitching coach was worried, the Rays medical staff was the secret weapon that has made the trade for Kazmir work.
Jose Contreras : That big, softball-eating hand of his gives him a particularly nasty splitter. It also causes some soreness with the whip that the pitch causes. We don't know what kind of workload he really had back in Cuba, though I doubt it's much of a factor at this stage. He'll probably miss a start or two at some point.
Johan Santana : Think anyone noticed that the same mechanics that cost Francisco Liriano a year of pitching are almost identical to Santana's? What makes Santana good also has given him bone chips twice, and their recurring is a best-case scenario. The Twins--or whoever he pitches for in the future--would do well to buy MRI time in bulk as a precaution.
Gil Meche : I hope it doesn't end up as bad as this looks, if only for Dr. Jazayerli's sanity, but Meche has such a history of injury that the idea that he makes it through the next five years is almost inconceivable. I don't think this will be as bad as Darren Dreifort's deal, if that's any consolation.
C.C. Sabathia : Mea culpa, big man. Mea culpa.
Rich Harden : IHSH. It's never going to be the acronym that VORP is, but I'm just hoping to save some keystrokes. IHSH is "if he stays healthy," a phrase that could be tagged on any pitcher, but Harden is the poster boy for it. No one questions his talent, his drive, or his stuff, just his durability. He looked headed for Kerlan-Jobe last season, only to come back and pitch during the playoff run like he'd never missed a day. Your fantasy decision on Harden comes down to whether you think he's going to stay healthy--if so, he's second to none.
Felix Hernandez : He is what we thought he was. If you want to crown him, go ahead and crown him! Whoa, sorry. I went back into football mode for a second there. He's got the nickname, but the only way he'll earn it is by staying healthy. Even more than Harden, Hernandez is dangerous. In fact, his injury history is the only thing keeping this red light from going wherever on the spectrum is next.
Bartolo Colon : He's coming back from a rotator cuff tear. All reports are that he's done well, but this is roughly equivalent to what Pedro Martinez and Mark Mulder are dealing with, and you see when they're due back. I fully expect Colon to either start the year on the DL or be back on it quickly, making him a fantasy nonfactor.
Kris Benson : He wasn't worse, but he wasn't helped by the Mazzone method either. At 32, he was sliding towards being just another boring pitcher, before he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff. He's trying to rehab it to preserve some possibility that he'll pitch in 2007, but he's probably done for the year. Consider his pre-injury yellow as a reminder that yellow still involves considerable risk.
Curt Schilling : It took him until midseason to really be stable on the legendar ankle. Add his age and all of his offseason interests into the equation, and I think his conditioning and desire have to be called into question. I think he has answers to those questions, but he's supremely risky, especially early in the season.
Mike Mussina : The yellow is more about age than anything else. Is he the best #3 starter in the history of the game?
A.J. Burnett : Burnett looked like a complete pitcher at the end of last season, precisely what everyone saw in him in bursts before coming to Toronto. He's completely on board with what Brad Arnsberg is trying to do with him, a definite plus. As risky as he remains, he could fulfill his potential if he holds onto the improvements we saw in the second half.
Casey Fossum : He's not as young as he once was, but he is as skinny. Fossum dances on the edge between crafty lefty and batting practice, so his tendency to fatigue quickly isn't likely to change.
Mark Buehrle : He was worn down last year, and for the best pitcher of the Cooper era, he's actually the type of pitcher that Cooper doesn't seem to work well with. Assuming the rest was all Buehrle needed, he should be solid in his contract year. That said, I'm not convinced that the bad habits he developed trying to overcome the fatigue will all be gone. He's someone I'll be watching closely in early season action for his shoulder placement.
Carlos Silva : He went from insanely efficient when he pitched with a bad knee to something much less last season. Could he actually pitch better when hurt? Probably not, but he didn't pitch better when healthy. It's certainly an odd pattern, though I'm watching his elbow.
Odalis Perez : Consistently inconsistent, he's never been the same after a great year in 2002, when he took a big leap up in his innings pitched. He hasn't been over 130 innings since 2004, but he'll be asked to do that and more this year.
Justin Verlander : I've pointed out the uphill pitching style, the drooping elbows, and the scapular concerns that I have with Verlander. I've talked about the innings jump and the problem of going deep into the playoffs. I'm not sure if he's Kevin Millwood, like PECOTA thinks, or Jack McDowell, who he reminds me of.
Jarrod Washburn : He ended the season with a "thumb-sized hole" in his calf. That's not good. Add in knee problems that he claimed plagued him from spring training, and the forecast only gets worse.
John Smoltz : If you're expecting big things for Jonathon Papelbon, Smoltz's last couple years have to make you feel good. If you're hoping for big things from Smoltz, his problems at the end of last season have to make you wonder if you could trade him for Papelbon. Add in a change in routine for Smoltz this year, and he's a low-grade red. Given his age and history, that's not so bad.
Tom Glavine : See above, minus the pending divorce.
John Patterson : Not only is he coming back from arm problems, there's really no one else in Manny Acta's rotation that can be expected to go out deliver a winnable game. The handling of Patterson is going to be the biggest challenge of Acta's first year. Given the team's history with pitchers, that challenge is really, really big.
Dontrelle Willis : Over the winter, a doctor showed me a comparison between Dontrelle Willis and another pitcher. The mechanics, once you got around the leg kick, were almost identical. You wouldn't figure Willis and Greg Maddux would have that much in common.
Carlos Zambrano : Big Z might just be the kind of freak that can take this workload and never notice. Some forearm problems over the last few seasons haven't amounted to anything, but as he heads towards free agency, the risk looms large. I think he's the exception, the big strong stud starter that people point to when they argue against pitch counts. A word of caution, though: just look at his comps. The guy might be Don Drysdale, or he might be Jose Rijo.
Ben Sheets : He's missed big chunks of the last two years after tearing a muscle in his shoulder. Once back, it took a while for him to get comfortable with his newly-altered motion.
Roy Oswalt : He's been the reliable ace of the Astros for the past couple years, becoming a vocal leader during last season's charge. The workload usually leads to a late-season problem or two, but not usually much that could be classified as serious, and even when it does, he's shown the ability to pitch through it. He's as low a yellow as can be, even with his history.
Zach Duke : I'm stunned that Tom Glavine is only his #9 comp. If Glavine wasn't still alive, I'd swear he'd been reincarnated as Duke. Duke doesn't throw near 100%, sometimes not even as much as 85%, letting him throw easy stuff to his spots. It's hittable when he's not dead-on, but the only difference between the two might be experience and the effect of Questec.
Jason Schmidt : It's not often that a pitcher signs somewhere because of a trainer. That should tell you a lot about the skill of Stan Conte, and the trust that his players have in him. Schmidt's not getting any younger, and needs the type of close monitoring that Conte provides, so it's an ideal situation to help him overcome the risks that come with age.
Tim Hudson : The skinny guy looked lost mechanically last season, something which many blamed on the loss of Leo Mazzone. Fact is, Hudson and Mazzone didn't get along well. The better fact to note is that Billy Beane seems to know that trading someone a year early helps with worker's comp premiums.
Orlando Hernandez : If there's ever going to be a crafty righty, it will be El Duque. Age questions aside, he'll have his seemingly normal problems that will cost him some starts.
Chris Capuano : Introduced to Capuano, I was told he's "kinda weird." Asked what that meant, I was told "he's always reading books." The Duke-educated lefty probably remembers what was written inside the temple at Delphi, and that phrase is one of the reasons he's so effective and healthy.
Ian Snell : Snell is about as high-effort as they come in terms of his delivery. He has very good stuff when his mechanics align, but the effort is taxing when they're off. The PECOTA comps are scary good for his style.
Bronson Arroyo : He's got the big extension in his back pocket now, and having made 40-inning jumps the past three seasons, he's shown that he can be durable. Another 200-220 innings is likely, even probable, but he's going to need to be more efficient to not leave something behind.
Randy Johnson : He's not the pitcher he once was, but hey, 75% of Johnson's peak is still pretty darn good. He wasn't asking for the extension because he thinks he's done. Johnson came back from similar back surgery with no problems, so we can actually predict that he should have no problems. Watch to see if he re-establishes his fastball in the spring before pushing him up your draft board.
Matt Cain : The Giants sure know how to pick first-round pitchers, it's just too bad they don't do it more often. Cain's only here because the system doesn't see that he threw 145 innings in the minors during 2005, making his apparent jump in innings last year something of a discrepancy. See, this is why you want to read the notes and not just look at the colors.
Aaron Cook : His injury history alone is worth the red, no matter how inspiring it was to see him back on the mound.
Brandon Webb, Diamondbacks
John Lackey, Angels
Next: The rest of the starting pitchers.
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Everything went wrong, everything.
It seemed that easy in the beginning, when the Circle of Lords explained the mission to you and the other members of the group.
"Head out into the galaxy and uncover what information you can about this 'Force sickness' that is causing more and more Jedi to go mad", Lord Yur had said. "Determine whether it only afflicts Jedi or if it can pose a threat to us as well. Do what you have to do in order to acquire the knowledge we need, but do not risk that our presence and nature is revealed to the galaxy at large."
"The time to leave Kesh and claim the place in the galaxy that is rightfully ours is close, but it has not yet arrived", Grand Lord Vol agreed, causing you to shiver in intimidation even though he did not even address you directly, but the whole group.
So your small group, consisting out of two Masters, five Sabers, and a handful Apprentices and Tyros, you among the latter, had set out in a captured YT-2400 transporter, determined to fulfill the task set for you in utmost secrecy. But luck was not smiling down upon you, instead it lured you into the fangs of the Galactic Alliance.
Three weeks after the beginning of your mission your group came across rumors that the Galactic Alliance had captured one of the mad Jedi and was now performing research on him on a planet called Algara VI. Your group headed for Algara VI in order to recover the research data of the Galactic Alliance scientists and possibly even take the Jedi with you. The Jedi and the research data actually was there on Algara VI, but so was a trap the Galactic Alliance had set for Jedi attempts to free the captured Jedi.
Things turned out differently and as the trap sprung there were not Jedi at its center, but Sith. You fought your way out of the installation, but in the process your group took grievous losses. Apart from you Tyros only a fatally wounded Saber and a seriously injured Apprentice had made it out and back to the ship.
The death of the wounded Saber being only a matter of hours and the recovery of the Apprentice a matter of days if not weeks completion of the mission is left to you, because return to Kesh is out of the question as long as the mission is a failure.
But while the outlooks are bad and the situation is dire it is also a chance for you to prove your worth for the Tribe.

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I love texting other doctors in the hospital. With every passing year, more and more physicians are turning to smart phones to manage their time more efficiently. Between Walmart $4 drug list apps and the iPad touchscreen technology, hospitalist efficiency is rapidly entering a new era. Now add texting in the hospital to the growing list of ways to improve communication with patient care.
Unfortunately, we have government regulations that claim to protect patient privacy, but end up obstructing patient care. Is texting patient information a violation of HIPAA? Perhaps. But so is having a family conference in a busy hallway. There is a lot of stuff we do every day that is technically against the law that happens in the interest of patient safety and care, The unintended consequences of these government regulations are under appreciated. I'm willing to communicate patient information I feel is necessary to make my patients better and I think patients and families will generally agree as well.
I leave voice mails at doctors' office all the time telling them their patient is going home, describing in great detail the specifics of their patient's hospital care. Often the doctor is unavailable for direct communication or they are too busy and hurried in the office to stop what they are doing to talk with a fellow physician about their patient. And sometimes, they just don't care. When I get sent to a nurses line, I always end up in voice mail. I can only assume the nurses are eating lunch. They are always eating lunch. So I leave a voice mail. Is that a HIPAA violation? Beats me. I'm communicating patient information to a provider who needs to know. If they have voice mail for me to communicate, I'm going to communicate with their voice mail. If they have texting available, I'm going to text them. Imagine how silly this voice mail would be.
This is Dr Happy. It's 4:50 pm on Friday. Your communication system has landed me in your voice mail box. I was unable to talk to a real live doctor to discuss discharge plans. Unfortunately, HIPAA says I can't tell you the patient's name so you'll just have to trust me when I say you have a patient that left against medical advice after a 46 day hospital stay for septic shock and multi organ failure. They may show up in your office today. I discharged them appropriately but have recommended they get twelve send out labs to clarify their likely cancer diagnosis. The patient told me he would rather have the lab drawn in your office because he didn't want to stay any longer. I can't tell you what they are due to HIPAA regulations. You'll just have to trust me. Unfortunately, I'm done with my block of hospitalist days and will be unavailable for the next 20 days. I will be available for the next ten minutes, should you hear this by then. Thanks. Have a great weekend!
Doctor-to-doctor communication is better than the old standard of no communication in patient care. I carry on multiple texting conversations every day with doctors in the interest of patient safety. Common sense guides the description of care. If a name and a room number happens to make their way into the mix of the texting conversation, it happens in the interest of patient care and I don't believe my patients would object.
Texting in the hospital is especially great with surgeons since I never know if they are in the operating room or in some small town drumming up more business. I text them a message regarding mutual patients or new consults and they get back to me, often rapidly, at their convenience. It's an excellent way to keep the lines of communication open. I wish all physicians would text in the hospital.
Unfortunately, government rules are written without the future in mind. Technology can change rapidly and things that make patient care better may go against the intent of the twenty year old regulations meant to protect patients. The hand of Big Borther doesn't understand that if we are going to take care of patients efficiently, we need to communicate in ways that saves time for all of us. And texting is one of those methods. Texting rocks and that's no joke. We'll, sometimes it is, like this texting conversation I had with a surgeon once.
Happy: I didn't know surgeons could be funny. That was hilarious, or should I say "Heelarious".Surgeon: Plan amputation for John Smith room 709 on Tuesday, or should I say "Toesday".
Texting is better than the alternative, which is a plan not to communicate, as these original Happy Hospitalist communication ecards help explain.
"My doctors are great at communicating their plans not to communicate."
"Instead of writing another order for 'if okay with surgeon', please consider a trial of getting off your lazy ass and calling them yourself."
This post is for entertainment purposes only and likely contains humor only understood by those in a healthcare profession. Read at your own risk.


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TICKETS are now on sale for this year's relaunched Malton Show.
The show, on the new earlier date of Sunday, June 29, has a number of new attractions with organisers aiming to make it a great value day out for families.
Those planning to visit the show can also save money by buying in advance from Ryedale shops.
Show chairman Michael Cleary said: "We've worked hard to make the show better than ever this year. We think will be a brilliant day at a local show with all the traditional attractions and plenty of new ones."
"We wanted to make Malton Show a great value affordable day out for local families.
"So children 11 and under get in free, and we have launched discount advance tickets, on sale now in both Malton and Pickering."
As well as the traditional livestock competitions, the show organisers have lined up new family attractions all be included in the ticket price.
The popular MSI Moto Stunt motorbike display team will be back by popular demand, with two main ring shows.
Other attractions include:
- Children's showground trail run by the show's nominated charity Ryedale Special Families, as well as kids races and games
- Fun dog show, run by Ryedale Dog Rescue, with on-the-day entries
- Entertainments including the Elaine Hill Sheep Dog display, Malton School Jazz Band, Whitby Falconers, and artist blacksmith demonstrations throughout the day.
- All new layout to help visitors and exhibitors get around the showground and see the attractions
- A "clear round" showjumping competition in a special ring going on all day, and an evening showjumping competition in the main ring.
- Tug o' war between local pubs, clubs and businesses, with free entry on the day, plus a special kids tug o' war competition.
- Malton and Norton Traders' Tent especially for local businesses
The show's commitment to promoting top quality local agriculture continues in 2014 with the launch of the Regional Sheep Breeders Championship, run in conjunction with Driffield, Ryedale and Thornton le Dale shows.
This year's show president David Prest, whose family have farmed at Fryton in Ryedale for almost 100 years, is taking on the role after more than 50 years involvement in Malton Show as a steward and committee member.
Tickets cost £10 for adults, £5 for 12- 16s, and £7 for OAPs; or £8 for adults, £4 for 12s-16s, and and £6 for OAPs in advance from R Yates in Malton, or the NFU office in Pickering.
The show is on Sunday, June 29 at Scampston Park. There will be free parking on site and free buses from Malton and Norton.
For more information visit maltonshow.com or Facebook.com/MaltonShow, or follow @MaltonShow on Twitter.


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When Victoria Burton heard about a girl in preschool at St. John Bosco Interparish School in Ahwatukee, she immediately wanted to help.
"I was really moved that she took initiative to help out her classmate," said Burton's mother, Celeste.
Earlier this month, 5th-grade student Burton met fellow St. John Bosco student Karley Sichmeller after visiting her at Phoenix Children's Hospital with a little more than $100 and a Build-A-Bear.
Burton and a handful of her friends from school hosted a lemonade stand where they raised the money for Sichmeller and her family. Afterward, the group of friends decided to make 4-year-old Sichmeller, in preschool, a personal Build-A-Bear.
"We wanted to get her something that she can hold on to and keep by her side at the hospital," said Burton. "The point was so that she knew people were praying and caring for her."
In an effort to spread kindness, Burton said she hopes other students will understand the value in volunteering and helping others.
"If one person starts to do it, that starts a trend of people who do the same," Burton said.
Burton and friends will host another lemonade stand on Friday, May 3 at the school from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. to raise money for Sichmeller.
An account has also been created for Karley for those willing to donate. Donations are accepted at the front office.
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Zimmerman making for stricter gun laws.
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Hard to believe the GUN LAWS can/are being blamed.
I wouldn't say they are being blamed, but I would say they seem to be serving as a handy scape-goat.
Happens time and time again: something happens, public outrage (sometimes with, sometimes without media fanning the flames), and the authorities look for something to appease the masses. Roads, security, health, education: same trick can work for them all....
Most of the public in most countries are quickly satisfied with the appearance of action even if it does little to solve/address the initial issue.
Politicians will often go for the action that will catch the most headlines, not which is the most effective at correcting the problem, or even finding out if there is problem to start with... sometimes it is simply a case of s**t happens...
I think this is what is happening here: "look, look, people of Florida: we are doing something!!!
Just don't spend too long thinking about what it is...
I think the only gun related question I can think of is should Zimmerman be the kind of person running around with one, especially as a representative of safety in his community? Did he have the judgement for that role?
For me, that is a subject requiring scrutiny of Zimmerman and community watch procedure (for example should they always work in pairs, should video equipment be mandatory etc), rather than state-wide gun policy....
When the right to
self-defence is denied, that right to self-defence which remains is essentially symbolic.
Freedom: Please enjoy responsibly.
Karma. Another word for revolver: because what goes around, comes around!
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Reading Zadie Smith the other day made me – well, happy, because I like Zadie Smith and very much enjoy and envy her beautiful/clever/successful/bohemian thing, and it made me think about how, in fact, the perfect novel has never been written, and how it never will be unless the perfect human being comes along. It's because of what Zadie quotes and gently dismisses as the idea behind moral criticism, which is that good books are only written by good people. I read that to myself and realised that this is pretty much at the core of my appreciation of books. And about people. The complexity is in the idea of goodness, of course, and what constitutes it. I've mentioned it earlier, but I think it bears repeating: for me, compassion and humour are what make a good book, and I think both these qualities are what go into making a good person too. Good and interesting. Literature is a function of humanity, after all. Maybe. (thanks for the link, Uma.)
Reading 'Fever Pitch' makes me a little sad because Nick Hornby always scares me into believing that being pithy is all it takes to get along in this world, and I can't deal with that. Perhaps I will promise to write a book about my love for Arsenal FC, so that Cambridge will let me in, too? I have the right profile for it, even: un-English, un-white, un-male. Except for the last, I'd probably fit into Arsenal's own club profile. Speaking of which, being too bereft of intellectual vim to blog about it in detail let me just STAND HERE AND CAPSLOCK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE BECAUSE ARSENAL 2-1 MANCHESTER UNITED AND HOW OMG HOW O GUNNERS YOU ARE IN FASHION AND FORM AND I'M GOING AWAY TO JUMP UP AND DOWN SOMEWHERE. Dear Robin van Persie, your marital status breaks my virgin heart. * turns coy gaze to Gael Clichy, anyway *
I'm a sucker for professional advancement.
If you people haven't been using Google Maps India, I suggest you go check it out right now. Just don't use my comments page for judicious criticism or vitriolic abuse. Or anything at all, really.
I watched 'Guru' last week. It looks like I am the only person in the world who didn't think Abhishek Bachchan was All That. Perhaps the time has come to let the boy down gently. It doesn't matter that he can't act, not many people in Bollywood can and we are yet to let the fact bother us, but the gratuitous praise heaped upon him for a performance where he couldn't even be bothered to remember when to be paralysed and when not to be is taking it a bit far. Enough, I say, but I can't care. I have received the love of Daniel Craig into my heart, and naught shall touch me hence.
I wonder if the real Mrs Gurumurthy had multiple sclerosis, though.
Also world, plz to get over the engagement thing. You aren't going to be invited, suck it up and move on.
SRK's KBC: yea/nay?
'Gimme Shelter' is the greatest fracking rock song ever written: yea/nay?
That's all, unless you want to know what I think about Alberto Gilardino's ankle injury in this weekend's Lazio match, and you naturally don't, because it is not broken and Milan is sucking and Gila's kind of mediocre, anyway. (If I promise to write a book about Milan, will they let me in to the University of Milan? Or will my body be found in a ditch off the Milan-Turin autostrada with my cold stiff fingers clutching a photograph of an innocently smiling Silvio Berlusconi?)


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Being a technophile, perhaps it was inevitable that I would decide to give Google Plus a try.
If you are on there, now or in the future, then put me in a circle. It's what Dante would do.
Jim West shared that last image, but he didn't share a mock-up of the circles Dante would have put you in, had he had Google+ – but fortunately that can be found online too:
Hopefully I have set it up correctly so that my blog posts will feed into there. If this post appears there at some point, then we'll know it worked!


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Interesting. I've seen issues where it didn't chamber. IMO, and I realize Fishbed will come attack me in my sleep for saying this, I think the P99/PPQ do have one design flaw: a very steep feed ramp. Now some guns have the same phenomenon, but the nose of the round barely hits the feed ramp at all while chambering so it's really a non-issue. With the P99 and PPQ the round makes a rather steep climb to chamber, and I've seen weaker loaded ammunition or weaker cycling cause issues with this.
If it keeps up you'll have to send it in. Curious if you still send it to S&W or Walther at this point given their contract expiring.
lol I was thinking that too...About Mr. Fishbed...
I agree with you, it doesn't even sound like the bullet is going into the chamber smoothly. It makes plenty of ruckus. After pulling that stunt it just pulled on me today? Not going to mess with that one for a little while. It's next to the Glock 19 now and it's issues.
I'm not sure...I think this batch goes to S&W. Says so on the slide. Guess I'll call and find out.
It's only 300 rounds old. What a PITA. -___-
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MONTREAL (Dec. 15)
About 25 displaced Jewish families who arrived here from Germany will be established on farms in the fruit belt of Ontario which have been acquired by the Jewish Colonization Association, it was announced here today. Each family is being provided with a farm worth up to $20,000 and will devote itself to cattle and poultry breeding, as well as the cultivation of small fruit and vegetables.
The new farms of the Jewish Colonization Association are situated in the vicinity of the Hechalutz farm in Smithville where many young Canadian Jews are receiving agricultural training prior to their departure for Israel.


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We tried to warn them.
We were in the audience at Justin Bieber's Brooklyn show Monday night, and even from our elevated perch above the action, we could sense the powerful emotions running through the air. The crowd, their nerves emboldened by Justin's newly-single status, was out for flesh: With every flash of skin, they jeered, cajoled and begged for the Canadian teen idol to offer up his unclothed form on the alter of the Brooklyn Nets arena. "Take off your shirt!" they cried. "Take it off!" When Bieber emerged from yet another costume change wearing a motorcycle jacket with nothing underneath it, the inches of abdomen on display only enflamed fans' lust further: "Take off your pants!"
These passions, clearly, were not going to be dulled by a little thing like the end of a concert. As we exited the stadium onto the bright lights of Flatbush Avenue, we surveyed the army of tweens being unleashed into the Brooklyn night and knew it at once: This was going to be trouble. We tried to tweet, to warn the unsuspecting citizens of Park Slope about the massive surge of humanity soon to surge into their brownstone-filled streets, but it was useless. There was no service. The tweens' cell phones—tweeting, Instagramming, Facebooking—had taken care of that.
Left unawares, the residents of Dean Street were left to confront the threat alone:
Hundreds of screaming Justin Bieber's tweeny-boppers mobbed the pint-sized singer's bus as it was leaving the Barclays Center on Monday night, blocking sidewalks and traffic and making an awful racket as they chased it down the street — and police could do nothing to stop it.
[...] As the concert let out around 10 p.m., hundreds of Bieber's young fans swarmed near a VIP parking space next to the loading dock at the back of the arena on Dean Street near Sixth Avenue.
Police corralled the fans into an area near the bike racks on Dean, and urged them to keep the sidewalk clear, but things got crazy when a black bus that super fans identified as Bieber's pulled out of the loading dock shortly after 11 pm.
As the bus pulled onto Dean Street, the Belieber forces stormed down after it, screaming and shouting for their idol to acknowledge their passion. When the bus slowed down on the approach to Carlton Avenue, Bieber soon found himself overwhelmed by the sheer mass of fans. The bus, overrun with tweens, had no choice but to open its doors, and for one second the Beliebers got exactly what they wanted: a physical link with Bieber's world, in the form of the outstretched hands of Alfredo Flores.
The bus soon sped away to ferry Bieber to the next stop of his whirlwind tour, and the Beliebers soon dispersed and returned to the subways, minivans and party buses that had brought them to Barclays in the first place. But the brief frenzy, despite its transience, has already had an effect on the neighborhood: Neighbors are furious at the authorities for not protecting them from the storm of stans. And the powers that be can only shake their heads in amazement at their own failure to anticipate the Bieber fever:
"Next time Justin Beiber comes to town, we'll have a better plan," [Dep. Insp. Michael] Ameri said. "Thank god nobody got hurt."


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Update: asked my questions =) PIOG
After something coming up last week, I finally got to talk with the girl's case worker on the phone. Wow. Each of these kids' stories break my heart, and hers is no exception. She's been in theraputic homes and such to help her, but she is doing much better now from what I'm told. I felt I could trust the case worker on that because she was open and honest about this girl's past.
Its a little scary. It
makes me a little nervous. But I think that's a normal reaction. We
found information out about another child and I just knew she wasn't for
us. With this girl, I think she could be. I think we could be a good
fit for her. And I was glad to hear that non of our "deal breakers"
were met. After learning all I did about her, the picture painted in my
head came down to a girl who needs permanancy, who needs to be wanted,
who has a caring spirit and just needs time to heel and grow.
I should be getting even more information in an email. Tonight my husband and I will be able to go over everything I know and decide if we want to put our hat in the ring. It sounds like there are 2 other families being considered and one family will be chosen relatively soon for her. I will be praying continuously until a desicion is made on both ends.
Thank you! Knowing DH, I'm pretty certain he will say "Let's go for it. Email her now and tell her we're still interested." lol. I feel...numb I guess, at least right now. Part of it may be lack of sleep. I think part of it is, even though I mentally knew what we are getting in to, I think before you foster/adopt an older child you naturally have this rainbows and roses idea of what the child/children you get will be like. Now that I know the reality of her case, I know parenting her won't be rainbows and roses, lol. I mean, I knew it before but now its real, if that makes any sense. I'm still interested in her. I still have a heart for her. I still think it could be a good match. I think I just need some time to let it all sink in.
Quoting SarahSuzyQ:
I will say a prayer for you and DH, that you'll be able to discern whether to move forward. Hopefully you'll both come to a clear decision together.


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Saturday, September 11, 1999 Published at 23:44 GMT 00:44 UK
World: Americas
TV boycott call for US minorities
TV trauma....the American networks are under fire for their minority profile
A coalition of Hispanic groups in the United States is calling on its members to observe a two-week boycott of the country's four major television networks in protest at the "invisibility" of minorities in their programmes.
African Americans, Asian Americans and American Indians are also being urged to participate, representatives from dozens of civil rights organisations announced at a news conference in New York.
They are advising members to read books or rent videos during the boycott.
'Don't take us for granted'
"What we seek is that big networks stop taking us for granted," said Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic coordinating organisation whose 240 affiliate groups claim a membership of some three million.
Mr Yzaguirre, whose group sponsored the conference, said the major networks' autumn schedules are inundated with white actors, and failed to reflect the "rich multi-ethnic, multi-cultural" US population.
His group had counted just one Hispanic - Martin Sheen, on NBC's "The West Wing" - among the lead characters in the 38 new series opening this autumn.
Three others continue on returning series.
Unacceptable 'injustice'
He added that the boycott was the first of a series of actions that would be taken to compel the networks to address the lack of minority representation on television.
John White of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) agreed.
"Public interest is not served well by a monolithic, all-white presentation of the world," he said.
Sonny Skyhawk, who founded the American Indians in Film group, said the networks' exclusion or misrepresentation of minorities was an unacceptable "injustice".
Figures show that Hispanics, set to be the largest minority in the US by 2025, make up about 11% of the US population, but provide fewer than 1% of characters on TV.
Networks' response
Some networks have already made cast changes, though executives insisted they were in the pipeline before the outcry, which started in July when the NAACP, the nation's largest and oldest civil rights group, said it would begin monitoring minority representation on TV.
The networks have all issued statements in response to the boycott.
ABC, NBC and Fox say they are making it a priority to look at diversity on screen. CBS says it does have minority roles in its prime-time programmes.
But the boycott organisers say they are not going to lift their pressure until they see the melting pot that is America reflected on the small screen.


text: White Pine Treatments CompletedFor Mohicans Discovery ForestBy JARRED OPATZT-G Special Projects EditorLOUDONVILLE The second phase of the Mohican Demonstration Project, an educational public information effort by the Ohio Division of Forestry on the north side of Mohican-Memorial State Forest, has been completed.An informational kiosk and marked trails for visitors to hike at the project will be erected and opened during the next month, Frank Corona, assistant forester with the Ohio Division of Forestry, reported.Last summer and fall the first phase of the demonstration project, more than 38.1 acres of hardwood forest treatments, was completed, and over the winter and early spring, a 21-acre section of plantation-planted white pines was completed.Corona said the demonstration project, which has been renamed the Discovery Forest, was established as a forest education area providing a learning opportunity about sound forest stewardship.Visitors will be able to follow marked walking trails to see sound stewardship in action, Corona said during a walk through the area recently.Discovery Forest is located on County Road 939, about four miles west of Loudonville at the north entrance to the state forest. The newly completed portion of Discovery Forest includes seven sections of different treatments of mature pine forests. The treatments were carved out of a plantation of white pines which Corona believes were planted in 1960, trees that now stand 50 to 60 feet tall on the north side of County Road 939.Visitors will walk from the parking lot and past the soon-to-be-erected kiosk into a 2.6-acre section of pine thinned in what Corona calls a crown-touching crop release, with smaller trees and undergrowth removed, giving the largest, strongest trees space to grow.The pine area will include six other treatments, including one space of 2.2 acres that is clear cut, and another space of 6.5 acres that will receive no treatment, that is, will be allowed to grow as it was growing before the demonstration project was undertaken.This will give visitors an understanding of what different treatments will look like in a forest, Corona said.Similar treatment options were developed in the hardwood forest last summer and fall, including a 10-acre area that was clear cut, causing some controversy and protests at the time.The hardwood area clear-cut last year is already regenerating, Corona said, with growth of new trees and other plants now standing up to 7 feet high. Meanwhile, in the pine clear-cut area we find hundreds of infant plants, including cherry, ash and other hardwood species. Part of why we did the clear cuts was to learn what species will respond to this opportunity for forest regeneration.Corona said he hoped Discovery Forest would be used not just by tree farmers and others interested in ongoing forest development and harvest, but also by schools and universities as a resource for forest study.The white pine plantation from which Discovery Forest has been carved is one of several plantations planted in Mohican in the 1940s through 60s for erosion control purposes.Within the hardwood portion of Discovery Forest are sections called improvement cuts, where less desirable tree and plant species are removed to improve the growth conditions for more desirable species.Discovery Forest already is being used for research projects, not just by the Division of Forestry, but different Ohio colleges and universities, not just on forestry subjects, but also monitoring of insect and wildlife population, Corona said.n Jarred Opatz can be reached at 419-281-0581, ext. 256, or by e-mail at email@example.com, regarding this story and other story ideas.


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San Mateo, Calif., - November 27, 2012 – Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), The BIRT Company and the leader in open source business intelligence (BI) - today announced that golf travel specialist Golfbreaks.com has implemented Quiterian's visual analytics product to deepen its understanding of both its clients and suppliers. Golfbreaks.com – Europe's largest golf travel company - will use the tool across its entire portfolio, including sister brands Teeofftimes.co.uk and Bookaspa.com. The company selected Quiterian Analytics for its powerful visualization, and because it shifts the emphasis away from the IT department responding to data requests – to business users driving their own queries. Quiterian was recently acquired by Actuate Corporation, and Quiterian Analytics will be rebranded as BIRT Analytics (see announcement on October 22nd: Actuate Acquires Quiterian S.L. to Deliver Big Data Analytics and Visual Data Mining to Business Users).
Goflbreaks.com has experienced 13 years of rapid and sustained growth since its inception in 1998, with the number of bookings increasing more than tenfold in six years, going from less than 20,000 a year to 200,000. The move to Quiterian comes as part of on-going investment in business intelligence, analytics and CRM, which has left senior management keen to be able to better segment, profile, and predict customer behavior. VPT, a UK-based Quiterian reseller partner, has been involved with various aspects of Golfbreaks.com's BI and analytics-related projects and is seen as a trusted partner in both strategic consultancy and implementation.
Golf tourism is worth more than $17 billion worldwide across a broad demographic, and proactive exploration of marketing and operational data will certainly give Golfbreaks.com a competitive advantage: "This product meets a need that we see evolving," Steve Hemsworth, Managing Director at Golfbreaks.com, commented. "We already have good BI, but we want to be able to intuitively drive analysis of client behavior and product performance. The insights Quiterian Analytics can give us into who is likely to do what, when and where, will enable a massive improvement in both our product development and the quality of advice we can give our clients. It will also increase the effectiveness of our decision making."
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While Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom chases reality TV stardom with Khloé Kardashian, the mother of his children wants publishers to know she has the write stuff. Liza Morales, who split with Odom in 2008, tells us she's talking to literary agents about repping a roman à clef she's written that depicts what it's really like to be in a relationship with a star athlete."It shows the lifestyle from the inside," says Morales, who turns 32 Monday. "Since our society is obsessed with celebrity, the book gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the real reality." We wonder if she's referring to her ex's E! show, "Khloé & Lamar"?
Liza Morales Rumors
Morales is keeping the book's title under wraps, but she says the athlete in her novel is a professional football player, not an NBA star. That said, a friend who read the manuscript tells us insiders will recognize Odom in the character. "You'll see a lot of tidbits that make you go, 'Hmm,'"says the source. But Morales says she wrote the book with a higher purpose in mind than payback. "My intent is not to bash my ex or any pro athlete,"she says. "I want to show women that you can rise up from a certain situation."


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Hello everyone!
I am quite new to SilverStripe and these forums so I hope this is the correct board to ask this question.
I recently started working with the Translatable extension and ran into the common known problems with the DataObjects. However I had an idea on how it would be possible to deal with this problem.
The basic idea is that a DataObject should be the same in every language except for the TextFields (which contain different content in different languages).
I created a new class "TranslatableDataObject" which directly extends "DataObject". This class contains a function which checks the $db array for "Text" objects and duplicates them for each available locale (fetched from Tanslatable::get_allowed_locales();)
The target is to be able to create a TranslatableDataObject and fill $db with sth. like "Name" and "Photo" leading SilverStripe to create a Database table with one column for the "Photo" and one column per available locale for "Name".
Therefore the class I wrote calls the previously described function just before the parent constructor is called.
Here is what I did: /E: Edited the alterdb function, it should now work as expected... however as it is not working properly at the moment there seem to be some problems with the context...
class TranslatableDataObject extends DataObject {
//This function alters the $db array according to the needs of multilingual handling
function alterdb($db, $allowed_locales) {
if ($db) {
$dbnew = array();
$keys = array_keys($db);
$counter = 0;
foreach ($db as $current) {
if ($current == 'Text') {
//Found TextField, create new textfields for each allowed locale, schema: TextFieldName_Locale
foreach ($allowed_locales as $currentlocale) {
$indexname = $currentlocale."_"."$keys[$counter]";
$dbnew[$indexname] = $current;
else {
$dbnew[$keys[$counter]] = $current;
$counter = $counter + 1;
return $dbnew;
function __construct() {
$db = self::$db;
$allowed_locales = Translatable::get_allowed_locales();
self::$db = $this->alterdb($db,$allowed_locales);
However I am just receiving errors using classes extending this class. (Although a DB rebuild is working fine) I am still working on this but I am a little stuck at the moment.
As soon as this works I will start to work on some further code to hide all information from getCMSFields_forPopup which are not related to $current_lcoale.
Any comments appreciated :)


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Jon Cappo held Johnson to two hits over four innings and Islands took a 21-1 baseball victory over the Atomsmashers on Monday.
Austin Leggett and Joe Frankosky had three hits each for Islands (7-11).
ISLANDS 21, JOHNSON 1 (4 innings)
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Islands 777 x - 21 11 2
W-Jon Cappo. L-Sanders. Leading hitters-I, Austin Leggett 3-3, 2B; Joe Frankosky 3-4, 2B; Capp 2-3,. 2B. Record-Islands 7-11 overall.
Region 3-A Tournament
Singles—Caitlyn Rice (CD) def. Katie Glover 6-3, 6-0. Heather Hearn (CD) def. Kayla Brinson 7-5, 7-5. Paul Brinson (JC) def. Katie Taylor 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles-Taylor Scarborough-Haley Grant (JC) def. Gabby Delnostro-Madison Doerksen 6-4, 6-1. Hailey Dominy-Caroline Burk (SCD) def. Taylor Powell-Kellie Rowland 7-5, 6-0. Record-CD 5-7.
Region 2-AA Tournament
Singles—Katie Ferraro (SVA) def. Casey George 6-1, 6-0; Juliet Salgueiro (SVA) def. Taylor Culp 6-0, 6-0; Julianna Lupacchino (SVA) def. Martina Lopez 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles—Katie Drought/Bailye Quick (SVA) def Chelsea Wommack/Emily Pittman 6-0, 6-2; Sarah Grace Seckinger/Bryce Seuntjens (SVA) def. Sidney Standard/Daisy Marmina 6-0, 6-0.
Record— St. Vincent's Academy 17-2.
SVA fourth in 2-AA
BLACKSHEAR — St. Vincent's finished fourth in the Region 2-AA golf tournament Monday with a team 225. Vidalia won the event with a team 167.
Vidalia's Katie Dalton was the low medalist with a 75.
Pearce County was second (186), followed by Jeff Davis (195).
SVA (225) — Lilly Payne 101, Sydney Williams 124, Willa Bouy 137, Maggie Yarbrough 141.
Eagles in third
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — After the second day of the Southern Conference Championship, the Georgia Southern golf team is in third place. The Eagles fell two spots after leading the field in day one. Georgia Southern shot 301 Monday, and now sit at 15-over par.
Chattanooga leads the field after the second round. The Mocs shot 286 and are now 4-over par heading into the final day.
Samford moved up to second place shooting 296 on day two (+13). College of Charleston moved up to fourth place (+17), followed by Furman (+20), Wofford (+21), and Appalachian State (+26) in fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively. Davidson is in eighth (+27), Elon is ninth (+30), Western Carolina is tenth (+38) followed by UNCG in eleventh (+43).
Zach Hartman leads the Eagles. He shot a 74 Monday, and is in a four-way tie for seventh place at 3 over par.
Lewis Gruber is tied for eleventh after shooting 77 on the day (+4). Blake Olson and Scott Wolfes are in an eight-way tie for 14th. Olson shot 75 and Wolfes shot 77 to put them both at 5 over par. Hayden Anderson is in a five-way tie for 40th after shooting 75 at 10 over.


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James H. Overfield, Professor Emeritus of History
- Ph.D., Princeton, 1968
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James Overfield, Professor, a native of Buffalo, New York, attended Denison University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts. He received his Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He joined UVM's Department of History in 1968 and served as chair between 1987 and 1992.
His major research interests have been in late medieval German intellectual and social history. His book, Humanism and Scholasticism in Late Medieval Germany (Princeton, 1984), examines the impact of Renaissance Humanism on the German universities from approximately 1450 to 1520. He is currently doing research on church reform in pre-Reformation Germany and on the role of sports in early modern France. He has co-authored a two-volume text, The Human Record: Sources of Global History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990, 1994, 1998), for use in introductory global history courses. In addition to teaching global history, he also teaches courses on the Renaissance and early modern Europe.
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Episiotomy question. I'm being silly and it's over four years ago but am upset by something.(36 Posts)
Really not sure where to post this or what I want to gain from posting it.
When DS was born four and a half years ago I had a long, difficult labour and he was a big baby.
He was stuck and they were on the point of taking me for a c-section when apparently one of the midwives said I should have one more chance to push him out. They agreed to try an episiotomy and used forceps and DS was born.
I was totally out of it by that point, I don't remember any of this, although I do remember asking what the doctor was doing after DS was born and he said he was doing my stitches. Apparently DH connected for me but I would have agreed had I been able to. He says they told me and I said yes, but they also asked him because they could see the state I was in. So it's not a question of having something done to me that I wouldn't have consented to either.
I just recently found the book I had when I was pregnant, think it was called My Pregnancy Bible, and in it was a small section about episiotomies, so I read it for the first time.
And it says they use scissors to make the cut.
I don't know what I thought they might use, but the thought of being cut open with a pair of scissors while I was confused and not aware of what was happening has upset me.
It's not the fact that they had to do it, I know they had to do it and I'm fine with that. It's the fact that they use scissors, the thought of someone taking scissors and cutting me, it's come as a shock and I'm finding it quite upsetting to think about.
It took me months to get over the physical aspect, I had pains for months, I didn't want DH to touch or look at me, I felt very battered and bruised afterwards and was scared to go to the toilet because I could feel the thick scar.
It's just now, well, scissors. Just thinking about it makes me feel sick, although I'm not sure why it's worse than being cut with something else or why it's bothering me so much to find out after so much time has passed.
You aren't being silly, it's horrible, and your feelings are totally valid. Maybe contact your hospital for a debrief with a midwife counsellor? I'm sorry you had such a hard time with this. Birth can be so upsetting, and feeling like you aren't allowed to be upset because you survived and your baby's healthy doesn't help.
I had the same. I don't remember agreeing to being cut and wasn't really sure what was happening until I felt them literally slice me (I didn't feel the injection for some reason), followed by lots of pain and discomfort and the stitches falling out way too early as well as an infection. safe to say it was a horrific experience that I go a bit pale at every time I think about it. I don't think about it as much no though. DS is almost 3 and I only remember when the topic is brought up by someone else. If it would help to talk to the midwife you had then that's worth a shot or just talking about it with someone else in rl might help?
I have birth for the first time 16 years ago, in a country where they episiotomies are fairly routine, with NO local anaesthetic, no option to refuse, no real warning, just SNIP [anger]
Yes, I know what you mean about scissors
It was without doubt the worst thing about my labour and birth, which was otherwise short and uneventful.
For my next baby, I changed doctors and we discussed episiotomies and that I would prefer to tear naturally if needs be. I needed a couple of stitches in the end.
Not sure whether this helps but {hugs} anyway
I gave birth
My first child's labour sounds similar to yours. Very long labour, was exhausted by the end of it, they prepped me for a c section and took me to theatre. DS was born via forceps (after trying the ventouse etc). But I also had an episiotomy. I vaguely remember signing the consent forms as my sister was pulling my rings of my fingers and taking my earrings out and midwives were removing nail varnish etc. but no one had ever actually discussed what an episiotomy was. It wasnt till afterward when some huge guy came in with the anaesthetic to numb me while they stitched me up that I knew what was going on. It was awful! I had no idea they did it with scissors though I just presumed it was a scalpel or something x
I had the opposite experience- a very short and fast first labour ( under 2 hrs after arriving at hospital) and they had to get baby out quickly at the end as he was getting distressed ( due to speed of it all.) I was fully aware of it all as had no pain killers- nothing. I saw the scissors and unlike you thought they were 'kinder' than a knife! I was barely asked- I was told they needed to cut me to help baby out and that was that. I think I had a very quick shot of local.
I wonder why you are so upset at scissors- is it because they have 'domestic' rather than 'medical' associations? Maybe talk to your HV about it?
They use scissors?!?!?!
I always presumed it was a scalpel...that's just awful.
I'm sorry you all went through this,I tore naturally which wasn't pleasant but scissors
Why is everyone surprised and upset at scissors? I 'm sorry- I am sympathetic to the OP but I really don't 'get' the emotions over scissors. They are proper surgical scissors- not something they use in the kitchens!- and I assumed they used them as there is less risk of doing damage and they have rounded ends. They also need the 2 blades to cut neatly rather than a single blade of a scalpel.
Sorry but can't see why the instrument matters as long as the outcome is ok.
I had to ask them to put the radio on because I could hear the snipping sound. 8yrs on I still feel a bit nauseous when I think about it.
Missbobeep - people are entitled to have their own feelings about a medical procedure that was performed on them. You may as well have patted the Op on the head as you have been that patronising.
I had a generous episiotomy with a forceps delivery.
I am incontinent from the bowel (still) as a result.
However, i do find it helps if you focus on the fact that having one enabled your baby to be born safely into the world! I would have done anything to ensure that my baby was ok.
I think if you focus on that, rather than the actual scissors etc, you should find the memory will lessen over time. Also, remember not everyone has a textbook, pain free birth. I think after 4 years, you should maybe talk it through with a professional? Maybe there's more to this.
Thanks everyone.
I'm not sure why knowing they use scissors has bothered me.
I can't say I'd really thought about what they might use before this, it was just when I was reading the book and it said they would make a small cut using scissors and my stomach turned a little bit.
And then it played on my mind more than I would have expected it too, but as I said, I don't understand why either. I think that's why I posted, to see if anyone else could shed some light on why it might be bothering me.
missbopeep yes I am glad the outcome was okay, and I'm sure I would have consented regardless of the instrument had I been more with it at the time. I know I prefer to have been cut than to have torn, and I'm grateful to the doctor for helping me avoid a c-section, which I was very worried about.
But to me the word scissors just seems a little brutal I suppose.
And I know that giving birth can often feel like that anyway, brutal, I haven't had an easy time in any of my labours and my first to children died. I almost died as well in my second labour due to an infection so I was pretty much of the mind that anything they had to do to get the baby out safely was fine by me.
But it never occurred to me that scissors would play a part. It's not the fact that I had an episiotomy that bothers me now, just the realisation of how one is performed.
Your description of medical scissors does make sense and perhaps I am thinking of them as being more of a domestic tool. It's just that I keep thinking "they had to cut me open ^with scissors^" and I can't help it, it makes me feel a bit sick.
It hasn't bothered me for the whole four and half years by the way. I read about it last week as I was clearing some old books out and decided to send the pregnancy one to the charity shop.
But I flicked through it first and found that bit, so it's only been a week or so that the scissors have been bothering me.
I'm sure I'll get over it, I was just curious to see why the word scissors would bother me now, after so much time has passed, when really I know it doesn't matter because I've made a full recovery and the baby I had is fine and at this moment in time is trying to see if he can hit me with a t-shirt from the opposite side of the room because he's being an "air maker"
A awful lot of surgical procedures use scissors, there are all different sorts of ones, they are proper surgical instruments and the ones used to do episiotomies are specially designed episiotomy scissors. Scalpels are only used for cutting through the very surface layers of skin, they are very short and you couldn't do an episiotomy safely with one as they wouldn't go all the way through and there would be a really sharp pointy blade right where the baby's head is so it would be dangerous and leave a really really messy cut whereas these scissors give a nice clean straight cut and are safe for the baby as only the blunt rounded ends go anywhere near the head.
There are so many different tools used to do all different sorts of surgical procedures, if you look at them out of context you might find the idea of many of them odd or even quite scary looking (the kit used for orthopaedic surgery looks like something out of b&q!) but each tool has been specifically designed for the job it does, including episiotomy scissors (and having seen many many episiotomies performed and the very quick clean straight cut given, I can assure you they work far better than a scalpel would!)
It's funny how we are all so different. To me, scissors seem kinder because of the rounded ends, and the nurse/ midwife would have more control than with a scalpel. I suppose it's also a bit quicker because they are cutting from underneath and on top both at the same time - if they used a scalpel I'd imagine there was more risk of error because at least with scissors they 'grasp' the part they are cutting-so they aren't going to cut anything else by mistake. If you moved when they had a scalpel in their hands it could be potentially serious- at least with scissors they cannot cut anything except what they are around.
I hope you come to terms with it- if not you could mention it to your HV or someone else - it might help to discuss with a medic for an explanation .
x post sally. You have said it better!
When my episiotomy was explained to me afterwards they showed how using scissors is quicker and makes a cleaner cut... They are trying to cut both outside and inside, so imagine folding a piece of paper in half. Now put a little snip into the folded side with a pair of scissors - you have actually put a cut cleanly into both sides. Try doing it with a knife - much harder to control. Of course, it's not quite like that, they stretch the skin so it's actually like cutting a stretched elastic band and once the tension is removed the cut looks smaller already.
Don't know if I've explained that very well but it made sense to me when the MW went through it.
I can totally understand where you are coming from and the thought makes me shudder too. However i think scissors are the best option. Would it help to think of it as protecting baby?
Dont read on if you dont want to think about the details. The babies head is just there and imagine you are trying to cut down through the skin with a scalpel trying not to suddenly slip and cut the baby. It would take ages and rely on a steady hand and mum staying very still. Now imagine scissors with the blunt smooth side protecting the baby's head. One quick movement and it is done.
Both me and my dh have a mental image of those surgical scissors and my episiotomy - it seemed brutal.
But necessary to get my huge ds out, I guess.
I also tore really badly, so got the worst of both worlds.
That actually does help zoo thank you. The next time I think "they used scissors" I will remember that "they protected DS with them" instead.
And thank you everyone who has explained how and why this is a better method.
It does make sense. I suppose my reaction was less about the reasons of the method than the emotional response method.
The reasons are fine, the method is fine, the emotional response to finding out about the method is just that, emotional, and so not really based on reason.
You've all given me plenty to think about, which I believe will help me to feel better about it soon enough. Thank you.
I understand where you're coming from too.
My DC1 was also stuck and I didn't want an episiotomy. DH had to take me into the toilet and persuade me that it was the best option. Luckily I was conscious enough to remember and give consent.
I was also aware enough to hear the discussion (sorry if this is TMI) about how blunt the scissors were. Yes, blunt. The midwives said it several times. They were unhappy about how blunt the scissors were. Not what I wanted to hear, at all!!!!!!
Fortunately the injection did what it needed to do, and in spite of a lot of stitching, the scissors did their job, DC1 popped out, and I didn't have long-term problems with the scar.
In hindsight I do think that being aware of the decision for an episiotomy did help me. But if I hadn't been, given how opposed to it I had been before, I imagine I would be upset by it too.
I tore naturally as after 72 hours of agonising back to back labour and feeling as if my buttocks were being pulled apart at my coccyx, when I felt the urge to push, I did , deliberately ignoring the advice to pant and knowing I could tear. I at last felt no pain, not even the tear when pushing. I would have torn more raggedly than with the scissors, but never noticed it until decades later.
I always wiped myself from the back after a bowel motion so didn't feel the scrunched up lump below.
They used the scissors so as not to cut the baby as would have been a risk if using a scalpel.
There was a popular thread about "raggedies" from child birth.
You are not alone but one of many
Be glad you don't remember it. Miriam Stoppard's Pregnancy Book pointed out that labouring women should insist on local aneasthetic before episiotomy - midwives happily do it without maybe?
I didn't feel mine as had had epidural. TBH I don't think they always get your consent, it's needs must to get the baby out safely.
One benefit of a C Section I suppose - you get cut in an easier to heal place.
The whole thing is traumatic so YANBU but no use crying over spilt milk really...just count your blessings and move on - after a debrief if you like.
I had one in a similar situation, last ditch forceps delivery in theatre and ready for EMCS. I remember them saying to me "episiotomy" and me saying "yes, whatever", I didn't feel it as I had a spinal block. It has left me with permanent damage, although not as bad as many suffer with, but I am just so grateful DS was born safely after a long and very difficult labour. The question of whether forceps are ever better than EMCS is one that troubles me a bit - I am on the long running prolapse threads and so many of us had forceps deliveries
>> Miriam Stoppard's Pregnancy Book pointed out that labouring women should insist on local aneasthetic before episiotomy - midwives happily do it without maybe?
I had one with no anaesthetic. It was OK. I wouldn't rate it as up there as a great experience but I wouldn't say it was that bad. It hurt a bit, but only for a second or two.
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