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Keeping track of where public transport (mainly buses) currently are on routes can prove to be a troublesome task, especially if you're in an unknown location and aren't fully aware of local transport. This is where Windows Phone and travel apps come into play. We've covered a number of solutions previously, most catering for TFL (Transport for London), but we're now taking another look at Next Bus UK Live!
As the name suggests, it's an app for bus routes across the UK. Next Bus UK Live! has been available on the Windows Phone Store for some time (we last covered it in 2011), but the developer has recently published a rather large update, which we feel is definitely worthy of some time in the spotlight. The unique highlight of Next Bus UK Live! is the use of Live Tiles that detail bus times directly on the start screen.
Featuring over 370,000 bus stops (in England, Scotland and Wales), users can find the nearest stops around their current location, as well as pin desired stops to the start screen for more convenient access. The ability to search through the catalogue is present with options to go for place names, postcodes, street names and actual stop codes.
Buses can be tracked and favourites saved. If you're a frequent traveller, this is one app you'll need in your arsenal of apps. It's highly rated on the Windows Phone Store, and we'd definitely recommend checking it out. So what's new in the latest release (version 2)?
- Full searchable maps of every bus route in Great Britain
- A redesign of the user interface
- London bus disruption information
- London bus live tracking
- Search stops by stop code (as noted above)
- A number of new settings to customise the app
You can download Next Bus Live! for £1.49 from the Windows Phone Store (free trial available).


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Crimea is a region in the south of Ukraine. The Crimean Peninsula is connected to the rest of the Ukraine by a narrow neck of land, making it more like an island with a natural land bridge than simply a bit of land jutting out into the sea. The peninsula was the site of the Crimean War, between 1854 and 1856, and gave rise to modern nursing, live war reporting, the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade and the Balaclava (woolen head garment).
Other destinations
When you get to Crimea you can buy the local guide book "TIME to COME to CRIMEA!" (in both English and Russian) at many of the small booths on the street. For your reading entertainment here are some quotes from the book.
"The attitude of the population to lesbians is curious and benevolent; to gays it is hostile, except for the famous ones."
"The modern military tourism including, for example, shooting from grenade launchers and flights by supersonic fighters, is developing at numerous polygons and air stations that used to be secret ones."
Weather and Water
The weather in Crimea during the summer season is very much Mediterranean. Expect relatively hot weather and lots of thunderstorms that come and go. Hot and very humid at night. In the winter snow can cover the mountains and make the roads almost impassable
The water is fairly warm,, although not as warm as the Adriatic. The water is clean and clear, although also a bit less than the Adriatic.
Genealogy & Research
All historical documents (including birth records) for all nationalities (Russian, Tatar, Jews & German) are kept in the National Archive in Simferopol.
You may contact them by email at [email protected] although the best way to receive a response to your email will be to send it in Russian. The archive is open from 8:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday. Individual access to much of the archive is not permitted, although for 30 USD you can pay someone to who works in the archive to do the work for you. Nobody in the archive speaks English so either be prepared to speak Russian or bring along a translator.
The archive is located at No. 3 Keckemetckaj Str. [2], which is the main street running directly east from the train station in Simferopol (about 1 km).
The archives and its staff are not accustomed to foreigners so be prepared to explain to the guard at the front desk what it is you want to do.
The Lutheran Church [3] in Simferopol supposedly has a list going back to the early 1800s of all German families who emigrated to Crimea under Catherine the great, or so it was said at the Archive. This information has not actually been confirmed at the Lutheran Church. For that matter, finding the Lutheran Church, though mentioned in the guide book, is actually a quite difficult (and as of yet unaccomplished) task.
The city of Feodosiya has a Jewish Community Center that is very active in doing research on the Jewish community of Crimea. You may contact them at [email protected], they can communicate in basic English (so you can send the email in English) but more than likely the response back will be in Russian.
In Crimea, Russian is the universal language of communication (Stalin imported Russian families into the Crimea, whilst exporting the local Tatars to Uzbekistan), Tatar (a Turkic language, closely related to Turkish) is also widely spoken by the Crimean Tatars. Few people speak or wish to speak Ukrainian. In decidedly and staunchly pro-Moscow Crimea, some might be met with a degree of hostility if spoken to in Ukrainian.
Memorize your phrase book as you most likely will be communicating with Russian speakers.
Few people speak or understand English.
Spoken English in the Crimea is of a low standard. Few people have more than a passing knowledge of English. A lack of exposure to the language and the relatively low number of foreign tourists, coupled with a continued Soviet-style education means that the population is decidedly monolingual.
Be prepared to memorize words in Russian and to become familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet. A few select older people have some familiarity with German, which may be of some use. Those proficient or familiar with Turkish will have a great deal of success in communicating with Tatar speakers.
Some of the street signs in Yalta are in English from the time of the Yalta Conference in 1945.
Get in
There are overnight trains running to Crimea from throughout the Ukraine. The cost will vary based upon where you will be leaving from, but from the Slovak border to cost is about 30 USD in the third class, 70 USD in the second class (2013), but no direct train from any west ukrainen borderpoint!
From Kyiv a place in 2 bed compartment (1st class sleeper) 96 USD, a place in the 3rd class (unlockable, 6 bed compartment) cost 17 USD (2013).
If you travel by overnight sleeper train it is quite comfortable, cheap and the quality is OK. Just the average travelling speed of trains is slow in Ukraine in general (about 60km per hour).
There are flights to Simferopol from Kyiv, Lviv, Moscow, Istanbul, and many western European cities, including Frankfurt, Tallinn and Riga.
There is a Euroclub-bus [4] from various destinations in Germany to Simferopol.
Get around
You can get anywhere in Crimea by mini bus. You can also go by taxi. Prices vary; be prepared to haggle a fare as you will always find someone to do a deal with. Many private citizens also work as pseudo taxi drivers; sometimes it is difficult to tell. Taxis range from modern comfortable cars to 1950s gas powered Soviet cars!
Frequently while traveling in the country if you look like a foreigner (for example with a backpack) and you are standing on what passes as a 'major' road people will stop and ask if you want a ride... for a price. Fortunately that price usually amounts to only a few USD to go some very long distances.
The road system in Crimea, as well as most of the Ukraine, is in very poor repair; expect huge potholes. There is a very strict zero policy to drinking & driving. Police patrols are frequent as well as roadside checks for documents. The death toll on Ukraine's roads is very bad, you have been warned.
If you can afford it you could consider flying, a return flight Kiev <-> Simferopol with Ukraine International Airlines is about $100.
Street food can be delicious in Crimea, if you are not prone to gastritis. Once your system is acclimated, definitely try some local Tatar specialties such as chebureki (Russian: чебуреки), from an outdoor stand or a cheburechnaya (Russian: Чебуречная, chebureki joint). These are succulent half-moon shaped meat pies, usually filled with lamb or beef (Crimean Tatars, being Muslim, do not eat pork), and deep-fried in aromatic sunflower oil. Samsa are also good, hot pastries filled with mince meat and chopped onions.
Try manti (Russian: манты), which are steamed lamb-filled dumplings, often served with adjika (Russian: аджика), which is a very hot red chili pepper paste.
Try lyulya-kebab and shashlik (Russian: люля-кебаб and шашлык), which are shish-kebabs, especially if you can find ones cooked over a wood fire. If you can find pork shashlik, definitely try them. You will have more success with this in a Russian-run restaurant, as pork is not served in Tatar restaurants.
Find a good Tatar restaurant and try the lagman (Russian: лагман). It's an incredibly rich, thick lamb soup with vegetables and long homemade noodles that is absolutely to die for.
The ice cream sold at the beach includes a simple one called molochnoye (Russian: молочное, "made of milk"). It's white, but it's not vanilla-flavored. It tastes like sweet milk.
If you see women walking up the beach selling something from buckets, it's probably paklava (Russian: паклава, baklava). This paklava is like nothing you have ever had before. It's thin layers of homemade dough, put together to resemble big flowers, deep-fried and covered with nuts and honey. It's absolutely heavenly.
Find a pastry shop and try the trubochki (Russian: трубочки, "little trumpets"). A trubochka is a cornucopia shape of short pastry filled with meringue and sometimes dipped in nuts. Delicious with chai (Russian: чай, tea).
The beer in Crimea is outstanding and cheap.
Crimea is a wine-producing region. Most of the wine produced here, at the famous Massandra Palace winery and in Koktebel', is dessert wine in the style of Port or Madeira. Unwary foreigners might buy a bottle of what looks like red or white wine in a kiosk and find it undrinkably sweet. That's because it's meant to be sipped, in very small quantities, not drunk like a Merlot. If it's regular wine you're looking for, avoid anything labeled Портвейн (Portwine), Мадейра (Madeira), Мускат (Muscat), Токай (Tokay). For table wines, ask for "sukhOye vinO" (dry wine) or look for labels such as Совиньон (Sauvignon), Каберне (Cabernet), and Ркацетели (Rkatseteli), or look for Georgian wines, which are delicious and plentiful.
Try the regional sparkling wine, produced at Noviy Svet (Russian: Новый Свет, "New Light"), near Sudak. It's labeled "Шампанское" ("Shampanskoye", champagne). It's very good. Try to buy it somewhere reputable, though, because there are knock-offs. Noviy Svet is a very beautiful spot; you can tour the caverns where the wine is aged.
If you're not going anywhere else in Russia and Ukraine, try kvass (Russian: квас).
It's a very refreshing non-alcoholic drink made of fermented wheat, the traditional drink of farmworkers in the bread-basket of Ukraine, prized for its restorative properties.
Try the local kefir (Russian: кефир), a cultured-milk beverage. When ice-cold, it's extremely refreshing on a hot day.
If you're feeling adventuresome, you might look for "kumys" (Russian: кумыс or кымыз), which is fermented mare's milk, a traditional drink of the Tatars and nomadic peoples of Central Asia.
Beware, some of the local mineral waters taste very salty. Look for a Western European brand, especially if you're going to be exercising.
Vodka is cheap and plentiful, some of the supermarkets have the best prices and the widest choices.
Stay safe
Automobiles will be the biggest hazard to your safety in Crimea. Drivers tend to stick to speed limits as there are many militsyia (police) but the road surfaces are poor which leads to some unsafe overtaking, even on the curvy coast and mountain roads. Pedestrians cross roads at their own peril. Be particularly careful if a car has stopped for you at a marked crosswalk; check around the car before you venture past it farther into the crosswalk, because another very well may swing around it and go right through... right where you would be walking. Most cars ignore pedestrians!
Crimea does not have a major problem with crime. However, foreigners are at risk of being robbed if they are not careful about flashing wealth, except in Yalta during the summer which is filled with rich Russians. Foreigners should not hitchhike or take unmarked cabs unless they are travelling in a group. The safest way for a foreigner to travel alone is to take a bus or a marshrutka (a microbus that follows the regular bus routes). Moreover, beware of drunk men at night, especially if your skin is colored. Beware also of the police, who may be corrupted and ask you for "presents", i.e. bribes.
The countryside, which is extremely poor, is very safe. You are more likely to get kicked by a wandering horse than robbed. Crimeans on the whole are very polite, except when lining up for a bus or service at a shop when pushing to the front has been perfected into an art form. Standing in line is not an option!
There are plenty of ATMs and as always be careful around them. At night avoid lonely places where the numerous drunks hang out, they are not really a danger except they might fall on top of you.
The teenagers in Ukraine (outside of Kyiv) appear to be some of the best behaved.
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Education to Empower brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 42 Designs von 11 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are an educational nonprofit looking for a clean and memorable logo that reflects our brand. Our goal is to help parents and teachers empower children to grow into active citizens. The description for the brief contains a few ideas for the graphic portion of the logo.
Education to Empower
We want a logo to help build strong brand awareness and support our mission.
Our primary audience will be educators, parents and students.
We'd like them to feel like they've found an ally. We are here to help.
Keywords: Empowerment, Education, Citizenship, Philosophy, Learning, Children, Teachers, Power, Allies.
The nonprofit itself is dedicated to fostering innovative programs to provide youth with the confidence and skills to become active participants in civic life. Our flagship program will incorporate philosophy into elementary schools.
Some ideas for the graphic portion of the logo:
(I like this idea the most) A Chalkboard with the word Empower on it
"EtE": The first E is green with an apple stalk, the second E is orange with yellow sun-rays
An open book with sun rays shooting up
An open book with hand-prints above it
Here are a few examples of some logos I liked:
- Children's Progress Contest (I like this one the best)
- Freedom Soft Contest
- Yembri Contest (minus the reflections and gray background/outline. I like the image for #212 on the left, and the font for #211 on the right)If in doubt, assume the primary audience will be teachers and interested college students/volunteers.
- all capital letters or all lowercase letters
- reflections
- swooshes
- the graphic to obscure the logo
- lettering that is overly thin
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Number 304, January 30, 2005
"How free are you...."
Taking Oaths and Stealing Freedoms
Special to TLE
Over the past weeks, there's been much talk of the inauguration ceremony and parties for the second term of President George W. Bush. Some people think that far too much money is spent on such festivities (it is, but the donations are private and what people choose to spend their money on is their own business). Others worry that their First Amendment right to express their opinion along the parade route is being infringed (security is understandably very tight, and some groups are disgrunted they're not getting the preferred seating they think they ought to have, while others are upset at some of the things the Secret Service is prohibiting within certain boundaries). And then we have one man from California who thinks that some portions of the inauguration are a violation of the separation of church and state.
Michael Newdow is a self-professed atheist who became a nationally known figure when he sued to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. It is his opinion that including those words is a violation of the separation between church and state (as it happens, I agree with him, but I've discussed that before and that's not what this particular column is about). That suit was dismissed by the US Supreme Court which ruled Mr. Newdow didn't have the standing to bring such a suit. He's since re-filed the suit including other plaintiffs, and the matter is once again making its way through the court system.
More recently, Mr. Newdow filed a suit which alleged that taking the presidential oath with one hand on the Bible and including an inaugural prayer is unconstitutional. His request for an injunction against the inaugural activities in question was dismissed by a judge on January 14. Even prior to the lawsuit dismissal, I openly defended the President's desire to take the oath of office with his hand on a Bible and to have someone say a prayer.
From the point of view of the Constitution, it's simple enough to make a determination as to the constitutionality of the oath of office. That's because the presidential oath is given in the Constitution itself (Article 2, Section I). It makes no mention of a God or gods. In fact, in the Constitution it specifically says that an oath to uphold the Constitution is mandated, but that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office of public Trust under the United States." (See Article 2, Section VI.) As long as the minimum requirements are met, it's perfectly constitutional, and adding "so help me, God" to the end of the oath doesn't mitigate those minimum requirements.
As the first President of the United States, George Washington chose to take his oath of office with his left hand on the family Bible. That was his decision for his own reasons, and though not constitutionally mandated, his choice was also in no way constitutionally prohibited. The same holds true today. In fact, the only thing that I found truly disturbing about the idea of George W. Bush swearing an oath with one hand on the Bible was the citation by the chief legal counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice that the oath on the Bible is okay because it is traditional.
Simply because something is traditional doesn't necessarily make it right (it's traditional in some cultures, for example, to subjugate or to sexually mutilate women). Far worse than that is the implication that future presidents will follow that tradition. What happens when we elect our first Jewish president? Or the first Muslim, Buddhist, or atheist president? But Mr. Bush isn't Jewish, and if he wants to swear on a Bible to defend the Constitution, then that's what he should do (it should be noted that Biblically speaking, taking oaths in God's name is prohibited as stated in Matthew 5:34-37, but I'm aware of very few Christians who know this let alone adhere to it).
Having an invocation at many government venues might be inappropriate if Americans are coerced into attendance, or if the event is one funded by tax dollars and therefore at least somewhat representative of all of us. But, as stated earlier, the inauguration is a privately funded event to which members of the public happen to be invited. If the President wants to have a prayer at his party, that's his business. If you don't like it or are offended by it, don't go to the inauguration.
Michael Newdow isand you'll pardon the use of the termon a crusade to rid the government of all traces of religion. While I appreciate and even agree with his motives, his absolute intolerance is at least as discriminatory as he accuses his opposites of being. His notion of freedom is one that would ensure his own sensibilities are never offended. That, in turn, makes it certain that others would lose their own valued liberties. Mr. Newdow needs to remember that the United States government is constitutionally prohibited from having any official position on religion. That means that it can't take a position against religion any more than it can act in favor of religion.
President Bush won't appreciate the comparison, but in his own way, he's a lot like Mr. Newdow. But while Mr. Newdow considers freedom of religion to be freedom from religion, Mr. Bush is of the considered opinion that religionspecifically Christianityis a virtual requirement to be a good American.
In an interview with The Washington Times, the president is quoted as acknowledging that Americans have the right to religious freedom, but that those who aren't religious aren't patriotic Americans. He says that he's never acted like that's the case, but that he thinks that's "just the way it is." He also made it abundantly clear that he doesn't "see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord," effectively saying that he doesn't think non-Christians would make good presidents.
Although he makes a point in the interview of saying Americans have the freedom to worship or not worship, he then says our country is different from the Taliban because "the greatest freedom we have, or one of the greatest freedoms, is the right to worship the way you see fit." While the former comment gives at least lip service to the notion that some don't worship at all, the latter seems to disregard that not worshipping is a possible and legitimate choice under the First Amendment.
To his credit, the president does say that he doesn't think that "faith is under attack by culture at large." He never-the-less is stepping up his so-called "faith-based initiative" for his second term. This program allows religious-based charitable programs to receive federal tax dollars to do their work. At the time the notion was originally presented, it was made clear that any such programs that received tax funds would have to steer clear of religious discrimination against recipients and remove any religious components or requirements. Unfortunately, much as critics predicted, that's not always proving to be the case.
Just last week, a federal judge in Madison, Wisconsin ordered funding through a faith-based initiative be halted for a group whose acknowledged primary goal is to "share the gospel of Jesus Christ." Meanwhile, despite the administration's "no child left behind" school policy, the United States continues to fall behind other developed countries in education. While a part of the blame can arguably be layed at the feet of a powerful union (the National Education Association) which chooses to emphasize self-esteem over knowledge, there's also a growing conservative effort to undermine education. For example, there are currently ongoing arguments in several states (Georgia, Pennsylvania, and California) over whether or not creationism should be included in science classes, and the Bush administration has yet to say a word about this very real threat to education in biology, chemistry, and cosmology (true science, like legitimate government, is religion-neutral).
Virtually all of these movements are Christian-based. Certainly, the president's remarks concerning patriotism and politics are firmly rooted in his own Christian faith (the president is a devout Methodist). Despite the danger to all non-Christians represented by this mindset, only one group has so far spoken out against the the comments President Bush made in his interview: American Atheists. Where are the rabbis, the imams, the shamans, and and the priestesses? They, too, have a significant stake in any freedom of religion issue.
I wonder if President Bush is really in favor of real freedom of religion, or if he's just in favor of the freedom of Christians being able to practice their religion? While Michael Newdow seems to clearly favor his own philosophy over all otherssomething I consider to be in direct opposition to the First Amendment he so shrilly citesis President George W. Bush any less the villain where genuine freedom of religion is concerned?
The ironic part of the story is that Michael Newdow, contrary to George W. Bush's remarks, is very much a patriot in the sense that he's using his freedom and his interpretation of the Constitution to fight for what he believes the Constitution to mean. And George W. Bush is making decisions as to his oath of office and his inauguration that honor his own religious beliefs without actively infringing on the religious freedoms of others (his administration's infringements on a host of other rights notwithstanding).
Perhaps the larger issue here is that we typically seem to see only the Christians vs. the atheists or vice versa. There are a host of other religions practiced in this country, too, which also need to keep a watch on religious liberty. This is a battle that neither the atheists nor the Christians can be allowed to win. If anyone wins, everyone loses. The truly sad part is that, without people like Michael Newdow and George W. Bush, there'd be no fight at all.
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Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mr. John Barnes, Ms. Toni Crawford, Mr. Hugh Greene, Ms. Wanyonyi Kendrick, Mr. Oscar Munoz, Dr. Katherine Robinson, Dr. Bruce Taylor; Mr. Kevin Twomey
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Chair Taylor recognized a quorum and called the meeting to order.
Chair Taylor stated that the purchase of this property would go along with the university's strategic mission. He pointed out that conversation from the Foundation Board, regarding the terms of the purchase, prompted full discussion from the Board. Chair Taylor asked President Delaney to speak about this item.
President Delaney provided details about pricing and risks and noted that, in the end, this purchase would be a good opportunity for the Foundation. He asked Vice President Shuman to speak about the pricing structure.
Vice President Shuman presented a summary of the pricing structure, including the appraisal and justification for DSO funding. She talked about risks and future PECO funding, noting that PECO could be used at some point if there was a default on the long term lease.
Chair Taylor asked for questions from trustees. Trustees asked about the projected life of the building. The administration clarified the land would be the real value, and the building itself would be maintained by the current tenant. Trustees asked for the property owner's rational for selling. The administration clarified that the owner had no use for the property. The administration restated that opportunities like these did not come along very often.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION for approval.
Trustee Kendrick moved approval of TSI's creation of "TSI Investments, LLC," a Florida limited liability company ("TSII"), for the sole purposes of (1) acquiring from EIRE Jacksonville Florida LLC ("Seller"), title to property at 4926 South Kernan Boulevard, Jacksonville, an improved parcel in the First Coast Technology Park currently leased by ADT Security Services ("ADT Parcel"), (2) assuming the existing indebtedness and first mortgage encumbering the ADT Parcel, (3) assuming the obligations of landlord under the existing lease with ADT, and (4) granting to Seller a purchase money second mortgage to fund, in part, the purchase.
Trustee Greene seconded the MOTION. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Trustee Kendrick moved approval of the purchase by TSII of the ADT Parcel upon terms set forth in a purchase and sale agreement negotiated between the parties, including: (1) a purchase price of $4.75 million, funded by a cash payment of $3 million dollars and a purchase money second mortgage of $1.75 million; (2) assumption of the existing indebtedness and first mortgage on the ADT Parcel; (3) assumption of the existing lease with ADT; (4) payment a binder deposit of $100,000, refundable if TSII terminates within its inspection period for any reason in its sole discretion.
Trustee Crawford seconded the MOTION. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Taylor adjourned the meeting.
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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Board of Trustees added nine members to the class 2016, including three first-time trustees.
Robert Buehner '75, Robert Jackson '91, Barbara Braden Guffey '70 and Thomas Mansell '61 were elected to their second consecutive four-year terms. Stephen Hartle rejoined the Board. Thomas Tupitza '79 will serve as chairman of the board.
New to the 40-member Board in 2012 are David Farner '85, Linda Jenkins '80, and the Rev. Dr. Stephen McConnell '80.
Farner is the senior vice president and chief of staff for the office of the president at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and is the board chair for UPMC Ireland. He has served in numerous positions during his 26 years with the medical center. He earned his undergraduate degree from Westminster College. Farner and his wife, Laura, have two children, Max and Samuel, and reside in Somerset.
Jenkins serves as an independent representative and business and financial consultant for Trades of Hope, a company that helps women living in poverty by selling their hand-made products. For nine years Jenkins also held several different positions at Primedia, Inc., including her last position as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Consumer Media and Magazine Group. She earned her undergraduate degree at Westminster College and master's in business administration from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Jenkins and her husband, Jay, split their time between Irvington, N.Y, and Palm Coast, Fla.
McConnell has served as the senior pastor at the Church of the Palms in Sarasota, Fla., since 2008. Previously he served as senior pastor at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church in New Jersey and Melrose Carmel Presbyterian Church in Elkins Park. McConnell earned his undergraduate degree at Westminster College, masters in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and doctoral degree from Drew University. McConnell and his wife, Amanda, have a daughter, Brittany, and reside in Sarasota, Fla.
Two new faculty associate trustees were elected for 2012: Dr. Bethany Hicok, associate professor of English, and Dr. Peter Smith, associate professor of chemistry. They joined Dr. Terri Lenox, professor and chair of the mathematics and computer science department, who is serving her second term on the board.
Three new student associate trustees were elected for 2012: Nicholas Dalessio, Tawni Darby, and Jeffrey Finafrock.
Dalessio, a senior political science major, is a son of David and Tammy Dalessio of Smicksburg and a graduate of Marion Center Area High School.
Darby, a senior public relations major, is a daughter of Walter and Lori Darby of Hermitage and a graduate of Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School.
Finafrock, a senior biology major, is a son of Terry and Michelle Finafrock of Waynesboro and a graduate of Waynesboro Area High School.
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Brock just mentioned this on 710espn radio
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My Name Is Earl is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom created by Greg Garcia, which was broadcast on NBC from 2005-2009. The series stars Jason Lee (Earl), Ethan Suplee (Randy), Jaime Pressly (Joy) and Eddie Steeples (Darnell). The show focuses on Earl Hickey, a petty crook with occasional run-ins with the law who, after winning the lottery, decides he wants to turn his life around. Earl made a list of all the bad things he's done, and works to cross items off that list, one-by-one, by doing good deeds to atone for each bad thing.
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- Barn Burner: Earl and Randy try to get a live rat out of a claw machine. While discussing their strategy for capturing the critter, Randy says that the best bet is to sneak up on him while he's humping a Grover doll. After they get him out, Earl says the rat looks angry and it bites Randy to which Randy says "maybe I should have let him finish his business with Grover before I took him".
- Monkeys in Space: Randy tries to get a Kermit doll out of the Crab Shack's claw machine. After several failed attempts he goes to Earl for more money in order to keep playing. However Earl says no and Randy protests saying "but you're the one that told me to go after Kermit. He's got those skinny legs; he's not a cheap Muppet to claw!" A deleted scene from the episode (presented on the season one DVD), shows the events prior to this scene, Randy approaches Earl saying "Earl, can I have more money for the claw machine? The claw machine guy restocked it this morning. They got Muppets again. Fresh Muppets!". Earl responds stating "Sure, but try to go for a Kermit. We already have more Miss Piggys than two guys sharing a motel room should have." However the guilt of being financially dependent on Earl starts to get to Randy, and later on in the episode he tells Earl that he's thinking of getting a job stating "I should get a job so you don't have to support me anymore. You know, paying for my food and Muppets and whatnot."
- Very Bad Things: Joy comments that Earl's British accent "sounds like a gay Kermit the Frog".
- Larceny of a Kitty Cat: In the DVD commentary of this episode, writer Hilary Winston mentions that her cat Emmet is named after Emmet Otter.
- Robbed a Stoner Blind: In the closing discussion, Randy and Earl philosophize who would win in a fight:
Randy: Hey Earl. Earl: Yeah, Randy. Randy: Who do you think would win in a fight -- Muppets or Sesame Street? Earl: I don't really think they'd fight; they're both pretty peaceful. Randy: What if they had to, like in that head-chopping-off movie where there could be only one? Earl: Muppets. Randy: Okay. Muppets or Fraggles? Earl: Muppets. Randy: Okay. What about Muppets or He-Man? Earl: Just He-Man, or He-Man and his friends? Randy: Just He-Man. Earl: Muppets. Randy: That's who I had.
- Harassed a Reporter: Randy states that in order to prove to everyone he isn't dumb he would have to win another Grover from the claw machine (which will cost him "like $600").
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Sterritt ** An idealistic classics teacher sticks to his principles when less scrupulous folks around him let their moral values slide. Kline is excellent as the lovable hero, and the story makes valuable points about the importance of ethics in a society driven by money and prestige. But at a time when much public education is in a state of perilous decay, one wonders whether this sentimental ode to old-school dignity and privilege is in touch with today's pressing realities.
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Sterritt **** See review.
Director: Abel Ferrara. With Ice-T, Drea de Matteo, Lillo Brancato. (85 min.)
Sterritt ** Don't expect Christmas cheer in this melodrama about a crooked cop, a drug-dealing couple, and a kidnapping. The title refers to the commercialization of just about everything in modern society, and Ferrara brings touches of his ornery filmmaking imagination to bear on the pessimistic parable. It's not as memorable as his best pictures, though.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar. With Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Geraldine Chaplin. (116 min.)
Sterritt **** See review.
Director: Atom Egoyan. With David Alpay, Arsinée Khanjian, Christopher Plummer, Elias Koteas. (116 min.)
Sterritt ** A young man explains to a troubled customs official why a film he's making - about the horrific treatment of Armenians by Turks in the World War I era - has strong reverberations in his own Armenian-Canadian family; this sparks a densely structured series of flashbacks, film-within-a-film scenes, and episodes from the present day. Egoyan is one of Canada's most ambitious and original filmmakers, but the power of this intricate drama falls short of its aspirations, despite his personal investment in the subject, since he is of Armenian ancestry himself.
Director: Curtis Hanson. With Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy. (111 min.)
Sterritt ** A rapper called Rabbit lives an unhappy life in a trailer with his amoral mom, spending his time with a racially mixed group of friends and learning to express his anger in rhythmic rhymes that win the big rap competition (surprise!) that climaxes the story. Eminem plays his movie-debut role with a sullen naiveté that's not very interesting, and Hanson's directing has little vigor apart from kinetic camerawork and very, very large amounts of yelling on the soundtrack.
Staff *** Gritty, compelling story, sympathetic.
Sex/Nudity: 3 sex scenes, fairly graphic. Some innuendo in rap songs. Violence: 9 scenes, including violent fights. Profanity: 240 harsh expressions. Drugs: 3 drinking scenes; 12 smoking scenes. 1 scene of drugs.
Director: Todd Haynes. With Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert. (107 min.)
Sterritt **** The time is the 1950s, and the heroine is a well-to-do housewife struggling to understand her feelings and find a pathway back to happiness after her husband realizes he's gay and her friendship with a black gardener causes vicious gossip among her friends. Haynes works cinematic and emotional miracles in this near-remake of Douglas Sirk's masterpiece "All That Heaven Allows," reviving conventions of '50s melodrama that have gone out of fashion but haven't lost their ability to touch moviegoers' minds and hearts.
Staff *** Nuanced, inspired, wrenching, uneven.
Sex/Nudity: 6 scenes innuendo. Violence: 3 scenes, including domestic abuse. Profanity: 1 harsh expression. Drugs: 18 scenes drinking, smoking.
Director: Julie Taymor. With Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd. (120 min.)
Sterritt * The legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo had a colorful life - great achievements in painting; a turbulent marriage with fabled muralist Diego Rivera; even a close relationship with Leon Trotsky, the communist leader. This biopic gets the facts on screen, but that's about it. Perhaps intimidated by the strength of Kahlo's own artistic personality, Taymor shows isolated flashes of the storytelling inventiveness she brought to "Titus." Hayek doesn't have the acting skills such a multifaceted character calls for.
Staff **1/2 Imaginative, colorful, passionate.
Sex/Nudity: 18 scenes innuendo, implied sex. Violence: 8 scenes, including brawls. Profanity: 12 expressions. Drugs: 29 scenes of smoking, drinking. 2 scenes morphine abuse.
Director: Don Michael Paul. With Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Nia Peeples.
Staff * The action genre reaches new levels of unintentional self-parody in Stephen Seagal's latest film. He plays Sasha Petrosevich, an undercover Fed who is almost killed when his partner in crime blows a fuse. All patched up, he's sent to the newly renovated and even tougher Alcatraz to keep on the case. But things go horribly awry when ninjas invade, looking for gold. Yes, you read right. This is a mess from start to finish - a noisy patchwork of explosions, clichés, more explosions, and a plot assembled from everything that was cut from Segal's last six movies. By Alex Kaloostian
Sex/Nudity: A few instances innuendo. Violence: 21 intense scenes. Profanity: 17 expressions. Drugs: 8 scenes of drinking and smoking.
Director: Chris Columbus. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Robbie Coltrane. (160 min.)
Sterritt ** Harry returns for his second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where an unseen enemy is casting an evil spell on students, leading some to think Harry himself may be the culprit. The movie hews closely to J.K. Rowling's novel, decking it out with lavish settings, costumes, and effects. These are impressive in an ostentatious way, but their cumulative impact has a lumbering spirit quite different from that of Rowling's easy-going prose. If the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm, this overproduced yarn is an unmagical movie.
Staff ***1/2 Magical, scary, better than first film
Sex/Nudity: None. Violence: 12 scenes, mostly "magical" violence. Some kicking, shoving, and scary images. Profanity: 2 expressions. Drugs: None.
Director: Betty Thomas. With Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Gary Cole. (96 min.)
Staff *1/2 Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson are both masters of comic patter, and pairing them in a buddy film does result in some entertaining comic riffs. But everything else here is strictly spy by the numbers. Secret agent Alexander Scott (Wilson) must stop a stolen US super "stealth" airplane from being sold to evildoers. Boxing champion Kelly Robinson (Murphy) is recruited to help him. But can these two bickering teammates blend as buddies, stop the villain, and save the world? "I Spy" grabs its title, but little else, from the '60s TV show, which emphasized cool, witty repartee. Murphy and Wilson are more inspired by the "Dumb and Dumber" school of comedy. There are chuckles, but far too few. By Gregory M. Lamb
Staff **1/2 Fun, slick, surprising.
Sex/Nudity: 4 instances innuendo. Violence: 19 scenes, including kidnapping. Profanity: 41 harsh expressions. Drugs: 3 scenes of drinking.
Director: Neil Burger. With Raymond J. Barry, Dylan Haggerty, Christel Khalil, Jack Tate. (88 min.)
Sterritt ** An unemployed newsman probes the story of an enigmatic neighbor who claims he wants to unveil his experiences as the second gunman in John F. Kennedy's assassination. This documentary-style fiction is no "JFK," but the story is weirdly compelling when it focuses on the journalist's growing paranoia as he plunges ever more deeply into a world of conspiracies that may or may not really exist.
Director: Patricia Cardoso. With America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, Brian Sites. (93 min.)
Staff *** Ana (Ferrera) has just graduated from high school and earned a full scholarship to Columbia. The only problem is that her mother (Ontiveros) refuses to let her go, insisting Ana should work in her sister's sweat shop like she does. Moreover, she keeps nagging Ana about her weight, saying she'll never catch a husband until she slims down. Funny and touching, without resorting to stereotypes, "Real Women" paints a nuanced and down-to-earth portrait of one Latino family, and particularly of these two stubborn, feisty women who are more alike than they realize. It's clearly a low-budget film, and not all the actors are as strong as Ferrera and Ontiveros, but in the end, Patricia Cardoso has created a very compelling - and very real - coming-of-age tale. By Amanda Paulson
Staff *** Thoughtful, involving, triumphant
Sex/Nudity: 4 instances, mostly innuendo. Violence: None. Profanity: 2 strong expressions. Drugs: 1 scene with alcohol.
Director: Michael Lembeck. With Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson. (105 min.)
Sterritt ** Allen reprises his 1994 role as an ordinary guy who's taken over Santa's job. This time he has to marry a Mrs. Claus, get his misbehaving son off the "naughty" list, and save his workshop from a malfunctioning Santa robot, all before a Christmas Eve deadline rolls around. Allen does well with all three of his roles, ably helped by the Disney makeup department. The rest of the acting is bland, but the movie's preteen target audience won't mind, and adults will find occasional grown-up jokes to chuckle at.
Staff *** Funny, playful, heartwarming, romantic.
Sex/Nudity: None. Violence: 5 scenes cartoonish violence, including snowball battles and skirmishes. Profanity: 1 mild expression. Drugs: 2 mild scenes with alcohol.
Director: Paul Justman. With The Funk Brothers, Chaka Kahn Joan Osborne, Ben Harper. (108 min.)
Sterritt **** The self-named Funk Brothers were enormously gifted studio musicians who accompanied a wide range of Motown stars, from Stevie Wonder to Smoky Robinson and the Miracles. They changed the course of pop music while receiving little of the acclaim or attention they deserved. Justman redresses this injustice in his rollicking documentary about them, which will have your toes tapping and your ears sizzling whether you're a die-hard Motown fan or not.
Staff ***1/2 Energetic, informative, celebratory, good mix of music and narrative.
Sex/Nudity: None. Violence: 1 or 2 archival clips of violence against civil rights activists. Profanity: 3 harsh expressions. Drugs: 3 scenes of drinking; 4 scenes with smoking.
Directors: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook. With voices of Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi. (84 min.)
Sterritt ** The adventures of a wild stallion who wants to stay wild, the young Indian who befriends him, and a mean-tempered cavalry captain who wants to break his will and hold him in captivity. The proudly traditional style of this kid-friendly animation seems rather tame in the age of "Shrek" and "Monsters, Inc.," but the action is mild enough for fairly young children, and grownups may enjoy its old-fashioned spirit.
Sex/Nudity: None. Violence: 11 scenes of cartoonish violence; none graphic. Profanity: None. Drugs: 1 instance of cigar smoking.


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Response to ACOG's & the AMA's Homebirth Resolution
The resolution says, en toto:
Whereas, Twenty-one states currently license midwives to attend home births, all using the certified professional midwife (CPM) credential (CPM or "lay midwives), not the certified midwives (CM) credential which both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) recognize[1]; and
Whereas, There has been much attention in the media by celebrities having home deliveries, with recent Today Show headings such as Ricki Lake takes on baby birthing industry: Actress and former talk show host shares her at-home delivery in new film [2]; and
Whereas, An apparently uncomplicated pregnancy or delivery can quickly become very complicated in the setting of maternal hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, eclampsia or other obstetric emergencies, necessitating the need for rigorous standards, appropriate oversight of obstetric providers, and the availability of emergency care, for the health of both the mother and the baby during a delivery; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association support the recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) statement that the safest setting for labor, delivery, and the immediate post-partum period is in the hospital, or a birthing center within a hospital complex, that meets standards jointly outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and ACOG, or in a freestanding birthing center that meets the standards of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, The Joint Commission, or the American Association of Birth Centers [3] (New HOD Policy); and be it further
RESOLVED, That our AMA develop model legislation in support of the concept that the safest setting for labor, delivery, and the immediate post-partum period is in the hospital, or a birthing center within a hospital complex, that meets standards jointly outlined by the AAP and ACOG, or in a freestanding birthing center that meets the standards of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, The Joint Commission, or the American Association of Birth Centers. (Directive to Take Action)
Fiscal Note: Implement accordingly at estimated staff cost of $1,929.
[1] http://www.acog.org/departments/stateleg/MidwiferyYearinReview2007.pdf, accessed March 18, 2008
[2] www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22592397, accessed March 18, 2008
[3] www.acog.org/from_home/publications press_releases/nr02-06-06-2.cfm, accessed March 18, 2008
I respond:
It's true. Hospitals are a safer place for mothers and babies to be during labor, delivery and postpartum. If unexpected emergencies appear, as they sometimes do, hospitals have more personnel, more medications and more opportunities to save a mother's and baby's life (cesarean deliveries, hysterectomies, ICU, etc.). Simply by virtue of being in the hospital, women have every medical, surgical or practical tool at their disposal; this spectrum of options cannot possibly be offered in the home.
When women having homebirths have complications, where do they run? To hospitals.
I can understand the thought process of doctors:
How come hospitals are so sucky as a rule, yet they are the gleaming white knights in an emergency? Why do we have to "clean up" the mess made at their beloved homebirths? Why do we legally risk ourselves when too many midwives don't even have malpractice insurance? Why are we expected to accept patients whom we know nothing about in the middle of a life-threatening crisis and the midwife is able to release accountability and become the woman's doula? Why, when a homebirth transport comes in, do the women still think they have a right to force us to adhere to an unrealistic and sometimes absurd birth plan? (I know you all certainly wonder) Why do women listen to midwives – women with far less education and experience than we have? How can women implicitly trust a woman with no license or a license that isn't even nationally recognized or accepted? What do they say to get women to be so militant against doctors, hospitals and medicine?
The answer?
Hospitals and doctors make their own beds with their actions and words.
I understand there is very little to be gained on the economic front and that is not your motivation. I understand your heart-felt concern is for the life and health of the mother and baby. I understand that you feel any inconvenience should be tolerated and the "birth experience" is ancillary to the final outcome.
But, you see, the hospital "experience" is abhorrent to many women. When the experience includes procedures, medications and a dismissal of a woman's individuality, the risk of being at home doesn't seem so great after all. When women describe their hospital birth experiences in terms of "birth trauma," "birth abuse," and "birthrape," something is terribly wrong with the system.
It is the hospital system itself that writes the homebirth script. If you want women to stop having homebirths, you are going to have to make some major changes in how you operate. I firmly believe if the hospital and physician care weren't so egregiously offensive, cruel and inhumane, the Unassisted Childbirth (UC) movement wouldn't be accelerating.
It is in the typical birthing experience in our country that sends women away from medical care and into the hands of homebirth midwives or planning UCs.
If I were on the committee to re-vamp the hospital system, being blunt with ACOG and the AMA, these would be my recommendations:
1. Stop de-personalizing women by putting them all in hideous hospital gowns.
I know you are probably rolling your eyes, but women HATE those gowns and understand that whatever they wear (of their own clothes) will be tossed into the garbage after the birth. Removing personal articles from women is tantamount to institutionalizing her. It's vulgar.
2. Stop calling women "Momma," "Mom," "Mother," and use her name.
It is rude at best to diminish a woman to a universally used word instead of acknowledging her individuality by remembering her name, not just the vagina, in front of you.
3. Since birth plans are so similar, perhaps listening to what the majority of them ask for would be prudent.
You know the drill… no continuous monitoring, encouraged (not just "allowed") to ambulate in labor, encouraged to eat and drink in labor (and not assume every woman is headed to the operating room), no routine IV (most women are cool with a saline lock)… and how about bringing in birth balls, huge tubs and the accoutrements that homebirths and even in-hospital birth centers provide. If LMs, CPMs, CNMs and CMs can learn to maneuver around water labors, ambulating women and women on hands and knees, then surely educated physicians such as yourselves can.
4. Stop offering medications when women ask for them not to be mentioned.
We all know medications and epidurals are an inch away; we don't need to be asked, "Where is your pain on a scale of 1 to 10?". Women who want a natural birth work hard to not think of labor as pain. Again, if women in the hospital want something for pain, they darn well know they can ask for it. It is extremely disrespectful to a woman's desire to re-frame her perception of pain in labor, all this Pain Scale stuff.
5. Educate nurses and yourselves about the importance of reverence in labor and birth.
Speak softly, knock before entering the room, look in a woman's eyes, SLOW DOWN, listen when she speaks and THINK before you do; stop when she asks you to stop (touching her, the vaginal exam, lying to her, etc.). While this might be the 20th baby you've "delivered" today, it is that woman's ONLY birth that day… perhaps the only baby she will ever have.
On the same note, when you are the surgeons during cesareans, SHUT UP about day-to-day topics and remember where you are – standing at the birth of a human being. Imagine the doctors and nurses yacking about the best sushi restaurant of the moment while your daughter (or spouse or mother) is taking her last breaths on earth. That is exactly what it feels like to many women when you act like you are cutting on an anesthetized woman. This woman lying there feels – perhaps not the skin incision; her heart and spirit are not numbed. The same respect and consideration are due humans joining the earth as humans leaving the earth.
6. Stop using your status as a means to manipulate or lie to women when they ask you questions.
Educated women are so tired of "the dead baby card." There are times when life and death occur, but there is an enormous leap between, "We need to rupture your membranes so we can put an electrode on the baby or your baby might die," and an abruption. Your exaggerations and attempts at –or out and out manifestations of- risks must stop. I believe the manipulations are one of the major reasons women ignore what obstetricians (and many nurses) say. If you always spoke the truth, your word would stand stronger. Crying wolf takes on a whole new meaning with physicians in the baby business. Nowhere else in medicine can you find this level of untruth streaming towards patients.
Just today a woman told me about her two mild decelerations in an eight-hour period that caused a doctor to take the husband outside and say the over-used phrase, "If she were my wife…." The doctor insisted on an "emergency cesarean," yet the woman didn't find herself in the operating room for another 4.5 hours. Interestingly, her surgery was at 5:00 pm. Coincidence? We are sure not. How can you wonder why she wants an out-of-hospital birth this time? Such absurd scenarios pepper your medical records; we see it all the time. Stop it.
7. Find a way to open your hearts to the pain and sadness in women whose births don't go the way they expected.
Of course women "shouldn't" have a cement-set vision of their births, but many women do have desires and wishes and it is deeply sad for them when things turn out differently. Try and talk to her like a human being in pain, not just a physical body that can be repaired with staples and numbed with Vicodin.
I understand your belief in the impossibility of seeing each woman as a human being. I understand you think if you hear every woman's fears, pains and concerns you will surely commit suicide from all the pain foisted upon you. I understand that you think you just don't have the time for all that emotional stuff. I understand that you believe listening is for a therapist, not a technician like a doctor. I understand you are busy, busy and just can't possibly have any more time to offer women so they can whine and cry about this or that.
But, you are wrong.
The best and most beloved of doctors touch their clients… if not physically (although many do this as well), then emotionally. They take a few extra moments to listen to women, not just hear them. Re-frame your own perceptions of women speaking about sad, painful or difficult topics. It isn't whining; she is speaking from her heart.
The great part of all of this, though, is that when you open yourself to a woman's pain, you also have given her the space to share her joys, laughter and triumphs. It isn't all negative "energy" that comes from pregnant, birthing and postpartum women. It is a mix of emotions, just as life is a mix of joy and sadness.
Through exquisite sadness comes exquisite joy.
8. Demand more (compassionately-trained) nursing staff in Labor & Delivery units.
Women know one reason they are encouraged to have epidurals is to keep them immobilized and quiet. (Did you know that?) It is much easier to staff a unit with women who don't wander the halls or moan with each contraction. We know it can be disconcerting to watch women give birth without medication, especially when you believe women are suffering needlessly. But, one reason women choose midwives is we are able to BE with women in their transitory state of labor towards becoming a mother (or mother again). Being able to not just tolerate, but embrace an unmedicated woman's labor is a wonderful gift of understanding and kindness to women. It's okay if she's loud. If she "scares the other women," take the lead and explain the wonder of an unmedicated labor and birth to the frightened patient. People reflect the emotion you express, so express goodness instead of disgust or dismay when speaking to other patients regarding unmedicated laboring women. And really, if it's so distressing to everyone, sound-proof the rooms; technology abounds.
Have nursing staff attend doula trainings to develop the compassion necessary for work in L&D units. Seeing birth from another angle can do nothing but expand her capabilities with unmedicated and medicated women alike.
9. Institute doulas in all L&Ds.
When the above goals are met, doulas become the physical and emotional augmentation for nurses in the unit. If the woman no longer has to hire a doula to fend off the medical interventions, she becomes what she was designed to be… the loving support person for the laboring couple.
10. Remember that birth is unpredictable.
You chose to be obstetricians. Birth happens during the entire 24 hour day and night. If you are one of the many that "nudges" women to birth during the daylight hours, whether with pitocin or cesareans, shame on you! If you are tired, either suck it up or find more help in your practice. If you are on-call, sit yourself at the hospital for your call time. Coming and going, wooshing in at the last second of birth, discussing a woman's care via telephone and forcing women to stop pushing until you arrive are incredibly insensitive and sometimes cruel ways to treat a woman birthing a human being. Probably the number one complaint I hear about obstetricians is their absence in birth. Women are shocked at how little they see their doctor – any doctor - once in labor. A major reason women hire midwives is because they are physically present for labor, birth and postpartum. A nurse is not a replacement for your care. If you feel labor sitting is beneath your skills and a waste of your time, perhaps losing the OB portion of your title is called for. Women pay for your care. Isn't it time you care?
11. Accept that as long as the System remains the way it is, women will continue having home and unassisted births.
There will always be a segment of society that desires homebirths and it behooves the medical world to do what it can to make the emergency transition from home to hospital palatable. While hearing "We want you to see we aren't monsters in the hospital" when a woman moves from home to your L&D units is less than comforting, the sentiment behind it offers a moment of understanding in why some people choose homebirths in the first place. If all of you really want us homebirth advocates to not see you as monsters, quit acting like ones!
None of the above requests include anything about the prenatal and postpartum period. Often, your prenatal demeanor belittles a woman's questions and concerns. It isn't uncommon for your appointments to last mere moments after the multi-hour'd waits in the waiting and exam rooms. Calling a woman by her name and looking her in the eyes as you speak goes miles towards building trust and goodwill. Women who trust sue less. If there is no other motivation to humanize your demeanor, consider that studied fact; women who know their doctor well typically do not take them to court.
One reason midwives are rarely sued by the client, much to your bafflement, is exactly because communication between midwife and client is so extensive. Communication builds trust and trust allows the care provider to say, "We really need to do a cesarean," and the client/patient saying, "Okay." I know it sounds simplistic… and it is really that simple.
Risk is a part of life and those that choose homebirth are accepting that risk. Women don't just want an "experience," they want compassion, respect, some semblance of autonomy and the knowledge they are being seen as an individual, obtaining individualized care. It might seem selfish or bizarre that someone would take that risk, but it seems a risk to step into the hospital and be put on the production line that includes unwanted (and often unneeded) medications that are used to speed up the production line, being pressured to immobilize and be silenced and strong-arming that all too often ends in a cesarean.
While it seems I am only focusing on what you all need to do, I also know homebirth midwives could always use more education. The schools work hard, and are working harder, to include the vital information that keeps a woman safe at home and to know when a transfer/transport are necessary long before it gets to the critical stage. Midwives don't wait until the last second; we understand the time element that can be crucial in life and death.
A glaring error in your Resolution says that CPMs are "lay midwives." That is incorrect. A lay midwife has no formal education in midwifery, but only learns through apprenticeship or even on her own, rarely studies birth as is done now. It is rare to find a lay midwife, even in states where there is no licensing. In California, the National Association of Registered Midwives (NARM) exam (which, if passed, creates a CPM credential) is accepted by the Medical Board of California as the bar women must leap over in order to be licensed in the state. The same can be said for other states that have adopted the NARM exam as acceptable for licensing. Licensed and Certified Professional Midwives are not lay midwives. Using that sort of inflammatory language leaves the homebirth/natural birth advocates shaking their heads knowing you still don't understand even the basics of what women want or need. I am the first to say licensed and CPM midwives' education doesn't equal a certified nurse midwives', but we do have book learning, CPMs now graduating from accredited schools. We also have experience in natural birth and in knowing normal birth, we are hyper-aware of when birth deviates from the norm.
Another issue I have with your Resolution is your acceptance of out-of-hospital births with CNMs. Do you not know we carry the same equipment and medications (except for sedatives and an isolette) as what sits inside a free-standing birth center? Once again, having all the correct information before writing public pronouncements would help your image amongst those that have issues with you.
Instead of bashing midwives, wanting to outlaw homebirth and perpetuate half-(or un-) truths, understand we aren't going anywhere and it might better serve women and babies if you supervised us (as CA law requires) or at least collaborated with us. Talk to your insurance carrier, create a resolution that you cannot be sued when patients transfer care from a midwife without taking that fact into account, find a way to tolerate (at least!) midwives so the relationship doesn't have to be so antagonistic. We'll also do our part in continuing to educate ourselves, create increased opportunities to practice vital skills and work towards licensing in all 50 states.
I know this is long, but I hope it's been at least somewhat enlightening. Please consider the requests above. They will fast forward the goals you desire - to have more women birth in the hospital; the location we all know is the absolute physically safest place to have a baby. Physiologically, probably not. Interpreting the difference is paramount.


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Monday, May 07, 2012
Scarface Happy!
edited to add: I should have said it earlier. When it happened, we thought Maggie was injured, because she had blood smeared all over her face, and neck, but we couldn't find the source on her. Then I looked at Happy, and saw blood running down his face. She must have rubbed up on him, when they fought for the Frisbee. During the next days, he scratched off the scab twice, opening up the wound again, with his usual goofy "Frisbee on his head" way of carrying it.
I still love him! ;o)
14 comments:
- Virginia said...
Poor baby. Though I'm glad it missed his eye...
- May 07, 2012 11:11 a.m.
- monica said...
Ouch! Ouch! The owie looks so painful! I'm glad he's okay.
- May 07, 2012 2:50 p.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Poor Happy. At least it missed his eye!
Now he's got that ruggedly handsome look!
- May 07, 2012 3:30 p.m.
- Linda said...
Poor Happy!
- May 07, 2012 3:57 p.m.
- Walden said...
Poor Happy! At least nothing more serious happened.
- May 07, 2012 4:27 p.m.
- Susan said...
Good thing it wasn't any closer to his eye. Poor boy.
- May 07, 2012 4:28 p.m.
- Lindsay said...
Poor guy! One of mine is very scar-producing-incident prone so I empathize. He's still quite dashing!
- May 07, 2012 5:13 p.m.
- cauchy09 said...
such a sweet pup. so cute.
- May 07, 2012 7:22 p.m.
- Sharon V said...
Merciful heaven! Thank goodness it missed his eye. Scars add character, so they say.
- May 07, 2012 10:31 p.m.
- h2orck said...
Oh, I am so glad Happy's eye was missed! He is such a looker and now he has a rough "edge" to him. I noticed he has a tatoo in his ear. What does it mean? My most favorite pooch had a tatoo in her ear as it was an identifier from her breeder. She was a purebred Belgian Malinois.
- May 07, 2012 11:30 p.m.
- Michelle said...
Poor guy. Nimitz has a matching one from before we got him. Good to hear that it doesn't seem to be bothering him!
- May 08, 2012 1:14 p.m.
- lexa said...
Lucky he didn't injure his eye! Poor fella.
- May 08, 2012 6:07 p.m.
- Carrie#K said...
Chicks dig scars. (It's a country western song!) Ach, poor Happy! But I'm glad he's okay. I almost totally missed this too.
- May 11, 2012 7:34 p.m.
- 2paw said...
Oh no, how scary for both of them and you. I am glad everyone is quite OK, even though happy has a scar. It makes him look dashing and I love my girls' scars as well!! Vundy the German Shepherd had a scar at the outside of her left eye.
- May 22, 2012 3:02 a.m.


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Where the Bike Lane Ends
The 7th annual Mobile Social SXSW 13 was held on Saturday under stormy skies near where the bike lane ends in Austin. The weather tempered the turnout and that meant everyone got into the Chevy Tweethouse to party with us after the ride. I heard we went through 7 or 8 kegs and all the BBQ you could eat.
Ride Start
To avoid the weather and get back for the beer and food, we rode a quick route around the university, buzzed the capital, and back to Mellow Johnnys. Fast Folks were there, regulars, and old friends.
A Fast Folk
See these two every year
Our route this year stormed the Capital
Thanks for coming out and join us next year for the 8th one.
The rest of the ride photos are available in high rez on G+ and Flickr.