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"The mercy petition of Sh Mohd Afjal Guru s/o Habibillah has been rejected by Hon'ble President of India. Hence the execution of Mohd Afjal Guru s/o Habibillah has been fixed for 09/02/2013 at 8 am in Central Jail No-3.
This is for your information and for further necessary action."
The mailing of the memo was deliberately timed to get to Tabassum only after the execution, denying her one last legal chance—the right to challenge the rejection of the mercy petition. Both Afzal and his family, separately, had that right. Both were thwarted. Even though it is mandatory in law, the memo to Tabassum ascribed no reason for the president's rejection of the mercy petition. If no reason is given, on what basis do you appeal? All the other prisoners on death row in India have been given that last chance.
Since Tabassum was not allowed to meet her husband before he was hanged, since her son was not allowed to get a few last words of advice from his father, since she was not given his body to bury, and since there can be no funeral, what "further necessary action" does the jail manual prescribe? Anger? Wild, irreparable grief? Unquestioning acceptance? Complete integration?
After the hanging, there have been unseemly celebrations. The bereaved wives of the people who were killed in the attack on Parliament were displayed on TV, with M.S. Bitta, chairman of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, and his ferocious moustaches playing the CEO of their sad little company. Will anybody tell them that the men who shot their husbands were killed at the same time, in the same place? And that those who planned the attack will never be brought to justice because we still don't know who they are.
For more than 20 years, Kashmiris have endured a military occupation. The tens of thousands who lost their lives were killed in prisons, in torture centres, and in 'encounters', genuine as well as fake. What sets the execution of Afzal Guru apart is that it has given the young, who have never had any first-hand experience of democracy, a ringside seat to watch the full majesty of Indian democracy at work. They have watched the wheels turning, they have seen all its hoary institutions, the government, police, courts, political parties and yes, the media, collude to hang a man, a Kashmiri, who they do not believe received a fair trial. With good reason.
He went virtually unrepresented in the lower court during the most crucial part of the trial. The court-appointed lawyer never visited him in prison, and actually admitted incriminating evidence against his own client. (The Supreme Court deliberated on that matter and decided it was okay.) In short, his guilt was by no means established beyond reasonable doubt. They have watched the government pull him out of the death row queue and execute him out of turn. What direction, what form will their new cold, corrosive anger take? Will it lead them to the blessed liberation they so yearn for and have sacrificed a whole generation for, or will it lead to yet another cycle of cataclysmic violence, of being beaten down, and then having 'normalcy' imposed on them under soldiers' boots?
All of us who live in the region know that 2014 is going to be a watershed year. There will be elections in Pakistan, in India and in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. We know that when the US withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, the chaos from an already seriously destabilised Pakistan will spill into Kashmir, as it has done before. By executing Afzal Guru in the way that it did, the government of India has taken a decision to fuel that process of destabilisation, to actually invite it in. (As it did before, by rigging the 1987 elections in Kashmir.) After three consecutive years of mass protests in the Valley ended in 2010, the government invested a great deal in restoring its version of 'normalcy' (happy tourists, voting Kashmiris). The question is, why was it willing to reverse all its own efforts? Leaving aside issues of the legality, the morality and the venality of executing Afzal Guru in the way that it did, and looking at it just politically, tactically, it is a dangerous and irresponsible thing to have done. But it was done. Clearly, and knowingly. Why?
I used the word 'irresponsible' advisedly. Look what happened the last time around.
In its final judgement on the case, apart from the now famous statements about "satisfying collective conscience" and having no direct evidence, the Supreme Court also said there was "no evidence that Mohammed Afzal belonged to any terrorist group or organisation". So what justified that military aggression, that loss of soldiers' lives, that massive haemorrhaging of public money and the real risk of nuclear war? (Remember foreign embassies issued travel advisories and evacuated their staff?) Was there some intelligence that preceded the Parliament attack and the arrest of Afzal Guru that we had not been told about? If so, how could the attack be allowed to happen? And if the intelligence was accurate, and infallible enough to justify such dangerous military posturing, don't people in India, Pakistan and Kashmir have the right to know what it was? Why was that evidence not produced in court to establish Afzal Guru's guilt?
In the endless debates around the Parliament attack case, on this, perhaps the most crucial issue of all, there has been dead silence from all quarters—leftists, rightists, Hindutva-ists, secularists, nationalists, seditionists, cynics, critics. Why?
Maybe the JeM did mastermind the attack. Praveen Swami, perhaps the Indian media's best known expert on 'terrorism', who seems to have enviable sources in the Indian police and intelligence agencies, has recently cited the 2003 testimony of former ISI chief Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi, and the 2004 book by Muhammad Amir Rana, a Pakistani scholar, holding the JeM responsible for the Parliament attack. (It's touching, this belief in the veracity of the testimony of the chief of an organisation whose mandate it is to destabilise India.) It still doesn't explain what evidence there was in 2001, when the army mobilisation took place.
For the sake of argument, let's accept that the JeM carried out the attack. Maybe the ISI was involved too. We needn't pretend that the government of Pakistan is innocent of carrying out covert activity over Kashmir. (Just as the government of India does in Balochistan and parts of Pakistan. Remember the Indian army trained the Mukti Bahini in East Pakistan in the 1970s, and six different Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups, including the LTTE, in the 1980s.)
The US presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Pakistan's official role as America's junior partner in the war on terror, makes that region a much-reported place. The rest of the world is at least aware of the dangers unfolding there. Less understood, and harder to read, is the perilous wind that's picking up speed in the world's favourite new superpower. The Indian economy is in considerable trouble. The aggressive, acquisitive ambition that economic liberalisation unleashed in the newly created middle class is quickly turning into an equally aggressive frustration. The aircraft they were sitting in has begun to stall just after takeoff. Exhilaration is turning to panic.
The general election is due in 2014. Even without an exit poll I can tell you what the results will be. Though it may not be obvious to the naked eye, once again we will have a Congress-BJP coalition. (Two parties, each with a mass murder of thousands of people belonging to minority communities under their belts.) The CPI(M) will give support from outside, even though it hasn't been asked to. Oh, and it will be a strong state. (On the hanging front, the gloves are already off. Could the next in line be Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the assassination of Punjab's chief minister Beant Singh? His execution could revive Khalistani sentiment in Punjab and put the Akali Dal on the mat. Perfect old-style Congress politics.)
But that old-style politics is in some difficulty. In the last few turbulent months, it is not just the image of major political parties, but politics itself, the idea of politics as we know it, that has taken a battering. Again and again, whether it's corruption, rising prices, or rape and the rising violence against women, the new middle class is at the barricades. They can be water-cannoned or lathicharged, but can't be shot or imprisoned in their thousands, in the way the poor can, the way Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, Kashmiris, Nagas and Manipuris can—and have been. The old political parties know that if there is not to be a complete meltdown, this aggression has to be headed off, redirected. They know that they must work together to bring politics back to what it used to be. What better way than a communal conflagration? (How else can the secular play at being secular and the communal be communal?) Maybe even a little war, so that we can play Hawks & Doves all over again.
What better solution than to aim a kick at that tried and trusted old political football—Kashmir? The hanging of Afzal Guru, its brazenness and its timing, is deliberate. It has brought politics and anger back onto Kashmir's streets.
The trouble is that the old political football may not be all that easy to control any more. And it's radioactive. Maybe it is not a coincidence that a few days ago Pakistan tested a short-range battlefield nuclear missile to protect itself against threats from "evolving scenarios". Two weeks ago, the Kashmir police published "survival tips" for nuclear war. Apart from advising people to build toilet-equipped bombproof basements large enough to house their entire families for two weeks, it said: "During a nuclear attack, motorists should dive out of their cars toward the blast to save themselves from being crushed by their soon-to-be tumbling vehicles." And to "expect some initial disorientation as the blast wave may blow down and carry away many prominent and familiar features".
Prominent and familiar features may already have been blown down. Perhaps we should all jump out of our soon-to-be-tumbling vehicles.


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Despite an 8% increase in its wage bill, Infosys on Friday beat the Street with revenues growing 3.8% to $2.06 billion sequentially in the three months to September. Both onsite and offshore realisations improved sequentially while volumes were up 3.1% quarteron-quarter (q-o-q).
With the management upping its dollar revenue guidance for FY14 to 9-10% from the earlier 6-10%, the stock soared 7.55% in intra-day trades before closing at 4.8% higher, over Thursdays closing, at R3273.90. This is the highest closing for the stock since April 2011. Commenting on the revised guidance, Morgan Stanly observed that Infosysdollar revenue guidance now implies -0.8% to -2% q-o-q in 2H and could be revised up marginally in 2H. The brokerage expects the IT firm to achieve 15-20% year-on-year (y-o-y) dollar revenue growth in FY15.
The IT major reported a net profit of $383 million, down 8.4%, sequentially, but analysts were satisfied with the numbers. Morgan Stanley pointed out in a report that operating cash flows had improved to 123% of Ebit one of the highest in recent years.
Infosys adjusted margins were flat sequentially, at 23.6% (excluding visa-related provisions of $35 million), in line with expectations; while the tech heavyweight lost 300 bps on account of the wage hike, it gained 240 basis points from the weaker rupee. While analysts have been looking for better margins this has not happened despite significant currency benefits and better utilisation the management believes that they will begin to trend up once growth is stronger. The rupee has depreciated by more than 40% in the last two years.
Despite several senior-level exits over the past year, the Infosys management brushed aside worries on that count, asserting it had adequate management bandwith. The management, however, remained cautious on the financials in the near term, even after raising the revenue guidance, both in rupee and dollar terms. Infosys CEO and managing director SD Shibulal said,We remain cautious as we have seen volatility in the last eight quarters. It is not a secular trend yet. Two quarters are not a secular trend.
Infosys won five large outsourcing deals during Q2FY14 with a total value of $450 million; with this, it bagged over$1billion of big outsourcing deals in 1HFY14.
The management indicated that the demand environment has improved both in the US and in Europe. In its guidance, Infosys has pencilled in a seasonally soft 2H given the larger number of holidays. It

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You would add paragraph here to your filing saying that the parties have agreed to waive child support.That way the court can include this in any orders on the subject.If there is joint custody the court can waive any requirement for support and find that doing so is in the best interests of the child.
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The parties agree that no support is warranted as there is joint custody and ask the court to not order support and find that it is in the best interests of the parties and the child to not order any child support.
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Would the paragraph you recommend just be written on the state provided parenting plan worksheet?
Yes this would be fine and the court can then make such a finding and enter it as part of the orders on the matter.As long as both parties are in agreement and there is joint custody I do not see this as a problem.
I wish you good luck in court with all of this.
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You would list all household income on schedule I and the means test. you can list mom's expenses on schedule J to show what the true net household income is. for the means test, social security is listed, but doesn't count towards the total, so they are not added into the calculation, just listed for informational purposes only.
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Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you and good luck.
Are you sure that it's included in the means test?
It is listed on the last page, but it isn't calculated into the figures.
if you are preparing them yourself, you don't have to list it
my software let's me list it, but categorizes it as social secuirty act income, which doesn't go into the calcs
If you have any other questions, let me know. you don't need to list the social security income on the means test, just list it on I, and mom's expenses on J.
Thanks for your question, good luck.
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The information contained on this site is sourced from standard textbooks on Pediatrics. However, it is neither meant to be complete nor an exhaustive account of the diseases or their treatments. It is only intended to be a patient information resource supplementary to the information given to them by the treating doctor. The hospital shall not bear any responsibility for any adverse outcomes arising out of self treatment of holding back treatment or consultation or any change in treatment from that advised by the treating doctor. Additionally on this website, we clearly refrain from giving any medical advice on intake of medicines for any disease condition whatsoever, which we consider dangerous.
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How does one contact Chaitanya?
We have 24-hours helpline manned by a receptionist and a specialist pediatrician available 24 hours. Our patient get 24 hour backup for all minor and major problems with and during treatment.
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Chaitanya Hospital, Sector-44C, Chandigarh, India.
You will be immediately connected to a pediatrician who will be pleased to help you with your emergency and arrange transport to Chaitanya if required.
What emergency facilities are available at Chaitanya?
A Postgraduate Medical Consultant-a Pediatrician, is available 24 hours to look after all Emergencies, should such a need arise. The Emergency Room meets the immediate medical needs of the Patients. Emergency medicine doctors and nurses specialize in treating patients who are suffering from a serious illness or injury that could get worse if not treated quickly. A Pediatric Surgeon is available on call for urgent surgeries. For disfiguring injuries to children, a plastic surgeon is available on call.. A Fully equipped Ambulance service is available for the transportation of Sick patients round the clock. A doctor and nursing staff accompanies the ambulance every time.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a unit of the hospital specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. NICU at Chaitanya provides care to the neonate by a committed team of specialty physicians, staff, equipments and facilities. Chaitanya Hospital boasts of the only Neonatal Specialist in the region. When a high risk newborn is delivered anywhere in the vicinity of Chandigarh and we are contacted, a fully equipped neonatal transport team travels to the town to transport the baby from the delivery table to Chaitanyas NICU. We are particularly trusted for ventilator care of newborns when babies at other centers need neonatal ventilators.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Chaitanya Hospital is a six-bed unit caring for sick children, older than a month, who need very close observation and intensive treatment for critical illness, from doctors, nurses and other members of the PICU team. In PICU we have the most up-to-date equipments and technology to help our child patients including advanced ventilators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators etc.
Children hurt themselves, and wound require specialists in plastic and cosmetic surgery so that they do not carry ugly scars of childhood accidents into adulthood. When they fracture a bone during play, they need an orthopediacian to care for them, and other surgical emergencies, require a specialist trained in operating upon children-a pediatric surgeon.
What does one do in the case of emergency involving children?
We encourage parents to contact us immediately in case of an emergency, and arrange for early transport of the child to hospital. Most harm occurs during the first hour of onset of an emergency and most gratifying results are seen when treatment is started in the first hour. We call this the golden hour. We would again emphasize the need for early consultation in case of an emergency
Children usually tip and fall during running fast, fall from bed and stairs. Externally some bruising, bleeding, a swelling or laceration is usually seen.
There may or may not be some effect on the brain.
An injury to the brain is likely when
Child start vomiting,
Loses consciousness,
Has seizures,
Sleeps excessively, or ,
Complains of headache (-a small child may cry excessively),
Some types of head injury may even have symptoms appearing later.
A fall with an injury to the head is an emergency where the child has to be examined by a pediatrician.
Your childs doctor may decide to go for a CT scan or that such a test is not required based on the results of the neurological examination.
When a child hurts his nose and he begins to bleed, or in hot summer months when bleeding starts spontaneously, the child has to be put in a sitting position, bending forward, enough to allow blood to drip out of his nose. The nose has to be pinched with two fingers, long enough to stop the bleeding.
Once the bleeding stops, the child needs to be brought to hospital for examination, and necessary treatment. Some bleeds require medical treatment; some need intervention by an ENT surgeon, while still others may need a neurosurgeon, when the blood is mixed with watery liquid from the brain.
Q. What should we do in a case of frequent nosebleeds?
Your child is almost certain to have at least one nosebleedand probably manyduring these early years. Some preschoolers have several a week. This is neither abnormal nor dangerous, but it can be very frightening. If blood flows down from the back of the nose into the mouth and throat, your child may swallow a great deal of it, which in turn may cause vomiting.
Causes of nosebleeds
There are many causes of nosebleeds, most of which arent serious. Beginning with the most common, they include:
Colds and allergies: A cold or allergy causes swelling and irritation inside the nose and may lead to spontaneous bleeding.
Trauma: A child can get a nosebleed from picking his nose, or putting something into it, or just blowing it too hard. A nosebleed also can occur if he is hit in the nose by a ball or other object or falls and hits his nose.
Low humidity or irritating fumes: If your house is very dry, or if you live in a dry climate, the lining of your childs nose may dry out, making it more likely to bleed. If he is frequently exposed to toxic fumes (fortunately, an unusual occurrence), they may cause nosebleeds, too.
Anatomical problems: Any abnormal structure inside the nose can lead to crusting and bleeding.
Abnormal growths: Any abnormal tissue growing in the nose may cause bleeding. Although most of these growths (usually polyps) are benign (not cancerous), they still should be treated promptly.
Abnormal blood clotting: Anything that interferes with blood clotting can lead to nosebleeds. Medications, even common ones like aspirin, can alter the bloodclotting mechanism just enough to cause bleeding. Blood diseases, such as hemophilia, also can provoke nosebleeds.
Chronic illness: Any child with a long-term illness, or who may require extra oxygen or other medication that can dry out or affect the lining of the nose, is likely to have nosebleeds.
There are many misconceptions and folktales about how to treat nosebleeds. Heres a list of dos and donts.
Do. . .
Remain calm. A nosebleed can be frightening, but is rarely serious.
Keep your child in a sitting or standing position. Tilt his head slightly forward. Have him gently blow his nose if he is old enough.
Pinch the lower half of your childs nose (the soft part) between your thumb and finger and hold it firmly for a full ten minutes. If your child is old enough, he can do this himself. Dont release the nose during this time to see if it is still bleeding.
Release the pressure after ten minutes and wait, keeping your child quiet. If the bleeding hasnt stopped, repeat this step. If after ten more minutes of pressure the bleeding hasnt stopped, call your pediatrician or go to the nearest emergency room.
Dont . . .
Panic. Youll just scare your child.
Have him lie down or tilt back his head.
Stuff tissues, gauze, or any other material into your childs nose to stop the bleeding.
Also call your pediatrician if:
You think your child may have lost too much blood. (But keep in mind that the blood coming from the nose always looks like a lot.)
The bleeding is coming only from your childs mouth, or hes coughing or vomiting blood or brown material that looks like coffee grounds.
Your child is unusually pale or sweaty, or is not responsive. Call your pediatrician immediately in this case, and arrange to take your child to the emergency room.
He has a lot of nosebleeds, along with a chronically stuffy nose. This may mean he has a small, easily broken blood vessel in the nose or on the surface of the lining of the nose, or a growth in the nasal passages.
If your pediatrician sees your child during a nosebleed, she probably will repeat the nose-holding routine described in Step 3. (If the nose is full of blood clots, it may be suctioned clean first.) The doctor also may use nose drops that constrict the blood vessels, or put cotton soaked with medication inside the childs nose. The doctor may decide to examine your childs nose with a special light to find the origin of the bleeding. If a blood vessel is found to be causing the problem, the doctor will touch that point with a chemical substance (silver nitrate) to stop the bleeding.
If the bleeding still cannot be controlled, the nose may have to be packed with gauze. Your child wont like thisit is uncomfortable but it may be necessary. The packing is generally left in for at least twenty-four hours.
If your doctor thinks its necessary to explore the cause of the bleeding further or to make sure your child didnt lose too much blood, a blood test will be ordered. Its extremely rare that a child will need a blood transfusion to replace lost blood.
If your child gets a lot of nosebleeds, ask your pediatrician about using salt-water (saline) nose drops every day. Doing so may be particularly helpful if you live in a very dry climate, or when the furnace is on. In addition, a humidifier or vaporizer will help maintain your homes humidity at a level high enough to prevent nasal drying. Also tell your child not to pick his nose. If he picks it at night or in his sleep, put him to bed wearing thin cotton gloves or socks over his hands and pinned to his pajama sleeve.
Common Problems in children
What is Fever?
A fever is a body temperature that is higher than normal usually above 100oF for most children.
Your child's normal body temperature varies with his age, general health, activity level, the time of day and how much clothing he is wearing. Everyone's temperature tends to be lower early in the morning and higher between late afternoon and early evening. Body temperature also will be slightly higher with strenuous exercise.
What does fever mean?
Fever means infection.
Infections can be caused by viruses or by bacteria and rarely by other agents.
Bacteria cause infections that will usually go on till they are treated by an antibiotic. An example of a disease caused by bacteria is a boil-damaging tissue and forming pus. When bacteria affect the lungs they cause pneumonias, when they affect the gut they cause infective diarrheas-with pus and blood, and dysentery-bloody diarrheas. The drugs to treat bacterial diseases are called-antibiotics.
Viral infections are self limited and usually get well in 5 to 7 days. Common cold is a common example of a viral illness. Measles, chickenpox, mumps, German measles etc are some viral infections that have eruptions on skin. Most diarrheas in young children under 5 years are usually viral. Sometimes viral illnesses cause minor chest infections and rarely a severe infection called Bronchiolitis.
Antibiotics have no role to play in viral infections, and they may occasionally cause harm.
What's the best way to take a child's temperature?
While you often can tell if your child is warmer than usual by feeling his forehead, only a thermometer can tell if he has a fever and how high the temperature is. There are several types of thermometers and methods for taking your child's temperature.
Rectal: If your child is younger than 3 years of age, taking his temperature with a rectal digital thermometer provides the best reading.
Clean the end of the thermometer with rubbing alcohol or soap and water. Rinse it with cool water. Do not rinse with hot water. Put a small amount of lubricant, such as petroleum jelly, on the end.
Place your child belly down across your lap or on a firm surface. Hold him by placing your palm against his lower back, just above his bottom.
With the other hand, turn on the thermometer switch and insert the thermometer 0.5" to 1" into the anal opening. Hold the thermometer in place loosely with 2 fingers, keeping your hand cupped around your child's bottom. Do not insert the thermometer too far. Hold in place for about 1 minute, until you hear the "beep." Remove the thermometer to check the digital reading.
Oral: Once your child is 4 or 5 years of age, you may prefer taking his temperature by mouth with an oral digital thermometer.
Clean the thermometer with lukewarm soapy water or rubbing alcohol. Rinse with cool water.
Turn on the switch and place the sensor under his tongue toward the back of his mouth. Hold in place for about 1 minute, until you hear the "beep." Check the digital reading.
For a correct reading, wait at least 15 minutes after your child has had a hot or cold drink before putting the thermometer in his mouth.
Ear: Tympanic thermometers, which measure temperature inside the ear, are another option for older babies and children.
Gently put the end of the thermometer in the ear canal. Press the start button. You will get a digital reading of your child's temperature within seconds.
While it provides quick results, this thermometer needs to be placed correctly in your child's ear to be accurate. Too much earwax may cause the reading to be incorrect.
Underarm (Axillary): Although not as accurate, if your child is older than 3 months of age, you can take his underarm temperature to see if he has a fever.
Place the sensor end of either an oral or rectal digital thermometer in your child's armpit.
Hold his arm tightly against his chest for about 1 minute, until you hear the "beep." Check the digital reading.
What do I do if my child has a febrile seizure?
In some children, fevers can trigger seizures. A febrile seizure usually happens during the first few hours of a fever. The child may look strange for a few moments, then stiffen, twitch, and roll his eyes. He will be unresponsive for a short time, his breathing will be disturbed, and his skin may appear a little darker than usual. After the seizure, the child quickly returns to normal. Seizures usually last less than 1 minute but, although uncommon, can last for up to 15 minutes.
If my child has a febrile seizure, what should I do immediately to prevent injury?
Place her on the floor or bed away from any hard or sharp objects.
Turn her head to the side so that any saliva or vomit can drain from her mouth.
Do not put anything into her mouth; she will not swallow her tongue.
Call your pediatrician.
How is the child likely to be treated?
If your child has a febrile seizure, call your pediatrician right away. He or she will want to examine your child in order to determine the cause of your child's fever. It is more important to determine and treat the cause of the fever rather than the seizure. A spinal tap may be done to be sure your child does not have a serious infection like meningitis, especially if your child is younger than 1 year of age.
In general, physicians do not recommend treatment of a simple febrile seizure with preventive medications. However, this should be discussed with your pediatrician. In cases of prolonged or repeated seizures, the recommendation may be different.
Anti-fever drugs like acetaminophen and ibuprofen can help lower a fever, but they do not prevent febrile seizures. Your pediatrician will talk to you about the best ways to take care of your child's fever.
If your child has had a febrile seizure, do not fear the worst. These types of seizures are not dangerous to your child and do not cause long-term health problems. If you have concerns about this issue or anything related to your child's health, talk to your pediatrician.
Remember !
While febrile seizures may be very scary, they are harmless to the child. Febrile seizures do not cause brain damage, nervous system problems, paralysis, mental retardation, or death.
Children get cough due to an irritation in the airway. The focus of irritation can be anywhere from the nose, ears, throat, the trachea (windpipe), bronchi, or the lungs themselves. Most coughs accompany the common cold, which is a viral infection of the ear, throat and nose. Once cough starts, the irritation usually persists over weeks.Cough occurring again and again, usually suggests an allergy of the airway.
Long standing coughs are rare and usually suggest a long standing disease like Tuberculosis.
What causes allergies?
The causes of allergies are not fully understood. Children get allergies from coming into contact with allergens. Allergens can be inhaled, eaten, injected (from stings or medicine), or they can come into contact with the skin. Some of the more common allergens are:
house dust mites
animal dander and saliva (cat, dog, horse, rabbit)
chemicals used in industry
some foods and medicines
venom from insect stings
The tendency to have allergies is often passed on in families. For example, if a parent has an allergy problem, there is a higher than normal chance that his or her child also will have allergies. This risk increases if both parents are allergic.
Ear ache in children usually caused by a viral infection, and needs prompt treatment. Untreated, it may result in damage to the ear drum. . Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the most common. About 90% of children have OME at some time before school age, most often between ages 6 months and 4 years. OME often follows colds and viral infections or actual ear infections and will usually clear up on its own without treatment.
Acute otitis media (AOM) includes intense signs and symptoms of infection and inflammation and is the most common bacterial illness in children for which antibacterial agents are prescribed.
My child has tonsillitis. How did he develop tonsils?
The tonsils are oval-shaped, pink masses of tissue on both sides of the throat. The adenoid is similar to the tonsils and is located in the very upper part of the throat, above the uvula and behind the nose. Both the tonsils and the adenoid are part of your body's defense against infections.
They are normal body parts in all human beings.
Will he need to have his tonsils removed?
In years past, it was very common for children to have their tonsils and the adenoid taken out. Today, doctors know much more about tonsils and the adenoid and are more careful about recommending removal.
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils usually due to infection. There are several signs of tonsillitis, including:
Red and swollen tonsils
White or yellow coating over the tonsils
A "throaty" voice
Sore throat
Uncomfortable or painful swallowing
Swollen lymph nodes ("glands") in the neck
Symptoms of enlarged adenoid
It is not always easy to tell when your child's adenoid is enlarged. Some children are born with a larger adenoid. Others may have temporary enlargement of their adenoid due to colds or other infections. This is especially common among young children. Constant swelling or enlargement can cause other health problems such as ear and sinus infections. Some signs of adenoid enlargement are:
Breathing through the mouth instead of the nose most of the time
Nose sounds "blocked" when the child talks
Noisy breathing during the day
Snoring at night
Both the tonsils and the adenoid may be enlarged if your child has the symptoms mentioned above, along with any of the following:
Breathing stops for a short period of time at night during snoring or loud breathing (this is called "sleep apnea").
Choking or gasping during sleep.
Difficulty swallowing, especially solid foods.
A constant "throaty voice," even when there is no tonsillitis.
How infection of tonsils is usually treated?
If your child shows any of these signs or symptoms of enlargement of the tonsils or the adenoid, and doesn't seem to be getting better over a period of weeks, talk to your pediatrician. In many children, the tonsils and adenoid become enlarged without obvious infection. They often shrink without treatment.
According to the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics, your pediatrician may recommend surgery for the following conditions:
Tonsil or adenoid swelling that makes normal breathing difficult (this may or may not include sleep apnea).
Tonsils that are so swollen that your child has a problem swallowing.
An enlarged adenoid that makes breathing uncomfortable, severely alters speech and possibly affects normal growth of the face.
In this case, surgery to remove only the adenoid may be recommended.
Your child has repeated ear or sinus infections despite treatment. In this case, surgery to remove only the adenoid may be recommended.
Your child has an excessive number of severe sore throats each year.
Your child's lymph nodes beneath the lower jaw are swollen or tender for at least six months, even with antibiotic treatment.
Though it is not as common as it once was, some children need to have their tonsils and/or adenoid taken out. If your child needs surgery, make sure he or she knows what will happen before, during, and after surgery. Your pediatrician can help you and your child understand the operation and make it less frightening in the process.
LOOSE STOOLS: diarrhea
What is diarrhea?
When a baby passes stools more frequently that his usual routine, or when the stools are more fluid than his usual stools, he is said to be suffering from diarrhea.
Diarrhea in children younger than 5 years, is usually caused by viruses. Such a diarrhea is self limiting. It is usually watery, and there is no blood or mucus in the stools. Irrespective of the cause loose stools result in loss of fluid and salts from the body-known as dehydration, which can cause considerable harm. It is important to consult your doctor when your child has diarrhea.
What is the best way to treat diarrhea?
Most children with mild diarrhea can continue to eat a normal diet including formula or milk. Breastfeeding can continue. If your baby seems bloated or gassy after drinking cow's milk or formula, call your pediatrician to discuss a temporary change in diet. Special fluids for mild illness are not usually necessary.
What special fluids can be given for moderate illness?
Children with moderate diarrhea may need special fluids. These fluids, called electrolyte solutions ORS, have been designed to replace water and salts lost during diarrhea. They are extremely helpful for the home management of mild to moderately severe illness. Do not try to prepare these special fluids yourself. Use only commercially available fluidsbrand-name and generic brands are equally effective. Your pediatrician or pharmacist can tell you what products are available.
If your child is not vomiting, these fluids can be used in very generous amounts until the child starts making normal amounts of urine again.
Reminderdo's and don'ts
Watch for signs of dehydration which occur when a child loses too much fluid and becomes dried out. Symptoms of dehydration include a decrease in urination, no tears when baby cries, high fever, dry mouth, weight loss, extreme thirst, listlessness, and sunken eyes.
Keep your pediatrician informed if there is any significant change in how your child is behaving.
Report if your child has blood in his stool.
Report if your child develops a high fever (more than 102°F or 39°C).
Continue to feed your child if she is not vomiting. You may have to give your child smaller amounts of food than normal or give your child foods that do not further upset his or her stomach.
Use diarrhea replacement fluids that are specifically made for diarrhea if your child is thirsty.
Try to make special salt and fluid combinations at home unless your pediatrician instructs you and you have the proper instruments.
Prevent the child from eating if she is hungry.
Use boiled milk or other salty broth and soups.
se "anti-diarrhea" medicines unless prescribed by your pediatrician.
What's the best way to treat vomiting?
In most cases, vomiting will stop without specific medical treatment. You should never use over-the-counter or prescription remedies unless they've been specifically prescribed by your pediatrician for your child and for this particular illness.
When your infant or young child is vomiting, keep her lying on her stomach or side as much as possible. Doing this will minimize the chances of her inhaling vomit into her upper airway and lungs.
Watch for dehydration
When there is continued vomiting, you need to make certain that dehydration doesn't occur. Dehydration is a term used when the body loses so much water that it can no longer function efficiently. If allowed to reach a severe degree, it can be serious and life-threatening. To prevent this from happening, make sure your child consumes enough extra fluids to restore what has been lost through throwing up. If she vomits these fluids, notify your pediatrician.
Modify your child's diet
For the first twenty-four hours or so of any illness that causes vomiting, keep your child off solid foods, and encourage her to suck or drink clear fluids, such as water, sugar water (1.2 teaspoon [2.5 ml] sugar in 4 ounces [120 ml] of water), Popsicles, gelatin water (1 teaspoon [5 ml] of flavored gelatin in 4 ounces of water), or preferably an electrolyte solution (ask your pediatrician which one), instead of eating. Liquids not only help to prevent dehydration, but also are less likely than solid foods to stimulate further vomiting.
Here are some guidelines to follow for giving your child fluids after she has vomited.
Wait for two to three hours after the last vomiting episode, and then give 1 to 2 ounces (3060 ml) of cool water every half hour to one hour for four feedings.
If she retains this, give 2 ounces (60 ml) of electrolyte solution alternated with 2 ounces of clear liquids every half hour.
If this is retained for two feedings, add half-strength formula or milk (depending on age), and continue increasing the quantity slowly to 3 to 4 ounces (90120 ml) every three or four hours.
After twelve to twenty-four hours with no additional vomiting, gradually return your child to her normal diet, but continue to give her plenty of clear fluids.
In most cases, your child will just need to stay at home and receive a liquid diet for twelve to twenty-four hours. Your pediatrician usually wont prescribe a drug to treat the vomiting.
If your child also has diarrhea, ask your pediatrician for instructions on giving liquids and restoring solids to her diet.
When to see the doctor?
If she cant retain any clear liquids or if the symptoms become more severe, notify your pediatrician. She will examine your child and may order blood and urine tests or X rays to make a diagnosis. Occasionally hospital care may be necessary.
What is anemia and how can I tell if my child is anemic?
Anemia is a condition that occurs when there are not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the other cells in the body. The body's cells need oxygen to survive. Your child may become anemic for any of the following reasons:
Her body does not produce enough red blood cells.
Her body destroys or loses (through bleeding) too many red blood cells.
There is not enough hemoglobin in her red blood cells. Hemoglobin is a special pigment that makes it possible for the red blood cells to carry oxygen to all the cells of the body, and to carry waste material (carbon dioxide) away.
What are the signs and symptoms of anemia?
Anemia causes the following signs and symptoms:
Pale, gray, or "ashy" skin (also, the lining of the eyelids and the nail beds may look less pink than normal)
Mild weakness
Tiring easily
Children with severe anemia may have the following additional signs and symptoms:
Shortness of breath
Rapid heart rate
Swollen hands and feet
Also, a newborn with hemolytic anemia may become jaundiced (turn yellow), although many newborns are mildly jaundiced and do not become anemic.
Children who lack iron in their diets may also eat strange things such as ice, dirt, clay, and cornstarch. This behavior is called "pica." It is not harmful unless your child eats something toxic, such as lead paint chips. Usually the pica stops after the anemia is treated and as the child grows older.
If your child shows any of these symptoms or signs, see your pediatrician. A simple blood count can diagnose anemia in most cases.
What does one do to Prevent anemia in the child?
Iron-deficiency anemia and other nutritional anemias can be prevented easily. Make sure your child is eating a well-balanced diet by following these suggestions:
Do not give your baby cow's milk until he is over 12 months old.
If your child is breast-fed, give him foods with added iron, such as cereal, when you begin feeding him solid foods. Before then, he will get enough iron from the breast milk. However, feeding him solid foods with too little iron will decrease the amount of iron he gets from the milk.
If you formula-feed your baby, give him formula with added iron.
Make sure your older child eats a well-balanced diet with foods that contain iron. Many grains and cereals have added iron (check labels to be sure). Other good sources of iron include egg yolks, red meat, potatoes, tomatoes, molasses, and raisins. Also, to increase the iron in your family's diet, use the fruit pulp in juices, and cook potatoes with the skins on.
With proper treatment, your child's anemia should improve quickly. Be sure to contact your pediatrician if you think your child might be anemic.
My baby is afraid of strangers and never wants to leave my side. Is this normal?
Between the ages of eight and twelve months, your child sometimes may seem like two separate babies. First theres the one whos open, affectionate, and outgoing with you. But then theres another whos anxious, clinging, and easily frightened around unfamiliar people or objects. Some people may tell you that your child is fearful or shy because youre spoiling her, but dont believe it. Her widely diverse behavior patterns arent caused by you or your parenting style; they occur because shes now, for the first time, able to tell the difference between familiar and unfamiliar situations. If anything, the predictable anxieties of this period are evidence of her healthy relationship with you.
Separation anxiety: An emotional milestone
Anxiety around strangers is usually one of the first emotional milestones your baby will reach. You may think something is wrong when this child of yours who, at the age of three months, interacted calmly with people she didnt know is now beginning to tense up when strangers come too close. This is normal for this age, and you need not worry. Even relatives and frequent babysitters with whom your baby was once comfortable may prompt her to hide or cry now, especially if they approach her hastily.
At about the same time, shell become much more clutchy about leaving you. This is the start of separation anxiety. Just as shes starting to realize that each object is unique and permanent, shell also discover that theres only one of you. When youre out of her sight, shell know youre somewhere, but not with her, and this will cause her great distress. Shell have so little sense of time that she wont know whenor even whetheryoull be coming back. Once she gets a little older, her memory of past experiences with you will comfort her when youre gone, and shell be able to anticipate a reunion. But for now shes only aware of the present, so every time you leave her sighteven to go to the next room shell fuss and cry. When you leave her with someone else, she may scream as though her heart will break. At bedtime, shell refuse to leave you to go to sleep, and then she may wake up searching for you in the middle of the night.
How long it will last?
Separation anxiety usually peaks between ten and eighteen months and then fades during the last half of the second year. In some ways, this phase of your childs emotional development will be especially tender for both of you, while in others, it will be painful. After all, her desire to be with you is a sign of her attachment to her first and greatest lovenamely you. The intensity of her feeling as she hurtles into your arms is irresistible, especially when you realize that no oneincluding your child herself will ever again think you are quite as perfect as she does at this age. On the other hand, you may feel suffocated by her constant clinging, while experiencing guilt whenever you leave her crying for you. Fortunately, this emotional roller coaster eventually will subside along with her separation anxiety. But in the meantime, try to downplay your leave-taking as much as possible. Here are some suggestions that may help.
Your baby is more susceptible to separation anxiety when shes tired, hungry, or sick. If you know youre going to go out, schedule your departure so that it occurs after shes napped and eaten. And try to stay with her as much as possible when shes sick.
Dont make a fuss over your leaving. Instead, have the person staying with her create a distraction (a new toy, a visit to the mirror, a bath). Then say good-bye and slip away quickly.
Remember that her tears will subside within minutes of your departure. Her outbursts are for your benefit, to persuade you to stay. With you out of sight, shell soon turn her attention to the person staying with her.
Help her learn to cope with separation through short practice sessions at home. Separation will be easier on her when she initiates it, so when she crawls to another room (one thats baby-proofed), dont follow her right away; wait for one or two minutes. When you have to go to another room for a few seconds, tell her where youre going and that youll return. If she fusses, call to her instead of running back. Gradually shell learn that nothing terrible happens when youre gone and, just as important, that you always come back when you say you will.
If you take your child to a sitters home or a child care center, dont just drop her off and leave. Spend a few extra minutes playing with her in this new environment. When you do leave, reassure her that youll be back later.
If your child has a strong, healthy attachment to you, her separation anxiety probably will occur earlier than in other babies, and shell pass through it more quickly. Instead of resenting her possessiveness during these months, maintain as much warmth and good humor as you can. Through your actions, youre showing her how to express and return love. This is the emotional base shell rely on in years to come.
Childrens Growth
Growth Charts
Reading growth Charts
Note that boys and girls grow at different rates, and hence there are different growth charts for them. In the appropriate graph above, look at your childs age in the x-axis. Follow the line vertically upwards to meet the weight of the child as you have recorded. (In the green band showing the weights). The nearer a child is to the centre of the band, his weight is at par with the largest majority of children in this age group. Above and below are children who are proportionately advanced or lagging in weight.
What are some of the developmental milestones my child should reach by three months of age?
By the time your baby is three months of age, she will have made a dramatic transformation from a totally dependent newborn to an active and responsive infant. Shell lose many of her newborn reflexes while acquiring more voluntary control of her body. Youll find her spending hours inspecting her hands and watching their movements.
Here are some other milestones to look for.
Movement milestones
Raises head and chest when lying on stomach
Supports upper body with arms when lying on stomach
Stretches legs out and kicks when lying on stomach or back
Opens and shuts hands
Pushes down on legs when feet are placed on a firm surface
Brings hand to mouth
Takes swipes at dangling objects with hands
Grasps and shakes hand toys
Visual and hearing milestones
Watches faces intently
Follows moving objects
Recognizes familiar objects and people at a distance
Starts using hands and eyes in coordination
Smiles at the sound of your voice
Begins to babble
Begins to imitate some sounds
Turns head toward direction of sound
Social and emotional milestones
egins to develop a social smile
Enjoys playing with other people and may cry when playing stops
Becomes more communicative and expressive with face and body
Imitates some movements and facial expressions
What are some of the developmental milestones my child should reach by seven months of age?
From age four to seven months, the most important changes take place within your child. This is the period when hell learn to coordinate his emerging perceptive abilities (the use of senses like vision, touch, and hearing) and his increasing motor abilities to develop skills like grasping, rolling over, sitting up, and possibly even crawling.
Here are some other milestones to look for.
Movement milestones
Rolls both ways (front to back, back to front)
Sits with, and then without, support of her hands
Supports her whole weight on her legs
Reaches with one hand
Transfers object from hand to hand
Uses raking grasp (not pincer)
Visual milestones
Develops full color vision
Distance vision matures
Ability to track moving objects improves
Language milestones
Responds to own name
Begins to respond to no
Distinguishes emotions by tone of voice
Responds to sound by making sounds
Uses voice to express joy and displeasure
Babbles chains of consonants
Cognitive milestones
Finds partially hidden object
Explores with hands and mouth
Struggles to get objects that are out of reach
Social and emotional milestones
Enjoys social play
Interested in mirror images
Responds to other peoples expressions of emotion and appears joyful
Although each baby develops in her own individual way and at her own rate, failure to reach certain milestones may signal medical or developmental problems requiring special attention. If you notice any of the following warning signs in your infant at this age, discuss them with your pediatrician.
Doesnt seem to respond to loud sounds
Doesnt notice her hands by two months
Doesnt smile at the sound of your voice by two months
Doesnt follow moving objects with her eyes by two to three months
Doesnt grasp and hold objects by three months
Doesnt smile at people by three months
Cannot support her head well at three months
Doesnt reach for and grasp toys by three to four months
Doesnt babble by three to four months
Doesnt bring objects to her mouth by four months
Begins babbling, but doesnt try to imitate any of your sounds by four months
Doesnt push down with her legs when her feet are placed on a firm surface by four months
Has trouble moving one or both eyes in all directions
Crosses her eyes most of the time (Occasional crossing of the eyes is normal in these first months.)
Doesnt pay attention to new faces, or seems very frightened by new faces or surroundings
Still has the tonic neck reflex at four to five months
Because each baby develops in his own particular manner, its impossible to tell exactly when or how your child will perfect a given skill. The developmental milestones listed in this book will give you a general idea of the changes you can expect, but dont be alarmed if your own babys development takes a slightly different course. Alert your pediatrician, however, if your baby displays any of the following signs of possible developmental delay for this age range.
Seems very stiff, with tight muscles
Seems very floppy, like a rag doll
Head still flops back when body is pulled up to a sitting position
Reaches with one hand only
Refuses to cuddle
Shows no affection for the person who cares for him
Doesnt seem to enjoy being around people
One or both eyes consistently turn in or out
Persistent tearing, eye drainage, or sensitivity to light
Does not respond to sounds around him
Has difficulty getting objects to his mouth
Does not turn his head to locate sounds by four months
Doesnt roll over in either direction (front to back or back to front) by five months
Seems inconsolable at night after five months
Doesnt smile spontaneously by five months
Cannot sit with help by six months
Does not laugh or make squealing sounds by six months
Does not actively reach for objects by six to seven months
Doesnt follow objects with both eyes at near (1 foot) [30 cm] and far (6 feet) [180 cm] ranges by seven months
Does not bear some weight on legs by seven months
Does not try to attract attention through actions by seven months
Does not babble by eight months
Shows no interest in games of peekaboo by eight months
Feeding Children
Children should be started on solids in the sixth month. A light rice gruel, kheer, soups etc. are good way to start in the early stages. These foods are called complementary foods- foods that are offered to the child, as breast milk is continued.
It is common for the young infant to take considerable time around 30-45 minutes, in taking a meal. It is usually most successful, when it made to look like a play routine-rather than a tedious task.
Different tastes and texture need to be introduced serially once the child has taken a liking for a few food items and the volumes have been built up.
It is also, not uncommon for the child to be loving a certain food one day and completely reject it the next day. A little imagination, and creativity helps in maintaining the tempo of feeding.
Most pediatricians, the world over, have dropped the term-weaning, which is understood to have a negative connotation-in the sense of stopping breast feeding which is not desirable, rather than adding on other foods over and above the ongoing feeding schedule.
Q. Why does my child need to be immunized?
Immunizations have helped children remain healthy for more than 50 years. But many parents still have many questions about them, including the following:
Q: "Why are vaccines needed if the diseases they prevent are not as common anymore?"
A: Vaccines are still needed because the bacteria and viruses that cause these diseases still exist. Vaccines have protected children and continue to protect children from getting these diseases. In the United States many diseases are not as common or widespread as they used to be thanks to better nutrition, less crowded living conditions, better sanitation, antibiotics, and, most importantly, vaccines.
Vaccines also are needed to protect children from diseases that may be brought into the United States from people who have visited or are visiting from other countries. Many vaccine-preventable diseases are still common in many parts of the world. Travelers may be carriers of these diseases without them knowing they are infected. Influenza is an example of a disease that is transmitted between countries every year.
Q: "Do vaccines even work? Most of the people who get these diseases have been vaccinated."
A: Yes. Vaccines work extremely well. Millions of children have been protected from serious illnesses such as polio, whooping cough, measles, tetanus, and diphtheria because parents have had their children immunized. Most childhood vaccines are 90% to 99% effective in preventing disease. They are even more effective in reducing disease severity. Occasionally a few children may not develop the desired protection after receiving a vaccine.
But to not vaccinate your child gives them no protection from the possibility of getting one of these deadly diseases.
Q: "I've heard that some children have serious side effects from vaccines. Are vaccines safe for my child?"
A: Vaccines are safe, and severe reactions to vaccines are very rare. Mild reactions to vaccines do occur, but they do not last long. There may be some swelling, redness, and discomfort where the shot was given. Your child may have a low-grade fever and be fussy afterward. Symptoms of more serious reactions are much less common. Call your child's pediatrician right away if your child has a
Very high fever (>103°F)
Generalized rash (including hives)
Large amount of swelling around the shot or in the limb used for the shot
Your child's pediatrician can decide whether your child should receive future doses of the same vaccine.
Children with certain health problems may need to avoid some vaccines or get them later. For example, children with cancer, those taking steroids for lung or kidney conditions, or those who have problems with their immune systems in most cases should not receive vaccines like the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) or chickenpox vaccine. These are not safe for children with these health problems because the vaccine is made with weakened live viruses. For children with seizures, the pertussis part of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine may need to be delayed.
Ask your child's pediatrician when the vaccine can be given.
Remember, immunizations are an important part of your child's total health care. Immunize your child on time, and keep your child's immunization record up to date. Make sure you take your child to the pediatrician's office or a health clinic on a regular basis.
Adverse events following immunization
Most children complain of some pain, redness and mild swelling at the site of injection, this is common. Though nothing needs to be done in most cases, it is usually helped by, application of ice. Hot fomentation etc is not recommended.
Some vaccines particularly DPT, cause a fever that may last more than a few hours, and they need some medicines for fever.
To ensure a healthy life for your child we at Chaitanya follow your babys health from intrauterine life till he discharged from hospital, not only for manifest problems, but various rare conditions. These tests are the norm in most developed countries.
Antenatal Anomaly screen
Postnatal Dysmorphology Screen
Metabolic screen
Hearing screen
Antenatal Anomaly screen
Level II ultrasound scan done at 5 months for all mothers to-be screens any defects in formation of various organs. It always helps us to prepare for the new arrival keeping his special needs,should an anomaly be detected.
Postnatal Dysmorphology Screen
A specialist screens all newborns after birth with a critical eye to search for any abnormality, malformation, or any major or minor defects in most internal organs. If you have a baby discharged from Chaitanya, rest assured, we have taken great pains to ensure that your baby is well, or that you have been informed about any future problems likely to arise from any findings of this examination.
Metabolic screen
The human body is made up of a vast number of complex chemical molecules. Sometimes some defects creep in, in the structure of these molecules. This results in defects that have wide ranging impact over the whole body system. These limit the bodys ability to handle some items in milk, like some amino acids, which are converted to damaging molecules. If the defect is known at birth, avoidance of offending items make the difference between health and irreversible disease.
Some hormones like the thyroid hormone support brain growth. Defects in this hormone, causes a major impact on the brain development of the child. If known at birth it is eminently treated.
When we look at defects in chemical structure of the body, we call it metabolic screening. We routinely screen all newborn, delivered in our hospital for three major defects-hypothyroidism, G-6-PD deficiency and, 17-OHP.
We offer hearing screen by a qualified audiologist.
Why do newborns need hearing screening?
Although most babies can hear normally, 2 to 3 of every 1,000 babies are born with some degree of hearing loss. Without newborn hearing screening, it can be difficult to detect hearing loss in the important first months and years of your baby's life. About half of the children with hearing loss have no risk factors for it.
Newborn hearing screening can detect possible hearing loss in the first days of a baby's life. If a possible hearing loss is found, further tests will be done to confirm the results. If a hearing loss is confirmed, treatment and early intervention can start promptly. Early intervention helps babies with hearing loss and their families learn important communication skills.
That is why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all babies receive newborn hearing screening before they go home from the hospital.
Importance of good hearing
Babies learn from the time they are born. One of the ways they learn is through hearing. If they have problems with hearing and do not receive the right treatment and early intervention services, babies will have trouble with language development. For some babies early intervention services may include the use of sign language and/or hearing aids. Studies show that children with hearing loss who receive appropriate early intervention services by age 6 months usually develop good language and learning skills.
Screening tests
There are 2 screening tests that may be used.
Auditory brainstem response (ABR)This test measures how the brain responds to sound. Clicks or tones are played through soft earphones into the baby's ears. Three electrodes placed on the baby's head measure the brain's response.
Otoacoustic emissions (OAE)This test measures sound waves produced in the inner ear. A tiny probe is placed just inside the baby's ear canal. It measures the response (echo) when clicks or tones are played into the baby's ears.
Both tests are quick (about 5 to 10 minutes), painless, and may be done while your baby is sleeping or lying still. Either or both tests may be used.
If hearing loss is found
This depends on the type of hearing loss that your baby has. Every baby with hearing loss should be seen by a hearing specialist (audiologist) experienced in testing babies and a pediatric ear/nose/throat doctor (otolaryngologist).
Special hearing tests can be performed by the audiologist who, together with the otolaryngologist, can tell you the degree of hearing loss and what can be done to help.
If the hearing loss is permanent, hearing aids and speech and language services may be recommended for your baby. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that free early intervention programs be offered to children with hearing loss, beginning at the time the child's hearing loss is identified.
The outlook is good for children with hearing loss who begin an early intervention program before the age of 6 months. Research shows these children usually develop language skills at par with those of their peers.
Timing is everything
Some parents think they would be able to tell if their baby could not hear. This is not always the case. Babies may respond to noise by startling or turning their heads toward the sound. This does not mean they have normal hearing. Most babies with hearing loss can hear some sounds but still not hear enough to develop full speaking ability.
Your baby will have the best chance for normal language development if any hearing loss is discovered and treated by the age of 6 monthsand the earlier, the better.
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Well, I don't know the effect yet. I got shot up with Techetium-99m, the gamma-ray-producing metastable nuclear isomer of technetium, Element No. 43. I then got shot with a gamma camera. Two gamma cameras. It was Gammazilla versus Camera. Sorry. The first was a sort of Instamatic gamma camera. The second was a 3D camera, with Technetiumcolor and Super-Gammavision 70.
You lie (or as the tech guy put it, you lay) on a narrow tray-like bed that affords no support for your arms, so you're constantly straining to keep them from hanging down. You must keep ab-solutely still for a long time while the camera moves around, taking pictures from various angles. Just lying (laying? having lain? Lois Lain?) there was exhausting. I couldn't relax. They kept telling me to take deep breaths and hold it, then forget to tell me to let it out. You could complain until you're blue in the face.
We did about an hour of that. Then they let me go to lunch. I could eat or drink anything. Gamma rays don't mind. I walked past plastic flowers in the hospital lobby and they wilted. Just kidding. Plastic flowers don't wilt. The real ones on the nurses' desk did, though.
I was thinking of an old Superman TV episode in which Supe gets super-irradiated stanching a nuclear reactor meltdown (way pre-Chernobyl) and walks around glowing, not with pride.
I came back from lunch and they sent me to the Super Gammavision camera room. A sort of re-volving drum of cameras orbited me as I lay (lied? laid? leered? shall have laided?) there stiffly, fearing to blink an eye.
One operator set me up with arm supports, which the Gammavision chief took away. I was all set to take a nap before he did that. I didn't complain. After all, the government was paying.
When it was all over, I walked out of the hospital in a sort of a glow. Of metastable nuclear iso-mer (what's that? look it up, already), that is.
I never metastable I didn't want to clean up. Call me "Herk."
It's been over six hours since I was shot up. With a gamma-producing halflife of six hours, I am no longer shooting high-energy electromagnetic wavicles.
In your senior years you have to keep radioactive. It helps.
But seriously, folks….


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Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:
>>...[Class] >>A class is what provides a name and a place for >>the abstract behavior of a set of objects >>said to belong to the class. (Larry Wall, Apocalypse 12)
...specification... would add information on how the class is
capable to provide what it provides. While that is relevant
to the maker of the class, it is IMHO not relevant to something
being a class or not.
...component... would add component-based software connotations. Please not.
> And how about "abstract attributes and behavior"?
Why restrict it to abstract attributes and behavior? Received on Sun Apr 18 2004 - 05:49:48 CDT
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Title: Scrapping the Biomes
This is a student led exploration of the biomes through art and self-expression, in which students create a scrapbook of assigned biomes. This activity utilizes technology, research, and cooperative learning groups for completion. The biomes included in this activity are the tropical rainforest, deciduous forest, grassland, taiga, desert, tundra, freshwater (including rivers and wetlands), and saltwater (including coral reefs and deep sea). This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (5) 5: Identify societal values, beliefs, and everyday experiences expressed through works of art.
Title: Carle's Crazy Critters
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to read books aloud to the class. Students also spend time researching Eric Carle and his practices as a writer and illustrator. Finally, students become writers and illustrators themselves, as they create their own books and present their books to younger students.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (3) 34: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. [SL.3.4]
Title: Roman Arches
Students will watch a slideshow presentation on Roman arches with followup discussions and activities focusing on the arch as it is used in architecture and art images. They will then create a collograph using an arch.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (4) 5: Describe functions of art within the total environment, including functional sculptures, urban improvement, and transportation.
Title: Teaching Art with Picture Books
In this lesson, students will observe the work of artist Eric Carle, investigate the life of an illustrator, and make their own three-dimensional art project using tissue paper and paint.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (5) 4: Critique personal works of art orally or in writing according to specified criteria, including elements of art, principals of design, technical skill, and creativity.
Title: Ambiguous Pictures/Abstract Art
In this lesson students learn how perspective can change the meaning of art. The students will use a digital camera to take extreme close-ups of objects, thus causing the pictures to become resemble abstract art. This project incorporates art, writing and technology.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 12: Create a product using digital tools.
Title: Critiquing Art
Students will begin to understand that being an critiquing art is not about what one likes or dislikes, but rather if the art makes sense or makes a statement. Students will learn how to use the vocabulary of the Elements and Principles of Design when discussing art.
Standard(s): [TC2] (3-5) 2: Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.
Title: Expressive Expressionist Faces
Students will learn about Expressionist artists and the strategies they used in their artworks. The students will also produce an Expressionist artwork using some of those strategies as well as develop a slideshow presentation about an Expressionist artist.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (5) 7: Associate a particular artistic style with an individual artist.
Title: The "T" in Art is for Thinking
This lesson provides fourth through eighth grade gifted and talented students with a research-based project, and can also be used with art and language arts students from sixth through ninth grade. Students will design and create a slideshow presentation as a vehicle for analyzing a painting. Using the art criticism process, students will describe and analyze the art elements and principles of design and provide an interpretation of a painting of their choice. Biographical information about the artist and contextual knowledge concerning the art period/movement and the associated historical times may be included.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (6-8) 4: Discuss strengths and weaknesses of a personal portfolio or other work of art.
Title: The Elements of Art
This podcast teaches the seven elements of art. Each of the elements, line, shape, form, space, value, color, and texture, are defined and illustrated using drawn and animated images. The elements are the basic building blocks used in creating art. The order in which the elements are explained shows how they are used together to create complex images. This is shown by creating an image by starting with the simplest element and adding the other elements until the image is complete. Standard(s):
[AED] VA (6-8) 4: Discuss strengths and weaknesses of a personal portfolio or other work of art.


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Help us help you. Follow these guidelines and the delay in reviewing your site is much shorter, and increases the likelihood of the site being listed.An awning is a cover extending over or in front of decks, doors or windows, used to provide shade and shelter.
To be listed in this category, the website must offer online sales to the public, and shipping must be provided across a wide area. See the Shopping description for further information.
If the website doesn''t fit the above definition then:
If the website is about the manufacture of awnings, it should be submitted to Business/Construction_and_Maintenance/Materials_and_Supplies/Doors_and_Windows/Awnings/.
If the website provides large tents or canvas structures used by the entertainment industry, it should be submitted to Business/Industries/Arts_and_Entertainment/Equipment/Staging/Tents_and_Canvas_Structures.
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Please submit sites that primarily sell what is generally recognized as Adirondack style outdoor furniture.Patio, pool, deck, and garden furniture. In general, outdoor furniture and accessories
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The people at Harris Interactive just released the results of a new poll on Americans' feelings toward weddings . . . and it proves one main thing: No matter WHAT you do for your wedding, a bunch of people are going to hate it.
Here are five of the best stats from the survey . . .
1. 6% of people have skipped a wedding to avoid DRAMA . . . 3% have skipped one because they didn't APPROVE of who their friend or family member was marrying . . . and 1% have skipped one to avoid running into an ex.
2. 84% of people are still cool with the tradition of the bride's father "giving her away" . . . but 16% of people don't like it.
3. We're pretty split on whether brides should wear white . . . since, you know, barely anyone gets married as a virgin anymore. 54% of people say the bride should wear white . . . 46% say it doesn't matter.
4. 88% of people think destination weddings are RUDE because they put too much of a financial burden on guests.
5. And 71% of people think if it's one person's second wedding . . . or third, fourth, or fifth wedding . . . the wedding should be more subdued.
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Easy Cheeseburger Ring
If you need to make a great appetizer in a pinch, our Easy Cheeseburger Ring is calling your name. It's so simple, yet so tasty, don't be surprised when it disappears in a flash!
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 35 min
What You'll Need:
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons mustard
1 cup Cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 (8-ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
See a Sausage Crescent Squares Recipe What To Do:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray.
2.In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef and onion, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink; drain.
3.Stir in ketchup, mustard, Cheddar cheese, salt, and pepper. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Remove from heat and set aside.
4.Unroll crescent rolls. Place wide end of triangles in center of pizza pan, forming a ring, overlapping dough as necessary. Spoon meat mixture into center of each triangle. Bring smaller ends of triangles over meat, tucking ends under.
5.Bake 20 minutes, or until rolls are golden. Serve warm.
•Serve with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onion, and pickles for that authentic cheeseburger experience!
•And what would any cheeseburger be without fries?!
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Send Money Via Gmail? Google Lets You Send Cash As An AttachmentCecily Kellogg
Ever wish you could send cash in an email? Maybe make a donation for your friend's charity run, or your portion of a birthday present, or just pay back a loan?
Well, Google wants to make that possible. Over the next few months it will be rolling out this feature to Gmail account holders over the age of 18. When you send an email, you'll see a little dollar sign next to the attachment paperclip. Of course, you'll need a Google Wallet account as well.
Google Wallet basically Google's attempt to beat Paypal at its own game has been struggling to become relevant since it's launch. But this new element might change the game; after all, Paypal has only about 110 million users while Gmail has four times that amount and if someone sends you money via Gmail, you'll need a Google Wallet account to be able to claim the cash (although you won't actually need a Gmail account).
Interesting. Keep an eye on your Gmail account!


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Security Council resolution 1131 (1997)on the situation concerning Western Sahara, U.N. Doc. S/RES/1131 (1997).
The Security Council,
Recalling all its previous resolutions on the question of Western
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 25 September
1997 (S/1997/742 and Add.1), and the agreements reached between the
parties recorded in that report,
Expressing its satisfaction at the extent to which the parties
cooperated with the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General and urging
the parties to continue this cooperation by fully implementing the said
agreements and the Settlement Plan,
Reiterating its commitment to the holding, without further
delay, of a free, fair and impartial referendum for the self-determination
of the people of Western Sahara in accordance with the Settlement Plan,
1. Decides to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission
for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 20 October 1997,
in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary-General contained
in his report;
2. Welcomes the other recommendations contained in the report
of the Secretary-General of 25 September 1997 and expresses its
readiness to consider further action in accordance with these recommendations;
3. Decides to remain seized of the matter.


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Internship Guidelines
Internships offer the opportunity to supplement classroom theory with practical knowledge gained from a carefully monitored, field-based learning experience in a professional setting. Internships provide either a general career exploratory experience (experimental internship) or a pre-professional level experience related to the student's academic objectives (departmental internship).
- Students are required to work 160 hours in the internship site.
- Qualified students may do internships during the regular term as well as during the January Term and in the summer.
- Internships are not open to first-year students.
- Requirements for departmental internships are determined by each department and are listed in the course descriptions in the Academic Catalog.
- Students interested in pursuing an experimental internship must be in good academic standing (cumulative grade point average of 2.0).
- Faculty sponsors should check to make sure that students have the necessary courses and cumulative average before approving an internship.
Most internships are unpaid; transportation costs and expenses of a personal nature are borne by the student. The maximum number of internship course credits allowed for graduation is four.
Setting up the Internship
1. It is the student's responsibility to explore internship possibilities.
- Visit the office of Student Professional Development to discuss internship sites, resumes, interviewing and contacting organizations.
- Internships are posted on Salem's College Career Network website. Students may also visit other links and resources online, talk to faculty and upperclassmen, or family and friends to assist with finding an internship.
2. Meet with your faculty sponsor early in the semester to discuss potential internship opportunities. A student should not contact any off-campus agency or supervisor until she has met with a faculty sponsor and has received tentative approval of the proposed internship.
3. After receiving tentative faculty approval, the student is responsible for contacting the agency/business regarding the internship.4. If it is a student's first Salem College internship, she must attend an internship orientation.
5. The student must complete their internship contract, secure all required signatures and submit the completed contract with liability waivers to the Student Professional Development Center by the final day of Drop/Add.
- Students who do not complete and submit the contract form prior to the deadlines stated in the catalog or the commencement of the January Term may not receive academic credit for the internship.
- It is recommended that students who enroll in a departmental internship present their work in some public forum within the department.
- Internship Contract
- Liability Waiver (traditional & Fleer students)
- Parent/Guardian Liability Waiver (for use by traditional students)
- Supervisor Evaluation Form
- Student Internship Evaluation Form
Evaluation of the Internship The faculty sponsor is responsible for the evaluation of the internship experience. The faculty sponsor evaluates the student's written work (written work might include a paper, journals, posters, exhibits, etc.) and the on-site supervisor's evaluation of the intern's work: 1 copy is given to the faculty sponsor and 1 copy is given to the Student Professional Development Office.
Also, the intern will fill out an evaluation of their experience of the internship with 1 copy delivered to the faculty sponsor and 1 copy to be delivered to the Student Professional Development Office.
The faculty sponsor assigns the student's grade (letter grade for departmental internships, Pass/No Credit for experimental internships).


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Voter tells Ynet: 'On one hand, I don't want to see the liar Morsi turn Egypt into Afghanistan. On the other, Shafiq is indeed a good man, but he's from the old regime and behaves like Mubarak'
Roi Kais
Published: 06.11.12, 00:39 / Israel News
Roi Kais
Ahmed Shafiq
has won 100% of the votes cast in the run-off presidential election by Egyptian citizens living in Israel,
Egyptian media outlets reported.
Mohammaed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood
candidate, didn't win a single vote among voters in Israel.
Related stories:
"The results showed that Shafiq was well in the lead, which makes sense for Israel," the source said, adding that he hoped the losing side would respect the democratic process and honor Egypt's
peace treaty with Israel.
Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq (Photo: AP)
"Shafiq will certainly honor it, and so would Morsi, whose expressions are more moderate than the other candidates'."
Rafiq Rafael, a 42-year-old Copt
who moved to Israel five years ago, and his friend Hisham Farid, wrote in the names of both candidates as a protest.
"We don't feel good about either of the candidates who made it to the run-off," Rafael told Ynet. "On one hand, I don't want to see the liar Morsi turn Egypt into Afghanistan, but on the other hand, Shafiq is indeed a good man, but he's from the old regime and behaves like Mubarak."