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A few reasons why the Infant mortality rate is higher in the U.S.(Doesn't explain the higher rate of infant mortality for African-American babies) Cuba vs. the United States on Infant Mortality Recently released statistics on the infant mortality rate in the Western hemisphere yielded an odd conclusions — Cuba’s infant mortality rate, 16 6.0 per 1,000, is now lower than the U.S. infant mortality rate, at 7.2 per 1,000. Given Cuba’s poverty level, its 6.0 rate is very impressive, but is it accurate to say that Cuba now has an infant mortality rate lower than the United States? No. The problem is that international statistics on infant mortality are helpful in revealing large differences, but when it comes to small differences such as that between Cuba and the United States, often other factors are really behind the numbers. The primary reason Cuba has a lower infant mortality rate than the United States is that the United States is a world leader in an odd category — the percentage of infants who die on their birthday. In any given year in the United States anywhere from 30-40 percent of infants die before they are even a day old. Why? Because the United States also easily has the most intensive system of emergency intervention to keep low birth weight and premature infants alive in the world. The United States is, for example, one of only a handful countries that keeps detailed statistics on early fetal mortality — the survival rate of infants who are born as early as the 20th week of gestation. How does this skew the statistics? Because in the United States if an infant is born weighing only 400 grams and not breathing, a doctor will likely spend lot of time and money trying to revive that infant. If the infant does not survive — and the mortality rate for such infants is in excess of 50 percent — that sequence of events will be recorded as a live birth and then a death. In many countries, however, (including many European countries) such severe medical intervention would not be attempted and, moreover, regardless of whether or not it was, this would be recorded as a fetal death rather than a live birth. That unfortunate infant would never show up in infant mortality statistics. This is clearly what is happening in Cuba. In the United States about 1.3 percent of all live births are very low birth weight — less than 1,500 grams. In Cuba, on the other hand, only about 0.4 percent of all births are less than 1,500 grams. This is despite the fact that the United States and Cuba have very similar low birth rates (births where the infant weighs less than 2500g). The United States actually has a much better low birth rate than Cuba if you control for multiple births — i.e. the growing number of multiple births in the United States due to technological interventions has resulted in a marked increase in the number of births under 2,500 g. It is odd if both Cuba and the U.S. have similar birth weight distributions that the U.S. has more than 3 times the number of births under 1,500g, unless there is a marked discrepancy in the way that very low birth weight births are recorded. Cuba probably does much the same thing that many other countries do and does not register births under 1000g. In fact, this is precisely what the World Health Organization itself recommends that for official record keeping purposes, only live births of greater than 1,000g should be included. The result is that the statistics make it appear as if Cuba’s infant mortality rate is significantly better than the United States’, but in fact what is really being measured in this difference is that the United States takes far more serious (and expensive) interventions among extremely low birth weight and extremely premature infants than Cuba (or much of the rest of the world for that matter) does. This does not diminish in any way Cuba’s progress on infant mortality, which is one of the few long term improvements that the Cuban state has made, but infant mortality statistics that are that close to one another are often extremely difficult to compare cross-culturally. http://www.overpopulation.com/articles/200...fant-mortality/

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Crocodile falls 12 floors in escape bid Wed Aug 8, 2007 9:23AM EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A crocodile survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making an escape bid through a window, emergency services said on Wednesday. Diving out of the window has become a habit for the crocodile, called Khenar, with concerned neighbors saying it was the third time he had used that method to flee, Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported. The crocodile lost one tooth in the latest fall but was otherwise unscathed, said a spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry in the Nizhny Novgorod region of central Russia. "It seems the owner was not at home when the crocodile came out of the window," she said. Emergency services put the crocodile in a local aquarium to recover from his fall. Within a few hours his concerned owner came to pick him up and the crocodile was last seen lying on the back seat of his owner's car. http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...08?feedType=RSS

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Gagne is juicing. No way in hell he could throw 72 saves without being on steroids. Then he blew out his arm because the tendons couldn't hold the muscle mass. 'Roid rage is his middle name, fer crissakes. I think we need to call in the Grand Jury for a full-scale shame investigation....sure hope he has an angry ex-girlfriend or a hat size change. That'll seal the deal. Oh, I know! Maybe we can get one of those pretend reporters from the yellow journalism king, Hearst Corporation, to trump up some almost true charges! Yeah...that'll convince 'em! Asterisk, bay-bee. Oh...no wait! Gagne is white. Damn. What was I thinking? Carry on. GoodSpeak, are you saying McGuire is black then??? http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof07/news/story?id=2725461

I just don't get how the bell cracked soon after being installed in 1859, so they turned it around and for 148 years the other side of the bell hasn't cracked! Now how am I supposed to sleep????

Well, I just hope you never loose your coolness....

Noted Red Sox apologist Steve Berthiaume was all over J.D. Drew's fielding of a ball(I think he was late jump on the ball???) did it look that way to you? I "Tivoed" that baseball tonight, but didn't get thru all of it...

Let me second(or third) the comments about the John Kirby group!!! Wonderful, wonderful music! It's be too long since I played any, but I believe Charlie only plays muted trumpet on the recordings??? He played for quite some time with Tommy Dorsey, about the only African-American in his band, IIRC. The now out of print cd, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra-The Post War Era, mentions how they had to do around 20 takes of "The Hucklebuck" since Charlie was having a terrible time singing a stretched out Sacroiliac!!! I've never heard anything of the John Kirby band, though I've always heard how good the band was. Anyone got some recommendations for currently available stuff? MG MG, it is always shocking to me to see how many cds I own that have gone out of print since I bought them! Since I see none of the ones I own in print on amazon(At least the U.S. version) here is one that sounds pretty darn good, with 2 very positive reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Columbia-RC...s/dp/B00004Z55U Oh, if you haven't heard much of the young Maxine Sullivan , you are in for a pleasant surprise there as well!

Let me second(or third) the comments about the John Kirby group!!! Wonderful, wonderful music! It's be too long since I played any, but I believe Charlie only plays muted trumpet on the recordings??? He played for quite some time with Tommy Dorsey, about the only African-American in his band, IIRC. The now out of print cd, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra-The Post War Era, mentions how they had to do around 20 takes of "The Hucklebuck" since Charlie was having a terrible time singing a stretched out Sacroiliac!!!

Dan, I followed some of what that guy said ...and, he didn't even try to figure out how he did it while getting only 476 offical AB's, since he was walked 177 times that year.

Someone else that gets "it" http://www.nbcsports.com/jdub/blog/

I do the very same thing! Very interesting commentary, and whats very strange is that it works better the more people in the room(Their room). Oh, keep an I out for some interesting Easter eggs on these sets......

Really, that in a nutshell is why I love him so....It may not be the most complex music ever recorded, but the consistency is what is so truly amazing to me. Always good, full of drive, almost always making silk purses out of sow's ears(The crap tunes he and folks like Berigan had to record for Bluebird/RCA was criminal!!!) cannot be an easy task. I am sure he wished to do more as a musician, and as an artist. But, before turning 40 to have recorded hundreds of records,(I can't imagine the record execs were too excited about all those organ recordings either, but they did let him record them) to work on the radio constantly.... to work on Broadway, and to have been in several films, all the while having to face racism on a daily basis, was quite the accomplishment. I know, you were talking more about Fats as a musician. Well, all I know is my Dad says he should remember to play Waller's music more often, because anytime he hears the joy that Fats brought to each record , it cheers him right up. That's part of what makes him an important figure in Jazz to me....

Dude - if you're serious about checking out Bunny Briggs, you GOT to get this: You also get Sandman Simms & the GREAT Chuck Green. I'm serious as a heat attack here, dawg - this is a priceless piece of work here. Carpe diem. JS, I will seize the cd, one of these days!

2) What is your general opinion of Bonds? 47.0% Dislike him 26.8% Like him 26.2% Neither This is his biggest problem.Bonds just isn't likable. I tried to like him, defended him even, since he didn't miss games like McGuire and others(Canseco for one) seemed to on the stuff. Then he did start to get hurt, same area as others, the knee. And of course all the stories came out. What if he and Sammy's numbers were switched? Sosa may have had some issues with his teammates, or management, but...fans have loved him for the most part. Sammy is likable, McGuire was likable...both most likely juiced up, bet folks would still those two more than Bonds.

Precisely. Our long, national nightmare is almost over, and we should be thankful. No more minute-by-minute updates. No more Giants games on TV. No more sell out crowds, no more press conferences, and no more attention given to an AARP roster floundering in last place with no hope for the future. Let the true countdown begin. The blessed day when he does his perp walk. Amen to that! Well, most of that. I am tickled that after today(Or more likely this week-end) we shouldn't see much more of starting off every show with Bonds, or segments showing his top homers.... 2 things though. You wouldn't want to see what we'd have to put up with beforehand to get to his perp walk. You think the coverage of Bonds has been heavy now! Gee, perhaps the stars could align in such a way to have a Bonds trial at the same time as a Michael Vick trial! And the Giants have some hope for the future IF Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain stay healthy. They could have the best 1-2 punch in the majors in a few years. Plus, they got rid of Matt Morris' contract and someday soon will be rid of Bonds. Will they keep him for next year???

Amos Milburn - bad bad whiskey

Ha! Seek, and ye shall find. Found the answers to 2 of the people in this rougher, longer clip....If you care, click on the first clip and see if you know! Need to search out more of the late 40's Barnet band, and this other "bunny"

charlie barnet - sidewalks of new york Anyone know who the scatting guy is??? Or the trumpeter?(either)

I am most annoyed at the fact that most of the baseball folks (Former players specifically) won't badmouth Bonds. Makes me feel like they all may have tried some stuff at one time or another. Kruk was rock solid back in his playing days!

Yep; that's what I clicked for! Me three! I forgot it's spelled with a K....

Other player quotes about steroid use.... Gary Sheffield "Nothing was between me and Greg. Barry pretty much controlled everything.. It was basically Barry (saying), 'Trust me. Do what I do.'" Quote Source: Sheffield's Grand Jury Testimony, Dec. 4, 2003 Turk Wendell "If my personal trainer, me, Turk Wendell, got indicted for that, there's no one in the world who wouldn't think that I wasn't taking steroids. What, because he's Barry Bonds, no one's going to say that? I mean, obviously he did it. (His trainer) admitted to giving steroids to baseball players. He just doesn't want to say his name. You don't have to. It's clear just seeing his body." Quote Source: Denver Post, Feb. 23, 2004 Bret Boone "Who is to say someone's wrong for doing it? I don't know if they're good or bad. If you abuse anything, there are going to be effects down the road. If steroids are done in moderation, done correctly and safely, it might be an option." Quote Source: USA Today, Jul. 7, 2002 "If I took steroids, I could dunk. Never mind baseball, I could play in the NBA." Quote Source: ESPN, May 30, 2002 Ken Caminiti "The stronger you get, the more relaxed you get. You feel good. You just let it fly. If you don't feel good, you try so hard to make something happen. You grip the bat harder and swing harder and that's when you tighten up. But you get that edge when you feel strong. That's the way I felt. I felt strong, like I could just try to meet the ball and -- wham! -- it's going to go 1,000 mph. Man, I felt good. I'd think, Damn, this pitcher's in trouble and I'd crush the ball 450 feet with almost no effort. It's all about getting an edge." Quote Source: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jun. 3, 2002 "It's still a hand-eye coordination game, but the difference [with steroids] is the ball is going to go a little farther. Some of the balls that would go to the warning track will go out. That's the difference." Quote Source: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jun. 3, 2002 "My body was torn up and broken down but it felt good [on steroids]. I felt like a kid. I was running better. I'd be running the bases and think, 'Man, I'm fast!' And I had never been that fast. But I was. Steroids made me like that." Quote Source: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jun. 3, 2002 "I would say there are only a couple of guys on a team that don't take greenies before a game. One or two guys. That's called going out there naked. And you hear it all the time from teammates, 'You're not going to play naked, are you?' And even the guys who are against greenies may be taking diet pills or popping 25 caffeine pills and they're up there with their hands shaking. So how good is that? This game is so whacked out that guys will take anything to get an edge. You got a pill that will make me feel better? Let me have it" Quote Source: Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jun. 3, 2002

Some quotes by Barry Bonds.... "Can you get my son [on camera) too, just not on me? So you guys can show the pain you're causing my whole family." Quote Source: MLB.com, Mar. 23, 2004 "I never asked Greg. When he said it was flaxseed oil, I just said, whatever." Quote Source: Bonds' Grand Jury Testimony, Dec. 4, 2003 "Doctors ought to quit worrying about what ballplayers are taking. What players take doesn't matter. It's nobody else's business. The doctors should spend their time looking for cures for cancer. It takes more than muscles to hit homers. If all those guys were using stuff, how come they're not all hitting homers?" Quote Source: Associated Press, May 21, 2002 "No. I don't have to [use steroids]. I mean, I'm a good enough ballplayer as it is. I don't need to be any better. I can't get any better at this age." Quote Source: Bonds @ On the Record with Bob Costas, June 2002 "I never asked. When he said it was flaxseed oil, I just said, 'Whatever.' It was in the ballpark.. in front of everybody. I mean, all the reporters, my teammates, I mean they all saw it. I didn't hide it." Quote Source: Bonds' Grand Jury Testimony, Dec. 4, 2003 "All you guys lied! All of y'all and the story have lied. Should you have asterisks behind your name? All of you lied. All of you have said something wrong. All of you have dirt. When your closet's clean, then come clean somebody else's." Quote Source: USA Today, Feb. 22, 2005 "I don't know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball." Quote Source: USA Today, Feb. 22, 2005 "You wanted me to jump off the bridge; I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down, you've finally brought me and my family down. You've finally done it. So now go kick a different person. I'm done. I'll do the best I can and that's about it. [i'm talking about] inner hurt. I'm physically, mentally done. I'm mentally drained. Tired of my kids crying." Quote Source: MLB.com, Mar. 23, 2004 http://www.baseballssteroidera.com/bse-mem...id-related.html

Happy birthday Lon!!! Hopefully someday soon, you and Helen will be able to return to that way of life you all had before...