Day: February 22, 2013

Hospitals Clamp Down On Dangerous Early Elective Deliveries

By Phil Galewitz

KHN Staff Writer

FEB 21, 2013

 

For decades, doctors have been warned about the dangers of delivering babies early without a medical reason. But the practice remained stubbornly persistent.

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Now, with pressure on doctors and hospitals from the federal government, private and public insurers and patient advocacy groups, the rate of elective deliveries before 39 weeks is dropping significantly, according to latest hospital survey from The Leapfrog Group, a coalition of some of the nation\’s largest corporations that buy health benefits for their employees.

The national average of elective early deliveries fell to 11.2 percent last year from 14 percent in 2011 and 17 percent in 2010. Nearly 800 U.S. hospitals report their data to Leapfrog, about a third of U.S. facilities offering maternity services.

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Squrt 51 First Due in Maple Shade

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Squrt 51 stretching 2 1/2\” attack line

FEBRUARY 19, 2013–Squrt 51 was dispatched to Maple Shade to Robert Mills Apartments for an apartment fire. They arrived to find a heavy fire condition in an aparatment extending into the eaves of the complex. The company stetched a 2/1/2\’ attack line and darken down the fire will Mt. Laurel\’s Ladder company assisted opening 

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The NFF California Showcase:

Opening New Doors to College

Free events in Houston have set the stage for the inaugural NFF California Showcase, which will provide student-athletes in the region a new opportunity to connect with divisional college coaches from around the country.

 IRVING, Texas – Feb. 21, 2013 – Building on the success of similar events in Houston and El Paso, Texas, the inaugural National Football Foundation (NFF) California Showcase, which will take place this weekend at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., has attracted phenomenal interest with more than 600 student-athletes and 30 colleges registered to attend.

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Malkin: Firearms Industry Breaking With Liberal States | GOPUSA

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Here\’s the latest example of head-splitting cognitive dissonance in Washington: President Obama used his State of the Union address to crusade for a revitalized U.S. manufacturing sector. But while he pays lip service to supporting businesses that build their products on American soil, Obama and his left-wing operatives are hell-bent on driving a key sector of the U.S. manufacturing industry six feet under: the American firearms and ammunition industry.

The White House is pushing new government spending to \”spur economic growth,\” protect manufacturing plants and \”create good-paying jobs\” to help America\’s middle class. Yet across the country, with aggressive lobbying by the White House itself, Democrats are working to destroy tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and the firms that created them. Assault rhetoric has lasting real-world consequences.

In New York, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed radical, ineffectual gun-grabbing measures that are backfiring in more ways than one. Nearly half a dozen gun companies have now announced that they will no longer sell their products to police in the Empire State. In protest of Cuomo\’s gun-control regime banning citizens from owning semi-automatic rifles or shotguns because of cosmetic features deemed \”military-style,\” Washington-based Olympic Arms \”will no longer be doing business with the State of New York or any governmental entity or employee of such governmental entity within the State of New York.\”

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by Michelle Malkin

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RUTGERS JOINS COURSERA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO FREE ONLINE COURSES

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press release February 21, 2013 

 

 

Agreement marks first time Rutgers will offer massive open online courses

 

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, continues to expand access through online courses.

Rutgers today announced that the university is joining Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, to provide free, non-credit courses to students and lifelong learners around the world.

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