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...Most of the Twilight characters had supportive fans with poster shout-outs: there was Team Edward, Team Jacob, Team Bella, Team Wolf Pack, Team Volturi and one sign that called for Team Anything I Can Get. Even the lesser known Cullen vampire Jasper had team posters and a significant following. "I guess it's a blessing," actor Jackson Rathbone said slyly when asked about his character's fan club. "And maybe Twilight has something to do with it." Twilight rookie Alex Meraz admitted to trying pre-event relaxation techniques before showing up. "I meditated before I came," he told TIME...
...there may be solutions that physicians could begin implementing today to the problem of preterm births among these populations. A drug known as 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone, for example, has been shown to reduce the rate of premature birth in women who have previously had high-risk pregnancies or unexplained early births. On the fertility front, transferring fewer embryos for each pregnancy cycle could help lower the multiple-gestation rate and thereby bring down the risk of premature births. Educating women about the importance of a full-term pregnancy and the risk factors that are associated with premature births is also...
...month later, five other pro-life Democrats, led by Tim Ryan of Ohio, sent a letter to Pelosi expressing their concerns as well, but suggesting a compromise to the abortion quandary. This time, Pelosi was interested and she gave Ryan the green light to develop language that ended up known as the Capps amendment, because Lois Capps of California introduced it during the House Energy and Commerce Committee's markup of health reform legislation...
...group included well-known free-speech advocates, as well as Rao Jin, the founder of the nationalist website Anti-CNN.com, which is critical of Western media coverage. The meeting quickly made the rounds online, with several commenters complimenting the U.S. diplomats for their openness. "The American officials showed tolerance, politeness and a democratic style because they were open to any question, even questions that are very controversial," Zhao Jing, a popular blogger who attended the meeting and writes under the pen name Michael Anti, told TIME. (See pictures of Obama visiting Asia...
...girls ages 12 to 15 what they would do if their boyfriends refused to wear a condom. In Finland, basic sex education begins in kindergarten, and the curriculum for ninth-graders includes lessons on abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public school teachers have been known to discuss oral sex and different sexual positions. And in Britain, the National Health Service responded to the country's burgeoning rates of teen pregnancy this past summer by launching an awareness campaign called "One Orgasm a Day" that sought to steer young people away from intercourse and toward masturbation...