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...this fact that has always been responsible for the fault line between obstetricians - who are trained to view birth as a medical procedure - and midwives, who see it as that but as something less clinical too. And if a new study conducted by two researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) is any indication, peace is not likely to be brokered between the two camps any time soon. (See TIME's photos: ER's Long Goodbye...
Cheyney decided to test the British journal's findings in her home state, where the rate of planned home births is at least twice the national average, due both to Oregon's culturally liberal leanings as well as its wide rural stretches, which can make hospitals hard to reach. (From 1998 to 2003, parts of the state also had higher than average rates of premature and low-birthweight babies, leading some critics to conclude that midwifery was partly to blame.) Cheyney and doctoral student Courtney Everson examined one county's birth records from the entirety of that period and found...
...moved him to a new tank in Newport, Oregon, and for two years we made him gain a ton of weight, got rid of his skin disease, trained him to catch live fish, and gave him exercise. We got him used to real saltwater. And then when he was ready, we put him on the plane and flew him to Iceland, where he had been captured when he was two years old. There, little by little, we adapted him to being in his natural environment. On the 5th of July, 2002 - I was there - he decided to say goodbye...
...portfolios had one-year returns of -30%, and a third had returns of -40% or less, according to Morningstar, which tracks the performance of over 3,600 plan portfolios. In some cases, 529 investors may not have been well informed of the risks. On April 13, the state of Oregon sued the managers of its 529 plan, OppenheimerFunds, alleging that Oppenheimer took too much risk with its "ultra-conservative" and "conservative" portfolios, alleged mismanagement that Oregon claims resulted in a $36.2 million loss for 529 plan investors. (See how students are paying for college...
...Currently, 8 of the 15 states with the highest unemployment rates are in the South: North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are all reporting the highest rate in their state's history. South Carolina posted the nation's third-highest unemployment rate for March - 11.4%, after Michigan and Oregon. (Read "When Joblessness Becomes Homelessness...