Some Things Never Change

From the Huffington Post, Nov. 15, 2008:

In last night’s documentary on Obama and McCain on PBS’s “Frontline,” Rolling Stone magazine’s Ben Wallace-Wells related an amusing anecdote about Obama attending his first meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which happened to be a confirmation hearing for Condoleezza Rice.

About midway through the meeting, Joe Biden is “going on and on” and Obama scribbles a note and passes it back to his aide.

The note said simply: “SHOOT. ME. NOW.”

So You’re Telling Me, After All These Years, They’re Still Winging It?

Inducing labor with drug vaginally shows benefits in study (Misoprostol this way “significantly” reduces oxytocin need)
Medical Xpress / UT Southwestern Medical Center / Obstetrics & Gynecology | April 8, 2024 | Emily H. Adhikari et al.

Labor induction with vaginal misoprostol during childbirth achieves vaginal delivery rates similar to the oral alternative while significantly reducing the need for oxytocin, the most commonly used labor-inducing drug, researchers report.

The findings highlight the potential benefits of standardized labor management to provide safer, more streamlined induction methods for women at term. This research addresses a long-standing challenge in obstetrics, where a lack of standard guidelines often leaves induction decisions dependent on variables such as professional expertise, institutional environment, and patient-specific considerations.

“Obstetricians have very little high-quality evidence to guide the practice of labor induction,” said Emily Adhikari, M.D.

Now go do that voodoo that you do so well!

SI Swimsuit Madness : Round 4 Matches 101 & 102 : Round 4 Matches 99 & 100 Results

Good morning everyone, the last matches are in the books and the new matches are ready for you. We continue on the losers brackets side of things.

Round 4 Match 99

Clair Bidez 106 Defeated Alex Morgan 97

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Round 4 Match 100

Genevieve Morton 99 Defeated Hannah Ferguson 80

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75 votes

Round 4 Match 101

Irina Shayk vs Josephine Skriver

Irina Shayk

  • Round 1 Match 18 Defeated Jasmine Sanders 184-25
  • Round 2 Match 57 Lost to Hilary Rhoda 44-117
  • Round 3 Match 73 Defeated Maila Maneul 84-53

VS

Josephine Skriver

  • Round 1 Match 19 Defeated Jessia Aidi 150-35
  • Round 2 Match 58 Lost to Kate Upton 28-156
  • Round 3 Match 74 Defeated Mia Kang 95-40

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Round 4 Match 102

Paige Spirananc vs Rose Bertram

Paige Spirananc

  • Round 1 Match 20 Lost to Paige Vanzant 79-146
  • Round 2 Match 43 Defeated Naomi Osaka 170-14
  • Round 3 Match 75 Defeated Kelsey Merritt 100-62

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Rose Bertram

  • Round 1 Match 31 Lost to Robyn Lawley 81-109
  • Round 2 Match 44 Defeated Saje Nicole 170-6
  • Round 3 Match 76 Defeated Leryn Franco 80-72

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