Ambimama - India

The fashion world has taken to the former Spice Girl following the launch of her autumn/winter collection in New York. She intends to open her first store within five years but it will be sooner.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING:
Jim Shi, Huffington Post: “Simply put: this woman’s got it going on.
In the tightly edited collection of day-into-night dresses and resplendent evening gowns she presented in an intimate setting, Mrs David Beckham proved she’s got the chops to sit at the adult’s table - and at the head, no less.”
Lydia Milne, Myfashionplate.com: “Once again, the former Spice Girl has shown that she really does know what she’s talking about when it comes to design.”
Imogen Fox, the Guardian: “The designer proved that the phenomenal success her own label has enjoyed so far is neither fluke nor whim, and that she is in the fashion business for the long game.”
Paula Reed, Grazia: “You can say what you like about Victoria Beckham, but she can do a decent dress. And given some of the celebrity fashion offerings out there (Lindsay Lohan for Ungaro anyone? Paris Hilton’s pet couture?) you have to hand it to her: Mrs B stands head and shoulders above the rest.”

I saw a news item in that Mothers can choose when to deliver by Caesarean section. This name came as it is believed that Roam emperor Caesar was born this way. A mother can choose the date of delivery. But the Doctor is the boss and she decides (normally Gynaecologists are women) when to do C-sec.

I saw a news item that is given below:
New Delhi: Anuradha Mattoos two sons, aged 5 years and one month respectively, were born on the same date December 29. But that was no coincidence. When I realized that my second baby is also expected in the same timeframe as the first one, I prayed the delivery happens on the same date as well, says Mattoo. And when she was admitted with labour pains on the evening of December 29th last year, she had two options either to wait for normal delivery which would have taken another day or get a cesarean section (C-sec ) done on the same day. She chose the later.

Around the world, more and more women are going for C-sec over a normal delivery although the reasons may vary. Perhaps that is why a recent WHO report, which reviewed nearly 110,000 births across Asia in 2007-08 , found that 27% were done under the knife, partially motivated by the hospitals business interests or by expectant mothers and their families.

The survey found the world’s highest C-sec rate in China, pegging it at 46%, a quarter of them not medically necessary. According to the report, which was published in the medical journal The Lancet, the C-Sec rate in India was 18%. Nevertheless, C-sec is fast becoming the preferred mode of delivery in India as well, says gynaecologist Madhu Prakash. The reasons are many, she says. Some women opt for the surgery to choose their delivery day after consulting fortune tellers for lucky birthdays; others fear painful natural births or worry about damage to the vaginal region. Some women also prefer the operation because they mistakenly believe it is less risky. On special days, like New Years Day, the number of C-Sec deliveries rise abnormally, says Prakash.

Last year, for instance, operation theatres turned into assembly lines for the Janmashtami baby boom, as it is believed that a baby born on this day is a reincarnation of Krishna. Although mothers can opt for C-sec once the baby has reached the 38th week, increase in this procedure is cause for alarm, since unnecessary C-sections are costlier and raise the risk of complications.

UK has suffered as spectacular satellite image showed the entire British mainland covered in snow and ice during January and February. Scotland, has spent much of the last two months under a blanket of snow, is suffering its coldest winter since records began, according to the Met Office. The news is likely to be jumped upon by those who question the science behind the scientific ‘consensus’ that global warming is a reality.

The average temperatures in January and December were the coldest in Scotland since 1914 - the year that data was first logged.

The Met Office revealed that Northern Ireland experienced its coldest December and January since the early 1960s and it has not been colder in England and Wales since the winter of 1981/2. Scotland has borne the brunt of the freezing weather since the cold snap began in mid-December. The average minimum overnight temperature north of the border in January is zero - but last month it regularly dipped below -5C.

The Highland village of Altnaharra experienced the coldest temperature of the period, when the mercury dropped to -22.3C in January. The same village endured the UK’s record low in December 1995, when the temperature fell to -27.3C. The news is likely to be jumped on by those who disagree with the theory of global warming. The science of climate change has come under fire since the Copenhagen summit after the ‘Climategate’ scandal broke and scientists at the University of East Anglia were accused of manipulating data on global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has also had to apologise for claims that the Himalayan glaciers could disappear within 25 years.

However, most scientists still maintain that climate change is happening and that mankind is to blame.

Taking serious note of absenteeism among dental college professors, the Dental Council of India has decided to introduce biometric attendance system for the teachers by the end of February. This could well be a trendsetter for medical colleges which also face the problem of teachers not spending enough time in colleges.

We found that some professors are making flying visits to their college; some are on the rolls of four colleges. Some are so busy with private practice that they don’t even visit the college. With a number of dental colleges mushrooming, it has become necessary for us to monitor the quality of education, said DCI president Dr Anil Kohli. The council received complaints that due to staff shortage, dental colleges were making compromises on the mandatory conditions, including number of staff and teaching hours.

The database from the biometric system will help the authorities verify attendance apart from documentary proof. So far, the council had not taken action against erring doctors for want of proof. These machines will provide documentary evidence. They will be installed by us and maintained by the college, he said. At the diamond jubilee celebrations of the council inaugurated on Saturday by deputy chief minister M K Stalin, Kohli said the council along with the planning commission, WHO and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will undertake a study to assess the dental healthcare situation in the country, including statistics on number of private and government colleges, clinics, doctors and students. We will have the results by December 2010. We will make policy decisions based on it, he said. The commission will make it mandatory for dentists to attend at least 20 hours of continuous dental education programme.

Stalin said the state was making arrangements to ensure oral hygiene in rural areas by allotting funds to set up dental wards in taluk hospitals and primary health centres. At least 80% of kids and 60% of adults have some dental issues . Besides these, at least 30% of cancers are oral cancers.

Most dental students studying in self-financing colleges pay huge sums of money as tuition fees and cannot be forced to work in rural areas, said DCI president Dr Anil Kohli. They pay in lakhs and we cannot force them to work in rural areas where they may not be able to earn that kind of money. Rural health care, should be the responsibility of the government, he said. With only one government dental college in the state, there are just 100 dentists produced annually, compared to 1,250 who pass out of the private colleges. We have decided there would be no more self-financing colleges, he said.

England coach will not allow social networking sites or newpsper columns for his players. England’s Fabio Capello will not allow England fans with glimpses into life at the World Cup, official or otherwise, this summer. The squad will not be allowed to use Twitter or Facebook or write magazine or newspaper columns during the tournament.

Australian cricketer Philip Hughes also gaffed during the Ashes when he tweeted that he had been dropped, before Australia had announced their team.

The England manager wants his players attentions devoted solely to the matter of winning in South Africa and is reportedly thrashing out strict instructions for how he expects the squad to behave. The Irish Independent reports that the rules will include a ban on all social networking sites. Capello does not want team selection news or tactical information to be unwittingly leaked through Tweets or Facebook updates.
The move could have the unintended effect of media attention on the players’ wives and girfriends during the tournament. The likes of Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole are already adept at stealing the headlines. And their exploits in the beauty parlours and shopping malls of South Africa are likely to be as closely observed as their other halves’ performances on the pitch.

Capello’s mistrust of sites like Twitter is not isolated. Last week it emerged that Manchester City and Manchester United had both banned their players from using social networking sites in order to avoid controversy, leaks and the chances of being caught out by hoaxes.