Monday, August 27, 2012

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Colts owner Jim Irsay does something that no other NFL owner does.

He tweets regularly.? He tweets aggressively.? He tweets without a filter.? He tweets without the benefit of having anyone in the organization with the ability or the will to tell him that maybe he should resist the urge to press the ?Tweet? button.

And his tweets naturally will generate criticism.? After all, Twitter is the great social equalizer, giving fans the ability to dress down the rich and powerful without ever having to face them.? And anything Irsay tweets on any topic that treads remotely close to controversial territory will generate responses from folks who relish the opportunity to pop off at a natural target who makes the target even larger by his tweets.

We like the fact that Irsay tweets.? Otherwise, we never would have known that Irsay?s Colts are engaged in trade talks with a still-unknown team about a still-unknown veteran player.

But the criticism of his ?trade winds? tweets seems to be getting to Irsay, who has lashed out at critics with, yes, a stream of fresh tweets.

It started out OK, with Irsay explaining that he?s merely engaged in customer relations:? ?ColtsFans pay hard earned $ 2c their team play,they make the game! So I?ll update them as I see fit while protecting sanctity of operations!?

But then he turned indignant:? ?If u don?t like it buy ur own team and try to make the playoffs 9 seasons n a row n put together 7 straight 12 win seasons n a row as Owner!?

And then he declared victory, and he presumably has retreated:? ?U can do all your judgmental chirpin? U want,it?s not about subjective opinions?it what you DO n what your track record shows! CHECKMATE!?

The second tweet is the most troubling.? Taunting folks who never will have the money to buy a team is bad enough; Irsay conveniently ignores the fact that he didn?t buy a team, either.? He inherited one.

Also, it?s hard for an owner to publicly claim credit for winning.? Yes, Irsay hired Bill Polian and Tony Dungy.? Yes, Irsay has managed not to meddle in the affair of the team.? But Irsay benefited greatly from the fact that he team was bad enough in 1997 to get in position to draft Peyton Manning in 1998.

And if Andrew Luck turns out to be the next great franchise quarterback, Irsay will have benefited greatly from the fact that Peyton?s neck gave out and the team went 2-14 in the same year that Luck was entering the NFL.

Regardless of whether an erratic and unpredictable approach to Twitter projects the image the NFL wants from its owners, the NFL surely doesn?t want one of its owners antagonizing the customers on Twitter, regardless of whether they are fans of the Colts or one of the other 31 teams.? Regardless, he?s providing another wrinkle in what remains the ultimate reality show.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/26/eagles-part-ways-with-cliff-harris/related/

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The effects of discrimination could last a lifetime

ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) ? Increased levels of depression as a result of discrimination could contribute to low birth weight babies.

Given the well-documented relationship between low birth weight and the increased risk of health problems throughout one?s lifespan, it is vital to reduce any potential contributors to low birth weight.? A new study by Valerie Earnshaw and her colleagues from Yale University sheds light on one possible causal factor.? Their findings, published online in Springer's journal, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, suggest that chronic, everyday instances of discrimination against pregnant, urban women of color may play a significant role in contributing to low birth weight babies.

Twice as many black women give birth to low birth weight babies than white or Latina women in the U.S.? Reasons for this disparity are, as yet, unclear. But initial evidence suggests a link may exist between discrimination experienced while pregnant and the incidence of low birth weight.? In addition, experiences of discrimination have also been linked to depression, which causes physiological changes that can have a negative effect on a pregnancy.

Earnshaw and her colleagues interviewed 420, 14- to 21-year-old black and Latina women at 14 community health centers and hospitals in New York, during the second and third trimesters of their pregnancies, and at six and 12 months after their babies had been born.? They measured their reported experiences of discrimination.? They also measured their depressive symptoms, pregnancy distress and pregnancy symptoms.

Levels of everyday discrimination reported were generally low.? However, the impact of discrimination was the same in all the participants regardless of age, ethnicity or type of discrimination reported.? Women reporting greater levels of discrimination were more prone to depressive symptoms, and ultimately went on to have babies with lower birth weights than those reporting lower levels of discrimination.? This has implications for healthcare providers who work with pregnant teens and young women during the pre-natal period, while they have the opportunity to try and reduce the potential impacts discrimination on the pregnancy.

The authors conclude that "Given the associations between birth weight and health across the life span, it is critical to reduce discrimination directed at urban youth of color so that all children are able to begin life with greater promise for health.? In doing so, we have the possibility to eliminate disparities not only in birth weight, but in health outcomes across the lifespan."

Data for this study came from the Centering Pregnancy Plus project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and conducted in collaboration with Clinical Directors? Network and the Centering Healthcare Institute.

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Journal Reference:

  1. Valerie A. Earnshaw, Lisa Rosenthal, Jessica B. Lewis, Emily C. Stasko, Jonathan N. Tobin, Ten? T. Lewis, Allecia E. Reid, Jeannette R. Ickovics. Maternal Experiences with Everyday Discrimination and Infant Birth Weight: A Test of Mediators and Moderators Among Young, Urban Women of Color. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2012; DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9404-3

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