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Top Artists Celebrate Motherhood With Stork Tunes
 Stork Tunes is a new compilation CD consisting of soothing music by top artists that celebrates motherhood. It was released in support of the March of Dimes. Proceeds from the sale of the CD will fund March of Dimes efforts to give every baby a healthy start in life.
"Stork Tunes helps us achieve two critical goals of our organization, namely providing useful resources for moms and pregnant women, and raising money for research and other programs to help more babies be born healthy," said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. "We are honored and grateful that these high-level artists were willing to donate their music to our cause."
The artists who contributed to Stork Tunes, and their songs, are:
- Celine Dion - "A Mother's Prayer"
- Dixie Chicks - "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)"
- Jessica Andrews - "I Wish for You"
- The Boys Choir of Harlem - "Children of the World"
- Katrina Carlson - "Mother"
- Norah Jones - "Sunrise"
- Dean Backholm - "Mother & Child"
- Kenny Loggins - "Rainbow Connection"
- Billy Joel - "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
- Sinead O'Connor - "All Babies"
- Wynonna Judd - "Always Will"
- Raffi - "May There Always be Sunshine"
According to the March of Dimes, studies show that music can ease the pain of labor -- and pregnant women and medical professionals across the country are increasingly embracing this notion. The March of Dimes also says some hospitals even supply CD players in their maternity and birthing centers. A lot of pregnant women like to play classical music as well.
Posted on June 23, 2008
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People Tried to Mail Children When Post Office First Launched
 This photo posted to Flickr by the Smithsonian Institute shows that when the post service was first launched in 1913 people tried to deliver two children with stamps on their clothes. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidden the mailing of children.
This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.
It must have been quite a shock to the Postmaster General when he heard people actually tried to mail their kids. You can see the Flickr entry here.
Posted on June 20, 2008
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Over 4,000 Chinese Children Named Olympic Games
The BBC reports that there has been an Olympic baby naming frenzy in China over the past decade or so. Over 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, - which means Olympic Games. It is mostly boys who are being given the name.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games being staged in August in Beijing.
Officials in charge of identity cards say that more than 92% of the 4,104 registered Aoyuns are boys.
It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.
There are 290,798 registered Civilisations.
There has also been a surge in the Aoyun name recently. The BBC says another naming has emerged following the recent earthquake tragedy and that name is "Hope for Sichuan."
Posted on June 11, 2008
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