Cleft Club Radio - Episode 2 - new subscription feed, world news, being a parent who was born cleft, Harry Potter, and site updates

JUL 21, 2005-1 MIN
Cleft Club Radio - podcast for cleft lip & palate community

Cleft Club Radio - Episode 2 - new subscription feed, world news, being a parent who was born cleft, Harry Potter, and site updates

JUL 21, 2005-1 MIN

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Download show <a href="http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TS-8783.mp3">here</a><br /><br />Welcome to Cleft Club Radio<br />Today is July 21, 2005<br />I’m your host Kim Andrews<br /><br />(theme song)<br /><br />Welcome back to the second episode of CCR. Thanks for the positive comments about the first show!<br /><br />- We now have a link you can use to subscribe with or listen to on the web. The address is <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CleftClubRadio">http://feeds.feedburner.com/CleftClubRadio</a> . Can still download shows there as well as the downloads section at <a href="http://www.cleftclub.com/">cleftclub.com</a><br /><br />- Put up shownotes for the first show! <a href="http://cleftclubradio.blogspot.com/2005/07/first-podcast-cleft-club-radio-july-15.html">Click here</a><br /><br />- Definition: Shownotes are an outline of what happens in each episode.<br /><br />- 31 subscribers! Whoa! It was 16 when I started to get the show read on Wednesday and doubles in a few hours. Cool! Welcome to all the new subscribers!<br /><br />- Wrote up a <a href="http://www.cleftclub.com/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&amp;id_cat=8&categories=Cleft+Club+Radio">FAQ on CCR</a>. Can be found in the FAQ section.<br /><br />- Got a number of people wanting to subscribe to the mailing lists. Excellent! A few didn’t give reasons to why. Must give reason why you want to join, helps keep out spammers and email harvesting bots that collect emails for spammers.<br /><br />News on the world<br /><br />- From the New Straits Times<br />"99pc success rate in cleft lip, palate operations" <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20050718085224/Article/indexb_html">story link</a><br />director of a cleft clinic Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia reports that they have been successful in treating patients at a young age and also have them go through rehabilitation and therapy.<br /><br />- From Canada.com<br />Formerly conjoined twins headed home <a href="http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id=c60fbf09-1a0b-47fd-8669-24328735c94b">story link</a><br />conjoined twins who were also born with a cleft lip and palate from Zimbabwe Africa were flown in to Canada. Delivered at a salvation army hospital, operated on at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto<br />sent home on Wed. Keep beating the odds kids! Best of luck to the family!<br /><br />- Channel 13, WHAM in Rochester NY<br />"Operation Smile Has No Borders" <a href="http://www.13wham.com/health/local/story.aspx?content_id=2E2BD68C-59B8-40AD-91BD-A534F01A21CE">story link</a><br />19 year old Mungamba Vunda from the African Congo has an operation done on his lip by Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman through Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.com) .<br />includes a video link<br /><br />- Black Mountain News from Black Mountain, NC<br />“Shriners help local child overcome facial disfigurement” <a href="http://www.blackmountainnews.com/?module=displaystory&amp;story_id=2449&format=html">story link</a><br />story of the Reese family, Noah, 8 who was born with a cleft lip and palate and was operated on by both operation Smile and the Shriner Hospital in Boston<br />father David, also born with a cleft and shares his fears about passing it on.<br /><br />Another interview with my daughter Kristi<br /><br />Commentary - Being a parent who was born cleft and why that didn't bother me<br />Commentary #2 - Harry Potter controversy over the "H" word (harelip) in "Chamber of Secrets" (will link to my article later)<br /><br />New additions to the <a href="http://www.cleftclub.com/modules.php?name=Gallery">Photo Gallery</a><br />- <a href="http://www.cleftclub.com/modules.php?set_albumName=Rachel&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;op=modload&name=Gallery&amp;file=index&amp;include=view_album.php">Nursey007's daughter Rachel</a><br /><br />Ending<br /><br />[Remember that I am not a medical professional so anything you hear on Cleft Club Radio is for informational purposes only! Thanks! :)]</span>