England dominated a very good Indian

England coach Andy Flower feels India's poor performance in the just-concluded Test series should in no way diminish his team's achievement of humbling a side which features some of the most experienced players in international cricket.
With players such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in their ranks, India, despite being injury-hit, were no pushovers but England made them look very ordinary by handing a 4-0 drubbing.
"They have dominated a very good side here, and I don't think we should forget that," said Flower.
"There are some very fine cricketers in that Indian side, and they have been performing at a high level for a very long time," the Zimbabwean added.
England have now become the world's number one Test team by dethroning India and Flower lavished praise on his wards for the rise.
"They are hugely experienced -- so to play like we did and to dominate them like we did is a great credit to these England players," he said.
"It gives me tremendous satisfaction, but it is the players we have to think about. I looked at them in the changing room after the game, and they can rightly feel very proud of themselves.
"They've put in a tremendous amount of hard work to get themselves into a place where they feel very confident and where they are making good decisions - and then are good enough to back them up out in the middle," he added.
"It is nice to see the team like that and see them genuinely confident and it's nice to see them believing that they will win games of cricket."ofter isn't safer for sleeping babies: Study

NEW YORK

Many parents put soft bedding such as pillows and blankets where babies sleep, despite warnings that the cushioning increases the risk of infant death, a U.S. study said.
That's because many are under the impression that a soft sleeping environment means the baby will be more comfortable or protected from injuries, said Rachel Moon, from Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. and one of the study's authors.
When it comes to babies' sleep environment, soft is not safe, it's actually dangerous, she added.
Researchers know that black babies are at least twice as likely as white, Latino and Asian babies to die of accidental suffocation, strangulation or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as crib death.
While some of that higher incidence may be linked to genetics, some is also likely due to parents unknowingly putting infants in a dangerous sleeping place, Moon added.
To find out whether black families know about the risks, Moon and her colleagues conducted one-to-one interviews and small group discussions with 83 black mothers in Washington D.C. and nearby Maryland. All had a new baby at home.
The researchers asked women if they used soft bedding and bumper pads in their baby's crib or other sleeping location, and why or why not.
While the interviews were only done with black mothers, parents of all races may misinterpret a pediatrician' s recommendations or what constitutes a safe sleeping environment, said Debra Weese-Mayer, a pediatrician at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
According to findings published in Pediatrics, more than half of the mothers reported using soft bedding for their baby, telling researchers they wanted to make sure the children were comfortable and warm. They also said they used pillows as a barricade on beds or sofas, or to prop babies up.