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Monday, February 26, 2007

African-American Military History: Making History Every Day--Brig. Gen M.J. Kight

California's Own "First"

Someone told me awhile ago that "History is made by ordinary people doing extraordinary things every day." I don't know that the person I heard t from was the originator of this thought, but it struck me as true. I thought about that as I pondered this chapter in our African-American Military History series.

The late Major and Socorro Green lived in my adopted hometown of Monterey, California. [I went to high school there]. Their daughter, Mary, had just completed college and gotten married, when their new son-in-law decided to join the Air Force. And Mary thought, I could do that, too. So on Valentine's Day, 1974, the former Mary Josephine Green became 2nd Lt. Mary J. Kight, USAF.

Lt. Kight began her military career in billets typical for women officers at that time. She was a personnel officer at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington. In those days, there was a high degree of segregation between male and female military members, at least officially. The number of positions for female officers was greatly restricted. And all the women who were not nurses or other medical personnel, were inducted into a semi-autonomous corps called "Women in the Air Force," or "WAF" for short.

Promotion opportunities for women were restricted by law. For most of the time from the creation of the WAF in 1947 until 1971, there was just one authorized colonel's position in the WAF. There were no women generals until 1971, just a few years before Mary Kight was commissioned.

One of Lt. Kight's jobs at Fairchild AFB was commander of the WAF squadron. She spent nearly five years at Fairchild, leaving there for assignment to Headquarters Strategic Air Command (HQ SAC) at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska. By this time, the WAF had been abolished and women fully integrated into the Air Force, at least officially. The statutory limits on promotions had been abolished, a woman (Jeanne Holm) had been promoted to Major General, and women had been admitted to the United States Air Force Academy. As a practical matter, however, women were still largely concentrated in personnel and administrative positions.

HQ SAC was a place of almost legendary proportions--the command and control center of America's nuclear-armed bombers and missiles, the most lethal military force ever assembled. It was definitely a male-oriented culture, and not any or every man could succeed in the SAC culture. But Kight did well. She recently told Sacramento Magazine that she did not feel intimidated. After a year at HQ SAC, Kight left active duty to join the Nebraska Air National Guard. Again, she found herself in "admin" jobs.

But in the mid-1980's, no longer married, Capt Kight transferred to the California Air National Guard, being stationed with the 144th Fighter Wing at Fresno. The Air Force had continued to evolve with respect to women and now Kight found herself on the flightline as an aircraft maintenance officer. For ten years, Kight helped keep the 144th's F-4D's and later, air defense F-16C's mission-capable.

Her hard work and affable style paid off with a promotion to lieutenant colonel and assignment as the commander of the 144th Aircraft Gneration Squadron. In the meantime, Kight had completed Air Command and Staff College.

In 1998, Lt. Col. Kight was selected to attend Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama--a rare honor for an Air Guard officer, and usually a portent of things to come.

In 2001, Kight was promoted to full colonel and was given command of the Mission Support Squadron. Then, in 2004, Mary Kight was summoned to Air Guard headquarters in Sacramento to serve as Assistant Adjutant General. No woman had ever served in that position in the 57 year history of the California Air National Guard. Lightning struck twice more in 2006 when Kight was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Adjutant General for the entire California National Guard--both Army and Air--the number 2 officer in the California National Guard.

Mary J. Kight is the first woman line officer and first African-American to be promoted to brigadier general in the California Air National Guard.

As Assistant Adjutant General, she helps oversee the 18,000 soldiers and 5,000 airmen who make up the California National Guard. Many of these soldiers and airmen have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan or the Gulf Coast for hurricane relief. California has the most tasked National Guard organization in the country.

I served 13 of my 34 years of military service in the California Air National Guard and had the pleasure of working from time to time with Mary Kight. She's the quality officer and person one would expect of an Air Force brigadier general. She's one of the current heirs to the legacy of Charles Young and Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

And she's making history every day doing her "ordinary" tasks!

Brig. Gen. Mary J. Kight, CA ANG
Assistant Adjutant General
Joint Forces Headquarters-California
Sacramento, California

Becky said...

Thank you for presenting the story of Brig Gen Kight. Having served in the military (Navy) myself from 1969-1979 I know what the 'atmosphere' was for active duty women at that time and am fully aware of the restrictions and limitations regarding assignments and opportunities. She had it more difficult being a woman, a black person and an officer. Anyway, for me, her story is truly inspiring. Sounds like the military has made some improvements in the past 30 years, at least, I hope they have!

Tim Agazio said...

I have enjoyed reading your series on military leaders. As a recently retired Army officer, I appreciate reading about all the military people you have highlighted, but especially enjoyed the article about Charles Young. In fact, When I was attending school at Fort Leavenworth I wrote a paper on the Buffalo soldiers and it included a small piece on you noted, he was one of the great, but generally forgotten, soldiers in Army history...thanks for remembering him.

Miriam said...

Craig, these have been should write a book!

Craig Manson said...

Thanks, Miriam and other commenters. You know,I've been considering something to write a major piece about--and here it was right under my nose! Thanks for the enocuragement.


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Sunday, February 11, 2007

UPDATE III: The First GeneaBlogie Challenge--And The Winner Is . . . .

We have a winner in The First GeneaBlogie Challenge!

The most popular feature ever in this space, The First GeneaBlogie Challenge was a test of genealogical research skills. It required the ability to draw reasonable inferences, make reasonable assumptions and to use various records available on the Internet. I hope it was a learning experience for all. It was a learning experience for me--it's hard to put together a good problem!
This problem involved a misspelled name and a few other anomalies.

Recall the problem was to find the relationship between George Stafford and my father. Dad vaguely referred to George as his "cousin," but doesn't really know how they were cousins. Here's how to get to the answer from where we left off.

We knew that George's mother's given name was Martin and that her maiden name was Green, or Stern, Stean, Stein, or Steen. So we need to find her maiden name and that will lead us to how she (and therefore her son George) is related to my father. We also knew that Martin's mother's given name was Ida. Our winner searched my blog posts (I had said that the posts might contain some useful information) for the name "Martin." This was similar to my earlier suggestion that we look through the census records for the first name Martin. Searching the blog for information is analagous to searching our family memory for some bit of known information that might be a clue.

The winner noticed that I had written before about the family of Isaac and Amanda Martin. (Martin? Ahhhh. . .) They had two daughters, Amanda and Ida. Amanda I believe to be Amanda Maria Martin who married Guy Bryant, my dad's great-grandfather. In the Aransas County Marriage Records, volume 1, Ida Martin is shown having married Nelson Steen on March 26, 1885. So now we know to a fair degree of certainty that Martin's maiden name is likely Steen and that she is probably the daughter of Nelson Steen and Ida Martin. That would make George Stafford the grandson of Ida Martin and the great-grandson of Isaac Martin.

We know Maria Martin married Guy Bryant, that Guy Bryant and Maria Martin were the parents of Hattie Bryant, that Hattie Bryant was the mother of Jessie Bowie, and that Jessie Bowie was my father's mother. (All of this is supported by records I have in my possession). The winner tracked all of this through census records and Aransas County birth and marriage records available online. Congratulations to our winner for such diligent work!

And now it's time to announce the winner of The First GeneaBlogie Challenge and recipient of the possibly-suitable-for-a-refrigerator-door certificate . . . (drrrumrrrollll!). . . . Randy Seaver!

[Martin Steen Stafford died in Rockport, Texas, on April 25, 1951 at the age of 53. Her son, George Stafford, Jr., died in Rockport, Texas, on May 13, 1985, at the age of 52.]

See Randy's solution in the comments to the original post. Thanks to all who played!

[EDIT- 2/11/07 11:02 pm-Spelling of winner's last name corrected.]

Randy Seaver said...

Thanks for the award...would you please spell my name right on it - it is Seaver, not Seavers.

Thanks -- Randy

PS. This was fun - I'll have to post one of my semi-mysteries that is findable online.

Craig Manson said...

Yes, and I did know how to spell your name! Sorry about that. If you send me a current e-mail address ( I'll get it to you right away.

Randy Seaver said...

Can you explain the Jessie Bowie situation? Do you know the name of her father? Did he marry Hattie Bryant?

Why is Jessie surnamed Walker in the 1920 census?

Thanks -- Randy

Craig Manson said...

To understand that matter, it's necessary to see the context of the life of Jessie's mother Hattie Bryant.

Hattie Bryant was first married in 1903 to a man in Rockport, Texas. His name was Christie [Christopher] Morales. He was about her age (born in 1886) and was the son of Albert and Maria Morales. [see 1900 and 1910 censuses, Nueces County, Texas; see Aransas County Marriage Records, vol. 1.] This is the only marriage of Hattie Bryant that I can document. What became of that marriage legally, I do not know. I do know that at some point after 1903, Hattie met Toby Walker. In 1906, Hattie and Toby had a son, Herman. [My great-uncle Herman Walker was born in Taft, San Patricio County, Texas. He had a celebrated career as a chef at one of the best-known establishments in Houston, and died in March, 2002, at age 96]. Sometime after Herman was born, Hattie and Toby broke up and Hattie headed to San Antonio (a not uncommon migration for folks on the Gulf Coast).

In San Antonio, Hattie met Elias Bowie. Whether they were married or not, I do not know. They had two children, my grandmother, Jessie (born 1909) and my great-uncle, Elias Bowie, Jr. (born 1910). The 1910 census of Bexar County, Texas, was taken about a month before Elias, Jr., was born. That census shows Hattie Bryant with two children, Herman and Jessie. The children seem to be surnamed "Bryant." They do not live with Elias Bowie, Sr, who is shown on that census as a single man in a boarding house. Elias, Sr., later moved to St Louis, where he married another woman and had another son also named Elias.

Sometime after Elias, Jr., was born, Hattie left San Antonio and returned to Rockport. In 1913, she gave birth to a child she named Evaline Cavanaugh. I don't know who Mr. Cavanaugh was and I was quite surprised to see that Ida Martin Steen had the surname Cavanaugh later in her life.

Hattie's last child was born in 1924. His name was Leroy Goins. His father was also named Leroy Goins (1887-1946).

In the 1920 census, all four of Hattie's then-known children are seemingly surnamed "Walker." Only the oldest, Herman, should have been surnamed Walker. There are two possibilities: (1) the enumerator, who listed Herman first. assumed that the other children had the same father and hence the same surname; (2) Hattie, for what ever reason, used "Walker" as the surname for all the children. At various times, Hattie used various surnames for her children. See for example the 1930 census of Rockport, Texas, where Jessie and Leroy Goins ("Leo") are seemingly surnamed "Bryant."

There is some speculation that Hattie was the mother of another child, a girl named Maria (after Hattie's mother) born in about 1905.

Hattie died in 1944 at age 58.

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According to Kofi Adams, Ghanaians will not entrust the future of this country on “someone who is a threat to peace”.

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He indicated that, the three-time presidential candidate can only be declared president by polls and survey and not by the Electoral Commission (EC).

Kofi Adams who is also the National Organizer of the NDC maintained that, the NPP leader is not competent to manage the high office of the land due to his “violent nature”.

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gourmez3Can you feel it in the air? There’s an action adventure storyline coming, and it will involve Robin, the Scorpios, the Joneses, the Spencers, the everyones. The Ice Princess will tie in, too, and maybe Pickle Lila is the key to disabling it. Whatever’s coming, it will be glorious. And I will be watching.

I know Robin must be rescued sometime this year, and Robert cured from Faison’s poison, but in the meantime, Robin’s daughter keeps me entertained. You all cracked up when she told Britt, “Poof. You’re gone,” right?

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If only it were true. You know what did poof from my memory? Patrick’s addiction to drugs last summer. I was so confused to see him with that Narcotics Anonymous group, and then I laughed when I remembered why. That was one of the fastest drug addiction storylines I can remember, and General Hospital has had plenty of them. Sabrina’s angst over killing Detective Carson has taken twice as long to sort through. I won’t even mention Connie and Kate’s angst over Trey, but I will mention something else about that whole mess.

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Kate’s become kind of a jerk in her time out of commission! I know, I know, Kate was always the ice queen of Crimson, but she had no empathy for what it would be like for Sonny to be without her for six months or for anyone else about Trey’s death. But I’ll still take her over Connie any day—all days, in fact.

My interest in Frisco ratcheted up instantly when he went to see Maxie, and I loved him threatening Britt.

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But having her beat up seems a tad too far, and he’s been using Maxie as a means to woo Felicia. I find that despicable, especially for a deadbeat dad like him, but why does it do something to me when he flirts with Felicia? Why?! I don’t want to be drawn into a triangle between him, Mac, and Felicia, but I fear I have no willpower when it comes to that man. Here’s hoping Felicia has more.

The show is stringing me along, giving me chemical analysis instead of Tracy and Duke in chefs’ hats like I crave. So for now, my interest in Duke is solely in oohing and awing over his awesome style. That suit last Friday was beautiful!

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It’s the pattern I really liked. Duke may be floundering without much to do right now, but he does it so suavely I can’t bring myself to care. Also looking gorgeous was Olivia in her wedding dress.

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A bedside wedding for them seemed perfect, especially because we all felt the axe hanging over Steve’s head. Surviving the stabbing was a major plot twist! I’m glad they let him live, and having him serve time for the Memphis affair at last is a bit of poetic justice. Steve is a good guy, but I wasn’t comfortable with that being waved off in the first place, so I’m glad to see it happen. But that’ll make two good guy doctors who have had to pay for their crimes in the last year and they’ve done so nobly, without a fight. Dr. Matt Hunter was the first. It feels unfair when Sonny has never paid for his crimes behind bars. At least Johnny’s doing time now.

Prescription for Better Soap: Please let bringing all these WSB agents (I’m waiting on you, Sean Donnelly!) and the Ice Princess back pay off with a dramatic Robin rescue. Keep dressing Duke nicely so I can keep ogling him with no shame. And whatever you’re doing to make Frisco appeal to me despite his many flaws, keep it up. I hate that I’m weak, but it hurts so good.

See you next week for my next prescription!

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the one exciting thing about having cancer

I love pumpernickel bread. That dark, kinda dry, black German bread. Until I started treatment for breast cancer I had a slice for breakfast almost every day, mostly with Matjes herring and sometimes with boiled egg. And I bought it in vacuum packed boxes, identical to the ones I bought at Whole Foods when I was in the US a few years ago.
Anyway, now that my true taste is coming back, I am back on pumpernickel. And have been amazed to discover that every single pack has at least one strand of my hair on it (on, not in!) because it was clearly at the time of losing my hair that I packed the boxes away.
Now I am delighting in watching my hair grow back, curious as to what colour it will be and what texture (have read that both are likely to be different). One thing worries me though: would prefer if it didn't grow back without pigmentation at first, which I believe can also happen, that is, first grey until the pigmentation kicks in a few months later.
Now enjoy standing in front of the mirror, staring at the strands sticking up on my head. Ja, that is the one exciting thing about having had cancer, watching and speculating about the unknown hairgrowth. Ok, I never went completely bald, only on the sides - which hairdresser Carlos said was cos I sleep on my side - but now it is definately growing back faster. Been almost five weeks since I had my last AC chemo session.
The place where I bought the wig which I have never worn said my length of hair (I went there the morning before my first chemo session) said it would take about three months to grow back. Mmmmm.......
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Title- Blackmailed
Series- Their Sins #1.5
By- A. Gorman
Genre- Romantic Suspense
Expected Publication Date- April 19th

Chet Boston has everything he wants—except love.
Raised as an affluent only child, Chet used his popularity and status to his advantage. While attending Indiana University Bloomington, he falls into the party scene. His drugs of choice? Alcohol, cocaine—and women. He is honest with his agenda. That way no one gets hurt, and he gets what he wants.
His playboy lifestyle comes to an end when he meets Alexis Cross.
Although he enjoys his revolving door of women, when he meets Alexis at a charity dinner, all of that changes. But when she leaves him for a co-worker in California, he trashes any future possibility for romance and vows to get on with his life.
Blood is thicker than water—or so they say.
When Chet discovers he has an older half-sister, Chantelle, life changes yet again. She wasn’t raised with his silver spoon, and it soon becomes clear she is after one thing—money. Chantelle digs up dirt to blackmail him into being a puppet master, and forces him to help her land a billionaire husband.
What he didn’t expect was to meet Jesse McCoy—the billionaire’s daughter.
Chet and Jesse’s fast and furious romance leaves him pinned, and it isn’t long before his life spirals out of control. But there’s one more curveball he didn’t see coming…
And it will change his life forever.

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A. Gorman was born and raised in a small community in Central Indiana. She left the slow moving life of the country for the fast-paced city life. After spending twelve years in the city and becoming a mother to two wild and crazy kids, she chose to move back to the peace and quiet of the country after marrying the man of her dreams and gaining three more children.
As an avid reader, A. never set out to be an author since she’s a full-time editor for several incredible authors. However, after editing one day, a voice started talking to her and talking and talking. She decided to sit down and write what she had to say, and it turned out she had a lot to say. Then that one voice turned to two, and another story came to life. Not believing that anything she was writing was publishable, she asked a few friends to critique her manuscript…and now she’s the proud author of the Their Sins series, with several more series and standalones planned.
When she’s not corralling their five kids and two dogs or out in their garden, you can find her at her desk editing or writing her next novel with a cup of coffee and classical music cranked up on her iPad. While she loves reading, A. is addicted to all things British, coffee, and gummy bears—in no particular order.

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Microsoft SharePoint

Genie Infotech has been at forefront of delivering Microsoft SharePoint Server solutions for our clients. In the process, we crystallized best-practices techniques and methods that lead to successful SharePoint adoption throughout the enterprise. Our Full Dimension SharePoint Methodology & Governance process, summarized in the diagram below, is specifically designed to assist our client get the most out of their SharePoint initiatives.

BPM can be used to understand organizations through expanded views that would not otherwise be available to organize and present, such as relationships between processes. When included in a process model, these relationships provide for advanced reporting and analysis. As BPM allows organizations to abstract business process from technology infrastructure, it goes far beyond automating business processes (software) or solving business problems (suite). BPM enables business to respond to changing consumer, market, and regulatory demands faster than competitors- creating competitive advantage.

Our Areas of specialization includes:

  • Proof of Concept
  • Solution Planning & Business Analysis
  • Site Branding and Design
  • Content Management Architecture, Usability
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  • Search Planning & Configuration
  • Architecture Design, Install & Implementation
  • Product Configuration
  • Business Process Integration
  • Custom Components Development and integration
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  • Knowledge Transfer and Training
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How we can make SharePoint work for you ?

Intranet Replacement: Build and maintain SharePoint portal sites to connect your employees to business critical information, expertise, and application.

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Business Process and Workflow management: Streamline your business processes with built in and custom workflows and lnfoPath forms that automate approval, review, archiving and Collaboration.

Sharing Business Intelligent and Reporting: Built-in and Custom web parts that allows anytime, anywhere access and interaction with BI dashboards and reports.

Development & Deployment Services: The Genie Infotech SharePoint Team will utilize its industry proven best practices on SharePoint solution delivery to ensure a seamless imple-mentation of projects.

Digital Library: Genie Digital Library is an initiative to provide a standard based, cross platform system for the implementation of digital library that has extensive search capability and provides administrative mechanism for management of the library. The solution provides for an end to end development from digitization to deployment within a time bound manner, and one that allows for emerging standards and new features to be incorporated as the library grows.


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GANT Delray Slipper

Style Code 874678605

Colour: Persian Blue

Our Delray Slipper, made in a lightweight canvas, features comfortable tonal elastic panels and tab at the heel for easy slip-on, a sleek white sole, and GANT label on the sole. Perfect for casual barbecues and days exploring new cities.

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GANT NHCT Sweat Hoodie

Style Code 2047030

Colour: Purple Wine

Our yarn-dyed, cotton blend NHCT Sweat Hoodie is a sporty sweat with a GANT twist. Featuring a cozy drawstring hood lined in contrast color, GANT NHCT print on the chest, elbow patches, and a soft, brushed back finish for coziness.

Wash and iron inside out. Wash with similar colors.

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If An Elephant Charges At You, You Are Supposed To Do This…And It’s Terrifying

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Our healthy instinct is to run divided when something is charging during us. Most of a time, that’s substantially a best thing to do. But there are situations in that using divided indeed creates things worse.

When an elephant comes charging during you, for instance, we are not ostensible to run divided from it. Instead, you’re ostensible to do something terrifying.

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It would be impossibly formidable not to conduct for a hills in that situation. Still, experts insist that those who find themselves in this frightful difficulty should mount their belligerent and uncover a elephant who’s boss.


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New investigate shows synthetic pancreas works for length of whole propagandize term

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An synthetic pancreas given to children and adults with form 1 diabetes going about their daily lives has been proven to work for 12 weeks – definition a technology, grown during a University of Cambridge, can now offer a whole propagandize tenure of additional leisure for children with a condition.

Artificial pancreas trials for people during home, work and propagandize have formerly been singular to brief durations of time. But a study, published Sep 17th in a New England Journal of Medicine, saw a record safely yield 3 whole months of use, bringing us closer to a day when a wearable, smartphone-like device can be done accessible to patients.

The lives of a 400,000 UK people with form 1 diabetes now involves a relentless balancing act of determining their blood glucose levels by finger-prick blood tests and holding insulin around injections or a pump. But a synthetic pancreas sees parsimonious blood glucose control achieved automatically.

This latest Cambridge investigate showed a synthetic pancreas significantly softened control of blood glucose levels among participants – alleviation their risk of hypoglycaemia. Known as ‘having a hypo,’ hypoglycaemia is a dump in blood glucose levels that can be rarely dangerous and is what people with form 1 diabetes hatred most.

Susan Walls is mom to Daniel Walls, a 12-year-old with form 1 diabetes who has taken partial in a trial. She said: “Daniel goes behind to propagandize this month after a summer holidays – so it’s a ideal time to hear this smashing news that a synthetic pancreas is proof reliable, gift a whole propagandize tenure of support.

“The synthetic pancreas could change my son’s life, and a lives of so many others. Daniel has positively no hypoglycaemia recognition during night. His blood glucose levels could be really low and he wouldn’t arise up. The synthetic pancreas could give me a assent of mind that I’ve been missing.”

“The information clearly denote a advantages of a synthetic pancreas when used over several months,” pronounced Dr Roman Hovorka, Director of Research during a University’s Metabolic Research Laboratories, who grown a synthetic pancreas. “We have seen softened glucose control and reduced risk of neglected low glucose levels.”

The Cambridge investigate is being saved by JDRF, a form 1 diabetes charity. Karen Addington, Chief Executive of JDRF, said: “JDRF launched a idea of perfecting a synthetic pancreas in 2006. These formula currently uncover that we are thrillingly tighten to what will be a breakthrough in medical science.”

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Leaked honeymoon photos of Hot Kim Kardashian

A few pictures of Kim Kardashian's romantic honeymoon have leaked online, but now there are even more, and they are hot. The newlyweds attempted to leave the country without a lot of fan fare, but as with anything Kim Kardashian does, it was not possible.

Their Italian honeymoon was short-lived and Kim promises it was not the real honeymoon. Kris Humphries and his bride stayed at the luxurious Hotel Santa Caterina along Italy's Amalfi Coast. Their luxury suite ran them $3,300 a night, but when you just pulled off one of the most lavish weddings of the century, what's a few extra dollars? The Chalet Giulietta & Romeo featured a king-size bed, a private garden and terrace and their own Jacuzzi. A spectacular private infinity pool was another feature. The couple were spotted enjoying several breakfasts al fresco out on their "private" terrace. Private does not mean invisible and photographers managed to get some intimate photos of the couple.
Kim and Kris were regularly seen poolside. In one series of photos, Kim donned a tiny bikini, showing off all her famous curves. Her backside was stamped with the label, "Mrs. Humphries" just in case anybody mistook her voluptuous dairy-are for some other gorgeous raven-haired  beauty. As if. The newlyweds were seen getting very hot and heavy poolside several times and on at least one occasion, there were some clothes falling off before they headed indoors for some much needed privacy.
A guest of the hotel reveals, "They only had eyes for each other…They were in their own little world." Kim gushed about her impromptu honeymoon, "Our honeymoon was so perfect! We caught up on alone time." The reality star insists she was unaware of the mini-vacation, "We were planning on waiting until next summer to take a honeymoon. But Kris surprised me last minute!" He is already starting out on the right foot! Way to go, Kris.
The couple are still planning on taking an extensive tropical honeymoon. In the meantime, they are in New York so Kim can make some money with her latest reality show endeavor.

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Road to Tara

The Life of Margaret Mitchell

Book Description

Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O’Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imagination—indeed, it is the basis for the legend she created. Gone With the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become the most popular motion picture of all time. It was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled—and it shattered Margaret Mitchell’s private life. In this commemorative reprint of Road to Tara, Anne Edwards tells the real story of Margaret Mitchell and the extraordinary novel that has become part of our heritage.

About Edwards, Anne

Anne Edwards, a fastidious researcher and accomplished writer, is the author of several bestselling biographies of notable figures, including film stars Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, and Katharine Hepburn, as well as Queen Mary. Edwards’s autobiography, Leaving Home: A Hollywood Blacklisted Writer’s Years Abroad, was published in 2012. She lives in Beverly Hills, California.


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What is a brigade?!

A brigade is a group of people organized for a special activity.  A medical brigade consists of a team of student and medical professional volunteers functioning like a mobile medical unit, setting up temporary day clinics to diagnose and treat patients at no cost. From in-take, to triage, to medical consultations, to filling prescriptions, the student volunteers experience the many realms of the medical profession under the guidance of licensed professionals.

Location and Setup
The physical site of the medical brigade and details of setup will vary depending on the community and available resources.  Most often, the site will be a school or church in the village. Spatial areas or different rooms will be designated for distinct functions.

Similarly to a traditional hospital, patients will be transitioned from intake, to triage, to a consultation, and ultimately the pharmacy (all of which will be run by our groups volunteers).

After receiving their medication, patients will turn in their patient sheet to students entering the information into the database.  Depending on the interest of students and volunteer skill-sets, public health workshops, dental and eye examinations can be conducted in conjunction with the brigade.   Before being treated, each patient is given a form  used to record demographic, vitals, complaints, diagnoses and prescription information. Generated reports based on the patient intake forms allow the department to determine the health trends of each community/village in addition to understanding the overall basic medical health needs of Hondurans.

The next section will go over the different components of the brigade and how the patient sheet is to be utilized throughout.

1. IntakeThe intake station is generally comprised of at least two people depending on the size of the volunteer group.  It is helpful if the volunteers working in intake have some knowledge of Spanish as they will have to communicate with patients and write down unfamiliar names.Intake volunteers will be responsible for filling out the section of the patient sheet shown below:

2. TriageThis station is usually comprised of nurses and skilled individuals, and is the next stop for patients after intake. In triage, patients relay their symptoms/ ailments while volunteers:
  • take blood pressure for those over 40
  • weigh children under 12
  • take temperature of children under 12 and those who claim a fever
 Once again, a grasp of Spanish is helpful in order to fill out allergies, medications, and symptoms:

 Spanish is not required to take blood pressure, blood glucose, etc. although learning a few specific phrases helps.

3. Consultation RoomThis station is comprised of doctors who attend to patients after they have been through triage. Doctors consult, diagnose, and then prescribe the medication they feel is best suited for each individual patient.

Interpreters are of great use here for doctors who do not speak Spanish.  Interpreting is a great way to walk through the patient assessment process with a doctor first hand for those interested in the medical field.

If a doctor comes across an ailment they feel the brigade does not have the proper medication/ equipment to address, that doctor can refer the patient to the Clinica Santa Rosa de Lima for further treatment provided free of cost by Global Medical Brigades. ONLY the doctors can write in this part of the patient sheet:

The consultation room is often a school room, and depending on the location, set-up will vary.  Doctors can expect tables and chairs.  Students will need to collect, or doctors will need to bring, all other needed supplies for the clinic (gloves, examination equipment, etc.).

If a referral is given, the bottom right corner of the patient sheet, shown above, must be cut out and given to the patient for them to take with them to Clinica Lima.

Runners:  When the pharmacy runs out of a certain type of medicine, a few runners are designated to go update the doctors’ medicine inventory lists (which they use to prescribe).  After the brigade, runners should ensure that all medicine inventory lists match (some will be in the pharmacy, others in the clinic).  This way, doctors are not prescribing medicines that you do not have.  Runners also refresh supplies that will be needed in triage and the consultation room, such as gloves, hand sanitizer, etc.

4. PharmacyIn this station, prescriptions are filled with either a doctor or pharmacist to approve the finished products and answer volunteers’ questions.  Considered by some to be the most high-energy station, volunteers in pharmacy should be prepared for long, fast-paced days.  It will behoove the pharmacy to consider how best to set up the pharmacy on the first day (ex: vitamins and anti-parasite meds by the door since these will be most common), and continue this set-up each day to minimize the time spent searching for a correct medicine.  Place all prescriptions for the same patient in one plastic bag.  Keeping family’s patient sheets together is important, so they don’t wait on one person’s medicine for a long time.  No Spanish is required for this station.

Medicine DirectionsTranslators are responsible for giving patients their medicine and relaying its corresponding instructions. Spanish skills are crucial for conveying complex directions for certain medications.  However, those with no Spanish speaking skills can also participate by learning the basic phrases (ex: Take one vitamin a day = Tome una vitamina cada dia) for the most common, simple medications given.

*Once Medicine is given to a patient, they must NOT walk away with their patient sheet.  Walk the sheets over to the Data Entry station for processing.

Interpreters: Volunteers proficient in Spanish are crucial parts of the brigades so that doctors and nurses alike know exactly what problems are plaguing each patient.  At least five interpreters are required for every volunteer group.

 Crowd ControlThese are the volunteers who direct traffic from one station to the next and maintain a sense of order within the brigade. Medical brigades vary in size but can involve treating several hundred patients in one day, making crowd control an essential part of the brigade machine.  (In many situations the local Honduran workers will step in and reestablish order if necessary.)

 Extra Positions: Extra positions depend on the size of the volunteer group. Volunteers to entertain the many children of the brigades, whether through crafts, games or toys, are always needed. Additionally, stations are often set up based upon specific careers or skills that volunteers possess. If for example a physical therapist or audiologist comes to volunteer, they can create their own station to address patients’ specific problems, or conduct hearing tests.


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Friday, November 13, 2015

VBT: Wildflowers of Montana Series by Vanessa Vale

Congratulations to Linda M., winner of the tour prize and to Hart's Romance Pulse, the host winner.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for the Wildflowers of Montana Series by Vanessa Vale, an Erotic Historical Western Romance available now and in early 2016.

The tour will run January 4 - 29, 2016. Prewritten interviews, along with promo posts, and reviews are available. Please specify which type of stop you’d like when you ask to host this tour. The first two books are available for review.

Prizes for the tour are as follows:
• One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/ gift card.
• One randomly chosen host will receive a $25 Amazon/ gift card.

Follow the eight Lenox sisters through this historical erotic series that's as big and bold as the Montana Sky.

Rose Lenox has grown up to be more comfortable on the back of a horse than wearing ribbons and bows like her seven adopted sisters. For years working the land was enough, but lately Rose finds herself wishing for something different. She wants her own ranch and freedom from her overwhelming and unorthodox family. Rose is determined to strike out on her own and forge her own path. Lenox neighbor, Chance Goodman, has watched Rose grow from a spitfire of a girl to a beautiful and fiery woman. For years he's waited patiently and watched her struggle to find her place in the world. When she leaves the Lenox ranch alone, determined to abandon her former life and to say good-bye to him, he knows the time has come to claim her. Letting her walk away isn't an option. Chance knows exactly what she needs...and he's going to give it to her.

When handsome Jackson Reed comes home from the army, he catches the immediate attention of the seven Lenox daughters. But he only has eyes for one — beautiful Hyacinth Lenox. It's apparent that she notices him as well, so why is she doing everything she can to avoid him?

Hyacinth can't stop thinking about the sandy-haired newcomer, but while she longs for happiness with Jackson, she feels unworthy to marry him or anyone else. Guilt from a tragic childhood incident dogs her even into adulthood, leaving her to feel undeserving of Jackson's love.

But Jackson isn't a man so easily dissuaded. He's determined to rid Hyacinth of her pain and make her his wife. Can he heal her past hurt and awaken her to the carnal pleasures he wants just with her? He senses a great capacity for love and passion in this fair Lenox flower. Unlocking it will mean a battle of wills, but love is worth the fight.

January 4: Where the Story Comes First
January 4: Christine Young
January 5: Blog of author Jacey Holbrand
January 6: Erotica For All
January 6: The Reading Addict
January 7: mignon mykel { reviews}
January 8: Romorror Fan Girl - review
January 8: Deal Sharing Aunt
January 11: Louise Lyndon Romance Author Hear Me Roar
January 12: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
January 12: LibriAmoriMiei - review
January 13: BooksChatter
January 14: Erotic Author Nancy Adams
January 14: Jennifer Lynne, Erotic Romance Author
January 15: T's Stuff
January 18: Behind Closed Doors
January 18: Jen's Reading Obsession
January 19: Queen of the Night Reviews
January 20: The Avid Reader
January 20: Historical Romance Writer and Lover of Books...Vikki Vaught - review
January 21: Reviews by Crystal
January 22: Marlow Kelly History and other Ponderings
January 22: Long and Short Reviews
January 25: Wendi Zwaduk ~ Romance to Make Your Heart Race
January 26: Liz Gavin's Blog - review
January 26: Harps Romance Book Review
January 27: Books Are Love
January 28: Cafinated Reads
January 28: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
January 29: Hart's Romance Pulse

Christine Young said...

I can host on Jan 4

C.R. Moss said...

Where the Story Comes First can host on January 4. Please send a pre-written guest post. Thanks! C.R. Moss

Mave Serafi said...

I can host any date with pre written guest post and review. Thanks!

Jacey Holbrand said...

I would love to host on January 5 with a pre-written guest blog if there's one left. If not, I am happy to post a book spotlight only.

Danica Sorber said...

Eve Hart

I'll take a guest post on the 29th!

E.L. F. said...

The Reading Addict can host 1/6/16, guest post, please. Thanks!

Jody Faltys said...

I'd like to host on January 12th for a promo post. Thanks bunches!

Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess

Julia BookReader said...

I'd love to host & review on 01/05!

vicjbr said...

deal sharing aunt can do a promo/interview on any date

Books Chatter said...

BooksChatter can host 13 January with pre-written blog post.

mignon mykel said...

mignon mykel : reviews

Open to do promo/guest blog on any date.

Julie D said...

One Book Shy of a Full Shelf can host on 1/18. Would like a guest post or spotlight.

Nancy Adams said...

I can host any day in Jan.
A pre-written post please!

Vikki said...

I can post a review on Jan. 11, 15, or 20, whenever is best for you.

Teresa Noel said...

T's Stuff

Jan 15

Louise Lyndon said...

11 jan pre written interview

Nancy Allen said...

I can host on January 20th @The Avid Reader

Jennifer Lynne said...

I can host Jan 14th - either a post or interview.

Marlow Kelly said...
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Marlow Kelly said...

I can do 22nd January on History and other Ponderings. An interview or a guest post is acceptable.

Molly Edwards Jaber said...

I can host a spotlight at Cafinated Reads on January 28th


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Friday, April 22, 2011

Five for Friday

Today is Earth Day. And I have to confess, I almost didn't do my post around Earth Day...for some reason, I was just not feelin' it. But after a little internet research, I've decided to do it. is your Five for Friday...

5 Things you need to know about Earth Day
1. Several companies are celebrating Earth Day by giving back. Click HERE to see a list of some of those businesses.

2. Today is the 41st Anniversary of Earth Day and this year's theme is "A Billion Acts of Green"

3. Earth Day celebrations went world wide in 1990. That year, about 140 countries marked the day. Today, more than 1 billion people in about 185 countries are expected to celebrate Earth Day.

4. Earth Day began with the intention of cleaning up and protecting the environment; ultimately, an environmental revolution was born which resulted in the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act, according to the Earth Day Network.

5. To find out how OKC is celebrating Earth Day click HERE. We are in the middle of the list.

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I am married to my best friend and am the mom of two wonderful kids. I have had my ups and downs in regards to health, happiness and weight loss. This blog will tell you about all of those ups and downs and my opinion on the randomness that we call life.

Becky’s Babbles

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Friday, September 23, 2011

The Power of We

Avaya is my employeer and they have released this fantastic rap! I love it and will now be singing A-A-Avaya all day long!

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I am married to my best friend and am the mom of two wonderful kids. I have had my ups and downs in regards to health, happiness and weight loss. This blog will tell you about all of those ups and downs and my opinion on the randomness that we call life.

Becky’s Babbles

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

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Friday, 19 November 2010

Thursday's Dyeing and Knitting

Well, I did take some photos of the spun and plied wool for the scarf before it was dyed . . . or rather, I thought I did!!  Eric (blame him, because he took a video of me plying the day before) had left the camera on video setting and I hadn't noticed.

Anyway, having washed the finished wool, I laid it on a piece of polythene and hand-painted the dyes onto it.  I only used 3 colours this time : blue, red and mauve.   Photo below :-

The skeins were steamed for half an hour to set the dyes, then rinsed and hung up to dry:-

. . . and this is where I am with it at the moment.  Will probably finish it tonight and get it wrapped up ready for the raffle.

I'm knitting the scarf fairly simply : just seed stitch with intervals of ladder stitch (it grows faster!) because the knots and knobbles in the wool, plus the colours, make it look fairly patterned anyway and I didn't want to overdo it.

I hope whoever wins this will look on here to see the process from camel (this came from Bridget, the white camel, now in Holland) to yarn, to garment.  And I hope they enjoy wearing it too - I enjoyed making it!

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Houston, Robledo win at Border Olympics

Houston, Robledo win at Border Olympics

Houston, Robledo win at Border Olympics

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Houston won its third straight tournament of the season – and its fourth overall – at the Border Olympics on March 15.

The Cougars were nine shots back of Oklahoma entering the final round at Laredo (Texas) Country Club, but shot 8-under 280 in the final round for a one-shot victory. The team shot 6-under 858 total at the par-72, 7,375-yard course.

Oklahoma finished in second. Baylor finished in third with a three-round total of 1-under 863. Louisiana-Monroe finished in fourth at 15 over and Texas-San Antonio placed fifth at 19 over.

Also, for the third tournament in a row, Roman Robledo snatched the individual title. Robledo was three shots back heading into Saturday’s round and shot 2-under 70 for a two-shot win. He finished at 7-under 209.

Baylor’s Jerry Ruiz finished in second at 5-under 211 and Oklahoma’s Michael Gellerman finished in third at 4 under.

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On fairness, justice and the rights of the disabled…

One man’s story and the system that failed him.

A native of Turkey, Cüneyt Özveren was never a religious soul. But back in college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), every time his good friend Tanju Çataltepe woke up at the wee hours for the Ramadan fast, Özveren never failed to keep him company. It was just the kind of person he was…kind, considerate and caring, as most would agree in his wide circle of friends. Today, some forty years after those tender years of youth, Cüneyt says his belief that God doesn’t exist has only strengthened. “Now I can explain it scientifically,” he says, sitting in his home in Istanbul, Turkey where he relocated in 2013. For 33 years, Özveren had called the United States his adopted home, where he led a stellar career in information technology and business, reaping the rewards of an equally stellar education from MIT that led him to a life of comfort and wealth. That is until December 15, 2011…when Özveren’s life was to change forever, one fateful night, in his perfectly posh home in Saratoga, California.

“I always wanted to return to Turkey…” he says wistfully, “just not this way…” That’s because tragedy struck Özveren, 7 months shy of his fiftieth birthday when he suffered a massive stroke, leaving him paralyzed, in what is medically known as a “locked in syndrome” where one’s eyes are the only things that can move. Özveren’s health crisis was so severe and his health care costs so obscenely high (hovering around $100,000 dollars a month) that the decision was made to move him to his native Turkey where his health care costs were brought down considerably.

The story of Özveren is not only the story of a life-changing health crisis but also one that sheds light on the conservatorship system, a seemingly simple and yet complicated legal system, put in place for those who cannot physically and/or mentally make and execute life decisions for themselves. And that’s exactly what happened to Özveren – except that there is nothing wrong with him mentally. Recently divorced, Özveren was surrounded by a large group of caring friends following his health crisis. His sister and mother flew from Turkey to California to look after him as soon as they possibly could. At the time of his stroke, Özveren had considerable assets and savings that needed the attention of someone who, unlike his sister or mother, could easily navigate through the nooks and crannies of the American system of finance, banking, trusts and taxes – both individual and corporate. Further complicating the picture were the remnants of his messy divorce and ongoing child custody matters. No friend volunteered for the job at hand, so the decision was made and a conservator was appointed by the California probate court system. Starting on January 23, 2012, Özveren became a conservatee in a system which basically turned over the control of his “person” and his “estate” to (for lack of a better word) a stranger. The latter was Bonnie Burdett, a professional fiduciary from Los Altos, California.

Today, with the conservatorship finally over, nearly 3 years after the first attempts at termination were initiated,[1] Özveren holds steady in his belief that his conservator, albeit qualified enough on paper and certified in the state of California, was simply a “stranger” to the intricacies of his case and that as a consequence contributed to the considerable and unnecessary loss of his financial assets. “I knew that Bonnie could not do this job when she could not produce the expense worksheet that I wanted. I realized that she tried to be my conservator without knowing the details of my expenses…Someone with the experience to manage millions of dollars could have been better” he says.

Burdett has repeatedly declined to answer any questions for this article. Özveren’s closest living family member is his sister Şeyma Özveren-Öner who maintains that Burdett was simply doing her job as best as she could, all the while bombarded by the additional demands of her brother’s exceedingly demanding ex-wife. A close friend of Özveren was Nuri Dağdeviren who helped the family (the sister and the mother) initially set up the conservatorship. He thinks there may have been some disagreements among family members over the direction of it in the following years. Regardless of family dynamics, one overarching reason why there exists no true consensus on Burdett is that, during the initial months following Özveren’s stroke, it was his precarious health status that was utmost on everyone’s mind and not the details and direction of the conservatorship. That said, a close look at some of the basic facts will reveal that in this specific case, the conservatorship system failed Özveren because it is a flawed system, prone not only to the individual judgment and skill of the conservator, but also open for conflict of interest in the form of duplicated charges and excessive fees. According to a White Paper published by CEDAR (Coalition for elder and adult rights) in September 2015, “California’s conservatorship system is alarmingly repressive and devoid of oversight or accountability.”

Here are a few basic facts about the way Özveren’s affairs were handled: There was the court-appointed conservator (Burdett) (whose hourly rate varied between 135 to165 dollars an hour); working alongside Burdett, and covering all of the significant legal hurdles for which she was not qualified, was an attorney (Richard Gorini) whose hourly rate stands at $425.  In only the first accounting period, the professional service charges for Burdett were $102,130.92, for Gorini $73,260.00.  In this set up, it was a common occurrence that both Burdett and Gorini would be charging hefty sums of money while attending the same court hearing on the very same day.[2]

Also in the mix of this costly stew was Özveren’s divorce lawyer (Mia Mosher) working with Burdett over the handling of child custody issues since Özveren and his ex-wife have a young daughter, a minor throughout the entire conservatorship period. All three people, the conservator and two attorneys were being paid out of the very estate the conservator was assigned to manage. Basically, the foxes were all in charge of the henhouse.

Between January 23, 2012 when Burdett took over as conservator, and May 16, 2016 when the conservatorship was officially terminated, Özveren’s original assets of about 6 million dollars shrunk to a mere 2 million, leaving his financial future uncertain at best. The reason for this uncertainly is quite simple: Severely disabled (basically a quadriplegic), Özveren is in need of 24 hour nursing care. He is completely dependent on paid staff to stay alive while he cannot work and cannot earn any income. The severity of Özveren’s health crisis is marked by two life-saving brain surgeries following his brain stem stroke, followed by 3 months in intensive care, then a period of 7 months when he was literally fighting for his life, in between several hospital stays including one during which a code blue[3] was called. After his status became more or less stable, that is between September 2012 and May 2013 when he relocated to Turkey, Özveren lived in his home in CA with 24 hour nursing care, with an average monthly cost of forty-thousand dollars. Managing these health care costs, in addition to his personal and professional finances as well as the routine interruptions from various family law issues all fell on Burdett: A tall order for any conservator. But here is the catch: Özveren is no ordinary conservatee. This is a man whose brain continues in full-function, basically outrunning his failing body. His cognition is completely intact despite the fact that he suffers from dysphagia and cannot speak. A highly intelligent scientist and entrepreneur, Özveren has 5 MIT degrees under his belt. He is not only an electrical and computer engineer, he is also a graduate of the Sloan school of Management. Between his last year of schooling in 1989, and the tragedy of his life-altering stroke in 2011, Özveren had put his mark on 6 different corporate ventures. By his mid-thirties, Özveren was making a name for himself not only in Silicon Valley where he worked, but also in his native Turkey. Özveren’s professional acquaintances describe him as “a visionary and a hard charging CEO.” In 2004, one of his brainchildren, LeapTag Inc., was a stealth start up in the Internet application space. In 2008, he was the main force behind Intelligent Papers, a digital textbook company. His business partner in this last venture was İsmet Müstecaplıoğlu who describes his friend of 43 years as “very hardworking, at times domineering, but always committed to being good at what he does and being successful in business.”

Today, sitting in a wheelchair in front of his special computer and under the watchful eye of his caregivers, it takes Özveren a painstaking half hour to write a decent paragraph to email a friend. Since he cannot use his hands, his eyes are his most important assets right now. Using eye-recognition technology, he moves his eyes across the computer keyboard, and points to the right letter to form the right word, then the right cluster of words and finally the full sentence. When he thinks of the myriad emails that were written on his behalf by his conservator, he is often overcome by anger and frustration. Knowing all that he knows about numbers, about money, about running a business and making the right decisions for all that’s involved, he cannot help but feel outraged. Whenever he questions a particular charge on the conservator’s yearly accounting summaries, he is told that every single penny spent from his estate was officially approved by the probate court judge. After hearing the same refrain repeatedly, he cannot help but wonder how the judge can possibly approve every single charge without having all of the pertinent information that may be involved while he, as the conservatee, does not have direct access to the judge. When he thinks about the bank accounts the conservator was handling on his behalf, he obsesses over every single interest rate she missed. When he thinks about a corporate return she signed, he is irritated because he knows she signed the papers without truly understanding the content. And when he asks her not to do something on his behalf and when she does exactly the opposite, he is simply incensed.[4]

To an outsider, Özveren’s complaints may sound like the frustrated fits of fury of someone who feels helpless. Yet, for those who know and work within the system, there does exist a clear level of skepticism about the U.S. legal system that oversees conservatorships and family law. In Özveren’s case, there is reason to believe that someone of his cognitive and intellectual capacity should have had better access to the standards and procedures about the conservatorship system. It wasn’t until December 9, 2015 (4 years into the conservatorship) that Özveren received a standard “rights” documents in an email attachment from Burdett. In that email, she promised to send in the original document specially drafted for his particular case, but that promise never quite materialized. To this day, Özveren maintains that his rights as a conservatee were never clearly explained to him until he requested the documents in 2015 – nearly four years after the start of the conservatorship. Despite the erratic nature of his recovery, with varying degrees of consciousness in the first year following his stroke, Özveren was nevertheless observed and described as being able to “process and understand complicated subjects as early as January 2012.[5]  And yet, when asked if Özveren was given the information regarding his rights as a conservatee, neither the sister nor his close friends are able to recall with any clarity if and when that occurred. This fact alone leaves the door open for possible gaps in the way the conservatorship was understood and accepted by the one person for whom it mattered most: the conservatee, in this case, the highly intelligent stroke victim whose cognition and intelligence has simply outrun his paralyzed body.

In addition, whenever Özveren inquired about terminating the conservatorship (in his repeated requests between 2015 and 2016), he was told that he could not ask Burdett to withdraw as he had been doing and that she would have to resign. However, the Notice of Conservatee’s Rights as stipulated under the Probate Court in California states that: ”The conservatee keeps the right to ask a judge to replace the conservator; ask a judge to end the conservatorship.” [6] It is worth noting here that all three people hired and paid by the Özveren estate, were still charging by the hour for their services during the entire timespan of 2015/2016. Furthermore, just as Özveren’s assets were diminishing by the hour, the conservator’s accounting summaries were being filled up by a myriad of mundane tasks billed at unreasonable levels: A half hour exchange of documents between Burdett and attorney Gorini: $45.00; Burdett reviewing and approving invoices (which are meant to be reviewed later by a judge) for 0.8 hours: $108.00; a single email with family law counsel regarding child care for 0.1 hour: $16.50 and the list goes on…

Caught in a seemingly repressive system which was eating into his life saving, Özveren decided on a more dramatic route in the summer of 2015 and hired the Geragos law firm to check into his conservatorship. The investigation’s purpose was to dig in and find out if his conservator or any other third party was at least at fault, if not entirely guilty of outright surcharge actions or any malpractice emanating from simple incompetence. The Geragos investigation lasted about a year but could not reveal any such proof. And yet the fact remains that the Özveren story was no ordinary case.

A simple google search among the top 15 controversial conservatorship cases in California reveals not one case similar to Özveren’s. Among the 15 cases, 7 are related to individuals with mental issues, 2 deal with complications arising after an elderly conservatee’s death, the rest with various issues ranging from post-death scenarios to those conservatees who happen to be minors or sexually dangerous individuals.

So where does this leave Özveren and his stubborn belief that he was wronged by the conservatorship system? With the approval of the judge and the probate court system, the conservatorship ended in May 2016. A U.S. bank account kept the funds for his daughter’s private school tuition and the rest was wired to him in Turkey. Fighting the system any further is nearly impossible. It is too late to request an appeal or a motion to reconsider without spending large amounts of money…money that Özveren needs preserve in order to stay alive while making sure he keeps his promise to pay for his daughter’s education. “The system is set up wrong” he says, “you can’t use the same person, judge or conservator, for everyone,” summarizing what may well be the crux of his problems. Özveren is a rare breed: A conservatee with severe physical limitations, and yet whose brainpower perhaps exceeds that of the people assigned to work on his behalf combined. And there is nothing anyone can say or do to make him change in mind about the system he was thrown into following his life-altering health crisis.

Whether he was the wrong man in the right system, or the right man in the wrong system may be an open question for some. But not so for this ex-conservatee. Özveren is more than convinced that the conservatorship and the court system that oversees it simply failed him, even though “the court is to be guided by what appears to be for the best interests of the conservatee.”[7] Of this he is certain, just as certain as he used to be when answering the most complicated math questions back in middle school. “Everything was easy in school but I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want to intimidate them.” he says. Too modest to speak out back then, Özveren wants to speak out loud and clear today. And even though he cannot physically speak, he will make sure he will be heard, with or without his vocal chords working.

[1] The conservatorship of the person was terminated on July 23, 2013. The conservatorship of the estate was terminated on May 16, 2016.

[2] One of many such examples: Both Burdett and Gorini attended a January 17, 2013 court session of 2.7-2.8  hours with Burdett charging $378.00 and Gorini $1,147.00

[3] Code blue: An emergency situation announced in a hospital or institution in which a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest, requiring a team of providers (sometimes called a ‘code team’) to rush to the specific location and begin immediate resuscitative efforts.

[4] According to email exchanges between January through March of 2015, Özveren repeatedly asked Burdett not to speak to the IRS regarding his corporate returns without consulting him and the banks. She never complied.

[5] Post on January 3, 2012 (3 weeks after the stroke) on the Google Group formed by friends to exchange visitation notes and observations. Quotation from friend on Googlegroup “Get Well Cüneyt” dated January 3, 2012.

[6] Form adopted for mandatory use by the Judicial Council of California. (Probate-Guardianships and conservatorships)

[7] From West’s California Jurisprudence 3D. Volume 35A (Government Tort Liability to Guardianship and Conservatorship, page:1042


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Recent Eats

Seitan Wrap with Mesclun and Sriracha Mayo

Homemade Seitan Wrap w. Mesclun and Sriracha Mayo

We are home, yet again, with another snowstorm. Spring is only 15 days away and I can’t imagine ever seeing my neighborhood without snow again! Its gotten to a point where there isn’t any place else to shovel it. I feel bad for the people up in and near Boston. They have it way worse then us. I love the snow and love that it is snowing but it’s getting to the point where enough is enough.

Grilled Tofu w. Spicy Veg Fried Rice #vegan

Grilled Tofu with Spicy Veg Stirfry

Since the kids and I are home today I’m thinking of trying out some new recipes. Turn the oven on and make the house cozy warm. A few months ago I started working on a Spinach-Cheddar Biscuit. They would be so comforting to make and eat today. I’m thinking up an enchilada recipe or possibly a stuffed sweet potato recipe. Maybe I should combine both ideas? My 7 year old daughter wants to learn to bake so I though we could create a cookie recipe today with whatever is in the baking cabinet.

Secret Brownies

Secret Brownies

I let her make my Secret Brownie recipe the other day. She did about 95% of it herself which is not only a big deal for her but also a big deal for me. Its very hard for me to give control over to someone else in the kitchen! She did a great job on them. Can’t wait to bake with her some more!

Hope you are all safe and warm indoors today if you live in the path of this current snowstorm!

Isa Live at City Winery, NYC

I'm starving. #isa #citywinery #isacitywinerynyc #vegan

When I first heard about Isa Chandra Moskowitz going on a culinary tour I knew that I had to go. I immediately posted on facebook seeing who would go and of course my vegan bestie, Dianne,  jumped on board and snatched up 4 tickets for the two of us and our husbands. My husband was a bit skeptical about the whole thing. He didn’t really understand what would actually be happening and quite frankly neither did I. I just knew I wanted to see Isa speak and eat her food.

We arrived early and with ease. NYC on Superbowl Sunday is a ghost town. It was great! It was fun to just sit and chat and people watch. Waiting to see people we know in real life or recognize from online.

1st Course at Isa Live in NYC #isacitywinerynyc #vegan #isalive

First Course

When it was time for the whole evening to officially start our first course was brought out. It was a Caesar Salad with Brussels Sprouts it came with grilled tofu, tahini caper dressing and pine nuts. Our plates unfortunately didn’t get any of the pine nuts. Through instagram I can tell that a lot of people did get pine nuts so it was just a mishap for us..I guess? Besides the missing pine nuts it was a delicious salad! The tofu was perfect. Just perfect. We aren’t big tofu eaters, especially my husband, and he even liked it. He also doesn’t like Brussels Sprouts but by the magic of Isa he enjoyed these.

Second Course: Tamales #isalive #vegan #citywinerynyc

Second Course

This was the course I was looking forward to the most. The Tamale! I love tamales. Love them. I happened to also really love this tamale. Made with a lentil chorizo and served with guacamole and mole rojo. The menu said it came with a coconut sour cream but like the pine nuts…we didn’t get it. Besides the missing sour cream, like the pine nuts above, it was a great dish. The tamale had a perfect texture and the filling wasn’t overpowering. The guacamole was fresh tasting and the mole rojo had a great cinnamon flavor to it that mixed well with everything else on the plate. I wish I could have eaten another one!

Third Course: Chickpeas and Dumplings #vegan #isalive #isacitywinery

Third Course

Chickpeas and Dumpling, a creamy chickpea stew. It was a great dish for a snowy night. So comforting and warm. I’ll eat anything that has a dumpling in it. The secret to this dish, as demonstrated by Isa cooking on stage, was adding cashew cream to the stew. A favorite trick of mine to use at home. Cashews make everything better in my opinion.

Fourth Course: chocolate mousse cupcake #vegan #isalive

Fourth Course

Of course the perfect way to end a meal is with a chocolate cake…or Isa’s Chocolate Mousse Cupcake.  A chocolate cupcake, chocolate mousse on top, coconut whipped cream and raspberry sauce. It doesn’t get any better. I will say that I found the cake to be very salty BUT I liked it. I don’t know if that was a mistake in the kitchen or intentional but I really liked it that way and would eat it that way again, happily!

Isa was of course her charming and beautiful self onstage. Telling us about each course, showing us how she made some of the components, answering questions from the crowd about cooking, her new restaurant Modern Love and beauty tips like how she gets her eyeliner so perfect.

It was such a lovely evening with great friends, good food and no traffic while driving back to NJ in the snow storm that was just beginning as we left! I would do it all over again! Yay Isa!

(not pictured was the Wine Tasting Menu that both Dianne and I ordered. 4 wines. 1 for each dish.)

Soup Swap

Dianne's Spicy Dahl and Carrot Soup

Spicy Dahl and Carrot Soup by Dianne

The idea of a food swap has always been intriguing to me. Last year I even secured some food swap themed URL’s in hopes of starting one locally. While that hasn’t happened yet, on my end, two friends of mine have recently held swaps. The first was a vegan/gluten free food swap at my friend Jen’s house. I came home with many quinoa dishes, a delicious hummus, a black rice, mushroom and lemongrass dish and a walnut sauce. I contributed coconut chocolates. I have no photographic evidence of this event at all or of any of the food I took home!

A few weeks later my friend Dianne held a Soup Swap on National Soup Swap Day. This day I do have photographic evidence of..but of just the soups…I didn’t take pictures of the amazing appetizers Dianne served at her swap.

Chef AJs Red Lentil Chili

Chef AJ’s Spicy Red Lentil Chili by Jen

Everyone in attendance brought 4 quarts of soup in four 1 quart containers…mostly mason jars. Since only 4 of us were able to attend we were each able to bring home one of each soup. Lucky us!

I made my Quinoa, White Bean and Vegetable Tomato Soup, I’ll be sharing the recipe for it this week!

Dianne made a Spicy Dahl and Carrot Soup with little baggies of Spiced Pumpkin Seeds.

Jen made Chef AJ’s Spicy Red Lentil Chili with instructions to add scallions, hot sauce, salsa..etc..on top.

Last but not least The Food Duo made a White Bean and Escarole Soup.

White Bean and Escarole Soup

White Bean and Escarole Soup by The Food Duo

My husband and I have since consumed all of the soups and each and every one was fantastic. Its great having friends who know how to cook! I would gladly eat all of these soups again and again.

I’m looking forward to the next food swap I attend!

Rice, Beans, 3-ish ways

Dinner: black beans, yellow rice (brown), garlicky broccoli. #vegan

Rice and Beans with Garlicky Broccoli

We are Rice and Bean fanatics. Its a weekly sometimes twice weekly meal for us. It helps that the kids, mostly, like it. With that it’s a good vehicle to hide veggies in. I usually finely grate carrots and zucchini into the beans and add some cherry tomatoes that pop and melt themselves into the beans. The kids are clueless. Its wonderful.

Lunch: Rice and Bean Quesadilla w. Peach Salad #vegan #vegansofig #veganfoodshare #whatveganseat

Rice and Bean Quesadilla with Peach Salsa

A quick lunch the next day with reheated rice and beans pressed into a whole grain tortilla. Served with a peach salsa from Trader Joe’s. It was very refreshing for a snowy day.

Testing out some #vegan Arancini

Brown Rice Arancini

This time I made a double batch of my Yellow Brown Rice. I cook the rice in rich chickenless broth and turmeric. Its so savory and delicious. I was going to use the extra rice for another meal a day or two later when a fabulous idea popped into my head: ARANCINI!!! This batch of rice was a bit sticky which is perfect for making the Italian treat. Its something I’ve been thinking about trying to make for ages now. We just never have extra rice or risotto laying around.

I formed the rice into walnut sized balls, dipped them in unsweetened almond milk and then rolled them in mixture of bread crumbs and nutritional yeast. Fried them in olive oil and sprinkled them with salt. They were fabulous even though they were made with brown rice. They are usually made with a risotto or similar type of rice and sometimes stuffed with a meat filling or mozzarella cheese. I was really surprised how well these worked out and how delicious and simple they were. My mom was even impressed! This is definitely a recipe I’ll be fine tuning over the next month. I want to eat them all the time with various fillings!

Its a new year!

Need to work on my caramel sauce but I can't wait to try this cake! #vegan #cake #vegandesserts

Vanilla Coconut Cake with Caramel Sauce

The New Year is already 3 weeks in and moving fast. I alway’s hope for a quiet January but that never seems to happen. Its been busy but a lot of fun. That seems to be my theme for 2015:

So far this year I’ve:

~ created a new cake recipe. It was so good! (pictured above)
~ actually created a few new recipes.
~ been invited to not 1 but 2 Food Swaps! Vegan food swaps at that!
~ had a lovely date with my 7 year old daughter in NYC to see Wicked on Broadway. That     was so much fun! If you live in the NYC area follow Kids Free on Broadway. Its such a great deal to see a Broadway show.
~ joined a Win to Lose program at my gym (YMCA). I’m there almost every day now and am already seeing results on the scale. Its very exciting and I feel great.

Fun things that are coming up this year:

~ Vida Vegan Con in Austin, TX! I cannot wait! I’ll be traveling with my friend Dianne from Dianne’s Vegan Kitchen again. The last VVC, in Portland, OR was so much fun.
~ 2 family vacations planned. Our usual Ocean Grove trip and a possible trip to the Outer Banks with my parents and sister.
~ my sister surprised me yesterday with tickets to see the cast of Bob’s Burgers live in NYC this March. I was freaking out. I don’t usually get excited about tv shows but that show is just my favorite thing ever.
~ in 2 weeks I’ll be seeing Isa Chandra Moskowitz live and on stage at City Winery in NYC with my husband and Dianne and her husband eating a delicious Isa meal while she shares stories with the audience.

That’s it’s for now, I think. I have a few other exciting things in the works.

My New Year blogging resolution is as alway’s to start blogging more. I never seem to stick with it though :) Both of my kids are in school 5 days a week now so maybe this is the year I stick with it! Bloggers with young kids…how do you do it??

I hope everyone has a fantastic 2015! Let me know if any of you are heading to VVC in Austin at the end of May!

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If anyone has a really good quality negative scanner that they want to get rid of, please give it to me. I heard the Epson 700s or 750s are nice. While you're looking at the pictures above (click for a large version,) you can listen to this song: Chilling Sorcerer by Bottom of the Hudson.

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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Alaska Bear Buddies

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Every Friday we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website.

This week we selected these adorable bear buddies.

"Best Buds" © Steve Grodin

“Best Buds” © Steve Grodin

Photographer Steve Grodin captured this image while photographing bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

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Get Involved

We love parents getting involved in the life of the school. There are numerous opportunities to get involved. From serving as a monitor parent to supporting our many fundraisers there is something for everyone! Let us know if you are interested in volunteering.

Social Gatherings

Family picnics will be held for all classes in the fall and spring. Each class selects a park or a parent's home for this gathering. Parents will sign up to bring food or paper products. Siblings are welcome to attend.

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This family event occurs on a Friday, early evening in the fall and is an opportunity for parents, children and teachers to share a meal and get to know each other.

Open House

An all school Open House in the fall. Parents are encouraged to visit classrooms, chat with staff members and meet other parents. Details for this event will be included in the monthly newsletter.

Christmas Chapel

Parents, Grandparents and friends are invited to participate in the children's Christmas chapel services. Children in all classes help tell the story of the birth of Jesus through songs, readings and dramatizations. The December newsletter will provide dates and times for chapel services.

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During the school year, parents will receive information concerning guest speakers and/or workshops on topics of interest to parents of preschoolers.

Parents serve as monitors every day. These individuals prepare water, organize educational materials, direct visitors to the office and assist with classroom projects. In addition to providing valuable assistance to the school, the Monitor Program permits mothers, fathers or caregivers to spend time in the school. Children love to see their parents helping at school. During orientation parents will be asked to sign up to serve as monitors for one or two days each semester. The monthly calendar in the newsletter names the parents scheduled each school day. You will be sent a reminder through sign up genius as well.

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