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Gross. Some stanky ne'erdowells hacked into the personal records of a bunch of A-list celebrities and political figures, then released all of those details to the world. The victims include Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, and the information released consists of credit information, mortgages, and other private financial dossiers.

Twelve big celebs and political figures, including Jay-Z, Beyonce, are the victims of a hacker who has posted detailed information about what appears to be their finances ... and we've learned law enforcement is on the case.

A website — we're not disclosing the name — has posted social security numbers, mortgage amounts, credit card info, car loans, banking and other info of major celebs. In addition to Beyonce and Jay-Z ... the site has snagged financial dossiers of Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Joe Biden, Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

The site was not able to get a lot on Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton, but most of the others on the list have had their financial info compromised.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the LAPD has already launched an investigation. We're told the FBI is looking into it.

As Vulture adds, "it's awfully personal for both entities, seeing as how LAPD chief Charlie Beck and FBI director Robert Mueller were two more of the hacking victims." [TMZ]

Apparently Vanessa Lachey wrote on her website that she's experiencing something called "baby blues" following the birth of her first child. Today she clarified that "baby blues" is just a thing she made up that means "being kind of tired and bummed out," and is not the same as post-partum depression, which she does not have.

"I opened up last week about baby blues and actually felt the need today to kind of clarify, just for people out there, it's different than postpartum depression and I don't wanna take anything away from women who actually go through that because it is very, very serious," she explained.

"There's a difference in the sense that baby blues happen to probably 70 to 80 percent of women a couple weeks after the baby was born. It's just, you get sad, you get irritable, you feel confused, you feel lost…and then postpartum depression happens to 10 to 20 percent of women and some celebrity moms have spoken up about it-Brooke Shields, Gwyneth Paltrow-but that's more severe and it can last up to six months or even further on than that, and you have serious thoughts that go through your head."

Duly noted. Glad you're feeling okay, Vanessa. [E!]

Withered crone Carrie Underwood is all freaked out about turning 30.

"It's actually not my birthday," the country star, who turned 30 on Sunday, tells CMT Radio. "It is the first anniversary of my 29th birthday. So it's more of an anniversary celebration than a birthday. I mean, I'll still, like, blow out candles and stuff because I want my wish, but it's not a birthday."

As someone who turned 31 on Saturday, I say BRING ON THE WRINKS. I love the shit out of my 30s. [People]

  • Here's what's in Maria Menounos's "beach bag," which is NOT a euphemism, you perverts. (Coincidentally, though, she does keep the exact same items inside her vagina.) [Extra]
  • Justin Bieber went to Portugal and these girls made these faces. [TMZ]
  • A dude is suing Frank Ocean, saying he should get a producing credit on the Channel Orange song "Lost." [MTV]
  • Check out Liam Hemsworth's INTENSE NIPPLE SHADOW. [Us]
  • Here's Kim Pregdashian pumping gas and looking great. [E!]
  • Ohhhhh my god, I love how much Jon Hamm loves his girlfriend more than Ice loves Coco. Radar]
  • Ian Somerhalder got his picture taken with Grumpy Cat. [E!]
  • Britney Spears went tanning with her new boyfriend. [E!]
  • Gerard Butler admits he hooked up with Brandi Glanville, but he never learned her last name or how real of a housewife she was. [E!]

Happy Monday! I'm going out to dinner with my friend now (can you believe she's never had falafel!??!)!


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So like the '80s, right? It was like rully rully cool to talk like, a Californian, you know? And wear, like, O.P. and use Sun-In. So tubular. There was a pretty awesome movie called Valley Girl, in which Nicolas Cage played a rock-n-roll type from Hollyweird who falls in love with a bitchin' babe, Julie from The Valley. A vote for Valley Girls is a vote for their love! Then again, what would the '80s be without a perm? From body waves to Jheri Curls, getting spirals and a ton of volume were key. Flat hair? Gag me with a spoon.

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In the last three decades, 18 women have disappeared along Highway 16, a road that runs through remote and impoverished parts of British Columbia; nearly all of those women are indigenous. More women have disappeared since the 2006 statistics cut-off, and activists say that the official number—18 dead girls or women—is far too low. They argue that the number is closer to 50 missing women and girls, that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are too quick to dismiss these deaths; too quick to determine suicide or alcohol as the cause of death, rather than look for foul play.

The New York Times reports that Canada’s Highway 16, also called the Highway of Tears because of its association with missing indigenous women, is a microcosm of the violence that affects the country’s aboriginal women. Via the Times:

The Highway of Tears and the disappearances of the indigenous women have become a political scandal in British Columbia. But those cases are just a small fraction of the number who have been murdered or disappeared nationwide. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have officially counted about 1,200 cases over the past three decades, but research by the Native Women’s Association of Canada suggests the total number could be as high as 4,000.

In December, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened an inquiry into the disappearance of the indigenous women and girls, the results of which are still pending. That inquiry, however, is part of Trudeau’s broader campaign to “renew” Canada’s relationship with its indigenous citizens. Though the country has promised $31 million (U.S.) to the efforts, it’s hard to imagine that generations of disenfranchisement, discrimination and poverty could be easily repaired.

But the violence against indigenous women and its subsequent handling (or mishandling) by the Candian police is a subject desperately in need of repair.

The Times reports:

Aboriginal women and girls make up about 4 percent of the total female population of Canada but 16 percent of all female homicides, according to government statistics.

The indigenous community says that the Canadian police mishandle missing persons reports. Matilda Wilson, a member of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, told the Times that the police ignored her calls about her missing teenage daughter, Ramona, telling Wilson that the girl would likely be home soon. There was, according to Wilson, no search and no consolidated effort to find the girl. Ramona was found dead nearly a year later.

The treatment of indigenous women is so bad that, last year, the United Nations said that Canada was violating their human rights:

A United Nations report last year described measures by the previous government to protect aboriginal women from harm as “inadequate” and said that the lack of an inquiry into the murders and disappearances constituted “grave violations” of the women’s human rights. Failures by law enforcement, it added, had “resulted in impunity.”

It’s a sad story, as stories about states throwing away the lives of indigenous women and girls generally are, but it’s worth reading in full.

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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

The woes of processing a Driving Permit in Uganda.

It is the norm in every country for the citizens to be expected to have official paper work for company registration, cross border travel and to also be able to operate a motor vehicle.  I am usually one to comply and make sure that I have all these documents in order but for one reason or the other I did not renew my driving permit when it expired after 3 years.

This is greatly due to the fact that 3 months before its expiry it was stolen with all my documents in a mugging and the process of replacement was pretty tedious. I decided that the most important documents I needed for the time being were the ones I would replace right away such as ATM cards, work identification cards etc.

So my permit expired and I did not renew it for about 2 years and 2 months and when I finally got around to it I really expected the process to be painless since my details were already in the system. I picked up the paper work, got a police letter, advertised the lost permit in the new vision news paper, filled in the renewal paperwork, paid the necessary fees and proceeded to the URA office in Bwaise for processing. It took some time for the processing but I decided the weekend was not a long wait so when I went back the following week and the paperwork was approved with the URA sticker that possessed the bar code I assumed all was in order. On I went to Face Technologies Kyambogo and followed the queue all the way to the service area not expecting to have any issues.

Me: “Good afternoon.”

Face Technology Female Staffer: “Good afternoon, do you recall your previous driving permit number?”

Me: “I am afraid not this is a replacement from a theft.”

Face Technology Female Staffer: “Go back to the customer care counter and they will assist you. After which you will come back.”

Me: “Okay thank you.”

Now please understand this, I moved out of this service processing area to the customer care queue and was assisted with my previous permit number after I gave the lady my details for date of birth. She then sent me back to the processing area from which I had come. However, I did find a queue and did have to wait in line.

Face Technology Female Staffer: “Do you have the number?”

Me: “Yes I do, this is it.”

Face Technology Female Staffer:  “Okay, give me a minute.”

So after less than a minute of keying in my number she began to vigorously scribble on my paper work and handed it over.

Face Technology Female Staffer: “Go to customer care desk.”

I looked down at the cover sheet from my paper work only to see written in red “CANCELLED.”

Me: “What does this mean – CANCELLED?”

Face Technology Female Staffer: “Go to the customer care desk for more details, next!” she said without even butting an eyelid with a vacant look on her face as a robot would.

I walked back to the reception and found a different lady manning it.

Me: “Hello, I was sent to the reception for further clarification on this,” I said as I handed her my paper work.

Receptionist: “Oh yes, your permit is cancelled.”

Me: “Yes I can see that, but what does that mean. What is the implication of that?”

Receptionist: “You start afresh!”

Me: “Excuse me what does that mean, start afresh from which stage.”

Receptionist: “No it is like you have never had a permit before. So you have to get a learner permit, do the driving test and then reprocess the temporary permit.”

Me: “Why, when I am already in the system. Why did they cancel my permit in the first place? What about the fees I have already paid for replacement.”

Receptionist: “You know it is because you delayed to replace it.”

 Me: “So how long between date of expiry and replacement for it to be cancelled.”

Receptionist: “If you exceed 2 years, then it is cancelled no win your case if you had come 2 months back in May we would have processed a renewal.”

Me: “So when did this take effect? Did you inform the public of this change?”

Receptionist: “It is not us it is URA who instructed us to cancel the permits after 2 years. This is the new system. I do not know if they did but it was changed recently.”

Me: “So I begin the process like a learner – is that even fair.”

Receptionist: “No it is not but that is the system.”

Me: “Okay thank you,” Is all I said as I walked away stunned at the time, effort and hoped not also money I had wasted.

I decided to visit the URA office in Bwaise to attempt to get a refund so that I could contemplate restarting the tedious process; only to be told that since it was coming to the end of their financial year in June it may be extremely unlikely I would receive the refund. I did due diligence and went to the relevant offices and got bounced from one desk to another and they all agreed that the payments were captured and my receipts were in order but I never did receive my refund. However through this messy process, I was fortunate to find out that the fees were going to be revised and increased by the end of the financial year as well so I begrudgingly took advantage of this information and quickly redid the entire process. I picked up my permit this week but all I wondered as I held it in my hand is whether this process should be this difficult in the first place. In Rwanda, if you have all the necessary documents in order an individual can register a company in one day.

So when someone is pulled over for not having a driving permit I completely understand because the system is broken and I do not think anyone is even trying to fix it. Only in Uganda. queue
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I had a flat tire on I-5 yesterday, so I pulled over, got out of the
car and opened my trunk.
I took out my cardboard men, unfolded them and stood them at the rear of
my car facing oncoming traffic. They look so lifelike you wouldn't believe it!

Just as I had hoped, cars started slowing down looking at the men which
made it much safer for me to work on the side of the road!
 honked and waved, and it wasn't long before one of California`s Finest
pulled up behind me.
He wanted to know what the heck I was doing, so I calmly explained that I
was changing my flat. He told me he could see that, but demanded to know
what the heck my cardboard men were doing standing at the rear of my car.
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John Guest Limited is a multi-national company and a world leader in the Manufacture of advanced design plastic “push-in” fittings, used in many Market sectors.

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Things My Wife Buys Me! Vol 2 - Ebay Football/Baseball

My wife is one of those coupon fanatics, she is on Ebay buying and selling coupons, sometimes she finds coupon sellers who also randomly have cards also for sale...weird huh?  Today I got in the mail the cards below!  Most of them are star or up and coming stars.

 2012 Allen Ginter Zach Greinke, 2011 USA Bowman Sterling Refractor Matt Reynolds (Colorado Rockies Prospect) Relic
 2010 Knowshon Moreno Panini Threads 113/299 (Broncos) / 2009 Playoff Prestige Brandon Gibson 84/250 (Rams) / 2012 Goodwin Champions Blane Gabbert (Jags/MU) Troy Aikman (Cowboys)
2005 Upper Deck Sweet Swatches Rookie Alex Smith (49ers) / 2011 Panini Timeless Treasure Game Day Souvenirs Sam Bradford Relic 29/90 / 2006 Fleer Ultra Postseason Performers Steve McNair / 2007 Playoff Prestige Stars of the NFL Jersey Phillip Rivers

A great mix of hall of fame, star quarterbacks, and other players!  It was fun to open this while watching some good college football today, and ready to watch some good NFL games Sunday!  Hope you enjoyed seeing some cool cards!

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  1. nice cards! I'm envious of the Bradford relic. I hope he has a better season this year.

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Right in the heart of the city in Berlin between east and west next Berlin has a innovative location attracting both locals and natives to discover the latest in design and fashion.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

#selfiEscolta - The Manila Street Heritage Festival

- Selfies will be displayed on a live “selfie wall” at the event site

#selfiEscolta to help in the awareness campaign.

- Participants will be requested to reserve their slots for the tour online to ensure the smooth flow of events.

*Street fair with the following sellers:
- Food bazaar
- Arts and crafts, vintage items for souvenirs
- Photo printing booths to allow people to print the photos they have taken at the event

*Photo Exhibit
- To be located at First United Building, at the site of the regular Saturday Market
- Will feature reprints of photographs from the J. Tewell collection, depicting Escolta’s heyday
- Aside from posting online, selfie takers are encouraged to post/pin their printed copies of their photos on the “selfie wall,” which will be updated real time from various social media sites, (FB, Twitter, IG, with the hashtag #selfiEscolta).

*Tara na sa Escolta Street Concert
- Culminating activity for the whole-day event
- Will feature performances from various cultural and modern musical artists all day long

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Sunday, 1 March 2009

Oiy! Thats Mine!

It was opening day at my new companies new production and office unit (it's not a factory!) on Friday, and George Osbourne was the guest of honour.

My MD made a speech which stunned me speechless with the expression 'I don't know what gods plan is for this business...'. I've found out he's a very religious person as well as being very Conservative but his views don't allow for 'what Labours doing is probably gods plan'.

When it came to the toast George and my MD found they had no champagne glasses in hand and the person stood behind me picked one up and offered it over. I realised just in time what was happening and uttered those immortal words 'Oiy that's mine'. I don't care who it is but they're not nicking my champers. They were both given fresh glasses and I like to believe I wasn't overheard. If I'm fired on Monday I'll know I didn't get away with it.

Osbourne was in the car park at 12noon to link live with BBC's 24 news service on the question of the outrageous pension being given to the tory chief of yet another failed bank and commented about Prescott's suggestion that it be withheld with the comment that he wouldn't want to do anything illegal. He wouldn't, would he?

We watched the interview from the entrance hall (sorry foyer) where a large TV was attached to the wall and someone noticed the window above George was open and dashed upstairs to wave from it but just at that moment someone else spoilt the fun and closed it. It was strange watching it on TV and in real life.

The photo looks as if George is bumping fists, but he wasn't.

I finished my other birthday book this weekend, John Grishams, The Associate. It good, but not that good, don't buy any book until you've read Stieg Larssons, The Girl Who Played With Fire.

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

John's First Half Highlights begin: "The Debacle"

It's been a wild 2009 season for John Sterling. Over the next few days, let's review some of the highlights and then, over the all-star break, vote for the BEST STERLING MOMENT OF THE FIRST-HALF.

This candidate, titled "24-to-2" was released in limited theaters early in the Oscar season. Though it did poorly at the box office, its crisp imagery and powerful ending makes it unforgetable. Ladies and gentlemen... "24 to 2."

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Did anybody notice that the Redsocks were fat?

The other day, while SuperFrankenstein and I were ridiculing Boston on multiple fronts, we agreed on one central point:

The 2011 Redsocks were a team of bloated, boobed, chubby nincompoops.

Carl Crawford looks nothing like the outfielder who once roamed Tampa. He could play Santa. His face is a weather baloon, his belly looks like it was grafted from Bobby Abreu. What happened to the guy? Is he living over a Ben and Jerrys?

Josh Beckett apparently thought himself so much of the Second Coming of Curt Schilling that he decided to eat like him.

Adrian Gonzalez (or Godzalez, as the brilliant Dirt Dogs site now calls him) grew summer teets. (He could also be called Gutzalez.) Look at him. I've seen thinner TV chefs.

And then there is Newt Lackey. Check out the jowls. The guy was always burly, in a Joba-kind of way. Now he's roly-poly, in a Colter Bean kind of way. It's possible that he's not divorcing his cancer-stricken wife - but she's divorcing him. There's never any food in the house.

Big Papi lost weight. Pedroia remains wiry. But the Redsocks looked like a team that eats a five dollar foot long between innings. Yankee fans saw this in the 1980s, when every free agent we signed larded up by 20 pounds before donning Pinstripes. But today, look at the Yankee conditioning: Granderson is a wire, Jeter has stayed thin, Mariano? Nothing there. Even Arod and Posada - sidelined with injuries or lack of play - do not look chubby. Good grief. I'm glad we never had a bench-clearing brawl against Boston. Youkilis would have eaten somebody.

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As much as 85% of patients with schizophrenia have significant impairment in most domains of cognitive functioning. This impairment has been reported to be present shortly after recovery from the first period of psychosis and to persist. It is likely that it may precede the development of psychotic symptoms, becoming manifest, and contributing to the loss in function, during the prodromal period. The cognitive disturbance is slowly progressive in most patients, but a small proportion shows severe deterioration as the duration of illness increases. The degree of impairment in various domains of cognition differs in patients with schizophrenia, with some studies suggesting that the most severe cognitive impairments occur in measures of attention, verbal fluency, motor speed, and executive function. Moderate impairments in working memory, immediate memory span, and verbal learning and memory have been reported most frequently. All of these impairments are disproportionate to the mild intellectual decline demonstrated in patients with schizophrenia as a group.

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Recent findings: Recent work on food use disorders has demonstrated that the same neurobiological pathways that are implicated in drug abuse also modulate food consumption, and that the body's regulation of food intake involves a complex set of peripheral and central signaling networks. Moreover, new research indicates that rats can become addicted to certain foods, that men and women may respond differently to external food cues, and that the intrauterine environment may significantly impact a child's subsequent risk of developing obesity, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. Summary: First, work presented in this review strongly supports the notion that food addiction is a real phenomenon. Second, although food and drugs of abuse act on the same central networks, food consumption is also regulated by peripheral signaling systems, which adds to the complexity of understanding how the body regulates eating, and of treating pathological eating habits. Third, neurobiological research reviewed here indicates that traditional pharmacological and behavioral interventions for other substance-use disorders may prove useful in treating obesity.]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 00075197-201007000-00003 http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Fulltext/2007/07000/Risk_factor_paradox_in_wasting_diseases.10.aspx <![CDATA[Risk factor paradox in wasting diseases]]> imagePurpose of review: Emerging data indicate that conventional cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. hypercholesterolemia and obesity) are paradoxically associated with better survival in distinct populations with wasting. We identify these populations and review survival paradoxes and common pathophysiologic mechanisms. Recent findings: A ‘reverse epidemiology’ of cardiovascular risk is observed in chronic kidney disease, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive lung disease, cancer, AIDS and rheumatoid arthritis, and in the elderly. These populations apparently have slowly progressive to full-blown wasting and significantly greater short-term mortality than the general population. The survival paradoxes may result from the time differential between the two competing risk factors [i.e. over-nutrition (long-term killer but short-term protective) versus undernutrition (short-term killer)]. Hemodynamic stability of obesity, protective adipokine profile, endotoxin–lipoprotein interaction, toxin sequestration of fat, antioxidation of muscle, reverse causation, and survival selection may also contribute. Summary: The seemingly counterintuitive risk factor paradox is the hallmark of chronic disease states or conditions associated with wasting disease at the population level. Studying similarities among these populations may help reveal common pathophysiologic mechanisms of wasting disease, leading to a major shift in clinical medicine and public health beyond the conventional Framingham paradigm and to novel therapeutic approaches related to wasting and short-term mortality.]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 00075197-200707000-00010 http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Fulltext/2007/07000/Gene_environment_interactions_in_the_pathogenesis.8.aspx <![CDATA[Gene–environment interactions in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and metabolism]]> imagePurpose of review: Gene–environment interaction can be viewed as a departure from an otherwise expected additivity of genetic and environmental factors on a given outcome measure. Important genetic and environmental factors contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and intermediary traits, probably modulated by their complex interaction. This paper provides an update on the current literature investigating gene–environment interactions of type 2 diabetes and metabolic phenotypes, and discusses the future perspectives of this research. Recent findings: Recent advances in gene–environment interaction studies of metabolism have involved LIPC, APOA5 and PPARG variation, and nutrition and physical activity, of which the most consistently replicated observations have been obtained for APOA5. Also, intervention studies of the promising TCF7L2 type 2 diabetes gene and possible future strategies are discussed. Summary: Possibly as a result of the complexity of these multifactorial diseases, recent years have seen only limited success in unravelling significant gene–environment interactions, but important insights have been gained and they hold promise for implementation in lifestyle intervention strategies. We need to evolve to more complex, but realistic, scenarios involving several genes and environmental factors. Recent progress in statistical methods allowing for higher-order interactions may make this possible.]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 00075197-200707000-00008 http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Fulltext/2007/07000/Anti_inflammatory_effects_of_insulin.21.aspx <![CDATA[Anti-inflammatory effects of insulin]]> imagePurpose of review: This review deals with the recent observations on the pro-inflammatory effects of glucose and the anti-inflammatory actions of insulin. Apart from being novel, they are central to our understanding of why hyperglycemia is a prognosticator of bad clinical outcomes including patients with acute coronary syndromes, stroke and in patients in the intensive care unit. Recent findings: The pro-inflammatory effect of glucose as well as that of other macronutrients including fast food meals provides the basis of chronic oxidative stress and inflammation in the obese and their propensity to atherosclerotic disease. The anti-inflammatory action of insulin provides a neutralizing effect to balance macronutrient induced inflammation on the one hand and the possibility of using insulin as an anti-inflammatory drug on the other. Summary: The actions of macronutrients and insulin described above explain why insulin resistant states like obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with oxidative stress, inflammation and atherosclerosis. They also suggest that insulin may be antiatherogenic.]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 00075197-200707000-00021


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Quality of Life and Costs of Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System or Hysterectomy in the Treatment Of Menorrhagia: A 10-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

Heliövaara-Peippo, Satu; Hurskainen, Ritva; Teperi, Juha; Aalto, Anna-Mari; Grénman, Seija; Halmesmäki, Karoliina; Jokela, Markus; Kivelä, Aarre; Tomás, Eija; Tuppurainen, Marjo; Paavonen, Jorma

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey:
doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000446908.04052.57
Gynecology: Office Gynecology

ABSTRACT: The preferred treatment option for menorrhagia has been hysterectomy. The surgical risks, adverse long-term effects, and substantial costs of this invasive procedure are well known. The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) is an effective alternative that has become increasingly popular. Previous randomized controlled trials conducted by these authors compared LNG-IUS and hysterectomy for the treatment of menorrhagia with follow-up data for 1 and 5 years. The data showed no difference between the 2 procedures between 1 and 5 years in the level of patient satisfaction or health-related quality of life (HRQOL), but LNG-IUS was more cost-effective. There are no comparative HRQOL and cost data at follow-ups longer than 5 years.

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the HRQOL and costs of LNG-IUS or hysterectomy in the treatment of menorrhagia over a 10-year follow-up. Participants were 236 eligible women, aged 35 to 49 years, who had been referred for menorrhagia to 5 university hospitals in Finland from 1994 through 1997. Subjects were randomized to receive treatment with LNG-IUS (n = 119) or hysterectomy (n = 117). The follow-up visits after randomization took place at 6 and 12 months and again at 5 and 10 years. Health-related quality of life, psychosocial well-being, and cost-effectiveness were the main outcome measures.

Although 46% (55/119) of the women in the LNG-IUS group eventually underwent hysterectomy during the 10-year follow-up, the overall costs in this group remained substantially lower than in the hysterectomy group ($3423 vs $4937). Health-related quality of life and psychosocial well-being improved significantly during first 5 years, but both declined between 5 and 10 years, and by 10 years, there were no significant differences between groups in either outcome measure.

These data show that both LNG-IUS and hysterectomy improved HRQOL. The most striking improvement occurred during the first 5 years. Although nearly half of the women in the LNG-IUS group eventually had hysterectomy, LNG-IUS remained cost-effective.

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Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.H.-P. and J.P.) and Vascular Surgery (K.H.), Helsinki University Central Hospital, and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (J.T., A.-M.A., and M.J.), Helsinki; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyvinkää Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Hyvinkää (R.H.); and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku (S.G.); Oulu University Hospital, Oulu (A.K.); Tampere University Hospital, Tampere (E.T.); and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland (M.T.)

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Red Panda and Spring Flowers

I was tired of looking at the snow picture I had on my blog header and changed it to the red panda. Isn't that the cutest and most adorable thing!!

I bought potted hyacinths and daffodils to have in the house to give me some hope for spring. I'm ready for warmer weather and wish spring and fall would last most of the year.

Eduardo Guize said...

froggy said...

Gorilla Boy and I have an outdoor project and we keep waiting for the weather to cooperate. We can get nice weather in Feb. so we're crossing our fingers.

Berry Blog said...

I have some stuff like that i am almost ready to plant inside. Where did you put them- the big sliding glass doors? Or what appear to be doors?


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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Runaway Brides and Dragon Empires

It's a busy day here today as brides are on the run and dragons are building their empires. And computers are driving me crazy. But I'll start with the good stuff!

I'm excited to be participating in Shelly Arkon's launch party and giveaway to celebrate the release of her novel, Secondhand Shoes.

Shelly is inviting everyone to cheer on the runaway bride as part of her giveaway, so visit her here if you would like to enter.

If you know Shelly, you know she is always very generous with both hugs and chocolate, so today I am sending both back to her! Congratulations,  Shelly!

I'm also excited to be part of Heather McCorkle's blog tour for the release of her fantasy novel, The Dragon Empire. Congratulations, Heather!

For today's stop Heather is answering the following question:

Why write from a dragon's point of view?

Heather: Dragons have fascinated me since I was very little. They are well covered in literature but it's rare to find a story written from their point of view. I wanted to give voice to the creature that has captured my imagination so completely.

Here is a bit about it:

On Yacrana dragons are the advanced species. But advanced doesn't always mean civilized...

There's trouble in the Dragon Empire, the kind that could start a war between dragons and the races of people. Hidden factions of dragons believe they should rule the lesser races, not simply stand aside and allow them to develop as they will. Having lived so long in peace, the Emperors turn a blind eye, many oblivious that such attitudes even exist.

Despite being only an architect class, emerald dragon, Grendar is willing to risk banishment and death to stop that which his rulers refuse to see. The hope of peace lies not within the scaled breast of a dragon however, but within the hands of a group of people. But if the hidden factions have their way, these people won’t live to fulfill such a destiny. With a reluctant seer at his side, Grendar must leave his precious Empire for the outside world to save those that will one day save his kind.

While The Dragon Empire is for ages young adult and up, it does contain mild violence and some difficult subject matter.

Finally, I've been having problems with my Internet at home since before Christmas, and last week it finally died on me for good. I'm hoping to get my new modem set up today and have everything working again but, as we all know, sometimes computers have a mind of their own when it comes to this sort of thing.

I know I haven't been able to keep up with visiting blogs and connecting on other sites in the past week, but I hope that will change after today and I can get back to a more normal routine on Friday. Please keep your fingers crossed for me! I may end up in the psych ward if my new modem doesn't fix the problem. ;)

See you all on Friday (I hope!) for big cover reveals from Alex J. Cavanaugh and Annalisa Crawford, and for another celebration of the small things with Vikki.

  1. Yay and congrats to both Shelly and Heather. Looks like great books. :) Will have to visit their sites. Hope all comes together with your network and computer- best :)

  2. Woohoo! For Shelly & Heather. :-) Love that 'Dragon' cover btw ... reminds me of The Wizard of Oz for some reason.

  3. Losing your internet or computer is as bad as losing a phone.

    Thank you for helping me.

    As for the dragon story, sounds like a good conspiracy was twisted around in that one.

    Good luck to the Dragon Writer.

    And I'm always good for a hug and a chocolate.

  4. Thank you Rebecca and EJ.

    Hugs and chocolate to you both.

  5. Your blog has so much going on this morning that it reminds me of Alex's :)

  6. Great to celebrate so many books.

    And internet difficulties-- make me cranky!

  7. @Rebecca, thanks! And I agree, both books look great.

    @EJ, oh, I see what you mean! It is a great cover.

    @Shelly, my pleasure! Congrats again. :)

    @Johanna, LOL, I don't think I'll ever match the Captain LOL.

    @Julie, yes, cranky is a good word LOL.

  8. Cool idea telling the story from the dragon's POV.

    And sorry about the computer problems, Julie. It must be in the air. Mine's gone all wonky lately too. Trying a new company this week.

  9. Cool, a book of dragons! I want that one. :D

    Best of lucks to Heather and Shelly with their respective books!

    Is this an internet plot that a lot of us are having problems with it?

  10. Thank you for the feature!

    I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and your new modem!

  11. @LG, I hope the new company works out for you. That's what I am trying too.

    @Al, I thought of you when I posted about the dragons!! I'm sorry you're having internet problems too, ugh.

    @Heather, my pleasure, and thanks for keeping your fingers crossed!

  12. Congrats to to Shelly and Heather for their book releases! And writing from a dragon's POV is so much fun, isn't it, Heather?

    I hope your internet gets fixed soon, Julie! You definitely want to stay away from psych wards. They don't let you get on the internet at all, and it'll really drive you crazy.

  13. Congratulations Shelly and Heather!
    New modems are fun. No, not really. Hope installation goes well.

  14. Congrats to Shelly and Heather! Hope all of your Internet problems are resolved Julie.

  15. @Cherie, I will do my best to stay out of the psych ward LOL.

    @Alex, thanks!

    @Julie, thank you, I sure hope so.

  16. I do hope your internet problems are solved quickly! That's so frustrating. Can you imagine any of us having to go back to the '80s now and survive without our toys? LOL!
    Both books look great!

  17. Thanks for the congrats, everyone!

  18. @Laura, LOL, I know, it's amazing how addicted we've all become to this. I can't even imagine life without it now.

    @shelly, congrats again to you, and best of luck with the book!

  19. Good luck to both Shelley and Heather!

  20. Yay for both Shelly and Heather!
    I hope you get to sort out those Internet problems Julie. I know the feeling. Last week my computer crashed... it was a motherboard problem (or something like that) and very frustrating!

  21. Thanks for the great book tips and good luck with your new magic box. You'll be up and running in no time!
    ~Just Jill

  22. @Annalisa, I second that!

    @Michelle, oh no, I'm sorry about your computer crash. I hope you are able to get it fixed and don't have to get a new one. Mine seems to be working again now, thanks!

    @Jill, I think I am up and running now, fingers crossed anyway. Thank you!

Thank you for your comments!


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More Leeds and then a bit of London

(notice the Christmas trees at Big Ben and the National Gallery?)

These were all taken with the Fuji Instax Mini.  My word I love that camera.  The colors are to die for and it makes everything look like a watercolor.

I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed since Leeds with emotions.  Feeling really lost and its been a real blessing to be able to turn to photography to find the words when regular talking seems to fail sometimes.

Can't believe that its nearly December.  I really don't know where this year has gone or what next year will bring.

Leeds Castle Festive Fair

Spent the weekend at Leeds Castle and their Festive Fair doing a Scentsy stall.  We got to stay at their Bed and Breakfast on the grounds so we got to wonder around after hrs and get some great pictures in the early morning.  Leeds Castle is stunning and it could have been a cracking event.  Its a shame the Fair was so poorly organised though.  You just never know really with events.

Autumn Afternoon

Felt so lost without a proper camera....so took a little risk and got a DSLR with my Scentsy money this month. Boy it felt good to go on a photowalk today...did the spirits a world of good.

Broken cameras

My digital camera has broken and so I'm left only with my film cameras at the moment because its far too expensive to fix it and I'm broke.

Really wanting to take pictures more but finding it hard to do it considering how busy I've been with Scentsy.  It felt wonderful to take the pics I did above recently and I know that I need to make time for my art considering its whats really important to me.  How do you guys find time to balance everything you need to do in life when the work list always is far far longer than your play list?

Hope you are well.


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Description follows.

[Image: Three long, deep-fried, rice-paper-wrapped cylinders sitting on a white paper doily on a white plate. The pink-orange colour of the prawn filling is visible through the wrapper.]

I have no recipe to offer you for today's dim sum dish. I tried to find one in my cookery books and on the internet, and failed on both counts. So instead, have a photo of it (above), and an encouragement to order it in restaurants!

Paper-wrapped prawns (紙包蝦/zhǐ bāo xiā) can be found in the "fried" section of the dim sum menu. The English name and Chinese name match up quite simply: 紙 (zhǐ) is paper, 包 (bāo) means "package" or "to wrap", and 蝦 (xiā) are prawns. The paper here is rice paper — not the very thin, shiny stuff that Brits of a certain age may remember purchasing from sweetshops, but the sort of thing used to wrap Vietnamese spring rolls.

You may also see these listed as 威化紙包蝦 (wēi huà zhǐ bāo xiā). Don't try to extract meaning from the characters 威 and 化, since this is another phonetic Cantonese transliteration ("wai faa") of an English word, "wafer" in this case, referring to the texture of the deep-fried rice paper wrappers.

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If you have any questions or corrections, please leave a comment (here's how) and let me know (or email me at kake@earth.li). See my introductory post to the Chinese menu project for what these posts are all about.

Date: 2011-08-17 07:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] laughingrat
Must have. *tries to steal*

Date: 2011-08-17 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eatlovenoodles.blogspot.com
I love the version of zhi bao xia topped with sesame seeds.

Date: 2011-08-18 12:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] watersword
I have never had these. This must be rectified immediately.

Date: 2011-08-19 05:26 am (UTC)
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Oh my that looks good. I must see if I can find anything like that here....

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The idea that the Vedas are eternal does not fit into the mental outlook of Western indologists. Their claims to impartiality and to conducting research in a scientific manner notwithstanding, they are not prepared to accord an elevated status to the Hindu texts. Many Hindu research scholars have also found themselves unable to accept the view that the Vedas are eternal.

Modern historians have adopted chiefly two methods to determine the date of the Vedas: the first is based on the astronomical references in the scriptures and the second on the morphology of the language of the same. But have they, using either method, come to any definite conclusion? Each investigator has arrived at a different age. Tilak has assigned the date 6000 B. C to the Vedas. According to some others it is 3000 B. C or 1500 B. C.

There is no difference of opinion among historians about the dates of the scriptures of other religions. They are agreed that the Buddhist Tripitaka was written during the time of Asoka but that the teachings of the Buddha included in it belong to an earlier time. There is similar unanimity of view in that the New Testament is 2000 years old. And all are agreed that the Qur'an was composed 1, 300 years ago. In the case of Vedas alone have historians not arrived at a decisive date.

I mentioned that two methods were adopted in reckoning the age of the Vedas. There are references in these scriptures to the position of certain heavenly bodies. The date of the Vedas, fixed at 6000 B. C. or so, is based on an astronomical conjunction mentioned in them.

But is it right to say that such an astronomical conjuntion would not have occured earlier too? Conjunctions similar to the one on the basis of which the date of 6000 B. C. has been arrived at must have occured not only before the present creation, but even far far earlier. Which of these is to be taken as the one mentioned in the Vedas? The sages had a vision that could penetrate through the eons. So such calculations will not hold in the case of the Vedas which the great sages brought together with their trans-sensual powers of perception. We find thus that the internal astronomicl "evidence" found in the Vedas and made much of by modern researchers does not help in fixing their date.

The second method is linguistic. Here we have to consider not only the language but also the script. Brahmi is tha source of all the scripts in use today in most parts of the country. Devanagari and the Tamil scripts may seem totally unrelated, but the fact is otherwise. A study has been conducted on the changes the Brahmi script has undergone during all these centuries on the basis of the edicts found throughout the land. A chart made from the results of this study shows that the scripts in use today in different parts of the country, though seemingly unrelated, were evolved from the original Brahmi. An amusing thought occurs to me that the scripts prevelent today are Brahmi letters with moustaches and horns. Something like a moustache affixes itself to the middle of Brahmi letters. The Devanagari (u and u) appear similarly formed. Many letters of the Tamil alpbabet look like Brahmi letters that have sprung horns. From the edicts and inscriptions we can find out with some precision the period taken for each alteration in the script. It is in this manner that the dates of some edicts have been determined.

The Vedas, however, have never been inscribed on stone anywhere. So there is no question of our fixing their date on the basis of any of the scripts. Other aspects of language have to be considered in this context. The morphology of words and the character of their sound keep changing with time. Many Tamil words belonging to the Sangam period have changed thus. It is a phenomenon common to all languages. An erosion takes place in the case of some sounds. Sometimes their meaning also does not remain the same. Take the Tamil word " veguli": it means a "simpleton", but earlier it meant "anger" or " an angry man ". In the old days the Tamil "manda " did not mean "dead": a Tamil scholar told me that it meant "famous". Such instances are to be met with in Sanskrit also. We do not understand the Vedas the same way as later poetical works in Sanskrit. Compared to other languages such changes are not numerous in our own tongues. Even an Englishman cannot follow one line of Anglo-Saxon English (Old English) which is only 1, 000 years old. In the course of about 3000 years English has changed so much in America as to merit a name of its own, "American English".

The period over which a phoneme changes its character has been calculated. But the time taken for a change in the meaning of a word has not been determined with the same definiteness. Scholars have tried to fix the date of the Vedas by examining the character of the sound of their words. " Every two hundred years the sound of a word undergoes such and such a change, " observes one authority of linguistics. " A Vedic sound, in the form we know it today, is the result of a number of mutations. If it has undergone ten mutations, it means that the Vedas are 2, 000 years old. Or, if thirty, they are 30x 200 = 6, 000 years old, which would mean [according to this logic] that our scripture did not exist before 4000 B. C" We hear such views expressed frequently.

One example would be enough to prove how wrong such a basis of calculation is to fix the date of the Vedas.

We have so many utensils at home. We use some of them more often than others. The bell-metal in which cook rice morning and evening has to be washed twice a day. So it wears faster. Supposse we have another vessel, quite a big one, an "anda" for instance. It is kept in the store room and not used except perhaps during a wedding or some other festive occasion. Since it is washed only at infrequent intervals it does not wear as fast as the bell-metal vessel which we perhaps bought as recently as last year. The anda must have come as part of grandmother's dowry and must be very old. Even so, it does not show any sign of wear. Are we to infer that the bell-metal pot was bought before the anda? The dinner-plate and the rose water sprinkler came together as your daughter-in -law's dowry. In ten years, the plate has gone out of shape but the sprinkler retains its glitter and polish.

The same is the case with the sounds of words of everyday speech on one hand and the Vedic words on the other, the difference between them being similar to that between the two types of vessels mentioned above. Words in common daily use undergo erosion in many ways. Though the Vedas are chanted everyday special care is taken to preserve the original sound of their words. I shall tell you later about the Vedangas, Siksa and Vyakarana and about how a system was devised by our forefathers to preserve the sound of each Vedic syllable from undergoing any mutation. The Vedic sounds are not subject ot erosion like the utensils in daily use or the words in common speech. They are like the anda which, though old, is well preserved.

Modern indologists have also put forward the view that the Rgveda is the oldest of the Vedas, that the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda came later ( in that order). They also believe that in each recension or sakha of a particular Veda, the Samhita is the oldest part, the Brahmana and Aranyaka being of later origin. They try to fix the date of these different texts on the basis of the differences in their language. Also they have carried out research into how certain words used in the Vedas are seen in a different form in the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the works of poets like Kalidasa.

The linguistic research conducted by these indologists will not yield true results because they ignore the basic differences that I have pointed out between the sound of the Vedas and that of other works. The slight changes perceived today in certain Vedic sounds, despite all the care taken to preserve them in the original form, could not have come about in 200 years but over some thousands of years. If you realise that the "wear and tear" we speak of cannot apply to the Vedas but may be to other works or to spoken languages, you will agree that to fix the date of the Vedas, as modern indologists have tried to do, is not right.

Hindi is only some centuries old. However, since it is spoken in a large area and contains Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian words, it has changed in a comparatively short period. Tamil, though spoken in a smaller region, has not changed so much. Even so you will not understand Kamban's Ramayana to the same extent as you will the songs of Tayumanavar. As for Jnanasambandhar's Tevaram itself you will not understand it as easily as Kamban's Ramayana. And then there is the Thirumurugarrupadai which is more difficult than the Tevaram. So Tamil has also not remained the same all these centuries. Though Sanskrit was known all over India it was not a spoken language like Hindi or Tamil. It was a literary language and has not changed even to the extent Tamil has. As for the Vedas, they have been preserved with greater care than the poetical works and it is rarely that you see changes in them. So, according to linguistic experts, if it takes 1000 years for certain changes to occur in other languages, it should take 100, 000 years for the same in the Vedas.

The Vedas have been preserved with the utmost care in the firm belief that the mantras will be efficacious only if each syllable is chanted with precision so far as its sound and textual correctness are concerned. It was for this purpose that a separate caste was assigned with the mission of caring for them. Research conducted without realising this truth will not serve any purpose. Modern investigations have not succeeded in establishing that the Vedas are not eternal. Faith in the belief that they are anadi will be strengthened if you appreciate the care with which they have been preserved during all these ages and also consider the different ways in which their sound has been kept alive.

About "Hindu Dharma"
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Man and Woman Remanded in Prison for Fighting over Sex

    /    Jul 15, 2016   /     Relationship & Lifestyle  /    0 Comments  /    487 Views

A man and a woman were arraigned on Wednesday on four counts of assault and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace before Magistrate A.A. Adefulire of a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos Island.

Emem Asuquo, 31 and Olugbenga Yakubu, 51 had an altercation after Emem insisted that Yakubu use a condom before having sex with her. It was reported that he declined the request.

According to PUNCH, Yakubu, a civil servant, while driving along the Lekki-Epe Expressway at about 7PM on July 6, offered Asuquo, who was going towards Lakowe in Ibeju-Lekki, a ride.

It was reported that they exchanged phone numbers and agreed to meet later that night.

He reportedly picked Emem who is said to be a hairdresser at her home in Ajah around 2AM the next day and took her to his house on Adeyinka Oyekan Street, Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah.

According to Emem, “On getting to his house, he entertained me after which we went inside his room. He said he wanted me to have sex with him. I told him I would collect N30,000 and he agreed. I asked him to use a condom but he said he did not have one. So, I told him to take me back home in his car”.

Emem said he dropped her at VGC roundabout, saying that he did not have enough fuel in his car. She added that she called a taxi driver to come pick her up and told Yakubu to wait for the taxi driver to come before he leaves. That was when the fracas ensued.

“When he refused, I removed his car key. He was beating me when the taxi driver and two others arrived and they intervened. He injured me in the eye. I also used a stone to smash the windscreen of his car,” she added.

Emem was later arrested after Yakubu reported the incident at the Ajah Police Division. Yakubu said in his statement:

She followed me to my house, but refused to make love with me after buying her drinks. At a point, she started screaming that I should take her back to her house. When we got to the roundabout, she removed my car key and held my shirt. Two men and a lady she called came in a Golf car and started beating me.

I held Emem by the hair and began punching her while the two men did same to me. In the end, they injured me and broke the windscreen of my car.

A police prosecutor, Inspector Philip Osijale subsequently arraigned both of them before the court.

The charges read:

That you, Emem Asuquo, and others now at large on July 7, 2016, at about 3.30AM at VGC Roundabout, Ajah, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did willfully damage the windscreen of one unregistered Carina E with a stone.

That you, Olugbenga Yakubu, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully assault one Emem Asuquo by hitting her with a fist blow in her left eye, which did her harm, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

They both pleaded guilty to the charges. The Magistrate Emem and Yakubu to N500,000 and N200,000 bail respectively, with one surety each, adding that they should be kept in prison until they perfect their bail conditions.

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Making the Arts Present in ALL Learning

November 2, 2015  |  Teaching  |  No Comments

I worked with some teachers and friends today to think through ways that we could make art (in all its manifestations) present across a school’s curriculum. There is so much to do on this topic. Our time together was simply an appetizer for further study.

Here are a few things that surfaced during the day that I thought that educators would find useful:

Let me know if you need anything else — @MisterMinor

Great Summer Reading Makes Great Autumn Teaching

This was our FAVORITE book of the summer!

Great Summer Reading Makes Great Autumn Teaching

September 4, 2015  |  Culture, Family, Teaching  |  No Comments

This summer we decided to have our own private book club. Just the two of us. (You know, to do that summer romance people talk about. All of you bookworm nerd-cult educators know this is exactly how you bond with a partner when you’re both feeling overworked.) As parents of two toddlers, whatever we choose to spend valuable time reading has to be incredibly compelling and captivating if it’s going to be chosen over sleep – which is why we argue that reading relevancy is just as important for adults as it is for our students (especially those who are as stressed and under slept as new parents).

So, we found ourselves something super-spicy to read.

Cornelius has been a comic book reader since childhood. His first “big boy” bed was a Spider-Man bed, and to this day, Marvel’s Black Panther graces at least five of his t-shirts. If he could teach any middle schooler, Miles Morales, the new, Ultimate Spider-Man, would surely be his top pick. For me, my big brother welcomed me to comic book culture early on. The 1992 X-Men cartoon captivated us. I had an affinity for Gambit and felt kinship with Rogue. We sought Comic Book stores like most children seek ice cream trucks in July.

When I began teaching, I was too lost in the heaviness of teaching to grapple with comics and kids and graphic novels and reading.

Though I should not have been.

Many kids I’ve taught and currently teach have a primary visual intelligence. They can extract many context clues from a picture. My students learning English get to see concrete visual representations of the words they are acquiring. And my kids who are simply bored with books get a refreshing alternative. The Graphic Novel medium addresses all those issues, but it does not do so automatically. We still have to teach, and kids still have to read.

Cornelius has a few go-to strategies that he employs in lessons, small groups or conferences:

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So, when we were searching for our “summer romance” book, we hit Kinokuniya Book Store (New Yorkers, if you haven’t been there GO!). I came across a graphic novel that almost shouted at me from the bookshelf: Saga (Saga is NOT a kid book. It’s grown folks literature.).  An interracial, extraterrestrial couple with a small, bi-racial baby nursing at her mother’s breast. For a tired, at the moment, disengaged reader, I wanted to EAT this book. I showed Cornelius, and he responded, “oh yes! I’ve been wanting to read that!”

We bring the book home. I was finished in one hour. I researched the author, Brian K. Vaughan. He is a new parent. Of course. I researched the illustrator, Fiona Staples. She is a woman in an industry where few get the same opportunities as their male counterparts. I smiled, and this yielded three take-aways for my teaching of reading:

  1. People want to read books that have people like them in the front and center of the story.
  2. People want to read books by authors that know about their life experience.
  3. People want to read books with pictures.

Might I add: Graphic novels do not sell a story short: The Saga storyline involves an inter and intra planetary civil war, sexuality issues, gender issues – all told through the voice of a child. Lots of pictures does not mean less text complexity.

To kick of the year people, let’s do this! When stocking your classroom, do not forget books with pictures, compelling stories, varied people, and diverse experiences.

The Power of Love In, Outside, and All Around the Classroom

April 8, 2015  |  Culture, Family, Teaching  |  No Comments

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Back in the day, circa 2006, Cornelius and I were a different kind of duo.   We taught at a school that was lovingly referred to as “Global”; something we both loved before we knew we loved each other.  Global was enigmatic: the community was tight, yet the school was struggling. The teachers were bright; the kids were worldly.  The vibe of the school was tough, but tough with heart and it escalated us to a point where we wanted to teach and be taught.  If there was ever a language of love it was the one there-exchanged between teachers and students.  Eventually, that language transferred over into loving each other.

A few years ago, our partnership moved beyond students and towards our own children, Indira and Soleil.  We quickly found out that teaching and loving other people’s kids is real, but teaching and loving your own kids, well, that’s the realest. It took us a long time to realize that toddlers and teenagers have similar reasoning skills, but it took us no time to understand that building self-love trumps any kind of neurological gains. We didn’t really have any experience to fall back on, no team except for one another. It’s hard to exercise your commitment to your community when one is slowly building within your own home.

The Minor Community: Cornelius, Kass, Soleil, and Indi. April 6, 2015, Brooklyn, NY

At school, both Cornelius and I are firm believers that Community is everything, and the primary way we build that community is through texts, mainly read aloud. Much of what we practice as educators at school, we practice at home-especially when it comes to our literary lives.  After a recent family trip to the bookstore, we all celebrated our loot-Fader, Ebony, Marie Claire, Happy Birthday, Princess!…. We talk about what we read with candor.  And I kid you not when I tell you this…but Disney Princess took the cake in our family’s literary discussion: Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, and Tiana are all featured.  All the White Princesses get two pages, and both Brown Princesses? One page.  You make think that’s nothing.  But really, for a Brown child, it’s everything: absence of the self from a text  becomes the catalyst for erasure from society.

Happy Birthday, Princess! Just another text that puts People of Color on the Margins.

Happy Birthday, Princess! Just another text that puts People of Color on the Margins.

And now that Social Justice Covenant that at one time was a school thing, our teaching thing is now our Life Thing.  When your own children are subjected to an Apartheid school system, a system that has been pedogogically mutilated into a monetary venture for a few bored millionaires at the expense of not just kids you care about, but at the expense of your own children, it becomes a more visceral battle.   There is no compartmentalization of our lives any longer.  Being a parent and an educator is not all that different, and this realization has made us all the more confident in rebuilding our Activist Selves.

Part of that has started by approaching social justice as we used to: by using the language of love in the classroom.  Recently, Cornelius and I went on a date to “Being Bad”-Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline with Crystal Laura and Billy Ayers, an event sponsored by Teachers College.  I was thrilled to hear these educators talk-Crystal Laura, author of Being Bad, sets forth the ideal that if Educators invoke a message of love, joy, and justice in their classrooms, they will most definitely disrupt the process where large majorities of Black and Brown kids are marginalized both in and outside the classroom, specifically, helped along to prison.  When the biggest thing you can do as an activist gets put into the framework of love, it feels a whole lot more doable than fighting the Juggernauts that Be, i.e. The Test, or Tisch, or Cuomo, or Charters.

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Crystal Laura’s take on how Black and Brown children are helped along to the Prison Pipeline directly from school.

When Crystal Laura and the Minors talk about using love as a catalyst for empowerment or change in the classroom, we’re not talking about that sentimental feelin’ fine kind of love.  Laura shapes her semantics by fusing definitions set forth by Bell hooks and Martin Luther King Jr., saying, “Love is the ability to alter and enhance someone else’s existence.” We Minors agree with her-Love must move from noun-state to verb-hood in the classroom; it’s like praying on your feet.

What does that look like? For starters, it’s not by providing Race and Society articles to kiddos in your classroom or talking about Mike Brown everyday.  It’s about being subtle, gentle, empowering.  It’s about getting your kids to love themselves and to be comfortable with who they are.  Getting them to love learning.  To not hate school.  To not hate their teachers.  Helping them build positive relationships within their communities.  Exposing them to things that would otherwise be outside their world.  Connecting them with opportunities.  Enjoying who they are.  Having fun with them.  Introducing them to real people who have cool jobs. Letting them see a little piece of who you are outside your teacher self.

Yeah, that’s a lot.  But that’s exactly what love is: a lot. But we can pick a few, and try to make them happen.


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Making Friends with Depression: A warm and wise companion to recovery

If you’re suffering from depression or very low mood, you can end up feeling alone, desperately struggling to find a way through – but recovery is possible and, in Making Friends with Depression, bestselling authors Sarah Rayner and Kate Harrison, together with GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald show you how.

They explain that hating or fighting depression can actually prolong your suffering, whereas ‘making friends’ with difficult emotions by compassionately accepting these feelings can restore health and happiness.

Sarah (Making Friends with Anxiety) and Kate (The 5:2 Diet Book) write with candour, compassion and humour about lifting low mood and easing symptoms because they’ve both experienced – and recovered from – depression themselves, while GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald draws on his clinical understanding to offer practical advice on treatment options and finding support. The book explores:

* The different types of depressive illness * Where to seek help and how to get a diagnosis * The pros and cons of the most commonly-prescribed medications * The different kinds of therapy available * Why depression can cause so many physical symptoms * What to do if you suffer suicidal thoughts * How to stop the spiral of negative thinking and boost self-esteem * Evidence-based steps to improve mental health and avoid relapse Fully illustrated and reflecting the latest National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, Making Friends with Depression is succinct and surprisingly uplifting.The result is book that doesn’t shy away from the distress that depression can cause, but is packed with simple tips that are easy to implement thereby offering hope and guidance through the darkest of times.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Artist: Chen Rong

I am currently finishing a novella for Ellora's Cave called Secrets of the Jin Hakku. It is set in the world of the Shinwa people, an Asian influenced culture I created. This was the first world I've ever "built," and I had a fantastic time. Hence, I wanted to share some Chinese art today.

This is one of the dragons from "The Nine Dragons" handscroll, painted by the Song Dynasty Chinese artist Chen Rong in the year 1244 AD.

Chinese dragons are mythical creatures, and although they're occasionally depicted with wings, they fly because of a supernatural power, not because they have wings. Another ability they possess is being able to disguise themselves. They can be as small as a beetle or as large as the galaxy. According to Shuowen Jiezi, they can "form clouds, can turn into water or fire, can become invisible or glow in the dark." Obviously, this dragon is in the process of changing his form.

Strangely, the number of claws the dragon had was extremly important. If it had three, it was an ordinary dragon and appropriate for the common people. A four clawed dragon could be associated with nobility and high ranking officials. However, the five clawed dragon was for the exclusive use of the Imperial family. (Proper colors of the dragon was also important.) If you displayed the wrong number of claws on your dragon teapot for example, you and your entire clan could be executed.

Ha! Betcha didn't know that. :) Never say I didn't teach you anything.

Have a fantastic weekend. Maybe spend it painting a dragon with five claws just because you can.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Thursday 3: If I could move...

There's a popular meme called Thursday 13 in which every Thursday you make a list of thirteen things. I did this for a few months, but I don't have time for thirteen! So, I whittled it down to Thursday 3.

I don't think DH and I will ever move from Los Angeles. He's a financial planner and so it's important that he live in the vicinity of his clients. Also, so much of our family lives here. However, I've often fantasized about living in some other state. So, this week I'm presenting three places I'd consider moving to if the opportunity ever arose. Like, say I won the lottery. Yeah! That's even better. Here are three places I'd have a vacation home.

1. Kauai - Mr. T and I honeymooned here and have since returned with the kids. It's gorgeous and Mr. T loves the beach. I'm not so sure about the beach, but would sure enjoy seeing so much green everyday. I'd want a big house so we could entertain guests who would surely want to come visit.

2. Charleston, North Carolina - On the other hand, I have never been to Charleston in my life. I once researched the town way back when when I was writing my very first romance novel, a time-travel set in the days before the Civil War. Will Hawthorne was a plantation owner who was leading a secret life--that of a willing participant in the Underground Railroad. But I digress (as I often do!) As I was researching it, I discovered how much beautiful history it has and how much the inhabitants value that history, unlike we Los Angelians, who in a misguided attempt to separate church and state actually altered the city seal by removing the cross on it despite the fact that--oh wait. I'm digressing again. In a big way. LOL Okay, let's just say, I'd consider replanting myself on the East Coast.

3. Aspen, Colorado - Finally, Mr. T loves the snow. I love the way it looks. I love being inside when it's outside. And it wouldn't be snowy all year long. Maybe I could deal. Maybe not.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Question: Waste of paper?

My son is selling magazine subscriptions as part of his junior high school fundraiser. I am letting some of my subscriptions lapse:

Martha Stewart's Living - I've subscribed to this for many years, mainly because it's a beautiful, beautiful magazine. But I've come to the reluctant conclusion that, even though I cut out many of the recipes, it's not that valuable to me since I don't really entertain or garden on the same level as Martha does.

Woman's Day - This isn't a bad magazine, however, I just can't stand how thin the pages are. How ridiculous is that? It bugs me so much that I am willing to forgo the entire magazine.

So, what to order???

I don't want is fashion and beauty suggestions that are WAY too expensive. I used to subscribe to In Style, but it was too Hollywood oriented, and I didn't recognize half the celebs in it.

I want articles that apply to women who aren't trying to snag men with sex tricks and who aren't size zero. I like recipes. I obviously like pages that aren't like tissue. LOL.

Do you have any suggestions? What magazines do you subscribe to, if any?

I'm considering Everyday with Rachel Ray, Marie Claire, and Lucky. Suggestions, recommendations?

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Question: Taking on Two

Menages have been on my mind of late. The third heroine in my Be-Wished series wishes for a dynamic duo of the male persuasion. The novella I'm finishing for EC right now is about a triad.

So, actually I have two questions.

1. Do you like reading about menages? Why?

2. If you had the opportunity to engage in one (without consequences), would you?

Monday, August 25, 2008

Forget Cookies. Give Me Coffee!

Someone gave me this as an avatar on Romance Divas, an online romance writing group I belong to, and I crack up every time I see it. It's particularly appropriate for me because I work at Starbucks. And everyone knows that Starbucks coffee IS a little on the dark side!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Artist: Nathan Sawaya

My kids love Legos. They always have and probably always will. Imagine my delight when I found this guy, Nathan Sawaya, who creates art out of Lego bricks! Here he is in his New York studio, where he has over 1.5 million bricks. You can see them in bins in this picture.

Some of his art is on tour across the country. You can get information about the show "The Art of the Brick" here.

Here is a sculpture called Pluto, the Black Cat (2006). On his website he's posted this: Ways that I am like a cat: - We both like to drink milk.- We both like to eat fish.- We both like to sleep a lot.- We both do our best work at night.- We both believe that licking our body hair is a sufficient way to cleanse oneself.- We both hate leashes. (Not exactly true for me.)- We both drive poorly."

This next piece is titled Yellow (2006) I don't have anything to say about it except that it's cool. Some art aficionado I am!

This is the Iwo Jima Replica (2006) which was commissioned for permanent installation at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. The sculpture used over 100,000 LEGO bricks.

So ends another Art Friday at Kate's Blog. Have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Thursday 3: Lettuce Wraps

There's a popular meme called Thursday 13 in which every Thursday you make a list of thirteen things. I did this for a few months, but I don't have time for thirteen! So, I whittled it down to Thursday 3.

I love lettuce wraps. I'm Chinese, so maybe it's in my genes. Anyway, today I thought I'd list three of the places I like to order them.

1. Chili's (left) offers two different sauces, butter lettuce instead of iceburg, julienne raw carrots, and puffed rice noodles. I never actually stuff the lettuce here because it's too much trouble. I just use a fork for the fillings and my fingers for the lettuce!
2. Hop Li Seafood Restaurant in West Los Angeles (11901 Santa Monica Blvd) has a pretty good chicken version. Sometimes it has a little more cilantro than I can stomach, but if I put enough hoi sin sauce on it, I don't notice it too much.

3. I just had the Elephant Bar's version last night (right.) (DH and I went to see Hancock, and then had a late supper.) And they were delicious. It was a generous portion served with a nice peanut sauce. There were detailed iceburg leaves and a couple of chunks of red cabbage that was nice. I could have used a little less salt, but it was still delish!

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Recommendation: COOL PEN!!!

I LOVE pens. There are many of us pen-a-holics out there. If you are one of them, listen up! You must buy some Frixion pens. They have a little rubber tip on the end that can be used to erase the ink. But here's the ultra cool part: the tip is not an eraser. The ink disappears because of the friction, so there aren’t any little eraser bits to brush away. Plus, see that neat tattoo design they have on them?

I'm in love. I have four of them now. If Staples had had all six colors, I'd have six.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Skid No More

My kids aren't so little anymore, but I thought this idea was so clever, I had to pass it on. Adorn the bottom of some socks with puffy paint, let them dry, and voila! Some socks that are a wee bit better for running around the house. :)

Friday, August 15, 2008

Artist: Isabel Samaras

This is the very kooky art of Isabel Samaras. Isn't it fantastic? So campy, so irreverant! I loved these two paintings in particular because Botticelli's Birth of Venus is one of my favorite paintings of all time. The first painting here is called Black Venus. The only think I think it's lacking, besides flying attendants, is some fancy dual colored pubic hair. Maybe even armpit hair, too!

This next painting is called Birth of Ginger. Isn't it a hoot? Gilligan and Skipper embracing is a little creepy, but otherwise I think this is just a lot of fun. Instead of scars, like the Bride had, Ginger has tan lines. She also has some pretty nice abs. Anyway, so ends another Art Friday on my blog. Have a terrific weekend!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Small Squee

I have a Google alert set up for myself and today I got one that actually gave me cause for a smile. My book, Hostile Takeover, is, as of this moment, a bestseller at, an online bookstore. :) I really don't know how that translates into numbers, but I just like the word BESTSELLER there next to one of my titles.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

My, What A Big Lens You Have

Here is the cover for my upcoming release from Ellora's Cave, A Wolf at Her Door. Wolf is the second in my Be-Wished series and I'm so excited that it's coming out next month! This guy's nose is a tad big, but maybe that's a good thing because in the book his sense of smell is highly acute. LOL

Monday, August 11, 2008

What Happens...

I'm in Vegas until Tuesday. See you when I get back. :)

Friday, August 08, 2008

Artist: Kathleen Lolley

I usually don't like symmetry in art, but this piece by Kathleen Lolley appeals to me. It's called "summon the tree spirit." After perusing this artist's website, I notice she likes owls, trees, and these caped garments. The wings of the owl look like a cape, too. Perhaps the tree spirit is wearing an owl costume that can be removed. (I know. I'm weird. But if you've come to my blog before, you already knew this.)

This second piece is mistitled, if you ask me. it's called "belly of the beast," but to me the owl seems like a sanctuary to the girl, who has been charged with the task of guarding the eggs. Clearly she's been through some sort of trauma while performing her duty and the small bird is doing his best to protect her, now.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my little e-museum and that your weekend is fantastic! See you Monday.

The High School Experience

i have a book of questions I use for blog topics and one such question is, "What one word sums up your high school experience?" I like this question, but am going to let us answer with two words, since I'm a writer.

My high school experience was enjoyably fringe. I was on the drill team, which was so much fun and made my years at Birmingham High a blast, though looking back, I realize it was a little geeky. We were involved and active, but not really cool which is why I chose the word "fringe."

How about you? What two words sum up your high school experience?

Thursday, August 07, 2008

What's For Dinner?

There's a popular meme called Thursday 13 in which every Thursday you make a list of thirteen things. I did this for a few months, but I don't have time for thirteen! So, I whittled it down to Thursday 3.

I've been away from the family for almost a week and it's been hard to get back into the groove of cooking every night. I'm feeling oddly apathetic in the kitchen, but the man and almost-men must eat. So, here's what came out of my kitchen for the last three days.

1. Turkey legs and chicken thighs. No one likes turkey legs but me, so the rest of the family had baked chicken.

2. Shell pasta with Italian sausage and salad. The kids had their braces tightened so we had to have soft food.

3. Repeat of last night. A pound of pasta is always too much for us, so we ate leftovers. Plus, I didn't get my sh*t together early enough to slow roast the pork.

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

More Proof I'm Weird

I recently saw The Dark Knight. I really enjoyed it. Only a couple of places did I get jerked out of the story. No way a gun could be smuggled into a big courtroom like that. And the guy's eyeball would have been a raisin in about an hour after not having an eyelid.

But I digress.

The point I was trying to make is that at the end there's a voiceover of Commissioner Gordon summarizing how cool the Batman is and how he's this and that, and there's this cool music and some cool dark visuals as Batman gets on his motorcycle thingy and rides off into the night, his cape billowing from the speed of his ride. And all I can hear is Edna Mode (that midget, crusty voiced superhero costume designer from The Incredibles) doing her own voiceover, "No capes, dahling! NO CAPES!"

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Typecast Word

It occurred to me recently that I never hear the word voracious used with a noun other than reader.

Poor voracious.

Not that there's anything wrong with the word reader. I am one. I'm a proud one. I'm even a voracious one. But maybe voracious would like to hook up sometime with some other noun.

Monday, August 04, 2008

Do Over!

Okay, the excerpt I posted a few days ago is no longer part of the book. The title is no longer DOUBLE DARE. This happens sometimes. I write a beginning and scrap it and start over. Think of it as a warm up. Like stretching. (see picture)

Oh, and speaking of that body does not do that. Maybe if I were dead someone could force it into that position, but otherwise, no.


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