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What's your favorite quote? "It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities." J.K. Rowling |
What are your proud of? Hands down, no contest, my daughters! |
Jessica, my inherited daughter, came into my life at age 15. As a teen, community involvement held a special place in her heart, but unfortunately upstaged the need to study, causing her grades to suffer. However, that passion has carried her throughout her career, and today, she lives in Washington, DC, fighting fo... |
My love of my life Melissa! As she nears the end of her middle school career, I marvel at how much she has matured! I credit much of this to a deep-rooted appreciation of music, a passion which gave her the impetus to audition for, and be accepted to the All South Jersey Chorus. She also appeared in her middle scho... |
What ambition do you still have? I would like to publish a book of all of my blog posts, and became a best-selling author! |
Who would you like to meet who is still living? As many of my regular readers know, I have an obsession with Harry Potter. I would love to have lunch with J.K. Rowling and ask her how she created this incredible, magical world that has morphed from fiction into somewhat of a suspended reality for me. Reading about H... |
However, if pressed on the issue, the one person I would love to meet, even more than Harry's creator, is Paul McCartney! Two years ago, Bob and I took Melissa to see Sir Paul in concert in Philadelphia. I had seen him twice before, as had Bob, but for Melissa, this should would count as her first! We introduced her... |
I don't know what I'd say to Sir Paul, (after being revived from my fainting spell). I know that Bob and Melissa, with much more musical knowledge than I, would discuss technique with him. I guess is I would just thank him for letting the world have access to his incredible talent and for creating such timeless music... |
During the concert, my thoughts drifted to the two Beatles no longer with us. John, robbed of life by a mad man, and George, who sadly succumbed to cancer over ten year ago. The world will always wonder, how much more could John and George have given, if given the chance to live? But with Paul, happily, we don't nee... |
So Paul, please let me know when you are free for lunch, I'll pencil you in!! |
Alrighty then, back to reality. For the second part of the honor, I must "pay it forward", which is not hard to do! I am officially honoring the following terrific blogs by tagging them! Check out my fellow fabulous writers, and thank you for visiting my page! |
1. Everyday Underwear: |
2. My Dishwasher's Possessed |
3. One Sister's Rant |
4. The Pepperific Life |
5. Spilled Milkshake |
1. Lisa, I'm so sorry you've been ill! I hope you're now on your way to recovering from what sounds like a nasty bug. Fevers and chills are the worst! Congratulations on being nominated! Woo hoo! I'm honored you would tag me, lady. Thank you so much! I have to say I agree with you--I would love to become a best selli... |
1. Hi Bella, thanks so much for your kind wishes. Actually, JK Rowling thought of Harry on a train. But she actually wrote many parts of the 1st book while sitting in a coffee shop, with her young daughter in a stroller. She was a single mom, barely getting by...not any more!!! |
2. Thank you so much for the shout out!! You made my day!! I'm glad you are feeling better! I have to say your Melissa and my Tom would probably really hit it off. He is a huge Beatles fan and had the thrill of seeing Sir Paul in concert last year! I always enjoy stopping by your great site! |
1. Hi Kathy! There are many reasons I like you and now another! We both share great taste in music, and we have really cool kids!! |
3. Lisa, I'm so sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. Thank goodness my blog awards came in the nick of time to put that smile back on your face. |
I'm just so glad you reached out not too long ago and introduced yourself, for you have a wonderful, humorous blog that is always a pleasure to read. Have a great week! |
4. Lisa |
As soon as I saw the title of this one I knew what your answer would be. I wonder if he ever listened to our tape? I truly enjoy your blog every week. Glad you are feeling better. |
5. Sorry you were sick on Mother's Day. Bleh. Glad you're better now though. Congrats on the shout out! Your daughters are really something special. No wonder you're so proud! Oh, and the Pop Tarts? Why do they even bother making unfrosted ones? Does anyone eat those? |
1. I know Melissa, it does seem a waste to make the non-frosted! |
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Marrying Your Cousin Is Not That Big Of A Problem For Your Future Kids |
You share 12.5 percent of your genes with your first cousins. |
Photo by Brodie Vissers via Burst |
Cousins getting married is one of the oldest and most timeless jokes in the world. We know there’s precedent in real life but we don’t have to be experts on the matter to know that something weird happens when you have babies with someone who shares some of your genes. |
Not that long ago, cousins getting married was a common occurrence. You might want to take a look at your family tree because it’s likely that at some point, some of your ancestors shared the last name before marriage. |
Popular Science reports a genealogy study that revealed that the practice of marrying cousins was once pervasive. In fact, from 1650 to 1850 a given person was, on average, fourth cousins with their spouse. As the years passed, this trend stopped being so common. By the 1950s, married couples were, on average, seventh ... |
While the stats of marrying cousins decreased as the world evolved, the study reports that consolidating money and power was a big factor in marriages, which is why this phenomenon still occurred even after the industrial revolution. Yaniv Erlich, the man who conducted the study, believes that people stopped marrying ... |
The genetic problem that pops up when first cousins get married is due to the fact that the parents share 12.5 percent of their DNA. This is bad for genetics, since diversity is very important for healthy babies. If you inherit a bad gene from your mom, then your dad’s genes will work hard to make up for that. |
Statistics report that 4 to 7 percent of the kids who’s parents are first cousins are estimated to have birth defects. While it’s not a big number, it becomes more problematic if these kids were to marry their first cousins, resulting in an even smaller pools of genes. The farther you marry, the more you reduce the odd... |
While this may not seem like a big problem for the modern world, it’s a thing in some places with small populations. In Iceland, where the population is of 330,000 people, it’s common for citizens to fear marrying a distant cousin. |
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By simultaneously considering insulin secretion and insulin action in any given individual, it becomes possible to account for the natural history of diabetes in that person (e.g., remission in a patient with T1 diabetes or ketoacidosis in a person with T2DM). Thus, diabetes mellitus may be the result of absolute insul... |
While unintentional weight loss may seem like a dream to some people, it can also be a scary sign that your pancreas isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. Accidental weight loss is often one of the first signs of diabetes. However, weight loss may also help you prevent developing the condition in the first place. In ... |
In countries using a general practitioner system, such as the United Kingdom, care may take place mainly outside hospitals, with hospital-based specialist care used only in case of complications, difficult blood sugar control, or research projects. In other circumstances, general practitioners and specialists share car... |
Different environmental effects on type 1 diabetes mellitus development complicate the influence of race, but racial differences are evident. Whites have the highest reported incidence, whereas Chinese individuals have the lowest. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is 1.5 times more likely to develop in American whites than in A... |
The causes of diabetes mellitus are unclear, however, there seem to be both hereditary (genetic factors passed on in families) and environmental factors involved. Research has shown that some people who develop diabetes have common genetic markers. In Type I diabetes, the immune system, the body's defense system agains... |
Hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia or “insulin shock” is a common concern in DM management. It typically develops when a diabetic patient takes his or her normal dose of insulin without eating normally. As a result, the administered insulin can push the blood sugar to potentially dangerously low levels. Initially the patient m... |
Intensive blood sugar lowering (HbA1c<6%) as opposed to standard blood sugar lowering (HbA1c of 7–7.9%) does not appear to change mortality.[74][75] The goal of treatment is typically an HbA1c of 7 to 8% or a fasting glucose of less than 7.2 mmol/L (130 mg/dl); however these goals may be changed after professional clin... |
Diet management is very important in people with both types of diabetes mellitus. Doctors recommend a healthy, balanced diet and efforts to maintain a healthy weight. People with diabetes can benefit from meeting with a dietitian or a diabetes educator to develop an optimal eating plan. Such a plan includes avoiding si... |
A third notion is that changes in how babies are fed may be stoking the spread of type 1. In the 1980s, researchers noticed a decreased risk of type 1 in children who had been breast-fed. This could mean that there is a component of breast milk that is particularly protective for diabetes. But it has also led to a hypo... |
Diabetes mellitus (DM) comprises a group of disorders characterized by hyperglycemia. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and results in $132 billion in total direct and indirect costs. Although the incidence of Type 1 diabetes has doubled over the past 30 years, the increase in Type 2 diabetes ... |
Hypoglycemic reactions are promptly treated by giving carbohydrates (orange juice, hard candy, honey, or any sugary food); if necessary, subcutaneous or intramuscular glucagon or intravenous dextrose (if the patient is not conscious) is administered. Hyperglycemic crises are treated initially with prescribed intravenou... |
Before blood glucose levels rise, the body of a person destined for type 2 becomes resistant to insulin, much as bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics. Insulin is the signal for the muscles, fat, and liver to absorb glucose from the blood. As the body becomes resistant to insulin, the beta cells in the pancreas ... |
Studies in type 1 patients have shown that in intensively treated patients, diabetic eye disease decreased by 76%, kidney disease decreased by 54%, and nerve disease decreased by 60%. More recently the EDIC trial has shown that type 1 diabetes is also associated with increased heart disease, similar to type 2 diabetes.... |
The diabetic patient should learn to recognize symptoms of low blood sugar (such as confusion, sweats, and palpitations) and high blood sugar (such as, polyuria and polydipsia). When either condition results in hospitalization, vital signs, weight, fluid intake, urine output, and caloric intake are accurately documente... |
But if you’re struggling with weight loss, eating fewer foods with added sugar and fat can be a step in the right direction for improving your health and potentially reducing your diabetes risk. In fact, if you have been diagnosed with prediabetes, losing just 5 to 7 percent of your body weight can reduce your risk for... |
Get to Know Your Medications: If you have diabetes, it is important to know and understand what your medications do. This can help to keep blood sugars controlled and prevent low and high blood sugars. Certain medicines need to be taken with food, or they will cause your blood sugar will drop. There are so many diabete... |
If you are a diabetic and are pregnant you can have a normal, healthy pregnancy, but you need to take extra steps to avoid gaining excess weight and high blood sugars. Lifestyle habits (eating primarily vegetables and lean protein and exercising every day) will prevent problems during pregnancy. If you are a diabetic a... |
Sugar doesn't cause diabetes. But there is one way that sugar can influence whether a person gets type 2 diabetes. Consuming too much sugar (or sugary foods and drinks) can make people put on weight. Gaining too much weight leads to type 2 diabetes in some people. Of course, eating too much sugar isn't the only cause o... |
Culturally appropriate education may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, for up to 24 months.[89] If changes in lifestyle in those with mild diabetes has not resulted in improved blood sugars within six weeks, medications should then be considered.[23] There is not enough evidence to dete... |
Monitoring your caloric intake may be helpful if you’re overweight, but everyone with type 2 diabetes should track how many carbs they’re taking in. That can be tricky because carbs are in many of the common foods you may already eat, but there are both good and bad sources of carbs. Fruits and vegetables, for example,... |
It is clearly established that diabetes mellitus is not a single disease but a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that share glucose intolerance in common (4–7). The concept of genetic heterogeneity (i.e. that different genetic and/or environmental etiologic factors can result in similar phenotypes) has signi... |
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (also known as type 2 diabetes) is a long-term metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin.[6] Common symptoms include increased thirst, frequent urination, and unexplained weight loss.[3] Symptoms may also include increased hun... |
A number of studies have looked for relationships between sugar and diabetes risk. A 2017 meta-analysis, based on nine reports of 15 cohort studies including 251,261 participants, found no significant effect of total sugars on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.7 Those consuming the most sugar actually had a 9 perc... |
A healthy meal plan for people with diabetes is generally the same as healthy eating for anyone – low in saturated fat, moderate in salt and sugar, with meals based on lean protein, non-starchy vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, and fruit. Foods that say they are healthier for people with diabetes generally offer ... |
1. Monitoring of blood glucose status. In the past, urine testing was an integral part of the management of diabetes, but it has largely been replaced in recent years by self monitoring of blood glucose. Reasons for this are that blood testing is more accurate, glucose in the urine shows up only after the blood sugar l... |
Can diabetes be prevented? Why are so many people suffering from it now over decades past? While there will never be anyway to possibly avoid genetic diabetes, there have been cases where dietary changes could perhaps have been made to delay or prevent the ailment from further developing. Doctors report that obesity pl... |
Assemble a Medical Team: Whether you've had diabetes for a long time or you've just been diagnosed, there are certain doctors that are important to see. It is extremely important to have a good primary care physician. This type of doctor will help coordinate appointments for other physicians if they think that you need... |
Type II is considered a milder form of diabetes because of its slow onset (sometimes developing over the course of several years) and because it usually can be controlled with diet and oral medication. The consequences of uncontrolled and untreated Type II diabetes, however, are the just as serious as those for Type I.... |
When the blood glucose level rises above 160 to 180 mg/dL, glucose spills into the urine. When the level of glucose in the urine rises even higher, the kidneys excrete additional water to dilute the large amount of glucose. Because the kidneys produce excessive urine, people with diabetes urinate large volumes frequent... |
Adult and pediatric endocrinologists, specialists in treating hormone imbalances and disorders of the endocrine system, are experts in helping patients with diabetes manage their disease. People with the disease also may be cared for by a number of primary care providers including family or internal medicine practition... |
Taking the drugs used to treat diabetes, particularly insulin, may be difficult for some older people. For those with vision problems or other problems that make accurately filling a syringe difficult, a caregiver can prepare the syringes ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator. People whose insulin dose is st... |
Sasna Tsrer: The ARF Position in Context |
Like most Armenians who followed the developments in Erebuni over the past two weeks, I am deeply passionate about the status of Armenia—our nation, as well as its inhabitants. |
On July 17, an armed group calling themselves the “Sasna Tsrer,” primarily made up of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) war veterans, stormed the Armenian Police Yerevan City Patrol Regiment Building in the suburb of Erebuni, announcing the start of an “uprising.” They took officers as hostages, demanding immediate regime... |
'[the ARF] has always preferred to protect Armenia’s statehood. Critically, protecting Armenia’s statehood (the nation) does not mean protecting Armenia’s government.' |
‘[The ARF] has always preferred to protect Armenia’s statehood. Critically, protecting Armenia’s statehood (the nation) does not mean protecting Armenia’s government.’ |
On July 31—after days of public anti-government protests, the releasing of all hostages in stages and several shootouts causing injuries on both sides and the death of two police officers—the remaining members of the Sasna Tsrer surrendered to police, stating they have “done their bit” and it was now up to the people t... |
During the two weeks of the Sasna Tsrer occupation, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), which is currently in a de facto coalition with Sarkisian’s government, released an initial statement after several press appearances by leaders of the party announcing its position by declaring that there is another “way o... |
As an active member of this party who follows the ARF’s every decision under a microscope, I consider these statements—and the ARF’s position overall on the events relating to the Sasna Tsrer—to be the most responsible, and therefore, most correct. But, unfortunately, this position has also been the most misconstrued i... |
This is partially because the statements were likely read by most without taking into context the activities of the ARF over the past year in Armenian politics. This could be because the aforementioned “context” was never quite understood—I accept that the ARF position on politics in Armenia is not as populist as storm... |
This article allows me the opportunity to paraphrase the ARF position on the politics of Armenia, the steps it has taken to manufacture change to the status quo, and link this position to the situation in Erebuni with the following points: |
– The ARF agrees that corruption is rife in Armenia, and, with the people, it has lost faith in the current structure of governance that rules over the country. |
– This is proven by the roadmap the ARF drew and passed by referendum, along with the sitting government, to bring about significant constitutional reforms to Armenia. |
– These reforms will convert Armenia from a presidential system of governance (where one person has the major say) to a parliamentary system of governance (where the collective within the Parliament have the major say). |
– These reforms also mean the formation of a Judiciary independent of the government, which is not currently the case. |
– Among other things, the reforms further mean the drawing of a new electoral code to prevent vote rigging that the ARF itself has complained about for many years. |
A few questions I suggest we ask ourselves at this point, prior to continuing with the points: |
Question 1: If the ARF was satisfied with the current form of government and was simply kowtowing to the President, as critics suggest, why would the party suggest and champion Constitutional reforms based on taking power away from a president and placing it into the hands of a collective? |
Question 2: If the ARF believed the current justice system was free and fair, and was appropriately dealing with oligarchy, monopolies, and corruption, why would the party have suggested and championed changes which makes the Judiciary independent of the government? |
Question 3: If the ARF believed that every vote at elections was based on the free and fair will of the people, why would it have suggested and championed a tightening of the electoral code to ensure greater oversight at polling stations? |
If these questions are asked with honesty, and without anti-ARF tinted glasses, they would become rhetorical. This is my intention. |
Back to the points: |
These reforms passed in a referendum earlier this year. |
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