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Postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital admission in Lusaka, Zambia – a descriptive study
- Lisa Vallely1,
- Yusuf Ahmed2 and
- Susan F Murray3Email author
© Vallely et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2005
- Received: 09 August 2004
- Accepted: 01 February 2005
- Published: 01 February 2005
Information on the extent of postpartum maternal morbidity in developing countries is extremely limited. In many settings, data from hospital-based studies is hard to interpret because of the small proportion of women that have access to medical care. However, in those areas with good uptake of health care, the measurement of the type and incidence of complications severe enough to require hospitalisation may provide useful baseline information on the acute and severe morbidity that women experience in the early weeks following childbirth. An analysis of health services data from Lusaka, Zambia, is presented.
Six-month retrospective review of hospital registers and 4-week cross-sectional study with prospective identification of postpartum admissions.
Both parts of the study identified puerperal sepsis and malaria as, respectively, the leading direct and indirect causes of postpartum morbidity requiring hospital admission. Puerperal sepsis accounted for 34.8% of 365 postpartum admissions in the 6-month period. Malaria and pneumonia together accounted for one-fifth of all postpartum admissions (14.5% & 6% respectively). At least 1.7% of the postpartum population in Lusaka will require hospital-level care for a maternal morbidity.
In developing country urban settings with high public health care usage, meticulous review of hospital registers can provide baseline information on the burden of moderate-to-severe postpartum morbidity.
- Malaria
- Postpartum Period
- Maternal Morbidity
- Breast Abscess
- Satellite Clinic
Maternal morbidity refers to complications that have arisen during the pregnancy, delivery or postpartum period. Every year an estimated 50 million women are affected by maternal morbidity. Defining, interpreting and measuring maternal morbidity, however, is recognised to be difficult and the prevalence of such morbidity (both general and specific) has been poorly described [1, 2]. Over the past decade, the nature and extent of postpartum maternal morbidity has received increasing interest in both developed and developing countries with a range of research methods of varying sophistication being used to identify long and short-term and acute and chronic morbidity following childbirth [1, 3–8]
The WHO (1998) [1] defines the postpartum period, or puerperium, as beginning one hour after the delivery of the placenta and continuing until 6 weeks (42 days) after the birth of the infant. As the woman recovers from labour, adapts to her new role and reverts physically to her non-pregnant state, it is a special but critical time for both the mother and her infant [9]. Many of the complications leading to postpartum maternal morbidity arise during labour and delivery and in the first 1–2 weeks following delivery; for at least 18 million women these morbidities become long-term and are often debilitating [1]. Major acute obstetric morbidities include haemorrhage, sepsis and pregnancy-related hypertension. Longer-term morbidities include uterine prolapse, vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF), incontinence, dyspareunia and infertility [10].
Fortney & Smith [2] have described 6 dimensions to maternal morbidity: aetiology, severity, duration, time of onset, accumulation and sequelae. However, in many developing countries health services data on postpartum morbidity remains extremely limited. In many settings, data from hospital-based studies is hard to interpret because of the small proportion of women that have access to supervised deliveries and medical care. But, as Fortney and Smith suggest, in areas with good access to and uptake of health care the measurement of the type and incidence of postpartum complications severe enough to require hospitalisation may provide useful baseline information on the acute and severe direct morbidity women experience in the early weeks following childbirth. Zambia's capital city, Lusaka, offers such a context. This paper describes the application of a pragmatic and inexpensive approach to the baseline assessment of the burden of moderate-to-severe morbidity in the postpartum period in this urban African setting, with a view to monitoring trends and identifying preventable risk factors.
Uptake of maternal health care services, Lusaka Urban community survey data [11]
Uptake of maternal health care services
% of women reporting (n = 946)
% of women with 5 or more antenatal check-ups
Proportion of deliveries with a professional attendant
% of women attending a postnatal check-up in the 6 weeks postpartum
% of women reporting a "serious problem" in the antenatal or postpartum period who said that they had been able to get medical attention "as soon as they felt they had needed it"
At the University Teaching Hospital, which acts as the district referral hospital for the city, admission and discharge registers are kept in each ward and department. In an earlier retrospective study, analysing referrals for all pregnancy-related complications, undertaken at UTH [12, 13], 4% of these cases were identified as referrals in the postpartum period (95/2,892 over a two- month study period). In this study, the hospital registers were used to identify all cases of postpartum morbidity presenting to UTH, and from these to estimate the incidence of, and identify the nature of postpartum morbidity severe enough to require admission for hospital-level treatment.
Data collection was carried out by LV between July and September 2000. Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the University of Zambia Research Ethics Committee.
For the purpose of this study, the WHO definition of the postpartum period (from delivery until 6 weeks after delivery) was used as the time period inclusion criteria [1]. All women identified as having been admitted to UTH for in-patient treatment for morbidity during this period were included for the purpose of the review, whether or not their morbidity was explicitly "obstetric" in origin. Women who were admitted to hospital to accompany and nurse their babies that had neonatal problems were excluded.
Retrospective data collection
Relevant admission and discharge registers at UTH were reviewed for the six-month period July-December 1999. Dependent on the type, timing and severity of a postpartum problem, women may be referred or may self-refer to one of three different units within the hospital: (i) Women with early postpartum complications, defined as problems occurring within 24 hours of delivery, are admitted through the labour ward admission room; (ii) Women with postpartum problems occurring more than 24 hours after delivery are referred or may present themselves to the gynaecology filter clinic, from where they may then be referred on to the emergency admission ward; (iii) Cases of breast abscess are generally admitted though the surgical unit. From any of the units women may be then admitted onto a longer stay gynaecology ward for further management and treatment. Women admitted to hospital irrespective of the length of stay were included in the data capture.
Identification of postpartum cases and inclusion criteria
Emergency Admission Ward
Gynaecology Wards
Labour Ward
Surgical Unit
Source of identification of cases
Admission Register
Discharge Register
Admission Register
Discharge Register
Inclusion criteria to be defined as postpartum admissions
All cases recorded as postpartum.
All cases with infected caesarean section wound.
All cases with infected episiotomy/perineal tears.
All cases recorded as postpartum.
All cases with infected caesarean section wound.
All cases with infected episiotomy/perineal tears.
Any non-obstetric conditions e.g. malaria, PTB, pneumonia, meningitis.
All cases recorded as postpartum.
All cases of breast abscess/mastitis
Cases were crosschecked by name and age between the emergency admission and gynaecology wards and between the short and longer stay surgical wards, to prevent double counting. Cases of breast abscess were also crosschecked between the surgical unit and the gynaecology department to ensure cases had not been referred. Data was entered on Epi. Inf. 6.04 for analysis.
Routine health service statistics for the same six-month study period (July-December 1999) were also collated. There were 19,691 deliveries within UTH and the satellite clinics (5,511 and 14,180 deliveries respectively), of which 1,021 were by caesarean section (an average of 39 per week). Women delivering either at UTH or the clinics were instructed to attend the local satellite clinic for postnatal follow-up visits at week 1 after delivery and again at 6 weeks. Some women were seen at UTH for a postnatal visit at week 1 to follow-up on some complication while those who had a caesarean section were reviewed at 6 weeks. Recorded postnatal check-up at the clinics at 1-week was 40% and 21% at 6 weeks; however, this data was incomplete for some clinics. At UTH, an average of 42 women per week attend the postnatal clinic – most of them after a caesarean section. During the same six-month period, there were 93 maternal deaths at UTH. Of these maternal deaths 8 (8.5%) were known to be due to puerperal sepsis. A much larger number of the women who died had sepsis and stigmata of AIDS (Y Ahmed, personal communication).
Prospectively identified cases
Due to the limitations of the routine data sources used in the retrospective review, a small cross sectional study was also conducted using prospective identification of cases in order to verify the findings. Over a 4-week period, from 14 August to 10 September 2000, all early postpartum admissions to the maternity unit at UTH were identified through the labour ward admission register. Obstetric case notes were sought and reviewed. Late postpartum cases (>24 hours and up to 6 weeks after delivery) for the same time-period were also identified and recorded by the same means as described for the retrospective study. On the gynaecology ward, cases were identified through daily review of the ward round books, to identify new admissions, and through consultation with the senior ward sister and the ward clerk.
Retrospective data
After crosschecking of data to prevent double counting, 365 maternal postpartum admissions to the hospital were positively identified for the 6-month study period July-December 1999. Cases of retained placenta (n = 55), removed in theatre, were not included in the final analysis as it was not possible to differentiate between clinic referrals and UTH deliveries.
Referral source and admission status
Sources of postpartum referrals to the emergency admission ward, University Teaching Hospital
Referral source
Number (%) (n = 236)
Satellite clinics
135 (57%)
28 (12%)
Out-patient department within hospital
12 (5%)
Not documented
61 (26%)
Age range
The age range for all cases was 15–48 years. Of all postpartum admissions (365 women), more than half were aged between 20–29 years, a reflection of the fact that the largest number of births takes place within this age group.
Nature of morbidities requiring hospital admission
Identified postpartum admission by diagnosis, University Teaching Hospital, July–December 1999
Cases (n = 365)
Percent of all admissions
Puerperal sepsis
Infected tears/episiotomy
Infected caesarean section
Breast Abscess
Puerperal Psychosis
"After pains"
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pyrexia (not linked to diagnosis)
Postpartum Haemorrhage
Retained products of conception
Urinary tract infection
Other (gastroenteritis, meningitis, measles etc)
Malaria was the second most common diagnosis accounting for 14.5% of all cases. Hypertensive disorders including hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia accounted for 10.9%.
Estimating the population burden of moderate-to-severe postpartum morbidity
Using MacKeith et al.'s [14] estimates for public sector coverage of deliveries (87.5%) and the UTH and clinic figures for the period (19,691 deliveries), we estimate that there were approximately 22,000 births in Lusaka during the 6-month period July-December 1999, and 365 hospital admissions for postpartum morbidity were positively identified for the same period. If hospital admission can be taken as a practical proxy measure for the moderate-to-severe end of morbidities, then the burden of moderate-to-severe postpartum morbidity in this urban African population may therefore be estimated to be at least 1.7% (365/22,000 births). Because this incidence refers only to women admitted live to hospital in the postpartum period, the actual incidence will be somewhat higher, with the addition of postpartum morbidities that occurred in women who were already hospital in-patients, any maternal deaths that occurred outside of the hospital, and any missed late postpartum admissions to medical wards.
Cross-sectional study of prospectively identified cases
Over the one-month period August-September 2000, 64 admissions to the hospital for postpartum maternal morbidity were identified. The routine hospital procedures differentiate between "early" (up to 24 hours postpartum) and "late" (after 24 hours) postpartum admissions. The former are admitted through the labour ward admissions and the latter through the emergency gynaecology ward. Twenty women (31%) were "early" referrals and 44 (69%) were "late". This categorisation of the data therefore concerns time elapsed between delivery and admission to hospital, and not between time of delivery and onset of the condition.
Early-postpartum referrals
Just over one-third (7/20) of the maternal referrals in the first 24 hours after delivery were for retained placenta and just over one-third were for pregnancy- related hypertension or eclampsia (7/20). Three referrals were for postpartum haemorrhage. There were no maternal deaths in this group.
Late-postpartum referrals
Late postpartum referrals (Cross-sectional study of prospectively identified cases)
Number (%) (N = 44)
Puerperal sepsis
5 (11%)
5 (11%)
Pregnancy-related hypertension
5 (11%)
Infected tears/episiotomy
4 (9%)
Infected caesarean section
3 (7%)
3 (7%)
Puerperal psychosis
2 (4.5%)
Secondary postpartum haemorrhage
2 (4.5%)
2 (4.5%)
Retained products
1 (2%)
1 (2%)
Breast abscess
1 (2%)
10 (23%)
Twenty-one cases (47%) were admitted to the longer stay gynaecology ward. More than half of all cases (52%) were in the 20–29 years age group. Among the 44 women admitted to hospital at more than 24 hours postpartum, 4 died; 2 of these deaths occurred on the longer stay ward. Of the 4 deaths, one could be directly linked to obstetric events (anaemia); the others were related to non-obstetric causes (pneumonia, cryptococcal meningitis, and encephalitis).
This hospital study used time-period based inclusion criteria in its identification of cases of maternal morbidity sufficiently severe to require hospital admission. The majority of morbidity thus identified was directly linked to obstetric causes e.g. puerperal sepsis, infected wounds, and pregnancy-induced hypertension. However, non-obstetric conditions, including malaria and pneumonia were found to have accounted for at least one-fifth of all postpartum admissions in the retrospective review. This mirrors the increased role that indirect causes have been found to be playing in maternal mortality rates in countries such as Zambia [14].
Data accuracy
We have already outlined some of the practical difficulties with using routine hospital data sources such as admission registers. Admission rates estimated from the small prospective part of the study do not suggest, however, that many cases were lost in the identification process in the larger retrospective part. The former identified an average of 11 late-postpartum maternal admissions to hospital per week in the month observed, and the latter, an average of 14 late-postpartum maternal admissions per week over the six months reviewed. In both parts of the study, puerperal sepsis and malaria were identified as leading causes of postpartum morbidity requiring hospital admission. In the prospective identification of postpartum morbidity requiring hospital admission, puerperal sepsis, malaria and hypertensive disease each accounted for the same number of admission (5 in each) but the numbers are too small to draw any conclusions. Some inaccuracy in the classification of certain morbidities may be expected due to the use of admission diagnoses. It is also a limitation in the design of this element of our study that data collection did not extend to the medical wards. It is therefore not possible for us to ascertain whether, or to what extent, there are medical ward admissions of women in the late puerperium with non-obstetric conditions such as malaria.
Puerperal sepsis
Puerperal sepsis was the leading cause of postpartum hospital admissions in this population, accounting for 34.8% of all identified postpartum cases in the retrospective part of this study. Other hospital-based studies as well as surveys of women's self-reports of postpartum morbidity report puerperal sepsis as a leading cause of postpartum morbidity in developing countries [5, 6, 15–18].
Puerperal sepsis cases identified through the retrospective data collection part of the study accounted for more than twice as many cases as the second commonest postpartum morbidity requiring hospital admission, malaria. For the retrospective study the overall rate of puerperal sepsis cases requiring hospital-level care and admission was 0.64% of all supervised deliveries in the public sector services, a rate that falls in between those estimates from earlier hospital-based studies in Niger: 0.22% [5]; and in Nigeria: 1.7% [15]. However, it should again be remembered that in this study, women who delivered in hospital and developed septic complications before discharge would be excluded from this figure. The overall figure can therefore be expected to be higher.
Other obstetric postpartum morbidity
A number of other obstetric-related postpartum morbidities including anaemia, breast abscess, symphisiotomy, puerperal psychosis, after-pains, urinary tract infection, secondary postpartum haemorrhage and retained products of conception were also identified as late-postpartum referrals through the retrospective study. Anaemia in the postpartum period is not an uncommon health problem [1]. Surveys of women's self-reported morbidity frequently cite symptoms in the postpartum period that could be suggestive of or lead to anaemia, including chronic fatigue [19] and excessive bleeding [15, 20, 21].
Non-obstetric postpartum morbidity
Malaria and pneumonia together accounted for one-fifth of all the postpartum hospital admissions that we identified. This finding suggests the usefulness of an approach that employs a "time-period" definition to identify cases rather than simply a set of purely obstetrically-related diagnostic categories.
In all, 14.5% of identified postpartum maternal admissions to hospital were due to malaria. While it is widely recognised that the severity and frequency of malaria is greater in pregnant, compared to non-pregnant women, until recently it was generally thought that the importance of pregnancy-related malaria ends with delivery [22] and malaria is rarely mentioned as an important postpartum morbidity in the obstetric literature. Diagne et al.'s study from Senegal [22], however, was one of the first to suggest that the increased susceptibility to malaria in pregnancy persists up to 60 days after delivery. They found that compared to the non-pregnant state, the incidence of episodes of malaria increased significantly during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and reached a maximum during the first 60 days after delivery.
A number of factors may modify susceptibility to malaria in the postpartum period. The age at which partial immunity to malaria is acquired is critically dependent on transmission intensity [23, 24]. Wide variations are seen in levels of immunity to malaria among Zambian women secondary to geographical and other factors affecting transmission [23]. Many of the malaria cases identified in the study may be the result of recrudescence rather than new infection particularly because the study took place during the transition between dry and wet seasons and study participants were primarily from urban and peri-urban communities. Susceptibility may also be dependent on haematological and nutritional factors as well as HIV status [25].
The contribution of HIV/AIDS to maternal postpartum morbidity and mortality
Pneumonia and Pulmonary TB were important causes of postnatal morbidity in this study and were likely related to HIV/AIDS. The HIV serostatus was rarely available of the index postpartum cases, though unlinked anonymous testing of HIV in the antenatal population in 4 sentinel sites in Lusaka during 1998 showed a high HIV prevalence of 27.4% [26]. HIV positive women are more prone to postpartum infections including urinary tract infections, chest, episiotomy and caesarean section wound infections [27, 28]. Furthermore, in this study, causes of postpartum morbidity included puerperal psychosis, cerebral malaria and HIV related cerebral complications – all of which can be difficult to diagnose with certainty in a malaria and HIV endemic area [29]. Of the 93 cases of maternal mortality during the six-month retrospective study period in 1999, almost a third of the cases were attributed to a presumptive diagnosis of HIV/AIDS and had no other direct or indirect cause of maternal mortality (personal communication, Y Ahmed, 2003).
Hospital admissions in the first 24 hours following delivery
Review of registers on the labour ward, for both the retrospective and prospective aspects of this study suggest that the majority of referrals in the early-postnatal period (first 24 hours) were for infant rather than maternal indications. Of the early postpartum referrals for maternal indications, retained placenta is the leading reason for referral from clinics to the hospital. This reflects the urban context of the study and the relative ease of transportation that permits a district policy of removal of placenta at hospital level rather than by the practitioner with essential obstetric care skills at the delivery clinic.
The high public sector maternity care usage in this community permits the low-cost review of routine data to be reasonably meaningful. The caveats are those associated with extraction of data from health facility admission registers, which are not always complete, and which cannot take account of changes in diagnosis or subsequently arising complications. In the absence of more robust data, such reviews, if carried out meticulously, do offer the opportunity to identify the extent of moderate-to-severe postpartum morbidity and the principle causes. They thus may provide the groundwork for detailed condition-specific research to take place exploring aetiology, duration, time of onset and outcome, and the implications for health care provision.
The authors would like to thank the following for their support and input at different points during the study period: Nancy MacKeith, project officer of the "Women Friendly Services" Project, Lusaka District, Zambia; Dr Christine Kaseba, Head of Department, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UTH; midwifery and nursing staff of the Obstetric & Gynaecology Department, UTH; Professor Krikor and the nursing staff from the Department of Surgery, UTH; Dr R. Kumwenda-Phiri, Director, Lusaka Urban District Management Team; Department for International Development (DFID) for its funding of the Women Friendly Services Project (Project SCF219), through which this collaborative piece of work was facilitated. However DFID can accept no responsibility for any information or views expressed.
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What are people who are still without a school planning to do? What tips do you have for those who are still waiting to get a public or private assignment they like?
The SF K Files is a place for parents who are seeking a school in San Francisco. The site offers up reviews of public, private and charter schools, as well as lots of advice and opinions from the community.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Hot topic: Anyone without a school?
47 comments:
- AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 4:37 PM
We are 0 for ... 15, 16? However you count it, it's a bummer. Long ago, I'd put my daughter on the waitlists at some preschools that had preKs. I just kept answering 'yes' if they asked if we wanted to stay on the lists. I'm very thankful that I did because my way-backup-plan is coming into play. We have a spot for her in a preK and we're waiting for our waitlist school. The preK programs seemed to have spaces as late as a month ago. It might be worth checking into. The preKs at co-ops can often be somewhat affordable and the workday amounts to approx three hours. I really think she's ready for K though and am hopeful that we'll get a K spot. (late July birthday)ReplyDelete
It is a good idea to hold back a child with a late BD in most cases and particularly with boys. But if your daughter is ready for K and you hold her back she is going to be older than most through her school career and she's likely to get bored at each grade level. Strategizing to get a good placement should not include holding her back unnecessarily for a year in my humble opinion.ReplyDelete
We have 8 K spots left in our newly added 4th Kinder class at Edison Charter Academy- 22nd/Delores. One Kinder class will be a 50/50 dual language Spanish/English if anyone is interested.ReplyDelete
Thanks to so many folks who have come and toured/registered so far!
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 7:27 AM
People, run, don't walk and snag one of these K spots at Edison. You can stay in your SUFSD waitpool and know that you at least have something for K. If you are anywhere near Noe, I would do this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Why do I feel that this blog has turned into a PR Campaign for Edison, which I may add has zero history to support "running" to it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Kate -- today (June 30th) is a new waitpool run. Could ANYONE who gets any kind of letter (or knows of someone who does) post that fact, just to let the rest of us know that letters have gone out? I'm guessing the letters don't arrive until Friday, but we are sitting on pins and needles and wanted to hear if anyone gets anything in the mail. (Then we know we won't.) Thanks to everyone!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Just spoke to EPC and they said letters mailed today so probably won't arrive til tomorrow. Also the IT person is out so the waitpool lists may not post til tomorrow as well. More waiting and nail biting for all!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 12:14 PM
To June 29, 2010 10:45 PMReplyDelete
I've really struggled with the situation regarding "strategizing". I felt like it wasn't my goal to just get her into any K that I could, rather to get a spot for her in a school that we feel good about. I like the preK format and class size, and teacher/student ratio. I can't say I feel that good about the K we were offered, but do feel good about the one we're waiting for. I honestly didn't think we'd be 0 for however-many. I've never heard anyone regret the extra year. We're going to see if we get a letter this week, and then re-think our plans. Anyone with experience choosing between waiting out a K or putting their child in preK, I'd love to hear from you.
Most people don't regret holding their kids back because most late bloomers benefit with the extra time as was the case with mu older son. If they don't need it, it is not a benefit but a hindrance.ReplyDelete
I understand that this does not solve your plaacement problem. My point is that picking a school you are comfortable with should not require holding back a child that is ready.
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM
If you opt for private pre-K, then can you apply for public 1st grade next year? I thought that public K was not required, so you could go straight from private pre-K into public 1st grade.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 1:25 PM
We put our kid in a private preK-8 that had an opening when we were forced out of our preschool. We were too late (it was July) and too young (late Dec. birthday) for the public lottery and every preK program I called was full with a long waiting list--until the school we're in said they'd take him on a trial basis. We enrolled in out of pure desperation. We both work full time and had to find something for him to do during the day. The private school was cheaper than hiring a full-time nanny, and I did not want him with a nanny anyway because I feared he would be too much the center of attention and get spoiled. The school turned out to be a great fit. It was like the universe forced us into the right place at the right time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 2:21 PM
For the 1000th time, and I know nobody wants to hear this, you will be STUNNED and AMAZED how many slots open up all over town, come the end of August, through September.ReplyDelete
My daughter started school in mid October at a high scoring K school two years ago, and everything went off without a hitch.
Just wait. Enjoy your kid. And know that you WILL have a spot in the Fall.
I know you didn't want to hear this for the 1000th time, but it is true.
There will be shocking numbers of openings at Clarendon, Rooftop, Grattan, Sherman, and all those places. And the other schools that totally rock, like Fairmount, Yick Wo, Sunnyside, Harvey Milk, etc etc. will have slots too.
The only folks who end up feeling screwed by this system are the ones that throw up their hands and move from the City before school starts because they think they don't have a school.
I was 0/15 a few years back, and so were many of my friends, and we ALL got slots in August, September, and October.
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 2:24 PM
Thanks for the responses, especially the person who gave me the preK example. In response to Don, I hesitate about my choice because I'm aware that just because I think she's ready for K doesn't mean she is. She got a too young letter from our one private app, but I take that with a grain of salt. I truly wish I didn't have to consider schools I don't feel good about. The system has many downsides, but I'm trying to do what's right for my child, not just switch my waitlist school so I can get her into a K. It's a catch 22, but I'm glad I have somewhere for her. Ugh - but should I compromise so she's not, as Don said, the oldest. As far as I can tell, it's more common for private school applicants and some boys to wait the extra year before starting K (privates have an August birthday cutoff). So she wouldn't be the oldest in terms of graduating from college, but would be in terms of entering public schools next year. The other poster who said we could apply to 1st grade is correct. That's an option. Thanks for listening, I think I'm just wearing thin with all the waiting. I really appreciate this forum.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 2:26 PM
to 2:21ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! That's so helpful to hear. I like it. :)
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 3:07 PM
"The only folks who end up feeling screwed by this system are the ones that throw up their hands and move from the City before school starts because they think they don't have a school."ReplyDelete
Not true.
Many parents waitlist at non-trophy schools and do not get a placement.
Probably the majority.
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 3:08 PM
"I was 0/15 a few years back, and so were many of my friends, and we ALL got slots in August, September, and October."ReplyDelete
Yes, a few years back, not the last two years.
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 3:48 PM
KEEP THE WAITLIST OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10TH.ReplyDelete
I think it would be worth EVERYONE'S effort to lobby the EPC to hold the waitlist open through the first week of September. The EPC can do the 3 day count or whatever but keep the waitlists open for people in the system.
People don't want any school, they want a school that will work for their family.
The EPC should hold the waitlist open until the first week of September. Give the system time to process, not only the no-shows, but the kids that decide to leave public for private when spots open up there as well.
The current system rewards families that can afford to stay in private.
I will be writing an open letter that others can use to lobby the EPC
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Please make this letter well publicized. I would love to participate in this lobby to keep waitlists open and allow transfers between SFUSD schools.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 7:28 PM
we are also 0 for 16 . . . we got into a good parochial school--that was our backup. our hope is that something will open up after the first few days of school and we will pull our child out of the parochial. i know not everyone can do this but we were assigned a really bad school and i just can not send my child there. people kept telling me that we would get something--but we haven't so far. we can't really afford the parochial after this year, so if we don't get a good public (how ever that happens) we will have to move in a year or two. honestly this process has made me question why i even stay in sf. it is almost as if the political machine wants middle-class folks to leave the city. i predict that in another decade or so, sf will be filled with only the ultra rich and the lower-mid class/poor. all of my friends in other bay area cities just walk down to their neighborhood school and sign their child up. here we have to go through this crappy system and then sit on pins and needles for middle school and high school assignments later on. it doesn't really end...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 7:29 PM
we are also 0 for 16 . . . we got into a good parochial school--that was our backup. our hope is that something will open up after the first few days of school and we will pull our child out of the parochial. i know not everyone can do this but we were assigned a really bad school and i just can not send my child there. people kept telling me that we would get something--but we haven't so far. we can't really afford the parochial after this year, so if we don't get a good public (how ever that happens) we will have to move in a year or two. honestly this process has made me question why i even stay in sf. it is almost as if the political machine wants middle-class folks to leave the city. i predict that in another decade or so, sf will be filled with only the ultra rich and the lower-mid class/poor. all of my friends in other bay area cities just walk down to their neighborhood school and sign their child up. here we have to go through this crappy system and then sit on pins and needles for middle school and high school assignments later on. it doesn't really end...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 8:11 PM
I don't think the people leaving are the losers. This system is crazy. We settled on a non trophy school four years ago and now here we are ......... In our fourth attempt to transfer! And we haven't even gotten to middle school yet! I would leave but our kids' friends are all here now as are their extracurricular activities. But if I had to do it over again I would be In ALbany!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 8:51 PM
I think the 3 day count is a very bad idea, especially this year with the school calendar changing. I don't think it's inconceivable that some families may not know that school starts in mid-August. They may not show up for an entire week, only to find out their spots were given away. For people who don't read this blog, I think it would be easy to miss the fact that the school calendar has changed. I don't remember getting any notices or phone calls from the district about the change. Anyone else? I support moving the 10 day count up to a 3 or 5 day count but I don't think it's fair to do that without warning when the school start date hasn't been very well publicized.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM
It is important to remember that, while many spots do open up in August and September, many people do not get off of the waitlist at that point.ReplyDelete
We were waitlisted at a non-trophy school throughout the spring and summer (and fall) my son's kindergarten year, at our neighborhood school (large, not high demand). A few spots opened up, but not for us. And at our school and others that our friends had ended up in, a few people ended up getting their waitlist school, but the majority ended up staying for kindergarten (1st grade was another matter, as most of us transferred out successfully).
I think it's really important to go to someone high enough up at the EPC at this point to find out what historically are good bets in August/September. These may in fact be the more trophy schools -- schools where there are more parents who are sending their kids to private but never told the school/district. Our year, Grattan and Lilianthal were good bets. Among the non-trophies: Sunnyside and Lafayette. I would find out last year's good bets and also talk directly to the EPC.
Good luck in the current run, everyone!
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Kindergarten is not a legal requirement, no. That said, I personally would advise against skipping it, since the state standards are quite rigorous.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 7:48 AM
To the person going to parochial and waitlisting public. You said you hoped you got something in the first few days and would pull your kid out of catholic school. You won't need to. Public school starts 2 weeks earlier than Catholic this year. That's good news for you. Less disruption for your kid if he does get into public, he will not even have started yet at the catholic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 7:55 AM
I re-read my green letter I got from SFUSD after Round II. It said that this year they would give spots away if a kid didn't show up after 3 days. I read someone's comments here about that not being fair b/c the dates changed, but for K this is new to everyone, not a change, and parents should be responsible enough to find out on what day school starts.ReplyDelete
The letter went on to say that SFUSD would then fill open spots thru the end of August. So they will have the lists open for two weeks. Unfortunately they are scheduled to close right when the privates start. Too bad b/c some kids are going to get in privates off waitlists and that will open spots at publics, but those spots won't be available for SFUSD transfers so the public school kids get screwed. Maybe we can talk to Rachel Norton about this.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 10:48 AM
"I think the 3 day count is a very bad idea, especially this year with the school calendar changing."ReplyDelete
The shift to a 3-day count to give more time for slots to be filled, because of the 10-day limit for slots to be filled to receive funds from the state. It's a good thing.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 11:46 AM
The letters are out folks. We just got one saying that our kid got a transfer into Commodore Sloat. This is our second kid as the first got in to C.Sloat back in May. So now we are set. We are so, so excited!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Congratulations to you!ReplyDelete
Can you remind us of your story - I believe you were trying to move 2 kids for years..
so, so happy for you!
It gives me hope too!
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 12:31 PM
anyone know why EPC still hasn't posted the new WP list? Supposed to happen yesterday, and still nothing today.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Just a reminder to inform your parochial/private schools ASAP if you get your desired public and will not be attending their school.ReplyDelete
I have a good friend that's a principal at a parochial ES and this system is a nightmare for them. As they are a "backup" school for SF and Marin alike, they have almost no way of knowing how many kids they'll actually have attending. They can lose as many as 20 kids in the first few weeks! Imagine budgeting and staffing for that. Just a reminder to make the call. They'd rather just know.
Now to check my mailbox for "the letter"! Fingers crossed.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 2:45 PM
"we got into a good parochial school--that was our backup. our hope is that something will open up after the first few days of school and we will pull our child out of the parochial."ReplyDelete
FYI, friends of ours w/a parochial back up got a slot at Clarendon nine weeks into the school year, which they jumped at. Being at a parochial means you're counted as out-of-district, and after the waitpools dissolve are in better shape for a transfer than
"it is almost as if the political machine wants middle-class folks to leave the city."
No, but unlike, say, Piedmont, it's not focused on just satisfyin the middle-class class. An assignment system does two things: doles out the goodies (slots at good schools) and the booby prizes (slots at bad schools). Pure neighborhood assignment systems are simple but unjust: if you can only afford to live in an area with a crappy school, that's what you get. If you can afford to live in an area with a great school, that's what you get. Our system is different, and fairer to low-SES kids.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 3:14 PM
To 11:59 -- yes, we are the folks who have been trying, on and off for some years, to transfer our two kids. We got the first in C Sloat in May on Round II and the second in in C. Sloat just now. I have to say that I honestly would not have been able to do it without this site! (Sounds like a darn testimonial.) Unlike years past, this year I followed comments on this site and changed my waitlisted school several times to try to improve my chances. Demand seems to change constantly based on (some) parents' lemming-like behavior, and that means you really have to watch this board to see what schools are "in" and what schools are "out." I also followed this site's suggestions and went down and talked to the counselors. They gave me helpful advice and were really nice. Lastly, I didn't give up in earlier rounds, but kept going. Not that I didn't vent a few times on this site about how frustrated I was with the whole process.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Responding to the questions posed in the original post: I suggest keeping hope alive that a spot will open up in the school you're waiting for, but also keeping an open mind about other lesser known schools where slots may open up that you may not have seriously considered before. We were 0/7 in the first round, but were lucky to get a spot at Rosa Parks JPPB program in the second round (there's a wait list now, but smaller than other schools). I had heard good things about this program, but was unsure about the school, which is in Western Addition and has lower test scores. As my husband and I have gotten to know the school and the parents, teachers, and neighborhood, we've been completely won over and are totally jazzed about this school, both the Japanese and GE programs. That said, I think 5 or 6 years ago, it was a different story. I think there are decent schools like this in the city that are easy to overlook.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Nothing for us. Just waitpool letter. I am feeling so demoralized by this whole process. I have had so many sleepless nights as it is and it is far from over. Trying to find a back up parochial or charter at this point as I am not convinced that waiting and holding out will work this year especially since you can't change your waitpool choice once school starts as in past years. This is just plain torturous. I told my 5 your old nobody knows what school they will be in next year until the first day of school so he thinks that it they way it normally works. How sad is that.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM
I'm so sorry for you. I feel your pain. I also had sleepless nights worrying about this last year. My child ended up starting at a parochial school. We pulled her out after a week and a half when we "got the call" from our waitlisted school.
It broke my heart to hear my child scream and wail that she didn't want to change schools (total meltdown for kindergartener...and for mom, in private). But I did it anyway. Children are resilient and my child adjusted beautifully. I wish that was the end of the story.
Unfortunately, I'm back in the same boat again this year with my younger child. It's a long story of siblings not necessarily getting priority in a language immersion school.
I have mixed feelings. I know from personal experience that there is movement after school starts. But to have to go through the anguish 2 years in a row is very demoralizing.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 5:58 PM
"I told my 5 your old nobody knows what school they will be in next year until the first day of school so he thinks that it they way it normally works. How sad is that."ReplyDelete
I agree. It's unacceptable. Same thing happened to us. We finally said enough is enough, and went private after going 0/7 again this year with our non-trophy list.
When I run into families on the peninsula with access to superb public schools, I think it is just a matter of time before we leave.
I used to feel quite connected to the city and was involved in various volunteer efforts. Now I find myself gradually focusing my eyes toward Burlingame, Palo Alto, or Cupertino. Once you start to look, it's surprising and relieving to see that life is pretty great and much simpler there than here in the crazy, mismanaged city.
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Yes, life is so much more pleasant when everyone is above average in income and every other way. No messy poor and downtrodden souls ... suburbia rules!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 6:49 PM
For people who are still looking at schools, I recommend that you take a second look at John Muir Elementary School. This has traditionally been a very troubled school but things could change significantly with reconstitution. A new principal, responsible for the turn-around seen at Starr King, will be taking over at John Muir. The school is also undergoing massive renovations right now and will be completely renovated by the fall. Principals return to their offices in late July, so parents could probably talk to the new principal and tour the school to get a feel for it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Chris Rosenberg is fantastic. I wish John Muir the best of look. It looks like there's hope for this school--at long last.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM
6:30 - Why - Is it supposed to be some badge of honor to go to underfunded schools? What's your point? Suburbs are easier when it comes to schools, and raising kids in general... I don't think anyone would argue with that. As far as cost, renting in the suburbs is probably cheaper than here as well so I don't get your point.ReplyDelete
In my opinion, a lot of it boils down to inertia. Many people decided to stay in the city when their kids were babies. Now they have been here 5 years with kids, made some friends and there's no energy to move, even if it might be a less stressful life...
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 9:14 PM
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I'm sorry?
You seem to be confused as to why San Francisco is losing the middle class to the 'burbs. Most of us moved here to participate in a multi-racial and socioeconomically diverse city.
However, what we find is a city that isn't very diverse in either of these ways.
It is also not affordable. For the middle class, their taxes are likely to get more bang for the education buck in, yes, the suburbs.
Perhaps you haven't been to the penninsula in the last few years, where education minded middle class Latinos, Indians, Vietnamese, Koreans, Iranians, Afghanis, Asians, Filipinos, to name a few, have well established communities.
It's pathetic to suggest that people can't find a diverse community that also provides their families with fair access to a good public school education.
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM
I can see why someone would consider moving to the suburbs to avoid all the problems of the city, including the titanic unfairness of the public school assignment system. Having lived in other parts of the U.S. and the world, there's no part of California that isn't lovely in my view. Go for it! As a family that enjoys the urban lifestyle and is concerned about climate change, we are determined to stick it out in the city and contribute to needed change. Every mile you drive your gasoline-burning vehicle contributes to the carbon dioxide that is warming our planet.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 2:25 PM
6:30 PM, shut UP. Self-righteousness is a completely useless response to other people's pain about not being able to get their kid a decent public education (i.e., PE, Art, extracurriculars and field trips, viable before- and after-care, a stable cadre of teachers, decent-sized classes, classroom days dedicated to something besides behavior management and No Child Left Behind drills,and so on, all of which seem to me to be basic entitlements for all public school students).ReplyDelete
And 10:43 AM, how smug you are. What do you have to say, then, about the many parents forced to drive their kids across the city to school, when they'd happily go to their neighborhood school? That's what staying in the city means for many, whereas in the 'burbs you can often walk or bike to school.
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 2:54 PM
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Thanks for saying this.
Also, as someone who moved here fifteen years ago and used to be able to work downtown:
The supervisors in the city have actively pushed biotech and technology design jobs out of the city. It's not part of the "arts" focused agenda of Aaron Peskin and his cadre of followers.
So now most of these jobs that used to be in the city are at points south, if they still exist anywhere in the Bay Area.
So much for a live/work centered city.
Oh yeah. Green tech. Those jobs are in Fremont, that suburban hell hole.
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Ooooh people in San Francisco are so green compared to those hellish suburbanites in Berkeley, Albany, Alameda, Burlingame, Mill Valley etc. In fact, several SF families I know drive their kids across town to school; continue driving down to Silicon Valley for work; repeat every day; and on weekends shuttle kids around (and out of) the city by car. I have friends in Alameda and Albany who drive much less than that...SF is not a European city, not even New York. Here, I don't know a single family without a car.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2010 at 4:43 PM
would it be better to leave my kid at a family daycare if I don't get a kindergarten that will work for my family (has AM and PM daycare with openings and is not clear across the city) and wait to see if something reasonable opens up? Or should I try to get into a catholic school now (we never even considered it)? What are the chances of something opening up in the first couple months of school? How will I know? Can you still only wait list at one school or do they keep a list of families looking for lots of different schools to try to find anything reasonable for the year?ReplyDelete


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Our strategy: 2014-2019
IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment: generating evidence through research, building partnerships to influence policy and practice, and ensuring people living in poverty have a voice at every level. Our current strategy period runs from 2014-2019. In 2017, we updated our strategy.
2017 strategy update
This year we reached the halfway point of our current strategy period and also received the results of an external review of our work; this is a good time to reflect on what we have achieved and what we need to do next. Our strategy update is set out below.
This update also enables us to begin working towards our next strategy period, which starts in 2019.
Our strategic priorities
The signing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change mark a fundamental shift in the global development agenda. Development is now recognised as a universal enterprise involving all countries, rich and poor. And sustainability has been placed at the heart of this agenda.
But many challenges – both old and new – still need to be addressed. From 2017 to 2019, our sights are set on achieving three broad ambitions:
1 Making the Paris Agreement and the SDGs work
We will support the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement by working with the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group and our networks in the LDCs to promote climate diplomacy, climate action planning and capacity and resilience building. We will also work across our programmes to support effective implementation of the SDGs.
2 Building resilient and thriving local communities through partnership
We will use our experience of working at multiple scales to build resilience at the local level. This will include drawing together our experience with effective approaches for delivering local finance, which we will deploy to drive change in global funding mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund.
3 Bringing local realities and innovation to national and global policy
We will work to bring the voices and realities of marginalised people into global policy processes, as we did at the global conference on housing and urban development Habitat III in 2016.
Our research goals
IIED has an international reputation for action research on natural resources, human settlements, climate change and sustainable markets. We have updated our strategic goals in each of these areas:
Increased investment in locally controlled land and natural resource use
As the pressure on natural resources and ecosystems increases, we will focus on encouraging local control and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems. We will highlight the roles of local communities and small-scale producers, and work to strengthen their capacities. We will generate evidence and push for impact in six areas:
- Natural resource investments in low- and middle-income countries
- Agricultural and food systems
- Locally controlled forestry
- Biodiversity
- Water resources, including a focus in West Africa, and
- Chinese aid, trade and investment in African natural resources.
Read more about our work on natural resources.
Cities that work for people and planet
Very little of the current discourse on the global 'urban transition' addresses the issues of urban poverty and resilience for vulnerable low-income urban residents. We will demonstrate how urbanisation can be socially inclusive and environmentally beneficial.
- We will continue to work with local researchers, activists and practitioners to stress the needs and priorities identified by low-income groups
- We will emphasise the importance of decision making and priority setting by local organisations and local governments, and
- We will seek increasing recognition of the social and environmental inter-dependencies and relationships between urban centres, rural areas and the global environment.
Read more about our work on human settlements.
Fair and equitable solutions to climate change
We will work to help deliver the ambition of the Paris Agreement by:
- Supporting the LDC Group in their climate diplomacy and domestic action,
- Improving the governance of risk management and resilience,
- Encouraging a decentralised approach to climate funds and investment in local climate-positive enterprise, and
- Increasing the capabilities of our Southern partners to develop locally owned climate action plans.
Read more about our work on climate change.
Sustainable markets that work for the many, rather than the few
We want to help make markets more inclusive and sustainable – especially for the poor and marginalised. We will support informal markets and small enterprises, highlighting their contribution to prosperous societies. We will foster inclusive green prosperity with our work the green economy, business transformation, fisheries and productive energy use.
We will continue to make the case for natural capital investments, scaling up our programme on payments for ecosystem services and investigating how best to devolve development and climate finance to the local level.
Read more about our work on shaping sustainable markets.
A focus on impact
We will boost our emphasis on rigorous research and effective monitoring and evaluation, so as to underpin our role as a credible source of advice, advocacy and thought leadership.
We will ensure that IIED is a learning organisation, with monitoring and evaluation at the heart of our work.
We will evaluate our own work to see how it contributes to change, and use monitoring and evaluation to generate evidence for effective policies and practice.
Strategic communication is a key part of the evidence-to-action process which underpins much of IIED's work. We will work to enhance our use of strategic communications to ensure that our policy research delivers impact at local, national and global levels.
External review – looking forward
We commission an external review of our work every five years. The latest review was completed in March 2017. It provided a thoughtful and well-grounded analysis of the strategic challenges that lie ahead.
We will continue to reflect on the reviewers' recommendations as we implement our strategy for the next two years and formulate our longer-term plans beyond 2019.
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Temporary Protected Status for Haiti Extended for Six Months
WASHINGTON– Secretary of Homeland Protection John F. Kelly has expanded Temporary Protected Condition(TPS)for qualified nationals of Haiti( and qualified people without citizenship who last constantly stayed in Haiti)through Jan. 22, 2018. After talking to the ideal UNITED STATE government firms and also assessing nation conditions, Assistant Kelly has actually figured out that a restricted, six-month expansion is called for. Although Haiti has actually made significant progress in recouping from the January 2010 earthquake that motivated its designation, problems in Haiti supporting its classification continuously be satisfied right now.
Present beneficiaries of Haiti's TPS classification seeking to extend their TPS needs to re-register by July 24, 2017. TPS beneficiaries who re-register might ask for a new Work Permission Paper(EAD). Those who re-register and ask for a new EAD throughout the 60-day re-registration duration may get an automated extension of their running out EAD for approximately 180 days from the date their present EAD ends. Present EADs will not be automatically expanded without a new EAD request. If a beneficiary's EAD demand is authorized, they will receive a new EAD with an expiration day of Jan. 22, 2018. TPS recipients are highly encouraged to re-register and also file their EAD applications as early as possible to stay clear of lapses in the paperwork of employment consent.
Throughout this six-month extension, recipients are motivated to get ready for their return to Haiti in the event Haiti's classification is not prolonged again, consisting of asking for updated travel records from the federal government of Haiti. A minimum of 60 days before Jan. 22, 2018, Assistant Kelly will re-evaluate the designation for Haiti and will certainly figure out whether another extension, a redesignation, or a discontinuation is warranted, in full compliance with the Immigration and Race Act. The designation of TPS was planned by Congress to be momentary, and also the Secretary will totally re-evaluate the nation conditions to establish whether Haiti's TPS designation should continue.
To re-register, existing TPS beneficiaries have to submit: · Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Condition (Re-registrants do not have to pay the Type I-821 application fee). · The biometric service charges(or a fee-waiver demand)if they are 14 years old or older.
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Title: National Parks Centennial 1872-1972: Grand Canyon
Artist: unsigned
Date: 1972
Size: 28"x41"
Comments: Unusual travel advertising poster produced by Dodge Motors in 1972 to commemorate the National Parks Centennial. This is boldly printed on white vinyl (?), with wood rods at top and bottom for hanging. Wonderfully bold poster style in the National Park image.
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Kaari's Story - Chapter 2
Aragorn watched the child's face through the corner of his eyes. He could see her trying to hold back tears. He would have to remember to try and comfort her. He would be her only family on this journey. And as Arwen had said, this was a crucial time in her life. Perhaps she would make friends with the others.
Elrond finished his speech and Arwen watched as the ten saviors of Middle Earth left the city of Rivendell. `My daughter's leaving. And I have a feeling that the next time I see her, she'll be a woman,' Arwen thought. She went back inside her room and began thinking of a list of things to do to keep busy. Without a young girl to watch, her day seemed empty.
The ten members of the fellowship walked for days on end. Kaari didn't really mind all of the walking, because she spent most of her time outside anyways. Over the past fifteen years, she had explored every inch of Rivendell. Being outdoors and sleeping under the stars was a dream come true for her.
One day, Kaari was sitting down, watching the four hobbits fooling around, the elf and the dwarf bicker and Aragorn and Gandalf talking; and Boromir walked up behind her.
"Hello, sir," she said respectively as he sat down next to her.
"Hello. I was wondering something, and perhaps you can help me out. Are you Aragorn's daughter?"
Kaari laughed.
"No. He found me when I was a baby. I don't know who my parents are."
"Then what were you doing in Rivendell?"
"That's where I live," Kaari answered.
"Why would a human live with the elves? Why wouldn't you be living in Gondor?"
"Because Aragorn took me to Rivendell when he found me. He left me in the care of Lady Arwen. She's whose been raising me for my whole life," Kaari explained.
"Of course he would take you to the elves. Aragorn forgets what he is and where he came from. I assume you are the same way. That you believe that the elves are better than humans," Boromir said.
"No. I don't. We're just different. But, then again, Aragorn is the only other human I have ever met before."
"Of course. I assume, since you live in Rivendell, that you speak elvish."
"Yes, I do. Both forms."
"I guess that you and the prince will get along then. Since both of you speak the same language," Boromir said.
"I don't know. He's different from the elves in Rivendell. He's quieter and seems more warrior like than anyone I have met. He's just different."
Legolas's sharp ears picked up the two humans conversation and asked Gimli if they could continue their argument at some other time. He walked over to where Kaari and Boromir were sitting.
"Hello," he said in elvish.
"Good morning, Prince," Kaari replied in the same tongue.
Boromir stood up and walked away. He didn't like elves. He never had. And Kaari was just an elf in a human body as far as he was concerned.
"How are you?" Legolas asked Kaari as he took Boromir's place beside her.
"Fine, and you milord?"
(This whole conversation is in Elvish)
"You do not have to call me milord. We share a common friend, all formalities should be put aside," Legolas suggested, talking about Aragorn.
"Whatever you say."
"So, Aragorn found you in the Wild?"
"Where you listening to my conversation?" Kaari asked. She knew that elves had keen hearing, but she still wasn't used to them being able to hear her every word.
"No. Aragorn told me a few days ago. You speak very good elvish. I don't think I've ever heard a human speak it so well, besides Aragorn."
"But weren't we raised the same? I was taught elvish before the common tongue. We were both raised by the elves of Rivendell. By Lord Elrond, himself. We were both very lucky," Kaari told Legolas.
"Yes. Lord Elrond is very wise, and so is his daughter. I heard you call her mother, while we were still in Rivendell. Is she your mother?" Legolas asked cautiously.
"No. She just raised me. I used to think she was my mother, and I just couldn't stop calling her that. It was natural by then."
"Yes. I suppose it would be. What exactly is your relationship with Aragorn? I know that he isn't your actual father," Legolas said.
"Well, he is like a father to me. But I never see much of him. The is the longest time I've spent with him yet," Kaari added.
"I have known Aragorn since he was a small child. It is odd, seeing him as a man older than myself. He and I are like brothers."
"Legolas! Kaari! Time to go!" Aragorn yelled up the hill.
"One minute," Legolas called back.
"No, now!
Legolas yelled something down to Aragorn in elvish that made Kaari embarrassed to have heard, and Aragorn slap Legolas when he reached him.
"Don't ever talk like that in front of Kaari! I can't believe...."
While Aragorn was scolding him, Legolas kept laughing. Kaari was still shocked. She had never heard someone talk like that. Well, at least not with them knowing that she could hear them.
"Sorry, Aragorn. I shall never use foul language in front of her again," Legolas said as he put his hand over his heart. He wore a mocking look on his face. When Aragorn turned around and continued walking with Gandalf, Legolas turned to look at Kaari and made a funny face. `Maybe Legolas and I will get along well,' Kaari thought to herself. He seemed a lot like her two uncles, Elladan and Elrohir. They were younger than him, but they acted the same.
`Legolas better watch it,' Aragorn thought. He was acting like a child! Perhaps he was just trying to bond with Kaari, but acting as if she wasn't a lady wasn't going to work. Aragorn wouldn't let it. He had taken her to Arwen for her to be raised a lady and a lady she would remain!


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Learn everything you need to know about CORA insurance
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which has come to known as COBRA insurance, is a piece of legislation that passed in 1986 and was created to protect individuals and families from suddenly losing health insurance or experiencing a lapse in health insurance coverage after losing, quitting, or retiring from a job. Although many people think of COBRA as insurance itself, it is actually just the law that allows you to continue to keep your group health insurance plan that you had at your previous place of employment.
With that said, it can be very confusing and complicated to understand what COBRA insurance is, how to enroll, who is eligible for COBRA insurance, how much it costs, and more. Use the pages below to help you understand everything you need to now about COBRA insurance so that you can make intelligent decisions about your families health insurance needs.
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The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Posted by Janiece at 9:00 AM
I love Laurie Notaro. I've been reading her essay collections for years, starting with The Idiot Girl's Action Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life all the way to We Thought You'd Be Prettier: True Tales from the Dorkiest Girl Alive.
So imagine my surprise when I found her latest book, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death, in the Kindle Store for free.
Yes, I said free.
I would of bought this book in trade paperback regardless, because her essays make me laugh and laugh, and now I have it for free.
But now I feel guilty that I'm not financially supporting Laurie's writing habit. Maybe I'll buy a copy for The Mechanicky Gal, since I can't let her read my Kindle edition.
Because we must encourage and support those writers that give us not only the gift or entertainment and giggles, but make us feel less dorky by their very existence.
Labels: Books, Things That Make Me Laugh
3 comments:
- The Mechanicky Gal said...
This Kindle thing, I must see and touch! Will you bring it on your next visit???
As soon as I saw the picture of teh new book, I thought to myself "Oh Janiece, put me on the list!"
But perhaps I will go buy it, one of these days, when I get around to it, etc......
- December 23, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Thordr said...
Thanks Janiece, more books I have to go find now. My wallet is already getting thin.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Janiece Murphy said...
Amy, I'll bring it with me in the Spring.
Thordr, you're welcome. Really.
- December 23, 2008 at 3:09 PM
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"My biggest fear, is that eventually you will see me the way I see myself."
The most fascinating thing that I have discovered to date whilst on this journey, has been the overwhelming desire to protect the people I love. Protect them from what depression looks like… what it really looks like. It is so interesting watching yourself subconsciously omit certain details, or describe an event slightly differently, depending on who is present. It is the most wonderful of human gifts, to care so deeply for another, whilst simultaneously losing all capacity or motivation to care for yourself. That even in the midst of losing all hope for ourselves… we never give up on the ones we love.
And I have seen this in return – when someone gives up on life… the ones that love them rally around. They become the motivation. They become the protectors. They become the self-preservation instinct that has slowly been eaten away.
They become the hope.
Anyway. Still. Despite.
They cheer on with evergreen motivation; they get the armour out ready to serve and protect; they try to transfer the hope into the heart of the person who has misplaced it by sending absolutely gorgeous gifts, cards of well wishes, and giving the most precious cuddles I have ever been wrapped up in in my life.
But sometimes love does hurt. It hurts to be asked whether I have hidden a razor in my bag. It hurts to have my money taken away from me, so that I cannot buy food to binge on. It hurts to have people decide that they need to make these decisions for me. And it hurts even more knowing that they are right.
I wake up and ironically, swallow seven tablets out of a tiny plastic cup to try to make me feel 'normal'. I see a dietician, psychiatrists, a doctor, and too many nurses to count, every day of every week. I feel like no one is really sure what to do with me… so they keep filling me up with different coloured pills; these make me sick, I get nausea and cold sweats, I get insomnia and anxiety… so they add something to stop the nausea… and another one to make me sleep… and all of a sudden my cocktail of six becomes a cocktail of eight, and I feel like a Guinea pig… a zombie… I go from not sleeping, to not being able to keep myself awake. I go from unrelenting nausea, to losing the desire to eat at all.
People often tell me that I look tired.
I know I look tired.
I am tired.
The company of this place is comforting. You meet people that are just like you. That see the world, just like you do. But then there are times when they are screaming, and crying, and it rattles you to your core because you know what that feels like.
You know what that sound feels like.
There is no escape here. There is not one moment alone. Every door has a window and every window has a curtain. I cannot shower without someone opening that curtain to make sure I am doing what I said I would do. I cannot have my dinner, without someone inspecting my tray to document how much of it I managed to eat. I cannot get back to my room with food, without it being confiscated from me. I have spent hours siting on the bathroom floor because it is the closest I can get to being with just me.
Just me.
And I think my biggest fear, is that I try. I have these amazing motivators. I have the strongest of protectors. I have these incredible humans who are trying so hard to be my hope. And I try for them. I try to dry the tears. I try to think of happy things, and to anticipate a happy future that may, or may not await me. I try to write happy stories with hopeful endings, where princesses meet princes, and they live happily ever after.
And I try. I try to rewrite this story. My story. But the tears have smudged the words, and I can't remember how it was all supposed to end… and the hope is lost once again.
And once again… I face a choice.
I have to choose recovery.
Over and over and over again.
Anyway. Still. Despite.


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TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUE.—One of two teens charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy following a triple homicide in February pleaded guilty when he appeared in court on Monday.
The accused pleaded guilty to three charges of premeditated murder and three of conspiracy to commit murder.
During the youth's appearance, the judge allowed a 911 call made by one of the victims to be played in court.
The victims were sisters aged 22 and 17, as well as a 17-year-old boyfriend.
The teen, who was 16 at the time of the Feb. 11 killings, also allegedly conspired to murder the mother of two of the victims.
Sentencing arguments are to be heard in October.
Trois-Rivières police say they intercepted two youths moments after they had allegedly emerged from a home in the community.
Authorities say jealousy was considered to be a likely factor in the deaths.
The other accused, who is 17, will face trial by judge and jury on similar charges. He is due to return to court on Wednesday.


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Acushnet Police Looking For Animal Abuser
This is from the Acushnet Police Facebook Page, they are investigating a case of animal cruelty and we apologize for the disturbing photo.
Today at around 12:15, a witness reported seeing a white male, mid to late twenties on the Slocum Street bridge.This male was last seen wearing a gray type running suit with a black stocking hat. He was pushing a small baby stroller with a black plastic bag. The witness then observed this male throw the object near the Slocum Street bridge into the Acushnet River. The bag did not go into the river but landed on the bank. Found inside the bag was a 4 year old female pitbull, color brown and white. This female may of had puppies. According to the Acushnet Animal Control officer there were injuries on the dog. The injuries consist of dog bites and appears as though the dog was being used in dog fights. This male was last seen running into New Bedford from Slocum Street and then south on River Road. Anyone with knowledge of the owner of this dog, please contact the Acushnet Police Dept. Callers can speak with Officer Ryan Lavoie or Detective James D. Costa.


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3. Despite being in the City of Love, #TheGreenTeam couldn't stop bickering.
With their feet safely back on the ground, #TheGreenTeam couldn't agree on whether to take a taxi or the train back into Paris.
An adrenaline-driven Justin flagged down a taxi driver who said she couldn't take them all the way, so he turned to Diana to track another down. However, she insisted they go straight to the train station and grew annoyed they were wasting so much time.
Tension seemed to grow between the two and, during their taxi ride back to the train station, Justin snapped at Diana, saying, "You've got to stop with giving me attitude."


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Inspiring Outdoor Spaces
We hate to admit it, but the end of summer is on the horizon! Now's the time to take advantage of the great weather and bright sun. If you have an outdoor space, enjoy it! We put together our favorite spaces from around the web to get you in the mood and to provide inspiration to those who need to do some sprucing up!
We could spend our entire day on this porch! If you have ample porch space, try decorating it as you would a living room. This allows you to easily and comfortably move parties and get-togethers outside. The bold colors, patterns, and funky accessories in Nancy Pearson's design make this a perfect place for a summer party.
Working with less space? No problem! Add two stools and a small table to create an intimate area for a morning cup of coffee or a glass of wine with a view.
Don't fret over making sure every piece in your outdoor furniture collection matches. Mixing it up creates a relaxed and casual setting. If your space is covered, bring in some indoor accessories and nicknacks that you love for a more personal atmosphere.
We love this semi-enclosed balcony! It may be small on space but it's certainly big on comfort. Check out this post on Shelterness for even more photos of cozy balconies.
Never miss the opportunity to incorporate plants. After all, this is where they'll thrive! We love the more-is-more approach taken on the balcony below from Design Sponge. Even more examples can be found here.
Minimal and no-fuss. If you're looking to create a space for sheer relaxation don't be afraid to include only the necessities.
Bright color truly shines under the sun. For an outdoor space meant for entertaining, use color to your advantage!
We love the worldly quality of the decor on this NYC rooftop space. It's as if we've walked into a secret garden with treasures from around the globe.
Here's an outdoor space to envy. Strategically placed walls, canvas screens, and plantings break up this minimal rooftop space and create "rooms" for you to choose from.
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