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If you're shopping for a new baby carrier, you'll find a lot of different options. You can wear your baby on your front, on your back, or on your hip. You can wear him upright or cradled. He can face in or face out. Most of the time, a carrier is limited to one or two of these different configurations. ... Read More »
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M1 Carrier is A1
If you've read my previous post, you already know how the M1 Carrier came into existence. If not, all you need to know is this: it was designed from the ground up to be better than the Baby Björn. At first glance, you might actually mistake the M1 for a Björn, but there are several features that set it apart. ... Read More »
Carry on and on and on
This post started out as a review of the new M1 baby carrier from Lascal, the company that brought us the Buggy Board and Kiddy Board, in partnership with Regal Lager, the venerable US distributor of, among others, Lascal and Phil and Teds, and who also distrubuted Baby Björn for 14 years until that relationship came to an end in ... Read More »
Baby Bjorn lightens up
Baby Bjorn introduced two new products at the ABC show, a new carrier and a travel crib. The carrier is called Synergy, aptly named since it's basically a cross between the popular Active carrier and the lightweight Air carrier. This was an excellent decision. The Active carrier has been a parent favorite because of its upgraded lumbar support system, which ... Read More »
Peek a who?
Babywearing offers many, many benefits for both the baby and the caregiver, but climate control isn't one of them. When it's very warm, wearing a baby can be a hot, sweaty affair for everyone involved. When it's cold, it's a constant struggle to fit the carrier over a winter coat and keep small extremities warm. But I got a postcard ... Read More »
Sheri and Isaac go to Red Castle
Although we have not yet decided to carry the Red Castle strollers that will be available in the US, we were curious to check out their booth. Inside, we found some gorgeous stroller and car seat covers that will be very nice in the winter. We also met the Red Castle baby carrier, which is already selling in the US. ... Read More »
The Summertime Baby (Bjorn) Blues
It's summer, which is mostly good news. But if you're toting around a newborn in a Baby Bjorn, chances are you're driving yourself nuts about the sun. Infants younger than 6 months are not able to wear sunscreen, so keeping little babies from catching too many rays can be maddeningly difficult. Short of staying in the shade all the time, ... Read More »
How do you spell relief? HOTSLINGS!
We just got back from nearly 10 days in the Southwest, and ironically, I forgot to bring a sling. Like clockwork, my two-year-old refused to walk or sit in a stroller for the first three days we were away. In desperation, I contacted my friends at Hotslings and bought (by overnight delivery) a stunning, reversible sling that was an absolute ... Read More »
Kangaroo Korner is back!
Last month, we reported that Kangaroo Korner, makers of our best-selling adjustable fleece pouches, was putting their wholesale division on hold. Now, I'm delighted to update that status. We have them back in stock, in a wide variety of sizes and colors. Fortunately, it was a quick hiatus. These pouches are incredibly comfortable to wear, well made and easy to ... Read More »
Hot Slings for Cold Days
For about a year now, we've been fortunate to be a reseller for the fabulous Kangaroo Korner fleece pouches. I am an avid fan of these, both for their comfort and their ease of use, so I was really sad when I found out that their availability would be extremely limited this winter. My understanding is that business has been ... Read More »


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Learn4Life, a nonprofit network of educational resource centers in California and Ohio, helps at-risk students earn a high school diploma through the individualized curriculum, job training and wraparound services. Since it began in 2001, it has grown to more than 70 resource centers, serving 35,000 students each year. Phelps will provide brand strategy, content development and public relations support to communicate the successes of its unique model that increases graduation rates to its business-to-business audiences of legislators, superintendents, law enforcement and corporations.
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If you happen to visit Raleigh/Durham area, don't forget to pay a visit to Sai Krishna Bhavan in Morrisville. It is a South Indian Vegetarian restaurant and I found it to be a pure delight! I have eaten at numerous Indian restaurants across the US and this makes it to my top-tier list. I was at Raleigh last week 'to fight a fire' at one of our largest clients. One thing I miss when I travel is the healthiness of eating at home. Most of the restaurants I have been to I haven't enjoyed eating at. The food is way too unhealthy to eat – too much fat, cheese, cream and too much portions. In addition, food isn't very savory – they use canned vegetables which just takes the taste out of them. All these adds to a lot of calories also. Thus not-so.great-food and way too much to eat has made me look for healthy options all the time. But it is a drag to go to a Chipotle and eat their Veggie burrito bowl everyday for dinner. So I do end up exploring and visiting newer restaurants. After work Monday, I took a stab at Zayka. When I order food now-a-days, all I look for is some carbs in the form of Nan/rice and a lot of vegetables. Many Indian restaurants still haven't mastered making a meal out of just vegetables alone. They HAVE to put too much oil and too much cream, which is just too unhealthy for me. Thus I end up eating plain dal and some Nan and roti. Keep in mind a single Nan is about 560 calories on average!! You will be eating most of your dinner in that single piece of bread – beware. Anyway, tadka dal at restaurants will have more fat than what you make at home. But I can't have it all, right when I am travelling. The dal and tandoori roti (a lower – relatively speaking of course – fat version of Nan) was actually very good. Add a salt lassi and my dinner was about 800 calories. Now you may be wondering why I am making all these very personal choices public? The only way to become more aware is to know more. I have started tracking down how much I eat everyday and it has worked wonders on my weight and health. So if you aren't tracking i.e., knowing enough of what you are eating, you just have to wait until you get that report card from your physical to start watching what you eat. I didn't get any such report, but the doc said I can reduce my weight and cholesterol (from a total 200!) though and that was enough for me. Since last X-mas I have lost about 11 pounds and doing pretty good I should say. Anyway, Zayka was not bad.
The next evening, it was raining in the area. Rain ticks me off when I have to drive. The roads are dark almost always and the lines are hardly visible. You never know when you are going to make a mistake. Uneasy driving is what I should describe it as. I checked for a vegetarian restaurant and there wasn't any close by. Sai Krishna Bhavan came up about 6 miles away. Not bad and I headed straight out. The roads were pretty deserted in that part of Durham area and when I got there, I was the first. The place was empty. The host showed me to my seat in a pretty modest setting. He was apologetic stating due to the rain there aren't many customers. I asked him how the chef makes the dosa – is it thin or thicker? Thinner dosa are the norm in USA and they aren't good as they take away the very essence of a dosa. Moreover, dosas in USA have a lot of potato which is pretty useless food anyway – I am hating potatoes now-a-days! He recommend the MLA Pesarottu – it is sort of dosa – a Telugu dish – made of wheat instead of rice and filled with upma (cream of rice dish) instead of the normal potato-ey filling. Finally I said yes to it and ordered a idli-vada combo. The idli-vada was surprisingly good and I knew I won't be disappointed. The pesarattu when it came was actually excellent – felt very healthy. I complimented the host for the food. All the while I was the only customer and he started chatting with me – I didn't mind it on that dreary rainy day. When it came time to pay for the food, I discovered I had left my wallet behind in the hotel :). I have done this a few times and it can be embarrassing. I called up my wife and gave him the credit card number and that was that – all over w/o much of an issue. I decided I will come back for the lunch buffet on the way to airport. All in all, it was the surprise for the day – that of an excellent find. And you won't believe my tab was about $13!!


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For those struggling with addiction, reaching out to loved ones can be the first step on the road to recovery. You may be apprehensive about calling family or friends and asking for help. Your relationships may also be strained because of your addiction. But if you are truly hoping to successfully recover, you are going to need the support of your loved ones to get through the process. Always reach out to them for help first. If you are serious about your recovery, they will likely be open to rebuilding your relationship.
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Pumpkin Ravioli With Salted Caramel Whipped Cream
Makes 12 (2 ravioli each) servings. Recipe is by Christina Verrelli, Devon, Paenn., who won the $1 million grand prize in the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.
4 tbls. butter, melted
2 (3-oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
5 tbls. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1?3 cup pecans, finely chopped
2 cans Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations refrigerated seamless dough sheet
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1?8 tsp. salt
5 tbls. Hershey's caramel syrup
4 tbls. cinnamon sugar
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Brush 2 large cookie sheets with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter.
2. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and pumpkin with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Add egg yolk, vanilla, sugar, 3 tablespoons of the flour and pumpkin pie spice; beat on low speed until blended. Reserve 4 teaspoons of the pecans; set aside. Stir remaining pecans into pumpkin mixture.
2. Lightly sprinkle work surface with 1 tablespoon of the flour. Unroll 1 can of dough on floured surface with 1 short side facing you. Press dough into 14x12-inch rectangle. With paring knife, lightly score the dough in half horizontally. Lightly score bottom half of dough into 12 squares (3x2 1/4-inch each). Spoon heaping tablespoon of the pumpkin filling onto center of each square. Gently lift and position unscored half of dough over filling. Starting at the top folded edge, press handle of wooden spoon firmly between mounds and along edges of pumpkin filling to seal. Using toothpick, poke small hole in top of each ravioli. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut between each ravioli; place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining 1 tablespoon flour, dough sheet and filling. Brush ravioli with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.
3. Bake 9 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat whipping cream and salt with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Beat in 2 tablespoons of the caramel syrup until stiff peaks form. Transfer to serving bowl; cover and refrigerate.
5. Remove ravioli from oven. Sprinkle ravioli with 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar; turn. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar.
6. To serve, place 2 ravioli on each of 12 dessert plates. Drizzle each serving with scant teaspoon of the caramel syrup; sprinkle with reserved chopped pecans. With spoon, swirl remaining 1 tablespoon caramel syrup into bowl of whipped cream. Serve warm ravioli with whipped cream.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 380 calories, 220 calories from fat, 25 grams total fat, 13 grams saturated fat, 1/2 gram trans fat, 70 milligrams cholesterol, 440 milligrams sodium, 35 grams total carbohydrate, 1 gram dietary fiber, 16 grams sugar, 4 grams protein. Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch; 0 fruit; 1 other carbohydrate; 4 1/2 fat; and 2 carbohydrate choices.


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I know I haven't posted in a long time, so let me tell you where I've been. We've been in the hospital with Joseph this week with a ruptured Achilles Tendon and a terrible leg infection. I can say this has honestly been the worst week of my life. My baby has had 3 surgeries on his leg in the last 5 days and I know we face at least 2 more; the next surgery is set for this Tuesday the 27th. Praise God though, for now he's on the road to recovery! The last surgery proved to be successful so hopefully now we can look towards repairing the tendon or either getting a new one. That's really all I have time to go in to now, but I will keep you updated when I can. I just didn't want you to think I have forgotten about you. I asked Joseph if I could document all of this on my blog, and as any typical 13 year old would say..."Mommmm". : ) Did that mean yes?? : ) We covet your prayers for a speedy recovery. It's also been really tough on him too knowing that the baseball season is over for him for the year. I'll check back with you later and I'm sure I'll have some pictures to share, too. : )


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1 9 October 2007 Ending Cervical Cancer Screening: Attitudes and Beliefs from Ethnically Diverse Older Women George F. Sawaya, MD (1,2,3) A. Yuri Iwaoka-Scott, MA (1) Sue Kim, PhD, MPH (3,4) Sabrina T. Wong, RN, PhD (3,5) Alison J. Huang, MD, MPhil (3,4) A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc (1,2,3) Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD (3,4) 1 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF 3 Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, UCSF 4 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF 5 University of British Columbia School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Corresponding author: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, CA 94134-0856; Phone: (415) 502-4088 Fax: (415) 502-8291; email: email@example.com Text word count: 2289 Abstract word count: 250 2 ABSTRACT Background Guidelines support ending cervical cancer screening in women aged 65 or 70 years and older with prior normal testing, but little is known about women's attitudes and beliefs about ending screening. Methods We recruited and interviewed 199 women aged 65 years and older from primary care clinics. All had prior cervical cancer screening and no prior hysterectomy. In face-to-face interviews conducted in English, Spanish, Cantonese or Mandarin, women were asked about various aspects of cervical cancer screening and their plans to continue lifelong screening. Results Most interviewees (74.4%) were non-White (44.7% Asian, 18.1% Latina and 11.6% African-American). Most (68%) thought that lifelong screening was either important or very important, a belief held more strongly by African-American (77%) and Latina (83%) women compared to women in other ethnic groups (p<0.01); most (77%) had no plans to discontinue screening or had ever thought of discontinuing (69%). When asked if they would end screening if recommended by their physician, however, 68% responded "yes." In multivariable analyses, older age (OR=1.25 per year; CI=1.09-1.44), having public insurance (OR=3.84; CI=1.56-9.46) and having no personal (OR=3.13; CI=1.12-8.73) or family (OR=3.06; CI=1.19-7.89) history of cancer remained independent predictors of ending screening if recommended by their physician. Conclusions The majority of these ethnically diverse women believe that lifelong cervical cancer screening is important. Many women, however, reported they would end screening if recommended by their physician, underscoring the important role of clinicians in informing women about screening guidelines designed to maximize screening benefits and minimize harms. 3 Introduction Since the widespread implementation of cytology-based cervical cancer screening, cervical cancer incidence and mortality have fallen dramatically in the United States 1. For many decades, all women were encouraged to have annual testing and efforts were directed toward increasing screening rates. Although under use of screening in certain populations remain a problem, increased enthusiasm for screening among physicians and women alike has resulted in over-screening among women at low risk for cervical neoplasia. Among low-risk women, the chance that a positive test represents true disease is substantially lower 2, 3, and false-positive testing can generate worry and trigger unnecessary and possibly harmful interventions including colposcopy, biopsy and invasive cervical treatments. In an effort to maximize screening benefits and minimize screening harms, several national organizations have examined the evidence to determine appropriate ages after which women can safely end cervical cancer screening. Citing a lack of high-quality evidence to guide screening cessation in older women, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends lifelong testing in women who have a cervix 4. The American Cancer Society (ACS), on the other hand, supports ending screening in women aged 70 years and older with 3 or more prior normal cytology tests and no abnormal cytology tests within the past 10 years 5. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has a stronger position and actively discourages screening in women aged 65 years and older who have had prior normal Pap testing and who are not otherwise at high risk for cervical cancer 6. The USPSTF gives this preventive service a "D" recommendation, indicating that screening this population is either ineffective or that the harms outweigh the benefits. 4 Despite the ACS and USPSTF recommendations, studies of physicians and patients conducted after release of the new guidelines indicate that most American obstetrician/gynecologists still screen low-risk women over age 65 years often and indefinitely 7, and that most women prefer lifelong screening 8. While women from ethnic minority groups have a disproportionate incidence of cervical cancer 1 and hence have been targeted to improve participation in screening programs, little is known about how older women in these groups perceive the importance of cervical-cancer screening and how they view contemporary recommendations to end screening. To address these issues, we sought to examine attitudes and beliefs on ending cervical cancer screening from an ethnically diverse group of women aged 65 years and older. 5 Methods Participants and recruitment Between October 2002 and December 2005, we interviewed women from 4 racial/ethnic groups to assess their perceived risk across three cancer prevention scenarios: a) general screening for colon cancer, b) chemoprevention of breast cancer, and c) ending cervical cancer screening. Women were randomly assigned to answer one of the 3 scenario questions, but all women older than 65 years without prior hysterectomy were assigned to answer the cervical cancer screening section; those with prior hysterectomy were given either breast or colon cancer scenarios. Women were asked during a face-to-face interview about their understanding of cancer risk, knowledge about screening, communication with their physician about screening risk and benefits, and trust in their doctor's recommendation about cancer screening. In the current analysis, we report outcomes related only to ending cervical cancer screening. After approval from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Committee on Human Research, we recruited women from 3 primary care practices at the UCSF Medical Center and community-based public clinics. Eligible women included those who were aged 50 to 80 years, who self-identified as White, Latina, African-American or Asian (mainly Chinese), and had seen a clinician at the clinical site at least once in the previous 2 years. Using these criteria, we used administrative data to generate a list of potentially eligible women. We then contacted the clinicians involved in their care and requested permission to contact their patients. We excluded women who no longer had the same physician within the participating practices and those with current cancer or with cognitive impairments identified by their physician. Personalized letters were sent to potential participants in English, Spanish or Chinese. Two weeks after the introductory letter was sent, eligible and willing participants completed a 20- 6 minute telephone-screening questionnaire in English, Spanish, Cantonese or Mandarin and were scheduled for a 60-minute face-to-face interview. Survey description The face-to-face interview included items derived from standard questions developed and used in previous surveys and from formative focus groups. The questionnaire was developed simultaneously in English, Spanish, and Chinese using bilingual research assistants and was pretested in each of the four racial/ethnic groups, specifically testing for cultural, linguistic, and literacy appropriateness. The cervical cancer screening interviews focused on risk perception, based on the Weinstein conceptual framework 9 and included the nature and probability of harm and the factors that influence individual susceptibility. Other questions included health status as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12v2 (2). Predictors and outcomes about cervical cancer screening We asked women questions about the importance of regular cervical cancer screening (very important, important, not important), plans to continue screening for the rest of their lives (yes/no), whether they had ever thought about not getting Pap tests any more (yes/no), and whether based on their doctor's recommendation they would stop getting Pap tests (yes/no). Women were subsequently given quantitative estimates of benefits and harms associated with ending screening 2, 3. Women were told that about "3 out of every 10,000 65 year-old women with 3 or more normal Pap tests will get cervical cancer, but about 200 women out of 10,000 per year will be told they have an abnormal Pap test result which will turn out to be OK after further testing. The more Pap tests you get, the more likely you will be told you have an abnormal Pap test." After providing women with this information, we asked the same questions about the importance of and plans to continue lifelong cervical cancer screening. 7 Data analysis Descriptive statistics were generated for all variables and summarized using frequency distributions. Variables and demographics were compared for differences among ethnic groups. Comparisons were made using either the chi-squared test or the Fisher's exact test for categorical variables and analysis of variance models for continuous data. Multivariate logistic regression with forward and backward stepwise modeling was used to examine the association of demographic factors and personal characteristics with the conditional decision to end cervical cancer screening if recommended by their physician. Statistical Analysis System (SAS, version 8.2) was used to analyze data. All analyses were two-sided (alpha=0.05). 8 Results Interviews were completed by 199 women aged 65 years and older (mean age, 70.9 years) who had no prior hysterectomy and who had previous regular cervical cancer screening. Other demographic characteristics are listed in Table 1. Most interviewees (74.4%) were non-White (44.7% Asian, 18.1% Latina and 11.6% African-American), had been or were currently married, had at least a high school education and reported "good" to "excellent health. All characteristics differed significantly by ethnicity (p < 0.05), except age. We asked several questions related to screening attitudes (Table 2). Most women (68%) thought that lifelong screening was either important or very important, a belief held more strongly by African-American and Latina women compared to women in Asian and White groups (p<0.01). Over three quarters (77%) planned to be screened for the rest of their lives and about 60% had never thought of ending screening. Being provided with quantitative information about benefits and harms of continued cervical cancer screening did not change subjects' belief that lifelong Pap testing was either important or very important (68% pre-information versus 65% postinformation) nor did it change their plans to continue screening for the rest of their lives (77% pre-information versus 77% post-information, p>0.05 for both comparisons). About two thirds (68%) of women stated they would end screening if it were recommended by their physicians. Ethnicity was a significant factor in this decision (p=0.05), and over three fourths of Asian women would accept this recommendation. Table 3 shows proportion of women responding "yes" to this question stratified by variables; women who were older, had less than a high school education, had only public insurance, were born outside of the US and/or had no personal or family history of cancer were more likely to end screening based on their physician's 9 recommendation. Perceived risk of cervical cancer, trust in physicians and the belief that doctors should make important medical decisions, not patients, were not significant factors in this decision (Table 3). In multivariate analyses, older age, having public insurance and having no personal or family history of cancer, but not ethnicity, remained independent predictors of ending screening (Table 4). About 20% (n=40) of women reported having ever discussed discontinuing screening with their clinicians (Table 5). In bivariate analyses, these women were less likely to be married and more likely to have attained higher educational levels and report better overall health status compared to women who did not discuss discontinuing with their clinicians (p<0.05 for all; data not shown). Most conversations about ending screening were instigated by clinicians and lasted less than 5 minutes. Fewer than a quarter of these conversations included information about risks and benefits. Over half of women (n=23) who had participated in these conversations reported that their doctors recommended ending screening and, of these women, 87% (n=20) reported that they had ended screening. 10 Conclusions The majority of women in this ethnically diverse sample believed that lifelong cervical cancer screening was important; African-American and Latina women were more likely to hold this view compared to Asian and White women. Most women had no plans to discontinue screening or had never thought of discontinuing. Regardless of ethnicity, however, most women reported they would end screening if their physician recommended it. While our finding that women in older age groups and those with no personal or family history of cancer are more likely to end screening based on physician recommendation is logical, the reasons behind having public insurance being a predictor are less clear. We attempted to determine if perception of physicians played a role but were unable to demonstrate trust or beliefs about who should be making decisions as independent risk factors for ending screening. This observation may be due to factors we were not able to measure adequately or control for. While several prior studies have explored general attitudes and beliefs about cancer screening in older individuals 10, our study uniquely focused on elucidating ethnic differences in ending cervical cancer screening. Prior studies have shown that women believe cervical cancer screening is important and 75% of women have come to expect an annual Pap test 11. Current data indicate that women have mixed attitudes about risk-based screening schedules. Some studies indicate that the majority of women plan to continue cervical cancer screening indefinitely and want annual screening even if their physicians recommend otherwise 8, perhaps due to mistrust of physicians' rationales for recommending less frequent testing 12, 13. However, in a study of younger and middle-aged, educated, White women conducted in New England, women identified patient education and clinician-patient reasons (such as feeling comfortable with the clinician and being taken seriously) as more important in the annual exam than getting a 11 Pap test, leading investigators to conclude that in that population, biennial or triennial screening would be acceptable 14. Although there is a dearth of information about older women's attitudes about ending cervical cancer screening, some studies have revealed their attitudes about ending other types of cancer screening. Women over age 70 express a disinclination to end breast cancer screening, though they identify increasing age, poor health, and physicians' recommendations as potential reasons for ending screening 10. Nevertheless, rates of mammography do decrease with age, as do rates of cervical cancer screening 15. Our study has both strengths and limitations. We were able to recruit a sizable group of women aged 65 and older most of whom were non-White, allowing us to compare many outcomes by ethnicity. Power to detect differences in some subgroups, however, was limited. While the setting of a structured interview allowed us to gather more complete data than a selfadministered survey, the presence of an interviewer may have influenced how some women responded. We also realize that stated beliefs may not reflect actual clinical behaviors. While part of our survey included quantitative information about risk of cervical cancer, we could not assume that women understood these risks, especially since risk were on such a small scale. Some authors have suggested that elderly patients be given quantitative information to facilitate shared informed decision making 16. Whether or not risks of such a small magnitude, such as those associated with cervical cancer incidence in low-risk older women, lend themselves to the shared informed decision-making model remains unclear. While our study indicates that many women indicate that they would indeed end screening if their physician recommended it, a substantial proportion would want lifelong testing. Recent decision analyses indicate that lifelong screening of low-risk women is not cost-effective 12 17 and is associated with harms that eclipse benefits as women age 2. Such findings support the USPSTF guideline that encourages screening cessation in low-risk women after the age of 65 years in an effort to maximize screening benefits and minimize harms. While clinicians often respect the desires of individuals to continue lifelong screening, it is unclear if such decisions sit squarely within the purview of individual women. It may well be that low-risk women who insist on annual, lifelong screening are requesting care outside the limits of what is reasonable to offer and that other models of care should be considered (e.g., paying out of pocket for cost-ineffective services). Future studies should focus on best ways to explain the rationale behind ending cancer screening in older individuals to facilitate satisfaction with ultimate decisions. 13 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the support of Julissa Saavedra, Sonya Morrow-Johnson, Karen Lau and other interviewers who administered the survey, of Alicia Fernandez, MD for helping coordinate recruitment through the Community Clinic Network, of Albert Yu, MD for participation of the family medicine practice, Alex Li, MD for engaging the Chinatown clinic and Cecilia Populus-Eudave for overall administrative support. We are also grateful to all the primary care physicians who gave permission to allow us to contact their patients. 14 Table 1: Study participant demographic characteristics (N=199), San Francisco 2002-2005 Characteristic Ethnicity White African- Total Latina Asian N=199 American N=51 N=23 N=36 N=89 (25.6%) (11.6%) (18.1%) (44.7%) 29 (56.9%) 10 (43.5%) 9 (25.0%) 39 (43.8%) Age, years 65-69 87 (43.7%) 70-74 14 (27.5%) 8 (34.8%) 16 (44.4%) 34 (38.2%) 72 (36.2%) 75+ 8 (15.7%) 5 (21.7%) 11 (30.6%) 16 (18.0%) 40 (20.1%) Mean age, years 70.3 (3.8) 70.4 (3.9) 73.0 (4.3) 70.6 (4.1) 70.9 (4.1) 17 (33.3%) 5 (21.7%) 12 (33.3%) 49 (55.1%) 83 (std) Marital status Married (41.7%) Formerly married 27 (52.9%) 16 (69.6%) 18 (50.0%) 38 (42.7%) 99 (49.7%) Never married 7 (13.7%) 2 (8.7%) 6 (16.7%) 2 (2.3%) 17 (8.5%) 15 Education Less than high 2 (3.9%) 3 (13.0%) 25 (69.4%) 47 (52.8%) school graduate High school 77 (38.7%) 15 (29.4%) 10 (43.5%) 8 (22.2%) 16 (18.0%) graduate or some 49 (24.6%) college College graduate 34 (66.7%) 10 (43.5%) 3 (8.3%) 26 (29.2%) or graduate school 73 (36.7%) Insurance† Public 15 (30.0%) 11 (47.8%) 26 (76.5%) 63 (74.1%) 115 (59.9%) Private 35 (70.0%) 12 (52.2%) 8 (23.5%) 22 (25.9%) 77 (40.1%) Health Status Poor or fair 7 (14.0%) 10 (43.5%) 21 (58.3%) 54 (60.7%) 92 (46.5%) Good, very good 43 (86.0%) 13 (56.5%) 15 (41.7%) 35 (39.3%) or excellent 106 (53.6%) Income# ≤ $15,000/year 8 (17.8%) 4 (21.1%) 12 (48.0%) 26 (36.1%) 50 (31.1%) Born in the United States 42 (84.0%) 23 (100.0%) 1 (2.8%) 5 (5.6%) 71 (35.9%) 16 Family history of 19 (38.0%) 11 (50.0%) 16 (45.7%) 21 (23.8%) (34.3%) cancer Personal history of 67 19 (37.3%) 4 (17.4%) 7 (19.4%) 12 (13.5%) cancer 42 (21.1%) p<0.05 for differences in proportions across all race/ethnicity strata except for age as a categorical variable. †excludes 7 uninsured women #based on 2003 Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for households of 3 ($15,260) 17 Table 2: Attitudes about screening indefinitely: women who have had prior screening and who have not had a hysterectomy (N=199) , San Francisco 2002-2005 Question Ethnicity Total White African- Latina Asian (n=51) American (n=36) (n=89) P value N=199 (n=23) How important to you is it to continue getting Pap tests for the rest of your life? Important or very 25 17 30 61 133/199 (50.0%) (77.3%) (83.3%) (68.5%) (67.5%) <0.01 important* Do you plan to get Pap tests regularly for the rest of your life? Yes 37 20 28 66 151/199 (74.0%) (90.9%) (80.0%) (74.1%) (77.0%) 0.36 Have you ever thought about not getting Pap tests any more? Yes 22 4 7 28 61/199 (43.1%) (17.4%) (19.4%) (32.9%) (31.3%) 0.05 Based on your doctor's recommendations would you stop getting Pap tests? Yes 24 13 19 63 119/199 (57.1%) (59.1%) (61.3%) (78.8%) (68.0%) *compared to "not at all or somewhat important" 0.05 18 Table 3: Proportion of all participants answering "yes" to the question "Based on your doctor's recommendations would you stop getting Pap tests?" (N=175*) Characteristic Number that would end P value screening (%) Demographic variables Age, years 65-69 43 (55.1%) 70-74 53 (74.7%) 75+ 23 (88.5%) 0.002 Marital status Married 49 (62.8%) Formerly married 61 (73.5%) Never married 9 (64.3%) 0.3326 Education Less than high school graduate 58 (81.7%) High school graduate or some college 27 (57.5%) College graduate or graduate school 34 (59.7%) 0.0057 Insurance† Public 81 (79.4%) Private 36 (52.9%) 0.0003 Health status Poor or fair 61 (72.6%) Good, very good or excellent 57 (63.3%) 0.1902 19 Income# ≤ $15,000/year 33 (78.6%) >$15,000/year 61 (61.6%) 0.0508 Country of birth Born in the US 35 (56.5%) Non US born 83 (74.1%) 0.017 Clinical history Family history of cancer Yes 31 (55.3%) No 85 (73.9%) 0.0148 Personal history of cancer Yes 16 (47.1%) No 103 (73.1%) 0.004 Perceptions and attitudes Perceived risk of cervical cancer No risk, very low, somewhat low or low 100 (69.0%) Moderate, high or very high 16 (59.3%) 0.323 Agree that important medical decisions should be made by doctors, not patients+ Strongly disagree or somewhat disagree 37 (59.7%) Somewhat agree, agree or strongly agree 82 (72.6%) 0.080 Trust in doctors to make the best medical decisions on patients' behalf§ Not at all, a little or somewhat 20 (71.4%) 0.705 20 Mostly or completely 99 (67.8%) *information missing for 24 participants. †excludes 7 uninsured women #based on 2003 Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for households of 3 ($15,260) +Subject agrees with the statement: "The important medical decisions should be made by doctors, not patients." §Subject responds "mostly or completely" to the question: "How much do you trust doctors to make the best medical decisions on your behalf?" 21 Table 4: Predictors of answering "yes" to the question "Based on your doctor's recommendations would you stop getting Pap tests?": multivariable analysis* Variable Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval Age, per year 1.25 1.09-1.44 Public health insurance (vs. 3.84 1.56-9.46 No family history of cancer 3.06 1.19-7.89 No personal history of cancer 3.13 1.12-8.73 private) *adjusted for all variables in Table 3 (race, education, marital status, income, health status, non-US born, perceived risk of cervical cancer, agree that important medical decisions should be made by doctors not patients, trust in doctors to make the best medical decisions on patients' behalf) 22 Table 5: Women's discussions with clinicians about not getting any more Pap tests (N=40) Variable N (%) Who initiated the conversation about not getting any more Pap tests? Doctor 22 (53.6%) Patient 10 (24.4%) Both doctor and patient 8 (20.0%) Number of minutes talked with doctor about not getting any more Pap tests ≤ 5 minutes 34 (85.0%) > 5 minutes 6 (15.0%) Doctor ever discussed risks of not getting any more Pap tests 10 (23.8%) Doctor ever discussed benefits of not getting any more Pap tests 9 (21.95%) Doctor ever recommended stopping Pap tests 23 (57.5%) Of these, % who actually stopped getting Pap tests *Data missing in 1 participant for each variable. 20 (87.0%) 23 References 1. Ries LAG, Eisner MP, Kosary CL, et al., eds. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975- 2002. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. 2. Sawaya GF, Grady D, Kerlikowske K, et al. The positive predictive value of cervical smears in previously screened postmenopausal women: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS). Ann Intern Med 2000;133(12):942-50. 3. Sawaya GF, McConnell KJ, Kulasingam SL, et al. Risk of cervical cancer associated with extending the interval between cervical-cancer screenings. N Engl J Med 2003;349(16):1501-9. 4. ACOG practice bulletin. Cervical Cytology screening. Number 45, August 2003. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2003;83(2):237-47. 5. Saslow D, Runowicz CD, Solomon D, et al. American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Cervical Neoplasia and Cancer. CA Cancer J Clin 2002;52:342-62. 6. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Cervical cancer screening. Accessed September 5, 2007 at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspscerv.htm. 7. Saint M, Gildengorin G, Sawaya GF. Current cervical neoplasia screening practices of obstetrician/gynecologists in the US. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;192(2):414-21. 8. Sirovich BE, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM. Screening for cervical cancer: will women accept less? Am J Med 2005;118(2):151-8. 9. Weinstein ND. What does it mean to understand a risk? Evaluating risk comprehension. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1999(25):15-20. 10. 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Ending cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women Sawaya, G.; Iwaoka-Scott, A.Y.; Kim, S.; Wong, S.T.; Huang, A.J.; Washington, A.E.; Perez-Stable, E.J. 2009
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Have you helped anyone today? Have you prayed for someone else? Who were you kind to today? This year we are challenging our congregation to engage in Acts of Kindness and to record them on the special display board at the church. Our goal is to document 500 amazing Acts of Kindness committed by...you!


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For any true AC/DC fan, this concert film is a wild treat. It's not as fantastic as their show at Donnington, but its definitely a close second with the band putting on one hell of a show.
This concert film covers the entire show in Madrid, Spain, from the 1996 Ballbreaker tour, from the opening notes of "Back in Black" to the closing rock frenzy of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)". The band definitely puts on one of their best shows to date, with Angus, Malcolm, Brian, Cliff, and Phil at their wildest. In this show, clearly, Angus is the star of the show, letting out some monster solos, acting crazy as he can, and sweating himself to near death. Not to say the others didn't rock out, with Brian's wrecking ball stunt (long before Miley trashed the idea) during "Ballbreaker" and Phil's constant smoking through all of his best beats. The show is clearly one of the best they put on, falling barely short of their concert performance, Live at Donnington. The only reason this didn't reach the same heights as Donnington is because they focused more on the outward show and a little less on their sound. If Donnington hadn't come first and set their performance standards, this would have definitely been one of their best performances.
It doesn't reach the same heights as their show at Donnington, but it's still a damn good show with the band at their near-best and Angus at his wildest.


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Our February selection of The Nile Hilton Incident is aSwedish/Danish/ German co production. It won the Grand Jury prize at theSundance Film Festival and additional awards worldwide.
A political thriller based on a true story.Weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin (Fares Fares), a policeofficer in Cairo's corrupt system, investigates the murder of a famous clubsinger at the Nile Hilton Hotel. What initially seems to be a crime of passionturns into something that concerns the very power elite of Egypt. Uponrealizing this, Noredin decides to break the rules in order to obtain justice,colliding not only with the system but also with himself.
The film will play in Orinda starting 2/2/18 , at the JarvisConservatory , Napa on 2/17/18 and at the El Campanil, Antioch on 2/18/18
Trailer: https://youtu.be/gfK3yXo389k
©2018 Lamorinda Presents.


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Well. We're here. What a ride that 2016 was, huh?? So much so, that I completely forgot how to publish a blog.
I did not, however, forget to write. In fact, I have exactly 57 entries crowding the bench in my draft box. Which do not include the entries I wrote and straight up deleted.
You see, many were good, run of the mill, "What We've Been Up To" posts, that lacked perhaps a picture or two I wanted before sharing. But those got backlogged behind the other, oh, 50 or so "WHAT ARE WE DOING??" posts that I never quite figured how to - or whether to - edit the raw emotion and vulnerability from.
2016 was a big year. By many personal accounts, it was a GREAT year. But it was also the year we witnessed a unique depth of suffering, turmoil, confusion, and fear in the lives, and hearts, and eyes of many whose paths crossed ours throughout this world.
I set out often to record my reflections, inspirations, and frustrations about many of these moments. But I felt them too deeply. I processed them too insufficiently. I was lost time and time again in the avalanche of feeling and words so deeply felt that they rendered me speechless.
There is nothing new under the sun. But it burned me a little more this past year.
How do I share, for example, how it feels to have my 2 year old son of privilege blessed profusely in weeping prayers by a shelter-less Syrian refugee; she kisses and heaps blessings on him while holding her own suffering toddler whose ravaged eyes have already lost all spark of hope.
How do you accept such love, board a plane, and moments later find yourself drowning in the land of your birth to a chorus of people (Christians, family, friends) shouting from their seats of luxury, "keep the refuge out!" We give way to fear and become willing to condemn an entire people for the fear of few.
And the dichotomy renders me speechless yet again.
The internet is a funny thing, you see. I haven't posted since last MARCH, and yet have several hundred people scanning this site, for whatever reason, EVERY DAY. This is daunting.
Many are people I know, or have encountered in my wanderings on this earth.
Many are drawn by whatever keyword google search landed them here.
Some are people who love me more than I love myself. And they keep holding me up no matter where I roam, and whether or not I write, or rant, or fall down speechless and broken.
How do I write to a majority audience I do not know, about experiences so deeply felt I cannot fully process them myself?
I'll continue struggling with this, but I still hold out this notion that I will go back and postdate several moments from 2016 that deserve a permanent record. Moments I need to remember, now, and in the future. Like what a celebration we had for my precious son's second birthday; or what joy it was leading several incredible groups to follow in the literal footsteps of Jesus and the disciples in Israel, Turkey, and Greece.
I will hopefully record more of 2016, even as we move forward into this new year. But whether I reflect on what has happened or on what is to come, I am hopeful to renew my writing here this year. Because there are too many stories that need to be heard, too many people that need to be celebrated, and too many moments that need to be lived over and over again.
Here's to 2017.
May it be the year we love bigger, bolder, and brighter for all the world to see. One moment at a time.


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I'm sure you've all seen the super cute photos floating around Pinterest with cute couples and cute littles wrapped in twinkly Christmas lights. Well this girl developed a little obsession with them. I wanted some of my own. I even scoured the stores 2 days before Christmas to find the perfect lights. I was dedicated. And so was Todd, after a few bats of my eyelashes.
Really though, he was such a good sport, strategically draping me (which you can see in the above picture taken by Mia) in these surprisingly heavy star lights then quickly jumping in once he had set the timer. They didn't turn out quite how I had imaged, we spent much more time laughing at ourselves than gazing lovingly into each other's eyes. Although Todd did surprise me by dipping for the very last photo. And I love the result! You can see we are having fun. I like that.
The littles of course were all for it, any chance to touch the pretty lights and not just look at them gets the seal of approval from any child.
Thank you for always letting me rope you into my ideas babe, however crazy they may be!


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Last week, I made a meal for my library co-workers. On the menu was roasted pork with a port wine and fig sauce, penne pasta with roasted pepper sauce, whole wheat strudel with butternut squash and leek filling, and limoncello tiramisu. Others brought bread and caprese salad to round out the meal. If only we had a siesta break it would have been perfect!
The roasted pork was my favorite part of the meal, this roast turned out to be particularly succulent. Though I must say that just about anything would taste good slathered with this port wine and fig sauce – yum! I'm still eating leftovers, so I'll share more about the other recipes in additional posts this week.
Roasted Pork
1 1/2 Tbsp. fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
1 Tbsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
2 Tbsp. olive oil
These were mixed together and slathered all over the outside of a full (4-5 lb.) pork loin. The oven was preheated to 425F, and the pork roasted for about 1 hour (time depends on size of loin). Turn it over every 10-15 minutes to get nicely browned on all sides. You'll know it's done when the internal temperature reaches 145F. Remove it from the oven and let it rest covered with foil for 20 minutes before slicing. Meanwhile, add 1 c. chicken broth to the roasting pan to deglaze and get all the yummy bits off the bottom of the pan. Pour some of this broth back over the pork after it is sliced up. Then drizzle with the fig sauce (below).
Port Wine and Fig Sauce
2 1/2 c. port wine
1 1/4 c. chicken broth
8-12 dried figs (about 3 oz., or 1/2 c. prior to chopping)
2 cinnamon sticks
2 fresh sprigs of rosemary
1 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. butter
Chop up the figs. Mix together the wine, broth, figs, cinnamon, rosemary and honey in a saucepan and boil it gently (more than a simmer, but not bubbling over) for 30-40 minutes – until it is reduced by half or more. Remove the rosemary sprigs and cinnamon sticks. Place the sauce in a small food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Add the butter, and season to taste with salt and pepper. If you're not using it right away, keep refrigerated and re-warm it before serving.
Adapted from: Everyday Italian by Giada de Laurentis


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How we worked in the Indian masses?
Megh Raj Mitter (Call +91 98887 87440)
Every day many strange incidents are taking place in my Great India. At one time the stone idols of Hindu Gods start sipping the milk, the hawks (associated with the 10th Sikh Guru) start visiting the Sikh Shrines (Gurudwaras), normally used for cooking The Stove becomes God, and at the other time the snakes (also worshiped in India) appear on the eatable vegetable loofah. If my countrymen should have been wise enough to think that the stones cannot take milk, without having the digestive system and the blood circulatory system along with other parts of the body (the heart and the brain) involved in this complex process. Why my countrymen do not have the knowledge of all this ? Because they are not having the open brains – thinking brains. Human mind is working like a parachute. When the parachuter jumps from the aero plane, if his parachute opens in time, he lands safely on the earth enjoying and rejoicing with the spectacles of the open space. If, incidentally, his parachute does not open, he collides with the ground/earth and disintegrates and dies. Similarly those people whose brains are not open, they are leading a life of hell on this earth and the people whose brains are open they create the heaven on this earth by organizing themselves.
So to open the brains we organized Taraksheel Society in 1984. In the end of 1983 I got a book 'The Begone God men' written by Dr. Abraham T. Kavoor of Sri Lanka. I read that book which convinced me. I gave this book to one of my friends for reading. After reading the book he said, "I want this book in Punjabi language, I can spend rupees 500 for this." I enquired from him that when you have already read this book in English language why you want to read it in Punjabi. He started explaining that he is to earn rupees 1500 from all this. I asked him, "How are you going to earn rupees 1500 from this ?" He replied that his wife cannot read English, she can read Punjabi. Since last three years she is playing in the hands of an astrologer. The astrologer has taken away about rupees three thousand from my house so far and for future he has planned some more rituals which will cost me about Rs. 2000. So by spending just merely rupees 500 on the Punjabi book, I am going to earn rupees 1500 which the astrologer has planned to carry. This appealed me and I started translating this book in Punjabi.
When the Punjabi translation reached in the hands of the people, the effected people started coming to me to solve their problems. I was not knowing how to solve these cases, but I was not willing to disappoint the people also. Therefore, I started trying to solve these cases. In the beginning I was not successful. I learned from my mistakes from each case and slowly I developed the method to solve such cases.
Two Types of cases came to me. In the first type of cases the people were used to see their dead ones who used to disturb them. In the second type stone throwing, cloth burning, cloth cutting and sprinkling of blood etc. incidents were happening. Let us now share, how to solve these two types of cases.
First type of cases are known as cases of 'Possession'. Our organization have solved about 45000 such cases so for. The branches of our organization run the Psychiatric centers on Sundays to solve such cases. The daily Punjabi papers carry one or two news/articles of such solved cases. In these cases the victim start seeing the images of the dead, these images disturb them and sometimes insist upon taking them along with. In these cases the victim start rotating his/her head and speaks strange things. Sometimes such disturbed people meet accidents also and end their lives just in vain. The members of our organization have noted that the spirits of the dead are not seen by the communist type people and these do not disturb them. So to solve these cases we invented certain arguments which destroyed the faith of the victim in the existence of the spirits. We narrated them our experiences of solving such cases and asked them to read few of our books. If the victim was to be illiterate, the literate person from the family was assigned the duty to read the books for the victim. Like this we have solved numerous cases. Many strange types of cases came to us. Few case histories are here for you.
One lady from a village came to me complaining of seeing the spirit of her dead husband who was killed in the Iraq war. The spirit was insisting to take her away along with him. I destroyed her faith in the spirits. After one month I received a letter from her that now she is completely alright. But after two months one man came to me for thanking me to cure his wife. I investigated the record and found out that the man was the husband of that lady. I asked him that his wife was possessed by his spirit – how all it happened. He started telling that he and his friend went to Iraq for earning livelihood. During one air raid his friend was killed and he himself was put behind the bars. After two or three days the official, asked me to give my address and the address of my dead friend also, so that they could inform the home people. I told them the addresses. But by mistake they telegraphed to my home 'as dead' and to the relatives of my friend as 'imprisoned and alright'. Now please you decide whether the souls of the living people can possess others ? 400 such cases we have solved in which the victims were used to see the spirits of the living.
In another case two teachers, brother and sister, were brought to us by their mother. When we asked from the girl she told that she is disturbed by the famous film stars actors, they visit her in dreams and do indecent activities. When we asked the boy he told all opposite to this. He was used to see the beautiful actresses who were used to disturb him by their indecent activities. I judged that the age of the girl and the boy was approximately 32 and 34 respectively. But they were yet unmarried. When I asked the reason for not marrying them the mother told that they had four elder sisters of them and due to the dowry and other expenditures they could have managed to marry only them up to now. We are going to marry them also very soon. So on our suggestions they married them and our books opened their brains and they were relieved of the spirits.
In one strange case a woman was used to see a buffalo. When the buffalo swings its head the woman was used to feel pain in the stomach. By collecting the information we came to know that her husband was a drunkard and was accustomed to beat her. The day when she was beaten the buffalo was used to disturb her more on that day. We asked the husband to stop the practice of beating and asked the lady to read our books which abolished her faith in the existence of spirits and she became alright.
We have solved 400 cases of second type i.e. incidents happening in the houses of the people. In many cases these incidents take place in one home only – Incidents such as stone throwing, cloth burning, cloth cutting, sprinkling of blood, letter throwing etc. In such cases some member of the home is normally involved. That person is doing such things due to his temporary psychological problems. Our people find some spirits behind these cases. Spirits do not exist, so they fail to solve the problem. During our interview with the family members we go on deleting the absent members at the time of the incident and finally reach one member who is always present and in almost all the cases he/she is responsible for such incidents. We create fear in his/her mind that if you does not stop doing such things the police can be summoned, or he/she can be deported away from home, or can be admitted in a mental hospital. After obtaining the promise of not doing such things in future we too promise not to disclose his/her name to anyone. And the incidents stop happening.
In other cases these incidents take place in several houses at different intervals, To solve such cases we are having a very good scientific method. The variety/type of the stone, direction of the stone from which side it comes, the resultant number of pieces of the thrown stone etc. are investigated and observed. From this we come to the conclusion who does all this. Organization has solved many strange cases but here only three examples shall be sufficient.
One family informed me that their only daughter when vomits, some parts of the radio also come along with the vomiting. I went to solve this case. The girl vomited and the radio parts were present in her vomiting. I asked the home people to inform me just before the time when the girls feel like vomiting. Approximately after half an hour the family informed me about this. I made up my mind that once swallowed the radio parts cannot come out of the stomach without operation/surgery. So she was mixing the radio parts in the vomiting from outside. To mix the parts in the vomiting from out side the use of hands is necessary. So I decided to capture her hands. Soon the family members told me that the girl was feeling to vomit. The girl was sitting on her feet, ready to vomit. Her right hand was placed on the right ear and the left hand was on the left side of his stomach. I arrested her both the hands. When I opened her right hand I found the radio parts in it. While vomiting from the mouth, as usual, she was used to drop the radio parts from the right hand and these parts used to get mixed in the vomiting. The girl was interested to study but the home people were against further studies. On our advice she was admitted in the school and the incident stopped.
One newspaper carried news item that the sewing machine needles are coming out of the stomach of a lady. We decided to investigate this. She showed us many X-Ray films which exhibited numerous needles in her stomach, During our investigation one lady from her neighbourhood told us that one day I asked her that we daily see the needles coming out but no crochet has come out. Lo ! the next day a crochet was there. Once again she was asked to bring out the knitting needle. Next day the knitting needle came out. We asked our unknown members to follow that lady. To end the story our members caught her red handed while purchasing the needles from a grocery shop and the people present there were informed about this. This episode came to an end. The lady was a wife of an army man. She was entangled with a "God Men" and was doing all this to continue her clandestine affair. The cells around the wound were dead thus she was experiencing no pain while putting the needles in and taking out.
Just one month earlier, we have solved another such case in which there were burning of things in sixteen houses. Even a dozen of holy books and some valuable clothes and articles were burnt. When we reached there the people were crying as their holy place was also burnt and now there was nobody to save them. We investigated the whole case and traced out one 11 year boy who was a student of 5th class. We advised the village head to send the boy to his maternal uncles in other village. We noticed the incident stopped.
Since we established this organization we have given a challenge also. This challenge contains 23 terms and conditions. By fulfilling just one term anyone can win Rs. Twenty laces. The challenge contains terms such as to read the numbers of a sealed currency notes, to transform a man into a dog or dog into a man, to make a stationery object to move, to bend a rod of metal etc. Many other organizations also have declared much more awards for the winners of this challenge. Few "God Men" accepted our challenge. I shall illustrate few examples of such hoaxers.
One saint from a nearby village challenged me that with the supernatural power of his religious recitation he can open the ties (knots) of the turban. We reached in his village with the award amount. For an hour he was reciting his mantras but could not remove or untie the knots of the turban. He lost his advance deposit of Rs. 1000/- to us. Another saint challenged us that with his powers he can break the leg of any body sitting on a chair faraway from him. We provided him sufficient opportunities but he also failed.
One more saint said that with his attained supernatural powers he can make or stop to rain at his own sweet wish. We provided him three occasions on different places but he could not do so. Similarly an another saint informed us that he can fly in the air against the known laws of nature. We accepted his challenge and when asked to demonstrate he did not turn out on the fixed day and date.
Our organization is of the opinion that the Sadhu, Saints and Mahatmas are decoits and thieves. Declaring themselves as the possessor of super natural powers they influence the gullible people. They are liars and cheats. We want that such people should be put behind the bars, Our organization understands that behind any incident there is always a scientific law. There is no incident which is not having a scientific law behind it. There are other people also in addition to our organization, who have challenged the charlatans to win their whole assets and properties by showing the supernatural powers.
To open the minds of the people our organization publishes books, pamphlets, wall papers, hand bills, magazines etc. We also mobilize mass media for this purpose. We organize public conferences to challenge the so-called God men with super-natural powers with an objective to spread scientific attitude among the people. To show magic tricks to expose miracles are the activities we undertake. This is not our hobby but it is our way to convey our message to the masses.


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welcome to Chiltington Lane
by C L Scribbler
hat can you say about a short stretch (about a mile) of quiet English country lane in East Sussex which leads nowhere, nothing ever happens, and not many people live?
This is my 11th year of living here and as I work from home in about the middle of this lane I thought I'd make a little list of tentative topics which you can see below this page.
But just as with New Year Resolutions - my to-do list of articles compiled last Spring didn't survive much contact with reality.
And when I wrote "nothing ever happens" here... it simply confirms that you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Because some things did happen - which got very distracting.
In 2016 we had - the wrong thing in the wrong place (the idea of a caviar farm) in Chiltington Lane. If you're looking for it on your GPS - it didn't happen and there was a happy ending. You can read more about that
Now in January 2017 we have an issue which is more like the right thing in the right place. The idea of protecting something which has been here for 200 years.
If you're wondering where it is - then if you start from the Lewes end of Chiltington Lane I think of the forge as being at the other end of Chiltington Lane (although it's Highbridge actually). This is where it's important to take note of those signs (or the posts which have just air in between them if the
signs have fallen off
The Forge has a good story. And is where the flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was built (for more on this read the
Argus article
The future of the forge in East Chiltington is under threat. There's a planning application which might lead to its demise. For more about the forge see
the still yet to-do list of articles
Man in a hat (Cyrano)
Catching the iron horse
a sticky trek to Blackcap
We're Singing in the Lane
B&B's in and about the lane
Our little Roman winterbourne
Clippety clop - the hum of traffic
Where inexactly is Chiltington Lane?
Lanes which feed into Chiltington Lane
the Bridges of Chiltington Lane (unfinished)
Snatches of cyclists' conversations breezing by
Other web sites which talk about Chiltington Lane
Oh what fun we had when they resurfaced the road
Pubs you can walk to easily and not so easily from here
Where does the dotted Roman Road cross Chiltington Lane?
What to tell visitors and delivery drivers when it might be raining
- yes this really is the home page
New signs have been appearing in the lanes of East Chiltington to raise awareness of a plan which impacts the continuing long term future of the Forge in Highbridge Lane.
"The old historic forge in East Chiltington is under threat of demolition and redevelopment. The planning application has been submitted and the deadline for both comments and objections is January 27th, 2017."
For more about this see
Stepping off the lane near Southover Cottage and looking westward towards the South Downs. Photo by Laura Huggett (September 2016). Laura was born in nearby Clayton and has been walking through Chiltington Lane to visit relatives in the lane for 10 years.
Where inexactly is Chiltington Lane?
A rustic blog of lost and found navigation.
Even before you saw this web site you may already have been thinking - what a charming and delightful place Chiltington Lane is. How can I spend more time looking around the area if I don't live nearby or know someone who does? Well - you don't have to compromise by staying as far away as Lewes...
B&B's in and about Chiltington Lane
In Chiltington East in '16
the strangest idea we had seen
caused much alarm
a planned caviar farm
wordwashed in soothsayer green
(There was a happy ending.)
Wrong thing, wrong place
Man in a hat (Cyrano)
"He said the hat makes him easy to find ..."


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On America's birthday, a few lucky Inner Harbor visitors got to witness the birth of a new public space on Baltimore's shoreline.
What was most remarkable about the event was the spontaneous manner in which it unfolded, during the Fourth of July fireworks show Monday night.
But after the first widespread use of this prominent new perch, which is still technically under construction, it's not likely to be the city's best-kept secret much longer.