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The Tongginator felt absolutely traumatized by the act of adoption. Trauma enveloped her in so many ways, some in which I played a part, some in which I did not. My head tells me that finding a permanent, loving home for a one-year-old through international adoption is the better choice when the alternative is budget constraints dictating that this same child, having not been adopted and now a year older, returning to an orphanage after two years in foster care. But my heart? My heart simply weeps for the child who sobbed for her foster mother, who longed to remain in her country of birth, who loathes being a visible adoptee.
I'm so glad the Tongginator is my eldest because - had she not been - I might have failed to educate myself about adoptee loss, transracial parenting, ethics within adoption, and on and on. I continue to learn more, and by no means do I even have half of the answers, but I'm in a much better place than I was seven years ago. I love that the Tongginator taught me that hating adoption does not equate to hating one's adoptive parents. I love that the Tongginator taught me that she has a right to her feelings - all of her feelings - when it comes to her life story, and that it's not about me at all. I love that parenting the Tongginator continues to open my eyes to many more forms of racism and my own white privilege.
I am a better listener because of my Tongginator.
I continue to grow wiser because of my Tongginator. (How could I not, with her as an example?)
I just plain love knowing my Tongginator.
After nearly four months home with Squirt, I can tell you that this new journey is and will continue to be vastly different. That's not to say that Squirt won't feel loss - because she absolutely does and will continue to do so, I am sure. But she wasn't traumatized by the very act of adoption. Y'all, it's almost like she soaked it all in before breathing a huge sigh of relief and thinking, "this? is a much better deal." With a ratio of 20 babies for every one caregiver in her orphanage, and the words of one caregiver ringing in my ears ("she's never seen a spoon; she doesn't know how to hold a toy; she rarely left her crib"), of course Squirt has every right to feel that way. Perhaps she'll change her mind as she ages, but at the moment she's so very happy to now be a part of our family, perhaps any family.
I'm so glad Squirt is my youngest because I'm able to see much more of the joy that is adoption. I now get why others used to look at me like I was a crazy person when I spoke of trauma and loss and grief and all manner of things. I'm still - after four months - marveling at the fact that adoption truly can be this easy. Who knew?!! I surely didn't. Don't get me wrong: we're still using tons of attachment parenting techniques. And if we fall off the wagon in one or more of those areas, yes, we absolutely feel the repercussions. But Squirt is happy as long as we do what we are supposed to be doing, whereas for years the Tongginator felt miserable no matter what we did. Therein lies the difference.
I am much more at peace now that Squirt is a part of my life.
I feel more confident as a momma because I am Squirt's "person."
I'm enjoying every moment of getting to know my Squirt.
I don't know why I'm sharing all of this except to say that both of my girls are wonderful children who reacted very differently to a series of difficult, difficult circumstances. One child is not better than the other, although - if I'm honest - I will say that one seems easier to parent than the other, at this point at least. But both girls are equally deserving of my best efforts. They are neither of them wrong or bad for reacting to adoption in their particular ways.
They are both amazing kids.
And they will neither of them be bad or wrong for feeling about adoption however it is they will feel later in life. Their opinions will be valid; they will be their own; they will be right and good. Because they are FEELINGS. I didn't fail as a parent if the Tongginator grows up to hate adoption, to publicly speak out against the practice of adoption, to politely call out others who say ignorant things. I will not have failed as a parent if Squirt never seems bothered by her adoption. Neither of them will be wrong or bad for feeling and thinking either way.
They will both be amazing adults.
My heart overflows with gratitude and love whenever I think of my two little gals. My heart also breaks for them, because they deserved so much better than any of us gave them. And it bursts with pride when I see how much they've grown, how well they've not only survived, but thrived.
I am so blessed to be their mom.
23 comments:
- Kim K. said...
Beautiful post. I'm so happy for you.
- November 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- Megan said...
I love this post. I love to hear stories of how every single child internalizes their previous lives differently. It is a good reminder that we have to parent all of our kids differently and that no one "blanket" technique works for everyone.
I especially love the line about how both children deserve your best. That is so true- and soooo easy to forget when parenting one comes so much more naturally and easily than the other. I absoluletly needed to have that lesson in my face today!
Thanks for sharing your heart!
- November 14, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Christina said...
LOVE this post! Thank you so much for sharing this touching reflection on your adoptions and parenting.
- November 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Aus said...
Wow - TM - it's maybe time you think about a book? Compare and contrast? And in every chapter repeat that line - "And they will neither of them be bad or wrong for feeling about adoption however it is they will feel later in life. Their opinions will be valid; they will be their own; they will be right and good. Because they are FEELINGS. "
You REALLY DO "get it" - and there are lots of folks out there - including professionals - that don't!
And from here - we have great joy that you TD, T and S are the family that you are!
hugs - aus and co.
- November 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Wendy said...
Beautiful post. I'm glad that you are finally getting that experience! I have a similar story, but 13 years apart and in reverse order (Child #1, now nearly 20, has shown none of the grief, trauma, and heartache that her sister has, at times, demonstrated). Fortunately, I had 13 years of adoptive parenting and support to at least somewhat prepare me for a very different experience with my second child. We continue to grow and learn together as a family every day.
- November 14, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Briana's Mom said...
This is a wonderful post. I think the experience I had with Bri's adoption is more like the experience you are having with Squirt now. There were definitely times we had issues, but for the most part, Bri's transition to us was fairly easy. I am grateful to those that have experienced more difficult transitions and have been willing to share their experiences. It has allowed me to see the other side of the coin. And when Bri questions me now, I can see and appreciate all the aspects of adoption. Thanks for helping me open my eyes. I'm so glad you are enjoying both of your wonderful girls.
- November 14, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Larissa Boechat said...
I love it when you're inspired. My day just got better!
- November 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Amy said...
So beautiful - And may I say thank you for being brave enough to post about parenting both your children and adoption. I have learned so much through you (and the links you have shared over the years).
- November 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM
- prechrswife said...
Great post!
- November 14, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- The Byrd's Nest said...
Great post my friend, yes, they all grieve in different ways. And most certainly I am a better person and mother by just experiencing life with them every day. They teach me so much and I will always strive to be a life learner as an adoptive mom:) We watched (for some reason) Lottie's video on the day we met her. I cried throughout the entire video..the vacant look in her eyes, the intense rocking every time she looked at us and of course the thumb in her mouth. She was trying every thing she knew to comfort herself on that very traumatic day.....they are survivors and I pray that they will always know that whatever their feelings are...they are entitled to them:) They have taught me to look at them with eyes only filled with love and compassion and to look beyond the bad behavior and know that there is always a reason...always. Love you friend.
- November 14, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Cedar said...
Thank you for sharing!
- November 14, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Sharie said...
So glad you are seeing the joy! I'm glad that T gets to experience it through her little sister too...after waiting so long for her it would not be fair to have to go through that grief all over again.
- November 14, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Kate said...
So much in that one post TM. I may have to print that out to refer to later. That's good stuff...written so eloquently.
As I just begin this journey again...your words hit me square on...in the 24 hours we have known our Jillian...OUR second adoption has been vastly different already too. Not better or worse. Easier...but like you, so thankful for my experiences with Lia and I wouldn't want to change a thing.
- November 15, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- Elaine said...
Again, I'm nodding in agreement. My 2 girls had very similar beginnings to yours. And homecomings. I used to call my little one "the happiest baby in the world". And she was. Until about 6 months in when - I think - she finally believed we were there for the long haul. Then the trauma of those first 8 months when she was one of 40 babies, unheld, unloved, unnoticed came out. A bit at first, but then in full force. It totally blindsided me. A very different road from her big sister. Not to put the fear of god into you, but, well, just our experience.
- November 15, 2011 at 9:06 AM
- Patty O. said...
What a fantastic post! You are an amazing mom with equally amazing kids. How awesome is that?
- November 15, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Aunt LoLo said...
I am just catching up on the past few months of your journey. Thank you so much for sharing what you can. As always, your insights and thoughts resonate with me as a -mother-. Any kind of a mother, in all senses of the word.
- November 16, 2011 at 1:57 AM
- Kayce said...
Great post TM! Thank you!! I'm so glad you have those amazing blessings in your arms. You are an amazing mom to both of them.
- November 16, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- Janet said...
I felt exactly the same way about Adam and Jeane. Adam was literally traumatized by it. He was a robot, and completely emotionless. Jeane seemed to just...handle it. She took it all in stride. What I am noticing now is that Adam is doing really well emotionally (much better, anyway). But Jeane is struggling in a few ways. She needs control, and it can be somewhat scary about how much.Anyway, we need to deal with both kids where THEY are at. Sometimes it's hard. Really hard. I am glad that you are doing so well right now. I know we haven't kept in touch a bunch (life tends to get in the way) but I am grateful for you in my life.
- November 17, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Kristen {RAGE against the MINIVAN} said...
We have had two very different adoption experiences, too. So hard to know how much is nature vs. nurture, but it has been (and continues to be) drastically different.
- November 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- lmgnyc said...
TM you are one smart lady. With the same parents but different children you see how adoption can affect kids differently. We need to honor and validate their feelings no matter what they might be.
Good job TM. Thanks for laying it all out like that.
- November 20, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- 3 Peanuts said...
I so get this. As you know, I have only adopted once BUT I have seen, heard and felt a different road with every single child. Kate was in loving foster care but her adjustment was so much easier than so many I see. I think we all have to open to all the possibilities. Our children sure do teach us a lot don't they?
- November 22, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Alyson and Ford said...
Love reading your posts, glad you are back writing. We also are not sure with our AA which is nature (her personality) or what was from the effect of being in an orphanage for two years. We live and learn. All amazing; you are amazing too to share your insights.
Alyzabeth's Mommy
- November 27, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- anymommy said...
This is incredibly insightful and it reflects my own experiences as an adoptive mother. I think, it is similar (thought not exactly the same) to the way that some people will have PTSD after a terrible accident and some people will fall into a terrible depression when grieving, while others will recover more quickly. Our brains just process things differently. No reaction is wrong, but I think your compassion will provide both of your beautiful daughters with resiliency, which is a huge gift.
- November 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM


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The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the leaks to the New York Times regarding the NSA's anti-terror programs. Great news. This makes two; the leaked story about secret detention facilities in Europe is also under investigation. I doubt that anything short of the sight of bureaucrats doing jail time will slow down the torrent of illegal leaks from the federal agencies, so let's get on with it. »
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J.C. Penney Co., an American comeback story?
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Chen said the company may be successful in getting back the shoppers lost during former CEO Ron Johnson's failed reign. Penney has brought back its key private-label products including St. John's Bay, Worthington and Ambrielle taken out under Johnson as Chief Executive Mike Ullman has said he aims to increase store brands, which are more profitable than national brands, to a level of about 50% of sales from 30% under Johnson. Meanwhile, a better assortment of national labels including Levi's, Nike and Carter's also are helping to bring customers back, the analyst noted.
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Boulder has set a record for its wettest 24-hour period. Ever.
Prior to Wednesday, the single wettest day on record was July 31, 1919, when 4.80 inches of rain were recorded, according to Bob Henson, a science writer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Henson said that the latest official readings for Boulder show that from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 9:15 a.m. today, 7.21 inches of rain have fallen in Boulder, with amounts likely varying from a bit lower in northeast areas of the city to higher than that to the southwest.
"We have never had anything this big," said Boulder meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
Additionally, the last three days of rain are more than Boulder has experienced in any month on record.
Since the rain kicked in late Monday afternoon, Boulder has officially recorded at least 9.61 inches of rain, topping the 9.59 inches recorded in the entire month of May 1995.
But the numbers, in fact, go higher
"There was 10.35 inches (since Monday evening) at my house in South Boulder, and I think over toward northwest Boulder, in the Holiday neighborhood, and some other areas, they are at 11 inches," Kelsch said. "They had 8 1/2 inches just yesterday, north of Pearl St."
By late 4:30 p.m.Thursday, Kelsch said another 1.21 inches had brought the total at his south Boulder residence to 11.36 inches since the storm ended, and that since it was still raining, it might already be at 12 inches. By contrast, he said, downtown Lyons had received only 6.06 inches since Monday, but that the totals west of there were surely far higher.
Kelsch added that reporting is not as thorough for areas such as Nederland and Allenspark, but that he believes totals for the storm in and around those mountain communities will be higher.
This is also by far the rainiest September ever for the city.
"Keeping in mind that Boulder records are a little bit spotty in places, but this is an extreme event for any month. But for the month of September, the heaviest rainfall (previously) was 3.05 inches, and that was Sept. 4, 1901," Henson said.
"So we may have doubled that record, and no other September day has received more than three inches. This is a one-day record (for any month)."
In fact, Boulder's one-day record has not just been broken; it has been shattered. After the 4.80 inch reading in 1919, all runners-up rounding out the Top 10 for a 24-hour-period are readings of 3.6 inches or less. Also, all of those feel between April and early August.
So both in totals and timing, Henson said, "This is an event that really stands apart."
Prior to the drenching of the past 24 hours, watchers in parts of Boulder had recorded up to 5 inches of rain through Tuesday.
And it's not over.
National Weather Service meteorologist in charge Nezette Rydell said this morning, "Even though we are on the downside of this system, we could expect problems anywhere on the Front Range today, possibly even tonight, and start looking for improvement to begin on Friday.
The chance of rain is expected to drop -- finally -- to about 30 percent Friday night and Saturday, she said, before climbing back to 50-to-60 percent, Saturday night and Sunday.
Preliminary readings show that Boulder Creek reached 3,100 cubic feet per second at Broadway on Wednesday night, according to Treste Huse, a hydrologist for the National Weather Service.
And with more rain in the forecast tonight, "We're definitely watching it because the soils will be saturated," Huse said.
"Water is already standing, and we have another risk of flash flooding, so we definitely are still concerned."
Boulder has long ranked as one of the state's top flood hazards and made a national list of six "disasters waiting to happen" published by the University of Colorado in 2004, along with a devastating hurricane striking New Orleans.
The most moisture Boulder had previously received on record in the month of September is 5.5 inches, in 1940, according to Camera weather historian Bill Callahan.
The Big Thompson flood of 1976 was considered between a 500-year and 1,000-year event. The disaster between Estes Park and Loveland killed 145 people and caused $41 million in damage after dumping 12 inches of rain in three hours.


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ST GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc , the world's largest money manager, plans to hire another 300 lawyers to help it deal with fragmented global regulation, particularly of banks.
"We're probably hiring another 300 lawyers and I'm not the one being regulated, I'm not a bank," BlackRock Chief Executive Laurence Fink told the St Gallen Symposium, an annual conference at the university in the eastern Swiss town.
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Fink noted his New York-based company was the world's largest holder of bank equity and bank debt, so had to closely follow tighter regulation of the financial industry in the wake of the 2007-09 crisis when governments bailed out many banks.
"There is no consistent manner in which bank resolution will be applied," he said. "It is a mess and we are trying to constructively work with our regulators ... There is a need for better global coordinated regulations."
The world's top banking regulatory body said last month over half its members missed a January deadline set by global leaders for introducing tougher rules to make banks safer.
Some of the world's top financial centers such as Britain, Germany, France and the United States have yet to finalize or introduce their rules based on an accord world leaders endorsed over two years ago.
In March, BlackRock told staff it would reduce headcount by nearly 300 employees, or about 3 percent, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters.
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Most of the time flirting occurs in designated places: bars, clubs, parties. People feel more relaxed and more open to flirting, which means they you can boost up your flirting without having to worry about the reaction. In other places, such as streets, shops, libraries, gyms people have other priorities, they are focused on a task at hand: shopping, working out, rushing to work and etc. This mean you have to carefully pick your flirting techniques, it has to be more settle. Otherwise you could be mistake for some weirdo, desperate for date or attention, or even a stocker.
Online flirting
Flirting is an indispensable aspect of life. However it's not just a game, it can be a 'dangerous' game where people move closer and closer to a borderline, where they may or may not cross this line, it is like playing with fire. By flirting you both engage in some sort of ritual, which can take you further and further, and at some point you will have to choose if you want to cross a line or not. Although it's not easy to start engaging each other into flirting, it also reveals a lot about you, and to some people it might be too much. It might be out of their comfort zone. This is where online flirting comes in. People can express themselves more freely; it gives people the possibility to act more freely. This seems obvious: behind a laptop or a computer, nobody sees them; hence, if they do not like it, going away is easy.
But how do you flirt online? There are enough articles, websites, books, etc. which explain how to flirt online. Although there might be a lot of reasons why people go online and what are they looking, but most would agree that the other person should, among others, be intelligent, honest, interesting, humorous, and so on.
The biggest disadvantage of online flirting is that at some point it has to transform to offline dating. And at that point almost all people will ask themselves 'is it worth?', 'what's there to loose?'. This questioning might take some time.
Since online dating sites are flourishing, it means that online flirting pays off, and most of the people do meet offline, and have normal relationships, and later on marry. Although, offline meeting, can hurt the relationship that was going on great online. Usually it happens, due to high expectations – not everyone is the same online and offline. Of course, it might be that the person offline is even better that was expected. Then the relationship gets more intense and more interesting.


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The cells in the outer or horny layer of the epidermis are constantly being shed and replaced by new cells from its bottom layers in the lower epidermis. The cells of the protective, horny layer are nonliving and require no supply of blood for nourishment. As long as the horny outer layer remains intact, microorganisms cannot enter.
The sweat glands are situated deep in the corium. They collect fluid containing water, salt, and waste products from the blood and carry it away in canals that end in pores on the skin surface, where it is deposited as sweat. Perspiration helps regulate body temperature as well, because cooling of the skin occurs when sweat evaporates. The sebaceous glands are also in the corium. They secrete the oil that keeps the skin surface lubricated.
Beneath the corium is a layer of subcutaneous tissue. This tissue helps insulate the body against heat and cold, and cushions it against shock.
The hair and nails are outgrowths of the skin. The roots of the hair lie in follicles, or pockets of epidermal cells situated in the corium. Hair grows from the roots, but the hair cells die while still in the follicles, and the closely packed remains that are pushed upward form the hair shaft that is seen on the surface of the skin.
The nails grow in much the same way as the hair. The nail bed, like the hair root, is situated in the corium. The pink color of the nails is due to their translucent quality which allows the blood capillaries of the corium to show through.
There are several types of skin tests, including the patch test, the scratch test, and the intradermal test.
The patch test is used most often in testing for skin allergies, especially contact dermatitis.
The scratch test is often used in testing for allergies. A complete screening for allergic sensitivity may require numerous skin tests. Only an extremely minute quantity of the substance can be used in each test since severe allergic reactions can occur.
The scratch test is also used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. In Pirquet's reaction, for example, tuberculin is used, and the local inflammatory reaction that results is more marked in tuberculous persons than in normal ones.
In the intradermal test for tuberculosis, the Mantoux test, a purified protein derivative (PPD), prepared from tubercle bacilli, is injected. In a positive result, the area becomes reddened or inflamed within 72 hours. This indicates past or present infection with or exposure to the tubercle bacillus. An infection that has been present for at least 2 to 8 weeks will usually be revealed by the test.
The Schick test is used to determine susceptibility to diphtheria. A very small dose of diphtheria antitoxin is injected into the forearm. In a positive reaction the area becomes red and remains so for about a week. If no reaction occurs, the person is immune to the disease.
The trichophytin test is sometimes used in diagnosing suspected cases of superficial fungus infection of the skin, such as ringworm. In the presence of infection by the fungus Trichophyton, an injection of trichophytin, which is prepared from cultures of the fungus, will produce a reaction similar to the tuberculin reaction. Skin tests, of course, are always made in an area separate from the infected area.
In addition to their frequent use in testing for allergies, intradermal tests are employed in the diagnosis of parasitic infections, such as schistosomiasis, other fungus diseases besides trichophytosis, and mumps.
skin(skin), [TA]
skin(skin) the outer protective covering of the body, consisting of the dermis (or corium) and the epidermis.
skinVox populi adjective Cutaneous noun Anatomy Cutis The outer integument of the body which consists of epidermis and dermis, the latter of which rests on subcutaneous tissue. See Aging skin, Artificial skin, Blue skin, Cigarette-paper skin, Composite cultured skin, Diamond skin, Elephant skin, Glossy skin, Harlequin skin, Hide-bound skin, Leopard skin, Lizard skin, Moleskin, Moroccan leather skin, Paper money skin, Red skin, Sandpaper skin, Second Skin®, Spray-on skin, Swiss cheese skin, Washerwoman skin.
skin(skin) [TA]
Synonym(s): cutis [TA] .
Skin consists of two major divisions: the epidermis and the dermis. Depending on its location and local function, skin varies in terms of its thickness, strength, presence of hair, nails, or glands, pigmentation, vascularity, nerve supply, and keratinization. Skin may be classified as thin and hairy or thick and hairless (glabrous). Thin hairy skin covers most of the body. Glabrous skin covers the surface of the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and flexor surfaces of the digits. See: illustration; hair for illus; burn; dermatitis; dermis; eczema; epidermis; rash
alligator skin
artificial skinHuman skin equivalent.
bronzed skin
deciduous skinKeratolysis.
elastic skinEhlers-Danlos syndrome.
foreign bodies in the skin
For removal of a small foreign body, the area is cleaned first with mild soap and warm water. A clean needle can be sterilized by heating it to a dull or bright red in a flame; this can be done with a single match. Because both ends of the needle get hot, it is wise to hold the far end in a nonconductor such as a fold of paper or a cork. The needle is allowed to cool. A black deposit on its surface should be disregarded; it is sterile carbon and does not interfere with the procedure. The needle is introduced at right angles to the direction of the sliver, and the sliver is lifted out. Most people attempt to stick the needle in the direction of the foreign body and consequently thrust many times before they manage to lift the sliver out. When the sliver is removed, an antiseptic is applied and the wound covered with a sterile dressing. Tetanus antitoxin or a tetanus booster may be required, depending on the history of immunization.
glabrous skin
glossy skin
hidebound skinScleroderma.
loose skin
parchment skin
photoaged skin
photodamaged skinPhotoaged skin.
piebald skinVitiligo.
scarf skin
sun-damaged skinPhotoaged skin.
tissue-engineered skinHuman skin equivalent.
true skinDermis.
skinThe body's outer covering. The skin is a major organ, of area 5–6 m2. It is self-regenerating, self-lubricating and self-repairing and provides heat regulation. It is sensitive to touch, pressure, pain and temperature. It protects against solar radiation and bacterial infection and synthesizes vitamin D. The lower layer, the true skin (corium) is living, the outer layer (epidermis) has an external layer of dead, flattened horny cells.
skinan organ that forms the outer covering of an animal that is external to the main musculature, often bearing scales, hair or feathers. Skin is the most widespread organ of the body and consists of an EPIDERMIS derived from the embryonic ECTODERM, and a DERMIS originating from a MESODERMIS. The epidermis is often hardened and covered by a cuticle, but may be only one cell thick.
The subcutaneous fat of the dermis acts as insulation and reduces heat loss. Heat is also conserved by the skin in cold conditions by contraction of the superficial blood vessels which diverts blood to lower layers of the skin. In some structures, such as the ear, special shunt vessels occur which dilate in cold conditions and pass blood directly from arterioles to venules, thus bypassing the superficial capillaries to reduce heat loss.
skinhuman skin serves the functions of sensation, protection and insulation and has a major role in regulation of body temperature, by variations in heat loss or conservation (increasing loss by vasodilatation and sweating, decreasing it by vasoconstriction), under the control of the autonomic nervous system. Sensory nerve endings and receptors include those that mediate the sensations of touch, pain and pressure.
skin; cutis tissue investing the entire body, and in modified form lining the gut and respiratory systems; largest organ of the body; formed of four layered structures: epidermis, basement membranous zone, dermis, subcutaneous layer (Figure 1; Table 1 and Table 2)
|Stratified squamous epithelium formed from keratinocytes
Basal layer: keratinocytes linked by desmosomal and hemidesmosomal and filamentous connections (cytoskeleton; prevents shear)
Spinous layer: keratinocytes shrink, retaining contact only at desmosomes and hemidesmosomes
Granular layer: keratinocytes secrete complex lipids which act as a semipermeable skin barrier
Corneal layer: cell and contents have become keratin to form squames moved towards the exterior
|Epidermal cells
Melanocytes: lie between keratinocytes; secrete pigment and protect keratinocyte nuclei from ultraviolet radiation
Merkel cells: sensory cells
Langerhans cells: within spinous layer; antigen-presenting cells
|Basement membrane zone
|Collagen, hemidesmosomes, laminin which aid adhesion of epidermis to dermis; dysfunctional in disease such as epidermolysis bullosa
|Mesodermal tissue containing blood vessels, nerve, muscle, skin appendages (sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair follicles), immune cells (histamine-releasing mast cells) in a matrix of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid
|Subcutaneous layer
|Adipose tissue, blood vessels and nerves, acting as an insulating layer
|Skin constituent subserving that function
|Physical barrier against friction and shearing forces
|Keratinization of stratum corneum; undulating dermoepidermal junction; dermofibrillar and desmosomal links
|Protective barrier to infection
|Intact skin layer; desquamation; acid mantle; inflammatory response
|Prevention of excessive water loss or absorption
|Intact waterproof keratinized outer layer
|Synthesis of vitamin D
|Sunlight-induced formation of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) from 7-dehydrocholesterol
|Temperature regulation
|Autonomic regulation of blood flow through skin capillaries and arterioles
|Environmental awareness
|Specialized skin nerve endings (Merkel's discs, Meissner's corpuscles, pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini endings, free nerve endings) subserve pain, touch, temperature, vibration, pressure, stereognosis
|Antigen presentation
|Langerhans cells
|Immunological reactions
|Keratinocytes release cytokines
|Wound healing
|Cellular elements of the dermis and epidermis
|Protection from ultraviolet light
|Melanosomes inject melanin granules into local keratinocytes to form a protective cap over the nucleus
skin(skin) [TA]
Synonym(s): cutis [TA] .
Patient discussion about skin
Q. What are the causes of viral blisters on the skin? For a few months now I've been having these hard viral blisters on my fingers. The only way to get rid of them is with freezed carbon. It does go away with that treatment- after a few weeks but then a new one appears. How can I prevent it from "attacking" again??
Q. anyone knows how to stop hard skin on the feet from becoming cracked??? during summer my feet got lots of hard skin and in the heel area the skin actually got cracked kinda deep. it hurts now and the cracks are starting to get infected I guess... do u guys know how to solve this?? I know there are some creams for that but I thought maybe now it's too late for that and I need something stronger?
Q. How can you know if a mole is a skin cancer or not? I'm only 15, but I've had this small thing on my right shoulder for a reeeeaaaally long time. It's the same color as my skin. It's smaller than the head of a pencil eraser, perfectly round, and its smooth. I've never worried about it seriously, until about a week ago, when I read an article in a magazine about skin cancer. Even then I wouldn't have worried about it, because It didn't really match any of the symptoms, except one. It did bleed once about 2 1/2 years ago. And it said bleeding was a big sign I don't know, what do you think? And please try and say something other than," go have it checked out". Because I currently have no insurance. Thanks :]
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Friday, March 17, 2006
American Insecurity
1) Non-native speakers are ashamed of their accents when they speak English, and
2) Americans are ashamed of their accents when they speak other languages.
On the face of it, these two facts seems to be one and the same, but, I believe, they are distinct. How so? Well, recently I had the same conversation on two occasions with two different people, both of whom spoke fine English, albeit with accents. They each pressed me to give minute feedback on their English, because they were mortified at the thought of sounding non-native. I assured them that when Americans hear someone speaking with an accent, their instinctive response is to be impressed, not just at the ability of foreigners to speak English, but with their very foreignness. So when foreigners are embarrassed about their accents, they are fundamentally misunderstanding how they are perceived. Why do they do so? Well, the answer is related to why Americans are embarrassed about their own accents. When we Americans trot out our Spanish, French or Mandarin, and cringe at our own accents, we know we are not the only ones cringing; so too are our interlucutors. Not everyone is impressed by a foreign accent. Indeed, I think Americans, while perhaps not unique in this regard, are certainly exceptional in our overall positive attitude towards accents. This positivity can be explained several ways. On the one hand, Americans have long had experience with immigration and large-scale language acquisition, something the rest of the world has not experienced to the same extent for the same amount of time. But I think the primary reason is that we just have a deep-seated insecurity about our own language and culture. When we hear an accent - any accent, I will posit - we think, aha! This is someone from a real place who speaks a real language.
I must admit that I too have the same instinctive reactions; when I hear an accent, I feel distinctly impressed, and when I speak French or Yiddish, I am ashamed of my own (and others') American accent, as well as that of others'. And it goes even deeper; when I hear any foreign accent in Yiddish (the only language other than English that I know well) I have the same negative reaction, be it a Hebrew, Russian, or German accent. In a way, then, when I cease being an Anglophone, I lose my anglophonic openness. Ultimately, though, I know that both my positive and negative feelings about accents are misplaced; an accent should be a neutral thing. And yet it isn't.
I have been thinking about this for most of my life, but not systematically, and there are a number of unresolved issues I wish I knew more about. Firstly, if Americans are not unique in our prejudice in favor of accents, who else shares this prejudice? Secondly, is it that non-Anglophones particularly dislike American accents, or are they equally offended by, say, French or Russian accents? And finally, I do think that Americans' positive impression of non-native speakers is not limited to Europeans; I think we are just as impressed by a Yoruba accent or a Japanese accent as we are by an Italian one. But are there limits? My instinct on this is that we are less impressed by Spanish accents and perhaps strong Chinese accents. If anyone has thoughts about these questions, please let me know.
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- Aidan Kehoe said...
I'm not from the US, but English is my first language, and I don't really share the positive attitude you describe to noticeable non-native accents in English. I mean, in general, talking to and dealing with someone through English who has a noticeable non-native accent is not something I have a problem with, I can express myself clearly enough, and I've had exposure to enough foreign accents that comprehension is almost never a problem. (One exception is when word stress goes awry, which can make things incomprehensible.)
But when talking to someone with a native-speaker accent, and the effect is more intense when I encounter someone with the accent I grew up with, I'm a little more relaxed, I'm more certain that I can make pop culture references non-native speakers won't get, that I can use obscure but apt words, that I can predict with a fair degree of accuracy their sense of humour. And this becomes self-fulfilling; someone with no need to understand what a given 80s TV show was about is unlikely to learn about it, or refer to it on their own, a detail that would immediately mark them as comfortable with the local culture.
I noticed in the French-speaking world that as my accent got better the reaction of people on hearing me speak changed; expressions of uncertainty as to whether I had understood something disappeared, people joked more, I laughed more. And my comprehension hadn't got noticeably better, just my accent.
This contrasts with my experience in Germany--pronouncing things well and clearly doesn't make things that much easier and doesn't seem to make the people I'm speaking with noticeably more comfortable. This is, I imagine, because German phonology is less complex than that of English or French, and getting the accent right is one of the first things people learning it as a second language do.
- Aidan Kehoe said...
Another thing that may go towards explaining the difference in reaction in Germany is that German orthography is pretty reasonable while both English orthography and that of French are batshit insane, so there is less chance of getting the small details wrong--say, [sɔleɪː] for "soleil" or [sampatik] for "sympathique" as the woman in Pink Martini puts it--for people who learn the written form of a word first, something more common among second-language learners than among first language learners.
- Ben said...
Interesting points, Aidan. Ultimately, what you're pointing out is that a speaker is only truly comfortable in his or her native language, and that comfort is contagious, and I think this is true. I also think your point about the relationship between orthography and pronunciation; maybe English speakers are impressed by foreigners just because they have managed to navigate through the minefield of our spelling system.
- Matt said...
I think there should be a distinction between different kinds of accents though-- there's the kind where you just can't make certain sounds, but consistently replace them (so you always say "wolf" as "oolf", for example), and the kind where you're obviously just saying words as if they were weird typoes in your own language (the stereotype of the annoying tourist reading flatly from a phrasebook). It's the latter that rubs people the wrong way, because it suggests (sometimes unfairly, sometimes not) a fundamental unwillingness to embrace the language as, well, a language, rather than a kind of degenerate code.
The former, though, is perfectly understandable (due to the regular substitution) AND for exophiles, adds a little glamour too.
Also, unrelated, but a lot of peoples in many countries around the world like it when foreigners speak with an accent (any accent) because it reinforces their belief that their language is the most unique and hardest language in the world, and no foreigner could ever possibly learn it properly.
- Ben said...
I like that last suggestion in particular, especially because it supports my general theory - I can't imagine an Anglophone saying the things I've heard people say about Yiddish, French, Twi, and countless other languages - "Oh, it's so expressive! You can't translate it at all! The expression for 'to drop' means 'to let fall' - isn't that beautiful? How could you translate that?" Maybe sometimes we say things like "You can't really translate Shakespeare," but that's due to the fetishization of Shakespeare, not English.
As for the distinction you make, I think it's a real one, but I'm not sure Americans' attitudes reflect them in the way you suggest. If you think about, say, a stereotypical strong French accent, isn't it pretty much like "just saying words as if they were weird typoes in your own language" - a nice simile, incidentally - and yet I know I am, if anything, more impressed the thicker the accent. But maybe that's just me.
- Anonymous said...
I don't agree with the 1st poster, not totally I meant.I have an accent and sometimes when I start talking to Americans, they stop talking to me. It seems to me that Americans don't like foreigners period.It doens't have anything to do with their wown accents or shame.
My $.02
- Learn English said...
Accents are really lovely, and no one should feel self-conscious about their accent. Accents tell the world that we speak more than one language.
This means we are educated, and have a story to tell.
The problem is pronunciation, and that's a problem that is easy to fix with proper practice.


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Everyone knows that gold (COMEX:GCZ13) and silver (COMEX:SIZ13) have value, but few people understand their real value. Some people say that the current price of gold and silver is too high after rising 12 years. Is that true? If we know the real value of gold and silver, we will have a clear answer to the question. In this article, I will decode the three main components of the value of gold and silver: Monetary value, commercial value and cultural value. Then we will know if it is worth to buy gold and silver at the current price and what to buy. This article is for all people no matter whether you own gold and silver or not.
1. Gold and silver have monetary value
The principle to estimate the monetary value of gold and silver is based on the fact that gold and silver are money. Many people account paper currency as money. That is wrong. Paper currency is just a kind of fiat currency. "The average life expectancy for a fiat currency is twenty-seven years" (Chris Mack, president of Trade Placer). Gold and silver are real money and have been used as money for 5,000 years by all countries. You can easily learn the difference between money and currency on the internet. I don't need to reiterate here. Just remember that a currency loses its purchasing power as the currency issuer, the central bank, prints more currency. But money (such as gold and silver) will never lose its purchasing power though it may fluctuate during some short periods. No one can print one ounce of gold or silver.
The method to estimate gold's monetary value in a specific currency is that the money supply should be backed by the total gold reserve in that country. There is money supply data such as monetary base, M1, M2, M3 and gold reserve data such as central bank gold reserve, private gold reserve, tradable gold, aboveground gold and underground gold. Different money supply data should be paired to different gold reserve data (monetary base and central bank gold reserves are a pair, aboveground gold and M2 are another pair). The results derived by different pairs should be coincident or approximately the same value. I will use the monetary base and the gold reserve by the Fed as an example to estimate gold's monetary value in USD. We know that the Fed reserves 261 million ounces of gold (World Gold Council) and the current monetary base is $3,398,930 millions in August, 2013 (FED). Therefore, the gold's monetary value is $13,022 / ounce (3,398,930 / 261). There are some countries such as China and Canada who don't have enough gold reserve at present to back their currencies. For those countries, we use the global total monetary base and total gold reserve by all central banks to estimate gold's monetary value as a reference. Fortunately, the result is almost the same as the value we got in the USA. It is about 80,000 yuan / ounce in RMB or $13,000 / ounce in CAD.
Regarding silver's monetary value, the result is terribly high, which few people can accept it today if we use the silver reserve to divide the monetary base. The reason why silver's monetary value is higher than gold's monetary value is that silver is rarer than gold for almost all kinds of reserve data. According to Silver Institute and CPM Group, current government stocks of silver are close to zero compared to 350 million ounces in 1970, more than 95% of silver dug by human beings has been consumed by industry. However, we can estimate silver's monetary value with an alternative method by dividing gold's monetary value by gold silver price ratio (GSPR). In another paper, The Beginning of the Silver Age, I discussed GSPR and suggest that it will reach the area between 9 and 16 in about five to ten years and will continue to go down in the long term. Let's use the medium number of 12.5 as a possible GSPR, we can get the current monetary value of silver as $1,041 / ounce in USD and as 6,400 yuan / ounce in RMB.


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A Chino man was struck and killed by an alleged drunken driver in an SUV after he got out of his stopped car on the slow lane of the westbound 101 Freeway in Encino early Sunday, CHP officials said.
Two female passengers, one from San Bernardino and the other from Fontana, in the stopped car were also seriously injured, said CHP Officer Ed Jacobs.
The suspect, Robert Graves of Reseda, driving the SUV was arrested and will be charged with driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter, Jacobs said.
The deceased, who was described only as a 25-year-old Hispanic male, was hit on the westbound 101 Freeway at Balboa Boulevard at about 4:15 a.m. after he exited his silver Scion, Jacobs said.
His name and those of the injured women have not been released.
It was not known why the vehicle had stopped in the roadway instead of the shoulder. The incident is still under investigation.
"It looks like he was trying to push the car, but we can't really tell," Jacobs said. "The other guy came along and pinned him between the two cars."
The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The two female passengers in the stopped car were in critical condition when they were transported to local hospitals.
Jacobs did not give further information about the suspect or the victims. Traffic was reduced to one and then two lanes for about four hours. The incident is a reminder that motorists should never stop on the freeway, he said.
"If you have something wrong with your car, make sure you get all the way off, the minimum to the shoulder," he said.
If someone were to have a flat tire, for example, people are often unaware that they can drive on it which will ruin the tire "but is better than getting run over."