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The Just Bento Cookbook: Everyday Lunches To Go
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Author: Makiko Itoh
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Bento fever has recently swept across the West, fueled not just by an interest in cute, decorative food, but by the desire for an economical, healthy approach to eating in these times of recession. A leading light in the popularization of bento has been Makiko Itoh, whose blog, Just Bento, boasts hundreds of thousands of subscribers, all of whom love her delicious recipes and practical bento-making tips.
Now, for the first time, Itoh's expertise has been packaged in book form. The Just Bento Cookbook contains twenty-five attractive bento menus and more than 150 recipes, all of which have been especially created for this book and are divided into two main sections, Japanese and Not-so-Japanese. The Japanese section includes classic bento menus such as Salted Salmon Bento and Chicken Karaage Bento, while the Not-so-Japanese section shows how Western food can be adapted to the bento concept, with delicious menus such as Summer Vegetable Gratin Bento and Everyone-Loves-a-Pie Bento.
In addition to the recipes, Itoh includes sections on bento-making equipment, bento staples to make and stock, basic cooking techniques, and a glossary. A planning-chart section is included, showing readers how they might organize their weekly bento making.
In a market full of bento books that emphasize the cute and the decorative, this book stands out for its emphasis on the health and economic benefits of the bento, and for the very practical guidelines on how to ensure that a daily bento lunch is something that can easily be incorporated into anyone's lifestyle. This is the perfect book for the bento beginner, but will also provide a wealth of new bento recipe ideas and tips for bento aficionados.
From Just Bento: Deconstructed Salade Niçoise Bento
Salade Niçoise is a classic composed salad that originates from the sunny town of Nice in the south of France. It's perfect for a summer bento lunch.
Makes 1 serving.
- 1 medium potato
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 6–8 quail eggs, or 1 chicken egg
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon-style mustard
Make ready three bento boxes: a large one to hold the lettuce and greens; a medium one for the potato, eggs, and tomatoes; and a small one for the tuna, olives, and dressing that fits inside the large one if possible. Wash, peel, and cut up the potato into ½ inch (1cm) cubes. Put the potato pieces in a small pan and add enough cold salted water to cover. Boil until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain well. Coat lightly with 1 teaspoon of the olive oil. Carefully pierce the rounded end of each quail egg with a thin needle before boiling; this will make them easier to peel. Quail eggs only need to be boiled for 4 minutes to achieve the hard-boiled state. Peel the eggs. Make a simple vinaigrette by combining the rest of the olive oil, the vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper in the small bento box. Mix well.
To Assemble This Bento
Put the potato and eggs in the medium bento box. Decorate with the cherry tomatoes. Put the well-drained tuna, the capers, and the olives in the small bento box with the vinaigrette. Fill the largest bento box with the salad greens and lettuce. Nestle the small bento box in the greens, and put on the lid. You may want to pack everything together with an ice pack in hot weather. When ready to eat, simply put all the salad components into the large bento box: the potato and eggs first, and the tuna mixture on top. Mix well and enjoy!
Prepare the potato, eggs, and tuna the night before and store in the refrigerator. Wash and dry the salad greens beforehand also. Pack the greens into the bento box in the morning for optimum freshness. If you eat a lot of salads, you could make vinaigrette in quantity and stock it in the refrigerator. I like to use a screw-top jar for this, and give it a good shake before using.
From Just Bento: Chicken and Three-Color Pepper Stir-fry Bento
This beginner bento is made with everyday ingredients that you may already have in your pantry. It can be assembled in twenty minutes or less without any advance preparation. It's a good one to start your bento-making adventures with.
Makes 1 serving.
- Chicken and Three-Color Pepper Stir-fry
- Instant Cabbage and Cucumber Pickles
- Blanched Broccoli
- Basic White Rice
- Cherry Tomatoes
Chicken and Three-Color Pepper Stir-fry
You can spice up this versatile and colorful stir-fry by adding some hot pepper sauce such as sriracha to taste. To ensure fast and even cooking, cut the peppers into small, regular cubes.
- 1/2 Tbsp olive or other vegetable oil
- 3 Tbsp roughly chopped green onion
- 2 tsp peeled and finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1/3 each medium-sized red, green, and yellow sweet peppers, de-seeded and cut into 1/2 inch (1 cm) chunks
- salt, for sprinkling
- 2 oz (60g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1/2 inch (1 cm) chunks
- black pepper, to taste
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- lettuce or shiso leaves used as dividers, optional
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the green onion and ginger and stir-fry for 1–2 minutes until the oil is fragrant. Turn the heat up to the highest setting and add the peppers to the pan. Stir-fry with a spatula or long chopsticks. Sprinkle in some salt—this draws out moisture from the vegetables and cooks them a bit faster. Continue stir-frying for 4–5 minutes, until the peppers are cooked. Push the vegetables to the sides of the pan, and add the chicken to the exposed bottom. Leave for a couple of minutes, then turn over to cook the other side. Stir everything together, and add black pepper and soy sauce. Turn the stir-fry from the pan onto a cold plate so that it cools rapidly. When cooled, pack into the bento box, using the lettuce or shiso leaves as a divider. Ahead-of-time note: Cut up the vegetables and chicken the night before, so everything is ready to just cook. Be sure to keep the raw chicken stored separately from the vegetables for safety.
Instant Cabbage and Cucumber Pickles
Instant or overnight pickled vegetables are very popular in Japan. They are like dressing-less salads, and the salty, slightly sour crunch provides a nice contrast to other foods. They can be eaten immediately or kept stored in the refrigerator for 3–4 days.
- 1 large green cabbage leaf
- 2-inch-long (5 cm) English cucumber, sliced into thin rounds
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- squeeze of lemon juice
Cut out the tough vein of the cabbage leaf, and slice the rest into strips. Sprinkle the cabbage and cucumber with the salt, and massage well with your hands until the vegetables go limp. Let rest for at least 5 minutes. Add a squeeze of lemon juice. Squeeze out any excess moisture before packing into a bento box. I like to put the pickles in a bento divider cup or cupcake liner to prevent the flavors from mingling with other flavors in the box.
|Pages: 128
|Binding: Paperback
|Publisher: Kodansha International
|Year: 2011


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Hello and welcome to my motivational blog,
I'm an obsessive list maker, who loves pizza, vampires, and mythology. I may also have 'crazy cat lady' tendencies!
In June 2016 I took to the stage (okay, a small area at the front of the pub) to collect my award for Most Inspirational Blogger Award. Gobsmacked doesn't even cover it! It was a huge honour – here's the criteria for my category:
The Most Inspiring Blog Award again does what it says on the tin. A blogger who consistently inspires you. A blogger that's thought provoking and inquisitive. Or perhaps they have become a muse to you with constant provision of inspiration. A blogger who touched your heart and inspired you.
I was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire but raised in Solihull, West Midlands, UK, where I live with my three teenagers, one eleven-year-old fat goldfish and a black cat called Luna.
I was asked during an author interview to list my favourite things:
- Pizza
- List Writing (yes, it's a thing)
- Anything supernatural or mythological – especially Vampires!
- Watching Game of Thrones/The Walking Dead/Vampire Diaries/Shadow Hunters
- Johnny Depp!
- Staring up at the moon (I may have been a werewolf in a previous life!)
- Chocolate – in large quantities.
About the Motivate Me! Blog.
It all started with a New Year Resolution...
What is a resolution?
The English Oxford Dictionary describes it as, 'a firm decision and the quality of being determined.'
One New Year's Eve I set herself a challenge; sick of setting resolutions and breaking them before the mince pies ran out, I decided to set my children and myself a better example and so I wrote a list of twelve resolutions (one for each month of the year).
This list included the usual suspects - lose weight, get fit, iron less and laugh more but I also wanted to challenge myself a bit more. I included things like, 'do something new', 'give up alcohol', 'give up Facebook (that one was tough!) and many more.
Having never blogged before I thought it would be a fun idea and 'something new' to start blogging all the highs and lows as the year rolled by. Running my own holistic health business at the time, I was able to promote the blog to my clients who found it all highly entertaining and motivational.
As I ticked the months off, an amazing thing happened. People from all over the world began to comment on my feeds with messages of encouragement. I was inspiring people to grow their own veg and make a faerie garden. These wonderful new friends had been motivated by what I'd written from my kitchen table.
Making the decision to step out of my comfort zone and start a blog, whilst tackling my resolutions in the public eye, changed my life.
I had to jump and grow my wings on the way down. I realised that blogging was a huge amount of fun and as a first class procrastinator when it comes to writing, I found myself settling in to a regular weekly writing routine and suddenly my twelve challenges became fifty-two (one for every week).
When the year came to an end I re-wrote my resolution list and started all over again.
Setting resolutions or working towards your dreams doesn't have to be done on New Year's Eve. You can set a goal on a Monday, start of a new month or on your birthday. They're your resolutions!
My blog has become an important part of my life and it continues to evolve thanks to the thousands of people who pay it a visit.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for stopping by today and I hope you find some inspiration and motivation to set yourself a few resolutions along with the tools and support to see them through.
Shelley x

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Over the last few months I've had the dubious pleasure of playing with Integrated Lights-Out Management systems (ILOs, iLOMs and iDRACs).
I'll admit that up until 3-4 years ago I used to think of ILOMs and IPMIs as little more than huge gaping security holes (From a similar POV as Bonkoski et al (https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/ipmi-woot13.pdf), and similarly the US CERT advisory TA13-207A (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-207A)). In point of fact, I've actually used Metasploit's IPMI-related plugins and a few other tools to identify, map and track the use of the above in a couple of companies I worked in.
And I can tell you that unless you fence them in through layers and layers of DMZs, they are bloody dangerous. Because they give the intruder complete and total control of all the hardware (and I do mean all) in your bare-metal infrastructure. You can shut your server down, you can start it back up, restart it, reconfigure interfaces, get a TTY console, pretty much own the system at the hardware level.
NetSec (justified) paranoia aside, though, they are a very important resource in a SysAdmin's belt, especially if the data-centre is on the other side of the country and you have to either travel like crazy throughout the night to get to it, or submit an SR for an engineer to go do some maintenance. And since the engineer won't have the authority to mess around with the OS, you'll need to keep an eye on the system and help them shut down the system and bring it back up safely, otherwise your hard drive change will turn into a P1 incident of the most painful sort.
There are as many different IPMI implementations out there as there are hardware manufacturers, and while they nowadays offer both a number of connectivity options, from serial console to telnet, to ssh to HTTPS web interfaces (which tend to be a PITA to sort SSL certificates for, believe me). But unless you work in an SME (which I am not) or are damn lucky, you will usually have to ssh/telnet (yes, they still use telnet!) to one, or even get the engineer to plug in a serial cable and get access via putty/minicom.
Now, the commands for doing things in an iLO/iLOM/ALOM/etc depend on what the hardware are, and they are usually buried in the hardware manufacturers' documentation.
What I've found as a huge huge help is the cheatsheets that exist out there, for example the GeekDiary ones, found in http://thegeekdiary.com/most-commonly-used-ilom-commands-cheat-sheet/. They are invaluable for them nights where you're on-call and you have to do something dangerous without having to shift through hardware manufacturers' documentation sites and KBs.
Now, the thing to remember here, is that when doing anything more complicated that getting a console to the OS, you need to be aware of the state of the OS itself.
For example, if you have to do a hard-shutdown or cold-reboot of a system, its so, so damn easy to think you can just do a stop –force /SYS and then a start /SYS and still expect the OS to start nicely.
Reality is, however, somewhat different. A system crash or kernel panic can have one or more underlying causes, especially in systems with an uptime measured in years rather than weeks. And in such a case the problem will either be made worse by a hard-shutdown/cold-reboot or will result in a corrupt OS well beyond the abilities of an fsck to sort out.
A well-maintained OS on the other hand will, more often than not, come back just fine, or with just minor issues that an fsck will be able to fix, but again that's debatable.
So, if you start playing with IPMI-related systems, remember the "don't try this at home, kids!" warning older TV show presenters used to say, and be careful what you do.
That's all for now, folks, so g'night, and stay safe!


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|Fitting into the neighborhood is challenging.
Since we had to go back to the drawing board anyway, we decided to consider a single-story house. At that point I started researching the pros and cons. Much to my surprise, I found that you do not have to build a two-story house to maximize square footage in Palo Alto.
Reasons to build a single story house in Palo Alto
1. You get *more* house with a single story
The Palo Alto's Zoning Ordinance Technical Manual located on the city's website states that the maximum allowable lot coverage is 35% of the lot size. It goes on to say: Allowable gross floor area is expressed by a ratio—the sum of 45% of the first 5,000 sf of the lot area plus 30% of any portion of lot area in excess of 5,000 sf. Both taken together, this is consistent with what everyone was telling us about why you have to build up in order to get the maximum allowable floor area ratio. When we started digging around more, we found this buried in section 18.12.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code: Maximum site coverage for single story development is equivalent to maximum allowable floor area ratio. For multiple story development, maximum site coverage is 35% of lot.
The code suggests that the 35% lot coverage limit only applies to two story homes. Given the two conflicting documents I went to the city planning department to find out which document was correct. I checked with multiple people and they all responded the latter--no penalty for a single-story. I doubled checked and tripled checked, asking the question in as many different ways as I could until their eyes started rolling. The myth that you have to "build up to max out" has been busted! Not only that, by not building up, we would gain back 91 square feet because we wouldn't need to waste square footage on the stairs.
[July 2012 Update: If you'd like to see what I think is a perfect one story layout, check out this recent post: James Witt's Palo Alto dream house is for sale.]
|Barron Park ceiling envy
One of the things we loved about the Barron Park house was its soaring ceilings. Our original two-story plans had 9.5 ft ceilings on the first floor and 9 ft ceilings on the second floor. The thought of lowering our house another foot was really grating on us. With a single-story home, the ceilings can be up to 16 ft high. Because you don't have a second story above it, you can vary the ceiling styles from room to room and you can install skylights wherever you want. The result is an open feel with lots of natural light. We loved the high vaulted ceilings in the Barron Park's great room, the sloped ceilings in the master and the ginormous glass patio doors. The house made you feel like you were walking through an art museum. Another benefit of a single-story home is that with 16' to play with you can put in plenty of attic space. The only penalty for building ceilings higher than 16' is that the area above it gets counted twice when calculating total square footage.
3. Rear set back exceptions
According to the Palo Alto Municipal Code, homes must conform to the 20 foot front and rear setbacks. However, the city planner we're working with told me that they will make an exception for the rear setback of a single-story home. She said that they will allow you to have a 6-foot rear setback for part of the house as long as the encroaching section is less than half the width of the lot. I couldn't find this documented in any of the codes, so double-check this with your planner if you're thinking of taking advantage of this exception. In certain cases (i.e. sustainability reasons), the planners may grant this exception for the first floor of a two-story home, as well.
4. No public comment period
Single-story home plans do not have a public comment period. Unlike two-story construction, neighbors cannot demand a public hearing and fight building plans they object to. We didn't have any complaints about our plans from our immediate neighbors. A distant neighbor wrote in saying he opposed all two-story construction. The city planner politely informed him that two-story homes are permitted in our neighborhood.
5. Quicker & less elaborate review process
All two-story construction in Palo Alto requires an Individual Review process. The process looks at issues such as neighborhood compatibility, privacy and sunlight. Neighbors can oppose your plans and request a public hearing, as well as appeal decisions made by the city. The guidelines for this review process can be subjective depending on the whims of the planners assigned to your project. This can be unpredictable and take months depending on how persnickety your planners and neighbors are. In addition, there are application fees for this review. Ours totaled $3907, not including the cost of having our architect negotiate the changes. With single-story construction you get to skip this step. There are no judgey reviews to determine whether your house conforms to the neighborhood standards. As long as you follow the building codes, you can design whatever look you want and it'll be approved. Had we opted for a single story home we could've saved at least 2.5 months and probably over $6000 in fees and changes.
Every city is different so before you decide what to build, talk to your city's planners to find out if there are significant incentives to go one way or the other. In addition to these considerations, there are numerous pros and cons of single-story vs two-story living which we debated while trying to make our decision.
Single-story benefits
+ more options for ceiling heights & skylights
+ more possibilities for attic space
+ more living space since you don't need to spend square footage on staircase
+ safer for small children & easier for older/mobility challenged individuals/dogs
+ easier to evacuate in case of a fire
+ no noise from stairs & second story traffic
+ less bathrooms needed since all are on same floor
+ can combine mud room with laundry room
Two-story benefits
+ more expansive views from second-story
+ more yard area due to smaller footprint (in our case: 981 sq ft more yard)
+ distinct separation of public and private spaces
+ smaller foundation and roof area
+ upstairs windows are safe to leave open
+ less roof to maintain, less distance for pipes and wires to travel
+ good exercise running up and down stairs everyday!
Cost of single-story vs two-story
While researching cost of construction, I found conflicting opinions. Most of what I found online claims that it's cheaper to build up than out. Online pundits argue that a two-story house is cheaper to build because it requires less foundation, rafters and roofing materials. When I asked our architect, she said that in her experience, single-story homes are less expensive to build. I also asked our general contractor for a guestimate and here's what he had to say:
If it's remodeling an existing home, then adding a single story addition is usually less expensive than adding a second story. This is because adding a second story usually requires adding piers/foundation work under the existing structure to support the second story. This can result in flooring and other finished surfaces getting opened up to make access to do the structural work, which is an added expense to repair or replace these finishes...
With a new single-story you might end up spending more on foundation and roofing cost, but depending how it's designed, the production rate of construction will be faster. A second-story might have more construction challenges which will result in a slower production rate, and perhaps deeper foundation and added cost of stairs. You might need scaffolding or special equipment to deal with the height issues, but overall, I'd have to say that new construction single-story and second-story homes are comparable in price provided they have the same quality finishes.Since there wasn't an obvious difference in cost between a one-story and two-story house, we decided to look at resale value instead. [Update 8/2012: I recently asked my builder friend, James Witt if it was cheaper to build a single story vs a two story house and he said that the cost differential is close enough that it shouldn't drive your design decision.]
Building the American dream
When I asked our real estate agent for her recommendation she voted for the two-story home. Her feeling is that people think that two-story homes are grander and worth more. I tried to look for data to support higher resale value for two-story homes but couldn't find anything providing a direct comparison of dollar per square foot value. In the absence of hard data, I did the next best thing...I had my research team turn to Hollywood in order to verify these claims. Here's what I found:
|The Cleaver's The Brady's The Cosby's
|The Dunphy's
|The Simpson's
Hollywood observations aside, my informal polling also suggested that families with younger children prefer the convenience of a single-story house, whereas families with older children value the separation of two-story homes. After much consideration, we ultimately decided to stick with our original two-story floor plans. Given the beautiful trees that surround the neighborhood, we decided we'd greatly value the serenity of the second-story views. We also concluded that buyers in our neighborhood are more likely to be families with older children since our house is located next to one of the top high schools in the state.
This week we are resubmitting our two-story Individual Review plans to the city of Palo Alto. We've lopped off a foot from the height of the house and incorporated other requested changes to the design. We are now praying to the planning gods of leniency to bless our little Craftsman like the orangesicle dream house in College Terrace. Just sayin'...


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It's August (Where the HECK did the summer go?), which means kids are starting back to school shopping while moms are preparing themselves for the hype and chaos that is the start of back to school schedules. This time of year was always so exciting to me. I can remember the smells of back to school vividly, and back to school shopping was my favorite. My mom would take each of us to the mall where we got a certain amount of money to spend however we wanted, stretching it as far as we could. Things have changed a bit now, though, and all that the beginning of August means to me is 21 Mondays left until Christmas. In two months, Hobby Lobby will start putting up decor, and in three months the eager beavers will start putting up their trees.
Last week we celebrated Christmas in July, which actually makes no sense to me at all. It is not half-Christmas, that would be June 25th. But, none the less, I jump on any chance to justify feeling like it's Christmas. I seriously think I live for the small portion of the year that we get to sing songs, party, have up pretty twinkle lights and celebrate every hour of the day. Growing up, my mom made homemade lasagna every Christmas Eve. We would go to church together, then come back and eat a fancy lasagna dinner with the special china and gold table cloths. Of course, in the background was one of the Amy Grant Christmas albums playing. Christmas in my family is something I can remember vividly because my parents made it so special, and lasagna is a tradition I want to carry on. So last week on Christmas in July Eve, I attempted lasagna for the first time ever. And let me tell you, it was freaking awesome. SO awesome, that upon leaving the room for a few, Presley my goldendoodle ate the entire tray. (I am absolutely still bitter about it.) With our allergies, gluten and dairy, I not only had to make two different lasagnas, but I had to change up a few things from momma's.
Gluten Free Lasagna:
1 16 oz. box of gluten free lasagna noodles
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced Italian tomatoes
1 package ground mild Italian sausage
1/2 cup non-fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Pinch of salt and pepper
1 tbsp. basil
2 cups fresh spinach
1. Bring a large pot to boil and cook your lasagna noodles in batches. (Roughly 6 minutes per batch) Until all noodles are cooked. Lay out flat to cool off.
2. Meanwhile, brown your mild ground sausage in a large pan, 1 tbsp of coconut oil in the bottom.
3. Bring to simmer in another pot your sauces and tomatoes, adding in a pinch of salt, pepper, and 1 tbsp. of basil.
4. Once your sausage is cooked, add in your tomato sauce to sausage.
5. In a separate bowl, mix your cheeses together, adding a pinch of salt.
6. After spraying your pan with non-stick olive oil, begin layering your noodles into your casserole pan. For every layer of noodles, place 3 dollops of your cheese mixture on each noodle, cover in sauce and top with spinach. Repeat the process until your final layer of noodles. Top with thin layer of sauce and mozzarella.
Place in the oven at 350 degrees for roughly 60 minutes or until cheese is fully melted and incorporated into the dish.
For DAIRY FREE. Remove the cheese, and add any vegetables you want to the sauce mixture. (I suggest eggplant, onion, zucchini and squash.) Top with fresh spinach.


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The Sim-Ply name is derived from the simple curved plywood seats and backs. The chair collection is visually distinctive for its simple rounded forms, cute proportions, friendly finishes and an unusually wide backrest that hugs the sitter.
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While IFA 2014 did produce a fair share of phablets, they weren't the only focus. Instead we saw an interesting mix of devices - from wearable gadgets to premium waterproof tablets.
The biggest surprise of the IFA 2014 was Samsung's Galaxy Note 4. Design wise, the new Note 4 isn't different from its predecessor - but Samsung engineers have gone to great lengths in improvising the fitted hardware. Samsung could launch the Note 4 in India around festive period.
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Besides Samsung's Galaxy Note 4, Sony got a thundering response from crowd when they unveiled the much awaited Xperia Z3. However, its latest flagship handset isn't technically different from the original Xperia Z2. Sony is expected to launch the Xperia Z3 in India later this month.
At the same Berlin tech show, Lenovo, after months of waiting, unleashed the Vibe X2 - a 5-inch FHD phablet. Lenovo may launch the Vibe X2 smarttphone in India sometime in the first week of October.
Huawei too made a big slash at the Berlin tech show. Up until now, Huawei has refused to use premium quality materials while making a big-ticket device but not anymore as we got to see the incoming of the Ascend Mate 7. Rumor has it that Huawei could bring its crazy Ascend Mate 7 into India soon.
Many more phablets would be launched in coming days to come. Meanwhile, we've made a list of top 5 upcoming phablets to launch in India. Dive in!
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 is real, and it's coming to India very soon. It doesn't look different from the Note 3, though the large screen has gotten a significant bump in resolution (2K resolution) to make for a sharper pixel density. There's a heart rate sensor on the back side. Note 4 is the second handset from Samsung that features an aluminum frame around the edges of the device, instead of plastic. Though, the phone hasn't release the device in India, but the company will start rolling out the handset in October.
Sony Xperia Z3
The Sony Xperia Z3 is perhaps the most anticipated handsets of this year. While its predecessor, the Xperia Z2, only hit Indian retail shelves earlier this May, the new phone is expected to land in the country later this month. The high-end phone comes with a 5.2-inch display; 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor ; 3GB of RAM; Android 4.4( KitKat). The device will come in fancy colors which could make the Xperia Z3 a great success.
Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Smartphones with large screen are popular in Asian countries. With the Ascend Mate 7, the company will directly take on the likes of Samsung and Apple. The new Ascend Mate 7 offers super fast LTE networks, allowing download speeds up to 300 MB per second. The Mate 7 will be available in the third quarter in China, followed by other markets.
Lenovo X2
The Lenovo Vibe X2 sports a 5.0-inch wide-view FHD display offering a Full HD resolution of 1920x1080pixels. It is powered by a MediaTek MT6595m 4G LTE 2.0GHz True8Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM. It runs on Android 4.4 KitKat OS. The smartphone houses 32GB of ROM. Connectivity options include: 4G LTE; FDD Band 1,3,7,20, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, and Bluetooth 4.0 . The device will also be launched in Dual SIM variant for Asian MARKET and other market will receive a singe SIM model. The latest OFFERING from Lenovo comes with a 13MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and at the front there is a 5MP fixed-focus front facing shooter.
Alcatel One Touch Hero 2
The Alcatel OneTouch Hero features a 6-inch FHD display. It is powered by an Octa-Core chipset, paired with 3100mAh of battery. The LTE-powered handset offers 2GB of RAM and 16GB of on-board memory, with microSD card support. There's a 13MP rear facing camera and a superb front-facing shooter. No word on India release though, but it could be launched later in the year.


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TOKYO, March 3 (UPI) -- Tokyo's Nikkei index jumped more than 600 points Wednesday with the yen losing ground on the dollar.
At Wednesday's close, trading ended at 16,746 -- up 661 points, or 4.1 percent, over Tuesday.
The Topix index of all first-section issues finished at 1,349 -- up 48 points, or 3.75 percent. Tuesday it rose just under three points.
Tokyo stocks got a major boost from the rebound on Wall Street, as well as the Shanghai market, a weakening yen versus the dollar, and investor expectations of improving U.S. job news later this week.
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Peter Ross is a shakuhachi teacher, performer, flute-maker, and recording artist currently living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He began his studies with F.K. Nagao sensei in 1972 in Hawaii. While living there, he began making shakuhachi flutes out of bamboo and also teaching at Hilo Community College. In 1976, Peter began studying with Masayuki Koga in San Francisco.
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Will Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Solve Marvel's Merch Problems?
In recent years, Marvel Studios has taken some flack for under-representing female characters in its merchandise. Both Black Widow and Guardians of the Galaxy's Gamora have been difficult to find in stores, with the former being excluded from a set that revolved around one of her biggest Avengers: Age of Ultron sequences. That decision inspired the #WheresBlackWidow campaign, a regrettable chapter in MCU history that studio president Kevin Feige recently spoke about.
"That was very frustrating for us, because we see, we see it from the other side," he said. "When I say we, I mean the filmmakers, because we're presented with the stuff that's being made, and I don't know if there's an absolutely equal sampling, but Black Widow was all over that. Gamora was all over that stuff. What we don't see is how much of it is in any given store. How easy is one piece of merchandise to find versus another piece of merchandise. So, we see the stuff and we go, oh great, these are all our characters, they're all great represented, they're all going to be sold, and then we find out, oh, you can't find this, you can't find that, or there's lunch boxes or a backpack where a certain character is not on it, and I think the outrage was great, because that's not going to happen anymore."
In spite of Feige's comments, there is plenty of evidence that Gamora was intentionally excluded from a number of products showing the Guardians as a group. However, don't expect that to happen with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as director James Gunn has made a concerted effort to include more women in the cast. "That was one of our big things we set out to do," Feige said of the sequel, explaining that it "was very important to James as well… putting women at the forefront of the story."
In addition to the first film's Gamora and Nebula, you can expect to meet Mantis and the MCU's first female villain, Ayesha—when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrives in theatres on May 5. To see these women in action, check out the teaser below.


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Cosmetic eyelid surgery, also called "Blepharoplasty," removes the excess fat and wrinkled, drooping skin of the upper eyelids that can make you
look constantly tired or sad. It also eliminates bags-under-the-eyes and tightens the lower eyelid skin. The result is a brighter, more alert and
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When upper blepharoplasty is performed, an incision is placed along the crease or fold of the upper eyelid and finely sutured. Excess skin or fat
is removed from this incision. As the incision is made in the crease of the eyelid, it is barely visible and easily camouflaged with makeup. An
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approximately 45 minutes. By doing this simple procedure, we can expect to reverse an aged-look by about 7-9 years.
A lower blepharoplasty is performed with an incision inside the eyelid or externally, just beneath the eye lashes. If suturing is required,
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Last Tuesday we formed the Gizmodo Retrospective Planning Board, asking you, our dear readers, which buildings you can't stand.
A whole host of structures were proposed for demolition in the comments, from post-war brutalism to modern superstores. So we thought we'd take an in-depth look at these suggested architectural eyesores and learn some of the buildings' history, developments and plans for the future (or not, if you're lucky).
Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar, London
Suggested by: our own Gerald Lynch
The first building on the chopping block was put forward by our very own Gerald Lynch, choosing the "dark and oppressive" Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar, London. The story of Robin Hood Gardens begins in 1963, when the Grosvenor Building (pictured below) was slated for demolition. It had been there since 1885.
The Smithson's began planning "an exemplar – a demonstration of a more enjoyable way of living in an old industrial part of a city. A model of a new mode of urban organisation which can show what life could be like". Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972, coming in at a total cost of £1,845,585.
A lot of thought was put into the design of the building, for instance a grassy, "stress-free central zone" was included to give residents a place to unwind away from the three busy roads surrounding the building. The flats were also designed to alleviate the same problem by putting the bedrooms and dining areas away from the road, letting residents sleep in peace. Smithson envisaged "streets in the sky", with walkways large enough for a milkcart to drive down. One builder remarked that what they were doing was "too good for the people that were going to live in it".
Unfortunately, residents and contemporary architects weren't so enthusiastic about the building, they labelled it ugly, with no privacy and the streets in the sky never worked. Tower Hamlets Council signed the death warrant in 2012 with demolition beginning in 2013.
The area will be redeveloped under the Blackwall Reach Project, creating 1,575 new homes, a park and commercial area (pictured above). [Image Credit: Municipal Dreams, Wikipedia and London Gov]
The Stonebow, York
Suggested by: Gustave
Stonebow House in York, or 'the Stonebow' to locals, is a post-war brutalist building that clearly stands out against York's historic town centre. In the 1960s, York City Council held a competition to design a mixed retail and office development. The competition was won by Wells, Hickman and Partners, a company based in Charing Cross, London.
The building has always been a point of contention in York, with the wrecking ball hovering precariously over it for a while now. It resides in the York Central Historic Core Conservation Area, and it's proposed that it should be "replaced by [a building] that better responds to the conservation area's characteristics".
Jon Wright, a local architectural historian, is one of the building's main supporters, believing that it's one of the only pieces of evidence that post-war development took place in York: "Once it's gone, it's gone", he remarks.
Despite what many people think, the Stonebow is not a listed building, and with the leasehold ending in 2067, the Stonebow's future is clearly uncertain. [Image Credit: York Press]
Civic Centre, Plymouth
Suggested by: fancyabrew
The Civic Centre in Plymouth once had a bright future: another product of post-war prosperity, the building was designed amid much fanfare and enthusiasm.
Construction began in 1959 and the building was officially opened by the Queen on the 26th of July, 1962. The interior and exterior of the building were meticulously designed to provide a welcoming, pleasant environment for its visitors. For example, the tile design in the lobby matched the paving outside, and exotic materials were combined with local craftsmanship to create a luxurious public area.
Despite the building's initial hype, many 'improvements' and modernisations left the building in a poorer state than when it first opened. In the face of all the building's detractors, the Civic Centre achieved Grade II listed status. This doesn't mean the Civic Centre is immune to development or destruction. In fact in 2013, the council announced a £50 million plan to completely gut the building and develop it into a four-star hotel (pictured above). [Image Credit: Plymouth Herald, This is Plymouth]
Tesco Extra, Woolwich, London
Suggested by: Lester_Bangs
What you're looking at above is the winner of the 2014 Carbuncle Cup, an architecture award which picks out: "buildings which are unforgivably bad and deserve to be named and shamed".
The building features a 84,000-square-foot Tesco Extra with 189 apartments above the superstore. The eye-sore is split into 30 per cent social housing and 70 per cent first-time-buyer property.
Judges lambasted it as: 'oppressive, defensive, arrogant and inept', and the exterior of the building is a confusing camouflage of metal cladding which resembles a '1948 Berlin blockade'. The panel may have been partially biased, seeing as the car park demolished to create the superstore was designed by Owen Luder, one of the judges. [Image Credit: Kirhammond]
Alexandra Road Estate, Camden, London
Suggested by: Joshua Pines
Alexandra Road was a contentious choice between commenters, with opinions ranging from: 'I love that place', to 'AAGH! hideous'.
The estate was the first post-war housing to be given a Grade II listed status, and was designed in 1968 by Neave Brown. The complex includes 520 apartments as well as a school, youth club, community centre and parkland.
Clever design went into it to minimise the impact of the nearby train line, shielding sound from the central walkway and incorporating rubber foundations to reduce vibrations. Alexandra Road breaks away from traditional council-built tower blocks, and instead opts for a ziggurat style terrace; a design that allows for a higher population density, while being more flexible than traditional methods.
The estate had detractors from the beginning though. Due to unforeseen building problems, the project ran over budget, costing £20.9 million when it was completed in 1978; it remains the most expensive social housing in the country. After building was finished a heating problem caused the apartments to overheat like a sauna.
Residents have likened the place to Alcatraz, although a more optimistic tenant has suggested they, 'live in a penthouse apartment in a Grade II-listed building in St Johns Wood', which makes it sounds lovely. [Image Credit: Wikipedia]
Town Centre, Cumbernauld
Suggested by: Jason Andreas
Cumbernauld Town Centre has been voted the worst building in Britain and won the Carbuncle Award, twice. It is ugly, unfeasibly ugly.
What some people may not know is the building's historical significance: it was the UK's first shopping centre and the world's first multi-level, multi-function, covered town centre within a single structure. [Image Credit: Scot Brut]
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The Tower Hotel, London
Suggested by: Putin
Maybe the building wouldn't have been offensive elsewhere, but to ruin the picturesque setting of a national landmark is unforgivable. [Image Credit: Guoman]
Civic Centre, Carlisle
Suggested by: "Guest"
Carlisle's Civic Centre currently has the wrecking ball hanging over it, with plans to turn the site into a department store, shopping centre and restaurants. [Image Credit: Edge Guide]
The Big Sleep Hotel, Cardiff
Suggested by: Brian
The Big Sleep Hotel in Cardiff is a rather bland looking cuboid, converted from a 1960s office block. According to the Lonely Planet Guide, it's one of the top ten celebrity hotels in the world. [Image Credit: Cool Places]
Station Hill, Reading
Suggested by: "Guest"
Above is not a picture of Station Hill at present, but Station Hill in the future. The future is bright. [Image Credit: F Gould]
Central Library, Birmingham
Suggested by: Rob P
The Central Library in Birmingham is an imposing concrete building and was the country's second busiest library in 2011. It's failed twice to get a Grade II listed status and is set to be demolished in 2015. [Image Credit: BBC]
Any Hollister Store
Tacky, fake veneers and claustrophobic interiors, are the reasons I put forward Hollister Stores for consideration to be demolished. [Image Credit: The Star]


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Ramapough Chief Perry Engages In Fear Mongering: Letter
One local Ramapough says the tribe has not been better off since Dwain Perry was elected chief.
By Daniel Hubbard, Patch Staff | Jan 31, 2018 8:38 am ET
https://patch.com/new-jersey/mahwah/ram … ing-letter
Editor's note: The following is an open letter to Ramapough Chief Dwain Perry.
I want to express my concerns over the zoning and site plan violations alleged on the tribe's Halifax property. The continued contretemps and legal battles over what constitutes a "structure" will, once again, put the tribe in a financial burden and potential property loss, starting at the end of business Friday.
As you are aware, the property is located in a conservation (C-200) zone and a floodplain-flood hazard zone, each with its own requirements, allowing permitted structures and requiring site plan approval.
Here are my two cents:
There are three parties involved in the Halifax property squabble, each with its own "stake" in said property: The Ramapoughs, the Polo Association and Township of Mahwah.
1) We have owned the Halifax property since 1995. Prior to that the current location known as 95 Halifax Road was not of significant historic value, besides the fact that all land is sacred and that it's located on the sacred Ramapo River.
The property is near a fish weir and native American archaeological dig site. The Green Mountain Valley Settlement to the north and the Crossroads property to the east, site of our original powwow grounds and future site of a mall has more historical value as significant sacred Ramapough property. I believe the current dispute is deep-rooted.
Historically we have been treated reprehensibly. Modern racism and bigotry is now more discreet and still exist, however I do not believe, overall, connecting the Halifax issues with its an "us-versus-them" attitude is the best impactable strategy. It may attract individual environmental activists and organizations to the cause, but it will not have a long term effect on the overall impact of our tribes success. The possibility of losing our property for non-compliance of the township code is very real. It should not be an option and is avoidable.
2) The Polo Association has 29 homeowners living on or near Halifax, Polo and Bridal Path roads. When Walt was chief, he worked with the NJEPA to restore the Native plant population, bringing the property back to its original riparian state. At the time we had issues with, "who will take care of the property?"
We also had issues with the bridge. Overall, most of the Polo residents did not have an issue with the tribe. Some were extremely supportive, volunteering and donating thousands of dollars for property upgrades, not to mention having access to their resources.
What happened? We are a long, long way from that well needed viable relationship. I personally believe the increase in structures on the property, someone shooting out the lights and altering cameras, the increase in negative publicity and population over flow in the "Polo Private Community" has altered the Ramapough and Polo Association's current and future relationship.
I do believe we can work towards getting that good, neighborly relationship back. It should start with you. You should take personal responsibility and figure out a way to move forward with the parties involved. I personally feel overall you want what's best for the tribe, you have fought for tribal issues and civil rights most of your life and thank you. However, you have a unique ability to turn friend into foe, in the name of tribal sovereignty and "controlitis." You also do a lot of fear mongering. You are in a unique position of power as our elected chief. At some point you have to wonder why the tribe is not in a better position.
No sir, we are not better off since you have been chief. That is a fact, based on what we had per tribal programming, resources, capital, unity and viable relationships. I would love to work with you to help change this around.
3) When you first became chief we have personally dealt with the township regarding having structures in a flood zone. We submitted engineered drawings to the township. We new then there were steps we had to go through to comply with local zoning laws and building codes. We submitted a building application, however we did not follow through with the process, including following the state permit by rule exemptions.
Site plan approval is still a requirement. The tribe, historically and individually, has had negative experiences with township representatives and institutions. Complying with its permitted use demands may seem overbearing because of a sometimes volatile relationship, however without compliance we jeopardize losing our property.
Losing our property is the reason I'm writing this letter. I'm very fearful non permitted uses will continue on the property. I believe the demand for removing all structures and materials on the property by Friday will not be met. The big disconnect is that Mahwah has to enforce its land use-zoning ordinances, the said ordinances may interfere with tribal religious structures and practices, however we are not federally recognized and do not have the luxury of complete sovereignty and to govern ourselves and our resources thoroughly. As a nonprofit and state-recognized tribe, we are not exempt from local zoning ordinances or building codes, even if they interfere with our religious beliefs and practices.
At this time our only course of action should be compliance. I humbly ask you reevaluate your actions and decisions so we do not lose the Halifax property.
Wallace E. Dennison, concerned Ramapough
Mahwah, NJ
The Ramapough Are Not Welcome In Today's Mahwah: Letter
One member of the Ramapough Lenapes is defending Chief Dwain Perry.
By Daniel Hubbard, Patch Staff | Feb 1, 2018 11:20 pm ET | Updated Feb 1, 2018 11:46 pm ET
https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/rama … hah-letter
Editor's note: The following is response to an open letter to Ramapough Lenape Chief Dwain Perry written by Wallace E. Dennison published Wednesday.
I read your open letter to chief Perry with great interest and share your concern that the Town of Mahwah will once again try and take Ramapough land in the Halifax area. I say once again because, as you note, our Green Mountain Valley Settlement in that general area was removed in the 1920s and, through bad zoning practice, many of our members have been forced into moving away from our traditional homes even in recent years.
The purpose of zoning laws is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the property owners. This is what Chief Perry and the Ramapough Lenape Nation council want. However, certain members of the Mahwah political leadership and Polo Club trustees want us removed from our land at 95 Halifax. Ramapoughs have been offered money to move but, as Chief Perry says, Ramapoughs should not, cannot and will not negotiate under duress.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection investigated the prayer site, saw that the tipis and other structures were either temporary or not a threat in the flood plain/zone. The Town of Mahwah did not like the conclusions of the DEP and has simply ignored them.
One of our leading opponents in the Polo Club, who wants us removed, actually said to Mayor William Laforet, "when I called the town during the summer I was told there are no restrictions on tents. ... If, in fact, there are no laws being broken, then we need to write some new laws."
As someone involved in negotiations and litigation on our nation's behalf, I want to believe that the current leadership of the Town of Mahwah has our best interests in mind and heart in this conflict. However, the actions and threats to prevent prayer, physically remove our sacred altars and items and to once again forcibly take our land on behalf of the Polo Club tells me that the Ramapough are not welcome in today's Mahwah. The latest ultimatum is to stop praying and removing everything, including items there for decades, by this Friday at 4 p.m.
Your letter downplays the significance of the prayer camp. People from all over the world, other indigenous nation and many many religions have come to our lands in peace and prayer. With global climate change and poisons to our waters and air, our planet as a healthy place for humanity and life is in danger.
We want to work with the Town of Mahwah and the Polo Club to allow our home to be open to people of good conscience and faith to meet and act for our environment and future generations.
Even in the past year, Rampough have been threatened, cursed and attacked at our prayer site. I know that you accuse Chief Perry of being a suspect in the carved swastikas in our prayer circle, but that is simply ridiculous and I have personally witnessed so many other incidents from the people opposing us who want to remove us to believe you.
Chief Perry is not fear mongering. As you yourself say, there is a real danger that this situation will be used to take our property. This is not zoning enforcement. This is theft.
This very publication that you published your letter in had a very important article on July 26, 2017 entitled "Mahwah Has Harmful Pollutants In Drinking Water" that identified eleven harmful pollutants in Mahwah's water.
Mahwah is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on religious conflicts over eruvs and tipis plus potential liability of millions of dollars more that could be better spent on improving the environment for all of us.
Chief Perry is leading our Ramapough Lenape Nation, and is a strong voice in our state of New Jersey and New York and country, for not only our rights to live on our ancestral land but also for clean healthy water.
Steven Dennison Smith, concerned Ramapough
Mahwah, NJ
Personally, i'll keep my comments to me bout this.. but changes are coming.
Change is good.
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What Is Oophorectomy?
Oophorectomy is a prophylactic surgical procedure that involves removing an ovary or ovaries from a woman's reproductive system. The word prohylactic is used as the intention of the surgery is to prevent, rather than cure a medical condition. Hence, surgery is always the medium used by doctors to stop the condition from worsening. However, there are some instances where surgery becomes a reason for more complications and greater health risks. People who have undergone oophorectomy know this fact.
Reasons For Oophorectomy
An oophorectomy is performed when the doctor confirms breast cancer or ovarian cancer risks. Basically it is done to remove cysts or any other matter which may increase a woman's risk of getting cancer together with the ovary, fallopian tube or even the whole uterus. It is also done to remove the source of estrogen which is also one cause of cancer. Oophorectomy is also performed as a treatment for endometriosis and although in some rare cases it is also effective in preventing the thickening of the uterus lining.
Oophorectomy and ligation are both different procedures although in both cases, a woman's reproductive system is involved. Ligation is regarded as a means of birth control. Women who have undergone an oophorectomy is still capable of pregnancy even if only one of the two ovaries is removed. However, when both ovaries are removed in oophorectomy, menstruation totally ends together with the chance to get pregnant.
As with many surgical procedures, an oophorectomy is performed under general anesthesia. To allow the surgeon a good view of the abdominal cavity, an incision is made which is like an abdominal hysterectomy, either vertical or horizontal. The parts that are affected are removed - and in some cases one or both ovaries or the fallopian tubes are also removed.
A laparoscopic procedure is used to assist in oophorectomy. In this method, a tiny camera lens is introduced in a small incision which will help the surgeon view the internal parts of the abdomen through a monitor.
Risks Involved In Oophorectomy
In most cases, women who have a family history of breast and ovarian cancers are advised to take extra precaution to prevent the occurence of these dreaded diseases as they are at a greater risk of contracting it. After a doctor diagnoses and confirms your risk for cancer through an ovarian cyst or tumors, this will make you a candidate for an oophorectomy. Before it is performed, a doctor will do several tests to make sure that the patient is in good physical condition to undergo surgery.
When the intention for an oophorectomy is to minimize the risk for cancer, both ovaries are removed in a surgical procedure that is called Bilateral Oophorectomy. However, with young women who have not had a chance to bear children and start a family, doctors do take a special consideration and may agree to perform a Unilateral Oophorectomy and remove just one ovary instead.
Complications Arising From An Oophorectomy
In the 1980s, it was reported that many cases of oophorectomy had been performed on women who have healthy ovaries and fallopian tubes and their reason for this was to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer which arise after menopause. However, in the 1990s when the side effects of the procedure was discovered, women started to rethink about undergoing this procedure unless necessary. Inspite of all the involved risks, oophorectomy remains the favored treatment for women who dread cancer. As a proof of this, in 2004 close to 50,000 cases of oophorectomy were reported. The reason for this was because the procedure had been found to be very effective. Patients who carried the genetic mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 have reduced their risk of breast cancer from 89% to 19%. Although ovarian cancer remains a low-mortality rank of the fatal disease list, it is still vital for women to know what choices are available in the event that it becomes a concern for them.
Effects Of Oophorectomy
Undergoing surgery for any ailment is never an easy thing for a patient who will have to expect any complication to appear. Some ordinary short-term effects of this procedure include blood clotting, internal bleeding, infection, emotional stress and accidental injury to other organs.
While long term effects are more serious. Add to that, the fact that oophorectomy does not completely rule out the risk of the occurrence of cancer. In some cases, the cancer has already metastasid in the other parts of the body so there is absolutely no assurance for complete prognosis.
Another fact to consider is that oophorectomy fast tracks menopause. The menopausal signs and symptoms are more severe than when you are experiencing the normal menopausal cycle. All the bad effects due to the non-production of hormones will continue until the time when the normal menopause comes.
Aside from these severe and sudden symptoms of menopause due to oophorectomy, it also increases a woman's risk for cardiovascular ailments. The actual cause is not clearly established but studies have shown that women who have had oophorectomy are seven times more vulnerable to have heart conditions in the future.
Other effects associated with oophorectomy include cases of early onset of osteoporosis and other bone related problems due to the sudden hormonal loss.
Sexual dysfunction is also commonly seen in women who have undergone oophorectomy. In the process, they are unable to achieve orgasm and experience a decline in their sexual desire. This can happen during menopause but there is a more significant and greater chance of experiencing this after oophorectomy.
How To Manage The Effects Of Oophorectomy
Normally a Hormone Replacement Therapy is prescribed by the doctor. However, since HRT has been introduced, it had been getting criticisms because of the established risks involved. But despite of the risks, patients still continue to use this therapy to control the effects of lost hormones and improve their general well being. Today, doctors still continue to prescribe HRT to patients as they think that the benefits outweigh the risks. But this does not mean that HRT is the only method to control and normalize the effects of oophorectomy.There are some non-hormonal programs which can help with bone density risks and some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors which are known to help with menopausal problems such as the drug Prozac.
Still the best weapon to arm yourself to brace the effects of oophorectomy is to be well informed about the procedure. If you discover that you are a probable candidate, consult your doctor and discuss with him what option are available to you. To be informed is the best way to prepare yourself for the coming difficult days.