Mar 7, 2019
Unusual Medical Cases
Parenting is hard. Especially when your child has an ailment or a condition that is unusual. I hope to collect here, links to items that catch my attention.
Danger from inhaling popcorn
https://fox61.com/2019/03/06/boy-gets-pneumonia-after-inhaling-popcorn-mom-shares-warning-for-parents/
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - As per the article below, this can occur in about 1-16% of all school age children.
https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/fff-guide/Children-With-Oppositional-Defiant-Disorder-072.aspx
PANDAS
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections
Behavioral disorder following strep! Who knew!
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/pandas/index.shtml
Not quite with children, but about having them. A woman has two wombs - didn't know that could be a thing!
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/health/woman-delivers-twins-26-days-after-first-delivery-intl/
Not quite unusual, but a different take on whether or not to treat tongue-ties.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-so-many-babies-are-getting-their-tongues-clipped?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Is your kid a multi-potentialite? Does he or she seem very multi-talented, but very indecisive and likely not doing well in any one particular field? Watch this video for sure and guide your child to help pick and focus on a few specific talents he or she is good at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6G3QcpoJd4
Danger from inhaling popcorn
https://fox61.com/2019/03/06/boy-gets-pneumonia-after-inhaling-popcorn-mom-shares-warning-for-parents/
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - As per the article below, this can occur in about 1-16% of all school age children.
https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/fff-guide/Children-With-Oppositional-Defiant-Disorder-072.aspx
PANDAS
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections
Behavioral disorder following strep! Who knew!
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/pandas/index.shtml
Not quite with children, but about having them. A woman has two wombs - didn't know that could be a thing!
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/health/woman-delivers-twins-26-days-after-first-delivery-intl/
Not quite unusual, but a different take on whether or not to treat tongue-ties.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-so-many-babies-are-getting-their-tongues-clipped?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Is your kid a multi-potentialite? Does he or she seem very multi-talented, but very indecisive and likely not doing well in any one particular field? Watch this video for sure and guide your child to help pick and focus on a few specific talents he or she is good at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6G3QcpoJd4
Feb 7, 2019
I didn't know this could be done!
Change your house number!
My google search resulted in the following two
https://pocketsense.com/change-house-number-usps-18653.html
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/discussions/topic/where-would-i-go-to-change-address-my-house
My google search resulted in the following two
https://pocketsense.com/change-house-number-usps-18653.html
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/discussions/topic/where-would-i-go-to-change-address-my-house
Feb 5, 2019
How to connect Sony MDR-XB950B1 headset to a Windows PC
My husband got me a Sony bluetooth headset to pair and use with my laptop. I couldn't get it to pair and then I found this helpful video for an older model. Tried the same trick on my new model as well and it worked like a charm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=227&v=21ZAFVOZf84
How to connect Sony MDR-XB950B1 headset to a Windows PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=227&v=21ZAFVOZf84
How to connect Sony MDR-XB950B1 headset to a Windows PC
Classical Hindustani Music Practice Lessons
I'm attempting to learn classical Indian music. I know a little late in life, but who cares!
Basic - 40 mins alankar or sargam practice hindustani classical music.
Here's a super-helpful practice video that I found for basic training. About 40 mins long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz461tcXRaM
This one is about 20 mins. with some helpful explanations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf6NrViBPI0
will add more such finds that are helpful
Feb 1, 2019
Spicy penne pasta recipe with capers, plum tomatoes, pesto basil sauce
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of capers, soaked in water overnight to remove the brine taste
5-6 plum tomatoes
3 teaspoons chopped garlic
1/4 teaspoon paprika powder
1/2 teaspoon horse radish sauce
1 tablespoon all purpose italian seasoning
Pesto basil sauce from Costco.
Rosemary for seasoning
3 tablespoons Olive oil.
A pinch of salt.
2 tablespoons or more Parmesan cheese
Recipe.
This is my first original recipe that I'm publishing. Let me know what you think!
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of capers, soaked in water overnight to remove the brine taste
5-6 plum tomatoes
3 teaspoons chopped garlic
1/4 teaspoon paprika powder
1/2 teaspoon horse radish sauce
1 tablespoon all purpose italian seasoning
Pesto basil sauce from Costco.
Rosemary for seasoning
3 tablespoons Olive oil.
A pinch of salt.
2 tablespoons or more Parmesan cheese
Recipe.
- Start sufficient water in a saucepan on the side to boil pasta when the water reaches boiling point. I always add a touch of salt and a drop of oil to boil pasta, it comes out a little more soft and flavored. While that is going on, in parallel follow the steps below.
- Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a deep frying pan
- Add 3 teaspoons of chopped garlic
- Add 1 tablespoon of all purpose italian seasoning
- Add 3 tablespoons of capers that had been soaked overnight. Let the capers cook slightly. Mash some of them to release the taste
- Once the capers are cooked then add 5-6 plum tomatoes. Let them both cook well, but don't let the tomatoes get squished
- Add the parmesan cheese and let it coat the capers and tomatoes slightly.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of radish sauce, 1/4 teaspoon of paprika powder
- Add a pinch of salt
- Add about 3-4 tablespoons of the basil pesto sauce.
- Once all the above are semi-cooked, add the boiled pasta and stir it in.
This is my first original recipe that I'm publishing. Let me know what you think!
Spinach and Feta Recipes
I love the spinach and feta combo.
I'm going to post links here to recipes I found online, until I figure out my own recipes.
Feta and Spinach Muffins.
Am gonna make them this weekend. Will update how they turned out.
https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/feta-and-spinach-muffins-2455
I'm going to post links here to recipes I found online, until I figure out my own recipes.
Feta and Spinach Muffins.
Am gonna make them this weekend. Will update how they turned out.
https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/feta-and-spinach-muffins-2455
Jan 13, 2019
Warning: These pretty red and black seeds are in fact deadly toxic
Recently my son came home for holidays from college, sporting a pretty bracelet that looks something like the.
Image Source: AMAZON
It was gifted to him by a friend who had recently traveled to South America, and brought back some souvenirs. As you can see from the image, many such bracelets and other jewelry made of these pretty bright red and black seeds are being sold on the Amazon and elsewhere on the internet.
As per Wikipedia, these seeds are known as wayruru (Aymara, also spelled huayruro, huayruru, wayruro) in Peru, and nene or chumico in Costa Rica. A French name is panacoco, but this more often applies to Swartzia tomentosa.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormosia_coccinea
There is another variety of these seeds known as 'guruginja' in my native language Telugu, scientific name being Arbus precatorius. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius
Given my familiarity with the 'guruginja' as a child, I was alarmed that he was wearing the bracelet. Guruginja seeds are toxic in nature, and if accidentally bitten into or if the broken seeds contents come into contact with human skin can result in poisoning of the subject and ingestion can be fatal. Swallowing them whole may not be harmful, if they pass through the stool intact in a couple of days.
I remember these seeds, as they were used in India as standard "weights" in the measurement of gold jewelry, and thus were pretty commonly available in a goldsmiths shop, when I was younger. On visits to the goldsmith, as a child, I was fascinated by these beads, than by the jewelry, and I remember my mother warning me on many occasions not to play with them because of their poisonous nature.
As per wikipedia both these seeds Arbus precatorious and Ormosia coccinea are toxic mainly if eaten. Symptoms of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, convulsions, liver failure, and death, usually after several days.
My son, was unaware of this fact, never having seen these seeds before. I suspect that as we live more in urban areas, there are many people who are unaware of what from nature could be poisonous. Remember anything brightly colored could literally be a red flag. So please avoid things you don't understand.
My son's now aware, and I wanted to share this knowledge with others. Please spread the word
PS: I'm not a biologist by any means and please feel free to add additional information in the comments section, if you have more info to share.
Image Source: AMAZON
It was gifted to him by a friend who had recently traveled to South America, and brought back some souvenirs. As you can see from the image, many such bracelets and other jewelry made of these pretty bright red and black seeds are being sold on the Amazon and elsewhere on the internet.
As per Wikipedia, these seeds are known as wayruru (Aymara, also spelled huayruro, huayruru, wayruro) in Peru, and nene or chumico in Costa Rica. A French name is panacoco, but this more often applies to Swartzia tomentosa.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormosia_coccinea
There is another variety of these seeds known as 'guruginja' in my native language Telugu, scientific name being Arbus precatorius. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius
Given my familiarity with the 'guruginja' as a child, I was alarmed that he was wearing the bracelet. Guruginja seeds are toxic in nature, and if accidentally bitten into or if the broken seeds contents come into contact with human skin can result in poisoning of the subject and ingestion can be fatal. Swallowing them whole may not be harmful, if they pass through the stool intact in a couple of days.
I remember these seeds, as they were used in India as standard "weights" in the measurement of gold jewelry, and thus were pretty commonly available in a goldsmiths shop, when I was younger. On visits to the goldsmith, as a child, I was fascinated by these beads, than by the jewelry, and I remember my mother warning me on many occasions not to play with them because of their poisonous nature.
As per wikipedia both these seeds Arbus precatorious and Ormosia coccinea are toxic mainly if eaten. Symptoms of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, convulsions, liver failure, and death, usually after several days.
My son, was unaware of this fact, never having seen these seeds before. I suspect that as we live more in urban areas, there are many people who are unaware of what from nature could be poisonous. Remember anything brightly colored could literally be a red flag. So please avoid things you don't understand.
My son's now aware, and I wanted to share this knowledge with others. Please spread the word
PS: I'm not a biologist by any means and please feel free to add additional information in the comments section, if you have more info to share.
Jan 8, 2019
Religious studies - Hinduism. 0. Introduction
I was born in Hyderabad-e-Deccan, India, into a Catholic family. So read this as, born and raised as a Christian, in a city with a significant Islamic influence, in a majority Hindu country. Thus I was exposed a little more than the average Indian, to all three religions from very early on.
My father had deep faith in his religion, so much so, that he named some of my older siblings based on the particular Christian religious book he was reading at that time. Three of his nephews, my first cousins, had gone on to serve the Church as priests. To this day, my cousins on my Dad's side are some of the most deeply Catholic folks that I know.
My Dad having been educated in the Urdu medium, while under the Nizam's rule in the state of Hyderabad, before India's independence, had just as deep a respect for the language, and the Muslim culture, as he did for his own religion. I remember, as child of less than 8 or so, attending 'Jagne ki Raat' events with my Dad, conducted by our local mosque in the open grounds near my house, filled likely religious teachings (which I don't remember any of), and a lot of 'Qawwali' and 'Sher-O-Shaayari' (Urdu poetry), with the 'wah-wahs' that are an integral part of the mood building for the audience. This was my exposure to the rich Muslim culture of Hyderabad of days gone by. At work, on the other hand Christians being a minority in India, he by default had a lot of Hindu friends as well. Dad had worked all his life for the Food Corporation of India.
My mother on the other hand while I would say spiritual was likely leaning Hindu than Catholic, when it came to religion. I remember her radiant skin, with her deep brown curly hair, a striking contrast to the red Kumkuma (Vermillion) Bindi that adorned her beautiful face, an unmistakable symbol of a married Hindu woman. While she attended Church religiously, she just as happily attended Hindu pujas (religious ceremonies) and took us along for the ride. Being the friendly, generous and considerate soul she was, she was quite popular in our neighborhood and had many friends, whose puja's were never complete, without my mother's presence. At home, as all Indians do of course, we most celebrated Hindu festivals such as Sankranti, Ugadi, Rakhi, Vinayaka Chavithi, Dasara, Deepawali, with equal fervor as we did Christmas and Easter, as well as hungrily awaited the gifts of Kheer and Mutton Biryani from our muslim friends in the neighborhood, when Eid al Fitr, Eid al Zuha came around.
I speak of my parents in the past-tense, as they are no more, however, what lives on in me is their common streak of religious tolerance and a liberal attitude. Growing up thus, I did not see myself as bucketed into a religious silo either.
When I went on to do my Fellow Programme in Business Management, at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, as part of our introduction to Philosophy I was re-exposed to several religions in an academic setting. It was during this period that like my mother, I found my Hindu leaning, while respecting the Christian upbringing.
Fast forward to my mid-'40s (mid-life crisis?), post having raised my kids thru to high school and college now, I've been taking a deep interest in Hinduism once again, and the close relationship it has with many academic disciplines of mathematics, psychology, business management among others.
I've always desired to read religious books to be able to learn about various religions. I've read the Bible (both Old and New Testament) twice and hope to re-read them once again. For now, I'm looking to jumping into the ocean of religious texts from Hinduism, which I have researched and found PDFs of on the internet. I hope to share my notes over here as I read and discover some sacred secrets of the universe.
Even as I jumped into reading and researching on Hinduism, I discovered the true meaning of the word 'catholic'. It is derived from the greek language. 'katholikos' comes from two Greek words: kata or kath (meaning “through” or “throughout”) and holos (meaning “whole”). Source: Catholic doesn't mean what you think it means.
So here's to being more 'catholic' as I explore Hinduism and other religions.
I do not publicize this blog, however, hope that those who have similar interests as me, will find their way to this. If you do, please do leave your comments. If you'd like to connect with me, please find me on LinkedIn. Happy reading!
See my next post: Religious studies - Hinduism. 1. Useful links.
My father had deep faith in his religion, so much so, that he named some of my older siblings based on the particular Christian religious book he was reading at that time. Three of his nephews, my first cousins, had gone on to serve the Church as priests. To this day, my cousins on my Dad's side are some of the most deeply Catholic folks that I know.
My Dad having been educated in the Urdu medium, while under the Nizam's rule in the state of Hyderabad, before India's independence, had just as deep a respect for the language, and the Muslim culture, as he did for his own religion. I remember, as child of less than 8 or so, attending 'Jagne ki Raat' events with my Dad, conducted by our local mosque in the open grounds near my house, filled likely religious teachings (which I don't remember any of), and a lot of 'Qawwali' and 'Sher-O-Shaayari' (Urdu poetry), with the 'wah-wahs' that are an integral part of the mood building for the audience. This was my exposure to the rich Muslim culture of Hyderabad of days gone by. At work, on the other hand Christians being a minority in India, he by default had a lot of Hindu friends as well. Dad had worked all his life for the Food Corporation of India.
My mother on the other hand while I would say spiritual was likely leaning Hindu than Catholic, when it came to religion. I remember her radiant skin, with her deep brown curly hair, a striking contrast to the red Kumkuma (Vermillion) Bindi that adorned her beautiful face, an unmistakable symbol of a married Hindu woman. While she attended Church religiously, she just as happily attended Hindu pujas (religious ceremonies) and took us along for the ride. Being the friendly, generous and considerate soul she was, she was quite popular in our neighborhood and had many friends, whose puja's were never complete, without my mother's presence. At home, as all Indians do of course, we most celebrated Hindu festivals such as Sankranti, Ugadi, Rakhi, Vinayaka Chavithi, Dasara, Deepawali, with equal fervor as we did Christmas and Easter, as well as hungrily awaited the gifts of Kheer and Mutton Biryani from our muslim friends in the neighborhood, when Eid al Fitr, Eid al Zuha came around.
I speak of my parents in the past-tense, as they are no more, however, what lives on in me is their common streak of religious tolerance and a liberal attitude. Growing up thus, I did not see myself as bucketed into a religious silo either.
When I went on to do my Fellow Programme in Business Management, at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, as part of our introduction to Philosophy I was re-exposed to several religions in an academic setting. It was during this period that like my mother, I found my Hindu leaning, while respecting the Christian upbringing.
Fast forward to my mid-'40s (mid-life crisis?), post having raised my kids thru to high school and college now, I've been taking a deep interest in Hinduism once again, and the close relationship it has with many academic disciplines of mathematics, psychology, business management among others.
I've always desired to read religious books to be able to learn about various religions. I've read the Bible (both Old and New Testament) twice and hope to re-read them once again. For now, I'm looking to jumping into the ocean of religious texts from Hinduism, which I have researched and found PDFs of on the internet. I hope to share my notes over here as I read and discover some sacred secrets of the universe.
Even as I jumped into reading and researching on Hinduism, I discovered the true meaning of the word 'catholic'. It is derived from the greek language. 'katholikos' comes from two Greek words: kata or kath (meaning “through” or “throughout”) and holos (meaning “whole”). Source: Catholic doesn't mean what you think it means.
So here's to being more 'catholic' as I explore Hinduism and other religions.
I do not publicize this blog, however, hope that those who have similar interests as me, will find their way to this. If you do, please do leave your comments. If you'd like to connect with me, please find me on LinkedIn. Happy reading!
See my next post: Religious studies - Hinduism. 1. Useful links.
Religious studies - Hinduism. 1. Useful links
As I embark on swimming the oceans of Hindu religious texts, it's useful to take an important tool along for this journey. That tool is knowledge of the Sanskrit language, which I unfortunately am lacking in. Thankfully my native language Telugu has a close relationship with Sanskrit, and thus I'm able to figure out quite a few simple words, however for the heavy ones I have no choice but to rely on dictionaries.
Here's a useful site that I found for the purpose:
http://spokensanskrit.org
This is VERSION 2.1 of a hypertext Sanskrit-English / English-Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit.
spokensanskrit.de, now spokensanskrit.org, was founded in 2005 as a nonprofit enterprise in Cochin, India, by Sri Chidambaram Narayanaswami († 2016) and Klaus Glashoff with the support of many voluntary contributors.
Green and Latin roots
Here's a link to PDF that has a list of Greek and Latin roots to the English language, another tool that may come in handy: Greek and Latin roots Source: Oakton community college
PDF Sources
The following are some links where I have found and downloaded some PDFs which I hope to read. Co-mingled are a few other interesting links. Now as I write this, I don't remember what each specific link is particularly about. However, as I go through them, I'll update this post with more detail and also reference them as I share more posts following this.
The first book that I'm currently reading is:
Hindu Dharma (clicking on this link will result in the PDF download)
from the site vedamu.org.
Other links that I hope to follow with soon are listed here.
http://www.vedamu.org/CreationVideos.aspx
http://www.vedamu.org/LearnSanskrit.aspx
http://upanishads.jnanajyoti.com/
http://www.cakravartin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/vedas.pdf
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mesaas/languages/sanskrit/resources.html
http://www.indian-heritage.org/alangaram/kolams/kolams.htm
http://www.scipress.org/journals/forma/pdf/2201/22010031.pdf
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pdf/upanishad_vahini.pdf
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/vedol/00https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol_english_meaning_index/vedol/7
https://www.ancient.eu/The_Vedas/
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2016/03/vedas-the-4-vedas-in-hindi-english-telugu-pdf-download/
https://www.vedicbooks.net/
http://www.trinity-health.org/documents/Ethics/4%20Religious%20Traditions/Hinduism/Hindu.pdf
Happy reading!
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Here's a useful site that I found for the purpose:
http://spokensanskrit.org
About the site
(This copy below has been obtained from the site itself, happy to delete this should the site owners have an objection to the same)This is VERSION 2.1 of a hypertext Sanskrit-English / English-Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit.
spokensanskrit.de, now spokensanskrit.org, was founded in 2005 as a nonprofit enterprise in Cochin, India, by Sri Chidambaram Narayanaswami († 2016) and Klaus Glashoff with the support of many voluntary contributors.
Responsible:
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Klaus Glashoff, Lugano (Switzerland)
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Sam Mohan,
Boston (USA)
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Doris
Eckstein, Lugano (Switzerland)
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Julian
Glashoff, Hamburg (Germany)
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Klaus
Glashoff,Lugano (Switzerland)
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Alessandro
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Green and Latin roots
Here's a link to PDF that has a list of Greek and Latin roots to the English language, another tool that may come in handy: Greek and Latin roots Source: Oakton community college
PDF Sources
The following are some links where I have found and downloaded some PDFs which I hope to read. Co-mingled are a few other interesting links. Now as I write this, I don't remember what each specific link is particularly about. However, as I go through them, I'll update this post with more detail and also reference them as I share more posts following this.
The first book that I'm currently reading is:
Hindu Dharma (clicking on this link will result in the PDF download)
from the site vedamu.org.
Other links that I hope to follow with soon are listed here.
http://www.vedamu.org/CreationVideos.aspx
http://www.vedamu.org/LearnSanskrit.aspx
http://upanishads.jnanajyoti.com/
http://www.cakravartin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/vedas.pdf
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mesaas/languages/sanskrit/resources.html
http://www.indian-heritage.org/alangaram/kolams/kolams.htm
http://www.scipress.org/journals/forma/pdf/2201/22010031.pdf
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pdf/upanishad_vahini.pdf
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/vedol/00https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol_english_meaning_index/vedol/7
https://www.ancient.eu/The_Vedas/
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindu2/2016/03/vedas-the-4-vedas-in-hindi-english-telugu-pdf-download/
https://www.vedicbooks.net/
http://www.trinity-health.org/documents/Ethics/4%20Religious%20Traditions/Hinduism/Hindu.pdf
Happy reading!
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