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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
# 42 Paper and Plastic Bags
Props to Irene for the idea.
Ps- It's good to be back!
55 comments:
- Sang-Sun said...
Hilarious stuff. So far, y'all sound like daughters of the unique species to which this blog is dedicated. I am a blessed/cursed recipient of #7. My one humble observation from life: All women are daughters of their mothers. So the unique species shall perpetuate.
- July 17, 2008 at 10:58 PM
- dreams2ashes said...
This is my favorite one. Everything is SO TRUE. ahahahahahhahahahahahaha she only steals from American ones too ahah
- July 21, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- dreams2ashes said...
from xanga.com/myawkwardlife
Koreanism: just because a boy/girl is smart and very "obedient," they are your soulmate.
it seems like every few weeks, my parents are telling me about some new boy who is "an engineer at MIT, goes home every weekend, and is saving up to buy his parents a retirement house" (aka pansy or nerd) that i should go call up and convince to marry me. this began once i turned 18 and my mom started seriously freaking out that i hadn't found a potential husband yet. i actually met one of these guys in person (they ambushed me at my house!) and he called me a princess. ugh, so unfair. how would he know anyway? it's not like i even talked or looked at him the entire time. haha
- July 21, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- Andrew said...
O! M! G! i just found this site and it's so true. except for the dog-shit thing. my parents don't own a dog! =)
- July 21, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Gerry said...
ah yes, harkens memories of mama kim. she put all of her grocery bags in the house oven (because who uses that when we have microwaves). gummed over knob amazingly got turned on somehow-- um buhl na suh.
- July 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM
- B. as in bri said...
i'm a little creeped out that so much of this post also applies to my wife... who hasn't even started her thirties yet.
- July 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM
My Korean mom also saves rubber bands, twistie ties, and paper clips. She thinks it's an outrage that I don't save rubber bands.
- July 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM
OMG, so true! My mom doesn't give a shit about the environment, but she does love her some plastic bags! Whenever we go to a store, even buying the tiniest thing, when asked if we want a bag, mom always says, "Yes!!" (I tsk tsk, because I care deeply about the environment.)
- July 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Lol, this could have been a post about my korean mil!!!
- July 28, 2008 at 10:51 PM
- Cindy & Brian said...
This is excellent!
- July 29, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- vsoy said...
I know for my Chinese mom, in addition to plastic bags, she luurves saving glass jars, and plastic containers like those big yogurt containers.She also hoards and takes huge swatches of napkins from restaurants (think Starbucks etc)and bathrooms. I moved all her stuff to my house and as I was unpacking, I found boxes of unused napkins. WTF? I moved boxes of napkins and jars 1500 miles?
- July 29, 2008 at 7:11 PM
- Hannah said...
oh my god. I thought this bag thing was normal behavior. I do the bag thing. I am a single Korean 31 year old. I am destined to become a Korean mother. At least my mom will be happy that I am on my way to motherhood, as it implies "grandchildren."
- July 30, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Jullietta said...
My mum uses a special cloth bag to store the plastic bags. I love it!~~
- August 1, 2008 at 12:58 AM
LOL julietta I can do one better - my korean mum's cloth bags (for there are several) are hand-made. Yep. She sewed them herself to hang in the laundry like two alien egg sacs with an elastic hole at the bottom from which to pull each plastic bag out.
Do you know how disturbing it is to reach into that orifice to pull a bag out??
- August 1, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Spyre said...
OMG same here! Mine sewed THREE drawstring cloth bags to store plastic bags. Each are reserved for different sized plastic bags that are measured by comparing them against various kitchen cupboards. wtf.
- August 1, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Hello there ^^
I loved this blog, but I must say some things you've mentioned are not related exclusively to Korean moms - my mom is Brazilian and she does the same here. What about those colorful papers [in which you've received a present] that you would just throw out at the nearest recycle bin? Ha, forget it. If I let my mom know I throw them all out, she'd kill me, haha.
Very nice blog, indeed ^^
Congrats from Brazil ^^
- August 3, 2008 at 9:11 PM
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- August 4, 2008 at 12:37 AM
My Korean MIL hides them in discreet corners in our house when she visits, even if it's only a week. She also has a system of bagging garbage after each meal, having the 'bag of garbage' on the counter top which grosses me out. Those cheap grocery bags usually leak. I can imagine how her garbage cans smell. I, myself, invest in the luxury of Glad kitchen garbage bags.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:40 AM
- Heids said...
Apparently my 93-year-old German/English grandmother is secretly Korean! :) She also hoards any packet of free condiments/sugar/etc. from restaurants, and has never eaten a meal from which she could not take home leftovers -- usually in a plastic bag that she brought with her to the restaurant for this exact purpose.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- The Morning Clam said...
My Korean wife has a real problem with saving plastic bags. She ties them in a not and puts them into other plastic bags. I usually wake up in the middle of the night and throw some of the countless bags away that seem to be stashed in every corner of our place.
It's gotta stop!
- August 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM
- Yum said...
My mom stores her plastic bags in the dishwasher. You know, since she doesn't use it to acutally wash dishes. (#16)
- August 5, 2008 at 1:02 AM
- Richard said...
Nice post. Im adopted Korean, and my mom must have absorbed this trait when learning to be a mother of a Korean....When they had a $40,000 kitchen installed, she had a special drawer made for storing paper and plastic bags...lol
-don't hate on korean engineers :(
-they were probably just trying to very "obediant" to their mother
-their parents are probably screaming at them for not being married yet too!
- August 5, 2008 at 3:18 AM
LOL it's not lay's chips, it's Pringles
- August 5, 2008 at 8:47 PM
- Lauren said...
I think that is true for most mums. Mine loves to save them and has good strong bags to hold the others in, lol. Plastic bags are being stopped gradually here, then what will they do? lol
- August 6, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Get this - When my Korean MIL came to the US for my wedding, she took home no souveniers --- only about 20 bags from the various things we did during their visit. Bags. Bags and rubber bands.
haha - then my husband defends her with a side order of guilt: "You know in Korea, you have to pay for bags sometimes." haha
Anyway, this blog is pure genious.
- August 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM
- Bora said...
Hilarious. My mom even made me save brown paper bags and zip lock bags from school lunches. Oh the shame in front of my non-Korean friends. In Korea, they put seaweed in foil and they make you bring THAT back too!
- August 7, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- jennifer west said...
My Korean mom totally reuses ziploc bags. She also buys those cheap disposable gladware containers and makes it a point to demand that I return them. Mom, really? It's not Tupperware! And they're kimchi-stained. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.
This blog is hilarious - glad that I stumbled upon it. ;)
- August 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- Sue said...
Everyone I show this site to, points to this particular entry and says, "that is so you."
- August 8, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Don't know how it happened or when it happened, but I too caught this particular habit (and work damn hard to keep it in check). Suspect that it's part of maturing process: at some point, I began to realize that there was a method to my mom's madness :) However, whenever I visit my parents, I still engage in little stealth cleaning of plastic bags, plastic containers and rubber bands.
As for other KM-isms (or mother-isms), I wonder about the following:
(1) Why are KMs so slap-happy (my mom, aunts, other ajummas)?? As alluded to in different comment, penchant by KMs, almost cobra-like, to administyer stinging slaps (generally back or side of arm, but nearest body part will suffice) for slew of different reasons: love you, hate you, discipline you, reward you for witty remark, reward you for good deed, punish child in lieu of father or vice versa, punctuate verbal reminder. Seriously, once my father said something which displeased my KM and due to proximity, I got the slap on bare thigh - WTF?? On the other hand, I recall times when we'd misbehave and my mom would blame my father! Oy!
(2) Why does my KM, upon entry into my apt, immediately head into kitchen and inspect fridge and cupboards?
(3) Related to #2 above, why does my KM not understand that she doesn't live in privileged neighborhood - that I too have supermarkets nearby and know how to go grocery shopping?
- August 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM
@ anon#3 "She also has a system of bagging garbage after each meal, having the 'bag of garbage' on the counter top which grosses me out. Those cheap grocery bags usually leak. I can imagine how her garbage cans smell. I, myself, invest in the luxury of Glad kitchen garbage bags."
I actually find this really convenient and for my KM at least, explains why she hoards plastic bags. Fact: Korean leftovers smell. Kimchee gone a little sour, the bit of rice drenched in soybean soup, the sauce left over from duk-boo-ke...all smelly shit. Leave those puppies in a trashcan for more than 3+ days, your whole house will stink. And if you're using a trashcan high as your waist (standard kitchen trashcan size) it'll take a few days to fill it to the top....better to just dump your smelly trash and get rid of it in under a day. This also saves on having to be unnecessary amount of trash bags. And the fact is, since all the stuff going into the trash is "new" (not been sitting in the trash for days), it's really just a quick thing to disinfect the counter after you dump the trash. As for leaking in trashcans...never a problem b/c if anything leaks on the counter, she double bags.
@anonymous above me
(1) Why are KMs so slap-happy (my mom, aunts, other ajummas)?? I swear my mom says it's good luck and keeps the demons away. I suppose this is akin to Greeks spitting on their kid's heads? Albeit more painful ;)
(2) Why does my KM, upon entry into my apt, immediately head into kitchen and inspect fridge and cupboards? Fear that you are no feeding yourself adequately. Plus nobody can feed you like your mom ;) I also wonder if this has anything to do with how many KMs still remember the days in Korea when there wasn't a lot of food to go around.
(3) Related to #2 above, why does my KM not understand that she doesn't live in privileged neighborhood - that I too have supermarkets nearby and know how to go grocery shopping? Eheheh...I reckon b/c she has always done the shopping for family and believes her "experience" tops yours. Also, it could be a bit of a 'mother' thing...to your mom, no matter how old you get, you will always be her "baby." ^_^
- August 10, 2008 at 2:36 AM
This is hilarious and SOOOOO true! Another potential topic - church. Lots of mentions within entries, but none specifically dedicated to church attendance. I would like to add my own 2¢ and note that from my experience with my Korean ohma (mom), going to church and watching her Korean soap operas/dramas are both on the same level. Mom goes to church seven days a week and watches her dramas every day as well.
- August 10, 2008 at 7:25 AM
YES - the church comment - my KM (and Korean Dad, obvi), wake up every morning at 4:30AM to head to church for "sae-byuk-gee-do" (early morning prayer).
And oh - my - god... I TOTALLY do the plastic bag thing too!! I have three reusable supermarket totes full to the brim with plastic bags... and two big shopping bags full of other paper shopping bags, only to be used for special occasions! I am my mother's daughter. :)
OH - and another thing - does anyone else's KM change the rug in the living room for the summer? During the winter my dad lugs out this huge Oriental rug (how appropriate), but for the summer they bring out this bamboo/wooden mat thing that they lay out. Which they will subsequently sleep on during hot summer nights. With their rice pillows!
I slept on their bed one night when I was visiting, and it felt like I was sleeping on the FLOOR, I woke up with the biggest headache. Hardest mattress ever + a mattress cover that felt like plywood. It's "good for the back" according to my KM!
And how acupunture can cure everything - from allergies to back pains (to kidney infections)!
And yes... according to my KM, I have barely kissed any boys when dating, and I'm in my mid 20's. And my KM has recently put me in a Korean Singles matchmaking database to find me an appropriate Korean husband.
My KM is absolutely crazy, but I love her all the more. :)
- August 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM
My mom so does this and is also "convervative" with paper towels! Again, not for the environment, but because it's a waste of money if I use more than one paper towel or if I use one for an unworthy cause. Worthy would be to clean the kim chee juice off of the glass table after dinner. However, drying my hands is unworthy...I should instead use a towel for that!
- August 15, 2008 at 1:18 PM
I probably should have noted above that I have half of a problem with keeping the bags. Maybe because I'm a half-breed. I only keep the plastic Target bags and the paper bags with handles. Target bags are used for garbage in my bathroom and other smaller garbage bins, but I will actually buy plastic garbage bags for my kitchen. As to why I keep the paper ones? I have no idea, since I almost never use them. Maybe it's just the hoarding of the bags that's inbred into me from my KM.
Also, anonymous above me, you're soooo right about the paper towels! My mom also refuses to get rid of sponges once they've overstayed their welcome. Most people throw them away when the scrubby side is no longer scrubbing things away - not my KM! I have to sneak upstairs when she's already asleep and throw them away in my garbage can! In its own way it's hilarious...
- August 16, 2008 at 12:12 AM
The only place we shop regularly at that has plastic bags is the korean grocery we go every once in a while (Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club for everything and anything else) Yet we have a stack of the plastic bags lying around to be used as garbage bags.
I'm in charge of meticulously folding all of them. I got so fed up one day that I cut up the plastic bags and used them to crochet a large bage. I must have used up at least 30, but our supply has yet to show signs of running out.
- August 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Japana said...
Does any other KM wash and dry used papertowels? Usually hung on the dishrack to be used for a later mess. Anyone?
- August 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM
i like to steal the plastic bags from the produce and frozen sections...you know, the ones that come in a roll...
i take like 3 or 4 at a time and look around the section like i really was going to buy something...
then i buy a case or 2 of noodles...
- August 20, 2008 at 4:05 AM
oh god. this explains why the cupboard under the sink is always full of plastic bags ive been hoarding like a squirrel on nuts for the winter. and im so used to having paper bags stuck in the crack between the counter and the fridge that when i reach in there and find nothing i get really really confused and disoriented.
- August 24, 2008 at 6:12 AM
- Mc Bon said...
haha I'm from Vietnam and my grandma is also a big fan of plastic bags hoarding!! I can always find a column of plastic bags tucked between the wall and the door to our kitchen, and some beneath the shelf too :) It's amusing to know that Korean mothers have this habit too :)
- August 24, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Holy moly...this is my mom exactly. She saves plastic bags, paper bags, twist ties, rubber bands, and glass jars and plastic tubs get washed out and used for storing panchan. I am unable to throw out or recyle any of this stuff without feeling slightly guilty.
Every time she goes to the grocery store (only the American grocery store, now that I think about it) she grabs huge handfuls of those little plastic bags you use for produce. These get folded up (if there was a kid around, we'd do it) and stored in a special drawer. She uses those bags for storing 'wet' kitchen garbage, which she then puts into another plastic bag, which she will finally deposit into the outside garbage can. Because my mom's trashcan has to be CLEAN!
- August 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM
- GetMarried4Less/LadyT said...
my mom's black and i can certainly attest to this. NO container, be it a plastic or paper bag. or a bucket, or pair, or cleaner bottle or any container that most ppl would consider trash is thrown away. its her good quanity (yes, like the number, NOT "quality") something or other and you had better not act like u're throwing it away.
- August 31, 2008 at 8:22 PM
oh wow... my childhood is flashing back...
When me and my sister were little, my grandma used to make an afternoon of us getting ALL the plastic bags that were shoved into the slim vertical cupboard, folding them in fours, stacking them nicely, before returning it to the cupboard. I honestly thought this was normal...
And in EVERY house of apartment I have lived in, there has existed this slim, vertical cupboard that I ALWAYS assumed was for the hoarding of plastic bags... to use as garbage backs, for traveling, for food containers, etc. and that it was also the norm for this cupboard to NEVER be empty...
As for the paper towel thing? My Asian grandma takes it one step further to napkins. Neither paper towels nor napkins are to be thrown away unless there is ACTUALLY dirt on them... otherwise they get re-used at least 3 times before it actually goes in the trash...
Question though: Does any one else's Asian mom/grandma hoard food enough for at least a year or two? Like there would be some sort of end-of-the-world disaster tomorrow and they would have enough food to feed a small army for at least 6 months straight? I swear, there used to be a time when Grandma only had 2 fridges... now I think the count is up to 4, and 2 freezers for meat...
- September 6, 2008 at 3:25 AM
omg. I've become my korean mom. Did you know that simplehuman used to make a kitchen trash can that used regular grocery store bags as liners? It has a compartment in the bottom to store the extra bags.
My mom came over to our house for the first time, saw it, and made me track one down on the internet and have it shipped because the store I bought it from stopped selling it. She thought it was the best idea ever.
If you want to make your korean mom's day, go get her one. It screws onto the inside of a kitchen cabinet, and you hang the bag from its handles on these plastic hooks. Genius.
- September 24, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- clover787 said...
haha! this is great! I'm half korean, my mom isn't dead on about the straight A's thing (thank god) but yeah...she's into the save-a-plastic/paper bag-for-later culture =P
there's a cupboard in our kitchen stacked with bags n there is another bag which has those "showroom" bags
and another drawer which has those acclaimed environment-friendly bags =D
- October 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM
- Kimchikraut said...
When ever I go to a nice store, I always ask for extra gift boxes and their nice paper bags, saying that each item is a gift for someone else. I actually hoard them in my closet. Sometimes I make book covers from them.
- November 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- John said...
That's odd. I though it was normal that I specifically use Wholefood bags to carry my lunch while Albertson's bags are used to pick up animal droppings? I could have sworn Target makes their bags to fit perfectly in my bathroom trashcan. I always thought it was a rule of thumb that if you could cleanly pull out a single bag from the stash, you're running low. I mean, really, you just don't have enough if the cabinet door isn't slightly ajar from that ever-growing mass that smells slightly of spicy Korean pickled goodness because, indubitably, one of those kimchee byungs leaked. And god forbid that a bag was relinquished before it's structural integrity failed, how dare you even entertain the thought.
- November 25, 2008 at 3:14 AM
- Dory said...
Today I saw at target that a company is selling travel sized pre-packaged plastic bags. WTF roll up or fold 4 bags and put them in your luggage! WTF no asian I know would ever purchase plastic bags!
- November 26, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- holdfast said...
gosh, i'm not even korean or a mom, and i do this too!
i just wanted to comment that the reusing of a department store bag is definitely not just for korean moms! i live in ny and go to a korean church, and i see this all the time from the young girls too. always carrying some designer shopping bag full of who knows what! we went on a retreat for a few days, and some of the girls even packed for overnight in designer shopping bags. quite ingenious, i think. (:
- December 4, 2008 at 12:58 AM
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- December 4, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Koreans are damn tacky, with this kind of behavior. The worst thing is, my Korean family is blissfully oblivious to the fact that taking sugar and ketchup packets from every damn restaurant (and every single last hotel toiletry) is behavior that actually turns most people off. Thank God for Korea...at least when we go there they find millions of other accomplices to validate this madness. I wish Koreans would get some frickin class.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Julia said...
OMG!!! I did not realize I was a KOREAN MOM!!! I am so embarrassed - I do all of those things and for Pete's sake I actually think those things about my bags. I have them stashed in the back cabinet where no one can find them! I thought I was okay with the constant jar of Kimchee in my fridge but obviously the fumes have been affecting my brain...
I'm not even lucky enough to BE Korean!!
- October 12, 2009 at 11:50 PM
- qing said...
This comment comes 2 years after your entry---but I LOVED this and had to say something!!
From the above comments, plastic bag hoarding is a trait that transcends cultures and generations, it seems! Haha! My grandmother and mother have passed me a habit of hoarding bags too, and we also seperate our bags into different grades!!! xD
- April 13, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Dori Dori! said...
THIS IS SO FREAKING TRUE. BENEATH THE OVEN THERES A compartment FULL OF PLASTIC BAGS.
- November 11, 2010 at 6:07 AM
- unchienne said...
We once found a dead roach in a package of dried pollock that we'd purchased from our local Asian food store. The plastic was sealed, so it probably came like that from wherever it was processed. I pointed out that we should return the package and get our money back. Sacrilege! An immediately volley of "Nooooooo (tongue click) aiya..." It's not the owner's fault. Why should we force her to lose her money? But let there be a dented can or piece of bruised fruit from an American store...they should give back twice the purchase money to compensate for having to put up with inferior goods.
- March 28, 2011 at 1:06 PM
For instance, a Whole Foods paper bag, due to its sturdier nature and attached handles will have a place of honor in the Korean Mom's rotation of bags.
- November 22, 2011 at 10:09 PM


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The good news in law enforcement is that crime is down - way down from 20 or 30 years ago. Police Chief Reese told the City Club in April 2011 that crime in Portland was at its lowest since 1967.
But the police still feel as busy as ever, largely because of the number of calls they get about 'quality of life' crime, or disturbances, many of them involving people with addiction or mental health problems. Sometimes, as you know, the interaction between the police and people with mental health and addiction issues has unfortunate results for all involved.
We need to improve the way the Police Bureau deals with people with mental illness and addiction. But ideally, we would reduce the number of times the police are acting as 'first responders' to mental health and addiction problems, by increasing the capacity of the County - which has the expertise, but not enough resources, to do that job. I would love for the City to be able to simply write the County a check - but this year, the City is going to be cutting its own budget substantially.
Governor John Kitzhaber, however, has recently, in his proposed State budget, raised another possibility: that the State could give counties more money for treatment and supervision of released offenders, and rehabilitation programs, if the counties stop increasing the prison population. (It's county officials - the DAs, the parole and probation system, and the judges - that send people to prison.) I think that's a great idea, and have been encouraging legislators to adopt the Governor's vision and encouraging County officials to take that deal. I think if the County had more resources for those services, it would reduce the workload of the Portland Police. (I asked Chief Reese how he would invest new money for prevention, and he immediately said 'treatment on demand.')
Some people argue that the only way to keep crime low is to keep sending more and more people to prison. I certainly recognize that some people need to go to prison, and in fact some people need to go there forever. But I think that in many cases, the public safety benefit of keeping someone in prison for 68 months instead of 56 months is outweighed by the good it would do to invest 12 "prison-months" worth of money in prevention. The way we now budget for public safety doesn't allow local officials to make those choices; local officials have, in effect, an unlimited budget for prisons - the State doesn't charge counties for sending people to prison - but a very limited budget for everything else. The Governor is pointing the way toward a system that would allow for deliberate trade-offs.
And there is, in fact, overwhelming evidence that an increasing prison population is NOT the only key to reducing crime. Yes, it's true that in the past 20 years Oregon has locked up a lot more people and crime has gone down. But as researcher Franklin Zimring demonstrated in his book "The Great American Crime Decline," there has been a dramatic drop in crime throughout North America since 1990 - including Canada, which did not have a prison boom. New York State in recent years has kept its crime rate low while reducing its prison population. And what about Oregon itself when in the late '60's, the last time crime was this low? We had one-seventh the prison population that we do today - 2,000 compared to today's 14,000. Yes, we also had half the general population that we do today - but that means that Oregon in the late '60's had the same crime rate with less than a third of the prison population (per capita).
The truth is, as Zimring says, nobody knows quite why crime has gone down so much throughout North America in the past twenty years. There are societal factors at work that we don't fully understand. But what we do know is inconsistent with the idea that it's all about the prisons.
I realize that since the City only has direct control over the police, it might seem odd for me to be talking about deals between the State and the County about prisons and prevention. But public safety is a multi-governmental enterprise. I think City officials have an obligation to engage in discussions about how to make the whole system work more efficiently and effectively.
I also realize that in the wake of the Clackamas Town Center and Newtown shootings, it may seem jarring to hear about crime being down. It is; overall, the trends and statistics are good. We are safer today than we were twenty years ago. But that does not mean that we should not take steps to reduce the likelihood of such horrific events ... like banning assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. Again, that requires state legislative action; state law, unfortunately, generally prevents the City from adopting its own gun regulations.


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Michael Ostap, Ph.D.
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Department of Physiology
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B.S. (Chemistry)
Illinois State University, 1988.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
University of Minnesota, 1993.
B.S. (Chemistry)
Illinois State University, 1988.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics)
University of Minnesota, 1993.
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Molecular Motors, Cell Motility, Mechanosensing, Single-Molecule Biophysics, Biochemistry
Key words: Cell motility, myosin, actin, biochemistry, biophysics, single molecule, spectroscopy, microscopy, fluorescence, nanotechnology.
Description of Research
The goal of our research is to understand the cellular machinery responsible for powering cell movements and shaping the architecture of cells, tissues, and organs. Our discovery-based research focuses on the role of the cytoskeleton, molecular motors, and signaling pathways in powering cell migration, muscle contraction, and the transport of internal cell compartments. The pathways investigated in our laboratory are crucial for several normal and pathological processes, including: cell and tissue development, endocytosis, wound healing, immune response, cardiomyopathies, and metastases of tumors.
Most of our current efforts are focused on investigating cytoskeletal motors (myosin, dynein, and kinesin). These remarkable nano-machines use chemical energy stored in our cells (in the form of ATP) to generate mechanical force and motion. Cytoskeletal motors are the engines that power muscle contraction, cell migration, intracellular transport, cell division, and cell shape. We are determining how these motors work at the molecular level, how they are physically connected to the machinery they are powering, how they are regulated, how they interact with other motors and signaling networks, and how their fundamental biophysical parameters impact cell function. We are using a range of biochemical, cell biological, single-molecule, and other biophysical techniques to better understand these proteins in health and disease.
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Betsy Buechler, CAMB Student
Michael Greenberg, Post-doctoral
Tianming Lin, Research Specialist
Serapion Pyrpassopoulos, Post-doctoral
Abbey Weith, Post-doctoral
Michael Woody, BMB Student
Allison Zajac, CAMB Student
Selected PublicationsA.J. Kee, L. Yang, C.A. Lucas, M.J. Greenberg, N. Martel, G.M. Leong, W.E. Hughes, G.J. Cooney, D.E. James, E.M. Ostap, W. Han, P.W. Gunning, E.C. Hardeman: An actin filament population defined by the tropomyosin Tpm3.1 regulates glucose uptake. Traffic 16(7): 691-711, Jul 2015.
D. Kast, A. Zajac, E.L.F. Holzbaur, E.M. Ostap, and R. Dominguez: WHAMM Directs the Arp2/3 Complex to the ER for Autophagosome Biogenesis Through an Actin Comet Tail Mechanism. Current Biology 25(13): 1791-7, Jun 2015.
M.J. Greenberg, T. Lin, H. Shuman, E.M. Ostap: Mechanochemical Tuning of Myosin-I by the N-Terminal Region. PNAS 112(26): E3337-44, Jun 2015.
B.B. McIntosh, E.L.F. Holzbaur, E.M. Ostap: Control of the Initiation and Termination of Kinesin-1-Driven Transport by Myosin-Ic and Non-Muscle Tropomyosin. Current Biology 25(4): 523-529, Feb 2015.
M.J. Greenberg, H. Shuman, E.M. Ostap: Inherent Force-Dependent Properties of β-Cardiac Myosin Contribute to the Force-Velocity Relationship of Cardiac Muscle. Biophysical Journal 107(12): L41-4, Dec 2014.
S. Ayloo, J.E. Lazarus, A. Dodda, M. Tokito, E.M. Ostap, E.L.F. Holzbaur: Dynactin functions as both a dynamic tether and brake during dynein-driven motility. Nat Commun 5: 4807, Sep 2014.
H. Shuman, M.J. Greenberg, A. Zwolak, T. Lin, C.V. Sindelar, R. Dominguez, and E.M. Ostap: A Vertebrate Myosin-I Structure Reveals Unique Insights into Myosin Mechanochemical Tuning. PNAS 111(6): 2116-21, Feb 2014.
A. Zwolak, C. Yang, E.A. Feeser, E.M. Ostap, T. Svitkina, R. Dominguez: CARMIL leading edge localization depends on a non-canonical PH domain and dimerization. Nat Commun 4: 2523, 2013.
A.L. Zajac, Y.E. Goldman, E.L.F. Holzbaur, and E.M. Ostap: Local cytoskeletal and organelle interactions impact molecular motor-driven early endosomal trafficking. Current Biology 23(13): 1173-1180, 2013 Notes: Holzbaur and Ostap are co-corresponding authors.
M. Greenberg, T. Lin, Y.E. Goldman, H. Shuman, E.M. Ostap: Myosin-Ic generates power over a range of loads via a new tension sensing mechanism. PNAS 109(37): E2433-40, August 2012.
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How about a little teamwork on Sochi security
This summer marks 42 years since the Israeli Olympic team was taken hostage and murdered in the Munich summer games in 1972. It will be 18 years since a backpack exploded at the Atlanta games, killing two and injuring 111.
It's been a little more than eight months since bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, killing and maiming.
With that grim toll in mind, it's time to celebrate what's supposed to be good about humankind, with the Olympic spirit awakened during the Winter Games of Sochi, Russia, Feb. 7-23.
It is with trepidation that the world approaches these games, given the ongoing terrorism in the region – though still hundreds of miles from President Vladimir Putin's "ring of steel" security clampdown on Sochi. Now comes word that three women with supposed terrorist links and motives are somewhere inside the security zone.
We agree with U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the Homeland Security committee, who said while the security the Russians have put in place to keep out further terrorists is impressive, there is the specter of possible terrorists already living or working within the secure zone before security was tightened. Added to that is the knowledge that at least one of the suspected terrorist women has made her way past the security into the zone.
Now is not the time for old divisiveness to resurface. The Americans and the Russians both boycotted the Summer Games on each other's turf back in the early 1980s as the Cold War raged in its final years.
While the old feelings of the cold warriors have been rising of late over issues ranging from Syria to gay rights to the NSA data collection program, the Sochi games could be a unifier. Law enforcers from each country have the same motives – to keep terrorists from striking.
The interests of two powerful nations that had led the world in decades past can join and bring the power of Russia and the United States to work for the common good of all.
And that would be the best tribute to the spirit of the Olympics, to the desire of men and women to peacefully compete while representing their countries, to be proud and competitive but not at war.
We hope McCaul's suggestion for better cooperation between the intelligence services of the two countries is heeded. This, for a change, isn't about civil liberties suffering for security's sake. This is about protecting a world event, and a world target.


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PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a gene for endurance, or more precisely, a negative regulator of it. Not having the gene relates to greater endurance in the knockout mice that were studied. The investigators also showed that the gene is linked to Olympic-level athletes in endurance sports such as swimming compared to athletes in sprint sports such as the 100-meter dash. The study appears online this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The work has implications for improving muscle performance in disease states including metabolic disorders, obesity, and aging.
"We have shown that mice lacking the gene run six times longer than control mice and that the fatigable muscles of the mouse -- the fast muscle in the front of the leg -- have been reprogrammed and are now fatigue-resistant," explains senior author Tejvir S. Khurana, MD, PhD, professor of Physiology and member of the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute. "This has wide ramifications for various aspects of muscle biology ranging from athletics to treating muscle and metabolic diseases."
The gene codes for a protein called Interleukin-15 receptor-alpha (IL-15R-alpha), which acts alone or in conjunction with the IL-15 protein. IL-15R-alpha is important in the immune response, but it also has other functions. IL-15 and IL-15R-alpha have been implicated in muscle physiology, but the exact role in muscle function has not been defined.
"We found a previously unrecognized role for IL-15R-alpha in defining muscle function, and manipulation of this gene has the potential to improve muscle performance in disease states including metabolic disorders, obesity, and aging." says lead author Emidio E. Pistilli, PhD, who was a postdoctoral researcher at Penn and is now an assistant professor in the Division of Exercise Physiology at the West Virginia School of Medicine.
Slow Vs. Fast
Slow muscles are used for endurance and fast muscles are used for speed. The champion fast muscles are the muscles moving the eye, but they are also fatigue-resistant, the only muscles like this.
In the IL-15R-alpha knockout mouse used in this study, fast muscles behave like slow muscles. These mice ran 6.3 times greater distances and had greater ambulatory activity than controls. Their fast muscles displayed fatigue-resistance and slower contractions compared to fast muscles in control mice.
They also showed that the loss of IL-15R-alpha induces a shift in how energy is burned in fast muscles, substantially increasing fatigue resistance and exercise capacity.
The molecular signature of the muscles in the knockout mice included a greater number of active transcription factors, which indicates more muscle fibers with more mitochondria, and the machinery to better process calcium since this chemical drives muscle contraction. Mitochondria are the energy storehouses of the cell.
Morphologically, the fast muscles had a greater number of muscle fibers, smaller fiber areas, and a greater number of nuclei per fiber. The alterations of physiological properties and increased resistance to fatigue in the fast muscles are consistent with a shift towards a slower, more oxidative muscle type in the knockout mice.
The study also found significant associations between the gene and elite endurance athletes and hence supports the possibility that these athletes had a genetic predisposition or advantage.
From these two lines of evidence, the researchers concluded that IL-15R-alpha plays a role in defining the function of fast skeletal muscles.
Importantly, the study demonstrates that muscles can be reprogrammed to perform much better at endurance sports and hence IL-15R-alpha manipulation is of great importance from an athletic doping standpoint as currently it is neither tested for nor do methods exist to detect its misuse by athletes. The investigators are working toward this.
This research identifies a "druggable target" that allows possible reprogramming of muscle function by increasing genes, proteins and pathways typically expressed in slow or fatigue-resistant muscle, similar to adaptations seen after endurance exercise. It is widely accepted that these types of adaptations would be beneficial or protect against obesity, diabetes and aging and may help ameliorate pathology in myopathies such as muscular dystrophy. Hence, say the researchers, the identification of this pathway should facilitate better understanding of these diseases and aid in the development of rational therapies drugs for these disorders.
From a translational research point of view the team will test the role IL-15R-alpha plays in obesity, diabetes, aging, and muscle diseases, as well as develop methods to harness the therapeutic potential of it for patients.
The research was funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskelatal and Skin Diseases; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute on Aging; and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
In addition to Khurana and Pistilli, co-authors were from the Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Childrens Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle; Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle; and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Penn.
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Like the title says, I'm looking for a cheap or not working black (dust black is a bonus) CP shorty reg. I'm not looking to spend any significant ammount of money though, so please keep that in mind.
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Would you be interested in a reg that's not black? I'm not offering, I just wanted to know.
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The Salvation Army's red kettle drive is pulled off every year through the hard work of dedicated volunteers.
And while the shifts usually last two hours, one volunteer is wrapping up a much longer stint.
WKBT first introduced viewers to Jason Mickelson last night when he was just a few hours into his 24-hour bell ringing shift.
He started at 4 p.m. on Wednesday with a cause.
"The need is so great in our community," said Mickelson.
But he had a strategy to make it through his 24-hour shift.
"Drink a lot of caffeine and just have a cheery attitude," said Mickelson.
Now, a day later, Salvation Army volunteer Jason Mickelson is ringing perhaps a little slower but with just as much heart.
"Everybody's been really behind me in this. I'm thankful. So thankful," said Mickelson.
He said the hardest part was early in the morning when there were few customers out shopping.
"It was hard towards 1 a.m., 2 a.m., kind of the downtime in the grocery store, but you know, when you see people come in and fill this kettle up that makes it all worth it," said Mickelson.
He had already filled three buckets by 1 p.m. on Thursday, helping him toward his $1,200 goal.
"So hopefully we made the goal. Hopefully more. I'm optimistic," said Mickelson.
"He's doing well today, so I hope he gets his goal," said Festival Foods cashier Ronie Brauer.
While it's a challenge not everyone would take on, it's an effort everyone can get behind.
"He's a little crazy if you ask me. No, that's awesome," said Brauer.
"I'm so glad he has the stamina to stay up that long. It's not for me, but I'm glad he's here," said Suzanne Shulz, a customer who donated to Mickelson's kettle.
"That's more than I could imagine. What a gift. We need more more Jasons," said Shulz.
"It has just been going wonderful. People in the La Crosse community have just been great," said Mickelson.
Jason is happy to do what he can to help others.
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Thanks to Heavy, I have the opportunity to log a cycle of Osta Rx for Ironmag Labs. This is my first log, and I will try and give as many details as possible.
I am a mother of 3, and weighed 125lbs before I got pregnant. By the time I had my 3rd child, I was up to 215lbs. So the past 2 years I have really dedicated myself to making my body better than it was before I had kids. I started off by training a lot of cardio and doing a lot of high rep stuff. In the past couple of months, I have started going heavier and getting more into the bodybuilding side.
My current stats:
5'5" 135lbs
I haven't had my bf measured, but from comparing it to picture references online, I'd say im around 20-22%.
I take in about 1200-1500 calories a day, but I am going to increase that a little.
My plan for this cycle is to up my cardio to burn some fat, while at the same time putting on some lean muscle.
I will take 1 pill in the am and 1 pill in the pm for 45 days.
I started yesterday, so nothing to report yet. I did heavy bis and tris, and got some cardio in on the treadmill.
Today was a cardio day; I ran 3.5 miles at around an 8:30 pace.
The picture below shows where I was right after I had our last child and where I currently am now physique wise.
Nice progress getting back down to 135! That is awesome. Kill it
You look a lot lighter than 135 in that pic...
nice shape...but be aware that looking nice does not equate to being healthy. to get both health and shape and to make it last it has to be done naturally without any pill or medication. and it seems you are very dedicated so you dont need any pills.
I thought the goal was to keep the gains you have already made?
Gaining new muscle and losing fat while on OSTA alone is probably unrealistic. I would choose one.
Think that's a good call. You should post pics of your butt progress -lol- Will check back in on your log and see how you're doing. Good luck.
Day 4
Today is my 4th day of my Osta cycle. Nothing to report yet as far as weight or strength change. Not feeling any different yet, but I know its too early for that.
Yesterday I hit my legs hard:
6x squats 3x single leg dead lifts
3x leg press 3x single leg squats
3x extensions one minute of jump squats
3x curls
half mile on the treadmill at 6.5 mph
I got about 1000 calories consisting of egg whites, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, protein bars, etc...VERY CLEAN
Today is an off day from the gym, but I got cardio in with a half hour run outside.
For those of you that have run the Osta before, how long did it take before you started seeing results?
You're looking great already. I am in.
Welcome to our world. A world of never ending goals to reach, and then setting new ones. A world where no one is happy being average...
Thanks Heady and IronAddict!
Day 6
I've been feeling VERY hungry, all day long. I don't know if this is the Osta or if its a sign that my muscles are growing. Other than that, no real change in how I feel. I know this is a slow starter, so Im not expecting much yet.
I did back and shoulders yesterday:
3x barbell rows 3x dumbbell shrugs
3x pulldowns 3x front raises
3x dumbbell presses 3x cable rows
2x lateral raise burnouts
Today was a cardio day, 2 mile run outdoors.
Calories have been between 1000-1200.
I haven't experienced the stomach discomfort that the others have, just really hungry and thirsty.
Still very hungry.. I am weighing in 5 pounds heavier than when I started. Today I ran three miles and did three sets of squats, Monday I ran two miles, and yesterday was a rest day. My plan from here on out is heavy cardio with little weight training and a cleaner diet. I have noticed that I am retaining muscle despite the large amount of cardio I have been doing... so far so good!
I'm so glad to see that its not just me being hungry! Has me a bit nervous that I'll start adding on unwanted weight. I'm curious to see where it takes you cardio wise since we are both opposite with cardio. We'll have 2 different views... My eyes will be on you!!!
Day 12
Wednesday~ 3 mile run, no weight training
Thursday~ 15 minutes of spinning, 15 minutes of running, light bi/tri workout; curls and dips
Friday (today) ~ I plan on running 3 miles and spinning for 15 minutes and doing a light back and shoulder workout
Muscle retention is great despite all of the cardio. Still hungry for cake and candy, LOL... but I've been a good girl. Wed&thurs I had a weird tingly sensation on the left side of my face...not sure if it was a side effect, but it freaked me out...other than that so far so good.
Thank you for the log! Osta Rx is great for adding some LBM and reducing body fat when training and nutrition is dialed in. Have fun!
Day 13
Saturday~ chest day.. 3 sets of flat bench, 3 sets of incline, 3 sets of butterflies.... 15 min. Of spinning, 1.5 mile run... still taking one in the a.m. and one in the p.m... ate clean today, and I feel great!! If you have any pills that will enhance my bust, I will be your guinea pig....LOL


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It was a busy day for tours at the 'Iolani Palace as visitors from all around the world and Hawaii take a step back in time for a glimpse of the life of our ali'i.
Many will take the time to stop and look at the antiquities in this curio cabinet that belonged to King David Kalakaua made by the A.H. Davenport Company of Boston. It carries the crown and royal symbols that appear on the palace pieces.
Like many Victorians, Kalakaua loved to use this very cabinet to display his curiosities.
"He collected a variety of things. He had a lot of gifts from around the world, from his around-the-world travels," said Heather Diamond, 'Iolani Palace curator. "Gifts that were given by sovereigns and he also had a lot of Hawaiian antiquities."
But for many years, the cabinet sat in a huge room -- empty.
Diamond said palace officials haven't been able to locate the key for the cabinet.
"It's not so easy to call a locksmith to do something on a period piece and especially an actual palace artifact," said Diamond.
But after two years of searching, they finally found the key while cleaning out a desk and they were able to open the door to perpetuate the past.
"I've been waiting to put things into this cabinet for some time, so that was my license to go back through storage to start pulling artifacts to put in here," said Diamond.
In it, you'll find lacquered pieces and figures from Japan as well as a silver sake set given to Kalakaua my the Meiji emperor of Japan.
There's also Hawaii calabashes as well keeping the king's collections alive.
"We always get to see these things and I think it's wonderful to share these with the public because they give a fuller idea of what was the place and the sort of diverse taste of the monarchy," said Diamond.
Palace officials will change out the items every now and then. In 1881, Kalakaua became the first monarch to circle the globe. Needless to say, he did a lot of collecting.


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Great Road Trip Dodgers taking 4 out of 6!!
Dodgers take 2 out of 3 from the Phillies and Marlins! Great road trip boys! Congratulations
Congratulations to our young 21 Clayton Kershaw who had a no-hitter going into the 8th inning! Of all people, our ex-Dodger Cody Ross broke the no-no with a double.
Mota was called to protect a 10-0 score but final score ended up being 12-5. Cody Ross got a grand slam. The two biggest pain in the
for the Dodgers in this homestand were two ex Dodgers: Jayson Werth & Cody Ross. The post steroid Mota is not working.
Congratulations to Juan Pierre and Mark Loretta who got 3 hits each!
Dodgers come home to play 3 with the Mets and the Angels! Yeah!
I checked out "Baseball an illustrated History" by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns from Monrovia library. This is a great read! I happen to be there for the library Grand Opening day. Ray Bradbury was scheduled to be there so I am glad I stayed to hear him. The place was packed and he was running late so I was reading this volume to Ken Burns magnificient PBS TV series. The intro is by Roger Angels and essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George F. Will and an interview with Buck O'Neil.
Bought a couple of used books from the Friend of the Libray and this lady said "You like to read and you are a baseball fan.". I was not buying baseball books but I had a t-shirt with small letters reading "This is LA baseball". She said if it was just the shirt she would not have said anything but I forgot I also had my baseball diamond pendant on. The back of the pendant reads "Diamonds are forever."
Again, congratulations to our Dodgers! 4-2 road trip without Manny and Kuroda-san.
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You got to hear Ray Bradbury? That was great! I would love to here him speak.
I wished I knew ahead of time that Ray Bradbury was going to be there so that he could sign one of his books. The place was packed and lots had taken their books to be signed. I love his love for life and love. He told great stories.
I love that I can correct my comments!
Bradbury is a wonderful speaker. Sorry you missed hearing him, Emma, but glad the Dodgers had a winning road trip.
Sorry, I noticed I did not finish my sentence. I DID hear Bradbury speak. What I meant to say is I wish I had known before so that I could have taken a book for him to sign like a lot of people that came with their books.
So I went to Von's market and this lady grabs my arm and tells me "what are you doing here?" I look at her like "who is this woman?" She says "you don't remember me?" "maybe because I am out of uniform, I am the one by the elevator…" Then it dawn on me that she works at Dodger Stadium. oh oh, that is an earthquake. A mild one but an earthquake..
Hey Emma, thanks for writing me – nice to see your blog and congrats on a great start for your blog and your Dodgers this season! I havent had much time so am trying to catch up on my blogging tonight. Boy did I feel the quake. I live in Culver city so I was close to the epicenter (Inglewood). That was the first one in my 6 years out here that scared me a little. I thought my pictures were gonna fall off the wall. I just posted about it. Anyway, nice to hear from you!
I am glad I happen to find you. Next time you come to Dodger Stadium, let me know. Had not heard where the epicenter was.
You had an earthquake in LA today? We didn't feel a thing up here in Santa Barbara. Hope everybody's OK.
I grew up in Arkansas where you watch out for a tornado and not earthquakes. After college I lived and worked in San Francisco for a year. I don't know if any SoCal folks who feel stuff regularly can remember but for me he first time I felt the Earth move under me it was an altogether uneasy feeling. There were never any major tremors while I was in SF though but there was a moderate one right after I moved that messed up some stuff in the building where I used to work. I guess I dodged a bullet…
Nice blog… Good to see other Dodger fans out there!
Yes Jane, we had an earthquake. Is funny that I heard it first from one side of the room to another.
I remember my first earthquake because it happen to be the 1971 Sylmar Earquake with a 6.6. magnitude. One of my uncles and cousin had left to Honduras at midnight for my grandfather's funeral and I thought that morning "they are the only ones that were saved."
Good to see you here! I am excited about the upcoming homestand with the Mets & Angels! Can't wait to be at the stadium tonight!
Hope all is well in the West. And yes, your boys in blue will be without Manny for awhile, just like the Sox are without David Ortiz's bat.
Love the pic on Jane's blog, Emma! That's awesome.🙂 How long have you been collecting all that stuff??
That book sounds great!
Irish! Irish like our Vin Scully! You know Irish, our Andre Ethier has been on a slump since Manny's absence. Maybe he should talk to Big Papi to see how he coped. Good luck with your team.
What I do collect are baseball movies and baseball books. The rest of the stuff is either stuff that I buy at the stadium or game giveaways. Also the yearly giveways that they give season ticket holders are very cool. I have Dodger stuff in every room and my baseballs on the mantle, on other bookcases. Also one look at my work cubicle and you know I am a Dodger fan.
If you have a chance look for the book at the library. I am so bad that after the library I headed to the closest bookstore and bought 3 more books, one of them from Ray Bradbury.


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The coral reef ecosystems of the Coral Triangle (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea) and the Southeast Asian Peninsula support the highest marine biodiversity in the world and new species continue to be discovered. These ecosystems are of major biological importance and are also the main source of protein and income in a rapidly developing region. Despite the importance of maintaining the health of these marine resources, there is a scarcity of research about the basic biology and ecology of many harvested organisms. This is primarily due to both the difficulty of conducting thorough surveys and the lack of scientific infrastructure supporting research efforts in the region. However, another significant difficulty is that marine environments are notoriously full of cryptic species (species that are so similar in outward appearance that they are mistaken for a single species until genetic or behavioral studies reveal otherwise), and the Coral Triangle has the highest rate of cryptic species discoveries in the world. It is especially difficult to monitor species effectively when what we think is one species is really three species!
Human communities living in the Coral Reef ecosystem depend heavily on artisanal fisheries. Artisanal fisheries are small-scale fisheries that are principally used for local subsistence, driving the economy and maintaining the food security of coastal communities around the world. Artisanal fishing communities are the first to suffer when the health of specific reef ecosystems suffers, adversely affecting harvests. Reef squids are a major component supporting these fisheries in the Coral Triangle and this area contains the highest number of cryptic species complexes of reef squids in the world. The population of reef squids has been very difficult to monitor due to the small-scale nature of these fisheries. Little catch data is collected by monitoring officials and it is unclear what the status of these squid stocks is, whether they are underexploited, fully exploited or overexploited. To complicate the situation even further, while a tremendous tonnage of squid is harvested yearly (2.18 million tons in 2002), 25 percent of this catch cannot be identified to a species. Furthermore, for harvested reef squids, it is unclear how many species exist, where they exist, and how their populations are interconnected and change over time—all crucial and basic information to effectively manage a fishery. This region has the highest human population growth rates worldwide (2-3% annual increase), which could pose significant threats to food security and sustainability if not accompanied by appropriate development and management.
My preliminary research suggests that within one group of heavily harvested reef squids, what is commonly identified as a single species known as the big fin reef squid (Sepioteuthis cf. lessoniana) actually comprises multiple cryptic species that coexist within the Coral Triangle. In most ecosystems, species that play very similar roles and/or have very similar traits will compete with each other to exist within that particular ecosystem. Usually, the best-adapted species will dominate in an area and the less-adapted species will become locally extinct (i.e. will not exist in that area). If one of these species were able to play a slightly different role in the ecosystem, whether by feeding on different prey, mating at different times, or utilizing a different part of the habitat, co-existence (also called "sympatry") is more likely. My research focuses on discovering what mechanisms – diet, behavior, and habitat – may play a role in maintaining the co-existence of these multiple species. Issues such as overfishing and climate change alter ecosystem factors that determine the survival of populations and could alter the dynamics that allow these species to co-exist. For example, climate change will alter sea surface temperatures, which are a primary factor in determining reproduction times and growth for reef squids. Thus, understanding how different cryptic squid species respond to environmental changes is crucial for creating effective management and conservation plans. Understanding the factors that maintain species boundaries within sympatrically occurring cryptic species will provide more species-level and ecosystem-level detail for informing management plans for this fisheries stock.
Left: Dissecting specimen fished near Waigeo Island in Raja Ampat. The presence of developing eggs indicates a mature female. Photo courtesy of Ross Pooley of Papua Diving on Pulau Kri. Right: Fishing boats coming into the landing in Kota Banda Aceh in the early morning.
During 2012, I visited Vietnam and Indonesia for my second field season. I traveled to Nha Trang, Vietnam, and to northern Sulawesi (Donggala and Manado), Pulau Seribu, Banda Aceh and Raja Ampat in Indonesia. I collected samples from local fish markets and fishermen in these areas to:
1. Identify cryptic lineages occurring in the area by collecting mantle tissue for phylogenetic analysis and delineation of range limits. GPS coordinates of fishing sites were also collected when possible.
2. Identify differences in size class and maturity by measuring the size of individuals at each location as well as looking at the degree of gonad maturity and calculating gonadosomatic indices. This is done to determine if co-existing lineages have different growth and maturity patterns, allowing them to prevent hybridization.
3. Identify differences in diet both between cryptic lineages at all locations and within lineages between locations in order to observe any likely differences in ecological niches for co-existing lineages. Squid are remarkably efficient eaters –generally chewing their prey into unidentifiable pieces. Thus, diet analysis will have to be conducted through DNA barcoding for prey species from big fin reef squid stomachs.
To further expand on the second point above, I also set up a long-term, collaborative study with Dr. Z.A. Muchlisin with the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science at Universitas Syiah Kuala in Banda Aceh. To determine if different lineages mature at different times, which limits the chances for hybridization, two undergraduate students are collecting samples of Sepioteuthis each month from the fish landings and markets and measuring growth and maturity over the year. Cryptic lineages are identified using DNA barcoding methods.
This season's fieldwork in Vietnam was funded by a National Science Foundation "Partnerships in International Research and Education" (PIRE) grant under Dr. Paul Barber. The fieldwork in Indonesia was funded by a grant from the Explorer's Club.


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Venezuela awoke to political turmoil Monday after Hugo Chavez's chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, won the country's presidential election by such a tight margin that his rival demanded a recount.
The country, already shaken by the death from cancer of its dominating leader, faces uncertainty after Maduro secured 50.7 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, compared with 49.1 percent for Henrique Capriles -- a difference of just 235,000 ballots.
"This is the most delicate moment in the history of 'Chavismo' since 2002," Javier Corrales, a U.S. political scientist and Venezuela expert at Amherst College in Massachusetts, told Reuters, referring to a brief coup against Chavez 11 years ago.
"With these results, the opposition might not concede easily, and Maduro will have a hard time demonstrating to the top leadership of Chavismo that he is a formidable leader."
Capriles refused to recognize the result and said his team had a list of more than 3,000 polling irregularities, Reuters reported.
"This struggle has not ended," he said. "We are not going to recognize a result until each vote of Venezuelans is counted."
"I didn't fight against a candidate today, but against the whole abuse of power," said Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state. "Mr. Maduro, you were the loser. ... This system is collapsing, it's like a castle of sand -- touch it and it falls."
Officials said Maduro would be formally proclaimed winner at a ceremony and rally in downtown Caracas as early as Monday afternoon, Reuters reported.
For his part, Maduro said he would accept a full recount, even as he insisted his victory was clean and dedicated it to Chavez.
"We've had a fair, legal and constitutional triumph," Maduro told his victory rally. "To those who didn't vote for us, I call for unity."
One key Chavista leader expressed dismay over the outcome, The Associated Press reported. National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, whom many consider Maduro's main rival within their movement, tweeted: "The results oblige us to make a profound self-criticism."
A modest but noisy crowd of Maduro supporters celebrated in Caracas' Chacao neighborhood, waving flags and setting off fireworks.
A perception that Maduro has a weak mandate could prompt challenges from within the disparate ruling coalition that formed around Chavez, just as overstretched state finances force him to slow the very oil-funded largesse he staked his reputation on maintaining, Reuters said.
The OPEC nation's strong growth is seen by most private economists as dropping this year as the government pares back following hefty spending in 2012 that was a key driver of the economy and helped Chavez win re-election in October, Reuters reported.
However, the New York Times reported that Maduro's victory could see repairs made to the fractured relationship between Venezuela and the United States.
Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, who was in Caracas as a representative of the Organization of American States, said in an interview that Maduro called him aside after a meeting of election observers on Saturday and asked him to carry a message, the NYT reported.
"He said, 'We want to improve the relationship with the U.S., regularize the relationship,'" the newspaper quoted Richardson as saying.
Venezuela's electronic voting system is digital but generates a paper receipt for each vote, making a vote-by-vote recount possible, the AP said.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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This story was originally published on Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:01 AM EDT


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After years of studying, paper-writing and test-taking, hundreds of students received their diplomas at University of Wisconin-La Crosse's Winter Commencement Sunday morning at the La Crosse Center.
Single mom Susan Fabian was one of them.
"If you would have asked me a decade ago, 'Susan, what are you passionate about?' I would have been like, 'NASCAR!'" said Fabian with a laugh.
But a lot has changed for Susan Fabian over the past few years.
A divorce left her and her two daughters homeless.
While they were living in a shelter, she decided to apply to UW-L.
"Going to college probably was the one thing that kept me on-track with saying, 'This is what it's going to take to get my life pulled together so that I can support my children on my own,'" said Fabian.
As someone who holds down multiple part-time jobs, organizes community events and advocates for struggling student parents, Fabian wears many hats. On Sunday, she got to wear a new one: a UW-L graduation cap.
While she doesn't get a diploma for being a single mom, Fabian said she hopes her daughters learn something from their journey together.
"They're going to get knocked down. Everybody gets knocked down, you know? It's how you get back up," said Fabian.
Fabian said her biggest accomplishment during her time at UW-L has been creating an organized network of student parents between UW-L, Viterbo University and Western Technical College. It's a way for those parents to connect and problem-solve together so they don't feel so alone in their academic journeys.
Fabian plans to apply to UW- Madison for a Master's in Public Affairs. Her long-term aspiration is to someday run for political office.
She was one of 543 undergraduate and 129 graduate students who walked across the stage on Sunday, and into the next chapter of their lives.


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Anyone use this and did/does it work for you?
Anyone use this and did/does it work for you?
I am sorry you didn't get any replies! Also I hope things are going well
I took the MMSB for awhile- both the tincture and the capsule. I'd say for 2 months? I didn't get a new set because the domperidone is very helpful and it is just soo expensive.
But I think it helped a little. I have very small breasts and one LC did mention insufficient glandular tissue, but all the other LCs said I was fine. I did feel a little fuller and I *think* it may have given a supply boost.
My theory is just buy a small bottle, see if it works? Can't really hurt. There are worse things to spend $20 on. This is coming from a self proclaimed
cheapskate too.
However the most important thing is removing milk as often as possible. Which I know SUCKS when you are only getting a little bit. But now I'm getting about an oz each time and it feels like it matters, you know? So keep trying, and keep posting!
I've been having a really rough time too, so you are not alone
I am so glad you posted. I haven't been on here since talking to a LC who shot me down big time! Way down! Maybe she's right..maybe I am/was taking time away from my son. I was wanting to get reassurance from her but instead after talking to her and while talking to her I was holding back tears...I feared what was gonna be said even before I talked to her and she said it. Basically if I couldn't pump at work and since my son was already 11 months and because he wouldn't latch I was basically wasting my time(although she didn't say it in those words). So once I got off the phone with her I stared at the breast pump sitting on the couch and then at Cam and felt a pinch of pain....I was losing what I wanted most...to be able to offer him breast milk again and to not lose the ability to provide for him. I feel like because I'm not producing or won't be for long(still have some come to my nipples when I squeeze and just after a hot shower) that I'm losing his babyhood if that's what you even call it. Ugh. I feel so frustrated and horrible.
Before I talked to her I was doing good taking the vitamins/herbs that I had and pumping every hour and I even had been keeping a journal. I was doing good and felt proud of myself. I however was not getting anything out of my breasts which was weird because now that I've stopped I have more milk coming to my nipples. Weird and so comforting though at the same time..because to me as long as I see white there I know that it's still possible. Just can't describe it right now but I am emotional to say the least and with his 1st birthday coming up I'm getting more emotional. If you've read this far, bless you. I hope that your troubles get easier because if I could just get to your point(even though you may be having problems) I would be ever so blessed and grateful. Keep at it and hugs.
Awww thanks.
How much are you getting right now? Maybe you just didn't meet the best LC.
Have you considered trying to find donated milk? There is a group called Human Milk 4 Human Babies on Facebook and I'm sure someone would gladly donate.
More to say but the little one is squirmy.
Thanks again! I get none from pumping..the only milk I am producing is staying right no my nipple. So nothing really. I just feel reassured when I see it. Even though it's not much.
I have thought about donated milk but am so scared because I don't know the person personally. I am sure most are honest but still hard to swallow.
Hey I know it's been awhile, I'm TERRIBLE at getting back to people (kind of a problem, really), and just want to see how it's going.
No matter what you choose to decide, it is awesome that you have the. .breastfeeding attitude. You want to be closer to your son and give him the best. You can do this is SO many ways! Take a bath together, wear him, etc. Just so you know that not being able to breastfeed doesn't make you a bad mom.
If you are still pumping up a storm though, you have my support and best wishes. It's really hard, but if you want to do it I bet you can! It comes down to what YOU think is best for you guys.
If you *do* need any more advice, feel free to reply or send a pm!
I'm so sorry you're going through this. It really, really sucks.
I tried the special blend. It gave me a small spike in the beginning, but once I'd been on it three weeks its effectiveness wore off for me. I'd say it's definitely worth investing in if you'd like to see how it works for you. In my case, I can't really say I was surprised because nothing was working for me.
Can you not pump at work? How long are you there?
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First time mom to my precious baby girl, welcomed to this world August 3, 2009!
Birth: 6 lbs. 6 oz. and 18.5"
6 months: 14 lbs. 14.5 oz. and 26"
1 year: 20 lbs. and 30"
Woohoo! We made it one year!
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I am taking it at the moment. I def think it helps a bit, although I haven't been on it for more than about 2 weeks.
Proud wife to Paul , dedicated SAHM to our O.O. born 00:00:00 on 08 Nov 2010,
Look for us in the upcoming September 2011 issue of LLLGB's magazine, "BREASTFEEDING MATTERS" as well as LLL's upcoming booklet on relactation!
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Relactated from scratch after a complicated birth(BAD hospital)...
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Planning permanent lactation.
A millionaires baby fed with commercial baby milk has a poorer diet than the poorest family's baby who is breastfed.-WHO, 1997
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