矽谷「聾」媽

黃美惠

June 02, 2011 06:00 AM | 3104 次 | 0  | 18  |  | 

老电影了，但是也是第一次看。 我的10岁的儿子居然也爱看，而且看了一遍又一遍，眼泪留了一遍有一遍， 说给这部电影打5颗星。

这个《纽约日记》充满了戏剧化， 就当作《挣扎》的一个插曲吧。

 我们两年前去过， 我们儿子都很喜欢，大孩子，小 孩子有很多好玩的冒险活动。

给夫妻安排的节目也很感人。 和5月的春令营是同一个地方。场地非常接近自然， 又不失优美典雅。

http://www.cffcusa.org/docs/camp_forms/2011fvc_application_n_ca(m).pdf

http://www.cffcusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=95&Itemid=251

服务周全， 是全家出动的好去处。

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日期（月/日）	城市	事工	語言	屆數	報名表
06/30 – 07/04	北加州	家庭渡假營	粵語	20	下載
08/13 – 08/17	北加州	家庭渡假營	國語	20	下載

 “最重要是启发孩子兴趣，给孩子张地图，不能牵着孩子的手走。给孩子个地图，是让孩子自己有兴趣去寻宝，他就会自动去找。”同时获哈佛、耶鲁、麻省理工、普林斯顿、斯坦福福等名校录取通知的华裔张晨波(Brian Zhang)的父亲张首晟，认为这是重要的教育理念，可供华裔家长参考。

华人科学家教子有一套

斯坦福大学荣誉终身物理教授张首晟本不想让人知道儿子的事，但经许多朋友询问及鼓励，再加上日前“虎妈”的教育方式在华裔当中广泛讨论，张首晟才决定接受访问。张首晟认为，要让孩子为自己的兴趣而成长，家长不要计划太多；让孩子主动，家长在旁帮忙。“让孩子自然成长，从兴趣中发展”是张首晟的教育原则。

张首晟在物理界获多项杰出奖项，发表过多篇论文，也到各大学演讲，但“从未要求孩子要和自己一样，”他反而鼓励张晨波多方面发展。

张首晟在儿子小时，就给他买很多书，张晨波六、七岁时最入迷的书都是数学书。张首晟记得，儿子当时可在讲解三角形的数学书中看出数学规律，于是开始培养他这方面兴趣。

“要让孩子在趣味中学习及成长，”张首晟也给孩子其它领域的接触，如历史、伟人自传、旅游等。张首晟指出，要给孩子不同的环境刺激，“在孩子培养过程中，给孩子大的环境转变，对孩子成长是个挑战，如果孩子能面对挑战，又做得好，对他的自信心及成长都有帮助。”

张晨波每两年会去一次中国，七年级时还有个学期到中国延安的重点学校去读书，向自己挑战。今年暑期则将单独一人去欧洲游学。张首晟说，有时张晨波看书太久，会拉他去运动或弹琴，有个平衡。

长子同时获五名校录取

同时获得五所名校录取通知的华裔张晨波(Brian Zhang)，将来毕业后想做什么？“可能像我父亲一样做个教授吧，”讲着一口标准北京口音的张晨波如此回答，“也许我在大学时会去试试其它领域，找机会创造自己。”张晨波至5日为止，尚未决定去那个大学。

“在硅谷长大，看到许多创新公司，也许将来有机会自己也创一个公司，”张晨波已经开始思考未来的可能性，“也不排除未来到中国发展，”张晨波了解现在已有很多公司是中美合作。

张晨波是斯坦福大学荣誉终身物理教授张首晟的长子，现就读巴洛阿图甘恩高中(Gunn High)。张晨光是甘恩高中连续四年水球队队员，能弹一手好钢琴，喜欢古典音乐，最喜欢弹肖邦的作品。“想当教授是看到父亲的榜样，”张晨波表示，因父亲许多同事都是教授，曾见过许多科学家及学者来往家中，多次见过诺贝尔奖得主杨振宁。

获得各大名校录取，不只是张晨波优异的成绩，以及多次在全美各地数学比赛的获奖。张晨波曾花了很多时间，为巴洛阿图地区的初中设立“数学俱乐部”，义务协助及教导初中学生学习数学。张晨波表示，他从小就对数学和科学有兴趣，上了高中后，接触物理，发觉更喜欢物理，但张晨波强调喜欢物理完全没受父亲的影响。“物理可以将自然现像精确的整理出来，”张晨波打算在大学时主修物理、数学、计算机科学。

S坐在办公桌前，眼睛虽盯着电脑, 身子却不住扭动起来, 一副烦躁的样子，摄像头的角度和光线让电脑屏幕成了一面哈哈镜，静原本柔和圆润的脸庞变得憔悴暗淡， 皱纹和斑点硬生生被放大几倍,  静的声音也让他觉得陌生, 唠唠叨叨的像有说不完的牢骚。幸亏的是, 静没有提那个尴尬的话题,   他不知道是静故意避开, 就像一个癌症病人的家属, 顾及病人的感觉,  绝不在病人面前声张他的问题.   也许说到底, 静还是个善解人意的女人吧.

My son gave this to me. We never know when and where the next earthquake in CA will be. But we need to prepare.

书的前页震撼人心： 

夜间, 每逢交更的时候要起来呼喊 ，

在主面前倾心如水。

你的孩童在各市口上受饿发昏；

你要为他们的性命向主举手祷告。

（哀：2：19）

Potassium Iodide (KI)

Key Facts

• You should only take potassium idodide (KI) on the advice of emergency management officials, public health officials, or your doctor.
• There are health risks associated with taking KI.

What is Potassium Iodide (KI)?

Potassium iodide (also called KI) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine. Stable iodine is an important chemical needed by the body to make thyroid hormones. Most of the stable iodine in our bodies comes from the food we eat. KI is stable iodine in a medicine form. This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives you some basic information about KI. It explains what you should think about before you or a family member takes KI.

What does KI do?

Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine may be released into the air and then be breathed into the lungs. Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food supply and get into the body through food or through drink. When radioactive materials get into the body through breathing, eating, or drinking, we say that “internal contamination” has occurred. In the case of internal contamination with radioactive iodine, the thyroid gland quickly absorbs this chemical. Radioactive iodine absorbed by the thyroid can then injure the gland. Because non-radioactive KI acts to block radioactive iodine from being taken into the thyroid gland, it can help protect this gland from injury.

What KI cannot do

Knowing what KI cannot do is also important. KI cannot prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body. KI can protect only the thyroid from radioactive iodine, not other parts of the body. KI cannot reverse the health effects caused by radioactive iodine once damage to the thyroid has occurred. KI cannotprotect the body from radioactive elements other than radioactive iodine—if radioactive iodine is not present, taking KI is not protective.

How does KI work?

The thyroid gland cannot tell the difference between stable and radioactive iodine and will absorb both. KI works by blocking radioactive iodine from entering the thyroid. When a person takes KI, the stable iodine in the medicine gets absorbed by the thyroid. Because KI contains so much stable iodine, the thyroid gland becomes “full” and cannot absorb any more iodine—either stable or radioactive—for the next 24 hours.

Iodized table salt also contains iodine; iodized table salt contains enough iodine to keep most people healthy under normal conditions. However, table salt does not contain enough iodine to block radioactive iodine from getting into your thyroid gland. You should not use table salt as a substitute for KI.

How well does KI work?

Knowing that KI may not give a person 100% protection against radioactive iodine is important. How well KI blocks radioactive iodine depends on

• how much time passes between contamination with radioactive iodine and the taking of KI (the sooner a person takes KI, the better),
• how fast KI is absorbed into the blood, and
• the total amount of radioactive iodine to which a person is exposed.

Who should take KI?

The thyroid glands of a fetus and of an infant are most at risk of injury from radioactive iodine. Young children and people with low stores of iodine in their thyroid are also at risk of thyroid injury.

Infants (including breast-fed infants): Infants need to be given the recommended dosage of KI for babies (see How much KI should I take?). The amount of KI that gets into breast milk is not enough to protect breast-fed infants from exposure to radioactive iodine. The proper dose of KI given to a nursing infant will help protect it from radioactive iodine that it breathes in or drinks in breast milk.

Children: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that all children internally contaminated with (or likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine take KI, unless they have known allergies to iodine. Children from newborn to 18 years of age are the most sensitive to the potentially harmful effects of radioactive iodine.

Young Adults: The FDA recommends that young adults (between the ages of 18 and 40 years) internally contaminated with (or likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine take the recommended dose of KI. Young adults are less sensitive to the effects of radioactive iodine than are children.

Pregnant Women: Because all forms of iodine cross the placenta, pregnant women should take KI to protect the growing fetus. However, pregnant women should take only one dose of KI following internal contamination with (or likely internal contamination with) radioactive iodine.

Breastfeeding Women: Women who are breastfeeding should take only one dose of KI if they have been internally contaminated with (or are likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine. Because radioactive iodine quickly gets into breast milk, CDC recommends that women internally contaminated with (or are likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine stop breastfeeding and feed their child baby formula or other food if it is available. If breast milk is the only food available for an infant, nursing should continue.

Adults: Adults older than 40 years should not take KI unless public health or emergency management officials say that contamination with a very large dose of radioactive iodine is expected. Adults older than 40 years have the lowest chance of developing thyroid cancer or thyroid injury after contamination with radioactive iodine. They also have a greater chance of having allergic reactions to KI.

When should I take KI?

After a radiologic or nuclear event, local public health or emergency management officials will tell the public if KI or other protective actions are needed. For example, public health officials may advise you to remain in your home, school, or place of work (this is known as “shelter-in-place”) or to evacuate. You may also be told not to eat some foods and not to drink some beverages until a safe supply can be brought in from outside the affected area. Following the instructions given to you by these authorities can lower the amount of radioactive iodine that enters your body and lower the risk of serious injury to your thyroid gland.

How much KI should I take?

The FDA has approved two different forms of KI—tablets and liquid—that people can take by mouth after a nuclear radiation emergency. Tablets come in two strengths, 130 milligram (mg) and 65 mg. The tablets are scored so they may be cut into smaller pieces for lower doses. Each milliliter (mL) of the oral liquid solution contains 65 mg of KI.
According to the FDA, the following doses are appropriate to take after internal contamination with (or likely internal contamination with) radioactive iodine: 

• Adults should take 130 mg (one 130 mg tablet OR two 65 mg tablets OR two mL of solution).
• Women who are breastfeeding should take the adult dose of 130 mg.
• Children between 3 and 18 years of age should take 65 mg (one 65 mg tablet OR 1 mL of solution). Children who are adult size (greater than or equal to 150 pounds) should take the full adult dose, regardless of their age.
• Infants and children between 1 month and 3 years of age should take 32 mg (½ of a 65 mg tablet OR ½ mL of solution). This dose is for both nursing and non-nursing infants and children.
• Newborns from birth to 1 month of age should be given 16 mg (¼ of a 65 mg tablet or ¼ mL of solution). This dose is for both nursing and non-nursing newborn infants.

How often should I take KI?

A single dose of KI protects the thyroid gland for 24 hours. A one-time dose at the levels recommended in this fact sheet is usually all that is needed to protect the thyroid gland. In some cases, radioactive iodine might be in the environment for more than 24 hours. If that happens, local emergency management or public health officials may tell you to take one dose of KI every 24 hours for a few days. You should do this only on the advice of emergency management officials, public health officials, or your doctor. Avoid repeat dosing with KI for pregnant and breastfeeding women and newborn infants. Those individuals may need to be evacuated until levels of radioactive iodine in the environment fall.

Taking a higher dose of KI, or taking KI more often than recommended, does not offer more protection and can cause severe illness or death.

Medical conditions that may make it harmful to take KI

Taking KI may be harmful for some people because of the high levels of iodine in this medicine. You should not take KI if
• you know you are allergic to iodine (If you are unsure about this, consult your doctor. A seafood or shellfish allergy does not necessarily mean that you are allergic to iodine.) or
• you have certain skin disorders (such as dermatitis herpetiformis or urticaria vasculitis).

People with thyroid disease (for example, multinodular goiter, Graves’ disease, or autoimmune thyroiditis) may be treated with KI. This should happen under careful supervision of a doctor, especially if dosing lasts for more than a few days.

In all cases, talk to your doctor if you are not sure whether to take KI.

What are the possible risks and side effects of KI?

When public health or emergency management officials tell the public to take KI following a radiologic or nuclear event, the benefits of taking this drug outweigh the risks. This is true for all age groups. Some general side effects caused by KI may include intestinal upset, allergic reactions (possibly severe), rashes, and inflammation of the salivary glands.

When taken as recommended, KI causes only rare adverse health effects that specifically involve the thyroid gland. In general, you are more likely to have an adverse health effect involving the thyroid gland if you

• take a higher than recommended dose of KI,
• take the drug for several days, or
• have pre-existing thyroid disease.

Newborn infants (less than 1 month old) who receive more than one dose of KI are at particular risk for developing a condition known as hypothyroidism (thyroid hormone levels that are too low). If not treated, hypothyroidism can cause brain damage. Infants who receive KI should have their thyroid hormone levels checked and monitored by a doctor. Avoid repeat dosing of KI to newborns.

Where can I get KI?

KI is available without a prescription. You should talk to your pharmacist to get KI and for directions about how to take it correctly. Your pharmacist can sell you KI brands that have been approved by the FDA.

Can kelp and seaweed substitute the KI? Well, it seems you have to take houdred of kelp tablet and pounds of seaweed to substitute 130mg KI. Here is the calculation. This should answer 苏楠 ‘s question.  

Theres around 250-500 micrograms of iodide in a kelp capsule and 1000 mcgs = 1 milligram and you need around 130mgs of KI to protect your thyroid from radiation

so you’d have to take hundreds of kelp pills per day. 

Kelp Tablets…hardly. Solgar Kelp Tablets, for example, contain only 225 MICROGRAMS of iodine! (Fortunately, it is also available in a 1000 tablet bottle, unfortunately though, you’d need to be swallowing 442 of them per day and likely not wander too far from a bathroom!)