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Right in downtown near Metro Consolaçao off Avenida Paulista, the blender got delivered. Before dropping it at Claudia's work in the late afternoon, we had a little break to grab a Maracuya and Papaya smoothie to charge our batteries. Claudia, the recipient, was very pleased and surprised with her parcel as glass blenders aren't common in Brazil. Here are some shots of the glass blender, her and me.
Healthy Green Smoothie
We all know how difficult it is to eat the recommended daily intake of 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day! Personally, I felt I needed more energy, so when I met a raw vegan friend, I started drinking green smoothies to see if that would help. I also began to learn more about the body's need for deep coloured vegetables. Dandelion leaves are the most potent deep-coloured vegetable I came across. So I started making my green smoothies with dandelion. The recipe below is an acquired taste, but I just learned you can add more pineapple or banana to remove the bitterness of the dandelion.
A little more about dandelion leaves… It is one of the highest sources of calcium and iron. Just one cup of chopped dandelion has 10% of the recommended daily value of calcium! If you increase your recipe to include 2 or 3 cups of dandelion and add calcium-rich fruits like papaya, figs, kiwi or oranges, then you'll get more calcium than any dairy product! If you add fresh parsley you'll increase the iron content. Dandelion is high in vitamin C, which helps absorb iron ~ so it's perfect combo if you add parsley! Also, it is high in vitamin A (beta-carotene), which counteracts the damaging effects of oxidation in tissue. Dandelion is said to help cleanse the liver. Besides calcium and iron, dandelions are a great source of copper, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, B1, B2, B6, E and even K! Now that's a vitamin-rich plant! To top that off, I just found out that dandelions are 14% protein and offer the complete protein chain of essential amino acids! Overall, dandelion greens may help reduce risk of cancer, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and assist with inflammatory diseases such asthma. Who ever said dandelion is just a weed? I love this plant!
3 cups of dandelion
2 cups of pineapple
1 cup of parsley
1 banana
1 cup of water
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
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A diagram for a set of possibilities
Spelled in both English and Portuguese a line was drawn connecting the space between each of the letters in sequence using different colours for each language.
Notice the trajectories they trace, the linguistic coincidences and divergences, the shapes formed by their intersections.
Conceptualized by Francisco Fernando-Granados.
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Makeup Monday – Soft browns
August 22, 2011 at 11:58 pm Anna 16 comments
This week I will show you a look that Isabelle did on a friend a little while back. These colours would flatter anyone!
She used the colours Birch Beer, Doe and Blassy Boughs (you can see them swatched in that order below).
Start off with the matte Blassy Boughs on your eyelid. Apply Doe in the crease and under the eye and finish off with Birch Beer under the eyebrow. Easy peasy and so pretty! 🙂
Pop on over to our website to pick up these essentials for yourself! 🙂
And now, the contest!! Winner from last week is…. *drumroll*…..post number 3! Mylene! Thank you random.org and congratulations Mylene!! Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win all three eyeshadows used in this look! Good luck and let me know if you have found a favorite combo! 🙂
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I love how this looks with green eyes! Always looking for a great combo for green-eyed beauties like myself 😉
It's a nice natural look this week. Love it!
Wow – this is gorgeous! Would love to try it on myself (though I'm sure it won't work quite as well!).
Lovely :))
I already have 2 of these colors – me thinks Blassy Boughs is in my future!
I love it! I'm always looking for new ideas, and birch beer is a favorite for sure!
Very pretty. Would love to try.
Beauty colours! Would be interested to try those colours as nail polish as well for the fall. I just tried out that idea from an older post and it worked out so well! I've been getting lots of positive compliments about my nail polish!
So pretty and such lovely names.
Love all TVÅLs skincare, so would be nice to try those beautiful eyeshadows, and brown is just my color! =)
Wow! I love the look!
Browns are my favourite day to day colours ❤
I have tried a few looks you have posted in the past. I shall be trying this one as well! Very pretty!
Got Birch Beer as a sample in my recent order. Love how it works with the other two colours.
I've tried Little Heart's Ease, Forget-me-not and right now I'm currently rocking sea anemone on my nails! Little Heart's Ease is really vibrant and the perfect colour for the transition between summer/fall.
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PASADENA — Liam Walsh continued his amazing season and the Occidental men's soccer team is on the cusp of playing for its first regular season SCIAC Championship in program history.
Walsh recorded his second hat-trick of the season, scoring all four goals as the Tigers won at Caltech 4-0 on Wednesday.
The Tigers now sit and wait until later this evening to see if they will be playing for a share of the SCIAC title.
Oxy needs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to beat Redlands on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. If that happens it puts Oxy in a tie for second place with Redlands, trailing CMS by three points with one game to go, setting up a championship game with CMS at Oxy on Saturday. The Tigers would have an opportunity to play for at least a share of the title and likely the No. 1 seed in the four-team SCIAC tournament.
Ties are not broken for regular season SCIAC crowns, only for tournament seeding.
If Redlands beats CMS on Wednesday night, Oxy would be rooting for Redlands to lose to Cal Lutheran on Saturday and the same stakes would be in play. If Redlands and CMS tie, Oxy would need Redlands to tie or lose to Cal Lutheran to have a shot at the regular season championship and No. 1 seed.
The Tigers have already clinched a spot in the four-team SCIAC Postseason Tournament and will be no lower than the No. 3 seed.
Walsh has been at the front of Oxy's success this season. The junior from Washington, D.C. upped his SCIAC best goal total to 15 in conference play, more than twice the amount of the second best player in the SCIAC. Earlier this month he scored a hat-trick at Redlands and he's scored an incredible 12 goals in his last five SCIAC games.
Walsh is also Oxy's career goals leader with 31 and counting in his four seasons.
Sean Kim and Ariel Rosso both recorded assists for Oxy on Wednesday afternoon.
SCIAC Tournament Seeding Tiebreakers
1) Head-to-Head
2) Conference Wins
3) Record Among Tied Teams (thrown out if uneven number of games played against each opponent)
4) Goal Differential in SCIAC
5) Coin Flip
Season Impact: The Tigers record goes to 13-4 and 10-3 overall.
Caltech falls to 3-13 and 0-13.
Next Game: The Tigers finish the regular season against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Jack Kemp Stadium.Follow Oxy Athletics on Twitter Sign Up for Newsletters Watch on Youtube Follow us on Instagram


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Watch the full Sunday Race 2 Video and Interviews
Sunday - Race 1
Having a second row start was not ideal to claw back some championship points. Wayne got a reasonable start and held his fifth position on lap 1, then on lap two he passed two riders and held third place for the remainder of the race. This was a great result with Wayne still suffering arm pump, so to gain some championship points on Herfoss and also be on the podium was a good start to what has been a tough weekend for the multiple champion.
Wayne said: "It was awesome to get Yamaha 1-2-3, to do it here on Sunday it awesome, struggled a bit with my forearms again and dropped off towards the end."
Sunday -Race 2
This race was filled with a few drama's, Wayne was in 4th position when his teammate Cru Halliday crashed of which the race was red flagged. The restart saw the Yamaha's start from pit lane of which Wayne had to go through the field in the 6 lap dash. After the combined times Wayne finished in 3rd position and closed in on the championship lead. The weekend was not the best, but to claw the championship back to just 3 points behind Herfoss was a great result on Sunday.
Wayne said: "It just goes to show how strong the Yamaha is by finishing 2-3 after starting from pit lane for the second part of race two and doing the fastest lap of the day, this is a bad weekend for me and I look forward to Wakefield Park. "
Australasian Superbike Championship
1 Troy HERFOSS (NSW) 185
2 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) 182
3 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) 165
4 Cru HALLIDAY (NSW) 150
5 Mike JONES (QLD) 139
6 Sean CONDON (NSW) 133
7 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) 123
8 Matthew WALTERS (NSW) 106
9 Evan BYLES (SA) 91
10 Ben BURKE (NSW) 79
Saturday's Racing Update
Race 1
Starting on the front row from 4th was always going to be a struggle to get into turn 1 with the lead, but add to that Wayne's poor start and he was sitting in 8th position on lap 1. Wayne clawed his way back to 5th position and then suffered arm pump which made it very difficult to hang onto that position. Wayne finished the race in 5th position with the second fastest time of the race and also clawed back one point towards the championship lead.
Race 2
Wayne got a better start and only lost one position at the end of the first lap, it was a dicing match mid way in the race with a few riders of which Wayne managed to break them with 3 laps remaining. He managed to finish 4th in the race after experiencing braking issues.
Wayne said: "Today was a bit of a struggle which wasn't expected, I got arm pump in the races and just felt that I had to make the best of a bad situation. Sunday we will make some changes to brakes which will hopefully see me be a lot more competitive and stay in the championship hunt for 2015"
You can watch the live streaming on Sunday from 9.45am via http://www.waynemaxwell.com.au/news/150-watch-australasian-superbike-championship-live-on-16-8-15
AFX/SBK Championship Standings
|Troy HERFOSS (NSW)
|Glenn ALLERTON (NSW)
|Wayne MAXWELL (VIC)
|Cru HALLIDAY (NSW)
|Sean CONDON (NSW)
|Jamie STAUFFER (NSW)
|Mike JONES (QLD)
|Matthew WALTERS (NSW)
|Ben BURKE (NSW)
|Evan BYLES (SA)
It's the halfway point of the Australasian Superbike Championship, Wayne heads to Queensland Raceway with all the racing action starting on Saturday 15th August. Live streaming is available on Sunday via www.waynemaxwell.com.au.
After the successful Queensland Raceway testing late last month, Wayne heads to this round with intensions of closing the championship lead. Wayne currently sits second in both championships just 8 points off the lead in both.
Friday Practice and Qualifying commenced in perfect weather conditions that saw five riders eclipse the previous lap record of 1:09.067 including Wayne.
After some minor bike adjustments in practice we had a good consistent pace, leading two of the four practice sessions was encouraging in preparation for the 16 minute qualifying.
In qualifying the pace was fast as everyone tries to put down a quick lap early to conserve the tyre use, qualifying tyres are allowed to be used in any race over the weekend so it's important that we don't put many laps on them. Wayne completed qualifying in 4th position on the front row putting in the least amount of laps than any other rider and was only .300 off pole position.
Wayne said: "I have a good bike and pace for the 2 x 16 lap race conditions. My tyre grip was really good after five laps which puts me in good stead for the races. It's going to be important to get a good start with the top eight less than a second apart, we have made a few changes that will hopefully see me get out of the blocks a lot better than the previous round."
You can watch all the live timing of today's event via www.computime.com.au or watch the live streaming on Sunday via www.waynemaxwell.com.au.
Official Wayne Maxwell Website Hosted & Managed by Steve Thibou | Copyright © Wayne Maxwell Racing 2019 All rights reserved.
2014 Australasian Superbike Champion & AFX-Superbike Champion, 2013 Australian Superbike Champion


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The Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer promote and protect the agricultural industry, the environment, businesses, and the public. Appointed by the County Board of Supervisors, County Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers of Weights and Measures enforce Federal and State laws and regulations as well as local ordinances. County Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers work cooperatively with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Department of Pesticide Regulation and the United States Department of Agriculture to provide protections for consumers, the environment, and the agricultural industry and to the marketplace.
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text: 5 out of 5 star Rating Easy to use 26 gauge Head Pins By Robm on April 12, 2012 I have bought Head Pins from all over and this is the Cat's Meow! First, it is Silver Filled giving quality while not hurting the pocket book as SS does. Next the 26 Gauge give an easy to work with "bending without breakage." Working without Breaking is the most important featured to appreciate to me so you do not waste time remaking and you do not worry about breakage in the field. Many competitors Head Pins break while being worked. The 26 Gauge is small at .016" but for me making many earrings and small accessories to bracelets it is excellent. The head is .050" diameter so you need to watch the hole size in the items being used. I mentioned silver filled above so if you are not up to date silver filled is a key to buying silver findings today. Artbead is one of the few offering silver filled. Also silver filled is better than silver plated for long term quality in my opinion. Silver filled offers the middle road between silver plated and SS. Look for 925/10 silver filled. Was this review helpful to you? Yes or No Flag as inappropriate 2 people found this review helpful


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July 29, 2014 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese human rights body has condemned last week's arrest of youth in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, describing the government's move as "barbaric".
In a statement issued Tuesday, South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA) said it received that a number of youth have been arrested, held and were being tortured by security agents since 26 July.
Those arrested allegedly maintained close links with Gen. Dau Aturjong, a senior military commander who defected from the army to join opposition forces led by the country's former vice-president, Riek Machar.
SSHURSA said the arrest of the youth was "unlawful" and that the state should "immediately" and "unconditionally" ensure that the arrested youth members are released and hold accountable those who carried out the arrests.
"The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA) condemns in strongest terms possible as 'barbaric' the arrest of the youth by the security and state officials in South Sudan's Northern Bahr El Ghazal state," partly reads its statement.
The youth members, it stressed, have their constitutional rights to associate and speak out their views on how they perceive the government they have entrusted with management of their public affairs as citizens of the country both at state and national levels.
"It is one of the values of democratic society to associate and speak out on public issues that matter in the lives of the citizens and people's government cannot use its agents to arrest and torture those holding contrary views," SSHURSA said.
Harmless divergent views are ingredients for the growth of democracy which South Sudanese state must be humble to accept, it further stressed.
As a member of the African Union and United Nations, South Sudan is expected abide by certain principles of the international customary law, which condones illegal arrest, unfair trail and prolonged detention.


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In these years when the concept of brand has not even been mentioned, Hasan Komili has set out by providing high quality product and have laid the seeds of the Comic brand that will last for generations.
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With a 27-man roster, the largest in Coach David Quinn's five season tenure behind the BU bench, the 2017-18 Terriers were on the ice today at Walter Brown Arena for their initial practice. Ten newcomers—nine freshman and a graduate transfer— join 17 returnees.
BU Team #96 is on campus and ready to go... pic.twitter.com/dr1O2Qw0ve— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) September 7, 2017
Some pics from today's ice time... pic.twitter.com/8STypF2HLj— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) September 7, 2017
►ESPN's John Buccigross posted his pre-season NCAA D1 rankings with BU at #2 behind defending national champion Denver. The two teams meet on October 27 at Agganis Arena. Two other Hockey East teams made the Buccigross top ten: #4 Providence and #9 Northeastern, while local rival Harvard is #7.
Preseason #cawlidgehawkey— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) September 7, 2017
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►At the Sept. 21 All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo, freshman Brady Tkachuk and 2018 recruits Jake Wise will skate for Team Leetch while Joel Farabee and Tyler Weiss (photo), both 2018 recruits, will skate for Team Chelios.
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6th TMDU International Summer Program (ISP2014)
The 6th TMDU International Summer Program (ISP2014), "Ageing and Metabolism", was held from Monday, August 25th to Thursday, August 28th, under the supervision of the ISP2014 Chair, Dr. Yoshihiro Ogawa (Dept. of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism). In total twenty-five students and young researchers were invited to participate in ISP2014, hailing from seventeen countries in Asia. Thirteen researchers – from Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles, Tokyo University of Science, Iwate Medical University, and TMDU – presented lectures or symposium talks. ISP2014 attendees enjoyed the interesting talks on the cutting-edge of each research. Also they explore TMDU and learned about the researches done at TMDU by the other events: the TMDU Laboratory Visit; a tour of the TMDU Library; social and cultural events.
On Monday, August 25th, ISP2014 kicked off with the Orientation and Welcome Reception. The academic program began the next day. Lecture Course, Day 1, featured talks by Dr. Mitsuaki Isobe (Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine), Dr. Masayuki Yoshida (Dept. of Life Sciences and Bioethics, Life Science and Bioethics Research Center), Dr. Yumiko Oishi-Tanaka (Tenure Track Unit Cellular and Molecular Medicine), Dr. Yuichi Izumi (Dept. of Periodontology), and Dr. Junichi Furuya (Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology, Iwate Medical University, Japan). After the lectures, Dr. Ikuko Morio (Director, International Exchange Center) gave the invited participants an overview of TMDU. The participants then embarked upon the Laboratory Visit, where they were able to go to labs that they had expressed a desire in visiting. A total of twenty-one laboratories welcomed the ISP2014 participants. Lastly, sixteen ISP2014 participants, and five TMDU students, presented their research at the ISP2014 Poster Session.
Lecture Course, Day 2, was held the next day, and ISP2014 welcomed lectures from Dr. Shu Takeda (Dept. of Physiology and Cell Biology), Dr. Takayoshi Suganami (Dept. of Organ Network and Metabolism), Dr. Peter Tontonoz (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.), Dr. Domenico Accili (Medicine, Columbia University, U.S.A.), Dr. Akira Matsumoto (Dept. of Bioelectronics). In the afternoon, the invited participants went on a Library Tour and Optional Tours (Kanda Myojin and an Introduction to Japanese Culture on DVD). At the ISP2014 Social Hour, President Yasuyuki Yoshizawa gave a short speech. Dr. Junji Tagami (Executive Director/Executive Vice President of Education and International Student Exchange) made a toast. And President Yasuyuki Yoshizawa presented the gifts of appreciation to the invited four speakers; Dr. Domenico Accili, Dr. Peter Tontonoz, Dr. Naoko Ohtani, and Dr. Junichi Furuya, and presented the ISP2014 Commemorative Certificates to the invited ISP2014 participants. The ISP2014 Best Poster Awards were presented to three winners by Dr. Yoshihiro Ogawa (ISP2014 Chair). We also enjoyed the performance of Japanese entertainment by .Japanese Traditional Dance Circle and Kyogen Club from Ochanomizu University.
ISP Symposium 2014 "Ageing and Metabolism", co-sponsored by the 41st Graduate School Seminar, was held on Thursday, August 28th. The Symposium welcomed Dr. Emi Nishimura (Dept. of Stem Cell Biology), Dr. Hitoshi Okazawa (Dept. of Neuropathology), Dr. Peter Tontonoz, Dr. Naoko Ohtani (Dept. of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science), and Dr. Domenico Accili.
Throughout ISP2014, as the representative researchers from various research fields shared their knowledge and ideas, and as the invited students and young researchers actively participated in the lectures and programs, there was much knowledge exchanged and deepened.
Dr. Mitsuaki Isobe taking a question
Q&A after an ISP lecture
Q&A after an ISP lecture
Dr. Junichi Furuya answering a question
At the ISP2014 Poster Session
At the ISP2014 Poster Session
Dr. Peter Tontonoz answering a question
Dr. Domenico Accili taking a question
Dr. Naoko Ohtani answering a question
Q&A after an ISP symposium talk
President Yasuyuki Yoshizawa giving official greetings
President Yasuyuki Yoshizawa giving the ISP2014 Certificate to Ms.Channvattey Lao
Ms. Tselmuun Chinzorig receiving
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The Roumanian Leaf is an interesting stitch. It is a nice stand-alone stitch but would also make for an interesting background. As the name implies, the stitch looks like a leaf of sorts. However, it also looks like a stylized tree/Christmas tree. It is important to study the diagram carefully in order to get the count right when doing the Roumanian Leaf. The stitch begins with a straight up and down stitch and then consists of a series of "V"s that get wider, stay the same size, and then eventually get smaller.
The first part of the stitch is a simple Gobelin stitch (straight up and down vertically) over two horizontal canvas threads.
This Gobelin stitch is then flanked by two diagonal stitches which are begun one horizontal canvas thread below the top of the Gobelin stitch. Each of the diagonal stitches goes over two horizontal canvas threads and one vertical canvas thread (either to the right or the left). This first group of stitches ends immediately underneath (one horizontal canvas thread below) where the Gobelin stitch ended. A tacking stitch completes the group.
A second group of stitches is done underneath the first group. It starts with two diagonal stitches, each beginning one horizontal canvas thread beneath (and one vertical canvas thread to the right or the left) of where the first diagonal stitches began. This second and larger "V" flanks the stitches of the first group. The second group ends in the same manner as the first group (i.e., with a tacking stitch, straight up and down over one canvas thread).
The Roumanian Leaf continues with another group of stitches forming a still larger"V" and ending underneath where the stitches of group two ended. This, the largest of the "V"s, is repeated two more times as shown in the diagram. Don't forget the tacking stitch.
The final "V" formation begins down one horizontal thread and to the right or the left one vertical thread from where the third group of large "V" stitches began. This final "V" is more sharply slanted than the previous "V"s and brings the Roumanian stitch to a close.
In terms of spacing for multiple Roumanian Leafs, the important thing to remember is that the top of the Gobelin stitch for the next Roumanian leaf unit shares the same hole as the farthest right or left hole of the final, longest "V" stitch. You will also know if your spacing is correct if the beginning of the first of the three longest "V"s shares the bottom hole of the previously executed Roumanian leaf stitch unit.


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Welcome to Muffintop Makeover!
Whether you're checking back in, or checking us out for the first time, I'm glad your here…
Muffintop Makeover is a health coaching site dedicated to helping you to get rid of your ever-lovin muffin. Our site is currently getting a makeover of its own, and will soon be more than just a blog. Here you will be able to access my belly fat burning programs, recipes, questionnaires, exercise tips, and much more…..
Healthy Living Book Club update:
This months book….
FOOD RULES, Michael Pollan
It's a quick, easy read and has lots of great words to live by. A perfect book to start our healthy living journey off with…It's not too late to join us, so go get yourself a copy and jump over to our facebook group and say hello….
February's book...
Naked Calories, by Mira and Jayson Calton
Looking forward to having Mira, the author, join us here on the blog next month as we read her new book! The info in this book will have you looking at calories in a whole new way….
Another book worth mentioning….
A Course in Weight Loss, by Marianne Williamson
I have another book I want to recommend to everyone as an "add on"…. I HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone who has battled with weight. It addresses the mind's roll in weight management and offers 21 spiritual lessons that are EFFECTIVE . There is a work book, and this is an ideal book for you each of us to do on our own in addition to our monthly reads….Join the book group and let us know how it works for you! I will be discussing this on the book group site as well…..
Well, that's it for now….thanks for following and sharing this blog and book club with your friends. We are growing like crazy thanks to you all! Looking forward to an educational and inspirational year ahead…
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Transfusion is a must
Thalassaemia is a disorder in which the body makes an abnormal form of haemoglobin, resulting in the excessive destruction of red blood cells. So, when there are aren't enough blood cells to meet the body's requirement this results in anaemia, which is why such patients require blood transfusion regularly. In the initial stages a patient may need a transfusion once a month but the frequency generally increases to once in 15-20 days or even a week.
Struggle for blood
Hospitals in India are generally apathetic towards thalassaemics, an attitude that causes delays in blood transfusions. In such a situation, patients have to rely on donors.
The situation is worse for patients of negative blood groups, as this blood is always in short supply. More than the painstaking treatment and the mountain of medical bills, it's the struggle to get blood, unsafe blood transfusion practices and insensitivity of doctors which make life hard for thalassaemia patients in India.
Most thalassaemia patients in India are completely dependent on the Red Cross Society for blood as other banks, including the Rotary Blood Bank, charge an exorbitant amount. They also rely on the blood bank of the hospital where they have been receiving blood transfusion since their birth. So, in case of shortage of blood at the Red Cross, these patients approach their hospital's blood bank.
And the misery doesn't end here. There is always an impending crisis which is waiting to engulf a thalassaemia patient. Transfusions increase the risk of contracting blood borne infections such as HIV and Hepatitis. Though better screening facilities have brought the risk down significantly, this still exists.
Complex treatment process
Increased awareness about the disease, more effective medication as well as better screening of blood has improved the quality of life for thalassaemics. One of the major problems, however, is the iron overload in the body caused by the repeated blood transfusions, which still the remains the main cause for thalassaemia deaths.
Typically those who need a significant number of blood transfusions usually have an excessive amount of iron in the body which needs to be removed through a treatment called chelation therapy, as excess iron can damage the heart, liver and endocrine system.
Drugs known as "iron chelators" help rid the body of excess iron, preventing or delaying problems related to iron overload.
This medication is administered intravenously by using an infusion pump. Generally, the pump is put on at night on the stomach or thigh, and a slow infusion of the iron chelating agent is administered over a period of about eight hours.
Though effective, most patients prefer pills over liquid medicine as it is inconvenient to sleep with a needle pricked into your skin.
Unfortunately, these iron chelator drugs have wide- ranging and serious side-effects such as fever, headache, nausea, stomach upset, vomiting, convulsions, bone marrow depression (dropping blood cell counts), a drop in blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, respiratory arrest, and hypocalcemia. Other concerns include kidney failure, which can require permanent life-limiting and expensive dialysis, or cause death.
The cost of treatment poses a major burden for thalassaemics.
Many line up at government hospitals to avail of free treatment, and forget about being choosy about which drugs are provided.
Some, however, are compelled to pay for a different regimen.
Screening can control
Some people with this disease may live completely normal lives and pass on the disease (which gets carried over several generations) without being aware of it. But, unfortunately, when one person with thalassaemia minor carrier happens to marry another with the same diagnosis, there is a strong possibility that their child would be thalassaemia major.
With existing thalassaemia patients struggling for regular blood supply, it's difficult to imagine the future of those 10,000 to 20,000 new patients born in India every year. The only way to control this hereditary blood disorder is through awareness and prevention.
For instance, thalassaemia was a serious health problem in Cyprus about three decades back when 1 out of every 158 births suffered from thalassaemia. But since the introduction of strict screening laws in the 70s which included pre-marital and prenatal screening and abortion, the country has almost eliminated the disease from their population.
To save our child from inheriting a genetic disease or disorder such as Down syndrome, thalassaemia or haemophilia, every women of child-bearing age should go for recommended tests. For thalassaemia, a simple blood test called haemoglobin electrophoresis would tell if a mother is a carrier of thalassaemia.
And, if a woman happens to be a carrier then her husband is tested for the same as a child inherits the disease only when both the parents are carriers," says Dr Sushila Kataria, internal medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon.
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Today is the day we've all been waiting for, Qualcomm has finally announced the world's first Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor which is capable of Scanning through Display, Thick Glass and Metal with Underwater Operation, Heartbeat and Blood Flow Detection.
Qualcomm says that it is the first commercially announced integrated ultrasonic-based mobile solution to detect heart beat and blood flow for improved mobile authentication experiences.
Note that Qualcomm's design will only work when implemented on an OLED panel under 1200 μm thick. Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors for Glass and Metal will be compatible with the recently announced Snapdragon 660 and 630 Mobile Platforms, and future Snapdragon Mobile Platforms and non-Snapdragon platforms.
Qualcomm has partnered with VIVO demonstrating Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors for Display and Metal using modified versions of the VIVO XPlay 6, which can be found at Qualcomm Technologies' booth W5.E90 (Hall W5) at MWC Shanghai.
That said, Qualcomm announced that it will be supplying these futuristic Next-gen scanners for OEM starting in Summer 2018.


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approx. 14 x 26″ back lit, Mixed paper, pen & pencil crayon installation mounted in plexi-glass. This piece probably took around a month to complete. I was really attempting to create a warm, glowing, whimsical, dynamic illustration with layered detail. I have another post wherein I explain the story behind this series of illustrations linked here:


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TrackAbout · Oct 9th 2019
100% work from home, anywhere in the United States. Our entire tech team (including the CTO) is remote.
We are only considering applicants who have permission to work in the United States without requiring a visa sponsorship.
About the Position
We are seeking an exceptional, full-time developer who is truly passionate about technology and the craft of software development. You'll be joining a top-notch team of devs who are enthusiastic about software engineering and sharing what they know.
We're looking for a minimum of five years of experience in web and/or mobile application development, .NET/C#, object-oriented patterns and practices and relational databases (SQL). You'll be working on all aspects of the TrackAbout offering including our website, REST API, Azure SQL Database and Xamarin for mobile.
Your responsibilities will include designing and building new features, enhancing existing features, eliminating technical debt and fixing (gasp) bugs.
Every developer is expected to be able to pick up any part of the stack. There are no skill silos here. You'll be working on all aspects of the TrackAbout offering including our ASP.NET website and REST API, Azure components, SQL Server, and developing for various mobile devices.
Stuff we use: Azure (PaaS and IaaS), C#/.NET 4.7+, jQuery, Bootstrap, Xamarin for iOS and Android, ServiceStack, ReSharper, GitHub, Jenkins CI, Trello, Slack, Chef, MediaWiki, RhinoMocks, Ninject, NHibernate.
Skills & Requirements
Required Technical Skills
Building web-based enterprise applications and web services
Strong object-oriented programming fundamentals
MS SQL programming (sprocs, udfs, triggers, indexes, constraints, etc.)
Experience with distributed version control systems like Git
Understanding of design patterns and patterns of enterprise architecture
Test-driven development (TDD)
Xamarin-based Android/iOS development
Internationalization (I18N) and Localization (L10N) experience
Experience in Agile environments like Scrum and Lean
Personal Traits
Since this is a 100% remote position, you'll be expected to be able to work independently and unsupervised, but with clear goals and direction. We are quality- and results-oriented and we don't micromanage.
We look for the following:
Solid interpersonal, organizational and task-management skills
Insatiable curiosity, a love of learning and a desire to continuously improve
Fanatical attention to detail
Tolerance of overuse of bullet lists


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Did you follow the BBC's coverage of the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show at the weekend? We were glued to the TV and radio, amazed at the beauty of the displays, the great advice, the talent of the designers and the event in general. Chatsworth House in the Peak District, which shares a rich horticultural tradition with the RHS spanning 190 years, hosts the show on a 21 hectare site big enough to fill 26 football pitches. That's a lot of flowers!
If you missed the coverage or would love to see an RHS flower show in the flesh, the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is happening just outside London, 2nd – 8th July, or you could catch the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show near Manchester, 18th – 22nd July. The shows always inspire us to get out into the garden and do some tidying, planting or pottering, all with our trusty DAB radio playing summer tunes or a bit of Gardener's Question Time or Flower Show highlights. Here are our favourite DAB radios, just the thing to while away the hours in a lovely flower garden this summer.
The DAB-40 Monochrome Black or Grey Digital Radio Alarm – £39.99 + P&P
The Denver DAB-40 digital radio in light grey or black and white and white, at £39.99 +P&P , is a monochrome design icon. Its minimalist style features a contemporary rubberised matt finish with rounded edges and it guarantees to turn heads wherever you are.
The 2.4" TFT colour display supports a DAB slideshow, bringing news and information to life. Switch between DAB and FM radio, and select the station you require, which is also clearly displayed on the screen. Other features include a 24 hour alarm clock, headphone jack and battery back-up.
The DAB-39 Stylish Blue or Grey Rubberised Digital Radio Alarm – £39.99 + P&P
The Denver DAB-39 digital radio in stylish grey & white or blue, at only £39.99 +P&P, sounds as good as it looks. The rubberised matt finish, with rounded edges and retro volume and tuning dials give the impression of cool style wherever you are.
This little powerhouse also gives impressive audio quality through the 4 watt RMS speakers. Switch between DAB and FM radio, and select the station you want, which is clearly displayed on the 2.8" LCD screen.
The DAB-38 Portable Digital Radio in Vintage Brown or Dark Grey – £49.99 + P&P
The Denver DAB-38 portable digital radio at £49.99 +P&P, in a dark grey or brown wooden vintage design, allows you to switch between DAB and FM radio, scan for, select or preset your stations. It comes with a smart carry handle, DAB+, 4 watt RMS speakers, a 2.8" inch LED screen, dual alarm, snooze and sleep functions, stereo headphone jack and battery back-up.
A classic retro piece of kit that will look great anywhere in the house, but can be taken out to enjoy the sunshine in the garden too.
We hope you're inspired to get outside and enjoy the flora and fauna, with a little help from your digital radio friend this summer 🙂
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Anyone have any general insight on the inside world of what McKinsey Operations manufacturing practice is like, day-to-day, culture, companies they consult, type of projects?
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McKinsey Operations Manufacturing
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It's basically the same as the original McKinsey company, just a part of it.
- Culture - McKinsey culture with all its pluses and minuses
- Day-to-day - same as the generalist projects it may be 60-80 hours a week. Although since operational projects are a bit longer and located on plants, very often in the middle of nowhere, the lifestyle is a bit better
- Companies - Fortune 500, manufacturing, retail&distribution, retail banking
- Mainly cost cutting (process optimization, layoffs, etc.)
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Student Name: Ian
Parent Names: Wendy & Lei
Student Age: 2 and a half
City of Residence: South Pasadena
Why did you bring Ian to the school?
To expose Ian to a social environment where communication skills are required so he can learn how to interact with other kids and in English while learning a physical art form/activity that connects him to the Chinese culture background. Also, to build confidence and learn how to stand up for himself and others the right way.
Tell us what's changed since Ian's first day.
The classes at the Academy have helped Ian develop his presence of being. By this, we mean a holistic change more than a one dimensional thing like being less shy. Ian has grown to become much more aware of himself and his surroundings. For example, when he is at a party, he looks around to make sure all the other kids are 'taken care of', be it bringing them a toy or closing a door that someone left open. Now we don't know if this is a result of the Life Skills or learning Pak Sau or the fact that everyone always starts Wing Chun class with their own orange cones, but we are very thankful to you all for helping make our Ian a better person.
Any advice for new parents?Observe how your child is doing in class. Find one thing they did well in each class and let them know how proud you are. At the same time, find one thing to improve on and encourage them to do better in the next class. No need to overwhelm them. Practice at home with them anything that they need a little help on. You will be amazed at how quickly your child will feel right at home.
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There is still much I do have to be done but for a first time (in a long time) I'm seeing things getting accomplished and have perspectives to keep it going like this.
The work auditing the servers has been quite more than I had anticipated because it's necessary to make some changes right away. But it is going well, I'm learning new things and enjoying it.
Now I only need to have a little time to make the same changes here, with my own servers......
I hope that already tomorrow I can start doing something.
Well, I have to go, see thou all latter!
A very good day for all!


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MapR announced at the end of last week that we were among the select companies that Forrester Research Inc. invited to participate in its report entitled "The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Hadoop Solutions, Q1 2014." In this evaluation, MapR was cited as a Leader and achieved the highest score for Current Offering among all reviewed vendors. Forrester evaluated nine different companies on 32 different criteria in three different divisions. Our score in the "Current Offering" division was 4.25 out of 5, the highest of all vendors.
Here's how MapR scored in specific criteria:
|Data and Processing
|Setup, Management and Monitoring Tools
|Hadoop Compatibility and Community
|Current Offering Score
Our Response to the Results:
Let's take a look at what MapR is doing in each of these categories included in the Forrester report.Architecture
MapR has a unique and significant architectural advantage over all other Hadoop distributions. At the root, MapR has made essential architectural improvements that boost reliability, performance, and ease of use in all of Hadoop's functions.
One of the primary architectural enhancements that MapR made was restructuring how Hadoop stores the metadata. MapR provides a no-NameNode distributed architecture that completely eliminates the single point-of-failure that other distributions have to worry about.
Another benefit of the no-NameNode architecture is the elimination of a file bottleneck. Many bottlenecks result in low throughput.
MapR is built on a POSIX compliant file-system so administrators and users can mount the cluster over the network like enterprise network attached storage (NAS). MapR enables Hadoop to support full random reads/writes across multiple readers and writers. By enabling the user to mount the cluster via NFS, MapR has the capability to ingest data directly into the cluster, run analytics on streaming data and gain real-time access to the results.Data and Processing
MapR provides a wide range of capabilities for ingestion and ETL. As noted above, MapR exposes a standard NFS interface that is highly available and allows for parallel streaming and leverages the aggregate bandwidth of the entire cluster.
MapR supports processing of not only MapReduce applications but also a range of functions including secure, enterprise-grade search, SQL, database and stream processing. MapR innovations have eliminated administrative overheads and performance bottlenecks for NoSQL applications on Hadoop with our M7 Enterprise Database Edition (now MapR Database).Setup, Management and Monitoring Tools
MapR provides a comprehensive suite of capabilities to enable cluster installation and configuration within minutes. MapR also provides enhancements that eliminate the need to install and configure software.
The MapR Control System (MCS) provides an advanced GUI to manage all cluster functions, including the ability to add and remove drives. MCS also provides a REST API, so it's easy to integrate Hadoop administration with different open source and commercial tools and build custom dashboards.
MapR provides end-to-end monitoring of the Hadoop cluster; hardware-level monitoring is unique to MapR as it can detect and report disk failures. The MapR JobTracker HA ensures jobs once started always complete.Hadoop Compatibility and Community
MapR provides a complete distribution for Apache Hadoop, including over a dozen Hadoop-related projects, and is completely compatible with Apache Hadoop and the major sub-projects. We are also fully dedicated to the improvement of open source projects and we are a corporate committer on numerous ones, including Apache Drill, Apache Mahout, Apache Storm, Apache ZooKeeper and Apache Solr.
In addition to contributing to ASF projects, MapR provides our M3 edition to the broad user community at no cost. MapR provides additional innovations directly to customers to transform Hadoop into a reliable compute and dependable data store, with ground-breaking performance. MapR also makes it easier to build Hadoop applications by opening up a much broader set of open APIs to use against the data that's stored in Hadoop.
MapR has made significant effort to optimize our product offering in all of these categories, and our scores speak for themselves. We are proud to have the Top Ranked Current Offering.
MapR will continue to expand the functionality and performance of our product offering. We look forward to maintaining our leadership in the industry, and look forward to providing businesses with a clear competitive advantage through our enterprise-grade Hadoop solution.
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An ankle-length true skinny in smooth antique pink velvet.
An ankle-length true skinny in smooth antique pink velvet.
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• Front Rise: 9"
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This summer I have had the privilege of being part of the book launch team for Kurt W. Bubna called " Epic Grace: Chronicles of a Recovering Idiot.
Don't you love that title?
When I was asked to participate, of course I was thrilled to be part of such a great project. I didn't know much about the book other than Kurt won the award at the Re:Write Conference in 2012 for this book.
Kurt and I are Facebook friends, but we have never met face to face. One day, maybe that will be possible.
Kurt has a gift for words whether he is writing or preaching in his home church. Words are powerful, which is something Kurt discusses in Epic Grace.
Whether we fall short in the words we use, the pain we cause someone else or even ourselves, all require grace.
One of the quotes in the book that really stuck with me was " .. we need God's grace to sustain us in the midst of our struggles." Wow. So true.
Kurt discusses in the book how adversity and suffering are always connected to grace. Without grace, even when we are "idiots", God is still there calling us to persevere. Grace helps us walk through the pain of hardships, being wounded or struggling with life in general.
Kurt holds the light on each of us to live with grace in mind, no matter what we are facing. Sin and grace are connected but grace is offered to believers in all walks of the Christian life.
I went into the book launch team not knowing what I would get out of the book, but I know I reread the book again.
The book came at just the right time in my own life for I have been on a journey for the past year that I never knew I was capable of walking through. After years of living with fear, anxiety and agoraphobia, God has set me free. EPIC GRACE… after 47 years…
God has a huge plan for each one of us, and through this book you will be given such great words of encouragement to find EPIC GRACE in your own walk.
Each chapter touched me in a deep place. I know the book will do the same for you as well.
Check it out at Barnes and Noble, Amazon or Christian Book Distributors.


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Construction and General Laborers' District Council of Chicago and Vicinity
Chicago area (Burr Ridge), IL
This is the 2019 fellowship description for this mentor organization.
LIUNA's primary mission is to protect the rights of our members, ensure them a decent and fair wage, and help them achieve a better quality of life through collective bargaining. The mission of LIUNA is implemented through nine Regions, more than 40 District Councils, and more than 400 Local Unions. The Chicago Laborers' District Council negotiates collective bargaining agreements for our 15 affiliated Local Unions. The District Council represents a diverse group of over 20,000 hard working men and women in the construction, municipal, and industrial sectors, in 15 affilicated locals with jurisdictions covering Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, Kendall, McHenry, Grundy, and Boone counties.
Our in-house legal department works in a fast paced environment and manages a high volume of grievances (approx. 100 pending) while generally counseling leadership on a variety of contractual and employment issues. Our grievance department primarily files grievances seeking payment of outstanding wage and fringe benefits and we rely heavily on notes and declarations obtained from employee interviews to support these files. In the last year we have collected over $1,000,000 for scores of laboring employees. Both the District Council, our affiliated Locals, and our members will be benefitted by a law student who can assist in the information gathering and research necessary to successfully advance grievances. The District Council will also benefit from the Fellow's research and writing capabilities. The Fellow will benefit from hands on experience enforcing a collective bargaining agreement and taking an abstract written collective bargaining agreement and participating in how the terms are enforced in the real world. The Fellow will further see their research potentially impact large, multi-year contracts, such as Project Labor Agreements.
The Fellow will assist at all levels of the grievance process under the supervision of In-House Counsel and the Grievance Director, including employee in-take interviews, information gathering from the Locals and our organizing committee, incidental research, attendance at pre-grievance hearings and settlement negotiations, and attendance at Joint Grievance Committee hearings. The Fellow will also conduct reseach and draft memoranda to be used in NLRB hearings, Project Labor Agreement drafting, and in anticipation of federal and state labor and employment law litigation.
Spanish language skills are beneficial, but not required. Completion of two years of law school by summer 2018 and completion of a course in labor or employment law preferred, but not required.
In addition to the basic application requirements (cover letter, application form, essays, resume), applicants for this fellowship must also include a legal writing sample.
The stipend for this 10-week fellowship will be $20/hour for 35 hours/week.
Address cover letter to:
Christina Krivanek Wernick
In-House Counsel, Asst. Director of Grievances
Construction and General Laborers' District Council of Chicago & Vicinity
999 McClintock Drive, Suite 300
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The BEST Episodes of River Monsters
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Nov 8, 2019
Network: Animal Planet
Extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, is on the hunt for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. This rip-roaring ride through the dark side of nature mixes action and adventure with mysteries, edge of the seat chase and a battle of wills between man and almost supernatural beasts who lurk in the serpentine waterways of the planet, mooching murderously underwater, growing to truly awesome sizes. Watch as Jeremy Wade deconstructs exactly how these river monsters are constructed to kill.
#1 - River of Blood
Season 6 - Episode 3
A brutal underwater mutilation of a young man leads Wade to a face-to-face confrontation with one of South America's greatest freshwater fighting fish that slashes and stalks its prey while living in one of Argentina's most dangerous waterways.
#2 - Pack of Teeth
Season 4 - Episode 2
In Southern Africa there are rumors of a terrifying river monster lurking in the eerie waters of the Okavango Delta. Witnesses say the fish have shark-like teeth and hunt in frenzied packs on schools of fish — and maybe even on human bodies. It sounds mysteriously like the work of giant piranhas, but there's nothing like that here. Or is there? Jeremy Wade sets out to uncover the truth.
#3 - Man-Eating Monster
Season 6 - Episode 4
All over the Amazon, Jeremy Wade has heard stories of a monster fish that grows so large, it's said to swallow men whole. Locals call it the lau-lau but after 20 years of searching, from Peru to Brazil and Colombia, the evidence Jeremy needs - a single colossal specimen - stills eludes him. Now though, he's discovered a secret, untouched location deep in Guyana's remote rainforests where he suspects they may be thriving. Embedding himself in the wild jungle, this time it's different: he's not coming back until he catches it.
#4 - The Mutilator
Season 3 - Episode 1
Jeremy Wade travels to Papua New Guinea to investigate a spate of bizarre deaths on one of the world's last great unexplored rivers, the Sepik. A creature there is tearing chunks from unsuspecting fishermen and devouring certain male body parts. Jeremy has never fished in this part of the world and knows little of what might be there. Nothing could prepare him for what he discovers.
#5 - Killer Torpedo
Season 5 - Episode 3
Angler Jeremy Wade ventures deep into the heart of Central America in search of a man-sized killer said to leap into boats and cause fatal injuries as it knocks fishermen unconscious and smashes their bones.
#6 - Invisible Executioner
Season 4 - Episode 3
It's common knowledge that crocodiles and hippos are deadly predators in Zambian waterways, but it seems there's another monstrous beast stalking the treacherous Zambezi River. The locals call this river monster "the Mazunda" but Jeremy Wade is unfamiliar with any fish by that name. Will he uncover what the sinister creature — said to be able to swallow a child — really is?
#7 - Colombian Slasher
Season 5 - Episode 4
A honeymoon bride is dragged to her death in the Colombian Amazon. The most dangerous country in South America, Colombia is known for drugs, remote jungles and hostage-taking rebels. Jeremy Wade's investigation is turned on its head by a crucial piece of evidence. He concocts a farfetched hypothesis about the bride's death and in proving it he uncovers a little known method of killing which reveals the true horror of this tragic story. To complete the puzzle Wade pushes himself and his gear past the breaking point to understand what killed the bride in Colombia's Rivers of Blood.
#8 - Cold-Blooded Horror
Season 3 - Episode 6
Having never been to Japan, Jeremy Wade is entering new territory in more ways than one. The river monsters there are like no others he ever has encountered, from the devastating "Namazu," which legend says causes earthquakes, to a child-snatching killer called the "Kappa." Can our extreme fisherman uncover the truth behind these legends? Can he catch a monster in the rivers of Japan that reveals the reality behind these horrific tales? He is about to find out.
#9 - Atomic Assassin
Season 5 - Episode 2
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a monster that leads him to the site of the worst nuclear accident in history - Chernobyl. In a nerve-shredding race against radiation and time, he searches for the perpetrator of a series of grizzly attacks.
#10 - Devil of the Deep
Season 8 - Episode 6
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's cases usually involve freshwater culprits, but with multiple reports of a deep water serial killer in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, he must step out of his comfort zone and into uncharted depths in search of the red devil.
#11 - Jungle Killer
Season 3 - Episode 7
Jeremy Wade sets out to discover the true river monster of South America. Piranhas get all the press, but is there a more fearsome predator lurking in its rivers? Tipped off by an account of an attack on a diver, Jeremy soon discovers that there is a real monster to find. Tipped off by the the local Amerindian tribe, Jeremy heads deeper and deeper into the remote jungles of Suriname to come face to face with a jungle killer like no other.
#12 - Demon Fish
Season 2 - Episode 7
Jeremy Wade journeys to the infamous Congo River in Africa in search of the world's most ferocious fish. This supernatural monster predator pushes Jeremy to his physical and mental limit. It requires all of his skills and the help of a witch doctor.
#13 - Silent Assassin
Season 3 - Episode 3
Jeremy Wade travels to the Paraná River in the remote northeast corner of Argentina to investigate the death of a young girl. Once there, he discovers a second death. The people who live along this river bank fear the creature they call "River Dog." This is a new species to Jeremy, a river monster that somehow got under his radar. His discovery is not only the most alien of all river monsters, it is also the largest totally freshwater river monster Jeremy ever has caught!
#14 - Face Ripper
Season 5 - Episode 1
Angler Jeremy Wade investigates his most disturbing case yet - the story of a man who had his face ripped off in a remote Bolivian river. The journey through dangerous jungle ends with a confrontation with one of his oldest adversaries.
#15 - Killers from the Abyss Super-sized Q&A
Season 9 - Episode 1
Fishing detective, Jeremy Wade, embarks on the biggest and most complex investigation of his career; to unravel the mystery of what happened to the passengers of a ship torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic during World War II.
#16 - Killer Snakehead
Season 2 - Episode 2
Angler Jeremy Wade sets his sights on an aggressive Far Eastern predator that's now invading America's backyards. Accused of homicide, and said to breathe air and crawl on land, the Snakehead is a monster that sounds more like a gangster than a fish.
#17 - Jungle Terminator
Season 6 - Episode 2
Three mysterious deaths in three countries lead Wade on an adventure where he must team up with a remote and secretive tribe that has a unique and death-defying way of catching these culprits.
#18 - Amazon Apocalypse
Season 6 - Episode 1
Looks back at one of the Amazon's largest maritime disasters, the sinking of the Sobra Santos. Witnesses and surviving passengers retell the story of the event, in which as many as 200 passengers lost their lives. Something in the water is being blamed for many of the deaths, and Jeremy Wade wants to find out what that might have been
#19 - Amazon Assassins
Season 1 - Episode 5
In the darkest depths of the Amazon lurks a dinosaur. Legends tell of an evil spirit inhabiting an enormous fish. Taller than a man, it is covered in scales and crushes its prey with a tongue made of bone. Jeremy Wade has encountered this creature once before, and he came out second best. He's taking no chances in the rematch.
#20 - Deep Sea Demon
Season 8 - Episode 1
Jeremy Wade is on a quest to find the one, true, legendary sea serpent; he treks from a horrifying attack in the English Channel, all the way to the darkest depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
#21 - Razorhead
Season 8 - Episode 3
Investigating reports of a creature terrorizing the Florida Keys that is so violent it slices through flesh and breaks bones.
#22 - Body Snatcher
Season 6 - Episode 6
From the extreme north of South America, freshwater detective Jeremy Wade hears rumors of a body-snatching spirit said to drag men deep into the river, never to be seen again. A predatory freshwater mermaid, locals call her the Water Mama. She may be a beast of mythology, but the carnage she leaves in her wake is all too real. People are disappearing without trace, one-by-one from these waters and Jeremy is convinced there is a flesh and blood River Monster lurking behind the legend of the Killer Mermaids.
#23 - Ice Cold Killer
Season 9 - Episode 2
When a sea monster washes up on an English beach, Jeremy Wade sets off to unmask the beast. His journey will take him to the ice sheets of Greenland and the fjords of Norway, where he races against the Arctic storm threatening to end his quest.
#24 - Coral Reef Killer
Season 9 - Episode 3
On the tropical island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, a tourist snorkeler and several local fishermen have been killed and injured by a mysterious sea creature that impales its victims; Wade travels to the scene to investigate.
#25 - Bone Crusher
Season 6 - Episode 5
When a corpse is found with highly unusual injuries, Jeremy Wade instinctively knows he's on the trail of a new monster. Digging deeper, he soon uncovers the dead body is only the tip of the iceberg - there's also been a spate of unexplained disappearances. And, people have seen a huge unknown creature patrolling the water. Could all three things be connected? To solve this mystery Jeremy confronts one of his biggest fears and encounters a river monster that he's NEVER dealt with before.


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I conducted this interview with Paris Las Vegas hypnotist Anthony Cools in November 2006 for the companion blog to my Open Road's Best of Las Vegas guidebook.
Two weeks ago, uncensored hypnotist Anthony Cools returned to amp up the scandalous sex at Paris Las Vegas after a stint at the Excalibur. He's been a Strip fixture since 2003, when he debuted at the Stardust. He also holds the distinction of being the longest-running headliner in the Gulf Coast. In between hypnotizing men into thinking they have nads growing out of their heads and giving his volunteers spontaneous orgasms, Anthony sat down with us for our inaugural Best of Las Vegas interview.
Best of Las Vegas: I saw your show. You're pretty hilarious. Although I can imagine how much more you can pull off when more than three of your volunteers make it through the induction.
Anthony Cools: Yeah, you saw a tough show. It all depends on audience participation. No matter what people think, it's real. I don't know what kind of show I get until it happens. Sometimes I'll have eighteen people under on stage and ten more in the audience. No matter what, people still have a good time.
Best of Las Vegas: In your act, you hypnotize people into tapping into their repressed sexuality. Tell me about how you devised your act.
Anthony Cools: I like to look at it – hypnosis is a very generic thing, whether therapeutic, on stage or medically. If you get into trance state, you're removing the right and wrong switch in the brain, putting the subconscious in control. That's why my volunteers can laugh and enjoy the show. They're the ones who are really deeply hypnotized. The ones who are really zoned out are not quite as deep. When the subconscious is in control, there's no right and no wrong. Anything I suggest, there's no reason not to do it. You're uninhibited, everything feels right. If i say screw the chair, there's no reason not to screw the chair. I've been doing basically the same act for 13 years. My first show I smoked cigarettes & had beer on stage, a rough view of that first show. Manipulated, perverted, refined it into what it is today, but it's always been a dirty show.
Best of Las Vegas: How did you get into hypnosis, and into a branch of it so different than a therapeutic or even an entertainment setting?
Anthony Cools: I've always been a ham. Being a DJ made me comfortable with a mic and an audience. I always knew I'd be in showbiz. I thought I'd be a rockstar, but apparently that takes talent. The DJing got me really comfortable talking to big groups of people, and I've always had fascination with the paranormal, occult, UFOs, anything to do with the brian. I started reading about hypnosis at age 14. Nobody would apprentice me, so I learned on my own. I read somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 books. Out of them, 290 were bad material. Anything available in local library is not worth reading. Most good books on hypnosis are dry, boring reads. I started reading seriously at 27 and was managing a nightclub in Canada. I hired myself to do a free show, walked up on stage in front of 550 people, having never hypnotized anyone before in my life, did an hour and a half show. Nobody believes it, but you'll never find anybody I hypnotized before going up on stage that night.
Best of Las Vegas: Where do you come up with the ideas for your bits?
Anthony Cools: A lot of them were written out, "Hey, you know what would be funny?" But a lot were written after shows. We'd kick out the patrons, have a few beers and hypnotize a few staff members, and in that informal setting, with no lights or music, we developed new material.
Best of Las Vegas: I'm sure there's a lot of skepticism about hypnosis in general. Can you expand on the physiology behind it – how it works, why it works?
Anthony Cools: As it stands right now, hypnosis can neither be proven nor disproven scientifically. It jus doesn't work that way. That's why it can't be used in a court of law. If you admitted it, then you'd have to believe in UFO-logy, ghosts, past lives. If you take it for exactly what it is, it's a relatively new expression of the human form. The subconscious mind is being put in the forefront, with the conscious mind being put to sleep.
Best of Las Vegas: Most recently, you had a show at the Excalibur. Why did you move over to Paris?
Anthony Cools: Well, we were originally at the Paris a few years ago in what used to be the tour and travel lobby. We converted a hotel check-in to a theater. We set up 250 chairs every night and then tore them down. Caesars Entertainment gave us a shot and we proved it, because it worked and it worked well. We set records every week. When Harrah's took over, they gave me a really good deal to stay, but Excalibur gave me a better deal to leave. It was a great bunch of people, but it was like mixing chocolate milk and Kraft macaroni and cheese. They're both great on their own, but they just don't work together. It just wasn't a good fit. We opened at Paris about two weeks ago, and we're getting it up and operating. We're going to shut down from December 4 through 25 and renovate the theater during that three-week time period. We're putting doors on the theater and making it a beautiful showroom.
Best of Las Vegas: What characteristics make someone a good candidate for induction?
Anthony Cools: Absolutely, they must be willing. If they fight me in any form or fashion it's not going to work. They have to be of sound mind. They can't be drunk, they can't be high. Intelligent people can focus better, and all hypnosis is, is an extension of focus.
Best of Las Vegas: What's your favorite part of the act?
Anthony Cools: Definitely the orgasms. You should have been here last night. We had a dozen people on stage and had some really wild orgasms.
Best of Las Vegas: What about the audience? What gets the best response out of them?
Anthony Cools: Definitely people coming with an open mind, people who know what they bought tickets to see. People who are shocked – I don't get it. We advertise heavily – "raw and uncensored," "hypnotizing comedy that crosses the line" – these catchphrases let you know what you're in for. We just added the French maids on stage so the audience wouldn't be so shocked when I came on stage.
Best of Las Vegas: You talk about crossing the line – has there ever been a time when you've felt like, "I've gone too far, even for me?"
Anthony Cools: Ten years ago I did a bit up on stage. I called it the kissing moon. On a command word, one guy would turn around, drop his pants, and show his ass to the audience. Another guy, on the command word, he would see the most beautiful woman in the world and want to kiss her. This guy got his lips a half inch from the other guy's ass when I woke him up. I immediately pulled it out of the show.
Best of Las Vegas: What kind of audience do you want? What kind of Vegas visitors would most appreciate your show?
Anthony Cools: It appeals to everyone from 18 to 80. It's not necessarily the demographic of the audience but the mindset of the audience. I like a large group of people that want to have some fun, know what they're getting into, and are less inhibited than their neighbors.
Anthony Cools performs at 9pm every night (dark Wednesdays) at the Anthony Cools Experience inside Paris Las Vegas. Tickets are $52.75 and $75.75. For reservations, visit the Paris Box Office or call 1-877-374-7469.


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The Systems Engineering Program at the University of Lima is pleased to organize and present the International Congress of Systems Engineering. CIIS creates a participatory space of international level, in which topics associated with emerging technologies allows the exchange of knowledge, experience and research in the areas of systems engineering, software engineering, information technology and systems, etc. The topics to be discussed contribute to the development and growth of the addressed specialization areas for the benefit of our researchers, professors, students, as well as the scientific and academic community, and public concerned.
The second edition of the International Congress of Systems Engineering (CIIS) aims to become a venue for the presentation and exploration of modern and innovative educational methodologies in the field of teaching in topics related to technologies. The vertiginous technological change that we live today requires that we respond with effective and agile proposals that generate significant advances in the educational process oriented to the academic formation in technologies.
CIIS 2019 will present the results of the work of national and foreign researchers geared to the innovation of teaching in technologies, as well as research in related thematic areas. As in the CIIS 2018, we will have the presence of prominent researchers who will share their vision of the trends and evolution of this exciting field.
Organizing Committee of the CIIS
Nadia Rodríguez Rodríguez
Director of the Systems Engineering Program
Emma Barreno Vereau
Juan Gutiérrez Cárdenas
Rocío Checa Fernández
Carlos Torres Paredes
Rosa Millones Rivalles
Daniel Cárdenas Salas
Lucinda Butrón Arce
Andrea Matuk Chijner
Pablo Rojas Jaén
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I can't believe how long it's been since I've last blogged. I definitely need to change that and get back in the habit. I'm making up for it though since this post is VERY photo heavy… as it should be. 😉
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of photographing Laura and Mario's special day in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. They really couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day… perfect weather, the beach, and their friends and family close by. A special thank you to Nicole for coming along and shooting with me.
Laura, Mario – enjoy your preview!


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By Gene and Katie Hamilton
If you are replacing a towel bar because it has come loose from the wall you will have to make some repairs to the wall before you can reinstall the new bar. If this is not the case, skip the repair steps and get right to the installation.
The bar probably came loose because small plastic wall anchors were used to install them. We suggest that you discard the wall anchors included with most towel bars and purchase any of these heavy-duty fasteners: Molly-type wall fasteners, toggle bolts or expanding plastic anchors like the ones in the illustration.
An alternative to using wall anchors is to mount the bar directly to the wall studs. To do this, use a stud finder to locate the studs. However, the studs are seldom in the right place so using heavy-duty fasteners is you best bet.
Filling the old mounting holes with joint compound is easy, but fixing a larger hole can be a bit of a challenge. If the towel bar has been pulled out of the wall and there is substantial damage, you must first use a utility knife to cut away the damaged wallboard. Then use a small putty knife to apply some joint compound to the inside of the damaged area to hold the patch in place.
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