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|Route 66 / Santa Fe Trail sort of.
The road cuts up north 66 miles (really) to
Las Vegas, west 60 miles to Santa Fe then south 60 miles to Albuquerque depending on the road you take down. There's a lot to see in Las Vegas and Santa Fe so we walked around a little, forgot to take pictures and decided to base camp another time at the Plaza Hotel in las Vegas and explore a couple days.
Our primary destination on the Pecos/Santa Fe trails was a restaurant in Santa Fe where Lori had witnessed the best Chile Rellenos in the world.(She was a kid and was too grossed out to eat a chile fried in an egg so she ate a bean burro). The place looked familiar...a little more developed with grass in the middle and slicker stores. She spotted the rare white building and it was a restaurant. Sadly a burger place now not a hundred year old Mexican restaurant. We googled chile rellenos and found the highly rated Tune Up. Strange name but apparently well loved. Maybe it was an old bar. We turned into an old neighborhood, things were looking good but when we pulled up it looked like a hipstoid coffee house. It was but they served chile Rellenos and they were really good. Not best in the world but very good. While eating, Lori described the place she'd been to as a kid. It sounded a lot like Mesilla to me. I asked if she was sure it wasn't Las Cruces, she said, "that's it." She'd been to La Posta which arguably does make the best chile Rellenos in the world.
With happy stomachs we headed down the mountain and soon passed a sign "Las Cruces 274 Miles."
We backtracked the old road and explored a couple dead ends. We want to come back in a truck and follow some of these. On the leg between Albuquerque and Continental Divide we got 66 mpg, true story!
We checked into El Rancho after taking a cruise through town, ate enchiladas, and had a swim.
I learned a couple things last night. First: While eating I realized there is not a "best" New Mexico Chile place. I love Joe and Aggie's, El Rancho, Joseph's, and La Posta equally for their differences and similarities. Second: While looking at the pictures I shot last night. New Mexico has really pretty skies.
Visit Lori at www.bondorella.wordpress.com
|Custom BMW in Santa Fe
|Continental Divide. This is what separates Canada from Australia.
|Our gas mileage on the last leg! Creepy huh?
|Historic site where treaty was signed by Canada and Australia.
|We kept seeing this guy
|Old Route 66 West of Albuquerque, NM.
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T:CHR is a longtime proponent of vintage keys and heavy grooves.
It began with the purchase of his first moog from his piano teacher at age 16 and continued through to his introduction to music that blew his mind and shaped his musical style (several of whom he would have the honour of sharing the stage with- James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Kool & the Gang)
Years of touring and writing with funk/dance fusion band Moses Mayes led to exploring new electronic artists which led to the creation of Lebeato, an indie/electro group started with fellow Dublum artist, Cyclist.
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Waxlimbs (Toronto, Canada) – What started as the solo project of singer/producer, Alex Metcalfe evolved into an art-centric collaboration with Paul Geldart on drums and synths, Will Jarvis on guitar and vocals, and Olivia Cox on keys and vocals.
Waxlimbs' music shifts between ghostly ballads and noise rock elements, all with a healthy dose of pop sensibilities. Live, the group performs masked with theatrics and visuals that accompany their peculiar approach and sound.
Their last record, For Science! came out on July 8th 2017. It's a genre-defying collection of songs that move from dreamy electronica to somewhere near… metal? It's a record that shows the range of Waxlimbs' sound taking you from the vacuum of space to the bottom of the ocean.
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Sunday, 03 July 2016
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High-rise living in Colombo:
by Rukshana Rizwie
Still under construction, Colombo's Lotus Tower at D.R. Wijewardena
Mawatha, currently measuring over 292 meters, is already the most
visible landmark in the capital. When completed in October 2017, it will
stand as the tallest structure in the whole of South Asia at 350 meters.
The Lotus Tower however has competition. According to the Council on
Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a global body in the field of
tall buildings and sustainable urban design, the tallest proposed
building in Colombo is the Al-Aman World Capital Centre. This business
and financial hub would rise to a staggering height of 625 meters and
111 storeys above ground level.
"That's the problem with all these skyscrapers that are mushrooming
in the capital. We don't know which one would come up next or in what
form. It begs the question, 'do we have a plan?'" asked Dr. Janaka
Wijesundara, Director at the Program of Urban Design, Department of
Architecture, University of Moratuwa.
According to the database maintained by the CTBUH, there are only two
buildings over 150m in Colombo which is the World Trade Centre Towers.
There are four under construction including Altitude at 383 meters,
Altair at 240 meters, the mixed development ITC One Colombo 1 at 225 and
Clear point Residencies at 186 meters.
The two proposed buildings which would soar even further than
Altitude are the Al-Aman World Capital Centre and Krrish Square Tower
(420 meters).
"Based on a comparative study we did of tall buildings in cities
around the world, we found that there were stringent criteria that were
used for the approval and construction of high rise housing and mixed
developments, which we felt should be incorporated here," said Dr.
This process of re-development which is changing the Colombo skyline
needs to be well studied," Dr. Rangajeewa Rathnayake Head, Department of
Town and Country Planning and Senior Lecturer at the University of
Moratuwa said. He referred to the City of Colombo Development Amendment
of 2008 which is meant to promoting and regulating the integrated
planning and physical development in Colombo as requiring urgent
upgrades. "Our zoning regulations are generic. We need cluster specific
guidelines and one that suits this city."
Dr. Rathnayake explained that when there are too many towering high
rise buildings in a given location, the natural air circulation is
disturbed which could lead to higher density which will in turn lead to
an 'urban heat island'
The 'Heat Island' effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a city is
significantly warmer than rural surrounding areas due to human
activities. "Development alters the landscape and increases energy use.
As a result there is more radiation trapped in roads and buildings and
more waste is produced since people consume more energy. The only way to
combat this is to have roofs that are reflective or covered in greenery,
which is how it's done in countries like Singapore but not here," he
Waste generation and parking spaces
Another issue which arises from an increase in high rise projects is
waste management both trash and sewage becoming a problem as densities
increase. The city's sewage pipelines were not designed to cope with the
huge volume of waste from a 70 story tower, garbage collection must also
be standardized in order to cope with vertical townships.
Parking and traffic are additional factors - many of Colombo's
residential projects appear to lack parking facilities, and vehicles are
parked on already narrow roads increasing congestion.
Even where parking is adequate road access is an issue with the flow
of vehicles into and out of large blocks disrupting traffic flow on main
The Urban Development Authority, however states that stringent
procedures and process are followed particularly with regard to high
rise buildings. "The reason why the high rise structures appear as if it
is happening in a haphazard manner is simply because they are all
desperately trying to stick to a plan on where they can and cannot
build," said Mahinda Withanachchi, Director of Projects at the UDA. "We
follow the City of Colombo Development Amendment Act 2008 which clearly
states the many areas where we cannot allow high rise buildings to come
He added that the guidelines were clear and conformity to it was
compulsory. "When a developer comes to us for approval, it is not merely
the UDA which decides but a Colombo Planning Committee which comprises
experts and others from across the board."
As part of this committee he added there were members from the Road
Development Authority, the UDA, Board of Investment, Coast Conservation
and other experts who were well acquainted with planning and development
of high risers. "Once the construction is complete, the developer has to
revert to this committee to obtain a Certificate of Conformity, which we
are very particular about," said Withanachchi.
He added that the prior to granting the Certificate of Conformity,
officers from the UDA and other institutions would visit the site for an
inspection and to assess if the developer had kept to the initial plan
"There are so many condominiums which had violated this rule and we
took them to courts demanding that the building be demolished," he said.
"We intend to take many more in the coming months as we take stock of
the developers who are deviating from the original plans."
He added that there were two classifications, minor and major
"If the matter is a minor deviation, we might only fine the
developer, but if it is a major deviation, we will take them to courts.
At the same time, we will not offer them the certificate which means
that the construction is illegal."
He added that there are many residents in Colombo who had paid hefty
sums for apartments and are now without proper deeds because the UDA had
not granted the certificate since the developer had deviated from the
approved plan.
* Preliminary approval from the Urban Development Authority
* Local Authority approval of plan and supporting documents
* A Certificate of Conformity can be obtained after construction
based on the approved plan
* Collection of documents from Condominium Management
Authority (CMA)
* Submission for obtaining one of the three CMA certificates
* After this process the Condominium Management Authority
takes over
* After submission of necessary documents to CMA, developer
has to coordinate with CMA officials
* There will be a field inspection by engineers, technical officers.
* The construction will be cross checked with the declaration and
Condominium plan.
* The documents are then handed over to the committee coordinators
who will pass it on to the Colombo Planning Committee.
This will be followed by a check by UDA officials and site engineers
* There will be a final committee approval
* Issuance of CMA certificate
* Registration of Condominium Deed of Declaration
Source: Condominium Management Authority/UDA
To buyers of Condominium properties
The Condominium Management Authority has observed that certain
unscrupulous individuals and organizations who claim to be condominium
developers seek a cash despoit from public to reserve an apartment in
the Condominium that they proposed to develop.
The general public is advised to request the developer to furnish the
following information and data to prospective buyers before
any payment is made.
This includes
Copy of Deeds
Ownership certificate issued by the local authority
Copy of the street line certificate issued by the local authority
Preliminary clearance letter issued by the CMA
Building plan approval and development permit issued by the UDA or
Local authority
Other areas potential buyers need to investigate:
Storm water drainage system - weather the Central Environment
Authority approval available or obtained.
Arrangement made by the developer for water, electricity, sewersystem,
generators and back up system for water and electricity.
Parking facilities for the Condominium parcels
Period of construction
Anticipated date of issuing deeds
For inquires call the CMA on 0112447429 or 0112247432
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Marsha and Louise, Cindy and Maureen, and thousands of other same-sex couples are going to have to wait a little longer to learn if they will be able to marry in New Jersey, since a Mercer County Superior Court Judge in Trenton Thursday said she would reserve judgment on the matter until at least September.
New Jersey is the first state to hear testimony on the issue following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act seven weeks ago.
Marriage-equality activists have gone to court saying that New Jersey must act quickly to prevent further discrimination against same-sex couples because they are being prevented from enjoying federal benefits when they are joined in civil unions, as opposed to marriage. They are asking Judge Mary Jacobson to order that same-sex marriage be made legal immediately, since the state Supreme Court ruling allowing for civil unions was based on the idea that there was no difference legally between a civil union and marriage. Now that the U.S. government bestows benefits on same-sex partners who are married, but not those in civil unions, they argue that the state law is no longer valid.
New Jersey Assistant Attorney General Kevin Jespersen argued that Jacobson does not have the authority to overturn the state's current civil union law and that it's too soon to do so anyway without a full trial. Garden State Equality, which filed a motion for summary judgment days after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, argued there is no need to wait and gay couples are being harmed every day.
"Civil unions are not equal to marriage," stated Lawrence Lustberg, who is representing Garden State Equality, as he began making his case before Jacobson. "There is ongoing harm every single day for people who are denied their federal benefits because of the fact they are not permitted to be married."
Following the court hearing, marriage-equality proponents spoke with emotion and passion. "In 2002 when Lambda took up our case . . . we knew we were in for a long haul but, my God, at this point it seems utterly ridiculous that it is not just common sense. When the state of New Jersey specifically said you are just a partner in a civil union they separated us from marriage . . . And because of that, now that DOMA has been overturned, we are separated from all of the federal rights and protections," said Cindy Meneghin, speaking about her 39-year life with her partner Maureen Kilian.
"Maureen has gone thru cancer, meningitis, and a heart ablation with me and I just had another heart test yesterday," continued Meneghin, who stood with Kilian by her side and their two children behind them. "Why are we expected to take the chance of waiting even one more day for the benefits that the federal government on June 26th, the 11th anniversary of our original filing of this case, said if we are married, we get those federal benefits? Why do we have to wait even one more day . . . because the state of New Jersey wants to treat me like a second-class citizen when it comes to my relationship?"
The state's contention is that it does not treat those in civil unions as second-class citizens. Jespersen argued there is "no substantial legal difference between civil union and civil marriage in New Jersey statutes."
New Jersey's unique situation in terms of case law, as well as the fact that a case is currently before the courts, has made the state the next focus for marriage-equality activists.
In Lambda Legal's first case challenging the civil union law in 2006, the state Supreme Court ruled domestic partnerships were unconstitutional because they did not give couples the same rights that those who were able to marry. However, rather than ordering the state to permit gays and lesbians to marry, the court told the Legislature to come up with remedies to the law within 180 days. Lawmakers responded with the current civil-union law, which states that same-sex couples should receive the same rights and benefits as heterosexual married couples.
In December 2008, the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission issued a report stating that civil unions do not provide equality for gay and lesbian couples. A split state Supreme Court balked at a request to overturn the civil-union law, telling the plaintiffs to file a new suit in Superior Court to establish a record on which the court could rule. The current suit, Garden State Equality v. Dow, is two years old and had been proceeding through the legal process, when the U.S. Supreme Court decision, known as Windsor, came down on June 26.
Three days later, GSE filed its intention to seek summary judgment in its case, essentially saying it is no longer necessary to proceed because the Windsor decision makes it clear that civil unions do not provide the equality the state Supreme Court required in the Harris decision.
Lustberg noted yesterday that four separate state agencies, including the Department of Defense on Wednesday, have already stated they will abide by the Windsor ruling and provide all federal benefits to all same-sex couples who are married. He said that since the Windsor ruling specifically applied only to those who are married, and left it up to the states to decide whether to allow gay couples to marry, New Jersey civil union partners are clearly not receiving the equal treatment the state constitution requires they get.
"The point is marriage matters," Lustberg said, citing the federal family leave act as only one of more than 1,100 federal rights and benefits that only married couples can receive, and that New Jerseyans in a civil union cannot.
Jespersen argued that it's too soon to draw those kinds of conclusions. He said federal agencies may be announcing these policies but it is unclear how they will be carried out.
"We do not know ultimately how this will be decided by the federal government," Jespersen said. "We do not know whether the federal government will make the decision to ignore New Jersey law."
"I'm very concerned about whether this is the right time to bring this case," Jacobson told Lustberg, noting that the state Supreme Court had asked for a full court record on the matter.
But Lustberg said the record request was made before the Windsor decision made it clear that New Jerseyans in civil unions are not going to be treated equally under federal law. Continuing with the case and developing a record "would be a tremendous waste of court time and resources" and of his clients' resources.
"Today we know that federal rights are and will continue to be distributed based on whether a couple is married or not," Lustberg said. "That is a fact today and it is an undisputed fact."
But Jesperson argued that New Jersey meant for civil unions to provide equal benefits as marriage and so the Windsor ruling should apply to New Jersey gay couples. If the federal government does not, however, treat civil unions as equal to marriage, he told Jacobson that the New Jersey court does not have the right to tell the federal government to change its policies because "the New Jersey constitution does not have a remedy for that."
"By creating a regime in which some people can be married [and others not], the state created the infrastructure for just these sorts of violations," Lustberg said. "What we are seeing now is the state is saying, 'Don't blame us. It's the federal government's fault for not respecting our determination that civil union couples be treated equal to married couples' . . . This was all caused by the state. It begins with the state. It could end with the state."
Civil union has never been equivalent to marriage, said Marsha Shapiro and Louise Walpin following the hearing. In the midst of their grief over the death of their child several years ago, they had to take time to try to make the funeral director understand the nature of their union. And Walpin said that when she was in the hospital just last month and Shapiro showed the registrar their civil union certificate, which she carries at all times because of the confusion, the registrar still said there was no checkbox on the form for a civil union so she marked them as single.
"It would be so simple to just call it marriage," Walpin said.
When it was suggested the plaintiffs take their case to federal court because federal benefits are being denied, Lustberg said there is a good chance they would lose.
"More than likely, the courts are going to say, 'No, go to Congress, go back to your state and get marriage because our statutes are based on marriage," he said.
GSE is working on the latter point. The group is in the midst of an aggressive campaign entitled New Jerseyans United for Marriage to further boost public support and to get lawmakers to vote to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of the marriage equality bill the Legislature passed in January 2012. Troy Stevenson, GSE's executive director, said, "I believe we will override the veto by the end of this legislative session."
John Tomicki, head of the New Jersey Coalition to Preserve and Protect Marriage and the only clear same-sex marriage opponent at the courthouse yesterday, said he doubted that is true, pointing to the vote on the bill. In the Senate, 24 members voted for it and 27 votes are needed for an override. In the Assembly, the bill only got 42 votes and 54 are necessary to make it law. Democratic leaders have said Christie has told Republicans not to override his veto.
Jacobson asked a question that seemed to cover a complaint Christie has been making throughout his tenure about the courts and judicial activism when she said there are many who say that issues such as this one "ought to be decided by the political process, the democratic process, rather than by judges."
Lustberg said that sometimes courts have to act to right wrongs and this is one of those cases.
"There has been legislation; there have been vetoes; this is still within the democratic process and it may be for years to come," he said. "Today we know that because of Windsor, federal rights and benefits will be distributed unequally . . . Waiting means waiting. All the while, our clients are denied the important benefits we have discussed today."
Lustberg noted that several of the plaintiffs are around retirement age and if a civil-union partner dies, under the Windsor decision, "the other member will not ever be eligible for death benefits . . . The right will be lost forever."
Citing "very difficult issues," Jacobson told the parties not to expect a decision before September. The attorneys will have until August 28 to submit any additional briefs before she makes a decision.
What happens next will depend on her decision. Lustberg said that the judge rules in favor of GSE, the state can appeal. But if GSE does not prevail, there is no automatic right to appeal her determination, and the plaintiffs may just decide to continue with the regular case they were making.


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No deportations
End destitution now
Red Road / Petershill Rd
Thursday 12 April 5.00 – 7.00pm
Called by:Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees,
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns,
The Unity Centre,
YPeople Glasgow Residents Association
Up to 140 Glasgow asylum seekers are to be evicted by their landlord, Ypeople, in the next few weeks, and left without home, and without access to work or any benefits or state support whatsoever.
These people have had their claim for asylum refused even though most are unable to return to their countries because they are too dangerous. They include Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and others.
Ypeople, a charity funded to provide accommodation to vulnerable people, claims they have to do this before handing over the housing of asylum seekers to Serco, a giant multinational making money for its shareholders out of running prisons and detention centres.
The handover period runs to November, yet Ypeople have decided to evict everyone right now. Community groups say they will not be able to cope.
We call on Ypeople to act with humanity towards these extremely vulnerable people and on Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government to step in and stop this disaster before it happens. What kind of city and what kind of Scotland are they governing that allows this kind of humanitarian outrage to occur?
Finally we call on the British government to honour its international obligations in the spirit as well as the letter by granting protection and the right to work for all people seeking sanctuary.
Come and support the demonstration next Thursday. Bring friends, family, workmates, trade union branches, churches and other organisations, banners, placards etc.
If you wish to add your organisations name to the list of supporters of this demonstration, please email email@example.com
Please circulate this message round your networks.
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Picked up a PCB manufacturing facility
We've picked a local manufacturer of PCB, brains of Monbaby, in Nutley in New Jersey.
"""Established in 1968, PNC Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of Rigid, Flex and Rigi-Flex printed circuit boards (PCBs). Located in Nutley, NJ, we are the largest circuit boards manufacturer in the area."""
They going to start on manufacturing next week and PCB boards will be ready in 4 weeks, (if there is no delay).Read More
Kickstarter funded!
We've reached our funding goal of $15,000 to manufacture MonBaby, and collected more than $16,000, and that is a HUGE accomplishment thanks to all of you for your pledges, comments, likes and shares over the last 30 days.
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NYTECH Meetup
THANK YOU to those of you who came out to support us at the last night's New York Tech Meetup!
Our demo of Monbaby features was well-received by hundreds of audience members and media. You can check out the video of our demo here:
The full NYTM videocast is here (our section begins at the 40-minute mark).Read More
kickstarter reload
Today, Oct 6th, Mondevices re-launched a brand new Kickstarter campaign for Monbaby.
Click on a http://bit.ly/supportmonbaby link to go to the campaign.
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Monbaby at NY Tech Meetup tonight
Monbaby is going to NY Tech Meetup tonight to demo technology and to announce the start of a new Kickstarter campaign!
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Lack of movement and breathing detection
This is demo of Monbaby product in action. I'm showing a demo of two features based on corresponding algorithms. One is detection of lack of motion and another one is detection of lack of breathing. Note that those two are separate, you can still be moving and not breathing.Read More
order on monbaby.com
Monbaby is available now directly on monbaby.com for pre-orders.Order Monbaby Now! Read More
The MonBaby In 2014 Press
Here are all the collections of news stories about the MonBaby
www.coolwearable.com/monbaby-sleep-monitor-wearable-baby/Read More
Diving into the Shark Tank at a Smart Fabrics Conference
Mondevices went to San Francisco to dive in the Shark Tank at a Smart Fabrics Conference
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NJBIZ published article about Monbaby
NJBIZ, NJ weekly business journal, published an article about us:
http://www.njbiz.com/article/20140407/NJBIZ01/304049990/Crowdfunding-success-can-help-kickstart-interest-from-VC-firmsRead More
Our kickstarter campaign is at a tipping point!
Our campaign have reached so called tipping point of 30%, http://kickstarterguide.com/2012/06/20/the-kickstarter-project-tipping-point/!
Thank you! But let's keep the momentum going. Please tell you friends and families about us and spread the word!Read More
Mondevices are going to the Shark Tank!
Mondevices are getting into the Shark Tank at a Smart Fabrics Conference in San Francisco this April:
Mondevices will be one of the "…three start-up companies or entrepreneurs will pitch a new and innovative product/technology … to our Shark Tank Panelists to get future business connections, advice and guidance. The selected projects will also have the opportunity of presenting in front of our 200+ audience of brand owners, end users, apparel companies, wearable technology developers, design agencies, integrators, electronics suppliers, fashion technologies and future textile professionals."
We are honored and fired up by this opportunity!
Stay tuned for more news!Read More
Gizmag wrote an article about Monbaby campaign
Gizmag published an article about Monbaby and this campaign:
One small correction to the article: "Looking like a large button, the device features a built-in MEMS 140-bit accelerometer to track motion, the baby's orientation, activity levels and breathing."
It should read 14-bit accelerometer.Read More
Kickstarter is in progress!
Monbaby launched on Kickstarter, please go to the campaign link:
Please also check out our product page: www.monbaby.com
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Baby Monitor in a Button
Baby Monitor in a Button
Monbaby is a wearable sleep sensor for your newborn baby packed in a "smart" button. "Smart button" technology is a universal sleep analyzer that can be attached to any article of clothing. It snaps just as easily to your father's favorite pajamas as to your newborn baby onesies.
This technology have won a special prize in WT 2014 competition in Munich
This technology is applicable to all ages, but we decided to first implement it parents of newborn babies and small kids.
Using this product you will be able to lift your anxiety about how your newborn babies sleep at night. Monbaby does it by measuring and classifying motion, movements, position, orientation and activity levels and sending it to parents smartphone. It detects breathing and falls and streams data to a smartphone app, where information is displayed in a convenient, easy-to-understand manner.
Monbaby contains a precise MEMS 14bit accelerometer that measures movements, breathing, orientation and activity level. Measurements are done in real-time, 5 times per second and transmitted over Bluetooth (4.0) Low Energy to an iPhone app or any Smart Bluetooth capable device. The sensor is powered by 3V coin-cell battery giving 5 weeks of constant use and 1 year in passive mode. The antenna operating range is 40 ft in the line of sight, but it may be more limited in some homes depending on environment, such as wall materials, electromagnetic noise and other obstructions.
Measurements are transmitted over Bluetooth (4.0) Low Energy to an iPhone or Android smartphone
The latest crowd-funding campaign video:
The video of a fully functional prototype for iPhone is here:
and for Android here:
Here is our presentation at CES 2012:
Smartphone apps re-transmit data further to a cloud, so that information could be shared on the web site. Historical data can be viewed on the web. Our Bio-Data Analytics Library is developed to apply more sophisticated data analysis to detect any deviations from norm. We see it as a step toward real-time diagnosis.
Unlike existing baby monitors that only monitor baby activity passively, Monbaby warns parents if baby turned around and sleeping on a stomach, giving parents plenty of time to go and turn baby face up, as sleeping on stomach has risks associated with SIDS. It also does not have dangerous cords. RF emissions of Bluetooth Low Energy are 10 times less than existing baby monitors RF emissions. Most importantly we working on Bio-Data Analytics Tools that could integrate with other devices and databases.
Same technology stack works for your elder parents from convenience of their homes.
People wear jewelry, rings, bracelets. In the future, we see all the jewelry will perform function of health monitoring. We envision development of the whole new markets of Bio-Data analytics, where jewelry and clothing will turn into real-time health monitors and will be part of on-going real-time diagnosis systems. No longer will we go to doctors for them to find out what's wrong, doctors will call us when they see troubling signs on our health dashboard.
We see Monbaby as a first step towards it.
Monbaby let's you know that your loved ones are sleeping fine.
- What can Monbaby measure?
- Who should use Monbaby?
- What devices can be used to receive Monbaby data?
- What other potential usages for Monbaby?
- Any concerns about using Monbaby?
What can Monbaby measure?
- Movement
- Freefall
- Shaking
- Body temperature [not yet implemented]
Who should use Monbaby?
- Any household who has babies or young children
- Newborn babies in hospital nursery room
- Young children in hospital pediatric department
- Elderly in the elderly caring facilities
- Folks who need active external care
What devices can be used to receive Monbaby?
Monbaby was designed with adopted health care profiles of Bluetooth 4.0, therefore any Bluetooth LE compatible devices can be used as the data receiver. For example, iPhones, android phones, PC with a BLE doggle, or even a monitoring watch …etc. The detail can be illustrated by the following diagram:-
What are the other potential usages?
- Vital signals tracking logs
- Collected data can be stored on the receiver device for a set amount of time.
- When pediatrician asks for the fever information, simply pull out the history log in a second of effort.
- Cloud access for the health data
- Check your baby condition any time anywhere.
- Data analysis for research purpose
- With a big users base, all the health data can be collected anonymously for research purpose.
- Health experts can now have some solid real-life data to base on for their research.
Any concerns about using Monbaby?
- Radio Frequency (RF) emission
- Monbaby uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for its wireless data transmission.
- Compare to a lot of existing baby monitoring products currently sold in the market, BLE incurs only a small fraction of RF emission.
- Wireless transmission can also be minimized by configuring the device to send data only on critical events.
- Battery
- Monbaby operates on a CR2032 3V battery.
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Our Product is Smart Clothing Winner at Innovation World Cup in Munich
We came back from Munich and not empty handed but with a prize!
Mondevices have won a special prize for best Smart Clothing solution for a smart button product.
Here is the link to their PR and a excerpt from it below:
http://bit.ly/monbabywon2014wt and the transcript is
here: 140128_PR_WT IWC_Winner
And, last but not least, the best Smart Clothing solution, also a special prize, went to Smart Button by Artur Technologies LLC. The button can be attached to any pajama or nightgown to monitor sleep movements, activities, and breathing in real-time, streaming the data to a mobile device.
Now Mondevices is listed in WT hall of fame:
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Creating hypnogram from accelerometer based signal
Creating hypnogram from accelerometer based signal
Presented here are results of preliminary sleep analysis. This paper documents an attempt to create a hypnogram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnogram)
using purely sleep activity data recorded by Monbaby (http://mondevices.com/monbaby) sensor. The subject was yours truly.
Typically hypnograms are done using EEG, this is an attempt to do it using 3D accelerometer signal.
Below is a hypnogram of normal, healthy adult copied from the Wikipedia article.
Methodology was to convert raw output of accelerometer into a proxy signal that represents activity – first graph above on the first figure.
Second graph is aggregation of number of abrupt movements plotted over time, time interval for aggregation is 30 minutes. The interval divided into 5 quantiles that represent 5 stages of sleep. They are represented as horizontal dotted lines on a second graph. Anything above the top line is Wake state, everything below bottom, deep sleep. Not sure if this method can detect REM state, but it will be among lower quantiles.
So far those are inconclusive results and the method to derive hypnogram from accelerometer data remains untested. But it looks sufficiently encouraging to continue research.
-Arturas Vaitaitis Ph.D.2014-01-24Read More
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- What is your preferred time slot?
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Chutney-Bacon Cheese Ball
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + chilling
Makes4-1/2 cups
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 jar (9 ounces) chutney
- 1 pound bacon strips, chopped
- 6 green onions, finely chopped
- Assorted crackers
- In a large bowl, combine cheeses. Shape into a ball; top with chutney. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain. Sprinkle bacon and onions over cheese ball. Serve with crackers.
Nutrition Facts2 tablespoons: 124 calories, 9g fat (4g saturated fat), 27mg cholesterol, 349mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 7g protein.
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Dec 24, 2015
Chutney is so delicious. I love this cheeseball. I discovered the glories of cheese and chutney one day when I had unexpected guests, and not much food in the house. I had cream cheese and a jar of chutney, poured the chutney over it and we finished it off in minutes! But adding bacon, cheddar and green onions? It's over the top! I'm so glad I found this recipe! :)
Feb 5, 2015
I made this for a Christmas dinner party! My friends were literally scraping the bottom of the dish! Super easy and delicious! Yum!
Dec 8, 2013
Took it to a party last night. There was lots of food and dips to choose from...people ate more than half if this sizable cheese ball. I put the chutney in a ring around the bottom so people had the choice to take it or not. Also, any type of pepper jam would work, I think.Badkitty - It's ridiculous for you to give a 1-star rating when you have not even tried the recipe. Why don't you post some recipes rather than rate the photos?
Dec 8, 2013
badkitty...why would you give it one star if you didn't even make it or know what chutney was?? Sounds fabulous and I'm looking forward to trying it!
Dec 7, 2013
It is so good and it does "nt take a lot of time to make it!!!
Dec 7, 2013
This recipe is especially good around this holiday time of year. Chutney is delicious with this cheese ball and I even dice it fine and put it into deviled eggs along with minced celery. Once you become familiar with good chutney you will find it so versatile. I always associate it with curried chicken condiments.
Dec 7, 2013
I love different chutneys and combining their uniques flavors with cheese balls is a great combination! Pick you own flavor. Badkitty, if you don't know what chutneys are, Google it. You can purchase chutney wet in a jar or dry. I've been making different cheeseball combinations for Christmas since I first read this recipe. They are always a hit and a nice change from the traditional cheeseball.
Dec 7, 2013
Chutney is a little bit like relish. Some of it has a slightly sweet taste .You buy it already prepared in the international isle of the groceyr store. Usually in a glass jar. It comes in different flavors. Hope this helps.


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For several years now the Auditor Office of Guyana has been churning out reports pointing out several discrepancies on the part of Ministries and Regional Offices among others. The most recent report has now included the recent imbroglio surrounding the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana.
The report that was made public recently, pointed to a contract awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of the new capital dormitory at the Georgetown Prisons in the sum of $24.7M.
The Contract was subsequently terminated in November 2008 but some $21.4M was already paid to the contractor.
The Auditor General cited that the reason for termination of the works was extreme lack of diligence on the part of the contractor and an assessment of the completed works revealed that the contractor was overpaid $10.5M.
In this regard, the Ministry levied on a performance bond for $12.3M, which was held with the now embattled insurance firm, Colonial Life and General Insurance Company Limited (CLICO), now under Judicial Management. However, to date this claim has not been settled.
The Ministry responded that it is making attempts to recover the amount overpaid and intends to engage the Attorney General for advice.
The sore issue of the outstanding arms and ammunition based on a purchase since 2003 did make some progress as was highlighted in the Auditor General's report.
The report noted that one supplier had not delivered the order valued at $8.824M, due to transhipment problems.
However, with the approval of NPTAB and a 'no objection' from the Cabinet, the order was converted and items were supplied in July 2008 and January 2009.
Nonetheless, the orders from two suppliers that were valued at $2.336M and were outstanding since the year 2005 are still to be delivered.
The supplier of the MTSL shells was acquired from the Ministry of National Security in India, and required arrangements from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was engaged and diplomatic arrangements are in process.
With respect to the stallions, the supplier was charged criminally for failing to fully refund the contract sum, when it became evident that he was unable to make good the order. Only $50,000 of the sum involved was recovered.
Record keeping for fuel stored was found to be lackadaisical as it relates to supplies for the Guyana Prison Services.
The report pointed out that contrary to the established cash based method of procurement, the Guyana Prisons Service obtained a credit facility to facilitate purchases of fuel from a local provider.
This situation was compounded by the fact that there was a failure to adhere to the requirements of the Procurement Act during the acquisition of this commodity and a review of the Ministry's records revealed that the supplier was overpaid an amount of $511,668, as at 31 December 2007.
The Ministry's response was, that in April this year "a letter was sent to GUYOIL, requesting that they transfer the remaining funds from the Bulk Station to the Pump Station." The Auditor General recommended that the Guyana Prison Service, as directed by the Head of Budget Agency, take action to ensure that the practice of purchasing fuel on credit be discontinued and to introduce measures for strict control over acquisitions of fuel.
The Auditor General also recommended that systems are put in place to avoid future breaches of the Procurement Act 2003 and its regulations, specifically as it relates to the limits of authority with regard to the procurement of goods and services. Among the fuel and lubricants purchased in 2007, there were 21,177 litres of fuel with a value of $3.2M that had been uplifted in containers and not properly accounted for in the records.
As such, the utilisation of the fuel could not be traced to any record.
A similar situation had also occurred in 2006 where purchases of 9,453 litres of gasoline valued at $1.9M were uplifted in a similar manner.
The Ministry did point out that action to correct this situation was taken in 2008.
The sum of $48.7M was expended on fuel during 2007 and the Auditor General observed that the system required the presentation of authorisation slips to uplift fuel, but these were not seen in 562 instances valued at $5.723M. For the period under review, there were forty-one payment vouchers to the tune of some $7.1M that were not presented for audit scrutiny.
"In the circumstances, the propriety of these payments could not be determined and whether value was received for the sum expended."
The Ministry responded that efforts were being made to locate the remaining vouchers.The Auditor General also pointed out that, attempts to verify the stock of fuel held at the Mazaruni Prisons revealed that a calibrated dipstick was not available to measure fuel held in the reservoir.
Hence, he noted that the fuel had to be painstakingly filled in empty 45-gallon drums. After all the available drums were filled, the reservoir still had a significant amount of fuel, but on conversion the drums filled equalled the balance of 10,074 litres required by the stock ledger.
"It is clear that the stock of fuel was not properly managed, since there was no method of realising the actual balances on hand."
The Ministry explained that the tank was only put into use in 2008 and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) was approached to assist in obtaining calibrated measuring devices, so as to alleviate this situation."
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In a report published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers describe the human and financial costs associated with a single measles outbreak that swept through two Brooklyn neighborhoods in 2013, infecting 58 people, mostly children.
Responding to and containing the four-month-long outbreak ended up costing New York City's health department almost $400,000 and more than 10,000 personnel hours, the report says.
It also cost the life of a baby, whose infected mother miscarried during her 38th week of pregnancy.
All but one of the people (an adult) who developed measles during the Brooklyn outbreak were unvaccinated, primarily because parents had refused or intentionally delayed the administration of the vaccine to their children, the report says.
The findings from the report, which was written by officials from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, underscore the importance of getting every child vaccinated in a timely manner, says Jason Schwartz, an assistant professor of public health policy at Yale University, in an accompanying editorial.
"Decisions to delay or decline vaccination result in potentially serious health risks to those individuals and their communities as well as significant burdens and costs to health department and the health care system," he adds.
The source of the outbreak
The first case in the Brooklyn outbreak was reported on March 13, 2013, in an unvaccinated teenager who had just returned from London. (Measles have been endemic in the United Kingdom since 2008, thanks to a precipitous drop in immunizations, which was triggered by a totally discredited medical paper linking vaccines to autism.) The last case in the Brooklyn outbreak was reported almost four months later, on June 9.
The 58 patients who became ill ranged in age from infancy to 32 years, although half were age 3 or younger. Forty-five (78 percent) were at least 12 months old, and therefore would have been vaccinated if their parents had not refused or delayed the procedure. Twelve (21 percent) of the patients were under a year old and thus too young to have received the vaccine. One person was an adult who reported receiving the vaccine as a child.
The most common way the 58 people contracted the measles was through a relative. Indeed, most of the patients were members of eight extended families. But people also became infected by living in the same building as someone who was ill or by being their friend or playmate. The illness was also spread at health care facilities and at a community gathering. In some cases, health officials were unable to trace where the infection had been transmitted.
Of those who became ill, two developed complications. One child came down with pneumonia and an unvaccinated pregnant woman, as already noted, miscarried.
Thousands of hours
During the four months of the outbreak, 87 health officials spent 10,054 personnel hours doing such activities as interviewing patients and then tracing down individuals with whom they had been in contact and immunizing them if needed. A total of 3,351 contacts were identified.
The officials also spent time collecting and coordinating lab test specimens, issuing health advisories and doing other tasks aimed at stopping the spread of the disease.
The outbreak cost New York City's health department $394,448, according to the report. Most of that money went to staff salaries, but the total also included $30,000 for advertising, $17,590 for vaccines, $9,316 for lab supplies and testing and $4,886 for courier expenses.
Those costs are conservative estimates, the author's of the report add. They don't include unpaid hours or time spent on the outbreak by staff from other agencies.
A controversial proposal
As Schwartz points out in his editorial, even the conservative numbers reported by the study "underscore the resource-intensive nature of public health responses to vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks."
"States and local health departments already face substantial budgetary pressures and difficult choices on where to invest limited funds and personnel," he writes. "The prospect of having to rapidly redirect resources on the scale required during the 2013 New York City measles outbreak is surely daunting to public health officials, few of whom have in their departments resources comparable with those of the New York City [health department]."
Schwartz says this economic burden "is another lamentable consequence of individual decisions to reject evidence-based vaccination recommendations by delaying or declining vaccines for one's self or one's children."
It's in the public good for communities to have high vaccination rates, "regardless of one's personal decision to vaccinate," he stresses.
Furthermore, "those who voluntarily choose to forego vaccination are thus free-riders, benefiting from this public good without contributing to it," he says.
In the editorial, Schwartz makes the controversial proposal that families who get nonmedical exemptions should be required to pay a fee that would directly support vaccination activities, such as educational efforts and outbreak response. He describes the fee as analogous to the alternative service required of conscientious objectors when service in the armed forces is compulsory — "a means by which all contribute to a collective, mutually beneficial efforts in a manner consistent with their personal values."
"Such a fee would reflect the shared benefits among a community that result from a well-functioning vaccination system and the corresponding shared responsibility for contributing to and sustaining those benefits," Schwartz says.
Not a benign disease
Measles is a highly infectious viral disease that is transmitted through the air by coughing and sneezing. Although most people who become infected with measles recover fully, it is not a benign illness, particularly for children under the age of 5 and adults over the age of 20. Measles can lead to severe complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis (swelling of the brain), and even death. The disease can also leave children susceptible to other infectious illnesses, and, in rare cases, to a neurological condition that can "hide" in the nervous system and show up years later.
Measles can be prevented with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Health officials recommend two doses of MMR — the first when a child is 12 to 15 months old and the second when the child is four to six years old.
The single dose is about 93 percent effective at preventing measles, and both doses are about 97 percent effective, according to the CDC.
FMI: You'll find abstracts of the study and the editorial on the JAMA Pediatrics website, but the full papers are behind a paywall.


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This week's Shakedown visits a city we don't often talk about. It's one of the world's biggest cities, with over 17 million people making up the metropolis and peppering it with an infectious blend of multiculturalism and an unmistakable vibe. That's right – if you haven't yet read the title of this post, we're heading to Brazil – currently in the spotlight thank to a certain football tournament – and touching down in one of South America's most unsung destinations: São Paulo.
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So what's on offer in Sao Paulo?
To put the sheer size of São Paulo (pronounced "Sampaul" by locals) into perspective, we're talking about the biggest city (by population) in the entire southern hemisphere, and the world's seventh largest. But unlike its 'megacity' brethren, São Paulo shies away from the headlines, and is relatively unsung among travel circuits.
Located five hours west of its famous sister Rio de Janeiro, the city of São Paulo was formed over 450 years ago, by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries aiming to convert the local indigenous Brazilians. These days you'll find Paulistanos are mainly made up of Italian descendants, as well as the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan. The reason for both of these facts can be found at breakfast tables around the world: coffee.
To this day, it is one of Brazil's most important commodities, and it's what attracted Italian and Japanese workers to the city, to work in the coffee plantations in the late 19th century.
Unsurprisingly, São Paulo is famous for its traffic jams, with even the simplest of jaunts likely to entrench you in a river of honking horns.
The weather in São Paulo is a joy throughout the year; yearly averages of 20C make exploring the city very pleasant. From December to February you should expect some heavy downpours, and just as a warning, the streets are prone to flooding, and add energy to those famous traffic scenes.
São Paulo is a city within a city within a city, with very distinct neighbourhoods aching to be explored, including Bela Vista (Italian), Liberdade (Japanese) and areas like 25 De Marco (Arab). For a walk among the highlife, visit the Pinheiros district.
Thankfully, the São Paulo Metro system is fairly good and makes travelling throughout the downtown area much easier. Trains run from 5am to midnight. You can pick up prepaid passes for use on the Metro, train or bus from the ticket office, or from vendors around the city.
The city centre is pedestrian friendly, and can easily be explored on foot. Alternatively, jump in a taxi.
Things to see in São Paulo
One of the most popular things to do in São Paulo is head up high and get a view of the city. There are a few vantage points, but among the best is the trendy Hotel Unique, designed by Phillippe Stark. Warning: this isn't a place to rock up in your torn threads. The Banespa building also offers great views, as does the city's highest building, the Edifício Itália; and a final nod to Pico do Jaraguá, a peak accessible by Rodovia Anhanguera.
There are several parks in the city, but if you only have time for one, plump for Parque do Ibirapuera which opened in 1954 to celebrate the city's IV Centenário (the city's 400 years), and is home to important public buildings, several museums, a planetarium, and Pavilhão Japonês (Japanese Pavilion). Here, you will also find the Bosque de Leitura, an open-air library which magically appears on Sundays. Alternatively, the tranquil Parque Trianon is a remnant of the ancient atlantic forest that once covered the entire region.
The grand, and wonderfully sounding Museu Paulista in the city's Ipiranga district, ranks highly among visitors for its various collections from the era of the Brazilian Empire. The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) is a worthy art museum, on Paulista Avenue. Elsewhere in the city, you can enjoy an erratic mixture of modern and gothic architecture, especially in the downtown area, including the Teatro Municipal.
Football is a mainstay of local life, and no visit to São Paulo is possible without immersing yourself in the game. Looking to connect with locals? Lay down a conversation about the city's main club, Corinthians, or one of the city's five other clubs.
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And talking of football; if you're visiting the city right now, you'll be descending on unadulterated football fever. For the event that's on everyone's lips at the moment, São Paulo has built the brand new Arena Corinthians, a 48,000 capacity stadium which will play host to games in every round, right up to the semi finals.
Look out for the flea market at Praca Benedito Calixto; scavenge among the crowds for secondhand fashion and unique paintings, to the soundtrack of live Brazilian folk music.
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Personal security can be an issue in the city, so please watch out and seek local advice when exploring the city. Avoid wearing expensive looking jewellery, and avoid carrying large sums of money (this is standard advice for travelling in any area of the world). The most popular crime, is pickpocketing, and you should take precautions throughout your stay.
Cash machines are a magnet for criminals, and many now feature anti-theft devices that spray pink die onto notes, so beware that these will not be accepted and you should seek advice from the bank manager and police.
Food & Drink in São Paulo
12,000 restaurants offering 52 types of cuisine reflects the cultural background of the city. Unsurprisingly, you'll find some fantastic Italian food — especially pizza — in the city. For something authentically local, try the feijoada. A black bean and pork stew, and wash it down with a tangy Caipirinha, the national cocktail of Brazil, made from Cachaça, a fermented sugarcane liquor.
Another popular way to dine, is a kilo restaurant. This is the ultimate buffet lovers dream, where you pile your plate up, and pay a set price per kilo (usually around £1/kg). Look for the kilo signs around the city. Another gourmet experience is found in the city's all-you-can-eat churrascarias (barbecue house). Help yourself to the salad buffet, take a seat, and attract the attention of the roaming waiters offering spitroast meet. For breakfast, head to the Galeria dos Pães, a 24 hour food market, and fix yourself up with strong espresso and a wondrous array of foods.
Also look out for the feira livre street markets, and pick up some pastel (deep-fried, filled thin-pastry) with some caldo de cana (sugar cane juice).
And lest we forget, that São Paulo is one of those wonderfully cities, that completely wakes up at night. Some say it's due to the fact that Paulistanos work for longer, and harder, than the rest of Brazil put together, but when Paulistanos shut up shop, there is nothing they like more than one thing: clubbing. While you're in São Paulo, make sure you muster the energy for a night on the tiles, with some of the best nightlife you're ever likely to experience on your journey.
Accommodation in São Paulo
There are plenty of great accommodation options in the city, with shared accommodation in Sao Paulo starting at around £12 per night.
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Events in São Paulo
It's also a city that knows how to host a world class event. The Brazilian Grand Prix whizzes around the city's Interlagos circuit every year, and the deal looks set to be in place until at least 2015.
Fashion Week in the city is also a big affair, with this year's event taking place between the 11th and 16th of June. And also, the São Paulo Carnival, on 17 February, might not be as famous or flamboyant as "the other" one in Brazil, but don't let this put you off, it's a fantastic display and a great time to be in the city.
Getting to São Paulo
You can fly direct to São Paulo from London Gatwick or Heathrow.
The airport is 20 miles from the city, which might sound like a 40 minute taxi ride to some people; but if you've heeded my earlier warnings, you should allow at least a few hours, especially at rush hour. The airport itself as a notoriously bad reputation for employing a painfully slow process. Note, the airport does not have a train connection to the city.
As mentioned, Sao Paulo is a fantastic, and great value gateway into South America. Many travellers to the city tie it in with a trip to the Iguassu Falls; the quaint town of Paraty; or an exploration of the south Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands.
So there it is, a Shakedown on one of Brazil's most ideal gateways. São Paulo might not steal the headlines, but when it comes to offering travellers an ideal spot to dip between peaceful retreats, tasty treats, and plenty of happening nightlife, this is a city that practises what it preaches.


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