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2006-05-14 19:43:40
Shri Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya
Parikrama Khanda
Prathama Adhyaaya - Chapter 1
Saadhaarana mahaatmya
Introductory Glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama
By His Divine Grace Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Translated By His Holiness
Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada
jaya jaya navadvipa-chandra shachi-suta,
jaya jaya nityaananda raaya avadhuta..1
"Supreme glories to the Supreme Personality of Served Godhead Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu, Who has advented as the divine moon of Shri Navadvipa Dhama and the transcendental son of Shrimati Shachidevi in Kali Yuga. All glories to the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Who is the the Supreme King of all exalted personalities."
jaya jaya shri advaita prabhu mahaashaya
gadaadhara shrivaasa pandita jaya jaya..2
"All glories, all glories to Mahavishnu Avatara Lord Shri Advaita Acharya who is the Master of the creation. All glories to the energy of Lord Gauranga, Shri Gadadhara Pandita, and all glories to Shrila Shrivasa Pandita, the commander-in-chief of all the devotees of Lord Gaurahari."
jaya navadvipa-dhaama sarva-dhaama-saara
jaya navadvipa-vaasi gaura-parivaara..3
"All glories to supreme abode of Kali Yuga, Shri Navadvipa Dhama, which is the essence of all Holy Places in creation. All glories to the divine residents of Shri Navadvipa Dhama who are verily the family members of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu."
sakala bhakata-pade kariyaa pranaama
sankshepe varniba aami navadvipa-dhaama..4
"I offer my prostrated obeisances at the lotus feet of all the devotees of Lords Nityananda Gauranga and seek their blessings. It is only by the power of their mercy that I am describing the supreme glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama in summarized form.
navadvipa-mandalera mahimaa apaara
brahmaa aadi naahi jaane varne saadhya kaara..5
"The glories of Shri Navadvipa Mandala (32 miles) are unlimited and unfathomable. What to speak of ordinary souls, even the master engineer of this universe and the guna incarnation Lord Brahma do not know the full glories of Shri Navadvipa. Therefore, who has the capacity to actually describe them?
sahasra vadane shesha varnite akshama
kshudra-jiva aami kise haiba sakshama..6
"Lord Ananta Shesha with His thousands of mouths finds Himself incapable to fully describe the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama. Thus, how can an insignificant and fallible soul like me become competent for such an exalted service?"
satya bate navadvipa mahimaa ananta
deva-deva mahaadeva naahi paaya anta..7
"There is certainly no doubt that the supreme glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama are unlimited and unparalleled. The God of all the demigods Mahadev Lord Shiva himself does not find an end to the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
tathaapi chaitanya-chandra icchaa balavaana
sei iccha vashe bhakta aagyaara vidhaana..8
"But above all the desire of the Supreme Lord Chaitanyachandra is paramount and most powerful. And understanding that desire of the Lord, His associates desired and ordered me to describe the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
bhakta-gane aagyaa dila chaitanya-icchaaya
nadiyaa-mahaatmya varni bhaktera kripaaya..9
"Thus, knowing the desire of Lord Gauranga, the devotees ordered me to write the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama. So I am describing them due to the causeless mercy of the devotees upon me."
aara eka kathaa aache gudha atishaya
kahite na icchaa haya, naa kahile naya..10
"There is one more extremely deep and confidential secret. I do not want to tell it but I cannot remain without describing it as it will supremely benefit all souls."
ye avadhi shri chaitanya aprakata haila
dhaama-lilaa prakaashite bhakte aagyaa dila..11
"After the Supreme Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu disappeared and unmanifested His divine pastimes from this material universe, He ordered His associates and devotees to reveal, describe and establish His Supreme Pastimes in the Holy Abodes of Shri Navadvipa and Shri Jagannatha Puri and His Holy Names."
sarva avataara haite gudha avataara
shri chaitanya-chandra mora vidita samsaara..12
"Of all the multifarious incarnations of God in creation, the Supreme moon-like Lord Gauranga, Who is the source of all the incarnations, is the most confidential, mysterious and esoteric."
gudha-lilaa shastre gudha-rupe ukta haya
abhakta janera citte naa haya udaya..13
"Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu is described and glorified in the most confidential manner in the most deeply secret scriptures so that those who are envious non-believers and non-devotees will never be able to identify and worship Him as God Himself."
se lila sambandhe yata gudha shaastra chila
maayaadevi bahu-kaala aacchaadi raakhila..14
"The most confidential scriptures describing the supreme glories of the Advent, Holy Names and Pastimes of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu were covered and concealed by Lord's illusory energy Mayadevi for a very long time."
aprakata shaastra bahu rahe yathaa tathaa
prakata shaastre o yata chaitanyera kathaa..15
se sakala maayaadevi pandita-nayana
aavariya raakhe gupta-bhaave anukshana..16
"Lord Gauranga's supreme glories are described in numerous Vedic scriptures which are in unmanifested form on this earth planet. Even the glories of Lord Gauranga in the revealed and manifest scriptures were secretly concealed and covered by Mayadevi constantly from the vision of even the great scholars of the Vedas."
gaurera gambhira lilaa haile aprakata
prabhu-icchaa jaani maayaa haya akapata..17
"After the unmanifestation of the most esoteric and deep pastimes of the Supreme Lord Gauranga which were to specifically relish the mysteries of His own love, Maya, the illusory energy of Lord Gauranga, understanding the desire of the Lord Gauranga to reveal Himself, decided to become merciful to the souls in this world."
uthaaiya laila jaala jiva-cakshu haite
prakaashila gaura-tattva e jada jagate..18
"After Lord Gauranga's disappearance from this world, Maya lifted the curtain of illusion and forgetfulness covering the eyes of the conditioned souls about the advent and identity of Lord Gauranga. Due to the desire of the Lord Himself, she then clearly revealed the scriptures and the scriptural descriptions of the essential philosophical truths about the supreme glories of Lord Gauranga and His Holy Names and Pastimes in Kali Yuga."
gupta-shaastra anaayaase haila prakata
ghuchila jivera jata yuktira sankata..19
"All the confidential scriptures describing the glories of Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes were effortlessly revealed by Maya after Lord Gauranga's disappearance. Due to this, all souls became greatly fortunate and their miserable calamities came to an end."
badai dayalu prabhu nityananda-raya
gaura-tattva prakasila jivera hiyaya..20
"This unprecedented causeless mercy of revealing the Gauranga Nama-Lila Tattva (Spiritual Truths) in the hearts of all souls which was never before seen in the past was possible only because of most magnanimous desire and order of Lord Nityananda Prabhu."
tanra aagyaa peye maayaa chaade aavarana
subhakta pandita-gana paaya shaastra-dhana..21
"Accepting the direct munificent order of Lord Nityananda Prabhu to reveal Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes to the world without any further delay,
Maya, the illusory energy, lifted her veil which concealed Lord Gauranga from time immemorial, and the sincere and fortunate devotees could find the treasure of the verses glorifying Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes in the scriptures."
ihaate sandeha jaara na haya khandana
se abhaagaa vrithaa kena dharaye jivana..22
"Even after reading these verses, if a person's ruinous and fierce doubts of the above revelation by Lord Nityananda and Mayadevi of Lord Gauranga's Name and Pastimes are not destroyed, then such a person is extremely ill-fated and is uselessly maintaining his or her life."
je kaale ishvara jei kripaa vitaraya
bhagyavanta jana tahe bada sukhi haya..23
"When the Lord distributes His rarest and incomparable mercy in this way, the most fortunate devotees who have faith in Him become very happy and rejoice in bliss."
durbhaagaa-lakshana ei jaana sarva-jana
nija buddhi bada bali kariyaa ganana..24
"All people should understand that to reject such a rare mercy of the Lord is the symptom of extreme misfortune and inauspiciousness. Due to false ego, one becomes puffed-up and thinks highly of one's own intelligence not accepting the advent of the Lord in Kali Yuga."
ishvarera kripaa naahi karaya svikaara
kutarke maayaara garte pade baara baara..25
"If one does not accept such causeless and unique mercy of the revelation of the Vedic scriptures about the Supreme Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu and refrains from worshiping Lord Gauranga by chanting His Holy Names, then one will have to fall down again and again in the dirty and ghastly pit of the cycle of birth and death."
esa he kalira jiva chaada kutinaati
nirmala gauraanga-prema laha paripaati..26
"Lord Nityananda Prabhu implored to all His part and parcel souls, 'Come, come to Me, all souls, giving up your deceitful mentality. I will personally reward and instruct you in the pristinely pure love for My Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu which you have to learn from Me."
ei bali nityaananda daake baara baara
tabu ta durbhaagaa jana naa kare svikaara..27
"Stating like this, the Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu loudly calls out again and again out of intense compassion for all souls but just see the great misfortune of the souls, they do even care to accept this greatly rare spiritual gift personally from the Lord Himself."
kena je emana preme kare anaadara
vichaara kariyaa dekha haiyaa tatpara..28
"O my dear souls, 'Why are you neglecting and insulting this most rare and sublime love for Lord Gauranga which Lord Nityananda is ready to give you freely. I hope you reconsider again and become eager and anxious to receive this great treasure.'"
sukha-laagi sarva jiva naanaa yukti kare
tarka kare, yoga kare, samsaara-bhitare..29
"Each and every soul is constantly striving and devising multitudinous plans to achieve happiness in this world which is the ultimate goal of all endeavors of all kinds of people. Some people are whimsically speculating and some people are fruitlessly performing yoga in this world for happiness."
sukha-laagi samsaara chaadiyaa vane yaaya
sukha-laagi yuddha kare rajaaya rajaaya..30
"Some people become frustrated with material enjoyment and go to the forest for trying to attain happiness. Kings or enemies start fighting with each other for becoming happy."
sukha-laagi kaamini-kanaka paache dhaya
sukha-laagi shilpa aara vigyaana chalaaya..31
"Many run after money and sex for some flickering happiness and others engage in scientific or sculpturing professions in the hope of becoming happy."
sukha-laagi sukha chaade klesha shiksha kare
sukha-lagi arnava madhyete dube mare..32
"In their blind pursuit of so-called material happiness, people give up the eternal spiritual happiness of the soul. People sink and drown in the deep and dangerous ocean of material sense-enjoyment in their quest for happiness."
nityaananda bale daaki du haate tuliyaa
esa jiva karma-gyaana-sankata chaadiya..33
"Lord Nityananda calls out and beseeches all the souls while raising both His lotus hands in the air, 'Come to Me, My dear souls, giving up the perils of fruitive activities (karma) and speculative knowledge (gyaana).'"
sukha-laagi ceshtaa tava, aami taahaa diba
taara vinimaye aami kichu na laiba..34
"I will give you the most superior eternal happiness which is what you are actually seeking for within the heart of your hearts. And in exchange for this great benediction which I will give you, I will not take anythng in return."
kashta naahi vyaya naai naa paabe yaatanaa
shri gauraanga bali naache naahika bhaavanaa..35
"You will not have to undergo any tribulation and misery nor will you need to waste any time, energy or money. You will simply have to dance while chanting the Holy Name of Lord Gauranga and become absorbed in the divine trance of love for Lord Gauranga."
je sukha aami ta diba taara naai sama
sarvadaa vimalaananda naahi taara bhrama..36
"Lord Nityananda continued, 'Nothing is comparable to this matchless divine happiness which I will award you. It is the supremely pure absolute happiness increasing at every moment and is totally free from the contamination of illusion."
ei rupe prema yaache nityaananda raya
abhaagaa karama doshe taaha naahi chaaya..37
"In this way Lord Nityananda Raya solicits the pure love for Lord Gauranga to each and every conditioned soul but the ill-fated conditioned soul does not even desire to accept it due to it's enslavement with karmic reactions and material desires and a lack of pious deeds."
gauraanga nitaai jei bale eka baara
ananta karama dosha anta haya taara..38
"That most fortunate soul who chants or hears the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga just once, instantly destroys unlimited inauspicious and sinful karmic reactions from the past countless number of lives."
aara eka gudha kathaa suna sarva-jana
kali-jive yogya-vastu gaura-lilaa-dhana..39
"O all people of this world, please hear another very confidential secret. The most appropriate and competent means for the deliverance of all souls in Kali Yuga is the supreme treasure of the transcendental pastimes of Lord Gauranga.
gaurahari raadhaa-krishna-rupe vrindaavane
nitya-kaala vilaasa karaye sakhi-sane..40
"It is Lord Gaurahari Himself Who sports in His divinely playful pastimes at every moment in His supremely divine forms of Lord Krishna and Shrimati Radha along with Their Gopi expansions."
shaastrete jaanila jiva vraja-lilaa-tattva
raadhaa-krishna-nitya-lilaa vrajera mahatva..41
"The conditioned souls can know the great glories and importance of the supreme nitya-lila (eternal) pastimes of Shri Shri Radha Krishna and Their matchless Holy Abode of Shri Vrindavana Dhama from the revealed Vedic scriptures."
krishna-naama krishna-dhaama-mahaatmya apaara
shaastrera dvaaraaya jaane sakala samsaara..42
"The spiritual glories and importance of the Holy Name, Pastimes and Abode of the Supreme Lord Krishna are known and easily accessible to the whole humanity through the revealed Vedic scriptures."
tabu krishna-prema saadhaarane
naahi paaya
ihaara kaarana kiba chintaha hiyaaya..47
"Even though Lord Krishna's glories and pastimes are known so openly and widely in this world, pure love for Lord Krishna, which is goal of all human endeavors, remains allusive and unobtainable to the general mass of the people."
ihaate aache ta eka gudha-tattva saara
maayaa-mugdha jiva taahaa naa kare vichaara..48
"This mystery of the greatest question and dilemma in the human form of life is not thought about by the souls bewildered by Maya, the illusory energy of the Lord.
bahu janma krishna bhaji prema naahi haya
aparaadha-punja taara aachaya nischaya..49
"If one does not achieve pure love of God after worshiping Lord Krishna and chanting His Holy Names for many lives, one should understand that one has certainly mountains of offenses in one's heart."
aparaadha-shunya haye laya krishna-naama
tabe jiva krishna-prema labhe aviraama..50
"If and only if one chants the Holy Names of Lord Krishna by becoming totally devoid of all offenses against the Holy Names. Deity and Abodes, then that soul will be able to attain the pure love for Lord Krishna without any interruption."
shri chaitanya avatare bada vilakshana
aparaadha-sattve jiva labhe prema-dhana..51
"The incarnation of Lord Gauranga is exceptionally opulent, powerful and influential among all forms of God. Even though Lord Krishna's Name considers offenses and does not give love to an offensive soul, Lord Gauranga's Name, Pastimes and Abodes do not consider offenses and award pure love of God to even the offensive souls. This unprecedented and unimaginable munificence of Lord Gauranga's incarnation is the only life-saving hope for the conditioned souls of Kali Yuga."
nitaai chaitanya bali jei jiva daake
suvimala krishna-prema anveshaya taake..52
"The most esoteric and purest love of Lord Krishna begins searching after that most auspicious soul who feelingly calls out the most benevolent Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga."
aparaadha baadhaa tara kichu naahi kare
niramala krishna-preme taara ankhi jhare..53
"Even the formidable obstacles posed due to the offenses in one's heart are rendered ineffective by the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga and the eyes miraculously flow with the sublime tears of pristinely pure love for Lord Krishna when one chants the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga even though offenses are present in the heart."
svalpa kaale aparaadha aapani palaaya
hridaya shodhita haya prema baadhe taaya..54
"After granting the most confidential pure love for Lord Krishna to even the offensive chanter, the Holy Names of Nityananda and Gauranga make the offenses run away from the heart within a very short time. Then the heart becomes fully purified and the love increases even more."
kali-jivera aparaadha asankhya durvaara
gaura-naama vinaa taara naahika uddhaara..55
"The offenses and sins of the souls of Kali Yuga are unlimited and absolutely impossible to overcome. Thus, there is no other means of deliverance in Kali Yuga other than the exceptionally merciful Holy Name of Lord Gauranga."
ataeva gaura vinaa kalite upaaya
naa dekhi kothaa o aara shaastra phukaaraya..56
"Thus, it a firmly established and repeatedly stressed truth in all the Vedic scriptures that there is no other means of extrication from the cycle of birth and death other than the Holy Names, Pastimes, Abodes and Associates of Lord Gauranga."
navadvipe gaurachandra haila udaya
navadvipa sarva-tirtha-avatamsha haya..57
"Since the Supreme Source of all Incarnations, the moon-like Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu, advented in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, the glories of all the other millions of Holy Places combined together became only a fractional part of the glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
anya tirthe aparaadhi dandera bhaajana
navadvipe aparaadha sadaai maarjana..58
"The offenders and sinners in all other Holy Places of pilgrimage are liable to be heavily punished for their wrong-doings. But the offenses of the offenders in Shri Navadvipa Dhama are destroyed and the offensive mentality is removed forever."
taara saakshi jagaai maadhaai dui bhai
aparaadha kari paila chaitanya-nitaai..59
"The practical proof of this purifying power of Shri Navadvipa Dhama is Shrila Jagai and Shrila Madhai, who got delivered and attained the direct mercy of Lords Nityananda and Gauranga even agter committing so many sins and offenses in Shri Navadvipa Dhama."
anyaanya tirthera kathaa raakha bhaai dure
aparaadhi daitya danda paaya vraja-pure..60
"What to speak of the other places of pilgrimage, even the offenders and sinners in Shri Vrindavana Dhama, the Holy Abode of Lord Krishna, get stringently punished for their sins."
navadvipe shata shata aparaadha kari
anaayaase nitaai-kripaaya jaaya tari..61
"Even if one commits hundreds upon hundreds of offenses in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, one will get easily delivered there if Lord Nityananda Prabhu is causelessly merciful to that person."
hena navadvipa-dhaama je gauda-mandale
dhanya dhanya sei desha rishi-gana bale..62
"All the great sages state, 'All glories! All glories to the supremely holy abode of Shri Navadvipa Dhama in Shri Gauda Mandala."
hena navadvipe bhaai yaahaara vasati
bada bhaagyavaan sei labhe krishna-rati..63
"Those who reside in Shri Navadvipa Dhama are supremely glorious and fortunate as they are certainly sure to attain spontaneous attraction and attachment to Lord Krishna."
navadvipe jebaa kabhu karaya gamana
sarva aparaadha-mukta haya sei jana..64
"Those very fortunate souls who go to visit Shri Navadvipa Dhama become totally free from all kinds of sins and offenses."
sarva tirtha bhramiya tairthika jaahaa paaya
navadvipa-smarane sei laabha shastre gaaya..65
"According to all the revealed scriptures, the pious results attained by a pure brahmana sage by visiting all the millions of Holy Places in creation is easily attained simply by remembering Shri Navadvipa Dhama from a distant place ."
navadvipa darashana kare jei jana
janme janme labhe sei krishna-prema-dhana..66
"Those exalted souls who behold the beauty of Shri Navadvipa Dhama attain pure love for the Supreme Lord Krishna life and life."
karma-buddhi-yoge o je navadvipe jaaya
nara-janma aara sei jana naahi paaya..67
"Even if someone goes to Shri Navadvipa Dhama full with desires for sense-gratification, fruitive activities and speculative knowledge, one will be saved from the gruesome pain of taking another human birth in the womb of a mother again."
navadvipa bhramite se pade pade paaya
koti-ashvamedha-phala sarva-shastre gaaya..68
"All the scriptures state that on every step one takes even while wandering in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, one will attain the pious results of performing ten million Vedic horse-sacrifices, each of which is difficult to be performed even by the demigods."
navadvipe vasi jei mantra japa kare
shri mantra chaitanya haya anaayaase tare..69
"One who resides in Shri Navadvipa Dhama and chants one's worshipable Mantra, will find that the Mantra will become spiritual conscious very soon and effortlessly deliver that person from the cycle of birth and death."
anya tirthe yogi dasha-varshe labhe jaahaa
navadvipe tina-ratre saadhi paaya taahaa..70
"The pious results which an accomplished yogi attains after ten years of intense spiritual practice in another place of pilgrimage, is attained in Shri Navadvipa Dhama just by staying there for three nights."
anya tirthe brahma-gyaane jei mukti haya
navadvipe bhaagirathi-snaane taa ghataya..71
"The sayujya liberation of merging in the impersonal brahman effulgence of Lord Gauranga-Krishna is attained in other places of pilgrimage only by full perfection in the knowledge of brahman which is very rarely attained. If desired, this liberation can be attained in Shri Navadvipa Dhama simply by taking a bath in the river Bhagirathi-Ganga."
saalokya, saarupya, saarshti, saamipya, nirvaana
navadvipe mumukshu labhaya vinaa gyaana..72
"Even without any knowledge, the spiritual aspirant desiring to cross the ocean of birth and death, attains the following five kinds of liberation which are difficult to attain for the most advanced transcendentalists: (1) The liberation to reside in the same spiritual planet of the Lord, (2) The liberation to attain the same divine form as the Lord, (3) The liberation to attain the same spiritual opulences like the Lord, (4) The liberation to attain close physical proximity with the Lord, and (5) The liberation to merge in the impersonal brahman effulgence emanating from the divine body of the Lord.
navadvipe shuddha-bhakta-charane padiyaa
bhukti-mukti sadaa rahe daasi-rupa haiyaa..73
"Material enjoyment and all the five kinds of liberation remain as always eager to serve maid-servants at the lotus feet of a pure devotee in Shri Navadvipa Dhama, who is not even desirous of using their services."
bhakta-gana laathi maari se duye taadaaya
bhakta-pada chaadi daasi tabu na palaaya..74
"Even if the pure devotees residing in Shri Navadvipa Dhama chastise these two servants of sense-enjoyment and liberation with a stick, still they do not leave the lotus feet of the pure devotees."
shata-varsha sapta-tirthe mile jaaha bhaai
navadvipe eka raatra-vaase taaha paai..75
"The pious results attained by residing for one hundred years in each of the seven main holy places of pilgrimage are effortlessly attained in residing in Shri Navadvipa Dhama for just one night."
hena navadvipa dhaama sarva-dhaama saara
kalite aashraya kari jiva haya paara..76
"Thus, this Shri Navadvipa Dhama is the distilled essence of all the billions of Holy Places in creation. The most fortunate soul who takes devoted shelter of Shri Navadvipa Dhama in Kali Yuga certainky crosses over the ocean of material nescience."
taaraka paaraka vidyaadvaya avirata
navadvipa vaasi gane seve ritimata..77
"The two kinds of divine spiritual knowledge of taraka (deliverance) and paraka (auspiciousness) eternally serve and worship the residents of Shri Navadvipa Dhama constantly as per all the scriptural injunctions."
nitaai-jaahnava-pada-chaayaa jaara aasha
se bhaktivinoda gaaya paaiya ullaasa..78
"Fully surrendering to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu and His eternal divine consort Shrimati Jahnava devi, I (Bhaktivinoda) sing the supreme glories of Shri Navadvipa Dhama in a blissful trance."
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Cultural Sites Near Iguassu Falls
By Viator, December 2014
A fascinating day trip from Puerto Iguazú is to the town of Misiones, home to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed San Ignacio Mission, the restored ruins of a 17th-century Jesuit settlement that played a significant role in the 17th- and 18th-century Christian missions. The nearby town of Wanda is also well renowned, famous for its abundant semi-precious stones (including agate, amethyst, topaz and jasper) and a tour of the Wanda Mines unveils the secrets behind the glittering gems gracing the shelves of local jewelry stores.
Another popular sight is the Landmark of the Three Frontiers, an easy side trip from either Foz de Iguaçu or Puerto Iguazu. The tri-border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay is marked by the natural boundaries of the Parana and Iguassu rivers and each side has its own monumental obelisk marking the end of its land and painted in the colors of its flag. Assuming you have pre-organized the necessary visas, it's also possible to cross the border lines, with the Tancredo Neves International Bridge running over the Iguazu River between Foz de Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazu, and the La Amistad International Bridge crossing the Parana river between Foz de Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este in Paraguay.
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Sightseeing Tour of the Argentinian and Brazilian Sides of Iguassu Falls
Make the most of your Iguassu Falls vacation and visit both the Argentinian and Brazilian side of the falls. Combine two sightseeing tours from Puerto Iguazu ... Read more
Location: Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Duration: 10 hours (approx.)
Full Day Tour to Iguazu Falls
Recognized world-wide, the Iguazu Falls is considered to be one of the most impressive natural beauties on Earth. With more than 200 falls reaching heights of ... Read more
Location: Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Iguassu Falls Day Tour from Puerto Iguazú with Waterfall Boat Ride
See the mighty Iguassu Falls from every angle of the Argentinian side on a full-day tour from Puerto Iguazú. Take a walk through the mist at the base of ... Read more
Location: Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Duration: 8 hours (approx.)
Iguassu Falls Sightseeing Tour from Foz do Iguaçu
There's not much in the world that compares to the majestic Iguassu Falls, and you can see the entire Brazilian side of the falls on this half-day tour from ... Read more
Location: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Duration: 4 hours (approx.)
Brazilian Side of Iguassu Falls Half-Day Sightseeing Tour from Puerto Iguazú
Even if you're staying in Puerto Iguazú, you can still visit the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls! Journey deep into Iguacu National Park, get an up-close ... Read more
Location: Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
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Brazilian Side of Iguassu Falls and Itaipu Dam Full-Day Sightseeing Tour from Puerto Iguazú
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The question that director Jonathan Demme keeps getting asked is: "Why?"
Why did he choose to remake the stylish 1963 romantic thriller "Charade," starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn? For one thing, he feels that time is on his side. After all, almost 40 years have passed since the original came out. "I think it has passed the statute of limitations on remakes," says Mr. Demme. "I think we have a new picture."
In the new version, Regina (Thandie Newton in Hepburn's role) discovers that her husband has been murdered and everything they owned has been sold.
No one knows what has happened to the money, but a variety of characters have a deadly interest in finding out, including a helpful man who turns out to have several identities (Mark Wahlberg).
Instead of simply doing a straight remake, Demme says he offers a "brand new interpretation" of the material. For the leads, he picked Mr. Wahlberg and Ms. Newton ("Mission: Impossible 2"), so younger audiences could relate to them.
Wahlberg is much closer in age to Newton than Grant was to Hepburn, and that changed the romantic dynamic. Demme recalled a scene where Wahlberg was playing a bit too much to his character's dark side.
The director told him to be nicer. "And he would say, 'I don't think I can be. I'm lying to her.' And I said, 'Exactly. Overcompensate. Be too sweet.'"
The lack of iconic star power and the similarity in age makes for a more conventional "young couple on the run" plot. It's basically the same story line even down to a few key twists. The differences are in the details the parts played by James Coburn and Ned Glass are now a black woman and an Asian man.
For savvier film viewers, living up to the original may be impossible. But Demme said the original's director, Stanley Donen, gave the project his blessing, and "Charade" writer Peter Stone contributed to the new script under the name Peter Joshua (one of the names Grant's character adopts in the original.)
Demme realized the impossibility of re-creating the Grant/Hepburn chemistry, so he didn't even try to duplicate it.
"Audrey Hepburn is someone I always loved in movies so much," he says. "Thandie has that, too. She's got that big heart and sense of decency. That's why I wanted her."
Newton herself says that in order to feel free to work they basically "had to ignore 'Charade.' "
The one actor who seems to be inspired by the original is Tim Robbins, cast as the embassy official played by Walter Matthau. However, Demme puts a fresh spin on his character, including a different twist at the end.
As the father of teenagers, Demme says it's not easy finding appropriate entertainment. That's where "The Truth About Charlie" comes in. It also doesn't have a lot of explosions, bathroom humor, or sex scenes. "This movie is a testament to the teens of America that they can have a blast without all that other stuff."
He thinks that his film, rated PG-13, will find a younger audience not familiar with the earlier film. "They never even heard of Cary Grant," he says.
Despite such comments, Demme whose credits include "Philadelphia," and "Silence of the Lambs" is no Philistine. Indeed, the 50-something director has peppered the Paris-set film with references to the French New Wave of the 1950s and '60s.
There's a clip of François Truffaut's "Shoot the Piano Player," and an appearance by Charles Aznavour, who starred in it, as well as Jean-Luc Godard's frequent leading lady, Anna Karina. "I couldn't resist the impulse to acknowledge how much French film meant to me," he says.
The film carries additional meaning and satisfaction for him because several projects before this never took off. It's his first film since 1998's "Beloved," which also starred Newton.
Ironically, another current remake has links to Demme, although he had nothing to do with it. "Red Dragon" is a remake of the 1986 film "Manhunter," the first of the stories about murderer Hannibal Lecter who was immortalized in Demme's "Silence of the Lambs" (1991). 'Red Dragon" allows actor Anthony Hopkins to play the part of Lecter for the third time after having won an Oscar for his performance under Demme's direction.
"I have kind of a paternal glow," says Demme of the latest film. "I wish I had a piece of it."


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Today's politicians and other public figures need arms so long that their hands drag on the pavement. They need these long limbs in order to ''reach out.'' You've probably noticed that ''reaching out'' is what most politicians do these days. Hardly a moment passes without one of them reaching out or saying that someone else should reach out.
I had a computer search for the ''reach out'' phrase in three newspapers - the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times and The Washington Post - to see how many times it was used this year.


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Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt has dismissed claims he will receive a life ban for his role in cricket's alleged spot-fixing scandal.
Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and teenage quick Mohammad Aamer are all accused of conspiring in the bowling of deliberate no-balls on last year's tour of England -- claims they all deny.
Some reports have claimed that Butt and Asif could be banned for life while Aamer may be handed a five-year suspension by the anti-corruption tribunal which will announce its decision on Saturday.
"I don't believe in what the media is saying," Butt told AFP, reacting to British media reports that he and Asif will be banned for life and Aamer for five years.
"My lawyer (Yasin Patel) terms the case as 50-50, so at the moment I don't want to say much.
"Cricket has been my livelihood, so I want that to carry on and I hope every Pakistani fan prays for me."
Aamer's lawyer Shahid Karim refused to comment.
The tribunal met over six days in January, reading written and hearing audio testimony as well as seeing video evidence.
Despite almost 50 hours of deliberations, the three-man tribunal decided to delay a decision.
The tribunal learnt Thursday that they would be pre-empted by the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who will announce on Friday whether they face legal action in England following a separate investigation by London's Metropolitan Police.
A CPS spokeswoman told AFP there was no connection between the timing of their announcement and the ICC hearing in Doha, saying: "We make decisions when we are ready to make them."
The timing and severity of the Doha decision will be crucial with the World Cup in South Asia starting in two weeks' time and with the International Cricket Council (ICC) under pressure to clamp down on illegal bookmakers.
Butt, Asif and Aamer were provisionally suspended by the ICC in September 2010, with the world governing body's code of conduct carrying a minimum five-year ban if corruption charges are proved.
The maximum punishment is life out of the game.
The scandal came to light when Britain's News of the World claimed that seven Pakistani players, including Butt, Aamer and Asif, took money from agent Mazhar Majeed to obey orders at specific stages in the Lord's Test in August.
Scotland Yard detectives raided the team hotel in London, reportedly confiscating a huge amount of money from Butt's room.
The three-man independent hearing was led by code of conduct commissioner and leading lawyer Michael Beloff of England, aided by Justice Albie Sachs from South Africa and Kenyan Sharad Rao.
All three players have serious legal heavyweights going in to bat for them with paceman Asif, 28, represented by Allan Cameron, brother of British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Butt, 26, is represented by British-based lawyer Yasin Patel, while 18-year-old fast bowler Aamer's legal team is headed by Shahid Karim from Pakistan.
While the ICC has made clear it will not be comment until a verdict is reached, chief executive Haroon Lorgat told the BBC recently he was confident of the case against the players.
"We need to send out a strong message and that is part of what we want to achieve," Lorgat said.
"We've worked hard at collecting all the evidence that we would require to make the charges stand."
Beloff had said in January that the three-man tribunal needed more time to consider the issues against the Pakistan trio.
None of the players or their lawyers commented at the time although Aamer told reporters earlier that the six-day Qatar tribunal had been one of the hardest times of his life.
"You can see my eyes are sore because I have not been able to sleep for the last few days," he said.
"I have been talking to my parents and they have tried to raise my confidence. I know a lot of people are praying for me because its a matter of my career."
Former Pakistan players expressed disappointment that no verdict was reached.
"It's absurd," former captain Zaheer Abbas told AFP. "The International Cricket Council has kept the players hostage for the last five months and now they have deferred the decision, which is inexplicable."
The scandal is seen as the worst in cricket since that of South Africa's Hansie Cronje.
A decade ago the former South Africa captain, who died in a mysterious plane crash in 2002, was revealed to have accepted money from bookmakers in a bid to influence the course of games as well as trying to corrupt his team-mates.
Pakistan trio braced for bombshell decision
Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt has dismissed claims he will receive a life ban for his role in cricket's alleged spot-fixing scandal.


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Maine school chief resigning post to work for education nonprofit
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine's school chief is stepping down to work for a national nonprofit education organization.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage's office announced Friday that Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen will become the Strategic Initiative Director of Innovation for the Washington D.C.-based Council of Chief State School Officers.
Bowen says he will help other states establish policy changes to transform their public education systems.
Bowen will step down Sept. 12 after more than two years on the job. An acting commissioner will be chosen soon.
Bowen brought several changes to Maine education, including the "A-F" performance grading system of the state's schools and most recently a waiver of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Bowen says he is proud of what the department has accomplished and hopes to "take Maine's transformation nationwide."


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Astrid & Serge, Marie & Xavier
The Shining Hope Foundation is a charity registered at the Charity Commission since July 2010. It was founded by a French family: Serge, Astrid, Marie and Xavier Saint-Arnoult.
Serge and Astrid, married and in their late 50s, have been working in the field of direct marketing for more than 25 years. As company directors, they decided to associate their personal philanthropic commitment to the social commitment of their companies, by pooling their expertise and professional experience, with that of their collaborators. Aside from their professional work, they have made several humanitarian trips to Asia and South America with their children, and have since been supporting various projects. Their dream was to one day create a foundation which would ensure a viable and living planet for future generations. You can check Astrid's LinkedIn page, and Serge's.
Marie is 30 and has studied journalism and spanish in London. She also did a master in charity marketing and fundraising at CASS Business School. She has done various internships at animal and environmental NGOs such as Greenpeace, TRAFFIC, Friends of the Earth, Wildlife SOS, International Animal Rescue and RENCTAS. She has spent several months at Shining Hope's projects in India and Malaysia. She manages the work amongst the stakeholders: the employees, the service providers, the donors, and the field. She is also an animal activist. You can check her LinkedIn page.
Xavier is studying business management in Dublin, and has volunteered in Cambodia and South Africa. He hopes to be more active at the foundation once he is older.


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Veronica Henry, a resident of Amityville, will be honored at the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) Second Annual Sixty over Sixty Awards Gala on Tuesday, November 10th at TheCrest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. "Dr.
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When we reviewed the Grace ITC-IR1000B Wi-Fi radio last year, we were almost uniformly impressed, except for two criticisms in the features department; the unit lacks a remote and an auxiliary input for connecting an iPod. So when Grace announced its new lineup of Wi-Fi radios for 2009, we were particularly excited by the GDI-IR2000, which looked nearly identical to last year's model but added a remote and auxiliary input.
So then how did the GDI-IR2000 receive a lower score than last year's model? Sound quality. We put the GDI-IR2000 head-to-head with the ITC-IR1000B, and the new model just couldn't keep up with the ITC-IR1000B's sweet sound. The GDI-IR2000 sounded tinnier and a little muffled on just about everything we listened to from jazz, to rock and classical. It's certainly not unlistenable, and casual listeners may not even notice, but our picky ears were disappointed with the drop off in sound quality compared with last year's model.
If you're not picky about sound quality, the GDI-IR2000 is an outstanding value and improves on all the major shortcomings of its predecessor. If sound quality is important to you, try to hunt down an ITC-IR1000B before they're discontinued or consider stepping up to the excellent (but more expensive) Squeezebox Boom.


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Fusion, the energy source powering the sun and other stars, holds the promise for a significant provider of base load electricity without producing CO2 and without significant geopolitical resource issues. Within Europe, fusion research is conducted in a number of countries under the loose coordination of EFDA, The European Fusion Development Agreement (http://www.efda.org/). The current big step is the building of ITER (http://www.iter.org/) by the seven ITER partners (Europe, USA, Japan, Russia, China, South Korea, India) near Aix-en-Provence in France.
The ITER site, Cadarache, 2010-07-15. (Higher resolution image)
One of the challenges of designing and operating a fusion device is the prediction of fusion performance and interpretation of experimental results using simulation codes. While a number of individual physics simulation modules have been built, the current challenge is to couple these individual models together. This involves bridging the very different time- and space-scales of these individual models. Within Europe, this activity is coordinated by the EFDA Task Force on Integrated Tokamak Modelling (ITM) (https://www.efda-itm.eu//WORLD/html/).
Within the MAPPER project, the emphasis is on applying expertise gained from outside the fusion community to multiscale fusion simulations.


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December 25, 2012
I like the way the Cadillac headlights extend up over the hood. They go almost as far as the entire wheel.
When you click the unlock button on the key fob, the lights do a little dance until they level off. And, boy, are they bright. I was parked facing the window of a restaurant and when I clicked the unlock button I think I temporarily blinded everyone in the restaurant. Oops. Sorry.
There's a more detailed picture after the jump. And I'll make you a video next time I have the keys.
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This class has students attending in two distinct modes:
The content, objectives, assignments, assessments, and grading are the same for all students. Obviously, however, on-campus, mixed-mode, and distance students sometimes participate in different ways.
For all students: Regular participation via the campus.fsu.edu [Blackboard] course interface is required. Official course announcements, lecture materials, assignments, and help archives will all be on-line at this site. Note that all registered students should have the course web site listed on their campus.fsu.edu portal page. Be sure to test this and resolve any difficulties no later than the first week of classes.
For on-campus/local students: Class (lecture and recitation) will be met and attendance is required. (See meeting schedule details below.) All exams must be taken by appointment at the PC Campus student testing center during the online exam window. (See Exam Schedule below.)
For on-line/distance students: All exams must be proctored and taken during the exam window. It is the student's responsibility to arrange for proctored exams in compliance with the FSU standards. (See COURSE POLICIES for details.) All exams must be taken by appointment at your pre-approved proctored testing site during the online exam window. (See Exam Schedule below.)
Note that students may be required to identify themselves with official FSU ID to sit an exam.
The courses COP 3330 and MAD 2104 are required prerequisites for COP 4530. In addition, CDA 3100 is required as either a pre- or co-requisite. These pre- and co- requisites will be enforced. Students not meeting the pre/co-requisite requirements will be dropped from the class.
Data structures and algorithms form the foundation of both the theory and practice of all computing disciplines. Mastery of this course marks the transition from computer programming to computer science.
This IS NOT a course in object-oriented programming.
This IS a course about efficiency of programs and programming, in various meanings of efficient. It is efficient to re-use code instead of re-writing code (or, worse, re-inventing code). It is efficient to select only the linguistic features you need without having to use costly extra features you do not need. It is efficient to minimize the run time of code, especially code that is destined for re-use. It is also efficient to minimize the memory and storage needs of code, recognizing that there may be a tradeoff between speed and memory requirements. It is efficient to spend less time writing a program of equal quality, and even more efficient to spend the same time writing a program of higher quality. In many applications, correctness is the ultimate form of efficiency, while in others efficiency means getting the best result possible in the limited time (or space) available.
Efficiency can happen at different levels. Take code: source code can be small in size, easy to read, and easy to understand. Executable code can be fast or compact (or both). The code production process can be efficient by applying good software engineering methodology. Code can run efficiently, in either a temporal or spatial sense. Savings in human effort also represent efficiency. Effort can be saved by good design, by careful (error-free) programming, and by re-using both code itself and patterns of problem solving that are known to be successful.
All these ideas of efficiency are central to this course. It is also true that all of these ideas of efficiency are fundamental to the design and specification of the C++ language, which is one of many reasons C++ is a great choice for the core language in our curriculum and for this course.
The three topics mentioned in the title of the course are data structures, algorithms, and generic programming. Data structures will be discussed in abstract terms (as abstract data types, or ADTs) but they will also be looked at in very concrete ways, actually implemented using C++. Algorithms are just formalizations of processes that result in predictable and desirable outcomes. Algorithms are used in a variety of contexts. Particularly, data structures are made usable by implementing algorithms for searching, sorting, and indexing the structures. Generic programming is the science of component re-use. We will explore coding for re-use of both data structures and algorithms in C++. Coding for re-use and re-use of code are important aspects of software engineering.
We will also have several substantial programming projects that involve the implementation and use of data structures, algorithms, and generic programming.
At the end of this course, the student should have mastered the following objectives.
Data Structures
Generic Programming
The following materials are required:
The following optional reference books are sanctioned for this course.
The following are useful on-line references:
The overall grade for COP 4530 is an average of two equally weighted parts: Exams and Assignments. Exams consist of a midterm exam (counting 20% of the course grade) and a final exam (counting 30%). Assignments consist of seven programming assignments: four homework assignments (counting 5% each) and three larger projects (counting 10% each). The dates for the two exams are shown in the Table 1 below. Due dates for assignment deliverables will be available on the Course Calendar.
Course Grade. There are 1000 total points that may be earned in the course (not counting possible extra credit opportunities), distributed as shown in Table 2. At least 350 exam points (midterm and final exams) and 350 assignment points (programming projects and homework) must be earned to get a course grade of C or better. In addition, working solutions for every assignment must be submitted in order to be eligible for the grade of A or A-. Once meeting these constraints, the final grade is determined using Table 3.


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Hey everyone, today is Pi day! For those not in the know, Pi day is celebrated by math enthusiasts (as well as bakers) all around the world each year on March 14th for the simple reason that Pi= 3.141592…, and 3.14 = March 14. Yeah, I know, this is kind of ridiculous, but hey, why not? "And why is the day celebrated by Bakers as well?" I hear you say. Here's why:
So in honor of the day, I give you this delicious-looking Pi pie. Enjoy!
Is there anyone among you guys who's cooking a Pi pie in honor of the day? If you did, we'd love to see your creation! So why not upload the picture to imgur and share the link with us in the comments? (comment moderation is enabled, so don't freak out if you don't see your link appearing right away!)
Oh, and also, here's the Pi song:
And here's another one:
Lastly: Calculating Pi using Pies
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:51:38 +0400
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I am Mr.Ahmed Dhaen Branch Manager National Bank of Dubai Abu Dhabi branch, I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. A British Oil consultant and contractor with the Kruger Gold Company, Mr. Raymond Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United State Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity,
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Phi Sigma Tau
Phi Sigma Tau is the International Honor Society in Philosophy. Founded in 1930, the Society has a network of over 140 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Phi Sigma Tau publishes a journal, Dialogue, containing student essays in all areas of contemporary philosophical research.
The goals of Phi Sigma Tau are:
- To serve as a means of awarding distinction to students with strong interest and ability in philosophy;
- To promote student interest in research and advanced study in this field, and to provide opportunities for the publication of student research papers of merit;
- To encourage the development of a community among those who are interested in philosophy;
- To encourage interest in philosophy among the general collegiate public.
The Washington University chapter (the Missouri Kappa chapter) was installed in the spring of 2000.
The local chapter of PST is not meant to replace or compete with the philosophy club, but to recognize the achievement of students who have done outstanding work both in their philosophy courses and in their other studies. A student need not be a philosophy major to join, but must have a distinguished academic record and be committed to the study of philosophy. Members of Phi Sigma Tau meet once each semester for dinner and conversation with a faculty member and often an invited guest.
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To apply for membership, send a note to that effect to the chapter advisor (listed above), with:
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Philosophia is a society that promotes philosophical discussion and debate. It is run largely by philosophy majors but non-majors are very welcome to participate.
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The number of button battery ingestions resulting in severe injury or death has increased dramatically over the past thirty years. Rapid diagnosis and treatment are critical in preventing extensive injury, and close follow-up is required as delayed complications can occur weeks to months after button battery removal.
Within the pediatric population, the swallowing of foreign bodies is a commonly encountered situation, particularly in those children aged 0 – 5 years. While the ingestion of many foreign bodies can be managed on a non-emergent basis, the ingestion of button batteries results in rapid and often catastrophic injuries. From 1985 – 2009, a 6.7-fold increase in the percentage of button battery ingestion with severe and fatal outcomes has been reported, with outcomes notably worse in children younger than 4 years old. Button batteries are ubiquitous, and their ingestion has become an increasingly encountered emergency associated with the increasing use of 3V 20-mm Lithium button batteries. Recent legislation now requires that toys have a compartment with a screw to contain button batteries, however, button batteries are also found in many less secure household items. 36.2% of reported cases of 20 mm lithium battery ingestions were from remote control devices, with a significant percentage of batteries also intended for watches and stopwatches, flameless candles, bathroom and kitchen scales, key fobs, and singing greeting cards. While batteries less than 15 – 18 mm in diameter generally pass through the esophagus and rarely require removal, the large size of the 20 mm batteries results in a propensity to become lodged within the esophagus, and the increased power results in more severe injuries. In fact, 94% of severe injuries or fatalities related to battery ingestion involved batteries greater than 20 mm in diameter.
Button batteries produce injury by three mechanisms: (1) the generation of an external electrolyte current resulting in electrolysis of tissue fluids and the generation of hydroxides at the battery's negative pole, (2) leakage of alkaline fluid, and (3) pressure necrosis. The generation of current is the primary mechanism by which button batteries cause injury. This mechanism is particularly important in the case of 20 mm lithium batteries, as these batteries do not contain an alkaline electrolyte and generate twice the current. These injuries occur rapidly, within two hours of ingestion, and are serious or fatal in up to 13% of cases.
Foreign body ingestions are often unwitnessed, and the symptoms of button battery ingestion are often nonspecific. They include cough, fever, decreased oral intake, difficulty swallowing, sore throat, and vomiting. These nonspecific complaints often result in a delayed diagnosis and further injury. X-ray imaging is essential in diagnosing button battery ingestion.
Current National Battery Ingestion Hotline (NBIH) guidelines focus on a 2-hour window during which diagnosis and removal should be performed to minimize esophageal damage. Given the nonspecific nature of presenting complaints, it is imperative that health professionals maintain a high index of suspicion for button battery ingestion. Once the diagnosis is made, rapid removal of the battery within 2 hours results in the best outcome for patients and should not be delayed for any reason. Delayed complications occur often after removal of button batteries, sometimes presenting days to weeks after the initial insult. Therefore, close observation and follow-up after removal of a button battery is recommended.
So, the question remains: what can we, as parents, do to protect our children? Be aware. Be vigilant. Try to remove unnecessary items from your child's environment that contain button batteries. Make sure that toys with button batteries utilize the required safety measures to avoid ingestion. And hide all spare button batteries in a place you are certain your children can never find. If you have the slightest suspicion that your child has ingested a button battery, treat it as a life-threatening emergency and have your child evaluated immediately. With increased awareness and prevention, we can hope to keep our children safe and avoid the often-devastating consequences of button battery ingestion.


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Compumag 2017 – Best Poster Award
Compumag 2017 took place in Daejeon (South Korea) from June 18-22, 2017. It is one of the most important conferences in the field of computational electromagnetics. Our other contributions were very well received (9 posters and 2 oral presentations). We received two awards, in particular Radoslav Jankoski has won a best poster award for his contribution "The Impact of Spatial Uncertainties in the Magnetic Reluctivity on the Field Quality of a Combined Function Magnet". Continue reading →


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Hire out GPS units
There has been a fund raising idea to hire out GPS units, now the question is how can this be done?
People that can hire out GPS:es
- User:Emj A GPS mouse (puck), connecting via USB. Donate €10 to OSM and lend it for 2 months.
- this is a business in itself
- how can you trust people with your gear? - hold a refundable deposit
- probably only people with GPSes will contribute
- money
- and easy way for people to contribute
- just hire a GPS, and you can:
- collect tracks
- contribute money to the projects
- just hire a GPS, and you can:
Assume GPS lasts for 2 years, costs £80, and is out on hire 20% of the time. Price for hiring it out would be £4 per week to break even.
Deposit would obviously be £80.


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Erotic China TV drama busted, returns to air more sedate
The drama, "The Empress of China" also known as the "Saga of Wu Zetian", was removed by commercial satellite station Hunan TV for "technical reasons" in late December, Xinhua said.
"Many viewers speculated the suspension was a punishment given by the country's television regulators for the much-discussed revealing costumes of female characters on the show, which stirred online debate in which the female characters were dubbed 'squeezed breasts'," Xinhua said.
The move comes as the government, which is usually wary about political and sexual content, intensifies a crackdown on freedom of expression, both online and in traditional media.
Chinese Internet users responded by complaining about the censorship on Weibo, China's version of Twitter. Several complained that they would not be able to see the hundreds of costume changes by Fan Bingbing, one of China's most popular actresses, who plays the Empress Wu.
Others questioned whether the low necklines had to be banned on television.
"Can revealing cleavage really be considered pornographic?" wrote a microblogger. "Isn't this feudalism?"
Wu, the only recorded empress of China, ruled the country in the seventh century. -Reuters


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'The Remaining' hopes to popularize a 'faith-based horror' genre
LOS ANGELES – There are faith films and there are horror films, but how often do you see the two worlds collide?
Not enough, says filmmaker Casey La Scala, who has combined the genres in his upcoming Sony Affirms supernatural thriller "The Remaining."
"I remember the story of the rapture and tribulation when I was a young kid going to church camp, and I put these two worlds together and constructed this story around the biblical end of times," the writer/director told FOX411. "I looked back at 'Passion of the Christ' which is a horror movie that was really embraced by the audience. I thought, this could be a new genre."
Slated to hit theaters September 5, "The Remaining" – starring Alexa Vega, Johnny Pacar, and Shaun Sipos – is centered on a group of friends who come together to celebrate a friend's wedding when the biblical rapture descends, turning the celebration into a struggle to survive.
La Scala hopes the film appeals to both Christian and non-Christians alike.
"When you are trying to do something that you want the faith-based community to embrace, you have to facilitate authenticity and there are certain things that you have to hit. But I wanted to make sure it could also be successful and cross over into the mainstream," he added. "I tried to balance the two. The themes are universal – I wanted to create conversation about where you are in life and loving the one you are with, being in the moment and having faith in something."
"The Remaining" is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of terror, violence and destruction.
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At the dentist this afternoon I watched some Food Network while having my teeth cleaned. The sound was off and I was chatting (as much as possible with metal pokers in my mouth) with my hygenist and one of those big white arm things was in front of half the screen so it took me a few minutes to realize it was NotGiada on the show. My hygenist also thought it was Giada. It wasn't. It was a woman named Ingrid Hoffmann disguised as Giada. She has something of Rachel in there too. Who knew TFN had a type? Probably alot of people.
Anyway, Ingrid, I now know, is a Colombian-Miamian. She had a Heat player making chicken wings and eating them, then eating a popsicle dipped in what I presume is salt, then they "played" one-on-one. And, believe me, it was a play, as in scripted. Who was that guy? Why was he on the show? When is the show on again? TFN website stinks. I need my DVR to guide me. Or You, middaytvwatcher
Simply Delicioso is what the show is called. Here's what NotGiada and ?Heat made:


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Have you heard of Asaf Avidan? He's an Isaraeli singer/songwriter with an amazing voice and leader of a rock band in Jerusalem. His voice ... ah man ... his voice ... it's so unique. So moving.
This particular video is of a song titled Her Lies. It's an incredible acoustic studio version where he is joined by his rockin' cellist friend. (And you know how I feel about rockin' cellists.) I hope you take a listen. When you start playing it, fast forward it up to 1:31 because the first minute and half is an interview. Enjoy!


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Back to miniatures. I made another cupcakes board, this time with little pink hearts and confetti sprinkles. Some of you may wonder why I love making cupcakes so much? I don't know! Probably because they always sell. Plus they are really fun to make as there are so many ways to decorate them. Please expect more to come ... I still have plenty of cupcake ideas in my head!
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At the smallest scale, mechanical engineering becomes nanotechnology, one goal of which is to build molecules and materials via microsynthesis. Current areas of mechanical engineering research in nanotechnology include nanofilters, nanofilms, and nanostructures such as microtubules. Self-assembly of these structures may lead to new breakthroughs in artificial tissue generation. Micron-scale mechanical components such as springs, gears, and heat-transfer devices are fabricated from a variety of substrate materials such as silicon, glass and polymers like SU8. Biomechanics applies traditional engineering methodology to the analysis of biological systems. By copying the efficiency of nature, the study of biomechanics aids in creating prosthetic limbs and artificial organs for medical application.
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Day one of CampNanoWrimo (July):
Ok, so yesterday was the first day, of my first ever CampNano experience. Whoot! I'm working on my second novel, a sequel to the first 'Sound of the Stones'. I set my goal for 50k words in 31 days. That averages out to about 1600 words a day give or take. That's doable right? Yes!
Yesterday I reached 4329 words. Granted my brain feels all fuzzy this morning, but I have a first draft of quite a bit there! I have an active 'cabin' so that helps. I also have a good support base in a group on Facebook 'fantasy writers'. I did two word sprints last night. One at 8pm with my cabin, and another at 10pm with my fantasy group. I got over 1000 words on those two half hour sprints alone!
Was my writing perfect? No!!!! I can't tell you how many red and green lines I saw when I finished typing. But guess what? That's what the edit process is for. My ideas are down on paper instead of rattling around in my silly little head. My mantra for this month: Go go go, write write write!


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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Sage Biscuits
Recipe from The New York Times
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. butter, chilled
1/4 c. chopped sage (I used pineapple sage, because that's what I planted)
3/4 c. + 1 Tbsp. buttermilk
1 Tbsp. melted butter
1. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2. Dice butter and add to flour mixture along with sage. Cut in with a pastry cutter or fork (should be very coarse).
3. Stir in buttermilk until just combined. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and with lightly floured hands, knead a few times. Shape into a square and cut into 9 biscuits.
4. Place on baking sheet and brush tops with melted butter. Bake at 450˚ for 12-14 minutes, until golden brown.
4 comments:
This sounds absolutely delicious!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Diane - I promise, they are!Delete
I learned this tip on the interwebs a couple of months ago when I needed buttermilk. Add one tbs. of white vinegar for every cup of milk you need for your recipe and let it sit for 10-15 minutes (stir it once at the beginning). The vinegar apparently helps the milk curdle or something and it's magical. It really works. I will never buy buttermilk again! I made carrot cake with it. Anyway, just a little tip that you can hopefully use someday.
i've heard that before but I don't think I've ever actually tried it. I'm glad to hear that it actually works - thanks for sharing the tip!Delete
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