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Beloved listener, thank you so much for continuing on this journey with us! We are celebrating our 50th episode of Vagina Talks by weaving together all the different viewpoints of the healed world that Sophia Wise One has collected over the last year and a half. Relax your body and breathe into the future we know is coming.
Here are all the weavings in order of appearance with the number of their episodes. You can follow the link to each episode for more information.
"It will be completely completely regular to just walk out your door and trust every human that you come across"
"We are the ones that are shedding that paradigm as to no longer carry those torches. We are burning new ones and handing them down."
"The air is sweet and the water quenches your thirst and the sounds in the air are filled with birds and crickets and all the creatures."
"Equitable pleasure."
"We are weaving the courage to hold onto our truth as well as allowing others to have theirs"
"What I'm seeing is more and more people waking up to the true connection of their body with the great source of all of our life"
"We're falling forward into ourselves rather than running away"
"I see a world where sanity is equated with things like function and health and sustainability."
"We have evolved into a place where everyone gets to express themselves fully because they desire to, not because they need to make a living at it."
"Just imagine what it was like being a baby in our mother's womb"
"What we experience as the feeling of love, is the natural vibe of the earth.035 Sophia Wise One
"This paradigm is one in which the base culture is a peace and a health culture."
"I truly believe that our sexuality is the core of who we are. It is the life force, it is the juice, it is the ecstasy, it is the beauty and the joy of being in a human body."
"As we awake and we inhale and breathe in, the air that we breathe in is so pure and so clean and so full of life."
"A healthy, whole society. All of us together in one unified vision of understanding that we need each other, we need the health of the planet, and we need cooperation."
"Breathe with me as I say the world that I'm going to, where peace––physical safety and emotional wellbeing are the standard."
"Our world is honoring breastfeeding, our world is honoring people who gives the life force to their children."
"People are smiling a lot more and they're being able to share their feelings and express themselves fully without feeling afraid to do so."
023 Maryella Marie from The Positive Force Team
"There will be a constant balance or a search for balance in technology and nature."
023 Javier Coy from The Positive Force Team
"We're going to figure out other ways to communicate and it's going to help us to understand each other."
"We live in a world in which the needs of others are equal to the needs of ourself."
"As a scientist I do still believe in the laws of physics and that in order for new things to come about, something has to die."
"I see a world of choice: of people taking responsibility in a way that elevates them spiritually and elevates their personal vibration."
"If you are walking around and everybody is being authentic to who they are, and they are happy with who they are, they are at peace with who they are, I can't imagine the outer world looking any different."
"I think we need to have a lot more empathy for ourselves, and for the people that we interact with, and for other people's stories."
"They call it a resource-based economy, and it's pretty much a world that utilizes resources in a way that makes sense."
"That future has a better understanding of ourselves and pain and having less of it and suffering less."
"That is going to be when we have a full understanding of what makes us tick and it starts right back when we teach our children the correct names for their genitals."
"Let's create new structures of support and access to support. And let's do that by continuing to share our celebrations with each other."
"I'm an elder, the wise blood lives inside me. I'm walking with children along a beach and as I walk with them we are telling stories."
"Diversity, inclusion, celebrating our differences, but knowing we're all really the same."
"I see all people on this planet having body sovereignty"
"For me it's a world where we're raising empowered daughters and conscious sons. It's a world where kids grow up knowing and understanding their bodies."
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"The first thing that I saw in my mind's eye as you were talking about that was the big red gash in the United States that was on the map during the November 2016 election."
"The most common phase that people are in is that they are starting to realize that their feelings and emotions matter and play a part in the experience of their individual lives."
"Even in the shadow work, if we can do that from a place of wholeness then that will be our peace, because peace doesn't have to look like the absence of adversity."
Thank you thank you thank you to all of our guests and listeners!
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We met over the kitchen sink at a house party, me sucking chunks of ice, make-believe medicine for my damaged teeth, which were darker than yellow then. We knew nobody there: the shipbuilders, welders, crew managers of this or that, people with metal on their breath holding cups of beer, people with jobs. When you spoke, your necklace knocked against my chest. "Another party crasher," you said, as if we were two thieves looting the same house, and after that I wasted no time.
We showed each other what we were made of in the basement, on a couch patched together with black tape. Luck was long-lost family to me, and I was scared you'd taste the color of my teeth in the dark and that would blow it, but you kept on, while smokers stood around the grate upstairs, listening to our progress. Afterwards, we peeled the bandages off the couch, folding fluff in our hands, and you told me about the lost town beneath Smith Mountain Lake, where the houses squat in the shade of fishing hulls the way they once idled under clouds, their mailboxes collapsing under ninety feet of water. You said that on days after a storm, instead of stripers, anglers would catch old clothes loosened from the bottom. The thought of the dead, awake but confused, watching their clothes fly into the air or bass hover on their lawns, cut to the recent fear I had: that I'd die and live on a hundred years and still be eating on food stamps.
We were hungry, so I drove us to the Burger King by Ocean View Park, where I could sink my feet into the bay, remind myself the water was around my ankles, not overhead. In the lobby I ate a handful of ice from the free dispenser while you paid for your food. I had a dollar someone at the house had given me thinking I was responsible for beer, and I pushed it on you, mumbling you didn't owe me for gas. You asked why I chewed ice, and I said it was like the way some sick people cured themselves with sugar pills, just by believing they'd get better.
The beach was cold, so I took off my clothes in the dark by a fat little palm tree and wrapped you. Your face showed, asking what if you got pregnant. I said if it happened I'd get a job, maybe on a ship – built as I was for punishment. To make you laugh, I did a naked flop into the Chesapeake, where the current grabbed hold, dragging me out from shore. I thought floating might save me. I didn't shout, like I wouldn't later after the kid was born, or after the bills for what the ice did to my teeth wiped me out, including the money I had made in my first months as a deckhand, or after that, when you moved back to Roanoke and everything fell apart, as I'd known it would.
I coasted, one in the current, saving my strength for the long swim back.

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Like a huddle on a sports team, teaching huddles are an opportunity for members of a teaching team to regroup and evaluate their teaching strategies. Teaching huddles are rapid-fire problem-solving sessions that take place each week while a course is in session. They are agile, meaning that they respond quickly and flexibly to the evolving needs of a course as it is being taught. Teaching huddles may be appropriate for any course that has more than one person working to help students learn course material. Some examples of teaching huddles include professors co-teaching a course, a professor working with graduate teaching assistants or Learning Fellows, or a professor working with instructional designers.
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- Consider outlining a general structure for huddles. One example is to spend 15 minutes discussing pros and cons from the week before, spend 15 minutes on troubleshooting and problem-solving emerging needs in the course, and spend the last 15 minutes preparing for the week ahead. The structure of your huddle should be flexible enough to accommodate changes that may occur from week-to-week during the term.
- Identify milestones for the students in your course and adjust the huddles accordingly. For instance, a midterm exam is usually a milestone for students. Huddles before and after the midterm exam could be used to prepare and evaluate this experience for students.
- Create a list of potential teaching strategies to discuss with your team during the term. You may not use all these strategies and unexpected concerns might arise in your course, but this practice will help you get into the mindset of rapid problem-solving. To create a list of appropriate strategies, consider the challenges your students might face during the term. Be specific about what challenges students might encounter. For instance, if you use small groups in class, your students might struggle with managing group dynamics. If you use in-class or online discussions, your students might struggle with entering conversations or knowing when to step back from conversations. Share your list of strategies with your huddle and ask them to add to it as the term progresses.
- Evaluate and iterate. At the end of the term, ask your teaching team to think critically about your huddles and how they might be improved for the next iteration of the course. Consider the structure of your huddle, why certain teaching strategies may have worked better than others, and what unexpected pros and cons may have occurred throughout the term.
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In Colt 1, students investigate different kinds of text around the world and apply their learned knowledge in weekly small group projects. These projects include translating a humorous advertisement into different languages and building a cognitive map of their campus environment. One goal of these projects is to encourage dynamic discussion among students of diverse backgrounds. Undergraduate Learning Fellows help facilitate these discussions. At a weekly teaching huddle, the Learning Fellows meet with instructional designers to brainstorm new strategies for engaging students who may not feel comfortable contributing to their groups.
HIST 90 / QSS 30: History of the Census
In this course, students work with real census data and develop small coding programs to analyze this data. They discuss the results of their analyses on an online WordPress platform. The course is technologically demanding and students often enter the course with different levels of technical skill. In the teaching huddles, an instructor, instructional designer, and undergraduate Learning Fellow discuss the pacing of the course and strategies to help students who may be struggling and challenge those students who are working ahead.
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Benjamin, J. (2000). The scholarship of teaching in teams: What does it look like in practice? Higher Education Research and Development, 19(2), 191-204.
Brookfield, S. D. (2015). Teaching Critical Thinking and the Role of Team Teaching. In S. Wisdom and L. Leavitt (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Advancing Critical Thinking in Higher Education (pp. 246-270). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.


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In the first book of a projected series, Nancy Clark introduces the Hills, a New England family whose members all seem to be marching to different drummers. Lily Hill, the matriarch of the family, is quite happy living alone in the ancestral home, which is located in a small town north of Boston. However, Lily is much too well-bred to object when her relatives arrive, dragging not only their bags but all their emotional baggage as well.
Lily's brother Harvey is in dire need of a fourth wife, and not just for companionship; their niece Ginger is searching for her identity and contemplating a divorce; Ginger's brother Alden, who has lost his job on Wall Street, is seeking a new direction for his life; and Lily's great-nephew Arthur is waiting for the world to recognize his brilliance as a stand-up comic. Lily also has to provide for Ginger's daughter, Alden's wife and his four children, and Arthur's girlfriend, and she also takes in a graduate student, who plans to write a thesis about the Hills, and his patron, a lovesick diplomat with the FBI hot on his trail.
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250 g/9 oz raw potatoes peeled
250 g/9 oz mashed potatoes
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Each year hundreds of thousands of high school seniors conclude the college search process by selecting the place where they hope to discover their interests passions, and goals, as well as build lasting friendships and begin preparing for professional success.
The decision can be difficult as colleges offer different academic and co-curricular experiences, range in student populations and prepare students for professional success to varying degrees. In August 2014, we asked entering first-years about the factors contributing to their decision to go to college in general and their decision to attend Denison in particular (Source: CIRP Freshman Survey 2014).
When deciding whether or not to attend college, Denison students look at different criteria. Nearly 85% of students stated that learning more about things that interest them was a "very important" reason, followed by obtaining a better job (82%), gaining a general education and appreciation of ideas (79%), making more money (67%), preparing for graduate school (62%), becoming more cultured (59%) and training for a specific career (53%).
Denison first-years' decisions to attend college are more driven by post-collegiate success (job, money, graduate school) than students at comparison institutions. While 82% of Denison first-years cited the ability to get a job as a "very important" reason to go to college, the comparison data point is 77%. Similarly, the emphasis Denison students placed on making more money outpaced comparison schools (67% v. 58%) as did the focus on graduate school preparation (62% v. 57%).
Not only does this cohort's focus on post-college success outpace similar institutions, it also exceeds what previous Denison cohorts have reported. While 64% of Denison students stated that obtaining a better job was a "very important" reason to attend college in 2001, the number jumped to 82% in 2014. Similarly, the importance of making more money grew between 2001 and 2014 (54% v. 67%), as did career training (42% v. 53%). These increases occurred while non-career reasons remained mostly unchanged.
The survey also asked why our first-years chose to attend Denison. Six reasons stood out: our excellent academic reputation (73%), financial aid (71%), a campus visit (63%), the jobs obtained by Denison graduates (59%), the small size of our campus (57%) and Denison's reputation for social activities (49%).
These reasons reflect what we are proud of as Denisonians and align with what we value and cherish about this place. We have a dedicated faculty who teach and mentor students. We also offer generous financial packages to our students. One campus visit has the power to captivate prospective students, instantly making them feel at home, and we know that Denison grads go on to pursue rewarding careers and have a positive impact in society.
Our size creates an extraordinary place to live and learn, a place where we have a voice; and we also know that involvement outside of the classroom (service, leadership, performance, student organizations) provides robust opportunities to build meaningful relationships and to develop valuable skills in critical thinking, communication, and teamwork.
The economy has changed, and public rhetoric frequently questions the return on investment for a college education. The national landscape and our data suggest students are selecting colleges with special attention on how institutions prepare graduates for success beyond college.
Our data show tremendous strength in this area, with 90% of students reporting that their decision to enroll at Denison was influenced by the jobs our grads obtain. This suggests that prospective families understand Denison's deep commitment to positive post-collegiate outcomes for our graduates, which we document with transparency on our new Outcomes Webpage (www.denison.edu/the-denison-difference).
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DOUBTS over the future of Cranleigh's proposed new hospital were eased this week with the news that the project is to go ahead.
The decision to proceed was announced following what was described as "a very constructive meeting" between Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust (PCT), Cranleigh Village Hospital Trust (CVHT), the League of Friends and the Medical Property Investment Fund (MPIF) last Friday.
The future of the project had appeared uncertain following the PCT's decision to close the existing hospital's beds and day hospital, coupled with the decision of Cranleigh's GPs to withdraw their support for the new development.
But in a joint statement issued by the four bodies, the PCT pledged support for the development of high quality healthcare facilities for the community and indicates that every effort will be made over the coming months to support the project.
This is on the understanding that the PCT will only commission future services that are provided from suitable facilities and are considered cost-effective.
A CVHT spokesman said: "The uncertainty over the future of the old cottage hospital could now be over. While we are naturally saddened to see the beds close, we must look forward and plan for the future.
"It was a great boost to be told by the PCT that they will continue to work with the CVHT and hope to see the scheme succeed. We want to assure everyone that this project is in fact very much alive."
CVHT intends to hold a public meeting shortly to update the public.
"We pledged that we would keep people informed every step of the way and we will honour that pledge," said the spokesman, adding: "We shall invite our partners – Cranleigh Parish Council, the League of Friends, MPIF, and the PCT to join us on the platform to answer everyone's questions."
The PCT has said that any donated equipment from the cottage hospital will be used for the benefit of Cranleigh patients.
PCT interim chief executive, Jane Dale, said: "The PCT wishes to continue to work with Cranleigh Village Hospital Trust in order to determine the best and most appropriate healthcare facilities for the people of Cranleigh."
The CVHT spokesman later said the new hospital would contain beds in the hospital, though clearly they would be funded "in another way".
The announcement comes as the beds at Cranleigh Hospital continue to empty.
By Tuesday this week there were just two patients remaining.
People who need the care previously provided in the village are now being sent to Haslemere Hospital, sparking complaints by families forced to make the difficult journey by public transport.
Patients who use the day hospital in Cranleigh will now be treated at Milford until that hospital closes.
There are also reports that some elderly people are feeling threatened by the loss of the local beds and day hospital.
Age Concern has also expressed its unease over the stance of the Cranleigh GPs, who revealed in a letter to the Surrey Advertiser last week that they were planning to finance the redevelopment of the existing health centre site to provide a new integrated primary healthcare centre.
But the doctors have denied claims that this will be achieved by a Private Finance Initiative.
Cranleigh Healthwatch chairman, Celia Savage, said: "As the Cranleigh practice has supported CVHT's new building project right from the start, the line the GPs have taken now is astonishing.
"For the sake of the community, they should talk with all the other interested parties to find a sensible way forward," she added.
Cranleigh Parish Council chairman, Cllr Brian Ellis, said there was disappointment at the GPs' stance, but added: "We will continue to work with CVHT, the League of Friends, MPIF and the PCT to make sure that the new hospital happens and hopefully the doctors will join the partnership."


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As thousands of students raise their glasses to celebrate freshers' week, the National Union of Students is being accused of hypocrisy over its campaign to promote sensible drinking.
After Her Majesty's Armed Forces, the union, through NUS Services Limited, is the UK's single biggest bulk buyer of drink. Moreover, many activities run by student unions are financed by profits made in the bar.
"As one of the largest bulk buyers of alcohol in the country, the National Union of Students may seem a tad hypocritical," says the student website educationet.org.
The site was created by Joe Rukin, a postgraduate student at Coventry University. He said: "To most students, the primary function of their student union is to provide a bar with cheaper beer than the rest of town.
"In times of ever-decreasing support from cash-strapped institutions, the cash in those tills is the very lifeblood of student unions, providing the much-needed income to subsidise clubs and societies, advice centres and a plethora of other services. This will ensure that any campaign may well be half-hearted."
Mr Rukin said the campaign would also divert attention from the issues of student stress and poverty. He said the campaign could reinforce "the public perception that students waste all their money getting drunk" just before the NUS begins a drive to demand more money for students.
"The campaign fails to see the real factors at work in the proliferation of binge drinking."
NUS president Mandy Telford said: "The NUS sensible-drinking campaign is an awareness-raising campaign. It highlights the risks attached to drunkenness for the drinker and for other people, including accidental injury, short and long-term health problems, violence, anti-social behaviour and becoming a victim of crime.
"It is one of the welfare campaigns we run over the year to ensure that students are fully informed on a host of issues that directly affect them, such as meningitis and finding safe student accommodation."
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President CC Ramaphosa has disclosed that a half a million rand was paid to an account intended to finance his African National Congress presidential campaign by a business which also holds multi-million rand tenders with government for safety services.
Bosasa, now called African Global Operations, has also been associated with dodgy payments and safety services for MPs.
However, Ramaphosa says that he was unaware of such a payment until recently.
The president delivered a letter to the Speaker of Parliament after a question in the house by official opposition leader Mmusi Maimane who inquired about Ramaphosa's son Andile Ramaphosa's dealings with Bosasa company.
In a correction issued Friday afternoon, Ramaphosa says he's since discovered that the firm made a separate donation to a trust intended to finance his presidential campaign.
In the announcement, Cyril Ramaphosa says because of the reaction in the House, he has sought more advice on the situation.
He says that his son offers his services to African Global Operations in numerous African nations, but not South Africa, to prevent a conflict of interest.
Cyril Ramaphosa says he has been subsequently informed that the R500,000 payment was not for consultancy services, but instead a contribution made by Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson to a trust account, used to raise funds for his ANC presidential campaign.
Cyril Ramaphosa now claims that the donation was made without his knowledge, and he did not know about its presence on the day he answered questions in the National Assembly.


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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) continues to grow in importance for automakers who wish to showcase the latest and greatest in vehicle technology, but what about tech companies who want to show the latest and greatest ways to build a car?
That appears to be Faraday Future's mission. The soon-to-be Las Vegas-based startup has $1 billion in financial backing and some of the leading minds from Tesla and other forward-thinking automakers at its disposal. Now we're beginning to see what the organization has in mind for the future of the automobile.
Ahead of the 2016 CES, Faraday distributed video teasers of a sleek-looking concept car racing around a sometimes digital, sometimes tangible racing circuit. Though considerably higher-tech. than a typical car concept teaser, it was still business as usual for the automotive industry. On the surface, even Faraday Future' FFZero1 concept looks standard-issue. The low profile, massive arches, and stretched body panels are all familiar, but the startup's lengthy press conference revealed that its plans are anything but ordinary.
The real news is the brand's Variable Platform Architecture (VPA), Farday's "vision for the future of mobility," as it were. Unlike current modular chassis structures, the VPA is more customizable thanks to "strings" of batteries arranged in the platform's base. By adding or removing strings, they change the dynamic of the car – more strings could lead to a large electric SUV. Fewer stings could equate to a small economy hatchback (and everything in between).
"The FFZERO1 Concept is an amplified version of the design and engineering philosophies informing FF's forthcoming production vehicles," said Richard Kim, head of design, Faraday Future. "This project liberated our designers and inspired new approaches for vehicle forms, proportions and packaging that we can apply to our upcoming production models."
It's more than just body styles, too. Faraday claims that its VPA can house up to three or four electric motors and can enable front, all, or rear-wheel drive. It all boils down to Faraday's vision for creating as many vehicle types are consumers could demand, in the most efficient way possible. Compared to the industry's present lead time of three to five years for a new vehicle (from design to production), it would appear Faraday's concept would be a decidedly shorter time table.
As for the FFZERO1, it's genuinely just a physical representation of how extreme Faraday can go with its platform. You want a supercar? VPA can do that. As for its styling, it's similar to some Gran Turismo Vision Concepts that automakers have revealed over the past two years, as well as present Le Mans prototypes. Air flow appears to be the main purpose of its shape.
Inside, the driver seat tilts back at a 45-degree angle, and is connected to the car's halo safety system that supports the head and neck by attaching to a helmet designed specifically for the car. This headpiece will also gather biometric data on the driver while providing water and oxygen. Sounds like the future of racing more than casual Sunday drives on a mountain pass.
Faraday Future also claims the FFZero1 is equipped with all technology needed for autonomous driving, including internet connectivity and a fly-by-wire system with built in sensors.
Should the far-fetched concept reach production, Faraday Future says it would come with 1,000 horsepower and could hit 60 mph in 3.0 seconds on its way to a 200 mph + top speed.
Though a 1,000-hp EV supercar sounds thrilling, let's remember that the real wonderment is contained within the FFZero1's forward-thinking architecture. Things will move quickly with this new kid on the block, so keep a close eye on Faraday Future.
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Huntington Elementary Announcements
October 3rd, 2019
Happy Birthday:
The Student Run Credit Union will be open every Wednesday morning.
October 7th-11th- Book Fair
October 8th- Grandparents Night/Book Fair - 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
October 14th,15th,16th- Body Safety K-2
October 16th- Picture Retakes- Treasured Images
October 17th- End of 1st grading period
October 18th- Teacher in Service- No School
October 21st-25th- 3rd Grade ELA testing
October 26th- TWP Fall Fest in the High School Lobby 8:00 - 4:00 p.m. 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, Haunted Locker Room, Carnival Games, Chili Cook-Off, Little Miss and Mr. Fall Fest Pageant, Vendors and Crafts. For more information call Julie Dyke- 740-649-2682 or Sasha Cooper-740-804-9397
October 29th- 2:00 p.m. 1st Nine Weeks Award Assembly. Grades 3rd and 4th in the H.S Gym
October 31st- Trunk or Treat- 5-7 p.m.
November 4th,5th,6th- Body Safety K-2
November 7th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30-7:30 p.m.
November 8th- No School- Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:00-11:30 a.m.
November 11th- Veterans Day- No School


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Tortilla chips and salsa, chili con carne, and fajitas are now typical European bar food. Rare is the English pub that doesn't serve "nachos." The influence of Tex-Mex on world cuisine fascinates us here at Texas Eats. So when our correspondent, Julia Walsh, moved to Manchester, England in January 2017, we asked her to chronicle Tex-Mex influences on the local English fare. Here is her latest report:
Las Iguanas continued to deliver a quality experience all the way through the meal. The timing between courses was perfect – after munching starters and then building our hunger up again with more margaritas, the mains hit the table.
My enchilada (yes, singular) was stuffed with chicken, onion, and cheese, and presented on a bed of black beans with an island of rice in the middle. I was disappointed that the tortilla was a burrito sized flour tortilla that was pretty much raw (aside from likely being stuck under a Salamander to melt the cheese on top), but the red sauce had a great, smoky chipotle flavor and tied the whole plate together, so I let the tortilla slide.
The Steak and Queso tacos were listed in the Mexican section of the menu but definitely showed Argentinian flair. The queso was melted to the inside of the corn and flour tortillas, then they were stacked with marinated steak and topped with chimichurri and pink pickled onions. I know they serve fries in Argentina too, but these thick, unseasoned chips felt distinctly English. The small side salad was a pleasant surprise too. It was topped with what we mistook for tiny tomatoes until we bit into them and got a burst of peppery flavor. I think they might have been Pimenta Biquinho, or Little Beak Peppers.
All in all, Las Iguanas more than satisfied my Cinco de Mayo needs, and I'd be happy to go back there again.


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Larry Snyder, RN is the Founder and President of RN.ORG, SA based in Santa Marta, Colombia. RN.ORG, SA operates several healthcare properties dedicated to nursing both in English and Spanish - www.RN.org[1], RNCE.us[2], Enfermeria.us[3], EnfemeriaSite.com[4] and RN-Espanol.com[5]. As a licensed healthcare professional with over 15 years of experience in nursing as well as a computer authority with in-excess of 20 years of experience, he is knowledgeable with the integration of healthcare and computers and sees a strong need for licensed professionals to maintain their license in an easy, convenient, comfortable no stress environment. Larry has worked in various aspects of nursing in many states in both large and small hospitals and has the experience and background to make healthcare and nursing education friendly. Larry also functioned as a consulant at large corporations in various aspects of IT management including CBS Sports, Sportsline.com, Sports.com, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Viacom, Flexsys and Monsanto. Larry also has served as an expert witness on several high profile cases throughout the United States sharing his valuable input as an experienced Emergency Room nurse. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, scuba diving and contributing his knowledge and experience to help people who live in other parts of the world. Larry enjoys living on the northern coast of Colombia in Santa Marta with his wife and is involved in various projects in both the US and Colombia.


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Our reserves of fossil fuel may become much larger soon if the progress in commercializing coal-to -diesel technology continues. Shell digs the technology, and is working with mining company Anglo American on a coal gasification plant in Australia.
The companies are in a pilot program that aims to be nearly emission free, which requires capturing the carbon that is burned and safely storing in underground. Trapping carbon underground (sequestration) is a key component of the Department of Energy's FutureGen program that seeks to clean up the coal industry. I'm still not sold that keeping carbon underground is a viable long-term strategy.
A proposed facility in Illinois would convert 4.3-million tons of coal into 385 million gallons of synthetic diesel fuel annually, according to project developer American Clean Coal Fuels. Biodiesel from soybeans would be mixed with the coal-derived fuel. (Last year 65 billion gallons of diesel fuel were consumedin the U.S.) Once a 20-year coal supply has been guaranteed and EPA approval is won, construction on the plant would begin, according to the J*ournal Gazette *Time Courier.
If coal is added to our list of fossil fuel reserves through a clean process it could reduce pressure on petroleum prices while possibly raising electricity prices because of increased demand for coal. It would also bring the U.S. a step closer to reducing the (say it with me) foreign oil dependency that is seen as an economic and political liability.


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About Clinic Helena
Clinic Helena (Plastiikkakirurgia Helena Oy) is one of the leading private providers of health and medical services for women in Finland. The clinic has performed surgical procedures of varying complexity on a daily basis since it was established in 1999.
Clinic Helena offers a wide range of surgical treatments for breast cancer, treatment for gynaecological problems, aesthetic correction of the face and body, and reconstructive surgery.
The main specialization of the clinic is the application of modern methods in the treatment of breast cancer and mastectomy recovery. We carry out all types of reconstructive surgery, including breast reconstruction using the patient's own tissue.
The main strength of Clinic Helena lies in the use of the latest methods of reconstructive microsurgery, which make it possible to connect tissues of the smallest structures, such as blood vessels and nerves, and even to restore lymphatic channels. We also conduct oncological treatment, diagnosis and postoperative therapy with cytotoxic drugs in our clinic.
Clinic Helena also offers preventive care through standard examinations (ultrasound, cytology, histology), health check packages for women, infertility treatment, IVF and treatment of various inflammations and hormonal imbalances, as well as oncological prevention. We carry out plastic surgery, urogynaecological surgery and laparoscopic oncological surgery.


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text: Fluorescein Angiography: Visualization of a vascular system after intravenous injection of a fluorescein solution. The images may be photographed or televised. It is used especially in studying the retinal and uveal vasculature.Fluorescein: A phthalic indicator dye that appears yellow-green in normal tear film and bright green in a more alkaline medium such as the aqueous humor.Fundus Oculi: The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, and blood vessels, seen by means of the ophthalmoscope. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)Fluoresceins: A family of spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one derivatives. These are used as dyes, as indicators for various metals, and as fluorescent labels in immunoassays.Angiography: Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium.Choroidal Neovascularization: A pathological process consisting of the formation of new blood vessels in the CHOROID.Retinal Vessels: The blood vessels which supply and drain the RETINA.Retinal DiseasesCoronary Angiography: Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium.Choroid: The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA.Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Non-invasive method of vascular imaging and determination of internal anatomy without injection of contrast media or radiation exposure. The technique is used especially in CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY as well as for studies of other vascular structures.Visual Acuity: Clarity or sharpness of OCULAR VISION or the ability of the eye to see fine details. Visual acuity depends on the functions of RETINA, neuronal transmission, and the interpretative ability of the brain. Normal visual acuity is expressed as 20/20 indicating that one can see at 20 feet what should normally be seen at that distance. Visual acuity can also be influenced by brightness, color, and contrast.Cerebral Angiography: Radiography of the vascular system of the brain after injection of a contrast medium.Tomography, Optical Coherence: An imaging method using LASERS that is used for mapping subsurface structure. When a reflective site in the sample is at the same optical path length (coherence) as the reference mirror, the detector observes interference fringes.Laser Coagulation: The use of green light-producing LASERS to stop bleeding. The green light is selectively absorbed by HEMOGLOBIN, thus triggering BLOOD COAGULATION.Choroid Diseases: Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea.Indocyanine Green: A tricarbocyanine dye that is used diagnostically in liver function tests and to determine blood volume and cardiac output.Angiography, Digital Subtraction: A method of delineating blood vessels by subtracting a tissue background image from an image of tissue plus intravascular contrast material that attenuates the X-ray photons. The background image is determined from a digitized image taken a few moments before injection of the contrast material. The resulting angiogram is a high-contrast image of the vessel. This subtraction technique allows extraction of a high-intensity signal from the superimposed background information. The image is thus the result of the differential absorption of X-rays by different tissues.Macular Degeneration: Degenerative changes in the RETINA usually of older adults which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the MACULA LUTEA) because of damage to the retina. It occurs in dry and wet forms.Macula Lutea: An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototropic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)Ophthalmoscopy: Examination of the interior of the eye with an ophthalmoscope.Macular Edema: Fluid accumulation in the outer layer of the MACULA LUTEA that results from intraocular or systemic insults. It may develop in a diffuse pattern where the macula appears thickened or it may acquire the characteristic petaloid appearance referred to as cystoid macular edema. Although macular edema may be associated with various underlying conditions, it is most commonly seen following intraocular surgery, venous occlusive disease, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, and posterior segment inflammatory disease. (From Survey of Ophthalmology 2004; 49(5) 470-90)Fovea Centralis: An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer. It includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery. In its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)Retinal Vein Occlusion: Blockage of the RETINAL VEIN. Those at high risk for this condition include patients with HYPERTENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; and other CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.Diabetic Retinopathy: Disease of the RETINA as a complication of DIABETES MELLITUS. It is characterized by the progressive microvascular complications, such as ANEURYSM, interretinal EDEMA, and intraocular PATHOLOGIC NEOVASCULARIZATION.Uveal Diseases: Diseases of the uvea.Retinal Artery Occlusion: Sudden ISCHEMIA in the RETINA due to blocked blood flow through the CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY or its branches leading to sudden complete or partial loss of vision, respectively, in the eye.Retinal Vein: Central retinal vein and its tributaries. It runs a short course within the optic nerve and then leaves and empties into the superior ophthalmic vein or cavernous sinus.Vitreous Body: The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the CRYSTALLINE LENS of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. It is contained in a thin hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe.Choroiditis: Inflammation of the choroid.Intravitreal Injections: The administration of substances into the VITREOUS BODY of the eye with a hypodermic syringe.Electroretinography: Recording of electric potentials in the retina after stimulation by light.Retinal Hemorrhage: Bleeding from the vessels of the retina.Retina: The ten-layered nervous tissue membrane of the eye. It is continuous with the OPTIC NERVE and receives images of external objects and transmits visual impulses to the brain. Its outer surface is in contact with the CHOROID and the inner surface with the VITREOUS BODY. The outer-most layer is pigmented, whereas the inner nine layers are transparent.Retinal Artery: Central retinal artery and its branches. It arises from the ophthalmic artery, pierces the optic nerve and runs through its center, enters the eye through the porus opticus and branches to supply the retina.Retinal Neovascularization: Formation of new blood vessels originating from the retinal veins and extending along the inner (vitreal) surface of the retina.Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: A visual impairment characterized by the accumulation of fluid under the retina through a defect in the retinal pigment epithelium.Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate: Fluorescent probe capable of being conjugated to tissue and proteins. It is used as a label in fluorescent antibody staining procedures as well as protein- and amino acid-binding techniques.Light Coagulation: The coagulation of tissue by an intense beam of light, including laser (LASER COAGULATION). In the eye it is used in the treatment of retinal detachments, retinal holes, aneurysms, hemorrhages, and malignant and benign neoplasms. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 3d ed)Ophthalmoscopes: Devices for examining the interior of the eye, permitting the clear visualization of the structures of the eye at any depth. (UMDNS, 1999)Photography: Method of making images on a sensitized surface by exposure to light or other radiant energy.Photochemotherapy: Therapy using oral or topical photosensitizing agents with subsequent exposure to light.Retinal Detachment: Separation of the inner layers of the retina (neural retina) from the pigment epithelium. Retinal detachment occurs more commonly in men than in women, in eyes with degenerative myopia, in aging and in aphakia. It may occur after an uncomplicated cataract extraction, but it is seen more often if vitreous humor has been lost during surgery. (Dorland, 27th ed; Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p310-12).Telangiectasis: Permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (CAPILLARIES; ARTERIOLES; VENULES) creating small focal red lesions, most commonly in the skin or mucous membranes. It is characterized by the prominence of skin blood vessels, such as vascular spiders.Retinal Vasculitis: Inflammation of the retinal vasculature with various causes including infectious disease; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; and CHORIORETINITIS.Retinal Pigment Epithelium: The single layer of pigment-containing epithelial cells in the RETINA, situated closely to the tips (outer segments) of the RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. These epithelial cells are macroglia that perform essential functions for the photoreceptor cells, such as in nutrient transport, phagocytosis of the shed photoreceptor membranes, and ensuring retinal attachment.Eye Manifestations: Ocular disorders attendant upon non-ocular disease or injury.Iris Diseases: Diseases, dysfunctions, or disorders of or located in the iris.Lasers: An optical source that emits photons in a coherent beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) is brought about using devices that transform light of varying frequencies into a single intense, nearly nondivergent beam of monochromatic radiation. Lasers operate in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet, or X-ray regions of the spectrum.Retinal Drusen: Colloid or hyaline bodies lying beneath the retinal pigment epithelium. They may occur either secondary to changes in the choroid that affect the pigment epithelium or as an autosomal dominant disorder of the retinal pigment epithelium.Exudates and Transudates: Exudates are fluids, CELLS, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from BLOOD VESSELS usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS.Angioid Streaks: Small breaks in the elastin-filled tissue of the retina.Coloring Agents: Chemicals and substances that impart color including soluble dyes and insoluble pigments. They are used in INKS; PAINTS; and as INDICATORS AND REAGENTS.Iris: The most anterior portion of the uveal layer, separating the anterior chamber from the posterior. It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. Color of the iris depends on the amount of melanin in the stroma on reflection from the pigmented epithelium.Injections, Intraocular: The administration of substances into the eye with a hypodermic syringe.Photosensitizing Agents: Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a beneficial reaction affecting the diseased tissue. These compounds can be administered topically or systemically and have been used therapeutically to treat psoriasis and various types of neoplasms.Tomography, X-Ray Computed: Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image.Injections: Introduction of substances into the body using a needle and syringe.Pigment Epithelium of Eye: The layer of pigment-containing epithelial cells in the RETINA; the CILIARY BODY; and the IRIS in the eye.Choroid Neoplasms: Tumors of the choroid; most common intraocular tumors are malignant melanomas of the choroid. These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age. Most malignant melanomas of the uveal tract develop from benign melanomas (nevi).Vitreous Hemorrhage: Hemorrhage into the VITREOUS BODY.Aicardi Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by partial or complete absence of the CORPUS CALLOSUM, resulting in infantile spasms, MENTAL RETARDATION, and lesions of the RETINA or OPTIC NERVE.Susac Syndrome: A rare disorder consisting of microangiopathy of brain, retina, and inner ear ARTERIOLES. It is characterized by the clinical triad of encephalopathy, BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION and VERTIGO/hearing loss.Rats, Inbred BNVitelliform Macular Dystrophy: Autosomal dominant hereditary maculopathy with childhood-onset accumulation of LIPOFUSION in RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM. Affected individuals develop progressive central acuity loss, and distorted vision (METAMORPHOPSIA). It is associated with mutations in bestrophin, a chloride channel.Chorioretinitis: Inflammation of the choroid in which the sensory retina becomes edematous and opaque. The inflammatory cells and exudate may burst through the sensory retina to cloud the vitreous body.Subretinal Fluid: An exudate between the RETINA and CHOROID from various sources including the vitreous cavity, SUBARACHNOID SPACE, or abnormal vessels.Sensitivity and Specificity: Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)Angiogenesis Inhibitors: Agents and endogenous substances that antagonize or inhibit the development of new blood vessels.Prospective Studies: Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.Porphyrins: A group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached. The nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc. The porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin.Contrast Media: Substances used to allow enhanced visualization of tissues.Rose Bengal: A bright bluish pink compound that has been used as a dye, biological stain, and diagnostic aid.Papilledema: Swelling of the OPTIC DISK, usually in association with increased intracranial pressure, characterized by hyperemia, blurring of the disk margins, microhemorrhages, blind spot enlargement, and engorgement of retinal veins. Chronic papilledema may cause OPTIC ATROPHY and visual loss. (Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p175)Bruch Membrane: The inner layer of CHOROID, also called the lamina basalis choroideae, located adjacent to the RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; (RPE) of the EYE. It is a membrane composed of the basement membranes of the choriocapillaris ENDOTHELIUM and that of the RPE. The membrane stops at the OPTIC NERVE, as does the RPE.Retrospective Studies: Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.Wet Macular Degeneration: A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.Capillary Permeability: The property of blood capillary ENDOTHELIUM that allows for the selective exchange of substances between the blood and surrounding tissues and through membranous barriers such as the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD-NERVE BARRIER; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; and BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER. Small lipid-soluble molecules such as carbon dioxide and oxygen move freely by diffusion. Water and water-soluble molecules cannot pass through the endothelial walls and are dependent on microscopic pores. These pores show narrow areas (TIGHT JUNCTIONS) which may limit large molecule movement.Fluorophotometry: Measurement of light given off by fluorescein in order to assess the integrity of various ocular barriers. The method is used to investigate the blood-aqueous barrier, blood-retinal barrier, aqueous flow measurements, corneal endothelial permeability, and tear flow dynamics.Follow-Up Studies: Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.Coloboma: Congenital anomaly in which some of the structures of the eye are absent due to incomplete fusion of the fetal intraocular fissure during gestation.Capillaries: The minute vessels that connect the arterioles and venules.Eye Diseases: Diseases affecting the eye.Triamcinolone Acetonide: An esterified form of TRIAMCINOLONE. It is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. Intralesional, intramuscular, and intra-articular injections are also administered under certain conditions.Pseudophakia: Presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction.Radionuclide Angiography: The measurement of visualization by radiation of any organ after a radionuclide has been injected into its blood supply. It is used to diagnose heart, liver, lung, and other diseases and to measure the function of those organs, except renography, for which RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY is available.Treatment Outcome: Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.Intracranial Aneurysm: Abnormal outpouching in the wall of intracranial blood vessels. Most common are the saccular (berry) aneurysms located at branch points in CIRCLE OF WILLIS at the base of the brain. Vessel rupture results in SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE or INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES. Giant aneurysms (>2.5 cm in diameter) may compress adjacent structures, including the OCULOMOTOR NERVE. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p841)Myopia, Degenerative: Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION) that can lead to BLINDNESS.Sclera: The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)Microscopy, Acoustic: A scientific tool based on ULTRASONOGRAPHY and used not only for the observation of microstructure in metalwork but also in living tissue. In biomedical application, the acoustic propagation speed in normal and abnormal tissues can be quantified to distinguish their tissue elasticity and other properties.Optic Disk: The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.Retinal Perforations: Perforations through the whole thickness of the retina including the macula as the result of inflammation, trauma, degeneration, etc. The concept includes retinal breaks, tears, dialyses, and holes.Reproducibility of Results: The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.Vitrectomy: Removal of the whole or part of the vitreous body in treating endophthalmitis, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, intraocular foreign bodies, and some types of glaucoma.Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological: Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases of the eye or of vision disorders.Vision Disorders: Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132).Coronary Artery Disease: Pathological processes of CORONARY ARTERIES that may derive from a congenital abnormality, atherosclerotic, or non-atherosclerotic cause.Visual Field Tests: Method of measuring and mapping the scope of vision, from central to peripheral of each eye.Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized: Antibodies from non-human species whose protein sequences have been modified to make them nearly identical with human antibodies. If the constant region and part of the variable region are replaced, they are called humanized. If only the constant region is modified they are called chimeric. INN names for humanized antibodies end in -zumab.Imaging, Three-Dimensional: The process of generating three-dimensional images by electronic, photographic, or other methods. For example, three-dimensional images can be generated by assembling multiple tomographic images with the aid of a computer, while photographic 3-D images (HOLOGRAPHY) can be made by exposing film to the interference pattern created when two laser light sources shine on an object.Visual Fields: The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward.Image Processing, Computer-Assisted: A technique of inputting two-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer.Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome: A syndrome characterized by bilateral granulomatous UVEITIS with IRITIS and secondary GLAUCOMA, premature ALOPECIA, symmetrical VITILIGO, poliosis circumscripta (a strand of depigmented hair), HEARING DISORDERS, and meningeal signs (neck stiffness and headache). Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid reveals a pattern consistent with MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p748; Surv Ophthalmol 1995 Jan;39(4):265-292)Coronary Stenosis: Narrowing or constriction of a coronary artery.Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures: Surgery performed on the eye or any of its parts.Disease Models, Animal: Naturally occurring or experimentally induced animal diseases with pathological processes sufficiently similar to those of human diseases. They are used as study models for human diseases.Tomography, Spiral Computed: Computed tomography where there is continuous X-ray exposure to the patient while being transported in a spiral or helical pattern through the beam of irradiation. This provides improved three-dimensional contrast and spatial resolution compared to conventional computed tomography, where data is obtained and computed from individual sequential exposures.Ischemia: A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A: The original member of the family of endothelial cell growth factors referred to as VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A was originally isolated from tumor cells and referred to as "tumor angiogenesis factor" and "vascular permeability factor". Although expressed at high levels in certain tumor-derived cells it is produced by a wide variety of cell types. In addition to stimulating vascular growth and vascular permeability it may play a role in stimulating VASODILATION via NITRIC OXIDE-dependent pathways. Alternative splicing of the mRNA for vascular endothelial growth factor A results in several isoforms of the protein being produced.Fluorescent Dyes: Agents that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.Thiocyanates: Organic derivatives of thiocyanic acid which contain the general formula R-SCN.Time Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Retinopathy of Prematurity: A bilateral retinopathy occurring in premature infants treated with excessively high concentrations of oxygen, characterized by vascular dilatation, proliferation, and tortuosity, edema, and retinal detachment, with ultimate conversion of the retina into a fibrous mass that can be seen as a dense retrolental membrane. Usually growth of the eye is arrested and may result in microophthalmia, and blindness may occur. (Dorland, 27th ed)Macaca fascicularis: A species of the genus MACACA which typically lives near the coast in tidal creeks and mangrove swamps primarily on the islands of the Malay peninsula.Embolization, Therapeutic: A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage.Blood Flow Velocity: A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed.Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: Congenital vascular anomalies in the brain characterized by direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. The locations and size of the shunts determine the symptoms including HEADACHES; SEIZURES; STROKE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; mass effect; and vascular steal effect.Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic: Ischemic injury to the OPTIC NERVE which usually affects the OPTIC DISK (optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic) and less frequently the retrobulbar portion of the nerve (optic neuropathy, posterior ischemic). The injury results from occlusion of arterial blood supply which may result from TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES; EMBOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; and other conditions. The disease primarily occurs in the sixth decade or later and presents with the sudden onset of painless and usually severe monocular visual loss. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy also features optic disk edema with microhemorrhages. The optic disk appears normal in posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. (Glaser, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2nd ed, p135)Predictive Value of Tests: In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.Uveitis: Inflammation of part or all of the uvea, the middle (vascular) tunic of the eye, and commonly involving the other tunics (sclera and cornea, and the retina). (Dorland, 27th ed)Iopamidol: A non-ionic, water-soluble contrast agent which is used in myelography, arthrography, nephroangiography, arteriography, and other radiological procedures.Retinal Degeneration: A retrogressive pathological change in the retina, focal or generalized, caused by genetic defects, inflammation, trauma, vascular disease, or aging. Degeneration affecting predominantly the macula lutea of the retina is MACULAR DEGENERATION. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p304)Carotid Artery, Internal: Branch of the common carotid artery which supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages, the forehead and nose.Retinitis Pigmentosa: Hereditary, progressive degeneration of the neuroepithelium of the retina characterized by night blindness and progressive contraction of the visual field.Rabbits: The species Oryctolagus cuniculus, in the family Leporidae, order LAGOMORPHA. Rabbits are born in burrows, furless, and with eyes and ears closed. In contrast with HARES, rabbits have 22 chromosome pairs.Regional Blood Flow: The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body.Multidetector Computed Tomography: Types of spiral computed tomography technology in which multiple slices of data are acquired simultaneously improving the resolution over single slice acquisition technology.Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate: Specialized PHOTOTRANSDUCTION neurons in the vertebrates, such as the RETINAL ROD CELLS and the RETINAL CONE CELLS. Non-visual photoreceptor neurons have been reported in the deep brain, the PINEAL GLAND and organs of the circadian system.Pilot Projects: Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.Coronary Vessels: The veins and arteries of the HEART.Arterial Occlusive Diseases: Pathological processes which result in the partial or complete obstruction of ARTERIES. They are characterized by greatly reduced or absence of blood flow through these vessels. They are also known as arterial insufficiency.Vertebral Artery: The first branch of the SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY with distribution to muscles of the NECK; VERTEBRAE; SPINAL CORD; CEREBELLUM; and interior of the CEREBRUM.Optic Nerve: The 2nd cranial nerve which conveys visual information from the RETINA to the brain. The nerve carries the axons of the RETINAL GANGLION CELLS which sort at the OPTIC CHIASM and continue via the OPTIC TRACTS to the brain. The largest projection is to the lateral geniculate nuclei; other targets include the SUPERIOR COLLICULI and the SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEI. Though known as the second cranial nerve, it is considered part of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.Coronary Disease: An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.Iohexol: An effective non-ionic, water-soluble contrast agent which is used in myelography, arthrography, nephroangiography, arteriography, and other radiographic procedures. Its low systemic toxicity is the combined result of low chemotoxicity and low osmolality.Stents: Devices that provide support for tubular structures that are being anastomosed or for body cavities during skin grafting.Syndrome: A characteristic symptom complex.Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted: Computer systems or networks designed to provide radiographic interpretive information.Atrophy: Decrease in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or multiple organs, associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as abnormal cellular changes, ischemia, malnutrition, or hormonal changes.Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Bleeding into the intracranial or spinal SUBARACHNOID SPACE, most resulting from INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM rupture. It can occur after traumatic injuries (SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC). Clinical features include HEADACHE; NAUSEA; VOMITING, nuchal rigidity, variable neurological deficits and reduced mental status.Aneurysm, Ruptured: The tearing or bursting of the weakened wall of the aneurysmal sac, usually heralded by sudden worsening pain. The great danger of a ruptured aneurysm is the large amount of blood spilling into the surrounding tissues and cavities, causing HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK.Dextrans: A group of glucose polymers made by certain bacteria. Dextrans are used therapeutically as plasma volume expanders and anticoagulants. They are also commonly used in biological experimentation and in industry for a wide variety of purposes.Glucocorticoids: A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system.Eye ProteinsTears: The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.Observer Variation: The failure by the observer to measure or identify a phenomenon accurately, which results in an error. Sources for this may be due to the observer's missing an abnormality, or to faulty technique resulting in incorrect test measurement, or to misinterpretation of the data. Two varieties are inter-observer variation (the amount observers vary from one another when reporting on the same material) and intra-observer variation (the amount one observer varies between observations when reporting more than once on the same material).Injections, Intravenous: Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes.Constriction, Pathologic: The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions.Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations: Congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities involving ARTERIES; VEINS; or venous sinuses in the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and MENINGES.Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency: Localized or diffuse reduction in blood flow through the vertebrobasilar arterial system, which supplies the BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; medial TEMPORAL LOBE; and THALAMUS. Characteristic clinical features include SYNCOPE; lightheadedness; visual disturbances; and VERTIGO. BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS or other BRAIN INFARCTION may be associated.Carotid Stenosis: Narrowing or stricture of any part of the CAROTID ARTERIES, most often due to atherosclerotic plaque formation. Ulcerations may form in atherosclerotic plaques and induce THROMBUS formation. Platelet or cholesterol emboli may arise from stenotic carotid lesions and induce a TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; or temporary blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp 822-3)Intraocular Pressure: The pressure of the fluids in the eye.Dry Eye Syndromes: Corneal and conjunctival dryness due to deficient tear production, predominantly in menopausal and post-menopausal women. Filamentary keratitis or erosion of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium may be caused by these disorders. Sensation of the presence of a foreign body in the eye and burning of the eyes may occur.Radiographic Image Enhancement: Improvement in the quality of an x-ray image by use of an intensifying screen, tube, or filter and by optimum exposure techniques. Digital processing methods are often employed.Arteriovenous Fistula: An abnormal direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. An A-V fistula usually leads to the formation of a dilated sac-like connection, arteriovenous aneurysm. The locations and size of the shunts determine the degree of effects on the cardiovascular functions such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEART RATE.Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells: Photosensitive afferent neurons located primarily within the FOVEA CENTRALIS of the MACULA LUTEA. There are three major types of cone cells (red, blue, and green) whose photopigments have different spectral sensitivity curves. Retinal cone cells operate in daylight vision (at photopic intensities) providing color recognition and central visual acuity.Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials: The escape of diagnostic or therapeutic material from the vessel into which it is introduced into the surrounding tissue or body cavity.Ultrasonography, Interventional: The use of ultrasound to guide minimally invasive surgical procedures such as needle ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DRAINAGE; etc. Its widest application is intravascular ultrasound imaging but it is useful also in urology and intra-abdominal conditions.Pedigree: The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition.Cerebral Arteries: The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM.


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In the Rivne region pyrotechnics successfully defused artillery shellFebruary 25 at 15:00 a group of pyrotechnic works ARZ SU SU DSNS Ukraine in Rivne successfully disposed of an artillery shell caliber 76 mm of World War II, which was found the same day in the nearby forest c. Novostav Rivne region. By districtechi, over the past year Rivne pyrotechnics discovered and successfully defused 2683 pieces. And from the beginning of this year – There are 17 deadly dangerous « city ' out » the past. PG DSNS in Rivne region
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The way younger people have viewed the older generation has changed over the years. At one time the older members of our community were revered and considered wise and knowledgeable from their life experience. However, nowadays young people often look at older people with disdain, assuming they have various health issues and are a little bit doddery in their ways.
Maybe the way youth look on the older generation is due to how they are viewed in the media? There are not many television programmes or films that feature people over the age of 60 and when they are mentioned it's often not in a good light. Adverts that feature older people are often for different health problems, scrutinising every problem that old age may throw at us, making older people appear weak and not as worthy in our community, which is quite frankly ridiculous in my opinion!
Both of my parents and my husbands parents are into their 60's and there is nothing about them that would make me consider them 'old'. My parents enjoy hillwalking (and I don't mean a short meander around a loch, they walk a lot more miles than we do!) and will be walking the West Highland Way next year. My father in-law had great fun on several amazing zip lines out in Canada last month. Everyone has little health niggles, but that does not stop you being able to get on with life, doing exactly what you want and being knowledgeable about a great deal of subjects. There are also many solutions to those little health niggles, whether it requires a visit to a doctor or a modified shower, healthcare has advanced in the last few decades giving everyone the chance of a better standard of life, as well as longer life expectancy.
Life experience should be respected and not mocked because it takes a little while to remember a fact. When I get into my 80's and have lived a long and exciting life it shouldn't surprise my children that I can't always remember facts or names straight away, my brain will be holding so much information it takes a while to search a specific piece of information out!
What I do want is for younger people to look up to their elders and ask questions, find out what experiences they have had in their lives and help them remember. I used to love listen to my grandpa's stories of when he lived in Africa as a child and how he and his fellow soldiers went from country to country in WWII chasing the war, which just happened to have moved on whenever he arrived. He died two years ago at the age of 99 and I miss hearing those stories, but it was always good to know that he had lived a long and interesting life and I'm grateful that he met both our boys.
Let's break those barriers and learn to respect our elders, learn from them and support them however we can. I love the campaign #Breakingbarriers that Bathing Solutions are running, they are working hard to break the social barriers of old age, check it out here.
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Lake Plastira
- by XpatAthens
- Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The Lake Plastiras area is known for its spectacular natural beauty. The lake itself is man-made and was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras, for whom the lake and its dam are named. The lake is set at an altitude of about 800 meters in the Agrafa mountain range making it a place with magnificent views no matter where you stop to look.
Covering an area of about 24km2, it is surrounded by natural beauty, beaches, restaurants, hotels and many trails within its vast forest. Here you can walk, drive or bike along fir, oak and chestnut trees down shady lanes with openings to views of immense height and the vast plains below. Fishing, sailing, kayaking, river rafting, hiking, horseback riding, mountain climbing, cross country skiing and jeep tours are only a few of the ways you can enjoy the natural beauty of this area.
There are several small villages surrounding the lake, each one preserving the history of this land. The villages of Kryoneri and Kalivia of Pezoula are well developed for tourism. Here you will find hiking tracks, hotels, places to rent various equipment for a variety of sporting activities, organized outdoor areas and the beaches of the lake.
The tourist haven and best-known village, Neochori, is worth visiting, as it was built on a slope and offers the best views of the lake. It also offers a visit to its botanical gardens, which house plants making up the ecosystem of the local area. The communities of the lake offer an Environmental Education Center, an Educational Forest, Ecological Paths, Botanical Gardens, Hydro-biological Station, Observatory, Alpine Shelters, an outdoor activity center and renting of bikes, canoes and water bicycles.
There are also important monuments and places of interest in the wider region such as the Monastery of Korona, the Sacred Monastery of Pelekiti, the Sacred Monastery of Petra, the Gaki cave and the Kaimakia cave.
Visitors to Plastiras Lake can buy local products from the producers of the region along the road. You will find honey, spoon sweets, frumenty, garden products, wine, raki and more. No matter what time of year you choose to visit Lake Plastiras, you will be swept off your feet.
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