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Garlic is widely used for several conditions linked to the blood system and heart, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), high cholesterol, heart attack, coronary heart disease, and hypertension.
And makes a great tasty tear and share bread.
Sono più di 15 giorni che non pubblico foto in Flickr. Ho avuto un problema di salute serio e ne ho parlato solo in privato con alcuni di voi
Sabato 11 ottobre ho avuto alcuni segnali di crisi cardiaca, che il pronto soccorso ha diagnosticato come infarto in forma leggera. La coronografia ha poi mostrato una situazione delle arterie su cui occorreva intervenire subito.
Dal 16 ottobre scorso ho tre by-pass. Sono vivo, sto bene. Ringrazio Dio. Ringrazio il fantastico cardiochirurgo. Ringrazio i miei familiari dolcissimi e generosi all'infinito, ringrazio i miei splendidi amici.
Da oggi pomeriggio sono ritornato a casa. Continuerò a mettercela tutta! Intanto festeggio proponendo in Flickr un'immagine che mi pare di completa luce e bellezza, per un buon auspicio a tutti!
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It's been over 15 days since I posted photos on Flickr. I've had a serious health problem and have only spoken about it privately with a few of you.
On Saturday, October 11th, I had some signs of a heart attack, which the emergency room diagnosed as a mild heart attack. The coronary artery scan later revealed a condition in my arteries that required immediate intervention.
Since October 16th, I've had three bypasses. I'm alive, I'm well. I thank God. I thank the fantastic heart surgeon. I thank my endlessly sweet and generous family members, and I thank my wonderful friends.
I returned home this afternoon. I'll continue to give it my all! In the meantime, I'm celebrating by posting an image on Flickr that I think is full of light and beauty, as a good omen for everyone!
I belong to the group 75 to 85 which is next out.
When I asked the nurse if I could take a picture, she laughed and told me that she was a retired birth nurse and was used to being photographed. Now in the pandemic she was back at work, there is respect for women like her.
I wandered through the archway and had a minor coronary when I saw it cost £13 to enter.
Needless to say, I decided to invest the potential entrance money in two pints of Asahi instead.
Yesterday I was supposed to go to Valley of The Rocks in North Devon but I wasn't feeling too great in the morning so postponed it for a later date.
Feeling a bit better in the afternoon I decided to head to Sheepstor on Dartmoor for sunset. I don't venture up here enough, always put off the by the climb up, but last night I found it wasn't too bad. I managed to make it up without having an asthma attack or coronary lol!!
The view from the top though is one of my favourite views on the whole of Dartmoor. It's just so gorgeous, looking over Burrator Reservoir, Sheepstor Village and various other tors in the area, it's hard to not love it, It's also one of the best places on the moor to see the sunset all year round.
I had about an hour and a half before sunset so spent that time looking for different compositions around the tor, there are plenty of lumps of Granite to shoot so you're a bit spoilt for choice. The sunset itself wasn't that special, the sun dipped behind some low cloud on the horizon so as the wind picked up and my hands were freezing I called it a day and headed home.
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Foggy February woods.
This copse of trees lies next to the lane down to the village where I live.
It was February this year and the early morning fog had lingered, thick, well into the mid-morning.
I was passing by and had the little camera so I stopped to get a few shots. I found the silhouettes of the branches intriguing...
This is for the Thursday monochrome group.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Monochrome Thursday :)
[Handheld in … well daylight I suppose you could call it (it was a bit dubious about that at the time!).
Processed from raw in Affinity Photo for a range of greys. I’d actually taken three, exposure bracketed, for an HDR but that didn’t work so I used the darkest version to retain the detail in the sun’s highlights.
Processed to B&W in Nik Silver Efex, going for a harsh contrasty look, with some film noise added. Used spot adjustments in the lower middle and on the left in the bottom half to lighten and sharpen to even out the interest.
Some sharpening in Affinity (High Pass/Linear Blend mode worked best), and a very light dark vignette (? :) ) just in the corners to keep us on the page…]
Motherlode.
I am just so excited to post this, ALL of the goodies to break down for you.
Although, now that I think about it, pretty sure that’s how to set the camera position in firestorm.
Ok. Well, I mean it as the Sims cheat.
Look, I tried, awwwwllllllright??
Let’s do this by heads, shoulders, knees and toes.
Well…. Maybe not toes.
I don’t wear shoes in world. I buy all the shoes, I don’t wear the shoes.
You like my hair? Gee thanks, just brought it.
(I didn’t but I couldn’t miss an Ari reference)
It’s called Cursed, it’s by Moon, and it’s available now at Kustom9.
- 3 Head sizes
- 4 styles (she’s loooooong *swoon*)
- Style HUD
My hat is also from Moon. The hat in my hand.
I don’t have one on my head but made ya look.
Cursed Wide Brimmed Hat is also at Kustom 9. She’s unrigged, so you could wear yours on your head, if you so wished.
15 different designs/prints in the HUD.
I’m going to have to log in to find the name of this other thing. I want to say kazoo, except I know damn well it’s not a kazoo.
Shit blogger, right? It’s just cute so I was like ohmygosh I’m going to blog that.
It’s also from Moon, at the main store, so you can have a “not kazoo” too. I’ll update this tomorrow.
Its called Acrylic Kitty Kalimba. There you go.
From Glam Affair, my skin, as always, chefs kiss.
Maeve for Lelutka Evo X is available now at Collabor88.
Choose from
- 11 Ethereal Essence Light tones
- 7 Velour tones
Your purchase includes
- Skin with light/dark/no brows options
- Tintable Brow Layers
- Cosmetics + Enhancement Pack (LOVING the shadow/light options, all about the dewey skin at the moment, thanks Glam Affair!)
- Ear skin
- Shape for Lelutka Avalon
Gorgeous new Canal Skirt by Mellow Ellie (yes this happened and I nearly combusted)
- 5 Leathers
- 8 Suedes
- Color Pack has all 13 PLUS a bonus Suede
- On/Off toggle for the waist ruffle
The Canal Skirt is available now at the Mellow Ellie store in world.
My top, also Mellow Ellie and I will die wearing this. It’s just perfect, and you need to get it.
It’s the Softest Tank. No, that’s the name of it. It’s pixels. I’m guessing it would be soft, it looks soft. It looks perfect, and is also available at the Mellow Ellie in world store.
Since we aren’t doing toes, we can do nails instead. From Black Lotus, The Midnight Thread Collection, shown on the Black Lotus Short Coffin nails.
The HUD I used is The Crystal Web, and there’s glitter, and webs, and it’s just badass.
The Midnight Thread Collection is available now at the Astrophe Event.
Paradise Tattoo Collection from VUDU Tattoo.
I usually always wear the color version of this, because it’s so gorgeous, but I felt a little dark, in the vibe of this pic, and opted for the black version, and it does not disappoint.
Fun fact - nothing from VUDU Tattoo ever disappoints, so you know, go and spend some L$ there and make your heart sing.
And now, before I have a coronary, I’m going to have a coffee before I add all the linkie-links, because I’m pretty sure this is the longest blog post ever made.
If you made it this far, ka pai. I’m proud of you and I appreciate you.
Eldir belong to the group 75 to 85 which is next out.
When I asked the nurse if I could take a picture, she laughed and told me that she was a retired birth nurse and was used to being photographed- Now in the pandemic she was back at work, there is respect for women like her.
macromondays#plastic
plastic model of a heart featuring
coronary vessels
distributed for handgripping training
of my late ex husband ,who passed away so very suddenly ,on the 23 rd November ..Only a couple of hours short of his 70 th Birthday .
He hadnt been feeling well that day but no one would know what was to come he had an acute heart attack brought on by a Coronary Embolism ..
Roy Wiiliam Lock 24/11 1951 -23 /11/2021
My two elsest children in total shock and although we had been divorced ,longer than we were married , a complete shock to me as we remained amicable friends throughout .
The funeral is next monday in Teignmouth where he lived .
I havent been able to do much at the moment ,as Im having surgery for my sudden development of cataracts .
Im hoping this picture of my lillies from the summer is ok blurry vision doesnt help !
XXXX
Nothing arty about this, but I do like the combination of livery and slightly wider composition incorporating the ghostly appearance of the now closed Unilever plant.
The location is Warrington Bank Quay station, and the train is the early running 11.07am Hardendale Quarry (Shap) - Tunstead Sidings empty box wagons (6H51), in the hands of Freightliner 'Shed' 66623.
I was lucky to get this. Having alighted at Earlestown at 2.32pm from Roby and expecting a 40 minute wait for a train to Warrington, I saw in the distance what was evidently a late-running Leeds - Chester service. A (rather too swift to be pleasant) jog saw me reach the distant platform 5 via two footbridges and the footpath in just over three minutes to board the train just before the doors shut. Arrival at WBQ was 2.43pm, I snapped this shot at 2.47pm and the train moved off at 2.48pm, 23 minutes ahead of schedule - neat! More importantly, no heart murmurs, coronary, or other after effects suffered - well, so far at least :)
I'll be on and off Flickr (mostly off) for the next couple of weeks.
Comments turned off for this one, thanks.
2.47pm, 23rd May 2024
There are approximately 1.5 billion Cows on Earth. We didn’t get to this number in a natural way. Most Cows are forcibly inseminated by humans. In other words, Cows are raped by men and women.
822,000 cows are killed daily in meat industries around the world. Not to count the other species: goats, chicken etc. We live on a planet of Murder and Suffering. Imagine the population of a big city disappearing every day. A genocide daily!
Eating red meat and processed meat is not only bringing Suffering, Fear and a foreign DNA in your system but also causes type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and certain cancers, especially colorectal cancer.
More Cows, more Methane, more Diseases, more Money spent for Medicines!
. . . I was very lucky to be here, when you consider I was having two stents put in a coronary artery just a few weeks ago!
But also, the weather being beautiful, the golden trees turning in the canyon, and the lack of any crowds at Zion National Park was amazing.
Have a great week Facebook, Flickr, and 500px friends!
Quite like these, as they tend to just 'shrivel up' when disturbed and not move! It's those that move quickly that give me a coronary!!!
Shawbury Heath - Shropshire
Watch the full episode here youtu.be/zwFEmBkh-eM
What at first appears to be a short and easy hike turns into a heart pounding climb up a grizzled rock face. If the Fathsma doesn't kill me the noxious gases on the trail surely will.
Miraculously, I manage to avoid a coronary and clear the tree line to discover a mind-blowing vista. This is what landscape photography is all about. That mad dash to the summit before sunset followed by a frenzy of composition hunting while the clock is ticking.
If you could only bring one wide-angle lens, which would it be? I've made my choice and I'm sticking to it but will it be enough for this huge panorama?
The next morning serves up perfect conditions for an aerial panorama with the Mavic Pro 3 Cine drone. Not only do we get calm waters and beautiful light but we also get a bald eagle. If you can see it I'll be impressed.
Which one of my friends from 'out West' is coming for a visit and are those disgusting looking mushrooms edible or not? Why do I always carry my bear spray and what are the magic words to stop Amanda from turning back and quitting?
Thanks for looking
Gavin
Although lemons and limes may not be what you would choose for an afternoon snack, we consider them as powerhouses when we want to bring out the flavor of other foods. While both are available throughout the year, lemons are in the peak of their season around May, June and August while limes are at their peak from May through October.
Lemons are oval in shape and feature a yellow, texturized outer peel. Like other citrus fruits, their inner flesh is encased in eight to ten segments.
Health benefits of lemon
Lemons are packed with numerous health benefiting nutrients. The fruit is less in calories, carrying just 29 calories per 100 g, the value being one of the lowest for the citrus fruits group.
They contain zero saturated fats or cholesterol. Nonetheless are an excellent source of dietary fiber (7.36% of RDA). Lemon is one of the very low glycemic fruits.
lemon's acidic taste is because of citric acid. Citric acid constitutes up to 8% in its juice. Citric acid is a natural preservative, aids in smooth digestion, and helps dissolve kidney stones.
Lemons, like other fellow citrus fruits, are an excellent source of vitamin-C (ascorbic acid); provides about 88% of daily recommended intake. Ascorbic acid is a potent water-soluble natural anti-oxidant. This vitamin is helpful in preventing scurvy. Besides, consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the blood.
Lemons, like oranges, contain a variety of phytochemicals. Hesperetin, naringin, and naringenin are flavonoid glycosides commonly found in citrus fruits. Naringenin is found to have a bioactive effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, and immune system modulator. This substance has also been shown to reduce oxidant injury to DNA in the cells in-vitro studies.
Additionally, they also compose a minute levels of vitamin A, and other flavonoid antioxidants such as α, and ß-carotenes, ß-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and lutein. These compounds are known to have antioxidant properties. Vitamin A also required for maintaining healthy mucosa and skin and is also essential for vision. Consumption of natural fruits rich in flavonoids helps the body to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.
Total ORAC value, which measures the antioxidant strength of 100 g of fresh lemon juice is 1225 µmol TE (Trolox equivalents).
The fruit is also a good source of B-complex vitamins such as pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, and folates. These essential in the sense that body requires them from external sources to replenish.
Further, they carry a healthy amount of minerals like iron, copper, potassium, and calcium. Potassium in an important component of cell and body fluids helps control heart rate and blood pressure.
Citrus fruits, as such, have long been valued for their wholesome nutritious and antioxidant properties. It is a scientific fact that citrus fruits, especially lemons and oranges, by their richness in vitamins and minerals, have many proven health benefits. Moreover, it is now beginning to be appreciated that the other biologically active, non-nutrient compounds found in citrus fruits such as phytochemical antioxidants, and soluble as well as the insoluble dietary fiber is helpful in reduction in the risk for cancers, many chronic diseases like arthritis, and from obesity and coronary heart diseases.
dedicated banishment
self inflicted, echoing
physical displacement
from permanent coronary scarification
devouring accidentally my lacerated pulmonary edema
cauterizing weakness into cement
thermodynamically frozen muscles
- Gillian
Please view on L.
Open-Air Museum of Material Culture Chelm and Podlasie in Holi - open air museum (museum) in Holi in the Lublin district, the district Włodawa, in the municipality of Old Brus.
This open-air museum was founded in 1985 and is run by the Society of Material Culture Heritage Park Chelm and Podlasie in Holi. The museum includes wooden cottages and various outbuildings. The core of the museum's rich peasant cottage built in 1913, moved from the village Wyryki. Coronary cottage is constructed with pitched thatched roof.
Happy to announce after years of arguing and me wanting to partner the guy of my dreams, he finally asked me and besides almost having a coronary, he has made me the happiest ever. Love you CI.....your Nadi...8years till he asked....would you believe it...smh Officially in SL partners OMG took like forever....besties in RL.
Joseph Beuys, Fettstuhl (Fat Chair), 1964, Wooden [Polypropylene] chair, wax, fat [and butter] and wire, 40¼ x 16⅝ x 18 [30⁴⁵/₆₄ x 20⁹/₃₂ x 18⁵⁷/₆₄] in - 102 x 42 x 46 [78 x 51.5 x 48] cm, Tate and National Galleries of Scotland [Skin of Calligaris, Manzano, Udine]
Altro titolo - Another title: Butter harm coronary arteries (and woke culture) - Il burro nuoce alle coronarie (e alla cultura woke), 2025
[Fototeca Fondazione Omeri, Trieste]
Sharoe Green Hospital opened in 1869 and was originally owned and managed by Preston Borough Council.
As the years progressed, the hospital had staff and facilities covering various specialties, including infectious diseases, mental health and maternity services. It was also a workhouse hospital until 1929.
An extension was built in 1968 and by 1973 there were new gynaecology, plastic surgery, coronary care and orthopaedics wards, a suite of operating theatres, a sterile supplies department, pharmacy, nurse training school and more staff residential accommodation.
On 1 April 1974 the ownership of the hospital was transferred from the Preston and Chorley Hospital Management Committee (which had run Sharoe Green Hospital since 1948) to the Lancashire Area Health Authority.
© 2019 Tony Worrall
This is rich! Until a few years ago, Australian ice-cream manufacturer Peters operated their Peter's Arctic Delicacy factory slap bang in the middle of the inner Brisbane suburb of West End. Details can be found below and in the link. The ice cream was marketed as the health food of the nation until the 70's but thinking about that now, people who over indulged and have since had heart coronary by-pass surgery may well be re-evaluating the part ice creams played in their diet (and that does include me)!
Over the last couple of years, the factory and indeed precinct have gone through a massive rebuild (not always favoured by locals and others) but the core building now includes a Woolworths and many new stores and cafes and art spaces as well as a large new garden area. This particular door and wall hold the intricate plan for the manufacture of this Mickey Mouse ice-cream and advertising from the era.
I note with some sadness though that one of the signs beside the plan (or no doubt blueprint) indicates that for many years, Queensland school children received a free Peter's Ice Cream at Christmas. Oh yeah, well Peter's is still going strong so be warned, I am coming to redeem all seven years of my primary school's free ice creams! Soon! It's catch-up time.
"In December 1928 this reinforced concrete and brick ice cream factory was opened for operation. It cost £100,000 and provided work for hundreds of people. At the time of its opening the new factory was described as "…one of the most efficient ice cream factories in Australia." The company prided itself on the fact that from the time the milk and cream were received into the factory until they reached the consumer, they were not touched by human hands, the whole of the various processes being by means of modern machinery. To cope with the manufacturing of sufficient ice, huge ice tanks were built on the roof.
When the factory was completed, it was fronted by a forecourt reserve and driveway which was later laid out in a formal, award-winning garden. This garden earned Peters the nickname the "garden factory".
Sometime during the 1930s a second factory building was constructed facing Wilson Street. This is an indication of Peters’ growth in the middle decades of the 1900s century. The Peters business continued to expand, offering new services to localities throughout Queensland until, in 1960, it and Pauls Ice Cream and Milk Ltd were merged into Queensland United Foods Industries Ltd."
I like to have a little variety on my stream and although the image is just yet another WR&S, the narrative is a little different today. Today you get a recipe!
The best part about mince pies, and I’m talking homemade, not shop bought, is when you overfill them, and all the fruit and sugar caramelises. So I’ve expanded on that and this is my take on mince pies courtesy of that culinary classic ‘Recipes for the Faint-hearted’ by Arthur O’Sclerosis.
For the pastry:
375g Plain flour
200g butter at room temperature
100g castor sugar
1 egg
1 bottle New Zealand Sauvignon blanc
1 jar mincemeat
Rub in the flour and butter then add the sugar and egg and bring together. You may need a drop of water if the pastry is a little dry to form a ball. Don’t overwork the pastry. Chill. That’s the pastry, not you, you’re already chilled because you have a glass of wine alongside.
There’s a lot of butter and sugar in this but remember, January is for the diet, oh and possibly a coronary stent or two!
Roll out the pastry into a long rectangle and as thinly as possible. I do this between 2 sheets of cling film, much easier. Then spread the mincemeat evenly over the pastry. Roll up from the longest side and cut into thin slices. Lay the ‘swirls’ on a lightly greased baking sheet and brush with some egg wash. Bake for about 15 minutes or so.
Remove them from the baking tray straight after removing from the oven otherwise all those sugars will have welded them to the baking sheet!
The only annoying thing about them is that they only last 2 minutes in our house.
Enjoy!
The music for today is a 10-minute love song about going to the IMAX
L'ail peut réduire le cholestérol entre 9 et 12%. L'ail peut faire baisser la pression artérielle entre 5 et 10%. L'ail peut empêcher la coagulation du sang autour des obstructions des artères. ... L'ail permet de réduire le risque global de crise cardiaque.
Garlic is used for many conditions related to the heart and blood system. These conditions include high blood pressure, low blood pressure, high cholesterol, inherited high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, heart attack, reduced blood flow due to narrowed arteries, and "hardening of the arteries" (atherosclerosis).
Merci beaucoup pour votre visite, les gentils commentaires et les favoris. / Many thanks for your visit, kind comments and favs.
A few weeks ago we went to the dog beach. My son and I are trying to talk my husband and daughter into getting a dog. The dog club had an event so we went along to talk to some breeders about the suitability of the type of dog etc. When I'd finished grilling everyone I called "Bunky, Sossie, it's time to go now" and one breeder said to me "I thought you said you didn't have any dogs!". Imagine her surprise when two children came running (and panting)!!
It can get embarrassing at parent/teacher interview time when I have to remember their real names.
This is just a quick snap of them. I bought them new shoes today (it's a public holiday here so my husband came too and nearly had a coronary over the cost of trainers!) Anyway, this is how I got a photo - I made them think they owed me because I bought them shoes! I'm so mean. I'm lucky to have got this one because they were both blinking out of sync. Grr.
PARTICOLARE DI UN PADIGLIONE
L’ultima edizione 2020 del Programma Nazionale Esiti (PNE), resa pubblica nel marzo scorso, pone la Cardiochirurgia di Udine ai vertici nazionali per il 2019, ultimo anno analizzato, sia nella chirurgia coronarica, con mortalità pari a 0% a fronte di una media nazionale del 1,7%, sia in quella valvolare, con mortalità di 0,8% a fronte di una media nazionale del 2,35%. Non è la prima volta che la Cardiochirurgia di Udine vede riconosciuta la qualità delle sue prestazioni chirurgiche: da quando esiste il PNE (dal 2012), la Struttura dell’Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia è sempre stata nelle posizioni di vertice tra tutti gli ospedali pubblici presi in esame, denunciando una mortalità a 30 giorni pari generalmente a metà od un terzo della media nazionale.
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The latest 2020 edition of the National Outcomes Program (PNE), made public last March, places Cardiac Surgery of Udine at the national top for 2019, the last year analyzed, both in coronary surgery, with mortality equal to 0% compared to a national average of 1.7%, both in the valve, with mortality of 0.8% compared to a national average of 2.35%. It is not the first time that Udine Cardiac Surgery has seen the quality of its surgical services recognized: since the PNE has existed (since 2012), the Structure of the Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital has always been in the top positions among all public hospitals taken into consideration, denouncing a 30-day mortality generally equal to half or a third of the national average.
Immagine realizzata con lo smartphone SAMSUNG NOTE 4
think about it guys. the old fatass is a step away from a heart attack; every single cookie you leave for him is an assault to his coronaries. if we don't start to provide him healthy food, he won't make to the next xmas.
my contact kevin (disgruntledbaker1) has made some very nice pictures of chocolate cookies and coke for santa.
kevin, thank you for inspiring this shot, but please, stop giving coke to an obese man: you're killing him.
bloody advent calendar #23
15/365
SHIPtember 2017.
Well, I figured that since I already have so much shit to do in addition to another obnoxious SHIP lurking in the corner (don't be jealous, Hecate), I figured I'd add to the mayhem and stress properly. Mild coronaries are normal, right?
Not my first SHIP, but it is my first foray into SHIPtember. One month to NOT blow your brains out? I'm in!
What the hell am I thinking?!
A siesta (Spanish, meaning "nap") is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal.
Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those where the weather is warm.
The siesta is historically common throughout the Mediterranean and Southern Europe.
It is the traditional daytime sleep of Spain and, through Spanish influence, the Philippines, and many Hispanic American countries.
In Dalmatia (coastal Croatia), the traditional afternoon nap is known as fjaka (from Italian fiacca).
The Spanish word siesta derives originally from the Latin word hora sexta "sixth hour" (counting from dawn, hence "midday rest").
Factors explaining the geographical distribution of the modern siesta are high temperatures and heavy intake of food at the midday meal.
Combined, these two factors contribute to the feeling of post-lunch drowsiness.
In many countries that practice the siesta, the heat can be unbearable in the early afternoon, making a midday break at home welcome.
CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITS: The siesta habit has been associated with a 37 percent reduction in coronary mortality, possibly due to reduced cardiovascular stress mediated by daytime sleep.
Epidemiological studies on the relations between cardiovascular health and siesta have led to conflicting conclusions, possibly because of poor control of confounding variables, such as physical activity.
It is possible that people who take a siesta have different physical activity habits, for example, waking earlier and scheduling more activity during the morning.
Such differences in physical activity may lead to different 24-hour profiles in cardiovascular function.
Even if such effects of physical activity can be discounted in explaining the relationship between siesta and cardiovascular health, it is still not known whether the daytime nap itself, a supine posture, or the expectancy of a nap is the most important factor.
(Source: Wikipedia: Keyword: Siesta)
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Una siesta corta se toma temprano en la tarde, a menudo después de la comida del mediodía.
Ese período de sueño es una tradición común en algunos países, particularmente en aquellos donde el clima es cálido.
La siesta es históricamente común en todo el Mediterráneo y el sur de Europa.
Es el sueño diurno tradicional de España y, por influencia española, Filipinas y muchos países hispanoamericanos.
En Dalmacia (Croacia costera), la siesta tradicional de la tarde se conoce como fjaka (del italiano fiacca).
La palabra española siesta deriva originalmente de la palabra latina "hora sexta" (contando desde el amanecer, por lo tanto, "descanso del mediodía").
Los factores que explican la distribución geográfica de la siesta moderna son las altas temperaturas y la gran ingesta de alimentos en la comida del mediodía.
Combinados, estos dos factores contribuyen a la sensación de somnolencia después del almuerzo.
En muchos países que practican la siesta, el calor puede ser insoportable a primera hora de la tarde, por lo que un descanso de mediodía en casa es bienvenido.
BENEFICIOS CARDIOVASCULARES: El hábito de la siesta se ha asociado con una reducción del 37 por ciento en la mortalidad coronaria, posiblemente debido a la reducción del estrés cardiovascular mediado por el sueño diurno.
Los estudios epidemiológicos sobre las relaciones entre la salud cardiovascular y la siesta han llevado a conclusiones contradictorias, posiblemente debido al control deficiente de variables de confusión, como la actividad física.
Es posible que las personas que duermen la siesta tengan diferentes hábitos de actividad física, por ejemplo, despertarse más temprano y programar más actividad durante la mañana.
Tales diferencias en la actividad física pueden conducir a diferentes perfiles de 24 horas en la función cardiovascular.
Incluso si tales efectos de la actividad física pueden descartarse al explicar la relación entre la siesta y la salud cardiovascular, todavía no se sabe si la siesta diurna en sí misma, la postura supina o la expectativa de una siesta es el factor más importante.
(Fuente: Wikipedia: Palabra clave: Siesta)
Coming up beyond belief
On this coronary thief
More than just a white motif
More chaotic, no relief
I'll describe the way I feel
Weeping wounds that never heal
Can the savior be for real
Or are you just my seventh seal?
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever want to crash
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Now you're back with dope demand
I'm on sinking sand
Gravity
No escaping gravity
Gravity
No escaping... not for free
I fall down... hit the ground
Make a heavy sound
Every time you seem to come around
I'll describe the way I feel
You're my new Achilles heel
Can this savior be for real
Or are you just my seventh seal?
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever want to crash
No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Now you're back with dope demand
I'm on sinking sand
Gravity
No escaping gravity
Gravity
No escaping... not for free
I fall down... hit the ground
Make a heavy sound
Every time you seem to come around
No escaping gravity
A southbound freight with Canadian Pacific power rolls south under the tight confines of the BNSF (the Funnel) bridge and old Highway 95, just south (railroad west) of Athol, Idaho, on Union Pacific's Spokane Subdivision. I had never photographed this location, so I parked a ways off of the bridge and walked up to the overpass. Not knowing what lens to use, I ended bringing the whole camera bag with me. I got the freight and left to head back towards Sandpoint. When I arrived at Algoma to shoot a train coming off of the Long Bridge, I noticed something was missing from the back seat. My camera bag! I just about had a coronary when I realized I left my bag (with my 7D, 5 lenses, all of my CF and SD cards, etc.) by the side of the road in Athol in plain sight. Well, I'm not the most religious man, but I was praying non-stop on the 20-mile trip back to Athol. When I arrived, I saw the bag by the side of the road unmolested. Amen!
Pick up the Coronary Mules at our booth @ The Vault 6/30
• 6 Mule & Heart options + Tint HUD in FP
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I so nearly didn't get this! It hadn't left Clacton when I left home so it was a bit of a surprise when I arrived at University Quay, Hythe to find the train was already at Thorpe-le-Soken running 12 minutes early. The snag was it was at least a 15 minute walk to this spot and the train was due in 15 minutes! The fast walk turned into a sprint for the last 100 yards as the 37 hooted for the crossing at Wivenhoe and I was still a long way from a possible shot. Having made a supreme effort I was desperate not to miss it - hence the near coronary. The early running was actually to my advantage in the end as the already low sun at the booked time was naturally much weaker. The 317 is en route for PRM mods.
Sharoe Green Hospital opened in 1869 and was originally owned and managed by Preston Borough Council.
As the years progressed, the hospital had staff and facilities covering various specialties, including infectious diseases, mental health and maternity services. It was also a workhouse hospital until 1929.
An extension was built in 1968 and by 1973 there were new gynaecology, plastic surgery, coronary care and orthopaedics wards, a suite of operating theatres, a sterile supplies department, pharmacy, nurse training school and more staff residential accommodation.
On 1 April 1974 the ownership of the hospital was transferred from the Preston and Chorley Hospital Management Committee (which had run Sharoe Green Hospital since 1948) to the Lancashire Area Health Authority.
© 2019 Tony Worrall
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Posed street portrait taken for my 100 Strangers project in Glasgow, Scotland.
This picture is #26 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Martin is a familiar face in Glasgow and is often to be seen sitting under the archway to Royal Exchange Square with an empty cup in his hand. He is one of very few such people that I have given spare change to previously because he never asks for money, he just sits there and always politely greets me when I walk past, often asking how I am. In fact it was such an exchange of words that left me talking to him for quite some time on this occasion.
We had not long exchanged pleasantries when two police officers, on bicycle, arrived to have a cautionary word with Martin and ask him to move on his way. Whilst this exchange was under way I stood nearby and fought an internal dialogue of moral dilemma. Firstly I didn't want it to be seen that I was exploiting Martin in any way by asking for his portrait in this project because, to be honest, I had given him some loose change earlier in the day. I obviously didn't want him to feel in any way obliged to agree to the photograph on that or any other basis, however the overriding motivation I had to taking his portrait was because I really wanted to tell a small part of his story, one that moved me to tears while we were talking for quite some time. During our conversation Martin asked me what I was taking photographs of as he sees me every time that I am in the city, I explained that I was documenting the people of Glasgow and how they socially interact, mostly through candid shooting but with some portraits too and Martin exclaimed that he felt it was a very cool idea. I asked if I could include him in order to tell a small part of his story and he agreed, this meant a great deal to me because although I am including Martin in my 100 Strangers project, the reason I wanted to photograph him is to document that small part of his story.
It is clear, visually, that Martin has had a difficult life. In talking with him about my photography I explained that he wouldn't see me around for some time as I was due to have an operation on my ankle on the coming weekend. It was then that Martin grimaced and said, very quietly, that he was having an operation soon too. Martin explained that he had been to see his doctor a few weeks back with a persistent cough and a pain in his chest, after a couple of courses of antibiotics that had no effect they took an x-ray and found a shadow on his right lung. He then went for a bronchoscope with some biopsies that revealed that he had carcinoma of the lung. He told me that they felt that it had been caught early and he was soon going to have those parts of his right lung removed surgically - something that shot a look of pure morbid terror across his face.
Martin then went on to tell me that it was almost 15 years to the day that his mother had died of lung cancer and at that time, with him being the youngest of 4 children, the doctor had said that there was a high likelihood that one of her children would die of the disease too. His mother died with that worry in her mind. It was not long after his mothers death that his father, who already suffered with coronary artery disease, started smoking and drinking far more heavily than he ever had before and died of a stroke. Martin was absolutely, and deservedly, petrified of the coming surgery and that he may well die himself. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes.
After Martin had agreed to allow me to document this small part of his story I simply moved him to one side of where he normally sits in Glasgow, I wanted to keep the context of the damp grimy walls that are, for much of the time, his home in the city, within the shot. I took this on shutter speed priority at 45mm f/2.8 1/200th second with fill-in flash (via flashgun) set at -1 1/3 compensation. I played with tonality, contrast and clarity in post-processing to emphasise the character of Martin's appearance and the walls that keep him out of the wind during the day. Martin was a little uncomfortable in front of the lens so I asked him to look away for a few shots and allowed him to forget about the lens for a short time, I then asked him to look right at me and it was that instant in which I got the shot that I was aiming to achieve.
Martin is a genuinely nice young man who will most likely never get to see this photograph of him, though I shall print a copy and take it with me the next time I make it into town so that he can have a copy of it as soon as I see him. I have to thank Martin for allowing me to take this photograph but, more importantly, for telling me such painful and intimate details about his life. I spent a good 45 minutes with Martin and felt very privileged to have been confided in at such a difficult and painful time in his life. I thanked Martin and wished him all the very best that I could for his coming surgery - I told him that I felt that he would come through it fine and reassured him of the successfulness of this treatment when the cancer is caught early. I walked away with tears in my eyes and can only hope that this small portrait shot does justice to the small part of his life story that he shared with me.
Thank you Martin and my fingers are crossed for your surgery and recovery.
Sharoe Green Hospital opened in 1869 and was originally owned and managed by Preston Borough Council.
As the years progressed, the hospital had staff and facilities covering various specialties, including infectious diseases, mental health and maternity services. It was also a workhouse hospital until 1929.
An extension was built in 1968 and by 1973 there were new gynaecology, plastic surgery, coronary care and orthopaedics wards, a suite of operating theatres, a sterile supplies department, pharmacy, nurse training school and more staff residential accommodation.
On 1 April 1974 the ownership of the hospital was transferred from the Preston and Chorley Hospital Management Committee (which had run Sharoe Green Hospital since 1948) to the Lancashire Area Health Authority.
© 2019 Tony Worrall
Taken on September 1, 2018, during a 3 day photographic trip to the Prefecture of FTHIOTIDA - ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ central Greece with my wife Theresa Jane Brown.
YPATI THERMAL SPRINGS - ΙΑΜΑΤΙΚΑ ΛΟΥΤΡΑ ΥΠΑΤΗΣ.
The Thermal Spring of Ypati is located 19 km away from Lamia, in a green area of the plain of Fthiotida. The curative waters of Ypati have been gushing, most probably, since 427 B.C., after a major earthquake. Rocks can be found deep in the tank of the spring; these rocks are positioned gradually, something that shows that there was a staircase there, so that bathers could descend. The name Aphrodite is written in one of the rocks, meaning that it was devoted to the goddess of beauty. Marble plates have also been found with engraved ancient letters.
The temperature of the curative water is 32C.
Therapeutic properties: vascular disorders and syndromes, arterial hypertension, coronary artery diseases, endartiritis of the lower extremities, phlebitis, cardiac diseases, diseases of the heart valves, minor cardiac disorders, disorders of the cardiac nervous system, palpitations, arrhythmia, skin disorders, eczema, dermatitis, disorders of the peripheral nerves and muscles, paralysis, muscle atrophy, various forms of arthritism.
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(retired in 2011, born in 1946).
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The latest in a series of self-portraits that started in 2010. After my first coronary stents. So far I've recorded 9 years of aging. I guess we'll see how far I get. I try to keep them as straight forward and visually true as possible.
Broccoli seems like a great subject for a macro because the vegetable's components are so much more interesting when viewed enlarged.
Some facts about broccoli
1) The word broccoli comes from the Latin word brachium and the Italian word braccio, which means "arm".
2) Broccoli is a part of the cabbage family.
3) Eating broccoli reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and death in postmenopausal women.
4) In Treehouse of Horror XI, Homer Simpson is killed by eating broccoli.
5) A compound found in broccoli appears to have more effect than modern antibiotics against the creation of peptic ulcer causing bacteria.
6) Broccoli is a cool-weather crop and grows poorly in the summer.
7) Broccoli comes in a variety of colors, ranging from deep sage all the way to dark green and purplish-green.
8) Tom "Broccoli" Landers holds the current world record for eating 1 pound of broccoli in 92 seconds.
9) Broccoli is high in Vitamin C and also soluble fibre.
10) Humans have been growing broccoli for more than 2,000 years. It was first grown in Ancient Rome in the Italian province of Calabria, where they called it Calabrese.
11) Broccoli consumption has increased over 940 percent over the last 25 years!
12) It is a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, potassium, iron, beta carotene, and fibre.
13) Broccoli has as much calcium ounce-per-ounce as milk.
14) Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family and is closely related to cauliflower,
15) Broccoli was introduced to England around 1720 but did not become an important crop in the United States until after World War II.
16) Since then, the United States has become the world's largest producer of broccoli. The leading broccoli-producing states are California, Arizona, Texas, and Oregon. Broccoli is also grown in Italy, northern Europe, and Asia.
Technical: this is my first attempt at a macro using a reversed 28 on a 100. The lighting was from the right, at quite a severe angle, using a flash.
UPDATE 2014 - I have put together an extreme macro photography learning site to explain the techniques and equipment used for all my macro photos here in Flickr which is now ready. To point to a few of the links that people who want to learn this stuff might like to have a browse of:
Focus Stacking, Focus Stack Preparation, Shooting A Stack, Stack Processing, Stack Post Processing, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 28 mm f/4, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 35 mm f/4, Schneider Kreuznach Componon 80 mm f/4, Nikon El-Nikkor 50 mm f/2.8N, Reject Enlarger Lenses, JML Optical 21 mm f/3.5, 20 mm Microfilm f/2.8, Anybrand MP-E 65 Macro Lens, Manual, TTL, Rear Curtain Sync, Extreme Macro Backgrounds, Single Colour Background, The Gradient Background, Adjustable Flash Shoe Mounts, Extension Tubes, Eyepiece, Field Monitor, Flash Bracket, Focusing Helicoid, Holding Tools, Lens Adapters, M42 Iris, Macro Tripod, Making A Macro Beanbag.