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I recently found out that lentils are rich on iron, magnesium and potassium. My diet could use some metals, so I made a recipe for bread that may or may not help dealing with anemia. Recipe:
300g flour 12% protein
100g boiled lentils (30 minutes)
180g water from boiled lentils
5g salt (pinch from which was used in water for lentils)
12g coconut sugar (normal sugar is good too)
4g yeast
30g butter
175°C, ~20 minutes, fan on
This is my second attempt, since there were certain challenges. Lentil is weird. I have no clue how to calculate hydration after boiling, but for certain 100g becomes 240g after half an hour. 100/240=58% water. When I calculated 70% hydration in dough, it was way too dry. After adding 10% more, dough could be worked with slap & fold method while having 10% fat in it. Conclusion: my calculation of water in lentils is not precise and its ~10% less or dough was 80% hydration, but lentils made it tough. Hope this info helps in future if any of you will work with this ingredient.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
It feels especially weird posting this just 3 weeks or so after Creationist posted his badass Scorpius fig. I swear I had this guy planned before he uploaded Scorpius! Anyway, here's Deathstalker
Alias: Deathstalker
Real Name: Naqab Omdurman
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Villain
Backstory: Naqab's family was one filled with disease. He would watch as family members died off, one after the other. His parents would learn that Naqab has Fanconi Anemia pretty early on in his lifetime. They did everything they could to give him a normal life, and help find a cure. They feared he wouldn't make it to be 20 years old. That's when Genetech came knocking on their door. Naqab's parents were told of an experiment that could save Naqab's life with cross species genetics/DNA. The only thing is that Genetech hasn't done human trials of said experiment, so they aren't sure of the exact results. Naqab's parents didn't care though, as they thought only of trying to cure their son. So the procedure went through, and Naqab's DNA was mixed with a Deathstalker scorpion's. And through some miracle, it worked, and all traces of his Fanconi Anemia was gone. Excited, he and his parents hugged. What Naqab didn't realize was his newfound abilities. They started having an allergic reaction of sorts, which would later lead to their death. Confused, and frustrated, Naqab blamed himself for the deaths of his parents, and wanted to learn about his powers. He would soon learn that with a touch, one would get deathstalker venom inside them. While usually not able to kill adults, it seems as though the mixture of DNA has enhanced its power. He also had increased reflexes, agility, strength, and durability. With most if not all of his family being dead, he searched for a new place to call home. This led to him becoming an assassin for hire, as that was all he thought he was good for. Mayhem would hire him for many jobs, even going as far as to develop a suit for him, equipped with a tail, and stinger, which he could use to sting others with his venom. With this, he became Deathstalker, a deadly assassin, that can kill with one touch.
Status: Agent of Mayhem, along with Thrill Kill, and Buzzkill
We got back home from our mini vacation in Maine yesterday and after a lot of excited wiggling hineys and tons of kisses, both Darla and Pokey passed out. I think they were relieved to have us home, and could finally sleep peacefully.
May has been a rough month for my little Pokey. After years of putting off having his teeth cleaned because I was fearful of how he would tolerate anesthesia, I finally had it done on May 15th. And just as I feared, he didn’t tolerate the anesthesia well at all… he developed fluid in his lungs and had to be on antibiotic and Lasix (diuretic) for days. After 2 weeks, he’s still a bit congested. Then this past weekend, the night before we planned on leaving for Maine, Pokey developed diarrhea and wouldn’t eat. He’s had this problem before (usually caused by stress; he’s a very sensitive little guy) and it often develops into hemorrhagic gastritis with anemia and dehydration, and requires an emergency visit to the vet for IV fluids and medications. We debated about cancelling our trip, but my sister (who was going to be dog sitting anyway) insisted we go (after leaving her with tons of instructions on how to care for him). He did have some blood in his stool over the holiday, but it never developed into a full-blown emergency, thank goodness. He’s still not completely acting like himself, so we’ll be going to the vet this week.
Contributor(s): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Publication: 1987
Language(s): English
Format: Still image
Subject(s): Anemia, Sickle Cell African Americans Biomedical Research
Genre(s): Pictorial Works
Exhibition: Exhibited: "Images from the History of the Public Health Service," organized by Ronald J. Kostraba, Parklawn Conference Center, 1989.
Extent: 1 photographic print : 21 x 26 cm.
Technique: black and white
NLM Unique ID: 101447541
NLM Image ID: A018697
Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101447541
This isn't exactly the outfit I wore yesterday, but I didn't get a photo of what I did wear. This is close, though, and I mostly wanted to share a story about the nicest thing that happened.
It's a very plain ensemble, but I was only planning to go to Home Depot to get some lava rock to fill a low spot in my yard. As I have mentioned before, I have been diagnosed with serious anemia and now have a handicapped placard for my car.
I went into the store, walked a looooong way to the garden center, and loaded two bags of rocks on my cart. I was a little concerned that the drabness of my outfit wasn't femme enough, but the young lady who checked me out "ma'amed" me all the same. That was nice, but by this time I was getting pretty much at the end of my very limited energy.
When I got to my van, I opened the side door and just stared at the two heavy bags of rocks, gathering my strength to lift them in. Just then I heard a strong, young, male voice call out, "Can I put those in your car for you?" I looked up and about 30 feet away a very good-looking, very robust young man came hurrying over. He threw the bags in my car, as effortlessly as I used to be able to, and I said, "Oh, thank you so much...you're so sweet!" And he left.
In these days of casual cruelty and appalling lack of manners, his random act of kindness--one that he had to make an effort to do--meant so much to me! Not only as a validation of my new status as an older lady, but just because it happened.
Sometimes we are given an opportunity to hope that maybe the world isn't such a bad place after all.
Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at a sanatorium in Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, due to aplastic anemia brought on by exposure to radiation while carrying test tubes of radium in her pockets during research, and in the course of her service in World War I mobile X-ray units that she had set up.
Dimka was inspired by a news report where a boy suffering from anemia, who could not get medication he needs because of the war, showed an American reporter his school--which had been destroyed, reduced to complete rubble.
He was a very pleasant boy, though he became tired due to his lack of medication. Still, he was not only polite: He was brave.
How courageous children are often called upon to be...
I always think of Steve Martin’s skit on SNL performing King Tut - youtu.be/FYbavuReVF4
From the Washington Post: “The objects in the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen — or, as a new exhibition at the National Geographic Museum spells it, Tutankhamun — were meant to commemorate the Egyptian ruler’s life and guide him to the next one. Since they were first unearthed almost exactly 100 years ago, such exquisite artifacts as the golden funerary mask of Tut, as he is more commonly known today, have attracted widespread interest and admiration. But “Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience” emphasizes nonmaterial aspects of the boy king’s significance. Its centerpiece is an animation of the dead king’s journey to the afterlife, as imagined from the text known as the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
The organizers of this almost entirely virtual-reality exhibition didn’t have much choice but to take this approach, since the relics from Tut’s tomb are no longer available for display outside Egypt. The show features some impressively set-designed spaces that evoke tombs, caverns and the pharaoh’s burial chamber, complete with an oversized reproduction of his sarcophagus. The bulk of the exhibits, however, are constructed of nothing more substantial than sound and light.
“Beyond King Tut” was produced by the partnership of Paquin Entertainment Group, which devised the “Beyond Van Gogh” and “Beyond Monet” exhibitions, and Immersive Experiences, a firm whose creative producer, Mark Lach, supervised the design of “King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” an artifact show that toured between 2004 and 2012.
You’ve seen ‘Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.’ Now experience a real Van Gogh.
In the first room, we are introduced to Tut, who died at 18 or 19 years old, circa 1323 B.C., and the November 1922 discovery of his debris-buried tomb by Howard Carter, a British artist and self-taught archaeologist. After this prefatory video ends, a door automatically slides open, giving access to a chamber that evokes the exterior of Tut’s royal tomb, the only largely intact one ever found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
Carter and his financial backer, the Earl of Carnarvon, hosted the international press in 1923 but didn’t allow most of the visitors to enter the crypt. (Among those excluded was National Geographic correspondent Maynard Owen Williams.) The seemingly weathered walls in this gallery feature simulated gaps that reveal flickering video images of such Tut-related relics as a statue of Anubis, the dog-headed god of death. These glimpses evoke Carter’s first peek into the tomb.
The museum’s 3D theater holds the simulated sarcophagus and an illustrated video lecture that sweeps across three walls. One of its themes is the way animals represented many aspects of Pharaonic Egypt and its ruler. The vulture stood for Upper Egypt, for instance, and the cobra for Lower Egypt; both were included in the regalia of Tut, who presided over the united regions. Also symbolic were 12 baboons, one for each hour of the late king’s supposed transit through the netherworld.
Beyond is a gallery that recounts Tut’s life, as told by the artifacts in his burial place, such as a knife and scabbard, a ceremonial staff with a curved head, and pottery embellished with hieroglyphics. Also displayed there is a family tree, based partly on DNA research that is ongoing.
As you walk down a long corridor, you’ll pass four clusters of video screens that flash images and text, leading to a large photo cutout shaped like Tut’s funerary mask. His golden visage is bathed in light that moves continually, seeming to change its appearance.
The main event is a fanciful 20-minute video that depicts the first night of Tut’s afterlife, during which he supposedly battled a giant serpent and was judged by the gods: The requirement for a pharaoh’s eternal survival is a soul that’s lighter than a feather. The story unfolds in animated images projected on all four walls, as well as the floor, which at one point blazes with video fire beneath your feet. In this Disney-like telling, King Tut — said to be frail and sickly in real life — was heroic and noble.
No one will ever know how true that characterization is, but for a century, the wonders excavated from Tut’s tomb have sparked imaginations worldwide. “Beyond King Tut” is better informed than most treatments of the boy pharaoh’s legacy, but it doesn’t resist flourishes of fantasy.
King Tut: Minor pharaoh, major phenom
The boy king, whose life story unfolds in this virtual-reality narrative, left an outsize legacy.
King Tut, who was installed at age 8 or 9 and died a mere decade later, was a lesser pharaoh. But for the last century, he’s been one of the best known. That’s because his tomb has yielded the most artifacts of any ancient Egyptian ruler.
Tut, who left no heirs, was the last of his family to rule during Egypt’s 18th Dynasty. He was the son of Akhenaten, who converted Egypt from polytheism to the worship of one divine being: Aten, a sun god. During Tut’s rule, the traditional gods were restored, including Amun, in whose honor Tut changed the ending of his name, which may mean “living image of Amun.”
The cause of Tut’s death is unknown, but most scholars attribute it to natural causes. Medical experts have suggested the young pharaoh suffered from malaria or sickle cell anemia.
Some of the actual objects from Tut’s tomb were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art and other American museums beginning in 1961. The larger exhibition “Treasures of Tutankhamun” began its tour at the National Gallery in 1976 and traveled to six other U.S. cities. Such pieces are unlikely ever again to leave the Cairo region, where they will dwell in the Grand Egyptian Museum, set to open later this year.
Tut-mania has inspired lots of pop culture, including “The Mummy,” a movie franchise that began with the 1932 Boris Karloff vehicle, and “King Tut,” Steve Martin’s 1978 novelty hit. Both are referenced in the final room of “Beyond King Tut.”
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience
National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW.”
Italy,Appetizer, Carpaccio di Manzo & chanterelles
thinly sliced beef tenderloin with chanterelles macédoine & sautéed chanterelles, lime-honey dressing & scattered with frisé, shizo cress.
The Carpaccio is based on a Piedmont specialty "Carne cruda all'Albese", raw meat Alba style.
Harry's Bar, founded in Venice 1931 by Chef Giuseppe Cipriani & creator of the cocktail "Bellini".
In 1950 he invented the beef carpaccio in the restaurant-bar, Harry's Bar, for the countess Amalia Nani Mocenigo of the Venetian aristocracy, when he learned that the doctors had recommended her that she eats raw meat to therapy her anemia.
Originally the meat was sliced thinly & pounded, drizzled with a kind of mayonnaise, garnished with Parmigiano Reggiano or Pecorino.
The red-yellow contrast of his recipe reminded Cipriani of the paintings of a sixteenth century Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio, at the same time of the recipe creation there was an exhibition of his Carpaccio's paintings in Venice.
Conferring to Ciprianis original recipe for "Preparing first well-chilled, but not frozen beef loin raw with a very sharp knife in very thin slices, salted, peppered & placed on a pre-chilled plate. The meat sprinkled with a kind like mayonnaise sauce of mild extra virgin olive oil, egg yolk, white balsamic vinegar, Mustard powder, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, salt, pepper & so much milk that the sauce is still thick enough to stick to a spoon spine".
This sauce was already previously used as a "universal sauce" in Harry's Bar & not invented for the Carpaccio.
Today Carpaccio is often no longer served with Ciprianis sauce, but similar to a "Carne cruda all 'Albese" for example, with olive oil & lemon or a vinaigrette & sprinkled with Parmesan shavings & moderately thinly sliced truffle.
Today there are a thousand & one ways / recipes to prepare & serve carpaccio, from meat, seafood, poultry to veggie, from good, better ones, mouth-watering, surprising, tasty to poor quality or worse.
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"Legend has it that the “Banker” horses of Ocracoke were left here by shipwrecked explorers in the 16th or 17th century. European ships commonly carried livestock to the New World, and if a ship ran aground near the coast, animals were thrown overboard to lighten the load, so the ship could be re-floated. The livestock were often left behind when the ship again set sail.
Horses, often referred to as Ocracoke ponies, have been documented on Ocracoke Island since the first European settlers came to stay in the 1730s. They've played a major role in the island’s history, serving residents as beasts of burden at work and play, in beach rides and races.
In the late 1950s, Ocracoke Boy Scouts cared for the horses and had the only mounted troop in the nation. By law, the free-roaming animals were penned in 1959 to prevent over-grazing and to safeguard them from traffic after the highway was built in 1957. The remaining herd has been cared for by the National Park Service since the early 1960s." (nps.gov)
"The Banker horse is a breed of semi-feral or feral horse (Equus ferus caballus) living on barrier islands in North Carolina's Outer Banks. It is small, hardy, and has a docile temperament, and is genetically related to the Carolina Marsh Tacky of South Carolina and Florida Cracker Horse breeds through their shared Colonial Spanish horse and Iberian horse descent. The current population of wild Banker horses is estimated to be about 400.
Bankers are allowed to remain on the islands due to their historical significance even though they can trample plants and ground-nesting animals and are not considered to be indigenous. They survive by grazing on marsh grasses, which supply them with water as well as food, supplemented by temporary freshwater pools.
To prevent overpopulation and inbreeding, and to protect their habitat from being overgrazed, the horses are managed by the National Park Service, the state of North Carolina, and several private organizations. The horses are monitored for diseases, such as equine infectious anemia, an outbreak of which was discovered and subsequently eliminated on Shackleford in 1996. They are safeguarded from traffic on North Carolina Highway 12. Island populations are limited by adoptions and by birth control. Bankers taken from the wild and trained have been used for trail riding, driving, and occasionally for mounted patrols.
In June 2010, the Banker horse ("Colonial Spanish Mustang") was made the official state horse of North Carolina." (Wikipedia)
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Bloodletting was sadly practiced throughout millennia for almost all diseases (including pneumonia, tuberculosis, fever etc), even in the presence of severe anemia. The amount of blood removed varied between ½ - 2 lt; bloodletting was harmful to the vast majority of patients and, in some cases, fatal or strongly contributing to death. Science shamefully lacked the honesty to publicly state it simply didn’t know how to cure some diseases; instead, Science carried on with …”unintentionally” causing patients serious harm for many centuries: As late as in the 1940s medical textbooks considered bloodletting appropriate for pneumonia, tuberculosis and pulmonary plague!
The scientific establishment was notoriously involved in more grave Fiascos, too, such as the fabrication of the non-existent “Luminiferous Æther.” Is Science to be currently trusted…?!
A minimalistic and rather abstract representation of the concept of Quiringh van Brekelenkam’s famous masterpiece “The BLOODLETTING” (De kopster), painted c.1669, out of Respect for the Original artwork: The real painting’s aesthetics and pictorial value is unsurpassed and can’t be copied; one can only admire the original exhibited in The Hague, the Netherlands, at Mauritshuis museum (built in 1640).
ENGLISH:
Casper is back home now and doing better! He's still in anemia but recovering slowly.
DEUTSCH:
Casper ist wieder zu Hause und ihm geht es etwas besser. Er hat immer noch eine Anämie regeneriert aber langsam.
Custard apples contain anti-oxidants like Vitamin C, which helps to fight free radicals in our body. It is also high in potassium and magnesium that protects our heart from cardiac disease.
Not only that, it also controls our blood pressure. Custard apples contain Vitamin A, which keeps your skin and hair healthy. This fruit is also known to be great for eyes, and cures indigestion problems. It's important to include this fruit in your diet, as the copper content helps to cure constipation, and helps to treat diarrhoea and dysentery.
As they are high in magnesium, they equalise the water balance in our body, which helps in removing acids from the joints and reduces the symptoms of rheumatism and arthritis. If you feel tired and weak more often than usual, then have this fruit in your daily diet, as the potassium present in it will help to fight muscle weakness.
It is also good for people suffering from anemia, as it this fruit is high in calorie. And if you want to put on some weight, include this in your daily diet chart. Custard apple contains natural sugar, and hence make great nutritious snacks and even desserts.
Source~ The Times of India.
Today Weesters/Niobe was diagnosed with feline hiv, leukemia, anemia, low body temperature, infected sores, dehydration, kidney failure.... no possibility of survival. He had been hiding outside for 3 days with apparently no food or water and wouldn't come when called - which wasn't abnormal for him. He was only 2 1/2 years old )c':
Horsefly Facts
The horsefly gets its name after the females of the species, as the females feed on the blood of large animals like horses. This article provides more facts about this fly.
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Horseflies belong to the tabanidae family. The other names by which they are known include breeze fly, forest fly, ear fly, or deer fly. They are considered as pests because of the bite that they inflict. Therefore, they belong to the world's largest true fly category. One interesting fact for kids is that the males of the species feed on pollen and nectar while the females suck blood of animals and in some cases, also humans. The males are therefore said to be important pollinators of flowers, primarily in the African continent, South Africa to be precise.
Other Interesting Facts
Horseflies are large and hairy. They are about 30 to 60 mm in length. Flies of this type can sometimes be known as gadflies, zimbs, or clegs. In Australia, they are called 'March flies', while in Canada, they are referred to as Bull Dog flies. There are approximately 3000 species of horseflies around the world, of which about 350 are found in North America alone. Large species like the mourning horsefly, black horsefly, etc. belong to the genus Tabanus, while the smaller and more common banded ones with either black, brown, or yellow bodies, dark markings on the wings, and brilliantly-colored eyes belong to the genus Chrysops. The deerflies, who are notorious for carrying diseases like anthrax and tularemia as well as the filaria worm infestation, also belong to this family. Horseflies are more often found in hot weather.
Life Cycle
Like all other files, this species also goes through a complete metamorphosis from the egg stage to the larval, pupal, and finally adult stage. The larvae are legless and are similar to maggots. They spend most of their time in water or in moist soil. They are known to spend their winters as larvae, after which they pupate in spring, and emerge as winged adults in early summer. The adults do not live longer than a few days.
Reproduction
Mating takes place in swarms, with many flies present at one location at the same time. Locations such as hilltops are chosen for it. The location chosen, the season, the time of day during which it takes place, all these details are said to be specific to particular species. The female lays black-colored, longish, and flat eggs, either on plants or on stones closer to a water body. On hatching, the larvae drop into the water or damp earth. This is where they live. They feed on snails or larvae of other insects. The larvae are somewhat flattened and have fleshy protuberances on each body segment which aid in locomotion.
Diet
As the males of the species feed on nectar and pollen, they are called the pollinators. The females suck blood. This difference is due to the fact that the males do not have the mouth parts required for blood feeding. The females more commonly feed on mammals, but in some cases can also be found feeding on birds, reptiles, as well as amphibians. The female lands on its prey silently and delivers a painful bite with its knife-like mouth parts. If the mouth parts are seen under a microscope, they look like jagged saw blades. The bite is painful because they actually cut a hole in the skin and soak up the blood which comes out. If they are plenty in number, they are known to suck as much as three ounces of blood a day from the host.
Behavior
These flies are very noisy when in flight. Their bite is very painful. They have tiny serrated mandibles with which they rip and/or slice flesh apart. Their bite becomes itchy, and may cause swelling if it is not treated immediately. Therefore, knowing about the treatment is necessary. It is very difficult to get a hold of these flies as they are agile and escape before the victim becomes aware of the pain signals.
Diseases
Apart from causing diseases such as anthrax and tularemia, these flies are also known to cause excessive blood loss in animals. There have been reports of animals losing as high as 300 milliliters of blood a day where these flies are present in large numbers. This can lead to weakness and even death. Apart from this, they can also cause anemia in animals and humans. In very rare cases, they have been known to cause anaphylaxis in humans which has turned out to be fatal.
Now that you are aware of these flies, you have to be careful if you stay close to swamps, marshes, ponds, and farms. Keep a look out for large, hairy flies with wings, bulging eyes, and reddish antennae.
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Marie Skłodowska Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/; French: [kyʁi]; Polish: [kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.
She was born in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. She studied at Warsaw's clandestine Flying University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw. In 1891, aged 24, she followed her older sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with physicist Henri Becquerel. She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Her achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity (a term that she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies into the treatment of neoplasms were conducted using radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals.
While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames, never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element that she discovered—polonium, which she isolated in 1898—after her native country.
Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at a sanatorium in Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. (Wikipedia)
Entry for Fallen God & Goddess 2014
Skin - Fallen Gods Inc - Anemia
Eyes - Solarium - Deadly Sins
Gown - Evie's Closet - Kie
Jewellery - Illusions - Curiata
Hair - Lelutka - Francine
EyeShadow - Cain - Pride
Magic Effect - Created inworld my me
Happy Easter too all who celebrate and Good Pesach. For those following Lisette's saga: 14.5 yrs. old. Survived Jan. bloat episode. Keeps losing weight. Burst cyst on her rump in Dec. left a gaping one inch + wide open wound that will not heal. Stitched up again 2+ wks. ago- still not healing. But she's happy to be with us. In some ways stronger each day. Posed for me today :)) Feeding her chopped chicken liver for anemia and lost wt. I love my girl, and she's still here. Taken and uploaded 4/19/14, 2014 04 19 ar72 CETC SF Lisette Flowers-2463-Edit.tif-
Study becomes easy when you want to learn. When you are searching for solutions. Some people know me as a photographer, but I am also a nurse. As a nurse I am a detective. A health detective, able to see a reason for two seemingly diverse indicators such as trouble concentrating and consuming large quantities of ice. The foundation of arriving at solutions in healthcare lies in the study of pathophysiology. I enjoy my role in healthcare. I like finding root causes, solutions and bringing about improvements in people's lives.
So, if you hate studying, then change your way of thinking about it. Find a way to benefit yourself or others through your increasing knowledge. You won't be worth a damn at what you want to do if you don't understand what you're doing. Those indicators? Iron deficiency anemia. Quick and easy solution? Get rid of the copper and aluminum cookware and replace it with cast iron. If that isn't possible, increase the intake of beef, turkey and beans.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
is the miracle fruit...!
professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking.. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal..
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels.. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack..
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'
The literary theoretician Edward W. Said once wrote
"You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once - there has to be a limit."
This is probably the sentiment which captivates the hearts of these Orthodox Jews campaigning here AGAINST the Israeli government.
[ Just in case anyone is interested I have attached a link to my research on British crimes against both Arabs and Jews in Palestine during the mandate period - 1919-1948. Use the following url and scroll down the list of countries alphabetically for Palestine - roguenation.org/choose-by-country/ ]
On Friday 8 July the Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a rally outside Downing Street to protest the ongoing Israeli and Egyptian blockade of Gaza and demanding an end to direct British military and tacit diplomatic support for Israel's continued oppression of the Palestinian population including in particular the siege of Gaza.
Friday was the second anniversary of the 2014 Israeli assault on Gaza using U.S. and British weaponry in which 2100 civilians, including 500 children, lost their lives yet the U.K. continues to allow arms exports to Israel.
Meanwhile Gaza's population suffers from a blockade which was initiated in 2007, soon after Hamas won the legislative elections in the Gaza section of Palestine in 2006.
It is not just the importation of strategic materials which have a potential military use, such as diesel fuel, gasoline and cement, which have been restricted but also all manner of consumer goods including sugar, fish, dairy products, clothing, footwear, meat, chicken, books, cleaning products and even stationery.
Since the military coup in Egypt in 2013 the blockade has been tightened further as Cairo has come to show an even greater enthusiasm in cooperating with Israel's blockade and in recent months the Egyptian army has flattened a near kilometre wide stretch of the city of Rafah, including hundreds of houses, in order to prevent any opportunity of small smuggling tunnels being dug under the border.
The effects of the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza's civilian population have been devastating. A WHO report in 2009 estimated that nearly two thirds of infants ( below 12 months ) were suffering from anemia and a UN Development Report the following year reported that most of Gaza's factories had been forced to close by the blockade leading to an unemployment level of forty percent and as a partial consequence an estimated 60 per cent of Gazan's are now dependent on humanitarian aid.
Activists state that 20 per cent of children suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and 10 per cent from stunted growth caused by poverty and malbutrition and besides the humanitarian hardships the entire population suffers from the psychological oppression of not being able to leave the city due to the blockade. They effectively live in the world's largest open air prison.
Guemes Channel. Curtis Wharf.
Built in 2017 by Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana, for Harley Marine Services.
She's on a high dose of Prednisone now. This has reduced her anemia and given her more energy. It's not a cure but it's nice to see her feeling well enough to play a bit again.
June 27 update: She's still very small but her weight seems to have stabilized and she's much more active. I hope she stays well for a long time to come.
பெருங்களா
Botanical name- Carissa carandas
Tamil name – PERUNGKALA
Common name - KARANDA
Importance - Highly effective on Anemia !
Author – Dr.S.Soundarapandian
ssoundarapandian.blogspot.in
Place of plant - Nanmangalam ,Chennai-117 ( Tamilnadu , India)
Date : 11 - December – 2016
Marie Skłodowska Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/; French: [kyʁi]; Polish: [kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.
She was born in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. She studied at Warsaw's clandestine Flying University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw. In 1891, aged 24, she followed her older sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with physicist Henri Becquerel. She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Her achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity (a term that she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies into the treatment of neoplasms were conducted using radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals.
While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames, never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element that she discovered—polonium, which she isolated in 1898—after her native country.
Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at a sanatorium in Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. (Wikipedia)
Dear animal friends. We have two cats. Casper and Twinkie. You might have seen them before, they have been my main "animal models" for the times when I'm feeling like picking up the camera at home.
Two months ago, our Twinkie recovered from severe anemia and with a little difficulty was able to be fed up healthy again. She is doing well now. But it seems like Casper caught the same illness now and is now with the vet till saturday undergoing intensive treatment. He is also suffering from severe anemia. The vets however can't give the exact diagnosis or cause. They said it is possible that he has to be "euthanized". That would be a tragedy for our family and we hope it will not come that far. We will do everything we can to get him healthy again. Please keep your fingers crossed that Casper manages to come back healthy just like Twinkie did!
GERMAN:
Liebe Tierfreunde. Wir haben zwei Katzen. Der Casper und die Twinkie. Ihr kennt sie bestimmt schon. Sie sind meine Lieblingstiermodels wenn ich Lust habe zu Hause die Kamera in die Hand zu nehmen.
Vor zwei Monaten erholte sich unsere Twinkie von einer schweren Anämie und konnte nur mit Mühe wieder aufgepeppelt werden. Mittlerweile geht es ihr gut. Jetzt hat es aber Casper erwischt und muss nun stationär bis Samstag behandelt werden. Auch er leidet unter einer schweren Anämie. Die Tierärzte können jedoch keine genaue Diagnose oder Ursache nennen. Das Wort "einschläfern" ist sogar gefallen Wir hoffen, dass es nicht soweit kommt und scheuen weder Kosten noch Mühe! Drückt uns bitte die Daumen, dass Casper es genauso schafft wie unsere Twinkie.
This is a lino block print of Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) shows the famous Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist at work in her lab. The contents of her lab glassware appropriately glow-in-the-dark!
Marie Curie was the first woman to wind a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win TWO Nobel prizes, and the only person ever to win in two different science: physics and chemistry! She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris. Born Maria Salomea Skłodowska in Warsaw, she studied secretly at the Floating University there before moving to Paris where she earned higher scientific degrees, met her PhD supervisor and future husband Pierre.
She was one of the pioneers who helped explain radioactivity, a term she coined. She was the one who first developped a means of isolating radioacitve isotopes and discovered not one, but two new elements: polonium (named for her native country) and radium. She also pioneered radioactive medicine, proposing the treatment of tumors with radioactivity. She founded medical research centres, the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw which are still active today. She created the first field radiology centres during World War I. She died in 1934 from aplastic anemia brought on by exposure to radiation, including arrying test tubes of radium in her pockets during research and her World War I service in her mobile X-ray units.
Her pioneering work explaining radioactivity earned her the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with physicist Henri Becquerel. At first, the Committee intended to honour only Pierre and Becquerel, but Swedish mathematician Magnus Goesta Mittag-Leffler, an advocate of women in science alerted Pierre to the situation. After Pierre's complaint, Marie's name was added to the nomination. The 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to her "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element."
Her life and legacy are truly extraordinary!
Both of the elements she discovered are radioactive, meaning that they spontaneously give off radiation. All of the isotopes of polonium emit alpha particles, but Polonium-210 will emit a blue glow which is caused by excitation of surrounding air. Radium emits alpha, beta and gamma particles - that is 2 protons and 2 neutrons, electrons as well as x-rays. Thus, I've shown her sample surrounded by the symbols of these particles: the straight and wiggly lined arrows, and made the sample with glow-in-the-dark ink. While the materials she discovered and worked with would have glowed due to radioactivity, never fear... these prints glow due to phosphorescence - a different process which is not dangerous. The ink will absorb UV light (for instance, from sunlight) and re-emit it in the dark.
The linocut is printed on Japanese kozo paper 9.25" by 12.5" (23.5 cm by 32 cm) in an edition of eight.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Beyond Sleep: Overlooked Causes of Fatigue in Older Adults.
Constantly feeling tired and low on energy can create harmful side effects for your aging loved one: as a result of dealing with ongoing fatigue, many older adults experience depression, mood swings, and anger. Fatigue in older adults can be inherently tricky to understand—some people assume fatigue is just a natural part of growing old, but many times there is a specific cause that is being overlooked. Exploring what might be behind your loved one’s fatigue is essential to help them feel better. Signs of fatigue can include:
Complaints of tiredness
Sleeping too many hours overnight:
Napping throughout the day
Mood swings
Angry outbursts
Depression
A lack of motivation
Lesser-Known Causes of Fatigue
At the same time, there are many overlooked and lesser-known causes of fatigue in older adults. Physical health issues like anemia, dehydration, hypercalcemia, thyroid, as well as mental and emotional stresses, might be playing a role in your loved one’s fatigue. Exploring these lesser-known causes might bring you closer to finding a solution.
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This little girl in a pensive mood is waiting for another blood transfusion. She knows that she is 'different' from others and keeping herself isolated from her friends who are playing together
In India, around 3.4% of the people are carrier of the thalassemia and around 7000 to 10,000 children are born with thalassemia per year. Since, it is an inheritable disease so cannot be prevented completely, however, it can be lessen through the prenatal tests which helps in the early detection and cure before the child birth.
Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive blood disorders which gets inherited from parents to the children through genes. It is a blood disorder causes weakening and destruction of the red blood cells, affects the formation of hemoglobin in the body and causes mild or severe anemia.
World Thalassemia Day 2016
Sunday, May 8
World Thalassemia Day is celebrated all across the world to help people suffering from the thalassemia and its complications in their daily life. The theme of 2016 is ‘Access to Safe and Effective Drugs in Thalassaemia’ which highlights the need to support policy decisions that safeguard health and reduce inequalities in the health field.
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On Tuesday a friend posted sunny photos from the beach and I felt inspired to head down to watch the sunset. Although it was a bit cloudy, I held out hope that the sun would eventually break through. When it did, I took off my shoes and socks and let the sand run through my toes as I walked along the beach. It felt good and brought back memories of summer.
Counting down to summertime.
To recap: I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Sunday, February 14th I completed Cycle 14 Week 1 of my four week treatment cycle. I have 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill) and then 7 days off. In addition, I take dexamethasone, an oral steroid, every Monday.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
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Week 31 chemo complete: Cancer levels dropped again
I had my monthly big blood test about a week and a half ago, and I’m pleased to report that my cancer levels (igG) are lower again.
My Cancer levels (normal range is 6.7 - 15.2 igG).
Sept 12.9
Aug 14.8
July 15.7
My Beta 2 Globulin (protein where my cancer resides) also dropped. Normal range is 1.8 - 4.8 g/L.
Sept 9.2
Aug 10.7
July 11.4
This photo taken at Wreck Beach represents my attitude right now. Although there was a steady rain falling, it didn’t matter. I’m in a happy mood, enjoying life, and focused on positivity each day.
To recap: On Sunday September 14th, I completed Cycle 8 Week 3. I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Sept 21th I begin my ninth 28 day treatment cycle, 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill), then 7 days off. I take dexamethasone, an oral steroid, every Monday.
I’m feeling great and my chemo treatment will continue indefinitely as long as my cancer levels remain low and stable. Thank you for your continual encouragement.
பெருங்களா
Botanical name- Carissa carandas
Tamil name – PERUNGKALA
Common name - KARANDA
Importance - Highly effective on Anemia !
Author – Dr.S.Soundarapandian
ssoundarapandian.blogspot.in
Place of plant - Nanmangalam ,Chennai-117 ( Tamilnadu , India)
Date : 11 - December – 2016
I recently found out that lentils are rich on iron, magnesium and potassium. My diet could use some metals, so I made a recipe for bread that may or may not help dealing with anemia. Recipe:
300g flour 12% protein
100g boiled lentils (30 minutes)
180g water from boiled lentils
5g salt (pinch from which was used in water for lentils)
12g coconut sugar (normal sugar is good too)
4g yeast
30g butter
175°C, ~20 minutes, fan on
This is my second attempt, since there were certain challenges. Lentil is weird. I have no clue how to calculate hydration after boiling, but for certain 100g becomes 240g after half an hour. 100/240=58% water. When I calculated 70% hydration in dough, it was way too dry. After adding 10% more, dough could be worked with slap & fold method while having 10% fat in it. Conclusion: my calculation of water in lentils is not precise and its ~10% less or dough was 80% hydration, but lentils made it tough. Hope this info helps in future if any of you will work with this ingredient.
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At the end of January I had my monthly blood test and I’m pleased to report that the results look good. My general cancer marker (igG) decreased and my specific cancer marker (Beta 2 Globulin) remains stable. Overall my cancer levels remain low.
Beta 2 Globulin (specific protein marker for my particular multiple myeloma) remains stable. Normal range is 1.8 - 4.8 g/L.
Jan 6.5
Dec 6.4
Nov 30th 7.4
Nov 2nd 7.7
Jan 2015 30.6 (pre-chemo)
My igG (general multiple myeloma protein marker) dropped. Normal range is 6.7 - 15.2 igG.
Jan 10.1
Dec 11.6
Nov 30th 11.2
Nov 2nd 12.5
Jan 2015 33.4 (pre-chemo)
My hematology profile (how my body is responding overall to being on chemo) is also great.
Hematology Profile
WBC 8.3 (normal 4 - 11)
Hemoglobin 129 (135-170)
Blood Platelets 335 (150-400)
Neutrophils 5.7 (2.0 - 8.0)
This self-portrait was taken at Pacific Spirit Park, a tranquil place to walk, jog, or relax. Feeling happy!
To recap: I have multiple myeloma and anemia, a rare cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable. On Sunday, January 31st I completed Cycle 13 Week 3 of my four week treatment cycle. I have 21 days on (Pomalyst chemo pill) and then 7 days off. In addition, I take dexamethasone, an oral steroid, every Monday.
Diego had a blood draw today. They put the needle in and she said, "owie." Her big sister, however, cried like she was dying. "Why are you collecting her blood?! WHY?!? AHHH NOT MY SISTER WHAAAA!" For a minute she looked like the most caring big sister...until I told her that the test might tell us why she's had such bad stomach pains and anemia - that she might have Celiac Disease like her big sister, and she pumps her fist and says "YES!!! So she can't have cake either!... er, I mean awww poor Diego."