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by Cort Johnson | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy, Homepage | 24 comments
The news of Dr. Montoya's termination from his Stanford medical practice and center hit the ME/CFS community hard. The possible loss of even one practice is alarming, even to people who would never have the opportunity to visit that practice.
Maybe now is a good time to focus on a courageous and audacious effort to improve the care of ME/CFS patients in a country whose medical system is so steeped in ignorance that it provides virtually no help for ME/CFS.
An impossible task? This group says, "No!"
They are, in fact, committed to creating something that's never, to my knowledge, been done before. They're breaking the mold.
The continent is Africa, the country is South Africa and the organization is ME/CFS Foundation SA. ME/CFS Foundation SA is, of course, battling the same spectre of ignorance, stigma and neglect that affects us all – but magnified. They are the only ME/CFS organization they know of in the entire continent of Africa.
Countries in Africa have battled prejudice and the ghosts of colonialism for years. South Africa, of course, carries its own unique burdens. Years of apartheid resulted in South Africa having one of the highest rates of income inequality in the world. (In fact, in 2018 the World Bank rated South Africa as having the highest rate. The top five countries were all in Africa.)
One of only four countries in Africa considered to have an "upper-middle-income" economy by the World Bank, S. Africa boasts the most industrialized and diversified economy in Africa.
All is not well, though. Approximately 35% of the population is out of work, and the public health system, which is chronically underfunded and understaffed, serves the vast majority of the population. Only the wealthiest 20% of the population can afford to use the better private health system.
Retha's Story
Retha was a business strategist before she became ill with ME/CFS.
I asked Retha, the co-founder of ME/CFS Foundation SA, about her story. A professional with honors degrees in academia, she worked in business analysis and strategic planning in the petroleum, cement and construction industries before becoming ill.
With her husband, an engineer, out of work, she was the main breadwinner in the family. When her illness forced her to stop working, her family was ruined financially.
Like so many others, she calls ME/CFS a "jail sentence". Instead of a cell with bars, she's locked in her bed, her room, and her house by her illness. She considers herself 50-60% disabled.
She's not completely in a jail cell, though – not at all. Instead, she's reaching out – from her home – across the country and making a difference.
After starting a Facebook support group in 2012, she understood how dire the needs were in her new community – the South African ME/CFS community – for companionship, finances, medical help, and basic living needs. With an ignorant medical system making their lives all the harder, Retha was nevertheless struck by the resilience and toughness she's encountered, the kindness that prevails, and the hope that endures.
I asked Retha why, with her poor health and limited financial resources, she co-founded the ME/CFS Foundation of South Africa in 2015? Surely it would have been easier not to.
It turned out she did that for the same reason Erica Verrillo started AMMES, that Jen Brea started MEAction, that Linda Tannenbaum started the Open Medicine Foundation, and Marc Iverson created the CFIDS Association of America (now Solve ME/CFS Initiative) way back in 1987. She felt that, "something had to be done".
Taking action did unleash something in her. She found a new purpose in life – she would dedicate herself to helping others with this disease. Life got harder and easier at the same time. She's got a big task ahead of her, but it's an inspiring task. Life, even when ill, can be worth something.
Having ME anywhere is hard, but there are probably few places more challenging to have it than in Africa. You'd probably have to multiply the ignorance, stigma, lack of understanding and lack of opportunity present in the U.S. many times to get a sense of what it's like to have this disease in South Africa. Even in the early 1980's when I came down with ME/CFS in the U.S., the medical profession, at least in my experience, was probably more accepting.
When I asked Retha how many doctors in South Africa really knew anything about ME/CFS, the answer was very, very few. The vast majority of doctors, she said, either dismiss the illness entirely or believe it's a psychiatric illness. Their prescription, if there is one, consists of telling the patient to exercise and talk with a psychiatrist or psychologist.
Most doctors in SA are clueless about ME/CFS; ME/CFS Foundation SA is committed to educating them.
With the public health sector in bad shape, getting satisfactory treatment for ME requires seeing one of the few private practice doctors who know something about the disease, but the majority of ME/CFS patients can't afford private health care. (After she became ill, Retha fell into this category.)
The most the public health system might be able to provide is prescription drugs for pain, sleep and depression.
Retha's case is enlightening. Her financial situation makes it impossible to see a private doctor, but because her former private doctor described her chronic pain, sleep and depression as "illnesses", she was referred by the state to the mental ward. There she sees a doctor, in this case a psychiatrist, every 6 months and gets the drugs he prescribes.
The four doctors she's seen over the past two years, all psychiatrists, believe ME/CFS is a psychiatric illness. Every patient she knows who has stated they have ME/CFS was immediately referred to a psychiatrist and told they have a mental illness.
While it may not be easy for people with ME/CFS to get disability in the U.S. and other countries, at least it's possible. Getting disability in South Africa is a near impossibility, and if it does by some miracle occur, provides peanuts. Retha reported:
There are also NO disability benefits from the government for ME/CFS. I know of only one woman who was successful – she is severely ill. It took her months to get the benefit – $121 per month or 95 UK sterling. It is absolutely nothing.
The ME/CFS Foundation of South Africa
The ME/CFS Foundation of South Africa has big tasks in front of it! It may be halfway around the world, but its objectives are very familiar.
Our vision is to transform the lives of all ME/CFS patients in South Africa (& the rest of Africa) by receiving appropriate health care and being treated with dignity.
Our mission – The ME/CFS Foundation South Africa is committed to improving the quality of life of all people affected by ME/CFS in South Africa and the rest of the continent by addressing the needs of sufferers, educating the public, medical students, health care practitioners, governments and advocating for their rights.
The ugly themes of Apartheid have no place in this organization: just the opposite. The organization states it's committed to serve the "poor and needy persons with ME/CFS across all races, sexes and socio economic classes".
Like AMMES in the U.S., it provides direct financial assistance – helping patients to see a knowledgeable doctor, helping them with travel, paying for the physician visit and then helping to pay for supplements and food – to people in need.
ME/CFS Foundation SA also provides counselling, raises awareness, educates the public and health care practitioners, advocates for ME/CFS patients' rights, has a support line on Messenger and maintains a support group on Facebook. Reaching outside of South Africa, they sponsored Ghana so it could participate in #MillionsMissing 2018.
A Mother and Daughter from South Africa with ME/CFS
The needs in South Africa, Retha said, are enormous: so enormous that the ME/CFS Foundation SA has no other option than to grow.
Grow it intends to do, indeed. It's taking on a task that no other organization I'm aware of has dared to try. ME/CFS Foundation SA has begun a drive to establish the first series of ME/CFS communal living/care facilities that I know of.
Their goal is to first rent (and later buy) a residential property where a few ME/CFS patients can live. Once they've been able to do that, they hope to roll the communal care/living concept out to other cities and provinces and grow them into ME/CFS care facilities, where trained health care providers can provide services to residents and outpatients.
They could use your support. (Depending on where you're from, your dollar or pound or other form of currency could go quite a ways.) Support the ME/CFS Foundation SA here.
A Takeaway
What I took away from Retha's story is that we're all fighting the same worldwide battle. Whether we're in the U.S., the U.K., Lithuania, South Africa or Japan, we are all engaged in a worldwide effort to provide people with ME/CFS the dignity, respect, services, and ultimately the health they deserve.
Retha's story made me get, for the first time, how important the work being done in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, etc. is. The South African doctors determined to diagnose Retha with a psychiatric illness didn't get their ideas from a vacuum. They got them from the British-type medical system they were undoubtedly trained in and get their cues from. They got them from researchers and doctors who pushed the idea that ME/CFS is a behavioral disorder you can exercise your way out of.
What was done, though, can be undone. There's no mystery to doing that at all. When we get at the cause of ME/CFS, when good treatments are found, when the word gets out that ME/CFS is a real physiological disorder – and it is getting out more and more – and when we rewrite the medical books, then doctors everywhere – not just in North America, the U.K. and Australia – but in Africa, South America, the Middle East and Asia will get the picture.
What we do makes a difference.
Retha's story made me realize that every time we support an organization like the Open Medicine Foundation, Solve ME/CFS Initiative, MEAction, The Institute for Neuroimmune Studies, MERUK, etc. we're potentially impacting not just people in North America, Europe and Australia but millions and millions of other people around the world.
The advances made in the laboratories of Stanford, Nova Southeastern University, the Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Uppsala University, or wherever will impact millions of people around the world. For me, living in the U.S., that fact brings a frisson of excitement. What you and I do in the U.S. and elsewhere, the actions we take, have the potential to make a difference for a lot of people. That's exciting and empowering.
While no one would chose to have this disease, it's clear to me that one of the few gifts this disease can bring is the ability to make a difference. Retha was undoubtedly totally engaged in doing strategic work for the construction and cement industry in S. Africa, and by enhancing the work of her company and its workers, was making a difference there.
I believe she's doing potentially more impactful work now, though, and my guess is that, in some way her life, while more difficult, is actually fuller. The same is probably true for Michael J. Fox. With all his health issues, my guess is that Michael Fox is more inspired now and is making more of a difference than when he was an actor.
We should never discount our ability to make a difference. The difference the ME/CFS Foundation makes is not necessarily restricted to South Africa. If ME/CFS Foundation SA can create communal living/care facilities for people with ME/CFS – and show others how they did that – they could make a difference across the world.
You don't need to start an organization to make a difference. Telling your story makes a difference. Contributing however you can makes a difference. You never know who you will touch. A woman who decided to visit a bureaucrat's office one day started off a chain of events which resulted in a nationwide opportunity for doctors to learn about ME/CFS. (Story coming up.)
Simply keeping your head above water, handling this disease with dignity, and refusing to give in to despair is itself inspiring and, I say, builds a mighty muscle, which when treatments come, and you're able to get out of bed, will prove all the more powerful.
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Aidan on June 19, 2019 at 12:34 pm
Is she Negative or Positive to the East African Sleeping Sickness? Would be easy for her to get tested there they do the test in front of the patient with a drop of blood
Nokwethu on June 19, 2019 at 12:56 pm
Luckily South Africa does not have East African Sleeping Sickness.
And although knowledge of and treatment options for ME/CFS are dire – the health system is pretty strong in dealing with other well understood diseases.
Retha on June 19, 2019 at 11:38 pm
The private health care system is great, but the public health care system is in bad shape.
Unfortunately the vast majority of our country ( including ME/CFS) has to make use of the public health care system, myself included.
Warmest regards Retha
Rivka on June 20, 2019 at 5:23 am
Amazing strength and determination. Thank you, to Retha and her team.
Lora on June 19, 2019 at 12:41 pm
Thanks Cort for keeping us in the loop 😀👍as always and I love the term/title.."Breaking the Mold,"!😀💪👍
Ann McDonald on June 19, 2019 at 1:28 pm
Kudos to Retha Viviers—one more hero of ME/CFS! I am going to send her organization a donation. How powerful will it be for donations to come in to them from around the globe? for her to be able to show the powers-that-be that she has support from the US, the UK, Australia and beyond? I hope everyone will send just a small donation. I think that together we can send a big message.
Retha on June 19, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Thank you dear Ann. Warm regards. Retha Viviers
Retha on June 20, 2019 at 4:43 am
Herewith our reply on someone's comment on Facebook..
Hi John. Our uniqueness is that the scope is completely different and wider. I knew Arlene Vermaak and when she sadly passed away their Association wasn't able to continue. That is why we say we are the first and only as the objectives, goals, scope etc are completely different. There are articles where we've paid respect to her/their work, unfortunately it isn't in every one. Warm regards Retha Viviers
MarthaLauren on June 19, 2019 at 1:37 pm
Thank you Cort and Retha. It is inspiring, and heartbreaking, to hear how people are managing this condition, and their lives, within medical systems that are even less supportive and flexible than our own (in the US).
Below is a link to a really nice interview posted recently by the OMF featuring a discussion about ME/CFS between two doctors. The subject of the interview, Dr. Alan Gurwitt, is both a psychiatrist and a patient with ME. He is very straightforward in his discussion of the subject of where/how/why the psychological model of ME started, how it spread from its origins in the UK to effect treatment around the world (and continues to do so to this day), and how damaging this trend has been for patients worldwide.
I found it refreshing and encouraging to hear such a steady voice of reason on this issue coming from someone within the psychiatric branch of the medical system. He is also hopeful that things are now finally beginning to change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAKKHRBL71k
Will listen thank you!
I should have been more clear in my comment:
It may be that psychiatrists, in general, are more apt than not to view the condition as non-psychiatric, and possibly (just as Cameron points out below) even more so than their colleagues in other fields of specialty. I would never want to imply otherwise (and only in part because I have no personal experience with that field, nor have I done any extensive research into that subject).
I just found it refreshing (and comforting, frankly) to happen across a video of one such psychiatrist who was so openly and publicly sharing his perspective, including his own experience of being at times on the "receiving end" of the broader (system-wide, and worldwide) confusion over this core issue.
(In fact, both men featured in that video help to restore and retain my faith in both fields of medicine.)
But, for all I know, many of our greatest allies and supporters may be psychiatrists…just generally, too. I hope so!
Kathleen Riley on June 20, 2019 at 10:30 am
MarthaLauren, That has been my experience as well. A kind, progressive psychiatrist was the only MD, other than the hormone specialist who first tested me for EBV, who recognized CFS/ME and helped me in any way. If not for him and his help from 1999 until 2015, I don't know where I would be. Unfortunately, such psychiatrists are few and far between.
Cameron on June 19, 2019 at 5:46 pm
I think there are a lot of psychiatrists who recognize that ME/CFS is not a psychiatric illness. One of my doctors (non-psychiatric) said they thought psychiatrists can be more willing to accept the reality of its being a physical illness than non-psychiatric doctors because they recognize its not depression, which they know more about than do non-psychiatric doctors (if only the latter would realize their limitations in that regard…)
Francis Martin on June 21, 2019 at 5:40 am
Hi, the EU funded EUROMENE biomarker group are due to make recommendations on potential diagnostic tests next April (2020). The group is chaired by Carmen Scheibenbogen [Charité University Berlin] and includes other leading ME researchers such as Jonas Bergquist [OMF – Uppsala].
EUROMENE will also lobby the EU Commission for funding to implement their recommendations.
Any readers in Europe should keep this in mind (and others). As you highlight Cort; progress in any country will benefit others.
ME Action are lobbying for funding for the development of a diagnostic test and treatments https://www.meaction.net/…/announcing-millionsmissing-2019…/
Betty Mekdeci on June 21, 2019 at 8:16 am
Since Dr. Montoya's termination was mentioned at the beginning of this article, I would like to revisit this topic.
What happened to Dr. Montoya reminds me of the tragedy of Dr. William McBride, the doctor who discovered that thalidomide caused birth defects.
Our second child, a son, was born in 1975 with an underdeveloped right hand, shorter arm, missing chest muscle and a bicuspid heart valve. I was prescribed a number of medications during pregnancy for ordinary discomforts of pregnancy, so I never questioned them.
But, every time we took our son to the doctor, they would ask me what drugs I had taken during pregnancy.
My mother and I started writing letters to the FDA about the medications I had taken. One day, someone from the FDA called and said "forget the other drugs and concentrate on Bendectin".
I would have never suspected Bendectin because it was so commonly prescribed, but over time several whistleblowers from the FDA called us; encouraged us and even sent us documents we wouldn't be able to get anywhere else.
This where Dr. McBride comes in. In our research, we learned that he had reported several cases of limb reduction defects to the Australian Food and Drug Directorate (like our FDA). All the mothers had taken Debendox, their version of Bendectin.
I contacted Dr. McBride and he was very enthusiastic. He had won the prize for the scientific discovery of the decade for his discovery of birth defects being associated with thalidomide. This came with a monetary award that he used to set up "Foundation 41" to study the effects of exposures on the outcomes of pregnancies.
Dr. McBride ran some studies with marmosets using the ingredients of Bendectin and found limb reduction defects in their offspring.
Dr. McBride was also trying to determine the mechanism for how Bendectin caused birth defects and was studying drugs with atropinic effects like the ingredients of Bendectin. This is where he made a fatal mistake. He had a friend in the U.S. who was a professor of anatomy and Dr. McBride told him about the deformities he was finding in chicks exposed to atropine. He encouraged his friend to run some experiments to see if he found the same deformities. He did.
Unfortunately, when Dr. McBride wrote up the findings in a paper submitted for publication, he failed to mention that some of the chicks were in the U.S. By the time, Dr. McBride's accusers were raising the issue of the chick experiments in the U.S., Dr. McBride's friend had died and his wife couldn't locate his research notes.
A researcher working in Dr. McBride's lab reported this to the media. Dr. McBride was put on trial for 18 months, the longest trial in Australian history. He was found guilty of scientific fraud, stripped of his medical license and his foundation was closed.
Dr. McBride never realized how high the stakes were for Bendectin. At one point, it was the 11th most prescribed drug in the U.S. and approved for marketing all over the world. The company that made Bendectin had also made thalidomide and marketed it in Canada. Fortunately, Dr. Frances Kelsey kept it off the market in the U.S.
At one point, the drug company sent someone to Australia to discredit Dr. McBride, but the Australians kicked him out of the country. Then they got someone in his lab. This time, there was no reprieve.
If the "powers that be" would do this to a doctor who was celebrated as a hero who saved hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. from terrible birth defects, why is it a stretch to imagine something similar could happen to Dr. Montoya who was at the forefront of research on ME/CFS?
Cort Johnson on June 21, 2019 at 8:58 am
Dr. Montoya's termination is a loss but he was not all at the forefront of ME/CFS research in my opinion. He worked slowly and was not efficient or innovative. For instance overspent greatly on his huge cytokine study (400 healthy controls ???) – which didn't provide any insights into what is actually causing ME/CFS. For the most part, in my opinion, he did rather middle of the road research and not that much of given how much funding he was given.
Betty Mekdeci on June 21, 2019 at 12:14 pm
Cort, I have had ME/CFS for 35 years and I have seen research theories come and go…viruses, mycoplasma, stress, toxins (although that one has never really been explored). The nanoneedle test is the only new advance I have seen. Even the blood coagulation study isn't new. The first drug I was ever given in 1985 was an anticoagulant. And David Berg's work on antiphospholid syndrome predated the latest study.
But, you focus totally on ME/CFS so I would like to know what breakthroughs you believe are most important and which researchers are responsible.
Denise B on June 21, 2019 at 7:50 pm
One of my first encouragers when I was finally diagnosed, was an old schoolmate and close friend from my AFS student exchange year in Durban. She and her daughter were very ill with ME, as they already called it. Her knowledge came from Dr. Sarah Myhill's writings and their doctor in Cape Town. Her brother is a naturopathic doctor in the Pretoria area, Izak Grove. With his sister and niece ill for many years, (and having both improved over the years), and his expertise in natural and alternative therapies, he could be a good resource. He was recently featured in the magazine Vrouekeur, 15 March, discussing Ozone Therapy. (In Afrikaans). They gave out his email. izakgrove4@gmail.com Thanks for doing this story, Cort.
Denise B thank you for this information about the article.
Retha, your video was so well done, so like my own experiene. I shared it on my FB page and with two other South African patients I know. God bless you and your efforts. What an inspiration you are! Sterkte!
Thank you so much Denise
Dave on June 23, 2019 at 1:28 pm
Third World and authoritarian countries are not notable for their medical research.
Although I have never been a patient of Dr. Montoya's, I believe that the research he directed at the Stanford ME/CFS Center is critically important to moving forward.
Here are studies that have been done on ME/CFS to date.
1. Onset Patterns and Course of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chu L, Valencia IJ, Garvert DW, Montoya JG. Front Pediatr. 2019 Feb 5;7:12. doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00012.
2. Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics. Nagy-Szakal D, Barupal DK, Lee B, Che X, Williams BL, Kahn EJR, Ukaigwe JE, Bateman L, Klimas NG, Komaroff AL, Levine S, Montoya JG, Peterson DL, Levin B, Hornig M, Fiehn O, Lipkin WI. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 3;8(1):10056. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28477-9.
3. Deconstructing post-exertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome: A patient-centered, cross-sectional survey. Chu L, Valencia IJ, Garvert DW, Montoya JG. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 1;13(6):e0197811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197811. eCollection 2018.
4. Cortical hypoactivation during resting EEG suggests central nervous system pathology in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Zinn MA, Zinn ML, Valencia I, Jason LA, Montoya JG. Biol Psychol. 2018 Jul;136:87-99. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2018.05.016. Epub 2018 May 23.
5. Value of Circulating Cytokine Profiling During Submaximal Exercise Testing in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Moneghetti KJ, Skhiri M, Contrepois K, Kobayashi Y, Maecker H, Davis M, Snyder M, Haddad F, Montoya JG. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 9;8(1):2779. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20941-w.
6. Cytokine signature associated with disease severity in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Montoya JG, Holmes TH, Anderson JN, Maecker HT, Rosenberg-Hasson Y, Valencia IJ, Chu L, Younger JW, Tato CM, Davis MM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Aug 22;114(34):E7150-E7158. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1710519114. Epub 2017 Jul 31.
7. Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Nagy-Szakal D, Williams BL, Mishra N, Che X, Lee B, Bateman L, Klimas NG, Komaroff AL, Levine S, Montoya JG, Peterson DL, Ramanan D, Jain K, Eddy ML, Hornig M, Lipkin WI. Microbiome. 2017 Apr 26;5(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40168-017-0261-y.
8. Distinct plasma immune signatures in ME/CFS are present early in the course of illness. Hornig M, Montoya JG, Klimas NG, Levine S, Felsenstein D, Bateman L, Peterson DL, Gottschalk CG, Schultz AF, Che X, Eddy ML, Komaroff AL, Lipkin WI. Sci Adv. 2015 Feb;1(1). pii: e1400121.
9. Right arcuate fasciculus abnormality in chronic fatigue syndrome. Zeineh MM, Kang J, Atlas SW, Raman MM, Reiss AL, Norris JL, Valencia I, Montoya JG. Radiology. 2015 Feb;274(2):517-26. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14141079. Epub 2014 Oct 29.
10. Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of valganciclovir in a subset of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Montoya JG, Kogelnik AM, Bhangoo M, Lunn MR, Flamand L, Merrihew LE, Watt T, Kubo JT, Paik J, Desai M. J Med Virol. 2013 Dec;85(12):2101-9. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23713. Epub 2013 Aug 19.
11. Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology. Stringer EA, Baker KS, Carroll IR, Montoya JG, Chu L, Maecker HT, Younger JW. J Transl Med. 2013 Apr 9;11:93. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-93.
12. Response to valganciclovir in chronic fatigue syndrome patients with human herpesvirus 6 and Epstein-Barr virus IgG antibody titers. Watt T, Oberfoell S, Balise R, Lunn MR, Kar AK, Merrihew L, Bhangoo MS, Montoya JG. J Med Virol. 2012 Dec;84(12):1967-74. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23411.
13. A multicenter blinded analysis indicates no association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and either xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus. Alter HJ, Mikovits JA, Switzer WM, Ruscetti FW, Lo SC, Klimas N, Komaroff AL, Montoya JG, Bateman L, Levine S, Peterson D, Levin B, Hanson MR, Genfi A, Bhat M, Zheng H, Wang R, Li B, Hung GC, Lee LL, Sameroff S, Heneine W, Coffin J, Hornig M, Lipkin WI. MBio. 2012 Sep 18;3(5). pii: e00266-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00266-12.
Although Dr. Montoya is one of many researchers on most of these papers, he was the head of this clinic and I worry that research like this will stop when he is gone.
Rose on July 7, 2019 at 1:55 pm
Has anyone connected their ME/CFS with mast cell activation disorder and mold? Is their a connection?
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Marion County, Iowa City Parks listed by community. List includes parks in Knoxville, Pella and Pleasantville, Iowa. Come relax, play, have a picnic or just enjoy nature in our beautiful city parks.
Marion County, Iowa has many city parks where you can relax, play, have a picnic, enjoy nature, or have a get together with family and friends. We welcome you to visit our city parks and enjoy a little of our Iowa hospitality!
Large wooden playground, covered pavilions, picnic tables, and baseball field.
State of the art ramps for bikes, skates, and boards. Covered shelter, picnic tables, and spectator seating. Largest skate park in Iowa.
Tennis courts, softball field, soccer field, and basketball court.
83-acre natural park. One shelter house with picnic tables and fire ring.
Picnic tables, windmill, and flowerbeds.
One shelter house and playground equipment.
One softball field, one baseball/softball field, two basketball courts, one sand volleyball court, playground equipment, picnic tables and grills, outdoor swimming pool with wading pool, shelter house with restrooms and picnic tables, green space for soccer or Frisbee, small pond for winter ice skating, eight tennis courts, and skate park. All facilities have lights.
Tulip beds, trees, cannon, Tulip Toren (Tower), 1900's fountain, Civil War statue, sundial, and windmill. Windmill is information booth April-October. Band concerts at Tulip Toren in June and July.
Shelter house, picnic tables, playground equipment, and basketball court. Four fenced tennis courts (contact Pella Christian High School about public use).
Picnic tables and playground equipment.
Shelter house, baseball field, basketball court, and playground equipment.
Two shelter houses and playground equipment.
Two blocks North of square on Main Street.
Sunken pond in the shape of wooden shoe, tulip beds, and windmill. Ice skating in the winter.
Starting point for bicycle trail, three picnic tables.
Two blocks west of square on Franklin Street.
Three shelter houses, picnic tables, restroom facilities, and large wooden playground.
Located in the center of the downtown business district.
Park benches under shade trees. Veterans Memorial Monument and the Pleasantville Fire and Curfew Bell. Annual plantings by the Pleasantville Garden Club.
Located West on Jones Street.
A log cabin shelter with a fireplace, picnic tables, and running water available for rent. An additional covered shelter, playground equipment overlooking the park pond. Lighted basketball and tennis courts, and restroom facilities.
Located in the Cora Shadle Park.
A garden dedicated to nature in general and birds in particular as a reminder of the contributions and accomplishments of Gladys Black. Includes bird houses and feeders, a nature trail, a butterfly garden, and an aquatic garden.


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Wilhelm wurde 1956 an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München promoviert und war dort seit 1963 Privatdozent für Indologie und Tibetologie. 1969 wurde er dort Professor. 1998 emeritierte er.

Er war 1964 und 1967 zu Studienaufenthalten in Südasien und war 1965/66 Gastprofessor an der Columbia University und 1976 am Collège de France.

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Re: August 27th - Reading, UK @ Little John's Farm (Reading Festival)
Yep, I am - will be on site from around 5pm. Perhaps we could all agreed a meeting location and a time.....?
2002 Leeds, London
2006 London Ham, Download, London W'ley
2010 Montreal, Toronto, Reading, Dublin
2011 Rio, Arg
2012 Bham,London x2,Rotterdam, Paris,Vegasx3
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will check the site map again
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Hi Julia -yeah I will be around (look for the dude with the Canadian leg 2010 tour tshirt) - should have a few other HTGTH members in tow too.
See you then.
Quote from: Derby Greg on August 26, 2010, 04:56:03 PM
Nice Greg.
"Look for the guy in a GN'R shirt"...
One.In.A.Million
I'm going to this with a friend, I would love to have a beer with any fans going.
Lets hope the day begins with some nice weather.
Quote from: jarmo on August 26, 2010, 05:09:15 PM
How many fans are going to have the t with just the Canadian shows on the back?? In fact how many other GNR fans will there be at Reading who love the band so much as to travel over to Toronto and Montreal in the Candian winter !!! Yes, just me !!! One in a million.........
look forward to a drink with anyone who wants to pitch up
m_a_r_t_i_n
....Loaded like a freight train....
How was it then ?
It was probably one of the best performances I have seen by GN'R, made only better by the joint unision of GN'R and the audience at the end.
The band started with Chinese, Jungle, ISE, Brownstone, not a better combo in my opinion. And then during more slower songs like November Rain, just showcased their musicianship skills, not missing a note.
Then the ending, last song was Nightrain, after which the festival took it upon themselves to cut the power supply.
But GN'R had the last laugh with a funny, yet emotional one on one with the audience. We didn't need the festivals' gear to enjoy GN'R and have a laugh, and Axl showed us all why he is just so special.
GNFNR
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Everyone who was there with GN'R at the end, witnessed something really special. It was just out of this world having Guns there onstage with no power, just sitting there with the audience.
And then Bumble got out the acoustic, and Frank walked around all sides of the stage, getting everybody to clap. It was one of those moments that will never happen again.
The mud at the site was really bad, not so much the main stage area. But getting around the site as a whole was like walking in quicksand mud. But I would not change a thing, and would do it all again if it meant seeing GN'R rock.

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More than only a novel rescue operation, though, Cat Town Café is a real tribute to its hometown. All the food will likely be offered by local companies including Bicycle Coffee and Authentic Bagel Company, and the Cat Zone is designed as kind of a cat-sized Oakland. The most important climbing structures blind dog rescue alliance foster dogs are being built as replicas of the Oakland Tribune constructing, the Federal Towers, and City Hall, and several scratching beds are in the form of the Port of Oakland's well-known cranes. Local graffiti artists Bryan and T created wall-spanning murals that honor cats and the town, including a large Catzilla hovering over the Bay Bridge.
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TNR is when feral cats are trapped in humane traps, taken to the CAP for spay/neuter surgery, rabies vaccination, ear tip, and flea preventative, after which released the place they have been trapped after they get better for 24-48 hours after surgery. Ear tipping is the removal of 1 / 4 inch off the highest of the cats' ear whereas the cat is anesthetized; this is the common symbol and only confirmed approach to establish a feral cat that has been mounted.
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Dining | Is There Something To Cheer About at Sisig Hooray! in Gateway Mall?
We have seen this restaurant years back and it has always been a long queue thus we were not inclined to eat here. Now in between our meetings, we saw there was no queue at the counter, so we were bewildered. It was near dinner time and no people were lined up at Sisig Hooray, so we took it as our sign to finally taste this famous sisig.
First up, we got the pork sisig for Php82. What a great deal I thought about the price. It costs like a single piece chicken (without a drink) from a famous franchise. Who would complain? Price wise, the amount is less than a hundred and its a good meal if you ask me. What we were aghast about, yes aghast was the price for the softdrink... Php45!!!!! Come on, its just a drink that came from a soda fountain. If it were from a bottle or a canned one, we can understand. But from a soda fountain?
Serving wise, the sisig was half of the box. Although not that thick, still it covers half your plate. So having a half full plate of sisig ain't that bad. The rice likewise was more than the ones from what a leading fastfood restaurant serves so no complaints there.
Now taste wise. Sadly the sisig was a downer for me. I can't understand nor get its taste. Is it beef? is it pork? is it chicken? I guess there are so much fillers in it that I can't ascertain what it's true flavor is. Adding it condiments on it didn't help. What made this dinner tasty was the sweet sticky rice they paired it with. The sisig, for whatever flavour was it, was taken over by the flavor I got from the rice. If you see my picture, my rice was already gone and I still have a lot of the sisig leftover. The egg was normal so I didn't bother elaborating. Not great, not bad.
Service was fast, since they were in a food court area. Or maybe I was just the only customer that time. I dunno but I'll call it as I saw it, they were fast. My order came right off just as I was about to reach the cashier. I think all the materials were prepared beforehand. My egg was not hot as I presumed it to be.
Overall, I like the serving size for this meal. Pricewise it's 50-50 as I don't like the price they set for their softdrinks. Tastewise, I wouldn't bother buying it again as I felt my Php127 meal left me more wanting. I do hope they make improvements on this. I was beginning to understand why there were no queues during early dinner time in a small food court scene.


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Boxroom Coordinator
Healthcare Industry Company
Dublin, OH, United States
Company is currently hiring a Boxroom Coordinator in Dublin, OH.
The Boxroom Coordinator will be responsible for the correct packaging of all finished goods and proper label creation. This role will be fully engaged in 5S initiative including strong communication and drive with regard to continuous improvement of operations while focusing on improving safety and efficiency.
Company has a positive impact on someone's life around the world every minute of every day. In fact, over 240 people every minute benefit from a Company product. Join us and grow your career while being a part of our continued success! We offer a fun, fast-paced, inspiring and collaborative work environment with opportunities to learn and contribute at all career levels. Innovation is part of who we are, with industry-leading products across a broad spectrum of medical device categories and a strong new product development pipeline.
Responsible for labeling shipper cartons with proper identification and lot number. Cross-reference all pertinent information with regards to all relevant packaging formats. Strictly adhere to proper packaging instructions per the finished goods work order.
Check pouches for proper seals, proper identification, and lot number. Work in conjunction with the Quality Department to ensure potential defects are challenged accordingly and deemed fit for release of product into field. Ensure that all packaged goods meet correct orientation guidelines.
Complete and maintain documentation associated with packaging.
Reconciliation of packaging labels.
Documentation must be completed correctly in the finished goods work order which includes labels created, labels issued to QC, and scrapped labels.
Proper reconciliation of total quantity produced.
Storage of labels in the correct location.
Responsible for palletizing all finished goods and banding them accordingly to prevent displacement during the shipping process.
Responsible for filling out move tickets in a timely manner after all packaging has been completed. Provide move tickets to Quality which will prompt the Quality Department to check the finished packaged goods.
Transport the packaged good to the delegated area for shipment.
Assist in correcting procedures to ensure consistency of quality and efficiencies.
Print all production pouches and box labels per GMP by lot control number as back-up support for the Label Maker. Meet all standards with regards to auditing own work to ensure 100% accuracy.
Maintain neat and orderly work area. Eliminate all clutter in delegated area to minimize safety incidents. Identify all potential safety hazards and report these directly to the Production Supervisor or Manufacturing Manager for immediate removal.
Learn and train to the Group Leader position and assume Group Leader responsibilities in his/her absence.
Ensure environmental conservations by shutting off equipment and lights not in use and ensuring proper recycling practices. Bring safety concerns to the attention of management immediately upon recognition. Understand the hazards associated with energy sources in the workplace.
This position is required to assure compliance of Company operations to all applicable laws, regulations and standards, good business practices and company documented procedures (including knowledge of all standards, government occupational health and environmental regulations and statutes related to the site).
Engage others, promote, and participate in Environmental, Health, and Safety initiatives, focusing on continuous improvement.
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
High School Diploma or educational equivalent required.
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Must be a highly motivated self-starter with strong people skills.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are required.
Computer skills are preferred (Pilgrim, Bagger Program, etc.).
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In addition to a competitive compensation package, Company offers a comprehensive benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and much more!
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At Smiths we apply leading-edge technology to design, manufacture and deliver market-leading innovative solutions that meet our customers' evolving needs, and touch the lives of millions of people every day. We are a FTSE100, global business of around 23,000 colleagues, based in 55 countries. Our solutions have a real impact on lives across the planet, enabling industry, improving healthcare, enhancing security, advancing connectivity and supporting new homes. Our products and services are often critical to our customers' operations, while our proprietary technology and high service levels help create competitive advantage. We welcome colleagues with a curious mind, who are happy with responsibility, enjoy a challenge and are attracted by the idea of working at a business with an almost 170 year history of innovation, and five global divisions, all experts in their field.
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The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces…
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.


Your company has grown rapidly. How did you find this experience?
"The rapid growth of IVS has presented many challenges and brought responsibilities. IVS now has thirty employees and almost all of them have families. My work has seen changes, too. I used to sell, calculate, draw up and organise projects, but now I watch more from the sidelines. I am involved in a different way, as mentor and coach. It's important to be able to let go of the reins. Frank, the other director, and I have been sharing our knowledge with our colleagues for a number of years. That means that we try to describe everything right to the last detail. Our aim is to get better day by day."
How did you come to work for IVS?
Together with Frank Dielissen, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of IVS. How would you describe your working relationship?
"Our characters are as different as day and night, but that is also our greatest strength. We keep each other in balance, and the business, too. Sometimes, I can get terribly worked up about something and Frank calms things down. It can also work the other way round. From a business point of view, we think along the same lines. Of course, we sometimes enter into a healthy argument, but that keeps us on our toes. People used to think that I was Jo Dielissen's son. He always called me 'our Hans.' So I was often referred to as Hans Dielissen, whereas Frank is the real Dielissen in the company!"


Manic Miner 'Construction Set' for the Commodore C64, by Tim of LCS.
This provides a level editor, It does offer options to save or load sets of screens to disk as well as play the game upon finishing editing.
If you were looking for Manic Miner in general for the C64, please see here for an original or here for a cheat version.
The supplied disk image (.D64) appears to contain the standard level set and is playable as you would expect. There are no cheats built into the game core code.


Citibank was hit last week by a massive debit card scam that has led to the theft of millions of pounds from accounts held in the UK, Canada and Russia. Thieves hacked into Citibank's systems and stole the data stored on debit cards' magnetic strips, the associated encrypted Pin data, and the encryption keys. Citibank said an ongoing fraud had forced it to reissue debit cards and block Pin-based transactions for users in the three affected countries.
Microsoft will today release two security patches for its Office suite and Windows, as part of its monthly scheduled patching cycle. The Office patch has been classed as "critical" by Microsoft, and the Windows fix is deemed "important". Last week a critical patch for Windows Media Player was discovered to have caused operating problems on users' media players, prompting Microsoft to issue a workaround.
Skype, which is best known for its consumer VoIP application, has reconfigured the program for small businesses. The new package, called Skype for Business, includes a dedicated website and support, new hardware and new features to better manage groups of users and prepaid accounts. Skype for Business is aimed at offices with between one and 10 people.
The EC is investigating RFID privacy concerns and may create legislation to regulate RFID usage as the tagging technology becomes more widespread. RFID tags are being used increasingly to track inventory in supermarkets and supply chains or to authenticate and encode information in national identity documents.
A group of UK universities have combined their buying power for the second time to sign a deal worth up to £150m with several PC suppliers. Compusys, Dell, NEC, Research Machines, Stone Computers and Viglen will be given preferred supplier status to supply computers to universities and higher and further education establishments over four years. The deal replaces the first bulk PC purchasing agreement for the universities, which ran from 2001.
Glasgow City Council has launched a shared services project with a budget of £1bn that will see it share services with Greater Glasgow Health Board, Jobcentre Plus, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Strathclyde Police. The project is the brainchild of Glasgow's politicians and was announced to council officers, including the directors, last week. Under the project, some 6,000 staff will be integrated into a formal shared services structure.
WHSmith News has successfully used business intelligence software to cut 75% from the cost of distributing products to newsagents and larger retailers, such as supermarkets. It is using Business Objects to reduce stock returned from stores and identify products that get lost. The news wholesaler has also begun to receive data directly from Morrisons Epos systems for the first time.
British Airways is hoping to save £450m between April 2006 and March 2008 by increasing the proportion of customers buying tickets online to half its total customer base. New procedures to improve punctuality, including improvements to baggage handling, will drive the savings. The airline is due to move many of its flights to London Heathrow's Terminal Five when it opens in April 2008.
Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs are backing government plans for harsher penalties against hackers. Under the in-development Police and Justice Bill, there is expected to be a much clearer outlawing of offences like denial-of-service attacks and the threat of longer prison sentences of up to 10 years for those caught.
Google is proposing a £53m settlement to address claims that its advertising customers have been the victims of substantial "click fraud". The settlement proposal is in response to a class-action lawsuit issued last year against Google, AOL, Yahoo, Netscape companies and web portal companies. The settlement has been accepted by the plaintiffs, but has to be approved by a US court.


Guidelines for selecting the optimal method for connecting to ThingWorx.
In the world of IoT application development, connectivity refers to the infrastructure and protocols which connect devices to the cloud or network. Edge devices handle the interface between the physical world and the cloud.
ThingWorx provides you with several different tools for connecting to the Thingworx platform.
This guide is designed as an introduction to these tools, and will help you determine which to choose based on your specific requirements.
This guide could also be run through with a downloadable trial, but some instructions could require modification.


Please pray for me and ask Jesus Christ to help me to be a good man and transform to a better person. Help me and ask Jesus to reveal himself to me and take away every struggle from my life and bless me with his love and peace and also bring peace in all my situations. Please pray for my relationship with Maizle Costa which is broken, and ask Jesus Christ to make his way into our hearts, mend & fix our broken hearts & also our broken relationship. Heal us O Lord, have your mercy over us and change us, remove all the anger & hatred in Maizle's heart that she has against me & heal her from all the hurts & pains from her life.. Please pray that Maizle soften's her heart towards me & help her to come back, please pray that Jesus speaks to her & fills her with his Holy Spirit and make her feel her love again towards me... please pray for Maizle to call me. And fill me with Understanding to understand Maizle & patience, make me a good & loyal man to her. I can't do this on my own, help me Jesus my savior!! Please save my relationship and Unite me & Maizle with the most precious blood of Jesus Christ, Amen!!


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RAF Benevolent Fund pays tribute to Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson MBE
World War Two, Dambusters news, RAF Family,
All at the RAF Benevolent Fund pay tribute to the service and life of Dambusters veteran, Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 101.
Johnny was a Bomb Aimer in 617 Squadron who, as part of Operation Chastise, destroyed key dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley industrial heartland during the Second World War.
The raid, which took place on the night of May 16/17, 1943, involved 133 aircrew flying 19 specially adapted Lancaster bombers.
It was a risky raid, dropping the revolutionary bouncing bomb at low level, and the cost was very high – of 133 crew who left, only 53 returned.
Later in his life Johnny was a keen supporter of the RAF Benevolent Fund's charity cycle event the Dambusters Ride.
Air Vice-Marshal Chris Elliot, Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund, said: "Everyone at the RAF Benevolent Fund will be sad to learn of the passing of Squadron Leader 'Johnny' Johnson. His death marks the end of an era and we remain grateful for his support, especially for our Dambusters cycle ride. Our deepest condolences go to his family and friends at this sad time."


Ernest Hartmann, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and lectures in psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. He is Director at the Sleep Disorders Center at Newton Wellesley Hospital.
Dr. Hartmann's interests include sleep, dreaming, nightmares, and sleep disorders. He has developed theories to describe the continuum of consciousness from sleep, reveries to waking. He is also doing research on characterizing personality differences, and implications for mental health.


Sambaram is a famous drink from Kerala. It is not only served during Onam Sadhya but also can be had in the hot summer. It is otherwise called Spiced Buttermilk or Pacha Moru. This drink is a must in the Onam Sadhya. After a heavy meal this is usually had for a good digestion.
1. In a large bowl take the thick curd and add in the water, Whisk it well such that the water and curd mix together and forms a slightly thin curd consistency.
2. Chop the Ginger, Green Chilli, Coriander leaves and curry leaves and set aside. Using a Mortar and Pestle crush the Green Chilli and Ginger.
3. Add all the chopped leaves and crushed ginger and green chilli to the curd along with Salt to taste. Whisk everything once again and now it is ready to serve along with the Grand Onam Sadhya.
The Ginger and Green Chilli can be added to curd without crushing also.
However crushing bring out the whole flavor of it.
We can also sieve the Sambaram and serve the flavor will still be retained.
Serve as an after meal drink in the Onam Sadhya for a good digestion.
Cool and refreshing drink ... good for summer days !!!


Heyyyy lovelies. Howz your pre-Durga Puja shopping going on? I know, I know. Only one month is left and you all are super excited to bring out the new you with all newest trends.
Though we shop, we style, we try to look modish throughout the year but Durga Puja is the time when all Bong girls try to be at their impressive best. I am not an exception. I always try to mingle my style with ethnic as well as western look. But the concept of fashion is never complete without jewelry.
So last Friday I could not desist myself peeping into a Jewelry exhibition. It is really alluring to have so many chicky and charismatic creations of so many designers under one roof.
From Goan chick, Afghani neckpiece to Jaipuri jewelry, all are just exquisite.
Nayaab Jewelz has a mesmerizing collection of Jaipuri jewelry, navakari and kundan set.
On the other hand I found some splendid collection from ITZ BlING BLING. Designer put her efforts in creating design with Kolhapuri stone, coral beads, onyx beads. Actually the neck piece that are made from onyx beads reminds me about Victorian era. A huge collections of nose pin and charming bracelets are also impressive.
The hypnotic collection of Tajjala is all about playful nostalgia. What I like about Tajjala's collection is the miniature of Durga puja items used by the designer.
Not only jewelry, there are also a various compilation of traditional saree. Mangalik has diversity in handloom collection. I came to know from the designer that she has experimented the batik print on cotton, khesh and graceful silk.
It is really very pathetic to hear that so many teens are tending towards suicide just to complete a dangerous internet game like Blue Whale Challenge. In these few months this horrendous heart rending fact kept coming in news. It is not a video game but a virtual targeted privacy hacking ploy used by criminal minds to trap depressed and distressed innocent teens in particular tracked from unknown sources.
The game started in Russia in 2013 and now existing in several countries including India. This is actually a suicide game where a group of administrator instructs the participants (particularly teen aged participants) to execute any painful task daily for 50 days. And finally participants have to commit suicide. Many teenagers have already lose their lives falling in this trap. Apart from natural distraction from studies never before the virtual game world challenged parents with such a fatal consequences.
Though police have already arrested the main culprit but the game is still existed. Delhi High Court already ask for an answer of Google, Yahoo and Facebook on a plea to direct them to take down the links. Kerala Government will soon write to central to ban this game said Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
But how could parents help their children to stay away from such a dangerous virtual world?
1. Talk to your kids. Teenage is a very delicate moment. So parents need to understand their children more during this period. Ask them what they are thinking about their future life.Give them some time from your busy schedule so that they never feel alone.
2. Your child can harness any electronic gadget better than you so try to encourage them and ask them to teach you some gadget tricks and tips.
3. Treat them like a friend so that they can open out. But still keep a track on their movements as well as their virtual world.
4. Instead of gifting a smart phone give them a regular small budget phone.
5. Keep patience with them. If you found any abnormality in their behavior immediately contact a counselor.
6. You need to be updated and informed of the news and trends at least so that your child knows that you can track them.
7. Infuse and inject in your child the sporting spirit and encourage by saying how you enjoyed the outdoor games and even not abiding your guardians' warning. This will make your child get frank with you and the challenge of the real world will attract more than virtual targets.
8. After each day end try to find time to at least discuss with your little one at dinner table and encourage him/her to tell how the day fared.
9. Never challenge your kid with the idea that you know better than him just because you are senior. But try to persuade by citing examples that you have passed his age and maybe he is right but he needs to be logical enough to satisfy you.
10. Last but not the least, your dreams should not be your child's burden, and your beliefs must not be an automatic choice for your child. Its completely ok to disagree and don't ever play the comparison game to win the battle.
from you in your thoughtful comments.
If you ask most Bengali to have lunch without fish then it will be definitely a nightmare for them. It is because Bengali menu never complete without fish. You will find varieties of fish recipes in Bengali cuisine. Bengali loitta machh popularly known as Bombay Duck (it can also be spelt as Bombay daak) or bumia is well known fish in West Bengal.
There are hardly any Bengali who don't love to have a range of delicious preparation from Bombay Duck or Bombay Daak. Among this I myself love Fried Bombay Duck which I learnt from my mom. I am sharing this recipe so that you can enjoy it too. It is really very easy to prepare and time saving too.
Remove the head and fins of the fish carefully. Then clean it. Drain out the excess water. Slit then into halves. Marinate the fish with salt, turmeric and half tea spoon chili powder. Keep it aside.
Then take flour or maida in a clean bowl. Add salt, garlic and 1 tea spoon chili powder and mix the ingredients together. Add soda water to make the batter. Prepare the batter in such a way so that it gets ribbon like consistency.
Take a frying pan and pour oil in it. Heat the oil in low fame. Then dip the marinated fish in the batter and deep fry in the heated oil. Serve hot either as snacks or with main course. Really it can compete with KFC fried chicken if you want to impress the fish loving folks.
Let me know how you like the recipe. I would love to hear from you. Like it and share this recipe.
Call it Fuller earth or Multani Mitti, it is one of the major ingredients that found place in every lovely lady's beauty box. We can't think of completing our beauty regimen without it. I generally buy loose fuller earth from local grocer's shop. But this time I tried packed Multani powder from Herbal beauty care and I really fell in love with it.
It comes in a air tight transparent plastic jar. So there is hardly any chance to retain moisture. Normally what happened if you buy loose Multani mitti or normally packed one there is a chance of retaining moisture.
The Multani powder is so fine that it easily get mix in water. It doesn't leave any lump so you can easily and evenly apply it on your face.
Then mix the 3 ingredients to make a paste. Apply evenly on face and neck. let it dry. Wash it with lukewarm water.
My skin feels fresh and clean after using it. I find my skin glowing and smooth from the third day of use. A very good product at very cheap price.
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As we set out on our midnight stroll, our local guide, Master da had us all engrossed in his light banter and we were completely at home in spite of our hesitations harbored in the myths and rumours of the strange land.
It was the day after full moon night and the lusty shrubs and bushes were all creating a perfect scenario where misconceptions could have built if we were singled out. As Master da also resounded our logical mind when he stated that most cases of spooky vision in the villages happened in the moonlit night. People were faked by their imaginations creating a moving figure out of a swaying banana leaf drenched in the moonbeams. Even the Sundari tree prop roots could resemble monstrous apparitions in the miry banks of the rivulets coupled with the shimmering waves conspiring to inject spirit into the naive branches.
We had been walking through a meandering path for quite a time which our conversation had stole us any record as well there was little significant landmarks to register apart from the boring bushes and sleeping huts and a series of coconut plantation and several misnomer trees straddling along. If were to trace back alone surely it would be a hefty task in spite of the the guiding moon which the villagers relied on more than the torch in this part of the fortnight.
Before we could be prepared for the spectacle we were completely taken aback by the dawning of the silvery expanse in front of us as if like a surreptitious python within hypnotic range. Suddenly Master da scurried few steps ahead and threw his arms wide open and then yelled out. It happened so abruptly that we first thought it to be his theatrical gesture at the natures abundance which has thoroughly spell bound us. Later we could notice him making some signals with his torch. Surely at this time of the night there was not a single dingy in the ferry ghat and we were startled to hear that Master da had already beckoned one of his childhood mates who was now in mid river with his fishing trolley completely obscured to naked eye. Before we could decide or react to Master da's proposal we all noticed a twinkling light appear in the horizon and slowly drawing closer making an engine rumble.
Rahamat, gleefully hugged his school friend and greeted us most cordially and then we were briefed of our nocturnal adventure plan. Mohitosh, Sanjib and me exchanged glances but at this time our emotions overcame any logical stand and like a commissioned soldier marched to the ghats following our leaders to board the trolley. There was a slippery plank adjusted to the trolley gate which tested us at the threshold of our secret expedition. We were teeming with suppressed excitement and now Master da gave us a speech which was no less than the directives of a commander on a special mission.
" My friends from Kolkata, you have been to Sunderbans but tonight you will get to know what Sunderban is and I would assure you that you can rely on the safety and my friend Rahamat is a licensed fisherman who has legitimate navigation permission as well as he is a trusted agent of the Patrolling guards informing any illegal activity in the night." We were confirmed seeing the Navy coast guard emblem in the walkie-talkie hanging beside engine room. " Ya, that walkie was gifted to Rahmat for his daring feat to nab a big pirate gang from Bangladesh 3 years back " We were dumbfound to learn that pirates that were only to be found in story books and hollywood films had their palpable presence, though few sporadic news were only to be found in district columns hardly fetching an alarm.
Mohitosh quipped " We were thrilled of Sunderbans infested by Tigers and crocodiles but Pirates would now add spice to our adventure". Master da retorted " Sunderbans is a gateway of mystery and there are far more things than we know to challenge our logical limits". The cold humor almost silenced us when our pilot, Rahamat eased the situation," Dada... Master da is a storehouse of such experiences that will make you throw away your books to the sea....you may know he got a prize from our Government for his education but see now, he is doing some foreign research and even writing a book....." At once Master da intervened with his humble clarification.." Rahamat loves me very much since school since I used to help him during exams so now he repays me by eulogising me at every opportune moment" I and Sanjib both pressed him to tell us about his exploits to which he explained " Nothing that big, I was a Gold medalist in my Masters as well as in my PHD in history from C.U and now working on my research funded by National Geography....and my book rights are pre-sold to Govt. of India thats all " For us the dwarfish man in a shabby T-shirt and lungi, speaking in local accent at once mocked at our established notion of urbanized version of success. We were all now amused by the rustic version of swagger dipped in sublime humility. The reverberating engine announced our voyage and as if celebrated the little Master who could stoop to be a cook and then be a guide for some urban average beings.
In the dead of the night our vessel sailed along smoothly with the engine sound somewhat dying out or may be our ears getting used to its drone. My wrist watch confirmed Rahmat's nature reading as it was exactly 15 mintues to 12 and Master da informed " The Old villagers even without having any chronometer could read the exact time just by the habit of reading the Sun, Moon and the shadows....it is in the modern times we have left the basics for the machines to record while we can be busy with something that we have manufactured and call work...." We all shared a hearty laugh at the simple logic and now in front of us was the Sunderban backwaters approaching, and to our amazement we could see even in the moonlight what Master da put " Friends look, we are now going to enter the backwaters and you can easily tell the color of the water distinct as if demarcated by an invisible line..."
I am posting this article for all the lovely new moms. Being a mom I understand how life gets a sweet makeover after the entry of your little cutie pie. How most part of your day got engaged by tiny fingers and tumbling feet. We moms always remain busy taking care of petty things that are related to our little sweethearts. In this post I am going to share top 6 essentials for my 10 months baby which I never forget to carry while going out.
No matter, where you go or for how long you are in outdoors, always carry food and boiled drinking water. My doctor always advises me to take care of the drinking water. It is because water is the fastest carrier or germs. So it's always prescribed to carry water in child's dedicated container with food that's easy for your baby to intake when you are traveling.
Yes, I never forget to carry essential medicine for my little one. It is really very important to carry First Aid Kit with you so that you can deal with minor accidents and common illness like fever, cough, and rashes as soon as possible.
How can I forget this? It is necessary to keep babies clean and dry. Don't forget to carry diaper bag separately where you can dump used diapers.
Wipes are another essential thing which I never forget to carry. It helps me a lot to keep my baby clean and clear. After all it is not always possible to use water.
Must…must…must. Before feeding your baby don't forget to clean your hand with sanitizer. Also it's always good for others who would love to hug your baby get sanitized.
I always keep a set of hand towel with me. Believe me they are so helpful particularly for cleaning if my baby drips or sneezes.
Hiiiiiiii Guuuuyz. Hope you all are doing well. I am back again after a long break. All this time I was busy collecting more new elements for sharing with you.
Today what I am going to share is my experience with new baby walker. Recently I ordered a walker from Bun Baby from Amazon. Hoping my 10 months old daughter will love that. After 6 days I got the delivery. I was super excited for unboxing it. It was a really a lovely pink walker with 8 wheels and a sit. Soon the walker catches my baby's eye.
The walker looks really cute with 3 different colors. The body is made of plastic. It has multi functional musical toys which babies are definitely going to love. The sitting arrangement comes in a soft cushion but I don't think it will be comfortable.
If you ask me about my experience then I am not so happy with the product, particularly with the sitting arrangements. While fixing the cushion I found screws are very loosely attached with it. It is really risky for babies. Kids can slip down the cushion anytime. The cushion is so sleek that my baby really found it uncomfortable.
Secondly, they demand of building the body of the walker with high quality plastic. But the quality is really cheap.
The walker can be fold easily so that you can store it anywhere when your baby is not using it.
It has 3 position height adjustment systems.
If you ask me I must say that don't go for it. Amazon need to be more responsible before selling such a low quality product, particularly for kid's products.


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Building A Supercard Entirely Out Of Boxer Vs. MMA Fighter Matchups
Jason NawaraEntertainment Editor
Rumor has it Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather is all but a done deal. After months of back and forth, MMA's most popular fighter and one of the greatest boxers who ever lived may finally step in the ring together. It's an unprecedented marriage of boxing and MMA after years of being at odds with each other, but McGregor vs. Mayweather isn't the only boxing vs. MMA matchup that can be made. Anderson Silva and Roy Jones Jr. have been flirting with a fight for years. Now, there's no reason to keep them from fighting. So what if they were on the same card? How would that play out?
In this hypothetical megacard, we look at McGregor vs. Mayweather and the boxing vs. MMA fights that could go down in easily the biggest event in combat sports history.
Main Event: Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather
We've all been following the incessant back and forth between McGregor and Mayweather over the last few years. Now, the Irish would invade Las Vegas in this would-be main event. These two would headline the star-studded crew of fighters as the ultimate test of whether MMA fighters could ever stand with pro boxers. And it would be bolstered by a ridiculous amount of hype, trash talk and Instagram posts full of bling.
As far as the fight goes, Conor McGregor has monster power, but Floyd Mayweather, even at the age of 40, would be a slippery force to be reckoned with. Nate Diaz, a man who knows Conor McGregor better than anyone in combat, said Mystic Mac would have a puncher's chance in the first few rounds against Mayweather, but most of the combat sports world is counting McGregor out. Like they have many times before. Could McGregor do what no boxer has done before? That's a PPV selling question.
But it gets better.
The co-main: Roy Jones Jr. Vs. Anderson Silva
If you thought Mcgregor and Mayweather have been going back and forth for way too long, add on about five years and you've got the Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anderson Silva matchup. Silva and Jones have been talking about this fight since 2008, when Silva kicked it all off with the following:
"After my contract with the UFC is finished, I will set up the fight with Jones Jr. The fight has already been permitted by Jones himself."
We know both of these men are well past their prime. Jones is 48 years old, and Silva is 41, but that wouldn't make this dream matchup any less intriguing. Silva has some of, if not the best striking in MMA history (including a 1-1 pro boxing record). While Jones is still out there, winning fights against much younger men. The best part? This fight is such a no-brainer it looks like it's close to being made. This is the McGregor/Mayweather effect.
Jones Jr. tweeted this after meetings with the UFC brass back in February (what was he doing out there?) and he's right — this fight, years in the making, would put McGregor/Mayweather over the top:
Roy Jones vs Anderson Silva and Mayweather vs McGregor double headline card UFC invasion. Would be biggest event of all time period
— Roy Jones Jr. (@RealRoyJonesJr) February 23, 2017
All a dream needs to be accomplished is someone who believes that it can be done. #JonesJrVSSilva #SilvaVSJonesJr @RealRoyJonesJr
— Anderson Silva (@SpiderAnderson) February 23, 2017
Jones even sold the fight earlier this year:
"It was so big when it was talked about back then with me, it would have been the biggest fight of my career by far. [UFC President] Dana [White] didn't want to do it, but he's not the owner now. People make decisions usually try to make money for their decisions. These two fighting [Mayweather and McGregor], like me and Silva fighting in a boxing match, will not diminish the UFC brand."
You know WME-IMG like that.
Now, here's Anderson before UFC 209, explaining that he absolutely wants to still fight Roy Jones, but he also has been training boxing for many, many years and knows how different the sports are, so McGregor needs to make sure he respects that fact.
This all makes too much sense not to happen. These old men need to punch each other in the face. It's destiny. But the card isn't as good as it could be. We need a Diaz.
Bout 3: Nate (or Nick!) Diaz vs. Whoever, it's whatever.
Nate and Nick Diaz have been sparring with Andre Ward for years and thanks to that, their boxing is simply on another level than most MMA fighters. So who does Nate (or Nick) fight? Anyone. It's whatever. Hell, put Nick and Nate out there and just have them start shadowboxing for 15 minutes. It'll get views.
Screw it — just give Nick a pair of nunchucks and charge us $5 and it'd be worth it.
Here's Andre Ward talking about the Diaz bros. He knows.
And Floyd likes Nate too! Bring him on! Conor digs "fat skinny" Nate, and everyone wants to make money, and a Diaz bro would bring in stacks. Imagine the promotional opportunities!
For real though, when it comes down to it, the opponent doesn't really matter. It can be a relative nobody, or it can be a mid-level boxer to keep it competitive. The only issue — Nate can't throw up the middle finger in a boxing glove, so it won't feel exactly like a Diaz fight, but it'll be close.
Opening Bout: Jimi Manuwa vs. David Haye
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How about the battle of Britain to open the show? That will give it some flair. Yeah? We have former heavyweight champ David Haye, whose star has fallen a bit since he lost to Vladimir Klitschko in 2011 and took nearly 5 years off, but he's fought four fights since then. At 36 years old, Haye's body is patchworked from years of surgeries, while Manuwa is a 37-year-old knockout artist seemingly hitting his peak now, as he contends for a UFC light heavyweight title shot. It's the old, beat up boxer against the up and coming MMA fighter. Built in storyline. Book it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bh9L5pB0cA
"Conor wants to fight Mayweather so why not have me and David Haye on the same card? Two of the hardest hitters in London and I think that fight makes sense…"
Haye vs. Manuwa — it's a perfect show opener and nice for getting those UK views. Imagine putting Haye and Manuwa on a UK-only promotional tour? And since this would be going down around 4 am UK time, BT Sport or another UK channel would be showing this, and millions would probably tune in. It's wonderfully international.
The Undercard
As for the rest of the card, you could put anyone on it and the PPV buys would roll in. But how about a mix of MMA fights and boxing bouts from the respective camps of the boxers? A few TMT guys, a couple UFC guys, and everyone is satisfied with an ultimate celebration of combat sports.
Or we could keep going with the boxer vs. MMA fighter theme. At this point, everything's gravy. This would be the biggest combat sports event of all time, and there's no way it wouldn't satisfy.
Now let's watch TJ Dillashaw spar boxing champ Vasyl Lomachenko and think of all the wonderful possibilities…
Topics: #Conor McGregor, #Floyd Mayweather, #MMA, #UFCTags: ANDERSON SILVA, CONOR MCGREGOR, Floyd Mayweather, MMA, UFC


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Logan Sargeant (R-ace GP) finished the season the way he started it, with a win. The American took the chequers ahead of three Renault Sport Academy drivers; rookie champion, Christian Lundgaard (MP Motorsport), Victor Martins (R-ace GP) and Max Fewtrell (R-ace GP). Fourth today, Max Fewtrell succeeds Sacha Fenestraz in the Formula Renault Eurocup record book!
Under clear skies, Victor Martins led the way in qualifying. While Logan Sargeant dominated the first group with a time of 1:42.094s, the French driver went even quicker with a lap of 1:41.864s against title contenders Max Fewtrell and Christian Lundgaard.
After setting a new track record for the category in Barcelona, Victor Martins lined up on pole ahead of Logan Sargeant, Max Fewtrell and Lorenzo Colombo (JD Motorsport) shared row two, while Christian Lundgaard. Thomas Maxwell (JD Motorsport) slotted in on row three. Eliseo Martinez (AVF by Adrian Valles), Neil Verhagen (Tech 1 Racing), Charles Milesi (R-ace GP) and Yifei Ye (Josef Kaufmann Racing) completed the top ten on the grid.
When the lights went out, Logan Sargeant got the best get away to lead from Victor Martins and Max Fewtrell. Behind the leading trio, Christian Lundgaard moved up to fourth ahead of Thomas Maxwell and Lorenzo Colombo.
Having to win to keep his title hopes alive, Christian Lundgaard quickly went on the attack. The Dane made quick work of Max Fewtrell, who didn't pose any resistance, before going after Victor Martins. Further back, Yifei Ye first got around Charles Milesi then Eliseo Martinez.
On lap 15, Christian Lundgaard made his way past Victor Martins then set his sights on Logan Sargeant in the final five minutes. The American dashed his hopes by immediately clocking the fastest lap in the race.
Logan Sargeant went on for the win with a three-second margin of victory ahead of Christian Lundgaard and Victor Martins. Fourth place was good enough for Max Fewtrell to clinch the title. Thomas Maxwell, Lorenzo Colombo, Neil Verhagen, Yifei Ye, Eliseo Martinez and Charles Milesi completed the top ten in the final race for this generation of Formula Renault.
The Formula Renault Eurocup is now about to open a new chapter in its history with the introduction of a new Formula Renault. The first collective tests will begin on March 5, 2019 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.