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Follow the doctors orders! How difficult is that rule? Why am I even asking? We're currently in a health crisis because people won't wear masks strictly because doctors say so. It's maddening. If you're not gonna do what the medical professionals say, then why even bother wasting your time and theirs? Why rack up the medical bills that most of us will ever be able to pay. Just stay home with scotch tape and prayer. Let us know how that works out.Redditor u/vitortrv reached out to all the medical professionals here to see who wanted to vent about the foolish actions of some patients by asking..... Hospital workers of reddit, what was the dumbest thing you saw a patient do immediately after leaving?
Light it Up!mothers day smoking GIF Giphy
Somebody lit up a cigarette (in a no smoking area) with a nasal cannula on, and lit their face on fire. Had to come right back into the ER.
your nurses are crap!!!
Not a hospital worker but I was in the emergency room due to a sports related injury. Finally got let out after hours of x rays and examinations as I was learning how to use crutches and watched someone with stitches on his arm start stretching like he was going to run all the way home.
He turned around, walked towards the desk and yelled "your nurses are crap!" after the cut on his arm reopened mid stretch. The woman at the desk looked so tired.
I saw someone pull his newly slung arm out of it's sling so he could put his jacket on as he was leaving the ER. He just stopped in front of my desk and started whimpering and yelling "Owwwwww! OHhh!" as he slowly worked his arm around to get it out of the sling and into the sleeve of his jacket. I'm pretty sure it wasn't very cold outside at the time.
I plead for him to stop but he ignored me. It was really bizarre.
Downtown!hey arnold nicksplat GIF Giphy
Guy was discharged from our emergency room and wanted a cab voucher to get downtown. We wouldn't give him one because he didn't meet our requirements. He walked outside, called 911, and told the ambulance to take him to a hospital downtown.
So Screwed.
Go out to the carpark, meet their dealer in a car, and shoot up through their IV cannula. Then saunter back into their room as if we couldn't tell??! He got security on him after that to stop him leaving. It just meant he spent his entire stay in the toilets smoking so much we could barely breathe on the corridor and we had to watch his visitors like a hawk in case they passed him something on the ward.
He was a nice guy too. Just screwed up.
Baby You're a Firework...
In the Darwin Awards is a tale of a man in hospital with a skin problem. The staff coated him all over with a cream which is highly flammable, warned him about it and told him to keep away from any sources of ignition. He immediately snuck outside for a smoke. Went up like a roman candle.
"bad luck"
Not a doctor but.... I knew someone that is a fitness freak to an obnoxious level. She had a medical emergency (intestinal blockage) one day that involved major abdominal surgery and removal of part of her intestine. The day she was released from the hospital, she went back to her insane workout routine, trying to make up for the muscle she lost.
She claims her doctor told her she could. Her intestines ripped open. She barely survived. She still claimed after the fact that her working out had absolutely nothing to do with her body ripping open and it was just "bad luck."
Deep Breaths....paper bag GIF Giphy
Patient came in for shortness of breath. She was seen and discharged. A nurse saw her walk into the parking lot, jab herself in the leg with an Epipen, and come right back in saying that she's short of breath.
Oh the stories....
- Inject heroin into their PICC line (big IV)
- leave to go smoke a cigarette and get hit by car
- steal from a 7-eleven while in a hospital gown
- escape from the ER and steal an ambulance senorkose
Off the Rails....motorcycle jim GIF Giphy
My brother works as a volunteer for the red cross. He mostly volunteers as a medic in ambulances. He told me how they picked up a guy because he crashed his bike after he didn't pay attention and got his tyre stuck in some tram tracks. About 3 hours later he was picked up again after he tried to ride his bike with one hand in a cast. First time round he sprained his elbow, second time round he broke his shoulder on the same side.
we can see inside of you....
I work in medical imaging where patients have to drink oral contrast for their exam.
Some folks really hate the stuff and one patient after being given the oral contrast went outside and dumped it in the bushes and came back in and said that they had drank it. Our front desk lady actually saw her dump it in the bushes and told us about it but we would have seen the lack of contrast in the image even if she hadn't told us. I talked to the patient and was like "we can see inside of you, we can tell if you drank it or not."
have some self control Sir....
When I was a nursing student I did a rotation on a transitional care unit in my first year of school(where people go to wait for a nursing home placement). Had an older man as a client who did not have any cognitive impairment complain about abrasions on his penis. Ok all is well and I call for a doctor to look at it to get some antibiotic ointment for it. The doctor can't come up to our floor for another few hours.
I tell the patient this and leave to go do something else. About half an hour later it's time to go take his blood sugar and guess what I find the man doing? Masturbating in plain sight and his hand and penis are bloody and raw. I literally had to have a conversation with a man my grandfather's age and have to tell him not to masturbate while the abrasions are healing and to take it easier once it was healed.
"tackle football"
I work for a medical device company that makes bone screws. We had a patient sue us for faulty implants - apparently his screws broke less than a month after surgery. This is a big deal, and not just from a financial standpoint, so of course we launched a full investigation.
Turns out the dumb fool decided to play tackle football less than a month after his major back surgery. Our bone screws are strong, but not "tackle football" strong.
Discharged a patient after hysterectomy (removing uterus, stitches at top of her vagina) and she went home and had sexual relations, busting her stitches and allowing for her bowel to protrude through the vagina. Had to have an emergency procedure to fix it.
Bless Me Father.
I had a patient that was a regular, scans every 3 months. He knew the prep and always fasted for 6 hours like we required. I asked all the usual questions and got the exam started. As soon as I inject the medication he mentions in passing how he was at mass that morning and had taken communion!!
This is an exam that is royally messed up and invalidated if a person has consumed anything expect for water in the 6 hours prior to the injection of meds. My jaw hit the floor! When questioned it turns out he's very religious and basically did not consider communion food or drink (host and wine!) Yeah, he had to come back and repeat the test.
Help The Woofie....
I heard on my neurology rotation in vet school. They did a surgery on a doberman for wobbler's (neck instability). Dog came back a week after surgery quadriplegic. The owners let it play in the backyard with it's brother and he got tackled. The dog never walked again. :/ I couldn't believe the owners were so stupid to spend 6K on a surgery for a dog and not follow through with the recovery instructions.
Zero stars for Yelp!
Now retired but one of the things I liked about "my" hospital was the food. We have a lot of immigrants in our area and some wise person decided to hire a pretty diverse crowd of cooks - Jamaican ladies making spicy chicken, Japanese cooks making sushi, Mexican dudes making made-to-order burritos, local barbecue, etc. And it was all very "clean" from a nutritional viewpoint - all of it was inspected by our RDs.
And just about every day I would see patients turn down this excellent food and have their families bring them crap from fast food joints in town.
Edit: well, this caught fire while I was asleep. Yes, the food was good - the barbecue vendor also offered fried chicken. But, the reason I retired a year early is because that hospital was being absorbed into a large health care corporation and we all know that never benefits anyone but the suits. From what my former coworkers tell me, that cafeteria now offers the finest food service meals delivered daily in refrigerator trucks and served fresh from the microwave. Hiring cooks who needed/wanted a job is probably not part of the corporate profit plan.
I feel like I am that person.
When I was 15 I broke my arm. Went to the hospital got a cast went about for a few weeks and got it removed. Great! I have my arm back. Now I wasn't the brightest kid and needed everything explained to me. No one told me not to have an arm wrestle with my fresh out of cast arm.
No one explained it was still healing. 4 hours after having my cast removed I was back in A&E and getting a new X-ray and then a new cast put on by the same nurse who just took it off. I have never seen such disappointment in the eyes of someone who wasn't my mother.
Do Decaf....
A lady came to our ER for tachycardia, and anxiety. The triage nurse, on a hunch, asked what she'd eaten that day, and if she'd had any coffee. "I haven't had time to eat (this now being mid afternoon), and only four or five cups of coffee." Genuinely clueless...
Light it Up!Giphy
Countless COPD/asthmatics coming in for wheezing, SOB, rapid breathing. We treat them and the second they feel better they will state, "I forgot something in my car", only to leave and light up a cig.
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They say that things divide into cock-ups and conspiracy. This week, the British Army made a bit of a cock-up, releasing its new advert a few days early. This gave the general public its token day of the year to care about the military. At least now it's out of the way, eh?
Though the advert doesn't quite hit the spot, several officers have commented to me that it is "not the worst in recent years".
The reaction was furious – or, at least, as furious as public reaction ever gets about the armed forces these days.
The i politics newsletter cut through the noise
One Tory MP notes a conspicuous silence from defence ministers – Secretary of State Gavin Williamson, veterans minister Tobias Ellwood and newly-appointed "FoG" (friend of Gavin) Guto Bebb – despite having being allegedly told to support the campaign by the Government.
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Committed defence watchers will be more concerned by a statement made by Dr Julian Lewis, chairman of the Defence Select Committee.
Yesterday, Dr Lewis told MPs that "one can now become chief of staff of any of the three Armed Services and yet have no direct input into the strategic planning process".
This, he said, is because civil servants run the department. As such, "professional military advisers have become more like business managers serving as chief executives with an allocated budget". In essence: the bosses are no longer the bosses.
Perhaps today's papers will prove me wrong, but last night there had been no reaction to this whatsoever. No outrage. No planned demonstrations in Whitehall. If the NHS was being attacked by MPs for being staffed full of hopeless civil servants, a People's March would have been announced. Someone would be making placards.
It is true that the MoD is not a vote-winner. "MoD run by clueless civil servants" isn't front page news – though nor is it a surprise to anyone with an interest in the topic.
Nevertheless, we need to wake up to the fact that the Government no longer regards the military as a priority.
This is neither conspiracy nor cock-up, but the result of a systematic destruction of the Armed Forces. The conspiracy is in convincing the public that it is perfectly acceptable.


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The Good Thief
Hannah TINTI
Winner of the 2008 John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize * A Washington Post Best Book of 2008 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2008
Richly imagined and gothically spooky, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting talents writing today.
Twelve year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is a mystery that Ren has been trying to solve for his entire life, as well as who his parents are, and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthony's Orphanage for boys. When a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Ren's long-lost brother, his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and to give Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? As Ren is introduced to a life of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves, he begins to suspect that Benjamin not only holds the key to his future, but to his past as well….
Hannah Tinti's work has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Mystery Stories 2003. Her short-story collection, Animal Crackers, has been sold in fifteen countries, and was a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award. She is the editor of One Story magazine.
This striking debut novel is an homage to old-fashioned boys-own adventure stories, and unfolds like a Robert Louis Stevenson tale retold amid the hardscrabble squalor of Colonial New England. The sheer strangeness of the story is beguiling: a one-handed boy, tainted by his upbringing in a Catholic orphanage and with little to offer but a head full of lice, is adopted by a con artist, and enters an underworld of ruthless mousetrap-manufacturing barons, feisty chimney-dwelling dwarves, and, perhaps most terrifying of all, black-market dentists. In keeping with the gothic tradition, Tinti writes with an arch, almost camp sensibility. While on a nocturnal grave-digging excursion to procure bodies for a crazy scientist, for instance, the pair encounter an assassin, who tells the twelve-year-old hero that he was made for killing. Will the boy ever discover the truth of his past? Its good fun watching him find out.
Boasting a macabre setting, a fantastic adventure into the underworld of 19th-century New England, and a cast of characters Charles Dickens himself would be proud to claim, The Good Thief is an engaging tale from start to finish. With Ren essentially an "Oliver Twist at heart," readers will find themselves sympathetic even as he finds himself entangled with an odd assortment of villains. Known previously for her collection of short stories, Hannah Tinti has created a magical debut novel that is simultaneously humorous, uplifting, and "darkly transporting" (New York Times). And with this compelling work, concludes Entertainment Weekly, she "secures her place as one of the sharpest, slyest young American novelists."
Ren doesn't know how he lost his hand, who his parents are, or how he arrived at St. Anthony's, a prisonlike orphanage. Certain that no one will ever adopt him, he takes secret revenge on those who beat and torment him by stealing. Then Benjamin Nab appears, claiming Ren as his long-lost younger brother. Off they go, and Ren, a marvelously plucky narrator, is ecstatic. But his savior turns out to be a con man given to diabolical and grotesque endeavors. It's a ghoulish and violent world right out of the most nihilistic fairy tales, with shades of Dickens and Deadwood. Set in a decimated nineteenth-century New England town ruled by the owner of a mousetrap factory, Tinti's shivery tale features an otherworldly cast of characters. Each is caught in a snare of some sort and must figure out how to get free. Tinti revealed her macabre sensibility in her story collection, Animal Crackers (2004). In her highly original debut novel, she renders the horrors and wonders she concocts utterly believable and rich in implication as she creates a darkly comedic and bewitching, sinister yet life-affirming tale about the eternal battle between good and evil. –Donna Seaman
"The Good Thief's characters are weird and wonderful…. [It] has all the makings of a classic—a hero, a villain and a rollicking good tale set in 19th century New England about a good boy who gets mixed up with a lot of bad men…. All of that, along with its humor, ingenuity and fast pace, make The Good Thief compelling."—San Francisco Chronicle
"The Good Thief is a dark, Dickensian fable filled with enough surprises to keep a reader turning pages long past midnight. Irresistibly strange, and just plain irresistible."—Karl Iagnemma
I do have mixed feelings about this book, probably because it took me way out of my comfort zone.
If you read the above reviews, you have a good idea of all the horrific, dark, and spooky elements present in the book, and they did not even mention that one of the character was actually found buried alive, when the others opened tombs to find teeth for the black market… If you are used to that type of stuff, you may actually consider it too funny, such as for instance the dwarf living on a roof and coming down through the chimney every night to eat his diner prepared by his sister.
And yet at the same time, it IS extremely well written and irresistible. You know you are going towards more spooky stuff, but it's really hard to break the spell.
Maybe because at the same time, there is a part of goodness in each characters, and not only in the kid Ren, the main hero, and that makes the whole very human in fact. Plus, there's the suspense element : you want to know more about Ren's history, what happened to his hand and to his family.
That's probably all of gothic literature I'll try, but I'm glad I did with this book.
"The man arrived after morning prayers."
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Written by: Essa Thaim Kurugba, Kambia, Sierra Leone
At the time I finished my first publication, I was asked by my colleagues with some embarrassing questions that seems to be very alarming and needed attention: What are the SLPP thinking at this time and what are their headaches? To my candid opinion, I considered them to have headaches which are constantly been triggered by their own supporters and who are also the enemies of progress.
At first, I was mystified and bamboozled; I had never wanted to answer these displeasing questions. In return, my questions were: Are we thinking about the criminals roaming the dark streets at night? Or, you mean the SLPP bosses who are mentally and emotionally killing voters with stress and harsh words? Or the SLPP supporters in the offices are engaging in graft and corruption, instead of helping those in need? My perplexity was boundless as the skies. As an APC, I quickly detect the implications which the enemies of progress are already into; but in other words, the APC party has one common opponent "the enemies of evolution", who are the SLPP supporters. They derail progress and support retrogression. The chronic headaches and misfortunes which they triggered are coming back to haunt them. They may not want to admit it, but the worst enemies of progress are themselves (SLPP supporters). Meticulously as one would like to ask: who do we blame when something goes wrong in our daily lives? Do we blame the people around us, the weather, maybe even God? Remember, it's we the people who are the ones in control of ourselves. Our political leaders like the people's president – H. E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma whose leadership style would only be the one who is willing and able to change the outcome of the people's lives. The APC party has the capacity to do that and they are still doing it but the fear of jealousy, greed and self-centeredness that is controlling these SLPP's supporters' lives is someone's guess. In retrospect, some people who never managed to get out of poverty cast the blame to the government or their jobs.
The SLPP failed the nation during their era. They were too afraid to try out new ventures that may improve the socio-economic development of the nation. They half-heartedly go to work on their own time. They embezzled government funds, womanizer and left a destitute nation for the APC to take over. Then when the day is done, they go to their luxurious home at I-MATT, watch TV and go out aimlessly having fun without seriously thinking of what great opportunity the future has in store for them as political leaders, if only they would have tried to do something different with their lives as politicians.
The persistence headaches in this SLPP camp has caused many supporters to remain frigid and to never wanted go out exploring the wonderful things this world has to offer for our impoverish nation. Lots of these enemies of progress would rather stay where they are in unsatisfied domains than to risk difficulties and obstacles for the sake of attaining the people's dreams. If their lives are not getting any better during the time they needed help, they have no one else's to blame but themselves.
The SLPP headaches are all about jealous and envy. The Sell People get agitated and frantic very easily and caused some relationship problems within themselves. Some of their members, who are enemies of progress, immediately jump to conclusions without first analyzing the situation when they are penniless. They let their sudden emotions control their behaviors without even thinking of the consequences that may result. If they're having problems with their relationships, they have no one else to blame but themselves. This goes to show that it was their failed governance during the SLPP 11 years. As enemies of progress, some sell people supporters will say that there were circumstances that were beyond their own control, just like natural calamities. They will continue to say that, they could have still utilized their best advantage to all the things that we have control of. Sometimes, these Sell People would just get drunk and feel miserable, thinking that it's the end of the world. Some will move onwards with their lives and find the best in what remains with them.
To you all APC, the SLPPs are proven to be the enemies of progress and they should come out of the shadows to commend and speak well of H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's leadership. We don't even need to cry over spilled milk. We don't need to get frustrated over this SLPP supporters headache. For the love of Mama Salone, let's join hands together and concentrate on how the Koroma's administration could get better and to do more in the future. Likewise, if we encounter problems during the course of the developments, we can either succumb to it, or we can treat it as an opportunity to become stronger and a better individual. Winners like APC supporters would always like to treat their dilemmas as opportunities. Conclusively, SLPP supporters need some headache pills to curve their retrogressive mannerism. They can continue to be our worst enemy of progress, but they can also be our best friend. It's all up to them if they want to see progress in Mama Salone!
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A movie at our local theater or family games at Just Games might also be a good choice especially on a rainy day.
How about easy trail walking or renting bikes?
Other fun things to do within 30 miles.
Parents: Don't feel left out! We have fun, games and adventure for you too!
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It was a celebration of sorts Monday morning at the Manteca Veterans Center.
California National Guard Commander Major General David Baldwin — along with Congressman Jeff Denham who fought for the return of re-enlistment bonuses for military personnel state-wide who had served in battle — where on hand at the Moffat Boulevard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post to update veterans on their efforts to make those who have served America whole.
Chris Van Meter, formerly of Manteca, and Dan Jones of Escalon had been offered a combined total of $103,000 to stay in the service at the end of their enlistment. Both of them — like others across the state — were forced to return the money years later after the Pentagon determined re-enlistment personnel awarding the bonuses were unauthorized to do so.
Both men had no other choice but to sell their home or take out second mortgages to repay bonuses awarded them under the California National Guard Incentive Program. They were among 17,000 cases that were reviewed.
Most of the California soldiers were repaid their bonuses and student loans they had earned in good faith. Today, despite many hardships that veterans incurred as a result of the initial claw back, General Baldwin and Representative Denham were able to reflect on the favorable resolution of those cases.
Van Meter and Jones both credited Congressman Denham for helping them recover the bonus money that repaying had pushed them toward bankruptcy. Both are married with young children. Jones had been a first responder with the Stockton Fire Department. He earned his Chief Warrant Officer wings in the service via helicopter pilot's training at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and the opportunity to fly helicopters such as the Blackhawk and Chinooks. Jones first served as a medic in the Guard.
"The bureaucracy should never supersede the soldiers in the battlefield or veterans returning home," Denham said. "The CalGuard's pay issue should have never taken so long to resolve. With a redefined mission and fraud in the system, the Department of Defense should have recognized and expedited all pay disputes."
General Baldwin offered an update on the "Work for Warriors" program, a state and federal partnership, which Denham has supported in Congress. This program helps veterans find employment and has helped thousands of California veterans get jobs by connecting with over 350 business partners throughout the state.
Dating back to 2006, certain California National Guard employees had enticed thousands of soldiers to reenlist using the fraudulent bonuses to help meet recruitment goals. Those who accepted the bonuses were unaware that was the case until the Pentagon began demanding the money be returned
Jones sought the assistance of Congressman Denham in 2016 after receiving notification – as had Van Meter – learning earlier he was responsible for the repayment of the bonuses he had received for the period from 2004 to 2010.
The two men had followed "appropriate steps" and at the suggestions of other authorities to obtain exemptions and waivers but were unsuccessful. They also received collection debt notices with instructions that could possibly stop the recoupment of the funds. They both learned they were considered to be responsible for the bonuses the Guard had authorized.
They were not "eligible" for the bonuses due to the criminal actions of others. Jones was given 30 days to pay back over $20,000 of the total. After his meetings first with Van Meter, Denham met again with Jones in October of 2016 – in February of 2017, Jones and the congressman received written notification there would be no recoupment for the 2004 to 2010 period. He said he had volunteered that he had been overpaid numerous times but the Army said just to hang onto it and someone will probably contact you – but they never did, he said, until many years later.
His wife Cindy has the rank of Captain in the National Guard and was just deployed as the leader of a Chinook helicopter squadron bound for the Far East having leaving their two small children at home for a year.
The recoupment had also been forgiven for Van Meter but it is still seen as a very personal issue with soldiers coming back from battle and receiving letters, even today, saying they have to repay their bonuses to the government, Denham said.
General Baldwin recalled, "When we were first faced with this, we didn't have the authority to change it. The Army paid out tens of thousands of dollars and when they want their money back, they want it now."
Van Meter and his wife had just moved to Manteca when they learned they would have to repay a $46,000 bonus to the Army. They had two small boys and the news of the recoupment forced him into retirement from the military. It was just too much to bear, he said.
The Guardsmen said they got calls on the telephone with the greeting, "Hi I'm Jeff Denham. Let us help you resolve this situation."
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These Faith Stories, as different as they are, all hold one thing in common: They each came to a place of committing both their faith and their lives to Jesus Christ. God is famous for his great love and mercy!
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Good 🙂 Loved the point that not all music is worship "to" God. I can also relate to "a song" that gets you. Thanks for shareing.


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Bui, Véronique, and Roland Le Huenen, editors. Balzac et la Chine: la Chine et Balzac. PU de Rouen et du Havre, 2017, pp. 240, ISBN 979-10-240-0715-1
Ileana Chirila, University of New Hampshire
The trope of China as a remote but fascinating and mysterious country has been recurrent in the French literary milieu ever since Jesuit missionaries tried, during thesixteenth century, to introduce Christianity to the people of the Middle Kingdom. Moreover, France was the first European country to begin the study of China and the Chinese language, in 1711, under the patronage of Louis XIV, and the place where Sinology was created, in 1814, by Jean Pierre Abel-Rémusat, the founder of the chair of Chinese and Manchu at the Collège de France. The dynamic of Chinese influence on French literature and vice versa ranges from translations to adaptations, as well as texts "inspired" by the other country, cultural references, liberal depictions of rites and traditions, new poetic forms, and atypical novels. It is not surprising, in this context, that more contributions are added every year to the critical bibliography dedicated to Sino-French cultural interactions.
Considering that Balzac never traveled to China, and none of the stories from La Comédie Humaine take place there, what is the association between the two? As noted in the introduction to Veronique Bui and Roland le Huenen's edited volume, Balzac is the writer who invented the character of the Sinophile. By creating this type in his short novel L'Interdiction, he introduced Sinology to the public and reopened, "quatre-vingt ans après Voltaire, la voie des relations littéraires entre la France et la Chine" (17). But this compilation of studies dedicated to the surprising connections between Balzac and China serves as more than an encyclopedic accounting of Balzacian references to the Middle Kingdom, or an analysis of the reception of Balzac's work in China. The presence of a historian (Jacques Marx) and a sinologue (Muriel Détrie) among the contributors to this volume proves that Bui and Le Huenen, whose expertise is primarily in literary studies, have accounted for the complex intellectual landscape of Sino-French cultural exchanges. Read in succession or not, the chapters by Marx and Détrie reveal links between literature and history, as well as broader cultural conflicts, political changes, and economic concerns in both countries. Although Balzac's name in the title of the volume might allude to a strict literary cross-examination, most chapters provide a deep cultural and historical context that leads the reader through a myriad of aspects and events, which otherwise would have nothing to do with the nineteenth-century writer. These historical and cultural contexts include the Sino-Japanese war, the influence of Marx and Engels on Chinese literary criticism, the development of "scar literature" after the end of the Cultural Revolution, and Chinese linguistic elements in Japanese.
Understandably, the book's five sections are not ordered chronologically, but the thematic organization makes it easy to follow the material. The first section covers what was known about China in nineteenth-century France, and describes how and why a specific vision of the far-east country took form in the French imagination. This sets the context for the second section of the book (the most interesting, in my opinion), in which the focus narrows to Balzac's China. Here, in a painstakingly researched study, Éric Bordas proves through a lexicometric reading that although the Chinese "ne courent pas les rues de La Comédie Humaine" (83), they are, by far, the non-Europeans most present in Balzac's fictional world. There are 113 occurrences of the word "chinois," as opposed to nine "japonais," nine "turcs", twenty-four "américains," fifty "indiens," twelve "africains," and ninety-five "arabes." In another essay, Véronique Bui and Denis Meyer recount the story of the friendship and reciprocal influence between Balzac and the painter and traveler Auguste Borget, whose album La Chine et les Chinois was analyzed by the French writer in a critical work bearing the same title. They lay out the historical context of this relationship and explain why the critical study became more famous than the album, to the point that La Chine et les Chinois was attributed to Balzac. Section three focuses on the reception of Balzac's work in China and Japan, and unveils fascinating details about the first translations of Balzac's novels into Chinese. For example, Lin Shu did not speak any European language, but was able to "reconstitute" four of Balzac's short stories by transcribing into classical Chinese the oral translations (hence non-classical) that a team of younger collaborators were performing on the spot from an English version. Section four shifts from the nineteenth century to contemporary times in order to delve into the reception of Dai Sijie's Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise in Japan and Vietnam, and to explore the strategies employed by the translators in the two respective languages. This short section, apparently unrelated to the theme of the book (Balzac is not a character in Dai Sijie's novel), is justified by the extraordinary reception of the novel in the two countries, which is attributed, at least partially, to Balzac's fame.
Balzac et la Chine: la Chine et Balzac is an accessible and very attractive introduction to the fertile connections between Balzac and China. There are a few stylistic inconsistencies between the French and non-French authors. In addition, the volume features some repetitive material from one chapter to another, notably exact citations describing the influence of Balzac's father on his vision of China (95 and 112), or the historical context of the publication of Borget's album (66 and 114), or description of Borget by Balzac (74 and 105). These minor issues do not take away from the achievements of this book. Bui and Le Huenen's collection of studies will undoubtedly become an indispensable read not only for scholars of Balzac and nineteenth-century literary studies, but also for any researcher interested in Sino-French cultural relations.


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Last Day of My Life (Freebirds # 4) by Lani Lynn Vale
Publication Date: June 30, 2014
Genre: Contemporary MC Romance / Military Romance/ Adult Fiction
She's been known as Jane for the last seven years. Have you ever felt lost? Well she knows lost. She's the definition of lost. Cruelly beaten within an inch of her life? Check. No memory of anything that's happened since she woke up from that beating? Check. Losing a child, especially one she didn't remember conceiving? Check. Jane has been sent away from her home of the past seven years by a hot older biker that tells her that her life's in danger. His solution is to send her to a place that's the home of a man that she feels a connection with instantly. A bone deep connection.
Jacks spent the last seven years in a depression. After the death of his young wife while on his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, he hasn't seen the appeal of participating in the world around him. He's lost everyone that's ever meant anything to him. His mom. His dad. His sister. His wife. Why make any more connections? They're just going to die. The only things keeping him on this earth with boots firmly planted are his brothers who fought with him during hell on earth, and his best friend, the man that was there for his wife when he couldn't be. The one who promised to keep her safe, and didn't. Then he loses one of those things, and Jack really has nothing left. He comes home to an empty bed, and dreams of what used to be, caught up in a never ending nightmare that never ends. Until she screams his name, that is.
A name is the first memory that has surfaced in her brain in the last seven years. That name is Jackopa. Her husband.


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Bangladesh Under-19 team will be hoping to continue their winning momentum in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup when they face their Scottish counterparts in their second Group C match at Witrand Oval in Potchefstroom, South Africa today.
The Bangladesh boys began their campaign on January 18 with a crushing nine-wicket win by Duckworth and Lewis method against Zimbabwe, and are currently at the top of their four-team group with two points.
Parvez Hossain starred in the victory with an unbeaten 58 off 33 balls while Mahmudul Hasan (38 not out) and Tanzid Hasan (32) also supported the former with their blazing innings.
Pacer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, who took 1-28 in that match, was ecstatic after their dominating win in the first match and was confident that they would continue their winning run against Scotland today.
'We always aim for victory. We played well in the last match. We will try to hold on to that momentum,' Mrittunjoy told reporters on Monday.
'We are feeling good after winning the first match. This World Cup comes once in every two years. A player usually can play in only one Under-19 World Cup. The first win was a good one. Everyone performed well in our team,' he added.
Mrittunjoy further said that the team was confident about a victory against Scotland, who began their tournament with a seven-wicket defeat against Pakistan on January 19 after getting bowled out for a paltry 75.
'We have not played against them yet, but I saw their batting yesterday [Sunday] in the ICC page. They didn't play well. We are very hopeful as we are playing well,' he said.
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Artist Jeremy McComb made good on his promise last weekend when he headlined the 50th birthday party of 93.7 Kiss Country's morning personality, Gnarley Charlie.
The KSKS host surprised McComb with the tour date during a telephone call.
As you can see, the pair had a shockingly good time.
McComb made the guest appearance while out on his current year-long Troublemaker Tour, which has him on the road for over 225 days this year.


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When Fashion Night Out started 2 years ago in New York City, the fashion/retailing world was at one of its lowest points. With a wave of her well connected arm, Anna Wintour, savior of NYC's fashion avenue and retailers all across the states, started this annual party on September 8th to shop, spend and support retailers, designers and the overall economy in the states. While SF is 3,000 miles away from NYC, here are a list of the haute establishments participating in this night of retail therapy.
Union Square:
ArtPoint & Westfield Mall – 5th and Market: Combining champions of art with champion shoppers makes for a buzzy night under the Westfield Mall dome. Tickets are available online for $10 and the proceeds go to supporting ArtPoint, the young professional group dedicated to raising money for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The event starts at 5:30PM and the reception with light bites and champange goes until 7PM, but stores like Michael Kors, Madewell and Herve Leger will be open until 8:30PM, each offering special items or promotions for the night.
Agent Provocateur – 54 Geary Street: Purveyor of cheeky intimates, AP gets into the mood with a live model in the window and lubricates the shopping experience by serving champagne late into its extending hours of 9PM.
Marc Jacobs – 125 Maiden Lane: Never one to shy away from throwing a carnival, Marc Jacobs will be hosting a circus themed window with champagne served inside. Specially made for fashion night out clown t-shirts will be available for sale and they will be giving out fragrance gift bags until they close at 9PM.
Neiman Marcus – 150 Stockton Street: As a part of the holy trinity of premier luxury department stores, Neiman Marcus is gearing up for a big Fashion Night Out as usual. From 6 to 8 p.m., there will be live models walking throughout the store, displays of the local designers and artisans from the Academy of Art University, a special Loro Piana luxe cashmere trunk show and celebrate 25 years of the Hanky Panky with a "Decorate it Yourself" event. Call 415.249.2713 or email@example.com for the night.
Saks Fifth Avenue – 384 Post Street: Saks hosts a night of revelry with local bloggers like: www.7×7.com, www.9to5chic.com, www.inspirafashion.blogspot.com, www.likefreshlaundry.com, www.refusestolabel.com, and www.thefashioncamp.com . Guests will enjoy passed champagne, DJs, makeovers, trivia contests and a fashion lounge with a mannequin installation styled by the above named fashion bloggers. The party starts at 6PM and will run through 8PM so RSVP at 415.438.5411 by Tuesday, Sept 6th.
The Filmore:
Curve San Francisco – 2360 Filmore: This uber chic store already has outposts in NYC, Miami and Los Angeles. Owner Nevena Borissova opens the San Francisco store with a cocktail party and VIP guest list. San Franciscans can expect her highly editted selections from blockbuster houses like Balmain, McQueen, Preen and coveted as too cool for school labels like Carven, Sharon Wauchob and it's own in house designs.
Marc by Marc Jacobs – 2142 Filmore: Just like it's big brother in Union Square, MbMJ will have special carnival themed items for sale and to give away such as totes and t-shirts. Open til 9PM. Expect a great playlist, nibbles, drinks and a funhouse like experience.
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Mobily for its Hala International package introduced a new offer that allows its new customers 100% free bonus credit and up to 2 Gigabytes internet upon credit recharge of 10 SAR or more.
Mobily free credit are valid for voice calls and SMS within its network. The package also offers international SMS and internet to its customers. The latest move is likely to enhance the network competitiveness and add value to customer experience. Mobily international package offers best rates in Saudi Arabia for international voice calls. The call rates for Egypt, Jordon, Sudan, India and Bangladesh is 55 halalas, and the price to Pakistan, Philippine and Nepal is 65 halalas, and the price to Syria, Indonesia, Turkey, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka is 99 halalas.
For new and existing Mobily customers special rates of 25 halalas for international SMS makes the offer appealing for customers.
Mobily has continuously thrived to improve its services by offering competitive calling rates. International calls are cheapest in the entire kingdom, since the company owns international roaming agreements with all countries, both, for prepaid and postpaid packages. Addionlly, MMS and data roaming services are also best in the region in terms of customer experience.
Mobily has been focused on providing better offers to customers, as they launched the new Wajid Smart Package about a month back. This package was a part of their "Wajid" postpaid portfolio. It offers customers with new and innovative options which also consist of a 5000 minutes talk time within the Mobiliy network and a total of 500 minutes for connections on the rest of the networks.
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Makes sense, then, that we'd love Simple.
Simple makes saving easy. By tracking the money coming in along with regular expenditures, it figures out how much you spend each month and on what, and lets you see it all on your smartphone.
Simple helps you set and meet your savings goals and provides the data you need to make decisions on what budget items you might need to trim. Its unique "Safe to Spend" calculation lets you know how much you can blow on lunch today or, conversely, if you really should start brown-bagging it.
You can instantly transfer money to other Simple customers, deposit a cheque through the app, and much more. The Simple app is available on Android and iOS – take a closer look with Kyra in our video below.
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Are You Experiencing Strange Body Temperature Anomalies?
by Gregg Prescott, M.S.
Founder, Webmaster, & Editor, In5D.com
I've been encouraging people to document any strange anomalies in their lives and have been doing so, myself.
The latest anomalies involve our body temperatures.
The first anomaly is our actual body temperatures. Do me a favor and take your temperature right now and post it in the comments section.
In mid December of 2017, I had what many are calling "Ascension Flu" and I documented my body temperature every day. My temperature spiked as high as 103.1 (39.5 C) on the 19th, but by the 22nd, it was below 98 degrees (36.7 C) and has remained there ever since. The lowest its been since December 22nd was 97.1 (36.1 C) and the highest was 97.8 (36.5 C). A "normal" body temperature is 98.6 (37 C).
After several weeks of noticing this anomaly, I made a post on FB asking people to take their temperatures. The results were as I suspected. The vast majority of answers were below "normal".
The second anomaly occurs at night when we sleep. According to WebMD, our body temperature "tends to go up and down a little during the day, and the same is true at night, although while you're sleeping it can be 1 to 2 degrees lower than in the daytime. Body temperature starts to fall as bedtime approaches, paving the way for a good night's sleep. Your body also tends to lose heat, which helps you fall and stay asleep."
So, what is happening?
Is it possible that are bodies are becoming crystalline?
I live in Siesta Key, Florida where the sand is 99.9% quartz crystal. In the summer, it could be 90 degrees (32.2 C) outside with the sun shining brightly, but the sand is as cool as the other side of your pillow.
If quartz crystal can absorb or deflect the heat, yet still stay cool, is the same thing happening to our bodies?
What are your thoughts?
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Gina Offenstine
Gina has lived in Saxonville for seven years with her husband Herb Everett. She owns and runs Past Prezence and SensationWear. She and Herb have a space in the Saxonville Mills where they work together. Gina's focus is to sell her private collection of vintage housewares, furniture, purses and ladies clothing.
Living outside the USA for more than 20 years of her life, she has collected quite a large assortment of unique and rare items. Gina was in the textile business for over 15 years living in Hong Kong, and traveled all over Asia. She then moved to France and stayed there for four years, while stopping for a short nine months in Doha, Qatar before settling in the Boston area. She always tells people she meets that New England is the best place on Earth and she should know! Now she says that Saxonville is where she will stay indefinitely.
Gina has twin children, Adam and Marina, 24 years old, which she raised alone until she met Herb. They married in 2014 at the Village Hall in Framingham.
When Gina is not busy listing her items on a cool website called "Chairish", she works on many projects involving pallet wood. She and Herb have a large woodworking shop which is part of their space in the Mills. Being creative with old pallet wood is something Gina enjoys tremendously. She says it is like therapy in a way – watching those old pallets which would normally end up in a landfall being recreated into something beautiful and functional, not to mention saleable! She has also been spotted around town picking up stuff which people throw away, and either resells it or uses it in a creative way artistically.
Life is good for Gina as she lives right across the street from the Mills and has a choice to either walk to work or drive. Most days she drives because she brings the rest of the family in the car to work which includes " Jack the Parakeet" and "Lizzie and Bruiser," the cutest Chihuahuas you will ever meet!


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So how did your exploration with the 1st chakra go? Did you find yourself feeling more grounded and centered? If you're not sure, keep a journal and take a moment after each practice session with the chakras to write down what your experience was like – how you are feeling post-practice. It can be really informative and illuminating.
Moving onward and upward to the 2nd chakra – Svadisthana – which lies in the pelvic region. Our hips, pelvis, reproductive organs, low back and kidneys are governed by this chakra. This chakra is about opening to and experiencing joy and pleasure. Water is the element associated with this chakra. Since water flows and moves, balancing this chakra can help us learn to "go with the flow."
Like the other even numbered chakras, the second chakra is a feminine chakra, meaning that it draws energy in and invites us to become more receptive. This encourages us to accept what is; to feel what we feel; to open up to life as it is. When we are less resistant, we create the environment for our body to open and become less tense and tight.
In the following sequence, we'll explore a brief asana sequence to help open the hips, and awaken and rebalance the second chakra so that we feel more present, more "in" our lives.
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Use this article to enable integration between K2 and Microsoft Cognitive Services for use in your solutions. You will understand the authentication requirements and the necessary configuration to enable this integration. Once you have enabled the integration between K2 and Cognitive Services, you can create SmartObjects that will allow you to call Cognitive Services methods in your K2 applications.
This article in intended for K2 and Azure administrators that need to enable Microsoft Cognitive Services integration in K2, and assumes that you are familiar with Microsoft's Cognitive Services offering. You can learn more about Cognitive Services at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/.
You should be familiar with the following technologies:
The following items are required or recommended, especially if you create and troubleshoot your own Swagger definitions.
There are three main steps to configuring the integration between K2 and Microsoft Cognitive Services.
To use Cognitive Services with K2, you need a way to authenticate your requests with Azure services. The most common way this is accomplished is by using an API key. You can, as an Azure administrator, get a key using the Azure portal. For more information see Authenticate requests to Azure Cognitive Services. You use this key in the HTTP header request value when configuring your REST service instance, which is detailed in the Configuring the REST Service Broker for Cognitive Services section below.
For the purposes of this article, the scenario is limited to a single region and API key.
Before you can configure a REST service instance, you need a Swagger definition file for the endpoints with which you want to integrate. There are two options for doing getting this file: using the provided Swagger definition, or creating your own Swagger definition.
Each API endpoint for Cognitive Services has its own Swagger definition which you can download from each API documentation page. Click API Definition in the upper right corner of the page.
Some of the Microsoft Cognitive Services APIs use unique identifiers in the Swagger definition to name the actions in the API. These IDs are difficult to read in the REST service broker as illustrated here:
An ID in the Swagger definition called operationId represents these unique actions across the service.
In order to make the API more readable in the REST service broker, copy the Swagger definition to edit your own copy in a tool such as Notepad++. Copy the value in the summary field value and replace the value of the operationId field, as illustrated here for the Analyze Image action.
Save your updated Swagger file to a location accessible by your instance of K2. This can be a local file location if you're running K2 Five or a cloud storage service (such as Azure Blob Storage or Google Firebase) that allows anonymous access for K2 Cloud customers. Use this location when you register a new instance of the REST service broker and your methods show up in a more readable way.
Another option is to create your own Swagger definition for the Cognitive Service with which you are integrating. This has some benefits over using the downloadable Swagger file as you have the flexibility to address some of the usability issues in that definition.
For some endpoints, this approach is necessary as the provided Swagger does not expose all necessary information required by the REST service broker due to the dynamic nature of the endpoint. For example, some of the operations of the Computer Vision endpoint do not have a defined return value in the definition because the type of data returned is dependent on the query string parameters you use when making the call. In these cases, you must determine what information is needed from the endpoint and create your Swagger definition that meets your use cases.
Additionally, custom Swagger definitions allow you to focus the endpoint's methods and objects to only what you need for your solutions.
You can use tools like REST United to generate Swagger files. For detailed information on using this online resource, see Generating a Swagger Descriptor for REST-based Services using RESTUnited.com.
Use Postman and Fiddler to test, troubleshoot, and trace communications between K2 and Microsoft Cognitive Services.
If you decide to customize the provided Swagger or generate your own, you must place to definition file in a location that can be accessed anonymously from your K2 Cloud tenant, such as Google Firebase. Use these URLs of the definition files when creating instances of the REST service broker for each endpoint. For K2 Five customers, you can either host them anonymously or use a local path on your K2 server.
Once you have a URL (or the Swagger file locally if you're running K2 Five), configure the REST service broker instance and generate SmartObjects that you can use in your K2 solutions. For detailed information about the REST service broker, see REST in the K2 Cloud User Guide or REST in the K2 Five User Guide.
The calls to Cognitive Services endpoints are authorized by including your subscription key in the request header of calls made to the API. To include this key, you must provide a value in the Default HTTP Request Headers field in the configuration of your REST service instance. This adds the API key to every request of the service instance.
An example value of a request header is shown here. Replace the placeholder value your API Key Here with your key from the Azure portal. You can serialize a new header using the HttpHeader object's Serialize method as well.
You must also provide the URL of the Swagger descriptor location (or local path if you're running K2 Five) when creating the service instance. In this example, the Swagger definition is called ModerationSwagger.json and is saved in a Firebase storage location.
Once you provide values for the Default HTTP Request Headers and Descriptor Location, click OK. Create a service instance for each Swagger file you have.
Once you have your service instances created, you can design or generate SmartObjects for each instance. Calling methods of these SmartObjects is how you enable the integration between K2 and Microsoft Cognitive Services in your solutions. For more information about SmartObjects, see About SmartObjects.


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Swimsuit? Check. Toothbrush? Check. Maps and guide books? Check. Emergency medical travel insurance? Hmm, looks like you forgot something after all.
If this sounds like you, you're not alone. Many people forget to purchase emergency medical travel insurance before they leave on a vacation. As unfortunate as it might sound, medical emergencies can occur anywhere at any time, and with them come numerous expenses. Before you embark on your next great adventure, make sure you're properly insured.
The TravelStar® Emergency Medical Travel Insurance plan from Group Medical Services provides you with the coverage you need for various unforeseen circumstances. With up to $5 million in coverage available and two plans to choose from, GMS has your back wherever you are.
TravelStar® offers two types of emergency medical travel insurance policies, designed with certain types of travellers in mind.
This plan is intended for travellers taking a single trip, and it allows you to purchase coverage for trips of up to one year (365 days) in length. If necessary, you can supplement your coverage with benefits from other insurance policies.
This plan is intended for snowbirds and people who travel more frequently. It provides you with a year's worth of coverage for a limitless number of trips. You can purchase 15 or 30 days of coverage at a time and top it up with the TravelStar® Single-Trip Plan.
Like a good navigator, GMS's emergency medical travel insurance guides you through various medical emergencies you might experience while on vacation. Out-of-pocket expenses for emergency treatments can add up quickly, and the TravelStar® plan helps keep more of your money in your wallet with its coverage. You policy includes:
Your GMS TravelStar® emergency medical travel insurance policy features several useful benefits, including:
Like most GMS's travel insurance products, the TravelStar® plan is available from most insurance brokers. You can also compare travel quotes in minutes direct to your inbox to view your options before making a purchase.
Learn more about GMS's other insurance offerings.
BasicPlan is an affordable GMS health insurance product that is designed to cover for unexpected emergencies, including those fundamental health benefits not covered under your provincial health plan, such as ambulance services, preferred hospital rooms and in-hospital drugs. This plan is upgrade-able if ever you want to add prescription drug and dental coverage, and hospital cash to cover out-of-pocket expenses when you have an extended hospital stay.
OmniPlan is a superior GMS health insurance product that provides extensive health benefit coverage including health practitioner services like physiotherapy and massage therapy, vision care, and glasses. This plan is upgrade-able if ever you want to add prescription drug and dental coverage, and hospital cash to cover out-of-pocket expenses when you have an extended hospital stay.
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StudentPlan is a GMS travel insurance product that is designed for Canadian students (available to under age 55) that want to study outside of their province of residence or country of residence. This plan can helps fill those gaps helping you and your family feel safe so you can focus on your education.
GMS Immigrants & Visitors to Canada is a GMS travel insurance product that is designed for Immigrants & Visitors to Canada that want to have a peace of mind during their entire stay in Canada. You can choose the amount of insurance coverage between $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 or $150,000 in total.
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No, we're not getting this for MetaBaby. But it sure does get my heart thumping. I sure would have cooed for one when I was a kid. In fact, I think I might have.
I wonder if they come in green.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
1 comments:
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
Get one for YOURSELF. *wink* That is so cute.
- November 11, 2007 at 7:55 PM
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Quintessentially a part of the Kerala cuisine and one of the many dishes served during the popular Sadya during Onam. ..
Olan is one of the first few dishes I learnt to prepare while in school. Olan can be prepared with matthan , or winter melons or with both .( yellow pumpkins or even snake gourds ) pic shows olan using yellow pumpkins .
1/4 cup Cow peas /Karamani/Vanpayar soaked for 4-5 hours
3-4 nos green chillies (slit lengthwise) qty depends on how spicy the chillies are .
1 cup very thick coconut milk
1 tbsp coconut oil
Salt to taste
3. Remove the cooked beans from the cooker and take a pan, add the chopped pumpkin, ash gourd and add the thin coconut milk into it.
5. Reduce the flame and stir slowly .
6. Season with coconut oil and a sprigs of curry leaves.


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Sundström® SR510 P3 Particle Filter - Sundstrom
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High performance particle filter class P3. The filter flange features an O-ring that optimises the seal to the front rim of Sundström gas filters.
Used in conjunction with Sundström SR100, SR200 and SR500 respirators.
- Plastic polypropylene
- No metal parts
- Used against all types of wet and dry particles, such as dust, smoke, aerosols, spray, asbestos, bacteria, viruses and mould. The filter fits into Sundström half and full face masks, as well as the SR700 particle PAPR. The filter can be attached to Sundström non-threaded gas filters. It is also used on front of Sundström's threaded gas filters when used on the SR500 PAPR
- Largest diameter: 107 mm, Thickness: 31 mm
- Weight: 44 g
- Filtration paper: Particle filter contains about 1,300 sq cm (200 sq inches) hydrophobic fibreglass paper
- Filtration efficiency: Paraffin oil aerosol: >99.997% (tested by INSPEC)
- Drop pressure: At 30 l/min: 40 Pa (standards requirement: <120 Pa) , At 95 l/min: 120 Pa (standards requirement: <420 Pa)
- Store at room temperature in clean, dry place
- If seal has been broken, store away from contaminants in an air-tight container
- Shelf life is 10 years if seal is unbroken
- Expiry date printed on filter
- Construction
- Asbestos Removal
- Concrete Industry
- Demolition
- Manufacturing
- Chemical handling
- Emergency services
- Military
- Agriculture
- Laboratory
Compliance: Approved to AS/NZS 1716:2012
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