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Beauty, inspiration, Lifestyle

Work Hard Inspire Yourself Be Brilliant and Thrive – Post 327

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

PAUSE IF YOU MUST…BUT DON’T STOP!

work hard and thrive

GET TO WORK!

There is no magic pill to success. You need to work hard and adore what you do if you want to accomplish your purpose in life.
It is annoying to hear people complain about money all the time and how hard everything is, but they don’t do anything about it.
Everything worthwhile in this life is not easy to acquire. It requires effort, knowledge and true passion.

DON’T BE LAZY and WAKE UP!

When you really want to achieve your goals and the passion you have inside is strong, then 24 hours are not enough. You can’t wait for the new day to start, to see the dawn and get ready to work on your objective.

But if you are lazy or you are not sincere about acquiring success, then every little rock in your path is going to be a huge obstacle to continue.

Lazy people want to be on Facebook and other social media all the time sharing their fake lives, or they want to spend the day playing games and do nothing productive.

FIRST OF ALL:

You need to have a vision of where you want to go, if you don’t have a goal where you wish to go you will end up anywhere and nowhere. Organize, make a plan and then go for it, full force and do not let anybody and nothing to stop you from getting where you want to be.

Resting and allowing yourself to goof around is simply not allowed for «go getters» . Winners don’t know the meaning of a long vacation because they are busy working on their purpose in life, their goal, their objective.

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Beauty, Food

Delicious French Fries for a Messy Food of the Day – Part 2

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

CANADIAN POUTINE FRIES

french fries canadian poutine

 

FRENCH FRIES A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY

FIRST VERSION

They were invented in Belgium, in its French country area, back in the beginning of the 18th century.

Since then, selling french fries in Belgium has been considered very profitable and it is the most popular street food. I compare this tradition to the Mexican one: eating tacos in the street.

The word ‘french’ stands for the special way of cutting the potatoes.

BELGIAN FRIES WITH SPICY GARLIC AND ROSEMARY 

BELGIANS WAY TO COOK THEM:

French fries should be thick ( for taste and health) and fried twice: first time at 175 C for about 7 minutes.

Then the fries should be cooled (best way is 15 minutes in the freezer under a towel.

A second frying is at 190 C for 1 to 3 minutes. The temperature shock makes them really crispy. Make sure not using canola oil. olive oil, or any vegetable oil.

NOTE; Coconut oil is the only oil not changing its chemical structure under the mentioned temperature.

LOADED POTATO WEDGES

SECOND VERSION

Origin: it has been attributed to both countries: France and Belgium, but way earlier than the first version. This one goes back as far as to the 1600’s.

Potatoes became popular in Northern Europe, because they did not require all the milling, grinding, relatively long cooking and other preparation that grain required.

Some people say that the French style of cutting potatoes is to cut in half long ways and then long ways again, to prepare for dicing into cubes for soups and stocks.

Sometimes they leave vegetables long ways, which is known as “julienne”. Long and finely cut, this would reduce the cooking time and make them easier to eat.

FRENCH FRIES NACHOS

 

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Beauty, Information, News, Science

5 Most Important Scientific Discoveries of the Year

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

This year 2018 has been marked by interesting discoveries and advances in different science fields. This list includes some that I find important enough to mention in this scientific closing post of the year:

THE ROSEHIP NEURON

“We don’t yet understand what these cells might be doing in the human brain, but their absence in the mouse points to how difficult it is to model human brain diseases in laboratory animals,” said co-lead author Dr. Gábor Tamás, a neuroscientist at the University of Szeged in Hungary.  The results appear in the journal Nature Neuroscience

scientific discoveries 2018

MEDICINE NOBEL PRIZE ON CANCER RESEARCH

Dr James P. Allison and Dr Tasuku Honjo discovery on T-Cells checkpoint in cancer research, makes history in the world of medicine and physiology. This is why they were awarded the Nobel Prize in these fields. Their work into the utilisation of the body’s immune system for fighting certain types of cancer could potentially save the lives of thousands around the world.

HARVESTING LETTUCE IN THE ANTARCTIC

German scientist Paul Zabel developed an artificial greenhouse that could make harvesting produce a reality for those in the Antarctic.

The greenhouse, which was installed and began producing early this year, is housed inside a climate-controlled shipping container. With LED lamps, an abundance of carbon dioxide and a nutrient-rich mist, the greenhouse can successfully grow produce without natural sunlight. Plant cultivation technologies

important scientific discoveries

ANCIENT VIRUS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

An ancient virus infected humans long time ago. This invader left behind its genetic code in our DNA. This year, researchers found that snippets of that ancient viral DNA play a vital role in the communication among brain cells that’s required for higher-order thinking. The research reports that the virus planted its genetic print in the human cortex, eventually giving us our consciousness.

The Way To Levitating Humans

The study, published in the Physical Review Letters, describes the new technique, which creates a tornado-like structure that is extremely loud but has a silent core.

The researchers found that when they changed the direction of the rapidly fluctuating acoustic vortices that make up this structure, they could control the rate of rotation and stabilise the tractor beam.

«In the demonstration detailed in the study, the engineers used ultrasonic waves at a pitch of 40kHz to make up the acoustic vortices. The structure’s silent core was able to hold a two-centimeter sphere made out of a synthetic polymer. The sphere is more than two times the size of the acoustic wavelengths, making it the largest object that’s been stably held in a tractor beam thus far» — Reports

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Beauty, Food

3 Best Colorful Delicious Christmas Dinner Ideas

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS 
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#1 Christmas Dinner Ideas: Standing Rib Roast

Christmas Dinner Ideas

Ingredients

  • 6 teaspoons of lemon-pepper seasoning
  • 6 teaspoons of paprika
  • 3 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 bone-in beef rib roast (67 to 8 pounds)
  • 4 cups beef stock

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, mix the first five ingredients. Place roast in a roasting pan, fat side up; rub with seasoning mixture.
  • Roast 2-1/4 to 2-3/4 hours or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). Remove roast from oven; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before carving.
  • Meanwhile, pour drippings and loosened browned bits from roasting pan into a small saucepan. Skim fat. Add beef stock to drippings; bring to a boil. Serve with roast.

#2 Christmas Tortellini and Spinach Soup

Ideas for christmas dinner

Ingredients

  • 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) vegetable broth
  • 1 package (9 ounces) refrigerated cheese tortellini or tortellini of your choice
  • 1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) Italian diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 cups fresh baby spinach
  • 3 tablespoons minced fresh basil
  • 1/4 cup shredded Asiago cheese

Directions

  • In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Add tortellini; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, salt and pepper; return to a simmer. Cook 4-5 minutes longer or until tortellini are tender.
  • Stir in spinach and basil; cook until spinach is wilted. Top servings with cheese.

Berry Beet Salad a Wonderful Dinner Idea

Christmas dinner ideas

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Beauty, celebration

Happy Saturnalia 2018 … a little bit of History

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

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HAPPY SATURNALIA

December 17-23 Predating the birth of Jesus by centuries, this Ancient Roman celebration, in honor of the God Saturn, is marked by parties, gift-giving, and role reversals.

Happy Saturnalia 2018

The first-century AD poet Gaius Valerius Catullus described Saturnalia as ‘the best of times’: dress codes were relaxed, small gifts such as dolls, candles and caged birds were exchanged.

Saturnalia saw the inversion of social roles. The wealthy were expected to pay the month’s rent for those who couldn’t afford it, masters and slaves to swap clothes. Family households threw dice to determine who would become the temporary Saturnalian monarch. The poet Lucian of Samosata (AD 120-180) has the god Cronos (Saturn) say in his poem, Saturnalia:

‘During my week the serious is barred: no business allowed. Drinking and being drunk, noise and games of dice, appointing of kings and feasting of slaves, singing naked, clapping … an occasional ducking of corked faces in icy water – such are the functions over which I preside.’

Happy Saturnalia 2018

Saturnalia originated as a farmer’s festival to mark the end of the autumn planting season in honour of Saturn (satus means sowing). Numerous archaeological sites from the Roman coastal province of Constantine, now in Algeria, demonstrate that the cult of Saturn survived there until the early third century AD.

Saturnalia grew in duration and moved to progressively later dates under the Roman period. During the reign of the Emperor Augustus (63 BC-AD 14), it was a two-day affair starting on December 17th. By the time Lucian described the festivities, it was a seven-day event. Changes to the Roman calendar moved the climax of Saturnalia to December 25th, around the time of the date of the winter solstice.

Happy Saturnalia 2018

From around 1583 the Church of Scotland ( Presbyterian) discouraged ‘Yule’ celebrations. The church believed that there was no basis for celebrating the day as it didn’t reflect what was in the bible. There are even records of some people being arrested over unlawful celebrations during
the years it was officially banned.

‘Christmas Day’ only became a public holiday in Scotland in 1958.

When something is just ‘made-up’ the permutations can be endless.

Celebration

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Beauty, celebration, Travel

4 Best Festivals of 2018 to Celebrate Happiness and Fun

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

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HARBIN ICE SNOW IN CHINA

Harbin Ice and Snow fiesta is China’s original and greatest ice artwork festival, attracting hundreds of thousands of local people and visitors from all over the world.

The first Ice lanterns were a winter-time tradition in northeast China. During the Qing Dynasty（1644 – 1911), the locals and fishermen often made and used ice lanterns as jack-lights during the winter months.

At that time these were made simply by pouring water into a bucket that was then put out in the open to freeze. It was then gently warmed before the water froze completely so that the bucket-shaped ice could be pulled out.

Festivals in China

RIO DE JANEIRO

The awesome celebrations  of this county mark the start of the Lent period, dancers and revellers celebrate the occasion with colourful street parties.

Considered one of the biggest carnivals in the world, Brazil erupted in magnificent colours and samba parade.

Dancers performed on top of monumental floats, and orchestras and musicians played samba music for all to enjoy.

ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON

The Fiesta continues for nine days, and you can enjoy various musical performances, see night glows in which the balloons propane burners are ignited, but the hot air balloons are tethered to the ground.

One of the best events is the Mass Ascension where hundreds of hot air balloons are launched in two waves and fill up the sky with bright colors.

Balloon 2018 Festival

Cheltenham Festivals in the United Kingdom

This festival is held every March in the United Kingdom, and it is an event that gathers some of the best British and Irish trained racehorses.

Since the meeting is usually held around the same time as Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations, the Cheltenham Festival is extremely popular with Irish visitors. There are several Grade I races held over four days.

Festival Definition

Best Inspiration Post of the Year 2018 Get Out of the Blues!

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Beauty, inspiration

Best Inspiration Post of the Year 2018 Get Out of the Blues!

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

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INSPIRATION: Work hard for your dreams!

 

You do it in total inspiration

 

We all have ups and downs. The key is to know that we can lift ourselves up whenever we start feeling apathetic, getting some strong motivation.

 

INSPIRATION TIPS TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF BLUE TIMES:

 

Once we notice that our mood starts going down, it’s time

 

  1. For some inspiration quotes,
  2. Funny videos,
  3. Happy music
  4. Getting away from toxic people
  5. Take a sunbathe
  6. Plant a seed or bulb
  7. Dress up!
  8. Wear some make up
  9. Get that expensive perfume you love
  10. Call your best friend or friends
  11. Dance
  12. Treat yourself to a superb meal.
  13. Drink your favorite wine
  14. Take a bath in a tab full of majestic aromas
  15. Remember everything you are good at
  16. Be proud of yourself
  17. Don’t give up on your goals
  18. Read some good jokes and laugh out loud
  19. Write down all the wonderful qualities you have
  20. Love yourself

 

INSPIRATION: Never give up!

 

Never give up. Spice up your inspiration!

 

Nothing in this world has the power to make you feel bad, you should not let anybody to have that power over you. Take that power away from them and give it to you.

 

Situations could be hurtful but don’t allow them to rule your life. Take them as an experience in life to shape you and make you a better and stronger person, somebody who can break any limits that would seem impossible to reach for others.

 

Nothing is impossible in this life: NOTHING. If you really want something, you will get it. Remember that.

 

«Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me» — Carol Burnett

 

«Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it» — Charles R. Swindon

 

«Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence» — Helen Keller

 

«Don’t count the days, make the days count» — Mohamed Ali

 

«If you are going through hell, keep going, never, never, never give up» — Winston Churchill

 

Designing Your Life

 

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Beauty, Cooking, eating, Food

5 Best Desserts Food of the Year 2018 Around the World

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

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Dessert is  a happy food, and they can enlighten anyone’s mood and bring a smile to the face.

Eating excessive volumes of sweets is not good for our health. It can potentially lead to a range of health issues in the future. It doesn’t mean that they can’t be enjoyed in moderation. Take a bite of your favourite chocolate or ice cream.

Eating in moderation is not bad, and we can allow ourselves to have it at least once a week. Don’t deprive yourself, instead reward yourself with it occasionally.

«Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that» — Joss Whedon

Hong Kong Bublewraps in London

Delicious English Food Dessert

Baked Alaska Flambé (on fire)

Flambé Alaska Dessert Food

Camp Fire Dessert in Canada

«Broken Glass» made of Sugar with Raspberry in Australia

Caribbean Rum Bananas Flambé with Amaretto

Low Calorie

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Beauty, Hotels, Travel, Viajar

5 Best Hotels of the World in 2018

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

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5 Best Hotels in 2018

I am rating these ones with 5 stars based on my own personal traveling and use of them this year.

1. The Schlosshotel Velden hotel in Austria offer a superb view of Lake Woerthersee, also a fantastic SPA resort that will surpass the expectations of even the most seasoned resort connoisseur. It offers glamorous and comfortable rooms with tradition and modernity, the Schloss Hotel Velden receives me and my family with exquisite personalised service.

2. The Grand Mercure Rio de Janeiro Riocentro hotel has rooms elegantly styled with wooden furniture and contemporary decor. The conference auditorium is for business or education is elegant and comfortable with computers at the service of the attendees.

3. The Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach is affordable for the luxury and comfort it offers to its guests. The best of times in Dubai you will have if you stay here.

4. The Royal Palm in the Galapagos Islands and their staff exceeded our expectations of fun and adventure, coordinating 3 boat trips and 3 land trips. The food was very good, and when we were unable to make it back for a meal, they coordinated with a restaurant in town for our meal. This was unexpected. Our kids enjoyed the grounds and being somewhat away from everything allowed them to run around and enjoy the facilities.

5. The Intercontinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort in South Korea knows how to give pleasure to its customers. We found peace and fun at the same time depending on the place and activity. We stayed here for 7 nights and we loved it! We loved everything about the suite. The bed was super comfy. The shower and the bathroom were superb. We loved the breakfast too. Lots of choices, western and Korean.

Schlosshotel Velden Hotel

5 Best Hotels

Hotel Grand Mercure Rio de Janeiro Riocentro

traveling brazil

Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach

5 best ones

Royal Palm in the Galapagos Islands

best travel

Intercontinental Alpensia Pyeongchang Resort

celebration traveling

Best Inspiration Post of the Year 2018 Get Out of the Blues!

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Beauty, Fashion

Beauty and Magic in the Making Chanel Perfume No 5

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Making the essence of a perfume involves scientific knowledge and artistic qualities.

To come up with a wonderful combination that can transport our mind to a sublime paradise by using the sense of smell, requires an intellect of a genius.

Flowers are essential. In addition to flowers, also fruits, spices, resins, leaves, gums, balsams, and even grasses are used to make a perfume.

High-end luxury brands, such as Chanel, for instance, own their own flower fields to make sure they have enough product, with high quality for their perfumes.

METHOD: Extraction of oils, Blending of oils, Aging process

Fields of Chanel

 

Chanel Perfume

 

Extraction of the Oils of the Flowers

 

 

Aging Process

 

 

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