Streetart – Jakub Bitka @ Świdwin, Poland

Jakub Bitka @ Świdwin, Poland Jakub Bitka @ Świdwin, Poland Title: Important Pleasures Location: Świdwin, Poland Artist: Jakub Bitka (Poland) USEFUL …

Streetart – Jakub Bitka @ Świdwin, Poland

10 Famous Temples Dedicated To Lord Vishnu And His Avatars #5

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Koodal Azhagar Temple, Madurai

Koodal Azhagar Temple in Madurai, a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD.

It is one of the 108 Divyadesams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Koodal Azhagar and his consort Lakshmi as Mathuravalli

A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all its shrines. The temple has a five-tiered raja gopuram, the gateway tower. The temple is originally believed to be built by the Pandyas, with later additions by the Vijayanagara empire and Madurai Nayaks kings who commissioned pillared halls and major shrines of the temple during the 16th century.

Koodal Azhagar is believed to have appeared to slay the demon Somuka who abducted the four

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Spinal Cord Injuries: Something New and Perhaps Game-Changing

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Researchers at the .NeuroRestore research center (Lausanne, Switzerland) successfully identified “a new and under-recognized population of neurons in the spinal cord.”(1) What makes the Vsx2 neuron different and valuable is that when stimulated, it can restore movement to persons with spinal cord injuries and partial or more extensive paralysis.

Through this multi-year study, scientists identified specific neurons that, when activated, help a person with paralysis stand up, walk, and rebuild their muscles.

Medical News Today(2)

One might think that with all the money and years invested in medical research, we wouldn’t still be getting surprises like this. Instead, we have another demonstration of how complicated life forms are and how much is still out there to learn.

The Vsx2 neuron doesn’t play a role in normal motor function, e.g. walking, but is essential for recovery when there has been damage. Electrical stimulation targeted to this particular neuron makes the neuron…

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Chanel, la inolvidable Chanel

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Solo quedan el amor, las imágenes, los recuerdos, los detalles. Ya no la puedo acariciar ni jugar a su lado, ni tampoco andar juntos por el cerro, entre árboles y paisajes abruptos, como lo hacíamos algunas tardes de nuestras vidas, mientras se consumían los minutos y las horas, dejábamos atrás pedazos de historia y nos aproximábamos a los ocasos; sin embargo, perdura, en nosotros, su esencia. Se fue, igual que mi abuela paterna, un 20 de noviembre, y ya no está, físicamente, a nuestro lado. Su recuerdo permanece en nuestro interior, en los espacios que adoraba, en sus travesuras, en el ambiente, en su historia canina. Chanel, la inolvidable Chanel -mascota de raza Chihuahua que perteneció a mi hermana y a mi sobrino-, pasó por la transición la madrugada de este día, víctima de un infarto. Era parte de…

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