Inspirational leader Dr. Sanyasi Naidu Dadi

Dr. Sanyasi Naidu Dadi holds a doctorate degree from Geo-Engineering Department of Andhra University in India, as well as a Master of Applications (M.C.A) from Osmania University in India and Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of North America in Fairfax, VA, USA. Published numerous articles in the world's top Geographic Information System and Information System journals such as Springer. He served as a reviewer for Elsevier journals such as Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research and Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.

In the early 2000, he began his career as a software developer, using his strong knowledge of multiple computer programming languages to inspire users with new tools and abilities. After a few years, he moved into roles centered on full stack developer. Dadi has expertise in multiple programming languages. Throughout his career, Dr. Dadi has been developed, implement, and optimize complex technology solutions for a wide range of stakeholders, including end users, C-Suite executives, and fellow IT professionals. Among his many projects and successes are the creation of hybrid cloud environments, the development of applications using Microsoft Dot Net Framework with CI/CD systems, the automation of Cloud Infrastructure deployment, and the creation of centralized log management for multiple applications and database servers.

 
Dr. Dadi's contributions to the IT field as a Research Scholar continue to grow today, with publications in international journals aimed at technical audiences. He also writes popular articles for professional development platforms. Dr. Dadi's articles have gained traction with audiences in the tech space and beyond due to a unique combination of deep industry knowledge and the ability to make information accessible to the average reader. Dr. Dadi received a NESA ENVIRONMENTALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 in addition to his formal education (List).

 
Dr. Dadi hopes to continue pushing the boundaries of IT and computer science in the coming years. He enjoys the opportunity to share his findings with colleagues, tech enthusiasts, and anyone else who may benefit from his research and help to expand the potential of IT work.

 
Hi Dr. Dadi, What is about your research area? 
Groundwater is a most significant asset for cultivating horticultural, water system, fabricating processes, quarrying, mining, and drinking water. The US Land Study (USGS) reports that 30.1% of the world's new water comprises of groundwater, while 1.2% comprises of surface water in lakes, waterways, and streams (Gleick, 1993). Although new groundwater is more than adequate, involving this asset in a capable and feasible way represents a critical test.

What is the Hydroinformatics and what is the scope for Hydroinformatics?
Hydroinformatics is a part of informatics, which focusses on the utilization of data and correspondences innovations (ICTs) in, focusses the continuously serious confusions of the sensible and effective utilization of water for the vast majority various purposes. Outgrowing the previous discipline of computational power through pressure, the mathematical recreation of water streams and related processes stays a backbone of hydroinformatics, which energizes an emphasis on the innovation as well as on its application in a social setting. On the specialized side, notwithstanding computational water power, hydroinformatics has serious areas of strength for an in the utilization of strategies starting in the supposed man-made consciousness local area, like fake brain organizations or as of late help vector machines and hereditary programming. These may be utilized with huge assortments of noticed information with the end goal of information digging for information disclosure, or with information created from a current, genuinely based model to produce a computationally effective emulator of that model for some reason.
Hydroinformatics sees the naturally well-disposed nature of the issues of water the leaders and of dynamic cycles, and tries to understand the social cycles by which developments are brought into use. Since the issues of water the chiefs are generally outrageous in the larger part world, while the resources for get and cultivate mechanical game plans are amassed in the ownership of the minority, the need to break down these social cycles are particularly extreme.
Hydroinformatics draws on and consolidates waterpower, hydrology, natural planning and various disciplines. It sees application at all spots in the water cycle from environment to the ocean, and in fake intercessions in that cycle, for instance, metropolitan leakage and water supply systems. It offers assistance for autonomous heading at all levels from organization and technique through organization to assignments.
Hydroinformatics has a creating largely neighborhood researchers and practitioners, There is a creating prerequisite for specialists and chiefs to appreciate and work with these new developments and instruments.

What are the large issues in your exploration region?
The ability to perfectly perceive the changing state of a spring after some time is a critical issue and huge request for organic groundwater the chiefs. Right gathering considers the execution of ecological methods and rules. Notwithstanding the way, that new groundwater is as frequently as conceivable plentiful and for the most part used, it is problematic and exorbitant to unequivocally evaluate and appear differently in relation to surface water resources. The state of surface water resources is successfully perceptible to the independent eye, noticeable from satellites, still up in the air. This is not legitimate for groundwater. Which customarily includes debilitating a movement of taking a gander at wells to view as the phreatic surface and depict spring properties while surface limit in a waterbody shows up at commonly a comparable level all through, groundwater surface ascents can move in a general sense across a spring dependent upon overlying region use, water framework well siphoning, spring recharge, and various components. A grouping of lithological, climatic, geographic, and anthropological components influence groundwater levels. Because of these factors, assessing and arranging spring water levels and limit volume changes is problematic.

You have created an effective solution “Hydro Spatial Analysis Information System (HAIS)”. Please can you share more about this project
Hydro Spatial Analysis Information System (HAIS) model has also been used to estimate the quantity of groundwater resources according to GEC Norms-1997. HAIS makes water-quantity analysis simple to understand. The two elements that make up this software are the processing unit and the user interface with cyber security feature.
It is an Open-source web-based assessment instrument. The open-source Groundwater Level Arranging Contraption enables water bosses and different pioneers to process and imagine designs in spring amassing level changes quickly and easily. Made the application to deliver guides and developments of groundwater levels and drawdown that can be used to enlighten pioneers, allowing them to recognize areas of concern and make groundwater the leaders expects to ensure the really long viability of springs. The application is significant for evaluating spring limit change over an extended time, which is generally a repetitive and monotonous task.

Is this Ground-Water Monitoring tool?

The objective of this work was to create a system to work on the rightness of groundwater level arranging using a direct, negligible cost approach. Our strategy makes it potential to make consecutive and back and forth, movement water level aides where multi-straight backslide control associations between wells in a spring to proclaim water levels during periods where volumes are meager. Shown that the strategy is superior to less troublesome sorts of attribution and is generally better compared to spatial Kriging.

Can we inspect underground water level with this Tool?
For sure, wrong, the most trustworthy strategy for concluding the significance of the water table all of a sudden is to use an estimating tape to check the water level in a shallow well. Expecting that no wells are accessible, surface geophysical techniques may irregularly be utilized, dependent upon how successfully electric or acoustic tests may be arranged on a shallow level. A sub pressure transmitter is essentially used to measure groundwater levels. These little expansiveness hydrostatic level transmitters are suspended clearly into the well, borehole, significant drag well or noticing perfect by their connection.

HAIS is a web application or Portable Application. How simple to use for end client?
By utilizing both common and spatial presentation, made an open-source Python-based online application that enables the survey and estimation of groundwater resources. Create groundwater level aides at explicit time adventures by spatially adding time series data at each well involving associations with various wells in the spring. Bosses can do the going with endeavors with the help of this program, which is summarized to around the world engage its usage:

1) Check out at the time series and different data for each well in a spring.

2) View groundwater levels across the entire spring on guides and activities at various minutes.

3) Cycle and view assessments of the general change in spring storing.

Is HAIS Pioneer significantly influencing the logical client local area?
For academic local area it exceptionally helpful to recognize Groundwater charge information strategy. To deal with the precision of this application in arranging and assessing groundwater, encouraged a system for data credit, MLR with associated wells. This strategy for shortly extrapolating recorded data to un-inspected periods, using related data from various wells, was used connected with Kriging spatial contribution to make guides of groundwater levels at demonstrated time steps. This method beat the normal Kriging spatial presentation technique using simply wells with assessed data at the foreordained time steps, yielding more exact aides of groundwater levels.

Spring capacity change gauge. This device and the going with techniques give a basic way to deal with assessing verifiable changes in spring stockpiling. Found that the Groundwater Level Planning Device's computerized strategy yielded results equivalent to a few definite USGS concentrates on in Utah's Cedar Valley and Beryl-Venture region. When figured this spring stockpiling change evaluations can be utilized by directors to approve water financial plan gauges and decide whether a spring is being overseen in a supportable design.

One limit of the instrument is that it presently involves a solitary typical stockpiling coefficient for every spring. While this is a sensible methodology for most springs, there are situations where adequate information exists to portray the spatial variety of the stockpiling coefficient inside a spring. In such cases, the device could be effectively changed to incorporate a lattice of capacity coefficients as info. As of now, just approved the spring stockpiling results utilizing unconfined springs. More examinations are need to test the strategy on bound spring frameworks. One more impediment of the apparatus is that does not presently create a vulnerability gauge.

With the knowledge you gained, were you feeling of making the tech community?

Indeed, obviously, I am chipping away at different ways of sharing my insight and help other people any place conceivable simultaneously, I will generally learn new advances on regular routine with most recent exploration across the world from numerous extraordinary personalities

What is the best way to people can connect with you?

People can connect with me via LinkedIn or google- scholar

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AvXg25kAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanyasi-d-750321102/

Research Gate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dadi-Sanyasi-Naidu

 

Music that You can Listen to While Meditating

For people who are into meditation, one of the most crucial factors for them to do the practice properly is to hear some meditation music. Depending on the form of meditation you are practicing, meditation music plays a very big role in achieving the success in any meditation session. 
What is meditation music?

People who have been practicing meditation for so long would definitely agree that the hardest thing to fight off during meditation is chatters or babblers. This is because this tiny sound can penetrate the mind and distract it from whatever it has been doing. 

To be able to avoid the distraction brought by this simple sound, they have found a way to fight it off using meditation music. Of all the many kinds of music out there, people, especially those who are just beginning are having a hard time choosing which one would suit the practice. 

When choosing meditation music, it is very important to keep in mind that the type you should play must induce you to deep concentration and not into deep sleep. We would recommend Zen Meditation track from Meditative Bliss. If you are the type who practices mediation in just one place, then it is best if you play the same meditation music all over again. But if you are the type who changes places, then it is best to bring along several types of meditation music to help you adjust to the place. A great selection of good practices can be found at Meditative Bliss.

You can listen to the meditation music that you like directly from the YouTube Meditative Bliss channel. Or you can access it from Youtube app from your phone so you can listen to it anytime you want to practice meditation. 

Vogue Patio #15 is out!

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Meet "Vogue Patio" cover story, Mikey de Vil from Thot Leaders Podcast

Mikey (@giveitth0t on insta) has grown in notoriety from a few of his burning man videos that went viral. One is of him clearly intoxicated doing cart wheels. (Watch at your own risk. Don’t say we didn’t warn you).

We are excited to finally meet Mikey de Vil for the cover story of “Vogue Patio”. We interviewed Mikey about everything you wanted to know about his scandalous life!

VP: Hi, Mikey, how is life?
MDV:
It’s been quite wild. Things have been moving very fast but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m blessed to have a supportive team and friend circle behind me. Shout out to you guys…you know who you are!

VP: I know, it’s a bad taste to ask, but… is De Vil an allegation to the devil? :)
MDV:
Oh no, this is actually quite embarrassing and I’m definitely going to take a hit on my bad boy image (which might not be a bad thing). I was pretty insecure when I decided to start the show and didn’t want my real name attached to it. An alias helped me break through mental blocks and insecurities. I then looked for something from my childhood that I felt defined who I am. A good friend close to me had made her music alias a character that never existed within Batman and I decided to take a similar approach. I have a real soft spot for dogs, and when I dug into my childhood, I went straight into my favorite Disney movie “101 Dalmatians”. Mikey De Vil is the bastard child of Cruella De Vil. He shares a lot of the similar counter culture characteristics of his mother but he loves animals and differs from his mother when it comes to animal cruelty. 

VP: Well, the amount of hot girls on your instagram is going off the Fahrenheit scale. It’s absolutely insane! Which fits well to your podcast. While many people judge, you are glorifying the slut behavior. It’s a whole new way!
MDV:
I’ve always had a close relationship to the adult film industry. While there will always be people that judge, it brings me great joy to tear down stigmas around sex. I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with being a slut any more than there’s anything wrong with loving to fight. Both activities can be dangerous and life destroying on the street but only one is accepted as ok by mainstream media. The simple fact a 9 year old can shoot, stab, and steal cars in a video game but can’t see a nipple blows my f**cking mind!

VP: It is mind blowing! At the same time, it’s so true - just accept who you are and move on. Be successful! Did we get the idea right?
MDV:
Yes, one thing I’ll add is if there was more honest discussion around sex I don’t believe we’d see as many detrimental effects on society. 

Read the full interview in “Vogue Patio” #14 print issue. Get your copy here!

The Startar Bronze (STRB) cryptocurrency is sponsoring the release of the single: don't mistake by artist kharYsma Arafat NZABA

The international artist kharYsma Arafat NZABA, who had reached one million streams on spotify with his album Des rimes en or (I'm back) will release a new single entitled: don't mistake, this April 11, 2022; on his birthday.

This hip hop and love song, with a very danceable movement, will be available everywhere on the internet and it is sponsored by the Startar Bronze (STRB) cryptocurrency, a rising cryptocurrency that you can already invest by visiting the following link startarcoins.com 
It's no secret that the artist had released a title entitled: why do not we fall in love in featuring with rick ross, a collaboration made remotely thanks to a musical license; the 2 artists have never seen each other ... and even more recently he released the title "The hommage" featuring Juice Wrld, a song which is the real version of the title heavy, whose rights had been ceded a few days before, before the disappearance of juice wrld, but don 't someone with bad intentions had registered the titles and had illegally monopolized the rights.

The title The Hommage was therefore released as a mixtape on datpiff and on www.r-b-a.fr

All official kharYsma Arafat NZABA music can be heard everywhere on legal download sites and on the distributor's official website where you can listen to exclusive music at the link www.r-b-a.fr

While waiting for the single Don't mistake this April 11, 2022, you can still rediscover the clip (video music) from his previous album des rimes en or (I'm back) at the following link www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwwS238VFzo

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0woprxb5wJHNG9yeZOXeG1

 

Meet Mariia Nova, cover story of "Vogue Patio" #12

Mariia Nova is a very imaginative writer who has mastered telling stories that engage her readers. She draws inspiration from the conditions of people in the world we live in today and tries to explain it through an exciting sci-fi story with a relatable character. Mariia’s qualifications include writing, music video, scripts and film scenarios. Now, long awaited by all fantasy lovers, she released her book “Infinit. The last Bridge of Sam.”

“Infinit. The last Bridge of Sam.” is a work of five years of exploration not only regarding the connections of neurons in the human brain but also the mysteries of DNA and the information that is encoded within its ribbons. Mariia transformed during this process and hopes that the reader will also find a personal journey as the reader goes with Sam through the bridges of the Universe of seven Infinits. 

Mariia Nova was born on May 12th 1984 in the small village of Smolensk a region of Russia where she grew up. At the age of fourteen, she moved to Smolensk City where in 2006 she graduated from the Teachers’ Training University having studied both English and German languages. In 2004, she journeyed to Barnstaple, London and studied acting. She moved to Los Angeles, California in  2014 where she now lives. 

 Young Mariia grew up surrounded by books. In her village, there were almost no children - so books replaced friends as well as places to explore. She spent most of her time in nature. While cattle grazed nearby, the little girl used her imagination to entertain herself - she envisioned that all of nature surrounding her was alive. The trees and flowers became her friends and were the best listeners. She often took the books with her as she communed with nature, reading to the trees, grass and flowers.

The reader of “Infinit. The last bridge of Sam.” is taken into an imaginary world of magic, adventure, with so many things to learn and discover. The narration of the novel is fast-paced, so it challenges the reader's imagination to try and understand the trajectory of the story. Every character in the book is relatable, so they draw the reader deeper into the world as they progress from one chapter to the next. The book reminds readers about the essential things in life and why humanity needs to find itself and strive to care more about the simpler things that make us what we are. “Infinit. The last bridge of Sam.” is available in 2 languages, English and Russian, and a psychological game based on the book will soon be released.

VP: Hi, Mariia, we are so happy to have you for our cover story!

MN: Hi, I am so excited about it! And thank you so much for inviting me!

VP: You are creating amazing imaginary universe in your mind. Could you possibly imagine anything like the Covid-19 that essentially shut down all the world?

MN: No. Not Covid-19. There was a really difficult year for all of us but I personally try to find positive in everything. When the whole world was shut down, I realized that this is the best time for people to go deep inside themselves and reconnect. Maybe some of us were able to look into fear’s eyes this time and overcome it or maybe someone finally heard the music of his/her own soul and, as a result, knows what the next step is towards the dream. Even those who might think they are lost should realize that it is exactly what you need now as you can learn from the point of not knowing and you can be found only if you are lost. And for those who are not lost – it is an epic time to become stronger, faster, wiser and more connected within yourself.

VP: We are excited on behalf of all the fantasy lovers for release of your book “Infinit. The last Bridge of Sam.” We heard you’ve written all the book in one go, which is 1000 pages! And then it took 3 years to find an editor to get it to publication. It’s incredible! What were your main challenges working with editors?

MN: That is a great question! Indeed, I had difficulties to find the person who would understand my vision and would help me to edit the manuscript. The main problem was that after editing I could not recognize the world I described. Some editors had their own vision of the worlds. I think it is the common problem all authors come across. I hired 4 editors and all of them could not “see” my vision. Some of them were trying to prove me that what I described was not possible to imagine. And only with the 5th editor we stuck to the very end. We have done a huge work! It took us 6 more months, but we managed!

Read the full interview with Mariia Nova in "Vogue Patio" #12. Get your copy here!

"Vogue Patio" cover star: LISA CHRISTIANSEN A NATIVE AMERICAN CELEBRITY

Lisa Christiansen is not your average cyclist and not your average Native American. Christiansen comes from a long lineage of super athletes, a NASA mathematician and engineer, the last monolingual Cherokee, and the Cherokee Scholar who created the Cherokee syllabary.

 

The fight against childhood cancer and finding a cure was a vision of the last monolingual Cherokee Mack Vann and his daughter Lisa Christiansen. Christiansen is the 5th generation great granddaughter of Sequoyah  the Cherokee who created the Cherokee syllabary from her mother, Mary Ann Groundhog’s side.

 

Christiansen is also a distant cousin of Will Rogers. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) he was an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee citizen born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Mary Gold Ross, is Christiansen’s 17th cousin once removed with a direct blood relationship beginning with Lisa’s mother Mary Ann Eslinger (Sosti Groundhog), she is also Lisa Christiansen’s first cousin six times removed also on her mother side, Sequoyah’s dad Col. Nathaniel Gist / Guess was married to Wur-Teh Watts who is also related to Mary Golda Ross.

 

Mary Golda Ross is one of NASA’s hidden treasures – a mathematician and engineer, working on the P-38 Lightning fighter plane. She worked her way up the ranks at Lockheed and become the only woman among on the original team at Skunk Works. As a mathematician and engineer, she wrote a number of professional and theoretical works and was one of the authors of the NASA Planetary Flight Handbook Vol. III, about space travel to Mars and Venus.

 

Lisa Christiansen is an extraordinary athlete, a gifted speaker, and seems to have inherited these traits from her ancestors as Christiansen is cited in numerous law reviews. One unique trait is Lisa’s passion to give to others. 

 

Lisa Christiansen will ride 600 miles during month of September in support of Children’s Cancer Research Fund as a GCC Champion hand chosen as only one of 774 riders out of a possible 102,997 people who have taken part in Great Cycle Challenge in the past 6 years.

 

In an Interview with the Smithsonian | National Museum of the American Indian, we asked why they donated to Lisa Christiansen’s participation in the Great Cycle Challenge. Vicki stated with pride:“Dr. Christiansen, is doing such great works honoring her tribe and is an example, a role model, to children, adults, and her father. We donated honoring Lisa recognizing her as a Living National Treasure, as the 5th generation great-granddaughter of Sequoyah and continuing keeping culture and her native tongue alive!” To their knowledge Christiansen is the only Cherokee Indian, a citizen of  the Keetoowah Nation, participating in the Great Cycle Challenge as a role model to children, women, and all Native Americans to take control of their legacy.

 

Tahlequah, – Aug 1, 2021 – Pro-Cyclist with USA Cycling, Lisa Christiansen, a resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma is planning to ride 600 miles and raise $6,000 during the month of September for Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) in support of its 6th annual Great Cycle Challenge USA.

 

Christiansen is sponsored by Rudy Project and they have certainly supported her efforts in the fight against children’s cancer by providing giveaways for a drawing while supplies last. Christiansen will be giving away a Rudy Project Boost Helmet. Everyone will receive a discount code to purchase Rudy Project gear at a steep discount. All for the fight against cancer.

 

Founded in 2015, Great Cycle Challenge USA has grown to become one of the biggest cycling events in the country. In just four years, over 153,000 riders from 50 states have ridden 12 million miles, raising more than $16 million for research and the development of better treatments and cures for childhood cancer. This year, CCRF hopes more than 50,000 riders will help it raise $8.2 million.

 

“Over 15,000 American children are diagnosed with cancer every year and, sadly, 38 children die every week,” said John Hallberg, Chief Executive Officer at Children’s Cancer Research Fund. “Thanks to riders like Lisa, we’re fueling groundbreaking research to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve.” 

 

“This is the fourth time I have participated in Great Cycle Challenge,” said Lisa Christiansen. “During those years, I rode 1,562 miles and raised $11010.02. This year, I am aiming to raise $6,000 and ride 600 miles.”

 

To learn more about Lisa’s Great Cycle Challenge USA and to make a donation, please visit greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/LisaChristiansen

 

To participate in Great Cycle Challenge USA, visit GreatCycleChallenge.com

About Great Cycle Challenge USA: Great Cycle Challenge USA encourages cyclists across the United States to challenge themselves and set their own personal riding goal throughout September to fight kids’ cancer. Riders fundraise to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve.

 

Imagine someone you love with cancer and help me help these kids by donating now Please!


Please donate any amount on Dr. Lisa Christiansen’s Great Cycle Challenge page – a 501(c)(3) – or on Facebook to the Great Cycle Challenge USA who has teamed up with the Children’s Cancer Research Fund by donating here:

www.facebook.com/LisaChristiansensGreatCycleChallenge/posts/3198703270443744

 
For more information, visit greatcyclechallenge.com.

About Children’s Cancer Research Fund: Children’s Cancer Research Fund invests in groundbreaking research that is leading to better treatments and cures for children with cancer. CCRF also funds vital family support services and advocates for childhood cancer education and awareness. Since 1981, CCRF donors have helped fund research that has revolutionized the way childhood cancer is treated worldwide.

 

MINNEAPOLIS — 70,000 cyclists are gearing up this September to hit the streets and bike trails across America to support the fifth annual Great Cycle Challenge USA to fight kids’ cancer. With a goal of raising $8 million, the month-long event benefits Children’s Cancer Research Fund childrenscancer.org. Cyclists of all ages and abilities can now register at GreatCycleChallenge.com. You might remember 2018 where Patrick Dempsey and Lisa Christiansen were on Times Square Billboard in the Great Cycle Challenge. Both Christiansen and Dempsey are avid cyclist’s and enthusiastic about supporting children fighting cancer. Dempsey and Christiansen are both with USA Cycling.

 

Proceeds from Great Cycle Challenge USA have helped jumpstart and advance research at some of the nation’s top childhood cancer research centers, including: Baylor College of Medicine; Children’s Hospital of Atlanta – Egleston; Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Johns Hopkins University; Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota; and others.

 

Another Supporter of the Great Cycle Challenge is VeloGuide! WOULDN’T IT BE COOL TO RIDE WITH A PRO? VeloGuide makes it easy! Browse through our growing list of professional and Olympic athletes and retired pros — like VeloGuide co-founder George Hincapie — and book a ride with your favorite VeloGuide Pro today!

 

If you would like to ride with Lisa Christiansen You can book a tour  through Veloguide where you can ride with the pros. 

 

Lisa Christiansen will be hosting a drawing for a minimum $50. donationYES, you read that right EVERY person donating a minimum of $50. WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTERED TO WIN a FREE Rudy Project BOOST HELMET! 

 

Ride for the fight against cancer, ALL PROFITS go to the CHILDREN’S CANCER RESEARCH FUND as we ride the GREAT CYCLE CHALLENGE!

About this Event. I learned something new, only 4% of federal government cancer research funding goes to study pediatric cancer, we need to do all we can. I need your help to give these families hope and help find a cure.

 

UPDATE: After a courageous 3-year-long battle with osteosarcoma Nat passed away last year in April. June 2018 I learned my Dad had prostate cancer at 88 years young, He passed April 22, 2019. Cancer is the biggest killer of children from disease in the United States. Over 15,700 children are diagnosed every year, sadly, 38 children die of cancer every week.

 

Scan with your phone’s camera to open website and donate now.

 

 

 

 

DIY Skin Savers: The Aspirin Mask

 

What is the aspirin mask? The aspirin mask is a homemade BHA mask available to each and everyone of us, totally inexpensive and highly efficient, made of salicylic acid or tablets of aspirin. BHA is known to help tremendously with cleaning pores from deep inside and therefore contribute to keeping our skin blemish-free. BHAs are efficient on existing blemishes as well, by helping them heal faster and keeping pores clean afterwards.

Indications: all skin types, especially normal to oily and combination skin, acne-prone and clogged skin.

Basic preparation: 1/4 tsp. salicylic acid (ask for it at pharmacy, if you cannot find it, then crush 3-5 tablets of plain aspirin instead), distilled water. Mix the powder with the water until it becomes of a creamy consistence, apply on clean dry skin (focus on T-zone and sides of the nose). Keep it on until completely dry. Take a small cotton pad, wet it lightly and begin scrubbing the areas covered with the mask, making small circles. Finally, rinse with plenty of water. It would be excellent to apply a calming mask or a hydrating mask first, followed by your regular moisturizer. Skin will be left completely smooth and even.

There are practically unlimited versions of this mask. You can add yoghurt for an astringent effect, aloe vera, honey. You can also make the mask using a basic moisturizer mixed with salicylic acid instead of water, as it will be less harsh on the skin and will be more easy to use. Another option is to mix salicylic acid / crushed aspirin into a mask: into a clay mask, a hydrating mask or a soothing mask. My personal favourite is aloe vera mask with a hint of salicylic acid - application is much better, skin is less irritated and dried compared to aspirin with water, the feeling left after this mask is absolutely unique so smooth and clean!

If you use powdered salicylic acid, it is advisable to limit the quantity to 1/4 tsp. for the whole face, too much will burn the skin. If using aspirin tablets, you will probably need somewhere between 3 and 10 tablets depending on the area where you apply it.

Do not apply it near to eye zone, as it would be extremely drying and irritating for the sensitive skin there.

Refrain yourself from over-using it. For very oily skin and for severe blemishes, every 3 days would be more than enough in order not to stress the skin and obtain maximum efficiency. Other skin types should use it once a week or twice a month (dry to very dry, sensitive skin).