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Beridella maculifrons är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Günther Enderlein 1921.  Beridella maculifrons ingår i släktet Beridella och familjen vapenflugor.

Artens utbredningsområde är Bolivia. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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If you missed it, you have a second chance to see the wonderful interview with Shane Halligan and CFI Charity ambassador Joe Brolly on the Ray Darcy Programme (Saturday 30 March). Highly Recommended. People with CF will often need a double lung transplant to lengthen and improve the quality of their lives.
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Titanatemnus regneri est une espèce de pseudoscorpions de la famille des Atemnidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce se rencontre en Tanzanie et au Kenya.

Publication originale
 Beier, 1932 : Revision der Atemnidae (Pseudoscorpionidea). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, , .

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Notes et références

Atemnidae
Espèce de pseudoscorpions (nom scientifique)


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God was just about done creating humans, but he had two parts left over and couldn't quite decide how to split them between Adam and Eve.
He thought he might just as well ask them.
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Discover a variety of flavors Liberty Station has to offer at annual 'Taste of'
Soda & Swine is one of the restaurants participating in the third annual Taste of Liberty Station.
(The San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Carolina Gusman
Attention all gourmands: Wednesday is your night. Why? The third annual Taste of Liberty Station returns to the Point Loma neighborhood with more than a dozen participating restaurants offering samples of food and drink, including Corvette Diner, Fireside by the Patio, Soda and Swine and Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens. Take a break from all the walking and stop by the Bubbly Garden in the Central Courtyard, an adults-only respite where you can sip and enjoy a variety of sparkling wines. Live music will be played throughout the area, and art will be available from a variety of galleries and artists.
Taste of Liberty Station: 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. 2848 Dewey Road, Point Loma. $30 up until 24 hours before the event; $40 at the door. Tickets can be exchanged for a "Liberty Pass" at locations in the South and North Promenade. libertystation.com
Things to DoSan DiegoDining and Drinking
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The Dish: Slater's 50/50 reintroduces three bun-free burger bowls
Quinoa, seasoned turkey and Angus beef along with mixed greens, fruits and veggies create colorful, healthy, flavorful dishes
Where to celebrate Lunar New Year in San Diego
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11 things to do this weekend: Martin Luther King Jr. parade, Los Lobos benefit concert, Lunar New Year
The best things happening in San Diego Jan. 17 to 19
Honoring the life and work of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in annual parade
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger than normal. They usually cause no symptoms, except during rupture. Occasionally, abdominal, back, or leg pain may occur. Large aneurysms can sometimes be felt by pushing on the abdomen. Rupture may result in pain in the abdomen or back, low blood pressure, or loss of consciousness, and often results in death.

AAAs occur most commonly in those over 50 years old, in men, and among those with a family history. Additional risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, and other heart or blood vessel diseases. Genetic conditions with an increased risk include Marfan syndrome and Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. AAAs are the most common form of aortic aneurysm. About 85% occur below the kidneys with the rest either at the level of or above the kidneys. In the United States, screening with abdominal ultrasound is recommended for males between 65 and 75 years of age with a history of smoking. In the United Kingdom and Sweden, screening all men over 65 is recommended. Once an aneurysm is found, further ultrasounds are typically done on a regular basis.

Abstinence from cigarette smoking is the single best way to prevent the disease. Other methods of prevention include treating high blood pressure, treating high blood cholesterol, and avoiding being overweight. Surgery is usually recommended when the diameter of an AAA grows to >5.5 cm in males and >5.0 cm in females. Other reasons for repair include the presence of symptoms and a rapid increase in size, defined as more than one centimeter per year. Repair may be either by open surgery or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). As compared to open surgery, EVAR has a lower risk of death in the short term and a shorter hospital stay, but may not always be an option. There does not appear to be a difference in longer-term outcomes between the two. Repeat procedures are more common with EVAR.

AAAs affect 2-8% of males over the age of 65. They are five times more common in men. In those with an aneurysm less than 5.5 cm, the risk of rupture in the next year is below 1%. Among those with an aneurysm between 5.5 and 7 cm, the risk is about 10%, while for those with an aneurysm greater than 7 cm the risk is about 33%. Mortality if ruptured is 85% to 90%. During 2013, aortic aneurysms resulted in 168,200 deaths, up from 100,000 in 1990. In the United States AAAs resulted in between 10,000 and 18,000 deaths in 2009.

Signs and symptoms

The vast majority of aneurysms are asymptomatic. However, as the abdominal aorta expands and/or ruptures, the aneurysm may become painful and lead to pulsating sensations in the abdomen or pain in the chest, lower back, legs, or scrotum.

Complications
The complications include rupture, peripheral embolization, acute aortic occlusion, and aortocaval (between the aorta and inferior vena cava) or aortoduodenal (between the aorta and the duodenum) fistulae. On physical examination, a palpable and pulsatile abdominal mass can be noted. Bruits can be present in case of renal or visceral arterial stenosis.

The signs and symptoms of a ruptured AAA may include severe pain in the lower back, flank, abdomen or groin. A mass that pulses with the heart beat may also be felt. The bleeding can lead to a hypovolemic shock with low blood pressure and a fast heart rate, which may cause fainting. The mortality of AAA rupture is as high as 90 percent. 65 to 75 percent of patients die before they arrive at the hospital and up to 90 percent die before they reach the operating room. The bleeding can be retroperitoneal or into the abdominal cavity. Rupture can also create a connection between the aorta and intestine or inferior vena cava. Flank ecchymosis (appearance of a bruise) is a sign of retroperitoneal bleeding and is also called Grey Turner's sign.

Causes
The exact causes of the degenerative process remain unclear. There are, however, some hypotheses and well-defined risk factors.
 Tobacco smoking: More than 90% of people who develop an AAA have smoked at some point in their lives.
 Alcohol and hypertension: The inflammation caused by prolonged use of alcohol and hypertensive effects from abdominal edema which leads to hemorrhoids, esophageal varices, and other conditions, is also considered a long-term cause of AAA.
 Genetic influences: The influence of genetic factors is high. AAA is four to six times more common in male siblings of known patients, with a risk of 20–30%. The high familial prevalence rate is most notable in male individuals. There are many hypotheses about the exact genetic disorder that could cause higher incidence of AAA among male members of the affected families. Some presumed that the influence of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency could be crucial, while other experimental works favored the hypothesis of X-linked mutation, which would explain the lower incidence in heterozygous females. Other hypotheses of genetic causes have also been formulated. Connective tissue disorders, such as Marfan syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, have also been strongly associated with AAA. Both relapsing polychondritis and pseudoxanthoma elasticum may cause abdominal aortic aneurysm.
 Atherosclerosis: The AAA was long considered to be caused by atherosclerosis, because the walls of the AAA frequently carry an atherosclerotic burden. However, this hypothesis cannot be used to explain the initial defect and the development of occlusion, which is observed in the process. Another hypothesis is that plaque buildup can cause a feed-forward dysfunction in the signaling among neurons that regulate pressure in the aorta. This feed-forward process leads to an over-pressuring condition that ruptures in the aorta.
 Other causes of the development of AAA include: infection, trauma, arteritis, and cystic medial necrosis.

Pathophysiology

The most striking histopathological changes of the aneurysmatic aorta are seen in the tunica media and intima layers. These changes include the accumulation of lipids in foam cells, extracellular free cholesterol crystals, calcifications, thrombosis, and ulcerations and ruptures of the layers. Adventitial inflammatory infiltrate is present.
However, the degradation of the tunica media by means of a proteolytic process seems to be the basic pathophysiologic mechanism of AAA development. Some researchers report increased expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinases in individuals with AAA. This leads to elimination of elastin from the media, rendering the aortic wall more susceptible to the influence of blood pressure. Other reports have suggested the serine protease granzyme B may contribute to aortic aneurysm rupture through the cleavage of decorin, leading to disrupted collagen organization and reduced tensile strength of the adventitia. There is also a reduced amount of vasa vasorum in the abdominal aorta (compared to the thoracic aorta); consequently, the tunica media must rely mostly on diffusion for nutrition, which makes it more susceptible to damage.

Hemodynamics affect the development of AAA, which has a predilection for the infrarenal aorta. The histological structure and mechanical characteristics of the infrarenal aorta differ from those of the thoracic aorta. The diameter decreases from the root to the aortic bifurcation, and the wall of the infrarenal aorta also contains a lesser proportion of elastin. The mechanical tension in the abdominal aortic wall is therefore higher than in the thoracic aortic wall. The elasticity and distensibility also decline with age, which can result in gradual dilatation of the segment. Higher intraluminal pressure in patients with arterial hypertension markedly contributes to the progression of the pathological process. Suitable hemodynamic conditions may be linked to specific intraluminal thrombus (ILT) patterns along the aortic lumen, which in turn may affect AAA's development.

Diagnosis
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is usually diagnosed by physical exam, abdominal ultrasound, or CT scan. Plain abdominal radiographs may show the outline of an aneurysm when its walls are calcified. However, the outline will be visible by X-ray in less than half of all aneurysms. Ultrasonography is used to screen for aneurysms and to determine their size if present. Additionally, free peritoneal fluid can be detected. It is noninvasive and sensitive, but the presence of bowel gas or obesity may limit its usefulness. CT scan has nearly 100% sensitivity for an aneurysm and is also useful in preoperative planning, detailing the anatomy and possibility for endovascular repair. In the case of suspected rupture, it can also reliably detect retroperitoneal fluid. Alternative less often used methods for visualization of an aneurysm include MRI and angiography.

An aneurysm ruptures if the mechanical stress (tension per area) exceeds the local wall strength; consequently, peak wall stress (PWS), mean wall stress (MWS), and peak wall rupture risk (PWRR) have been found to be more reliable parameters than diameter to assess AAA rupture risk. Medical software allows computing these rupture risk indices from standard clinical CT data and provides a patient-specific AAA rupture risk diagnosis. This type of biomechanical approach has been shown to accurately predict the location of AAA rupture.

Classification

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are commonly divided according to their size and symptomatology. An aneurysm is usually defined as an outer aortic diameter over 3 cm (normal diameter of the aorta is around 2 cm), or more than 50% of normal diameter. If the outer diameter exceeds 5.5 cm, the aneurysm is considered to be large.
Ruptured AAA should be suspected in any person older than 60 who experiences collapse, unexplained low blood pressure, or sudden-onset back or abdominal pain. Abdominal pain, shock, and a pulsatile mass is only present in a minority of cases. Although an unstable person with a known aneurysm may undergo surgery without further imaging, the diagnosis will usually be confirmed using CT or ultrasound scanning.

The suprarenal aorta normally measures about 0.5 cm larger than the infrarenal aorta.

Differential diagnosis
Aortic aneurysm rupture may be mistaken for the pain of kidney stones, or muscle related back pain.

Prevention
 Smoking cessation
 Treatment of hypertension

Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends a single screening abdominal ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysm in males age 65 to 75 years who have a history of smoking. Among this group who does not smoke, screening may be selective. It is unclear if screening is useful in women who have smoked and the USPSTF recommend against screening in women who have never smoked.

In the United Kingdom the NHS AAA Screening Programme invites men in England for screening during the year they turn 65. Men over 65 can contact the programme to arrange to be screened.

In Sweden one time screening is recommended in all males over 65 years of age. This has been found to decrease the risk of death from AAA by 42% with a number needed to screen of just over 200. In those with a close relative diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm, Swedish guidelines recommend an ultrasound at around 60 years of age.

Australia has no guideline on screening.

Repeat ultrasounds should be carried out in those who have an aortic size greater than 3.0 cm. In those whose aorta is between 3.0 and 3.9 cm this should be every three years, if between 4.0 and 4.4 cm every two years, and if between 4.5 and 5.4 cm every year.

Management
The treatment options for asymptomatic AAA are conservative management, surveillance with a view to eventual repair, and immediate repair. Two modes of repair are available for an AAA: open aneurysm repair, and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). An intervention is often recommended if the aneurysm grows more than 1 cm per year or it is bigger than 5.5 cm. Repair is also indicated for symptomatic aneurysms. Ten years after open AAA repair, the overall survival rate was 59%. Mycotic abdominal aorta aneurysm (MAAA) is a rare and life-threatening condition. Because of its rarity, there is a lack of adequately powered studies and consensus on its treatment and follow up. A management protocol on the management of mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm was recently published in the Annals of Vascular Surgery by Premnath et al.

Conservative
Conservative management is indicated in people where repair carries a high risk of mortality and in patients where repair is unlikely to improve life expectancy. The mainstay of the conservative treatment is smoking cessation.

Surveillance is indicated in small asymptomatic aneurysms (less than 5.5 cm) where the risk of repair exceeds the risk of rupture. As an AAA grows in diameter, the risk of rupture increases. Surveillance until an aneurysm has reached a diameter of 5.5 cm has not been shown to have a higher risk as compared to early intervention.

Medication
No medical therapy has been found to be effective at decreasing the growth rate or rupture rate of asymptomatic AAAs. Blood pressure and lipids should, however, be treated per usual.

Surgery
The threshold for repair varies slightly from individual to individual, depending on the balance of risks and benefits when considering repair versus ongoing surveillance. The size of an individual's native aorta may influence this, along with the presence of comorbidities that increase operative risk or decrease life expectancy. Evidence, however, does not usually support repair if the size is less than 5.5 cm.

Open repair

Open repair is indicated in young patients as an elective procedure, or in growing or large, symptomatic or ruptured aneurysms. The aorta must be clamped during the repair, denying blood to the abdominal organs and sections of the spinal cord; this can cause a range of complications. As it is essential to perform the critical part of the operation quickly, the incision is typically made large enough to facilitate the fastest repair. Recovery after open AAA surgery takes significant time. The minimums are a few days in intensive care, a week total in the hospital and a few months before full recovery.

Endovascular repair

Endovascular repair first became practical in the 1990s and although it is now an established alternative to open repair, its role is yet to be clearly defined. It is generally indicated in older, high-risk patients or patients unfit for open repair. However, endovascular repair is feasible for only a portion of AAAs, depending on the morphology of the aneurysm. The main advantages over open repair are that there is less peri-operative mortality, less time in intensive care, less time in hospital overall and earlier return to normal activity. Disadvantages of endovascular repair include a requirement for more frequent ongoing hospital reviews and a higher chance of further required procedures. According to the latest studies, the EVAR procedure does not offer any benefit for overall survival or health-related quality of life compared to open surgery, although aneurysm-related mortality is lower. In patients unfit for open repair, EVAR plus conservative management was associated with no benefit, more complications, subsequent procedures and higher costs compared to conservative management alone. Endovascular treatment for paraanastomotic aneurysms after aortobiiliac reconstruction is also a possibility. A 2017 Cochrane review found tentative evidence of no difference in outcomes between endovascular and open repair of ruptured AAA in the first month.

Rupture
In those with aortic rupture of the AAA, treatment is immediate surgical repair. There appear to be benefits to allowing permissive hypotension and limiting the use of intravenous fluids during transport to the operating room.

Prognosis

Although the current standard of determining rupture risk is based on maximum diameter, it is known that smaller AAAs that fall below this threshold (diameter<5.5 cm) may also rupture, and larger AAAs (diameter>5.5 cm) may remain stable. In one report, it was shown that 10–24% of ruptured AAAs were less than 5 cm in diameter. It has also been reported that of 473 non-repaired AAAs examined from autopsy reports, there were 118 cases of rupture, 13% of which were less than 5 cm in diameter. This study also showed that 60% of the AAAs greater than 5 cm (including 54% of those AAAs between 7.1 and 10 cm) never experienced rupture. Vorp et al. later deduced from the findings of Darling et al. that if the maximum diameter criterion were followed for the 473 subjects, only 7% (34/473) of cases would have died from rupture prior to surgical intervention as the diameter was less than 5 cm, with 25% (116/473) of cases possibly undergoing unnecessary surgery since these AAAs may never have ruptured.

Alternative methods of rupture assessment have been recently reported. The majority of these approaches involve the numerical analysis of AAAs using the common engineering technique of the finite element method (FEM) to determine the wall stress distributions. Recent reports have shown that these stress distributions have been shown to correlate to the overall geometry of the AAA rather than solely to the maximum diameter. It is also known that wall stress alone does not completely govern failure as an AAA will usually rupture when the wall stress exceeds the wall strength. In light of this, rupture assessment may be more accurate if both the patient-specific wall stress is coupled together with patient-specific wall strength. A noninvasive method of determining patient-dependent wall strength was recently reported, with more traditional approaches to strength determination via tensile testing performed by other researchers in the field. Some of the more recently proposed AAA rupture-risk assessment methods include: AAA wall stress; AAA expansion rate; degree of asymmetry; presence of intraluminal thrombus (ILT); a rupture potential index (RPI); a finite element analysis rupture index (FEARI); biomechanical factors coupled with computer analysis; growth of ILT; geometrical parameters of the AAA; and also a method of determining AAA growth and rupture based on mathematical models.

The postoperative mortality for an already ruptured AAA has slowly decreased over several decades but remains higher than 40%. However, if the AAA is surgically repaired before rupture, the postoperative mortality rate is substantially lower, approximately 1-6%.

Epidemiology
The occurrence of AAA varies by ethnicity. In the United Kingdom, the rate of AAA in Caucasian men older than 65 years is about 4.7%, while in Asian men it is 0.45%. It is also less common in individuals of African, and Hispanic heritage. They occur four times more often in men than in women.

There are at least 13,000 deaths yearly in the U.S. secondary to AAA rupture. The peak number of new cases per year among males is around 70 years of age, and the percentage of males affected over 60 years is 2–6%. The frequency is much higher in smokers than in non-smokers (8:1), and the risk decreases slowly after smoking cessation. In the U.S., the incidence of AAA is 2–4% in the adult population.

Rupture of the AAA occurs in 1–3% of men aged 65 or more, for whom the mortality rate is 70–95%.

History
The first historical records about AAA are from Ancient Rome in the 2nd century AD, when Greek surgeon Antyllus tried to treat the AAA with proximal and distal ligature, central incision and removal of thrombotic material from the aneurysm.
However, attempts to treat the AAA surgically were unsuccessful until 1923. In that year, Rudolph Matas (who also proposed the concept of endoaneurysmorrhaphy), performed the first successful aortic ligation on a human. Other methods that were successful in treating the AAA included wrapping the aorta with polyethene cellophane, which induced fibrosis and restricted the growth of the aneurysm. Endovascular aneurysm repair was first performed in the late 1980s and has been widely adopted in the subsequent decades. Endovascular repair was first used for treating a ruptured aneurysm in Nottingham in 1994.

Society and culture

Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein underwent an operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 1949 that was performed by Rudolph Nissen, who wrapped the aorta with polyethene cellophane. Einstein's aneurysm ruptured on April 13, 1955. He declined surgery, saying, "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly." He died five days later at age 76.

Actress Lucille Ball died April 26, 1989, from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. At the time of her death, she was in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recovering from emergency surgery performed just six days earlier because of a dissecting aortic aneurysm near her heart. Ball was at increased risk as she had been a heavy smoker for decades.

Musician Conway Twitty died in June 1993 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 59, two months before the release of what would be his final studio album, Final Touches.

Actor George C. Scott died in 1999 from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at age 71.

In 2001, former presidential candidate Bob Dole underwent surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in which a team led by vascular surgeon Kenneth Ouriel inserted a stent graft:

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Actor Robert Jacks, who played Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, died from an abdominal aneurysm on August 8, 2001, one day shy of his 42nd birthday. His father also died from the same cause when Jacks was a child.

Actor Tommy Ford died of abdominal aneurysm in October 2016 at 52 years old.

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died in 2008 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 69.

Research

Risk assessment
There have been many calls for alternative approaches to rupture risk assessment over the past number of years, with many believing that a biomechanics-based approach may be more suitable than the current diameter approach. Numerical modeling is a valuable tool to researchers allowing approximate wall stresses to be calculated, thus revealing the rupture potential of a particular aneurysm. Experimental models are required to validate these numerical results and provide a further insight into the biomechanical behavior of the AAA. In vivo, AAAs exhibit a varying range of material strengths from localised weak hypoxic regions to much stronger regions and areas of calcifications.

Finding ways to predict future AAA growth is seen as a research priority.

Another related line of research is utilizing mathematical decision modeling (e.g., Markov decision processes) to determine improved treatment policies. Initial results suggest that a more dynamic policy could provide benefits, although such claims have not been clinically verified.

Experimental models
Experimental models can now be manufactured using a novel technique involving the injection-moulding lost-wax manufacturing process to create patient-specific anatomically correct AAA replicas. Work has also focused on developing more realistic material analogues to those in vivo, and recently a novel range of silicone-rubbers was created allowing the varying material properties of the AAA to be more accurately represented. These rubber models can also be used in a variety of experimental situations, from stress analysis using the photoelastic method New endovascular devices are being developed that are able to treat more complex and tortuous anatomies.

Prevention and treatment
An animal study showed that removing a single protein prevents early damage in blood vessels from triggering a later-stage, complications. By eliminating the gene for a signaling protein called cyclophilin A (CypA) from a strain of mice, researchers were able to provide complete protection against abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Other recent research identified Granzyme B (GZMB) (a protein-degrading enzyme) to be a potential target in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Elimination of this enzyme in mice models both slowed the progression of aneurysms and improved survival.

Preclinical Research
The mechanisms that lead to AAA development are still not completely understood at a cellular and molecular level. In order to better understand the pathophysiology of AAA, it is often necessary to use experimental animal models. It is often questioned how well do these models translate to human disease. Even though there is no animal model that exactly represents the human condition, all the existing ones focus on one different pathophysiological aspect of the disease. Combining the results from different animal models with clinical research can provide a better overview of the AAA pathophysiology. The most common animal models are rodents (mice and rats), although for certain studies, such as testing preclinical devices or surgical procedures, large animal models (pig, sheep) are more frequently used. The rodent models of AAA can be classified according to different aspects. There are dissecting models vs non-dissecting models and genetically determined models vs chemically induced models. The most commonly used models are the angiotensin-II infusion into ApoE knockout mice (dissecting model, chemically induced), the calcium chloride model (non-dissecting, chemically induced) and the elastase model (non-dissecting, chemically induced model). A recent study has shown that β-Aminopropionitrile plus elastase application to abdominal aorta causes more severe aneurysm in mice as compared to elastase alone.

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CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 07: Cordy Glenn #77 of the Buffalo Bills blocks Jared Allen #69 of the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on September 7, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bills defeated the Bears 23-20 in overtime. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

By: Joe Buscaglia
The Buffalo Bills haven't been strangers to wheeling and dealing over the past 12 months -- and that certainly didn't change on Monday.
Just days after the Bills sent away Tyrod Taylor to the Cleveland Browns for the 65th overall selection of the 2018 NFL Draft, GM Brandon Beane has done it again. The Bills have now sent longtime starting left tackle Cordy Glenn to the Cincinnati Bengals according to multiple reports.
The compensation, according to multiple reports, include the Bills swapping their 21st overall selection with the Bengals 12th overall selection in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. In addition, the Bills would be taking on the Bengals sixth-round pick (187th overall) for one of the Bills two fifth-round picks, though that pick has yet to be disclosed.
More to come on the details of the trade when it becomes available.
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Here we go, Bills fans.
Two weeks ago at the NFL Combine, the Buffalo Bills insinuated that they needed to meet with the young quarterbacks to get a feel for who they are, and that it was an important part to their decision making process. Following Monday's move -- another blockbuster by Bills GM Brandon Beane -- it's clear that they must have liked what they heard from at least one of those players.
The Bills, by sending Cordy Glenn to the Bengals and moving up from 21st to 12th overall in the first round, now have all the ammo they need -- in this year's draft, not in 2019, to move up and draft the quarterback that they covet. Now, they just need another trade partner.
With Monday's trade, the Bills now own the 12th, 22nd, 53rd, 56th, 65th, and 96th overall selections. Two picks in the first round, two in the second round, and two in the third.
The beauty to this trade for the Bills, as they likely will go all in to bring in their franchise quarterback, is that it now gives teams near the top of the 2018 NFL Draft more incentive to move down and acquire more picks, while not moving so far down the order that it blows up the value they would have had by selecting at their former lofty spot.
The key spot here, to me, is at second overall, which is currently owned by the New York Giants. The reason why the Bills and the Giants are linked here is because of a past relationship, and a perceived willingness to move down.
The Giants seem content to build around Eli Manning for the short-term, which is both slightly confusing, and intriguing for the Bills in their attempts to move up the board to draft a young, franchise quarterback. Furthermore, and this is something I've touched on previously, is the relationship between Beane and Giants GM Dave Gettleman.
This is an incredibly important facet to all of this, because just as much as Beane learned from Gettleman while Beane was the right-hand man to Gettleman in Carolina, but he also learned what was important to him and perhaps how to manipulate an offer to the point in which he'll say yes.
Getting to second overall guarantees that they get one of the top two quarterbacks on the board, which to me, seem to be USC's Sam Darnold and UCLA's Josh Rosen. Those two players seem ready enough to come in and start at some point in their first year, if not right away.
The Bills also shed another huge salary off their books, and while they'll still have a weighty dead cap hit for the upcoming season, they are still saving on their salary cap along with improving a substantial resource to move them up the board, and for them to finally land what they've coveted for decades in Buffalo -- a bona fide franchise quarterback to build around.
It's all happening, and Beane is quite literally trying to move anything and everything to land a premier prospect at the most important position in sports.
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Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, has been held without bond at the El Paso County jail stemming from the Nov. 19 rampage at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Twenty-two people were wounded with gunshots or injured in other ways.
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Sky Greens, a local vertical farm, has sky-high ambitions. It has tested out the feasibility of establishing vertical farms on the rooftops of Housing Development Board (HDB) buildings, schools and even multi-storey carparks – and it is not stopping there.
The company was established in 2012 by Jack Ng, an engineer who wants to help countries which have a short supply of land, like Singapore, to still be able to have food security.
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Chicago, IL (July 6, 2020) – Enhancing its resiliency as a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Phase III of the company's Financial Safeguards Framework (FSF) for liquidity on June 4, 2020. The approved changes were implemented on June 29, 2020.
"The implementation of the Financial Safeguards Framework Phase III enhancements is an important milestone for OCC, our clearing members, and market participants," said Scot Warren, OCC Chief Operating Officer. "The enhancements are designed to meet new and evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices."
Dale Michaels, Executive Vice President, Financial Risk Management, added, "This implementation represents the culmination of several years of collaborative work with our regulators to enhance OCC's resiliency as a SIFMU. These enhancements increase market transparency and establish a new approach to liquidity stress testing and determining the adequacy, sizing, and sufficiency of OCC's liquidity resources."
OCC's liquidity risk management framework is designed to ensure that OCC holds sufficient qualified liquid resources to meet settlement obligations with a high degree of confidence under a wide range of foreseeable stress scenarios, including the default of the clearing member organization (CMO) group that would generate the largest aggregate payment obligation in extreme but plausible market conditions.
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The normal nighttime routine at the International Children's Care (ICC) receiving center in Guatemala was suddenly disturbed several years ago by a policeman who came to the front entrance. When the director opened the door she saw the officer in uniform carrying a small child, approximately one year old. The story soon unfolded. "He was found wandering the streets alone. We don't know if he was lost or abandoned, but the judge told us to bring him here," the officer explained, handing the director the court order.
The director opened the door to the nursery area and asked for the nurse in charge to come. "We have a new little boy," she told her. "Take him and give him his bath. He looks like he hasn't had one for a long, long time. I think we have an extra crib back there. Be sure he gets something to eat. He seems to be malnourished."
The officer left after the director signed the court order. When she checked on the little boy a little later she found that he was dressed in clean clothes. One of the nannies was holding him. "He was pretty scared," she said. "When I gave him some milk he just clung to me."
"You are doing the right thing," the director assured her. "We have no idea what all has happened to this little fellow, and the first thing we want to do is to make him feel safe."
When the social worker went to report the case to the court, there had been no report of a lost child. Time went on. No one even knew his name, so they began to call him Mateo*. A search was begun through the courts. No one ever claimed him and eventually he was declared abandoned.
In the meantime, Mateo adjusted to his new home at the center. By the time his legal status was determined and he was freed for adoption, he was no longer a toddler. Most adoptive parents wanted a younger child. Somehow he was passed by. When he noticed one of the other children leaving with new adoptive parents, he asked, "Can I have a home of my own? Doesn't anyone want me?"
Compassion filled the hearts of the receiving center staff. Perhaps the ICC children's village at Los Pinos (The Pines) had room for him and he could be given a permanent home. Calls were made and arrangements began taking shape for giving Mateo a permanent home.
One day, the newly appointed director called little Mateo to her, "Mateo, would you like to go out to the children's village where you can have a home of your own?"
"Oh yes!" Senora. I want a home of my own, and I want a mommy and daddy. When can I go?" "It will be soon, Mateo." she promised.
The little fellow could hardly wait, and yet he was a little scared to leave the center that had been the only home he knew. He wondered if someone would really want him.
When the court gave the abandonment papers, they also gave Mateo a last name. It was Rojas*. By a modern miracle for this little boy, the family who were assigned to care for him had the same last name.
When the director walked up to his new home with him, she told the mother, "This is your new little boy, Mateo Rojas."
"Really? How could that happen?" the mother exclaimed. She took little Mateo into her arms. "Your name is Rojas just like ours. You will be our little son!" He would be one of the ten or twelve children in that home, but he would be the only one with the parent's name. Mateo, for the first time knew how it felt to be wanted as a son. He threw his arms around his new mother with hugs and kisses. At last he had come home!
What were the events that lead ICC to begin a children's project in Guatemala so that Mateo could have a permanent home? Here is how it happened.
In the early morning hours of February 4, 1976 a 7.5 magnitude earthquake devastated Guatemala City, killing 23,000 people, seriously injuring 74,000 more, and leaving 1 million others homeless. Hundreds of children were left orphaned. It was 3:01 a.m. when the first tremor hit. All over the city, sleeping residents were crushed and killed when their weak adobe homes collapsed on top of them. Strong aftershocks continued for a week causing more damage and loss of life.
People from all around the globe tried to help the survivors. The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for that area was Robert Folkenberg. He contacted Kenneth and Alcyon Fleck who had spent many years serving in Central America as missionaries. Alcyon had long expressed a desire to find a way to help the many orphaned children in those countries. Some startup money for orphan relief had just been pledged. Would the Fleck's be interested in starting an orphanage in Guatemala? After much prayer and contemplation, the Flecks accepted the challenge - on the condition that the children would be cared for in homes and not in a traditional orphanage dormitory.
The decision to start a work for children in Guatemala was in fact the start up of ICC. In 1978, the Flecks and other dedicated volunteers in the United States successfully incorporated ICC as a 501(c)(3) charity that would manage and accept donations for the support of orphaned children.
The children's project in Guatemala started small at first and only progressed as compassionate individuals started sending donations of support to ICC. In Guatemala City, a small home was rented and used as a receiving center. As funds flowed in, ICC gained capacity to care for more children and a larger facility was secured for the receiving center. Children were brought to the center any time of the day or night for emergency care. Sometimes the children were found on the streets during the night, lost or abandoned. Some were found in garbage cans by police. The children's court also sent children to the center that needed care while they decided what was going to happen to them. Children were removed from abusive home situations or taken away from an illegal adoptive child care facility.
For many years, the receiving center served as a temporary shelter for hundreds of babies and small children while their legal cases were settled. From it, the children would be reintegrated into their biological families, placed within adoptive families or transferred to ICC's children's village that was established on donated land farther out in the country side.
Construction at the Los Pinos children's village began in 1978. Children's homes were built one at a time as funds came in and volunteers were able to donate their labor. Shortly after starting the project, civil war broke out in Guatemala causing more children to become orphaned. Military helicopters would bring children to the village where they would be welcomed with loving arms and safety.
The Los Pinos children's village has grown over the past 30 years and now has a capacity to accommodate up to 150 children at a time. The campus includes twelve children's homes, an elementary school, a church, administrative buildings and staff homes. Home gardens and agriculture are important parts of the campus life. Children learn a variety of useful skills that prepare them for life on their own.


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Indiana University Students Awarded Gilman and Boren Scholarships
Three Indiana University students were recently awarded David L. Boren Scholarships for the academic year 2017-2018 and eight Indiana University students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for summer 2017 to pursue studies overseas.
David L. Boren 2017-2018 academic year scholarships
Erin Patterson, a sophomore triple majoring in History, International Studies and Slavic East European Languages and Culture (Russian) with minors in Spanish and REEI (Russian and East European Institute) received a $10,000 scholarship to study in Almaty, Kazakhstan for Summer 2017 and Fall 2017.
Sabrina Tish, a senior double majoring in International Studies and Central Eurasian Studies, received a $7,155 scholarship to study in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of her Capstone year in the Turkish Flagship program.
Rachael Wehrle, a senior majoring in Journalism with a minor in Central Eurasian Studies, received a $20,000 scholarship to study in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of her Capstone year in the Turkish Flagship program.
Benjamin A. Gilman summer 2017 scholarships
Stacey Adjei, a junior majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Spanish, received a $3,500 scholarship to study in Santiago, Chile.
Jaycee Chapman, a junior majoring in Anthropology with a minor in East Asian Languages, received a $4,500 scholarship to study at the Olduvai Gorge Summer Field School in Tanzania.
Gwynneth Hurley, a sophomore majoring in Journalism with a minor in Spanish, received a $3,000 scholarship to study with the Media School's "Reporting HIV/AIDS in Africa" program.
Haley Klimaszewski, a junior majoring in Biochemistry with a certificate in Liberal Arts and Management, received a $3,000 scholarship to study in Barcelona, Spain.
Andria McHugh, a junior majoring in Social Work, received a $3,000 scholarship to study in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Victoria Myhand, a freshman majoring in History, received a $500 scholarship to study in Florence, Italy.
Shahin Saberi, a junior double majoring in Neuroscience and Biology with a minor in history, received a $3,500 scholarship to study in Alcala, Spain.
Jacob Springer, a senior majoring in Sports Marketing and Management with a minor in Business, received a $3,000 scholarship to study in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The David L. Boren awards are sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and provide students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of our nation. In exchange for funding, Boren award recipients agree to work in the federal government for a period of at least one year. Online applications for the 2018-2019 academic year open in late August. For more information, visit the Boren Awards website.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by the Institute of International Education. Online applications for spring and summer 2018 awards will open mid-August, 2017. For more information, visit the Gilman Program website.
Information about study abroad at IU is available through the Office of Overseas Study. Contact the office by phone at 812-855-9304.
Leo R. Dowling International Center
111 South Jordan Avenue
overseas@iu.edu


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The Guilbeau Center for Public History
History At Work
The Guilbeau Center for Public History is an unparalleled research center dedicated to the study and practice of Public History. As a state and regional leader for public history, its projects receive national attention for their originality and contribution to the field.
The Guilbeau Center for Public History is housed in the Department of History, Geography & Philosophy at
University of Louisiana, Lafayette. It is one of four research centers at the University's College of Liberal Arts.
Digital History Training Sessions
The Guilbeau Center hosts training sessions for students and faculty. This month, UL History alum Zachary Henry will be leading students and faculty through an orientation in creating podcasts. Next month Vermilionville Living History Museum's curator, Anne Mahoney, will provide a workshop on collections management software PastPerfect. In February, Dr. Brittany Cook offered introductions in ArcGIS for the department's graduate students. We look forward to offering regular training sessions for the UL community every semester.
Representing Enslavement
Registration and more info at: https://representingenslavement.com/
"Representing Enslavement" is a short conference designed to bring together experts and practitioners in the public history of enslavement in Louisiana. Too often the deep history of enslavement in this region is twisted or erased in service of comfort and tourist dollars. The conference seeks to foreground the perspective of artists, museum professionals, academic historians, public historians, and organizers to make this history present in Lafayette and broader Acadiana. We hope to push for lasting changes in the way Louisianan's represent the history of enslavement in the region and across the state. The conference is hosted by the Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
For questions, contact Dr. Ian Beamish at ian.beamish@louisiana.edu
Vermilionville History Harvest
Students in Dr. Petrou's public history course, "Heritage and Memory in History Museums" volunteered at Vermilionville's Veteran's Day History Harvest last month. Students were trained in marketing and outreach; photographing and scanning historical artifacts, inventorying historical artifacts, and interviewing the local communities members who generously brought their historical artifacts to share with the museums.
What is a History Harvest?
The concept of History Harvests started as an undergraduate history project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln about 10 years ago. The students and professors at UNL wanted to create a program that was "…a collaborative effort aimed at uncovering, collecting, preserving, archiving, and sharing some of the many "hidden" historical treasures located right here in our own communities."[1] Since its creation the UNL History Department has held a number of harvests with various communities across the state of Nebraska and many other history departments and museums across the country have adopted UNL's methods.
A History Harvest is designed to connect museum professionals and historians with their communities local history by inviting the public to share their personal artifacts that may have until this point been "hidden" in their homes/attics but still hold historical significance. These artifacts may include letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, documents, art, textiles, three-dimensional objects, etc. according to the topic of the History Harvest. The goal is to document, collect information on, and digitize each of these artifacts to create an online collection that can later be used for further historical interpretation and public access. In the case of this History Harvest, the scans/photographs and information collected about each object will be added to the Louisiana Digital Library.
[1] Jones, Patrick. "History Harvest" (syllabus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2012), Accessed on April 6, 2018, http://historyharvest.unl.edu/themes/harvest/resources/hh_syllabus_2012fall.pdf
INTERNSHIPS IN PUBLIC HISTORY
If you are looking for internship opportunities in public history check out American Alliance of Museums website: https://aam-us-jobs.careerwebsite.com/jobseeker/search/results/


Last Friday the Justice Department filed a brief that lays out how the Administration would like Judge Andrew Hanen to proceed in the DACA challenge brought by seven states. The brief, which supports the states' challenge, marks the first time the Administrations has weighed in on the case. The Administration plan could send the matter back to the Supreme Court quickly, according to the Constitution Center.
So far, six federal judges across the country have addressed DACA. Two issued nationwide rulings requiring DHS to continue processing DACA renewals and a third ruled the Administration must begin to accept new DACA applications. The latter judge stayed his decision while the Administration further explains its rationale for terminating DACA.
The case before Judge Hanen, brought by Texas and six other states, argues DACA should be deemed unconstitutional, invalid under federal immigration law, and procedurally flawed. Declaring DACA "unlawful," the Administration brief asked for a narrow review of DACA that would enable it to be invalidated without addressing its constitutionality. Judge Hanen had previously blocked implementation of the DAPA and extended DACA programs under the Obama Administration and is believed to be amenable to taking the same path on DACA.
In addition, Justice attorneys asked Judge Hanen to limit any injunction he might issue to the plaintiff states: Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia. This is consistent with the Administration's position that other courts improperly issued nationwide rulings to keep DACA afloat. Finally, Judge Hanen was asked to stay any injunction for 14 days so Justice attorneys can seek stays for all DACA litigation from the Supreme Court.
Judge Hanen has scheduled a July 17 hearing on the issue of whether DACA should be enjoined. If he rules quickly and in the manner suggested, the Constitution Center says the Administration would not have to wait for the appeal of existing court rulings before going to the Supreme Court for relief.
Read more at the Constitution Center.


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'Total Divas' Season Finale Recap: You're my little noodleball!
By: Jessica Rae | June 2, 2014 at 2:25 AM EDT
Wrestlemania is a big, huge deal. Apparently. AND WHO LET'S THEIR BRIDESMAIDS WEAR WHITE?
The ladies strike a pose. Photo: E!
Total Divas Recap
It's all about Wrestlemania in this episode. (Then, later, the wedding.)
"I know you love me, because I'm the bomb dot com." – Ariane Andrew, being relevant
Nattie decides to out Nikki Bella's secret, because DRAMA. Then she says, "please keep it to you guys."
Meanwhile, Eva Marie had her first solo fan signing at Wrestlemania. She's only been part of the WWE for one year, and blah blah blah. "I just, am freaking out," she shares to the camera. Meanwhile, I am captivated by the way shse wore her hair draped only over one shoulder. It's my new favorite hairstyle.
One of the fans who approaches Eva, and even gets an autograph, informs her: "I can't even believe they'll let you wrestle." That's not confusing. AT ALL. Either you're a fan or you're not, right?
Nattie hosts something, and her cheesiness is unbearable. For someone who acts so nice, I find her incredibly patronizing and phony. (But, in the sort of way where she probably doesn't realize how fake she's being.)
We see Trin and Ariane talk. Of her marriage, Trinity (Naomi Knight) says, "We in it now." Astute. Things get tough when Trin calls out Ariane for never saying she loves her boyfriend. "You're my little noodleball," is the term of affection that Ariane feels best when using. But, Ariane's season finale story is about she can't say "I love you" to boyfriend, Vinnie. In fact, she's never said it to a boyfriend.
Naturally, the secret about Nikki's marriage is learned by John Cena. (I know this is an awkward sentence, but I'm so tired right now!) When they go out to eat, Nikki knows what must be wrong with John but convinces herself that it can't be that.
In case you forgot that Wrestlemania is a big deal, Eve tells the camera that, "history is about to be made." And she was serious – solemn, even. HISTORY, GUYS. Serious wrestling history. And there's DRAMZ. Because matches are moved around, and The Bella Twins think they'll get cut just like last year. Sounds seriously frustrating. Even though the Undertaker doesn't win his match, and it's a big deal or something, uuuuh. The Diva's do get to wrestle! Like a big wrestling orgy…they make the girls all do it in the ring together…which seems super unfair. The guys get all of their stuff, and then the girls are at the end…. ugh.
Nattie has a real moment with Eva, saying she respects Eva for being nervous. It's a sweet moment. And it's true. Eva should be nervous. And it's not a bad thing. It shows that she cares.
Summer Rae steals a moment, and her new BFF is Emma. (Who looks none too happy to be embraced by Summer's crazy.) I like Emma, because she offered this helpful advice to Summer about the girls:,"Maybe you should stop being a bitch to them."
Brie's wedding! Well, Brie and Brian. In Sedona! It's a gorgeous place.
When Nikki finds out that John knows she was married, it's big dramz time. She's upset. Brie's upset. Their brother and Mother are upset. And Brie's about to get married. Nikki comes off as super selfish. But the wedding is happening, and the aisle is a swirl of rose petals! (They sprayed them so they wouldn't move, but I doubt it would have worked as well if there had been a longer train on Brie's wedding dress.) The bridesmaids wear crowns of daisies. (And the bridesmaid dresses are pretty, but…white? And they're really similar to Brie's wedding dress, too. That's a unique way of doing it…Not sure how I feel about it, though…) Their wedding vows are gorgeous. Truly beautiful and moving.
Since Nikki is selfish, she decides to tell John that she knows about him knowing about her being married. And he, like the effing gentleman he is, says, "Not the time or place." Seriously! Nikki, ugh. UGH. But, of course, they do reconcile and everything is good.
And, Ariane is able to tell Vinnie she loves him.
Kind of a lackluster finale, but …still interesting. You agree?
Will you watch Total Divas season 2? Look for it on E!
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Isabel De Pedro is a Spanish label based in Barcelona, founded by Rafael Tous in 1968 under the name MR. CAT.
Rafael Tous, son of a textile businessman, knew well the business and revolutionized Barcelona's fashion with a casual military-inspired collection. In 1970, Isabel De Pedro became the head designer of the company and launched three lines: Mr. Cat (menswear), Miss Cat (womenswear) and Mini Cat (children).
The company goes from 5 to 40 employees in 1970 and the production increases to 100.000 pieces a year: a great achievement for that period of time in Spain. With an increasing turnover, the brand became a benchmark for its style and its creative advertising campaigns.
Rafael Tous, considered one of the most important art collectors in Europe, founded the acclaimed art venue, METRÒNOM, with Isabel in 1981. METRÒNOM was a private arts center based in El Born, the former market area of Barcelona.
"The support of the boldest of the new artistic behaviour of the 70s"
It won the ACCA Award for Best Art Programming. The spectacular gallery, winner of the FAD award for renovation, was conceived to support the boldest of the new artistic behavior of the 70s, artists whose work was too experimental for the commercial galleries.
Due to the focus on womenswear when became Isabel de Pedro, the creative team decided to establish a strategy for their design process: mono-thematic collections with special emphasis on prints and stretch fabrics with black as the signature color. Some remarkable themes from past collections have been: Art Movements (Surrealism, the Golden Age), Contemporary Dance, Cities (Barcelona, Río De Janerio, París), Regions ( the Basque Country), and Countries (Perú, Russia, China, Italy, Cuba, Scandinavian Countries). The brand delivers two collections every year — Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter.
The collections are thematic and are the result of the investigation and development trips made by the designer around different interest points of the world.
Sho compiles aesthetics, textures, photographs and all kind of references in order to create a collection which is inspired in a place, a motif, a world or a concept.
Each collection contains 275-325 pieces designed and produced entirely in Spain, both in its factory and in external textile workshops.
PHILOSOPHY &
A great and experienced designer and a team of graphic designer, pattern makers, sewing machinists and production managers that have the only goal of obtaining excellent results.
A constant search for new and special fabrics that will give a modern and perfectly wearable touch to the garments.
The study of each garment includes an observation of all the signs and carefully repeating the patterns in different fabrics in order to choose the best for a certain design.
Isabel de Pedro (Bilbao 1952) has a professional career of 40 years dressing women around the world. Her practical sense and know how transform the firm's designs in fashionable garments. They are addressed to a sophisticated and feminine woman that likes to show her figure. Isabel de Pedro remains faithful to stretch knit fabrics and black and, in the last years, has gone for monothematic collections with a strong presence of graphic design prints. Isabel de Pedro is an art collector: an interest that, without a doubt, has a reflection in many of the pieces she designs. Her key to success is her love story with design and the different artistic disciplines that she uses as an inspiration. Her hallmark is to offer a unique and personal style to women around the world.
Isabel De Pedro designs for captivating women with intelligence and unique, undeniable charm. Black is the essence of what she imagines in style, elegant, modern, sophisticated, comfortable and versatile. She also incorporates white and red as a sign of sensuality. The demographic for Isabel de Pedro is women from their thirties to late sixties, but she also inspires younger generations and millennials. She doesn't fight the passage of time or see women as less beautiful as their physical appearance changes. Instead, she embraces the inevitability of time by being active, healthy and by having a strong sense of humor. She believes that true beauty lies in elegance.
Isabel De Pedro blends the timeless aura of sophistication and elegance of Hollywood's actresses from the 40's with the contemporary modern, strong and intelligent woman.
"She embraces the inevitability of time by being active, healthy and by having a strong sense of humor"
SOME WOMEN AND PERSONALITIES THAT INSPIRE ISABEL DE PEDRO
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The shop, which is located in the most exclusive area of the city, is an authentic expression of the character of Isabel de Pedro. The designer's clothing and jewelry are presented over four beautifully minimalist spaces.
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