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Barcelona may be famous for its famed soccer club but soccer is just one thing on the list of so many things the city excels in and offers. The city offers excellent aesthetics and there are so many reasons to love the city from its great architecture and galleries, to awesome food and music.

With the abundance of historical and cultural artifacts, Barcelona is just about as romantic as another wonderful city of Paris. It's certainly the city one ought to move to, if they are considering settling overseas.

Here below are the 20 reasons as to why Barcelona is an amazing place to live. After reading these reasons, you'll have plenty of inclinations to move to this wonderful Spanish city.

1. It's discoverable on foot

Barcelona may be a quite big city but the size is perfect to discover on foot. There are plenty of things to discover as well. There's abundance of great gastronomic options and the city also houses some of the most impressive parks and buildings. If you don't feel like walking, you can even turn to bicycles to discover the city through stunning routes.

2. It has superb modern architecture

You can find great architecture almost everywhere in this city, a paradise for architects. There are awe-inspiring Gothic basilicas put side by side with magnificent modern-day buildings. Most of the city's architectural wonders have been designed by the famous architect Antonio Gaudi. Some of the finest monuments of the city are Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, La Pedrera and Casa Batllo.

3. It's a paradise for gastronomes

You'll fall in love with this city very soon especially if you're a connoisseur of great food. There are excellent restaurants all over the city. The city loves to dine so much that most businesses and offices close two hours a day just to take lunch. The city boasts the freshest of seafood in the world and pastry shops are plentiful. You should be a happy person even if you do nothing but eat in this city.

4. It has musical prospects in abundance

Barcelona has a fair share of live music venues like Apolo and Razzmatazz and magnificent concert halls like Gran Teatre del Liceu and L'Auditori. The music scene of the city is diverse, encompassing musical genres from classical to jazz to world music. The city also hosts some of the biggest annual musical festivals of the world such as Primavera Sound, Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, Sonar and Cruilla.

5. It's a delight for chocolate lovers

This beautiful city also offers plenty of delight for lovers of chocolate. Some of the best chocolates in Barcelona are chocolate bon-bons and xurros con chocolat (a kind of hot chocolate). The city gave birth to Antoni Escriba, who is famous for being the "Mozart of Chocolate", and if you ever stop by this city, you ought not to miss his pastry shop.

6. It has excellent beaches

Another reason to love Barcelona is the presence of outstanding beaches. Sightseeing is great along these beaches. The climate of the city is generally warm and the beaches are nice and clean. The beaches are swiftly reachable and one can always turn to the beaches to relax after a hard day's work in the city.

7. It has the Magical Montjuïc Mountain

Although you need to do a bit of legwork to reach the top, the magical Montjuïc is a perfect place to wander to. It's a bit less populated by tourists but that's not because it's not worth seeing but because not every tourist wants to embark on an adventure. In fact, the mountain offers excellent views, with natural backdrops and excellent vistas all around.

8. It's the perfect place for coffee aficionados

Coffee aficionados are just another kind of people, on the long list of the types of people the city of Barcelona can appeal to. You'll get to drink something as perfect as café con leche, which is the coffee halved with steam milk. The beverage is always smooth but never harsh nor bitter.

9. It has a very rich history

An international city in every way, at Barcelona, with every step you take through the streets, you'll always stumble upon something historically significant. To get a quick glimpse of the city's history, you should visit Museu d'Historia de Barcelona, where the historical city heritages have been preserved and put on display. There are so many historic artifacts inside this museum, with Placa del Rei, Temple d'August, Born Centre Cultural and Museum Maritim to name a few.

10. It has lots of Spanish wine and cavas

Spanish Wine and Cavas rival French Wine and Champagne. In fact, Cavas, or sparkling wine, is Spain's answer to France's champagne. The wine isn't very expensive as well although the quality is exceptional. You can buy a bottle between five to ten dollars. Barcelona is surely the place to be at for lovers of wine and beer as it's cheaper to buy these liquors than to buy a can of coke or a bottle of water.

11. It has local threads

Style can be bought in this city at all kinds of prices. You can go for the rather expensive Spanish brands recognizable at the international level or for confined Barcelona brands. But if you go with the cheaper ones, it doesn't mean that you are compromising much on quality at all. Some of the local and affordable brands in Barcelona are Zazo&Brull, Cuervo Cobberblack Bird (where you can buy handcrafted shies), RooM and Syngman Cucala.

12. It hosts amazing carnivals

There are plenty of carnivals hosted by the city every year. These carnivals showcase rich Catalan culture, dazzling displays of fireworks, air shows, concerts and children acts. Festes de la Merce, which is celebrated in the month of September is the largest carnival in the city. It originally started as a religious parade but now, it's one of the major reasons to visit the city. Every neighborhood in the city has its own chief celebration. Among them, the celebrations of the neighborhoods of Gracia and Sants are the biggest ones.

13. It is a delight for dancing

The city is home to plenty of nightclubs. We often think of Flamenco dancing whenever we think of Spanish dancing. However, Flamenco dancing is native to the Andalusia region of Spain and Barcelona has its own historic dance form in Sardana, performed at tablaos, which have come to prominence since 1960s. Sardana is performed on weekends in front of the Cathedral and City Hall.

14. It offers the sweetest alternate to Valentine's Day

If you don't like to flow in the tide of Valentine's Day, coming every year with so much noise and almost always leaving you barren, the city offers you with an excellent alternative. Diada de Sant Jordi, or Saint George's Day is celebrated on April 23, the day on which men give a rose to their darlings and ladies give them a book. This sweet occasion has kept Valentine's Day pretty much at bay.

15. It has breath taking street art

Art is everywhere on the streets of Barcelona and it is beyond graffiti. Even the store shutters on the streets are gaudily painted. As mentioned earlier, the shops, as do other businesses, close mid-day. Reopening times of those shops vary. If you are able to take a few strolls about the city during the time the shops are closed, you'll have the best view of street art.

16. It has Bucolic locations

In spite of being a very big city and a major financial center of Europe, there are plenty of opportunities to revel in pastoral surroundings in the city. Some of the neighborhoods like Gracia, Les Corts and La Barceloneta in particular exhibit that candid and pristine rural aura with amply of native customs and festivities.

17. It offers many Ping-Pong tables

You thought Chinese were the only folks who love Ping-Pong so much. How wrong you were! You don't have to move a distance to find the next free Ping-Pong table in Barcelona. Scattered around the public places of the city, Ping-Pong tables provide you with ample opportunities to swing your paddle with opponents, provided you have one.

18. It's a bicycle heaven

It was mentioned earlier that this city offers excellent routes to discover the city through bicycling if you don't feel like walking. But this deserves a point of its own as another great prospect the city can offer. Barcelona is as perfect as it can get for bicycling. The scenery is great, which adds to the fact that the city has heavily expanded network of bike lanes and fleets. The only problem is that the city is a heaven for bicycle thieves as well.

19. It has an excellent public transportation system

With myriad of equally rewarding options, Barcelona should be one of the easiest cities to discover. It was already discoverable on foot and bicycling possibilities were excellent. A very good public transport system takes discoverability of this city to further heights. There are so many options to get around the city with efficient buses, subways, trains, cable cars and funiculars.

20. It has perfect weather all year round

Lying in the Mediterranean region, the temperature of Barcelona is fairly moderate. With its poised climate, the city offers excellent living conditions throughout the year. The weather is predictable and rainfall is also quite balanced. You can enjoy months of unbroken sunshine without ever having to feel the agony of a scorching heat of the Sun.

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Traveling with sleep apnea does not have to be intimidating.

We recently saw a discussion online about traveling with sleep apnea. The poor traveler had such difficulty traveling, he would sleep in a recliner. Traveling with a CPAP machine usually means reading a manual to understand everything you have to do to properly prepare for your trip. Fortunately, there are better solutions. For those who use oral device therapy, traveling with sleep apnea is as easy as packing your toothbrush.

Traveling with sleep apnea oral device vs. CPAP:

When traveling with sleep apnea do you often try to "forget" to bring your CPAP device on trips because of the challenge of getting through airport security? There have been stories of CPAP devices being taken out of the bag to be swabbed, held up and shown to all of the other travelers in the security line. A SomnoDent oral device fits in your carry-on baggage. A CPAP machine IS a carry on and many of them require their own luggage. Many airports also advise against checking your CPAP due to chances of the machine being lost or damaged.

The Plane Ride
When patients do take their CPAP they may have problems with current or compatible plugs, access to clean water for humidifiers or facilities to properly clean machines on a daily basis. Unfortunately, clean water may not always be available in foreign travel. Traveling overseas or cross country to various business destinations typically means extended flights, and long travel times usually mean sleeping on the plane. CPAP machines are now available with batteries but these increase weight dramatically and you may not be allowed to use them. In addition, it is problematic using them if you are not flying first or business class. We recently heard from a patient who flew to Australia for a business trip; however, his snoring was so loud that the stewardess woke him continually throughout the trip. He was embarrassed when he realized that not only did he disturb the passengers in first class but it was a major topic of discussion throughout the plane. Worst of all he arrived in Australia so exhausted he was unable to function well in his executive capacity. A SomnoDent oral device saved his next trip.
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Sharing rooms with spouses and friends can be a major issue if a CPAP or oral device is not brought along to treat sleep apnea. Many patients book two hotel rooms at great expense or compensate for a lower-end vacation resort to get inexpensive rooms. Snoring often leads to tense situations on what was supposed to be an enjoyable and relaxing vacation. Patients who have gone on hunting trips with friends may find that they are not invited on the next trip due to their snoring disturbing the sleep of others. As it can be difficult to find a 200-mile extension cord, a SomnoDent patient told us the option of not having to make sure he had a source of power available meant he could go camping again. Unfortunately, many outlets in foreign countries are not compatible with a CPAP making travel overseas an electrical gamble.

The Academy of Sleep Medicine approves oral devices to treat mild and moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a choice of treatment. They are not for everyone, but the majority of patients prefer them to CPAP and compliance rates are significantly higher. Oral devices are easy to travel with fitting in carry on luggage and purses. They can be discreetly worn while sleeping on a plane and cleaning the device is far less complex than a CPAP machine. However, many patients traveling with sleep apnea still like their CPAP machines but use SomnoDent oral devices to travel and, often, switch full time to SomnoDent oral devices to treat their mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

If you are interested in finding a SomnoMed preferred dentist in your area, contact us. Ask your physician or dentist for more information on treating your snoring or mild to moderate sleep apnea with SomnoDent devices.

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With the possible exception of boozy, reckless ingénues, there is no animal more bent on its own ruin than the giant panda. With its low population (only 1600 remain in the wild and 300 in captivity) and self-destructive lifestyle, giant pandas are in danger of extinction. Luckily, scientists and conservationists are hard at work unlocking the secrets of panda behavior and finding innovative ways to save the species.
Giant Pandas Are Very Bad at Making Babies
There are precious few animals that are worse at procreating than the giant panda.

Lady pandas are only fertile for two to three days each year, and then only in the spring. Their relative infertility is only compounded by the male's reticence to mate - especially in captivity. As Pandas International notes:

They either lost interest in mating the natural way or simply did not know how.

One common problem male pandas have is that they do not know the proper position for inseminating females with their teeny, tiny penises. (I swear, that link is totally innocuous.) 😉

To remedy this problem, intrepid conservationists have taken to showing captive pandas videos of others mating. These tutorials, called " panda porn " by some, have met with limited success.

To date, artificial insemination has been the most effective method to promote conception. In fact, at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Centre in China, conservationists claim they have " perfected the difficult task of reproducing pandas " which involves a combination of artificial insemination and baby snatching.
Giant Pandas Are Very Bad at Keeping Babies Alive
At birth, newborns are only about the size of a stick of butter - approximately four inches long and four ounces heavy. Their small size and developmental immaturity combine for a panda infant mortality rate during the first year of 40%. In fact, newborn pandas often die within days of being born. Notably, at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., five different cubs, born between 1983 and 1989, died within a week of birth.

Although infection is a common cause, other conditions contribute to panda infant mortality as well. For example, in 2012, a six-day-old panda cub at the National Zoo died from liver and lung damage. Sadly, there are also several examples of panda babies that were crushed to death, accidentally, by their mothers (who routinely reach 200 pounds).
Giant Pandas Have a Very Poor Diet
Over the past 2 to 2 1/2 million years, the giant panda has evolved to live primarily on one food - bamboo. So specialized is its diet that it even developed a thumb of sorts to help it grasp those tasty, fibrous shoots. Weirdly, however, bamboo is not a very good food choice for the giant panda.

First, the bamboo pandas eat (80 pounds a day when not pregnant) is relatively poor nutritionally, and some scientists believe this is why giant panda babies are born so small. As one noted: "It is easier for the animal to convert bamboo into milk than to convert bamboo into animal tissue."

Second, genetically speaking, the giant panda does not even have the right DNA, called " digestive cellulase genes " to digest bamboo. (To be fair, however, no mammals possess these genes).

Third, giant pandas, as members of the bear family, originally evolved as carnivores (or omnivores), not herbivores like other cellulose feeding mammals (read: ruminants). As such, pandas lack the ruminant's four-chambered stomach filled with microbes that break down tough fibers. Because pandas have not evolved such a system, they can only digest about 20% of the bamboo they eat. As one expert noted: " its gut anatomy and microbiome have not yet adapted to degrade those bamboo fibers. "

So, when you consider the number and variety of ways bamboo creates problems for the giant panda, you have to ask yourself, "why bamboo?"
Bamboo is Tasty
Some scientists believe the species' love of bamboo comes from the giant panda's taste genes. Approximately 2 to 2 1/2 million years ago, pandas lost one of the primary genes (T1R1) for tasting umami, the primary flavor of protein-rich foods like meat (the other four tastes are bitter, sweet, salty and sour). Interestingly, the giant panda has extra genes (T2R) for sensing bitter, the primary taste of fibrous plants like bamboo.

Other researchers argue, however, that the lost and gained genes weren't the cause of the dietary switch, but rather the result of it. They assert that cows and horses still have the T1R1 gene, but refrain from eating umami foods. They also note that: "even without the ability to taste meat, giant pandas can still choose meat." These scholars opine that the panda's "appetite-reward system," rather than taste, is the primary driver behind its love for bamboo.
Bamboo May Be Addictive
Beyond taste, why and what we eat can often be determined by " the reward pathways in the brain." In the same way that pathological gamblers and alcoholics experience a dopamine rush when partaking of their addiction, and terrifying absence when not, certain foods can create the same effects and addictive behavior.

In a recent article, scholars pushing the appetite-reward theory analyzed 166 panda genes and determined that pandas have defects in the ways their brains process certain hormones and neurotransmitters, like dopamine. They hypothesized:

It is possible that some ingredient in the bamboo may [be] able to help the catecholamine, especially dopamine, metabolism in panda. Such an ingredient may [be] able to stimulate the appetite-reward circuitry in the giant panda and play [a] certain role in setting up its bamboo diet.

So, like rats with Oreos, maybe the giant panda is simply addicted to bamboo.
Giant Panda's Future
Rather than trying to separate the junkie from his fix, researchers are focusing their energy on creating more pandas. At the Chengdu facility, conservationists have developed a system of twin swapping that they believe will save this endangered species.

Not as cruel as it sounds, twin swapping can only occur when the lady panda has a pair of cubs (which happens in about 50% of panda pregnancies). By nature, mother pandas will only care for one cub at a time, so the other would die if humans did not intervene. Moving in quickly after birth, the rejected infant is placed in an incubator. Periodically, keepers switch it and the accepted twin in-and-out of the mother's care and the incubator. As a result, conservationists at the Chengdu facility now boast a panda cub survival rate of 98%.

With so many new young pandas, Chinese officials are experimenting with releasing captive pandas back into the wild. While an early attempt met with tragedy, conservationists are trying new ways of raising captive-bred pandas to improve their chances of survival upon release. These methods include having handlers dress in panda costumes and placing pandas, as a group, in protected yet seemingly wild enclosures.

Ultimately, however, the key is to properly situate the pandas in their environment. As one researcher noted: " We need to release pandas in good habitat so that pandas can survive and sustain themselves for a long time."

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All About Michelle

Birthday: January 17, 1964 (age 48)

Hometown: Chicago

Married: October 3, 1992

Children: Daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11

Book She's Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey
Favorite Movie: It's a Wonderful Life Michelle Obama On...
Charitable Intiatives: Launched the Let's Move campaign in 2010 to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.

The three words her family and friends would use to describe her. "Mom, devoted, tall."

What she would do if she had an extra hour during the day. "I'd spend time with my girls, catch up with girlfriends or read a good book."

SS: What's your favorite quote and why?

MO: "To whom much is given, much is required," from Luke 12:48. Growing up, Barack and I both watched our families work hard to make ends meet. Because of their hard work, I was able to get an education and, later, a job at a law firm back home in Chicago. But as much as I liked putting a dent in my student loans, I felt something was missing. So I left that law firm and got involved in non-profit work and public service. Barack and I chose these paths because we both feel a responsibility to make sure others have the same kinds of opportunities to fulfill their potential that we had.

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Prep:

15 min

Cook:

45 min

Yield:

16 brownies

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Total Time:

1 hr

Prep:

15 min

Cook:

45 min

Yield:

16 brownies

Level:

Easy

Ingredients

Soft butter, for greasing the pan

Flour, for dusting the buttered pan

4 large eggs

1 cup sugar, sifted

1 cup brown sugar, sifted

8 ounces melted butter (2 sticks)

1 1/4 cups cocoa, sifted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 cup flour, sifted

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

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Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch square pan.

In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the eggs at medium speed until fluffy and light yellow. Add both sugars. Add remaining ingredients, and mix to combine.

Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan and bake for 45 minutes. Check for doneness with the tried-and-true toothpick method: a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan should come out clean. When it's done, remove to a rack to cool. Resist the temptation to cut into it until it's mostly cool.

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