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Long overdue from me, I am sorry. We arrived May 1st and started back in at the hospital. We brought a friend of ours from Los Angeles, a general contractor who volunteered one month time. He tackled the beginnings of the renovation project at the hospital, and it looks so much better, I will explain about hospital renovation in another blog hopefully.
Tom was doctoring away here when we got word that his 92 yr old mother fell at the beauty salon against a porceline sink and broke her sternum. The pain was unimaginable and Tom had to return to California to be with his dear mom, and to assist his family with medical decisions, and plan her care. We decided I should stay as we had begun the renovation and I needed to help with getting supplies and assisting to negotiate for prices here in India, plus my yoga classes here, and orienting our friend from LA to Dharamsala, (he had never been here before). The other factor is when I do have some time, often the electricity goes out for an hour or 4 or 5, enough to interfere with timing! Then I attended four sessions of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings at his monastery here in Dharamsala. Felt like it was renewing, he is always so fresh and vital!
My husband Tom went to the Indian Consulate in San Francisco to see if the Indian government would permit him to re- enter India (India has a strange rule that once you leave India, you must wait 60 days before re-entry). Apparently it is a relatively new law for "anti -terrorism protection". Tom felt because he had a medical emergency, and because the hospital here needs doctors so badly, that he had a good shot at re-entry.
They said "no."
I am finishing up or actually getting a good head-start on the renovation project here; things move slowly in India.
"...As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities."
Norman Vincent Peale
Will be seeing you sometime hopefully in August. I will 'try my level best' to get some more blogs out~
Thank you for your patience with me
Teaching Yoga on the Tuberculosis Ward
Tibetan Delek Hospital
There are all ages of yoga students on the TB ward: Some young women and men in their teens and early twenties, and some older students from 45 to 70 years of age. It is difficult to be isolated on the ward with very little space, and very few activities.
Isolation is just that - to keep infected people away from others, until the sputum count is low enough to be discharged and to continue treatment at home. They are willing to do anything that breaks the monotony. Since they have read and heard that yoga is helpful for dealing with illness, particularly respiratory illness, they approach it with a 'give it a go', or 'give it a whirl attitude' Very few have ever done yoga before.
These patients have to wear a mask 24/7 which is tedious and hot, and often feels stifling to the breath. The type of mask, an "N-95", filters out 95% of airborne particles. Naturally while teaching, I must wear a mask as well, which poses challenges not only as far as breath, but in giving clear instructions.
One student or two will translate instructions from English to Tibetan for me. Although I can now say: "aug ya- leh" (inhale), and "aug ma tang"(exhale)!
Aside from being infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the havoc it wreaks on the lungs, these students also suffer from anxiety, stress (tight muscles), insomnia, fatigue, weight loss and depression. All of these issues begin to improve slowly with on going yoga practice. As I explain: it is not a cure" but it will assist your body's ability to metabolize the medication more efficiently, and increase your stamina and sense of well being. This in turn contributes to your ability to fight the tuberculosis and finally to be released from isolation on the TB ward.
Skepticism seemed to disappear after the first two classes. Now when I arrive on the ward, the students immediately get their yoga mats ( I was able to obtain a large number of mats), and they ask to repeat certain asanas (postures). A favorite pose is a standing version of Paschimottanasana (a spine and leg stretch, opening the chest firstly). It is done with the porch rail for support. The porch looks out onto the street below. One leg up on the rail, as we inhale ("aug ya-leh") we raise our arms skyward; and then exhale ("aug ma tang") bringing the arms and hands down to the extended leg on the rail. This is a balance posture as well as an opener for the chest, which is so essential in the treatment of any lung disease. However, the fun part of this pose is when exhaling the students like to shout: "woo - hoo!" Folks on the street below look up, and then watch this 'yoga performance'...
There is such liveliness within the group. Often, they say one hour is not enough. Bravo!
I am cautious about over exertion, because an immune system that is trying to deal with TB does not need to be exhausted. On the other hand I need to balance the class with enough movement to assist with stress and fatigue.
We practice limited amounts of what is called 'pranayama.' This is the process by which 'prana' (Hindi word) for life force, or breath (Qi or "chi" in Chinese), is controlled by regulation of external breath. Increasing lung capacity is a goal, along with releasing stress, and waste, (carbon dioxide) through the exhalation.
Ventilation is key also, and as the classes are taught on an open porch, it is certainly well ventilated, and provides an adequate space for the class. There are usually 7- 10 students in the class.
All of this has been well received! The patients report feeling better. Though I have not undertaken any type of organized study on the effects of yoga in treating tuberculosis, reportedly there have been some, with good outcomes. The students all feel resolved to continue a practice when they are discharged. I jokingly tell them that their yoga mat is their "magic carpet ride."
In summary, it has been a privilege for me to teach this class beginning last Fall/Winter, and continue again in May and June. I am humbled to the extreme by their gratitude.
In guiding the breath of these extraordinary Tibetans with their extraordinary lives, they have become 'my Guide'. They impress on me more than any other group of students that to "re-spire" (respirate), and to "in-spire" (bring in the spirit), has much more to do with LIVING than lung function.
Their "spiritus" (spirit, or breath) carries me forward, and they will be with me until I "ex-pire." Latin = expirare = breathe one's last, die.
Thug je che -
(Tibetan for "thank you")

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For all of you stats monkeys out there who have been waiting patiently to see a geographical breakdown of the viewers of your YouTube videos, the wait is over.
You can find YouTube Insight under your www.youtube.com/my_account page:
YouTube Insight is fairly simple in its offerings but should be adequate for the needs of most YouTubers. It reminds me of a simplified Google Analytics.
Oddly enough, the majority of my viewers are 45-55 year old males. Darn.

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Here's a slightly different twist - the Cisco 1000v virtual switch has an equivalent control plane in an external Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM), which, according to Cisco .... "... This standalone, external, physical or virtual appliance is responsible for the configuration, management, monitoring, and diagnostics of the overall Cisco Nexus 1000V Series system"...
The 1000v is not a VM per se but a virtual Ethernet switch on a server - however, its control plane is on a separate/standalone (and external) VSM - a slight variation on your point.
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Paper Chef #24 – PROSCIUTTO ROSES WITH COFFEE RICE AND SAMBAL OELEK, RICE PASTA WITH RUCOLA, PROSCIUTTO AND COFFEE AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR REDUCTION …
I have had a couple of busy hours in the kitchen this morning. All other things like work, household chores and such was put on hold because I had to create my entry for this months Paper Chef over at Tomatilla. This month the ingredients are rice, coffee, prosciutto and chilies. Very challenging but interesting ones and I did some hard thinking before finally coming up with a little menu yesterday evening, I wrote it down sitting on my bed before going to sleep because I wasn’t sure I would remember it today but I did. So I made all the necessary thing and then started to cook, the kitchen looks like a battlefield because I just haven’t had the time to clean it up yet because now the hardest part, writing down the recipes before I forget them, is ahead of me.
Coffee isn’t something that I usually use in my cooking, I drink it black without sugar and I like it strong but that’s about it so the opportunity to use something so outlandish to me really made me take off, I had wild ideas of coffee jellies with prosciutto and rice and strange salt and sweet desserts but I calmed down and tried to make something that also had something to do with the theme Peas/peace/piece in the Middle East. I decided on peace, being such a peaceful person as I am, and to interpret it solely from my own point of view so I went for the liver. I can do that you know because it’s situated in the Middle East of my body, for more info on livers, click here. I want my liver to be at peace so I give it what my body wants, fortunately I have never suffered from a disturbed liver which means that I can eat what I want. Couldn’t be easier for me to do something on this theme with those ingredients then, could it?! I’m not sure that I will continue to cook with coffee but I think that these three dishes turned out surprisingly well, much better tasting than I imagined. But before I start I want to thank Owen for keeping up the tradition and for the work he puts into the Paper Chef event!
PROSCIUTTO ROSES WITH COFFEE RICE AND SAMBAL OELEK
120 g / 4.2 oz rice
150 ml / 5.1 fl oz water
150 ml / 5.1 fl oz espresso or strong coffee
A pinch of salt
Prosciutto di Parma, thin slices, one for each rose
– Boil the rice in coffee and water with the pinch of salt until it’s ready. Let it cool down a little.
– Put a spoon of rice on each prosciutto slice and sweep the slice around so that you end with a sort of rose, see photo.
– Add a small amount of sambal oelek in top of the rice.
RICE PASTA WITH RUCOLA, PROSCIUTTO AND COFFEE AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR REDUCTION
Rice pasta which is pasta made out of rice and water
2 fistfuls of rucola salad
6-8 thin slices of prosciutto di Parma
2 tsp espresso or very strong coffee
6 tblsp balsamic vinegar
Ground chili pepper
– While the pasta is cooking, reduce coffee and balsamic vinegar to half the amount.
– While you drain the pasta, heat up the oil in a skillet, add a very small pinch of chili pepper and the rucola and toss it for a minute before adding the pasta and the prosciutto torn into smaller pieces.
– Stir well and quickly, put the pasta on the plates and drip the coffee and balsamic vinegar reduction over the pasta.
COFFEE FLAVOURED RICE CREAM WITH CARDAMOM AND CHILLI PEPPER CARAMEL AND PROSCIUTTO DECORATION
60 g / 2.1 oz sugar
60 g / 2.1 oz rice flour
200 ml / 6.8 fl oz milk
100 ml / 3.4 fl oz espresso or very strong coffee
3 tbls sugar
1 large pinch ground cardamom
1 small pinch ground chili pepper
1 thin slice of Prosciutto di Parma
– Put milk, coffee, sugar and rice flour in a small pan and cook until it has become a dense cream.
– Heat up sugar, cardamom and chili pepper in a skillet together with a tablespoon or two of water. Let it boil until it’s getting a bit brown and then you pour it out on a piece of baking paper to cool down.
– Break it into pieces and save two of the prettiest pieces for the decoration, the rest you break into small pieces and mix with the cream when it is really cold.
– Divide the prosciutto slice length wise and swirl them around the handle of a wooden spoon before putting them into a hot oven for some minutes. Remember to loosen the prosciutto swirl from the handles a little when you take them out of the oven.
– Put the cream into small bowls and decorate with the caramel and the prosciutto stick.

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How Does A Bike Starter Motor Work
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How does a bike starter motor work. The first being the kicker arm assembly which as you would expect is made up of the kicker arm along with a bicycle pedal a return spring the starter cover a starter sector gear and a. If the starter relay is clicking but the starter motor is not turning there is a problem with the high current circuit. In this video a starter motor is dismantle and assembled back. It disengages as soon as the engine picks up speed and there are two ways by which it does so the inertia system and the pre engaged system.
The starter motor itself has a device called a bendix gear which engages its pinion with the gear ring on the flywheel only while the starter is turning the engine. Check for a poor connection in the heavy gauge wires between the battery and starter relay and the starter relay and the starter motor. Look how it. Repairing a motorcycle starter motor duration.
If the starter motor is operating but the engine isn t firing it could be any number of things but for a motor to run it must have. How do starter motors work. As the engine turns over the starter motor disengages and the electromagnet stops. How works car starter or start motor.
This spins the engine over sucking in air as well as fuel. This video helps to identify the internal component of a starter motor. A starter is a type of electrical machine which converts. This video demonstrates the operation of a vehicle s starter motor.
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British singer Ed Sheeran is certainly the flavor of the month. On the back of two hugely successful albums, Sheeran has toured the world and become one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Sheeran counts Elton John, Taylor Swift, and Harry Styles among his “A-list” friends and recently became the first solo act to sell out London’s 80,000 capacity three nights in a row. Sheeran has recently been linked with former pussycat doll Nicole Scherzinger and a host of other beautiful women.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Sheeran though. Earlier this year the Guardian called Sheeran “ghastly” and suggested that he represented everything that is currently wrong with the music industry. As reported in Inquisitr Sheeran has been called “bland,” “boring,” “safe,” and “predictable” by a stream of music industry insiders, including former Oasis man Noel Gallagher and former Smiths singer Morrissey.
In recent months Sheeran, who is still single after splitting with his long-term girlfriend Athina Andrelos, has been involved in a number of high profile marriage-related good deeds. Firstly, when Sheeran was in Australia, he heard a story about a couple who had fallen on hard times and were desperate to marry. The couple won a competition staged by a Sydney radio station who forked out for the couples “dream wedding.” Sheeran made the day even more special by “crashing” the wedding to serenade the couple with his unofficial wedding anthem “Thinking Out Loud.”
Last month the Daily Mail reported that Sheeran drove to Manchester, England, on his day off to help Rixton’s Jake Roche propose to his girlfriend, Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson. Just a week later Sheeran was again involved in wedding related issues during his gig at Dublin’s Croke Park. Sheeran brought his pal, Kodaline bass player Jason Boland onstage to propose to his childhood sweetheart, Etaoin Corr, in front of 80,000 witnesses.
Now the Daily Mirror reports that Sheeran is at it again. On Monday Ed serenaded Ronan Keating and his new wife Storm Uechtritz at their wedding in Scotland. Sheeran was then joined onstage for a collaborative effort with Keating and his Boyzone bandmates. According to the Mirror a source told the The Goss that “Ed appeared out of nowhere, everyone was so surprised. He was such a nice guy.”
All this wedding activity suggests that Sheeran needs to find a girlfriend fast. Alternatively, it might just be that Sheeran is a frustrated wedding singer who got lucky. What do you think?
[Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images]

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Hatch Act complaints up 144 percent over a decade
Complaints about illegal political activity among federal employees received by the Office of Special Counsel have shot up 144 percent over a decade, according to a review of OSC annual reports to Congress by the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC.
The number of Hatch Act violations received by the OSC rose to 451 complaints in 2011, up from 185 complaints in 2001.
Furthermore, Hatch Act warning letters issued by the OSC increased 178 percent as well, from 59 in 2001 to 164 in 2011. The OSC issues warning letters to the employee involved when violations are “not sufficiently egregious to warrant prosecution,” according to the OSC website.
The Hatch Act prohibits executive agency employees from engaging in political activity intended to affect the result of an election. It prohibits political participation by federal employees in the workplace. Some federal employees are banned from all participation in political participation, even on their own time, including employees in law enforcement and intelligence.
Hatch Act complaints can be filed by the executive branch, D.C. government, and some local and state governments as non-profit organization employees who are covered by the federal law.
Last week, the watchdog group Cause of Action released documents showing a potential Hatch Act violation by two FAA supervisor who may have told employees how to vote in order to keep their jobs during a meeting.
One of the supervisors, John J. Hickey, told employees at a May 23 staff meeting at the Seattle Flight Standards Division Office that “if the Republicans win office our jobs may be effected (furloughs) … if the Democrats win office then our jobs would not be effected [sic],” according to one e-mail.
“If what has been reported is true, it is a clear violation of the Hatch Act, and the guilty parties should suffer the consequences. It is totally inappropriate for federal workers to engage in partisan politics on the job,” said House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri, a Wisconsin Republican.
According to Cause of Action, the OSC has begun an investigation on the potential violation.
Last month, the OSC announced two separate punishments on two employees charged Hatch Act violations.
A Social Security Administration technology specialist will serve a 180-day suspension without pay after he recruited and enlisted co-workers, organized and advised on campaign events, and asked people to donate to a 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
In a separate case, a General Services Administration contracting officer will serve a 30-day suspension without pay for using company resources inviting co-workers to a political fundraiser.
“While these suspensions are certainly severe, federal employees need to be aware that a Hatch Act violation is a terminable offense,” said John P. Mahoney, partner and chair of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group at Tully Rinckey PLLC.
“Federal employees must keep this law on their radar because all it takes is an e-mail or a few words for a Hatch Act violation to occur,” he continued. “Federal careers that spanned years or decades are ruined in seconds.”
Under the law, the default penalty for a Hatch Act violation is removal. The Merit Systems Protection Board could hand down a 30-day suspension, but a unanimous board vote is required for this lighter punishment.
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Title: Iris Prism
Media:Winsor and Newton Watercolor on a small piece of Canson Montval 300 GSM
Literally this piece was about 3 x4 inches? it was a stress relief painting because I just wanted to get it all out. I ended up with this splash art of rainbow. She looked stunned like caught in the headlghts maybe not ready to face whatever is in front of her. Exactly how I feel right now. in her head a burst of color, all her ideas popping out, but she is forced to stay calm. I slapped on a lot of color and just prayed it will work.
I called her Iris because of the goddess of the rainbow and prism is how you make rainbows right? This was made quick and unplanned and just played with colors and my brush to try to relax. There is a lot of stress in me right now. Painting helps.

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Diabetic kidney disease remains the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease in the world. It’s important to follow the five point treatment plan to decrease developemnt.
The kidney is a vulnerable organ as well as the most important target of microvascular damage in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
The first description of the association between diabetes and kidney damage in humans was in 1552 BC.2 As the disease spectrum has changed around the world, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has become the single most frequent cause of end-stage kidney disease.
Kidney involvement both directly and indirectly increase involvement of other organs especially the heart and eye, and increase morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients.
The overall incidence 20 years after the diagnosis of diabetes is approximately 4 to 17% and after 30 years is about 16%. According to some studies the incidence of kidney disease in Type 1 diabetes is decreasing. The main reason for that is early diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes and good control of hyperglycemia.1
In Type 2 diabetes. the kidney damage may be present at the time of diagnosis. This is why it’s so important to screen people susceptible to Type 2 diabetes regularly for abnormal glucose values.
Many patients with long-term high glucose have no diabetic kidney disease while others with a short disease course have clinical diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy). This may be due to predisposing factors including genetics.
The risk of diabetic kidney disease increases in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes if the patient has a history of diabetic kidney disease in one of their first-degree relatives.
Patients living with diabetes who have a family history of hypertension or heart disease are more likely to develop diabetic kidney disease.
The easiest screening method is to evaluate a urine sample. This can be done in a doctor’s office with a urine dipstick. If this is normal, the urine sample should be sent to a laboratory for a urine albumin-creatinine ratio test.
Natural course of diabetic kidney disease
The filtration through the kidney tubes, called glomeruli, increases and the kidney enlarge. The urine albumin-creatinine ratio is still normal and blood pressure is also normal.
Second stage: microalbuminuria
With the progression of kidney involvement, urine albumin-creatinine ratio will also increase. This stage is called hidden or subclinical kidney disease.
In this stage, the conventional urine test strip in the doctor’s rooms will be negative but the risk of heart disease starts to increase. With Type 1 diabetes, the prevalence of other microvascular (small vessel) diseases start to increase, such as the eye and the feet. With Type 2 diabetes, other factors, such as age, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and duration of disease, play a role to increase microalbuminuria (small proteins in urine).
Diagnosis at this stage is a very good opportunity to prevent progression to clinical kidney disease.
Third stage: macroalbuminuria
This stage is also called diabetic kidney disease or clinical nephropathy. It occurs about 10 to 20 years after onset of diabetes; about five to 10 years after the onset of microalbuminuria.
In this stage, heart disease and strokes also increases compared to the previous stage, and about 75% of patients have high blood pressure. Control of blood pressure in Type 2 diabetes with previous hypertension becomes more difficult.
The conventional dipstick test in the doctor’s rooms is positive for proteins. Due to the leaking of proteins in the urine, these patients can develop swelling of the legs. If the leaking of proteins increases more the swelling can also develop around the eyes.
Fourth stage: End stage kidney disease
The end stage of kidney disease is reached about 10 years after the onset of clinical kidney disease (stage 3). The risk of heart disease and stroke increases, and the incidence of foot ulcers are also increased.
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes to develop end stage kidney disease is nine times higher than Type 1 diabetes.
To prove the diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease, the following criteria is used:
- Enough time. At least 10 years past the onset of diabetes but this may be shorter in Type 2 diabetes.
- Persistent proteins in urine more than 300mg in 24 hours ( normal is less than 30mg per 24 hours).
- Diabetic retinopathy (eye disease) at the same time.
There are other causes in diabetes that can also lead to kidney disease:
- Uncontrolled blood pressure
- Recurrent bladder infections
- Increased cholesterol with renal artery stenosis (decreasing of blood flow to the kidney)
Five point treatment plan
Treatment is based on the following principles:
Tight control of glucose
Keep the HbA1c (3 month average blood glucose) below 7% and in patient with glucose sensors; keep the time in range (time between 4 and 10 mmol\L in 24 hours) more than 70%.
Control of blood pressure
Both high glucose and high blood pressure can progress to kidney disease. In the control of blood pressure, it’s important to use the correct drug that address the kidney function as well. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors can reduce the progression of diabetic kidney disease. There are two groups in this class: ACE inhibitors (perindopril or enalapril) and ARB group. (valsartan or losartan).
Restriction of protein intake
High protein intake increases the filtration of blood through the kidney. Protein restriction can decrease the progression of kidney disease
The aggressive treatment of abnormal lipids reduce both microvascular (small vessel disease such as eye, kidney and feet) and macrovascular disease (heart attack and stroke). The therapeutic target for LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) is below 1,8 mmol/L.
The use of the ACE and ARB drugs was up to 2016 the only drugs, except cholesterol lowering medications, that could slow diabetic kidney disease.
There are now two new drugs available in SA that decrease the progression of diabetic kidney disease by 30%. These drugs are from the class sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) and work in the upper part (proximal tubuli) of the kidney. The reabsorption of glucose and salt are blocked. This leads to glucose in the urine and due to this: weight loss, decrease of blood pressure and improvement of kidney function are seen. The two available drugs in RSA are dapagliflozin and empagliflozin.
Diabetic kidney disease remains the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease in the world. It’s important to follow the five-point treatment plan to decrease the chance to develop the disease, and should it already be present to use the correct drugs to decrease the progression of the disease.
- Bojestig M et.al. “ Declining incidence of nephropathy in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.” N Engl J Med 1994;330: 15-18
- Cameron J.S. 2006 “The discovery of diabetic nephropathy: from small print to centre stage.” Journal of Nephrology 19 ( Suppl 10): S75-S87
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Dr Louise Johnson is a specialist physician passionate about diabetes and endocrinology. She enjoys helping people with diabetes live a full life with optimal quality. She is based in Pretoria in private practice.
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Date of Birth: 06/29/1964
Place of birth: Leningrad
Olga Mashnaya was born June 29, 1964 in Leningrad. In 1986 she graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, where she studied in the studio of Sergei Gerasimov and TamaryMakarovoy, and that same year became an actress Gorky Film Studio.
In the movie, Olga machine interface debuted in 1977, a small role in the film "The first joy" and in the film Dinara Asanova "Useless", she played a major role. We can say that it Asanov, in which the young actress has continued to actively removed, largely brought it to a large creative way.
All-Union popularity has brought Olga machine interface is one of the main female role in the historical-adventure tape Svetlana Druzhininoj "Naval Cadets, Forward!".
She played an actress in several movies Georgy Danelia.

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Chi You (蚩尤, Chī Yóu) is a deity in Chinese mythology that descended from Shennong. This half-man, half-bull war deity helped and lead the Hmong and Li Tribes fight against the Yellow Emperor: the king who is said to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. The Yellow Emperor lost many of his initial battles with Chi You but won the final battle with the invention of the South Pointing Chariot that allowed him to navigate through the thick fog summoned by Chi You's forces. Chi You was then beheaded by Yinlong (Winged Dragon), one of the Yellow Emperor's top generals.
He is worshiped in China as the god of war and weapons and, along with Huang Di, as one of the progenitors of the Chinese people. Shi Huang Di, the First Emperor of China, worshiped Chi You and attributed him to his success in conquering his rival states. Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was also noted to have worshiped at Chi You's shrine before his decisive battle with Xiang Yu.
He also plays an important part in the Miao and Hmong people's mythologies and folklore, regarded as a sagacious king, godlike warrior and leader, but also as their punishing downfall from grace. According to the tale, Chi You was betrayed by his closest general and all of the Hmong, and executed by the Yellow Emperor, after forbidding the practice of polygamy out of disgust and a need for order. Still alive after his body is dismembered and torn into many pieces, he forever cursed his people to exile, persecution, insurrection, disunity, suffering and the deterioration of their culture until they all repented and prayed for his forgiveness for their sin of regicide, dishonorable betrayal of ethics and carnal selfishness.
He is also known in Korea as Chi Wu Cheon Wang (lit. the Heavenly Lord Chi Wu), and some argued he was once worshiped as an ancestral god mainly by the people of Goguryeo (an ancient nation that shares ancestry with modern Koreans). Though this claim is unconvincing as it is only mentioned in the Hwandan Gogi (which was claimed to have been compiled in 1911) which is concluded as a false document.
Chi You was implemented in the July 2014 Kappa and the Temple of Doom Adventure event. Players could encounter him as a boss by gathering three Sankara stones and one fighting spirit to give to DB Katori. He could be summoned in any of the three event instances and spawned alongside a room of highly aggressive Tao Tie, Taown and Senri. As a reference to the myth, his boss form, Strength of a Thousand Chi You, used skills that inflicted the Misty Fog and Cloudy Fog ailments to increase player cooldown times, decrease their ailment resistance and decrease the strength of their almighty, physical and gun affinity skills. By defeating him, players have a chance of gaining the ability to fuse him in a triple fusion of Atavaka, Tao Tie and Taown.
"A Chinese god of war, often depicted with a bull's head, six or eight arms, and four eyes. He invented many weapons and commanded an invincible army. Seeking control of the land, he fought with Huang Di, and though he was winning, Huang Di invented the South-Pointing Chariot and defeated him. Huang Di had Chi You's head buried thousands of li apart from his body."
—Shin Megami Tensei IV compendium
Chi You appears as the third-strongest member of the Tyrant race. He can be recruited from the wild in Lucifer Palace or created through fusion, provided Flynn has reached level 87. There are no special requirements to summon him.
"A Chinese god of war, he is said to have invented many weapons. He and his followers rebelled against the Yellow Emperor, Huang Di, but were defeated."
—Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth compendium
Chi You is the highest leveled Persona that can be obtained by beating an F.O.E. Once again, he is required to create the Quintessence Bow, Yukari's ultimate bow; he must be used in a sacrifice spread to obtain one of the materials, the others being a Tangled Thread and a Fire Ring Lump, Theodore requires to make it.

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World Maritime Day 2021: A message from Wallem
With this year’s World Maritime Day addressing the integral role of seafarers in shaping the future of shipping, I, and everyone at Wallem, would first like to thank and salute all seafarers for the crucial work they are doing in the present.
In what has been the most challenging period in recent history for many of us, these brave women and men have sacrificed more than most, facing unthinkable circumstances to ensure the global supply chain remains intact, the wheels of trade keep turning and our supermarket shelves stay stocked.
Despite seafarers undeniably qualifying as ‘key workers’ in our eyes, governments are not affording them the respect and recognition that their efforts so clearly merit. The ongoing crew-change crisis, which has directly affected many of Wallem’s own seafarers, highlights the need for an international conversation on crew welfare. In the meantime, governments must collaborate to facilitate crew changes and ensure that ship personnel can access critical services and assistance – including medical care, emotional support, shore leave and repatriation – whenever required.
It is often said that shipping only makes mainstream news for the wrong reasons, and the crew-change crisis, which has received widespread media coverage, certainly fits this description. Looking ahead to a time when this regrettable situation has been resolved, the onus will be on the maritime industry to once again be able to portray itself as the exciting, dynamic and vital sector that it is – a sector that, under normal circumstances, has so much to offer to young and ambitious cadets.
However, changing the narrative is only the beginning. Shipping companies will also have to cooperate with local governments and schools to recruit the brightest talents and develop them for seagoing positions, providing them with the tools and training they need to manage the ships of the future. Moreover, to inspire loyalty, the industry will have to deliver on its promises, with companies listening to their crew more closely than ever and making seafarer well-being their absolute priority.
As shipping today celebrates seafarers and reflects on their place at the core of the industry’s future, we would like to reiterate our gratitude for their tireless, selfless contribution to society in the here and now. In addition, we extend our thanks to their families, whose continued patience and support during this most difficult of periods have given seafarers the energy and motivation to perform the work on which we all rely. To seafarers, to their families and to a brighter future for both.
John-Kaare Aune, Interim CEO, Wallem Group

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Social workers have been criticised for acting as “guardians of morality” in a ruling by England’s top family court judge.
Sir James Munby said Darlington council presented an almost “textbook example of how not to embark upon and pursue a care case”.
Social workers seeking a care order for a child, referred to as ‘A’, were found to be overly concerned about a father’s past caution for having sex with a 13-year-old girl when he was 17, and prior involvement with far-right group the English Defence League (EDL).
Practitioners felt he did not understand the “immoral nature” of his past caution, and involvement with the EDL, which they believed placed child A at risk. But this demonstrated “significant failings in social work practice, in case analysis and in case management,” Munby said.
He argued: “The city fathers of Darlington and Darlington’s director of social services are not guardians of morality. Nor is this court. The justification for state intervention is harm to children, not parental immorality.”
The local authority had failed to prove the factual underpinning of its case in a significant number of respects, Munby added.
Child A was due to be born in prison, where his mother had recently been sentenced. Social workers undertook a pre-birth assessment with A’s father and judged he would not be a suitable carer. As a result, care proceedings were issued when A was one-month-old. However, a care application was not made for another eight months.
While the authority’s initial reaction before, and immediately after, A’s birth was found to be justified, social workers failed to take into account the changed landscape once the father’s relationships with the mother and his more recent partner had ended, Munby said.
The social worker’s analysis was “incoherent”, according to Munby, while the council was “proceeding on an assumption that is not supported by evidence” by claiming the father’s history placed A at risk.
He called one social worker, referred to as SW1, “hapless” and said they were plainly too inexperienced for a case of this complexity.
Munby said he would be guilty of social engineering if he permitted the authority to remove the child permanently from the father.
Risk of scapegoating
“I can accept that the father may not be the best of parents, he may be a less than suitable role model, but that is not enough to justify a care order let alone adoption,” Munby said.
However, Munby decided not to name the social workers involved. “Should the hapless SW1 be exposed to public criticism and run the risk of being scapegoated when, as it might be thought, anonymous and unidentified senior management should never have put someone so inexperienced in charge of such a demanding case,” he said.
He reasoned it would be unjust to name the social workers and team managers involved in the case, when he believed the whole council and its senior management team to be at fault.
Ada Burns, chief executive of Darlington council, said they should have given greater consideration to placing the child with the father.
“We have taken the issues raised by Sir James Munby on board and used them to review our practice and support to families. The responsibility for this has been fully accepted by the senior management and leadership of the council,” she said.


The median price of a single-family home in California is expected to rise 15 percent next year to $522,930, on the heels of a 22 percent rise in the median price from 2003 to 2004, the California Association of Realtors announced today. And housing affordability is expected to reach a record low in the state next year. "Home buyers next year will face slightly higher mortgage interest rates, approaching 7 percent by year's end, which will make it more difficult for many families in California to be able to afford a home," said Ann Pettijohn, association president. "Coupled with rising home prices, affordability in California will fall to an all-time annual low of 16 percent next year." The median price in the current year is expected to reach $454,720, and a shortage of housing is expected to fuel continuing increases in price appreciation. California typically gains nearly 250,000 new households each while building about 200,000 new housing units this year, the association reported....
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Crooked Lines - Live At Manchester Academy
So as you probably maybe sort of know, I have a new EP coming out on March 2nd, and that EP, is called 20. If you've read this blog before, you'll know that I'll start getting right deep into it in the next paragraph. Grab a shovel, let's begin.
The whole project started completely out of the blue. I hadn't planned to do it at all, the songs just sort made their way into my life and I couldn't ignore the direction they were telling me to go. I remember the exact moment, when the idea took place in my head. I had just done a gig at Manchester Food and Drink Festival, and was having a conversation with someone about how I wanted to showcase what I do live, on some kind of recorded project. It's one of those moments where you realise what you are going to do as soon as you say it. I had most of the songs at that point, and started recording the next day.
To me it feels like an EP about growing up. I turned 20 in September, almost to my own disbelief, and was something that really resonated with me as a theme. These are songs about moments in life that define you, and feel I've had my share of those! The choice of the EP name wasn't just because I had just turned twenty and thought "yeah that will do". It came from the song, Now fittingly titled '20 (When We Wake). There's a line in the song which completely sums it all up, "Twenty years been told, still feels like seventeen".
The last song on the EP is called 'One Last Time'. It's by far one of the hardest things I've ever had to write. It's about that last moment, before you finally let go. A lot of times we wish we can live in that moment forever, but it's false, and soon enough reality sets in, and you need to just let it be. It's a song that I thought I'd lose. I never had the right way to approach it, and the right project to put it on. I think it's the fact that when I recorded it, there was no pressure. I had completed the EP, well I thought I had anyway, so it was so refreshing to just focus on what the song needs, rather than all the complications that come with making music. It was simple.
I see this EP as a collection of stories and events, from key moments in my life, which contribute to who I am as a person now. We all have moments that make us turn out a certain way, or highlight a certain characteristic that makes you, you. Sonically it's exactly what I wanted to achieve, I wanted to find out what just me in a room, with my thoughts, ideas, and songs sounds like, and this it. It's organic, it's stripped back, and it's a complete reflection of parts of my life. I really can't wait for you to hear this! Put March 2nd in your calendar!
On Friday I supported Blank Cheque in Manchester Academy. It was such an amazing experience, going from playing in empty bars to a place where so many incredible artists have played. Definitely won't be something I'll ever forget. I opened the set with a song called 'Colour Blind' which is one I wrote before 'Lost Like Alice' started, and is a hard one to get rid of. I got to play 'Crooked Lines' to a crowd for the first time which was insane! You can find that performance video at the top of this post!
This Friday I'll be releasing the music video for 'Crooked Lines'! I had so much fun making it and can't wait for you to see it! Keep a look out!


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Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (PRWEB) August 19, 2004
RD Woodyard Inc. announced today that its weekly Woodyard Report (TM) has now outperformed the trailing 12-month S&P 500 week after week for more than a year.
Comparisons to the S&P 500 show how well The Woodyard Report(TM) has been performing. In the past year (7/11/03-7/09/04), the S&P 500 has gained 11.49% while The Woodyard Report(TM) is up 18.71%. A 3-Year to date comparison (9/28/01-7/09/04) shows the S&P 500 up 6.90% while The Woodyard Report(TM) has gained a staggering 44.78%.
"The results say it all," says David Woodyard, founder of RD Woodyard Inc. "We set out to produce a weekly report that would narrow the field from thousands of investment options to just a few that have the potential to grow at least 15% annually. Our success has been confirmed by the performance of the stocks we have listed."
The secret behind the success in the preparation of The Woodyard Report(TM) is in the utilization of the powerful StockSelector(TM) program developed by Woodyard. The life-long investor and self-professed "math geek" created this proprietary program by combining his passion for investing with his love for numbers. Each week the StockSelector(TM) program identifies a handful of undervalued stocks by gathering and analyzing more than a half a million financial data points.
"I was looking for a shortcut to identify the best investment options for my own portfolio," Woodyard says. "It became apparent that I had stumbled onto something big when I started to see the results- especially over the long term."
It was those results that prompted Woodyard's friends and associates to persuade him to make his weekly report available to others. In fact, it was Woodyard's personal CPA who became the first subscriber to The Woodyard Report(TM).
The Woodyard Report(TM) is a weekly newsletter available to individuals and businesses by subscription only. Further information can be found at http://www.rdwoodyard.com
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Recipe of Homemade Mexican style smothered pork chops
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When you go to the grocery store, be sensible about it. When you make wise choices at the grocery store, your meals will get healthier immediately. Think about it: you aren’t going to want to cope with a busy store or a long drive through line at the end of the day. You want to get home quickly and have something good. Make sure that what you have at home is nutritious. This makes it easy to have a great meal–even if you want something junky–because you’ll be eating something that is obviously better for you than anything you’d buy in a hurry at the store or in the fast food joint.
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The ingredients needed to prepare Mexican style smothered pork chops:
- Take 1 packages of pork chops.
- Provide 1 can of green enchilada sauce.
- Take 1 cup of chunky salsa.
- Use 1 of onion, sliced.
- Get 1 of green bell pepper, sliced.
- Get 1 packages of mushrooms, sliced.
- Use 2 tbsp of butter.
- Provide 1 tbsp of garlic.
- You need 1 cup of cheese.
- Use 1 of cilantro.
Steps to make Mexican style smothered pork chops:
- Slice onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms in slivers and saute in butter with garlic. Set aside..
- In medium bowl mix enchilada sauce and salsa.
- Line pork chops in greased baking dish and pour enchilada sauce mix over the top..
- Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Pull out and top with sauted vegies and cheese. Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes. Top with cilantro.
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CASEing the Catty - #CTC325 Tidings & Trimmings Bundle
This week at CASEing the Catty we are featuring CASEing a Die Bundle from the Annual Catalogue, pages 156 to 161. You may be starting here so welcome or you may have come from Julia Quinn. I am again doing a Christmas Card to add to my Christmas in July examples. I have chosen to case the Christmas Trimmings Dies featured on page 161, which is featured below. I have used the layout as a template and chosen Cherry Cobbler and Basic White as my dominate colours with a little green and gold as…
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Whether I’m ready or not, Christmas is coming! I know some crafters who start their Christmas card making in February. I’m much more of a December girl… Looming deadline and all t…
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British Sky Broadcasting has sharply criticised the communications regulator Ofcom in response to its latest review of the pay television sector. Criticising the imposition of “highly interventionist regulation” the satellite broadcaster says “It is time for Ofcom to take a step back” and “avoid being led into a misadventure which threatens to push Ofcom far outside the bounds of mainstream regulatory thinking”.
Sky has successfully bid to retain the rights to the majority of Premier League football coverage through until 2013, regaining five of the six match packages on offer–the most it is now allowed–at the cost of over £1.6 billion.
For Sky the risk is that the regulator will require it to license exclusive sports and movie programming to other providers at controlled wholesale prices, which the satellite operator contends would effectively subsidise its competitors.
In a robust response to its investigations of the pay television market, Sky says Ofcom “is proposing the imposition of radical and highly interventionist regulation of a sort unseen in any developed market economy”.
Its rebuttal is uncompromisingly critical of the regulator. The executive summary alone covers eight pages. The full document runs to 140.
Sky contends that the market is both extremely competitive and functioning well, which the regulator has itself tended to argue in its regular reporting, as the pay-television operator observes.
“None of these positive outcomes happened by chance,” argues Sky. “They are the result of very significant levels of effort, innovation and risk taking on the part of many providers, including Sky.”
The remarkably response criticises the standard of regulation from Ofcom which it says is based on “vague” and “impressionistic” evidence.
Sky points out that it has supplied its premium channels to cable operators since their creation and has no incentive to restrict supply. It says the only reason that they are not broadcast terrestrially is primarily due to regulation from Ofcom, which prevented its proposed Picnic platform.
Arguing that there are serious flaws in its analysis that could have unintended consequences for consumers, Sky concludes that “Ofcom should now decide that no regulatory action is required”. It adds that “Any other approach will ultimately be to the detriment of those whose interests Ofcom is supposed to protect–not Sky’s competitors, but consumers.”
There must be some sympathy for the view that Sky is the subject of unnecessary scrutiny. Over the last twenty years, Sky has done much to push forward developments in British broadcasting, contributing to one of the most competitive markets in the world.
Ironically, for an economically focussed regulator that believes in the free market, Ofcom is seeking to constrain a commercial success story in order to protect the interests of less efficient competitors, while relaxing the regulatory regime that has for decades preserved the delicate balance of public service broadcasting across the public and commercial sector.


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Dead Meadow, Creepoid- SOLD OUT
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Dead Meadow's unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitars fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon's high-pitched melodic croon have won over both psychedelic pop/rock and stoner-rock fans alike. Although the band's members met while attending all-ages punk shows in and around Washington D.C.'s punk/indie scene, the trio's sound draws more of their sound from such classic rock legends as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. The trio formed in the fall of 1998 out the ashes of local indie rock bands The Impossible Five and Coulour by singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin. The three members set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of fantasy and horror writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.
Their first album, Dead Meadow, was released in 2000 on Tolotta Records, a label run by Fugazi bassist Joe Lally. This was quickly followed by 2001's Howls from the Hills, also released on Tolotta Records. At the completion of Howls from the Hills John Peel asked Dead Meadow to record a Peel Session which was recorded in Fugazi's home studio, the first time a Peel Session was recorded outside the BBC studios. In 2002, Stephen McCarty replaced Mark Laughlin on the drums and the band signed with Matador Records. They released Shivering King And Others and began to tour extensively, often sharing the stage with Brian Jonestown Massacre, Super Furry Animals, and Dinosaur Jr. The subsequent releases on Matador wereFeathers (2005) and Old Growth (2008). In 2007 the band moved its base to Los Angeles. In April 2010 they released Three Kings, an epic feature film and soundtrack album including material spanning their entire career. In July 2010, McCarty ended an eight year run with the band to pursue other life goals and musical opportunities. In August 2010 Mark rejoined the band, a reunion tour was planned and Deadie was born.
Creepoid is another one of those buzz-worthy local bands crawling out from basements of homes/makeshift practice spaces/recording studios lately in Philly

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Michael Devine (BA Glendon College 1979, MFA Performance 1988) is a theatre director who has worked outside Canada since 1996, in more than 20 countries at national theatres, alternative theatres and as a guest artist at international theatre festivals. His work is primarily site-specific, and uses the actor training and performance creation methodology he developed in 2004, called BoxWhatBox. BWB has travelled to more than twenty-five countries on five continents.
Who are you? I am Steve Ross, and I’ve been a professional lighting designer for 42 years. During that time I have designed lighting for well over 300 productions for theatre, opera, and corporate events. I became interested in theatre and lighting at the early age of fourteen when I started to teach myself lighting […]
Sean Baek (BA Theatre 1997) has worked as an actor for over twenty years, in theatre, film, TV, and voice nationally and internationally. He can currently be seen on a science fiction TV show called KILLJOYS on Space Channel (Canada) and on SYFY (U.S.), playing a recurring character named Fancy Lee.
Diane Roberts is the founder of the Arrivals Legacy Project, a unique tool for developing multi-media and theatrical works that expose questions of shifting identity during transmigration, and has been the lead workshop facilitator for the past thirteen years.
Sue Edworthy has worked in the non-profit performing arts for nearly twenty years in theatre, dance and opera organizations such as Luminato, Opera Atelier, and Theatre Passe Muraille. She is a 2010 Harold Award recipient and recipient of the CharPR Prize for best publicity 2012 and 2013, and the 2015 recipient of the Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for Arts Leadership.
In this article Co-Founder and Director of Soma Integrative Wellness, nisha ahuja, shares the connection in her work as an Ayurvedic Medicine and Registered Naturotherapy Practitioner, with her theatre career that included being an actor with the National Arts Centre Resident Acting Company, a published playwright, a physical theatre creator, and educator having performed and created classical, contemporary, and original work and facilitated trainings across Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, and India. Her plays include Yoga Cannibal, Un-Settling (Canadian Theatre Review, January 2016), and Cycle of a Sari (excerpt in Refractions: Solo, Playwright Canada Press, 2014), and 30 People Watching co-written with Amelia Sargisson (ReView: an anthology of plays committed to social justice, Autumn 2016).
Andrew Gaboury works as an artist, educator and artistic director and is based in Port Credit, Ontario. His work includes devised theatre, durational performance, physical improvisation, and clown. He is one of four co-Artistic Directors of hub14 art & performance works, a studio and artist residency in Toronto. He is also the Director of a field of crowns, a performance-based company with an interest in collaboration and community arts. In September 2018, he joined nine other students students in North America’s first Therapeutic Clowning Certificate program at George Brown College
Richard Lee (BFA Acting 2000) is a Toronto-based actor, fight director, sound designer, educator, and theatre maker.
Anita La Selva is a contract faculty member in the Department of Theatre, where she teaches Acting for theatre and on-camera.
GIllian Gallow (BFA Theatre: Production & Design 2004) is a Toronto-based Set and Costume designer for theatre and opera. SHe has designed at theatres across Canada, including Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Citadel, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, National Arts Centre, COC and Soulpepper. In 2018, she was awarded The Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award for Costume Design.


These days, most 2010 horse race speculation revolves around the House of Representatives. The majority of seasoned political journalists, analysts and living room couch observers predict a Republican wave in 2010. There is frustration with the economy, mounting frustrations with the Obama Administration and the whims of a curmudgeon American electorate that is simply cynical about the future.
It could be the Republican’s midterm to lose, based on recent projections. Cook Political Report House Editor David Wasserman predicts Republicans gaining 42 seats in November, up from his previous projection of 32 – the GOP need only 39 to retake the House. Nate Silver’s Partisan Propensity Index doesn’t look good for Democrats either. And, when viewing the RealClearPolitics.com polling aggregator, we discover 202 Democratic wins, 201 Republican wins and 32 “toss ups.”
But, few of us are really paying attention to the Senate. Yet, the White House is. House Democrats complain that the President is more focused on the fate of their Senate colleagues. A July Politico story by Jonathan Martin unveils consternation on the House side:
House Democrats, however, believe the president himself is insufficiently focused on their prospects and grumble that he’s done three separate events for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), but none yet for an individual House member.
Why is the President focused on the Senate? There may be a number of good reasons. For one, with House races much more locally focused and volatile, having a House district-stumping President with approval ratings below 50% might not be good strategy. The New York Times’ Jeff Zeleny says this much:
“You may not even want me to come to your district,” Mr. Obama said. Three months before the midterm elections, the president is stepping up his involvement in the fight to preserve the Democratic Party’s control of Congress. But advisers said he would concentrate largely on delivering a message, raising money and motivating voters from afar, rather than on racing from district to district.
Plus, that same RealClearPolitics Senate poll has Democrats losing 8 seats, Republicans gaining 2, and 8 toss-ups – that would mean a Republican takeover of the Senate is not impossible. The Cook Political Report shows a 5 to 7 seat net gain for Republicans, with 12 toss ups. Nate Silver’s projection shows “… [o]ur latest Senate simulation has the chamber convening in 2011 with an average of 53.4 Democrats (counting Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders), 46.1Republicans, and 0.5 Charlie Crists.” This is an improvement for Republicans from our last forecast three weeks ago.” The Washington Post’s Chris Cizilla is entertaining that line of thinking in his Fix column:
“[A] look at the Senate playing field as it stands today reveals that Republicans can make a credible case that the majority is in play this fall — and that hasn’t always been the case this cycle. It would require a table-running of historic proportions but in a political environment as volatile as this one, nothing is out of the question.”
Gallup’s recent generic ballot concurs with that assessment, with Republicans now in a favorable position over Democrats, 48% to 43%.
The President, master political strategist that he is, is taking a close look at how his droopy ratings and high Senate race toss-ups coincide. It could be a reason why Senate Democrats are less aggressive and more cautious these days, barely passing unemployment benefits and ditching climate change. Plus, as a former Senator, membership has its advantages: he’s more personally inclined to stump for the least ideological and, in his mind, more reasonable of the two Chambers. Additionally, I’m one of those few political observers who believe the White House political operation didn’t forget who supported them and didn’t support them during that caustic and expensive 2008 Democratic Presidential primary battle. Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) support for then Candidate Obama, the primary race reticence of Congressional Black Caucus Members in the House surely left a painful memory in the mind of the President, who – as a CBC Member – expected his fraternity’s unequivocal support. It made the job of gaining House Democratic Member endorsements during the primary that much harder.
Lastly, there is a school of thought suggesting the President may actually want to shed a majority … and may even be cool with two if it works out that way. Republicans in the majority leave the President embattled and alone in a corner, swinging like a proletarian and champion of the masses fending off the greedy, uncompassionate, pro-business GOP that won’t let him pass anything. It sets up a juicy Biblical narrative for 2012.


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To receive and the report of the Cemeteries, External Contracts & Contracts Officer.
The Committee considered the report of the Compliance, External Contracts & Cemeteries Officer updating on a number of cemetery matters.
The Chair gave her condolences to Mr Hopkins, who had spoken in the public participation, and his family and members associated themselves with the Chair’s comments. The Committee considered the installation of a memorial gate and sought clarification of the cost, proposed materials and the council’s own regulations. Discussion ensued on alternative options and locations for a memorial and potential ongoing costs, such as maintenance.
The Committee expressed support for a memorial of some kind but agreed that further information was required before a decision could be made. It was proposed and agreed that the matter be deferred to allow outstanding issues to be clarified.
A summary of the responses to a consultation regarding an additional access at Tower Hill Cemetery was considered. It was noted that there were differing views and the committee highlighted accessibility of the site as a priority and the issue of crime prevention and safety was considered.
After further discussion it was agreed that the responses needed further analysis and other issues clarified before a decision could be made. It was proposed and agreed that the matter be delegated and a small group of members be appointed to look at the outstanding issues.
As a result of the decision to further consider the access it was agreed to defer consideration of the appointment of a contractor for any associated works.
1. That, a decision on the installation of a memorial gate at Windrush Cemetery be deferred to the next meeting to allow the following to be clarified:
The cost of procuring a memorial gate at Windrush Cemetery and ongoing maintenance costs;
Officers looking at alternative options for a memorial such as a bench at other areas under the Town Councils control: and
Consultation being undertaken with the Friends of Windrush Cemetery about the introduction of a new gate.
2. That, delegation be given to the Deputy Town Clerk, in conjunction with a member task and finish group to fully analyse the responses to the consultation in respect of an additional access at Tower Hill Cemetery and make recommendations.
That, Cllrs Joy Aitman, Thomas Ashby and Mel jones be appointed to serve on the task and finish group.
3. That, consideration of the selection of contractors for footpath and wall works be deferred in light of the decision at 2. above.


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Roasted butternut squash, sweet potatoes, red potatoes, carrots, onions, red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, zucchini.
I bought a ton of produce earlier this week that I needed to use. I always get paranoid that they'll go bad in my fridge so I try to find ways to use them up as quick as possible. This is a great way to use a variety of vegetables in one dish. I've made this recipe before and it was delicious. The rosemary and thyme makes the house smell like Thanksgiving!


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Former Arsenal player Robert Pires feels Zinedine Zidane would be the perfect candidate if Chelsea are to replace Maurizio Sarri.
The Italian manager had a near to perfect start after being appointed as the Chelsea manager at the start of the season but things have changed in the last few months.
From being in the Premier League title hunt the Blues have slipped out of the top four off late. Sarri’s job was on the line following a number of losses and after the 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City.
But the Italian has managed to heal the damage to some extent with three wins in the last four matches in all competitions. Zidane has been linked with the Chelsea job but it is very unlikely to take up the job as of now.
Pires said, “It’s a very strange situation with Chelsea and how they treat their managers.
“Sarri is a very good manager and he performed very well with Napoli, but it’s hard to see him at the club next season. There appears to be a lot of player power at Chelsea that he is struggling to overcome like many have before him.
“I think Zidane would be a very good appointment at Chelsea. He would demand respect from the Chelsea players and control the dressing room as a result of everything he has achieved both on the pitch as a player and on the bench as a manager.
“He’s a winner and a warrior. He’s had great success in the Champions League which is attractive to the Chelsea owner. It would be very good news for the Premier League if Zidane moved to England.”


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The authors carried out an experimental study to compare the regeneration of nerves repaired with human fibrin glue and those sutured with nylon. The experiments were performed on rat peroneal nerves; the degree of regeneration was assessed by the neurophysiological strain gauge method, which involved recording the intensity of isometric contraction of the extensor digitorum longus muscle, which is innervated by the peroneal nerve. The results showed that the nerves "glued" with fibrin exhibited better regeneration than those repaired by suture.
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After an entire day of “must do’s” to get ready for the birth of “le Troisieme” (organized linen closet, Hubby’s closet…ugh, 12 loads of laundry that have been sitting around while I paint and make soap, pulled out the baby clothes tubs and washed everything male and female 0-3 months, washed all new G-Diaper’s that arrived today and took care of two small children with the flu!!!) I decided to over indulge in posting photos of the Parisienne Farmhouse TM this Christmas.
Oui, this post is over the top but I had the entire evening cozy in bed, just me and the laptop … and a 34 week old baby that can’t seem to get comfortable …
When the movie “Amélie” came out many years ago my brother and I were talking about how the director captured Paris and he argued (having not been there) that that is not REALLY what Paris looks like, after all, he used lots of colored filters and techniques to create a “look” – I argued back that that may be the case, but that is how Paris looks to me, in my heart and thru my eyes when I am there.
Why mention that? Because, those these photos are edited for fun, I love my house at Christmas time, it’s magical and it cast’s a mood…these photos are how it looks to me, in my heart at this time of year.
I have been so inspired by other’s Christmas posts, I hope this inspires you too! Double click for viewing pleasure!
The arbor we were married under …
Got greens? Cut them and shove them into the leftover dirt in your outdoor pots.
I love rose hips almost as much as I love roses. LOVE THEM!
Enjoying the last few days of the fountain – wish I had one of those heaters, would love to see it run all winter.
The bedroom tree and a box collection.
A-la-Parisienne inspired me to add my beloved ostrich feather boa to my tree.
The powder room with a few brightly colored ornaments on a pedestal plate.
Next to the kitchen sink. Blue shiny brights and clove studded oranges.
A look into the living room. I call these giant hanging ornaments my Versailles ornaments. They are so over the top! Thank goodness Hubby and I are short!
I love to decorate my Chandeliers.
“Glory to God in the Highest! Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men!”
Looking up at the tree.
These two are SOOOOOOOOO Parisienne Farmgirl,
Juniors old No. 8 next to the Eiffel Tower.
La Grand Jatte – Christmas style.
This year I did the Eiffel Tower on my Coffee Table again but have not added the greens to the Peacock feathers yet…can’t decide if I will. I have to clean up all this mess and then have a baby you know!
Hit the motherload at a rummage sale 5 years ago … teal, blue, mustard …
OK, don’t laugh at my tacky stockings. I have the kid’s names in glitter and have always meant to cut off that horrible Target red sock and attach a homemade one … I just have not found the right fabric yet, so there they hang.
That little white tree is my only one, I hope to own about thirty someday. Until then, it is my favorite. PS – if you don’t like the color of your vintage suitcase – just paint it. That’s how I got TEAL!
Again, someday I hope to own a whole bunch of sugar churches and what not – until then, this was my Great Gramma’s. It is so sweet.
Into the dining room.
The tree. Would you believe I had some ladies over the other night and had forgot to SKIRT my tree??? They all came over to that giant plastic bag under the tree!
Don’t forget the tops of your hutches. Just go out and hack at the closest pine tree you can find. Again – I am NOT looking forward to cleaning those dried needles up but they look so pretty.
This year I easily (somehow) talked hubby into bringing in my garden concrete. So nice to enjoy it year round now.
The front window – in black and white.
And, in color.
My homemade Trumeau, more garden concrete and my wine tree. Full of corks and my special, glass, 2000 Champagne bottle ornaments.
The kitchen counter. This might be my favorite idea I had this year. (Grammer???)
The other side of the kitchen sink. A blue shiny bright from the faux olive tree. Lest I forget what season this is.
Hope you enjoyed the tour. Have fun making your own!


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The other day as I was riding my bike, I came across a bunch of acorns. These acorns were a bit older and the colors were fading to a pale gray or very light brown. Acorns are one of the things that I actually really enjoy shooting because every single one of them is different.
Before the summer began, Brian and I were riding our bikes along a back road and he was a bit ahead of me. I saw a bunch of fresh acorns sprawled across the road and I stopped to snap them. He looked back at me and saw me squatting on the ground and yelled, “what are you shooting?” I said, “acorns” he said, “why, they all look the same”. I smiled.
It’s moments like these, that remind me how different everyone’s eye is. I can see the varying shades of an acorn and identify beauty in the bark of an old tree. I can spot a pattern of trees against a blue sky and love shooting the wood of carefully crafted bridges. I feel so lucky that there are so many things that I allow to lift me up if I just pay attention.
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Tell about it.”
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Following is a chronology of events related to prime ministers’ visits to Yasukuni Shrine:
Oct. 18, 1951 — Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida visits Yasukuni.
Aug. 15, 1975 — Takeo Miki becomes the first serving prime minister to visit Yasukuni on the surrender-day anniversary.
Aug. 15, 1978 — Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda visits Yasukuni.
Oct. 17 — Yasukuni begins honoring wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo and 13 other Class-A war criminals.
Aug. 15, 1980 — Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki visits Yasukuni. He also visits the shrine on the anniversary in 1981 and 1982.
Aug. 15, 1983 — Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visits Yasukuni, signs the guest book as “Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.” He also visits on the 1984 anniversary.
Aug. 9, 1985 — A private advisory panel to Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami submits a report saying a prime minister’s visit to Yasukuni is constitutional unless it is made under a religious rite.
Aug. 15 — Nakasone makes an official visit to Yasukuni, becoming the first prime minister to do so in this capacity since the war.
Aug. 14, 1986 — Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda announces Nakasone will not visit Yasukuni the next day.
July 29, 1996 — Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits Yasukuni, the first prime minister to make the visit in 11 years.
April 18, 2001 — Junichiro Koizumi, running for the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pledges he will visit Yasukuni on Aug. 15 as prime minister.
Aug. 13 — Prime Minister Koizumi visits Yasukuni, becoming the first to visit in five years.
April 21, 2002 — Koizumi pays a second visit to Yasukuni.
Dec. 24 — Private advisory panel to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda submits a report advocating the need to establish a state-run, secular permanent facility to pray for the war dead and peace.
Jan. 14, 2003 — Koizumi pays his third visit to Yasukuni.
Jan. 1, 2004 — Koizumi makes his fourth visit to Yasukuni.
Oct. 17, 2005 — Koizumi pays his fifth visit to Yasukuni.
April 15, 2006 — Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe reportedly visits Yasukuni.
Aug. 15 — Koizumi pays his sixth visit to Yasukuni.
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