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We are in the midst of a Global Shift – a fundamental shift in our WorldView – which carries the potential to positively transform our lives beyond any shift we as humans have ever before experienced. ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner brings insights from leading voices and visionaries across the globe … to guide and inspire you to create your own conscious shift into your true power and singular greatness. More and more, people are awakening to their own power to create their lives, work and world – and to the ConsciousSHIFT unfolding across the globe, as we realize we are the only ones who can consciously choose to CREATE the world we wish to see. The ConsciousSHIFT Show is a Global portal for ALL these voices and views to be shared … especially YOURS.
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ConsciousShift with Julie Ann Turner
Julie Ann Turner – Host/Executive Producer of the groundbreaking CONSCIOUSSHIFT Show, CEO/Founder of CreatorsGuide.com, and one of the world's top authorities on the Creative Process – guides thought leaders and visionaries across the globe, as they discover and share their own genius and gifts to inspire and impact the world, at the highest levels of vision and mission.
Julie Ann is author of the "A CREATOR'S GUIDE®: Principles, Power & Potential to Transform Your Life, Work & World," and the "POWER ARC™/Creative Guidance System® Master Guidebook."
Julie Ann is a recognized social innovator and entrepreneur, as Founder/Creator of the award-winning ORBITS OF INFLUENCE® Global Leadership Dialogue Initiative, which enables diverse thought leaders to engage and innovate around the pivotal issues and emerging ideas of our communities and world. She also is an award-winning trainer, author, consultant, executive coach, speaker, and recognized community leader.
As CEO of CreatorsGuide.com, Julie Ann – and the systems she shares – are the force behind both the career and community trajectories of executives and civic leaders and the career success and life contribution of dozens of executives and entrepreneurs who have used her innovative systems, steps and tools to craft successful lives and work – and even craft entirely new careers – on their own terms.
Every day, Julie Ann guides Thought-Leaders, World-Changers and Light-Shifters from across the globe to step into their unique gifts and Signature Genius - to shine their Singular Light, their Singular GREATNESS … and to share their highest contribution with the world.
Enjoy Julie Ann's rave-reviewed "RAISE YOUR GAME! Activating Your Potential to Play (& Profit) at Full Power NOW" Master-Class Webinar (free to ConsciousSHIFT listeners – that's YOU!) – and shift into your highest power and potential now.
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- ConsciousShift – Living From The Heart
This is your invitation to LIVE from your heart's highest potential – to unleash your heart's transformative power – with the tools to reduce stress, improve your health & well-being, enhance your performance, and lead you to experience much more positive emotions. Deborah Rozman, renowned psychologist and HeartMath co-founder, will share how HeartMath's techniques transform the body's physiological response to stressful emotions, so you may meet uncertainty, turbulence, challenge and other stressors – with peace, compassion, openness and joy. And the power of the heart reaches far beyond an individual level, as advanced sensing technology, part of the Global Coherence Initiative developed at the Institute of HeartMath, allows us to observe changes in the earth's magnetic field and test the hypothesis that the earth's field is affected by mass human emotion, positive or negative. Join Julie Ann and Debbie to discover the most powerful practices and technology to help you transform stress, dysfunction, and disease – to live from love, and into your heart's highest potential.
- ConsciousShift – Unforgettable Forgiveness
How can we respond with forgiveness, even in the face of the seemingly unforgivable? Julie Ann Turner's ConsciousSHIFT guests Shawne Duperon - the 6-time Emmy-winning filmmaker leading the creation of the new documentary "Project: Forgive" – and Master Charles Cannon – global spiritual teacher and author of "Forgiving the Unforgivable" – share unforgettable stories of forgiveness from the forgiver and from the forgiven, stories of success, and stories still in progress – which unveil the power and process of true forgiveness.
- ConsciousShift – Traveling Your True Spiritual Path
The spiritual path is like any other road – it's going to have its share of obstacles, potholes and detours. Mariana Caplan, author of "EYES WIDE OPEN: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path" and Julie Ann's guest on ConsciousSHIFT, reveals that safe travel requires a quality rarely taught, yet critically important, in today's world: discernment. Mariana shares that cultivating this acute judgment and discrimination will help us to live a spiritual life with intelligence, clarity, and authenticity. Join Julie Ann and Mariana, as they explore these questions and more, offering practitioners from any tradition – or those just getting started – a traveler's guide through "the labyrinth of increasing subtlety" that defines a genuine spiritual life.
- ConsciousShift – The Creative Power of Introverts!
Susan Cain - author of the NYT Bestselling book " QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking " and Julie Ann Turner's guest on ConsciousSHIFT - reveals that, although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society – from van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. And, though Western culture celebrates the "Extrovert Ideal," from one third to one-half of the population are actually introverts. Join Julie Ann as she interviews Susan, and shares how her "QUIET" work has the power to permanently change how we see – and value – introverts and, equally important, how introverts see and value themselves.
- ConsciousShift – Dreamsetting!
Jim Katsoulis - creator of "DREAMSETTING" and Julie Ann Turner's guest on ConsciousSHIFT - reveals: "You THINK you need to set goals … the TRUTH is, you need to change your BELIEFS." Dreamsetting is much more powerful than Goalsetting – in fact, Jim shares why Goalsetting almost always FAILS. Join Jim and Julie Ann to understand why, up to this point, you may have fallen short of the success you know you're here to experience … and how – by making a few simple adjustments in your mind set, attitude, and behavior – your lifelong dreams can finally become a reality.
- ConsciousShift – Unbinding Your Heart!
Agapi Stassinopoulos - author of "Unbinding The Heart," Huffington Post regular, and Julie Ann Turner's guest on ConsciousSHIFT – says we are all born with an open heart, but we quickly learn to put conditions on our happiness – comparing ourselves to others, casting judgment, doubting ourselves, allowing fear or entitlement or self-righteousness to take hold-and slowly our hearts begin to close. So how can we "unbind our hearts," and allow our true selves to emerge – so we may express our truth, gifts and messages
in joy and flow? Agapi, who grew up in Athens with her older sister, Arianna Huffington, moved to London at 18 to pursue acting and later went on to Los Angeles. She landed several small roles before realizing that an actress's life was not her authentic dream. Agapi shares with Julie Ann the story of her own struggle to find her place and her voice – trying to balance the acting career she dreamed of, with the deepening spiritual life she longed for – and how she discovered a path that was uniquely hers.
- ConsciousShift – Turn Your Fear into Fuel!
UNCERTAINTY is about what goes on in your head, your heart, and your gut … as you strive to CREATE anything truly extraordinary. Jonathan Fields, Julie Ann Turner's guest on ConsciousSHIFT, and author of "Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance," shares: ["Uncertainty is] about the nutty things we do, the gremlins we battle, the decisions we make and actions we take in the pursuit of long-term, large-scale creative, artistic, entrepreneurial, and organizational greatness. … The ability not only to endure but to invite, amplify, and exalt uncertainty, then reframe it as fuel is paramount to your ability to succeed as a CREATOR." Join Julie Ann and Jonathan to gain a better understanding of your own creative process – and a set of concrete daily practices that will allow you to reframe uncertainty, risk, and exposure as allies for creating and innovating on a level you never thought possible.
- ConsciousShift – Discover YOUR Prosperous Heart! with ConsciousSHIFT guest Julia Cameron, author of "The Artist's Way" and her latest book, "The Prosperous Heart"
Credited with founding a new human potential movement that has enabled millions to realize their creative dreams with her book "The Artist's Way," Julia Cameron – author of the new book "THE PROSPEROUS HEART" – rejects the title creativity expert, preferring instead to describe herself simply as an ARTIST – deeply in alignment with the philosophy of ConsciousSHIFT. Cameron shares that, "Prosperity is something you can do, right now, today – no matter how much money you have," and shares with listeners the five practices that can boost their prosperity and a 12-week, step-by-step prosperity program – an invaluable guide for those facing challenging financial times. Join Julie Ann and Julia on ConsciousSHIFT for a creative journey to experience your own powerful gifts and unleash your prosperous heart – and life – anew!
- ConsciousShift – Activate YOUR Art of Intuition! with ConsciousSHIFT guest Sophy Burnham, author of "The Art of Intuition"
We've all experienced flashes of intuition at some point in our lives. Intuition is usually subtle and fragile … but it is always a LIFE-ENHANCING ENERGY, designed to save your life in times of danger – or even to GUIDE YOU to a more authentic way of life. Most important: we all have it, and moreover, it can be developed, increased. Join Julie Ann and Sophy to discover specific ways to discern your inner Intuitive Voice and to cultivate YOUR inner wisdom.
- ConsciousShift – How to Fly into a Fear.less New Year! with ConsciousSHIFT guest Ishita Gupta, founder of Fear.less Magazine
Let's face it: Fear hurts. Fear COSTS us. It is responsible for a lot that goes wrong in our lives: confusion, self-denial, paralysis. So what can we do to go THROUGH the fear – and come out triumphant on the other side? Join Julie Ann and Ishita as they share open, honest lessons on BEING FEAR.LESS that are easy to learn and to apply to your own life.
- ConsciousShift – Open a Soulstream of Joy with Derek Lin
ConsciousSHIFT guest Derek Lin, author of "The Tao of Joy Every Day" – which enables us weave that wisdom into our lives as a daily "mini-ritual," shares with Julie Ann that "We need to open our eyes to see life itself as a gift, and perceive the goodness embedded everywhere. Every day is a blessing, and every moment is an opportunity to express the Tao."


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Next we headed south and inland to Yuza and Matsuyama Tachikawa to Haguro San, a mountain topped by a Shinto shrine, which pilgrims climb, sometimes led by a Yamabushi of the Shugen Shudan, or Shugendo sect in checked pantaloons and blowing a conch-shell. It is a sacred mountain with thousands of stone steps (2447) leading steeply 1.7 km up from a waterfall shrouded valley, with the five-storey pagoda Goju-no-tö claimed to have been built in the Gojei Era (938-941) but more likely in the Öan Era (1369) to a misty tree clad summit, with a string of high-Shinto shrines and an extraordinary children's graveyard clad in all manner of clothing , eyeglasses and barbie dolls.
This sect, which combines Shinto, Taoism and Buddhism, has been recognized as distinct ever since Shinto was officially separated from Buddhism in the 19th century, an action associated with the rise of imperial Japan and Shinto as the official religion of the emperor, whose family strangely traces its origins to Amaterasu the Goddess of the Sun. According to the sign at the foot of the mountain, Haguro-san is the site where the shugendo sect first had its home.
As Wikipedia puts it, Shugendō (修験道) is a highly syncretic Buddhic religion or sect and mystical-spiritual tradition which originated in pre-Feudal Japan, in which enlightenment is equated with attaining oneness with the kami (神), or natural spirits. This perception of experiential "awakening" is obtained through the understanding of the relationship between Man and Nature, centered on an ascetic, mountain-dwelling practice. The focus or goal of Shugendō is the development of spiritual experience and power. Having backgrounds in mountain worship, Shugendō incorporated beliefs or philosophies from Old Shinto as well as folk animism, and further developed as Taoism and esoteric Buddhism arrived in Japan.
The Shinto and Buddhist shrine of Dewa-sanzan (Three Mountains of Dewa 出羽三山 - Hagurosan and the higher Gassan and Yudono) was established in 593 by Prince Hachiko son of the Emperor Sushun, sailing from Nara to Yaotome beach at Tsuroka and climbing the mountain in the company of eight local girls and a sacred three legged crane. In Heian era 794-1192 the shrine became the home of Shugendo, uniting Shinto and Buddhism, reaching its height in 1200s. In the Meiji Era 1868 Shinto was separated from Buddhism and the shrine officially became Shinto until after the Second World War, when the shrines of Dewa-sanzan were freed from government control and were no longer bound to the order of Shintoism.
Shinto is a pantheistic native religion in which all things are deemed to possess spirit or consciousness, especially natural phenomena, such as trees, water falls, hills, islands and sacred spaces of any kind. Shinto combines creatively with Buddhism in the Japanese psyche to invoke a polarity in which Shinto is the religion of life celebrated at weddings and Buddhism is the religion of mortality lamented at funerals.
Unlike Shinto, which is consistent with the warrior samurai stance, Buddhism exhorts moral behavior and renunciation of worldly attachments. Personally, apart from the association with imperial militarism, I like Shinto a lot and see it as part of a groundswell of indigenous spirituality far more genuine than an absolute form of religion, from apocalyptic Islam and Christianity which are hollow shells of delusion, even to Buddhism which is tainted also with absolutes. The test of religion to me is the mark it leaves on nature, and in this respect both Zen Buddhism and Shinto rank very highly, and Islam, (and with it the apocalyptic aspects of Judeo-Christian fundamentalism), as a scorched earth desert religion of submission very lowly.
Entrance to the sprawling Saikan or temple lodging
Hallway in the Saikan
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Dr. Michael Briggs is the co-founder and CEO of APCRO, as well as the Principal Investigator for several of the conservation projects. His zoo and wildlife career began in 1984 after his gradation from Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After school he spent 20 years in the zoo world as both a staff and associate veterinarian at major U.S. zoos. During this tenure he obtained his Master's degree in Veterinary medicine with an emphasis on parasitology and theriogenology. Since the beginning of his career, he has worked in the field in Africa including South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. He had field experience with game capture as well as a myriad of research projects, many of which have focused on carnivores. According to Dr. Briggs, "The conservation of the wild carnivores is the most important direction I could take with my life and career. I intend to help improve the chances of these animals surviving long-term and to help any group with that common goal."
Beth Briggs is the co-founder and Executive Administrator for APCRO. After working in the zoo animal field since 1988 in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, California and Minnesota, Beth obtained her Certified Veterinary Technician certificate and is currently a licensed vet tech. Unlike most CVT's she has worked on lions about as much as she has dogs and cats from her small animal experience. She has assisted Dr. Briggs for the last eight years with various conservation projects ranging from work with pinnipeds to the African carnivore work. Her experience in the zoo community started by providing animal behavior modification to various zoo species. She has taken a strong role in field research because she feels she can "make the greatest impact where the animals truly need the most help."


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Cake Disaster and Dream
As anyone who's read my blog knows, I focus on smaller desserts, mainly cupcakes. I haven't made a cake in years, not even one from a box. I didn't even own a cake pan until a week ago. But, I've decided to take the Wilton cake decorating classes and therefore have jumped into the world of round cakes. So far, I love it! I have learned so much from the classes already. A couple weeks ago I never thought I could bake, slice, fill, and smoothly ice a cake. But after much instruction, and some handy tools, I have accomplished just that! Read on to hear about my near disaster cake and then to hear about a cake that's simply a dream! :)
When I finish my first Wilton class, I will be submitting a blog soon that shows some of the handy Wilton tools and some interesting cake tips and techniques - so stay tuned for that!
My first cake was a challenge and definitely seemed to be heading for disaster. It seemed like every step was having issues. To begin, I decided to try one of the more complicated white cake recipes. Instead of just using a cake mix for my first cake assignment, I decided to jump right in. After all, I had made cupcakes from scratch! This cake proved to be more challenging than I expected, though.
My first blunder came from purchasing the wrong ingredient. I mistakenly purchased egg beaters made with egg whites instead of egg whites! After a quick trip to the store, I had the correct product. Beating them into "stiff peaks, but not dry" proved to be my next challenge. I just used my new mixer and beat them...for a long time and it was still just liquid. I decided not to give up and try again, this time with a whisk attachment which worked much better!
Next, while making my icing I misread an amount and ended up having double the shortening and butter. I caught the mistake, though, and was able to just make a double batch. I had already needed to double it, so it quadrupled it and BARELY all fit in the bowl!
But, in the end the cake baked and I was able to fill and ice and decorate in class the next night. Given that it was my first cake and all the almost disasters, I think it turned out pretty well. I learned a lot and found a much simpler, but still tasty white cake mix.
I still managed to work in cupcakes to the cake! :)
I filled the cake with a Cookies in Cream mixture!
You may be wondering what the cake "dream" is... One of my absolute favorite flavors is orange. So of course, one of my favorite treats is the Dreamsicle. I had been wanting to take on a Dreamsicle like cake but was looking for an orange cake mix, and a good recipe. We never can find the Duncan Hines orange cake mix at any store around here, but found some when we were on a weekend trip to Cincinnati. If you are from the Cincinnati area, or ever visit there, you have to visit Jungle Jims! It is amazing and the ultimate place for foodies! It is this huge grocery store with food from all over the world. You literally travel the world as you go from section to section representing various countries and cultures. They also have a huge soda selection with drinks from around the world. If all that wasn't enough, they have an incredible selection of unique and handy baking tools! My husband and I went multiple times in one weekend. We never thought we could spend hours at a grocery store - and enjoy it. We found all kinds of ingredients, sodas, and food that we can't find locally but love.
But back to the orange cake! The Dreamsicle cake was a treat before even taking one bite, it filled the kitchen with a wonderful orange fragrance! You start with simply making the orange cake box mix. But then the real treat begins. As if the orange cake wasn't enough, you add more orange flavor that is drizzled into the cake. Then an amazing light and fluffy icing is created using cream cheese, Cool Whip, and orange/vanilla flavoring. My mouth is watering just typing this! The recipe comes from Food.com.
Dreamsicle cake ingredients
- 1 (18 oz) box orange cake mix
- 3 eggs (or whatever is called for by cake mix)
- 1/3 cup oil (or whatever is called for by cake mix)
- 1 1/3 cup water (or whatever is called for by cake mix)
- 6 oz (large box) orange Jell-O
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Frosting ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3 oz (small box) vanilla instant pudding mix
- 3 oz (small box) orange Jell-O
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz Cool Whip
Cake directions:
- Prepare cake per box directions - I baked in a round 8 in diameter cake pan.
- For a smooth cake, you can level using a cake leveler, as shown in the pics below. If you haven't used one of these, I will be blogging about this handy tool soon!
- After cake has baked and cooled, poke holes in the top with a fork.
- Mix large box of Jello with waters and just let it start to set up.
- Slowly pour over the COOLED cake and allow to run into holes all over.
- Chill cake until Jello is set.
- While chilling, start icing by creaming the cheese until creamy.
- Add dry Jello powder, pudding mix, milk, and the vanilla extract and beat well.
- Fold in the Cool Whip
- Spread on cake and chill until serving
So pull out those cake pans and enjoy a wonderful summer treat before summer is over!


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As a kid Pavakkai is one vegetable I hated the most and my parents forced me to eat it whenever it was made. I had many ways of avoiding it and one such trick was to slowly put it under my plate and mush it so that it sticks to the plate and nobody will notice it. I would then wash it away when done with my food.
I hated the days when Pavakkai was made until I got married. My husband loves Pavakkai and so does my daughter. I was ashamed when my little daughter started having Pavakkai without any fuss and she in fact liked it a lot. I started trying few recipes that both of them liked and made sure there was not much bitterness to the dish. One such recipe is the Pittlai a traditional Tamil dish made with paruppu/dhal, coconut and spices. If I can manage to have it then most of you should be able to have it. Do give it a try and let me know.
- 2 cups finely sliced Pavakkai/Bitter melon
- ½ cup Thuvaram Paruppu/Tuar Dhal
- 2 tablespoon grated coconut
- 1 teaspoon Jaggery
- Small lime sized Tamarind
- 1 teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Ullutham Paruppu/Urid Dhal
- few curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon coriander/dhania
- 1 tablespoon kadalai paruppu/Bengal gram Dhal
- ¼ th cup grated coconut
- 5 to 6 red chillies
- Heat a tablespoon oil in a kadai/pan and roast the ingredients to grind in the order given and grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- Cook the paruppu and set aside. Extract pulp from the tamarind and set that aside too.
- Heat another two tablespoon oil and add the sliced Pavakkai. I cut the Pavakkai into two lengthwise and then thinly sliced them. Discard the seeds if any.
- Fry the pavakkai until it turns crisp and then add the cooked paruppu, tamarind extract and the ground coconut masala. Bring it to a boil. Finally add jaggery and grated coconut.
- Heat a teaspoon oil in a separate kadai and season the mustard, paruppu and curry leaves and add to the pittlai.
TIPS: It is not necessary to make the Pavakkai crisp and it could be just cooked and added to the dhal. This will be more bitter so it depends on how bitter you want the pittlai to be. Adding grated coconut towards the end is optional.
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Does anyone have experience with trying to stay vegan in the Peace Corps?
They mention that you should be flexible, however I do not want to consume any animal products.
Any advise would be much appreciated!!!
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You cannot change what a dead animal is u can only change your reliance on dead animal products.
Look into WWOOFing--willing workers on organic farms. Can still see the world, yet will be around those who at least have some appreciation for produce.
Windlord: Thats sounds great too! But I was hoping to use my environmental and biology majors to help out with conservation of the environmental resources or endangered animal populations...
mmm, I like the way you think.
Might want to talk to Tarah Shannon, one of our PK's. She's worked with Sea Shephard, and might know of some other organizations along your lines.
Great idea! My Mum was in the Peace Corps and the family she was staying with killed their dog for a special dinner in her honor, she felt that she had to eat it but felt quite torn inside and saddened about it. I would not put myself in that position, there are other ways to see the world. Teaching English abroad may be an option too.
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Thats so funny too, because thats when I want to go too :)
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DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030908
ANIL GOLI, MD, FHRS, FACC, SUNIL SHROFF, MD, FACC, FHRS, MOHAMMED N. OSMAN, MD, FACC, FHRS and JOHN LUCKE, MD, FACS
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ABSTRACT. A 65-year-old man underwent pacemaker implantation for symptomatic chronotropic incompetence. Owing to non-healing of primary surgical scar, the patient required reiterative surgical wound evaluation leading to complete explantation. Both the microbiological screening and the standard St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) skin patch testing were negative. A gold-plated pulse generator with polyurethane leads was reimplanted, with normal procedure and good outcome. Highlighting this rare case of pacemaker allergy reminds perioperative and postoperative cardiac rhythm management providers that negative skin testing does not exclude the diagnosis of allergy.
KEYWORDS. gold coated pacemaker, pacemaker allergy, pacemaker allergy testing.
The authors report no conflicts of interest for the published content.
Manuscript received June 3, 2012, final version accepted June 14, 2012.
Address correspondence to: Anil Goli, MD, Director of Electrophysiology, Internal Medicine, Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. E-mail: email@example.com
Allergic reaction to pacemaker components is a rare complication of pacemaker implantation. Diagnosis is challenging, and can be delayed, because of unfamiliarity with this condition, because skin testing is inconclusive, and because diagnosis is made only after excluding infection. The diagnosis of pacemaker allergy is ideally characterized by the clinical presentation of a non-healing incision site with positive allergy testing to pacemaker components. The purpose of this case report is to raise awareness of the rare occurrence of pacemaker allergy with negative skin testing, managed by implantation of gold-plated pacemaker with polyurethane leads resulting in successful normal recovery.
A 65-year-old Caucasian male presented with a history of coronary artery disease status post single vessel coronary artery bypass graft via mini-lateral thoracotomy, symptomatic bradycardia and chronotropic incompetency, precluding use of β-blocker therapy. He underwent elective dual-chamber permanent pacemaker implantation (Accent DR, St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN) over the first rib extrathoracic axillary vein access. St. Jude Medical silicon leads (Tendril SDX 1688T) were implanted. At the time of pacemaker implantation his medications included aspirin, lisinopril, and simvastatin. He was non-diabetic with no history of corticosteroid use. Despite standard wound care, his post-procedure course was complicated due to a non-healing incision. He was afebrile. The complete blood count (CBC) with differential count was within normal range, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level was 9.5 mg/l (0–2.99), and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate by the Westergren method was 19 mm/h (0–15). The wound culture and blood culture were negative. Except for the incisional erythema there was no sign of infection (Figure 1). The pacemaker was explanted 4 weeks later. A gold-plated pacemaker (Gold Adapta, Medtronic Inc., St. Paul, MN) with polyurethane pacemaker leads (Medtronic 4076) was reimplanted, with normal post-procedure and good recovery (Figure 2). Owing to a history of persistent left superior vena cava, reimplantation was performed over the right pectoral region. A different plane was used to accommodate the gold-plated pacemaker generator, and the extrathoracic axillary vein over the second rib was accessed for lead placement.
Figure 1: Inflamed,Non-Healing Surgical Incision.
Figure 2: Re-implanted Gold Plated pacemaker with normal recovery.
Allergic reaction to pacemaker is an uncommon complication to pacemaker components. The wide variety of materials in pacing systems, combined with the limitation of patch tests, can create false negatives in the diagnosis of allergic reaction. Allergic reaction diagnosis is made after excluding infection, because the incidence of pacemaker infection has been reported from 0.13% to 19.9%,1 whereas the true incidence of pacemaker allergy has not been reported.
Raque et al2 first reported pacemaker dermatitis in 1970, since then, some reports have described allergy to various components of pacemaker,3,4 including positive patch test to titanium,5 nickel, mercury, epoxy resin,6 polyurethane, cadmium, chromate, mercury, nickel, cobalt, silicone, and polychloroparaxylene (parylene).
Titanium is a commonly reported allergen. Jean-Pierre Déry et al7 suggest that titanium testing may be unreliable because this test is performed using titanium tetrachloride, which is hydrolyzed to insoluble titanium dioxide after high dilution, resulting in patch test false negativities. We therefore cannot with certainty rule out titanium allergy due to pacemaker generator exposure. In some reports, the exact cause has not been found by patch tests because of negative reaction.8 Importantly, a negative reaction does not rule out pacemaker system allergy.8 Additionally, corticosteroid use can result in a false-negative patch test.
Treatments of pacemaker component allergy have been described in various case reports. Rikke et al6 reported that topical corticosteroid can reduce skin symptoms (erythema, plaques, vesicles, swelling), but recurrence is common. The only complete treatment is removal of all the allergens, which is achieved by complete removal of the pacemaker despite continued symptoms. While the research for the ideal synthetic materials continues, one strategy is to coat the pacemaker system with non-allergenic materials prior to reimplantation. Tamenishi et al9 reported that coating leads with 0.2 mm thick polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheets is effective, with no reported recurrences during follow-up. Although PTFE is safe and provides definite advantages during the reoperations, there are a limited number of papers in the literature against the usage of PTFE.9,10 A gold-plated generator and polyurethane leads provides an additional alternative.
Gold plays an important role in medical implants for patients at risk of infection or with an allergic reaction to implants because of gold's biocompatibility, anti-inflammation properties, and high degree of resistance to bacterial colonization. In the present case study, a gold-plated pulse generator with polyurethane leads was implanted into a patient who previously demonstrated allergic reaction to a pacemaker. The patient experienced no recurrence of inflammatory response during the follow-up period of 12 months, supporting the efficacy of gold as the material of choice when encountering pacemaker allergy.
Pacemaker allergy masquerades as infection. A cautious follow-up enables early identification of a change in wound condition, and helps avoid more severe complications such as bacterial infection. In the case of sterile infection, we recommend allergy testing to rule out one or more of the pacemaker system components. Since there is presently no definitive diagnostic test for titanium allergy, further work will be required to reliably identify contact sensitivity to titanium. Intracutaneous lymphocyte stimulation testing11 appears to be more reliable than patch testing but was not investigated in this patient. This case illustrates an important observation: a negative reaction to patch testing does not rule out an allergy to pacemaker components.


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(The following press release is from The Pew Charitable Trusts.) (Philadelphia) April 27, 2004 – As part of its long-term commitment to informing the public with credible, timely research, The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today it is establishing a new nonprofit subsidiary to house all of the major information projects it supports—one of the first […]
A year after the war in Iraq, discontent with America and its policies has intensified rather than diminished.
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The past year was a rocky period for U.S.-Canadian relations, with differences over Iraq and trade disputes dividing these North American neighbors. But there is no evidence that Americans and Canadians are destined to go their separate ways.


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'General practice has failed as a profession' – this was a headline in the Daily Mail this weekend. And again in Pulse on Monday. In the current climate of denigration of the medical profession and of GPs in particular, this didn't really come as any big surprise. Just another journalist or politician continuing in their quest to devalue and demoralise medical professionals. But I was surprised when I read whose words these were, and I soon understood the uproar that ensued in the online GP forums.
I am ashamed of the inspection process
Sadly these were the words of Professor Steve Field, the NHS's Chief Inspector of general practice, and yes, a practicing GP himself. Not only does Professor Field believe that we have failed as a profession, but was quoted as being 'ashamed'. In his interview he was referring to CQC failures, a bone of contention not only for him, but also for every GP in the country. The furore around CQC is quickly spiralling, not only from the seemingly cruel methods of inspection and stringent standards, and the ways that failing practices are dealt with, but also because of the looming hike in fees of 600%.
Professor Field may be ashamed of his fellow GPs, but I am sure I am not speaking only for myself when I say that I am ashamed of the inspection process and ways that 'failing practices' are dealt with. I am ashamed that a high-profile GP could take part in the witch hunt against his colleagues, especially a GP who has stood as chairman of our Royal College. Jeremy Hunt, who has championed Professor Field in his role as Chief Inspector has recently tweeted about how 'no-blame, open culture is so crucial' and that he was 'working with Bruce Keogh 2 create supportive culture 4 docs'. However this seems to be in contradiction to the methods currently being used to regulate provisions of care, where fear plays a big part. As the trainee and newly-qualified GP representative for GP Survival, I know how anxious and uncertain comments like this make those about to become GPs. This is an example of one of the reasons why we see so many doctors leaving general practice so soon after qualifying - they are made to feel entirely worthless.
During the interview, Professor Field mentioned a few points that demonstrated the failure of general practice, including:
- Patients having to queue for 4 hours to get an appointment
- Secretaries having to sort through results and letters, choosing what is important for the doctor to see
- Surgeries being 'abandoned' because of lack of locums to cover when a partner needs to take leave
I don't think it takes a genius to put this picture together and see an under-resourced, struggling system rather than a bunch of failing GPs who should be ashamed of themselves. Instead of pointing the finger of blame and further demoralising a dwindling workforce, why doesn't Professor Field have a chat with his pal, Jeremy, imploring him to inject the necessary resources in order for practices to stop failing their arbitrary standards? The powers that be need to support our 'failing' practices, finding where the problems lie and encouraging growth and change. Closure of practices that are deemed inadequate will merely put pressure on surrounding practices who are, in all likelihood, already struggling.
CQC is the problem. The whole process of inspections and ratings is shameful, not the hard working GP struggling to jump through hoops whilst keeping up a decent standard of care. Also shameful is the way that practices are named and shamed, causing distress not only to all the staff under that roof, but also to the patients who trust those looking after them. Until current inspection processes are scrapped and an alternative, which is fit for purpose, is put it in its place, general practice will continue to struggle to progress and move on from this all-time low.
Dr Rebecca Jones is a GP in Hastings and Trainee/NQGP Representative for GP Survival
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As I said before , he could not say he was ashamed of being the chief of CQC as its reputation was already well condemned by ministers and Chairwaoman of Publuc Account Committee this week ( CQC was criticised as a non- effective organisation ). So to save the reputation of CQC , he is willing to sacrifice his comrades , us , instead. Now what do you call this , ladies and gentlemen ?
Couldn't have put this any better myself. There has to be a long term solution for GP. instead we see him (Field) almost proud of the fact that he sought legal advice to close one practice that failed an inspection during the health select committee meeting yesterday. No wonder practices have worries before their inspections. As if we didn't have enough to worry about with our workload, we have the threat of increased penalties and closure if we don't meet certain standards. Power to Margaret Baker who very clearly stated that GP was under immense pressure from being overworked and underfunded and that it is (doctor fatigue) this that is the main threat to patient safety, not whether they have competed an audit of the tap water temperature. Royal college shoeing some backbone gets my support every day!
The most worrying point for us all was during the division bell when the three were left alone for 15 minutes, poor Maureen looked very uncomfortable as the other two, Chaand Nagpaul and Steve Field conducted a love in between themselves, smiling, joking and obviously immensely in love with each other, sickening really!
Totally agree with article
I am not only ashamed of field but actually repelled and disgusted
He has less than one shred of credibility with the honourable profession with the pathetic wasteful stupid bullying organisation he heads
GPC needs to call for him to be sacked
Seriously the profession shoul have no more dealings with this self satisfied social climber
Still if he does not resign we of the gp body will never forget what we think of him and his truly execrable quango
Perhaps he nedds to reported to the GMC for unprofessional conduct, bringing General Practice into disrepute and gross moral turpitude.
Perhaps the stress of a GMC investigation would concentrate his mind.
As he is actually n active danger to General Practice he should be suspended whilst investigations are ongoing.
Field is ashamed of G P s who try to provide a caring personal patient centred model in spite of poor investment.
He prefers his own super practice model which is based on the expensive failed hospital model.
Come on RCGP, research what patients need from an effective practice and the resources required for this.
Help fight this management centred care provisions.
Show how wrong Field is.
Surely the 'Essential Person specification' for
NHS's Chief Inspector of General Practice is Critical Analysis.Perhaps his bosses may care to reflect if the present incumbent is telling them what they want to hear,does have any critically analytical faculties or has become great at answering the questions/ticking the boxes he has been told to?
Here is to the uniting of the Medical Profession.


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They are in an office that more resembles residential work, as there are no drop ceilings.
In order to do this job properly without wire molding it would require a LOT of cutting sheetrock, walls and ceilings. The customer was completely against this.
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All said and done this job was to install 7 network jacks and a panel. It took 2 of us about 3 days!!!
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Luckily on the visit to swap the WiMax modem with the FTTH ONT the employee who was the biggest obstruction to our progress on the install was not there, so we quickly moved everything over to their newly installed internet and go out of there as quickly as possible, fearing that employee who had delayed us previously might only be out to lunch and could be back at any moment.


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Stunning Edge - Chapter 81
Chapter 81:
Claire rode the wind leopard slowly on the streets, her thoughts complex. She thought about the scene where Duke Roman got up, tottering, then Alice's hostile gaze, and then Duke Gordan's smiling face, ignoring the many passerby's gazes. A golden haired blue eyed beautiful girl riding a powerful leopard naturally attracted many eyes.
"Chirp chirp…" White Emperor rolled down Claire's head softly and crouched at her shoulder, licking her neck lightly.
"White Emperor…" Claire scooped him off and looked at him. "Are you trying to make me feel better?"
Golden Lotus's unhappy voice suddenly sounded. "Ma, this little meatball is very unstable. He has terrifying power, but can't use his power smoothly whenever he wants to. Usually, he's a useless little pet, and his intelligence level is the same. He's actually your master though. Surpass him quickly, then beat him up."
"Chirp chirp!" White Emperor waved his little claws angrily, evidently unsatisfied with Golden Lotus's words.
Claire smiled faintly. At least her mood had gone up a bit.
"Let's go, Little Leopard. Let's go back." Claire patted the wind leopard's neck softly, indicating for the wind leopard to start running.
"I, I said sorry." Suddenly, Claire heard a pitiful voice.
Claire turned to look and saw a delicate and pretty girl at the side of the road being surrounded by two burly men, one in front, one behind. The burly man in front said fiercely, "Whatever, you bumped into me, I can't work today now. Pay money!" It turns out, they were local thugs blackmailing a girl. Seeing this situation, Claire didn't feel like doing anything. But once Claire saw the pretty girl clearly, she made Little Leopard stop.
"Pay money? Then, then how much?" The delicate girl asked fearfully.
"Ten gold coins!" The burly man said. Ten gold coins was how much the average commoner family used up in a month.
"Ah? That much?…" The pretty girl had a sullen expression. "I, I don't have that much money."
"How much do you have?" The burly man asked fiercely.
"I only have this much…" The pretty girl cautiously fished out a plain and simple wallet.
The burly man grabbed it, then poured out all the money inside. There were only three gold coins and some copper coins.
"I guess you're lucky. This much is enough." The burly man sneered and was about to put the money away. The pretty girl watched fearfully. "But, but that's all my money, if I give it to you, I can't eat any more."
"Who cares…" The burly threw the empty bag, about to leave. The other burly man also laughed loudly and followed from behind.
But when they turned, they faced a huge, fierce leopard. The burly men stepped back fearfully.
"Pick up the wallet and give her her money back." The girl sitting on the leopard said coldly, her tone devoid of warmth.
The two burly men gulped, fearfully. Naturally, they knew that the icy cold girl in front of them wasn't ordinary. How could an ordinary person ride such a fearsome magic beast?
"Are you deaf? Do you want me to cut off your ears?" Claire eyes became slits, a dangerous glint in her eyes.
"Ah, sorry, sorry." One of the burly men abruptly came back to his senses and quickly crouched down to pick up the wallet, then cautiously put back all the blackmailed money and handed it to Claire.
Claire grabbed it and said coldly, "Now get lost."
The two ran like rabbits and were gone without a trace.
"Your wallet." Claire got off the wind leopard and gave the money back to the pretty girl, who was in a trance.
"Thank, thank you… thank you very much. This is one of the only things my mother left behind." The pretty girl put away the wallet carefully .
"You're very poor?" Claire sized up her simple clothes and honest gaze.
"Yes, my family's very poor. It had been just me and Mother living deep in the mountains. When Mother passed away, I went out, wanting to see the outside world. I finally came here with great difficulty…" When the pretty girl said she was poor, she didn't show any embarrassment.
An imperceptible smile appeared on Claire's lips. She said straightforwardly, "Work for me and I'll give you a hundred golden coins a year, including food, shelter, and clothes. You'll live well, eat well, and wear new clothes."
"Really?" The pretty girl exclaimed. "Is that possible?"
"Really. Just sign a five year contract first. If you feel the pay is good, we'll sign another contract. If you do well, I'll give you more money." Claire smiled like a flower, as friendly as could be.
"Great, great, big sis, you're a really good person!" The pretty girl was so happy, she almost started jumping up and down.
Claire watched without a word. Her gaze landed on the bow on the girl's back. The ordinary looking bow was extremely sleek and glossy at the pulling point, caused by being shot many, many times. Ordinary bows would have fractured long ago, so the bow was definitely not as simple as it appeared. And the delicate and pretty girl's hands was also inconsistent with her appearance, both of them full of callouses. There was only one explanation: the girl was a very good archer and could shoot with both hands ambidextrously!
A hundred gold coins, today she had made a profit!
"What's your name?" Claire patted behind herself, indicating for the young girl to get on.
"My name is Qiao Chuxin." The young girl hopped nimbly onto the wind leopard, not even the slightest bit scared of it.
"Oh. I'm Claire. From now on, I will be your boss, your leader. Listen to me from now on, understand?" Now Claire started to brainwash shamelessly. But she froze for a moment internally. Another ancient last name. What relationship did this continent have with the Orient?
"Ok, then what should I call you?" Qiao Chuxin agreed straightforwardly. In her eyes, this pretty big sister was the best person in the world besides her mom.
"Call me Claire. But you must listen to my orders seriously. Of course I won't let you do anything that crosses your bottom line." Claire added.
"Okay, no problem." Qiao Chuxin agreed happily.
Claire patted the wind leopard, directing it to run quickly towards Camille's house. Truthfully, she was a bit tired. One night without sleep and she had worked for so long. It was time to go back and rest.
After they arrived back at Claire's home, Claire dragged Qiao Chuxin to Camille's study, making her sign a five year contract of hard labor. Only after she put the contract away, satisfied, did she yawn and think about sleeping.
"Hold on to these golden banknotes for now, I'll first pay for one year. If there's not enough, just ask. When I get home tomorrow, I'll prepare a nice place for you to live." Claire said between yawns, completely ignoring the group of confused people at the entrance.
"Then, Summer, come over here." Claire beckoned towards Summer, who peeping through the door.
"What?" Summer walked over, confused.
"This is Qiao Chunxin. From now on, she's one of us. First bring her to the streets and buy some clothes, then buy her things that she likes but is reluctant to buy. Introduce her to them. I'm going to rest; I'm too tired. Many things happened today. Tomorrow, we're going to the auction house." Claire ordered quickly while yawning.
Summer's mouth twitched. What? She just pushed it all onto her? It was clearly Claire who brought her back, not her!
"Chuxin, accompany Summer. I'm going to rest, I'm so tired." Claire yawned, about to leave.
"Give me money to buy things then." Summer hurriedly called.
"You have so much money, can't you just give your new comrade money?" Claire reprimanded, annoyed, then walked past everybody to her room.
"Stingy miser, humph!" Summer cursed, but in her heart, she felt strangely warm. Comrade, that's right, she who had always been alone now had a comrade. It was all due to Claire that she could feel warm.
"Claire's not stingy, she even said she'll give be a hundred golden coins a year along with food, shelter, and clothing." Chuxin, who hadn't suffered Claire's cruelty yet, quickly defended Claire.
"What?" When everybody heard, they all became interested, all asking what what going on.
Once Qiao Chuxin told everything in detail about how she met Claire and their contract, everybody looked at each other in dismay, cursing Claire's shamelessness internally. She definitely wasn't kind enough to help someone for no reason. Instead, Claire actually gave a salary that didn't count as much. Although this salary was considered very high for commoners, it was nothing to Claire! Just what was this treacherous person planning?
Although everybody was thinking this, they didn't dare to show it. Each and every person couldn't know Claire's methods any clearer: grab somebody's weakness and hold on stubbornly, not letting go unless they gave up.
"Come, I'll introduce for you. From now on, you are one of us." Summer smiled and started to introduce everyone. But really, internally she added another sentence: from now on, you are just like us, one of Claire's slaves……
As she reached the entrance, Claire sneezed loudly, then wiped her nose. She couldn't have caught a cold with this weather, could she?


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