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I Gave You Face, But You Want Trouble
Feng Jin Yuan was already standing side by side with Kang Yi when she came out. In truth, based on their looks, the two were very compatible. Feng Jin Yuan was extremely handsome. Although he turned 40 this year, he did not look to be older than his early 30s. This in addition to being elegant and having a noble air from being a prime minister for many years, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a beautiful man. But based solely on Chen shi's appearance, how could Chen Yu have been born with such beauty.
Seeing his four daughters come forward, it would be nonsense to say that Feng Jin Yuan did not feel proud in this instant. Although he was a little estranged from Feng Yu Heng, that was just a familial matter. How many people on the outside would know about it? To the outsiders, the famous county princess Ji An was his second daughter. The most beautiful girl in the capital, Feng Chen Yu, was his eldest daughter. This was definitely a reason for someone to feel proud.
Moreover, just as the four children walked forward, another person also came forward from the other side. It was none other than Ru Jia, who had entered the manor with Kang Yi.
Feng Jin Yuan felt even more moved. Take a look! Right now, even the princess of a foreign country had to call her father. Looking around the entirety of Da Shun, who else could say that they were able to marry a foreign princess?
With this joy, he helped Kang Yi sit down and prepared to receive his children's salute.
After it stopped snowing, the sky also began to clear up. Just as the five girls kneeled in unison, a light just happened to shine down. Coincidentally, it illuminated the golden hairpin in Feng Yu Heng's hair.
Kang Yi felt that it was a little too blinding and subconsciously frowned; however, before Feng Yu Heng's knees reached the ground, Feng Jin Yuan suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
Everyone froze, including the guests that were getting a new cup of tea, who look towards him. Kang Yi was puzzled and looked at Feng Jin Yuan in confusion; however, she saw Feng Jin Yuan suddenly stand up then almost rush over to stop Feng Yu Heng from kneeling.
At this time, aside from Feng Yu Heng, the other four were already kneeling. Ru Jia saw Feng Jin Yuan stop her and was very puzzled, asking: "Uncle Feng, what are you doing?"
Kang Yi quickly scolded her: "You must call him father."
Ru Jia also knew that she had misspoken, as she quickly apologized: "It was Ru Jia's mistake. I hope father will pardon me."
But Feng Jin Yuan did not have time to worry about her. His attention was entirely focused on the golden hairpin in Feng Yu Heng's hair. The more he looked at it, the more shocked he was, and the more he looked at it, the more panicked he became.
The phoenix hairpin! She actually wore the phoenix hairpin!
It was fortunate that the sun had come out, and it was fortunate that he had seen this thing; otherwise, if he had Feng Yu Heng kneel while wearing the phoenix hairpin, would he still be permitted to live?
The number of people that recognized the phoenix hairpin was not low, but there were not very many either. For example, of the guests in attendance, aside from the princes, lords, imperial daughters and the government officials, nobody else recognized it. Nobody understood what was going on with Prime minister Feng. Why was he so shocked by the hairpin that his own daughter was wearing?
Ru Jia was even more confused, so she stood up from the ground and looked towards Feng Yu Heng's head. She was three years older than Feng Yu Heng, so she was naturally a little taller. She immediately got a good look of the golden hairpin, and her eyes could not help but light up, as she quickly said: "Such a beautiful golden hairpin!" While saying this, she reached out to touch it.
Feng Yu Heng looked at her coldly, the corners of her lips curling up into a wicked smile, as she quietly said: "Princess, if you dare to touch this thing, do you believe that your hand will be chopped off?"
"What did you say?" Ru Jia became angry, "Isn't it just some damn hairpin. It is indeed beautiful, but it is just made of gold. It cannot even compare to something made of jade. What is so mystical about it? So what if this princess touches it?" She did not believe it, so she continued to reach over.
But she heard Kang Yi loudly shout from the other side: "Ru Jia! Stop!"
At practically the same time, Feng Chen Yu also shrieked: "You can't!"
As for Feng Jin Yuan, he frankly grabbed her wrist and stopped her hand in midair.
Ru Jia became furious!
"Let go! Father, although I am not your own daughter, I am still a princess of Qian Zhou. You cannot do this to me! In front of so many people, you are willing to favor your own daughter. How will you treat me and my mother?"
While she was causing a stir, the matriarch, who had been sitting on the stage, understood the situation clearly, but she did not interject. That Ru Jia was still calling herself the princess of Qian Zhou. She had already entered the Feng manor, yet she still made use of her maternal family's status. This was an undesirable problem. Could it be that the Feng manor would need to make offerings to her?
"Hmph!" The matriarch snorted clearly and said to granny Zhao: "A-Heng has done well. Although a foreign princess is of the first rank, when coming to Da Shun, it is comparable to the status of a second rank county princess. This is called making an initial show of force. This will make her know that this is the Feng manor. It is not their Qian Zhou."
With Ru Jia causing a ruckus, Kang Yi also came forward. Taking Ru Jia's hand from Feng Jin Yuan's hand, she gently scolded her: "Don't speak nonsense. There are many rules in Da Shun. Where is there any room for you to speak up!"
Ru Jia was dissatisfied and said: "Father is being biased!"
"When has your father even been biased?" She was also extremely vexed, "Whenever you have wanted something he has given it to you. Hasn't he done everything for you!"
Ru Jia glared at her, "Then if I said that I wanted this golden hairpin? Would father give it to me?"
"That belongs to your younger sister. How could your father give it to you?" Kang Yi forcefully pinched Ru Jia's wrist, "There is definitely a reason for the matter today. Just wait for your father to finish speaking!"
Feng Jin Yuan quickly explained: "Ru Jia, this is something bestowed by the Emperor, and you absolutely must not touch it!"
The words bestowed by the Emperor made it clear that this was something very valuable. But Ru Jia still did not understand "So what if it was bestowed by the Emperor? Could it be that it cannot be shared between sisters?"
Feng Yu Heng looked at her with a smile and nodded, "It cannot."
"You…" She knew that this county princess was hard to talk to; however, she never thought that she would be this hard to talk to. Did this person have any worldly wisdom? To speak so directly, did she not fear offending others?
How could she know that Feng Yu Heng truly did not fear offending others, especially people like Ru Jia, who would be contrarian regardless of the situation. Since that was the case, why bother with being polite!
Seeing that Ru Jia was unwilling to relent, even the most even-keeled Xiang Rong was a little irritated, and she could not help but teach her: "The hairpin that second sister is wearing is called the golden phoenix hairpin. Up to this point, it was a treasure worn by the Empresses of Da Shun."
"The Empress?" Ru Jia looked as though she had heard the funniest joke ever, "Isn't her future husband a cripple? I heard that he isn't even able to have children. How could such a person become the Emperor? What sort of joke is this."
With these words, the entire scene fell silent in shock. The atmosphere froze, and some people even forgot to breathe. All that remained was horror.
She insulted Xuan Tian Ming in public? Had this princess from Qian Zhou grown tired of living? Although Xuan Tian Ming had not personally come today, apparently county princess Ji An's temper was exactly the same as the ninth prince's!
While everyone was thinking, they saw the county princess, wearing her refined cloud silk dress and golden phoenix hairpin, suddenly raise her hand and begin slapping Ru Jia's face without saying a word. "Smack, smack, smack, smack" as four slaps hit her. The speed was so quick that people could not see what happened and could only hear the sounds. Even for eldest princess Kang Yi, even if she wanted to protect her, she would not have made it in time. She could only watch as her own daughter was slapped four times.
Kang Yi was stunned silly. What sort of day was today? Even if Ru Jia had made a mistake with what she had said, there were elders here. How could Feng Yu Heng be so arrogant?
She was eager to protect her daughter and wanted to say something; however, she found that the four slaps, Ru Jia's face had swollen to look like she had two steamed buns on her face. Blood dripped from the corners of her mouth past her chin and had reached the base of her neck.
She clearly did not think that Feng Yu Heng had used much strength, yet four slaps had rendered her daughter like this. She had no time to analyze who was right and who was wrong, as she was left with a single question for herself "How strong is county princess Ji An?"
How could she know that Feng Yu Heng was capable of raising a 186 jin Hou Yi bow with one hand. Not only was she able to raise it, she was able to shoot ten arrows at once with it. When hitting Ru Jia, even though it looked like she had not used any strength, it was still enough to cause blood to seep from her mouth.
Ru Jia had been beaten to the point where she could not speak. Her mouth was swelled shut. If it were not for a servant helping hold her up, perhaps she would have already fallen to the ground.
But Feng Yu Heng apparently did not seem satisfied, as she reached a hand into her sleeve and pulled out a whip.
Upon seeing this situation, Feng Jin Yuan knew that something bad was about to happen, as he quickly said in fright: "You can't hit her. You must not hit her!"
However, his words did not have any effect. In life, Feng Yu Heng hated two things the most. First was people like the Chen family that tried to harm Zi Rui. The other was people speaking poorly of Xuan Tian Ming.
Fuck, she did not fear opposition. When it came to fighting with real swords and spears on the battlefield, if someone was able to beat and kill Xuan Tian Ming, that just meant that he had been lax with his training. This sort of gossipy woman was the most disgusting. She had absolutely no abilities, yet she had a mouth that did not even have a filter. She was willing to say anything.
Did this Ru Jia not have a long tongue? She dared to slap her until that tongue could not be stuck out!
If a person's skin was not tight, were they not worthless? Then she would whip her until her skin and flesh bloomed with blood!
Once the whip was in her hand, she immediately lashed out, and nobody was faster than her. In the blink of an eye, a bloody cut appeared on Ru Jia's wrist.
This was not the end, as a second time, a third time, a fourth… in the end, she had been whipped eight times. By the end, Ru Jia was rolling around on the ground, and Kang Yi was wailing loudly. Only then did she stop and hand the whip to Huang Quan, coldly saying: "Clean this for this county princess. Keep it for future use."
This whipping had caused practically everyone's souls to leak out. Many people understood that county princess Ji An and his Highness Prince Yu's tempers, but the number of people that had seen Xuan Tian Ming lash out was high, and not many had seen Feng Yu Heng lash out. The scene today allowed everyone to witness it. County princess Ji An did not just have the same temper as his Highness Prince Yu. She was even more fierce!
Seeing that she finally stopped, Kang Yi finally rushed to Ru Jia's side. But the daughter before her caused her to truly not know what she should do. Her face was swollen like a pig, and her body was bloody, as though someone had skinned her. The thick Winter coat had become torn, and the skin and flesh inside could be seen.
Even if her mind could remain calm, and she had the ability to support her younger brother to the position of ruler, she had completely broken down. She looked at Feng Yu Heng with a gaze as though she was looking at an enemy. Her eyes shot out a fierce fire, and her fists were clenched tightly. Her entire being was like a leopard, saving up energy to pounce and fight with Feng Yu Heng.
However, they heard Feng Jin Yuan say with some relief: "It's okay. It's okay. We were fortunate!"


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A Catholic mother's lawsuit alleging bedrock religious discrimination by South Carolina's largest child-placement agency with the blessing of state and federal officials may proceed, a federal judge ruled this week, rejecting calls to throw out her case.
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If Xi really is thinking about overhauling restrictions on religion in Tibet and Xinjiang, now would be a really good time to get to work on that. The most recent burning, via Phayul:
Sangdag Tsering, 24, set himself on fire in front of a local Chinese government office in Dokar Mo town in the Rebkong region of eastern Tibet at around 7 pm (local time). Tsering, father of a three-year-old son, passed away at the site of his protest.
His self-immolation came just hours after a Tibetan woman, Chagmo Kyi passed away after setting herself on fire outside a Chinese office in Rongwo town.
Sources tell Phayul that earlier in the day, Chinese authorities summoned a large meeting of local Tibetans and gave out clear orders, barring them from visiting families of self-immolators to pay their respect and condolences.
Chinese security personnel arrived at the scene and tried to douse the flames but Sangdag Tsering succumbed to his injuries.
"Monks from two nearby monasteries and thousands of local Tibetans gathered at the protest site and carried his body to the Gonshul Sangag Mindrol Dhargeyling for his cremation," Wangchuk said.
The same source added that Sangdag Tsering had off late repeatedly expressed his frustration over the lack of freedom in Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's absence, and the continuing wave of self-immolations in Tibet.
About a week back, he had written a short poem espousing loyalty to Tibet and emailed it to a friend.
The last two lines of the poem written in Tibetan reads: "The brave men of the snow mountains, Don't forget your loyalty to Tibet."
Chakmo Kyi, a taxi driver, burned herself and died at the doorstep of the tax office in Rebgong's capital Rongwo at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, triggering a clash for her charred body by local residents and Chinese security forces, sources said, citing local contacts.
Two hours later, thousands of monks and local people gathered at a cremation site in Rongwo for her funeral and chanted prayers for the long life of the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India.
"When Chinese security forces arrived to take away her body, local Tibetans in large numbers repossessed the body from the hands of the security forces," Sonam, a Tibetan living in exile who had contact in the region, told RFA's Tibetan service.
"After that, monks of Rongwo monastery and local Tibetans, estimated at thousands, took the body to the Dhongya-la cremation site. Many Chinese officials were present and observed the large gathering," Sonam said.
Free Tibet said there was a heavy security presence in Rongwo, which has been the scene of several huge protests this year, as well as a growing number of self-immolations.
At least 20 trucks, each with 20 armed police standing in the back, are stationed at intersections throughout the town, the group said.
There are reports of cars, each with about five government officials inside, positioned every 20 paces along most streets, monitoring the population, Free Tibet said.


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What is H.I.P.P.? I'm not referring to Lee Hipp, the Principal Tuba of the San Antonio Symphony! I'm talking about Historically Informed Performance Practice.
H.I.P.P. means performing classical music in a way that is strongly influenced by research into the performing styles of earlier times. So, with H.I.P.P., the music of the 17th and 18th century (J.S. Bach, for example) is played quite differently than the music of Tchaikovsky. For the first two-thirds of the twentieth century most musicians played Baroque music much more romantically than audiences in Bach's time would have experienced. But in the last thirty years many musicians have drastically changed the way they play early music.
On December 31, 2009 I sat down with cellist Emmanuel Lopez to talk about H.I.P.P. Manny is an old friend who started his career in a very traditional way. He studied at Yale and The Juilliard School with the great cello teacher Aldo Parisot. He still plays romantic music in the traditional style, but in the last few years has radically changed his approach to Baroque music. Here are two videos from that conversation. The first is a 10-minute conversation with some musical examples and the second video is a performance of J. S. Bach's Bourrée from the Suite No. 3 in C major for Solo Cello. Manny is performing on a cello made in 1993 that has been adapted to the earlier style. He has eliminated the end-pin, cut the fingerboard short and is playing on plain gut strings.
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When a gaffe is more than a gaffe
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I've written here before about messaging gaffes, whether they come from the principal himself or herself, an authorized surrogate or anyone else. They force you to waste time and resources explaining what happened (or "revising and extending," in Washington speak), rather than conveying the message you want to convey. They make you look disorganized, weak and untrustworthy.
One type of gaffe is even more damaging – a gaffe that reinforces a preconceived notion many share of you. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, committed such a gaffe earlier this year. And President Obama, trying to hang on to his job, committed one last week.
Speaking at a White House press conference on the economy, President Obama pointed to the gains – albeit very sluggish gains – in private sector employment since the economy bottomed out. He noted that while the economy itself has a ways to go, that "the private sector is fine."
In the words of Carl Lewis, "UH OH!"
Let's put aside for a moment the fact that saying the private sector is fine is a stretch at best, especially given the last two months' unemployment reports (though it is true that public sector job cuts are responsible for a lot of the still languishing unemployment rate). More important are these realities:
1. Most people perceive the economy to still be bad (and in a lot of ways it is).
2. President Obama is perceived by many to be out of touch and incompetent on the economy.
Perception is very often reality. Because of perception #1, this gaffe reinforced perception #2. The President and his aides had to spend the rest of the weekend walking back his remarks. And you can expect this sound bite to get replayed frequently over the remaining months of the campaign, especially if the economy continues to languish or (even worse) slide backward.
In a lot of ways, this gaffe is worse than the one I mentioned from the Romney camp. While Romney's gaffe certainly makes him seem unlikeable and ill-equipped to relate to middle class Americans, Romney's campaign is not based on likeability. Mitt Romney is not George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan, and, fortunately for him, he realized during the primaries that he couldn't pretend to be so. What Romney emphasizes is competence and the idea that his private sector expertise will translate to getting the economy turned around as President.
Whether or not Romney's message is true in reality is an entirely different question. But it paints the starkest contrast to an incumbent who inherited a rotten economy and is perceived (again, rightly or wrongly) to have made it worse. Obama's gaffe, much like John McCain's similar "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" gaffe during the 2008 campaign, makes him look oblivious to the problem, let alone to be the person who can best solve it.


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Lawyers for the Justice Department have told a federal court in Washington that substantial evidence exists that two controversial Texas redistricting maps were "adopted with discriminatory purpose" and that the state's standard for determining whether minority representation was harmed has no basis in current federal law.
The nonbinding findings were part of a filing by the Justice Department objecting to a request by the Texas attorney general, who wanted the federal judges in Washington to approve the maps without a trial.
"What the (Justice Department) filing and the other filings establish is that there is a dispute regarding the material facts," said Jose Garza, the attorney for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, which has filed suit against Texas in San Antonio and joined the litigation in Washington. "The chances of that happening, with the degree of specificity that has been submitted … the likelihood is that a summary judgment will be denied."
The attorney general's office shot back at the Justice Department's findings in a blistering statement.
"If one looks behind (the) inflammatory rhetoric, they produce no genuine evidence of discrimination," Lauren Bean, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Greg Abbott, said in a statement.
Redistricting observers believe the Justice Department's objections are likely to lead to a trial in Washington that would be scheduled after next Wednesday's hearing, when the judges will hear arguments about Texas' request for a ruling without a trial.
With the filing period to run for statewide office beginning Nov. 12, the Justice Department's filing also makes it more likely that the panel of three federal judges in San Antonio, who presided over a trial that heard a separate set of objections to the maps, will have to draw interim district maps for the state.
"You've got to know what you're filing for in order to file." Garza said. "They know they have a difficult task in front of them and they're moving at all deliberate speed."
In September, the judges hearing the San Antonio case asked the groups suing the state to produce alternatives to the redistricting plans passed by the state Legislature. But they did not rule out using the Legislature's maps as the basis for their interim maps, which would be used for the 2012 election.
Proposed interim plans filed by the League of United Latin American Citizens, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and state Democratic lawmakers from Fort Worth and Travis County would undo the controversial five-way split of the Austin area by the Legislature.
If accepted, the changes effectively would give Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett his district back, avoiding a nasty primary fight between the Austin iconoclast and San Antonio state Rep. Joaquín Castro, who is considered a rising star in the state Democratic Party.
The four proposals still would create a new majority Hispanic district for the San Antonio area: One proposal would run the district from Bexar County to Bastrop County; another would run from Bexar into Hays County; and two others would create a new district that would run from Bexar to the U.S./Mexico border.


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British Prime Minister David Cameron has nothing but praise for "Iron Lady" star Meryl Streep, but he does have some concerns about the film's timing and intent.
Speaking with the BBC's Radio 4, the prime minister revealed that he felt the film - which charts the rise of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister - should have stayed in the political arena and not delved so deeply into Thatcher's later health issues.
"It's a fantastic piece of acting by Meryl Streep. You can't help wondering, why do we have to have this film right now. It is a film much more about aging and elements of dementia rather about than an amazing prime minister," said Cameron.
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He suggests the timing is poor as well, since the addled 86-year-old Thatcher is still alive. "I wish they could have made another day," Cameron admitted.
Other members of Cameron's (and Thatcher's) Conservative Party echoed the prime minister's sentiments.
Conservative lawmaker Louise Mensch said, in an interview with Reuters, that "Meryl Streep should probably get an Oscar for an amazing portrayal [but] there was too much of a concentration on Lady Thatcher's dementia and not enough on her life story, her achievements."
Thatcher served as prime minister from 1979 until 1990, during times of great political turmoil in England, including the war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
Streep and the film have already garnered Golden Globe nominations, and will likely see Oscar nods as well.
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Red Bull. Monster. Rockstar. All rocket fuel for the heart. But the kids are drinking it up like never before. Wonder why your child notes their heart skip or race? Ask about how many of these drinks they have a day. You'll be amazed.
It turns out that my son likes this stuff. I tried one this weekend for the first time. I did the "sugar free" variety." It was bad, but then, I know this stuff wasn't marketed to folks who can consume other "stimulating" beverages. No, this is for kids.
What I've been impressed with is how Red Bull took over my son's high school: a young man came up to their Red Bull car and was recruited. How? Free Red Bull for all the years he's in high school provided he gave it away to all of his friends. He's one of the most popular kids in his school. Gorilla marketing at its most powerful.
But this stuff can make you sick. Too much of this stuff can definitely cause symptoms: skipped heart beats, racing heart, anxiety, nervousness, hyperventillation with its associated numbness in the hands and feet, and in kids with underlying heart disorders, it can certainly exacerbate preexisting heart rhythms. Our pressured kids are drinking this stuff to stay awake long enough to do their homework after gaming too late at night or staying up on their cell phones talking to their girlfriends or boyfriends ("Who needs sleep?" I've heard kids say.)
But the biggest worry is how some teens use the drinks. Some report downing several cans in a row to get a buzz, and a new study found a surprising number of poison-center calls from young people getting sick from too much caffeine.Starting to sound a bit like the cigarette industry, doesn't it?
Danger only adds to the appeal, said Bryan Greenberg, a marketing consultant and an assistant professor of marketing at Elizabethtown College.
And don't get me started on how ridiculously expensive these drinks are...
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Most meals in Turkey begin with a meze which is a mixture of appetizers which many of you would probably regard as sufficient for an entire meal. This consists mainly of vegetables such as braised artichokes, vine leaves stuffed with rice, broad beans, pine nuts, beet salads, eggplant in several different forms, tomato and cucumber salad, fried aubergine and various other Turkish specialties. And, as if all of this wasn't enough, they also throw in some seafood and heaps of yoghurt for good measure.
Entrees or main courses are generally meat or fish kebabs but these kebabs vary much more than anybody from the west could ever comprehend. The method in which they are cooked, the spices used to flavour the meats and the types of meat and fish used in the kebabs differs greatly from region to region. Among the most popular are the doner kebab which is made from meat which has been packed onto a vertical skewer and then sliced off from the outside in, a sis kebab is made from cubes of meat which have been grilled on a skewer, urfa kebabs are served with lots of onions and black pepper, iskender kebabs are served with tomato sauce and yoghurt and adana kebabs are hot and spicy. When referring to kebabs, however, the Turks also include other meat and vegetable dishes too including sac kavurma which consists of meat that has been stir fried in a flat bottomed pan, guvec is made from meat stewed with vegetables in a clay pot and kofte is minced meat which is made into meat balls and grilled.
Seafood in Turkey is quite a special treat. It is of superb quality, and while it can be quite expensive if not in season, it is certainly worth sampling. Between March and June, the fish of the season are turbot (kalkan), mackerel (uskumru) and anchovies (hamsi). From July to the middle of August fish is much harder to come by as it is the peak of spawning season and fishing for many types of fish is strictly prohibited. If you are looking for seafood during this period keep your eye out for bluefish (cinakop for small or lufer for medium), goatfish (tekir) or red mullet (barbunya). Also look out for the traditional Turkish favourite of balik e met, or fish and bread. Regarded by many as the fish and chips of Turkey, this is made whatever fish is available. This is grilled or fired and put on small rolls with fired onions and washed down with pickle water – the juice from various pickles including beets, cabbage and cucumber – might not sound that good but it does taste rather delicious.
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Before Weaver's Way Coop in West Mt. Airy started to sell the Gupta family's line of Jyoti Natural Foods in the late '80s, making it one of the first non-South Asian grocers in the Philadelphia area to do so, the Jyoti food company operated out of the Berwyn family home of its creators and owners, Jyoti and Vijai Gupta.
Earlier this month a Canadian Food Network television crew filmed an episode about the production of Jyoti's "sambar," a lentil and vegetable soup, at its Sharon Hill factory, for season two of the show "Food Factory." The episode will be translated into scores of languages and air in more than 160 countries worldwide.
On January 12, the family behind Jyoti Natural Foods, which are also sold in major stores like Whole Foods and served on major airlines, opened its first restaurant, Jyoti Indian Bistro, at 7220 Germantown Ave. (at West Nippon) in Mt. Airy, which previously housed Avenue Bistro. The restaurant is an entirely different concept from the prepared line of Indian foods developed by the Jyoti company over the past 25 years.
"Mostly because of Weaver's Way … there was some Jyoti brand identification and brand appreciation already in Mt. Airy," said co-owner Anuj Gupta, 39, the son of Jyoti's creators, about the family's choice to open a restaurant in Mt. Airy. "It seemed like a natural segment of the community to embrace our restaurant concept." (Anuj is also executive director of Mt. Airy USA, a community development corporation that has helped to improve the commercial vitality of Mt. Airy.)
"I cannot take what we put in our cans and serve it to the public," Mrs. Gupta said. The recipes are different. The cuisine is fashioned, for the most part, after the northern Indian style of cooking. It represents a step away from the company's store-purchased products towards full-scale meals.
The menu at Jyoti includes traditional dishes like chicken curry, shrimp cooked in a coconut milk sauce; grilled ground beef with chickpea flour, onion, ginger and spices, etc. There are also many vegan and gluten-free options, and all platters — entree, two vegetable sides, rice, bread and salad — are no more than $8.50! All meals are prepared fresh at the restaurant using all natural ingredients. Some of the prep work, however, is conducted at the company plant in Sharon Hill Township.
That's where Mr. Gupta designed a 50,000-square-foot facility that the company moved into in 2007. It is three times as big as their previous property, which was close to the newer one and which they had occupied since 1997.
The younger Gupta said that when they first leased the Jyoti Mt. Airy location in early 2012, they discovered it required lots of renovation. "There were many years of disinvestment," said Anuj, a 1996 Carnegie Mellon University graduate in public policy who also earned a law degree and master's degree in government from the University of Pennsylvania and was an AmeriCorps/City Year volunteer.
The Jyoti story, however, has been three-decades in the making. The Gupta family moved to the Philadelphia area from Houston in 1981. Jyoti Gupta, 65, was raised in New Delhi, but she moved to the U.S. at age 16 in 1964. Her father was a diplomat. Vijai, 74, went to Canada in 1959 to study for his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at McGill University.
The couple were married in 1967 and moved to Houston when Vijai was hired as an inventor by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). He also worked for General Motors and DuPont.
Mrs. Gupta had earned her master's degree in nutrition from Texas Women's University but "still did not want the kids to be left with babysitters." So she stayed home with the two children but soon learned there was nowhere to buy Indian food in the area.
She thought that presented a market opportunity, so she eventually conducted her own research about canned Indian foods. Soon (in 1979) she created a company that sold gourmet Indian food by mail. She developed a local client base and advertised in major magazines like Bon Appetit and Gourmet. It was a long process.
But in 1981 when her husband was transferred to Philadelphia, Mrs. Gupta halted her business for three years. She needed the resources of a facility capable of canning her product. When she reentered the market, Mrs. Gupta focused on selling to small retailers and natural food markets.
In the early years the Guptas ran the company from their home in Berwyn, where they were also raising two young children. "At that time, Indian food was not in vogue," said Mrs. Gupta. "Packaged Indian food was unknown. There was nothing in cans."
Many of Jyoti's products are created with the help of inventions by Mr. Gupta, who holds more than 25 patents. (At one time he was also an adviser to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.) One of his inventions, a "bean de-stoner" that takes foreign objects out of beans, has also been licensed by Hormel Foods and is used in all of their plants. But the Jyoti menu and atmosphere is the result of years of experimentation and refining of a cooking process perfected by Mrs. Gupta.
Anuj previously worked in municipal government in both Philadelphia and New York, and he was chosen as a finalist for the White House Fellows program. He humbly attributes his success to "being raised by my parents to be independent and having mentors throughout my academic career that encouraged me to pursue my passions."
Jyoti, which does mostly a takeout business, is open seven days a week, opening at noon. For more information, call 215-242-5139 or visit jyotibistro.com


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December 15, 2011
In addition to kidnapping Americans and tossing them into Camp Gitmo without recourse or trial, the draconian NDAA bill passed in the House yesterday contains language that will allow the Pentagon to wage cyberwar on domestic enemies of the state.
The following language is in the final "reconciled" bill that will now travel to the Senate and ultimately Obama's desk where it will be signed into law despite earlier assertions that he would veto the legislation:
Congress affirms that the Department of Defense has the capability, and upon direction by the President may conduct offensive operations in cyberspace to defend our Nation, Allies and interests, subject to–
(1) the policy principles and legal regimes that the Department follows for kinetic capabilities, including the law of armed conflict; and
(2) the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
In July, the Pentagon released its cybersecurity plan. It declared the internet a domain of war but did not specify how the military would use it for offensive strikes. The report claimed that hostile parties "are working to exploit DOD unclassified and classified networks, and some foreign intelligence organizations have already acquired the capacity to disrupt elements of DOD's information infrastructure." In addition, according to the Pentagon, "non-state actors increasingly threaten to penetrate and disrupt DOD networks and systems."
"If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks," an official said prior to the release of the official document. "The US is vulnerable to sabotage in defense, power, telecommunications, banking. An attack on any one of those essential infrastructures could be as damaging as any kinetic attack on US soil," Sami Saydjari, a former Pentagon cyber expert who now runs a consultancy called Cyber Defense Agency, told The Guardian in May.
The Pentagon and its contractors are overstating the case, writes Ryan Singel of Wired. "Despite mainstream news accounts, there's been no documented hacking attacks on U.S. infrastructure designed to cripple it. A recent report from a post-9/11 intelligence fusion center that a water pump in Illinois had been destroyed by Russian hackers turned out to be baseless — and was simply a contractor logging in from his vacation at the behest of the water company," Singel notes.
Singel also notes that the Pentagon is characterizing spying as an offensive act. Spying "isn't an act of war — just ask the NSA and CIA, who spend billions of dollars a year spying on other countries by intercepting communications and persuading foreign citizens to give the U.S. valuable intelligence. It's certainly an aggressive state action, and a diplomatic issue. But if spying was an act of war, every CIA agent hiding under diplomatic cover would count as cause for a country to attack the U.S.," he writes.
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The Pentagon has considered the internet enemy territory since it produced its Information Operations Roadmap in 2003. The document was released to the public after a Freedom of Information Request by the National Security Archive at George Washington University in 2006. The document declares the Pentagon will "fight the net" as it would a weapons system.
The document does not describes how the Pentagon will destroy the internet, but gradually degrade it.
"The internet is useful not only as a business tool but also is excellent for monitoring and tracking users, acclimatizing people to a virtual world, and developing detailed psychological profiles of every user, among many other Pentagon positives," writes Brent Jessop. "But, one problem with the current internet is the potential for the dissemination of ideas and information not consistent with US government themes and messages, commonly known as free speech."
The Pentagon war on manufactured and exaggerated cyber threats was expanded to include the private sector in 2010. "In a break with previous policy, the military now is prepared to provide cyber expertise to other government agencies and to certain private companies to counter attacks on their computer networks, the Pentagon's cyber policy chief, Robert Butler, said Oct. 20," Defense News reported. "An agreement signed this month with the Department of Homeland Security and an earlier initiative to protect companies in the defense industrial base make it likely that the military will be a key part of any response to a cyber attack."
Under the new rules, the New York Times noted at the time, "the president would approve the use of the military's expertise in computer-network warfare, and the Department of Homeland Security would direct the work."
A caveat, however, was added to calm fears about further trashing of the Constitution. "Officials involved in drafting the rules said the goal was to ensure a rapid response to a cyberthreat while balancing concerns that civil liberties might be at risk should the military take over such domestic operations."
After the NDAA is signed into law by Obama, he will have the authority to wage war against "domestic terrorists," defined by the Department of Homeland Security as "rightwing extremists" and other anti-government types. As noted above, it will be the DHS that will "direct the work" against enemies of the state. It will work with the Pentagon to militarily neutralize the threat posed by activists and the alternative media.
In November, the DHS practiced its work by coordinating a nationwide police crackdown on the OWS movement. In the not too distant future, it may be using the Pentagon – now that Posse Comitatus is a dead letter – in its ongoing efforts to wage war on political opposition to the establishment.
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A rep for the actor confirmed the news to Access Hollywood on Tuesday.
"As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has entered a rehabilitation facility," the rep said in the statement.
Through his rep, Sheen, who is currently facing charges in Aspen, Colo., over a December 25 incident where wife Brooke Mueller claimed her husband threatened her with a knife, (something he has denied), said his rehab stint will affect his job.
"He will take some time off his series 'Two and a Half Men,'" the rep's statement continued.
Sheen's rep said the actor is asking for "privacy" in light of the news.
"He has asked that his privacy be honored. No further statements are planned," the statement concluded.
On Monday, Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, left a Malibu, Calif., rehab facility after an alleged patient confidentiality breach.
A rep for Sheen also confirmed on Monday that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services visited Sheen and his twins with Mueller – Max and Bob.
"CPS went to Charlie['s] home as a matter of routine procedure," the rep said
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Generations of warfare
The concept of four "generations" in the history of modern warfare was created by a team of United States analysts, including William S. Lind,[1] for the purpose of an argument for "the changing face of war" entering into a "fourth generation".
- First-generation warfare refers to Ancient and Post-classical battles fought with massed manpower, using phalanx, line and column tactics with uniformed soldiers governed by the state.
- Second-generation warfare is the Early modern tactics used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons and continuing through the development of the machine gun and indirect fire. The term second generation warfare was created by the U.S. military in 1989.
- Third-generation warfare focuses on using Late modern technology-derived tactics of leveraging speed, stealth and surprise to bypass the enemy's lines and collapse their forces from the rear. Essentially, this was the end of linear warfare on a tactical level, with units seeking not simply to meet each other face to face but to outmaneuver each other to gain the greatest advantage.
- Fourth-generation warfare as presented by Lind et al. is characterized by a "post-modern" return to decentralized forms of warfare, blurring of the lines between war and politics, combatants and civilians due to nation states' loss of their near-monopoly on combat forces, returning to modes of conflict common in pre-modern times.
First generation[edit]
In 1648, at the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Treaty of Westphalia gave a practical sovereignty to the German states, which until then were semi-independent components of the Holy Roman Empire. This more firmly established the sovereignty of the nation-state, which meant, among other things, that governments would have exclusive rights to organize and maintain their own militaries. Before this time, many armies and nations were controlled by religious orders and many wars were fought in mêlée combat, or subversively through bribery and assassination. The first generation of modern warfare was intended to create a straightforward and orderly means of waging war.[2]
Alternatively, it has been argued that the Peace of Westphalia did not solidify the power of the nation-state, but that the Thirty Years' War itself ushered in an era of large-scale combat that was simply too costly for smaller mercenary groups to carry out on their own. According to this theory, smaller groups chose to leave mass combat—and the expenses associated with it—in the domain of the nation-state.[3]
The increased accuracy and speed of the rifled musket and the breech-loader marks the end of first generation warfare; the concept of vast lines of soldiers meeting face to face became impractical due to the heavy casualties that could be sustained. Because these technologies were adopted gradually throughout the Americas and Europe, the exact end of the first generation of modern warfare depends on the region, but all world powers had moved on by the latter half of the 19th century.[2]
In order to create a more controlled environment for warfare a military culture was developed that, in many ways, is still visible in the armed forces of today. Specially crafted uniforms set soldiers apart from the general populace.
An elaborate structure of rank was developed to better organize men into units. Rules for military drill were perfected, allowing line and column maneuvers to be executed with more precision, and to increase the rate of fire in battle.
Control of media information release during the war and production of counterfeit money in order to devaluate enemy's economy were used for the first time during Napoleonic wars.
- English Civil War
- Anglo-Spanish War
- Seven Years' War
- American Revolutionary War
- Napoleonic Wars
- War of 1812
- Mexican War of Independence
Second generation[edit]
In the 19th century, the invention of the breech-loading rifled musket meant longer range, greater accuracy, and faster rate of fire. Marching ranks of men straight into a barrage of fire from such weapons would cause tremendous rates of casualties, so a new strategy was developed.
Second generation warfare still maintained lines of battle but focused more on the use of technology to allow smaller units of men to maneuver separately. These smaller units allowed for faster advances, less concentrated casualties, and the ability to use cover and concealment to advantage.[2] To some degree, these concepts have remained in use even as the next generations have arisen, so the end of the second generation is not as clearly defined as that of the first. The development of the blitzkrieg highlighted some of the flaws of static firing positions and slow-moving infantry, so this can be considered the beginning of the end for the second generation, at least as the dominant force in military strategy.
The contributions of the second generation were responses to technological development. The second generation saw the rise of trench warfare, artillery support, more advanced reconnaissance techniques, extensive use of camouflage uniforms, radio communications, and fireteam maneuvers.
Third generation[edit]
The use of blitzkrieg during the German invasion of France first demonstrated the power of speed and maneuverability over static artillery positions and trench defenses. Through the use of tanks, mechanized infantry, and close air support, the Germans were able to quickly break through linear defenses and capture the rear.
The emphasis on maneuvering and speed to bypass enemy engagement remains a common strategy throughout the world, and collapsing an enemy's defenses by striking at deeper targets is—in a somewhat different way—a major strategy in fourth generation warfare.[2]
The contributions of the third generation were based on the concept of overcoming technological disadvantage through the use of clever strategy. As linear fighting came to an end, new ways of moving faster began to appear.
The emphasis on mobility moved from heavy armor to greater speed, the development of the helicopter allowed insertions in hostile territory, and advanced missile technology allowed forces to bypass enemy defenses and strike at targets from great distances. The speed inherent in these methods necessitated a greater degree of independence allowed to the units on the front lines.
Greater trust needed to be placed in junior officers commanding sub-units by higher-ranking officers—a belief that they could adequately achieve their objectives without micromanagement from higher ranking commanders in command headquarters.
Smaller units were allowed greater decision flexibility to deal with changing situations on the ground, rather than have decisions made for them by commanders who were distant from the front. This began to break down the regimented culture of order that was so important in previous theoretical eras of military command and control.
Fourth generation[edit]
Fourth-generation warfare is characterized by a blurring of the lines between war and politics, combatants and civilians. The term was first used in 1989 by a team of United States analysts, including William S. Lind, to describe warfare's return to a decentralized form. In terms of generational modern warfare, the fourth generation signifies the nation states' loss of their near-monopoly on combat forces, returning to modes of conflict common in pre-modern times.
The simplest definition includes any war in which one of the major participants is not a state but rather a violent non-state actor. Classical examples, such as the slave uprising under Spartacus or the mercenary uprising that occurred in Carthage after the first Punic War, predate the modern concept of warfare and are examples of this type of conflict.
Fourth generation warfare is defined as conflicts which involve the following elements:
- Are complex and long term
- Terrorism (tactic)
- A non-national or transnational base – highly decentralized
- A direct attack on the enemy's core ideals
- Highly sophisticated psychological warfare, especially through media manipulation and lawfare
- All available pressures are used – political, economic, social and military
- Occurs in low intensity conflict, involving actors from all networks
- Non-combatants are tactical dilemmas
- Lack of hierarchy
- Small in size, spread out network of communication and financial support
- Use of insurgency and guerrilla tactics
- ^ Lind, William S.; Nightengale, Keith; Schmitt, John F.; Sutton, Joseph W.; Wilson, Gary I. (October 1989), "The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation", Marine Corps Gazette, pp. 22–26
- ^ a b c d Lind, William S. (January 15, 2004), "Understanding Fourth Generation War", antiwar.com, retrieved February 7, 2010
- ^ Echevarria, Antulio J. II (November 2005). Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. United States Army War College.


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swannie wrote:It was a pleasure flying with you guys!
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Sorry I couldn't be out that day. The wife turn off my ESP that day.lol
Well she was call in to work so I have to be a dad, can't come out and play. Next time


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How much does garage door repair cost?
When a garage door goes off the track, the spring breaks, the door is dented or the garage door opener is on the fritz, a professional garage door repair specialist can help. The cost to have a garage door fixed varies, but the national average cost of garage door repair is $70-$110. The extent of the damage and the size and material of the door will affect the final cost. A garage door repair company generally charges a national average of $80 for a service call, which includes the first hour of labor and service, such as testing and inspecting the garage door and opener. Apart from labor, the garage door repair costs hinge on buying replacements parts. For example, a new spring costs an average of $60. Expect to pay several hundred dollars, though, if the door is beyond repair; a new garage door ranges in price from $200 to $4,000, and most homeowners spend an average of $800-$1,200.
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When garage door repair isn't an option — perhaps the current door is beyond fixing or you want to upgrade to a quieter, more energy-efficient model — it's time to buy a new one. But choosing a garage door is not as simple as it sounds, even when you know the right size for your home. A wide range of materials, styles and finishes are available, and each factor influences the cost. Garage doors are made of aluminum, steel, vinyl, fiberglass, masonite, wood (typically cedar or mahogany), or a composite of several materials. They may be insulated against cold or heat. Traditional and modern styles include raised panel, carriage house or crossbuck. Most styles have window or arch options, and are available in different wood finishes and neutral colors. Because garage doors account for a large part of a home's exterior, their appearance is usually a homeowner's top priority. An attractive garage door can increase a home's curb appeal and resale value.


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He has participated as a moderator and panelist at the CLE portion of the South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference in Austin, the CMJ Music Marathon & A2IM Indie Week events in New York City, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's Sync Up Conference, and the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference, in New Orleans.
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The YMCA of McHenry County filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late January, citing decreased membership and financial challenges, which include decreased donations and two lawsuits.
Resolution of the bankruptcy filing and a sale of the Y's assets to the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago are expected early this month, according to Cate Williams, spokesperson for the YMCA of McHenry County, Crystal Lake, IL.
The YMCA of McHenry County, which is about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, includes the Crystal Lake facility with a fitness center, tennis courts, a pool and child care; Camp Algonquin in Algonquin, IL; and Triple R Day Camp in Cary, IL.
The Y has remained open during the reorganization process, and no staff layoffs occurred, Williams says. However, the Y of Metropolitan Chicago did announce that it would close Camp Algonquin on March 17, and that closure could affect some camp staff, she says. The Y had leased the property from the McHenry County Conservation District.
Closure of Camp Algonquin has nothing to do with the two lawsuits related to the drowning deaths in November 2008 at the camp, Williams says. Three Chicago teenagers had snuck out of their cabins, took paddle boats out on the Fox River and drowned when the paddle boats sank because their drain plugs had been removed for the winter. Williams had no time frame on when the lawsuits would be resolved, saying only that they are still working their way through the court system and will not be affected by the bankruptcy filing and sale.
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Challenger Yamashita Keigo 9P (at right) won the Meijin title match last Friday, taking the title from defending Meijin Iyama Yuta 9P in six games. After Yamashita went up 3-1 in the seven-game match, Iyama was in a tight position. He successfully defended a kadoban (match-deciding game) in Game 5 to bring the score back to 3-2, but faced another one in Game 6. Iyama Yuta's fans hoped that he'd be able to stage a fight-back and defend the title but their hope was short-lived after Yamashita neatly wrapped up the series with a 3.5 point win as white on October 28. The final score for the series was 4-2. Yamashita Keigo now holds the Japanese Honinbo and Meijin titles simultaneously. Just the seventh player to do so, he joins Sakata Eio, Rin Kaiho, Ishida Yoshio, Cho Chikun, Cho U and Takao Shinji in the history books.
– Jingning; based on her original article: Yamashita Keigo wins 36th Meijin at Go Game Guru.
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Are you planning on dying in your office staring at your Quotron? I hope not. Jack, a friend of mine thought he just might. He wasn't sick or near death's door, he just wanted to retire. For almost two years he had visions of umbrella drinks, white sandy beaches and cruising to Sturgis on his mid-life crisis. "I've been an advisor long enough. I'm ready for a change," he told me.
"Then why don't you just do it?" I asked. "You shouldn't have any trouble finding someone to buy your book and take over your office, right?"
It turns out Jack had been trying for some time to bring a young buck (or buckette) into his office to take over. On paper his office looked great. Jack had opened the office himself 30-plus years ago. During that time he turned it into the most lucrative part-time job you can imagine. In fact, his office had been a fantasy of mine for years.
You see, Jack's office just happens to be about 10 minutes away from my family's farm in picturesque rural Illinois. For about 25 years, I've been trying to find my way back there from the NYC area, where I've been a fish out of water on for the past quarter of a century.
When word of Jack's hopeful retirement spread throughout his company, he received calls from other brokers all over the country wanting to take over his office. It's not that there are thousands of people like me, fantasizing about living in the middle of nowhere. It was more like the callers were fantasizing about making a ton more money than they currently were, with minimal effort.
There were many advisors that thought Jack's office looked fantastic, until they visited. It takes a certain kind of person to live in a small isolated farm town, no matter how much money is on the line.
Jack laughed as he told me about one broker and his wife who came into town to meet with him. They had come from a suburb of Chicago excited about the possibility of moving up the pay scale.
As Jack gave them the tour of the community (in about 10 minutes), the wife apparently turned into a deaf mute. The cause, I'm sure, had something to do with her imagining she would have to live there. Apparently, not everyone is as enamored with the fine cuisine of west central Illinois as I am. I mean, come on, who doesn't love a deep fried breaded pork tenderloin sandwich? Please forgive me. I just salivated a bit on my keyboard.
As tour after tour blew up on Jack, he started to worry that he would never be able to retire. He would have to work his two hours a day forever. Could someone please cue the violin music?
I saw Jack a couple of months ago and he told me he finally had a taker. Two takers in fact. Jack was going to be replaced by two brokers who obviously enjoy shopping at "The Walmart" and has a taste for anything fried (my people).
If you're a boomer considering retirement, Jack's advice is to start the planning process early. Don't assume people will be lined up to pay you handsomely for your years of hard work. Oh, and one more important point, don't serve your potential suitors any deep fried pork tenderloin sandwiches.
Have you hugged your succession plan lately?


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