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What is it and how is it used?
MIRAPEXIN belongs to a group of medicines known as dopamine agonists, which stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain. Stimulation of the dopamine receptors triggers nerve impulses in the brain that help to control body movements.
MIRAPEXIN is used to treat the symptoms of primary Parkinson?s disease. It can be used alone or in combination with levodopa (another medicine for Parkinson?s disease).
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What do you have to consider before using it?
Do not take MIRAPEXIN
- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to pramipexole or to any of the other ingredients of the tablets (see Section 6, ?Further information?).
Take special care with MIRAPEXIN
Tell your doctor if you have (had) or develop any medical conditions or symptoms, especially any of the following:
- Kidney disease.
- Hallucinations (seeing, hearing or feeling things that are not there). Most hallucinations are visual.
- Dyskinesia (e.g. abnormal, uncontrolled movements of the limbs). If you have advanced Parkinson?s disease and are also taking levodopa, you might develop dyskinesia during the up-titration of MIRAPEXIN.
- Sleepiness and episodes of suddenly falling asleep.
- Behavioural changes (e.g. pathological gambling, compulsive shopping), increased libido (e.g. increased sexual desire), binge eating.
- Psychosis (e.g. comparable with symptoms of schizophrenia).
- Vision impairment. You should have regular eye examinations during treatment with MIRAPEXIN.
- Severe heart or blood vessels disease. You will need to have your blood pressure checked regularly, especially at the beginning of treatment. This is to avoid postural hypotension (a fall in blood pressure on standing up).
Children and adolescents
MIRAPEXIN is not recommended for use in children or adolescents under 18 years.
Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines. This includes medicines, herbal remedies, health foods or supplements that you have obtained without a prescription.
You should avoid taking MIRAPEXIN together with antipsychotic medicines.
Take care if you are taking the following medicines:
- cimetidine (to treat excess stomach acid and stomach ulcers);
- amantadine (which can be used to treat Parkinson?s disease);
- mexiletine (to treat irregular heartbeats, a condition known as ventricular arrhythmia);
- zidovudine (which can be used to treat the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a disease of the human immune system);
- cisplatin (to treat various types of cancers);
- quinine (which can be used for the prevention of painful night-time leg cramps and for the treatment of a type of malaria known as falciparum malaria (malignant malaria));
- procainamide (to treat irregular heart beat).
If you are taking levodopa, the dose of levodopa is recommended to be reduced when you start treatment with MIRAPEXIN.
Take care if you are using any medicines that calm you down (have a sedative effect) or if you are drinking alcohol. In these cases MIRAPEXIN may affect your ability to drive and operate machinery.
Taking MIRAPEXIN with food and drink
You should be cautious while drinking alcohol during treatment with MIRAPEXIN. MIRAPEXIN can be taken with or without food.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, think you might be pregnant or if you intend to become pregnant. Your doctor will then discuss with you if you should continue to take MIRAPEXIN.
The effect of MIRAPEXIN on the unborn child is not known. Therefore, do not take MIRAPEXIN if you are pregnant unless your doctor tells you to do so.
MIRAPEXIN should not be used during breast-feeding. MIRAPEXIN can reduce the production of breast milk. Also, it can pass into the breast milk and can reach your baby. If use of MIRAPEXIN is unavoidable, breast-feeding should be stopped.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Driving and using machines
MIRAPEXIN can cause hallucinations (seeing, hearing or feeling things that are not there). If affected, do not drive or use machines.
MIRAPEXIN has been associated with sleepiness and episodes of suddenly falling asleep, particularly in patients with Parkinson?s disease. If you experience these side effects, you must not drive or operate machinery. You should tell your doctor if this occurs.
How is it used?
Always take MIRAPEXIN exactly as your doctor has told you. The doctor will advise you on the right dosing.
Take MIRAPEXIN prolonged-release tablets only once a day and each day at about the same time.
You can take MIRAPEXIN with or without food. Swallow the tablets whole with water.
Do not chew, divide or crush the prolonged-release tablets. If you do, there is a danger you could overdose, because the medicine may be released into your body too quickly.
During the first week, the usual daily dose is 0.26 mg pramipexole. The dose will be increased every 5-7 days as directed by your doctor until your symptoms are controlled (maintenance dose).
Ascending dose schedule of MIRAPEXIN prolonged-release tablets Week Daily dose mg Number of tablets 1 0.26 One MIRAPEXIN 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablet. 2 0.52 One MIRAPEXIN 0.52 mg prolonged-release tablet, OR two MIRAPEXIN 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablets. 3 1.05 One MIRAPEXIN 1.05 mg prolonged-release tablet, OR two MIRAPEXIN 0.52 mg prolonged-release tablets, OR four MIRAPEXIN 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablets.
The usual maintenance dose is 1.05 mg per day. However, your dose may have to be increased even further. If necessary, your doctor may increase your dose up to a maximum of 3.15 mg of pramipexole a day. A lower maintenance dose of one MIRAPEXIN 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablet a day is also possible.
Patients with kidney disease
If you have kidney disease, your doctor may advise you to take the usual starting dose of 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablets only every other day for the first week. After that, your doctor may increase the dosing frequency to one 0.26 mg prolonged-release tablet every day. If a further dose increase is necessary, your doctor may adjust it in steps of 0.26 mg pramipexole.
If you have serious kidney problems, your doctor may need to switch you to a different pramipexole medicine. If during treatment your kidney problems get worse, you should contact your doctor as soon as possible.
If you are switching from MIRAPEXIN (immediate release) tablets
Your doctor will base your dose of MIRAPEXIN prolonged-release tablets on the dose of MIRAPEXIN (immediate release) tablets you were taking.
Take your MIRAPEXIN (immediate release) tablets as normal the day before you switch. Then take your MIRAPEXIN prolonged-release tablets next morning and do not take any more MIRAPEXIN (immediate release) tablets.
If you take more MIRAPEXIN than you should
If you accidentally take too many tablets,
- Contact your doctor or nearest hospital casualty department immediately for advice.
- You may experience vomiting, restlessness, or any of the side effects as described in chapter 4 ?Possible side effects?.
If you forget to take MIRAPEXIN
If you forget to take a dose of MIRAPEXIN, but remember within 12 hours of your usual time, take your tablet straightaway and then take your next tablet at the usual time.
If you forget for more than 12 hours, simply take the next single dose at the usual time. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten tablet dose.
If you stop taking MIRAPEXIN
Do not stop taking MIRAPEXIN without first talking to your doctor. If you have to stop taking this medicine, your doctor will reduce the dose gradually. This reduces the risk of worsening symptoms.
If you suffer from Parkinson?s disease you should not stop treatment with MIRAPEXIN abruptly. A sudden stop could cause you to develop a medical condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome which may represent a major health risk. The symptoms include:
- akinesia (loss of muscle movement),
- rigid muscles,
- fever,
- unstable blood pressure,
- tachycardia (increased heart rate),
- confusion,
- depressed level of consciousness (e.g. coma).
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
What are possible side effects?
Like all medicines, MIRAPEXIN can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Evaluation of these side effects is based on the following frequencies:
Very common affects more than 1 user in 10 Common affects 1 to 10 users in 100 Uncommon affects 1 to 10 users in 1,000 Rare affects 1 to 10 users in 10,000 Very rare affects less than 1 user in 10,000 Not known frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
You may experience the following side effects:
Very common:
- Dyskinesia (e.g. abnormal, uncontrolled movements of the limbs)
- Sleepiness
- Dizziness
- Nausea (sickness)
- Urge to behave in an unusual way
- Hallucinations (seeing, hearing or feeling things that are not there)
- Confusion
- Tiredness (fatigue)
- Sleeplessness (insomnia)
- Excess of fluid, usually in the legs (peripheral oedema)
- Headache
- Hypotension (low blood pressure)
- Abnormal dreams
- Constipation
- Visual impairment
- Vomiting (being sick)
- Weight loss including decreased appetite
- Paranoia (e.g. excessive fear for one?s own well-being)
- Delusion
- Excessive daytime sleepiness and suddenly falling asleep
- Amnesia (memory disturbance)
- Hyperkinesia (increased movements and inability to keep still)
- Weight increase
- Increased sexual desire (e.g. increased libido)
- Allergic reactions (e.g. rash, itching, hypersensitivity)
- Fainting
- Pathological gambling, especially when taking high doses of MIRAPEXIN
- Hypersexuality
- Increased eating (binge eating, hyperphagia)
- Restlessness
- Compulsive shopping
- Dyspnoea (difficulties to breathe)
- Hiccups
- Pneumonia (infection of the lungs)
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
How should it be stored?
Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
Do not take MIRAPEXIN after the expiry date which is stated on the pack. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Store in the original package in order to protect from moisture.
This medicinal product does not require any special temperature storage conditions.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.
Further information
What MIRAPEXIN contains
The active substance is pramipexole.
Each tablet contains 0.26 mg, 0.52 mg, 1.05 mg, 1.57 mg, 2.1 mg, 2.62 mg, or 3.15 mg pramipexole as 0.375 mg, 0.75 mg, 1.5 mg, 2.25 mg, 3 mg, 3.75 mg, or 4.5 mg pramipexole dihydrochloride monohydrate, respectively.
The other ingredients are hypromellose 2208, maize starch, carbomer 941, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate.
What MIRAPEXIN looks like and contents of the pack
MIRAPEXIN 0.26 mg and 0.52 mg prolonged-release tablets are white to off-white, of round shape, and have bevelled edges.
MIRAPEXIN 1.05 mg, 1.57 mg, 2.1 mg, 2.62 mg and 3.15 mg prolonged-release tablets are white to off-white and of oval shape.
All tablets have the Boehringer Ingelheim company symbol embossed on one side and the codes P1, P2, P3, P12, P4, P13, or P5 on the other side, representing the tablet strengths 0.26 mg, 0.52 mg, 1.05 mg, 1.57 mg, 2.1 mg, 2.62 mg and 3.15 mg, respectively.
All strengths of MIRAPEXIN are available in aluminium blister strips of 10 tablets per strip, in cartons containing 1, 3 or 10 blister strips (10, 30 or 100 prolonged-release tablets). Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorisation Holder
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein
For any information about this medicine, please contact the local representative of the Marketing Authorisation Holder:
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Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Parish History
The parish of Saint Joseph of Cupertino had its origin in a small wooden chapel at the Villa Maria retreat located in Stevens Creek Canyon. Villa Maria was the country home of the Jesuit fathers of Santa Clara University, who purchased the 320-acre tract in 1871. Shortly thereafter, Brother Tom Cunningham cleared the land for orchards and vineyards and built a simple frame chapel of redwood, 18 feet by 25 feet, in the mission style, with buttresses and towers.
This was the first home of organized Christian worship in the Cupertino district. A vineyard was planted for altar wines to be used at mass and a winery was erected in 1875.
Father Anthony Cichi, SJ, the first pastor, officiated for 22 years and was succeeded by Father Jerome Sextus Ricard, SJ, later a famous weather scientist, who used Sun Spot theory as part of his long range weather forecasts. Father Jerome celebrated mass there for eight years. He was followed by Father Henry Gabriel, who assumed charge in 1902.
By 1907, the larger portion of the attendance was coming not from Montebello, as formerly, but from the west side of the valley where the population was increasing, so Father Gabriel asked permission to build a church in the center of Cupertino and to close the chapel. A Cupertino citizen, Alexander Montgomery, donated an acre of land on the road then known as Saratoga-Mountain View Road for the church. The groundbreaking for this first church was held on October 11, 1907. The building, which seated 180, served the parish for nearly 46 years.
Father W. McMillan served as pastor from 1908 to 1911, then Father Gavriel returned for the last two years that the mission was operated by the Jesuits. In 1913, Archbishop Patrick Riordan transferred control of Saint Joseph's church from the Jesuits to diocesan clergy.
Father Thomas O'Connell was appointed as the first pastor of the parish under the Archdiocese of San Francisco and was also the first resident priest of Saint Joseph's Church. His successor, Father William J. Lande, was appointed by Archbishop Riordan in August, 1915, and served as pastor of both SJC in Cupertino and Sacred Heart Church in Saratoga. He was followed in Succession by Fathers Michael Crotty, P.J. Bresnan, James Doyle, Patrick Galvin, and Monsignor Philip Ryan, who was appointed pastor in 1951.
It was apparent at this time that the church building was becoming inadequate to accommodate the rapidly growing congregation. Additional adjoining acreage was purchased and plans made for a larger church. With the object of raising $160,000 for the purpose, an intensive fundraising drive was conducted on Sunday, July 27, 1952, by about 200 people of the parish. They succeeded in obtaining the major portion of the required amount.
The cornerstone of the new structure was laid on Sunday, April 12, 1953 and the splendid new church building completed in July of that year. The cost of the church and parish hall was $140,000, plus an additional $50,000 for the interior fixtures. The first mass was celebrated in the new church on August 2, 1953. After the new church was completed the chapel was torn down and the lumber recycled into the Bell hardware store on Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road (Today's De Anza Blvd).
In the years since, the parish has seen a succession of pastors: Father Chester Thompson. Father John Tierney, Father Joseph Milani, Father Leo Rooney, Monsignor Joseph Milani (acting), Father Bob Hayes, and our current pastor, Father Gregory Kimm. Parish boundaries have been changed several times to accommodate new parishes. St. Joseph of Cupertino School was built and enlarged, a new rectory completed, and a convent added and later converted to a home for retired priests, which it remains today. In addition, periodic improvements have been made to the church and its adjacent buildings.
In January 2002 a large stained glass window was added to the front of the church, completing the original design and at the same time bringing seismic safety to the structure. In 2004 our new Parish Community Center located next to the church building opened for use in Adult Religious Education and other events. As always St. Joseph of Cupertino remains a vibrant, active place of worship.
For more parish history, see newsletters: September and December 2007.

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Ordinary Time: November 1st
Solemnity of All Saints
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Old Calendar: Feast of All Saints ; Other Titles: All Saints Day
Today the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints. We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40).Don't forget to pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory from November 1 to the 8th.
All Saints Day
During the year the Church celebrates one by one the feasts of the saints. Today she joins them all in one festival. In addition to those whose names she knows, she recalls in a magnificent vision all the others "of all nations and tribes standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, proclaiming Him who redeemed them in His Blood."
- Visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead during the Octave of All Saints' Day (November 1 through November 8) will gain a plenary indulgence that can be applied only to the souls in purgatory. On other days, this work gains a partial indulgence.
- Spend a little time after Mass thanking God for all the unnamed saints, some of whom could be our own relatives.
- Have a special meal and if you have young children have them dress up like saints and play games.
- Pray the Litany of the Saints -- you could make it really special by chanting it ("he who sings prays twice") and you could read an explanation of this litany, which is considered the model of all other litanies.
- From the Catholic Culture library:
- The Church's Thanksgiving Day by Fr. Joseph Minihan,
- Ideas for Sanctifying All Saints' Day by Jennifer Gregory Miller,
- Halloween and All Saints Day by Fr. William Saunders.
- The Church's Thanksgiving Day by Fr. Joseph Minihan,
Indulgences for All Souls Week
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is partial.
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed [November 2 {as well as on the Sunday preceding or following, and on All Saints' Day}] piously visit a church. In visiting the church it is required that one Our Father and the Creed be recited.
To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary also to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father. The three conditions may be fulfilled several days before or after the performance of the visit; it is, however, fitting that communion be received and the prayer for the intention of the Holy Father be said on the same day as the visit.
The condition of praying for the intention of the Holy Father is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one Hail Mary. A plenary indulgence can be acquired only once in the course of the day.


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I'm writing to ask you about the CRM tools that you use, so that we can make an informed decision and share some knowledge with the community. As I'm also doing some due diligence for Adaptive Path, I can also share some of what I've learned as an introduction to the conversation. The CRMs that I've looked at thus far are: Netsuite, Sage, GoldMine, Sugar, and Open Object. In the interest of full disclosure, I've been a Netsuite customer before while working at a great beverage company called Adina.
At Adaptive Path we've been using a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool called SalesForce to manage our client relationships, and we're considering upgrading to a higher level of subscription so we can access features like the new Content offering, and so that we might integrate e-mail fulfillment for our newsletter, and our registration database for our conferences.
One important feature of CRMs that I've picked up on is that there is quite a range of development models. For example, Sugar and Open Object are open source options that have development communities adding features and functionality. There are also third party development partners available to build what you need on the platform. The issue here is that development can take significant resources if what you need isn't already out there, though the base service costs less than the proprietary options. With Sage and GoldMine you're essentially buying a turnkey system (GoldMine is not hosted and runs on windows, Sage can be hosted online or on your own server). These two seem to be hangers on from a previous generation of CRM and it's unclear how they'll keep pace moving forward, though they can be less expensive if you're just using the base service. SalesForce seems to offer the best of both worlds because they've opened their API to higher level subscribers, and have many third party partners who are working directly on their platform to add functionality (e-mail fulfillment, event registration, project management, accounting, etc). The challenge with SalesForce is knowing in advance if you can get what you need through their base tool plus the AppExchange. Also, while SalesForce is definitely going to be around in 5 years, some of their partners may not be. Lastly, Netsuite has gone for the kitchen sink approach. Their product is fully integrated beyond CRM to include accounting, supply chain management, e-commerce and more. They do have some partners as well, but that is happening mostly behind the scenes. While it has the highest subscription fees, the nice thing about Netsuite is that you can do everything in one place. The not nice thing is that the user experience isn't so hot.
Actually, the user experience for all these tools is dissapointing. Because we use SalesForce currently it's started an internal conversation about how much we'd like to improve the experience. We think there is a real opportunity for the right CRM to stand out by providing a great experience. There's obviously lots more to say about these tools, but I really want to hear from you. If you work in client relations or marketing and I know you're out there. Tell us: what CRM do you use?What are the challenges? How do you use it? What advice do you have some firms that are just adopting a CRM?
Thanks -Roland


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WASHINGTON (AP) — After Mitt Romney's 2012 loss, many senior Republicans concluded the party must moderate its image on issues such as immigration and reproductive rights.
But some GOP lawmakers have done the opposite.
They imposed new restrictions on abortion in several states. They are strongly resisting a broad immigration bill in the U.S. House. They're waging a steady assault on "Obamacare," with some House and Senate Republicans vowing to shut down the government if that's what it takes to choke off the health care law Congress enacted in 2010.
These trends worry establishment Republicans. And they expose a growing split in the GOP, which is driven more by campaign strategy than ideology.
One side focuses chiefly on presidential elections, saying that Republicans must change course to compete in 2016 and beyond after having lost the popular vote in five of the last six contests.
The other side is a congressional wing, driven largely by House conservatives focused on their own elections, and determined to avoid primary challenges from the right.
To an extent not mirrored among Democrats, these two GOP wings sometimes work against each other. For instance, a Republican Party- sanctioned study of Romney's loss concluded the party must embrace "comprehensive immigration reform" to stem losses among Hispanic voters nationwide.
The Senate has passed such a bill, which would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants living here illegally. But dozens of House Republicans oppose it, because their conservative supporters dislike what they consider "amnesty" for law breakers.
In tone, if not always in substance, a number of elected Republicans seem to be edging farther right -- and toward greater combativeness with President Barack Obama -- on numerous issues.
For nearly two decades, Republicans shunned the idea of shutting down the federal government in budget disputes with Democratic presidents. They recalled the two partial shutdowns in the mid-1990s that angered many Americans, who in turn blamed Republicans more than President Bill Clinton and his fellow Democrats.
Now, however, prominent Republicans are urging colleagues to close the government temporarily this fall -- by refusing to fund federal operations beyond Sept. 30 -- if that's the only way to cut off money for Obama's health care law.
Ted Cruz of Texas, one of the dozen Republican senators who signed a letter to that effect, says the mid-1990s experience wasn't so bad. The predicted "parade of horribles," Cruz said in a recent Senate speech, "did not occur. Social Security checks continued to flow. The military continued to be funded. ... Planes didn't fall out of the sky."
Cruz taunted fellow Republicans who denounce Obama's health care law but refuse to shutter the government to block it. "If you fund it, you're for it," he said.
Some senior House and Senate Republicans call Cruz's plan political suicide. They say it could cost the GOP control of the House in next year's elections. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told constituents on Tuesday that the effort is "self-defeating" and that most of his colleagues who signed on to the initiative now regret it.
Democratic activist Brad Woodhouse said of Cruz's efforts: "Please, Lord, bring it on!"
Romney himself ended months of silence in a speech to New Hampshire donors Tuesday night that warned congressional Republicans against risking a government shutdown. He called on his party leaders to "stay smart" and said there are better ways to eliminate the health care law.
"I know, I lost. I'm probably not the first person you'd ask for advice," Romney said in remarks distributed by his office. "But because we all learn from our mistakes, I may have a thought or two of value."
Abortion is another issue that has tripped up some high-profile Republican candidates. Two Senate nominees lost competitive races last year after making explosive comments about pregnancies resulting from rape.
Establishment Republicans said the two men did not speak for the party. But Democrats used the incidents to argue the GOP is insensitive to women's rights in areas that include access to abortion.
This year, several Republican-controlled state governments have tightened abortion regulations. Some have outlawed abortions 20 weeks after conception. Wisconsin, which tilts Democratic in presidential elections, now requires women to get an ultrasound before having an abortion.
The party's official study of Romney's loss -- irreverently called an "autopsy" report -- cited Republican activists "frustrated by the party's negative image among women." On messaging in general, the report said, "we must change our tone, especially on certain social issues that are turning off young voters."
Few issues worry presidential-oriented Republicans more than immigration. A Who's Who of Republican donors and former officials sent a letter to lawmakers urging them to enact a law giving "legal status" to the roughly 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. The more than 100 signers included past cabinet members, former Vice President Dan Quayle, and prominent campaign adviser Karl Rove.
Such efforts seem to have modest impact in the House, where Republicans intensely track sentiments of conservative activists who dominate GOP primaries back home.
"Immigration is proving as big a challenge as people feared it would be," said Washington-based Republican adviser Sara Taylor Fagen.
Campaign consultants say people who focus on presidential or gubernatorial elections view politics differently from those elected to the U.S. House or to state legislatures from districts, which often are drawn with strong partisan slants.
"The nature of how House members get elected is fundamentally different from presidential campaigns," said veteran consultant Terry Holt. But he said he's not worried that the party is not "making progress where we're not making progress," because the next presidential election is more than three years away.
He's not alone. Still, if congressional Republicans spearhead a government shutdown this fall, some party insiders say, they'll be moving the party in the wrong direction.
"Republican leadership is courting disaster here," said GOP campaign veteran Steve Lombardo. "Voters are in no mood for this at a time when the country is politically fractured and teetering on economic recovery. This is very dangerous politics."
Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in New Hampshire and Erik Schelzig in Tennessee contributed to this report.
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A flight strip for United 4347 suddenly appears. Soon there are several more on the flight strip screen.
All of this is hyper-realistic with one exception: Whereas a real-world Air Route Traffic Control Center's functions would be divided among several controllers, one each for clearance delivery, ground control, departure, and arrival, on this particular Monday evening Buitrago is playing all roles himself for Reagan National.
Cactus 2579: "Washington Center, Cactus 2579, standing by, clearance."
Washington Center: "Yes sir, 2579, you're cleared to Tampa as filed. Maintain five thousand, expect flight level three-four-zero 10 minutes after departure. Departure frequency is one-two-three point eight-five. Squawk zero-five-zero-two."
And so it goes, for as long as you want. Sometimes, during Friday ops, when lots of pilots are flying, virtual air traffic controllers can get real-world levels of traffic. Buitrago, who has a wife, three kids, and a dog, usually limits himself to an hour and a half or maybe two of VATSIM controlling a few times a week.
"Do you ever get nervous doing this?" I ask him.
"Yeah," he says. "You sweat."
He'd sweat even more should there occur on the screen any flying that constituted a threat to public safety, whether it was an inadvertent entrance into restricted airspace or an intentional flight into a building or nuclear power plant. Virtual air traffic controllers can at their discretion report such actions to VATSIM supervisors, who are always monitoring events. Virtual pilots who engage in acts of simulated terrorism face a range of sanctions, the most serious being a permanent ban from the network. And just as there are virtual airlines, VATSIM has virtual armed forces, though they have not been as active recently as they have in the past. If some of the virtual armed pilots were online during a security incident, however, they could be ordered to intercept.
If both virtual airline flying and VATSIM air traffic control are indeed this realistic, exactly where does all of it take place? These things are not just imaginary, existing only in the minds of participants. The flights also exist in computer chips and on display screens, on Web pages, and in servers networked through the Internet across the globe. It's as if virtual flights pass through some sort of fifth dimension, a mythic realm also populated by Elvis, the Martian canals, and the Princess of Helium.
So why do people by the tens of thousands indulge in these pursuits? VATSIM controller Mariano Buitrago may be thought to speak for the multitude when he says: "It's a great mental exercise. It allows me to live my passion for aviation in a safe way, in the comfort of my own home. And believe it or not, it allows me to relieve stress."


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PJ Media reports that a consensus among inside GOP political operatives exists which concludes that Mitt Romney will pick Rob Portman as his vice presidential running mate. The report however based on the hearsay of anonymous sources, including what is described as a prominent GOP Super PAC insider who wants to remains anonymous.
According to PJ Media upon asking this unnamed Super PAC leader about their thoughts on Portman as a potential vice presidential nominee, an email reply from them stated the following;
He could bring Ohio!!! And he is very experienced and he won't spend $100,000 on clothes in two months! The goal this cycle is "safe, not sorry. But win Ohio!"
Now I do not question the credibility of PJ Media, I do question the intent of this unnamed insider who feels the need to, out of nowhere, come out and take a foul, unjustified, and totally senseless shot at Sarah Palin for circumstances that were not of her own doing and which she rectified.
I also question whether or not this so-called consensus among G.O.P. operatives about Portman being Romney's pick has anything to do with knowing what only a select few under Romney's Senior Advisor Beth Myers, know and are discussing amongst themselves?
Myers served as chief of staff during Romney's term as Massachusetts governor and managed his 2008 presidential campaign. She is now overseeing Romney's vice presidential selection process and is undergoing a vetting process that involves only a select few Romney confidants who discuss aspects of the vetting process among only themselves. And any discussions of the process among this small group of trusted advisors, is done only on a need to know basis. Which is why there have not yet been any leaks which have led to the upping or lowering of the odds for of being picked among any of the known potential nominees. The Romney team is probably one of the most talented and professional political or for that matter, non-political organizations there has ever been. It is a consequence of Romney's own managerial expertise and Midas Touch. Say what you want about Mitt but he knows how to run things and get a job done. And so the only way that a leak about who has picked for Vice President would come about is if it was intentional. And this "consensus" based declaration about Rob Portman was not sanctioned by Team Romney.
Furthermore, I doubt that the leader of a Super PAC, even a pro-Romney Super Pac, would be privy to such insider information. In addition to it being questionably illegal or at the very least, unethical for such communications between the Romney campaign and any Super PAC, it would not benefit Team Romney to exercise the type of loose lips that would give away a secret as big as this one.
So while I do not wish to call in to question the credibility of the claim that Rob Portman is going to be Romney's running mate in November, I must do exactly that.
Portman could very well be the individual Romney picks but only a select few know how truly likely that is and they are not talking.
Speculation about who the Romney's running mate will be is the last big question that remains in the race, aside from who will ultimately win. And the suspense is just killing most political junkies, myself included. However it must be understood that any public discussion about who Romney will pick is simply conjecture on the part of conducting the discussion. In the case of the latest scuttlebutt concerning Rob Portman, it would seem to be based mainly on his ability to deliver Ohio for Romney in November. But it has been my sense that Portman is not necessarily established well enough to be counted on for that purpose. That sense of mine was only verified when a recent Quinnipiac Poll concluded the following;
The presidential race in Ohio remains too close to call as President Barack Obama gets 45 percent to 44 percent for Republican Mitt Romney, with a 45 – 45 percent dead heat if the GOP adds home-state Sen. Rob Portman as Romney's running mate.
That poll was taken just two weeks ago but it is safe to say that those numbers have not changed much since then and it led Politico to report a story entitled "Poll: Rob Portman no GOP boost in Ohio"
As indicated in an abbreviated White House 2012 Vice Presidential Contender page prepared for for Bob Portman back in April, historically, the vice presidential nominee only affects the presidential election results in their home state by no more than four percent. If that were to hold true here, according to the closeness of the race in Ohio so far, Portman could actually put Romney over the top. But the polls do not yet bear that out and even if they did, we are long way from Election Day and the Obama campaign will not give up Ohio easily. As such, in my opinion, the Obama campaign's ruthlessness and billion dollar campaign war chest will simply inundate every media source with an endless array of stories focussed on destroying the record and reputation of Bob Portman.
Don't get me wrong, I believe Portman is exceptionally qualified and although he is not my first choice to be the next in line for the presidency, I can easily support him. His record of fiscal responsibility is far superior to most political leaders out there and he is extremely competent in other areas of concern too. But Portman's ties to the G.W. Bush Administration will be exploited by the Obama team in a way that will take on a life of its own and the lies about him will have a way of becoming true in the subconscious of an ad weary electorate.
Such was the case in 2008 with Sarah Palin.
In a documentary entitled Media Malpractice, one is taken on a step-by-step walk through of election history that documented what I call the palinization of Sarah Palin. It was a process that showed how the left inundated our world with an endless array of salacious stories about Sarah Palin. Every day some new liberal inspired charges or unseemly story was leaked and for days, each one captured the headlines. As the documentary then shows at the very end, when asked what was true and what false during the campaign, voters got each answer wrong.
For instance, when asked which person running on either of the major presidential tickets pretended that their daughter's son was their own, all those questioned answered Sarah Palin.
However, in that same documentary when asked which candidate on either of the major presidential tickets had to drop out of a previous race for President because they were caught plagiarizing the speeches of a British Labor Party leader, voters again answered Sarah Palin.
In both cases the answers to those question were wrong. As most of us know, Sarah Palin did not pretend that her daughter's child was her own and as for the candidate who dropped out of a previous race for President in disgrace because of plagiarism, the answer of course is not Sarah Palin. It's Joe Biden.
But politics is perception and the Obama campaign successfully created false impressions about the Republican ticket which casual voters believed to be true.
This can of course be done to any candidate, and with Team Obama it will be done. It will be done to Mitt Romney and whomever he nominates for Vice President. The problem is that given how pivotal Ohio may be "if" this election is as close as many think it will be, the Obama campaign will invest so much time and money into Ohio and into destroying Portman that in the end, even Ohioans will be embarrassed to support Portman on a presidential ticket. I say this not because Portman will not be able to defend himself. He will. I state this simply because Portman is not yet the kind of established figure in Ohio who I believe can withstand the type of relentless assault upon him that the Obama strategists will engage in.
Bob Portman has not yet established the type of bond with Ohioans that is necessary to overcome the type of treacherous rewrite of history that will be done regarding his record. Ohio voters are not yet so familiar with and loyal to Portman that they embrace him as one of their own in a way that they did other Ohio politicians such as the legendary Robert Taft or even more recently, John Glenn. Those were leaders so loved by Ohioans that if they were put through the type of character assassination attempt that Portman will experience, it would backfire. But that is not the case with Rob Portman. At least not yet.
So I would not bet the farm on Rob Portman.
As for myself, I have used White House 2012 as the platform for a series called The Herd. It explores a herd of 25 names which I believe are being or should be considered for Vice President by Mitt Romney. Each day, in alphabetical order, one of those names is discussed. We are currently up to the "M's".
In each of those profiles, I present a case for why each person is being or should be considered and address the pros and cons of their potential presence on the Republican presidential ticket. In creating this series, I have established my own assumptions as well as my own preferences. But deep down I know that in trying to predict who Mitt Romney will actually nominate, no matter how much I try to put myself in his position and try think to like, I know that I am not Mitt Romney and that even after studying Romney's personal history and management style, no matter how in tune I may think I am with his thought process, I know that only Mitt Romney knows who he will choose and at the moment I do not even think Mitt Romney yet knows who that will be.
But stay tuned because once The Herd has posted the profile of each of those names that we believe are in contention, I will offer my best guest as to whom Romney might pick, as well as the name of the person I believe he should pick and who this conservative wants to see him pick.
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Blaine Phibbs got his first look at Ashley Smith the day she came off the plane that brought her to Kitchener, Ont., and the Grand Valley Institution for Women, a federal prison.
The teenager was being escorted to the segregation unit, and Mr. Phibbs, who worked at GVI as a correctional officer (delicately called a "primary worker" in the women's system) remembers opening a gate for Ashley and her escorts.
"My first impression of her was she appeared sedated," he said on Tuesday, where he is testifying at the coroner's inquest now examining Ashley's death.
Where sometimes escorts are a pro forma sort of thing, Ashley, he said, actually "needed someone to hold her up."
He wasn't asked what he felt, but he was a do-good-y sort of fellow who previously had worked for children's aid societies and youth homes — in fact, he was drawn to the job ad by the description of "primary worker" because "it didn't sound like a correctional officer" — and he might have had a twinge of empathy for the 19-year-old who was walking so slowly.
If so, Mr. Phibbs was due for a short, sharp lesson in the complicated reality of Ashley Smith.
On her first full day at the institution, Ashley smashed the sprinkler head in her cell and flooded it.
It was the first time Mr. Phibbs, then almost two years into what became an abbreviated correctional career, had ever seen anyone do that. The noise of the rushing water, not to mention the smell, were overwhelming, he said.
Also within her first 24 hours, "within probably 12 hours," he said, "she had something around her neck."
This was the 19-year-old "tying up," as it was called.
Out of sheets, towels, whatever she could get her hands on and she was considered "resourceful" by institutions where she had previously been an inmate, Ashley would fashion homemade ligatures, secrete them in her body cavities and use as required — tie the strips around her neck. On a bad day, Mr. Phibbs said, she would tie up "at least seven or eight times, in my 12-hour shift." On a good day, there would be no tying up incidents, but there were "waaaay more bad days," he told the five-member jury.
The good days would come when, and here Mr. Phibbs apologized for being crude, "she ran out of stuff in her vagina" and "her behaviour got more positive." With no more ligatures available, he said, it was as though Ashley would shrug and say, "OK, let's do something."
Guards like Mr. Phibbs weren't allowed to conduct a body-cavity search of an inmate and even if a warden would agree to having one done at a hospital, Ashley herself had to consent. The only option was to "form her," that is have her declared unable to provide informed consent under the provincial Mental Health Act and have the procedure done involuntarily.
If the staff at GVI weren't told what was meant by "resourceful" — in fact, they formally were given virtually no background about her, Mr. Phibbs said, before she arrived — they soon learned for themselves.
One day, in one of those SNAFU mistakes, he asked that a cell in another part of the jail that was being used as a temporary segregation cell, be opened.
But someone pushed the wrong button, and Ashley's cell was inadvertently opened.
She went back in of her own accord when she spotted staff coming toward her, Mr. Phibbs said, but by then she'd managed to snatch a sheet out of the range dryer, and the rubber band from around the dryer seal. One silly mistake, and Ashley now had a fresh supply of ligatures at hand.
That was June 7, 2007, on her first almost month-long stay at GVI.
It occasioned a two-hour watch over her, with one guard stationed outside her cell door, peering in through the window, and another running the video camera that is mandatory in such incidents.
Jurors watched only about 15 minutes of the video, but will view the rest Wednesday.
Mr. Phibbs was one of the guards on duty on Oct. 19 that same year, during Ashley's second stay at Grand Valley.
She died early that morning of ligature asphyxiation.
Mr. Phibbs is seen on the video that captured her death, performing mouth-to-mouth in vain after he and other guards — apparently frozen in place by recent orders that they not go into her cell unless she actually had stopped breathing — belatedly entered the cell to cut off the ligature around Ashley's neck.
Mr. Phibbs is expected to remain in the witness stand the rest of the week.


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Bill Text: WV HB2550 | 2015 | Regular Session | Enrolled
West Virginia House Bill 2550 (Prior Session Legislation)
Bill Title: Increasing the number of unexcused absences of a student before action may be taken against the parent
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-15 - Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 [HB2550 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2015-HB2550-Enrolled.html
(By Delegates Cowles, Miller, Householder, Moffatt, McGeehan, Sponaugle, H. White, Campbell, Skinner, Rowe and Perry)
[Passed March 12, 2015; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-8-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to truancy intervention; defining excused and unexcused absences; providing that notice of a student's three unexcused absences be given to parent, guardian or custodian; providing that a parent, guardian or custodian have a mandatory conference with the principal or other designated representative of the school when the student has five unexcused absences; and increasing number of unexcused absences by a student before a complaint must be made against the parent, guardian or custodian of the student.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-8-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§18-8-4. Duties of attendance director and assistant directors; complaints, warrants and hearings.
(a) The county attendance director and the assistants shall diligently promote regular school attendance. The director and assistants shall:
(1) Ascertain reasons for unexcused absences from school of students of compulsory school age and students who remain enrolled beyond the compulsory school age as defined under section one-a of this article;
(2) Take such steps as are, in their discretion, best calculated to encourage the attendance of students and to impart upon the parents and guardians the importance of attendance and the seriousness of failing to do so; and
(3) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(A) "Excused absence" shall be defined to include:(i) Personal illness or injury of the student or in the family;
(ii) Medical or dental appointment with written excuse from physician or dentist;
(iii) Chronic medical condition or disability that impacts attendance;
(iv) Participation in home or hospital instruction due to an illness or injury or other extraordinary circumstance that warrants home or hospital confinement;
(v) Calamity, such as a fire or flood;
(vi) Death in the family;
(vii) School-approved or county-approved curricular or extra-curricular activities;
(viii) Judicial obligation or court appearance involving the student;
(ix) Military requirement for students enlisted or enlisting in the military;
(x) Personal or academic circumstances approved by the principal; and
(y) Such other situations as may be further determined by the county board:
Provided, That absences of students with disabilities shall be in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and the federal and state regulations adopted in compliance therewith.
(B) "Unexcused absence" shall be any absence not specifically included in the definition of "excused absence".
(b) In the case of three total unexcused absences of a student during a school year, the attendance director or assistant shall serve written notice to the parent, guardian or custodian of the student that the attendance of the student at school is required and that if the student has five unexcused absences, a conference with the principal or other designated representative will be required.
(c) In the case of five total unexcused absences, the attendance director or assistant shall serve written notice to the parent, guardian or custodian of the student that within five days of receipt of the notice the parent, guardian or custodian, accompanied by the student, shall report in person to the school the student attends for a conference with the principal or other designated representative of the school in order to discuss and correct the circumstances causing the unexcused absences of the student, including the adjustment of unexcused absences based upon such meeting.
(d) In the case of ten total unexcused absences of a student during a school year, the attendance director or assistant shall make complaint against the parent, guardian or custodian before a magistrate of the county. If it appears from the complaint that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the accused has committed it, a summons or a warrant for the arrest of the accused shall issue to any officer authorized by law to serve the summons or to arrest persons charged with offenses against the state. More than one parent, guardian or custodian may be charged in a complaint. Initial service of a summons or warrant issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be attempted within ten calendar days of receipt of the summons or warrant and subsequent attempts at service shall continue until the summons or warrant is executed or until the end of the school term during which the complaint is made, whichever is later.
(e) The magistrate court clerk, or the clerk of the circuit court performing the duties of the magistrate court as authorized in section eight, article one, chapter fifty of this code, shall assign the case to a magistrate within ten days of execution of the summons or warrant. The hearing shall be held within twenty days of the assignment to the magistrate, subject to lawful continuance. The magistrate shall provide to the accused at least ten days' advance notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.
(f) When any doubt exists as to the age of a student absent from school, the attendance director and assistants have authority to require a properly attested birth certificate or an affidavit from the parent, guardian or custodian of the student, stating age of the student. In the performance of his or her duties, the county attendance director and assistants have authority to take without warrant any student absent from school in violation of the provisions of this article and to place the student in the school in which he or she is or should be enrolled.
(g) The county attendance director and assistants shall devote such time as is required by section three of this article to the duties of attendance director in accordance with this section during the instructional term and at such other times as the duties of an attendance director are required. All attendance directors and assistants hired for more than two hundred days may be assigned other duties determined by the superintendent during the period in excess of two hundred days. The county attendance director is responsible under direction of the county superintendent for efficiently administering school attendance in the county.
(h) In addition to those duties directly relating to the administration of attendance, the county attendance director and assistant directors also shall perform the following duties:
(1) Assist in directing the taking of the school census to see that it is taken at the time and in the manner provided by law;
(2) Confer with principals and teachers on the comparison of school census and enrollment for the detection of possible nonenrollees;
(3) Cooperate with existing state and federal agencies charged with enforcing child labor laws;
(4) Prepare a report for submission by the county superintendent to the State Superintendent of Schools on school attendance, at such times and in such detail as may be required. The state board shall promulgate a legislative rule pursuant to article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that sets forth student absences that are excluded for accountability purposes. The absences that are excluded by the rule include, but are not limited to, excused student absences, students not in attendance due to disciplinary measures and absent students for whom the attendance director has pursued judicial remedies to compel attendance to the extent of his or her authority. The attendance director shall file with the county superintendent and county board at the close of each month a report showing activities of the school attendance office and the status of attendance in the county at the time;
(5) Promote attendance in the county by compiling data for schools and by furnishing suggestions and recommendations for publication through school bulletins and the press, or in such manner as the county superintendent may direct;
(6) Participate in school teachers' conferences with parents and students;
(7) Assist in such other ways as the county superintendent may direct for improving school attendance;
(8) Make home visits of students who have excessive unexcused absences, as provided above, or if requested by the chief administrator, principal or assistant principal; and
(9) Serve as the liaison for homeless children and youth.


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|History of Japan
A Shogun (将軍 shōgun) (literally, "military commander" or "general") was a hereditary military governor in Japan during the shogunate period from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns were the de facto rulers of the country, though officially they were appointed by the Emperor.[1]
The modern rank of shōgun is equivalent to a generalissimo. Although the original meaning of "shogun" is simply a "general", as a title, it is used as the short form of seii taishōgun (征夷大将軍), the governing individual at various times in the history of Japan, ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office to the Meiji Emperor in 1867.[2]
A shogun's office or administration is known in English as the "office". In Japanese it was known as bakufu (幕府) which literally means "tent office", and originally meant "house of the general", and later also suggested a private government. Bakufu could also mean "tent government" and was the way the government was run under a shogun.[3] The tent symbolized the field commander but also denoted that such an office was meant to be temporary. The shogun's officials were as a collective the bakufu, and were those who carried out the actual duties of administration while the Imperial court retained only nominal authority.[4] In this context, the office of the shōgun was equivalent to that of a viceroy or governor-general, though the shōguns often wielded far greater power than a governor-general would ordinarily have.
- Heian period (794–1185) 1
- Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333) 2
- Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573) 3
- Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868) 4
- Legacy 5
- Shogunate 6
- See also 7
- References 8
- Further reading 9
Heian period (794–1185)
Originally, the title of Sei-i Taishōgun (Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians[5]) was given to military commanders during the early Heian Period for the duration of military campaigns against the Emishi who resisted the governance of the Imperial court based in Kyoto. Ōtomo no Otomaro became the first Sei-i Taishōgun in history.[6] The most famous of these shoguns was Sakanoue no Tamuramaro who conquered the Emishi in the name of Emperor Kammu. Eventually, the title was abandoned in the later Heian period after the Ainu had been either subjugated or driven to Hokkaidō.
In the later Heian, one more shogun was appointed. Minamoto no Yoshinaka was named sei-i taishōgun during the Gempei War only to be killed shortly thereafter by Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333)
In the early 11th century, daimyo protected by samurai came to dominate internal Japanese politics.[2] Two of the most powerful families, the Taira and Minamoto, fought for control over the declining imperial court. The Taira family seized control from 1160 to 1185, but was defeated by the Minamoto in the Battle of Dan-no-ura. Minamoto no Yoritomo seized certain powers from the central government and aristocracy and established a feudal system based in Kamakura in which the private military, the samurai, gained some political powers while the Emperors of Japan and the aristocracy in Japan remained the de jure rulers. In 1192, Yoritomo was awarded the title of Sei-i Taishōgun by the emperor and the political system he developed with a succession of shogun at the head became known as a shogunate. Yoritomo's wife's family, the Hōjō, seized the power from the Kamakura shoguns. When Yoritomo's sons and heirs were assassinated, the shogun became a hereditary figurehead. Real power rested with the Hōjō regents. The Kamakura shogunate lasted for almost 150 years, from 1192 to 1333.
In 1274 and 1281, the Mongol Empire launched invasions against Japan. An attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore imperial rule in 1331 was unsuccessful, but weakened the shogunate significantly and led to its eventual downfall.[7]
The end of the Kamakura shogunate came when Kamakura fell in 1333 and the Hōjō Regency was destroyed. Two imperial families, Go-Saga the senior line, and Go-Daigo the junior line, had a claim to the throne. The problem was solved with the intercession of the Kamakura Shogunate, who had the two lines alternate. This lasted until 1331, when the Go-Daigo line refused to alternate with the Go-Saga line. As a result the Go-Daigo was exiled. Around 1334–1336 Ashikaga Takauji helped the Go-Daigo line regain the throne.[8]
The fight against the shogunate left the new Emperor with too many people claiming a limited supply of land. Ashikaga Takauji turned against the Emperor when the discontent about the distribution of land grew great enough. In 1336 the emperor was banished again, in favor of a new emperor.[8]
During the Kemmu Restoration, after the fall of the Kamakura shogunate in 1333, another short-lived shogun arose. Prince Moriyoshi (also known as Prince Morinaga), son of Emperor Go-Daigo, was awarded the title of Sei-i Taishōgun. However, Prince Moriyoshi was later put under house arrest and, in 1335, killed by Ashikaga Tadayoshi.
Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1573)
In 1338 Ashikaga Takauji, like Yoritomo a descendant of the Minamoto princes, was awarded the title of sei-i taishōgun and established the Ashikaga Shogunate, which lasted until 1573. The Ashikaga had their headquarters in the Muromachi district of Kyoto, and the time during which they ruled is also known as the Muromachi Period.
Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868)
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- Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-19-713508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-19-713508-2 (cloth)]
- Columbia University (2000). "Japan: History: Early History to the Ashikaga Shoguns". Factmonster. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- Brazell, Karen (November 1972). "The Changing of the Shogun 1289: An Excerpt from Towazugatari". The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese 8 (1): 58–65.
- Brock, Karen L. (Winter 1995). "The Shogun's 'Painting Match'". Monumenta Nipponica 50 (4): 433–484.
- Grossberg, Kenneth A. (August 1976). "Bakufu Bugyonin: The Size of the lower bureaucracy in Muromachi Japan". The Journal of Asian Studies 35 (4): 651–654.
- Grossberg, Kenneth A. (Spring 1976). "From Feudal Chieftain to Secular Monarch. The Development of Shogunal Power in Early Muromachi Japan". Monumenta Nipponica 31 (1): 29–49.
- "Japan". The World Book Encyclopedia. World Book. 1992. pp. 34–59.
- Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser, eds. (1985). The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- McCune, George M. (May 1946). "The Exchange of Envoys between Korea and Japan During the Tokugawa Period". The Far Eastern Quarterly 5 (3): 308–325.
- Ravina, Mark (November 1995). "State-Building and Political Economy in Early-modern Japan". The Journal of Asian Studies 54 (4): 997–1022.
- Seigle, Cecilia Segawa (December 1999). "The Shogun's Consort: Konoe Hiroko and Tokugawa Ienobu". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 59 (2): 485–522.
- Hurst, C. Cameron, III; Smith, Henry (November 1981). "Review of Learning from Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy, by Henry Smith". The Journal of Asian Studies 41 (1): 158–159.
- Stanford University Press. 10-ISBN 0-8047-0525-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7
- "Shogun". The World Book Encyclopedia 17. World Book. 1992. pp. 432–433.
- Sinsengumi, Bakumatuisin (2003). 仙台藩主. Bakusin (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- Smith, Henry (ed.) (1980). Learning from Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy (PDF). Santa Barbara: University of California Program in Asian Studies.
- Totman, Conrad (1966). "Political Succession in The Tokugawa Bakufu: Abe Masahiro's Rise to Power, 1843–1845". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 26: 102–124.
- Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi (Winter 1991). "In Name Only: Imperial Sovereignty in Early Modern Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies 17 (1): 25–57.
Further reading
- ^ "Shogun". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "Shogun". The World Book Encyclopedia 17. World Book. 1992. pp. 432–433.
- ^ Totman, Conrad (1966). "Political Succession in The Tokugawa Bakufu: Abe Masahiro's Rise to Power, 1843–1845". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 26: 102–124.
- ^ Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868, p. 321.
- ^ The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary, ISBN 0-8048-0408-7
- ^ 征夷大将軍―もう一つの国家主権 (in Japanese).
- ^ Columbia University (2000). "Japan: History: Early History to the Ashikaga Shoguns". Factmonster. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ a b Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1134–1615. United States: Stanford University Press.
- ^ Titsingh, I. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 409.
- ^ "Japan". The World Book Encyclopedia. World Book. 1992. pp. 34–59.
- ^ Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi (Winter 1991). "In Name Only: Imperial Sovereignty in Early Modern Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies 17 (1): 25–57.
- ^ Ichiro Ozawa: the shadow shogun. In: The Economist, September 10, 2009.
- ^ Bentley, Jerry. Traditions and Encounters. pp. 301–302.
- ^ Mass, J. et al., eds. (1985). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 189.
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Each shogunate was dynamic, not static. Power was constantly shifting and authority was often ambiguous. The study of the ebbs and flows in this complex history continues to occupy the attention of scholars. Each shogunate encountered competition. Sources of competition included the emperor and the court aristocracy, the remnants of the imperial governmental systems, the shōen system, the great temples and shrines, the shugo and the jitō, the kokujin and early modern daimyo. Each shogunate reflected the necessity of new ways of balancing the changing requirements of central and regional authorities.[14]
The shogunate system was originally established under the Kamakura shogunate by Minamoto no Yoritomo. Although theoretically the state, and therefore the Emperor, held ownership of all land of Japan, the system had some feudal elements, with lesser territorial lords pledging their allegiance to greater ones. Samurai were rewarded for their loyalty with agricultural surplus, usually rice, or labor services from peasants. In contrast to European feudal knights, samurai were not land owners.[13] The hierarchy that held this system of government together was reinforced by close ties of loyalty between samurai and their subordinates.
The term bakufu originally meant the dwelling and household of a shogun, but in time it came to be generally used for the system of government of a feudal military dictatorship, exercised in the name of the shogun; this is the meaning that has been adopted into English through the term "shogunate".
The term "shogun" is also commonly used, often ironically with the honorific "sama", to refer to Kim Jeong-il, as a translation of the Korean 장군님 and as a reference to his being essentially a military dictator, as well as to North Korea's isolation, similar to the policy of sakoku.
Today the head of the Japanese government is called "prime minister", the usage of the term "shogun" has continued somewhat. A retired prime minister who still wields considerable power and influence behind the scenes is called a yami shogun, or "shadow shogun", a somewhat modern incarnation of the cloistered rule. Examples of shadow shoguns are former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka and the politician Ichirō Ozawa.[12]
The title of shogun in Japan meant a military leader equivalent to general, and at various times in the first millennium shoguns held temporary power, but it became a symbol of military control over the country. The establishment of the shogunate (or bakufu) at the end of the twelfth century saw the beginning of samurai control of Japan for 700 years until the Meiji Restoration in the middle of the nineteenth century.
During the Edo period, effective power rested with the Tokugawa shogun, not the emperor in Kyoto, even though the former ostensibly owed his position to the latter. The shogun controlled foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage. The role of the emperor was ceremonial, similar to the position of the Japanese monarchy after the Second World War.[11]
[10].Emperor Meiji resigned as shogun and abdicated his authority to Tokugawa Yoshinobu lasted until 1867, when Tokugawa shogunate The [9]


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The Cross & the Pen: Playing by Heart
- Eva Marie Everson Contributing Writer
- 2003 18 Sep
Welcome to "The Cross & the Pen," Crosswalk.com's author-to-author interview column! My sweet friend, Deborah Raney, and I recently shared food at a lovely banquet...including the most delicious dessert. Bemoaning the fact that we'd be sorry later, we delighted in sharing with each other the raptures of every single bite. Afterward, we found a nice little cubbyhole to sit in...and to chat about her latest work, "Playing by Heart" (Barbour 2003). I had to admit to Deborah that I wasn't sure I'd get to read the whole book (even though it's short) before we met...however, as soon as I picked it up, I was hooked! Naturally, this tickled Deb!
Want to hear the rest of what we had to say?
Eva: "Playing by Heart" is the most fun little read! It's called...
Deborah: ...a gift novella.
E: Oh, I like that. A gift novella. It's about 30,000 words. It's just a great read and I think that if someone were making a gift basket this would be the perfect addition.
D: Oh, right! It does have a real gift feel. I call it a romantic comedy because several people have said it made them laugh out loud.
E: I definitely did!
D: It's different from what I typically write – the heart-gripping. This is a more fun read....
E: Okay, let's just start with the title. What was the inspiration?
D: It was kind of a situation where the woman falls in love with someone she's never officially met and so she has to learn to trust her heart. She and this man exchange notes...but she thinks that he is 80 years old! Now I don't want to give too much of the story away, but the main character plays a piano. Her mother always said, "You don't read music. You play by heart." So, it just made a natural title.
E: Did you have a title before you started?
D: It came to me as I was writing. In fact I didn't have the piano in the story, even when I turned it into my publisher. They couldn't quite see the connection, so the piano brought it all together.
E: This takes place largely in a bed and breakfast inn. Now, I happen to know – because we are friends – that you went to a b&b to do some of the work for the purpose of inspiration. Tell me about that.
D: The idea for the story came when I went to a b&b to finish another novel I was working on. We still have children at home and things get hectic. I needed to escape from the telephone, the Internet, the doorbell...all of that...and so we have a bed and breakfast about a mile from our house. I called the owner and said, "Do you have a rate for someone who doesn't need the bed and doesn't need the breakfast but just needs a quiet place to write." They said, "It's free. Come. We'd love to have you." So, I got to go to this beautiful Victorian house and just write. The first day I was there, I was at the dining room table working when this HUGE cat comes up the stairs ... which is what happens in the novella. The character is a writer; she goes to a bed and breakfast ... and up the stairs comes a huge cat.
Anyway, I jotted a note to the owners, thanking them for the use of the house and also talking about the cat. We exchanged notes for a few days ... when suddenly the words, "What if ... " came to mind.
E: What if ... Those two words are, for those of us who write novels, are our mantras. "What if ..."
D: Magic words for a writer.
E: What inspired you for your main character?
D: Well, she's a writer and so am I – although unlike Maddie I'm happily married and she's single. And I have to tell you that I hate research, so anytime I can write about what I already know, I do it. I wanted to write about the writer's life. I think a lot of people have our lives romanticized, they don't realize we're just people and writing is really a job. It's hard work. We have challenges just like any other job....
E: Sometimes more. I think sometimes that living up to the dream is the most difficult. Deb, we are inspired every day by everything we see ... so why did you experience this particular thing and think: I'm going to write about this as light-hearted?
D: It's wrenching on the author to write the heart-wrenching words and I just felt it was time to do something a little more light-hearted.
E: But, what are the other differences in writing a novel versus a novella?
D: Probably the main thing is that the author doesn't have time to develop a lot of the story. You can't get the complexity that you get in a novel.
E: I think that's interesting. I think most authors would think the novella would be easier, yet the tone of your voice tells me otherwise.
D: Exactly. In a novella every single word counts. Every single word counts in a novel, too, but it's different. It's not to that extent. With a novel you can go down some bunny trails.
E: And throw in a few red herrings.
D: Yes. That's true. But it's really hard to get your readers to fall in love with a character when you only have 30,000 words; and that's the goal of writing fiction, to get the reader to fall in love with the character and identify with her.
E: So how did you make Maddie lovable?
D: (smiles broadly) Oh, I made her just like me!
(E & D laugh)
D: That was easy!
E: What about Art?
D: Oh, I was in love with Art before I even wrote him! I think the lovable thing about Art is that he is hurting. He's lost his wife and he's hurting. A reader will feel a natural compassion for him. But also, Maddie was exactly what he needed, which the reader would automatically see. Both Maddie and Art had waited a long time for God to do the perfect thing and that's really the point of the book. God's timing is always perfect.
E: What part do you feel that romance fiction plays in furthering the Gospel.
D: God's story – of God and His people – is a romance. We are the bride of Christ. Romance is a perfect reflection of God's relationship to His people. We live in a time when we've forgotten how to cherish the importance of marriage ... how important romance is. We have a lot of secular romances that pervert what God intended romance to be. A lot of Christian romance writers are trying to undo that.
E: Deb, would you pray for those believers who need to be reminded of the Great Romance?
D: Father God, Romance – the love between a man and a woman – is a beautiful gift from Your hand, but every person we love will eventually disappoint us in some way. We praise You, God, that You will never disappoint us for Your love is perfect because you are Love. Help us to embrace Your perfect truth and thus know the Great Romance that has its source only in Jesus Christ. Thank You for loving us when we were unworthy. Thank You for sending Your son, Who loves us with A love so powerful that He willingly laid down His life for us. Help us to remember, Father, that only Your love can offer what we crave, only Your love can satisfy completely, only Your love will never fail.
We thank you and we praise You in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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1 1/2 cup flour, sifted
125 gr unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
10 hazelnuts
Put flour in a large bowl. Make hole at the middle, place butter, powdered sugar, egg, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla and baking powder, kneed. Make chestnut sized balls with your hands. Put parchment paper on an oven tray and arrange them on it. Place the hazelnuts on top.
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