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LOS ANGELES — Kelli Tennant truly has practiced what she preaches.
Tennant realized she wanted a future in broadcasting while she was a highly recruited volleyball standout at Temecula's Chaparral High School. That ambition altered her college plans.
A three-time Press-Enterprise girls volleyball Player of the Year, Tennant had originally committed to play college volleyball at Stanford. But she changed direction in December of 2004 and signed with USC, for a very pragmatic reason and one that, in retrospect, changed her life.
"The best advice I ever got when being recruited was, go to the school where you'd be the most happy without volleyball," said Tennant, now 29 and a broadcaster with Spectrum SportsNet and SportsNet LA.
"It just so happened that I ended up without volleyball. And I'm so glad I chose USC, because I don't think I would have had the same outcome somewhere else, where I couldn't have (dived) right into television."
Currently she works around 40 games a season as sideline/dugout reporter on Dodger telecasts, a job that resulted in the classic photo of 5-foot-11 Kiké Hernandez standing on a bucket to talk to the 6-1 (without high heels) Tennant during a postgame interview.
She also is a studio host for Dodgers pre- and post-game programming on SportsNet LA, and she's part of Lakers, Sparks and Galaxy coverage for SportsNet.
And she is a published author. Tennant wrote "The Transition: Every Athlete's Guide To Life After Sports" in 2014, and it has turned out to be as much therapy for the writer as advice and guidance for the young reader for whom it is aimed.
Tennant's athletic career ended sooner than planned. Before her junior year at USC she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue and often difficulties with sleep, memory and mood.
"I was bedridden for about six months," she recalled. "I almost had to withdraw from school, and I couldn't go to practices. That's why I eventually had to be taken off athletic scholarship and put on a regular medical scholarship, because I couldn't function. It was horrible.
" … That time was full of depression and (the) unknown. I had an eating disorder, and I was in extreme pain. I had horrible fatigue from my illness. I lost all my friends. I lost my identity. I lost my sport, and even though I did know I wanted to be in television, and I had known since I was 10, it didn't change the horrible feelings I had. And so the transition for me did take a while."
Her condition is something that will never go away, and it can be difficult to explain or describe. There are good days and there are bad days, and on those bad days just because she can function doesn't mean she's feeling well.
"Absolutely," she said. "That's spot on. For me, the thing I've had to battle is I've always looked really healthy. People will say, 'Your skin is so glowy, and you look like you're in great shape, and you're muscular and happy and all these things.
"What people didn't realize, what I've sort of been more open about in the last six months, is (that) I am in constant pain 24/7, I'm always tired, and it's been a struggle for the last 10 years. It's something that I battle, but I try to put on a good face because especially when (I) come to work, I don't want to look like this sad, painful girl on television. I want to be happy and vibrant.
"So I tell people, sometimes I feel like I'm living a double life. I am feeling better now, which is really great. So I can be happy and it is authentic. But it is a struggle all the time, and I'm constantly trying to figure out more and understand it better and figure out what else is going on in my body."
She has tried to deal with it through holistic methods. Early on, she recalled, she was on several different medications at once and only felt sicker. She is now on a paleo diet, cutting out caffeine and sugar and cutting back on alcohol, and has become vigilant about exercise and sleep — at least eight hours, if not more, with frequent naps.
And yes, it looks funny when she carries her own plate of food through the stadium rather than dining on the typical ballpark delicacies or the regular fare in the media dining room. She doesn't care.
"I spend my mornings cooking and making sure that I'm set throughout the day," she said. "And that's how I feel better. I'm not willing to not do that, because I know what the other side looks like."
While she knew she wanted an eventual broadcasting career, and deduced that it would be easier to network and set up internships in Los Angeles than it would in the Bay Area, Tennant didn't anticipate that her career launch would involve interviewing her volleyball teammates on the bus.
"USC, when I got sick, took such good care of me and immediately threw me into, 'Cover (things for) USCTrojans.com, every single sport we have, here's a microphone, do what you want,' " she said.
"Tim Tessalone, the SID there, was the most supportive, amazing man ever. I credit him with almost my entire career, because he started making phone calls for me. He called Fox. He called everyone who was running the AVP. He was helpful with ESPN. He really made sure I was making the right connections, and he was giving me feedback on my work."
Tessalone said he remembered being impressed with Tennant's presence, encouraging her to consider broadcasting and providing opportunities and contacts.
"She took that encouragement and turned it into something real, and worked hard at it," he said. "She took the initiative to kind of network, and to take advantage of mentors, to kind of learn the craft and so on. That's a credit to Kelli. She realized that this isn't something you just step into.
" … She's really still in the early stages of what I think's going to be a cool career for her."
Tennant made connections with mentors such as ESPN's Sean Farnham, Beth Mowins, Sam Ponder and Jessica Mendoza and NFL Network's Lindsay Rhodes.
Farnham, a former UCLA basketball player, "was the first person to tell me I (stunk), which was the best thing that could have ever happened to me," she said. "Everybody was telling me, 'Oh, you're so great,' and my mother thought all my stuff was so good. And I'm 20 years old and it was awful, looking back.
"And he was the first person who said, 'You're terrible, but I'm going to help you.' "
Networking and internships led to regular work: CIF events for Fox Sports West, then college volleyball and other sports for ESPN, and ultimately her present gigs with the SportsNet channels.
When she talks to aspiring broadcasters now, she tells them about wanting to get into the business but initially having little idea how to go about it.
"There's no right or wrong way in this business, which makes it one of the hardest places to be," she said.
"I just tell everyone, you have to work really hard, prepare, set yourself apart, be different, so that someone sees you as not just the run of the mill kid who wants to be in television."
It's a tall task, no pun intended. But she seems to be on her way.
More highlights from the Q and A with Kelli Tennant are online at PE.com.


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Update on Undecided House Races
Official Washington is already making preparations for a Democratic-controlled House (and likely a Democratic Senate), but there are still a number of House races that remain undecided.
Democrats are sure to pick up at least 28 seats, but that number could rise as high as 30 -- or more -- depending on the outcomes of several VERY tight contests. Two -- in Texas's 23rd District and Louisiana's 2nd -- are headed for December runoffs. The lone outstanding Senate race -- in Virginia -- looks likely to come to closure today at 3 p.m. ET when Sen. George Allen (R) has scheduled a press conference, apparently to concede defeat.
Let's take a look at the remaining undecideds.
* Connecticut's 2nd District: Former state Rep. Joe Courtney (D) leads Rep. Rob Simmons (R) by just 167 votes but has declared victory in the race. The narrowness of the margin, however, will trigger an automatic recount that must be completed by next Wednesday at midnight. Simmons has been a target since he beat Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D) in 2000 in an otherwise reliably Democratic district (John Kerry won 54 percent of the vote here in 2004). Should the result stand, Simmons would join Connecticut's Nancy Johnson (R) on the political sidelines. Another major Democratic target in Connecticut -- Rep. Chris Shays (R) -- won his race.
* Georgia's 12th District: With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Rep. John Barrow (D) has 71,500 to 70,461 for former Rep. Max Burns (R) -- a margin of 859 votes. The final margin will almost certainly be less than one percent of total votes cast in the race, giving Burns the option of asking for a recount. Barrow has declared victory.
* Florida's 13th District: The Associated Press has declared auto dealer Vern Buchanan (R) the winner in this open-seat contest to replace Rep. Katherine Harris (R). But Buchanan leads banker Christine Jennings (D) by just 386 votes and a recount is already underway in the district -- as mandated by Florida law when two candidates are separated by less than a half percent. That first recount is expected to be concluded within ten days. If the first recount shows Buchanan and Jennings separated by less than a quarter percent (entirely possible given the 386-vote margin currently), an automatic hand recount would be triggered.
* North Carolina's 8th District: In a surprisingly close contest, Rep. Robin Hayes (R) holds just a 450-vote margin over Democrat Larry Kissell. More than 900 provisional ballots remain outstanding, and it is not immediately clear how many of those will be ruled eligible or whether they will have any effect on the outcome of the election. Provisional ballots won't be counted until Nov. 17, and no official result will come before Nov. 28. At that point, the trailing candidate could request a recount assuming the margin between the candidates is less than one percent.
* New Mexico's 1st District: It didn't take a political genius to see that this race between Rep. Heather Wilson (R) and state Attorney General Patricia Madrid was going to be this close. With 462 out of 465 precincts reporting, Wilson leads 102,376 to 100,981. According to the Albuquerque Journal, there are roughly 4,600 paper ballots still being counted. When those are tabulated, election officials will move on to provisional ballots, which number nearly 4,000.
* Ohio's 2nd District: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) is ahead of Victoria Wulsin (D) by 2,323 votes in this strongly Republican district, which includes suburban Cincinnati. Several thousand provisional ballots remain and Wulsin has not conceded. Schmidt has declared victory. The Cincinnati Enquirer says that if Schmidt's current margin holds it will be slightly larger than one percent -- meaning that Wulsin could not request a recount.
* Ohio's 15th District: Once written off as a likely loser, Rep. Deborah Pryce (R) appears to have come back to defeat Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy (D) by 2,800 votes. Roughly 20,000 absentee and provisional ballots have not been counted, and Kilroy has not yet conceded the race. "This race is still on," Kilroy told the Columbus Dispatch. "It's not decided yet." If Pryce comes back to Congress, she has announced she will not seek reelection to her post as chair of the House GOP Conference.
* Washington's 8th District: Washington's vote-counting process remains the slowest in the country for a second consecutive cycle. Thousands of voters cast "permanent absentee ballots" (a.k.a. vote by mail), and any vote postmarked by Nov. 7 is counted. That means that some votes cast in this race between Rep. Dave Reichert (R) and Darcy Burner (D) haven't even been received yet -- much less counted. With 59 percent of precincts reporting, Reichert has 77,597 votes to Burner's 74,861 -- a lead of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent margin. This may well be the final House race in the country to be decided.
* Wyoming's At-Large District: Just 970 votes separate Rep. Barbara Cubin (R) and Democrat Garry Trauner (D). Under Wyoming law, an automatic recount would be triggered if the margin was 932 votes or smaller. Trauner is expected to decide whether to request a statewide recount today. Trauner has until Nov. 17 to request the recount but would have to pay for it himself, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.
Chris Cillizza
November 9, 2006; 1:07 PM ET
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Sri yantra, also known as Sri Chakra, is called the mother of all yantras because all other yantras derive from it. In its three dimensional forms Sri Yantra is said to represent Mount Meru, the cosmic mountain at the center of the universe.
The Sri Yantra representation of the cosmos at the macrocosmic level and of the human body at the microcosmic level (each of the circuits correspond to a chakra or vortex of the body).
The Sri Yantra is a configuration of nine interlocking triangles ( 9×9 grid or gross body ), surrounded by two circles of lotus petals with the whole encased within a gated frame, called the "earth citadel". The nine interlocking triangles centered around the bindu (8×8 grid the central point of the yantra or microabode or subtle body ) are drawn by the superimposition of five downward pointing triangles, representing Shakti ; the female principle and four upright triangles, representing Shiva ; the male principle. The nine interlocking triangles form forty three small triangles each housing a presiding deity associated with particular aspects of existence.
Man's spiritual journey from the stage of material existence to ultimate enlightenment is mapped on the Sri Yantra. The spiritual journey is taken as a pilgrimage in which every step is an ascent to the center (8×8) , a movement beyond one's limited existence, and every level is nearer to the goal. Such a journey is mapped in stages, and each of these stages corresponds with one of the circuits of which the Sri Yantra is composed from the outer plane ( 9×9 ) to the bindu ( 8×8 ) in the center.
The Sri Yantra is a tool to give a vision of the totality of existence, so that the adept may internalize its symbols for the ultimate realization of his unity with the cosmos.
The goal of contemplating the Sri Yantra is that the adept can rediscover his primordial sources. The circuits symbolically indicate the successive phases in the process of becoming.
Nine Triangles in a Circle
Four triangles pointing up.
Five triangles pointing down
Central figure
Complete Sri Yantra
Figure 1
The Sri Yantra is composed of a central figure that is surrounded by two circular rows of petals and then by a rectangular enclosure called the bhupura. In this blog we will be focusing mainly on the central figure which is composed of nine overlapping triangles and a bindu point. Four of the triangles point up, the other five point down. In the most popular configuration the two biggest triangles (green triangles in figure 1) touch the outer circle on all three points.
Concurrent Interconnections
|Figure 2
Triple intersections.
When looking at the figure we notice that there is a high degree of interconnectedness between the nine triangles. This means that every triangle is connected to one or more of the other triangles via common points and they do not criss cross .
Figure 2 shows where the triple intersection points are located. These are the points that lock together the triangles. You can't move one without also moving the others. This interconnections scale up to infinite small ( Planck length , protons et ) to infinite big ( cosmos , universe ) .This is the principle of cosmic entanglement .
Notice also that the two biggest triangles are touching the outside circle on three points and that the apex of every triangle is connected to the base of another triangle.
The up and down triangles when overlapped give a pentacle . Thus Sri Yantra is a geometry with five degrees of freedom ( pentadic scale of cosmic regulation called panchmahabhuta in Hinduism and 5 energies in Chinese occult ) , which means that up to five different criterion can be used to define it. This is why we have to decide on the location of five lines when drawing the figure. Five degrees of freedom is not a lot considering that there is a total of nine triangles. This is because of the high degree of interconnectedness between the triangles. This effectively limits the possibilities and variations that can be achieved.
Concentricity :
|Figure 3
Concentricity: the center of the innermost triangle coincide with the center of the outer circle.
Lets now take a look at the bindu point; the small point located in the central triangle. It should be located in the center of the innermost triangle. This can be achieved precisely by placing the bindu at the center of a circle that fits inside this triangle . This is known in mathematics as the incenter of a triangle.
To achieve a perfectly centered figure however, the bindu should also be located at the center of the outer circle. This is illustrated in figure 3. The red cross shows where the center of the outer circle is located. The small red circle shows where the center of the innermost triangle is.
Equilateral Inner Triangle :
|Figure 4
R. Buckminster Fuller stands in front of his geodesic dome.
The equilateral triangle is a perfect and minimal structure. It is the simplest, strongest and most fundamental structure in geometry and computer graphics. It has the highest degree of tensegrity for a minimum amount of structural elements. That is why it is so prevalent in the structural designs created by R Buckminster Fuller. This is also why the geodesic dome , a spherical structure composed of small triangles is the only man-made structure that becomes proportionally stronger as it increases in size.
|Figure 5
Equilateral triangle as the expression of Rishi, Devata, Chanda.
The Sri Yantra symbolizes, among other things the unfoldment of creation. The bindu represents the unmanifest ( 8×8 grid of subtle body ) , the silent state. The next level in the expression of the Universe is represented by the innermost triangle. This level represents the trinity of rishi, devata, chanda, or the observer, the process of observation and the object being observed. At this point the symmetry of creation is still intact and will be broken when it reaches the next level which represent the grosser aspects of the relative.
This reflects the unfoldment from unity or singularity to trinity as expounded in the Vedic literature. According to the Veda the Universe becomes manifest when unbounded awareness becomes aware of itself. The spark of self awareness ignites creation. At this point Unity divides into the trinity of rishi (the observer), devata (process of knowing) and chanda (the object of perception). The same idea is also found in the bible as the principle of the holy trinity.
The central triangle is the central lens of the Sri Yantra. If as some suggest, this pattern is capable of emitting a significant amount of subtle energy, the importance of having a well balanced and centered figure becomes obvious.
For these reasons the central triangle should be equilateral in an optimal . For this to happen the highest down pointing primary triangle must have an angle of 60 degrees .
Center of Mass
|Figure 6
Left: Figure with Concurrency criteria only. Center: Figure with Concurrency and concentricity. Right: Figure with Concurrency, concentricity and equilateral central triangle.
Another measure of overall balance of a structure is the center of mass. This is the point in the geometry where it would balance if it was a solid object.
Figure 6 shows a detail view of the central triangle of three different Sri Yantras. The left figure shows a configuration where only concurrency is achieved. In this case the bindu (red dot), the center of the outer circle (green dot) and the center of mass (blue dot) are not aligned.
The central figure shows a Sri Yantra that achieves concurrency and concentricity. As a result the bindu (red) and the center of the outer circle (green) overlap nicely. The center of mass still doesn't overlap however.
On the right we see that for a figure drawn with the three criterion that we have suggested (concurrency, concentricity and equilateral central triangle), the three centers overlap and we have a perfectly centered and balanced figure where the bindu is well centered and more importantly the centermost triangle has an angle very close to 60 degrees. This is called perfect balance or harmony with the source of all existence .
Since the Sri Yantra is based on triangles it is very appropriate that there are currently three main ways to represent this figure. The first and probably the most common is the plane form, which is what we have been looking at so far.
The second is the pyramidal form called Meru in India. Mount Meru is a mythical mountain. So named because of the mountain shape of the figure.
The third and rarest form is the spherical form or Kurma . Kurma was the second incarnation of Vishnu, the turtle incarnation. This refers to the similarity between this form and the shell of a turtle. Ever wondered why the shell of a turtle is so robust . It is interesting to note that there seems to be some confusion with the use of these two terms. The pyramidal form is often wrongly referred to as Kurma.
Mathematics of Sri Yantra
A hymn from Atharvaveda is dedicated to an object that closely resembles this . The sriyantra ('great object') belongs to a class of devices used in meditation, mainly by those belonging to the Hindu tantric tradition. The diagram consists of nine interwoven isosceles triangles four point upwards, representing Sakti, the primordial female essence of dynamic energy, and five point downwards, representing Siva, the primordial male essence of static wisdom The triangles are arranged in such a way that they produce 43 subsidiary triangles, at the centre of the smallest of which there is a big dot (known as the bindu). These smaller triangles are supposed to form the abodes of different gods, whose names are sometimes entered in their respective places. In common with many depictions of the sriyantra they have outer rings consisting of an eight-petalled lotus, enclosed by a sixteen petalled lotus, girdled in turn by three circles, all enclosed in a square with four doors, one on each side. The square represents the boundaries within which the deities reside, protected from the chaos and disorder of the outside world.
Tantric tradition suggests that there are two ways of using the sriyantra for meditation. In the outward approach one begins by contemplating the bindu and proceeds outwards by stages to take in the smallest triangle in which it is enclosed, then the next two triangles, and so on, slowly expanding outwards through a sequence of shapes to the outer shapes in which the whole object is contained. This outward contemplation is associated with an evolutionary view of the development of the universe where, starting with primordial matter represented by the dot, the meditator concentrates on increasingly complex organisms, as indicated by increasingly complex shapes, until reaching the very boundaries of the universe from where escape is possible only through one of the four doors into chaos. The 'inward' approach to meditation, which starts from a circle and then moves inwards, is known in tantric literature as the process of destruction ( a falling blackhole and emerging by big bang in a new universe ) .
The mathematical interest in the sriyantra lies in the construction of the central nine triangles, which is a more difficult problem than might first appear. A line here may have three, four, five or six intersections with other lines. The problem is to construct a sriyantra in which all the intersections are correct and the vertices of the largest triangles fall on the circumference of the enclosing circle.
There is, however, a curious fact about all the correctly constructed sriyantras, whether enclosed in circles or in squares. In all such cases the base angle of the largest triangles is about 51. The monument that comes to mind when this angle is mentioned is the Great Pyramid at Gizeh in Egypt, built around 2600 bc. It is without doubt the most massive building ever to have been erected, having at least twice the volume and thirty times the mass of the Empire State Building in New York, and built from individual stones weighing up to 70 tonnes each. The slope of the face to the base (or the angle of inclination) of the Great Pyramid is 51�50'35.
It is possible from the dimensions of the Great Pyramid to derive probably the two most famous numbers in mathematics. One is pi, and the other is phi the golden ratio or 'divine proportion', given by (1 + sqr-rt 5)/2 (its value to five decimal places is 1.61803). The golden ratio has figured prominently in the history of mathematics, both as a semi-mystical quantity (Kepler suggested that it should be named the 'divine proportion') and for its practical applications in art and architecture, including the Parthenon at Athens and a number of other buildings of Classical Greece. In the Great Pyramid the golden ratio is represented by the ratio of the length of the face (the slope height), inclined at an angle theta to the ground, to half the length of the side of the square base, equivalent to the secant of the angle theta. The original dimensions of the Great Pyramid are not known exactly, because later generations removed the outer limestone casing for building material, but as far as we can tell the above two lengths were about 186.4 and 115.2 metres respectively. The ratio of these lengths is, to five decimal places, l.618 06, in very close agreement with phi. The number phi has some remarkable mathematical properties. Its square is equal to itself plus one, while its reciprocal is itself minus one. But the most intriguing feature is its link with what are called the Fibonacci numbers.
The Fibonacci numbers are the sequence
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, …
where each number equals the sum of its two predecessors. This sequence pops up in a variety of natural phenomena – in pattems of plant growth and in the laws of Mendelian heredity, for example. It is easily shown that the ratio between successive Fibonacci numbers gets closer to phi the further up the sequence one goes. In the Fibonacci sequence given above, the ratio of 233 to 144 gives the value of phi calculated from the dimensions of the Great Pyramid.
The quantity pi can also be found in the dimensions of the Great Pyramid. If its height (1466 metres) is taken to be the radius of a circle, the perimeter of its base (4 x 230.4 = 921.6 metres) is almost equal to the circumference of that circle (2pir = 921.6 metres). The product of pi and the square root of phi is close to 4.
The largest isosceles triangle of the sriyantra design is one of the face triangles of the Great Pyramid in miniature, showing almost exactly the same relationship between pi and phi as in its larger counterpart.
Bolton and Macleod Sri Yantra
The term yantra, which literally means an instrument for holding or restraining, may be used to denote a variety of linear diagrams which play a significant role in the meditative practices of Tantric Hinduism. Yantras may be simple designs such as the cross, triangle, square, circle or lotus pattern, symbolizing basic concepts, or may be more complex combinations of such elements in figures representing in abstract form the particular creative forces in the cosmos which are called divinities. they are closely related to the mandalas used by both Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, in which geometric design is supplemented by elaborate symbolic images of the deities which by their various forms and attributes indicate different aspects of the hidden order of reality. As Mircea Eliade says (1), the yantra is 'the linear paradigm of the mandala', expressing the same principles in geometric form. Like mandalas, yantras are used in the context of meditation and worship as visual-aids to concentration of the mind leading to realization of abstract principle which is the inner meaning of the visible representation.
The best known and geometrically the most complex yantra is the Sri-yantra, also known as the Sri-yantra . The structure of this yantra is enigmatically described in the Saundarya-lahari (The Wave of Beauty) a lengthy poem praising the great goddess whose dwelling place the Sri-yantra is said to be .
By reason of the four Srikanthas (srikantha is an epithet of Siva) and the five damsels of Siva (which have the nature of Sakti), which are penetrated by Sambhu (i.e. bindu- the dot in the centre) and constitute the nine fundamental natures, the 43 (or 44) angles of your dwelling place are evolved, along with the 8-petalled and 16-petalled lotuses, the circles and the three lines.
The diagram may be more accurately described as a bilaterally symmetrical figure composed of nine interwoven isosceles triangles, usually depicted with five triangles pointing downwards and four pointing upwards. The former are said to correspond to the yoni representing the dynamic female principle of energy (Sakti), while the latter correspond to the linga representing the static male principle of wisdom (Siva). (The Buddhist Tantrics, incidentally, regard the male principle as dynamic and the female as static.) The central dot called bindu ( singularity ) represents the original unity of the male and female principles prior to creation and the paradoxical point female principles prior to creation and the paradoxical point from which the manifestation of the cosmos emerges. The interpenetration of the nine basic triangles gives rise to a number of subsidiary triangles (43 including the central triangle enclosing the bindu) which form the abodes of the deities, representing the particularization of the original creative forces into more concrete manifestations. Sometimes the names of deities and Sanskrit syllables are written into these triangles, or images of the deities are placed in them.
In most versions of the yantra this central design is enclosed by two circular lotus-patterns with eight and sixteen petals, a girdle of three concentric circles, and finally a square arrangement of straight line ('the three lines') with four openings or 'doors' at the cardinal points called 'World House' (bhugra). This square outline, which is common also to mandalas, symbolizes the royal palace in which the deities reside – an area of sacred space protected from the disintegrating forces of chaos. In general, the Sri-yantra is a 'cosmogram' – a graphic representation of the universal processes of emanation and reabsorption reduced to their essential outline. The yantra is an expression in terms of linear symbolism of the cosmic manifestations, beginning with the primordial unity.


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Tagged: Darin Erstad
The Streak Continues! (uh, for Fish, not Coghlan)
Fresh off their sweep of the Phillies on the road, the Marlins were back in town to kick off a four-game set with the Houston Astros Monday night at Land Shark Stadium, and to prove to themselves (and maybe the Nationals) that they are also capable of handling teams which are not in first place.
Brian Moehler was on the mound for the Astros, and the Marlins welcomed their old buddy back with open arms… and with an RBI from Jorge Cantu, a two-run double from John Baker and a sac fly from Cody Ross to take a four-run lead in the first. We missed you, Moehler.
Brian didn't allow another run in his five innings of work, but the Marlins took the lead in the first, and wouldn't give it up. (Aw crap, I just gave away the ending. My bad.)
It was Rick VandenHurk making the start for the Fish, and he also seemed to be making a very concerted effort to cram a complete game's worth of pitches into five innings. Vandy didn't have a bad start Monday night, but he didn't necessarily make it look too easy through five innings against the Astros. Hurk managed to get through a shaky first without giving up a run, but he wasn't as lucky in the second when, um, big-formidable-power-hitter Darin Erstad took him deep to put two runs on the board for Houston. With five hits, three walks, four K's and two runs to his credit, Hurk was finished after five innings and 97 pitches.
The Marlins added three runs in the sixth inning off of Astros reliever Chris Sampson, who balked in a run with the bases loaded, and then paid for several intentional walks. Sampson put Gload on base to pitch to Chris Coghlan, who answered with an RBI single, and then decided to try his luck at the strategy again by walking Nick Johnson intentionally with Hanley Ramirez on deck. It's not often you'll see a team choose to walk a guy to pitch to Hanley, and he showed the Astros why when he batted in his 75th run of the season.
All eyes were on Chris Coghlan as he attempted to add on to his streak of eight consecutive multi-hit games, but while the rookie reached base three times, he only got one hit on the night. While that streak came to an end, though, the team kept their streak of double-digit hits alive for the seventh game in a row.
Headed into the ninth, the Marlins lead 8-3, and Lindstrom came in to record the final three outs of the game. Or that was the idea, anyway. Normally when a pitcher comes in to pitch the ninth with a five-run lead, it's not considered a save situation. But I did say it was Matt Lindstrom coming in pitch, and we all know that with him, pretty much any and every situation can be considered a save (as in, he'll probably need to be saved from the situation he gets himself into when he gives up multiple walks, hits and runs). Matty only got through 1/3 of the ninth inning, and gave up three runs–one earned. In fairness to Matt, Uggla's error didn't exactly help him out.
Fredi pulled Lindstrom for Leo Nunez, and Leo must have wanted to make Chris Sampson feel a little better about his rough sixth inning, so he balked in a run before recording the save for the Marlins.
The Fish have now won four straight, and are just 3 1/2 games behind the Phillies in the East. Hopefully they can keep the hot streak going Tuesday night as Chris Volstad takes the hill in the second game of the series.
Let's gain more ground, shall we? Thanks.


text: Share: Comments Print December 31, 2012 at 11:35 AM UW's RPI improves after loss at UConn Posted by Percy Allen In the wacky world of the RPI, a loss (especially a loss on the road against a good team) improves your standing in the index. After losing 61-53 at Connecticut, Washington improved two spots and moved up to 95 in the RPI. Here's where the other Pac-12 teams rank: Colorado (5), Arizona (7), UCLA (43), Oregon (64), Stanford (65), Arizona State (73), California (74), Utah (125), USC (151), Washington State (176) and Oregon State (203). UCLA made the biggest climb in the RPI following a win over then-No. 7 Missouri. The Bruins moved up 36 spots, while Oregon State dropped 65 spots after a home defeat to Towson. Washington has just two wins (Seton Hall and Saint Louis) against top-100 RPI teams. Obviously the Huskies will need to beat the Pac-12's top teams to improve its resume in hopes of impressing the NCAA tournament selection committee for an at-large berth. Failing that, UW will need to win the Pac-12 Tournament, which rewards the champion with an automatic berth in the Big Dance. Meanwhile, Arizona (12-0) is one of three unbeaten teams in the country. The No. 3 Wildcats are the only Pac-12 team that's ranked in the top 25 in the national polls. Comments | More in Links, Pac-12 news | Topics: RPI ratings


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text: Home > Entertainment Vice Ganda recovering after procedure, sister says ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 05 2018 04:00 PM | Updated as of Aug 23 2018 06:28 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MANILA - Vice Ganda is now recovering after undergoing a procedure to address the kidney stones that had been causing him "severe abdominal pains," the box-office superstar's sister said Monday. In a message to ABS-CBN News' Mario Dumaual, Dr. Tina Viceral detailed Vice Ganda's condition, and the medical procedures that had to be done to address it. A post shared by JoseMarieViceral / Vice Ganda (@praybeytbenjamin) on Feb 8, 2017 at 8:05am PST The comedian had been rushed to the hospital over the weekend, forcing the cancellation of his appearance at an Ilocos Sur festival and his absence from "It's Showtime," the noontime show he regularly co-hosts. Dr. Viceral said: "Vice had ureteral colic, a condition when a stone from the kidney falls and gets stuck in the tube connecting the kidney to the urinary bladder. Urine could not pass, resulting in a pressure buildup in the kidney, thus the pain. "The first plan for Vice was extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy to fragment the stone in the ureter and using IV contrast to locate the stone. However, even with the IV contrast, the stone remained not targetable so the urologist revised the treatment plan to cystoscopy, insertion of stent. "This is a minimally invasive procedure which bypasses the obstructing stone. This allows urine to pass thus relieving the pain. He is being given a medciation to dissolve the stones." Vice Ganda's sister Dr Tina Viceral explains his procedure and healing @abscbnnews pic.twitter.com/Sj671rpzkW — Mario Dumaual (@mariovdumaual) February 5, 2018 According to Dr. Viceral, Vice Ganda was discharged from the hospital Sunday night. "He is on his way to recovery," she said, adding Vice Ganda can resume work Wednesday. "Thank you to all of you who prayed for Vice!" Dr. Viceral said. Aside from being a mainstay of "It's Showtime," Vice Ganda is juggling work as judge on the top-rating "Pilipinas Got Talent," and as host of his eponymous late-night talk show "Gandang Gabi Vice." Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Read More: Vice Ganda kidney stones /entertainment/02/02/18/not-seen-on-tv-vice-ganda-and-kylas-impromptu-because-of-you-duet/entertainment/01/29/18/who-is-jackque-and-why-is-vice-ganda-defending-her/entertainment/02/04/18/vice-ganda-undergoes-surgery