Hey Guys! Inversions are great for mental clarity, stimulating the endocrine system, bringing a beautiful glow to the face, and bringing prana to our upper chakras. The fresh blood flow and oxygen is indeed like getting an instant facelift!

Hare pose (not Hair pose! ), is an easy inversion almost everyone can do. If you are more flexible, you can try holding on to your ankles the whole time, and bringing your head down closer to your knees.

Namaste and Shanti!

Kimberly

Many yoga practitioners find they hit a wall when it comes to inversions, literally and figuratively. Standing poses, arm balances, tricky transitions all seem to be coming along, but balancing inversions beyond a basic headstand in the center of the room seem next to impossible.

This leads us to one of the great yoga conundrums: Practicing handstand with a wall does very little to teach you how to practice handstand without one.

To learn how to take your handstand to the center of the room—and into the middle of your vinyasa—a Multi-Intenso class with David Regelin may be the answer.

“The first step is really deciding you want to do a handstand,” says Regelin, founder of Multi-Intenso, a vinyasa style that draws upon classical poses, his own creations, and a “serious emphasis on inversions.” Taught at Kula Yoga Project, The Shala, and Pure Yoga, Regelin’s class gets you past halfhearted hopping into handstand by introducing a choreographed sequence that combines integrated core work, conditioning, and openings (hamstrings, look out). Multi-Intenso creates the confidence as well as the balance, strength, and flexibility needed to get into, stay in, and get out of handstand gracefully. (Our own progress is proof.)

Cristina Tarantola has been taking David Regelin's classes for almost two years, 3 times a week

Still worried about collateral damage? Regelin recommends you have an exit plan—a way to get down safely that includes yourself and those around you, should you lose your balance. (The one-foot-down-at-a-time plan is a good option.) And give it some time: Even with Regelin’s classes, really nailing inversions might demand more patience from your practice than strategy.

Look for Multi-Intenso at Kula Yoga Project, 28 Warren St., nr. Church, City Hall, 212-945-4460, www.kulayoga.com, $17 single class; The Shala, 816 Broadway, at 12th St., Union Square, 212-979-9988, www.theshala.com, $18 single class; Pure Yoga, 203 East 86th St., at Third Ave., Upper East Side, 212-360-1888, www.pureyoga.com, $30 day pass


How long have you been working on your free-standing inversions? Got any tips? Tell us, here!

Written by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website.
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An inverted chord means that you’ve moved the root of a chord to some upper position, leaving a note other than the root as the lowest sounding note. It’s a really great device that will add colour to your musical palette. But chord inversions have to be treated with a bit of care; randomly opting for an inversion can lead to a chord progression that sounds a bit disorganized.

A triad is a three-note chord that includes a root, a third and a fifth. For example, in C major, a C triad is comprised of a C, E and G played simultaneously. With the root on the bottom, you get this triad in its most stable position.

By moving the root upward and away from its bottom position, you now have the 3rd of the chord as the lowest-sounding note (C/E). This triad, called a first inversion triad, is slightly less stable, in the sense that we usually don’t end musical phrases with this type of chord. Ends of phrases need the solidity that comes from having the root at the bottom.

One other possibility for triads is to place the 5th at the bottom, and this gives us an even-less stable triad (C/G). This chord begs for a resolution to G (i.e., C/G  - G – C).

But to say that a triad is unstable is by no means a criticism. In fact, you will find that musical progressions sound fresh and interesting when they are comprised of a balance of root position and inverted chords. The question is… how do we know when to use them?

Here are some quick tips to guide you:

1. Use an inversion to animate a static bass line. If your progression requires your bass to do a lot of jumping by 4ths and 5ths, you can smooth this out and get the line moving by using an inversion. Here’s an example: C  F  C  G  C, with each chord played for 4 beats. Try modifying it with inversions (each chord played for 2 beats:) C  C/E  F  F/A  C  C  G  G/B  C
2. Use an inversion to make a boring progression more interesting. Related to point 1 above, if your progression has you dwelling on one chord for a long period of time, get the bass line involved by creating inversions.
3. If your melody line moves from the 3rd of a chord to an upper root of the chord, you can mirror that motion by moving the bass from the root of the chord up to the 3rd. It creates interesting interplay between melody and bass.

There are times when you need to be careful about using inversions:

1. If the melody and bass line are on the same note, don’t invert the next chord if it means both melody and bass move to the same note (i.e., avoid parallel octaves).
2. Be careful about leaping to inversions if there seems to be no good need or reason. For example, this might be hard to make work: C  F/A  Dm  G/B… etc. These inversions will often result in the ear being confused.
3. Avoid inversions if it means that the bass note following the inversion is an augmented 4th or diminished 5th away. In other words, this will be a bit hard on the ear: C  G/B  F, because the bass moving from the note B to F will be somewhat unpleasant.

Inversions can be a great way to make an otherwise boring progression a bit more interesting, and can get some motion in your bass line, but as with most elements at your disposal, be careful how you use it.
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Vist que l’equip de govern de l’ajuntament de Sant Cugat volia dedicar tots els diners del  nou Fons Estatal d’Inversió Local (8,5 milions d’euros) a inversions.

Vista la poca transparència i dubtosa prioritat o necessitat d’alguns dels projectes de l’anterior F.E.I.L. davant d’altres obres mes justificades i urgents.

Iniciativa va negociar amb l’equip de govern perquè reconsiderés la seva postura inicial aconseguint consensuar i aprovar  finalment la següent moció:

Atesa la situació de crisi econòmica que es produeix a tot el país i també a Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Atès que el govern estatal torna a posar en marxa el Fons Estatal d’inversió Local per dinamitzar l’economia dels municipis.

Atès que la principal finalitat del fons és l’ocupació, tant de nova creació com el manteniment de llocs de treball. Els nous contractes hauran de realitzar-se a treballadors inscrits com a demandants d’ocupació amb prioritat per als aturats de llarga durada (més de dotze mesos registrats).

Atès que el fons beneficiarà al teixit empresarial, especialment a les empreses, sobretot les petites i mitjanes, centrades en les activitats vinculades a la sostenibilitat econòmica, mediambiental i social que es troben a Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Atès que el fons beneficiarà a l’ajuntament de Sant Cugat del Vallès que podrà finançar inversions i actuacions en benefici de la ciutadania per valor de 8,5 milions d’€.

L’Ajuntament de Sant Cugat pren els següents acords:

1.- Es prioritzarà la contractació de treballadors i treballadores en situació d’atur de llarga durada (que portin més de 12 mesos).

2.- Els treballadors i treballadores contractats seran, prioritariament, treballadors inscrits al Servei Municipal d’Ocupació com a demandants d’ocupació a Sant Cugat del Vallès.

3.- Es donarà compte al Ple Municipal de la relació final de projectes que es desenvolupin pel Pla FEIL a Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Sant Cugat del Vallès, novembre de 2009

Did you know that there’s a lot of Blackest Night comics that I haven’t reviewed?  I mean… really.  I guess it’s time to play catch up on our fun mega event of DC.

There’s a lot of zombie bashing both positive and negative after the click.

So, the first batch of miniseries tying around the Blackest Night event ended within the last couple of weeks.

I have to say that really… it wasn’t too much of a success.  Sure, some parts were nice like seeing Deadman for a bit… and then not… and then having Dove suddenly becoming a surprising (even to herself) player in the event.  But, overall, it just didn’t all flow to me.  I think part of it was just that it was all too ridiculous for me. 

Batman was a big stupid stupid fest of stupidness in the last issue where The Flying Graysons and Tim Drake’s dad recreate their deaths in an incredibly elaborate way to get some sort of emotions out of the Big B and Red R.  Then, the whole Mr. Freeze gun/last ditch effort to hide themselves from the Black Lanterns was way too contrived.

Superman was just a big brawl fest.  Plus, the characters were pretty flat.  Sure, it was nice to learn that Superboy’s arm could have fear in it, and to see the Psycho Pirate back (and then his semi-useful mask used as a tool against the Black Lanterns… which crumbles in two frames which took a lot of rereading to figure out).  Overall, the miniseries just accomplished me feeling really bad for Smallville.  Poor one-dimensional stereotypical hickish townsfolk…

Titans was a love affair, hate affair, okay affair.  Part of me could see past the T&A fest when the story was okay, but then the other part of me was super offended.  I like Dove’s new role, but that’s about it.  Plus, it would have been cool to see Raven in this… but she wasn’t there.  Oh well.

Overall, the first batch of miniseries get an okay out of me… not really satisfying but not really terrible… they just don’t equal the power in the main feature.

The next grouping is the first two weeks of the ring promotional deal!  You know, when this was first announced (you’d get a promotional plastic ring with one of the Lantern Corps symbol on it for buying a certain comic) I thought it was a great marketing ploy but I wasn’t too excited to buy some comics that I wouldn’t normally get.  Well, each one of them proved me wrong in their own little ways.

Doom Patrol #4:

Now, I’ve been meaning to read some of the classic Doom Patrol stories, but I just haven’t had the time.  I know there’s a giant mythos behind the group, but I can honestly say that I don’t really know any of it.  Now, all of the promotional books (thus far) have included a memory download for the Black Lantern ring to sort of bring new readers (as in the people just buying the comic for the ring) up to speed.  I don’t really feel that this one completely accomplished that unlike the other two.  Sure, it definitely helped a hell of a lot, but not completely.  Part of me liked the art in this comic and part of me didn’t… It looked good in some instances (most notably how the Black Lanterns have sort of a mummified look to them and the representation of emotions through the Black Lantern’s eyes now used as a common device in all of the Blackest Night books), but bads in others (I didn’t too much like the inking or coloring, really).  The reveal at the end was super interesting with Clifford Steele and has me considering picking up the next issue.  To tell you the truth, I didn’t read the back up feature… I really like J.M. Dematteis especially after Savior 28, but to have a back up feature and then a preview for an upcoming book sort of steals away from the flow.

R.E.B.E.L.S. #10

First things first, I really loved the art in this comic.  The highly stylized use of a thin line and the super cool inking with dashed lines to show texture (especially on faces) was just way too neat.  The facial expressions are over the top and yet spot on.

Anyway, this issue follows Braniac 2 and 3… I knew a little bit about the different Braniacs, but the Memory Download beginning was a nice refresher.  My question was why does Vril Drox (Braniac 2) still hang out with a giant posse (including Kanjar Ro) when he has robots to do his shit for him?

Oh well, the reveal at the end was priceless and shows that something done before in the Sinestro Corps War can be done again and still have a kickass effect.

Plus, Black Lantern Harbinger’s in here… and she’s not that whiny!

I’m definitely considering picking up the next one, and this review’s sort of sparse because the comic mostly speaks for itself.

Booster Gold #26

Now, I have a love/hate relationship with Booster Gold… He’s a showboat who’s now on the right track, but that still doesn’t forgive for his past mistakes of being sort of a stupid character.  Like everyone else (mostly), I feel like 52 definitely vindicated him a lot (which makes me think… are we ever going to see how Animal Man is dealing with Blackest Night?), but there’s still some problems in his comic now.

Despite having an unbalanced relationship with Booster Gold, I’ve always liked Ted Kord Blue Beetle… mostly because the first issue I read with him in it was Infinite Crisis and him being all badass with Max Lord and getting his brains blown out.

Overall, I came out of reading this comic saying aloud “Holy shit! That was a lot better than I thought it would be.”

From Booster revisiting one of his failures to the relationship with the new Blue Beetle, I really thought this issue excelled, and there’s no doubt that I will buy the next comic.  Part of the reason this comic works so well is that we know Ted Kord’s going to come bursting in at some point, but Dan Jurgens holds it off until the end and instead works on developing/reminding the reader of Booster and BBs friendship and characters.  That makes the sickening reveal at the end so much better.

Does anyone else find that Ted Kord’s nose looks really weird and a little uncharacteristic of him in life despite being all decaying…?  Also, couldn’t they have made his costume on the head sink in just a bit to represent the head wound…?

Nevertheless,

Our next grouping is the actual main event players a la Green Lantern, Corps, and Blackest Night.

Green Lantern #47

You know, I really don’t care much about Hal Jordan anymore.  Sure, he’s cool, but he’s just a Batman in space with a ring…  The stars of this book are the other players: Sinestro, Larfleeze, and Atrocitus.  Holy shit do I still want them to stay around when this is all over.  They’ve had such little screen time (excluding Sinestro) that I really want them to play out for much longer.  Hell!  Atrocitus gets his heart ripped out by the Inversions (who look super neat) like everyone else and ends up still living because he doesn’t need a heart because he’s such a badass.

Too bad Abin Sur doesn’t stay around for a bit longer… I guess he’s more important for the ideal and the standard of being the best Green Lantern ever than actually an interesting character.

Unfortunately, this comic doesn’t accomplish what it’s meant to, and that’s making Green Lantern seem interesting… it’s a bit of a sign of bad tidings when your lead character’s outshined by others.

Still, a respectable:

Green Lantern Corps #42

Stuff on Oa increases the shit up… there’s a lot of characters and I feel like only Kilowog gets a decent amount of treatment.

Sure, Kyle Rayner’s sacrifice at the end is pretty neat, but after just seeing something similar with Sodom Yat, the effect is lessened.  Plus, in the whole Origins and Omens thing that came out to get people excited about Blackest Night, Kyle was all painting a mural… So, I know that this isn’t going to last.

I don’t know… this comic just sort of felt like a placeholder in the event to find out what’s happening elsewhere.  Hmm…

Blackest Night #4:

Do the Justice League villains on the front of this cover really play much of a role on the inside… no… but they look cool.

Wow, but isn’t the part in Gotham so neat… Scarecrow just walking around and stares down Black Lantern Azrael (who looks super cool with that hood even if it’s a bit like Black Lantern Hawk).

Then, Luthor’s being a badass.

Then, Mera is suddenly a power player with the Flash and Atom… the new Big Three.  Then, Jason fights Ronnie and makes me want to see what happens.  Then, Atom gives a pep talk that sort of back fires (sadly) but rips a guy apart.

Then, in two pages in creepy near silence, Nekron rises… as does all of Coast City.

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Por resolución do Presidente Rafael Louzán, a Deputación Provincial acaba de detraerlle ao Concello de Ponteareas 680.802,74 euros, así o adianta o BNG de Ponteareas. Este importe, segundo explican os nacionalistas, é deducido do Plan de inversións da Deputación  para o perído 2009-2011 que sumaba 1.208.545,23 euros. Co embargo deste importe, Ponteareas non vai investir nada en obras e servizos básicos para os veciños con cargo a partida do presente ano e únicamente  251.503,58 no 2010 e 276.238,91 no 2011, só un 43,6% do total, puntualizan.

O BNG recorda que recentemente o Presidente da Deputación visitou o Concello e anunciou conxuntamente co Alcalde que en Ponteareas o investimento deste plan anti-crisis da Deputación superaba o millón douscentos mil euros, cando xa estaba asinada a retención dos 680.802,74 euros. “Louzán e Solla reduciron o plan únicamente a propaganda. Todo un exemplo de cinismo político e de falta de respeto a Institución Municipal e aos veciños e veciñas de Ponteareas”, manifestou Xosé Represas, Portavoz do BNG.

A débeda que agora a Deputación lle detrae ao Concello foi xerada dende o ano 2005, coincidindo co período que Salvador G. Solla leva de Alcalde. “Agora, que Salvador G. Solla tamén forma parte do goberno do PP na Deputación, ésta embargalle ao Concello 680.000 euros”.

Os nacionalistas tamén acusan a Nava Castro de “mentir descaradamente ante o Pleno da Corporación”. Recordan que como concelleira de Facenda, a requerimento do BNG, afirmaba hai poucos meses que o Concello non tiña débedas coa Deputación a 31 de decembro de 2008. Na resolución do Presidente da Deputación de 24 de agosto de 2009 recollese, “se detrae a cantidade de 680.802,74 euros por débedas dos anos 2005,2006,2007,2008 e 2009”

Para Represas “a crítica situacion económica do concello, agravada aínda máis nos anos que Salvador G. Solla leva de alcalde, ten colocado a Ponteareas nunha situación límite na que por tamén se perden os investimentos da Deputación. Como consecuncia da xestión de Salvador G. Solla e agora co embargo da Deputación, os veciños quedan privados de obras de infraestructura básicas como é o saneamento”, manifestou o nacionalista.

Fa uns dies l’Alcaldessa va inaugurar l’Escola Bressol Municipal Bruna, un edifici construït en mig any i que pot marcar una línia en quan a tipologia d’edificis escolars a la ciutat
Es tracta d’un edifici original, funcional i integrat a l’entorn que està dissenyat amb criteris bioclimàtics amb una sistema de climatització natural i fent servir l’energia solar
Si us fixeu veureu que està orientat al sud i que  compta amb il·luminació natural a totes les aules, tant des del pati com pel sostre. El sistema d’il•luminació elèctric es regula en funció de la intensitat lumínica exterior.
A més, per aïllar les aules  s’ha construït una coberta verda amb cultiu extensiu i que com diuen els autors del projecte es convertirà en la cinquena façana. I en aquesta línia, s’ha construït uns  voladissos que permeten que els raigs del sol arribin directament a les aules a l’hivern, mentre que eviten la radiació directa els mesos d’estiu
Compta amb uns mecanismes de ventilació però sense necessitat de fer servir suports calorífics o frigorífics extraordinaris i l’energia solar que s’ha instal·lat serà per a l’aigua sanitària i la calefacció. Els radiadors són de baix consum i gran rendiment calòric que al no sobrepassar els 42 graus eviten que els nens es puguin cremar.

Però a més, aquest edifici s’ha construït en un temps record. Necessitàvem que l’edifici estigues acabat per l’inici del curs escolar i ho hem aconseguit, entre d’altres factors, escollint el sistema de  concurs de “projecte + obra”en el que mitjançant un concurs  d’idees previ es selecciona conjuntament un equip d’arquitectes, un projecte i una empresa constructora en un sol paquet,  d’aquesta manera vam guanyar alguns mesos del període de licitacions dels projectes de les obres.
Ara ja el tenim en funcionament. Un edifici amb un disseny que l’integra a l’entorn i que com va dir l’Alcaldessa, contribueix a la millora del barri de la Plana de Can Bertran, juntament amb la nova biblioteca i amb la nova plaça i l’ampliació del  parquing del Mercat.

I am still high from teaching yesterday. When BF came home, he hugged me and said “Hey there, yoga teacher.” He makes me smile inside and out.

I did a home practice yesterday afternoon that was interesting. My intention was to work up to king pigeon pose, but when I was warmed up enough, my body just wasn’t interested in getting into the pose. It was weird, because prior to now I have always, always, always been happy to add backbends to any practice I was doing. But not yesterday. I just wanted to work with my legs.

So that’s what I did. My hanuman is coming along nicely; I’m not even six inches away from a full split. I did forearm stand for a while, as well, and yet again I find that all I need to do to feel my body come to the pose is to practice. Forearm stand has always felt compressed and not a little dangerous, but I worked with Paul and Jennifer on it a few times in the last couple of months. The biggest difference was made when I stopped caring about whether my head was in the right place; when I just looked behind me instead of down at the floor or forward, the curve in my upper back seemed less out of control, and my shoulders seemed to have more space.

The problem with any inversion, to me, is that your brain is telling you HOLY SHIT I’M UPSIDE DOWN AND I TOTALLY CAN’T BALANCE ON MY HANDS/FOREARMS/HEAD the entire time you’re doing it. This is very distracting. It makes no real sense, because when you come to think about balancing on your feet all day, it’s really not any more miraculous to balance on your forearms. You’ve just been balancing on your feet your whole life, and are accustomed to the weight of your body being distributed and balanced in one direction, rather than the other.

If I could get past the immediate mental block of HOLY SHIT I’M UPSIDE DOWN etc., I could focus on the finer aspects of the inversion and probably do it for a lot longer. My body just seems so heavy from the other direction; 132 pounds resting on my forearms seems like an awful lot. Even though the same 132 pounds rests easily on the tiny square footage of my feet every single day! I don’t know how to remind myself of this fact while I’m upside down; if I could get it through my head at that time, I think I could try to focus on feeling lightness in my arms and legs, or focus on allowing the muscles to do the work rather than just letting dead weight rest in my forearms. But my brain is in robot mode, saying, HEY THERE, YOU’RE UPSIDE DOWN. HAVE I MENTIONED YOU’RE UPSIDE DOWN? DUDE, YOU’RE TOTALLY UPSIDE DOWN.

I also found something interesting in half-moon. It’s a pose that has always been difficult for me, and even though it has evolved as my practice has, I still find it exceedingly unstable. A sharp breeze could cause me to tumble to the ground when I’m in it. I’m not sure I really feel openness in my chest every time I do it, either; I’m sometimes twisted towards the ground, instead.

Yesterday I realized that the position of each non-weight-bearing limb has a major bearing on where the center of gravity is in the pose. I knew that if I moved my up leg further behind my body that it would change where my balance focused, but I found that moving my lower arm AND my upper arm forward and back makes a pretty big difference. I can’t think of a mechanical metaphor that fits this situation – propellers on a helicopter, maybe, or the weights in a clock – but I had to find a happy medium between keeping my arm forward and my leg back, and vice versa. Experimenting with this was quite a challenge because I kept almost falling out every time I made a tiny adjustment. But it was interesting.

I’ve also been doing this thing where I experiment with king dancer pose while I’m supporting myself, rather than treating it as the standing balance that it is. There are just so many hugely different expressions of that pose, and I want to fiddle with where I have my back and my head and my leg without worrying about whether I’m going to fall over. It’s something I actually want to bring to a class one day – the centerpiece being experimentation by the wall, rather than just the accomplishment of the pose on its own.

Full yoga post today. Sorry about that. I am feeling my yoga addiction quite strongly right now. Part of the reason is that I go to Santa Barbara in LESS THAN A MONTH. Eeeek!

If you love yoga as much as I do, I hope you have checked out EcoYogini’s Personal Practice Adventure. I know, I know, it’s all I talk about lately – I’m just so excited about it! It came just as I was re-inspired in my yoga practice, so now I’m doubly inspired!

Photo from Yoga Journal

For this adventure, I have set a few intentions. However, there is one more I wanted to add: I will do Legs Up the Wall at least four times a week for ten minutes at a time.

I have always had circulation problems. I have a long family history of heart malfunctions, varicose veins, and the like. There have been many days, even when I was a teenager, when, after standing for long periods of time, the pain in my legs was so intense that I would instinctively know that I had to reverse the blood flow. I often would lie on the floor and prop my legs up on the couch, which was really the only thing that helped the pain.

Little did I know that this was the beginning of Legs Up the Wall! Fast-forward to 2009, when I fail to do this pose regularly just because I think I don’t have 10 minutes to spare. Hmmmm… My Sivananda teacher often talks about this pose, challenging us to do it for ten minutes – every day. She says we often avoid it not just because of the time issue, but because it is, basically, an effortless pose, and we almost feel guilty for “indulging.” She said this is backwards thinking, as we should always strive to help our bodies be the best they can be, and any inversion does a great service to the body, no matter how “effortless” it may appear.

After spending the summer hiking (sometimes for seven hours at a time), I found that old, familiar leg pain has come back. I admit, I often ignored it, and did a few inversions when I could squeeze them in. But then I had some guidance that pushed me to make the commitment to do Legs Up the Wall on a regular basis.

A few weeks ago, my sister had a dinner party. One of her guests was a local intuitive healer, Mariah Crawford. She is a wonderfully gifted woman, and I have gone to her for readings twice. When I told her I had to leave early due to painful cramps I was experiencing, she asked if I wanted her to do some Reiki on me. I have never had it done, even though both my sister and one of my brothers are Level II Reiki Healers, so I agreed. I was shocked by how much better it made me feel. During the impromptu session on my sister’s couch, Mariah said, “I’m receiving information that you are having stomach troubles and that the circulation in your legs is bad.” I happen to have been also experiencing bad leg pain that week, and terrible stomach aches (stress), and when she said “circulation” I knew it was time to commit to regular inversions!

So I am adding that to my intentions for the Personal Practice Adventure. Even as I write this, I am planning a moment before lunch to get my legs up the wall! They aren’t feeling so good right now, so I’m counting down the minutes until I can do this.

Lastly, speaking of walls, my computer is bouncing off them! It keeps signing me out of all my accounts and making it very difficult to get back into them. And equally annoying, it will not allow me to comment on other people’s blogs! I’ve been trying to leave comments at my favorite blogs all week, but to no avail. So please don’t think I’ve stopped reading your blogs – I’m still there! I’m hoping my boyfriend can fix this for me and then everything will be back to normal.

Until then – I’m putting my legs up the wall!

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