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Tour de France: Chris Froome closes in on first victory
Chris Froome moved closer to securing Tour de France victory after finishing with his nearest rivals on the 19th stage to Le Grand-Bornand.
The Briton is five minutes 11 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador with one more day to survive in the high mountains.
"I definitely had a sigh of relief after getting today out of the way - this was one of the stages I was most worried about," Froome said afterwards.
"Chris Froome got a bit wet towards the end but the rain was just about the only thing that affected him today. He and Team Sky will be very happy with the way the stage went, because they did not even have to do much too work at the front of the peloton.
"The pace did go up on the last climb but I think that was because Saxo-Tinkoff were looking to protect their lead in the team category, rather than looking to attack Froome. I think everybody is too tired to do that.
"A lot of them were probably thinking that it would be a lot of effort for something that is probably very unlikely to happen anyway. The race for the yellow jersey is over, unless something goes dramatically wrong for Froome, and the others are looking at the minor placings now.
"But there is still a lot to play for. The main fight now is for the podium places and it will come down to the final climb on Saturday. I expect Nairo Quintana will fancy himself to take second overall and possibly win that stage as well, to crown a memorable debut Tour with his first stage win.
"His Movistar team will be going all out for that - Quintana already has the white jersey for best young rider under the age of 25 and whoever wins the stage will probably take the King of the Mountains category too. It all sets us up for a big showdown on the final climb, which is narrow and steep, and it should make quite a spectacle."
Portugal's Rui Costa claimed his second stage win of this year's Tour.
But the mountainous 204.5km route, which included four tough climbs, did not deliver the expected attacks on Froome, who only really came under pressure in the final 20km of the day on the Col de la Croix Fry.
Contador's Saxo-Tinkoff team set the tempo on the way up, but the only move of note came from fifth-placed Joaquim Rodriquez of the Katusha team, who was tracked by Contador, third-placed Colombian Nairo Quintana and Froome.
The Team Sky rider also had to worry about the descent, with Contador speeding down the 13km to the finish line despite heavy rain.
But Froome stayed on his Spanish rival's wheel in an otherwise drama-free stage from his point of view, and has only one more day of serious racing in the Alps to negotiate before Sunday's traditional procession into Paris.
"I was ready for anything after the way the Tour has gone so far," Froome added.
"There was a lot of climbing and, with bad weather forecast, it had the potential to get out of hand. The guys did take it up and attack on the final climb and go pretty quickly down the other side, so I am relieved to get through it.
"But I don't want to get complacent at this stage. Tomorrow's stage is only 125km but it is still one more day to get out of the way before relaxing and heading into Paris."
The most significant movement of the day came in the King of the Mountains category, which Froome also still leads but only by a point after France's Pierre Rolland picked up 52 points by leading the way over three of the categorised climbs.
Rolland only failed to take over at the top after being caught by Costa and the men who were trying in vain to reel in the Portuguese rider on the final climb as the weather was closing in.
He will still be wearing the polka dot jersey on Saturday, with Froome in yellow for his final test.
Stage 20 ends with a tough hors categorie (beyond categorisation) climb to the finish line at Annecy-Semnoz. Even if Froome's yellow jersey is safe, there will be a battle for the podium places with only 47 seconds separating Contador in second and Rodriguez in fifth.
Results of stage 19:
1. Rui Costa (Por) Movistar 5:59:01"
2. Andreas Kloeden (Ger) RadioShack +48"
3. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack +1:44"
4. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJR +1:52"
5. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis +1:55"
Overall standings after stage 19:
1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 77:10:00"
2. Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff +5:11"
3. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +5:32"
4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff +5:44"
5. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha +5:58"
King of the mountains category after stage 19
1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 104
2. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Europcar 103
3. Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel 98
4. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar 97
5. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R 93
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Comment number 244.
21st July 2013 - 1:07at 242 - Moto GP?
Comment number 243.
20th July 2013 - 12:42Let's hear it for Jens Voigt!
41 and still pout up front on breakaways throughout Le Tour and also finding the time to take the p**s out of Gary Imlach.
What a man! -
Comment number 242.
20th July 2013 - 12:15#97: Are you trying to imply that cyclists are not athletes? For your info (and read it up, if you can), cyclists are the hardest sportsmen in the world. Where else would you find a "sportsperson" carrying on, like this cyclist breaking his pelvis (Geraint Thomas) and continuing through 3 weeks of purgatory? Eh?
Comment number 241.
20th July 2013 - 12:09It's good to see that Pierre Rolland is wearing Chris Froome's polka dot jersey with team shorts, helmet, etc today. I expect that he looked at himself in the mirror this morning after he got ready, realised that the polka dot make-up made him look like a prat, and decided to just stick with the jersey for a change. I really hope that one of the actual best climbers (CF or NQ) wins the KOM.
Comment number 240.
20th July 2013 - 12:05#230 "...the Wolds..." would that be the Cotswolds? ;)
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Police officers and an RCMP chopper converged around Athabasca Street West at about 4 p.m. Wednesday after getting a tip that a man wanted on an outstanding warrant would be in the area.
But this was one time that Mounties did not get their man.
"He bolted," said Staff Sgt. Dave Lucas. "He slipped the net."
The search went on longer than it would have normally because police received several tips, he said. The helicopter joined in because it was already in the air.
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Both persons in a marriage are called to love ? called to a life of giving and receiving.? The catch is:? spouses don?t give and receive in exactly the same way ? because man and woman are not replicas of one another, nor are they mirror images.
At the heart of the Christian vocation lies the notion of gift.? Each of us is called, in some particular way, to make a gift of our very self.? It is this ?self-gift? which we call ?love.?? Living out a true dynamic of gift within the specifics of family life, however, brings with it a distinct challenge.? This is because the love relationship, marriage, which is the foundation for the family, is not just any ordinary community of persons.? The persons who enter marriage are either man-persons or woman-persons.? As Catholics, we do not profess to be gender-neutral; we believe that masculinity and femininity shape the entire person, not merely the body.
Both persons in a marriage are called to love,which means that each one is called to a life of giving and receiving.? The catch is:? spouses don?t give and receive in exactly the same way.? This is because man and woman are not replicas of one another, nor are they mirror images.? Instead, they seem designed to exist in an asymmetrical relationship which has often been described as ?complementary.?? The recently canonized German philosopher, Edith Stein, provides some excellent insight into the spiritual differences between man and woman.
Edith Stein argues that a person?s physical nature is an expression of his or her spiritual dimension, and is to be understood as a ?clue? to that person?s destiny.? With what specific qualities does nature endow a woman?? The most obvious is the capacity to bear new life?the ability literally to grow and nurture another person in her own body.? Stein suggests that it is precisely because of a woman?s natural disposition to cherish, guard, and preserve the life within her womb that her spiritual ideals take on a distinctly feminine character. 1?
Regardless, then, of whether a particular woman ever bears a child in her life, she has been given a psychological outlook which is geared toward the development and nurturing of another person.? Fulton Sheen noted that while men tend to gather around discussing things and ideas, women are much more inclined to gather around discussing other people. 2 We must ask:? in what way is a person different from a thing or an idea?? For one, a person is a concrete whole.? There is nothing abstract about a person.? When a mother takes care of a child, she does not have the luxury of caring for his physical needs one day, and his psychological needs the next.? She needs to relate to her child as a whole?and in the present moment!? She cannot abstract from, or ignore, any of his needs.
A person is a multi-faceted creature, with women being more inclined and equipped to deal simultaneously with all of these facets, and giving women a tendency to excel at multi-tasking. A woman is a natural multi-tasker because she is ?person-oriented.?? She demonstrates an instinctive way of ?tuning in? to persons and personal details to a degree that most men do not share. ?(Men tend to develop these abilities by way of learning, rather than by instinct.)
What gift, specifically, enables a woman to connect so naturally with others?? Stein argued that it was a woman?s emotions which fueled this ability.? She commented that it is only through the stirring of the emotions that one can really relate to a soul in its entire being 3?one glance at her child?s face can often reveal more to a mother than if she were to ask the child a barrage of questions.? It is the place of the intellect to separate and abstract: the intellect breaks things down in order to understand them. ?The emotions, on the other hand, can sense the whole.? This ability is what the ages have termed ?women?s intuition?? an immediate grasp of a particular truth.?? This is not to suggest that women do not have an intellect, but merely that it is not primarily the intellect which powers her heightened ability to engage with persons.
It is precisely the intellectual ability to abstract from the whole that informs the natural outlook of men.? Consider a man physically.? His physical form is not designed for bearing and nursing a little person. What characterizes his physical form is size and strength.? His capacity for battle and for work indicates that he is designed not to receive and nurture a person, but instead to act on the world.? While this is done certainly for the sake of persons, his immediate outlook is less person-oriented, and much more deed or object-oriented.? A man tends to more easily distance himself from the immediacy (often, the total chaos) of a situation in order to pursue a long-term goal beyond it.? This is a strength of the intellect. ?Man has an ability to pursue the future by disentangling himself from the emotional pull of the present moment.? Think about it:? how else could a father leave the intimacy of home and family, day after day, to trudge off to work?? How else could he stand to leave his loved ones in order to march off to battle??? (How else could he spend five hours straight playing video games?) ??Men often rely upon their ability to compartmentalize, to ?shut down? their emotions, in order to accomplish important tasks.
Once again, these complementary perspectives of man and woman, Stein asserts, find their source in the sexual difference. ?A woman?s entire sense of identity is deeply connected to her body, and its nurturing power.? From an early age, her body, and its natural hormonal cycles, remind her she is female.? She seldom feels the need to ?prove? she?s a woman in the way a man does.? Her body simply reveals it to her, and in a certain way, she identifies herself with that body.?? (Note the amount of time and attention women pay to the details of physical appearance.)?? A man?s body-soul relationship, however, is a little less direct?his body does not immediately reveal to him that he is a ?man.?? Because his physique is designed for work, his body serves more as an instrument to his identity. 4? It is precisely those deeds which he accomplishes through his body that form the basis for his sense of self; hence, the time-old tradition of initiatory rites for young men, who attempt to ?prove? their manhood through various actions. Comprehending this subtle difference in self-understanding is key in explaining the different ways in which men and woman both crave and express love.
The masculine and the feminine orientations?towards the ?project? and the ?person??are both absolutely necessary for the fostering of the family.? While a man?s concerns tend to be more ?linear??directed toward accomplishing a single task at a time?a woman is inclined more globally?interested simultaneously in all aspects of the person.? It has been said that while men tend to be specialists, it is women who are the great universalists.? The fact remains that the world needs both.
What we need to remember, however, is that God?s design, beautiful as it is, has been profoundly affected by original sin.? And it is not just human nature in general which bears the wounds of sin, but human nature in its particular incarnations of masculinity and femininity.
It is well-known that a man?s particular abilities for specialization and abstraction can come at the expense of personal relationships.? A man?s absorption in his career may cut him off from family life.? His drive toward accomplishment and dominion may degenerate into an exploitation of the world, a senseless acquisition of wealth and, often, an objectification of women. 5??Frankly, man?s ?worst fault? is summed up in a single phrase:? he tends to rank things over persons, or better, he tends to treat persons like things.? Sinful man approaches the world from the perspective of dominating and controlling things for their use, and is, therefore, inclined to abuse other persons along the way, treating them as objects.
Women, too, must examine the perils of their own femininity, which did not make it through the Fall unscathed either.? Her instinctive concern for the growth of others can easily be perverted.? It can be confused, first of all, with mere curiosity about others, leading to that incessant gathering of all possible information about them.? That women are most often the perpetrators of gossip is no accident; it is simply a perversion of her natural, global concern for persons.
Furthermore, because of her orientation toward the whole, rather than the part, a woman can too easily make the mistake of ?frittering away her powers? 6 by dabbling in too many things at once, putting herself in danger of living only at a superficial level.? Where a man might get lost ?in his project,? so to speak, a woman often has her hand in so many things that she doesn?t enter very deeply into anything.
There exists another perversion of the feminine nature, as well:? a woman?s concern for others can degenerate into something radically self-centered.? A woman?s emotional desire for personal relationships can propel her to insert herself into the lives of others, drawing satisfaction by clinging to the ?needy,? gaining a sense of importance through involvement in others? lives.? While Stein asserts that the emotions are the feminine source of strength which enable a woman to ?tune in? so effectively to persons, they become her Achilles heel if she does not temper them.? Experience reveals that it is all too easy for women to become obsessed with relationships, and slaves to their moods.
So we can see that the man-woman relationship, which is foundational for the family, is a precarious one because of the effects of original sin.? The account of Genesis is clear on this point.? After eating of the forbidden fruit, the man and the woman in the Garden face the consequences.? God addresses the woman:? ?Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.? (RSV Gen 3:16)? For his part, the man will be prone to dominate his wife, to use her and control her as one would an object;? the sad complement here, however, is the part the woman plays:? through her own fallen nature and desires, she will allow?and even encourage?this domination to happen.? Sin transforms the man-woman relation into what Stein calls ?a brutal relationship of master and slave.? 7 And while these fallen tendencies of ours cannot be ignored, we know that they are not God?s will for the family.? That is simply not how he made us?sin and its consequences are a human accomplishment, not a divine one!? Christ our Lord has placed the relationship between man and woman at the foundation of the family for a reason. If sin fractures this relation, we must ask:? how, specifically, does Christ propose to repair it?
For if Christ came to redeem the world, surely he came to redeem marriage as well.? It is at this point that we must look at St. Paul?s letter to the Ephesians.? Here, encapsulated, is Christ?s teaching on the husband-wife relation:? what marriage is meant to look like, what the grace of redemption enables the man and woman to become.
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.? For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.? As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. ?Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish (RSV Eph 5: 22-27).
It is clear in this passage that the natural differences between man and woman do not ?disappear? as a result of Christ?s grace; there remains a definite ?asymmetry? in the relation that founds the family.? The man as ?head? is clearly not identical to the woman, called to ?be subject? to him.? Today?s feminist ideology, which identifies any ?difference? with ?inequality,? completely disregards St. Paul?s words here as being culturally conditioned?simply a remnant of the ?dominating male/servile female? notion of antiquity.? What are we to make of this?
On the one hand, we know that the early Christians were radically counter-cultural. So there was no reason for St. Paul to dilute the truths of faith in his preaching.? On the other hand, if the so-called ?master-slave? relation between man and woman was the result of original sin, how could St. Paul possibly be referring to?and upholding?this model in his preaching on the sacrament of marriage?? Christ came to heal our sins, not to reinforce our already sinful inclinations.? So we must try to understand the asymmetric relation between husband and wife in a redeemed sense.
If being ?head? does not mean ?being a tyrant,? and if ?being subject? does not mean ?being a slave,? then we must consider the true meaning of these terms, without compromising them to make them more palatable for our times.? In marriage, St. Paul makes clear that the husband is the authority.? We must, then, ask:? what is the authentic meaning of ?authority??
The root of the word ?authority? is ?author,? and what is an author but the very source of a thing?s life?? An author brings a thing to life. The philosopher, Yves Simon, describes the function of authority in a similar way, though from a more political perspective.? He argued that authority was an essential principle in governing people.? This is so because every group of people needs guidance and coordination if their common good is ever to be achieved.? ?He claimed that the precise function of authority is to vivify each of the different parts of a whole. 8 And what does ?vivify? mean?? To energize or bring to life?there is that idea again.? True authority ?brings out the life? of those it serves.
When authority, in the political or the domestic sphere, is misunderstood as tyranny, it attempts to squash and dominate its subjects; it crushes their spirit and it squelches their life.? All true authority must be true to its name:? it must foster life.? This principle was affirmed by John Paul II, when he stated that in ?revealing and reliving on earth the very fatherhood of God, a man is called upon to ensure the harmonious and united development of all the members of his family.? 9
Through his initiative and purposeful activity, a father?s ?project? is to help realize the potentialities of those under his charge, to foster their lives.? This notion finds its biblical correlate in St. Paul?s letter to the Ephesians.? There, a husband is called to be ?head? in the manner of Christ himself, to love his wife as Christ loved the Church.? How, precisely, did Christ give life to the Church?? By pouring out his own life for her.? You can?t ?give life? unless you literally give life.? A father is called to self-sacrifice to the point of death for his beloved ones.? Like Christ, he is not a tyrant, but a lover; he does not exercise authority by taking, but by giving.? And so it seems that in the gift dynamic of marital love, it is the man who emerges as the chief giver?and it is precisely in this mode of giving in which he properly exercises authority.
But if this is the case?that there is an authority proper and exclusive to the husband?how are we to understand the submission of the wife?? Does this make her something like a slave, servile and unequal in dignity?? First of all, a slave is someone who has not chosen to serve; a wife is one who voluntarily chooses to submit to her husband.? From the beginning, there is the will: the exercise of freedom in marriage.? In fact, the Greek verb St. Paul uses for ?be subject? (hypotasso) has the character of being reflexive?it literally translates to ?submit yourself.?? It is a call for wives to make this free choice to submit. (He does not say, ?Wives, you are by nature inferior beings,? but rather, ?You are being called to make this submission so that the family will be truly fruitful.?)
And what is the nature of this submission?? Since the husband is called to give himself, a wife?s submission is essentially a way of receiving her husband?s self-gift.? John Paul II refers to a wife?s submission as ?above all, the experiencing of {her husband?s} love.? 10 She is becoming vulnerable, allowing him, in fact, to do certain things for her.? After all, how can he give his life to a wife who will not accept it?
What we need to realize is that being a receiver is more difficult than it sounds.? Being on the receiving end of a gift requires a willingness, as Gabriel Marcel suggested, to ?accept the unexpected.? 11 ?After all, with a gift, we never quite know what we are going to get.? One does not order a gift according to certain specifications.? Furthermore, receiving a gift makes one vulnerable to the giver of the gift. It makes one, in a certain way, freely indebted to him, willingly obliged to him, and inextricably involved with him.? The receiver of a gift carries a great burden?the entire relationship hangs in the balance based upon her free response to the gift.? Will she receive it gratefully or ungraciously?? Will she wound the giver? Or inspire him to give more generously through her appreciation of his efforts?
From the beginning, the human person has struggled with being on the receiving end of a gift.? Adam and Eve simply could not countenance being in such a position with regard to God.? Consider that, from the very beginning, they had known nothing else but God?s total generosity and care for them in the Garden.? And yet, they could not stand having to accept such generosity on God?s terms.? The humility required by such terms was more than they could bear.? They instead chose to accept Satan?s proposition that God was not loving, but jealous, that God?s command to them (regarding the forbidden fruit) was not for their good, but in order to withhold power from them.? Though such an idea was totally insupportable in the face of God?s complete generosity toward them, our first ancestors chose to accept the lie of the tempter.? As John Paul II declared, Adam ?cast doubt in his heart on the deepest meaning of the Gift? and ?on love as the specific motive of creation.? 12 They chose to believe that God?s relationship to them was not rooted in gift, but in a mere power play.
From the beginning, then, man has had a mistaken notion about authority.? We have made the fatal error of believing, like Adam and Eve, that God?s authority was bound up in some sort of knowledge that we could gain.? Such an error has echoed down though millennia, and was summed up the Baconian mantra that ?knowledge is power.?? When in reality, true power, true authority, was first and foremost rooted in love?in the utterly unmerited, divine gift of creation itself.
And so it is, that a husband?s authority, a husband?s headship, is not even possible without a free and gracious reception on the part of his wife.? Indeed, a husband needs to be allowed, freed, enabled to be ?head.?? At its heart, then, authentic submission is an attitude, a fundamental disposition of gratefulness, offered in response to a husband?s works performed on behalf of his family.
These works, these ?gifts,? so varied in kind, are the concrete manifestation of his authority?of his ?life-giving? role in the family.? Examples of such gifts are his material support, through which he creates the conditions for his wife to fulfill her person-centered nature.? Through his employment, he is enabling her, freeing her, to foster the emotional ties upon which she and her children thrive.? Even assistance with household tasks?such as cleaning and laundry, and anything that helps his wife to be more patient, nurturing and attentive toward her children?is included in this gift.? Beyond material support, the spiritual encouragement he gives his wife to continue to develop and share her own talents (something often neglected by the ?multi-tasking? wife), can be essential in maintaining her happiness, and sense of self-worth. 13 Another critical gift is his presence.? A father?s educative ?presence? in the family begins at birth, when he introduces a newborn child to the very notion of otherness, and continues through the teenage years, as he sets an example for his children, particularly through his faithful love of their mother.? One may object that such actions are generally expected of a ?good? husband and father; the material point here is that such activities are essentially an exercise of true authority, and they are not to be feared.
What usually strikes a note of fear when addressing the topic of husbandly authority, however, is in the area of decision-making.? Does a husband?s headship extend to decision-making?? Certainly, it cannot be denied that each member of the family has a proper ?sphere of activity? in which free decision-making is possible and necessary.? How can anyone be prepared for a fully human life if his or her freedom has not been developed?? Spouses, as a natural part of their vocation to love, should seek to communicate, as fully as possible, regarding decisions that affect their family?s future?and should seek consensus.? In fact, a wise husband will often heed his wife?s advice, deferring to her expertise in many matters.? But, there are times in every family when a consensus cannot be reached, and it falls to the husband to make the decision.? And while there is a certain sense in assigning someone in the family with ?a final say,? it is not simply accidental that such a say is given to the husband.? William May points out that a husband?s masculine nature helps equip him for such a task:? ?at times, [the man's] superior strength is relevant; very often, his experience in dealing with the external world, and his tendency to devise means to achieve particular goals, is of crucial significance? 14 in being able to make decisions for the common good of the family.
Recall that a man tends to be future-oriented; a woman, because of her attention to persons, is at times so consumed in tending to them in the present moment that it can be difficult to abstract from it in order to gain perspective. ?On the other hand, the woman?s nature gives her a distinct advantage in accepting her husband?s decision in a difficult matter. The feminine ability to subordinate her own interests for the sake of a personal relationship 15 enables her to ?get on board? with a decision with which she may disagree.? A man, being object-oriented, struggles more to accept such decisions, and, should they backfire, may be less willing to take responsibility for them.
What is important to keep in mind here is that these types of ?final say? decisions are not the norm in marriage; they are the exception.? Those who would argue against a husband?s authority often paint a picture of a dictator husband making ?final decisions? on a daily basis and a passive, subservient wife who keeps her opinions to herself.? Having a clear principle of authority within marriage, however, ought to give wives a new sense of responsibility.? A wife needs to use all of her powers?of intelligence, of intuition, and especially of her natural warmth?to influence her husband.?? If she takes her maternal mission seriously, she will work to be an effective advisor to him, and a passionate advocate for her children?s well-being.? The more devoted a wife becomes to communicating positively with her husband, the more rare it is that a stalemate is reached.
And such decisions can hardly be considered a ?triumph? for a husband.? In fact, they can be quite burdensome because they are to be made for the common good of the family, not in order to satisfy his own whims.?? He must then bear the weight of responsibility for those decisions, particularly if they should turn out badly.
So, we see that authentic authority does not tyrannize; it will not oppress those whom it leads.? In fact, we recognize instead the great trepidation of those who wield it; for it is they who are called to complete self-oblation.? The husband is called to image Christ?and though he is not Christ?he will grow more and more into Christ?s image through the respectful submission of his wife. ?It is she, who by lovingly placing herself in his hands, inspires him to claim responsibility for herself and her children.
Such an idea may be difficult for a modern wife to swallow.? But the bleak alternative to such a model?otherwise known as the ?nagging and controlling? wife?is already a documented failure.? Nature has simply ordained it this way. Nagging will, without a doubt, repel a man.? Why??? Because nagging erases the freedom of his gift.? Nagging demands a gift,which really negates the meaning of gift in the first place.? Nagging strikes at his masculinity, which is bound up in being a giver.? Harsh criticism from a wife is toxic to a man; it can seriously compromise his ability to give, because his identity is wounded by digs at his efforts.? While a woman is more easily wounded by remarks against her physical person; a man, on the other hand, is more sensitive to critiques of his ideas or actions.
It is rather through beauty, admiration, and gratitude that a man is truly motivated to give.?? When a wife shows appreciation for his deeds, however imperfect, she is communicating a respect which affirms him to the core.? It is often precisely the measure of a wife?s delicacy, of her respectful adherence to him, that has awakened in many a husband the vocation to live as another Christ.? For every husband fails in some way?and though she may be tempted to?no woman should respond to the failure of a husband by failing as a wife.? Each wife must take literally the words of St. John Chrysostom:
?Be subject to each other out of reverence for Christ.?? If your spouse does not obey God?s law, you are not excused.? A wife should respect her husband even when he shows her no love, and a husband should love his wife even when she shows him no respect. 16
Notice his language here?though man and wife are both called to love?there is an underlying asymmetry in the dynamic of this love.? A woman craves love in the form of a gift; a man craves respect as an expression of gratitude for that gift.? A wife?s submission, at its root, is a loving, grateful reception of her husband?s self-gift.? But is not love supposed to be mutual?? Does a wife have nothing to give? Certainly, but her most valuable gift to her husband is no ?thing? at all:? it is a fundamental disposition of gratitude. A woman, sensitive to a man?s soul, knows that an appreciative manner can truly build him up, and inspire him to become even better.? Just as she nurtures others in her life, she must ?make room? to receive and appreciate what he has to offer. 17
For his part, a man, though acting in the role of chief giver, demonstrates his gratitude, his appreciation for his wife through his acts of giving.? It is an honor for him to be able to give to her; to have his gifts received and cherished exclusively by her. ?His outgoing deeds demonstrate his appreciation, his gratitude for the woman.?? It is like a gift to him to be able to bestow something upon her.? Hence, the phrase ?allow me? when performing a service for another.? There is a certain simplicity to it; but it does not make living this gift dynamic ?easy.? Therapists have noted that one consistent symptom in troubled marriages today is that husbands do not feel respected by their wives.? Such a ?gift dynamic? seems grounded in our very natures; couples ignore it only at the cost of their own happiness.? It is only through the self-sacrificing gift, and generous acceptance, on the part of husband and wife that marriage will cease to resemble the ?power play? suggested by Satan, and will, more and more, begin to image the Trinity in being a self-giving love that is fruitful.
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Frankie Jean Denton, 69, of Cleveland, passed away Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, in a local health care facility.
She was the daughter of the late Lola Bettis Campbell Johns and Lawrence Campbell. Her grandson, Clayton Reno Kesley and her stepfather, Frank Johns also preceded her in death.
She was retired from McKee Baking with more than 25 years of service. She enjoyed traveling and decorating her husband's woodworking crafts. She was a beautician and she loved to cut hair. She loved people and spending time with her family. She was a member of the Old Fashion Gospel Tabernacle/Living Water Church where she was very active including singing and playing the piano.
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Vikings. If my understanding of this period of history is correct, and I have no reason to believe that the 1973 cartoon series Vicky The Viking was lying to me, they're like amphibious pirates on Spring Break. If any race prepared the world for the invention of the internet meme by inventing bacon, it was probably the Vikings, roaring enthusiastically into a horn as they sliced it off the pig.
During the single player campaign of CastleStorm, it looks like Vikings are the 24-hour party people at the gate - the marauding aggressors. It's your inexplicable job to stop them. As the moustachioed King of the Castle, you've got three ways to fend off the horde of awesome, and each of the gamepad's face buttons offers its own contribution to your overall strategy.
On the Green A is your ballista. Aimed with the left thumbstick, it can loaded with anything from arrows, rocks, grenades and flatus-bloated ovines. The sheep is a cheeky reference to the classic whimsical Worms weapon, and the CastleStorm story is full of these cultural winks. Game of Thrones, Angry Birds, Skyrim - it's nothing if not aware of the world around it.
Each weapon has a different cooldown, giving you a constant stream of basic javelins, and a more occasional use of the more explosive or exotic stuff. You can aim the ballista at enemy troops or the enemy castle, and the single-player campaign brilliantly finds endearingly plot-driven ways to encourage you to test out every tactic, ammo type, and troop unit.
Speaking of which, you don't want to spend all your time firing those arrows. On the Blue X, you've got your troops. The ultimate goal of the troops is to capture your opponent's flag, which along with levelling the enemy castle is the way of winning a match. They're also a good distraction: your enemy can't pelt your castle with grenades if his ballista is busy dealing with a castle that's up to the bloody crenelations in Donkey Riders. Bought with a simple resource system of constantly accruing food, your castle can spit out a constant and varied array of AI-controlled units.
Archers stay at the back. Knights stride forwards, supported by Priests. Griffins hover above, delivering powerful strikes, but prone to ballista fire and unable to nab the flag. Golems are slow, expensive, but absolute sods to kill off. The range of units open to you is defined by the rooms in your castle, and becomes more limited as your rooms get destroyed - but more on that later.
Finally, on the Yellow Y, we've got magic. The first and most notable magic trick is the Hero Summoning spell, which lets you conjure and control a strong unit on the line between to the two castles. Magic is the most varied group, letting you can summon spectral swords, shields for your castle and unites, and healing spells.
That just leaves humble Red B, which hasn't been wasted: you can tap it to order everyone to adopt a defensive position. Useful if you notice the enemy ballista has just aimed a cluster of javelins at your Priests.
CastleStorm is so simple, yet so beautifully designed and craftily nuanced, it's an absolute pleasure to play. It hits the same compulsive nerve as a mobile game, with a star-ranking that rewards accuracy, difficulty level, and a varied range of side-missions. This also gives you a good reason to go back and start again on Hard. In the longer-term game, you're constantly accruing gold that you can spend on upgrades to your missiles, troops, castle rooms and magic spells. The upgrades are pretty shallow - mainly damage boosts and cooldown reductions - but it does let you build your own play style.


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I think that this topic has been discussed before but a search (e.g., "induction size") results in too many results. If I have an N" diameter induction disk how much larger can the bottom of a saute pan be and be effective? (I imagine that the answer can differ with a fryer, saucepan, stockpot etc.) Obviously there is an economy of scale involved and the only disk that counts is the largest on a cooktop. The "smallest of the largest burner" of the 30" induction cooktops appears to be 9". Can one effectively use the full pan if it is 10"? 10 1/2"? 11"? (Let's ignore the issue of pans crowding each other.) |
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Welllll...according to the lines on my cooktop, and I don't know if they are representative of the usable area or not because I didn't read the manual, but I think they are, I have an 8 1/4" diameter cooking surface. Yesterday I was boiling sugar syrup stuff for candy in a pot with a 10" diameter bottom. Nice slow sticky bubbles. The goo wasn't that deep, so I don't know if it matters that this was a roasting pot instead of a saute pan. I think the lines on my cooktop are representative, because when the goo first started to boil, it was not quite the width of the pot. But very quickly, the whole mess started to boil. I think that whatever material the pan is made of will make the difference at least as much as the type of pan. Cast iron is really responsive. Just like with regular electric, it might take some preheating if you want an oversized pan to be even from the getgo, I think. Now, I don't saute much, so I don't really know the process, but it's sort of like wokking, isn't it? Fast, high heat, in a preheated pan? Just a saute pan is flatter? I can quickly preheat the sides of a wok with induction, so I'd guess that you could preheat the excess sides of a huge saute pan just as well. And my little candy experiment convinced me that a few inches of excess pan will catch up really fast, at least it will if it's cast iron on a 25 year old cooktop. |
Thanks for the response Fori. I got a little smarter over the weekend after purchasing a Lodge Logic 9" pan (i.e., about an 8" bottom diameter). Tried cooking over a 7" diameter disk and see how it would work. The edges heated up but the 7" core was definitely hotter. (It was a mess with the eggs. Apparently the pre-seasoned pans don't retain their seasoning well. I tried cleaning it with Alton Brown's technique of rubbing oil and kosher salt with a paper towel. The towel shredded and it was difficult to remove the salt and shredded filaments. Looks like I'll try seasoning via bacon fat with a tilted upside-down pan in the oven.) The largest burner on my Fagor is 8 11/16" so I finally played it safe and ordered a Demeyere ($$$) saute pan (9.4" x 8.7") instead of the larger (11" x 10.2") pan. I'll retry with that on a smaller burner as well since different cookware may be more usable with a smaller diameter burner than others. |
Season before it gets too cold to leave the windows open! After proper seasoning, you can wash with soap and water and forget about all that weird salt and paper towel business... There are some good threads here on cast iron. Your plan to test some more is a good one. Let us know! |
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A "pre-seasoned" cast iron pot is not the same as a "cured" pot. To cure a pot you can use it for many years and it eventually will become cured. How fast it cures is dependant on your cooking techniques and frequency of cooking. Or.......... you can season it "multiple times" at a high temperature (450 to 500 degrees F) to rapidly cure your pot. Follow directions listed in other threads on this forum as Fori suggested. Once its cured it will no longer be reactive (oxidize or rust) and become virtually stick free. Before re-seasoning your pot, I suggest you clean it well with Bar Keepers Friend and a good stiff nylon scrub brush. BKF has special cleaning properties that work well in cleaning a pot just before seasoning. After your pot is cured avoid cleaning with BKF. Dan |
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5 Ways To Thrive (Not Just Survive) After Divorce
4. Splurge on yourself. If you spend money on yourself, you will start to feel that you're worth it. I found that doing nice stuff for myself, even though I may not have wanted to at the time, made a really big difference to the way I felt. I would go to a spa or buy myself some roses. I would do the things that my ex used to do for me, so that I could get in touch with what it means to treat myself like my own best friend. Waiting for someone else to do this for us is like saying that you can't do it yourself, which isn't true. So go ahead and do something really nice for yourself: Buy yourself dinner, some roses, or even some new earrings.
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We were recently transferred from the Gulf Coast to Central Texas, and expect to be here awhile. Right now the Apartment we are in has a north facing balcony with shade all day. My south front porch has some sun but not enough to acomodate all my hibi's. I Am sad enough to leave my coastal home but I don't want to give up my beloved hibiscus.Most of these are in large containers.I prefer these in the ground so I already feel bad enough that they are in containers ,, now this .. How crazy is it to maybe put them in some artificial heat/light everyday ..like the kind we used to keep baby chicks warm and clipped it onto the balcony railing. If it is a possibility , how long each day would I do this ..Any suggestions are welcome . |
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It's crowded, noisy, and always a party at this south-of-the-border chain on the Palm Springs main strip. Patty Delgado Service and her husband, Ric Service, do a brisk business at their converted 1920s hacienda, decorated with wall murals, chandeliers, and ethnic furnishings. Get a table on the terrace and kick back with a gargantuan margarita, better-than-average Mexican fare, and live music. Excellent people-watching, too.
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Where to Stay in Puerto VallartaPuerto Vallarta's tourist-friendly neighborhoods are arranged in a strip along the Pacific Coast, with the international airport perched right at the top. The city does extend a few miles inland, but populated areas more than a few blocks from the coast are almost entirely residential. Whether you're looking for cheap hotel deals in Puerto Vallarta or wish to spare no expense on a lavish resort experience, a good place to start your search is in Zona Hotelera, the Hotel Zone. As the name implies, this district on the north side is where you'll find the greatest concentration of accommodations, as well as easy pedestrian access to dining, shopping and nightlife. While in the heart of the action, Zona Hotelera can be a noisy place; visitors seeking a more tranquil trip often look to the Marina Vallarta neighborhood north of the Hotel Zone. As you move south from Zona Hotelera, you'll reach El Centro, which is not as cluttered with hotels but still offers several places to stay. This is also where you'll find the malecon, a scenic seaside boardwalk lined with nightlife destinations. Some of the most traditional Mexican hotels appear here and continue southward into Zona Romantica, the Romantic Zone, home to stunning Puerto Vallarta architecture and the popular Playa Los Muertos beach. Puerto Vallarta Hotel TipsSeveral lodging types are available in Puerto Vallarta, making it easy to find a balance between cost and accommodations. Most of the larger and more luxurious resorts are situated right on the waterfront, with the more exclusive properties located in Marina Vallarta. Budget hotels, simple guesthouses and affordable B&Bs can also be found to the south of Zona Hotelera, though those with the biggest discounts are often located a few blocks from the beach. If you're planning to stay a week or more, you may also be able to save by renting a furnished cottage or beachside villa, which can be found along the length of the coast.
Puerto Vallarta Hotel RecommendationsIn Zona Hotelera, some of the finer resorts include Villa Premiere Pureto Vallarta Hotel & Spa, situated on the south end of the zone near the start of the malecon, and Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa, located on the quieter north side. The Villa Premiere offers several levels of luxury rooms and is famous for its first-class spa, whereas the Villa del Palmar is more family-friendly with condo-style accommodations and all-inclusive package options. The more exclusive Marina Vallarta area is where you'll find the award-winning Westin Resort & Spa, which delivers all the amenities of the biggest beach resorts without feeling impersonal. Impeccable service, gourmet dining, an alluring pool area and exceptionally modern fitness facilities make this a standout in the area. Another nearby option to consider is the Marriott CasaMagna Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa. Like the other large resorts in the area, this Marriott is loaded with luxurious amenities, but its competitive rates and occasional promotions make it one of Marina Vallarta's best overall values. If you'd rather get away to Zona Romantica, consider Hacienda Alemana, a small boutique property with a modern twist on traditional Mexican architecture. A curious departure from the local norm, dining and drinking options at this property include a German fine dining restaurant and a biergarten. Standard room rates are competitive, and suites are a steal. Puerto Vallarta TransportationZona Hotelera, El Centro and Zona Romantica are all compact areas that are easily explored on foot. To get from one of these zones to another, however, it's best to travel by bus or taxi. Multiple bus lines run up and down the coast, and schedule and route information can be picked up at virtually any hotel front desk. But Puerto Vallarta's flat-rate cabs are so inexpensive, you can easily afford the convenience of more private travel if you desire. Driving in the city can be intimidating and parking can be a hassle, but if you're up to the challenge, there are several car rental agencies stationed at the airport. Before you choose this option after your flight to Puerto Vallarta, however, you might want to check with your hotel to see if they offer free parking, just to be sure. A handful of charter bus companies also arrange sightseeing tours throughout the area, and it's easy to buy tickets for these after you arrive. If you plan on spending most of your time close to the in-town beaches and hotels, these excursions may be your most convenient opportunities to see more of the area. |
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TUCSON- Warming trends starts for the second half of the weekend.
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The subject of marijuana has a lot of baggage that follows it. Especially with law enforcement.
The efforts to alleviate law enforcement fears in order to move on medical marijuana have become more tortured than they are worth.
Law enforcement will never be mollified because their attitude is entrenched in decades long cannabis drug policy that has been wrong from the beginning.
Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug. It is only involved with harder drugs because it has the same illegal status and is trafficked in the same way. Remove marijuana from the seedy methods of selling and it will cease to be identified with heroin or cocaine.
Marijuana does need to be regulated...and if we can find acceptable regulations that can make alcohol socially acceptable, then we can do the same for marijuana.
My view is that marijuana shouldn't be limited to just medicinal use. However, its use for nausea and pain are relevant enough that if we can get a restricted use for medical purposes, then we should accept that vehicle for its legalization.
The regulation and restriction that will be needed to specify it for that purpose alone will be cumbersome and lead to more needless penalties and legal ramifications - as well as more prosecutorial time that could better be served on more serious problems. But, if that is all that can be done right now, then so be it.
Governor Dayton has abdicated his decision making on this subject by deferring to law enforcement. But law enforcement has never moved beyond marijuana as a street drug. They cannot separate the drug from the criminal avenues from which it has to be sold under its current status. They have never accepted the ongoing medical evidence - they only see current legal issues.
The other factor that begs to be debated is the incarceration numbers on illegal marijuana....
....marijuana arrests now comprise more than one-half (approximately 52 percent) of all drug arrests reported in the United States. A decade ago, marijuana arrests comprised just 44 percent of all drug arrests.
Using this magnitude of law enforcement resources to fight against a drug that is hardly more dangerous than alcohol, makes little sense. How much money could we save by eliminating marijuana arrests, convictions, and incarcerations? I think the dollar figure would be staggering.
And that doesn't even account for the potential for jobs that would be available for the growth, manufacture, and sale of marijuana. As well as the tax revenue available to the states that allow legalization.
Colorado expects to take in about $184 million in tax revenue from marijuana in the first 18 months after legislation.
Minnesota needs to seriously debate this issue and hopefully find a way to move, at the very least, a medical marijuana statute.
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Many doctors are also jazz musicians. Who knew? CareFusion Corp knew. It's why the med-tech firm was so strategic in signing on as the new sponsor of New York's flagship jazz festival. CareFusion Corp, a San Diego-based medical technology firm being spun off from Cardinal Health, will be the festival's new corporate sponsor for an event next summer, replacing the troubled JVC.
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