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Preaching After the Unthinkable
The thing to do was to talk realistically about the situation and then later, when talking about our response to Jennifer's death, to bring in some statement of concern for him. It would be ridiculous to ignore him, but the focus was not on him. He is a human being, and we should acknowledge that and we should demonstrate concern for him … but not at any great length.
When someone's preaching after a tragic death, what needs to be avoided?
In a situation like this, there are plenty of opportunities to put your foot in it. One of the huge mistakes is to make unwarranted authoritative statements.
What do you mean by that?
To talk into the situation with more detail or assurance than you actually have. That is a serious mistake. Sometimes we sentimentalize things like this, but we need to be very careful what we say.
I noticed this after the terrible situation in Newtown. A lot of people were talking how these little children are "angels" now, and things like that. I understand why people say that. They're struggling with a tragedy. But it's a mistake to say things that are just designed to make people feel better without any basis in truth.
Of course you don't want to make them feel worse by being thoughtless, or by expressing opinions that are nothing more than your opinions. But there are many ways that this can go wrong, that can mislead or confuse people, even with the best intentions.
With this in mind, is a funeral the place to share the gospel with the grieving?
I'm very uncomfortable when people come to me and talk about the funeral as a "wonderful opportunity for the gospel." "Boy, what a crowd we've got in here! Give 'em a real evangelistic message, Stuart!" I always say to them as good as it is, this is not an evangelistic service. This is funeral. With that said, our hope is in the Lord, and so of course it's all about him and his work. Fine.
Remember, a funeral is not primarily about the deceased. A funeral is for the living. The deceased are in good shape if they're right with the Lord. Obviously we eulogize them. Obviously we talk about them and we thank God for them. But the issue is all the people who are there, who are remembering, who are grieving.
We're all about honoring the Lord in this situation. This means that we speak about his salvation. It does not mean that we give a rousing altar call "while every head is bowed and every eye is closed slip up your arm if you're going to say this prayer." That's not me. I think it's a misstep.
How do you handle funerals where the deceased was not a believer?
Well, you don't say things that are not true. But neither do you make definitive statements about that person's heart. In the end only God knows the reality of their faith. We all know we're in for shocks in eternity.
The spiritual reality is not always as apparent as it might be. We need to accept that. With that said, I don't believe in giving false hope. The situation is this—we are estranged from God, but he is actively in the job of redeeming us. That is predicated on the grace of God to take the initiative and the faith of man responding to that initiative. Only God knows the depth and the reality of that faith response. And so what can we say about our friend who is gone now? Well, God knows what his response was. We commit him to a God of love, of holiness, and of righteousness.
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The whites get their turn
2012/12/20 in Uncategorized
Seven types of white
A peeled litchi's white of an eye;
behind the chamber
the screen on which every day
plays away.
The bony white
inside of a knee
rolling smoothly on its cartilage
until worn away.
The fleshy white
of a fingernail
that reaches out
and reaches out
but is always cut away.
The landscape white
of the palm of your hand
that can hold
that will hold
the colours of the land
and put them all away.
The white you cannot see,
that of your breath –
the sky that enters you
which you then push away.
The smiling white of your teeth
that you use
to befriend the world;
the white without colour
of your hair
that keeps a silent record
of the good days
that have gone away.


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The Queue: In which Adam recently discovered The Big Bang Theory {WoW}
Dec 6th 2011 3:21PM LFR Question: Has anyone had luck queuing up in LFR at times outside of normal "WoW Prime Time?"
I work nights, which has always excluded me from being part of a Raid team. If LFR is putting groups together in the mornings/afternoons/wee hours of the morning then it would be worth gearing up one of my toons to get into it. (As it stands, I've done one or two Heroics in Cata. I couldn't even queue up for the Troll Heroics right now.)
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Nov 2nd 2011 1:03PM Ok, but if it's at the Safe House you simply Can Not Tell Anyone the Password! Half the fun of the Safe House is watching people make fools of themselves to get in!
The Queue: Let's guess the Mists of Pandaria release date {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 2:38PM If Blizzard thought they could keep us entertained on WoW's own merits for the next 12 months, there would be no need to offer up the special deal.
The Queue: Let's guess the Mists of Pandaria release date {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 2:24PM Time will tell, I suppose.
The Queue: Let's guess the Mists of Pandaria release date {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 2:14PM Tin foil hat? I'm just trying to make sense of it. They are giving up potentially millions of D3 sales to lock people into 12 months of subscription fees. If they thought they had 12 months of compelling WoW content to play, there's no need to offer the special deal. As far as a June launch for the xpac, that would mean open beta in January. (Lich King and Cata both had 5 to 6 month beta periods.) I wasn't at Blizzcon, but did you get the impression they were 4 months away from Beta?
The Queue: Let's guess the Mists of Pandaria release date {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 12:31PM I would agree with you, Mat, except for that "too good to be true" annual pass deal. Blizzard is locking people in because they know 4.3 is going to get stale long before they are ready to release MoP. By giving everyone a free copy of D3 and access to the Beta, they don't have to spend any development time on a filler patch. "Well, I've beaten Deathwing with a Raid Finder group. Guess I'll play D3 until the beta is ready."
The Queue: Let's guess the Mists of Pandaria release date {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 12:18PM Never mind Staves, I would like to see 2 hand Maces make a comeback for Bears. That way I can "mog" a current weapon to look like my beloved Earthwarden.
The Queue: I am totally pumped {WoW}
Oct 12th 2011 11:53AM I would guess that all those hidden quests were found by people going after the Loremaster and Seeker titles during Wrath. That's when I started to notice add ons and guides devoted to finding every quest in every zone.
The Queue: 11 days 'til BlizzCon {WoW}
Oct 10th 2011 12:19PM And yes, using a glove tinker like Synapse Springs will put your trinkets on short CD.
Phat Loot Phriday: Westfall Chicken {WoW}
Oct 8th 2011 10:17AM You can always tell when the guys at Wow Insider are bored with raid content. That's when Phat Loot Friday starts to talk about Pets and other Vanity items.
Not that I'm complaining, I am an avid collector of such items.


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A small but emerging niche market within social entrepreneurship at large is munificent music accessories, that is, audio accessories like headphones and speakers that have a social slant.
One biggie in the market is House of Marley, which was recently profiled on Social Business. They've taken Bob Marley and used his name and his brand (yes, the Bob Marley "brand") in order to sell audio accessories. It's taken off much more than it would seem and stems from a range of other Marley-specific products, most controversially, the Marley's Mellow Mood, which has been pulled from New Jersey schools.
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Sheng Wang leaves the Boston University School of Medicine and agrees to retract two published studies.
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Repurposing patient's own T-cells to recognize antigens on cancer cells caused dramatic improvement in three patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Improved immunization efforts are required to prevent infections during the first 6 months of life, when newborn and infants are highly susceptible to disease.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.
Researchers identify an antibody profile that may mark patients who suffer persistent symptoms of the tick-borne disease.
A single fungal species can form two different kinds of biofilms—a pathogenic one and a sexual one.
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LUCKNOW: A youth duped the sales executive of a jewellery store in Gomtinagar and made away with gold jewellery worth over Rs 5 lakh on Friday. The incident took place at Abhushan - a jewellery store at Mithai crossing. A youth entered the jewellery store and asked the sales man behind the counter - Sumit to show him some heavy gold chains.
The youth failed to shortlist a single gold chain among more than two dozen pieces that the salesman showed him and asked Sumit to show some more. It was here that he asked the lone guard at the shop - Ajay - to get him a glass of water. By the time the guard could get him water and the salesman Sumit could return with some exclusive gold chains from the main locker safe kept towards the inner side of the shop, the youth left the scene. It was only after Sumit returned to the sales counter with more gold chains that he found a number of chains that he had displayed before the customer, missing.
The owner of the jewellery store Swati Agarwal who was present inside the showroom but sitting behind the cash counter, did see the youth choosing gold chains, but was busy going through the books of accounts, when the youth walked out of the shop in confident strides leaving hardly any suspicion in her mind of some foul play.
She later lodged an FIR with the local police in connection with the incident. The police are scanning the CCTV footage and collecting all possible details to establish the identity of the youth. The jewellery store owner was though yet to provide the police with the exact value of the gold chains that the fraudster had made away with, but the total cost was estimated to be more than Rs 5 lakh.
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Natural gas sourced from permafrost and icy ocean depths could make for risky drilling
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An oil drilling platform in the Santa Barbara Channel. Could methane hydrate be what's drilled for next as we continue to search for alternative energy sources?
Scientists in the U.S. and Japan are moving closer to utilizing a new form of energy called methane hydrate, a crystallized form of natural gas found at the bottom of the ocean. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, methane hydrate garnered its nickname "fire in ice" because it gives off tremendous heat at room temperature.
According to scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, there is an estimated 700,000 trillion cubic feet of methane hydrate across the world, containing potentially more energy than discovered oil and gas combined. But the actual production of this potential energy source could take a decade, and no single approach to harvest the gas has been perfected.
In the U.S, scientists searched the Gulf of Mexico to map out methane hydrate cultures believed to be underwater, but more tests and research drilling need to be done to confirm. There are concerns that methane hydrate is unstable, and drilling it could set off a landslide. Others worry there isn't a way to make it economically viable. The cost of developing new energy can cost up to $60 per million British thermal units, while for natural gas, its just $4 per BTU.
How viable is methane hydrate as an energy source? What are the risks in production? How crucial is it to develop a new form of energy?
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LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2013 — In America, finding oil on your land is a celebratory event. In Africa, it's a cause for consternation. Discovering oil, gas or diamonds on your land means you will probably lose your home. That is because owning land does not mean that you own the rights to the natural resources found beneath the surface of the land.
Recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that for the first time in nearly 20 years, the U.S. is producing more oil than it imports. This is due in large part to the process of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
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Natural gas production has increased and natural gas prices have fallen more than a third in the last six years. Lacking a sufficient domestic market for natural gas, the U.S. is preparing terminals to export the excess.
Ingenuity and innovation have companies developing more efficient natural gas engines. This is exciting for the U.S. economy and good for American energy independence. What is missed in all this excitement, though, is the nature of property rights, which allow land owners to benefit along with the the oil companies and politicians.
This ownership of property, whereby landowners own the minerals underneath their land, might be taken for granted by Americans, but this is not the case in other countries. In other countries, mineral rights belong to the government.
Doug French of the Ludwig von Mises Institute says, "when private owners (farmers) own mineral rights, rather than an entity enjoying a monopoly of force — government — the way is paved for many to benefit, starting with property owners and oil production companies. But ultimately those who benefit most are consumers. Private owners have the incentive to see that the resource is exploited to the greatest benefit. Government is motivated by politics, not profit. If government owns mineral rights, government will exploit them for its benefit, not for consumers."
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If mineral rights belong to the government, when minerals are found, people can be pushed off their land and the minerals exploited in the name of national interest. People are moved off their land without fair compensation. Instead there is an elitist, colonial mentality that a certain class has more rights than others even to the land they own.
This is a colonial mentality that America rid itself of in 1776.
Today, natural gas and oil booms in America bring shared prosperity. People who were recently of modest means are now receiving huge royalties. They should thank the heavens they are in the U.S.
Attenuated property rights hinder economic and social progress for the many in favor of vast profits for the politically powerful and well-connected. In the Middle East, the state exploits oil resources, and revenue and profits go to the small circle of friends and family of the ruling families.
If the Middle East had the property rights we enjoy in the U.S., then people would receive a royalty for the oil exploited on their land. This would distribute oil income to a broader class of people who would then be free to spend that income as they please. This larger group of modestly wealthy people would spend more locally, promoting the development of the national economy. Instead, the money goes to a few fabulously wealthy families who park their wealth in Luxembourg or use it to fund shopping sprees in London and Paris.
A sad example of this type of inequality is the diamond finds in Zimbabwe. Thousands were pushed off their land when the government took over, exploiting the diamond fields and not giving a cent to previous occupiers of the land. Land owners, instead of rejoicing, felt lucky to get away with their lives, while the well-connected reaped fortunes.
If Zimbabwe were a free country, royalties would have gone to the previous land occupants. African countries have failed to create free societies after colonialism; well-defined, full and secure property rights are a necessary condition of freedom. With the end of colonialism, property rights in Africa should have developed along the path charted by the United States after it broke away from the British Empire in 1776.
Instead, Africa kept the colonial system of mineral rights that benefited European colonial powers before independence, and that benefit the national governments now. A system of theft has been replaced by a system of theft; the only difference is the nationality of the thieves.
U.S. property rights are the standard for free people; anything less is not freedom.
It is interesting to note that those countries that have property rights that can be voided with the stroke of a pen have one thing in common: Their people are legally disarmed, and they look with disdain and horror at the ideals represented by the American second amendment.
The U.S. still has a lot to show the world about freedom; the American system of property rights trumps the world, even in the wake of Kelo v. City of New London and its assault on property rights. American landowners are still among the most secure in the world, their rights to develop and profit from their land among the most extensive. The developing world, especially those parts of it that are most impoverished, would do well to revamp their laws on property to look more like the United States. Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia are not attractive alternatives.
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While those of us in Onterrible are fortunate enough to have today off work thanks to the Feast of Maximum Occupancy, many working saps across this great nation of ours (and beyond) are stuck in their cubicles grinding the fine points off their life.
As such, we at Getting Blanked feel it our duty to keep these unfortunate souls abreast of all important and breaking news items. Today's crucial bulletin? Zooey Deschanel plays fantasy baseball.
Last week Getting Blanked broke1 the exclusive story2 of the intense baseball fandom of Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie & The Postal Service and husband to Deschanel. Whether or not Zooey's fandom is Gibbard's doing I"ll never know, but he accomplished the incredible feat of getting his wife to participate in fantasy baseball. For that, he should be lauded. Or harshly criticized. It depends on what you attempt to get out of fantasy baseball, I suppose.
Learning the Hipster Beyonce/preeminent ingénue of her generation co-manages a fantasy baseball team named the Burbank Puppies shook me to the core. More importantly, she takes it seriously! Well, as seriously as anyone with priorities takes fantasy baseball.
After putting out word that she needed draft suggestions, ESPN fantasy baseball guru Matthew Berry (aka the Talented Mr. Roto) did what any middle-aged white man with a questionable BMI would do when Zooey Deschanel is in need: he fell all over himself offering up his services. Deschanel accepted his offer far more graciously than I accepted the restraining order and offer of professional counselling from the appellate judge.
I'm sure Matt Berry has plenty of sound advice to offer Ms. Deschanel but his motives are a little shady. I'd love to hear what kind of draft advice the good commenters of Getting Blanked would offer the She & Him frontwoman. Zooey tells us she's in a head-to-head league with weekly set lineups. Go nuts, tell her your darkest of dark horses. Keep the twitter marriage proposals to a minimum though, she doesn't usually respond. I uhhh, heard.
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The Carolinas HealthCare System Board of Commissioners meets once per quarter to conduct business. The meetings are held in the Carolinas Dining Room at Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203. All meetings begin at 7 am.
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Ed Brown, Chair*Mac Everett, Vice Chair*William C. Cannon, Jr., Vice Chair*Vicki S. Sutton, Vice Chair*Gracie P. Coleman, Secretary*Bishop George E. Battle, Jr.*Donnie R. BaucomThomas M. Belk, Jr.Amy Woods Brinkley*James W. CannonMichael R. ColtraneRush S. Dickson IIIWillis Frank Dowd IVMay Beverly HembyAlbert L. McAulay, Jr.Thomas C. NelsonWilliam NiblockLaurence H. PolskyEdward K. Prewitt, Jr.Elizabeth G. Reigel Mike RuckerFelix S. Sabates, Jr.Angelique R. Vincent-HamacherDonaldson G. WilliamsRonald H. Wrenn
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As customers will tell you, overcrowding is a problem on trains. Fortunately, mathematical modelling techniques can help to analyse the changing demands on services through the day. Tim Gent explains.
The paradoxes of the philosopher Zeno, born approximately 490 BC in southern Italy, have puzzled mathematicians, scientists and philosophers for millennia. Although none of his work survives today, over 40 paradoxes are attributed to him which appeared in a book he wrote as a defense of the philosophies of his teacher Parmenides. |
Danielle Stretch looks back at the remarkable life of pioneering mathematician Emmy Amalie Noether (1882-1935). Despite her constant struggles to make her way in a man's world, she made significant contributions to the development of modern algebra.
The harmonic series is far less widely known than the arithmetic and geometric series. However, it is linked to a good deal of fascinating mathematics, some challenging Olympiad problems, several surprising applications, and even a famous unsolved problem. John Webb applies some divergent thinking, taking in the weather, traffic flow and card shuffling along the way.
There are many errors that can occur when numbers are written, printed or transferred in any manner. Luckily, there are schemes in place to detect, and in some cases even correct, such errors almost immediately. Emily Dixon takes a break and discovers that codes are not just for sleuths.
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Fri, Feb 7, 03 at 12:34
What should a m&p base have in it? When I check the list of ingredients, I see a bunch of chemicals, but I know many of them are just the official names of natural substances... But, I also know that some soap bases have additives that don't need to/shouldn't be there... I remember finding a site at one point that listed all the possible ingredients and what they were for, but I can't find it again! Help! |
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At BeOnTheSafeSide.Com they have a list of chemical ingredients in cosmetics, soap & H&B products. This site seems a little on the fanatical side as far as chemical additives go. They also have a Reference Page. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for...it's kind of a bummer site. Jill |
- Posted by Red_Confetti (My Page) on Fri, Feb 7, 03 at 15:41
Here's another site that I find useful, Tara. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Oshun - Cosmetic Ingredient Information
Here's the INCI list - when listing ingredients they say you have to use the INCI terms - so here it is. |
Here is a link that might be useful: INCI
wait - I forgot to add (sorry, I was out making an igloo and I'm exhausted) that these are mainly if your product is considered a cosmetic - bath salts, bombs, lotions, scrubs & rubs, lotion bars....not M&P base soaps. But I think if you write that your soap does something like moisturizes or relieves itchy skin, then you MUST list all ingredients. Sorry for the confusion |
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Hips Don't Lie, Even If the Feet Betray
Genetically, I only am half-Cuban. Let me tell you how it shows: Start the Latin music and my bottom and waist wiggle. All on their own. Then look at my feet. They likely are not doing the correct un-dos-tres. My feet are very un-Latin.
And torpe que soy, I never let my mom – an amazing dancer – teach me. And futhermore, you see that Zumba instructor in the video meneandolo quite well? She's one of my little primas. I babysat her. Babysat her! She and my other female cousins got all the shake it, shake it, shake it correctamente Cuban genes. My dance genes? They're from nice Nordic people from Minnesota.
When I started taking Zumba in Nashville a couple of years ago, I hoped that hanging in an exercise class with Celia y Juanes would help me bailar better. And, I did immediately feel all J-Lo in there. A little Shakira too. Hips don't lie and all that. Who cares if I am going left when everybody else is going right, si? Cause, I'm feeling good.
But, truth is, as much as I love it, I still kinda stink at it. I may be correctly mouthing the Spanish lyrics and yelling Azucar! but I am indeed, a Latina who can't manage to get in step. That's like being from Wisconsin and not liking cheese, isn't it? Just not right.
However, I am trying to learn to celebrate that what my Maker didn't give me in the able-to-follow-choreography department, He gave me in the caderas-can-move department.
You see, I have discovered Belly Dance Class. And much to my joy and surprise, my half-Latin, half-americana body can shimmy, pop pop and figure eight in the ways of the sultry Middle East. I even bought a little pink, coin hip scarf that goes all ching ching ching under the spell of my newly discovered magic powers. Shocked my husband, even.
"Wow, you can do that?" he said, laughing. "Do it again!"
I'll never give up Zumba no matter how much I trip on my tenis. It puts me in a much-needed sweaty and tropical state of mind. But, amen for belly dance, where I'm just another enthusiastic gringita working the core and not a cubanita reminded she can't cumbia.
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Thu, May 8, 08 at 11:59
Hi, I hung a bluebird house & for 3 yrs. the bluebirds have nested in it & raised alot of babies. Last year a different little bird, with a big voice, came around singing & poking sticks into the bird house. I'm thinking that doesn't look very comfortable for the little ones. Anyway the bird stopped coming around & no other birds came around the house either. Towards winter, when I opened the house, it was jam packed with little sticks. I mean JAMM PACKED!! Floor to ceiling! Nothing could get in there. What's up with that?!? Thanks for any info. Peg |
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sounds like you had a house wren. some people choose to discourage them because they can be aggressive towards other bird eggs sometimes, but i myself have never had that problem. i actually like having them around. and yes, they do enjoy filling nesting cavities with lots, and lots, and lots of sticks. :) |
Yes House Wrens. They build Dummy Nests to keep other birds from nesting in their teritory. You wont have Blues if you don't take action. Wrens are native birds so you can not hurt them or their REAL nests (one that has a soft nest cup in the middle). Wrens will pirce the BB eggs and toss out the hatchlings, they can be a REAL problem. You can find out how to keep the Blues, Dees,TRES, TUTIs etc. safe from them at www.sialis.org It's as simple as a piece of waxed cardboard! |
A small bird (sparrow or finch) built a nest in a holly bush behind my house. The nest had four light blue eggs. Didn't bother to look at it for a couple of weeks then checked it. Apparently, young fleged but to my surprise, not the slightest trace of the nest remained and no debris nearby. Do some birds have reason to disasemble and remove the old nest completely? |
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(Concise Encyclopedia)(baptized Jan. 15, 1622, Paris, Francedied Feb. 17, 1673, Paris) French playwright, actor, and director. The son of a prosperous upholsterer, he left home to become an actor in 1643, joining forces with the Béjart family. He cofounded the troupe known as the Illustre Théâtre and toured the French provinces (1645–58), writing plays and acting in them. After his troupe was established in a permanent theatre in Paris under the patronage of Louis XIV, he won acclaim in the court and among bourgeois audiences for his comedy The Affected Young Ladies (1659). His other major plays include The School for Wives (1662), Tartuffe (1664; initially banned by religious authorities), The Misanthrope (1666), The Miser (1669), The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670), and The Imaginary Invalid (1673). His plays compose a portrait of all levels of 17th-century French society and are marked by their good-humoured and intelligent mockery of human vices, vanities, and follies. Despite his success, he never ceased to act and direct. Taken ill during a performance, he died of a hemorrhage within a day and was denied holy burial. He is considered the greatest French dramatist and the father of modern French comedy.
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Cool YouTube Video of a Climax Locomotive and a Shay.
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Today Pizzo and I spend some time discussing the Dion Phaneuf/Nick Foligno incident (including the legality of the hit, the fight, Paul Maclean's take and more), John Tortorella calling James Dolan's Stanley Cup comment "bullsh*t", not wearing helmets in warm-up and the resulting 30 stitches to Taylor Hall'f face, Jiri Hudler's "Forsberg" shootout move, and the question: are there any NHL moves you're sort of over being impressed by? Oh, and also: more.
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I understood that at absolute zero all molecular motion. Does gravity influence them if they stop moving?
If it were possible to attain a temperature absolute zero for a material then all the vibrations/random motions will stop. It is not possible to reach absolute zero - it is not possible in theory or in practice according to our present understanding.
Gravity is an ever present influence so it will effect them. If you are worried about the material being crushed by self gravity then the answer is that quantum effects like Pauli exclusion principle will prevent this collapse up to masses several times that of the Sun ( 2-3 times ). Here I am talking about the Chandrasekhar limit for Neutron stars.
Temperature is defined statistically and not mechanically, so the statement "T=0" is actually not exactly equivalent to the statement "all motion ceases." The latter is a pretty good approximation, but there are important exceptions. For example, quantum mechanical "zero-point motion," which allows systems in their "ground" (lowest possible energy) state to have nonzero probability of being found over extended areas of space. Thus at T=0 the two atoms of a diatomic molecule (e.g. nitrogen) are not rigidly separated at some distance from each other, but can be thought of as undergoing rapid vibration with respect to one another. The entire molecule also "rotates," even at T=0. In the context of spin systems the mechanical interpretation of temperature as motion is even more misleading, because you can get T < 0.
There is no strict theoretical barrier to T=0 like there is to attaining the speed of light for massive objects, but practically your insulation could never be good enough, and some energy would always leak in from the surroundings, so that T = 0 K could only be achieved for an ordinary system like a gas in an entirely empty universe. In this universe you are limited in approaching T=0 mainly by your patience and money.
That gravity would influence a system you were trying to cool to T=0 is another way of saying energy would leak in unless your insulation was good enough. In the case of gravity the only insulation is sufficient distance from the massive object, so it is fortunate the energy represented by gravitational forces is undetectably minute in the near-zero temperature experiments about which you may have been thinking.
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1.Classicaly speaking ALL MOTION CEASES AT ABSOLUTE ZERO.
2.Zero point Quantum motion is always there. and that is what prevents collapse in the hypothetical scenario at absolute zero. For very massive objects, this has to be supplemented with Pauli repulsion.
3.The third law of thermodynamics, also known as the Nernst theorem, can be written as BY NO FINITE SERIES OF PROCESSES IS THE ABSOLUTE ZERO ATTAINABLE. No matter how much patience and money you have, you can not execute an infinite series of steps.
For those interested, "negative" temperatures in spin systems are discussed by F. C. Andrews in "Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics," 2nd ed. (Wiley-Interscience, N.Y., 1975), p. 175, and in an article by Norman F. Ramsey in "Physical Review" (vol. 103, 1956) on p. 20. A careful statement on the "unattainability" of absolute zero can be found in Herbert B. Callen's book, "Thermodynamics and An Intro- duction to Thermostatistics," 2nd ed. (Wiley, N.Y., 1985) on p. 281. How temperature is understood quantum-mechanically is explained by J. J. Sakurai in his (wonderful) book "Modern Quantum Mechanics," (Benjamin/Cummings, Menlo Park, 1985) beginning on p. 182. It might be worth mentioning that T=0 in the context of quantum mechanics is equivalent to the statement that there is a 100% chance of finding a system in its ground state.
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Let me just add my $0.02... Jasjeet is absolutely correct...if the system is bounded, there will be zero-point motion. Moreover, it is indeed impossible to reach absolute zero by a finite number of steps.. this is a fundamental principle that cannot be completely overcome by mere experimental technique + $. If you find a way, though...PUBLISH!!! I forgot to mention that Chris' slyly implied comment that one should also think about the possibility of negative temperatures is also worth considering carefully in this context....and that another place worth looking for information on this point is Atkins' Physical Chemistry textbook.
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Opel a reputed German car manufacturer for a long time is now European division of GM. The Insignia range of cars has remained the flagship of Opel for quite some time. This car is based on the Buick design of GM. The car is a Sports Tourer Wagon. Updating it into Opel insignia 2013 is on the cards. However, full details are not yet known officially but are available to people who seek them from different sources. Whatever be the changes that may come about they are all expected to be only minimal, restricted to the exterior features of the car and some aspects of the interiors.
Contrary to general belief, the Opel is also trying to make some changes in the engine power and also the drive system. Turbo charged V 6 engines of 2.8 liter capacity capable of developing up to 321HP is under development. This engine is expected to be connected to a drive system enabling all wheel driving. As a result the pickup speed of the car has become quite high. It is expected that in matter of only 5.6seconds, the car can attain a speed of 60 miles per hour from standstill. These aspects are in the final stages of trail for incorporation in the latest version of Insignia.
No doubt, any new model of any product requires a facelift. The Insignia 2013 is no exception. The new version has to look different from standard Insignia at least as far as the external appearance when it is put on roads. As a result a new grill has been designed and used. Similarly, easy to change items like bumper, both in the front and the rear have been newly designed for use. Though the headlamps have been left untouched the tail lamps have redesigned to look different from the existing models.
One difference that may be of significance is the air intake system that has been newly designed. The interior has been given some attention with the use of LED lamps. An indo screen of larger size with buttons at the top of the screen is provided in the new version. They are larger in size than those installed in the current Insignia. The dash board gets a lot of chrome on it giving it a better and exclusive look. The outlets of air have also been redesigned. They also get strips of chrome around them making them shiny to look at.
The interior uses better quality materials and touch controls. The Opel insignia 2013 comes both in petrol and diesel model. Though the HP of the engine is being upgraded to 321HP the normal power is expected to range between 130 to 260HP. These are engines that are being used at present and will be used till the higher rated engines become operational. Ensuring fuel efficiency has been one of the guiding principles in updating technology and it is expected to be reflected in the V6 engines being developed. Though a few cars are expected to reach the showrooms by September2012, the full complement will be out only by the end of this year.


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JP1 Japan By Rail
National Museum; Kamakura: Great Buddha; Bullet Train to Hakone; Hakone Outdoor Museum; Historic Takayama; Kyoto: Temples & shrines; Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park
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The following is a list of sample hotels at some locations included on this tour. The hotels shown here are meant to provide a general sense of the standard of hotel we usually aim for; they are not necessarily confirmed for your chosen departure.
Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu
Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Rating: 4-star
Right in the city heart, this hotel with its distinctive exterior is perfectly located for business and pleasure, served by five subway lines and convenient to business, government, fashion and entertainment districts. A shopping arcade runs the length of the block-long building, with a variety of designer labels represented. Features: Satellite TV, telephone, refrigerator, hair dryer.
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Hotel Kagetsu-en
Location: Hakone, Japan
Rating: 3-star
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Flo Rida took the extra cash he has accumulated since making the decision to let the hopes and dreams for his former Nintendo 64 controller hairline fall to the wayside and bought himself a Jesus piece that will one day be displayed in the dope boy version of the Smithsonian. Thanks for that, White people.
Now, if we can convince Shawty Lo to give up his addiction to Bigen Hair Dye we'll have ourselves a nice little competition going.
More pictures of Flo Rida partying at the Liquid Pool Lounge at the Aria Resort & Casino on Monday below. Don't you just want to raid his closet?


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I'm going to cheat ever-so-slightly and include the 11 and 3/4 months wherein this blog was called "The Footy Blog." Anyway, some posts from our regular contributors to jog your memory for the year that was over on this site. Think of it like one of those classy 1980s sitcom clip shows.
Borussia Dortmund and the Need for Speed by James Horncastle
Already in the 1950s, the great Willy Meisl noted football's "fetishisation of speed." More than ever, it has become one of the principal focuses of the game at the highest level. Not so long ago, Roberto Mancini claimed that, whereas the tactical development of the game has perhaps reached its limits, football's evolution now lies in pushing physical and mental boundaries.
A lot of that is seen in Klopp's Dortmund. He insists that a team's "optimal mileage" is 130km per game with each outfield player covering 13km. He dismisses the claim made by several high profile coaches that they train exclusively with the ball. "That's nonsense," Klopp told Der Tagesspiegel.
"Stamina can't be developed with the ball but with running, running, running. The better a player's stamina the more they can concentrate on their role on the field. At our level you have to be trained exceptionally so that you can stay mentally focused."
Lionel Messi is Three Players in One by Michael Cox
As a teenager I played football with a classmate named Steven, who went onto play at a decent standard in the English football pyramid. He was so superior to everybody else involved in our Friday afternoon matches that we were forced to restrict his movement. He played as a holding midfielder, and so he wasn't allowed outside his own half. Bizarrely, he and his side accepted the request, safe in the knowledge he remained the best player on the pitch, and the game was more balanced.
Messi won't encounter such constraints, but I'd love to restrict his movement for three separate matches. First, I'd let him operate only in the final third, to showcase his shooting. Second, he'd have to stick to one flank, to highlight his dribbling. Third, I'd restrict him to the centre of midfield. to demonstrate his passing.
In three completely different roles, I'm confident he'd remain Barcelona's key player. And that, in a roundabout way, shows why Messi is so devastating: he is three world-class players combined.
The 100 Greatest Footballers by Kristian Jack
It has come down to this. The final installment is here. Numbers 10-1 in The Footy Blog's top 100 footballers. Three months ago I came up with this project and thanks to the help of the panelists and you, the Footy Show fans, it has grown into something bigger than I ever could have imagined. I was absolutely delighted with the respected minds who agreed to be apart of this project. If you are still not aware of them or are not following them on twitter I suggest that you do so. The game is better for having these guys covering it.
How Michael Bradley became Chievo's Captain America by Paolo Bandini
Off the pitch, Bradley has endeared himself further to the club's fans by giving talks at local schools and opting to sit among the fans in the stands—along with his team-mates Cyril Théréau and Boukary Dramé—during a recent suspension. "All one big family," declared one of the many thrilled callers to a phone-in on Radio Verona after the match. "This is the football that I adore."
Bradley has taken to life in Verona, claiming it was "love at first sight" for he and his wife when they first saw the city, and expressing similarly great enthusiasm for the local risotto. He credits his English-speaking Slovenian team-mates Bojan Jokic and Bostjan Cesar for helping him settle, but he's also applied himself to learning Italian, declaring from the outset that to do was "crucial" for being able to communicate effectively with team-mates on the pitch.
Most importantly of all, though, he is enjoying his football. "That's when the magic starts," he said when asked by a student at the Istituto Aleardo Aleardi (an international school) what goes through his mind at the opening whistle. "I always feel it inside me because in that moment I am doing the thing I love to do." In Verona they love to watch him do it, too.
Is MLS really all that good for Canada? by Duane Rollins
The effect of the increased exposure could be seen this past summer and fall during Canada's failed World Cup qualifying campaign. Although most people would like to see bigger crowds at the games, the crowds that did turn out were historic in context. There has never been as much attention, nor as consistent a pro-Canadian turn-out, as we saw in Toronto for the men or in Vancouver in women's Olympic qualifying.
The increased interest in the Canadian national teams is related to an increase in interest in the sport. And, that's directly related to an increase in interest in the club game.
This is a good thing, of course. However, it's also a little on the surface. An argument can be made that the sport would have grown to its current level regardless of the arrival of MLS. It might have taken a bit longer, but the sport was already breaking through to the mainstream in 2006 when TFC was born.
The more important question for Canadian fans then is whether having MLS in Canada is helping Canada get better in the sport.
Barcelona switch focus from Xavi to Cesc by Ben Lyttleton
Fabregas was impossible to mark, because he moved all over the pitch. "I lost the idea of being responsible for my position at Arsenal," he said, "but at Barcelona, all players are where they are supposed to be." He described his style as chaotic, a bit like Mesut Oezil at Real Madrid, who has freedom to move anywhere he feels he can create danger.
But that doesn't work at Barcelona, or at least not in Guardiola's Barcelona. Their game was more lateral, a game where possession was more important than position. Fabregas has learned to adapt, to respect 'the philosophy' of the team, and he knew, despite being captain of Arsenal at 21, and a former captain of Spain Under-21s, that he would have to spend some time on the bench. A few years ago, he could not have managed that, but this is a mature Fabregas, one who can look at the long-term.
The Least Popular Post I will Ever Write by Richard Whittall
I don't want to hash out a long legal argument over the limits of free speech in the face of bigotry (Wikipedia, as ever, lays the arguments on either side quite succinctly). I'm a writer (no really), so I tend to side with Evelyn Beatrice Hall's famous dictum: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." I don't have any personal sympathy with the man (who would?), but I don't think it's healthy for a modern democracy to criminalize speech, which is merely kinetic thought.
The use of such laws is clearly meant to be a deterrent, but any time the state can prosecute you for expressing what you think, no matter how vile, it does little to address the core problem: bigotry itself. Rather it gives the illusion that the state will take care of it, so you just keep calm and carry on. But bigotry is a problem of culture, not the law. Once you criminalize a belief or a thought, you give it the dubious honour of being 'subversive.' You don't allow a forum for the haters to expose themselves, or the means for a culture to address the problem from the inside out.
It's Zlatan's World and We're All Just Living in It by Devang Desai
Ibra slotted home four goals in a masterful performance that will leave England supporters around the world saying 'too good'. I have no words. His final goal was special. Like, stupidly incredibly fantastic need oxygen oh my goodness special.
Dalglish, Suarez, and Liverpool Football Club are sadly, profoundly in the wrong by Jerrad Peters
This is a club that, as soon as Suarez was banned, released a statement not only defending the behaviour of a player adjudged to have committed racism, but also shifted the blame for the whole affair to Evra, whose character they astonishingly brought into question. As if that wasn't enough, they had the gall to parade their players in Suarez t-shirts in the match following the guilty verdict, as if a display of solidarity would show to the world just how victimised Liverpool Football Club were by the whole ordeal.
When their fans booed Evra mercilessly in an FA Cup clash at Anfield in January it showed directly on the club's conduct. They had enabled it.
This is a Diary of Love/Hate: Premier League Week 5 by Andi Thomas & Alex Netherton
If there's anything that should cheer up any football fan, or indeed human being, then the increasing transparency on the Hillsborough tragedy and conspiracy should be close to the top. Given that ninety-six people died, pointlessly and unnecessarily, and their families have been denied both the truth and justice, nobody can resent the recent developments. The Hillsborough report last week laid bare the lies, conspiracies and wilful failures of the government, press and police in England. Nobody was surprised, despite the revelations that at least forty-live lives might have been saved had people been aware of their responsibilities. Nobody was surprised, despite the extensive miscarriage of justice carried out by the South Yorkshire police force. Nobody was surprised, despite the callous treatment of football fans from Liverpool by a rampantly despicable Conservative party.
Suarez may have a case about diving, but we're still allowed to make fun of him by Ethan Dean-Richards
When is a dive not a dive?
Perhaps it's when Luis Suarez has been tripped in the penalty area, drops to the floor, and screams like someone might do in a horror film but is in fact physically fine, at which point everyone shouts at each other for a while. It's a dive, but yes, it's also not—the contact was 'real', the foul may well have 'existed' and the penalty probably should be given. Who cares though? It was technically wrong that Suarez didn't get a penalty last week at Norwich, but, as a one off, it's okay to not care. Despite all the theatrics, it ain't no tragedy.
You see, in a tragedy, the audience feels for the protagonist because they have a flaw which, in the end, sees them lose everything. Macbeth in the eponymous play is overly ambitious and, as a result, gets a bit dead. In Suarez's case, however, the flaw is his entire personality rather than one aspect of it, and the 'downfall' is in fact a light tumble on a relatively soft surface. Which part of that are you supposed to get on board with—the minimal impact that his being a cheat actually makes or the part where he isn't very nice?


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What do people get most pissed about?
Well, it's different for everyone, but the general rule is that people get pissed when others disrespect part of who they truly are.- When Michael Jordan was rejected from his high school basketball team, he was nearly suicidal. They were going against his dream..
- When Donald Trump was bankrupt, and people criticized his ability in business, it got pretty emotional. They were hating on his natural talents.
- And so… when people imply that I'm unwise, unclear, or not understanding…
Ask yourself…- Is there anything, anywhere that doesn't improve over time, with consistent practice?
- Does swimming improve over time, with consistent practice?
- Does acting improve over time, with consistent practice?
Love, clarity, & understanding.
And yes, when learning and practicing this stuff …- There've been many times when I fuck up.
- There've been many when I misunderstand someone.
- There've been many chats where I "need to take a step back".
My gift becomes my curse.
Because I'm clear and able to quickly understand things, I'm able to help people feel understood easily. They love it, it goes great, at first… I choose to show calm when they're frustrated, I choose to show solidity when they're coming unhinged, I choose to show confidence when they're unsure. And they love that. And they start to think I'm some kind of positivity-machine, a robot that will always give them praise. …Until I consciously choose a darker emotion, or one they don't understand. And boom. They get pissed off. Simply because peeps aren't as natural at understanding things the way I am, then when they're faced with my completely valid irritation or anger, instead of the nonstop positivity, they snap. They don't really try to understand me or my feelings. They don't ask questions, they just see their magical positivity source standing up for himself, and they throw a bitch-fit. They close their minds, throw up whatever defenses they feel will 'help', and start labeling me as "mean", "defensive", "rough", or "edgy." Hahaha, so adorable. Good. I want you pissed off. I want you to walk away from one of the most positive, uplifting human beings on the planet because you're having a hissy fit. That's a valuable experience. And this means there are very few people who can engage me in deep understanding, and conversation for prolonged periods. People have tried to convince me that I should be gentler, but my lack of gentleness is NOT the problem. I'm gentle for 1000s of interactions, showering people with praise and love, and because of my generous positivity, they SNAP if I deliver anything else. It means I'm lonely, and I'm okay with that, I embrace it. It means my wisdom, knowledge, and awareness stretch and push people to grow. It means I'd dearly, dearly love some peers I felt accepted and comfortable with. Some who understood my choices and decisions, or at least wanted to. And I have a couple, whom I cherish so deeply. My gift is my curse.Examples (I have hundreds)
Example 1 – Pissed at dinner. When I was 27, I made a conscious decision not to hang around people who gossip, judge, and trash-talk others. Shortly after, I was sharing a meal with my family… …who are generally extremely nice, loving people, who I praise all day long… …when a few of them started trash-talking people, relatively innocently, in the restaurant. They probably didn't even realize they were doing it. It's just an automatic habit from society, to criticize others or analyze their behavior, discuss their lives. I was getting more and more uncomfortable. My gut told me this experience wasn't in line with my priorities. I wondered if I should speak up and cut them off, gently try to change the topic, or leave. It's a tough call sometimes. Do you stomp all over your family as they laugh at the lives of others? Do you try and stop a steam-rolling conversation held by 6 other people? Do you abandon them with some fake excuse? Abandon them with the truth? Leave and say "I gotta go, something doesn't feel right. I'm gonna do some work"? The last option rang true like a bell. So I let them know, and I left. And they all sat around, dumb-founded, that I was leaving mid-meal, you could feel the tension. They were not pleased at my decision, and thought I was being 'weird' and felt awkward. But here's the thing – none of them tried to understand my behavior or choice!That was an example from years ago, but recently… …I had 3 different people in one day get pissed off at me for expressing myself. Hahah, so adorable. I'm kinda used to this, but 3 in one day inspired this post. They didn't get pissed off because I was being unloving, selfish, or mean. They got pissed because I didn't give them the response they'd like. They got pissed off because I expressed irritation and took a stand against their bullshit. Good. I want you pissed off. I want you to walk away from one of the most positive, uplifting human beings on the planet because you're having a hissy fit. That's a valuable experience. Want an example from a couple days ago? It's a an awesome story of a client I'd shown INSANE amounts of love, transforming her life in huge ways, in a short time, for free. She promised to make me a powerful video 'some day', but that was the thing… it was "some day." not "up front." So I gave my heart, and she loved every interaction with me, 100s of amazing interactions. More rock-solid positive than anyone they'd ever known, guaranteed. And I chose to show irritation once, and BAM – she gave up on any communication at all. Hahaha… so adorable. Please remind me to not to work with clients who enjoy my over-the-top positivity, but wont even stop to ask why I'm pissed. Especially for free. Hahah… Iit's cool, she'll be back. Everyone returns to a positive badass Read on for the whole story:No one asked why.
Because if they were really interested in understanding, and they invited it — I would've given them a very clear explanation, and in fact, I kinda did. 'Cause in the days that followed, 1 person asked why I left. As usual, by far the most open-minded, caring, loving member of my family… Mom. Mom had the care not to assume, but to instead ask me why I left the restaurant. So I gave her a clear answer. I explained about my decision, and I pointed out how they were all gossiping about others and I felt our family is better than that. I told her I wouldn't participate, but interrupting or going against the conversation felt wrong, so I left. Moral? Ask sincerely for understanding, and you'll get it. Especially from someone like me, who loves understanding of all kinds.
Conversation Irritation A few days ago, Becky told me that I "helped her see God", "helped her unlock her purpose", and that I'm someone she'd "trust with her life"… …suddenly labeled me as "defensive", then basically 'snapped', and gave up' on our relationship. Why did Becky do this? Well, she'll give one explanation, but her gift is not epic understanding and insight — mine is. So let's say she'd probably give some ego-based reason like "Jason's an asshole", or "he got angry for no reason", or "I must've hit a nerve for Jason, he's got issues"… …but what it really comes down to is her mind being closed, and her having zero interest in understanding my passion, irritation, or anger. I'm open to her side, maybe I am an asshole, or maybe she hit a nerve. Let me be at peace, open my mind to it, meditate and see if that makes sense… …NOPE. I got irritated with Becks for a very, very good reason, and I don't hide my feelings at all. I said goodbye and hung up the chat with her because it was going nowhere, and we could try again later. Her response? She just snapped, sulked, and gave up. She's not comfortable with intense emotion, and doesn't understand it. I am, and I do, extremely well. I've lived a life that trained me for it. Anyway, our conversation was going in circles, I was doing all the work, and she was simply sitting there shooting down my ideas "nope", "wrong", "try again J", etc. I was failing hard. And that's fine, I don't have to nail every conversation or idea or example. But… She wasn't helping. At all. I was literally digging deep with every creative example, idea, and solution I could, and all she'd said for ages was some form of "no." No, no, no, no… NO. A "conversation of 'no'???" Puh-leeze. Like I'm supposed to be thrilled and jumping for joy about that? Nuh-uh. I responded with what she was begging for with her behavior. If you kick a dog, it will bite you, and if you make the positive guy desperately trying to help you, and teach you some incredible wisdom — for free — run around in circles while you shoot down ideas, EXPECT A LITTLE IRRITATION. God, I get irritated just talking about it, and I'm glad about that, lol. Irritation is good. …I was like "fuck this, you come up with an idea or a solution or an example then." And this was all for her curiosity. The whole thing! She wanted to know "why I was homeless." Or another form of it was "was homelessness avoidable?" Well, I was happy to engage the topic, but I'm not gonna lead a conversation while someone sits around shooting down my ideas, and not even TRYING to understand, co-operate or make the conversation better. She's brilliant, and you could tell she wasn't making any effort. Really, none. So I displayed irritation, first time I'd ever really showed Becky that side of myself. And she immediately started throwing the term "defensive" around. It was cute Interestingly, I felt at peace with my irritation, and was proud I'd selected it out of all the emotions I could choose. Even more interestingly, as she continued to cry "you're defensive, you're defensive!", her tone became agonizingly pained, sharp, and wounded – basically… defensive.I don't say this to blame, or to be 'right', or to 'look better'. I've fucked up more than anyone I know, and admitted it, and probably will again. I mean, I'm homeless for heaven's sake. I'm the lowest of the low! Lol. I have no ego left, at least not any that controls me. But this wasn't one of those times. I'm just stating facts… which I understand very well. Becky has never used her anger lovingly and consciously, for good. And so, she can't even grasp that my anger is being consciously chosen and is utterly pure; non-defensive. In her world, she's angry when she's defensive, and so, I must be the same! But we are NOT the same. And I'm pretty confident on topics of harmony, co-operation, teamwork, synergy, and understanding.
Understanding's hot.
IF my friend wanted to achieve co-operation and understanding, she would've succeeded much better if she:- Opened her mind and put aside her labels and knee-jerk emotion.
- Searched and experimented with broad views, and multiple perspectives.
- Asked sincere questions and listened, like "I'm feeling like you're defensive J, is this true? Are these feelings just issues from my past or my own confusion about anger/love, or are you actually being defensive right now?" — short form: "Dude, I'm curious, are you feeling defensive?"
Unlike society, I don't hide my feelings.
Because although I'm one of the nicest, most understanding, non-judgmental, easy-going guys around… I'm still human, I have feelings, and I don't hide them. If it feels like someone is continually being un-cooperative in conversation, I make sure to show that I'm pissed. I don't hang around gossips at my dinner table, and I don't stick around for bull-headed chats going nowhere, and I'm very clear about that. And I don't give explanations of my behavior unless they're asked for openly, kindly, with someone seeking understanding. So what happens when I choose to take a stand? Do people take a step back, recognize my gifts of clarity & understanding, and think "hey, maybe J knows something I don't here, maybe I should kindly and innocently ask him whats up?" Not usually! They do what Becky did, and react how she reacted. They knee-jerk-react with their own issues, ego, and misunderstanding. They drift, they sulk, they separate, and they stop any line of inquiry. They decide that "Jason's upset for no reason", and give up pursuing anything else. Well let me tell you what's really up.The truth is… I'm an animal.
Yep, I am. We all are, but so many of us try to repress our best animal features. Instincts, gut-feelings, and action without judgment. Well I embrace those sides of myself. I trust my instincts. I listen to my gut, and I act in ways that feel right to me, without worrying about what others think — no matter what. If a squirrel or a bird senses that something, anything, is 'off' they'll take off for greener pastures and blue-er skies. I'm the same way. If something feels like bullshit to me, I'm gone. And I've practiced this, I've gotten good at it. And I know that relationships aren't so fragile that we can break them by one tiny mistake, assuming you're ready to fess up to it, learn, and move forward. Which I am Life has fucked me over so hard, so many times, that I just stay in a state of "not really knowing anything," but trusting my feelings and inspiration, moment to moment. If you trust your feelings, and the relationship disappears forever, then that person wasn't a match for you anyway. Thing is, the people who aren't a match for me, and can't roll with my badassness, eventually grow, learn, and come back. They all come back. And good. 'Cause my gift is my curse, but I'll always shine it.Oh, and the icing on the cake?
A similar thing happened AGAIN the same day. This time with a guy I love deeply, like a brother. I expressed some powerful feelings and he responded first with a knee-jerk reaction of old issues (fine, no surprise there), and then an email with PAGES of assumptions, rhetorical questions, and not a single instance of seeking true understanding or asking my side. He even had the audacity to subtly compare me to an abusive person, if I recall, lol. I felt like saying "some parents spank their kids with love, some partners have very rough, borderline 'abusive' sex In love, and sometimes I hang up the phone in love." But it didn't feel productive. I've learned that no matter how clear I am, I can't communicate successfully with people who are closed or ruled by their emotions. So I'd said something like "I feel deeply misunderstood". And I was rewarded with no hint of care about my feelings. Hahah, so adorable. I'm a man blessed with clarity & understanding, but am I destined to hang with those who are generally clueless in comparison, or are there peers out there for me? Oh well, having it happen twice in a day inspired this post, which is a nice blend of natural gifts, practice, clarity, and curse, I trust you enjoyed it. And you choose to get pissed off. Does someone keep setting a bad example for your kids, no matter how kindly you ask them not to? Next time it happens, sharpen your tone, snarl at them. Express your anger in ways that don't harm others, and then stop hanging around them. Do you feel someone stomping all over your dreams? Get up and leave, right in the middle, no hesitation, no explanation. Be polite about it, but go ahead and be sharp and abrupt. Express yourself in ways that don't harm others. Do you have to keep tolerating someone's flakiness and wishy-washy decisions, even though you're always going the extra mile for them? Speak up, tell them you hate that shit and it pisses you off. You're allowed to express yourself in ways that don't harm others. We live in some insanely politically correct society where everyone things anger is unhealthy. Anger is NOT unhealthy. Neither is being pissed off. But know why you're doing it, and when, and for what. Make sure it helps you, and the other person. Make getting pissed off win-win, even if the other person doesn't "enjoy" it right away. And here's your turn to share—have you ever had any similar experiences, where people didn't "get you", "get your gifts", or even want to? Or have you ever used anger as love? And gotten pissed for a very, very good reason, not to be mean, but because you saw someone doing something that was hurting yourself and others, and you had to speak up powerfully, only to have people involved misunderstand your anger? Remember, I want you pissed, it's a good thing.- Angry
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After that monumental ice-breaker, Sean and Lesley have an easy time making conversation that night over champagne on a hotel rooftop. Lesley admits to being a "nerd" who "studied a lot" in high school, and says the one thing she wants in life is a marriage like the one her parents have. "I'm nervous that it may not come," she says, to which Sean replies, "You're going to find the guy that wants to do that. He might be sitting next to you." Whoa, pal, try to play a little hard to get won'tcha? Then the Bachelor all but begs Lesley to kiss him -- "I'm waiting for you to take [control] back" – and she obliges. Of course he gives her the rose; the dude is a smitten kitten: "I didn't think that I would have feelings this fast," Sean tells Lesley, "but, you know, I do." Then they make out in a storm of random confetti.
Group daaaaaaaaaaaaaate! The next day Kacie, Robyn, Leslie H., Kristy, Catherine, Desiree, Taryn, Amanda, Lindsay, Daniella, Jackie, and Tierra head to the beach to help Sean answer the question, "Who will win my heart?" He orders them to strip down and recreate every beer commercial ever by playing bikini football in the sand, but to be fair he also puts his six-pack on display. It's all fun and games until Harrison -- sporting some rather baggy linen trousers -- arrives and let's the "ladies" know what's up: They're going to divide into two teams and play a volleyball match to the death – the winners get to continue the date, and the losers get to go back to Casa Bachelor and wash the sand out of their lady business.
The game starts, and as the Bachelor observes, it's not pretty. These women aren't really athletes, and beach volleyball is really more of a punishment than a game, so before we know it, the score is tied at 12-12. (MVP goes to Daniella, who can't really play volleyball but isn't afraid to dive face-first into the sand while reaching for the ball.) It all comes down to Desiree, who serves for match point and ultimately leads her blue teammates -- Kacie, Lindsay, Jackie, Robyn, and Amanda -- to victory. That means Catherine, Taryn, Leslie, Kristy, Tierra, and Daniella the sand-eater have to leave. It's too much for Kristy to bear. "I just wanted, like, time to have," she sobs, as her somber-faced teammates/competitors nod in understanding. Eventually they all pile into the Loser Van for a silent, teary ride back to the Casa.
Meanwhile the rest of the "ladies" are cozying up to Sean at his pad. After smooching Lindsay, the Bachelor goes deep with Desiree ("I think differently, I think, than a lot of people -- so I don't just think, like, on the surface," she says), and...
We interrupt this group date to bring you another act of bitchery from Tierra. When the date card arrives, she scampers back from the door and announces, "AshLee [long pause] and Selma..." The "ladies" are stunned – is the dreaded two-on-one date already here? Their terror makes Tiny T shriek with delight. "Haaaa!" she scoff-squeals. No, the card is just for AshLee: "Do you believe in magic?" Sarah is not having it. "That was, like, not cool," she tells Tierrarist. "It's not cool." We now return you to your regularly scheduled group date.
...then Amanda -- who thinks lots of her competition "think that they have a stronger connection with Sean that they really do" -- makes her move.
NEXT: It's no surprise that "Kacie" kind of rhymes with "crazy"