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You are bidding on an original Carl Kauba bronze. The Indian Scout is of an Indian that is lying ontop of a rock looking out across the plain. He is in excellent condition. NO REPAIRS. It measures 9½ inches long X 7 inches tall.Carl Kauba was one of Austria's leading bronze sculptors working at the beginning of the 20th Century. He was located in Vienna and specialized in cold painted bronzes. He created a series of American Indian figures between 1905 and 1920. Please email with any questions.


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U.S. Moratorium on Deep-Water Oil Drilling May End Early, Bromwich Says
A U.S. moratorium on deep-water oil and gas drilling may end sooner than Nov. 30 if evidence from hearings that start this week support lifting the ban, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Michael Bromwich said.
Bromwich said he'll confer with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar "in real time" about his findings during meetings with industry officials, academic experts and environmentalists beginning tomorrow in New Orleans and continuing next week in Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida.
"We may be able to cut short the moratorium before November 20 if that's what the facts support," Browmwich told reporters today at a briefing in Washington. "It's everybody's hope that the moratorium can be lifted."
The Interior Department revised the drilling ban July 12 after a court invalidated the six-month moratorium imposed following the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At the time Salazar announced the policy, he said he would consider modifications based on new information.
A primary reason for the original ban was that the response to the BP spill was tying up almost all of the oil industry's equipment that would be used to contain and clean up an accident, Bromwich told reporters.
The lack of deep-water accidents in the past several decades allowed the industry to become self-confident and led to complacency among companies and regulators, Bromwich said.
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"It caused people to suspend their skepticism, to suspend their critical faculties and not propose certain enhancements of safety that now seem obvious to them," he said.
Companies have responded with proposed improvements, he said.
On drilling in shallow water, Bromwich said regulators have offered guidance on rules for responding to worst-case blowout scenarios. Applications will be approved quickly, he said.
"I'm fairly confident the shallow-water drillers we've spoken to fully understand what we expect and what we're looking for, and that they intend to comply with those requests if they haven't already," Bromwich said.
Regulators may not fully understand what led to BP's spill until multiple investigations are complete, and even then the full story of the accident may never be known, Bromwich said.
"That's not necessary to tighten up the regulatory regime," Bromwich said.
Investigations Unit
Bromwich, named director of the agency that will replace the Minerals Management Service on June 15, previously was inspector general at the Justice Department. Eliminating conflicts of interest at the agency is a top priority, he said.
One of his first actions was creating an investigative unit that will have as many as 10 prosecutors and attorneys within 60 days, Bromwich said. An FBI agent may be assigned to the agency, he said.
"We need to have an enforcement structure and an investigations capability that will make it clear to the industry and the public that we're going to take rules violations extremely seriously," Bromwich said.
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Kuziemski to face Michalkin
A clash between former light heavyweight title challenger Aleksy Kuziemski (18-1, 4 KOs) and unbeaten hot prospect Igor Michalkin (11-0, 7 KOs) has been added to the big May 22 "Universum Champions Night" card in Rostock featuring the WBA heavyweight title eliminator between former champ Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1, 17 KOs) and Kali Meehan (35-3, 29 KOs), plus the first world title defense of WBC super featherweight champion Vitali Tajbert. "I'm very excited at this high-class fight," said Universum VP Dietmar Poszwa said of the Kuziemski-Michalkin clash. "It's a battle between old and young. Aleksy absolutely must win. It's his last chance to fight again for a world title. Igor is very, very hungry and would like to get his first world title shot."


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#1: can anyone cut curly hair in Ireland?
Apart from my mum that is LOL. Desperately need a stylist who doesn't cut my hair wet, in layers with a fine toothed comb. Gave my mum the CG book and she does a great job but could do with a professional version every now and then. Am in the Cork area but have to travel to Dublin with my job regularly so could manage a side trip.


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Hiking Trails
We have some incredible hiking trails in the Shenandoah National Park as well as other areas all around the Blue Ridge Whisky Wine Loop.
Here are some of our favorite hikes, we will continue to update!
Hot tip! Both Old Rag and White Oak Canyon trails are near DuCard and Sharp Rock Vineyards


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Pagan Identity
September 28, 2010 by 3 Comments
Star Foster at Patheos has a blog entry titled "In Praise of Normal" where she says we need not be "outrageous" in order to be authentically Pagan. It's generated some interesting comments on just what constitutes "normal" and what it means for the Pagan community.
One of those comments refers to Fire Lyte's "Project Pagan Enough," which seems to be a well-intended riff on "can't we all just get along?"
And while I don't know if it was inspired by Star's blog or by synchronicity, Thorn Coyle addressed this with a poem titled "Pagan" which doesn't attempt to define her religion so much as describe it in mystical (and beautiful) terms.
When asked, I give a three-fold definition of Paganism: a view of the Divine as both female and male, a connection to Nature and its rhythms and cycles, and a resonance with our ancestors and their beliefs and practices. That's a very high-level definition that could also fit a lot of people who clearly aren't Pagans, but it points questioners in the right direction.
But the issue that Star and Fire address and that Thorn attempts to redirect to isn't really about definitions. It's about identity. Who are we, whose are we, and where do we belong? Our ancestors knew who they were: they belonged to this tribe or that village, they lived on this land, they worshipped these gods. Identity in America is diverse and fluid, particularly for those of us with the educational and other resources to change our religion, occupation, location, wardrobe, pastimes and other aspects of our lives. Our freedom is a good thing, but it makes life more complicated. Freedom always does.
The problem is that when identity is based on observable characteristics, it's never long before some folks start including some and excluding others based on superficial qualities – as anyone who's ever been to high school can attest.
It's taken me a long time, but my identity is pretty settled. It wasn't so much a case of finding the right identity as it was accepting who and what I've been all along. Unless you see me at a Pagan event (and maybe not even then), I'll be one of the people Star Foster calls "normal." I don't like to call attention to myself unless I have something to say and I'm ready to say it. I like my Cernunnos pendant and my new Awen pendant, but I don't like the feel of jewelry on me – I can't imagine wearing either one every day. I wear a lot of black, but I've done that since kindergarten. It was a different era – the Baptists thought I was a Johnny Cash fan. And I was, but that wasn't why I wore black.
I live in a suburb, and while I'd prefer to live in a real neighborhood where people actually know each other, it fits my needs. I like sports more than I wish I did. My politics are more utilitarian than ideological.
And I love the Earth and the Sun and the Moon. I love the god and goddess who have called me to their service and I love the ancestors whose lives formed a foundation for my own. I love communing with all of them. I love learning, and I love helping others to learn and grow.
I don't see a disconnect between those two sides of my identity. They're both part of who, what, and whose I am.
I proudly wear the labels of Druid, Pagan, and Unitarian Universalist, but those labels are not my identity. And I see no reason to fight over who is or isn't qualified to wear them too.
Related posts from John Beckett:
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The best way to find out what someone wants is to ask. In surveys, we asked readers about the tools they use in their research, what they like, what they don't like, and improvements they would like to see. Then, we asked the companies that develop these tools to describe what they offer, and what they are doing to meet market demands.
Three of the top tools of choice were software, vacuum systems, and spectrometers. In this issue, we are covering these three diverse technologies for use in R&D labs, in three different ways.
In the cover story, Senior Editor Paul Livingstone discusses with vacuum system vendors trends in high vacuum system technology. The challenges: Meeting the varying needs of different R&D applications and then building systems that can be maintained by non-experts. The results: Vacuum pump manufacturers are adopting a systems approach and the instruments themselves are changing to address size, functionality, maintenance, and cost considerations. Read vendor opinions on market demands and how they are developing products to meet these needs.
In this issue, we introduce a new editorial feature, a Specifications Guide designed to detail the features, functions—and specifications—of a class of instruments. We look at mass, infrared, UV-Vis, and X-ray spectrometers from a range of manufacturers. We introduce each technology with a brief overview, followed by detailed specifications of individual models in tabular format for side-by-side comparisons.
Software was most popular tool identified by our readers, in particular modeling, simulation, and physics programs to explore multiple design options. In the issue, we profile software tools, including applications and hardware/software requirements. An applications note describes how structural sizing and composite analysis software was used to predict the performance of a vehicle under simulated flight conditions.
Seeking the Best in R&D Research
The editors of R&D magazine have another question: Do you know a scientist or researcher worthy of recognition as R&D's 2010 Scientist of the Year, Innovator of the Year, and Young Innovator of the Year? The deadline for nominations is July 16, 2010.
The Scientist of the Year must have demonstrated leadership in a fundamental scientific discovery within the past five years. This discovery could be in any science field and must have relevance to the general population. The Scientist of the Year must currently be active in scientific research and development.
The Innovator of the Year must have demonstrated leadership in the development of a product or products in his/her organization within the past five years. The products must be readily identified as innovative—not evolutionary, trivial, or obvious.
To qualify for the Young Innovator of the Year, a candidate must not have reached age 31 by December 31, 2010. They must have demonstrated leadership in the development of an innovative product or research project within the last year in an academic, professional, or government setting.
A complete description of qualifications and application forms can be found under the Awards menu on www.rdmag.com.
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2.1 Tagore – Sadhana I – III Chapters
Rabindranath Tagore born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861 was the youngest
but one child of Debandranath Tagore. In the words of Tagore himself his father
was one whom "I saw very seldom; he was away a great deal, but his presence
pervaded the whole house and was one of the deepest influence on my life…'.
He was called Maharishi or the great saint who believed in the worship of
Invisible God. Tagore's attitude to God and world was inherited from his father.
The Tagores were Vaishnavas in their religious outlook and were inclined to
vegetarianism in diet. They were a set of highly educated and enlightened
people who assisted Raja Ram Mohan Roy in his movement of social reform.
Rabindranath Tagore lived in a significant age when India was stirred
deeply by three movements – religious, literary and social to which the
contribution of the Tagore family was very great. The first movement was
religious and its founder was Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who believed that God is
one. One of the leaders of this movement was Debandranath Tagore,
Rabindranath's father. The second movement was in the field of Literature and
Bakin Chandra tried to rescue Bengali language from the degradation of dead
forms to which it had fallen and bring a new critical attitude and make Bengali
language an instrument of the expression of rich imagination that would not
tolerate any restrictions imposed upon it from outside. The third movement was
national its was national; it was partly political and partly cultural. It raised a
voice of protest against the humiliation which the Indians were subjected to at
the hands of the westermers. It was not opposed to the introduction of western
thought, but it certainly was not in favour of indiscriminate rejection of
traditional Indian culture and values. Tagore's father laid stress on the study of
the Upanishads and left no stone unturned to check the wave of conversion to
Christianity in Bengal.
Tagore passed his boyhood in the Jarasnako house with the atmosphere
that reverberated with the echoes of culture, refinement and art. He was from
very early years of his life fond of nature and longed for the outer world of
nature. He was made to study science, literature, music and painting without
taking into consideration whether he was interested in them or not. Learning all
his subjects in English, he learnt Bengali well. Educated in India and London
showed a great promise as a writer. He was influenced by the Vaishnava lyrical
poetry, which gave to the poet an impetus to be bold and strike a new path for
himself in the field of art and poetry.
The Awakening of the waterfall, his work showed a great unity of
meaning. What was memorable in this experienced was its human message and
the sudden expansion of his consciousness in the supernatural world of man.
There are three distinctive things which seem to come before us from this new
vision of the poet about life.
i. The human soul from which the creation and which its creative effort
draws it away from itself and harmonizes it with the inner life of
nature which is full of human significance.
ii. The union between man's growing consciousness and the spirit of
nature is a source of joy and it is in this feeling of delight emerging
from a realization of inner harmony of objects that the poet seeks for
his definition of beauty.
iii. This seeking and this joy is similar to freedom, for it is only by
transcending the outer certain of common-placeness and triviality
that its real significance is discovered.
Published a number of collection of songs and poems in which the glorified
the ideals of ancient times against the background of the evils of western
nationalism which the condemned as the climax of greed. He waged a ceaseless
war against the two evils of caste which dehumanizes man and nationality in
the west which makes a brute of a man.
After the publication of Gitanjali which marked the transition in his life,
Tagore's national aspirations got merged in the Universal. When the visited
England and Europe he was greated there as seer with a universal message. He
was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913. The publication of Gitanjali in English
took the English – reading public by storm and they got examoured as much by
the nobility of its though as by the beauty of the language. During the course of
his visit to America in 1913 to deliver some addressed there, he made the
acquaintance of Rudolf Eucken, the famous German Philosopher, who was also
charmed on reading Gitanjali. The lectures he delivered in America were
published as Sadhana by Macmillan, along with The Gardener, The crescent
Moon and Chitra.
Tagore was a poet and a dreamer. He felt that the western civilization
was heading towards a crash or destruction. He started thinking of the crash or
destruction. He started thinking of the problems of life in a calm and detached
manner and the expression was marked by a sense of bold optimism attempting
to depict tot eh world the message of eternal peace. Peace and tranquility
proved to be the theme.
2.2 The relation of the individual to the universe
The civilization of ancient Greece was nurtured within city walls. These
walls leave their mark deep in the minds of men. They setup a principle of
'divide and rule' in our mental outlook, which begets in us a habit of securing
all our conquests by fortifying them and separating them from one another. We
divide nation and nation, knowledge and knowledge, man and nature. It breeds
in us a strong suspicion of whatever is beyond the barriers we have built an
everything has to fight hard for its entrance its our recognition.
In India when the first Aryan invaders appeared, the vast forests
provided them some special advantage of natural protection, food and water in
plenty. Thus our civilization had its birth and it took a distinct character from
this origin and environment. Surrounded by vast life of nature, was fed and
clothed by her, having the closest and most constant intercourse with her
varying objects. This atmosphere instead of dulling human intelligence and
dwarfing the incentives to progress, gave it to a particular direction. Having
constant contact with the living growth of nature, his mind was fee from the
desire to extend his mind was free from the desire to extend his dominion by
erecting boundary walls around his acquisitions. His aim was not to acquire
but to realize, to enlarge his consciousness by growing with and growing into
his surroundings. He felt that truth is all comprehensive that there is no such
thing as absolute isolation in existence and the only way of attaining truth is
through the interpretation of our being into all objects. This harmony between
man's spirit and the spirit of the world was the endeavour of the forest dwelling
sages of ancient India. In future even when Mighty Kingdoms were established –
even in the heyday of its material prosperity – the heart of India ever looked
back with adoration upon the early ideal of strenuous self-realization and the
dignity of the simple life of the forest hermitage.
Westerners took pride in subduing nature, as if we are living in a hostile
world creating and artificial dissociation between himself and the universal
nature within whose bosom he lies. But Indians believed that there is a rational
connection between him and nature. We are in harmony with nature and the
thoughts are in harmony with things – the power is in harmony with the power
which is universal. According to it, everything that is low in the scale of being is
merely nature, and whatever has stamp of perfection on it, intellectual or moral,
in human-nature. The earth, water and light, fruits and flowers to India were
not merely physical phenomena to be turned to and then left aside. The man
who has his spiritual eyes open knows the ultimate truth about earth and water
lies in our apprehension of the eternal world. There is not mere knowledge, as
science is, but it is a perception of the soul by soul. This gives us not power but
joy. When a man does not realize his kinship with the world, he lives in a prison
– house whose walls are alien to him. When the meets the eternal spirit in all
objects, them he is emancipated, for them he discovers the fullest significance
of the world into which he is born. Thus the text of our everyday mediation is
the Gayathri, a verse which is considered to be the epitome of all the Vedas. By
its help we try to realize the essential unity of the world with the conscious soul
of man. We understand the Eternal spirit, whose power creates The Earth, the
Sky and the stars. It is not in the power of possession but in the power of
India knew that when by physical and mental barriers we violently
detach ourselves from the inexhaustible life of nature, when we become man,
man in the universe, we crate bewildering problems. Man must realize the
wholeness of his existence, his place in the infinite. The Rishis were they, who
having reached the supreme God from all sides had found abiding peace, had
become united with all, had entered into the life of the Universe. Thus the state
of realizing our relationship with all, of entering into everything through union
with God, was considered in India to be the ultimate and fulfillment of
humanity. His freedom and fulfillment is in love, which is another name for
perfect comprehension. This is why the Upanishads describe those who have
attained the goal of human life as 'peaceful' and as 'at one with God', meaning
that they are in perfect harmony with man and nature, and therefore in
undisturbed union with God.
We have a glimpse of the same truth in the teachings of Jesus when he
says, 'It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich
man to enter the kingdom of heaven – which implies that whatever we treasure
for ourselves separates us from others; our possession are our limitations. It is
the one living truth that makes all realities true. This truth is not only of
knowledge but of devotion. Buddha, who developed the practical side of the
teaching of the Upanishads, preached the same. The Upanishad says that the
being who is in his essence of light and life of all, who is world – conscious, is
Brahma. Upanishad also says 'thou shalt gain by giving away. Thou Shalt not
covet'. In the Gita we are advised to work
disinterestingly, abandoning all lust for the result. Everything his sprung from
immoral life and is vibrating with life, for life is immense.
2.3 Soul consciousness
The aspiration of ancient India was to live and move and have is joy is
Brahma- the all conscious and all pervading spirit, by extending its field of
consciousness all over the world. By beginning to try to realize all, one has to
end by realizing nothing. But, in reality, it is not so absurd as it sounds. Facts
are many, but the truth is one. The animal intelligence knows facts, the human
mind has power to apprehend truth. This discovery of truth is pure joy to man –
it is a liberation of his mind. Truth opens up a whole horizon, it leads us to the
infinite. Upanishad says 'know thine own soul' – realize the one great principle
of unity that there is in every man.
All our egoistic impulses, our selfish desires, obscure our true vision of
the soul. When we are conscious of our soul, we perceive the inner being that
transcends our ego and has its deeper affinity with the All. Like children
learning the alphabets, words and then sentences, our soul when detached and
imprisoned within the narrow limits of a self loses its significance. In love he
use of difference is obliterated and the human soul fulfils its purpose in
perfection, transcending the limits of itself and reaching across the threshold of
the infinite. Therefore love is the highest bliss that man can attain. Our great
'Revealers' are they who man manifest the true meaning of the soul by giving up
self for the love of mankind. We call then 'Mahatmas' – the men of the great
soul? 'Paramathma' is the supreme soul in me and my joy is in the realization
of this truth. The joys and sorrows of our loved ones are joys and sorrows of our
loved ones, because in them we have grown larger, in them we have touched
that great truth which comprehends the whole universe. Our highest joy is in
the losing of our egoistic self and in the uniting with others. According to the
Upanishads, the key to cosmic consciousness, to God- consciousness, is in the
consciousness of the soul. The chick knows when it breaks through the selfcentered
isolation of its egg that the hard shell which covered it so long was not
really a part of its life. In Sanskrit, the bird has been called the twice-born : so
too the man is named, who has gone through the ceremony of the discipline of
self-restraint and high thinking – who has come out simple in wants, pure in
heart and ready to take up all the responsibilities of life in a disinterested
largeness of spirit. He is considered to have had his rebirth from the blind
envelopment of self to the freedom of soul life. When Jesus said, 'Blessed are
the meek, for they shall inherit the earth' he meant this. The doctrine of
deliverance that Buddha preached was the freedom from the thralldom of
Avidya (ignorance), when he attains 'Bodhi', i.e., the awakenment from the sleep
of self to the perfection of consciousness, he becomes But Man's poverty is
abysmal, his wants are endless till he becomes truly conscious of his soul. The
vision of the supreme one in our own soul is a direct and immediate intuition.
Sin is the blurring of truth which clouds the purity of our consciousness. It is
the supreme one which makes man feel the pang of his separation from God
and gives rise to the earnest prayer,
'O God, O Father, completely sweap away all our sins'. Give into us that
which is good? Man's cry reach his fullest expression. It is this desire for self69
expression that leads him to attain perfection. Man becomes perfect man, he
attains his fullest expression, when his soul realizes itself in the infinite being
who is Avih whose very essence is expression. When a man's life rescued from
distractions finds its unity in the soul, then the consciousness of the infinite
becomes at once direct and natural to it as the light is to the flame. All the
conflicts and contradictions of life are reconciled; knowledge, love and action
harmonized; the formless appears to us in the form of the flower, of the fruit as
the supreme one.
2.4 The problem of Evil
The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is
imperfection on or why there is creation at all. Imperfection is not a negation of
perfectness; finitude is not contradictory to infinity; they are but completeness
manifested in parts, infinity revealed within bounds. Pain, which is the feeling
of our finiteness, is not a fixture in our life. It is not an end in itself, as joy is.
We feel that good is the positive element in man's nature, and in every age and
every clime what man values west is his ideal of goodness. Will is the supreme
wish of larger life, the life whose greater partition is out of our present reach,
whose objects are not for the most part before our sight. Then we begin to
distinguish between what we
immediately desire and what is good. Good is that which is desirable for our
greater self. Thus sense of goodness comes out of truer view of life. In this he
becomes great, for the realizes truth. Life is not made up of fragments,
purposeless and discontinuous. It is a truth that man is not a detached being,
that he has a universal aspect; and when he recognizes this he becomes great;
very often it is our moral strength which gives us most effectively the power to
do evil, to exploit other individuals for our own benefit, to rob other people of
their just rights. The life of an animal is unmoral, for it is aware only of an
immediate present; the life of a man can be immoral, but that only means that
it must have a moral basis. Not to see is to be blind, but to see wrongly is to see
only in an imperfect manner. To live the life of goodness is to live the life of all.
Pleasure is for one's own self, but goodness is concerned with the happiness of
all humanity and for all time. From the point of view of the good, pleasure pain
appear in a different meaning. Martyrs prove is in history and we prove it every
day in our little martyrdoms. To live in perfect goodness is to realize one's life in
the infinite. Our body can only die if it tries to eat its own substance, and our
eye loses the meaning of its function if it can only see itself. We see then that
man's individuality is not his highest truth, there is that in him which is
universal. Our organ of sight, our organ of locomotion, our physical strength
becomes worldwide; steam and electricity become our nerve and muscle. It is
the same with our spiritual life. Yet we complain that we are not happy, as if
there were something inherent in the nature of things to make us miserable.
The universal spirit is waiting to crown us with happiness, but our individual
spirit would not accept it. The most important lesson that man can learn from
his life is not that there is pain in this world, but it depends upon him to turn it
is not good account, that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.
V.S.Naipul's position as a third generation Caribbean settled in England makes
the idea of the return (to an unsullied past ,and threby a complete, rooted
identity )doubly problematic . In one of his essays ,Naipaul wrote , " although
the English language was mine , [ …] its tradition was not " . There is no
virtually Caribbean ' tradition' that he can fall back upon , and this perhaps is
the basis for his anguished sense . The aboriginal peoples of the Caribbean
have long been extinct .Naipaul has also in his many interviews and essays
,made his own myth into that of the writer as a displaced person ,one who does
not " have a side , doesn't have a country ;doesn't have a community ; one who
is entirely an individual " , a figure who has achieved a 'Brahminical ideal of
non –attachment ',a man without a home . His protagonist Mr . Boswas depicts
this linked to the ownership of 'a house ' – 'a home '.The slow and stately
rhythm of his prose ,the measured tone ,reflects a grim solidity , and grants to
it something of the status of fact . Naipaul visited India for many months on
different occasions in order to gather 'materials' for his 'An Area of Darkness '
(1964),India :A Wounded Civilisation (1977),andIndia:A Mmillion Mutinies Now
(1990). They are serious undertakings that entail much thought and analysis ;
thus ,the eye-witness account gives 'authority' to his writings . It is a first hand
account of what happened and who was involved . No one can doubt the
extraordinary qualities of Naipaul's observations ,they are keen ,detailed and
exact .
In 'An Area of Darkness' , the 'quest' for 'self ' is notable : there is an intence
preoccupation withself, and this colours all of Naipaul's observations and
comments . The narrative is replete ,with confessional statements ,with
philosophical commentaries ,his own fears and anxieties about India . The
philosophical perspective is imbedded everywhere in both of Naipaul's fiction
and traver narratives ;it is this substantive –idea that permeates his writings
,and is at times connected with the 'autobiographical 'sense. In many passages
philosophical ideas are brought out through autobiographical instances there is
a dynamic interrelationship between both travel and fictional writings . The
sharp literary image gives his travel narratives the necessary 'literariness' , and
at the same time ,his travel narrative
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Your Number is 8Your Name number is 8. Saturn is the Lord of your number. Your day is Saturday and color is Black. Saphire brings you luck, while Iron will be your metals. You will best suit in careers related to Government servent.The characteristics of 8 Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.The destiny for 8 Your Expression is represented by the number 8. The 8 Expression is well-equipped in a managerial sense. You have outstanding organizational and administrative capabilities. You have the potential for considerable achievement in business or other powerful positions. You can expect to receive the financial and material rewards. You have the skill and abilities to establish or operate a business with great efficiency. You have good judgment when it comes to money and commercial matters, and you understand how to build and accumulate material wealth. Much of your success (or lack of it) may come due to your ability (or inability) to judge character. With the number 8 Expression, you exercise sound judgment in most of your affairs; you are realistic and practical in your approach to business matters.The positive side of the number 8 Expression produces individuals that are very ambitious and goal-oriented. If the 8 energy is not in excess in your makeup, you will no doubt express these traits to some extent. No one has any more energy that a person with the 8 Expression who has a plan laid and is starting to work. No one has any more self-confidence, either. If you are expressing the positive qualities of 8, you are an outstanding manager because you can plan, initiate, and complete projects; you are very dependable and determined.The negative side of number 8 A negative 8 can be very rigid and stubborn. Ambition sometimes has a way of becoming over-ambition, and you may express an unreasonable impatience with the lack of progress. If your negative side is showing, you may be too exacting, both of yourself and of others. Sometimes this can even becomes a case of intolerance.Your Soul Urge is always No 8. You dream of success in the business or political world, of power and control of large material endeavors. You crave authority and recognition of executive skills. Your secret self may have very strong desire to become an entrepreneur.
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english paragraph The full title of this poem is "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798." It opens with the speaker's declaration that five years have passed since he last visited this location, encountered its tranquil, rustic scenery, and heard the murmuring waters of the river. He recites the objects he sees again, and describes their effect upon him: the "steep and lofty cliffs" impress upon him "thoughts of more deep seclusion"; he leans against the dark sycamore tree and looks at the cottage-grounds and the orchard trees, whose fruit is still unripe. He sees the "wreaths of smoke" rising up from cottage chimneys between the trees, and imagines that they might rise from "vagrant dwellers in the houseless woods," or from the cave of a hermit in the deep forest.
The speaker then describes how his memory of these "beauteous forms" has worked upon him in his absence from them: when he was alone, or in crowded towns and cities, they provided him with "sensations sweet, / Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart." The memory of the woods and cottages offered "tranquil restoration" to his mind, and even affected him when he was not aware of the memory, influencing his deeds of kindness and love. He further credits the memory of the scene with offering him access to that mental and spiritual state in which the burden of the world is lightened, in which he becomes a "living soul" with a view into "the life of things." The speaker then says that his belief that the memory of the woods has affected him so strongly may be "vain"—but if it is, he has still turned to the memory often in times of "fretful stir."
Even in the present moment, the memory of his past experiences in these surroundings floats over his present view of them, and he feels bittersweet joy in reviving them. He thinks happily, too, that his present experience will provide many happy memories for future years. The speaker acknowledges that he is different now from how he was in those long-ago times, when, as a boy, he "bounded o'er the mountains" and through the streams. In those days, he says, nature made up his whole world: waterfalls, mountains, and woods gave shape to his passions, his appetites, and his love. That time is now past, he says, but he does not mourn it, for though he cannot resume his old relationship with nature, he has been amply compensated by a new set of more mature gifts; for instance, he can now "look on nature, not as in the hour / Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes / The still, sad music of humanity." And he can now sense the presence of something far more subtle, powerful, and fundamental in the light of the setting suns, the ocean, the air itself, and even in the mind of man; this energy seems to him "a motion and a spirit that impels / All thinking thoughts.... / And rolls through all things." For that reason, he says, he still loves nature, still loves mountains and pastures and woods, for they anchor his purest thoughts and guard the heart and soul of his "moral being."
The speaker says that even if he did not feel this way or understand these things, he would still be in good spirits on this day, for he is in the company of his "dear, dear (d) Sister," who is also his "dear, dear Friend," and in whose voice and manner he observes his former self, and beholds "what I was once." He offers a prayer to nature that he might continue to do so for a little while, knowing, as he says, that "Nature never did betray / The heart that loved her," but leads rather "from joy to joy." Nature's power over the mind that seeks her out is such that it renders that mind impervious to "evil tongues," "rash judgments," and "the sneers of selfish men," instilling instead a "cheerful faith" that the world is full of blessings. The speaker then encourages the moon to shine upon his sister, and the wind to blow against her, and he says to her that in later years, when she is sad or fearful, the memory of this experience will help to heal her. And if he himself is dead, she can remember the love with which he worshipped nature. In that case, too, she will remember what the woods meant to the speaker, the way in which, after so many years of absence, they became more dear to him—both for themselves and for the fact that she is in them.
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Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
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Each and every single soul has been a beggar at one point in their lives begging need not always be for money.
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The Christian's Highest Occupation
Alfred P. Gibbs
Copyright © 1950
THE MEANING OF WORSHIP: THE Holy PERFUME
As we further think of the definition of worship, let us now consider:
6. The Holy Perfume (Exodus 30:34-38)
This very beautiful picture of worship is given to us as part of God's revelation to Moses in
regard to the Tabernacle, concerning which He had said: "Make me a sanctuary, that I may
dwell among them" (Exodus 25:18). Minute instructions were given regarding the details of its
furnishings, and we find God repeatedly saying to Moses: "And look that thou make them
after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount" (Exodus 25:9; 40:26, 30; 27:8, cp.
Hebrews 8:5).
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and
galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered
together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto
you most holy. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people"
(Exodus 30:34-38)
Three things impress themselves on the mind as one reads this passage regarding the holy
(1) The Exclusive Use of It (verses 37-38)
It was reserved solely for use in the worship of God in the sanctuary. God expressly forbade its
manufacture for any other purpose. The obvious inference from this is that worship belongs to
God alone, and that He will share this honor with none. David, "the sweet Psalmist of Israel," by
the Spirit's inspiration wrote: "He is thy Lord, worship thou him . . . Exalt ye the Lord our
God, and worship at his footstool, for he is holy . . . O come, let us worship and bow down:
Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker" (Psalm 45:11; 99:5; 95:6).
It will be recalled that the first demand of the law was: "Thou shalt have no other gods before
me . . . for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God" (Exodus 20:3-5).
There is no substitute for spiritual worship. It is the unique right, the sole property, and the
exclusive privilege of God Himself and He will not tolerate any rival. Idolatry, in its essence, is
simply that by which man seeks to displace God, or which attempts to relegate Him to a position
of secondary importance. An idol is anything that a man worships in his heart, to the exclusion of
God. It was because of the idolatrous apostasy of Israel that God:
- Set Israel aside nationally,
- Allowed them to go into captivity,
- Scattered them to the four corners of the earth. (See II Kings 17:7-18; II Chronicles 36:14-17).
We do well to pay good heed to the Divine dictum: "I am the Lord, that is my name, and my
glory will I not give to another" (Isaiah 42:8). He alone claims the title of, "Holy and
Reverend" (Psalm 111:9).
There is always the subtle danger of becoming more occupied with:
- The visible, than the invisible;
- With the temporal, than the eternal;
- With an outward and formal ceremony, than an inward and spiritual reality.
There can therefore be no substitute for spiritual worship:
- However ornate may be the ritual,
- Or gorgeous the vestments,
- Or beautiful the building,
- Or well phrased the prayers,
- Or smoothly conducted the service.
Undoubtedly all this has an appeal to the esthetic senses, and is well pleasing to the flesh, for
man is naturally religious; but it is not spiritual, and consequently cannot please God.
(2) The Ingredients that Formed it (verses 34-36)
Four ingredients, compounded in equal proportions, composed this perfume, and each part was
necessary to the whole. These ingredients were stacte, onycha, galbanum and frankincense. Each
of these four things has a typical significance which we shall not dwell on now.
Let us think of them as four elements which, when compounded together in the heart of the
believer, as he sits in the presence of God, causes the perfume of his worship to ascend to the
Father and the Son.
The first ingredient is remembrance.
It is good for the believer to use his memory to recall what he used to be by nature, and
what he now is, by God's matchless grace.
The words of Paul to the saints at Ephesus are pertinent to this:
"Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh . . . but now, in Christ
Jesus . . . are made nigh" (Ephesians 2:11, 13).
Let each Christian call to mind his black past, when he was without God, without Christ, without
life and without hope. Then let him contrast this with his present acceptance in the Beloved,
together with all the spiritual blessings that are now his present and eternal possession. Surely the
result of such remembrance will cause him to life his heart in adoration to the One who made this
so blessedly actual to his experience.
His memory should also be focused on the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Himself. The
purpose of the Lord 's Supper, as indicated by the Lord Himself is: "This do in remembrance
of me."
In view of this, worship will become an essential feature of such a meeting, for worship is
kindled upon the fires of remembrance. As David puts it: "While I was musing, the fire
burned; then spake I with my tongue" (Psalm 39:3).
It is memory that enables us to recall the record of His matchless life, as given in the holy
The Christian should therefore concentrate upon:
- Christ's wondrous words,
- His mighty deeds,
- His perfect and holy character,
- His absolute obedience to the father's will,
- His infinite grace in going to the cross,
- His completed work of redemption accomplished by the sacrifice of Himself,
- His victorious resurrection,
- His glorious ascension,
- His present ministry as the great HIGH PRIEST of His people.
As he does so, the believer's heart will warm within him, and his worship shall rise to God as a
fragrant perfume.
The second ingredient is gratitude.
As memory recalls all that God is and has done, the heart responds, even as the strings of a harp
break forth into song beneath the skilful hands of a master musician. We have before noted that
the gratitude of the believer delights the heart of the Father.
Socrates, the great Grecian philosopher, declared that gratitude was the greatest of all the virtues,
and ingratitude the basest of all the vices.
A study of the great worship hymns indicate how great a part gratitude plays in their
composition. Hannah Burlington beautifully expresses it thus:
"The knowing this, that us He loves,
Hath made our cup run o'er;
Jesus, Thy name our spirit moves,
Today and evermore."
The "Ter Stegen" hymns are amongst the finest we have. One of them, by Ernst C. Homburg,
written nearly 300 years ago, is redolent with gratitude:
"O Lord, from my heart I do thank Thee
For all Thou hast borne in my room,
Thine agony, dying unsolaced,
Alone in the darkness of doom,
That I, in the glory of Heaven,
For ever and ever might be --
A thousand, a thousand thanksgivings
I bring, blessed Saviour, to Thee!"
The third ingredient is reverence.
This is produced as the soul apprehends, in some measure at least:
- The greatness of God,
- The majesty of His Divine character,
- The glory of His unique attributes,
As displayed in His
- Omniscience,
- Omnipotence,
- Omnipresence
- Immutability.
We are living in an age characterized largely by cynicism, flippancy and lightness regarding
Divine things.
The modern trend is to humanize Deity and deify humanity, and that has not aided in man's
concept of God. One has only to read the Scriptures to discover that whenever a person was
brought consciously into the presence of God, it filled him with a holy awe, humbled him in the
dust and produced a deep reverence for God.
Moses, the great leader of Israel, was taught this lesson many times. At God's first revelation to
him at the burning bush, the voice of Jehovah said: "Draw not nigh hither; put thy shoes from
off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" (Exodus 3:5).
At God's revelation to him on the mount, in response to his request to see God's glory, God gave
him a vision of Himself. At this august spectacle we read: "Moses made haste, and bowed his
head towards the earth, and worshipped" (Exodus 34:8).
Isaiah, whose magnificent concept of Deity has thrilled the hearts of the people of God for
twenty-five centuries, had to lay to heart this essential requirement. In chapter six of his
prophecy, he describes the vision he had of the glory of God which completely revolutionized his
life. This sight not only filled him with a sense of his own littleness, uncleanness and
insufficiency, but indelibly impressed upon him God's greatness, holiness and power.
Daniel, "the man of desires," tells us that when he saw the majestic vision of God: "There
remained no strength in me, for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption and I
retained no strength" (Daniel 10:5-11).
We could add others to this list, but these will suffice to indicate how necessary it is that godly
reverence accompany all our dealings with Divine things.
This reverence must always be present if our worship is to be acceptable to the One who is
described as "The high and lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity," and who hath declared: "Let
all the earth fear the Lord: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him" (Psalm
Familiarity with God can never produce contempt, for those who know Him best, love and fear
Him most. The more God impresses the soul with His Person, the greater that individual is filled
with holy awe as he stands in the presence of Him, before Whose eyes "all things are open and
naked" (Hebrews 4:13).
It should be obvious that humility of mind, sobriety of manner, and sincerity of spirit are
essential to and fitting in the presence of the One who said: "Ye shall . . . reverence my
sanctuary. I am the LORD" (Leviticus 19:30).
The fourth ingredient is amazement.
We have before indicated that worship has, as one of its basic requirements, the element of
wonder. He who ceases to wonder, ceases to worship.
The hymn writer has put it thus:
"I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemned, unclean!
O how wonderful! O how marvelous!
And my song shall ever be,
O how wonderful! O how marvelous!
Is my Saviour's love to me!"
One of the many titles of Deity is "Wonderful."
Everything about the Almighty takes upon itself this character. As the believer thinks of the
wonder of His Person, His creation, His word, His Son, His love, His salvation and of each
Christian's blessedness, he is led to exclaim with another:
"That Thou should love a wretch like me,
And be the God Thou art,
Is darkness to my intellect,
But sunshine to my heart!"
(3) The Purpose of It.
It was for God's pleasure and for His glory. These ingredients, equally compounded together,
combined to produce a perfume which ascended to God in a fragrant stream and brought great
pleasure to Him. Likewise, when a believer sits in the presence of God, with an equal measure of
remembrance, gratitude, reverence and amazement well compounded in his heart, there will
undoubtedly rise, from the censer of his soul, a silver stream of humble, reverent, sincere and
adoring worship to his God and Father, and to the Lord Jesus Christ.
This, in turn, will delight God's heart, for it fulfils His desire for the worship of His people. This
was expressed by His Son in these words: "The hour cometh, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship
him" (John 4:23)
Our last consideration, under the heading of the meaning of worship, is:
7. The Root Meaning of the Word in the Old Testament
Those that understand such things have affirmed that the root meaning of the Hebrew word
carries the thought of "a dog to its master."
As one approaches the town of Hartsdale from the city of New York, he will observe, to his left,
an animal cemetery. It is perhaps the most ornate in the world. Beneath marble monuments,
some costing hundreds of dollars, like the remains of pet animals and even birds.
Many of these tombstone's bear sentimental epitaphs, such as: "Momsie's only baby."
Others are grotesque, as one over a dog which reads: "He cannot come to us, be we can go to
However, there is one epitaph that stands out from them all.
It is of a dog whose master caused to be inscribed: "To the memory of Bruce, the devoted
servant, faithful friend, warm admirer, and ardent worshipper of his master." Then follows the
name of its owner. Does this not aptly describe what a dog is? Dogs have been described, and not
without some cause, as "man's best friend."
A cynic once remarked: "The more I know of human beings, the better I appreciate dogs!"
Let us use an illustration to clarify this point.
We will suppose that a man, warmly clad, ventures forth on a blustery and bitterly cold night.
The temperature is below zero, and the streets are practically deserted. Presently he sees a poor,
neglected, shivering and half starved cur, sheltering behind a telephone pole from the biting
wind. Some cruel boys have tied a can to its tail, and it has been kicked from pillar to post, until
now it is almost at the end of its tether. It will never survive a night like this on the streets.
The man pauses and looks the dog over. What a pitiable sight it is: thin, miserable, frightened,
homeless, hungry and on its last legs!
His compassion is stirred and, yielding to the impulse of the moment, he stoops down, reaches
out his hand and calls to the dog. Suspicious as first, for the dog has good reasons for distrusting
mankind, it gradually approaches, until at length it comes under his hand. The man pats it on the
head, strokes it, all the while speaking kindly words. Then, after removing the string and the can
from its tail, he lifts it up, opens his overcoat, pops it in, and carries it back to his home.
When he enters his home he says to his wife:
"I've found a poor starving dog on the street, that will surely die tonight, unless it finds a home.
Please put a sack in the corner of the kitchen and we'll take care of it for at least tonight."
Accordingly, the dog is gently placed on the sack, and a delicious bowl of hot bread and milk is
given it, followed by some scraps from the evening meal. For the first time in many days the dog
wags its tail in gratitude for this unusual kindness. The next morning it greets its benefactors
with another friendly wag of its tail, and they decide to give it a permanent home.
A month passes by, and what a wonderful change it produces in that dog! As a result of good
food and proper care, one would scarcely recognize the fine looking animal as that miserable
starving cur of four weeks ago.
One evening, as the man is sitting in an easy chair, with one hand hanging over the arm of the
chair, he suddenly feels something warm and wet on his hand. Glancing down he sees the dog
looking up at him with adoring eyes as, again and again, it licks the hand of the one to whom it
owes everything. The dog had not come into the room to beg for a bone, or even to be petted.
It wanted nothing from its owner but the privilege of sitting in his presence, so that it might look
at him with rapt, adoring eyes and, every now and then, to enjoy the privilege of licking the hand
of the one whom it loved above all others.
This is worship.
Now apply this to the believer, who once was a lost, guilty and helpless sinner, deserving
only the judgment of a holy God.
- Through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
- By faith in His substitutionary sacrifice and glorious resurrection,
- By acceptance of Him as Saviour and Lord,
He has been:
- Redeemed,
- Saved
- Brought into a place of acceptance, provision and security.
Surely it is not too much for the Lord to expect that His people, saved as such an infinite cost,
will want, like that dog, to come into His presence in order to be occupied only with the One
whom, "having not seen, they love" with all their hearts. May it be yours and mine to know
something, by experience, of the real meaning and nature of worship, and thus fulfil His purpose
in our salvation.
The words of Miss C.A. Wellesley will form a fitting conclusion to this section of our study:
"Occupied with Thee, Lord Jesus, in Thy grace;
All Thy ways and thoughts about me
Only trace
Deeper stories of the glories
Of Thy grace.
Taken up with Thee Lord Jesus I would be;
Finding joy and satisfaction
All in Thee;
Thou the nearest and the dearest
Unto me."
~ end of chapter 5 ~
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It is a shock because in a little more than 10 years, through a series of quickfire acquisitions fuelled by massive loans and a soaring share price, the business had risen to be the largest telephone company in the world. Traditional giants like AT&T were left trailing in its wake. Minnows like BT, France Telecom or Deutsche Telecom barely figured on its radar. It, much more even than Enron, Lucent or Microsoft, was the spectacular creation of the dotcom years.
Everyone has known for months now that the company was in trouble. The steady slide in its share price has meant tens of billions of dollars have been written off the stock market value of the business. Ebbers himself was forced out of office a few months ago and the shares unceremoniously ejected from the Standard & Poor's list of the top 500 US companies - though it was still nowhere near the bottom. This was taken by Wall Street as a clear signal that someone out there expected it to go bust. But what no one expected was what they got late last night on Wall Street - news that there was an Enron-style black hole in its accounts.
In a statement after the American stock market closed it was disclosed that some $4bn (£2.7bn)of costs in recent years had not been reflected in the accounts, which means in turn that when the company said it was making profits it was in fact making losses.
Inevitably the auditor for much of the period in question was Andersen, the same firm which has found itself in the dock over its willingness to gloss over the flaws in Enron's accounts - a fact that would be a death blow for the firm were it not already on the slab in the mortuary. The chief financial officer has gone, belatedly following Ebbers out the door, but neither has gone so fast as the company's credibility. It is a fair bet that when business begins today on Wall Street the price will be shredded. Investors who have already seen their shares halve, halve and halve again may well find themselves left with an almost worthless bit of paper.
Ironically one of the main casualties in this will be Ebbers himself. He not only talked the talk, but more than any one of that breed of dotcom and telecom billionaires he also walked the walk. He really did believe in what he had created - so much so that when the stock price started falling he borrowed money to buy more shares, and more and more. Ironically this indirectly added to Worldcom's woes.
It was revealed after that the hundreds of millions of dollars he had borrowed for these now worthless purchases had come from Worldcom itself. He still owes the business that small fortune.
THE news is not just a disaster for Ebbers, and for those who trusted and backed him. It strikes at the heart of the American capitalist system. US industry gets its money from investors willing to buy shares. But they have made it clear they will not put up the cash if they cannot believe the accounts. Had Enron been a one-off, the shock might have begun to subside but Enron is clearly not a one-off - and the real significance of today's news is that it implies it was just the tip of the iceberg. It will paralyse investors, and as long as that paralysis lasts it will do untold damage to business confidence and the ability of the US economy to regenerate itself. This is bad news indeed.
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Feb. 15, 2011
The third-ranked Tennessee Volunteers will get a taste of SEC competition a few weeks earlier than originally scheduled.
The Vols face 14th-ranked Georgia on Friday in the first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle, the ITA released Tuesday.
The match starts at 9 a.m. Pacific time and will be played at the Nordstrom Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Washington. Half the matches will be played at Nordstrom and the rest will take place at the Seattle Tennis Club.
Virginia, the tournament's top seed, faces host Washington in the first round. Second-seeded Southern California, the back-to-back NCAA champion, plays Duke.
The Vols (6-0) are off to an undefeated start through a tough non-conference schedule that has included three teams that are in the 16-team National Indoors field: No. 9 Illinois, No. 12 Louisville and No. 17 Duke. Four of the Vols' six matches have been shutout victories.
New individual rankings came out Monday for the first time in more than a month, and sophomore Rhyne Williams remained at the top of the singles rankings, thanks to 7 of his 21 wins coming against opponents ranked in the top 10. Tennessee had four others in the rankings: John-Patrick Smith (No. 17), Tennys Sandgren (No. 46), Matteo Fago (No. 68) and Boris Conkic (No. 119). Smith and Conkic debuted at eighth in the doubles rankings after starting the year 9-1.
Georgia (5-2) dropped from 11th to 14th in Monday's team rankings following a 4-3 upset loss last week to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
From a personnel standpoint, the Bulldogs have a very different squad than last season. Seniors Javier Garrapiz and Drake Bernstein the only Georgia players who were in the lineup against the Vols last season. Georgia has three players ranked in singles: SEC Indoors champion Wil Spencer at No. 12, Garrapiz at No. 24 and Sadio Doumbia at No. 31. UGA has three teams ranked in doubles, led by 12th-ranked Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters, who handed Smith and Conkic their only loss in the finals of the SEC Indoors in January.
Tennessee won both meetings against Georgia last season, winning 6-1 in the regular season at home and 4-1 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships, which were played on Georgia's home courts. While Georgia leads the all-time series, the Vols and Bulldogs have split their last 10 meetings 5-5.
Friday marks the first time Tennessee and Georgia have faced each other at a neutral site since 2001.
Last season, the Vols reached the finals of the National Indoors for the first time since 1993. They won the doubles point and then lost 4-1 to three-time defending champion Virginia on the Cavaliers' home courts in Charlottesville.
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MaryZ's support thread for parents of troubled teenagers - Part 2 here's to a peaceful 2013(811 Posts)
This is a continuation of this thread which I set up as a safe space for struggling parents of challenging teenagers.
This is meant to be a welcoming thread, where everyone can come and moan, whinge, bash ideas off each other and support each other as we face a new year and new challenges
Newbies in particular - come and join in. When ds1 started going off the rails I felt very lonely as there was no-one in real life I could talk to. Being able to be open and honest on here has helped me cope over the last few years.
Many of us have extremely challenging teenagers, some are involved in alcohol and drugs, some are violent, some are struggling with depression, anxiety and various SN. This thread isn't here to judge people and tell them how to parent or to simplify and minimise their difficulties.
So if you think we should simply tell them to come home and night, and take their phones away if they don't, you are probably in the wrong place. Also if you think a few joints or a couple of pills are harmless, go and start a thread about it somewhere else.
The mantra of this thread is - don't look back, guilt is a wasted emotion. You are where you are now, carry on from here. You may not be able to change them, but you can change how you react to their behaviour, so pick your battles, take a step back and try not be too emotionally involved, and FFS, be nice to yourself.
So here goes: here's to a calm, peaceful and positive 2013.
Oh Laura I understand how you feel. My DS is 19 & in HMYOI on remand. 4th stay for him. Everything you say about your son is EXACTLY the same. It's just so bloody exhausting & sad isn't it? (((((Hugs)))))
midwife ((((hugs)))) back to you. Is there anything more demeaning than visiting your own child 'inside'? Being searched and wearing a stamp and a prison braclet all while trying to remember the rules before you can have a chat with your son? I can only see mine once a month and it is heartbreaking.
I met up with my oldest nephew last week and had a cuddle with his new baby (I'm a great-aunt now, eek!) but I was so sad afterwards. It was a terrible over-reaction but I felt like my lovely nephew has stolen (for want of a better word) my son's life. They are the same age and used to be terribly close but now it's so different. My nephew has a partner, good job, mortgage, baby, car. Mine's banged up for the next year...
I know it's stupid - there aren't a finite amount of 'lives' and they ran out when my DS came along - I just want so much for him to be happy.
Hugs and respect to you ladies, I am only a breath away from where you and your kids are.
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18 year old, existential crisis with suicidal ideation. Been going on for a few weeks according to his girlfriend. I know why it's happened, A levels, looking at uni, big changes and he's Aspie and quite a way along the spectrum. Going to doctors today because I think medication is a route, just not sure it's the best route. He's been having CBT to help with health anxiety, but she's dropped some of his sessions and doesn't seem to be taking him seriously enough.
Any ideas?
If I'm in the wrong place would appreciate direction.
Thank you.
Hi Dawndonna
Welcome to the thread. I think there is another one going for kids who are self-harming, but most of us here have seen more than our fair share of it . How did the visit to the doctor go? I have become a great believer in medication in an "anything to get them through the day" way, as I saw the results in ds of not being medicated and therefore self-medicating. How are you coping?
ds is also an aspie and any type of "change" sends him doo-lally. He has had exams last week and this and I have really been struggling to stay sane myself and not to react to his ranting.
Laura, how are you coping today? Are you still very down? I know what you mean about resentment. I was out for dinner last week with my brother and his perfect teenagers and I found myself feeling really angry with them, which I know rationally isn't fair.
And I don't envy them their exam results, their university places, their sporting achievements or anything like that - I envy their happiness as it is something ds may never have.
Hi Mary yes, I feel a bit better today, thanks. It's unusual for me to have a wallow in it all - I'm an old hand at it all now and am skilled at keeping all those big feelings damped down, but the last few days I have been
extremely a bit tearful. I've been out in the garden today and had a hack and slash at it all, which has made me feel better. It's very therapeutic, wielding the shears
How are you feeling today? How's the exam hysteria now?
Dawndonna- I am sorry you are going through this worry. I have two boys who react very badly to change. Unsurprisingly, the youngest has been diagnosed with Aspergers and now I know more about it, I am pretty sure that the oldest, troublesome one has the same thing. He is an adult though and so remains undiagnosed.
I remember how bad things were before he went off to uni and the chaotic feelings he had.
It's awful, isn't it, when it just sort of rolls over you. I had two days last week where I spent a fair bit of time crying in the local car park . Wielding a shears would have been a much better way to deal with things.
He finishes up tomorrow, last exam and that's it, he's done. I have no idea whether or not he passed the course, but I find it absolutely incredible that he finished it . I have no idea what he will be doing every day now - looking for a job I hope. He has friends in Canada who are asking him to go over for a bit and I'm very tempted to pay the air fare - but I don't think he would go that far, he really doesn't cope well with the unknown.
I have a stretch of deserted beach where I can walk the dog, get some fresh air and have a good howl, all at the same time. How about that for multi-tasking?
Well done to all of you for making it through to the end of exams without anyone being dismembered I hope a job comes along swiftly for him, especially if he is feeling good about completing his course.
Hi, and Thank you.
The Doc was lovely, he doesn't want to medicate a month before his 'A' levels, and stated very clearly that he doesn't know enough about Aspie physiology to do so. I was really pleased about that, tbh. He has done an urgent psychiatric referral, so wait and see. I got him some calms and really bigged them up (hoping placebo effect will kick in) and he's taking them, willingly. We've been away for a couple of days looking at universitys too, so it's kept his mind off things, some of the time. Just got to get the gaps longer!
So tonight a drug dealer arrives at the door, DS isnt in and we have to deal with this underworld stranger demanding money with menace. I'm so sick of this but DH is v reluctant to lay down ultimatums. Such a difficult situation and one neither of us is equipped to deal with
Ds and grungy mate just arrived having been out all night at rave. It was local so we have been kept awake all night with nocturnal visits for various provisions. I'm sure they are all off their heads whilst driving on very dangerous cliff road. Total denial of course when asked.
Can anyone tell me which drug he's likely taken ? He seems clear in his thoughts whilst his mouth seems half paralized and his words slurred
... just drove off again after half hour frantic search for a diablo ( of all things )
Hi Much, it could be cocaine (tends to make their jaws stick out) but it could be more than one? It's scary how invincible they are at that age.
Hi everyone, sadly I would like to join this thread even though I haven't read through the whole thing.
My dd has lied to the police about me and said i've been hitting here when I haven't. It's because she didn't get her own way about something. In the past she has made it pretty clear that if I don't do what she wants and give her whats she wants she will report me for abuse and now it looks like she has. It's so weary and tiresome dealing with a manipulative 15 year old.
The police took her to her dads last night. I am scared to have her back after school today because if i'm alone with her she could say anything couldn't she? That I have done this and that. I have told her dad (we are divorced) but all her cares about is not having kids there so he can bring women home and shag all week-end. I have told her dad she is not to come back here but he doesn't want her there. I have also texted dd and told her to go round her dads after school and not to come home.
Any suggestions, am really down now.
That's a tough one NotSuch, I don't know what to suggest except you try to talk to her. Easier said than done if she's 15 and manipulative but what is constant in all our problems is that we have to keep trying to communicate with our troubled teenagers. I hope someone will be along soon who has experienced this kind of thing
DH and I had quite a calm conversation with DS last night when he came home, told him we loved him but we couldn't allow his behaviour to put the family in danger any more. He is either clean and can live as part of the family or he moves out. He says he wants to get clean, doesn't want this ever to happen again and wants to stop smoking weed. We hope it's true and will help him through it but god, it is exhausting. I took him to pay said dealer off this afternoon ( his own money), let's see what happens next. I'm knackered!
Hi all. sorry not been on here for a while. so much going on here.DD still going out with NEET. still truanting.lying,and stealing. Really at my whits end. CAMHS involved now but really no change .Feel a complete failure.
Oh Abba, sorry to hear that. Try to stay strong x
Can any of you wise ladies go over to the mental health board and cast an eye over my thread called heroin.
you are all so supportive over here, not that I am not getting any over there, but you all seem to 'get' the teenage/youth thing.
I haven't posted here because my son is 22, and not a teenager but anything you can tell me where I am going wrong might help us
thanks so much.
I'm just off out igotaway, but will have a look when I get back
You are welcome here by the way - some of us have youngsters who are no longer teens, just behaving like them [sigh].
Hi there, back from over from the mental health boards, where I was grateful for all the help.
Going to Maryz.. I can actually go back in time and almost pin point the time DS started to change, I can't totally lay the blame at his Fathers door, but I will. This is going to be long
Exp has 4 children, 2 from a previous marriage, 2 boys with me. He was a very wealthy man in 1999. During this time he gave both elder children £50k towards purchases of houses. Neither of them worked during their teens or early 20's. They both had private education and every material gift you could wish for. Moving on, to my 2 boys, they have had nothing. Nothing. Because Exp 'saw the error of his ways and decided our 2 would work'
Of course at 9 years old, DS1 could see the unfairness of this, but shrugged it off, no big deal.
At 15 he left school, and was MADE to take up an apprenticeship, Exp's constant critism of him was relentless, get him to this course, get him to that, fix this, fix that. When DS was 17, I got away from Exp as both boys were turning into him! But his OCD had kicked in by then and of course his anxiety.
My youngest son who is 20, was too young to be moulded by Exp and is as happy as larry. The eldest 2 still go Daaaad, can I have????
My very unhappy son is still struggling.Turning to drugs for obliteration.
Exp lives by himself now, and wonders why my 2 don't like him, wonders why our son is so distressed, when I explain to him the dynamics, he ALWAYS says, my crititism was always constructive.
No, it destroyed the boy he was, the boy he could have been, and now will never be.
You may ask, how did I let it happen? I don't know, I just didn't recognise emotional abuse. I didn't realise it existed til I found MN, and thank God I did.
here's a quick question.
why did the psychiatrist ask him if I suffered post natal depression after he was born? would it be relevant do you think?
and thanks to Peter Kay last night on t.v wherever you are.
I have not seen my son laugh for over a year. He did last night, at you. It was a joy to see and hear.
(Been off the heroin for 5 days now. Plenty of hot baths, vitamins, keeping busy) baby steps.
Igotaway, well done for posting. My DS is 20 so you are not alone! Dashing off now but wanted to say welcome!
Ds 17 seems to be on a really bad comedown, crying shouting , aggressive, incredibly down and hopeless. I've spent all day micro managing him to keep his violence under control.
Other ds 14 had a physical fight with him over the dinner table. This ds is refusing point blank to go out or see anyone or do anything that isn't screen based, the other day he got so mad at being turfed of x box he smashed a cup and cut himself with it His friend killed himself recently and it's put him in a dark place.
Dp is away , it's back to back holidays here. I can't take out DD8 to do fun things and risk leaving the two ds's together or alone. It all feels so hopeless and dysfunctional. I am so so so tired of parenting
Brighter, it sounds like you're having a really, really hard time at the mo. When will your DP be back? Can you and DD get out for some treats then?
igot, well done to your DS (and you) for kicking the heroin. I'm hoping the 5 days are now 8.
abba, don't feel a failure. It's not you, it's them. Almost certainly, in five years time, you'll look back on this as a dark time, but your DD will have passed through the worst.
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