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Selena Gomez Dance Rehearsal Video: Come and Get It!by Hilton Hater at . Updated at . Comments
Selena Gomez is dancing away the drama.
Is she dating Justin Bieber again? Is she single and anxious to be asked out on an ice cream date?
It's all a bit unclear, but this much we know for sure: Gomez is preparing to go on tour and she's taking her fans behind the scenes in the following video.
"Me and my girls back at it in the studio, but with my own tunes this time : )," Selena Tweeted yesterday, adding: "Hope you guys are dancing along. Send us your versions we'll feature some on twitter. XOXO"
You heard her, people! Start moving and shaking and press Play now to see Gomez do the same:
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Selena its me mary you called me on may 20 sorry I didnt answer but I now it was you cause u left me a voice mail and sounded like u so please call back
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The only words that come to mind are: "GOR-GEOUS!" and, "HOT!!!" I Can Not WAIT to see this enchanting Wizard turn-it-out in concert in October,like she does here and in the actual video of 'Come-&-Get-It'! (Though,if the truth be told,I will probably just Pass-Out on the floor of the arena if Selena does-it like she did on David Letterman in April,LOL! I am still having trouble tearing myself away from THAT video! I think I know why she only did it that way the One time: Selena's insurance doesn't cover 'spontaneous heart attacks' and/or 'strokes' when induced by something as volatiley incendiary as she is and was in that particular performance...I'm just sayin'! (LOL!))
All teasing aside,I know for a fact that whichever way Ms. Gomez decides to Rock-the-Stage on this tour---She will be Incredibly, HOT!! And I do not intend to miss a second of it when she hits my hometown of Nashville,in October! Yeah,Buddy!!!
By all means---Practice on,Selena. Though I am not sure you need it anymore. Your moves look quite 'fluid' as it is...
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canticleSyllabification: can·ti·cle
Pronunciation: /ˈkan(t)ək(ə)l /
Definition of canticle in English:
1A hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service.
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- Subtitled 'Overture on Liturgical Themes,' it is based on the Obikhod, a collection of Russian Orthodox canticles, biblical texts, and hymns.
- Everything necessary for daily observance is here: church season prayers, saints' days, canticles, selected psalms, and a 30-day cycle of New Testament readings.
- The formal part of the wedding (the vows and rings) came first, and the usual particulars of evensong followed - Rose responses, a psalm to Anglican chant, Gibbons Second Service canticles, and a few hymns.
2 (Canticles or Canticle of Canticles) another name for Song of Songs (especially in the Vulgate Bible).
Middle English: from Latin canticulum 'little song', diminutive of canticum, from canere 'sing'.
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Winnipeg forward Adam Lowry will have a hearing today for boarding Buffalo forward Patrick Kaleta.
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Female Genital Mutilation: Women Have 'Rich Sex Lives,' Claims Report
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By Hannah Osborne | November 15, 2012 1:10 AM EST
Reports of female genital mutilation in western media are "hyperbolic" and "one sided", unfoundedly portraying the practice as "savage and horrifying", a report has said.
An international advisory group says female genital surgeries are poorly understood and unfairly characterised by western media.
The Public Policy Advisory Network on Female Genital Surgeries in Africa say media coverage is responsible for "painting the now familiar portrait of African female genital surgeries as savage, horrifying, harmful, misogynist, abusive, and socially unjust".
According to the public policy article in the Hastings Centre Report, the group wants to shift the coverage of female genital surgeries from an "over-heated, ideologically charged, and one-sided story about 'mutilation,' morbidity, and patriarchal oppression, to a real, evidence-based policy debate governed by the standards of critical reason and fact checking".
Female genital mutilation has been condemned as a violation of human rights by many experts and organisations, including the World Health Organisation and the United Nations.
In African countries, including Egypt, Somalia and Sierra Leone, more than 90 per cent of women aged between 15 and 49 have undergone genital surgeries.
The advisory network focuses on two types of surgery, which involve reducing the clitoral hood and reducing or eliminating the labia and clitoris. A third type, referred to as sealing, involves narrowing the vaginal opening with stitches.
In the UK, female genital mutilation was made illegal over 20 years ago. A new report by the Guardian, however, notes that since its implementation, there has not been one successful conviction.
According to the Home Office, up to 24,000 girls under the age of 15 in the UK are at risk of genital mutilation.
The authors of the Advisory Network report say medical research found a high percentage of women who had genital surgery "had rich sex lives, including desire, arousal, orgasm and satisfaction".
It said reproductive health and medical complications linked to the procedures were infrequent, and that those who value female genital surgery see it as aesthetic enhancement and not mutilation.
The authors note that most places where these surgeries are performed, male genital surgery also takes place, so women are not singled out as "targets of punishment, sexual deprivation, or humiliation".
They also say the link between patriarchy and female genital surgery is unfounded and that a WHO study about the "deadly consequences" of female genital surgery has been the subject of criticism, in that evidence does not support claims that the surgery is a cause of perinatal and maternal mortality.
Morally Unacceptable
Despite these recommendations regarding western reports of genital surgeries, many people still disagree with the policy statement, which says the media should stop using "violent and pre-emptive rhetoric" suggesting that African parents mutilate their daughters and damage their sexual health.
Ruth Macklin, a bioethicist and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, said crucial information is missing from the statement, including studies that document significant harm to women who have undergone the procedure.
She said there has also been a shift in attitude among women in countries where the prevalence of genital cutting is high.
Nikola Biller-Andorno, from the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Zurich, and Verina Wild, the institute's deputy director, said there is enough evidence to show that the conditions under which female genital surgery is performed is morally unacceptable.
They also say the report's depiction of women's autonomy is wrong, saying that women may feel compelled to have the surgery because they cannot deviate from local customs and social structures.
Nawal M Nour, director of the African Women's Health Center at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said the Advisory Network's statement that a "high" percentage of women have rich sex lives should be changed to "some".
"Women who had undergone genital cutting were more likely to report dyspareunia, no sexual desire, and less sexual satisfaction," she said.
"Speaking as both an African woman and an obstetrician-gynaecologist, I hope that this practice ends during my lifetime."
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The Huskies play at Red Wing Thursday at 7:30. Radio coverage can be heard on AM 1390 KRFO and the FREE RadioPup app. Each team is 1-0.
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UR1M Offers Superior Wireless Performance In An Ultra-Compact Package
This year's NAB marked the industry debut of the new Shure UR1M Micro-Bodypack. Offering superior wireless audio in an ultra-compact package that is about half the size of most standard bodypacks and weighing just three ounces with two AAA batteries, the UR1M is designed to be easily concealed and worn comfortably by actors, performers, musicians, and public speakers.
Operating with the premium Shure UHF-R® wireless microphone system using the latest version of the Shure Wireless Workbench software, the subminiature device uses the patented Shure Audio Reference Companding technology to deliver crystal-clear audio and a 60-75 MHz tuning range (region dependent)âtwice that of any other bodypack on the market. Tunable in 25 kHz increments and providing a sum total of up to 3,000 selectable frequencies, the UR1M additionally offers:
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During the manufacture of each UR1M, the circuit board is specially treated to greatly enhance the sweat resistance and durability of the device, allowing it to be worn close to the skin. As easy to use and setup as any other UHF-R Series product, the miniature bodypack complements its list of functional features with a choice of TQG or Lemo-3 connectors and selectable alkaline, lithium primary, or NIMH battery curves for accurate power metering.
The UR1M was the only bodypack used during the broadcast of the 2008 Academy Awards, worn by host Jon Stewart with a Shure WL51 cardioid subminiature lavalier microphone. It also was used at the 2008 Miss America Pageant and is currently on tour with Maroon 5. The UR1M has a suggested retail price of $3,198 (UR1M/LEMO3 is $3,298) and will be available globally from authorized Shure dealers in summer 2008.
âThere are certainly other miniature bodypacks out there, but the new UR1M is the first that I consider to be part of a superb sounding wireless microphone system,â? notes audio engineer Don Worsham, one of the first to put the device to work in the field. âIn-back-to-back comparisons we made on the set at this yearâs Miss America pageant with a full-size pack, we found that we couldnât distinguish the difference. The miniature pack offers the same improved frequency response and dynamic range, and performs with identical signal-to-noise and low distortion characteristics. Iâm still wondering how Shure managed to cram all of that into such a small space.â?
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Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated (www.shure.com) is widely acknowledged as the world's leading manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. Over the years, the Company has designed and produced many high-quality professional and consumer audio products that have become legendary for performance, reliability, and value. Shureâs diverse product line includes world-class wired microphones and wireless microphone systems for performers and presenters, award-winning earphones and headsets for MP3 players and smartphones, and top-rated phonograph cartridges for professional DJs. Today, Shure products are the first choice whenever audio performance is a top priority.
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Charlie Hale is making waves across the Internet this week for absolutely crushing his television debut.
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Sea otter pups are extra adorbs.
And when you throw in that the sea otter pup is an orphan, well that just throws in all the awwww you could ever need.
Being president means countless photo opportunities and public appearances, most of them probably ones that one doesn't want to do.
When President Barack Obama was at a polling location in Chicago promoting the midterm general elections and casting his ballot, he probably didn't plan on being threatened by someone about their girlfriend.
WGN Morning News just wants to let you know that it has the highest-rated morning TV news show in Chicago.
They also realize that not everybody is going to like them.
Everyone has been on a flight where the person in front of them jacks the seat back so far that you're basically staring at the top of their head in your lap.
It sucks, but it's just kind of how it is. After all, you can always do the same to the person in back of you!
Last Friday morning, there was some pretty extensive flooding in south suburban Chicago.
The morning news show on WGN was discussing the flooding, while checking out some footage from its news helicopter which was flying around surveying the extent of the water and damage.
Want to know what it would be like to work at great heights that involve you needing to wear a harness to keep you from falling to your death?
In Chicago, the John Hancock Center's west antenna is being removed and the men removing it are also filming their progress.
Though Eminem's powerful Friday night performance was still on the lips of countless fans who returned for Day Two of Lollapalooza, some of the fest's most intriguing and prolific rock artists asserted their genre's relevance right from the get-go on Saturday.
Just by scanning the Day One lineup of Lollapalooza's 10th annual edition at Chicago's Grant Park – its 18 year as an institution – it was clear that festival organizers set out to forge a weekend that won't soon be forgotten among the countless multi-day music events with increasingly homogenized rosters.
There's not a whole lot to do during a rain delay at a baseball game, or any sporting event for that matter.
You can walk around the concourse, trying to resist the urge to spend $48 on a hot dog and a beer. Perhaps buy a souvenir or two.
Or, you could do what this guy did at Wrigley Field during a rain delay last weekend at a Chicago Cubs game. He went for a swim!
About halfway through the broadcast of the Boston Red Sox-Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball game Wednesday night, Red Sox color commentator Jerry Remy had something happen to him that has never happened before: His tooth fell out.
U.S. Army Spec. Mitchell Oliver is currently back home in Greenville, spending a 17-day leave that includes the Independence Day weekend thanks to an unexpected assist.
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I think Google's Chromebooks are in trouble in the long-run as Microsoft is really starting to push their super-low-cost laptops, but that hasn't bothered New York and they just approved the use of Chromebooks in their schools. This is a huge win for Google (and Chromebook manufacturers) as this space was formerly used by Apple and Microsoft. That being said, with the competition dropping their prices, I still think Chrome will not live a long and happy life.
Over the last year, we saw more and more schools using Google Apps for Education. After evaluating it centrally we decided to add Google Apps to our list of approved and supported tools for NYC schools this year. A number of factors drove this decision. First, a number of schools were already using Google Apps for Education. Second, since Google Apps doesn't require special technical skills, schools were able to customize the tools to meet their specific needs.
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For the past few days the volume has been lower than normal. All today--until a few minutes ago--there have been very few shares traded, about 2,300 total. Then, all of a sudden, I see 43,800 have traded (and OZRK has hit the low for the day, 38.206). Normal volume is 21,409 shares.Any idea why the sudden volume surge, such that with over an hour to trade, the volume is more than 2X's normal??Someone had to buy (and sell) all those shares. Any way to tell if it was institutional buying/selling and/or BOD selling?
There seem to have been 2 block trades of 20,000 each when the stock hit the low:http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=OZRK&d=c&t=1d&l=on&z=b&q=l


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ClaremontByrant Academy
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Claremont, NH, 03743
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John Berger offers the STEPPS as a framework which he defines succinctly with the following list/acronym which really must be understood alongside the book's narrative on the research behind it and the examples described as well as on the paramount concept that word of mouth IS the vehicle that makes things, products, ideas, etc. (IT) viral.
- (S) Social Currency - make talking about IT make people look good, appear smart, worth remarking on to others, feel like an insider, can game-like mechanics like points etc be employed to initiate competitive or habitual achievement type behaviors.
- (T) Triggers - make as many associations or links to IT from other things as is sensibly or logically possible; other things that are themselves popular, common place, or commonly encountered often in everyday life.
- (E) Emotion - make IT generate emotion when talked about, the more intense the type of feeling, negative or positive, the better as long as the negative type does not turn away people.
- (P) Public - make IT publicly tangibly visible when people use IT or talk about IT and if possible make IT reverberate over time after public use or exposure.
- (P) Practical Value - make IT help people and thus help people help others by sharing information about IT; make it easy for people to help others by spreading, sharing, or talking about IT
- (S) Stories - make IT part of a story that can be retold in a way that cannot leave out IT; make IT integral to the narrative but make sure the story is itself worth retelling by making it broadly interesting while also making use of the other STEPPS if possible within the tale.
The more of the STEPPS that can be applied to IT the better but they are not an all or nothing proposition and they are not sequential. This is just a quick smattering of the concepts in this book. To fully understand each the book should be read in its entirety.


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The landslide win in Rajasthan assembly polls is the grandest of the victories the BJP tasted on Sunday.
Contrasted with the noisy celebrations on streets, the architect of this success, Vasundhara Raje, however, appeared composed.
Unlike in 2003, when she went overboard in lambasting the Congress and celebrated the party's victory in a pompous way, Raje preferred to spend time with party workers in her constituency, Jhalrapatan, and in Jaipur.
Clad in a saffron sari, Raje started her day at the Tripura Sundri temple in Jhalawar and spent nearly two hours performing several rituals. Later, she enquired about the results and thanked party workers.
Back in Jaipur, Raje met with party leaders and discussed the strategy to form the government. She credited BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi with the victory.
"Narendra Modi has a big hand in our victory in Rajasthan. People of Rajasthan want to see the same development he has carried out in Gujarat. This is just the semi-final of what is going to happen shortly in the general elections," she said.
Raje chose not to attack her opponent, outgoing chief minister Ashok Gehlot, and just said the people "were tired of Congress misrule".
In 2003, when she became the CM for the first time, it was her leadership and support from the RSS which ensured the party won 120 seats. But this tally came down drastically in 2008 to only 78.
After the party's defeat, Raje became the leader of the opposition but spent most of her time out of the state. The party affairs worsened with no one at the helm. To make things worse for her, in 2010, Raje was sidelined from state politics by then BJP president Rajnath Singh, who made her general secretary in the national executive and sent her packing to Delhi.
In 2011, she once again became the leader of the opposition and earlier this year she was re-appointed state BJP chief.
Singing a new tuneSince then, a wiser Raje made an effort to reach out to the leaders within the party and the party's ideological fount, RSS. During her campaign, experts observed how her speeches have came to include the all-embracing "we".
"Hamein ek saath chal ke naya Rajasthan banana hai (We have to walk together to build a new Rajasthan)," she said in most of her speeches.
"She has become a patient listener, though she still prefers to do what she likes," said a party leader on the condition of anonymity.
In March this year, she met Sangh leader Mohan Bhagwat during a three-day meet of the RSS at Jamdoli. And in the first week of October, she met other leaders at Sawai Madhopur and had a long discussion with them.
She also convened a meeting with all former presidents of the party on October 15. The meeting, according to the official version, was meant to discuss poll strategy, but insiders said it was actually a bid to placate the dissenters within the party.
Clearly, Raje's efforts to rein in infighting within the party have paid off with this huge victory.
"Raje has emerged as leader of masses and all party leaders have accepted her," said party spokesperson Kailash Nath Bhatt.
The party leader and now incumbent CM's post-victory comments too hit the right note on Sunday.
"We will provide good governance," she said.
A divorce, a jail term, determined foes: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar fighting a lone battle?
The divorce between Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(U) and a few days of change in residence for Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad – from 10, Circular Road in Patna to the Ranchi jail in Jharkhand – have totally changed the game that is played in Bihar.
Angry with the SP, convinced that the Congress is a losing proposition, unsure of AAP's ability to win, and fearful that Mayawati may ally with the BJP in the future, Muslims have a difficult choice.


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Blue Skies and ENTPs
Posted by Susan Scanlon in Basics of Type , Conflict , Personal Growth , Relationships on November 3, 2014
My husband and I were sitting in bed reading one night. For some
reason, I stopped reading and started thinking about him. After awhile I
had myself worked up into a state of gushing gratitude. I told him,
"You know what, John, you are the best husband in the world. I'm
grateful for everything you do for me and I want to do something for
you. Please tell me one thing I can do to show you how much I love you."
"Let me finish reading my paper," he said.
Gushy moments are not John's thing and talking about his good
qualities just embarrasses him. He actually enjoys it more if I tease
him about his faults.
Since I can't thank John for being John, maybe I can thank his type. After all, he isn't responsible for that. So thank you, ENTP personality type, for all of the good things you have brought to my life.
Thank you, ENTP personality type, for making people who see goodness everywhere they look. Unlike most spouses, John almost always comes home from work with good stories to tell about people ("He's a smart guy," or "She has amazing energy.") When we're at social events, I'm often surprised later at the positive qualities he notices about people. He's not unrealistic, and has an almost psychic ability to spot troubled people, but most of what he sees is talent and effort.
He does that for me too. He tells me good things about myself that I hadn't noticed, or ignored because I was too busy thinking about my imperfections. Once I was telling him about a difficult decision I had to make. He didn't comment, so I said, "Aren't you going to say something?" He said, "I'm not worried. Whenever you have a problem you run around in confusion for awhile, but then a few days later you always have it figured out." In my entire life, I have never felt such relief from another person's comment.
Thank you, ENTP personality type, for making people that love the new and the interesting. Living with John, I always hear about people finding clever solutions to problems. Last week he told me about a pianist who fell in love with Handel's Water Music. She wanted to share her excitement with others, so she had her grand piano put on a moving platform and towed by a car. That way she could play the lovely tunes while being pulled around town.
Whenever I tell him about a new idea, he is very interested. When I was going through all of my new enthusiasm for psychological type or homeschooling our children, he was excited right along with me. (For an INFJ, that's heaven.) He doesn't devote his life to a few new ideas, as I have, but he'll pull them out whenever he thinks it will help people move forward toward their goals.
His love of the new is always there, even in the oddest situations. We were at a dinner party on the day that Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs hit the news. Everyone except John was spouting off opinions. Finally someone said, "What do you think, John?"
"I guess I hadn't thought about it," he answered. "What amazed me was that my computer alerted me there was a big story about Tiger Woods in the news today. I'd never seen that before."
Thank you, ENTP personality type, for making people who have so much
belief in people, and in their ability to change the world for the
better. In his work as a management consultant, people are often telling
John, "We can't do that," and he is often telling them, "Yes you can."
By the time he gets done talking, they believe it too. He convinces them
they can do greater things on a much larger scale than they had ever
envisioned. (He's learned not to do that with his family, however, at those times when they need comfort rather than inspiration.)
Thank you, ENTP personality type, for making people who are such creative problem solvers, who can take black and white and turn it into gold. Once, a friend was complaining about a man who had gone into an angry tirade during a meeting, so the group spent the rest of the meeting trying to placate him. John surprised us by saying, "Angry people are great for a group, because they have energy and want to do something. You just have to help them articulate the positive goals that they stand for, and then, ask them to help the group reach those goals."
This is the way many of our conversations go. I feel anxious because a situation seems hopeless and conflicted, but a few minutes later, John turns it into a great opportunity to make the world a better place.
When there is a really difficult problem that most people would run from, John runs toward it. He knows that he has the analytical skills to understand problems thoroughly, the creative ability to find innovative solutions, and the contagious enthusiasm to sell people on those solutions.
He tells me that his creativity doesn't lie in pulling solutions out of his own mind, but in listening to people and drawing out the solutions that are already in the back of their minds. Then, because he gets so excited about them, he is able to get them excited about themselves.
John and I were talking about what we would compare each other to in nature, and I immediately said that when I think of him, I think of blue sky. After all, most human problems lie not in reality, but in our perceptions of reality, and no one can blow away our dark and discouraged perceptions and turn them into blue skies better than an ENTP.
Alfred Adler and the Crucial C's
Posted by Jean Kummerow in Basics of Type , Learning , Personal Growth on October 9, 2014
Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Alfred Adler have all contributed to
our understanding of human nature. The first two names come to mind for a
wide variety of contributions.
But I think Adler's psychological principles are the most widely used in our day-to-day lives, and they are the least likely to be attributed to him. To help with this, psychologist Betty Lou Bettner has translated some of his principles into simple language in order to teach parents how to "raise kids who can."* In essence she provides a system for creating more functional, responsible, and capable families.
Here are her "Crucial C's," their Adlerian principle, and my take on how personality type can help people achieve those C's.
Connect: Everyone feels a need to belong and have a bond with others. When we feel secure, we can reach out and make friends. These connections help foster a concern for the welfare of the community.
Yet when you're the odd person out because your type is different from everyone else's, it can be difficult to feel this Adlerian principle of belonging and developing social interest (a.k.a. Gemeinschaftsgefuhl).
As an ST in counseling psychology grad school, I felt like a fish out of water; I had difficulty feeling like I belonged there. I did not know then that I was working against typical type in a field where NF and NT were far more prevalent. Hindsight has given me a different perspective, and I now understand how to get past those feelings.
Capable: We all need to acquire skills so we can accomplish our goals. It is important to feel confident and self-reliant and to have self-control when things are not going our way. The Adlerians talk about turning a felt negative into a perceived positive.
I have the privilege of working in a program that develops community leadership in small towns in Minnesota. A lot of my work consists of showing those who give so much to their communities that they are highly capable; they often don't see it in themselves.
Many who are Introverts are reluctant to claim their leadership skills because they have a view in their heads that leadership belongs to Extraverts. Not true!! Understanding that Introversion is how they gain energy is an eye opener for many. They see the value in their thoughtful, listening style and that knowledge helps them embrace their capabilities as they help create healthy communities.
Count: Everyone needs to be valued and feel like they can make a difference. Adler talks of finding significance. The principle of social equality also prevails; we are on a horizontal ladder, not a vertical one in terms of relationships. We are motivated to do our best. This is different than having to win and to best others.
Psychological type gives us each a way to both count and to contribute to the whole. And it reminds us that other types count and contribute as well. All types are equally good. We have a horizontal relationship, not a vertical one in which one type is better than another.
Courage: We all need to be hopeful, resilient, and be willing to try. We need to cope with difficult times and learn from them. We need "the courage to be imperfect," and we get at least some of that courage through encouragement.
Type gives us a roadmap showing what strengths might develop first and most effectively. It also reminds us where we might not do so well; we are not perfect! And that can free us up to try things that might not come naturally but are important for us to learn to do. We can be encouraged to have courage.
I've found these four C's to be quite helpful in reflecting on jobs that went well and those that didn't, and on relationships that went well and those that didn't. If one or more C's are missing, things do not always go so well. Try them out on your own life, and see how type can help you uncover the missing C's.
*B.L. Bettner and A. Lew (1989, 2005), Raising Kids Who Can, Newton Centre, MA: Connexions Press.
Harnessing Critical Thinking
Posted by Susan Scanlon in Basics of Type , Conflict , Learning , Personal Growth , Relationships on September 24, 2014
My daughter, Perrin, runs a program in mediation, and leads monthly
meetings of the mediators, all of whom are lawyers. She was telling my
husband John and me that the meetings are very discouraging because when
she introduces a new proposal, everyone just wants to air their
critical assessments. They get argumentative and judgmental; they don't
listen to each other; the conversation goes all over the place, and when
it's over, they haven't decided on a single action to take.
It seems ironic that even mediators, who are trained in getting people to communicate and decide on a future course of action, have so much trouble doing the same when they are together.
John, said, "It's amazing how you can add really smart people to a room and the room becomes dumber."
I said, "It could also be that most lawyers are TJs. They prize their ability to find flaws, and are usually valued for that ability in their work. They believe that they are moving things forward with their criticisms, and don't see that it usually stops things in their tracks."
John has been running groups all his working life, so Perrin asked him what she could do to make the meetings more productive.
He told her, "Put them through an exercise that will do three things. It will help them express their thoughts, both positive and negative. It will help them listen to and learn from each other. Finally, it will help them be in action when they leave."
"Please tell me about this exercise," Perrin said.
"Start off by telling them that you would like to try something new in this meeting," said John. "Tell them that people's default setting is naturally to be critical. That's human – we want to make things better, but if we only discuss the negative we can lose the excitement that we need to pursue new projects. Tell them that you are going to present a proposal that could make this program even more powerful, and as you speak, you'd like them to be thinking about one question…What excites you about this proposal?
"Ask them if that makes sense to them. Get them saying yes.
"We call this 'framing.' It is creating the kind of positive listening you want to be speaking into.
"Then give your proposal in a 5-7 minute talk.
"When you are finished, tell them, 'We're going to take two minutes so you can write down what excites you about this proposal.'
"After two minutes, go around the room and get people's answers. Write them down on a white board. When you are finished, look at the answers and ask people what the most common themes are.
"Now ask people to take two minutes to write down the one thing they would add to make this proposal even better.
"Go around the room and gather their answers.
"Now ask people to write down what they would commit to do, or what they would request help with, so that we can implement this proposal by the next meeting.
"Go around and get people's commitments. Doing this allows everyone to leave in action, with a clear deadline."
Perrin tried this at the next meeting of the mediators and said she had never seen the group so animated and energized. Usually ideas for new projects dissolve into nothing with all the talk about how "It's complicated," and "We don't have the resources." But after asking three questions: What excites you about this proposal?, What would you add to make it even better?, and What would you commit to doing so it can be implemented by our next meeting?, everyone was focused on the goal and what they could contribute, instead of all the little things that might go wrong.
Perrin also noticed that the commitments people made were all over the type table. For example, some people were working on the analytics and some were making phone calls to people. John told her, "Groups are difficult to get focused, but once you do, it's worth it for the synergy of the different talents that are available to help you."
The new project was running by the next meeting of the mediators, and they were able to celebrate what had worked for them.
"The most important thing is to get people personally excited about a goal, and committed to helping in a specific way," John said. "Once you do that, people find ways to overcome all the little obstacles along the way."
Wildflower or Weed?
Posted by Susan Scanlon in Basics of Type , Conflict , Personal Growth , Relationships on July 31, 2014
"Those are nice wildflowers," my husband said when we were walking in the woods. "They are," I agreed.
Then I looked at them more closely. "Those aren't wildflowers," I said. "They're weeds! I just spent the afternoon picking them out of my garden."
"What's the difference between a wildflower and a weed?" he asked. "That's a good question," I said, admiring how the flowers were a welcome surprise in the dark woods, and then remembering how they were choking out my daisies at home. "I guess it's just location."
I was remembering that conversation recently when we attended the funeral of my brother-in-law, Ed, who died recently of a heart attack. All of his life Ed went to great lengths to make life difficult for people, most often his family. So at his wake we were all astonished to see a steady stream of people lined up for five hours to tell his wife and sons that he had "saved their lives." Many of them were sobbing. I shook my head in wonderment and thought, "I guess it's just location."
You see, Ed was a defense attorney, often taking on the most challenging cases, and he was very good at it. At home, he made life difficult for his family. At work, he made life difficult for plaintiffs and prosecutors, thereby often getting his clients a "not guilty" verdict.
We don't know what type Ed would have identified himself as because he would never have a conversation about type, or anything personal. However, his wife had no doubt that, although he wasn't very well-adjusted, he was an ESTP. She said that if you took away the friendliness and social sophistication, the profile fit him perfectly: active, resourceful, manipulator of the environment, risk taker, nerves of steel, ruthless pragmatist and skillful negotiator.
After the funeral, his family and friends were sitting around telling their favorite Ed stories, and I kept hearing "ESTP" in those as well. One of the men who had grown up in Ed's neighborhood told about how, when they were boys, his friend was always talking about this cool guy who had lots of old cars and motorcycles. He accompanied his friend to the cool guy's house, because they were told he needed their help for "just a minute." Three hours later, after the two boys had helped Ed work on one of his old cars all afternoon in the hot sun, he gave them ice cream. "The thing is," the man said, "Ed could make it sound like that was a fair exchange."
ESTPs are usually good at selling people on whatever it is they are selling, because their extraverted sensing allows them to read people's motivations through nonverbal cues. He probably picked up that the boys were feeling like hot shots for working on a car all afternoon, and ice cream was reward enough. I could imagine Ed using his sharp senses to "sell" a judge and jury as well.
It is said that life is never dull around ESTPs, and most of the stories his family told illustrated that point. Apparently, one of his favorite ways to generate excitement was to beat the system and get a good deal, even though he didn't need the money. His sons told how he made them lie about their ages to get into amusement parks for children's fees, and his wife said he made her carry her two-year-old in a blanket so they could pass him off as an infant and get him on the airplane for free.
She also told how he bought her a fur coat for half price by arguing for 30 minutes with the salesclerk about the value of its fox collar. He could shamelessly make himself such an annoyance to others that they conciliated just to get rid of him. ESTPs like to live on the edge, and it seems that the edge for Ed was just past the point where people could keep saying no, and just below the point where they called security. From what I understand, a lot of his legal tactics were the same.
ESTPs are the most pragmatic of all the types, so the end often justifies the means. My favorite Ed story is the one where he held a big outdoor party on a chilly day. He asked my brother to go to Home Depot and charge six large space heaters. His friends enjoyed the warmth of the space heaters and the party was a great success. The next day, Ed packed up the space heaters in their boxes and had my brother pick them up and return them to Home Depot. My brother says that it's six years later, and still, if he tries to return anything to Home Depot, even a small bolt, they call the manager. (Notice that he got someone else's name on a list.)
To be fair, my brother also revealed that he'd been picked up for selling drugs when he was a teenager, and Ed not only got him off, but took him to rehab and turned his life around.
When my sister was married, I refused to go to her wedding because I thought Ed was a weed, and would choke the beauty out of her life. For the most part, that turned out to be true. As a husband he was often absent, cold and indifferent. As a father he was usually harassing, mocking or raging. As a brother-in-law he walked right past us without acknowledging our presence. But to desperate people in the worst crises of their lives, facing the judicial system and possible imprisonment, Ed was the most beautiful wildflower they had ever seen.
It never ceases to amaze me how people (and animals and objects and life itself) can elude my judgments of good or bad. I keep trying to sort them out, but they keep doing things that don't fit into my categories. But then, as I walked behind the casket and passed the sorrowful faces on Ed's former clients, I thought, "Maybe that's good."
The Anarchy Zone
Posted by Jean Kummerow in Basics of Type , Learning , Personal Growth , Physical Health on July 24, 2014
No, I am not making a political statement. I'm talking about a movement in children's playgrounds to encourage unstructured play.
Take a bunch of hay bales, some old tires, some planks, and maybe a climbing tree with an adult playworker…and what do you have: the Anarchy Zone.
Or create a huge mud puddle, add some tires and planks, buckets, tools and an adult playworker and voila…the Anarchy Zone.
Now, who seems to have the most trouble adapting to these playgrounds? Well, it's the parents! (Ha, I bet you were thinking I was going to suggest a particular type or two!!) Those playgrounds just do not look neat and clean and pretty. And after playing with them, the children do not look neat and clean either.
Why are Anarchy Zones catching on?
Here are several reasons:
- Kids who play outside in nature are more likely to enjoy nature as adults, and nature has a positive effect on mental health.
- Kids who play on these unstructured playgrounds are less likely to get injured than those who play on the more structured ones.
- Kids who take risks when they are young are less likely to indulge in risky behaviors (like drugs) later on. (As an aside, a friend's granddaughter in Norway is just "graduating" from her preschool to elementary school at the age of six. To mark this passage, her school presents her with a jack knife. She is trusted with this potentially risky instrument and is immensely proud of it; of course, she has been taught how to use it properly.)
Now if we look at this through the lens of type, what we are doing is encouraging the development of both Sensing and Intuition.
Sensing will help kids identify what is exactly there. What are they playing with? Are the materials soft, hard, movable, pileable? They have to pay attention to reality to make things work.
Intuition will help kids figure out different ways to play with the objects. Will they make forts, mountains, caves, or mud pies? They have to look for possibilities. And there's no one right way to play.
We're asking children to develop their Intuitive-Perceiving (NP) side to explore – they'll stay open to possibilities and switch things around constantly if they wish.
They're also utilizing their Sensing-Judging (SJ) side to learn exactly how things work, and they can test these things in order to keep themselves safe.
In these scenarios we have faith in our children and believe they can be in the Anarchy Zone and still thrive. With all the apparent chaos in our world, adults may at times feel a strong sense of impending anarchy. We need to access SJ and NP strengths throughout our lives. Why not get started in childhood?