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Published on August 28th, 2013 | by Drew Boynton
Here They Are: The Three Doctors, 2013 Style!
Ahhh, a person can almost hear the voices emanating from the faint image:
John Hurt-as-The-Doctor: "What I did, I did without…"
Tenth Doctor: (under breath) "Oh dear, here we go again."
Eleventh Doctor: (straightening bow-tie) "It's his thing. I think he's very cool."
John Hurt-as-The Doctor: …peace and sanity–and for a time, as a big dragon on Merlin!"
But seriously, a lucky (lucky for the rest of us!) and quite sneaky fan reportedly got this quick snap of a scene from the 50th Special as it was shown at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival a few days ago. It shows Matt Smith, David Tennant, and John Hurt all standing in some kind of brightly-lit control room.
True, it's a bit blurry but it is apparently real–as can be seen on the Tennantnews.blogspot.co.uk–and is the first image of the three Doctors together. The photographic evidence of a legend–three legends!
And as stated by Tennantnews, editor Boyd Hilton of Heat Magazine tweeted the ACTUAL dialogue that is said to go along with the scene:
John Hurt's Doctor to Matt Smith & David Tennant's Doctors: "I'm looking for the Doctor"; Tennant: "Well you've come to the right place"
— boydhilton (@boydhilton) August 22, 2013
Now, I truly want this photo to be real. I really do. But after being burned by that fake 50th special trailer online, my mind just can't fully commit. I keep getting that creepy "digitally inserted Tennant" vibe.
What do you think Kasterborites? Are you happy just to take it at face value as amazing evidence of the three Doctors together again for the first time…or can you not quite shake the feeling of it being like one of those old grainy "confirmations" of the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot?
(Via On Screen Images Of The Three Doctors In The 50th Anniversary Special.
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There's a Fourth figure wearing a tweed jacket next to hurt. I wonder who that is? Looks like the jacket the Brig wears in Mawdryn Undead.
"digitally inserted Tennant" was my EXACT first thought. I think it's fake.
If you look next to John Hurt, you can see David's pinstripe suit, which probably means it's a scene transition caught on camera.
Paul McGann's 8th Doctor should be in this picture too.
Remember Jenna's surprise debut. If McGann appears, that's likely to be ultra-top-secret. He's being very cryptic and dismissive on his Twitter ident.
He's said that he's not doing it, not even been asked.
When someome said they had placed a bet on him appearing on the 50th he replied that they would lose their money.
Am I missing something?
Rule 1, the doctor always lies. Especially about being part human…on his mother's side…
About TIME for a trailer to be released to the viewers and not just Moffat's future employers.
Is it really about time? I doubt that any TV show, ever, has had its trailer shown three months before broadcast. It's far too early for that.
A trailer won't bring forward the show's broadcast date. All it would do is dent the air of mystery. Our complete lack of information about the story and its style (beyond what was obvious from the location filming) is making me look forward to it in a way that a trailer could only puncture.
Its upsetting that those privileged few at certain conventions and special events get to see a trailer for the 50th, yet the rest of us are still left out in the cold. Release it to the general public already.
Is it just me who's not bothered about the trailer just yet… Happy to let the excitment build up a notch or two. The 50th will be amazing.
I'm not bothered. I just want to see the 50th not the trailer.
its funny how the out of focus man to hurts right, looks very uncannily like the outline of the guy on the Kasterborous issue 1 magazine, the same face proportions and glasses ….hmmmm
No, it's still too early to properly release a trailer, those asking for it. It's still not on for months! You don't put it out to the general public this early, just bloomin' well wait.
And yes, this looks legit.
And yet some people have already been able to see it, months early. If they're willing to show it to convention attendees, then why not the rest of us? It wouldn't be the first time they released a trailer ahead of a special/new season to build up anticipation.
A small amount of people at a convention, not the wider public. It's different. Surely we can all wait? We'll see trailers, and the episode itself, soon enough.
Assuming it's real, i'd hate to be the villain on the receiving end of both a 10 Glare and an 11 Moody Sulk at the same time.
@Lee Adams, you are right. thats totally him. i still think this is real. He is taking a selfie but has edited his actual self out of the picture. what you see is the reflected image of him from the side.


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The Talmud's Absolute Value
Through reasoning, the rabbis brought all of natural creation under the rule of law
And the rabbis know the answer is there because the Torah is unlike every other document in the world, since it alone was authored (or dictated) by God. God is absolute, and he introduces a kind of absoluteness into the text that it would be absurd to expect to find in merely human productions. Humans may use words randomly, picking the ones that come to hand; but God is omniscient, and everything he does has a purpose. Once this idea is accepted, gezeirah shavah becomes not just rational but necessary. Of course God intends the linkages that tradition has identified: To say otherwise would be to say that God writes like a human being.
The totalizing nature of rabbinic interpretation is not limited to texts. As we saw this week, the halakhah about Shabbat boundaries is extended to cover the most basic natural phenomena—even clouds and water molecules. Of course, the law cannot constrain clouds or water from moving more than 2,000 amot on Shabbat. But ownerless objects, we learn from a baraita on Eruvin 45b, do have a techum: Wherever they happen to be at the beginning of Shabbat, they must remain within 2,000 amot of that spot until the end of Shabbat. This applies even to rainwater: Wherever the water lies at the beginning of Shabbat (presumably in a cistern or container) is its residence.
And what if the rain falls on Shabbat or a holiday? In that case, "it is treated like the feet of anyone"—that is, anyone who claims it thereby confers his own techum upon it. But this answer is not enough for the Gemara, which raises an objection based on the water cycle. After all, rainwater originally comes from the ocean—as Rabbi Eliezer states, "The entire world drinks the waters of the ocean"—from which it evaporates to form a cloud. If the rain in a cloud was in fact in the ocean at the start of Shabbat, shouldn't its Shabbat residence should be calculated from the ocean? But how can we know whether any given raincloud formed on Shabbat or before Shabbat started? And even if the rain was in the cloud at the beginning of Shabbat, why doesn't it establish its residence in the cloud? Or "should it be concluded that the techum laws do not apply above 10 tefachim"—the same principle we discussed last week, apropos of the coming of the Messiah?
The Gemara offers one possible solution to this problem. As long as water is suspended in cloud form, perhaps it should be considered not yet in existence, so that it would only be "born" when it actually started to fall. But this, the rabbis quickly note, would raise a different legal problem. Remember from Tractate Shabbat that things which are nolad—newly born or created on Shabbat—cannot be used on Shabbat, since they have not been prepared for that purpose in advance. If rainwater was nolad, it could not be handled at all.
Instead, the Gemara opts for a different, and scientifically sounder, theory of the case. "Rather, the water in the clouds is constantly in motion," and because of this it can't establish a Shabbat residence until it comes to a halt. The same principle nicely solves the problem of the ocean: In the ocean, too, water is turbulent, and so it can't be said to establish its residence in any given place. It follows that it is legal to collect rainwater on Shabbat and that it can be moved anywhere within the techum of the person who collects it. The whole issue of the rainwater might be felt to be an unnecessary problem, a problem of the rabbis' own creation. But to them, there was no reason to cut short the chain of legal reasoning when confronted with natural phenomena. God created the world, but the rabbis' achievement was to bring that world under the rule of law.
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The three coordinators of Friends of Last Thursday resigned on Monday over a dispute with the city about how the event should be run.
The city requested that the organizers add more volunteers, security guards and portable bathrooms.
The city also suggested shrinking the time and size of the event because of complaints from neighbors and surrounding businesses.
"I think the requests are more than reasonable," said J.J. De Sousa, a business owner who has had problems with intoxicated people lingering around after the event and vandalizing her property.
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The event organizers didn't like the idea of closing Last Thursday at 9 p.m. rather than 10 p.m. and shrinking it from 30th Avenue to 27th Avenue.
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She sat at the coffee shop stirring her second cup of the steaming liquid. She had spent the last half of an hour on the phone with Christian. The silences were drawn out and when one of the did talk, it turned into a "how's the weather" type of conversation.
"The movie releases in less than two weeks," His voice was hurried and insecure, all evidence of his nervousness being poured out through the other end of the phone line.
"I know this is this your version of small talk, Christian, but when you send me a text telling me that you miss me, I think we're beyond that," She said, switching the phone so it rested against her other ear.
"I'm sorry," He forced out after a minute, knowing he was being awkward and making this harder than it had to be.
"Don't say that," She replied gingerly, making it sound more like a modest plea than a simple request.
"Just... I shouldn't have been a dick. I know your situation and I was just... being a dick," He whispered the last part. He was being repetitive but he wasn't really concerned about it.
"Why the sudden change of heart?" She asked.
He noted the cynicism in her voice, but someone in the background called for him and it pulled his attention away from her. "One minute," he said before he directed his voice back to the phone. "I don't expect anything from you, Belle. I just ...I really want to see you again,"
She felt eyes on her and looked up from her phone to take in her surroundings. "I'm not sure if that's a good idea,"
A couple of people working behind the counter looked up at her, a mixture of sympathy and curiosity on their faces. They knew what happened to her... anyone with access the internet, television, or a newspaper knew what happened to her. She had become "the mysterious actress that was abducted", and (needless to say) it bothered her.
"It doesn't have to be anything personal. I'm just...I'm going to the Hyde tonight. You should come,"
"I don't-"
"Just think about it, okay? I really want to see you," He repeated with a little bit more urgency.
She nodded her head as if he could see her.
"But listen, I gotta go. Just... just show up tonight. You could use a night out," Again, she nodded her head in accord.
"I'll see you later?" He asked hopefully, the voice in the background bellowing for him.
"Yea, I'll try to make it,"
"Okay. Um, take it easy,"
She replied with a weak "You too," before closing her phone and resting her head in her hands. She pulled one arm up to rub the back of her neck to loosen the muscles there.
She grabbed her bag and pulled out her notebook, opening to the last page to read what she had wrote. She had scribbled it out, but the writing in it was so familiar to her. She didn't really need the journal to help her remember how she was feeling.
She skimmed over the first couple of sloppy paragraphs until his name caught her attention.
She grabbed the notebook with both hands and leaned further back into her seat, grabbing it to bring it with her.
i expected it to come to this. i knew we would eventually get the courage to mess around and probably end up in this awkward place that we find ourselves. obviously it was too much to hope that it wouldn't.
did I really want anything to come of it? when it comes right down to it, it doesn't matter what patrick thinks, or what my parents think, or what my fucking psychologist thinks...
Belle pulled back from her notebook and let her eyes wonder over to the unvarnished disney pendant, the hemp tied loosely around the strap of her messenger bag.
do I want him?
but "only in hour increments".
he has this way of overdramatizing things. he is pretty much having nothing to do with me now, because of everything that was said and done. he's too selfish to realize that it wasn't about him. but I'm sure he's overanalyzed and warped it so many times in his brain that he's not even able to comprehend our situation and find any reasoning. that's the pete I could never want.
but there are times when i find him ...the pete i want. he has this way of making things seem to disappear. sitting in the car that night...staring at the stars with me, brushing my hair from my face like a modern day romeo.
but this isn't a sonnet, and I'm not the romantic i once was...
star gazing has never seemed so overrated.
Belle threw her had back to rest on the chair and closed the notebook. She rolled her neck a couple of times and grabbed her bag from the table, tracing her fingers over the pendant before stuffing her notebook in the bag and getting up.
As she was moving towards the trash can, she noticed a motion outside through the window. She turned her head in time to see a man standing with a camera, pointed in her direction. She did a double take, and looked around the coffee shop before looking back at the window. The man was making himself comfortable at a table outside. Surely he's not taking pictures of me, she thought trying to calm herself. She took a deep breath and peered out the window again, only to have her suspicions proved true.
She opened her phone and called Allison. Surely she would have advise. The phone rang four times before her voicemail picked up. Belle took a deep breath and looked back at the window to see the man pointing the camera at her again.
Belle sighed before calling the only other person she could think of. Oh, this will be fun, She thought, listening to it ring.
"Hello...?" She heard Elise's voice through the speaker of her phone.
"Hey, I tried calling Allison but she didn't pick up-"
"Why are you whispering? ...Actually, I don't care.... Why are you calling me?" Elise asked, her voice short.
"I'm at a coffee shop-"
"You're loosing your mind, and I don't have time to-"
"Will you shut up for a second and listen to me?!" Belle took a deep breath to calm herself before continuing. "I'm sorry, I just...I need your help," She said, moving to a booth in the back to get away from the relentless photographer.
Elise replayed those words over in her mind. Well, isn't that a doosy, She thought. She was tempted to hang up on Belle, but her mind drifted to Patrick and his pleas. Elise huffed and silently cursed herself for ever agreeing to do this.
"You have my attention," Elise replied, taking a seat on the bohemian print sofa in the condo she shared with Allison.
"I'm at a coffee shop, and there is a guy outside with a camera. I look like shit and I really don't want my tear-stained face all over tomorrow's second-rate gossip blog," Belle finished.
"Well, that would be a shame..." Elise trailed off. This girl has a lot of audacity... being a bitch one day and calling me for help the next, Elise thought.
"You don't want to have to cover up the reason why I look like a dead beat crack whore, do you?" Belle asked, quickly becoming agitated. She wasn't one to beg, and the fact that had already done that only to be rejected was beginning to piss her off.
"Actually...well...no, I don't," Elise paused and thought for a second. "How about this- just go into the bathroom and try to make yourself look presentable, and when you feel okay, throw on some sunglasses and jump in your car-"
"I don't drive. I'll have to hail a taxi, and that will take forever! Can't you just come and get me?" Belle pleaded.
Elise sat on the other end of the line and rubbed her fingers against her temple. She was debating on whether or not she should call Patrick. Surely he wouldn't mind picking up his brat of a sister.
"Can't you call Patrick?" She thought out loud.
"He's in the studio. Trust me, you are my last resort," Belle said, trying to keep her tone soft but finding it a true struggle.
Elise finally gave up and got off of the couch, grumbling to herself. "Fucking christ. Just tell me where you are and I'll just come get you," She said, grabbing her purse off of the counter.
"I'm on the corner of Laffeyette and 54th," Belle replied, making her way toward the bathroom.
"Alright, I'll be there in fifteen," She replied, making her way out of the condo and to her car.
"Um, thanks,"
Elise shook her head as she climbed into her car. She could tell taking this on was more than she could handle. Isn't this suppose to be Allison's project? She thought, pulling her car out and onto the road.
Less than twenty minutes later she had pulled up to the shop, only to find the man with the camera accompanied by another gentleman, both taking a seat at the small table outside, both with cameras in hand.
She took a deep breath and walked into the coffee shop, going straight back to the bathrooms.
"Ma'm, you must be a paying customer to use our facilities!" One of the ladies yelled in Elise's direction. She ignored her as she made haste towards where she assumed the bathrooms were located.
Once inside she saw Belle look up at her from her spot on the counter, holding her phone in her hands. Belle's eyes were still turgid from the therapy session and strands of her hair were sticking out from the messy ponytail at the back of her head.
Elise took a step closer to her, grabbing paper towel and running it under cold water.
"You didn't do what I asked," Elise said, wringing out the paper towel and reaching up to Belle's face. Belle hesitated in letting Elise touch her. "This is going to make your eyes less puffy. Just hold it there for a minute," She advised, bringing the cold flimsy towels up to Belle's eyes for her to hold in place.
"Alright, hop down and I'll see what I can do," She said, grabbing Belle's hand to pull her from the counter. She took the ponytail out of Belle's hair and grabbed the mini-brush in her purse, running it through the tangled brown mess hurriedly, smiling slightly when she caught a knot emitting an "Ow!" from Belle.
Once she was satisfied she grabbed hairspray from her purse and doused Belle's hair, causing her to cough rapidly. Once Belle regained her ability to breathe in nontoxic oxygen she looked at herself in the mirror. The hairspray had rid of the fly-aways, giving definition to the otherwise dull curls.
"Well, you don't look like Miss America, but it will have to do. Now, take these," Elise said, pulling her oversized sunglasses off of her head and handing them to Belle, who shielded her eyes with them.
"For some reason this reminds me of that time when we tried to curl the hair on your "My Size" Barbie. Remember that smell? God, that was awful," Belle said with a laugh, tossing the towel in the trash can.
It was silent for a minute and Belle began to regret trying to lean on nostalgia to make peace with her old friend. She took a step closer to the door, feeling defeated for a moment before she heard Elise clear her throat.
"Yea, my Mom thought it was an electrical fire, but it was just singed plastic hair. I remember," Elise said, letting that memory release a small laugh from her mouth. The two girls looked at each other and let the smiles diminish from their faces.
Elise cleared her throat again and took a step closer, reaching down to straighten out Belle's shirt and jeans, frowning at the simplicity of the outfits. She was trying to avoid the odd situation they found themselves in as she pulled a scarf out of her bag and tied it around Belle's waist, before grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the bathroom.
The photographers looked up at them from through the window and stood up, both poised for any shot they could get.
Elise stopped at the exit and grabbed Belle's shoulder to look at her. "Okay, just keep a smile on your face and keep your shoulders up. Look straight ahead, and walk as fast as you can, okay?" Elise said, the encouraging tone in her voice surprising herself.
Belle nodded her head and pulled her bag up further on her shoulder before walking out, Elise quickly on her heels.
"Anabelle! How are you feeling?" One asked, so close to her she could smell the coffee on his breath.
"I'm sorry, but she's not going to be answering any-" Elise was interrupted by the other male voice.
"Is it true that you shot him? Will there be a trial?" Elise hit the unlock button on her door and opened it, guiding Belle into the seat and shutting the door. She turned around and ran right into one of the photographers.
"Who are you?" He asked inquisitively.
She smiled and stepped around him to go to the drivers side of the car. "I am Belle's agent. Now, if you'll excuse me, we have to go," She said, quickly opening her car door and getting in. She took a deep breath and put the car into drive before pulling out onto the road.
After a couple minutes of listening to Incubus, Belle reached over and turned down the music.
"You are pretty good at that... ugh, thanks for coming, ya know...to ugh, get me," Belle said quietly when they pulled onto the expressway.
"Well, that's what I'm hired to do," Elise said, the words coming out of her mouth a little more sharply than she meant to. She looked over to Belle who seemed to be offended.
"I didn't mean it like that..." She began to explain. Belle nodded her head and bit her bottom lip.
"So where am I dropping you off at?" Elise asked, changing the subject.
She weighed her options. She could either go back to the studio (which was not happening any time soon), go sit at Pete's house and watch TV, or maybe she could...
"Actually, I was thinking maybe I should go somewhere. Maybe try my hand at actually being a normal twenty-two year old. It might be good publicity,"
"What did you have in mind?" Elise asked, feeling herself warm up to the idea of actually hanging out with the person she better referred to as a "client".
"Have you ever been to the Hyde?"
I attempted to focus on the pleasure she was desperately trying to give me when I heard the voices from downstairs, announcing the arrival of the guys.
Greta hadn't noticed as she moved slowly on top of me, her upper body flush against mine. It's not that I didn't enjoy the passionate contact of our figures, but it left no room to adequately...maneuver...?
My short breaths must have tickled the skin of her neck because she clenched her head to her shoulder with a light laugh, causing her to pull herself up with her hands and look down at me.
Her hair immediately surrounded us, much like a canopy, and the scent of vanilla and honey enveloped my senses. I was trying to force every smell and visual into my memory bank, knowing that would be the only thing that could keep her close to me for the next three months.
I knew that my anxiety about her leaving had something to do with the reason why I found myself dissociated in this particular tryst.
She sighed and began to assault my neck, placing her lips over the skin and back up, attaching her lips to mine softly. I pushed all of my anxieties to the back of my mind and focused on her.
Her movements were slow and beginning to seem forced, which was frustrating me. She wanted to please me, I could see it in her eyes, but she didn't really put in the effort.
I took the opportunity to opening her mouth with my tongue, deepening the kiss and pulling her closer to me. I grabbed her hips with my hands, trying to guide her as she moved.
I moved my mouth from hers to kiss a trail down her throat. I think she got the hint, and pulled herself up into a full sitting position. I kept my hands on her hips, guiding her as I brought my head up, stopping at the peak of her breast to nuzzle on one of her hardened nipples.
She responded by tilting her head back to let out a moan, moving her hips faster. I let my hands drop from her hips, resting my head back to the pillow to get a full visual of her as she moved faster.
Both of her hands were holding up her upper body, and her fingernails dug into my chest. Her hips were moving in a rhythm all her own, slowing down for a minute before pacing faster and then slowing again. The way she was moving against me electrified every fiber of my being and I was rooted in that spot, not being able to do anything but watch.
There was a brief knock on the door, and I didn't notice until Greta collapsed on top on me and pulled the sheet over us.
"Hey bro, I just wanted to-" Joe's head bounced through the door before he stopped and looked at us. I frantically wrapped my arms tight around her.
"Joe!" I squealed, pulling clumsily grabbing for the blanket to pull it tighter around us.
Joe seemed to snap out of his trance and turned around, still standing in the doorway. "Um...nevermind. Ugh, I'll have Pete call her," Joe finally stuttered out the words as he faced the door. I took a deep breath and held back my frustration. Leave it to Joe to interrupt at the most inopportune times.
"Wait, are you two having sex? Like, is there penetration going on right n-" Before he could finish the sentence I flung a pillow at him.
"Out!" I yelled as Greta buried her head into my chest.
"Okay, okay..."
I shook my head and smiled back at Greta when I heard the door shut. I bent up to kiss her but frowned when she didn't respond.
"I'm sorry...it's just, I mean..." She mumbled, climbing off of me to lay on her side and wrap her arm around me.
"You aren't in to mood any more?" I asked, finishing her sentence. She looked over at me and nodded her head.
"Maybe we should lock the door from now on," I suggested, and she sheepishly nodded her head.
"Yea, that's a good idea,"
Belle was refreshed to find the Hyde more of a lounge area than a club. The atmosphere was fueling her good mood as she sat, tucked into a corner booth, the faux-croc seating surprisingly comfortable against her skin.
Elise and Allison had escorted her, after a four hour shopping spree and salon treatment. Elise had been fairly civil to her all evening, and Allison was nothing but sweet to her. All of this was fairly new to Belle, but she had to admit to herself that the "girlie" aspect of being a female wasn't so harsh. She enjoyed herself for the most part.
"Hey, you going to order a drink or stare at a hole in the wall all night?" Elise asked, waving a hand in front of Belles face. Belle blinked a couple of times and smiled over at her.
"Yea, I was just thinking about some things," Belle said, uncrossing her legs just to cross them again.
"Well, stop doing that and have some fun," Elise said, flagging a waitress down. "I'd like a Grey Goose Martini, three olives," She ordered and looked over to Belle. "Vodka and Red Bull for me,"
The waitress nodded her head and turned around to the go to the bar. Belle was about to ask where Allison was until she spotted her across the lounge.
"Is she always..." Belle started, but trailed off.
"Networking...?" Elise finished, following Belle's stare to Allison who was surrounded by three other people who looked very official. "Yea, she always does that,"
Elise let her eyes jog around the room, and they stopped on a familiar man, talking only a couple of feet away from them, his eyes glued on Belle. She nudged Belle and whispered in her ear: "Isn't that Christian?"
Belle looked over and her gaze connected with his. He didn't smile or frown, he kept his crystalline gaze on hers. She let her mouth form into a smile, and he smiled back before excusing himself and making his way over. Within seconds he was seated at the other side of her, sitting back and getting comfortable.
Elise excused herself to look for the waitress who hadn't been back with their drinks.
"I didn't think you'd show," Christian said, staring at his hands. She looked over to him while he ran the fingers of his right hand over the palm of his left.
"Yea, I didn't think I would either," She said, now finding herself memorized by the hem of her shirt.
She became fascinated with the sounds of various conversations and voices in the room, finding it to be a rather convenient distraction. She knew he was looking at her, she could feel his gaze.
He turned his body so he was facing her, his leg resting on the chair as he grabbed one of her hands timidly. She looked up and caught his gaze.
"Do you think we can fix it?" Just as he was asking her the million dollar question, she heard the shrill noise of her ringtone coming from her pocket. She thought briefly about ignoring it, but she knew the other person on the line was wondering about her where she was. Since the accident she pretty much answered all calls as a courtesy.
She exhaled sharply.
"Just hold that thought, okay?" She asked, grabbing her phone and giving Christian and apologetic smile.
"Hello?" She answered, scooting back into her seat.
"Hey, um, you weren't home so I thought I'd call," Pete's voice came through the receiver.
"Yea, I'm at the Hyde with Allison and Elise,"
"Oh," There was silence on the other end of the line and she was getting ready to hang up when his voice came back over the line. "Are you coming home tonight?"
Home? She thought to herself.
"Nah, I'm staying with Elise and Alli-" A gasp from her mouth interrupted her sentence, as she felt something cold on her shoulder, and turned quickly. Her jerking motion causing Christian to spill a little bit of the drink that he had tried to inform her had arrived. "Woah, Belle. Take it easy," He said, laughing a little as he wiped up the couple of drops that had fallen with a cocktail napkin.
"Yea, I'm sure you are," Belle winced when she heard Pete's harsh voice. "Don't fucking bother,"
With that the other line on the phone went dead. She angrily flipped it shut and shoved her phone back into her pocket. She grabbed for her drink and latched onto the straw, trying to down as much a possible before having to take another breath.
Do you know what's even more overrated than star-gazing?
Drinking away your problems.
Authors Note: this chapter was the equivalent of giving birth to an elephant. actually, i dunno. i've never given birth to an elephant. but i have this theory that it would probably suck. much like writing this chapter did.
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A month's stay in Paris -- for $120
The home away from home
By departure time, we were at ease -- although we did move all our financial papers and a couple of pieces of jewelry into our storage unit -- and if any misgivings remained, they vaporized when we walked into the Paris condo.
It was, to be quite honest, jaw-dropping: There was a view of a half-mile of the Seine, one of the world's most famous rivers, with its barge and tour-boat traffic flowing past just 200 feet from our 14th-floor window. The Eiffel Tower preened in the center of the 140-degree view of Paris from the living-room window, with the Arc de Triomphe to the left and Sacré-Coeur clearly outlined in the distance. And looming outside the master bedroom windows were the ultramodern skyscrapers of La Defense, where the French seemed to have exiled anything built after the 18th century.
The rooms were large, airy, bright and dominated by a pastel butternut theme that contrasted perfectly with the blacks and grays that all the French were wearing. It was one of the happiest spaces this side of Disneyland.
After Nancy and I finished high-fiving -- and yelling "Score!" -- we immediately went into some kind of reverse-swapper remorse over what Nancy referred to as "the dump back home." Fortunately, we pulled ourselves out of the funk in about, oh, 15 seconds.
So we went exploring. Puteaux turned out to be an urbanized suburb 5 miles from the Paris city center and settled quite recently -- in 1148. Unlike the sparkling-new La Defense district of Puteaux, the buildings in our neighborhood appeared to be a mix of 20-year-old condos and pre-World War II apartments. And it was definitely a neighborhood, the narrow zigzagging side streets filled with children, pensioners, restaurants and the little shops that are sadly disappearing from America. Our grocery, part of the Monoprix chain, looked like a 1950s Safeway.
Near as we could tell from clothing and behavior, we were the only tourists around. And no one seemed to speak English.
My two years of high school French had survived nearly 50 years of disuse, so I often could decipher signs, but despite taping essential phrases -- "Ou sont les toilettes?" -- to the walls at home, and some "survival French" lessons from a neighbor, we struggled with the language. In neighborhood restaurants, for instance, we would use our menu decoder book to order, then sit baffled as the waiter reeled off 30 seconds of options. Usually, we would repeat one word and then see what eventually came out of the kitchen.
But this was why we'd opted for a home swap; we wanted to be "tourists" only when we so chose. If we'd stayed in a hotel, we probably would've dined where the waiters spoke English, but in Puteaux, we ate out on just eight of 29 evenings. Instead, we tramped the few blocks to the retail district each morning to buy our food, always including the famed baguette -- bread by the yard -- and some pastry.
We made two out-of-town trips: an overnighter to Normandy and two nights with cousins we had never met in my grandfather's home village of Fleringen, Germany. The rest of the time we never spent more than a few hours a day away from the condo.
In our two previous trips to Europe, we had stayed in hotels and been 12- to 16-hour-a-day tourists, because who wants to sit in a cramped European hotel? At 67 years old, however, we opted for a more leisurely pace.
We would hop on the Metro, a subway system with stations never more than a 10-minute walk away and trains every three minutes, and head into the city. Sometimes we were gone two hours, sometimes six. On one day, we choose to walk in across the Bois de Boulogne, a 2,090-acre park.
Although we hit plenty of museums, we had been to most of the tourist attractions on a previous visit, so we took lots of guided walks (usually 12 euros a person) or just freelanced. Sometimes we rode to the end of a line or jumped off at a station just to see what was there. We were never disappointed. Nancy insists we walked every square foot of Paris, but I suspect -- although I'm not sure -- she's exaggerating.
Like many working couples, we have spent too many years living parallel, but too seldom intersecting, lives. The month in Paris we were together almost constantly. It was different -- and wonderful.
And how did it go on the other end? We had dinner with Junichi and Felicia twice after we returned. They were delightful but not very Parisian. He is Japanese and she German, and they met and fell in love in San Francisco.
When I commented on the fashionable dress of almost all the French women we saw, Felicia responded, "You know what Germans say about French women: 'Beautiful on the outside, nothing on the inside.'" And when we ventured that Paris was the most wonderful place we had ever been, Junichi, a retired airline executive, had a different choice: "Southern California," he said.
But they seemed delighted with our condo. "We loved living in the country," Felicia said, adding that on the days the weather was a bit cool, they moved the deck table inside and ate their meals in front of the window overlooking the golf course and green belt.
I guess it was the perfect swap -- and nothing was stolen or damaged.
We swapped for two weeks in Paris is 2008. Like the author, we stayed in a suburb of Paris and had a really wonderful (and very enlightening) time. If you spend the time to carefully contact and screen your host family, you should have a lovely vacation.
We also went through HomeExchange.com. Our home is in Broomfield, Colorado, not exactly the place all travellers dream of visiting, but we have had inquiries from Paris (2), New Zealand, various locales around the US.
Be open to new places and experiences. You won't be disappointed.
That was a really good article. Quite entertaining and a learning experience. When I get older and a place of my own I think I'd like to try this. I never heard of home swapping before. And though the thought and questions arose of "would it really be okay, to let a stranger live in my house?" came to mind. And "Won't they steal anything, or damage anything"? It was already answered for me. And I don't normally comment on articles. But this was something that i'd have to say was pretty brilliant and more intriguing than more than half the stuff that's listed here. :)
I'd like to do this, but I feel my modest home would not satisfy most of the swappers I saw on exchange sites. It's no dump, just a regular house with some upgrades needed. But, I've seen some homes overseas and if they were up on the exchange, it would be more equal of an accommodation. Any success out there with such a trade?
I can tell you a secret theres a free website and you can travel for free, just pay for the flight ofcourse. Its called couchsurfing. You need to create a profile there and find people in the country and city where you wanna go, and talk to them if they like your profile you can live with them and they show you around the city. this is not advertisement
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-- The Monti: Season Opener, Sept. 6.
-- Second Sunday Film Series: 10 composers: 1 film: 10 different feelings, Sept. 8.
-- Hidden Voices: None of the Above, Sept. 13.
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-- The Amazing Kreskin, Oct. 12.
-- The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez presented by ArtsCenter Stage, Oct. 18.
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-- Sacrificial Poets Poetry Slam, Oct. 26.
-- Transactors Improv, Nov. 1.
-- No Shame Theatre, Nov. 2.
-- Playwrights Roundtable: PlaySlam!, Nov. 3.
-- The Chuckle and Chortle Standup Comedy Show, Nov. 16.
-- Transactors Improv for Families, Nov. 16.
-- Sacrificial Poets Poetry Slam, Nov. 23.
-- Transactors Improv, Dec. 7.
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--America's Got Talent, Oct. 7.
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--ELF the Musical, Nov. 12-17.
--The Hungry Hungry Games, Nov. 15-17.
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Burning Coal Theatre Company
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Performances are at the Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk St., Raleigh.
--The Heretic, Sept. 12-29.
-- (Three Man) Tempest by William Shakespeare, Dec. 5-22.
Cary Players
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--Nunsense!, Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 4-6,.
-- A Christmas Story, Dec. 5-9.
Common Ground Theatre
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-- Nervo Craniano Zero, Oct. 17-19 and 24-26, Common Ground Theatre, 4815B Hillsborough Road, Durham.
Community Church of Chapel Hill
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-- Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Nov. 22, Community Church of Chapel Hill, 106 Purefoy Road.
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-- Measure Back, Nov. 6 and 9, Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster St., Durham.
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--Blue Man Group, Sept. 6.
-- How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Dec. 3.
Justice Theater Project
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-- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sept. 6-22, Clare Hall, St. Francis of Assisi Church, 11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh.
-- Black Nativity by Langston Hughes, Dec. 12-14 and 20-21, Thompson Hall, NCSU, 2241 E. Dunn Ave., Raleigh
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-- Our Town, Sept. 4-21, Trotter Hall, 410 W. Geer St., Durham.
-- The Man Who Was Thursday, Dec. 4-21, Location TBA.
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Performances are at Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster St., unless noted.
-- Cock, Oct. 3-19.
--The Best of Enemies, Dec. 5-21.
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Performances are in venues on the Hillsborough Street, Raleigh campus.
-- Chekhov's Three Sisters, Sept. 24-29, Studio Theatre.
-- Clean House, Nov. 6-10, Jones Auditorium.
-- Directing Scenes, Dec. 5-6, Studio Theatre.
NCSU Center Stage
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-- Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, Oct. 24-27, Titmus Theatre, 2241 Dunn Ave., Raleigh.
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Performances are in Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 E. Dunn Ave., Raleigh
-- ARCADIA, Sept. 25-Oct. 6.
--The Game's Afoot, Nov. 8-24.
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-- Sex Please, We're Sixty, Sept. 13, The Hut, 104 S. Front St., Smithfield.
--The Music Man, Nov. 15-17, Johnston Community College, Smithfield.
N.C. Opera
919-792-3850; ncopera.org
Performances are at Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.
-- Cosi fan tutte, Oct. 3-6.
--All Souls with New Music Raleigh, Nov. 25.
N.C. Theatre
919-831-6941; nctheatre.com
Performances are at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.
--CATS, Oct. 8-13.
--ELF the Musical, Nov. 12-17.
--We Will Rock You, Dec. 3-8.
North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre
919-866-0228; nract.org
Performances are at 7713-51 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh.
--The Crucible -- NRACT Teens, Sept. 13-29.
-- Miracle on 34th Street, Dec. 6-22.
Paperhand Puppet Intervention
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-- Invisible Earth, through Sept. 8, Forest Theatre, UNC-Chapel Hill.
--Invisible Earth, Sept. 13-15, N.C. Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.
PlayMakers Repertory Company
919-962-7529; playmakersrep.org
Performances are at Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art, 250 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill, unless noted.
-- Surviving Twin, written and performed by Loudon Wainwright III, Sept. 4-8, Kenan Theatre.
-- The Mountaintop, Sept. 18-Oct. 6.
-- The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, Nov. 2-Dec. 8.
-- Metamorphoses, by Mary Zimmerman, Nov. 23-Dec. 7.
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Performances are at Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue St.
-- Art, Sept. 6-29.
--Spring Awakening, Oct. 4-27.
--Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, Nov. 1-17.
--Cinderella, Dec. 6-21.
Theatre In The Park
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-- A Christmas Carol, Dec. 12-15, Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.
-- The Santaland Diaries, Dec. 12-15, Theatre In The Park, 107 Pullen Road, Raleigh.
-- A Christmas Carol, Dec. 19-22, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St.
Towne Players of Garner
919-661-4602; towneplayers.org
-- Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, Oct. 18-26, Garner Performing Arts Center, 742 W. Garner Road.
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Here is the latest edition of Fit Friday's in The Den. Kalea Delezenne has written a great article about legs and I have added an article about how healthy and important nuts are in your diet.
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By Kalea Delezenne,
ACSM -Certified Personal Trainer
MSU Graduate-Kinesiology & Health Promotion Degree
Trainer at The YMCA Downtown Wellness Center
If you are like me, exercise provides much needed 'me' time. It is associated with the term 'moving meditation,' in which all thoughts of the day float from your consciousness and are replaced with focusing on the task at hand. I receive self-satisfaction when I hit a new PR (personal record) and feel amazing when I am able to successfully master a new exercise. I would also like to give a personal shout out to endorphins, serotonin and dopamine; you guys rock. Seriously. Without you my workouts would be such a bore. Exercising also allows time for you to physically see the results of your hard work paying off in 'real time'. This builds confidence and is a great incentive to keep doing what you are doing.
If you belong to a gym there are rules, written and unwritten, as well as words that are not used in every day conversation. (these may not ever make the Oxford list of word of the year; congratulations selfie!, but they are important to learn and understand). If you are new to the scene it may seem like you are learning about a new culture. You are and it is going to take time to acclimate yourself and to feel comfortable.
We are going to cover a few of these terms as well as begin to build up our leg routine over the next series of articles.
•Drop Set- One exercise performed without rest (such as a leg press or bench press), using a lighter weight for each successive set. (You would begin with a weight that you can perform with proper form for 6-8reps, say 200lbs, then you would 'drop' down to 175lbs and without resting perform another set of 6-8 reps, then drop to 150lbs etc.) You should be getting worn out by the 2nd or 3rddrop, which is part of the goal as this is leading you to failure and working on increasing muscle mass.
•Failure - in resistance exercise is the point during exercise performance when the neuromuscular system can no longer produce adequate force to overcome a specific workload (when you can no longer perform the movement). It is not that you can no longer perform the movement because the challenged muscle fibers aren't entirely fatigued at this point, they just can't produce enough force to overcome the specific load. If the weight was dropped (after a few minutes rest phase) you would be able to continue with the exercise.
•Isometric - this is when our muscles are actively held at a fixed length. (ex. If you are holding an object in front of you. The weight of the object would be trying to pull your arms downward, while your muscles are holding it up. So they are acting on each other with equal force so the object is just held in place.)
Having a basic understanding of different types of training can assist you as you work towards the achievement of your own fitness goals as well as offer you options so your routine is constantly challenging.
Continuing on from the article last week we learned the names of different muscles in our legs and their function. W e are going to take a look at how to begin to shape and strengthen them.
Caveat: I cannot stress enough how important your form is. Your form is important. It helps keep your back, knees and ankles safe. Not to mention helps reduce your chances of injuring your muscles. As much as we like to believe we are made of indestructible matter, we are in fact, not. (although I suppose that is always up for debate).
Forward lunge -- this targets the gluteus maximus, quadriceps and hamstrings. The size of the step you take will determine which muscle is more engaged. The shorter the step activates more of the quad, while a longer step hits more of the hamstring. As you step forward keep your joints in 90 degree angles. This means knees over ankles, and focus on keeping your weight through your forward heel as much as possible.
Lateral lunge -- this targets the quadriceps, targeting the lower section and middle (vastus lateralis) as well as the gluteus maximus. (the lateral or side lunge also stretches your inner thigh) Keep your weight through your heels, and pay close attention to the knee you are bending (flexing) that it is in line with your ankle. Keep your chest up and your weight through your heels, making sure that your knee is over your ankle.
Stiff legged deadlift -- this works muscles in your back that run along your spine, gluteus maximus and hamstrings. Stand with feet slightly apart (no more than hip width). Hold onto barbell, dumbbells or plates at hip level and bend forward at the waist, making sure to keep your back flat. Stop the movement around shin height, maintaining proper form. As you come back up, push through your heels, return to start and repeat. Important notes: keep your back flat, eyes up and think about leading with your chest. Maintain close proximity of the weights to your legs and keep your knees soft; slightly bent.
With all of these exercises be conscious of keeping your joints (hips, knees, ankles, and spine) in proper alignment. Your form is more important than how quickly you are performing them (especially if you are just beginning). It is important to breathe normally. Rule of thumb is to exhale with exertion but if you can't get the rhythm down just try not to hold your breath (counting out loud, quietly to yourself, is a way to force yourself to breathe and helps you learn the pattern). Next week we will go over more terms as well as the squat!
Eat nuts, live longer
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Nuts are high in unsaturated fats, protein and vitamins, as well as antioxidants.
Hungry? Grab a handful of nuts. Not only are they packed with protein, but it turns out they may be the food for longevity.
At least, that's the conclusion of the largest study to date looking at the relationship between eating nuts and longer lives. Nuts are high in unsaturated fats, protein and vitamins, as well as antioxidants that are thought to be linked to a lower risk of heart disease.
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School looked at nut consumption and deaths from all causes among 76,464 women participating in the Nurse's Health Study and 42,498 men involved in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. They asked the participants about their nut consumption, including how many almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios or walnuts they typically ate.
Those who reported regularly consuming nuts were less likely to die from a variety of diseases, most significantly cancer, heart disease and respiratory diseases.
In nuts we trust?
People who ate nuts seven or more times a week, in fact, enjoyed a 20% lower death rate after four years than individuals who did not eat nuts. Nut eaters also tended to be leaner, more physically active, and non-smokers.
Prior studies found similar connections between nuts and longer life, but the large size of this study gives the association more support.
The study was partially funded by the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization representing nine tree nut industries, but the group played no role in the research or results, said Maureen Ternus, executive director.
How many nuts does it take to extend lifespan? That's not clear, and the scientists say that the findings don't imply any cause and effect relationship between nuts and later death, but the correlation is worth investigating further.
Nuts are part of the balanced diet that public health officials recently outlined in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans -- the government group advised that adults eat about five to six ounce of protein (which could include nuts) a day.


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As part of the Healthy Families BC strategy, the BC Healthy Communities Society will distribute grants up to a cumulative maximum of $5,000 to eligible local governments. Applications will be reviewed regularly up until June 30, 2013, and all activities funded through this program must take place before March 31, 2014.
Local governments can apply for grants to fund a number of activities such as hosting or participating in forums, workshops, dialogues and other learning events. These grants also will support building local leadership and partnerships between sectors to assist with local planning, policies and action to create healthier communities.
"These grants are funding changes at a grassroots level among local communities in British Columbia. Collaboration and sharing knowledge is the one way we can help reduce chronic diseases and obesity," says Margaret MacDiarmid, Minister of Health.
Creating healthier communities is a key component of the Healthy Families BC strategy that was launched in May 2011. As part of the strategy, provincial health authorities work with interested communities to develop plans to make their city or town healthier.
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phfantunes said...
I switched from my pally tank the first time I charged a mob (and because pally tanking is just too easy). When I got Warbringer and charged a mob, intercepted another and Intervene'd a partner I knew I made the right decision.
Can't wait for Heroic Leap.
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THIS!! Charge/Warbringer is so damned awesome in so many ways.
And you've been crying ever since WotLK when Paladins became the uber tank and can do everything twice as good as a warrior for half the skill.
Also, you can't kill Paladins in PvP because "we'z mitigatin' all your damage, yo" and we self heal.
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[quote:Stu:MV8yMDU5OTQ5XzM0NjUxNjQ4XzVENTQwNkRG] people in the West are terrified of minimalism as it applies to social constructs, but then I read the Craiglist ads and see the true underbelly.... more: [b]The watcher is no one. It is just pure consciousness. [/b] And this pure consciousness can only bring a new humanity, a new world, where people will not discriminate against each other for stupid reasons. Nations, races, religions, doctrines, ideologies – those are just for children to play with, not for mature people. For mature people there is only one thing in existence, and that is watchfulness. ... A monk is going to spread Gautam Buddha's message. He himself is not enlightened yet; that's why Gautam Buddha calls him and tells him, "Remember, I have to say this because you are not enlightened yet... you are articulate, you speak well, you can spread the message. You may not be able to sow the seeds but you may be able to attract a few people to come to me – but use this opportunity also for your own growth." The monk asked, "What can I do, how can I use this opportunity?" [b]And Buddha said, "There is only one thing that can be done in every opportunity, in every situation, and that is watchfulness. You will sometimes find people irritated by you, angry because you have hurt their ideologies, their doctrines, their prejudices. Remain silent and watchful. You may have days when you cannot get food because the people are against you, they will not even give you water. Watch... watch your hunger, watch your thirst... but don't get irritated, don't get annoyed. What you will be teaching people is of less importance than your own watchfulness. [/b] If you come back to me watchful, I will be immensely joyful. How many people you approached does not matter; how many people you spoke to does not matter. What ultimately matters is whether you have come home, whether you yourself have found the solid basis of witnessing. Then all else is insignificant." This is the only meditation there is; all other meditations are variations of the same phenomenon. Osho, The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, Talk #28 [/quote]
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Not "keeping the mind still," but mindlessness.
Though you may not fully know whether the teachers of the various localities are wrong or right, if your own basis is solid and genuine, the poisons of wrong doctrines will not be able to harm you, "keeping the mind still" and "forgetting concerns" included. If you always "forget concerns" and "keep the mind still," without smashing the mind of birth and death, then the delusive influences of form, sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness will get their way, and you'll inevitably be dividing emptiness into two.
Let go and make yourself vast and expansive. When old habits suddenly arise, don't use mind to repress them. At just such a time, it's like a snowflake on a red–hot stove. For those with a discerning eye and a familiar hand, one leap and they leap clear.
Only then do they know lazy Jung's saying: right when using mind, there's no mental activity. Crooked talk defiled with names and forms, straight talk without complications. Without mind but functioning, always functioning but non-existent – the mindlessness I speak of now is not separate from having mind. These aren't words to deceive people.
There has been a long misunderstanding about these two things: keeping the mind still and mindlessness. There have been many people who have thought that they are synonymous. They appear to be synonymous, but in reality they are as far apart as two things can be, and there is no way to bridge them.
So first let us try to find the exact meanings of these two words, because the whole of Ta Hui's sutra this evening is concerned with the understanding of the difference.
The difference is very delicate. A man who is keeping his mind still and a man who has no mind will look exactly alike from the outside, because the man who is keeping his mind still is also silent. Underneath his silence there is great turmoil, but he is not allowing it to surface. He is in great control.
The man with no mind, or mindlessness, has nothing to control. He is just pure silence with nothing repressed, with nothing disciplined – just a pure empty sky.
Surfaces can be very deceptive. One has to be very alert about appearances, because they both look the same from the outside – both are silent. The problem would not have arisen if the still mind was not easy to achieve. It is easy to achieve. Mindlessness is not so easy to achieve; it is not cheap,
it is the greatest treasure in the world.
Mind can play the game of being silent; it can play the game of being without any thoughts, any emotions,
but they are just repressed, fully alive, ready to jump out any moment. The so–called religions and their saints have fallen into the fallacy of stilling the mind.
If you go on sitting silently, trying to control your thoughts, not allowing your emotions, not allowing any movement within you, slowly slowly it will become your habit.
This is the greatest deception in the world you can give to yourself, because everything is exactly the same, nothing has changed, but it appears as if you have gone through a transformation.
The state of no–mind or mindlessness is just the opposite of stilling the mind – it is getting beyond the mind. It is creating such a distance between yourself and the mind that the mind becomes the farthest star, millions of light years away, and you are just a watcher. When the mind is stilled you are the controller. When the mind is not, you are the watcher. These are the distinguishing marks.
When you are controlling something you are in tension; you cannot be without tension, because that which is controlled is continuously trying to revolt against you, that which is enslaved wants freedom. Your mind sooner or later will explode with vengeance.
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PLAYERS: Kurt Busch
The NASCAR season is back upon us and it is time to get you caught up with everything that happened in the offseason. Start 'N' Park Blog will be going through their list of drivers running the full schedule in 2013 and telling you what you can expect from those drivers in the new year. Today's entry is the driver of the #78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, Kurt Busch. Driver: Kurt Busch #78 Sponsor(s): Furniture Row Make: Chevrolet Team: Furniture Row Racing Crew Chief: Todd Berrier 2012 Finish: 25th What's new for 2013: Kurt Busch started in October of 2012 with the team and Todd Berrier started as crew chief in August for the team. Mike's Rank: 18th Mike's Take: What's the opening bets for how long Busch lasts until he's fired? August? July? Ok, I believe that Kurt can succeed with this team. He consistently improved his finish at the end of last year and could quietly keep moving up. It's just he's been in a checkers or wreckers style as of late that could cost him precious points. Jason's Rank: 19th Jason's Take: Busch won't do much in 2013 and his finishes will show it. Wrecks and inconsistency will hurt Busch and his whole No.78 team. Brandon's Rank: 12th Brandon's Take: Kurt Busch is somewhat of a sleeper pick for me. He showed that he can finish solidy in the top-10 and 15 for a underrated team like Furniture Row Racing. If Busch can keep his emoctions in check, he might be the sleeper in NSCS. Brittany's Rank: 11th Brittany's Take: It's an adjustment period for Busch, could be hit or miss. If he's on he'll make the Chase, if off, watch out.
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