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Truth…is at all times an open secret, but is as a pillar of light [only] to those able to receive and profit by it, and to all others but one of darkness and unintelligibility. [T]he vital secrets of life…protect themselves even though shouted from the housetops, because they mean nothing to those as yet unqualified for the knowledge and unready to identify themselves with it by incorporating it into their habitual thought and conduct.
--W.L. Wilmshurst, The Meaning of Masonry
The Bible is the inerrant…word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible, without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc.
--Jerry Falwell, Finding Inner Peace and Strength
The sign is always less than the concept it represents, while the symbol always stands for something more than its obvious and immediate meaning.
--Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
Both read the Bible day and night, But thou read'st black where I read white.
--William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
In the last chapter we saw how our paradigms influence how we perceive reality. Now it's important to also understand the extent to which they have, and do, influence our ability to understand written words.
We like to think that the meaning of words is obvious, that they can have only a single interpretation. But writers, poets, lawyers and even Bible scholars know this isn't true. As Professor Bart Ehrman has noted:
In the ancient world there was no more unanimity about how to interpret a text than there is today. Indeed, if the meaning of texts were self-evident, we would have no need of commentators, legal experts, literary critics,[theologians] or theories of interpretation. We could all just read and understand. People may think that there is a commonsensical way to construe a text. But put a dozen people in a room with a text of Scripture, or of Shakespeare, or of the American Constitution, and see how many interpretations they produce. (Lost Christianities at _____.)
Words are ultimately symbols of ideals, having no meaning in and of themselves. As Plato once noted, the word "beauty" is meaningless except to the extent that it is able to inspire in the reader or hearer some conception of the ideal of beauty. And, two people cannot carry on a conversation about beauty unless that word, beauty, inspires in both of them a substantially similar conception of the same ideal.
The process of learning a language is therefore the process of attaching, through the development of paradigms, certain ideals to certain words such that each word comes to effortlessly represent in the mind of the reader (or "hearer") ideals far more complex than the word itself. This is why dictionaries must use many words to explain the meaning of one, but even in doing so they are not capable of capturing the fullness of the ideal. For example, reading the definition of "beauty" doesn't fully convey the same understanding of the ideal as experiencing something beautiful. And some words defy definition altogether: Consider Justice Potter Stewart's famous statement that he cannot define "pornography", but he knows it when he sees it.
In short, words are merely symbols of an ideal, though they can never fully encapsulate it.
To convey more complex thoughts, word symbols are organized in logical order following universal rules of grammar to form complete sentences. When written, sentences are then organized into paragraphs and paragraphs into chapters and chapters into books, all conveying an ever more complex series of ideas. However, the most complex ideas, those that defy conventional explanation, are only be communicated, if at all, by the use of figurative language. For purposes of this book, "figurative language" is the use of words to convey ideas that differ from the ordinary, literal understanding of the words used.
Through figurative language, the writer is often able to more closely approximate in the reader's mind the ineffable ideal that he's trying to communicate. Figurative language works in this manner because it requires the reader to interpret the words outside of their normal, everyday meaning, forcing us to construe them without the benefit of normal paradigms. Whereas reading words literally is largely an effortless exercise for literate persons, understanding them figuratively requires some thought. One very simple example of this idea is found in the Gospel of John, 8:12 where Jesus says:
I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.
In reading this verse, even the most Literalist Christian wouldn't contend that Christ was suggesting that he is truly the "light of the world" in a literal sense (i.e., that he is the Sun), or that to "follow" Jesus we must actually walk. We immediately recognize this scripture as figurative language, or symbolic speech, where the words "Light" and "dark" and "walk" have meanings other than their ordinary ones.
When we read figurative language, our unconscious paradigms are brought to light by failing us—they no longer serve to explain the meaning of the words. Rather, we must go beyond them to understand the author's intent. As Carl G. Jung recognized, "…we constantly use symbolic terms to represent concepts that we cannot define or fully comprehend. This is one reason why all religions employ symbolic language or images." (Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols, at 4). It's also the reason why poetry is often able to convey a truer understanding of an ideal than prose: The infinite, transcendental concepts of art and religion defy encapsulation in mere words.
Light is the universal symbol for the mystery of consciousness and life, and darkness for unconsciousness and death. When Jesus says, "He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life", he means simply that he offers his followers expanded consciousness,or enlightenment.
The Interpretive Challenge
One of the great challenges in interpreting any document is to know when figurative (poetic) language is at work, and when more literal language (prose) was intended. Unfortunately, distinguishing literal from figurative language in a document is not as simple a task as one might think. Whether the author intends to speak figuratively, or literally, or both is not always as clear as it was with Jesus' saying above. And, as with everything else in life, our paradigms unconsciously influence our interpretation. Furthermore, if we are not very, very careful, our unconscious paradigms can be manipulated!
In his best-selling book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell chronicles the extent to which our day-to-day lives are controlled by our unconscious mind and, as a result, the extent to which we can be unconsciously manipulated through, among other things, a process known as "priming." Priming is simply preparing the unconscious mind in advance to view something in a particular context. The reader can gain some rudimentary sense of the powerful effect of priming by engaging in the following experiment:
On a blank sheet of paper, write down the first three sports that come to mind followed by two words associated with each sport:
(e.g., tennis—ball and court)
Now, clear the mind for a second and take a moment to write a brief one sentence definition of the following four words:
Court --
Now, consider that each of the above words have multiple unrelated definitions. For instance, the word "ball" can describe, among other things, either a spherical object used in many sports or a formal dance. However, I can state with almost complete certainty that the first definition, maybe the only definition, of the above words that came to the reader's mind was sports-related. The reason is that, before asking for a definition, I had "primed" the reader's mind to think about sports.
If instead I had asked the reader to imagine a feast in a King's palace complete with servants, music and dancing, and then I had asked for a definition of the same four words listed above, the definition provided would have almost certainly been different. Rather than defining "serve" in its tennis context, the reader would like have thought of waiters at the feast serving food. Rather than defining "court" as a surface upon with athletic events are played, the reader likely thought of the members of the King's official entourage. Rather than defining basket in basketball terms, the reader likely thought of a woven container holding bread or perhaps flowers. Rather than thinking of a football or baseball or basketball, the reader instead almost certainly pictured ballrooms and ballgowns.
Why? Because, I manipulated paradigms through the process of priming.
Priming in the Bible
In light of the above discussion of priming, consider for a moment how the order of books in the New Testament primes our minds to interpret them in a certain way. One would think, and the layperson may even assume, that the books of the New Testament are presented to us in chronological order—that is, the order in which they were written by their various authors. Read chronologically, we could understand who said what when, and we could easily discern evolving trends within Christianity during its early years--i.e., how the Christian understanding of Jesus evolved over time, becoming more complex and taking on legendary accretions. Ordered chronologically, we would likely first read the letter of James, followed by the authentic writings of Paul, then likely Mark, then Matthew, then Luke, and Acts, etc. And, read in this order, the Bible tells a very different story than that which we have previously been primed to receive by reading the quasi-historical gospels first, as we shall later see. We would notice, for example, how the four gospels become ever more elaborate as the later ones add legendary accretions to the accounts of the previous authors.
To illustrate this point, consider that the authentic letters of Paul, among our earliest Christian writings and predating the gospels, place very little emphasis on Jesus as an historical figure. Paul seems to know nothing about the historical events of Jesus' life—events that were, if Literalists are to be believed, essential to the meaning of Christianity. For example:
Have we noticed that Paul seems to know nothing of Jesus' supernatural birth? Jesus was, says Paul, "descended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead" (Rom. 1:3,4). Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, at 81.)
As Bishop Spong recognized, our earliest Christian writings do not mention God's impregnation of a virgin, nor do they mention Jesus' earthly mother or father. If we had only Paul to read, we would conclude that Jesus was simply, at least by birth, an ordinary descendant of David. (As a side note, notice how Paul curiously emphasizes that Jesus was only designated "Son of God" by virtue of his resurrection, not at birth, or at his baptism, or "in the beginning" as other Christian writings indicate. We will return to this later.)
Professor Robert Eisenman has also noted the scarcity of historical, biographical material offered by Paul:
Only two historical points about Jesus emerge from Paul's letters: firstly, that he was crucified at some point—date unspecified (I Timothy 6:13, which is not considered authentic, adds by Pontius Pilate), and, secondly, that he had several brothers, one of whom was one called James (Galations 1:19). (Robert Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus, at xxiii.)
In fairness, I would add that Paul does also mention Jesus' resurrection, but the extent to which he considered this an historical fact, as opposed to a spiritual one, is subject to considerable debate, as we shall see.
Nowhere does Paul, our earliest Christian author next to James, mention Bethlehem, nor any of Jesus' many miracles (other than his resurrection, which Paul may have understood figuratively), nor the substance of Jesus' teachings, nor any of Jesus' many travels, nor any of him many parables, nor how long Jesus lived. Although Paul never hesitated to quote liberally from the Tanakh (i.e., the Old Testament) when explaining his theology or arguing his positions, he never, ever--not even once--quotes the earthly Jesus, even when quoting a "saying of the Lord" would have cinched his argument conclusively. Such omissions are simply inexplicable if Paul was indeed aware of the "history" contained in the gospels. Clearly, he wasn't.
The point is that if Paul's letters, which predate the gospels, were placed before the gospels--that is, if we were to read the gospels through the "lens" of Paul rather than reading Paul through the "lens" of the quasi-historical gospels-- Christianity may have come to conceive of Jesus' significance as more spiritual and symbolic, dare I say Gnostic, than historic:
Placing Paul's writings accurately in Christian history as antecedent to any other part of the New Testament leads us to wonder just how much we have distorted Paul's meaning by unconsciously allowing the Gospels to color Paul's words. (Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, at 81).
Our minds have been so shaped and informed by the Gospel content that we do not recognize how frequently we read Paul through the eyes of the Gospels. We need to embrace the fact that none of Paul's first readers read him this way, for in their lives there were as yet no Gospels. To interpret Paul accurately we need to put ourselves into that first-century pre-gospel frame of reference and to hear Paul in fresh and authentic ways. (Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, at 96.)
Regrettably, the order in which the books are placed in our Bibles is designed to prevent us from doing exactly that. As we shall see, Paul's writings presented Literalists with a major problem, and they therefore went to great lengths to "spin" or even alter Paul's words to bolster their their views. Stacking the deck by curiously ordering the books of New Testament was just the beginning of their efforts to "literalize" Paul.
And finally, not only have the books of the New Testament been arranged to prime our minds to interpret the Bible in a certain way, but the Old Testament as well. For instance, in Jewish tradition, the books of the Tanakh (the Old Testament) were arranged in three sections—the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Writings, in that order. However, when compiling the Old Testament, Literalists reversed the order of the Prophets and Writings so that the Old Testament would end with the prophecy of Malachi that God would send Elijah, and the New Testament would begin with Matthew quickly introducing John the Baptist, who was widely viewed by ancient Christians as Elijah reincarnated to prepare the way for Jesus, thus fulfilling the prophecy. Such an arrangement as proven effective, if a little too convenient.
Thou Read'st Black Where I Read White
But I digress. Back to our original question: How do we know when to interpret a Bible passage literally and when to interpret it figuratively? How one answers this simple question determines for the most part whether one is a Literalist or not. Despite the fact that, as Jung noted, religious literature has, in all time and all ages and in all cultures, made dramatic and beautiful use of figurative, symbolic language in it's attempt to convey the mystical, spiritual experience that religion offers, Literalists, led by their orthodox forbears, view the Bible as primarily a book of history. Consequently, they seek to understand the Bible first literally and historically, and they only consider a figurative interpretation when the literal, historical one fails them.
On the other hand, Literalist opponents have always emphasized that all religious literature is by its very nature figurative and symbolic. They argue that the experience of God cannot be captured in one literal word, or in a thousand. Consequently, one should seek first to understand the figurative meaning of each passage, and only accept a literal interpretation at face value when such a simple understanding was obviously intended by the author and does not hinder the figurative meaning of the text.
To paraphrase William Blake, both Literalist and non-Literalists read the Bible day and night, but one reads black where the other reads white. Literalist stick to the "black letter" of what is written, while non-Literalists "read between the lines" in an attempt to decipher the symbolic, spiritual meaning of the text.
But, who is right?
The Bible Speaks to the Issue
Well, interestingly enough, the Bible itself weighs in on this very issue and, where it does, it tends to support the Literalists' opponents. Numerous Bible passages explicitly warn against a literal interpretation of scriptures, and none that I can find specifically demand it. Consider, for example, these passages:
How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law of the Lord [and are learned in its language and teachings]? Lo, the truth is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood [a mere code of ceremonial observances]. The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom and broad understanding, full intelligence is in them. [emphasis added] (Jeremiah 8:8-9)
The letter kills, but the spirit brings life. (2 Corinthians 3:6)
[W]hen we are among the fully-initiated—spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding [i.e., pneumatics]—we do impart a (higher) wisdom [that is, the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden]…. (1 Corinthians 2:6)
[We set] these [higher] truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom, but taught by the spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual [i.e., figurative] language. But natural, non-spiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them –of progressively recognizing and understanding and becoming better acquainted with them—because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. (1 Corinthian 2:13-14) [parenthetical added]
In addition, Jesus himself spoke in esoteric, cryptic parables that even most modern readers find difficult to decipher. Jesus made clear when his audience was supposed to read more into his words than their obvious literal meaning by saying: "Let those with ears to hear understand!" Jesus used this "ears to hear" language repeatedly in the gospels to signify that that his words have figurative meanings that those within his inner circle should grasp. Consider, for example, Matthew 11:15, 13:9, 13:43; Mark 4:9, 4:23, 7:16; and Luke 8:8, 14:35.
Finally, consider that in the Gospels, especially John, Jesus repeatedly chastises those who take his teachings literally—who take his words at their ordinary meaning rather than trying to grasp their figurative, spiritual significance. Witness, for example, his conversation with Nicodemus starting at John Chapter 3, or his conversation with the Samaritan women at the well starting at John 4:10, or his teaching about "flesh and blood" at John 6:50, or his many other conversations with his sometimes dense disciples. In instance after instance, Jesus rebukes those who seek to understand his words in the ordinary sense. He even goes so far as to call those Jews who insist on doing so sons of the devil:
Why do you misunderstand what I say? It is because you are unable to hear what I am saying—you cannot bear to listen to My message, your ears are shut to My teaching. You are of your father the devil. (John 8:43-44)
There is a lesson in all of these admonitions, one that the Gospel writers were not-so-subtly trying to convey but which Literalist have ignored for centuries.
The Paradigm Of Historicity Primes Our Minds to Overlook the Figurative
Despite the Bible's repeated warnings to avoid strict, literal interpretations, centuries of teaching based upon the Paradigm of Historicity have primed generations of Christians to construe most passages as literal. Let's consider for now just a few of the general ways in which the Paradigm of Historicity has shaped our our interpretation of the Bible for centuries.
First, consider how the Paradigm of Historicity makes us want for the Bible's infallibility. As previously discussed, if the Bible contains any error, how can we be assured that the history it describes does not also contain error. And, if this history is called into question, then the conclusions of Atonement Theology, which depend on it, are likewise dubious. For Atonement Theology to survive, most Literalist feel compelled to defend the Bible's perfection.
But is the Bible perfect? We will spend a great deal of time on this issue in the second part of this book. Suffice it to say for now that Literalist have attempted to reconcile many discrepancies in the Bible, discrepancies that are easily explained by the fact that its books were written by different people at different times with different agendas, by developing the doctrine of "divine inspiration"—that is, the belief that the Bible writers were all possessed by, or under the influence of, the Holy Spirit when writing their respective books. Said another way, Literalists believe that while various persons were used as instruments, it was actually God who did the writing.
This doctrine is curious for several reasons. One is that many Literalist acknowledge that we don't know who wrote some books of the Bible (e.g., Hebrews, or even the gospels for that matter), nor can we determine exactly when many of them were written. Therefore, to assert that an unknown author writing at an indeterminate time was nonetheless certainly under the influence of God's spirit requires a peculiar type of faith.
Another is that the doctrine of divine inspiration causes us to interpret the Bible in an unnatural and extraordinary manner. Where we would see obvious contradictions and inconsistencies if we were reading any other book, the doctrine of divine inspiration causes us to see "common themes" and a "sequential revelation" when reading the Bible. For example, rather than reading Paul and James as disagreeing about whether salvation is the result of faith or works, Literalists develop a rather convoluted interpretation that attempts to synthesize the two positions. After all, since God wrote both the books of Paul and the book of James, and he could not have contradicted himself, this synthesized interpretation, no matter how strained or contrived, must be the one intended by God all along. Eureka!
Likewise, rather than seeing Jesus and his teachings as contradicting those of the Old Testament, Literalist adopt the rather contrived position that Jesus came to "fulfill the Old Testament scriptures". They reason that the Jews have simply misunderstood their own religion and writings for some three thousand years. Taking portions of the Jewish writing completely out of context, Literalist see Jesus everywhere: They read him into Psalms. They read him into Jeremiah. They read him into Isaiah. If only the Jews would stop their arrogant and "rebellious" reading of their own holy scriptures, the Literalist argue, they would see the "obvious" references to Jesus as well. Again, because God wrote both the Old and New Testaments, and He could not have intended to contradict himself, Literalist argue that the traditional Literalist interpretation, which reconciles the Old and New Testaments (however inelegantly), must be the interpretation God intended. All other possible interpretations are simply heresy.
The Paradigm of Historicity also requires us to view each separately named person in the Bible as actual, separate historical individuals, thereby excluding the possibility that various persons are actually symbols for various aspects of our own psyche. For example, initiates into the "Inner Mysteries" of the pagan mystery religions understood that the central characters of their religious myths were actually representations of themselves at various stages of their own spiritual journey, the multi-step initiation process that we will discuss in detail later. The same is true of the characters in modern Masonic initiations.
Furthermore, it is a virtual axiom among psychologists skilled in dream interpretation that the various characters in our dreams often represent different aspects of ourselves. In fact, Jung and his followers, as well as many others, have identified certain "recurring actors" in the drama of our dreams who represent definite aspects of our personality, including the "shadow," the "trickster", and the "anima" or "animus".
Unfortunately, the Paradigm of Historicity prevents us from contemplating any such figurative interpretations of the heroes of scripture. Since they are understood as actual, historical personalities, they cannot be understood symbolizing aspects of ourselves.
Likewise, the Paradigm of Historicity causes us to view the various acts of the Bible heroes as actual historical events, rather than as symbols illustrating the steps to spiritual enlightenment. Consider for example the teachings of Paul in Galations 2:20:
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me….
Reading this through the Paradigm of Historicity, the Literalist would argue that there's no way Paul is truly claiming to have had the same crucifixion experience as Christ because: (1) viewing the Gospels as a literal history book, Christ only died once, and (2) we know from the historical record (i.e., the Bible) that Paul wasn't actually crucified with him. Thus, the Literalist argues that Paul is simply drawing an analogy between Christ's literal crucifixion and Paul's figurative one. They view Paul's crucifixion as figurative, but Christ's as literal.
But Paul makes no such distinction. As we shall later see, Paul views his crucifixion experience as equal to Jesus' own. So, by contemplating the significance of the crucifixion story in other than historical terms, Paul may actually be understood as saying something like:
a) I had the same figurative crucifixion experience as Jesus' figurative crucifixion experience. Our experiences were identical.
b) My old identity, my ego, was crucified (i.e., died a slow, painful death) by my increasing consciousness. I no longer identify with my crucified ego as myself.
c) My true self is the "Christ Within". I'll explain later just who and what this "Christ Within" is.
While this interpretation may seem quite strange to one conditioned by the Paradigm of Historicity to think in terms of history, it will make much more sense, and indeed will be quite compelling, in later parts of this book. It is only the Paradigm of Historicity that makes such interpretation seem so foreign at the moment.
Finally, the Paradigm of Historicity also causes us to view locations in the Bible as actual geographic places rather than stops along the spiritual path, or "way". For example, Literalists must view the Exodus from Egypt as a one-time historical event from the actual country of Egypt. However, non-Literalist mystics from both Jewish and Christian traditions have for centuries understood "Egypt" in the Old Testament to be a symbol for "captivity"--that is, the condition of a person whose ego denies the influence of unconscious paradigms, who therefore is blind to them and who is, as a result, a slave to them. Similarly, psychologists skilled in interpreting dreams have long understood that the "places" within our dreams are often important symbols for other aspects of ourselves. For example, in dream interpretation, one's house is typically interpreted as a symbol for one's body, and a lake often interpreted as a symbol of one's unconsciousness. Again, the Paradigm of Historicity prevents us from making any such similar interpretations of scripture, to society's great loss.
To conclude, the Paradigm of Historicity has unconsciously controlled our interpretation of the Bible for 1600 years. It's now time to move on to Part II of this book to learn all of the many reasons why we should dispose of this unhelpful paradigm once and for all.


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I am afraid to ask but, High school freshman – Honors Class
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September 10, 2008 at 11:53 pm #10069
I have read the read first – and I admit I am quite afraid to ask.
My daughter was given a honors project for Biology at her very small private high school (maybe 150 students total)
It is on molecular biology (I think)
She was given no workbook, no information, and no idea as to where to find the answers.
I purchased the biology book recommended by the local universtiy, Biology by Campbell Reese.
But if we are looking directly at the answers, I am not sure that we can recognize them because I am not sure that you can just look up the answers without having read all of the chapters prior to this one.
(Especially since she is just a high school freshman)
Her teacher has no idea of where to find the answers, and this packet was made by one of the parents many years back, and he worked in a lab of some type.
Not one student has stayed in the honors program in the last five years, and the ten students that are taking it now in her class are all about to drop before they finish the first packet. (probably my daughter as well)
We are looking up the answers as best we can, however we are completely unsure if they are correct.
We were hoping to finish the first packet, and at least get to the second one – if it is as difficult (impossible) then we will have to let her drop.
My husband has a PHD in physics and cannot find the answers, and I cannot either.
I am not asking for answers, possibly just some help double checking what we can find, and also some direction if anyone else has this book – possibly help like – which chapter or paragraph to find the answer in.
Also – do you all think this is normal honors work for a freshman in high school?
If this is, then my daughter must be getting shortchanged by going to this school, beacause this information is no where at all in her book.
Please let me know if it is ok to post some questions and the answers that we are thinking are correct.'
Thanks for any advice you all may give.
Here is a sample question, one we tried to answer but are not sure it is correct.
Base-pair substitutions involving the third base of a codon are unlikely to result in an error in the polypeptide.
This is because
I think it is because:
Substitutions are restricted to introns.
Did our research pay off, or should we try again?
Any help is genuinely appreciated.
Rhonda 😆
September 10, 2008 at 11:58 pm #85846
By the way – we would just have her drop, however she wishes to study biology.
She desires to become a biologist someday, and has been scouting Scripps since she was just about 14.
She has already visited their campus – and is very serious about her goal.
Hawaii Pacific is choice two 😆
This has been her goal since she was in junior high, and she has a passion for biology.
I am hoping that this is really just above her head, and not something she should be expected to know as a high school freshman.
I do not want her to get discouraged.
Thanks again,
September 11, 2008 at 12:24 am #85847
For the specific question you asked, look into the term "wobble base".
Your daughter is going to need to do a lot of reading quickly. That's good. Use Wikipedia – while it's not a "final authority", many of the biology pages are pretty good and it can lead her toward an answer.
September 11, 2008 at 1:18 am #85848
Thank you,
I will have her search that term now.
I made a mistake earlier – my daughter is NOW 14.
She has been planning to someday be a biologist since she was just around 9.
She drags us on volunteer missions all over the globe, so she can learn.
Our most recent one was to Sabah (Borneo area) Malayisa.
She worked with a volunteer tree plating project there.
She studied tons of species of insects.. not my thing but she loves it.
She studies very hard, but there are just near impossible questions.
I have a little bit of a anatomy background, (RMT) but I can find nothing in any of the nursing books I have around.
We will search this one out.
Will update when we think we have gotten this answer.
Here is one we think we have done successfully.
(probably wrong – but we are trying)
The anticodon of a particular tRNA molecule is:
She found – complementary to the corresponding mRNA codon.
Crossing our fingers on that one too.
It is really the first page that is the hardest. She has done several pages of the seven page packet.
Hopefully we can muddle through the rest with a little help 🙂
umm.. here is a link to the textbook being taught at my daughters school, anyone know if this book is too far below what she should be using as a freshman?
September 11, 2008 at 1:32 am #85849
http://www.gettextbooks.com/search/?isb … -8&src=504
sorry – forgot the link.
Her book is this one 🙂
September 11, 2008 at 2:42 am #85851alextempletParticipant
How does her teacher not know the answers? Seems like the teacher should at least be able to point you in the right direction, unless s/he is just being sadistic (like my chemistry professor).
September 11, 2008 at 2:51 am #85852
You're overpaying for your education. I went to a public school and look how I turned out :D.
BTW, both the questions you just asked can be answered in the Campbell & Reese book. It's a good book.
September 11, 2008 at 3:14 am #85853
Thanks everyone.
I KNOW the teacher does not know the answers.
She is seriously lost – and is unable to help any of the 10 students.
They are all about to drop the class.
The packet is due in just around 2 weeks.
They are teaching ecosystems in her class, and the packet is on molecular biolgoy.
I am not sure why they are giving this out while teaching the other.
The words codon, eukaryotic cells, nucleotides, etc.. do not even appear in the index of her book 🙁
As for over paying.
I agree, we choose this school when she was younger based upon the fact that we travel extensively. It was much easier for her to get the homework assignments and also to make up the work. I think it was ok for elementary and junior high, but I am thinking for high school, we may need to make a change.
I appreciate the help, and even if she ends up dropping the honors, I think I will have her just start at chaper one in the Campbell textbook and do all of the work.
Possibly I can get the professror at the university nearby to grade the work for a fee.
This way she will at least be somewhat caught up when she begins college.
Do not want her to give up – since this has been such a long time dream.
Apparently – her current school text book is less than satifactory.
One teacher that I have recently been chatting with sent me this review from
The Textbook League:
Pretty pathetic excuse of a book 🙁
And pretty much what I thought when I began trying to look up answers.
We will keep trying to answer the questions with the Campbell textbook until we run out of time. If we still cannot find enough of the answers, we will drop the class.
Too bad I waited so long to get the book, the kids kept telling me that they were being told by the teacher that she was inquiring as to the location of the workbook that would go with this packet, unfortunately I just found out there was not going to be one.
We have less than two weeks left to finish, and she is in honors English and Geography as well.
Starting the Campbell book in addition, might prove to be too much.
Anyway – thanks again everyone.
You all are increadibly kind.
Rhonda 🙂
September 11, 2008 at 6:21 pm #85862
Here's one suggestion, I'm pretty sure your college profs are too busy to be grading papes but you can probably catch a grad student or even an undergrad who'd be willing to tutor/grade stuff. Rates are probably better than what you're paying the school.
September 11, 2008 at 6:28 pm #85864
Consider signing her up to audit a class at a community college. She'll get all the usual grading and testing but it won't go on her college transcript (except as an audit). On the other hand, you could just transfer her into the community college in a high-school completion program and let her accumulate usable college credit as she finishes her diploma requirements. I transferred to a community college in my sophomore year. I never did finish the diploma. But I did finish the doctorate.
September 12, 2008 at 6:55 pm #85900
Hey everyone,
Thanks for all the help.
Sorry for the delay in responding.
I have an e-store and have been totally swamped with sipments.
I will take a look into our community college.
There is one only a couple of miles away.
I did not know about the audit class, this is a teriffic idea!
I would probably like to let her get her feet wet (seems like she may be a bit behind) before letting her take a grade for it, but this is a really great idea!
I met with the drector on Monday, and she let this comment slip.
"I dont really know, we no longer use the book that these were taken from"
I am wondering if the kids were not getting high enough grades so they switched books.
(monstly gymnastic students at the school)
Honestly – none of these terms are even in her index.
The director reluctantly gave the answer key to the biology teacher, and the teacher will revise the questions and take out the ones that have never been covered in any of their biology classes.
They are covering ecosystems. – hope that helps explain my confusion.
Last year they touched on mitosis and meiosis – so I am guessing that the honors paper will be dumbed down to mostly these types questions.
My guess is that the students were not doing so well in the subject (probably due to the fact that teachers here are rotated in subjects, and are not trained in any particular subject – meaning the Latin teacher may be teaching math next year)
Not that the teachers are not skilled, just possibly not in the subject that they end up being assigned.
I would assume each teacher is most likely better at some subjects than others. (just as in every other profession)
I am beginning to think that the book was changed to an easier book based on the low grades.
am very glad that I posted this question, at least now I know what my daughter is NOT being taught, so I can find a source that will get her up to speed.
I will put a few more of the questions here – just so you can get a more clear idea.
After the review of the book, I am worried that the biology that she is being taught is going to leave her behind.
This is especially troubeling to me since this is the field she wishes to work in.
1. Base-pair substitutions involving the third base of a codon are unlikely to result in an error in the polypeptide, this is because?
A. substitutions are corrected before transcription begins
B. substitutions are restricted to introns
C. the base-pairing rules are less strict for the third base of codons and anticodons
D. a signal-recognition particle corrects coding errors
E. transcribed errors attract snRNPs, which then simulate splicing and correction
2. In eukaryotic cells, transcription cannot begin until?
A. The two DNA strands have completely seperated and exposed the promoter
B. Several transcription factors have bound together
C. the 5′ caps are removed from the mRNA
D. the DNA are removed from the template
E. DNA nucleases have isolated the transcription unit
3. Which of the following is not true of a codon?
A. It consists of three nucleotides
B. It may code for the same amino acid as another codon
C. It never codes for more than one amino acid
D. It extends from one end of a tRNA molecule
E. It is the basic unit of the genetic code
4. The anticodon of a particular tRNA molucle is?
A. complementary to the corresponding mRNA codon
B. complementary to the corresponding triplet in ?rRNA
C. the part of tRNA that bonds to a specific amino acid
D. changable, depending on the amino acid that attaches to the tRNA
E. acatalytic, making the tRNA a ribosome
5. Which of the following is not true of RNA processing?
A. Exons are cut out before mRNA leaves the nucleus
B. Nucleotides may be added at both ends of the RNA
C. Ribozymes may function in RNA splicing
D. RNA splicing can be catalyzed by spliceosomes
E. A primary transcript is often much longer than the final RNA molecule that leaves the necleus
6. Which of the following is true of translation in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
A. Translation is couples to transcription
B. The product of transcription is immediately ready for translation
C. The codon UUU codes for phenylalaine
D. ribosomes are affected by streptomycin
E. the signal-recognition particle (SRP) binds to the first 20 amino acids of polypepties.
Anyway – those sample questions are page 1 of the 7 page packet.
Page 2 is basically the same type of questions.
Page 3 is a bit easier, and my daughter was able to answer them, while the other 9 were not able to answer even one question in this packet.
Page 4 – You are asked to draw the nontemplate (coding strand) of DNA for the template shown:
The teacher told the kids – I have an example on the wall, just copy that one.
Question 2 on this page is
compare and contrast its base sequence with the mRNA molecule
Discuss the direction and base sequence.
Question 3 – this page
Describe three properties of RNA that allow it to perform dirverse rolls in the cell.
Now I am no teacher, but I would assume that if you copy the example on the wall, but have no understanding of why or what it does, you are surely not going to know how to answer questions about it.
page 5 is Give functions of following types of RNA
My daughter breezed through this one, although the other kids – again, said they have been unable to answer even one question in the packet.
Page 6 – Discuss the three stages of transcription (the DNA – directed synthesis of RNA) and quite a few questions in this area.
Page 7 is more of the same as page 6
Again – I assume that these are appropriate questions for Freshmen.
I just thought I would post them, so that if I possibly made the questions look much simplier than then were, you all could correct me.
September 12, 2008 at 10:44 pm #85901
I think these questions are fair.
September 13, 2008 at 1:51 am #85902
Ok, thanks everyone.
Just making sure.
Now to find a good course! 🙂
I know she wants to work in biology, so I had better get her up to speed and quick!!!!
Rhonda ~
September 14, 2008 at 6:15 am #85926MichaelXYParticipant
Chap 16 and 17 of the Campbell Biology book should cover the material in question. My book is ed. 7, ed 8 might be different.
September 15, 2008 at 11:53 pm #85941
If the teachers are not trained in the subjects they are teaching, you are not getting a good return on your education investment. The questions on the test look fine, they likely come from a test bank supplied by the textbook publisher. However, you are paying for competent instruction. A good instructor should not only be able to pull questions out of test banks, but should be able to respond to student's questions with informed and thoughtful answers, should be able to guide a discussion with questions crafted to lead students to a deeper understanding of the subject. Certainly for a natural sciences class, most instructors will need a sound academic background in the subject to be able to provide those services to students. An honors class should provide the highest level of instruction available, demanding that the students understand the basics of a subject well enough to address topics at a much higher level of cognition than "copy the base sequence written on the wall onto the answer sheet".
Perhaps you could schedule your international travel to conform to breaks in the academic schedule and move her to a more rigorous school. From what you have told me of your daughter, this school is not demanding enough from her.
September 23, 2008 at 3:56 am #86037
Just a quick update.
With the help of the Campbell textbook (first 300 pages) she successfully completed the honors paper.
Now we will just have to wait to see what her grade is.
I will say however, that in retrospect I am glad that she was given the packet.
We would never have purchased the book by Campbell.
She probably learned more in that one week then she would in a complete (ok maybe not complete) freshman biology class at pretty much any high school.
Now if I can just get her to read the rest of it 😆
Thanks for all of the advice and help.
I will check into the audit class – I think this could be really good for her.
Give her the feel of what the University courses might be like.
Thanks again 😀
September 24, 2009 at 5:35 pm #93021
So far, so good — teaching oneself is an important skill.
However, a biology class should be taught by a teacher with biology background, someone able to bring the ideas into context for the students and inspire some enthusiasm for the subject. It sounds like the school is not providing that. Consider other options, like that community college. There you are likely to find a dedicated biology-teaching professional.
June 25, 2010 at 7:08 am #100311arjel06Participant
That was a great information tatum. I wish for the success of your daughter. I know that she will understand things in this world soon. Just continue to read books and search some informative documents for her.
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NEW YORK -- Fifty-seven percent of employers with 500 or more employees are providing employees with a wellness program, up from 49 percent in 2006, according to MetLife's Sixth Annual Employee Benefits Trends Study.
Although the number of smaller employers (those with less than 500 employees) that offer a wellness program has remained steady the last two years at 16 percent, the study found that 94 percent of executives at large and small companies that offer a wellness program say they are effective for reducing medical costs. Wellness programs include items such as smoking cessation, weight management, an exercise regimen or cancer screening. Only 9 percent of employers impose financial penalties on employees who do not meet wellness guidelines – a percentage that has remained steady for two years.
The study's results also show that about four out of five employers that have wellness programs are providing incentives to encourage employee participation. Among employers that use incentives, the following motivational devices are being used:
- 40 percent of employers provide gyms/fitness center discounts.
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- 27 percent of employers offer a reduction in employee contributions to medical plans.
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"Health insurance is not health assurance. While health insurance can offer employees important financial protection for acute medical events, most health insurance is not designed to help employees and their employers take a preventive approach to serious conditions that can often be avoided with healthy lifestyle decisions. Helping employees see the value of wellness programs can lead to improved participation, which could affect not only their own current and future finances and productivity but that of their employers," says Ronald Leopold, M.D. and vice president, MetLife Institutional Business.
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Inspiration for this week's 'sermon' comes from Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Every morning, immediately we awaken (no matter where we happen to be) we surge up our iPad to check on the "status" of Zsa Zsa Gabor, one of the world's most enduring stars. The only remaining sister from the controversial Gabor trinity (her siblings Magda and Eva departed this mortal coil some years back), we've become somewhat preoccupied by her ongoing health issues.
As major fans of 95-year-old Zsa Zsa (the merest mention of her name is enough to make us swoon), we hope that Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt has honourable intentions as he protracts his ailing wife's tenure on terra firma. Though we're not convinced. There, we said it. Cynical? Us?
So precisely what, you might ask, does our preoccupation with the erstwhile movie maven have to do with today's style epistle? Well, as a kickoff, it references a famous Gabor quote, which in turn leads us to today's subject matter: stripes.
Discussing penitential garb (after receiving a custodial sentence for slapping a traffic cop), Zsa Zsa promised to drape herself in a prison gown by illustrious frocker Bob Mackie: "With lots of stripes, dahlinks!" We love that quote almost as much as we adore the woman from whom it originated.
Anyway, stripes. Horizontal or vertical, thick or thin, multicoloured or monochrome, we've been affixing and peeling decorators' tape - and hanging banded paper - since our designer shoots sprouted for the very first time. And that's, ahem, going back a long way. To illustrate today's sermon, we've delved, again, into the deep, wondrous vaults of our glossy image bank. One space, the blue and white fantasy, was created from the shell of a particularly gloomy bedroom, a style vacuum which, pre-correction, boasted no romantic allure whatsoever. But of course, plus ça change; with a hearty pinch of Highland hocus-pocus, we base coated the bedroom, then over-painted using jaunty baby blue. Rocket science? Hardly.
But just look at the results.
The second striped zone was even easier to achieve; you don't, after all, need a degree in interior design to apply a splodge of adhesive to the rear face of wallpaper. These days,
because the Internet is beset with wonderful wallpaper sources, there's no reason to fail. Many companies have room sets with interchangeable papers, a quirk which allows you to try before you buy. Visit the U.S. Home Depot site (www. homedepot.com) click on "decor" then "wallpaper" and, as if by magic, you'll be navigated to a page called "hang wallpaper in a virtual room." Simple.
In short, stripes are huge news. Only last week, while visiting The Chelsea Harbour Design Centre in London, there were stripes almost everywhere we looked. In the world of sartorial fashion, too, stripes have become increasingly de rigueur; you need only observe the current collections by Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs and Dior to corroborate our observations.
Couture fashion aside, we've assembled a foolproof guide to help you stay abreast of this exciting new home trend. Indeed, if you're ready to jump on the "band" wagon, here's everything you need to know.
Sometimes, the only thing you need to substantially alter an existing scheme is a simple tweak. Try positioning a banded rug, for example, to add visual drama as well as extra tactile depth in a plain room. Hey, presto: a brand new focal point around which further details can be added as and when required. Visit dashandalbert. com for inspiration.
Striped cushions artistically arranged across a self-coloured chesterfield will add contemporary flair. To amplify the effect, mix and match several patterns in a combination of low-key and dramatic colourways. Visit structube.com for great value ranges.
Bag a flat-sided privacy screen/ room divider and map out stripes with decorators' tape. Choose two or three shades that match or complement your existing decor and apply light coats.
Then simply peel tape and enjoy! Screens are great for hiding clutter and they can also be useful to help delineate function in an open-concept room.
If you'd like to create a subtle striped pattern, use same shade matte and satin paint finishes together. Apply the matte finish first and then, when dry, the satin banding. Low key, but so effective!
Striped drapery is an excellent way to add interchangeable style notes without having to paint walls. But take a tip: if you're having curtains made, remember that "pinched" or
pleated headings can affect the way stripes sit. In our opinion, "eyelet" or "ring top" dressing minimizes this problem. Visit draperytoronto.com for a mix of expertly fabricated custom and ready-to-hang curtain options.
Banded wallpapers aren't simply bang on trend, they can also help alter perceived room dimensions. Applying vertical stripes in a height challenged
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Rejuvenate furniture (as we did with the bed featured here) using inspired paintwork. Striping is a simple way to marry style and function and, if you're a good second-hand shopper, you'll
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As we sign off until next week, our final words hail, again, from the same sex pot who graced our opening paragraphs and who also once quipped: "'I'm a wonderful housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house." By following
our guidance, you, too, could have a home that's worthy of a dramatic court custody battle. Zsa Zsa would be so proud!
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As we are all aware at this point, Google launched their newest project revolving around social interaction yesterday. Google+ is already one of the most talked about things on the internet. It has caught Twitter by storm, and people are raving about both the web interface and mobile app , which is currently only for Android Phones.
The biggest complaint among users up to this point was the inability to invite anyone new to the service, beyond an initial 10 or 15 people. Google recently changed that policy, giving all existing users (myself included) a currently unknown number of new invites. They warn that these invitations are not unlimited, however.
It seems that Google recognizes that the biggest issue they will have with Google+ is getting people to use it. I felt that not letting users send out invitations was a poor choice for Google. It would appear that they heard all of our cries for Google+, and have given us what we really wanted.
While a full review is coming in the next day or so, let me give you a few of my early thoughts on Google+ right now. To put it simply: It's awesome. I think that the full integration with their mobile platform, the beautiful linking of social and search, and the great web interface all make Google+ a defiant player in the social space.
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On the International Day for Tolerance, Afghan women's rights campaigner Anarkali Honaryar and Palestinian peace activist Khaled Abu Awwad are the winners of the 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
The prize, created in 1995, on the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence. It was established through the generous donation of the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Indian artist, writer and diplomat Mr Madanjeet Singh, the prize honors his lifelong commitment to the cause of peace and tolerance.
The International Day for Tolerance was first observed in 1996 when UN Member States were invited to observe the day on 16 November, with activities directed towards both educational establishments and the wider public. The day grew out from the momentum of the 1995 Year of Tolerance when, on 16 November, UNESCO's Member States adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. Among other things, the Declaration affirms that tolerance is neither indulgence nor indifference. It is respect and appreciation of the rich variety of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.
The Day serves as an annual occasion for tolerance education as well as for wider social and political reflection and debate on local and global problems of intolerance. It is a moment to take stock of the progress made during the year and to propose fresh policies to close remaining gaps.
In his 2011 message, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "At times of change, we must stay true to the ideals and principles that are at the heart of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Among those core values is tolerance. Our practice of tolerance must mean more than peaceful coexistence, crucial as that is. It must be an active understanding fostered through dialogue and positive engagement with others." Read the full message.
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The confirmation of Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez as secretary for the Department of Labor on Thursday will not hinder the DOL's release of its fiduciary reproposal, which the Department says will come in October.
The Senate confirmed Perez by a vote of 54-46, making him the only Latino in President Barack Obama's cabinet.
Despite recent attempts by lawmakers — and those in the industry — to stymie the DOL's re-release of its fiduciary rule, the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration's Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, released July 3, states that a reproposal to amend the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) will come in October.
Fred Reish, partner and chairman of the financial services ERISA team at Drinker Biddle & Reath, says the DOL's controversial fiduciary plan could become a "point of contention" in letters from lawmakers or any potential upcoming hearings that Congress may have with Perez. But DOL's fiduciary "train has left the station."
Reish expects the DOL's fiduciary redraft to be at the Office of Management and Budget in the next few weeks.
The next step will be "to see the proposed regulation and the related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions," Reish says. "If the DOL has responded to the most important concerns of the private sector, then the reproposal could be less controversial than contemplated."
Robert Lewis, vice president of legislative affairs for the Financial Services Institute, agrees that Perez's confirmation will not change DOL's fiduciary course. "DOL has been moving forward [on its fiduciary plan] most of the year with an acting secretary," he says. "We do not expect anything to change with the confirmation today."
FSI, which has been a staunch opponent of DOL's fiduciary plan, said in a statement that it "looks forward to working with [Perez] in the future, especially as his department moves forward on their rule redefining the definition of 'fiduciary.'"
FSI said that it was "certain" that Perez "shares our concerns about small investor access to financial advice" under the DOL's fiduciary reproposal, and that FSI was "eager to work with him to protect middle-class Americans."
EBSA head Phyllis Borzi has been saying for some time that a rerelease of the proposed rule would come this fall.
But in the last couple of months, lawmakers have been pushing legislation to halt those efforts. First came the Retail Investor Protection Act, a bill introduced by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., which passed the House Financial Services Committee in mid-June by a 44-13 vote. The bill would require that the DOL wait to repropose its fiduciary rule until 60 days after the SEC issues its fiduciary proposal. The bill advanced to the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Borzi said in mid-June that she would not wait until after the SEC published its rule to release DOL's.
Then in early July, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced legislation that would return oversight of IRAs to the Treasury Department— stripping that oversight from DOL.
DOL has received significant pushback regarding its plan to include IRAs in its rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), with the most notable complaint being that advisors would lose their ability to earn commissions on IRA advice.
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First up on the show is Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto who's coming into the season as the defending champion and is currently bunkered down in Florida getting ready to unleash. RV's got some new suspension stuff, all new contracts and we'll talk to him about his legacy and what he's looking to improve on.
GEICO Honda's Kevin Windham is entering into his 18th season as a pro and is one of the most popular riders in the sport. Windham's legacy is assured no matter what but he's hoping to get a few more wins before he hangs up the Gaerne's. We'll have Windham on tonight to talk 2013, 2014 and much more.
Chaparral Honda's Andrew Short is recharged after a rough ending to 2012 and ready to get another supercross win this year. The solid, steady veteran of the sport is hoping to come out swinging on the all-new Honda CRF450 and he (and probably Moser) will be on the line tonight.
BTOSports.com team manager Forest Butler is stepping it up this year. The long-time privateer team has acquired factory support from KTM and will be heading into the new season with a lot of steam with riders Matt Goerke and Michael Byrne. We'll have Butler on tonight to talk about how this deal came together and his outlook on 2013.
Fly Racing's Jason Thomas will be on as well to dish out his usual knowledge and insight into, well just about everything.
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Two nights: LeRoi-less DMB returns to JPJ
For the first time in nearly three years, Dave Matthews Band will come home for a two-night stand at John Paul Jones Arena on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, January 17 at 10am. Members of the official DMB fanclub Warehouse can start making their orders online today.
Sadly, this will also be the first hometown show for DMB since the death of saxophonist and founding member LeRoi Moore in August due to complications from a June all-terrain vehicle accident on his farm outside Charlottesville.
Though the band's promotional photo would indicate that they have not opted to replace their fallen brother with a new, official member, Jeff Coffin of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will join the group to play Moore's parts just as he did in the days immediately following Moore's injury and continuing through the end of the band's fall tour. DMB will also have longtime partners guitarist Tim Reynolds and trumpter Rashawn Ross on stage for the spring tour.
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i hope they let us smoke blunts during the show...
I am glad that DMB is including Cville in this Spring's tour - and I hope if they do anything involving a memorium for LeRoi, that rowdy collegiates in attendance will respect them.
I plan to visit Charlottesville in the Spring with a friend! I'd love free tix from the HooK! That would be AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd rather see Phish...
It'll be schweeeete to see and hear Jeff Coffin performing with 'em and you know there'll be a nice tribute to LeRoi..
Geez, why bother? The last time they were here, they sucked so bad, I can't believe anyone would pay to go see them. They were drunk, unorganized, the sound was horrible, and just generally, one of the worst concerts ever. So long Dave. Change hometowns...
He already did. He lives in Seattle, way to stay current Capt. Newbcakes!!!
Thanks do you glide. Since they sucked so bad, I don't bother keeping up with Dave. re-jerk
i hope no one from the crowd decides to get on stage during the show again
It's me again! If you don't like Dave, why bother commenting on Dave. Leave it be, yo! No comments regarding my free tix request yet so...yeah, I'd love some tix from the HooK! Peace!
All you Dave-haters, please let us know what new, hip, bleeding-edge band you're into so we can all admire how hip you are, and join with you in trashing them when they become famous because that's how you keep moving against the stream and stay noticed. It's not about the band, it's about keeping the focus on you and how special you are.
I hope they play American Baby. Most. Rocking. Song. Ever.


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COLUMBIA - South Carolina should reinstate a program that regulates whether new medical facilities can be built, hospitals can expand and doctors can buy expensive equipment, according to a lawsuit filed by hospitals and health care associations.
Groups including the South Carolina Hospital Association asked the state Supreme Court last week to force the Department of Health and Environmental Control to continue operating the Certificate of Need program, the absence of which constitutes an "imminent harm" to the public.
DHEC chief Catherine Templeton suspended the program in June after the Legislature did not override Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of $1.7 million to run it. Haley has said she vetoed the funding because she thinks it's an impediment to the free market and is no longer needed.
When DHEC halted the Certificate of Need program, according to the lawsuit, the agency had 32 open applications totaling $86.4 million in requests. Some of these projects are in Bluffton and Beaufort County.
Before Haley became governor, Lexington Medical Center, where she worked as a fundraiser, fought for nearly a decade to be allowed to do open-heart surgery. DHEC initially refused permission but relented after a compromise was reached with another Columbia-area hospital.
The House sustained Haley's veto after Ways and Means Chairman Brian White took the floor and said the veto was just about the money, not whether the program should continue. Since that debate, House Republicans have subsequently said they did not intend to nix the program entirely, pointing out in a June 28 statement that an executive decision to discontinue the program "may be contrary to law but is certainly contrary to the will and intent of the House of Representatives."
DHEC spokesman Mark Plowden said Friday the agency is reviewing the hospitals' lawsuit. Anticipating such legal action, DHEC had already asked justices for an opinion on suspending the program, the details of which are spelled out in a state law that is still on the books.
It's that law, the hospitals' lawsuit argues, that means that neither Haley nor the Legislature - simply by upholding her veto - can simply unfund the program.
"That the CON Act has not been repealed demonstrates the General Assembly's intent that it should remain the law of this State," the hospitals argue.
The state Supreme Court has yet to say if it would agree to take up either lawsuit. In a statement, Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey said the issue should be settled by the Legislature's decision not to override the governor's veto.
"Legislators have long wrapped small amounts of funding for good programs around large amounts of money for bad to stop fiscally responsible governors from being able to budget thoughtfully," Godfrey said. "But let's be clear - the Legislature agreed with the governor by sustaining her veto, and state government has spoken with one voice: it's time for us to move past a bureaucratic program that makes health care more expensive and harder to get for South Carolinians."


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Clogging: Curb cholesterol to live longer
In Asia, red meat is as rare as pink diamonds in America (though I'm sure J Lo might have a trove).
When my cousins immigrated from South Korea in 1975, I remember how much red meat they ate. They ate so much steak and Korean beef BBQ that I thought they were going to put on cowboy boots and lasso up some steers. "Yeehaa! Beef!"
Does beef taste that much better than fish? I guess so, because studies have shown Asians in the U.S have more heart disease than their relatives back in Asia. Like vampires, we are putting "steaks" through our hearts. I have to be careful though– remember what happened to Oprah. (In 1996, she was sued by Texas cattlemen for fanning fears about "mad cow disease.") Thus I wonder, "Do most Americans worry about their cholesterol?"
I am amazed how much we talk about cholesterol yet so few people understand it. We see cholesterol information everywhere: in commercials, on food packages, at restaurants, on bottles of cooking oil. What I have observed is that most people don't realize certain fats become cholesterol inside the body.
I'm fascinated to see really unhealthy food packages brag in bold letters, "No cholesterol!" It's like the infomercials, "No cholesterol?" "That's right! No cholesterol." "You mean this is free of cholesterol?"
The ads are right: When you are eating these foods, they contain no cholesterol at the time you swallow. However, some of the fats in the food are converted into cholesterol once you digest them.
So in these cases, advertising, "No cholesterol!" is like saying gasoline is carbon monoxide free. Sure it is, but once your car engine burns it up, carbon monoxide is produced.
When I have a new patient, I often hear, "My cholesterol was checked and something was good and something was bad. I'm not sure what it means." When I send my patients their cholesterol values, I write down what's what.
HDL, high density lipoprotein, is good for you. It helps keep your pipes (arteries) clean, like Drano. People who exercise a lot and drink wine with dinner tend to have high HDLs. (I have a really high HDL. If someone has a higher HDL than mine, I compliment her not that I'm competitive!)
Now, LDL, low density lipoprotein, is the evil cholesterol. It's like pouring bacon grease down your sink clogs the pipes and leads to heart attacks and strokes. Triglycerides are also evil, like a hairball stuck in your drain. Then there are all sort of other lipids like Lp(a) and Apo B that we won't talk about today.
Diet and exercise are the best and safest ways to control your cholesterol. I don't think the pharmaceutical industry likes to hear this because cholesterol-lowering medications is one of the biggest markets. I don't think the pharmaceutical industry will every have to worry about most Americans lowering their cholesterol naturally.
Someone I love dearly (my father) has told me, "Why eat well? Why exercise? Enjoy and take medicine!" I must admit that sounds tempting. However, cholesterol-lowering medications can have side effects, like making you feel you just ran the Boston Marathon or just pickled your liver with a case of bad gin.
Cholesterol is pretty invisible. It's not like having a migraine or arthritis that you can feel. Cholesterol is like hair slowly clogging the tub: When it starts, your tub simply takes longer to empty. Then one morning when you're in a rush, you can't drain the water.
I know we all have to die sometime, but I tell my patients, "What makes you so sure you'll die if you have a heart attack or stroke? You might survive and be disabled."
Food for thought.
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OK so here's what BBAD had scrolling at the bottom of the screen" thanks to all who watch BBAD and we'll see you back here next summer"
Did anybody watch Julie on The Craig Ferguson show last night? And if anybody did, was anything interesting said about BB10?
Looks like the feeds are done for the season and the re-feeds will probably start at midnight tonight. I remember the very first scene when BBAD started on July 13th. All 13 houseguests were running through the house and backyard screaming their heads off.
I will be creating a new thread tonight when I get off work for the post season updates. The thread will be used to post wrap party pictures, homecoming party pictures, houseguest updates since returning home from BB, stuff like that. The thread will not be used to bash on the houseguests. The season is over and it is mainly to keep the readers and members updated on what the houseguests are doing and to post pictures or videos. Thank you!
I'm nervous for Dan. If he loses tonights vote it will be the worst finale vote since Danielle lost in BB3.
Quote from: Prickzy on September 16, 2008, 07:23:50 PMI'm nervous for Dan. If he loses tonights vote it will be the worst finale vote since Danielle lost in BB3.I feel the same. I'm just not sure he's going to pull this off. He really ticked people off in that house. But Memphis -- probably did to some extent also in that the HG's felt he was just skating by. the big question is - do the HG's look at game play or are they going to base their vote on emotion.?
If anyone is out there Will there be a live stream of tonights show or will anyone be updating or GASP Am I going to have to wait until 9:00CA time to find out who wins I can't remember from past seasons how itwas handled. Geee I'm feeling a little lonely This has been a good season
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In the thick of the presidential campaign, a documentary about a political wife wouldn't seem to offer respite from the clatter.
But that's exactly what "Ethel," an intimate, affectionate look at Ethel Kennedy by her youngest child, manages to do. It's a heartfelt reminder of public service's rewards and heaviest demands, elements that can be lost in the moment's rough-and- tumble.
It also honors a rarely interviewed Kennedy wife who was eclipsed by her more glamorous sister-in-law and sister in tragedy, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
Debuting tonight on HBO, "Ethel" offers the life and times of Robert F. Kennedy's widow through the lens of accomplished filmmaker Rory Kennedy, born six months after her father's 1968 assassination.
Her mother is a reluctant star but, with the help of siblings and a rich film and photo collection, Rory Kennedy creates a portrait of a feisty, devout and socially concerned woman who carried -- and carries -- on despite shattering loss.
"Ethel" weaves family memories with the major events of her husband's political life, including the Cuban missile crisis that confronted his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and RFK as U.S. attorney general.
It also creates a charming portrait of Ethel as a girl who would rather handicap the ponies than study her schoolbooks and who raised her children to be game competitors, never whiners, and never shrinking violets.
But Ethel Kennedy's on-camera discomfort marks her as clearly out of step with the Facebook crowd. So why agree to the project? "Because it was Rory who asked," replied Kennedy, 84, in an interview in which she kept her answers short, pointed and invariably self-effacing.
Asked to assess the film, she replied, "How remarkable she (Rory) is that she can pull something out of nothing. It's not like I've ever done anything. It's like I was just there."
Rory Kennedy quickly jumped in.
"It's consistent with how my mother speaks about herself. She has accomplished so much in her life and done extraordinary things," she said. "But as you can see, she's not comfortable giving herself credit for it."
The film paints Ethel Kennedy as an exemplary spouse, one who helped her husband overcome the self-doubt that came with being the youngest and smallest of his large, competitive family. As a mother, she encouraged her children to be involved in the world around them.
She held firmly to that standard even as a widow with a brood of 11 children (now diminished by the deaths of sons David and Michael).
Rory Kennedy recalled one moment that occurred when she, then a pre-teen, and her brother, Douglas, were at home in McLean, Va., watching televised coverage of arrests being made at Washington anti-apartheid protests.
"We walked in to the dining room and said, 'Mummy, we want to get arrested in front of the South African embassy,'" she recalled. "And mummy, without missing a beat, said, 'Great, let's go down there right now.' She took us down and we got arrested, and she couldn't have been prouder."
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