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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Palby Christopher Moore
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The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.
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- Publication date:
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Chapter One
You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't. Trust me, I was there. I know.
The first time I saw the man who would save the world he was sitting near the central well in Nazareth with a lizard hanging out of his mouth. Just the tail end and the hind legs were visible on the outside; the head and forelegs were halfway down the hatch. He was six, like me, and his beard had not come in fully, so he didn't look much like the pictures you've seen of him. His eyes were like dark honey, and they smiled at me out of a mop of blue-black curls that framed his face. There was a light older than Moses in those eyes.
"Unclean! Unclean!" I screamed, pointing at the boy, so my mother would see that I knew the law, but she ignored me, as did all the other mothers who were filling their jars at the well.
The boy took the lizard from his mouth and handed it to his younger brother, who sat beside him in the sand. The younger boy played with the lizard for a while, teasing it until it reared its little head as if to bite, then he picked up a rock and mashed the creature's head. Bewildered, he pushed the dead lizard around in the sand, and once assured that it wasn't going anywhere on its own, he picked it up and handed it back to his older brother.
Into his mouth went the lizard, and before I could accuse, out it came again, squirming and alive and ready to bite once again. He handed it back to his younger brother, who smote it mightily with the rock, starting or ending the whole process again.
I watched the lizard die threemore times before I said, "I want to do that too."
The Savior removed the lizard from his mouth and said, "Which part?"
by the way, his name was Joshua. Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Yeshua, which is Joshua. Christ is not a last name. It's the Greek for messiah, a Hebrew word meaning anointed. I have no idea what the "H" in Jesus H. Christ stood for. It's one of the things I should have asked him. Me? I am Levi who is called Biff. No middle initial. Joshua was my best friend.
The angel says I'm supposed to just sit down and write my story, forget about what I've seen in this world, but how am I to do that? In the last three days I have seen more people, more images, more wonders, than in all my thirty-three years of living, and the angel asks me to ignore them. Yes, I have been given the gift of tongues, so I see nothing without knowing the word for it, but what good does that do? Did it help in Jerusalem to know that it was a Mercedes that terrified me and sent me diving into a Dumpster? Moreover, after Raziel pulled me out and ripped my fingernails back as I struggled to stay hidden, did it help to know that it was a Boeing 747 that made me cower in a ball trying to rock away my own tears and shut out the noise and fire? Am I a little child, afraid of its own shadow, or did I spend twenty-seven years at the side of the Son of God?
On the hill where he pulled me from the dust, the angel said, "You will see many strange things. Do not be afraid. You have a holy mission and I will protect you."
Smug bastard. Had I known what he would do to me I would have hit him again. Even now he lies on the bed across the room, watching pictures move on a screen, eating the sticky sweet called Snickers, while I scratch out my tale on this soft-as-silk paper that reads Hyatt Regency, St. Louis at the top. Words, words, words, a million million words circle in my head like hawks, waiting to dive onto the page to rend and tear the only two words I want to write.
Why me?
There were fifteen of us well, fourteen after I hung Judas so why me? Joshua always told me not to be afraid, for he would always be with me. Where are you, my friend? Why have you forsaken me? You wouldn't be afraid here. The towers and machines and the shine and stink of this world would not daunt you. Come now, I'll order a pizza from room service. You would like pizza. The servant who brings it is named Jesus. And he's not even a Jew. You always liked irony. Come, Joshua, the angel says you are yet with us, you can hold him down while I pound him, then we will rejoice in pizza.
Raziel has been looking at my writing and is insisting that I stop whining and get on with the story. Easy for him to say, he didn't just spend the last two thousand years buried in the dirt. Nevertheless, he won't let me order pizza until I finish a section, so here goes...
I was born in Galilee, the town of Nazareth, in the time of Herod the Great. My father, Alphaeus, was a stonemason and my mother, Naomi, was plagued by demons, or at least that's what I told everyone. Joshua seemed to think she was just difficult. My proper name, Levi, comes from the brother of Moses, the progenitor of the tribe of priests; my nickname, Biff, comes from our slang word for a smack upside the head, something that my mother said I required at least daily from an early age.
I grew up under Roman rule, although I didn't see many Romans until I was...Lamb. Copyright © by Christopher Moore. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.
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Christopher Moore is the author of twelve previous novels: Practical Demonkeeping, Coyote Blue, Bloodsucking Fiends, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Lamb, Fluke, The Stupidest Angel, A Dirty Job, You Suck, Fool, and Bite Me. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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Having read "Fluke" and "Lust Lizard," I was already a big Chris Moore fan. But as a Christian, I fully expected to be offended by this book. Didn't happen. Sure, there's some strange stuff here -- wouldn't be Moore if it wasn't . But in the end, he pretty much gets it right! I found myself at times wiping away the tears of laughter and thinking, "Ya know, it coulda happened just like that." Maybe. I teach Sunday School and Bible studies, and I believe every Christian with a sense of humor should read this book! Those of you who don't have a sense of humor should probably skip it.
I thought this book was very funny. The hijinks that Biff and Josh get into is nothing short of fall on the floor laughing funny. The random humor interpieced with factual accounts of Jesus' travels makes the book completely worth the money. If you are looking for a book that will make you laugh, this is the one for you. Most people will appreciate the religous comedy if they have a sense of humor themselves. Not reccommended for the die-hard religous.
This is one of my absolute favorite books. It is hilariously funny, respectful, and somewhat philosophical. Religiously, if you are ultra-conservative about your beliefs, this will not be your cup of tea. If you can see the absurdity in certain aspects of life, and have an open mind, you will love this book without a doubt!
This is a very charming book that made me laugh out loud so many times. I fell in love with Biff with his humor and loyalty. I did shed a tear at the end but I believe most people would. This book is not to be taken seriously but it does make you wonder how Jesus life was as a child growing up. Did he really put lizards in his mouth :)!?...I miss the characters and wish the book didn't end. It's an easy read and I promise you won't forget to recommend it to someome.
I'd read Christopher Moore's "The Stupidest Angel" and "Fluke" before I found this book. I'll admit, I was very skeptical when I started it. I think I expected something a bit more blasphemous, but I was surprised. Moore does a great job of poking fun at one of the most important events in Christian faith without contradicting and insulting it....much. It's definately not a book I'd recommend to anyone unwilling to give him some creative license, because there are some portions that might bother those too sensitive about their faith (such as when Jesus's little brother keeps bashing a lizard with a rock just to watch him bring it back to life again). However, if you can accept it for what it is, you might love it!
Christopher Moore's books tend to be completely absurd on the outside, but under that you can find deep, meaning-of-life stuff too. I recommend it for anyone who likes something quirky, strange, and seriously funny!
I loved this book so much that I purchased several copies as Christmas gifts last December. I don't think I've ever read a more endearing account of the young Jesus. Not only is it laugh-out-loud hilarious; it's also a sweet and, in it's odd way, a quite believable account if only in spirit and not substance. Biff's fierce devotion to Joshua and his complete derision for the angel Raziel makes for a completely new approach to a story we're all familiar with. I've heard some suggest this book is sacreligious but I think it's one of the most sweetly written and "Christian" stories I've ever come across.
This is one of the best books Ive read in a long time. Kept me laughing out loud!
Maybe I should have been offended, but I was too busy laughing to think about it much. Christopher Moore is genious at taking this approach with Jesus' missing years. He still was the good guy in the end. By making Biff be the mischevious friend, Jesus gets let off the hook for experiencing these things with Biff. Placing Jesus in the middle of these kinds of situations and still having him come out being the man he was in the end was (an could probably only be) pulled off by Mr. Moore. I completely get it! I am completely sure that there will be many offended by this book. Please people, READ REVIEWS. I read through many for this book, and almost all said that if you are devout anything or easily offended by anything poking a little fun, this is not for you. Please heed this warning and if this is you, do not waste your time or money as you will be disappointed. This also has many situations that are completely inappropriate for the young. I loved this look at Jesus (and of course Biff). Please remember that this is a not so serious look at a very serious story, and remember that God did give us humor. Also remember that in the end, Mr. Moore got it right and maybe, just maybe gave us a different look at what made jesus the man he was. Thank you Christopher Moore for your wonderful imagination!! SPeeD
This is one of the best fictitious recountings of Jesus' early life. Lamb does an excellent job displaying the mystery of divinity and humanity. This is also one of the funniest novels I've ever read and re-read.
I always wondered what Jesus was doing before he started his ministry. Now, thanks to his boyhood friend Biff, we finally know...
Christopher Moore is an extremely talented, slightly disturbed, very funny genius and I worship at his alter of bizarre.
When I first saw this book I thought 'Interesting, the childhood of Jesus. Something no other author has really touched on. Great idea'. And so I read it. Not only did this book turn out to be absolutely hilarious, but it had a good point. Some people think this is probably blasphemous and whatnot, but what I got out of this book is that Jesus was just like all of us. Christopher Moore makes Jesus human in this book, really human, He's not portrayed as that divine perfection crap that they always tell us in school. This is a book that makes you think, and any book that can do that alone is amazing.
This was the first Christopher Moore book I read and now I have them all! This book is a great alternative story of the missing 18 years of Jesus' life from the Bible. If you are easily offended by off-color humor or gentle poking fun of Christianity, this book is not for you. Enjoy!
omg!!!!! so much talent wasted. should be over 18 to read this. where is the warning for adult content?
Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore The angel Raziel resurrects Levi bar Alpheus - the one called Biff - and gives him a task: He's to write a Gospel to tell the world about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years. Told in the first person point of view, Bill narrates how he and Joshua (Jesus) were best pals. They both had a crush on Mary of Magdala (Maggie) but only Biff gets to have sex with her, the night before she's to marry Jakan, son of Iban, a powerful Pharisee. Joshua has been forbidden to know a woman, even though Maggie had the hots for Joshua. Because no one in the temple can answer Joshua's quest for finding out how to be the Messiah, Joshua convinces Biff to follow him on his quest to find out. They seek the three wise men: Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspar. Their adventures take from age 12 to age 30 and include fighting a demon - who was keeping Balthazar young and alive, talking to the Abominable Snowman, saving children from being sacrificed at the Festival of Kali, learning meditation, Kung Fu, hot chicks....At one point Joshua pays for Biff to have sex with prostitutes so Joshua can learn what sin is.... After learning what they can from these experiences, they are called back by Mary, mother of Jesus, to face Joshua's destiny. Biff narrates Joshua's recruitment of the apostles and his missionary life ending with his passion and crucifixion. Biff does not learn of Joshua's resurrection until after he, himself, has been resurrected by the Angel Raziel because Biff killed Judas and then killed himself. While writing the gospel, he finds a hotel Bible and reads the four Gospels, thus learning that indeed Joshua resurrected. As a reward for writing the gospel, Biff is allowed to roam in the 21st century with Maggie, who also wrote her version of the gospel..... I found the book to be very tedious and boring. The point of view used was confusing and sometimes I did not know who was speaking. I did not enjoy Mr. Moore's humor. The book took forever to read forever and a lot of will to finish it. I wonder who his audience is: for Christians the book will seem to be a blasphemy, and for agnostics and atheists it will be nothing more than another version of the same fiction. I don't know who to recommend the book to.....
Clever and heartfelt, Moore does it again. Glad to make this my first Nook book!
While I was certainly entertained from the first page to the last, and the story provided more than a few laughs, I wasn't as entertained as I thought I would be. The tale proved every bit as imaginatively creative as the name implied, and Christopher Moore managed to take more than a few liberties along the way, which did serve to heighten my enjoyment of said story. But I never felt it achieved its promise of being a literary masterpiece, especially when early on Joshua had stuffed lizards in his mouth, after his brother had popped them on the head with a rock. Biff was a character worthy of his name. By the end of LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF, CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD PAL, he managed to have more sex than a prostitute in a Las Vegas whorehouse, get in more trouble than the snake in the Garden of Eden, spout off more one-liners than an action hero, and provide more comedy than many comedic performances. Yet, his character still held a certain amount of emptiness by the end of this grandiose tale. And he never fully reached the promise of his tornado-like status. But, on the other hand, this novel managed to take some darker moments in Joshua's life and add a bit of lighthearted appeal, and in the end, that's where much of the charm in this book lies. Only it fails a bit in reaching even its own lofty expectations. Still this proved to be an enjoyable read, as long as you don't take Biff, or the story itself, too seriously. Robert Downs Author of Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator
Loved this book. Each character was a delight. Moved quickly and was a beautiful look at a world long gone and so revered that we forget people have had a sense of humor for a long time.
The story is funny ALL the way through. He will have you rolling on the floor laughing!!!
If more christians read lamb perhaps they would take their differences less seriously.
Classic Christopher Moore, funny and thought provoking at the same time.
Biff is us and we are him and Jesus loves us anyway and God does have a sense of humor. Don't expect spiritual transformation, this is pure entertainment, but Mr. Moore did his homework, kept true to Jesus, and "forgives us our trespasses" for being human.
Jesus with humor
Loved it! But it was like eating chips. My good angel was on one shoulder saying i really should stop eating and the less than perfect one on the other side enjoying the salty, fattening treat. Mouth full, saying "more, don't stop!".
This was a great story. It was humerous, it was emotional, it was amazing. The whole retelling of the story according to Biff gives an interesting way to look at the story of Jesus.
The way Christopher Moore fills in the missing 30 years of Jesus's life is wonderful. He does it in such a way to shine light on Christ's humanity. He does this by showing that Christ isn't above hitting his friend for an off color comment, much like we would today. This book is a great read and I recommend it to everyone.


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Recently, my older daughter Laurel was pretending that her father and I were guests at her house, and we were helping to take care of her while her parents were out at a meeting. She showed me the kitchen, and suggested I might want to make mac n' cheese for her and her baby sister. Over dinner, she decided to talk about her family.
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"What other holidays do you celebrate?" I asked, curious to hear how she might answer.
"We also celebrate Hanukkah, of course," she continued, "but we have Christmas too," she said, "because my mommy is Christian."
"Oh, really?" I replied. "That's interesting. I think your mommy told me once that she actually is more of a Unitarian Universalist," I clarified, thinking fast. Well, UUs historically were Christian, but today, many UUs wouldn't call themselves Christian, for a variety of reasons, not least because they can't quite accept some of the central tenets of Christianity. Oh, ack, what do I say! I'm much more of a cultural Christian, I suppose, since I was raised in the Episcopalian church, but, but, but… how do I explain this in one sentence, to a 5-year-old!
I continued to play along with the conversation. "I suppose your mommy is sort of Christian. She's a very, very liberal Christian," I added. "And she celebrates Christmas, yes." Perhaps it would be best to save explanations of nineteenth-century doctrinal changes for a few years, I thought.
When my husband Ben and I first started dating, one of our first outings as a couple was to hear Harvey Cox speak on his book about raising a Jewish child, Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year. We'd only been dating for a few weeks, so attending this event seemed kind of significant, and definitely nerve-wracking. What I learned, though, was that Cox and his wife, who is Jewish, decided to raise their son Jewish because of matrilineal descent. When it came to Christmas and other Christian holidays, they would simply tell him that those were his father's holidays.
This sounded like simple enough advice, and something to think more about.
I now know that this suggestion is hardly quite so simple, and that questions of identity will look different for different children as they age.
When Ben and I started to discuss marriage, it also seemed simple to decide that our children, if we were blessed with any, would be Jewish. Or at least that's how I remember the conversation going. We'd just gotten engaged a couple of days earlier, and were sitting on the old green futon that functioned as our first couch back in the grad-school days. I told Ben, "I've been thinking about this, and since Judaism has an ethnic component to it, as well as a religious one, I think our kids should be raised Jewish."
I remember the surprise, and the happiness, that I saw in his eyes. "Really? You'd do that? Because Reform Judaism accepts patrilineal descent," he told me, "meaning that Judaism can pass through the father as well as the mother. I'm so glad you're open to this!"
Our ketubah, which we wrote ourselves almost a year after getting engaged, seems to imply a different intention. I've just looked at it hanging there in our living room now, and it clearly expresses our desire to create a home that honors our Jewish and Unitarian Universalist heritages, one that, should we be blessed with children, would "honor justice, respect diversity, love the holy, and make whole the world." This phrase rather nicely sums up what Ben and I hold most dear, theologically speaking, but nowhere does it say we're going to raise our children as solely Jewish!
That's funny, I find myself thinking. I thought we'd agreed to raise our kids Jewish? Didn't I tell Ben that I agreed that we should raise Jewish children?
Or did I mean that I wanted to be sure they had a Jewish identity, even if that identity is only one of the labels a child might choose? After all, we have two Christmas-celebrating Jewish children, children who receive Easter cards each spring from still-confused relatives, children who this year participated gleefully in their first Easter-egg hunt.
How confusing!
At least, it sounds confusing to me. I'm not sure it's confusing to our older daughter. It's simply who she is. Just a couple of weeks ago, she was proud to share a box of matzah with her class at school, and on the way home that day, she told me, "I'm the only Jewish kid in my school." I'm not sure that's quite numerically true of the school, even if it is of her classroom. However, what rings more true than a statistic is the extent to which, at this point, Laurel clearly considers herself to be Jewish—and whether she'd say it this way or not, she knows, too, that it's not quite that simple.
Happy Bat Mitzvah Anniversary!
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I may be wrong, but I'd imagine that for many people who grew up Jewishly, whether you practice Judaism or not as an adult, your anniversary, or at least the memory of your Bar or Bat Mitzvah would carry a little of that. In my estimation, the main difference between having had a Bar Mitzvah and not is not whether or not you ever became an adult, or people ever talked to you about "becoming an adult." It's that if you had a Bar Mitzvah, there was a moment in time that stood out in marking that progression (even if it was years before adulthood set in), rather than the multitude of smaller events that mark the passage from child to teen to adulthood over time for all of us.
So what is my Bat Mitzvah Anniversary about for me? As much as we can recognize that in today's society, a child is hardly an adult, or near that, at 13, there are some big things that happen when you become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. First, of course, you are called to the bimah to read from the Torah – the first time you are fully able to do all of the things adults do during religious observance. Through Torah and D'var Torah (the speech), you make a commitment to begin engaging with your community as an adult – to try out being a grown-up. But the other stuff? Here are a few things:
So perhaps my Bat Mitzvah Anniversary is a mini birthday for my individuality and independence, or perhaps it is just a day to remember how lucky I have been to have lots of great people around me in my life. If you were raised Jewishly, perhaps some of this resonates for you. If you weren't raised Jewishly, and you have a Jewish partner, or a child who has become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, give them a mazel tov on their anniversary this year.
Jewish Education Can't be Optional
For four years, we tried a day school education for our son. For the first two years, it worked. The secular education was excellent, our son's Jewish identity blossomed, and his knowledge of Jewish history, texts, and the Hebrew language grew.
But our overall satisfaction with the education didn't mean that we thought the school was perfect. It wasn't, no school is. We wished there was a greater sense of community and felt that the Jewish studies program was too narrowly focused. But our son was thriving, so it was easy to overlook these issues.
In our son's third year, the school put in place a new administration. It adjusted the secular curriculum and teaching style in a way that didn't work for our son. Now the lack of community and the prayer and language focus of the Judaic education nagged at us. Still, we gave the changes a chance. But by year four, it was obvious it was time for a change.
Moving from day school to a non-Jewish learning environment meant that our son would attend religious school starting in the fall. Some of our extended Jewish family and the day school administrators suggested that we let him skip it for a year since he would be ahead of the other students. I wouldn't consider it.
I didn't care that he was practically fluent in Hebrew. I didn't care that his understanding of the Torah was deeper than other children his age. I didn't care that weekday Hebrew and Sunday school might be filled with much drudgery. And I didn't care to listen to my son whine about going before he even attended a single class. He was going to religious school. Period. The end.
I explained to him that religious school was not optional and that it was something that a majority of American Jews endured; a right of passage. I told him that if he didn't go he'd feel left out when all of the other kids complained. I wanted him to have something to complain about too.
I knew it was futile to try to convince him that religious school was fun. I wasn't sure it was. I knew from my position as a trustee at my synagogue that the religious school staff was working to improve the experience, but I wondered how much improvement there had really been in the past 30 years.
But it didn't matter to me whether religious school changed a little or a lot. My son was still going. I cared too much about a Jewish future to make it optional.
People think that the faith of a marriage partner is a monolithic determinant of Jewish identity. It's not, but Jewish education is. According to a 2008 Steinhardt Social Research Institute study, "every additional hour of Jewish education received has an exponentially greater impact than the hour that came before" on the relevance of Jewish identity and attitudes towards Israel.
Another significant predictor of future Jewish engagement is community. The Steinhardt study found that adults who grew up "with more densely Jewish social networks are…more likely to engage in ritual practice…and to raise their children as Jews."
Religious school might be universally loathed, but it is a shared activity. And shared experiences create bonds. Like it or not, religious school bonds most American Jews. It builds community.
Over the course of a few hours each week, Jewish kids engage with other Jewish kids. For some, it's the only time they interact with other Jews. For others, like my son, it's a place to rekindle relationships with preschool friends and reconnect with kids from overnight camp. This community is what makes religious school tolerable, and dare I say it, enjoyable.
My son may complain about going, but on the way home he always says he enjoyed it. He likes his teachers, likes the discussions, and loves seeing his buddies. I'm surprised and thrilled because as Deb Morandi's recent blog post points out religious school is not enjoyed or even tolerated by all.
I give Deb credit. She has not given up on Jewish education and is trying to find an alternative that can help make being Jewish meaningful and enjoyable for her children. Luckily, there are many choices that involve various levels of parent engagement. I hope Deb and other parents in similar situations find an educational method or tool that works for their family because education is too important to a Jewish future to be optional.
Your Teen is Interdating–Some Things to Think About
Over winter break, an inmarried Jewish friend told me that her son was no longer dating the nice Jewish girl from his summer camp. He was now dating a not Jewish girl from his high school. I could tell my friend wasn't enthusiastic about the relationship.
The following week, I received a message from another inmarried friend with two teenage sons. She had just read about the decision by the USY board to drop its policy prohibiting teen board members from interdating. She asked if I could write about the topic since dating was an extension of the intermarriage conversation.
I sensed that both of my friends were a little anxious about the subject even though they were Reform Jews with open minds, open hearts, and intermarried friends that live Jewishly. I also sensed that they weren't sure how to talk about interdating, and no one was discussing it with them either. My friends were looking for information and some guidance.
This post is for them and other parents who are navigating teenage interdating. Dealing with adolescent romance is not easy, and the issues of Jewish continuity and intermarriage can add a layer of stress. Here are few things for parents to keep in mind.
Few high school couples marry. Estimates suggest that high school sweethearts comprise only 2% of new marriages, and a 2006 Harris Interactive survey found that only 14% of respondents age 18-27 met their partner in either high school or college. With dating abuse receiving much attention of late, it is more important that your child is in a healthy, positive adolescent relationship than a relationship with someone of the same faith. Talk to your teens; teach them how to date, how to respect themselves and others, and how to protect themselves from abusive behavior.
Critical Jewish experiences are better predictors of future Jewish engagement than the faith of a romantic partner. I note in From Generation to Generation that the level of Jewish activism in a home–ritual observance, Jewish education and social networks–is a stronger predictor of Jewish continuity than the faith of a love interest or marriage partner. Do you regularly celebrate Shabbat and other Jewish holidays in your home? Do your teens participate in Jewish education post-b'nei mitzvah? Are they involved in Jewish youth organizations and activities? Do they attend Jewish camp? Has your family or teenagers traveled to Israel? Do they have Jewish friends? Answer "yes" to some or all of these questions and it's likely that your children have a solid Jewish identity and will choose to make a Jewish home, regardless of the religious identity of their mate.
Telling your children "don't" won't ensure Jewish continuity. In From Generation to Generation, I quote an Orthodox father of five who says, "Guaranteeing Jewish identity is the sum of everything you do when you raise your children. It's not just telling them don't." Simply prohibiting interdating won't make Judaism important to your children and unless you plan to arrange your child's dates, you have little control over the identity of his or her romantic partners. But you do have influence. According to Sylvia Barack Fishman, author of The Way into the Varieties of Jewishness, parents have the biggest impact on their children's Jewishness when they are involved in and show a strong commitment to Jewish activities and regularly explain in an honest manner why they engage in Judaism. Talk to your teen about why Judaism and its continuation is important to you. Share your hope that he or she will want to have a Jewish home and raise Jewish children irrespective of the faith of their partner. Don't just do this once; make it an on-going conversation. Show them that you mean what you say by engaging in Jewish life in your home and community.
Welcome the stranger. Make an effort to get to know your child's not Jewish boyfriend or girlfriend and create opportunities for him or her to learn about your family and your child's upbringing. Invite them to join you for Shabbat dinner, a Passover Seder or High Holiday meal. Ask them to participate in your Hanukkah celebration. Use these occasions to expose your child's beau to Jewish life, show them that Judaism is important to your family and give them insight into a different tradition. These experiences are an opportunity to break down stereotypes and build understanding and acceptance.
Interdating during the teen years is part of teenage social experimentation, but it can be difficult for parents. Preventing interdating is unrealistic and fearing the future you have little control over is unproductive. Focus your energy on influencing your teen's connection to Judaism by planting Jewish seeds, nurturing them often and talking about the importance of Judaism in your lives. Not only will this help strengthen your family's ties to the Jewish faith today, but it will increase the chances that Judaism will continue to blossom through your children tomorrow.
Ruthie Loves Sunday School
My memories of religious school are pretty varied. I remember visiting the sanctuary in first or second grade, a room whose enormity overwhelmed me, watching a few old men daven in the corner while our teacher pointed out the ark and the eternal light. I remember great conversations in our Jewish Studies sessions in later elementary school, reading coming-of-age stories about Jewish children and discussing them together. I remember lots of bagel cafe sessions, too many, if I recall, designed to drill down on how to order cream cheese in Hebrew.
I also remember a few teachers who seemed old-fashioned and way too strict. I remember some social dynamics between middle school students that hardly seemed to reflect the Jewish values we were learning in class. I remember some unfortunately contentious conversations during Confirmation class with a rabbi who didn't seem to understand us teenagers. Like my secular school experience, there were things I liked, and things I didn't. When all was said and done, I think I would say religious school was important, and I learned things that have stuck with me. There were people and things I loved about it, but I am not so sure I would ever say I loved it.
We are only two months in, but Ruthie loves Sunday School. I didn't expect that. I hoped she'd like it. I hoped she'd learn some things that would stick with her. The big surprise of this school year is less about her Monday-Friday school experience, and more about how much she loves Sunday School.
There are a few reasons why Sunday School had a step-up in the likeability scale before she even started. She has a Sunday School best friend, who she met last spring, who not only clicks with her beautifully but even shares her name (another Ruthie!). Unlike many of her peers, Ruthie started in public school in pre-kindergarten, so her Monday-Friday school is old hat, but this is her first year in Sunday School, so there is a shiny newness to it. And Sunday School is something that only Ruthie does – Chaya isn't old enough for it, so her Sunday morning obligation also solidifies her position as a more mature sister.
But that alone isn't enough to create love. I give the majority of the credit to the reality that her Sunday School is loveable. The temple where we are sending Ruthie is one of many where I have seen a commitment to make religious school awesome, recognizing that a lot of the parents dropping off kids on Sunday morning did not love Sunday School. The curriculum is varied and current. Once the kindergarten crafts are done, Ruthie's class engages in Hebrew Yoga to connect themselves to Jewish concepts and spirituality. Learning about Torah is so fun that we have overheard Ruthie bragging to her non-religious friends about how cool it is that she is learning about it.
A friend with older kids assured me that Ruthie's love is likely to wane, that I can expect an adolescent girl at some point that I'll have to drag to temple on Sunday morning. I don't doubt that that may lay ahead. But for now, Ruthie loves Sunday School, and it is a pretty great gift.
Don't let the Weather Fool You, It's Time to Think Camp
While many people have apple cider and pumpkins, and maybe even turkey and holiday gifts on their mind, I'm thinking about camp. Part of why I have camp on the brain is that I just watched the American Camp Association's 2009 video "Because of Camp." My overnight camp posted it on Facebook.
How I, a die-hard former camper and lover of all things camp, did not see this video previously escapes me. It features celebrities, athletes and journalists speaking about how camp changed their lives. It made me reflect on how camp helped me realize that I was a good athlete even though I was always the smallest girl on the court or field.
It also made me think about how summer camp is affecting my son Sammy. He is discovering new passions and broadening his horizons, learning life skills and independence. Because his camp is Jewish, he is also deepening his connection to the Jewish people, and experiencing Judaism in ways that are often more relevant to him than religious school, services or home ritual.
The other reason I have camp on my mind is because it's registration season. Many Jewish camps open enrollment following Yom Kippur and offer early birds discounts. I signed up Sammy three weeks ago and paid a discounted rate. Now is also the period to investigate and apply for camp scholarships if this is a consideration.
If you or your children still have questions about camp, the fall and winter are the seasons to get answers. Check out camp videos online; attend a camp presentation at a synagogue, school, community center or private home, or schedule a meeting with the camp director when he or she visits your area.
Another reason that the time is right to think about camp is that between the fall and early spring, some camps invite existing and potential campers to camp for youth retreats. For first-time campers, these weekends are a chance to experience camp to see if they like it or are ready to be away from home. For returning campers, they are a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and make new ones before the summer. Sammy will be going to his camp for a retreat in early November, and he can't wait.
It sounds counter-intuitive, but sweater weather is really the best time to think about camp. June, July and August are great months to see camps fully operational, but apple season is when you should make your children's summer plans. To help you in your planning, refer to these InterfaithFamily resources:
Don't let the fall leaves and crisp air fool you. Now is the time to "think camp." You and your kids will be glad you did.
Our First Rosh Hashanah Seder
By now hopefully you've had a moment to read about Jane Larkin's Rosh Hashanah parties, which I plan to crash if I am ever in Texas for the Jewish New Year. This year my family started a new Rosh Hashanah tradition, too, although we hardly invented it; it was just new to us. At a family program at Ruthie's Sunday School, the Rabbi taught us about the Sephardic tradition of the Rosh Hashanah Seder (which you can read about here on InterfaithFamily). I had never heard about this tradition, but figured it was worth a whirl. It was not only fun, but it brought with it a great chance to explore our hopes for the New Year in a new way. And it had the added bonus of being a very tasty addition to the celebration, as well.
The Rosh Hashanah seder is a seder of word plays, so the order is a series of foods that you eat, each of which has a word play that expresses our hopes for the New Year. For example, the Hebrew, or Aramaic, word for beet is related to the Hebrew word for beat, so when we eat it we can think about beating our swords into plowshares, or beating a path to free ourselves from our enemies. They are word plays that force a chuckle or a smile but also beautifully represent hopes for a sweet, peaceful and fulfilling year.
The spirit of the Rosh Hashanah seder is lovely, and the eats are good (more details on what we ate at the end of this piece). But it also offered something else to my family. As a parent of young kids, it is hard to find space to connect to the holiday. I derive joy and spiritual connection from watching my girls discover their Judaism, but sometimes it is hard to find time to remember my own Judaism. My time in the synagogue is a mix of reading, reflection, and making sure Chaya is coloring only on her coloring sheet, and not the synagogue furniture. The chance to extend the day's observance to the intimate setting of our own home, where my kids can vacillate between the table and playspace, gives us all another inlet for observance. So our first Rosh Hashanah seder was a wonderful addition, and hopefully the first of many.
And in case this all sounds nice, but like too much to coordinate, here's a shortcut to our seder:
We used the Sixth & I Historic synagogue seder book, which can be downloaded here (IFF's Benjamin Maron also recommends another book in this 2012 article).
Here's what we ate:
L'Shanah Tovah!
The Evolution of an Awesome Rosh Hashanah Observance
When Sammy was little, everything about being Jewish and celebrating Jewish holidays was "awesome." His love of all things Jewish stemmed, in part, from his loving and joyful experience at the preschool at our synagogue. It also came from a conscience effort made by me and Cameron to make religious engagement enjoyable.
As I wrote in Rosh Hashanah Party for the New Year, Cameron and I felt that when we were children faith was more serious than fun. We believed that this more formal approach to religion was one reason many in our generation were less religiously engaged as adults. In my own family, I had siblings and relatives–inmarried and intermarried–who celebrated Jewish holidays because they felt obligated to; not because they found them meaningful or fulfilling.
We wanted Sammy to have a different relationship with faith. We wanted him to see the joy in Judaism, so we tried to create fun and memorable celebrations. These holiday observances had a strong community component in order to help nurture Sammy's connection to Judaism and the Jewish people.
When Sammy was in preschool, we decided to host a Jewish New Year party. We created a carnival-like atmosphere in our backyard for Sammy and our friends' families to enjoy. We had games and holiday crafts and apple and honey-themed treats.
We had an apple beanbag toss, a kid-safe version of bobbing for apples using Nabber Grabbers, and a Pin the Apple in the Tree game. There were Rosh Hashanah-themed coloring pages, a Design Your Own Apple Tree craft, and apple-shaped cookies to decorate. It was a lot of work, but it was, in the words of my then-preschooler, "awesome." Our friends and their kids also loved it; so much so, that we decided to make it an annual event.
After several years of our Rosh Hashanah backyard carnival, Sammy and his friends outgrew the crafts and games. Our party had become too babyish. When Sammy told me this, I was a little shocked. He was still my little boy. Wasn't it just yesterday that he stopped wearing diapers? How could he be too old for coloring pages and the beanbag toss?
However, the fact was that he stopped wearing diapers four years earlier, and sports were now much cooler than Pin the Apple in the Tree. Sammy asked if we could replace the little kids stuff with gaga. Gaga is an Israeli variation of dodgeball that is played in an octagonal or hexagonal shaped pit and is popular at US Jewish summer camps and day schools.
So, in order to maintain the awesomeness of our Rosh Hashanah party, we turned our backyard into a gaga pit. Doing it was a real sign of Cameron's love for me and Sammy. Cameron derives much pleasure from working in the yard, and he sacrificed his grass for his Jewish family. I could tell that it took a lot of emotional energy for him to remain calm as he watched the lawn disappear inside the large space we used for the pit.
Once we established gaga as the party activity, I thought we had found a way for the tradition to grow with the kids, but Sammy and his friends were one step ahead of us on the coolness ladder. Last year we were told that gaga was out (Cameron was thrilled!), and choose your own adventure (or activity) was in. We adapted again.
We moved the party to a park in our neighborhood and invited our friends for coffee, juice and sweet (in honor of the New Year) breakfast treats. Some families brought their dogs and others brought balls. The kids played Frisbee, basketball, baseball and other games they invented; the adults spent time catching up.
The celebration was…awesome, and it was about what it has always been about: sharing the holiday with our community, creating happy Jewish memories for our family and friends, and helping Sammy and his friends learn to associate observance with fun and enjoyment, rather than simply obligation.
When we host our annual Jewish New Year celebration this weekend, it will again follow the freedom-to-do-what-you-want model, and I imagine that we will stick with this format for a while now that Sammy is moving into the tween years. But then again, it might change. If I've become hip to anything over the past few years, it's that we must evolve to remain awesome. Just as we sometimes need to rethink our celebrations in order to keep them relevant to the next generation.
Mourning, Consolation and Joy
The night before I left for my family vacation, I paid a shiva call to a friend who had just lost her sister. In the middle of my visit, a rabbi friend-of-the-family led those present through the first night's shiva minyan. Before we began the Mourner's Kaddish, the rabbi explained that this night was a very special Shabbat. It was Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Consolation. After the somber observance of Tisha B'Av, Shabbat Nachamu begins seven weeks of consolation, of shifting from mourning to comfort as we clear our minds and prepare for the New Year. It was a beautiful frame to put around this heartbreaking time, and gave those of us present a sense of purpose in being with my friend's family in that moment. It also fortified me as I prepared for my annual trip to the Maine lakes, a trip that my Mom organized for 29 years, including 2012, the year she, like my friend's sister, lost her life to cancer.
When I arrived at the lake, I sensed so many things that were missing, so many things to mourn. The plastic bins she packed neatly with games and crafts were missing, replaced by a mish-mash of last-minute items I had thrown into canvas bags. There was an empty seat around the campfire, and no easel set up on the dock, waiting for a sunset to paint. When I think of my mom in Maine, I see her smiling in the oversized neon green and blue plaid shirt she inherited from an old high school friend of mine, and her laughter echoes off of the lake. There are so many ways in which she is not there, and I mourn them all each year that I go up without her.
But this year I carried the rabbi's words about Shabbat Nachamu with me, and tried not to look back quite so much. There were consolations and small comforts all around me if I opened my eyes to the present. The beauty and tranquility of the lake are gifts that live on. My Dad, siblings, and our kids and partners are still a family: a family that treks hours through weekend summer traffic to be together, to cook hot dogs on an open flame and then to find a new stone to overturn – a new farm to visit, or a new craft project to undertake. I can see a paintable sunset and relish it, even if I can't paint it like my mom could. My nephew, whose entire life began after my Mom died, is making his way fiercely in the world and reminding me of how much of life remains for all of us to discover.
And then I found another new joy that surprised me. My girls are becoming friends. Not in the way it's been, where I can get Ruthie to distract Chaya with a book while I change my shirt, or where the girls sit beside each other at the table but interact on separate mental planes. A real friendship is blossoming between them, one which is uniquely theirs, and in which I am only a supporting character. While we were on vacation, they created their own games together, skipping rocks in the pond side-by-side and enlisting my sister and me for hours of "beauty salon" activities. They sought each other out to try new jokes and held hands in the backseat of the car. And there was nothing as consoling as this friendship, which has to be one of parenthood's greatest gifts.
One of my favorite Jewish notions is that of sacred continuity – that we must remember our past in order to best be in the present and plan for a better future. Shabbat Nachamu is a bridge from a recollection of loss to an appreciation of what is around us. During my week on the lake, I made a small pilgrimage over that bridge. And with the New Year approaching, I will carry the clarity I found in Maine and continue to seek out consolation and joy.
Happy Second Birthday to My Little Dancer
My little Chaya turned two this month. Two is a lot of fun. She is developing language at lightening speed, and even though I feel that Eric and I already know her better than anyone else (except, I must admit, her sister Ruthie), it feels as if I get to meet her anew every time she throws another new sentence together. She is just learning how to make a joke, and she loves figuring out how to make us laugh. She is firmly committed to figuring out her place in the world, which sometimes means she shows a glimmer of a "terrible two's" tantrum, and can be a bit bossy, but overall is just a fascinating study in human development. And on that note, in honor of her birthday, I wanted to share a little story of a deliciously 2-year-old thing she did at Shabbat this month.
A few weeks ago, we were stuck in the throes of a typical Friday night. The girls were both exhausted, and attempting to eat their way through the kitchen cabinets in a race against my ability to get a balanced dinner on the table. Eric was home just a few minutes past his planned arrival time, which was hardly a disaster but meant the dog still needed to go out and the table wasn't really set. I could hear the sound of chaos in our dining room, and was trying to figure out how to transition us into a peaceful welcoming of our Friday night.
I decided to try something different. Instead of attempting to commandeer everyone into their seats at a nicely set table, I waited until everyone was in the general vicinity of the dining room, made my Shabbat-commencing-confirming eye contact with Eric, and lit the match for the candles. Aha. I had everyone's attention. I lit the candles, covered my eyes, and began to say the blessing.
Just as the blessing came out of my mouth, Chaya started to dance. I gave up on peeking and just uncovered my eyes. We all looked over at our smallest family member, who was watching the candles with a huge grin on her face, dancing to the melody of the blessing.
It may be a little trite, but this two-year-old was trying to tell us that Shabbat is something about which we should be dancing. More than that, it felt like a bit of a parenting victory. I often feel like when I start a ritual I never know how long it will take to stick, or even if it will stick. This goes across the board, from something as big as Shabbat or as small as teaching the girls to put their clothes in the hamper when they're dirty. When Chaya danced, it felt like I wasn't teaching her about Shabbat – she got it, and in her own way, even better than what I tried to teach her.
I doubt Chaya is going to dance every week, or even that I can transition our house from chaos to commonality every Friday like I did that week. But I am thankful for a two-year old who teaches me to see things in new ways, and whose gifts to me will always outnumber what I give to her.


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Of Computers and Brains
Earlier this summer, Gary Marcus – a New York University professor of neural science and psychology – wrote a very influential piece for the New York Times called Face It, Your Brain Is a Computer. He attracted a lot of attention for his strong stance, and reinvigorated the debate about how we should or should not view the brain/computer analogy. Since people had a lot to say about it, I want to go over Marcus' article, along withRead More →


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OF Craig Gentry was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a broken left (non-throwing) hand, suffered when he was hit by a pitch Tuesday night against Oakland. He is likely to be shut down from baseball activity for two weeks. Gentry is hitting .216 with one homer and nine RBIs in 51 games, but he is outstanding defensively.
OF Engel Beltre was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to replace injured OF Craig Gentry on the 25-man roster. Beltre, 23, was hitting .300 with four homers, 21 RBIs and 13 steals in 72 games for the Express, leading the club in runs (44) and ranking second in hits (88). Beltre's first game with Texas will represent his major league debut.
RHP Yu Darvish hasn't won in his last six starts, but it's not because he has pitched poorly. Darvish is 0-2 with a 2.66 ERA in that span, but has received zero or one run of support four times. Darvish gets the ball Tuesday night in Yankee Stadium against another Japanese right-hander, Hiroki Kuroda.
RHP Nick Tepesch displayed much better location and execution Sunday of his main pitches (sinker, slider), allowing him to pitch 5 2/3 solid innings and give Texas a chance to beat St. Louis RHP Adam Wainwright. Tepesch didn't get the win, but allowed just one run, a vast improvement over his 0-2, 9.77 ERA in his prior three starts.
RF Nelson Cruz had huge performances in the first two games against St. Louis over the weekend and is 8-for-22 (.389) with seven RBIs since moving up to the No. 3 spot. The Rangers have won all five games in which he's hit third. "He's got it in him," hitting instructor Dave Magadan said. "He's just got to stick with the plan and take what the pitcher gives him."
RHP Alexi Ogando was cleared to resume throwing off a mound. He has been sidelined since June 9 due to right shoulder inflammation, and he began a throwing program June 14.
RHP Joakim Soria (Tommy John surgery in April 2012) made his second rehab appearance Sunday for Double-A Frisco, working a 1-2-3 inning against Corpus Christi with two strikeouts. The former Royals closer, who hasn't pitched in a big league game since Sept. 2, 2011, threw seven of 12 pitches for strikes. He might be able to join the major league roster in early July.


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supercolliderwrote a review of Quiksilver Forever Gore-Tex Jacket - Men's on November 11, 2014
Clean Jacket, Nice improvements
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have last years and got to check out this year. They pretty much handled all of my issues.
-The goggle pocket is much deeper this year so you can actually hold something in there without worrying about it falling out.
-The single pull hood has bungie that passes over the forehead now. This is a big deal as it draws the hood tighter across your forehead keeps the hood from blowing back when you are in severe wind.
-The hood closes up nicely, allows good articulation and still covers your face without being overly gimicky.
-Still no pass pocket on the sleeve, but a good pass clip in the main pocket.
-Surprise feature: Zip interface to pants! They don't advertise this, but its definitely on the one I looked at..
-Same exterior fabric. It does a great job blocking wind and sheeting water, still breathes well, and isn't super heavy. Great for layering. Not as light as a 3 layer jacket, but good for all but the most insane hikes.
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This full time position will be based at our Amsterdam office.
In this role you will be responsible for managing the quality of the Hebrew version of the Booking.com products (website, apps, newsletter etc.). Besides being passionate about language and translations, as a Language Specialist you have a strong commercial feel which helps you to maintain and continuously improve the quality of our products. You take action accordingly in order to provide our customers with a product at the highest standard of quality.
- Create commercial, localized content for the Hebrew market;
- Provide commercial and creative translations from English into Hebrew for website copy, app copy and promotional materials, including newsletters, to appeal to the Hebrew market;
- Maintain the quality of the Hebrew version of Booking.com, including conducting product checks and maintaining language specific tools, such as glossaries and style guides;
- Assist with localization projects in cooperation with other language teams and departments, such as language-based research and data collection and analysis designed to optimize the effectiveness of the website and the service offered to Hebrew customers;
- Freelance management and support, such as evaluating the quality of translations for candidates, quality monitoring of the freelance translations, providing freelancers with consistent feedback.
- Higher education in a relevant field;
- High level Hebrew, accompanied with excellent knowledge of English;
- Experience in translating and/or writing commercial texts;
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- Strong customer focus;
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with computer assisted translations tools;
- Flexibility, accuracy, strong analytical skills and ability to multitask;
- Pro-active and initiative both independently and in a team;
- Positive attitude;
- Experience within e-travel and/or hotel/travel industry.
We are a performance-based company that offers career advancement and lucrative compensation, including bonus. We also offer what is called the "Booking Deal" with competitive benefits.
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North Korea Refuses to Allow South Koreans into Factory Park
Updated: 04/03/2013 - Seoul says North Korea is refusing to allow South Korean workers to enter a jointly-run factory park just across the border in North Korea.
Updated: 04/03/2013 - Seoul says North Korea is refusing to allow South Korean workers to enter a jointly-run factory park just across the border in North Korea.
Updated: 04/03/2013 - Some adults could benefit from having their tonsils out.
Updated: 04/03/2013 - British police have released security camera footage of the moment thieves exploded a cash machine at a petrol station forecourt in the early hours of Sunday (March 31) morning.
Updated: 04/03/2013 - Torrential rains killed five people in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (April 2) while flooding left city streets at a standstill.
Updated: 04/03/2013 - As Thailand sizzles into high summer there's been some relief from the heat for the animals at Bangkok's zoo.
Posted: 04/02/2013 - Seoul says North Korea is refusing to allow South Korean workers to enter a jointly-run factory park just across the border in North Korea.
Posted: 04/02/2013 - The U.S. says it would be "extremely alarming" if North Korea were to restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor.
Updated: 04/02/2013 - Two people in Beijing have died of a new form of bird flu, not seen before reports China's official news agency Monday.
Updated: 04/02/2013 - Japanese scientists have figured out a way to make 3-D structures from animal cells.
Updated: 04/01/2013 - One of North Korea's top decision-making bodies is setting guidelines that call nuclear weapons "the nation's life" that won't be traded even for "billions of dollars."
Updated: 04/01/2013 - The GDC attracts over 22,500 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry.
Updated: 04/01/2013 - There is a great concern and many questions after the new decree announced from the central bank of Cyprus regarding the percentage of the cut.
Updated: 04/01/2013 - At least 10 people have died after sudden rains caused flooding in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Saturday, officials have said.
Updated: 04/01/2013 - While most people in Germany spend their Easter Sunday (March 31) thinking about chocolate, eating with the family or at church, the villagers of Horhausen can be found outdoors testing their strength and prowess in the annual egg-throwing competition.
Posted: 03/31/2013 - Pope presides over trimmed Easter Vigil service... White House takes North Korea's threats seriously... Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill... Suicide bomber, landmines rock northern Mali... Nev. crash kills 5 family members; teen arrested... LA police release suspect's name in abduction case... 4 arrested in killing of 2 teens at Calif. Park... Patients of Tulsa doctor line up to get tested...
Posted: 03/31/2013 - Bank of Cyprus big savers to lose up to 60 percent...
Posted: 03/31/2013 - Gunmen attack Libyan military air base, killing 2... Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist... Egypt lawyers held for allegedly attacking police... Egypt, Iran resume direct flights after decades... Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood... String of attacks kills at least 23 in Iraq...
Posted: 03/31/2013 - Israel faces geopolitical tangle with natural gas...
Posted: 03/29/2013 - North Korea says it has entered `a state of war' with South Korea in the latest of a string of threats that have raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Updated: 03/29/2013 - North Korea's leader says his military is ready to settle accounts with the U.S., and that has many in Washington nervous.
Updated: 03/29/2013 - George King was born weighting 15lbs 7oz, twice the size of an average baby, six weeks ago to his parents Jade and Ryan. He's only put on a pound since.
Updated: 03/29/2013 - British scientists have developed a ground-breaking technique -- for creating vaccines -- which could be used to tackle diseases that threaten both human and animal health.
Updated: 03/29/2013 - North Korea's leader says his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S."
Updated: 03/29/2013 - A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts has successfully docked with the International Space Station, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting lab to six.
Updated: 03/28/2013 - A heavy snowfall that started on Tuesday hit many parts of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, disrupting road traffic in the regions.


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Star Wars Mandalorian Ship by AdamKopWatch
©2011-2016 AdamKop
Finished drawing of the Star Wars Mandalorian vessel that I designed.
This ship is pretty small and isn't designed to hold more than 3 people on board. There is some cargo space and secret storage for smuggling. It's not a fighter but most certainly can put up with most of the patrol units.
This ship is pretty small and isn't designed to hold more than 3 people on board. There is some cargo space and secret storage for smuggling. It's not a fighter but most certainly can put up with most of the patrol units.
Ya know -- I'm searching for inspiration around the net for non-stock ships for our Star Wars Campaign.... this hits that button square! Thanks! Great Job!!!
awesome. could you also do Pre Visla's Mando fighter?
Thanks I do only my original ships though, I don't want to spend time recreating existing units.
I think this is a lovely design that quite fits the Star Wars visual aesthetic of spacecraft design. I can easily see this rolling off the assembly lines of MandalMotors Fantastic work!
Nice ship, small and speedy. perfect for an assassin, its an unremarkable small ship. looks like it can land pretty much anywhere, and being that small, war ships wouldn't consider it to be much of a threat.
Thanks. Mandalorians are a bit of sneaky guys so they would need ships that would fulfill their needs
They can be, it depends on the temperment of said Mandalorian. An Assassin or Bounty Hunter would modify it so it was a fast as they can make it, and as hard as possible to detect on scanner. A warrior would put as much armor on it as he could, and the best weaponry he could get his hands on.
if its anything like the besu'liike, you could fly through a turbolaser blast without a scratch. Beautiful ship, mate
Thank you very much In the 3D render that I did it actually gets under fire, but a Mandalorian vessel can take a beating
I'm attempting to build a Lego model of this ship right now. XD hope it turns out good
Wonderful dynamic vessel! Really great details and awesome design!
A beautiful design and very Star Wars like!
nice details
As a sidenote how does the landing gear on this ship work. Similar to the Milenium Falcon?
Thanks and I haven't thought of it yet, but the landing gear can be like in the Falcon - it's a standard vehicle after all, nothing too fancy to its tech.
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Digestive Diseases and Sciences
, Volume 58, Issue 10, pp 2976-2985
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Pain and Opioid Use in Chronic Liver Disease
- Shari S. RogalAffiliated withDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Email author
- , Daniel WingerAffiliated withClinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh
- , Klaus BielefeldtAffiliated withDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh
- , Eva SzigethyAffiliated withDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
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Pain is common in patients with liver disease, difficult to treat, and poorly understood.
The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with pain and prescription opioid use in a large cohort of patients with confirmed chronic liver disease.
This was a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with chronic liver disease visiting a tertiary-care hepatology clinic. Pain was determined by self-report and rated numerically from 0 to 10. Symptoms of mood and sleep disorders and emotional distress were based on a symptom checklist. Etiology and stage of liver disease and use of prescribed opioids were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Logistic regression was used to establish factors associated with pain and prescription opioid use.
Among 1,286 patients with chronic liver disease, 34 % had pain and 25 % used opioids. The strongest predictor of pain in multivariate modeling was emotional distress (OR 3.66, 95 % CI 2.40–5.64), followed by non-white race (OR 1.87, 95 % CI 1.24–2.79), mood symptoms (OR 1.47, 95 % CI 1.04–2.07), sleep disturbance/fatigue (OR 1.70, 95 % CI 1.24–2.32), and advanced liver disease (Child class B: OR 1.73, 95 % CI 1.15–2.60; Child class C: OR 2.78, 95 % CI 1.49–5.24) compared to no cirrhosis. Emotional distress, mood-related symptoms, and advanced liver disease were also significant predictors of prescription opioid use, as were age, nicotine use, and etiology of liver disease.
This large cohort study demonstrates the high prevalence of pain and opioid use in chronic liver disease. While disease variables contribute to pain, psychological symptoms were most strongly associated with pain and opioid use, providing rationale and target for therapeutic interventions.
KeywordsNarcotics Cirrhosis Pain management Psychosocial
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- Pain and Opioid Use in Chronic Liver Disease
- Journal
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Volume 58, Issue 10 , pp 2976-2985
- Cover Date
- 2013-10
- 10.1007/s10620-013-2638-5
- Print ISSN
- 0163-2116
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2568
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Narcotics
- Cirrhosis
- Pain management
- Psychosocial
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Shari S. Rogal (1)
- Daniel Winger (2)
- Klaus Bielefeldt (1)
- Eva Szigethy (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, C Wing, M Level, PUH, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- 2. Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Tower, Suite 7057, Atwood & Sennott Streets, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- 3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Floor 3, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA


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Frontiers of Philosophy in China
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A preliminary discussion of Dai Zhen's philosophy of language
- Genyou WuAffiliated withSchool of Philosophy, Wuhan University Email author
Dai Zhen's philosophy of language took the opportunity of a transition in Chinese philosophy to develop a form of humanist positivism, which was different from both the Song and Ming dynasties' School of Principles and the early Qing dynasty's philosophical forms. His philosophy of language had four primary manifestations: (1) It differentiated between "names pointing at entities and real events" and "names describing summum bonum and perfection"; (2) In discussing the metaphysical issue of "the Dao," it was the first to introduce a syntax analysis of linguistics, clearly differentiating between the different roles of predicate verbs "zhi wei" and "wei zhi" in Classical Chinese; (3) In criticizing Confucian thought during the Song and Ming dynasties, it adopted specific philological skills such as the analysis of phraseology, the meaning of sentences and the thread of words in texts; and (4) It re-interpreted the meaning of Confucian classics by studying characters and language, adopting a positivist and philological manner to seek metaphysical sense in philosophy. In this way, his philosophy was different from the scholars of the School of Principles during the Song and Ming dynasties and from the goal of Western linguistic philosophy in the 20th century, which refuted metaphysics. Accordingly, it helped to develop 18th century Chinese philosophy as it turned towards linguistic philology.
KeywordsDai Zhen linguistic philosophy humanist positivism
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Volume 5, Issue 4 , pp 523-542
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- 2010-12
- 10.1007/s11466-010-0113-3
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- 1673-3436
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- SP Higher Education Press
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- Dai Zhen
- linguistic philosophy
- humanist positivism
- Authors
- Genyou Wu (1)
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- 1. School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China


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