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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) provides sound advice for making food and physical activity choices that promote good health and a healthy weight, and help prevent disease for Americans ages 2 years and over, including Americans at increased risk of chronic disease. The DGA has traditionally focused on adults and children 2 years of age and older because of the unique nutritional needs, eating patterns, and developmental stages of infants and toddlers from birth to 24 months of age. In recent years, there has been a growing demand both within and outside of government for the DGA to include infants and toddlers. In response to these requests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have initiated a project to develop guidance for this important age group.
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The DGA forms the basis of Federal nutrition policy, education, outreach, and food assistance programs. The DGA is reviewed, updated, and published every 5 years as a joint effort between USDA and HHS. To inform the revision of the DGA, USDA and HHS appoint a Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) consisting of nationally recognized experts in the field of nutrition and health. The DGAC reviews current scientific literature and prepares a report for the Secretaries of USDA and HHS that provides recommendations for the next editionof the DGA. The Departments then develop the Dietary Guidelines based on the DGAC's report and a consideration of public and Federal Agency comments.
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I might be wrong here, but I think this band had a member from Chainsaw that was posted here a looong time ago, and that the same guy also played with Streets, who did a great split 7″ with X-plosion on the Romantik label in 1978.
Musically this ain't as tough as you might expect from a Belgian band, but rather well produced and really tight, in the vein of Veel (that Tony posted some time ago) even though Contingent don't come up to the same super high standard. Thankfully all four tracks are in French, despite what the titles might mislead you to believe. As far as I know this is the band's only release, and they appeared on a bunch of those Bloodstains across Begium/ Bloody Belgium etc comps.
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Country: Belgium
Year: 1980
Label: Contingent
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3. The beach! As well as being with these girls A SHIT TON. I live with them, eat with them, stay out of their throw-up with them...
4. MISS THESE PEOPLE. Spent my entire summer chasing screaming children around, yelling at them to "GET IN THE WATER OR YES I WILL PUSH YOU IN" & various other things. But the staff... ahhhh do i miss them, those pervy, kooky, spoon-tastic people.
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The monthly alcohol compliance check by Sioux Falls police turned up one violation.
Detectives say twenty businesses were checked on Tuesday and nineteen passed the test.
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"American Girls" suffers from an identity crisis. One moment, it's a realistic drama about corrupted teenagers, next it's a stylized satire about religion and pop culture. Since playwright-star Hilary Bettis and director Jeff Cohen won't commit to either perspective, they leech the power of both.
As performers, Bettis and Kira Sternbach make remarkably convincing middle school students. With warp-speed speech and regular giggle fits, they sell early scenes, when their characters sneak away to a dance competition, as innocent conspiracies between girlfriends. And later, when their plans have horrible consequences, they slouch their shoulders and hide their hands in their sleeves, just like uncomfortable kids.
The script, however, strains credulity. For one thing, Bettis can't decide if these girls are madonnas or whores. They constantly talk about church and teen idols like Zac Efron, yet they know the "dance competition" they are entering is for strippers. In the same conversation, they mention fake IDs, the hunger for fame, and getting text messages from cute boys.
Some of these contradictions can be credited to adolescence, but the play's structure is equally illogical. For instance, if these children are savvy enough to enter a stripathon, why are they so naive about the "Hollywood agent" who approaches them after the show and casts them in a low-budget porno? It's hard to accept that they think a skin flick will make them legitimate actresses.
Ultimately, though, Bettis needs her characters to get duped into porn careers. That way, she can make her social argument.
Once they've sullied themselves, the girls become symbols. In the aftermath of their film's release, they embody everything from celebrity worshippers to religious zealots who manipulate the media with their faith.
Bettis' insights remain superficial. For instance, live-action scenes are intercut with several short videos of the girls goofing around. These are supposed to decry our obsession with being recorded, but we've understood that problem for decades. Simply identifying it isn't revelatory.
Director Cohen, who helmed a magnificent 2003 production of Tristine Skyler's adolescent drama "The Moonlight Room," cannot shape this material. Though designer Ryan Elliot Kravetz provides a large playing space, Cohen locks his thesps into one small square. This feels especially stagnant in the realistic scenes.
Most bizarrely, when we see video of the girls being interviewed by an Oprah-style talkshow host, helmer has the live actors stand on stage with their backs to the audience. When the girls on the video speak, thesps bob their heads and move their arms as though they were they were the ones talking. But they are poorly synchronized — and clearly not being filmed — so it's obvious they're just pretending. It's unclear why Cohen would permit such a painfully amateurish conceit.
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The Press of Atlantic City reports George Hamid Jr. died Saturday morning at Shore Medical Center. He was 94.
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With its massive talent-base, a unique ability to attract its best and brightest students to the engineering discipline, and the presence of some of the world's leading companies, India has an enormous potential to modernize its economy through engineering education and technology.
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A new fellow just joined the Ozone Team. From now on the "Garmisch Bub" Florian Gruber is gonna take place in the national and international competitions for Ozone riding the Edge. As his dad is crazy about water sports the nineteen year old guy found his way to kiteboarding ten years ago: "six years ago when the first races were started it directly worked quite well for me and my dad saw, that I'm talented."
Next season when Flo will finish highschool he is gonna take a break just for kiteboarding and competitions. "2013 was a fully packed year with highschool duties and many competitions. In Germany I went for the complete Kitesurf-Trophy as well as the complete KTE in Europe. Furthermore there were lots of Worldcups like in Egypt or in the Caribean. Within the last two years my interests focused mainly on international competitions. Right now I'm second in the world ranking and last autumn I managed the first worldcup competition win in Melbourne. This year in Egypt I was beaten by my new team mate Johnny Heineken and finished second."
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TOKYO -- After the merger of the Namco and Bandai in 2005, Bandai Games Inc. has been releasing consumer products under the Bandai, Namco and Banpresto labels. Beginning on April 1, 2014, the unified label "Bandai Namco Games" will be used for all new products. Simultaneously, the English name of the company changes from Namco Bandai Games to Bandai Namco Games Inc., and will be promoted as "Bandai Namco."
Bandai Co. Ltd. and Namco Ltd. merged in 2005 after Bandai paid about $1.7 billion in cash and stock, on a two shares-for-one swap basis, to acquire a controlling interest in Namco. As a result, a joint stock company called Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. was created; once again, Bandai is listed first in the holding company name.
After the merger, the company's U.S.-based amusements division, which manufactures and markets coin-op video and arcade games, continued to operate as Namco America Inc. That longtime company designation, employed since the unit was established in 1978, is also being superseded and replaced by Bandai Namco Amusement America Inc. The new corporate name and the Bandai Namco Games logo have been fully integrated into the company's communications and branding elements, effective April 1. BNAA's new Web address -- bandainamco.am.com -- is now live, and all staff emails now carry the @bandainamco-am.com domain.
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Bandai is the world's third-largest producer of toys, after Mattel and Hasbro. The company was founded in Tokyo in July 1950 by Naoharu Yamashina, and its first product, "Rhythm Ball," launched in September that year.
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Learning Index >> Pioneers and their practice: a reference guide
Born Lucie Gomperz in Vienna, she toured Europe with her antiquarian uncle before studying ceramics (1922-6) at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna, under Michael Powolny. She married Hans Rie in 1926 and made pottery in their Vienna apartment. In 1938 the Ries emigrated to Britain, where Lucie Rie settled in London alone; she divorced in 1940.
Rie set up her workshop and home in a Bayswater mews and sought advice from Bernard Leach, visiting him at his Dartington workshop in 1939. During the war she was forced to abandon pottery and work in a glass studio; she then manufactured ceramic buttons in her own workshop. From 1946, aged 44, she was assisted by the young German refugee, Hans Coper. They made plain, thrown tableware in tandem from 1947, first in earthenware then in stoneware. Both also made individual pots and Lucie Rie worked in porcelain from the end of the 1940s, adopting sgraffito decoration which became her trademark.
Exhibition opportunities were numerous for four decades and Rie always had a full order books of private clients. Retrospective exhibitions of her work were organised in 1967 by the Arts Council of Great Britain, in 1981 by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, in 1992 at the Crafts Council and in 1997 at the Barbican Art Gallery, London in 1997 (with Hans Coper). She was appointed DBE in 1991.


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I live in in Shorewood, just west of the Joliet IL, and have been looking for a bread baking class that is somewhat local to me and have had no success. There's Joliet Junior College but they only offer a basic cooking classes for those looking to go into the hospitality field for work. There are culinary institutes in the area but it's like taking an engineering class to learn how to change a tire, and the experience is out of the question for this one little thing! I even tried chatting up the local bakers, and the Whole foods baker in Naperville is a real baker from flour and yeast to finished product, but I had no success. Perhaps she thought I was attempting to steal her secrets? All I want is to get the basics down and get me going in the right direction. Anyone out here experienced and interested in tutoring?


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This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)
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WHITTIER, Calif. – The veil of secrecy octuplets' mother Nadya Suleman shrouded herself in for more than a week was lifted Thursday with the release of public documents showing that the 33-year-old struggled with depression for years until she finally began to realize her childhood dream of having a huge family.
Suleman, who now has 14 children, told doctors she battled with depression for years after she was injured in a riot in 1999 at the state mental hospital where she worked.
The doctors' reports were included in more than 300 pages of documents released to The Associated Press by the state Division of Workers' Compensation on the same day NBC released excerpts of Suleman's first interview since giving birth last month. Among other things, the documents reveal that Suleman collected more than $165,000 in disability payments between 2002 and 2008 for an injury she said left her in near-constant pain and helped end her marriage.
Meanwhile, Suleman told NBC what her mother and others have said since the octuplets were born: that she always wanted a huge family to make up for the isolation she felt as an only child.
"That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family," she said. "I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that … I really lacked, I believe, growing up."
In the interview — scheduled to air on the "Today" show Monday and again Tuesday on "Dateline" — Suleman calls her childhood "pretty dysfunctional."
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In the state report, however, doctors indicate she had a happy childhood. She told them she was an above-average high school student, enjoyed being a cheerleader, had many friends and stayed out of trouble. She said her parents were loving and supportive.
As an adult, however, she said she often battled depression as she struggled to get pregnant and particularly after her injury.
In the report, Suleman told a doctor she had three miscarriages. Another doctor disputed that number, saying she had two ectopic pregnancies, a dangerous condition in which a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than in the uterus. She told NBC she struggled for seven years before finally giving birth to her first child in 2001 through in vitro fertilization.


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Abandoned by her boyfriend after following him to Tokyo, an American slacker adrift in a foreign culture witnesses the healing power of food and determines to become a ramen chef. When Abby (Brittany Murphy) arrived in Tokyo, she assumed she was starting a new life with her boyfriend. But that future fades when Abby's boyfriend disappears, leaving her to fend for herself in a city she doesn't understand. In desperate need of a little consolation, the floundering American begins frequenting her neighborhood ramen shop. She feels comfortable there, and recognizes how happy food can make people by the radiant smiles on the customer's faces. Convinced that her true calling is to become a ramen chef, Abby eventually persuades the restaurant's temperamental, tyrannical Japanese chef to become her mentor in the art of making ramen. Though at first their relationship is almost unbearably contentious, the master and his student eventually find a common ground when Abby realizes that the secret ingredient to true ramen is a universe of feeling. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Nintendo Power: Remembering America's Longest-Lasting Game Magazine
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Sometime in 1987, Nintendo of America's then-president Minoru Arakawa -- the son-in-law of Nintendo Company president Hiroshi Yamauchi -- made the bold decision that players of his Nintendo Entertainment System console needed their own magazine to read.
There had been video game magazines before -- several, in fact -- but they'd all died along with the entire video game industry during the infamous crash of 1983. But if Nintendo was able to prove that kids were still interested in buying new games after all, he thought, perhaps they could prove that they'd be willing to pay to read about them too.
Thus, Nintendo Power -- sort of a combination of the free Fun Club Newsletter Nintendo was already sending its fans and a print version of its game tips hotline -- was born. It was the first of the new wave of video game magazines, and it managed to outlast all those who followed -- Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro, Game Player's, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, and the list goes on -- until the final issue was released on December 11, 2012.
Nintendo Power founding editors Gail Tilden and Howard Phillips were gracious enough to share their memories of launching -- for better or worse -- one of the most influential periodicals for those of a certain generation.
Gail and Howard were an unlikely combination -- she was the company's head of marketing and PR, and he was the Gamemaster, Nintendo's in-house video game nerd -- but together they managed to produce a magazine that somehow toed the line between being a marketing tool for selling products and an everything-you-need guide for telling game players what they should play and how they should play them.
In The Beginning
Howard Phillips: When we first launched the NES in 1985, we figured out very quickly that kids were just dying to get extra information about the games -- not just new games that were coming out, but also how to play them. We knew that in part because the Famicom had preceded the NES in Japan and we were seeing that phenomenon in Japan as well. So we decided that we would set up a mechanism that would help kids out with the games, and that's when we started the game counseling line.
I had about five or six guys who worked for me who answered questions on the phone, like how to find the third coin in level three, that sort of thing. But that was only one (expensive) way to solve that problem. We looked at other ways, and one way was to use the registration cards to send out information to the kids in the form of the Fun Club News.
Gail Tilden: I was an advertising manager, so I was doing PR and advertising for the NES. We'd been doing a lot of inserts in both the hardware and software, trying to get people to send us their names and addresses. In exchange, they would become a member of the Fun Club and receive the Fun Club News. That's what was going on in 1987.
The database was growing bigger and bigger, and I think we were at around 600,000 people when we made the decision that we didn't want to continue having a free magazine. It was creating a big burden to send this out.
HP: We were paying for it. It was good that we did that, because it eventually grew to over 100 people in game counseling who were answering questions. We really needed to respond to that in a forceful way.
GT: Ultimately, it became a burden because the database was growing so quickly, and we decided to start charging for it. That didn't mean it was extremely profitable to do that. In fact, it was still a marketing expense. But it helped pay for the cost of sending out the information, certainly.
Also right at that time, we came out with the very first Nintendo Player's Guide. That was one of the first times we had something where we had a lot of information and maps, and the kind of support they were giving games and gameplay in Japan. In fact, we used a Japanese resource to create that publication.
Nintendo Power was a combination of that idea and what was happening with the Fun Club News. Mr. Arakawa saw that there were several magazines in Japan that were supporting gameplay in a way where they used maps and helped people finish the games, and therefore helped consumers be more satisfied with the games. He wanted to follow that kind of format.
HP: Looking at Japan with Famitsu and Famicom Tsushin and things like that…I would get these really thick, dense magazines as part of the regular weekly shipments from Japan. I'd get these in the warehouse and I'd crack them open and look at the cool new games that were coming out. I'd almost get down with a magnifying glass to look at screenshots and things like that. It was natural for us to think that the kids in the U.S. would be eager to have that as well
GT: Mr. Arakawa was trying to capture the kind of print medium culture in Japan where kids would buy magazines like Jump and read them cover-to-cover every week. They had huge subscription bases. His own kids, who were born in the U.S. and knew how to read Japanese, would do the same thing. He would buy them copies of everything and they would just pore through them. He didn't feel there was a cultural bias. He just thought that no one had really hit on it. He wanted to use people who were involved in the Japanese print magazine business to help us make a magazine that would approach it editorially from that same point of view.
HP: So that was when Gail and I started up Nintendo Power. Gail was really the driving force behind the whole thing. I was more of a player's advocate for things that had to do with games specifically, like which ones were cool and why they were cool. When we were doing press checks, I would always say things like, "This screen is mirrored," or "This guy isn't in this area of the game." I made sure it was accurate so that it wouldn't cause more grief to send it out to all of the kids.
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Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Nicholas Payton was raised in New Orleans, a town chock-full of trumpet players and he originally followed in the footsteps of a mile-long line of tradition-based players including Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Al Hirt, and of course, Wynton Marsalis. Payton is the son of Walter Payton, a well-known bassist on the Crescent City jazz scene. His mother played piano. Given his upbringing in a musical family, Payton often spent upwards of ten hours a day practicing trumpet in his youth. He began playing trumpet as a four-year-old, after asking his father to get him one. He began accompanying his father to shows at clubs in his youth and had the chance to hear many great trumpet players.
"I had a chance to hear some great trumpeters like Wendell Brunious, Leroy Jones, Clyde Kerr Jr., and Teddy Riley," Payton said in a 2003 interview, and he also recalled seeing Wynton Marsalis when he was in high school. "I got to hear a bunch of people play trumpet in a town that has been noted for trumpet players since Buddy Bolden. For me, trumpet fit my personality. It suited my voice. You're able to express a wide range of emotions on the instrument," he said.
The turning point for the young Payton came when he was 11, when he heard a Miles Davis quartet album that was in his parents' record collection. With the opening notes of the recording, he knew then he wanted to be a trumpet player and play jazz. He started performing publicly as a ten-year-old and began playing in the streets as a year later. He worked everywhere from jazz funerals to weddings to bar mitzvahs, and played on the streets for tips. Although he knew he wanted to play jazz, he also knew "you can't make a living in New Orleans being a genre-oriented musician." Payton said, "A lot of the guys my father played with in jazz bands were school teachers during the day, and they would play gigs at night and on weekends."
Payton attended New Orleans' high school for the Creative Arts and studied with Clyde Kerr Jr.; he later studied briefly at the University of New Orleans with pianist Ellis Marsalis, who raised Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason. Payton learned more from showing up at the elder Marsalis' gigs at Snug Harbor and other Crescent City jazz clubs than he did in the classroom. "He would let me sit in," Payton recalled in 2003, "and the thing with Ellis is he challenges you to be able to teach yourself. That's the key to jazz. Only you can know how you want to sound. A good teacher will facilitate the development of your own style." Payton's college career at UNO was interrupted by the chance to go on the road with drummer Elvin Jones. He had spent time on the road with Marcus Roberts and other touring musicians, but those were shorter stints. Spending two years on the road with drummer Jones was his first big break, he recalled.
Through the years, Payton has recorded and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Dr. Michael White, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, Doc Cheatham, and Joe Henderson, among others. He began his recording career with Verve Records, and his first album, From This Moment, was released in 1992. Two years later he performed on the soundtrack for the movie Kansas City, and in 1997 he received a Grammy Award for his playing on a collaborative album with then-nonagenarian trumpeter Doc Cheatham, Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton. He also released 1995's Gumbo Nouveau, 1997's Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock, 1998's Payton's Place, 1999's Nick@Night, and 2001's Dear Louis.
Payton signed with Warner Bros. in 2003, releasing the '70s fusion-influenced Sonic Trance. An auto accident briefly sidelined Payton's career as he took time to fully recover. He returned with Mysterious Shorter on Chesky in 2006 and Into the Blue on Nonesuch in 2008. Well known as a risk taker, Payton took one of his grandest on 2011's Bitches. A concept recording that details the stages and ending of a romantic relationship, Payton composed and arranged all 16 songs (which include lyrics), played every instrument, sang and played trumpet throughout, and produced the entire set. He is accompanied on the album by special guest vocalists Cassandra Wilson, Esperanza Spalding, N'Dambi, Chinah Blac, and Saunders Sermons. ~ Richard Skelly


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Hi Jim:
It isn't simply a matter of legends. Some words and phrases can be
difficult to decipher without an intimate knowledge of the background and
situation. By way of illustration here is a brief conversation between two
men engaged in a particular occupation. We'll call them Joe and Pete.
Joe: "Say your viz."
Pete. "We're popeye."
Joe: "We're oranges sweet. Where you at"?
Pete. "Angels twenty-two, how 'bout you"?
Joe: "Base plus seven."
Pete. "You feet wet"?
Joe: "Feet dry."
Pete. "Starting turn, roll out three two four."
Joe: "Roger."
Pete. "Got a talley"?
Joe: "Talley."
Pete. "Changing freaks."
I imagine a lot of people would not catch even the situation surrounding
this conversation, but a few probably would - certainly those astute fellows
on this list. If I disclosed these were two pilots, more people would make
some connections. If you knew these were two Air Force pilots conducting a
mid-air refueling rendezvous that would be a big help. "Viz" is short for
visibility. "Popeye" is in the clouds. Twenty-two thousand feet is "angels
twenty-two," but sometimes we used a base altitude which was classified to
keep the "Charlies" from knowing how high we were flying. "Talley" comes
from the English, "talley ho." Simple. But only if you had been there
actively involved in mid-air refueling would you be likely to know that
"oranges sweet" meant clear visibility, and feet wet or dry meant over water
or over land.
And that is exactly the point with Genesis translation. Just converting
Hebrew into English accurately will get you in the ball park in some cases.
That's what most commentaries are able to do. I read them all. Some are
better than others. Speiser was well aware of the Near East connection and
was an authority on ANE literature. Delitzsch recognized the similarity
between the Genesis patriarchs and the list of ten kings from Berossus, and
so on. But the most valuable connections didn't come from Genesis
commentaries, they came from archaeologist's notes, reports and books, soil
scientists, and anthropologists who spent time in Iraq and got their hands
Instead of reading Westermann and Von Rad, one needs to read Kramer,
Crawford, Hallo, Parrot, Pritchard, Gowlett, Pettinato, Layard, Hilprecht,
Barton, Synkellos, Postgate, Heidel, Clay, Barton, Langdon, Zimmern, Dalley,
Jacobsen, Cottrell, Mallowan, Woolley, Sollberger, Poebel, and good old
Archibald Sayce, to name a few. If someone did that, maybe I wouldn't catch
so much flak. (Oops, sorry, another old Air Force expression.)
Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
-----Original Message-----
From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Armstrong
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 1:05 AM
To: ASA
Subject: Re: [asa] A question on Genesis
Legend? I don't seem to hear that word used hereabouts.
Were these early folks without legends?
JimA [Friend of ASA]
Dick Fischer wrote:
George, you're on record contradicting the Apostle Paul, why should I fare
any better? Jublees has no historical value, Genesis has no historical
value, where does it end? What would you believe? I can't imagine these
are the teachings of Martin Luther!
Let's start on a note of agreement. There was no point in the history of
the universe where everyone on this planet spoke one, common, universal
language. And there was no time that God scrambled one universal language
into different languages Let's start there.
So the question is did the Bible writer(s) think that and say that, or did
they not think that and say something we have interpreted as having said
that? Your opinion seems to be (and you always disguise your own opinion)
that the Bible writer(s) thought, believed, and wrote that the entire world
spoke one common language and that this basic language was changed into many
languages, which we know to be hogwash, and so the Bible writer(s) were
misinformed, ignorant and uninspired. Is that your position?
We all know what I believe, tell us what you believe.
Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
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From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On
Behalf Of George Murphy
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:07 PM
To: Dick Fischer; 'Preston Garrison'
Cc: ASA
Subject: Re: [asa] A question on Genesis
1) The independent historical value of the Book of Jubilees is slight if
not zero.
2) Note the assumptions buried in the statement "So the Bible writer
couldn't have meant the entire world spoke one unified language as there
were at least two languages spoken right there, Akkadian and Sumerian."
I.e., the Bible must be giving an accurate historical account & we know
historically that more than one language was spoken in the area so the text
can't mean what it says.
3) There is no evidence that that the Hebrew saphah echath, "one lip," is
equivalent to the English idiom "on everybody's lips." All the English
versions I've consulted (KJV, RSV, NRSV, NIV, TE, NEB, Goodspeed, Moffat),
as well as the commentaries of von Rad, Westermann and Speiser, translate
"one lip" as equivalent to "one language." Dick has no reason at all to
claim that it means anything else other than the desire to get out of a
difficulty for his concordist scheme.
4) But if we grant that baseless supposition, what sense do we make of v.7,
"Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not
understand one another's speech" (RSV)? ("Language" and "speech" there are
again saphah.) I'm sure Dick can come up with something about God making
them all interested in different topics of conversation, but the obvious &
correct meaning is the traditional one, that they couldn't understand one
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From: Dick Fischer <mailto:email@example.com>
To: 'Preston Garrison' <mailto:email@example.com>
Cc: ASA <mailto:email@example.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] A question on Genesis
Hi Preston:
The dispersion of the sons of Noah occurred at Noah's death according to
"And in the sixth year, she (Azurad, wife of Eber) bare him a son, and he
called his name Peleg; for in the days when he was born the children of Noah
began to divide the earth amongst themselves. For this reason they called
his name Peleg. And they divided (it) secretly amongst themselves, and told
it to Noah. And it came to pass in the beginning of the thirty-third
jubilee that they divided the earth into three parts, for Shem and Ham and
Japheth, according to the inheritance of each ." (Jub. 8:8-10).
"And thus the sons of Noah divided unto their sons in the presence of Noah
their father, and he bound them all by an oath, imprecating a curse on every
one that sought to seize the portion which had not fallen (to him) by his
lot" (Jub. 9:14).
Then Peleg takes a wife and begets Reu. They departed Ararat after the death
of Noah, as did all the sons, and this particular line of Semites headed
"eastward to Shinar" (Jub. 9:19). In the words of Peleg: "Behold the
children of men have become evil through the wicked purpose of building for
themselves a city and a tower in the land of Shinar" (Jub. 9:18).
And Genesis follows this same line of reasoning. Thus Japheth was
unrepresented at Babel. Furthermore, Asshur, a Semite, went to settle his
cities including Nineveh in chapter 10. So the incident at Babel in Genesis
11 affected those in the line of Arphaxad, the Line of Promise, and a group
of Hamites led by Nimrod.
Scrambling and altering of one basic language into many languages at Babel
is a common misinterpretation.
Gen 11:1 states in the KJV: "And the whole earth was of one language, and of
one speech."
And they dwelt in the land of "Shinar." Shinar is Hebrew for Sumer and the
Sumerians spoke an unrelated language. So the Bible writer couldn't have
meant the entire world spoke one unified language as there were at least two
languages spoken right there, Akkadian and Sumerian. In addition,
inscriptions found in various Semitic languages, Assyrian, Aramaic,
Canaanite, Amorite, and of course Hebrew are all variations of the original
Akkadian language. So the basic language structure was not changed at all.
The key to a better interpretation is in the original Hebrew where the word
"land" can be used for "earth" and the Hebrew word translated "language" is
the word saphah for "lip." So the whole land of Shinar or Sumer was of one
lip. This was during the era of the ziggurats from the time of the flood at
2900 BC and the destruction of Ur at 2000 BC. The topic of conversation on
everyone's lip was these massive ziggurat building projects that took place
in every major city in the region. In essence, it became a contest between
cities to out build their neighbors and thus to elevate the status of their
own particular city gods. These are the words of Gudea commemorating the
ziggurat at Lagash:
The bright crown of the temple rested upon it and as the
lapis-lazuli mountain of heaven and earth rose from the earth.
The pavement of the terrace of the great temple he laid; as a
pure vessel on which honey and wine are poured it was open
to heaven. The shrine with a couch which he built like a
perfect mountain, as the holy stone vessel of the deep it rose.
On account of the great name which he had made for himself
he was received among the gods into their assembly
Note the similarity in attitude with that of the tower builders who
declared, "let us make us a name" in Genesis 11:4.
In essence, the order of presentation in Genesis is correct. After the
flood the children of Noah remained in the area of where the ark landed
until they could reconstitute. The lands were divided or apportioned in the
days of Peleg (Gen. 10:25) while Noah was alive. At the death of Noah came
the dispersion of the sons of Noah described in Genesis 10. The incident at
Babel with the scattering of the descendants of Arphaxad caused Terah to
move south from Babylon to Ur where Abraham originated. The curse on Canaan
was fulfilled from his seizing a land not apportioned to him that Abraham
claimed under his inheritance.
This is all in my book, Historical Genesis from Adam to Abraham.
Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
www.genesisproclaimed.org <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org/>
-----Original Message-----
From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On
Behalf Of Preston Garrison
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:54 PM
To: ASA list
Subject: [asa] A question on Genesis
This may be off topic, unless Biblical studies can be considered
something of a science, but such things have been discussed here
before, so here goes.
Has anyone else noticed that multiple languages are already mentioned
among the descendants of Jephthah in Genesis 10:5, nearly a full
chapter before the story of Babel, which concerns Nimrod, a
descendant of Ham.
From the NASV:
"From these [the descendents of Jephthah], the coastlands of the
nations were separated into their lands, EVERY ONE ACCORDING TO HIS
LANGUAGE, according to their families, and into their nations."
The rest of chapter 10 concerns the descendants of Ham, one of whom
was Nimrod. His kingdom and the Babel story are described in chapter
11:1-9. Then the descendants of Shem are described in 11:10-32.
It starts to look like to me that Genesis 11 didn't originally refer
to a univeral unity of language - the unity described was something
that was imposed by the conquests of Nimrod.
It was the working out of the curse on Ham. They were cursed by
getting an able, effective and violent leader who unified them,
conquered surrounding tribes and imposed the same language on all of
them, which was followed by unified rebellion against God and the
resulting judgement.
Insert the usual admission that I haven't been to seminary, and I
have no idea what I am talking about.
Let the expertise commence.
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s3xt0y wrote:Bathing suits? Hot bodies
DiM wrote:s3xt0y wrote:Bathing suits? Hot bodies
where? i don't see any....
also you should add a negative bonus for holding the fat guy that pisses in the pool
loutil wrote:PLEASE call him MISH and not Miss.
There is no miss ionary position. There is the mish ionary position.
TheMissionary wrote:If you are going to do objective, I would suggest making the First Aid kits large neutrals.
isaiah40 wrote:Please put the last update date in the title of the thread in this format [23 Oct 2011], brackets included. This will help the CA's and FA's know when you have posted a new update. Thank you.
nolefan5311 wrote:Graphics look good for a first draft.
I'd think about limiting the amount of 911's or First Aid Kits there are, maybe down to just one each. Otherwise the objective might be a little easy to acquire and maybe make it a killer neutral as well as large, maybe both of them.
I'm also having a little trouble identifying who the victims are.
Overall, I like the idea and think its sort of similar to the baseball map. Hope my thoughts helped.
s3xt0y wrote:Is anyone even interested in this map, I will keep working on it, but it just seems that there is little to no interest...
Industrial Helix wrote:I'm checking this one out for the second or so time and initially it didn't really excite me all that much... so in my opinion, what could be done to improve it.
think it would be interesting if there were different rules for each pool so a player has to vary their strategy to win... for example: there could be kids pool where its open attack...tlike in tribal Florida or Supermax, throw in a bombarding position at the diving board
and a Jaquzzi with a heat decay would be cool too
s3xt0y wrote:Industrial Helix wrote:Might need to apply for a supersize thou...
isaiah40 wrote:s3xt0y wrote:Industrial Helix wrote:Might need to apply for a supersize thou...
Your application has been noted, when you get your next draft posted, I will then go over it and we'll go from there!
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- Rams Duo Highlights 2011 All-Skyline Team -
New York, N.Y. - Freshman Jessica Sickles (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) of Farmingdale State has been named the 2011 Skyline Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
In addition, the coaches selected Alex Bentz (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) of Farmingdale State as Rookie of the Year and Lorraine Brady of Mount Saint Mary as Coach of the Year. The Sage Colleges earned the Team Sportsmanship Award from their peers.
Sickles enjoyed a simply outstanding rookie year for the Rams, playing at #1 singles, she posted a perfect 6-0 record in the league and was 10-3 overall. The standout from Massapequa Park, N.Y., also amassed a 5-1 league mark at first doubles, and was 8-5 overall.
Bentz, a high school teammate of Sickles at Massapequa High, also enjoyed an amazing freshman season. Playing at #2 singles, she posted a perfect 13-0 record (first undefeated season in Farmingdale State history), including 6-0 in Skyline play. She also had a stellar 11-2 mark at second doubles, including 4-2 in conference action.
Brady guided Mount Saint Mary to an outstanding season, as the Knights finished 13-2 overall and 6-0 in Skyline regular season action. To cap off the sparkling campaign, Brady led her squad to the finals of the 2011 Skyline Championship. Overall, she has a sterling 130-28 record in 10 years with six conference crowns.
The 2011 All-Conference First Team consists of Bentz, Gabrielle Murphy-Goldberg and Emily Gregory of Mount Saint Mary, Gabriella Marden and Moriah Ormsby of Purchase, and Nancy Marroquin of St. Joseph's-L.I.
The Second Team is composed of junior Kristina Rossano (Franklin Square, N.Y.) of Farmingdale State, Jen Gregory of Mount Saint Mary, Ariel Zeig of NYU-Poly, Melissa Siller of Purchase, Isabella Pericone of The Sage Colleges, and Katelyn Dorsey of St. Joseph's-L.I.
Alex Bentz - Farmingdale State - Fr. - Massapequa Park, NY
Gabriela Murphy- Goldberg Mount Saint Mary - Jr. - Newburgh, NY
Emily Gregory - Mount Saint Mary - Jr. - Albertson, NY
Gabriella Marden - Purchase - So. - Bayside, NY
Moriah Ormsby - Purchase - So. - Montebello, NY
Nancy Marroquin - St. Joseph's-L.I. - So. - Patchogue, NY
Kristina Rossano - Farmingdale State - Jr. - Franklin Square, NY
Jen Gregory - Mount Saint Mary - Jr. - Albertson, NY
Ariel Zeig - NYU-Poly - Jr. - West Nyack, NY
Melissa Siller - Purchase - Fr. - Roslyn Heights, NY
Isabella Pericone - The Sage Colleges - Jr. - Scotia, NY
Katelyn Dorsey - St. Joseph's-L.I. - Jr. - Farmingville, NY
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jessica Sickles, Farmingdale State
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Alex Bentz, Farmingdale State
COACH OF THE YEAR: Lorraine Brady, Mount Saint Mary
TOURNAMENT MVP: Gabriela Murphy-Goldberg, Mount Saint Mary
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: The Sage Colleges
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The Rockefeller University's Michael W. Young and Jeffrey V. Ravetch were named winners of the Gairdner Foundation's 2012 Canada Gairdner International Awards. Young, head of Rockefeller's Laboratory of Genetics, and Ravetch, head of the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, will receive $100,000 each.
"The work of these two scientists underscores the ability of basic research to benefit the field of medicine," said Rockefeller University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne in a statement. "Jeff's work with antibodies and immune system and Mike's findings on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms and functioning have increased our understanding of how the human body works. This recognition from the Gairdner Foundation is a well-deserved testament to their dedication to science and medicine."
The two will receive their awards this fall in Toronto and will give talks as part of the Gairdner National Program, a month-long series of lectures by award winners at 21 universities.
"Our 2012 Canada Gairdner Awardees are a group of modern-day explorers who have dedicated their lives to using basic science to discover answers to puzzling medical challenges," said John Dirks, the president and scientific director of Gairdner. "Because of their tenacity and their dedication, we have a whole new realm of potential medical solutions open to us. It is our hope the awards continue to inspire researchers to conquer unchartered medical territory."Photos courtesy Rockefeller University
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I have been baking for awhile now, and seem to be getting the hang of it; although I have so much more to learn when it comes to understanding everything about baking all sorts of breads. I have been wanting to work in a bakery for soo long, and there seems to be an on going problem: I need to have experience!! What am i suppose to do? How am I ever going to get a job in a bakery if no one ever gives me a chance? Was everyone else just born with a few years under their belt? I'm really just venting, and I apologize...but any advice would be great. All I want to know is what to do? How do I get a job in a bakery, when I have no actual bakery experience?
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Melting glaciers may release DDT and contaminate Antarctic environment
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In an unexpected consequence of climate change, scientists are raising the possibility that glacial melting is releasing large amounts of the banned pesticide DDT, which is contaminating the environment in Antarctica. The study is scheduled for the June 1 issue of ACS' bi-weekly journal Environmental Science & Technology.
In the study, Heidi N. Geisz and colleagues estimate that up to 2.0-8.8 pounds of DDT are released into coastal waters annually along the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet from glacial meltwater. The researchers point out that DDT reaches Antarctica by long-range atmospheric transport in snow, and then gets concentrated in the food chain. DDT has been banned in the northern hemisphere and has been regulated worldwide since the 1970s. Geisz found, however, that DDT levels in the Adelie penguin have been unchanged since the 1970s, despite an 80 percent reduction in global use.
Global warming may explain that contradiction, they say. As the annual winter temperature on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit in the last 30 years, glaciers have retreated. The possibility that glacial meltwater has contaminated Antarctic organisms with DDT, the study says, "has compelling consequences" if global warming should continue and intensify. -- JS
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Light-driven "molecular brakes" provide stopping power for nanomachines
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Researchers in Taiwan report development of a new type of "molecular brake" that could provide on-demand stopping power for futuristic nanomachines. The brake, thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair, is powered by light and is the first capable of working at room temperature, the researchers say. Their study is scheduled for the June 5 issue of ACS' Organic Letters, a bi-weekly journal.
In the new study, Jye-Shane Yang and colleagues point out that the ability to control specific motions of small molecules or larger molecular structures is essential for the development of nanomachines. Some of these machines may find use in delivering drugs or performing surgery deep inside the human body. Although scientists have already built molecular motors, wheels, and gears for powering nanomachines, the development of a practical braking system remains a challenge, the researchers say.
Yang's group assembled a prototype molecular brake that resembles a tiny four-bladed wheel and contains light-sensitive molecules. The paddle-like structure spins freely when a nanomachine is in motion. In laboratory studies, the scientists showed that exposing the structure to light changes its shape so that "blades" stop spinning, putting on the brakes. The braking power can be turned off by altering the wavelength of light exposure, they add. -- MTS
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Next-generation explosives: More power and safety without the pollution
Chemistry of Materials
Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new generation of explosives that is more powerful than TNT and other existing explosives, less apt to detonate accidentally, and produce fewer toxic byproducts. Their study of these more environmentally friendly explosives is scheduled for the June 24 issue of ACS' Chemistry of Materials, a bi-weekly journal.
In the new study, Thomas M. Klapötke and Carles Miró Sabate point out that conventional explosives such as TNT, RDX and HMX, widely-used in military weapons, are rich in carbon and tend to produce toxic gases upon ignition. In addition to polluting the environment, these materials are also highly sensitive to physical shock, such as hard impacts and electric sparks, making their handling extremely dangerous. Greener, safer explosives are needed, the researchers say.
To meet this need, Klapötke and Sabate turned to a recently explored class of materials called tetrazoles, which derive most of their explosive energy from nitrogen instead of carbon. They identified two promising tetrazoles: HBT and G2ZT. The researchers developed tiny "bombs" out of these materials and detonated them in the laboratory. The materials showed less sensitivity to shock than conventional explosives and produced fewer toxic products when burned, the researchers say. -- MTS
"Bistetrazoles: Nitrogen-Rich, High-Performing, Insensitive Energetic Compounds"
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University of Munich
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Rice in your gas tank: Boosting biofuel production from rice straw
Energy & Fuels
Researchers in China are reporting a discovery that could turn rice straw into an inexpensive new renewable source of biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy & Fuels, describes a way to boost production of biofuel from rice straw by almost 65 percent.
In the new study, Xiujin Li and colleagues point out that China is the world's largest rice producer, a crop that leaves behind about 230 million tons of rice straw each year. Rice straw is the stem and leaves left behind after harvesting the grains. Scientists, however, have not tapped rice straw for production of biogas because bacteria cannot easily break down its cellulose due to the complex physical and chemical structures of lignocellulosic biomass.
The researchers treated rice straw with sodium hydroxide before allowing bacteria to ferment it into a biogas. That so-called pretreatment increased biogas production by making more cellulose and other compositions in straw available for digestion by the bacteria. Three prototype facilities have been built in China using this technology. -- MTS
"Physiochemical Characterization of Rice Straw Pretreated with Sodium Hydroxide in the Solid State for Enhancing Biogas Production"
Xiujin Li, Ph.D.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Electronic waste disposal: A growing challenge
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Millions of tons of unwanted computers, cell phones and other electronic waste (E-waste) are filling the world's recycling bins each year. But the lack of standardized recycling methods and E-waste's potentially toxic health effects have sparked a growing debate over how to deal with this tsunami of cast-off technology, according to an article [http://pubs.
C&EN Senior Editor Jeff Johnson points out that barely 15 percent of the estimated two million tons of E-waste produced each year in the United States is recycled or reused. Leftovers are often shipped to poorer countries like Africa, India, or China, where workers face health dangers as they attempt to remove lesser valued, more toxic parts, the article notes.
But change may be around the corner. Environmental advocates, community groups, Congress, and some in the electronics industry are seeking alternatives to these "informal" recycling efforts, including the manufacture of "greener" electronic parts and equipment, tougher regulations on the disposal and shipping of E-waste, and "take back" programs that encourage manufacturers to collect the E-waste that they produce, according to the article.
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Stratton Mountain, Vermont played host to what might be the best pipe contest in years. If not the best, at least it was the most progressive. Under sunny skies and minimal wind, 16 men and 8 women took to a slushy pipe that required more maintenance than a fat girl with diabetes and a separation complex. Seriously though, the crew that kept this pipe intact deserves praise. They had their hands full as the day progressed and the temperature rose. Thousands of people turned out for the Men's and Women's pipe finals, and they were not disappointed. Neither was I.
The women went first, and after semi-finals, 8 were chosen to move on to the big show. With the unexplainable absence of Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark was clearly the favorite, but there were a few women in the field who held the fortitude to give her a serious run for her money. Steamboat Springs local and the youngest girl in the competition, Maddy Schaffrick qualified in second place behind Clark, but in the finals, she couldn't put a podium run together. However, this girl is the future face of competitive women's halfpipe snowboarding. Switch backside spins mixed with insane combos will soon blend with amplitude and young Maddy will more than likely be a force to be reckoned with. Aside from Maddy, Kelly Marren landed a few backside nines but couldn't quite find her board with her hand. Regardless, she put together some impressive runs. Kaitlyn Farrington finally landed herself a podium appearance at the Open with a second place finish. Kaitlyn goes huge and rides like Torah. Technical, big and with tons of style. Worth mentioning Hannah Teter, another favorite to take down Clark on her home hill, who qualified for finals yet failed to show for any of her runs. I'm sure the message boards were lighting up on webcasts the world over. Ellery Hollingsworth rounded out the podium with an impressive run and a well-deserved third place finish. And yes, it was Kelly Clark's run consisting of back-to-back sevens and an overhead front nine that creamed the competition. After Kelly's first run she had it in the bag, but that didn't prevent her from attempting a massive front ten in her victory lap. Kelly Clark rules, and she gained the respect of everyone in attendance by the day's end.
As for the men, it's almost impossible to put into words exactly what happened. First of all, the seemingly unbeatable Shaun White opted out of the contest. He was on the start list, yet when it came time to drop, White failed to do so. Apparently, the Vancouver gold medalist wasn't feeling well and chose not to ride, thus opening the door to a slew of contestants to walk away with US Open hardware. The 16 men battled it out for over an hour, kicked off by Iouri Podladtchikov's first run which consisted of two double corks, one of which has only been landed by Shaun himself–the double McTwist 1260–dubbed by mainstream media as "the most dangerous trick in snowboarding." The crowd went nuts and Ipod's 90-plus score forced the remaining riders to step it up, and they certainly did. It was Louie Vito's birthday, yet the tiny dancer treated the spectators to a present when he unveiled his new double cork that is yet to be named. Louie landed three doubles in his run and took the lead, but it was Kazuhiro Kokubo's second run that would topple Vito's lead and he would hold on to the win, even though Ipod landed a run of his own with three doubles. Rumors immediately started circulating about Ipod's run being scored low, but we're not judges and we're not in the booth, so we must trust that they know something that we don't. Regardless, all three of the men on the podium turned yet another page in the evolution of competitive pipe riding and I'm not 100% convinced that if Shaun did compete today that he would've won.
Words don't do today's US Open pipe final justice, so wait for the video. It will be up soon, and stay tuned to snowboardermag.com for all the photos, videos and behind-the-scenes coverage of the 2010 US Open in Stratton, Vermont.
US Open Halfpipe Results:
March 20, 2010
Stratton Mountain, VT
1 Kazuhiro Kokubo JPN
2 Louie Vito USA
3 Iouri Podladtchikov SUI
4 Markus Malin FIN
5 Janne Korpi FIN
6 Scotty Lago USA
7 Tore Holvik NOR
8 Christian Haller SUI
9 Manuel Pietropoli ITA
10 Ross Baker USA
11 Brett Esser USA
12 Peetu Piiroinen FIN
13 Ben Watts USA
14 Luke Mitrani USA
15 Scotty Pike USA
16 Matt Ladley USA
1 Kelly Clark USA
2 Kaitlyn Farrington USA
3 Ellery Hollingsworth USA
4 Hannah Teter USA
5 Rana Okada JPN
6 Elena Hight USA
7 Kelly Marren USA
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Despite reports on the severity of this season's flu, you are still hesitant to get a flu shot. Last time you got the vaccine you felt sick after and you still aren't sold on its effectiveness.
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You know it would be helpful to chat with your doctor, but you aren't convinced she is aware of your fear nor has the time to help you understand the shot's pros and cons.
Experts say that care and outcomes improve when you have a doctor who understands and respects your values—a doctor who "gets" you, someone with whom you feel comfortable enough to open up in return. Much like the dating process.
Patient centered care is just that, says Shub Debgupta, founder and CEO of WiserTogether which provides support tools for consumers to help them make thoughtful decisions about their health care and doctor choice.
Unfortunately, doctors are falling short of patient's expectations and turning out to be more like a bad first date. According to Wiser's Patient Centered Care Index, a survey that measures how well doctors are doing in taking up the challenge of the shared decision-making at the heart of patient centered care, doctors are not meeting patient expectations.
The industry may be improving in cost and increasing accessibility and convenience, says Gregg Rosenberg, Wiser's chief product officer, but the quarterly survey that canvasses more than 2,500 patients indicates treatment ratings remain gapped.
Rosenberg says you should ask yourself these five questions to evaluate whether your relationship with your doctor is healthy:
- Does your physician take the time to understand your values and personal situation?
- How well does your doctor help you understand the range of treatment options for your particular condition?
- How well does your physician understand the evidence that goes with the various treatment options, reporting if they are strong or weak?
- Does your physician communicate with empathy and relate to your fears, anxieties, beliefs or even your financial considerations?
- Does your doctor actively involve you in the decision-making regarding treatment?
Rosenberg says the index shows doctors do best involving the patient to get a shared decision, "but you can't truly get to shared without the other four factors, and the likelihood your physician can take the time to understand your values and help you understand your options is not high."
The Culprit: Time Constraints
High patient volume and a shortage of physicians, particularly in the primary care arena, translate to doctors being pressed for time during office visits. "Few doctors have time to walk patients through the 18 treatment options for carpal tunnel syndrome which is why they short circuit," Rosenberg says.
The shortage situation is expected to go downhill, with experts predicting the situation to worsen in 2014 as millions more patients stream into the system—bad news for the dating pool.
"The 10-minute paradigm really has to change," says Dr. Glen Stream, chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). These short visits do not provide adequate time to develop trust and share the in-depth dialogue that shapes a treatment decision.
The current fee for service environment is not conducive to forming deep relationships, claims Dr. Charles Kennedy, head of Aetna's Aligned Care Solutions Group. Much of a patient's care—particularly for those patients who have chronic conditions—is done at home. One way to build deeper relationships is to empower patients to do a better job of maintaining their care at home. But the current environment makes this difficult because doctors are too busy running from examining room to examining room, Kennedy says. "It's like being a hamster on a wheel."
Stream emphasizes that patient trust goes two ways. Patients have to be forthcoming about their medical history and concerns. He adds that patients tend not to open up at first but can build trust after half a dozen visits. "Decisions don't have to be made abruptly. A key part is taking time to be comfortable," Stream says.
The dating game is not an unreasonable comparison for determining whether a doctor is a good fit, Stream adds. Patients can go online to review a doctor's background. But it's more than just being knowledgeable. "To be compliant, patients need to know I have their best interests at heart."
Sometimes it's as simple as managing expectations. A patient may have a specific treatment need and the doctor who is most expert at providing that treatment is not a good communicator. Stream prepares his patients for that. "I tell them, 'Don't expect warm and fuzzy.'"
Here are some tips to find a physician who will be your best health care mate:
Poll like-minded friends and family. The information about their physician experience is anecdotal, but it's a start.
Use consumer-friendly tools. Wiser'shealth suite and mobile applications, Change Healthcare's Transparency Messenger or Aetna's iTriage can help identify available doctors and/or compare cost.
Do a dry run. Visit the office of a physician prospect. This helps you evaluate the staff and the environment. A bad encounter at the reception desk can crush your experience.
Seek out PCMH practices and ACO's. A complement of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health coaches and nutritionists add layers of expertise and technology reliance ramps up on-the-fly convenience and access and frees up physician time to build relationships.
Keep looking till you find a good fit. People often stick with a doctor they don't like because they're afraid to change, says Stream. "If you don't connect with the first person you see, it's okay to find someone else."


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