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Guest post by Thorn
Yep, it's me again.
Are you exhausted by this story yet? Wrung out? Wondering what fresh hell I'm going to visit upon you today?
Trust me, I know just how you feel.
But sad to say, the story still isn't over yet.
After the funeral I packed up my husband and my kids and headed home. Two weeks later I returned, this time on my own, for the interment of my mom's ashes. We'd elected to have a little ceremony for it, presented by this pastor who'd known my mom really well. The cemetery was beautiful, it was sunny and warm outside.
I'd spent those intervening two weeks railing to everyone I knew about Joan's asshattery, and had managed to work out some of my fury. I still felt distant to the family, but I'd decided to try to get past it. Joan was and always has been a rude bint and we all knew it. She'd been talked to about her behavior, and there wasn't anything more to do about it but move on.
So after the interment ceremony, when we all went to a nearby coffee shop together, I tried to just be calm and focus on the next step: helping Rose out as much as I could, seeing as she'd been stuck with a lot of the heavy lifting in dealing with Mom's estate.
So when it was my turn to order, I ordered just like I normally would – a skim-milk chai latte and a cranberry muffin, which I chose because I like cranberry muffins, not because it was low-fat.
I sat with Rose and Joan, who'd been helping Rose out a bunch, and we discussed handling Mom's condo. Things were starting to wind down, and I got a call from my husband back home. I stepped outside to talk to him, and as I walked back inside after I hung up I was met by Uncle John.
He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me off to a corner. My first instinct was that he was going to say something kind to me, after the snotting on his lapel incident at Mom's funeral. "So hey, you remember that thing Joan was talking about?"
I pondered. After I'd left, Joan had gotten pretty deeply involved in helping Rose with clearing up Mom's affairs. "I don't know, she's talked about a lot of things," I said. "Which thing in particular?"
John looked uncomfortable and stammered, "You know, the uh… the weight thing."
My heart plummeted.
"Yeah, I remember," I replied dully.
"You gonna work on that?"
What could I say?
"Yeah," I mumbled.
"Good. We wanna keep you around for a good long time, you hear?"
I nodded silently and John gave my shoulders a final squeeze before releasing me and walking away.
I've never been bulimic, thank dog, but at that moment, I thought perhaps I could understand the impulse. My half-finished skim-milk chai latte and low-fat cranberry muffin curdled in my stomach and I threw the rest of my food away. I was so angry, I felt sure if I opened my mouth I would either scream or vomit.
I did my best to avoid John until it was time to leave.
Finally we all left, and I fumed the entire way back.
I tried to talk to my dad and his wife about how angry I was. And while they agreed that it was seriously ill-mannered of John to bring it up then (apparently my shouted, "Am I not allowed to FUCKING mourn my mother in peace?? Is that too goddamn much to ask??" was an unassailable point), they just wouldn't get behind the rest.
I mentioned the twin-studies showing weight to be about 80% genetic.* I mentioned the experiment about weight set-points and how naturally thin people have to ingest as much as 10,000 calories a day in order to become fat. I pointed out the several people on both sides of my family tree who are fat. And finally I pointed out that my fatness hurts no one but myself, and it is my body and my choice to accept myself and strive to be healthy at whatever size I might be, or to indulge in self-hatred and go on diet after diet, hoping that somehow I will wind up being part of that lucky 5% or less who manage to maintain their weight loss for over five years.
My dad and his (naturally thin) wife just couldn't get behind me on any of those points, though. It was all about John's bad timing.
Later, at our mom's condo, I told my sister about what had happened. She said, "Did you tell him to go fuck himself?"
Rose has always had a talent for getting right to the heart of a matter.
I admitted I'd been too shocked to do much but nod along. She went off on a little tirade of her own, and finally announced that she was calling our aunt Brenda about this. She said how this was just the limit, how if they love me so much and are doing this because they want me around for a good, long time, how come they're doing it in such a way that if they keep this shit up, I'm just not ever going to come visit them at all?
We ranted together about what jackassery it all was, and I felt better, knowing that at least my sister understood, and at least she was willing to stand up for me, even if she didn't entirely understand all my reasons for being so mad either.
I haven't been back down at this point, and find myself unable to look forward to the big family picnic which takes place every summer. Am I going to get treated to another lecture? If anything, in the aftermath of my mother's death, I've more likely gained weight than lost anything. Am I going to have someone give me stern looks if I have my annual serving of Aunt Tina's Candy Apple Salad? What if I go back for seconds? Am I going to have to explain how I only ever have it once a year, and promise to eat nothing but lettuce and water for dinner that night?
I'm not upset at being called fat. Heaven knows I've been called far worse. And besides – I am fat. I've been fat for close to 20 years now. I'm well aware of it.
What I'm upset about is the fact that apparently the importance of lecturing someone about being fat outweighs (har har! oh, the funny pun!) the importance of being kind and compassionate to someone whose mother died suddenly just a few days before. And how it's so very very important that you don't dare pass up even a single opportunity to remind them of their fat and just how much they need to be ashamed of themselves and their bodies, even if that opportunity is a mere hour after having their mother's ashes committed to soil.
And the part that really gets me? The part that makes me want to grab each of them by the shoulders and shake until their teeth rattle? Fat didn't kill my mother. It was a blood clot. Not cholesterol. Not a Twinkie. Not any of those things. Yes, obesity is one of the many, many risk factors for DVT, but it's certainly not the only one. And it is the only risk factor Mom had, at least until it got bad enough that it forced her into a thoroughly sedentary lifestyle.
Being fat didn't kill my mom. What killed her was being too ashamed of being fat to go see a doctor on an even moderately regular basis. What killed her was being so ashamed of her fat that she didn't advocate for herself when she needed to. What killed her was the message she got, day in and day out, that if she wasn't considered fuckable by the majority of the population, she didn't deserve to be treated with dignity or respect. What killed her was a fucking DOCTOR deciding that his Hippocratic Oath didn't cover fat chicks, and thus my mom's health wasn't any of his concern.
That's fat hatred.
And that's what killed my mother.
And if I'm not careful, if I don't call these fuckers on their bullshit now, if I don't stand up for myself right this very moment, it could kill me too.
* All things I had learned since starting to read this very blog a month or two before Mom's death, so thanks to Kate for helping me be educated enough to fight this stuff when I needed it most.


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A landscaper spotted the python Monday and called wildlife experts.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer tried to remove the python and place it into a bag using a pole and hook. The snake uncoiled and tried to escape from the valve box. As the python extended to its full length, it appeared to be around 12- to 14-feet long.
The Naples Daily News reports that the python will be scanned for a microchip that could identify its owner. It then will be euthanized and autopsied for research and to check for any eggs it might be carrying.
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clarification of JTAC role
My understanding is that all Army JTACs are SF-qualified, but that the other branches only treat it more like an additional qualification/identifier...and, given this, a JTAC from one of the other branches may or may not also be qualified for their respective special operations units/groups/etc. Is this accurate?
Asking in order to properly assess the qualifications of a potential job applicant.
The US Army Special Warfare Center (SWC) manages the Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller Course (SOTACC) at Yuma, AZ. As far as I know, only SOCOM personnel are authorized to attend that course. Do you need to know if an applicant is SF? Or do you need to know more reference JTAC? The statement regarding the other branches treating JTAC as an additional qualification is wrong, as the United States Air Force has a MOS dedicated solely to JTAC, they are called Tactical Air Control Party (TACP).
Hope this helps.....
I have read elsewhere that not all TACPs are JTAC-qualified (apparently, TACP is the USAF MOS, while JTAC is the qualification that they may or may not have). If you are absolutely certain that you are correct, let me know.
My original question came after someone was referred to me and was described as JTAC; the guy giving the referral described JTAC to be like "Air Force SF" (which I immediately recognized as incorrect). So...I'm trying to see just where Air Force JTACs fit with regard to Special Operations.
(edit: If only SOCOM guys can attend the Army-administered course, that would support my belief that all Army JTACs are SF...but I need to know about the AF side, and I believe they have their own school. Not certain about this though...)
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I don't think ALL Army JTACs are SF, but AFAIK, they all come from SOCOM. I've heard that some of the 75th RGR RGT 13Fs have gone, and some of the 13s (As and Fs) in the 7th Group Joint Fires Element also attended. http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbullet...N_FEB_2010.pdf
Regarding your original question, AF JTACs are not necessarily AFSOC, although there are JTACs in AFSOC.
I see what you seek. In the USAF, there are only two MOS/AFSC that can be JTAC certified: Combat Control Team (CCT) and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). All, repeat all, CCT fall under SOCOM. There is only one TACP unit that falls under SOCOM, period. That unit is the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS).
JTAC is a certification/qualification, and NOT all CCT or TACP gain this qualification. The TACP MOS/AFSC deals solely with Close Air Support, while the CCT handles Air Traffic Control (ATC), Helicopter Landing Zone (HLZ), and Drop Zone (DZ) Control as well as surveys.
Does that answer your question?
That is perfect. Thanks to both of you for your help
STACOM is mostly on the money...but, since I teach this stuff, let me see if I can help. In the USAF, the AFSC, same thing as an Army MOS, which get JTAC qualified is 1C4. 1C4's career path is a lifetime inside of the Close Air Support world, working in the TACP, Tactical Air Control Party. A TACP is made up of ALOs (who do the CAS planning), JTACs and ROMADs (who do the execution of the CAS) and at certain levels (Division and higher) there can be support guys in the TACP. Below Division, the TACP is ALOs, JTACs, and ROMADs. TACP is what they do, the Air Force Command structure they are part of is either the Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), the Air Support Operations Group (ASOG), or the Air Ground Operations Wing (AGOW). When you take an ASOS or an ASOG, add about 50 comm and support guys/with a bunch of comm crap, the ASOS/G becomes an Air Support Operations Center (ASOC). Doctrinally, ASOCs are found at Corps level, but starting in FY11, they are moving to the Division level.
Now, back on topic. In the AFSC of 1C4, once you are JTAC qualified, you get the Additonal Skill Identifier (ASI) of 914, so the AFSC/ASI combination would read, 1C4914.
Combat Controllers, in AFSOC like was already said, are 1C2 AFSCs. Some percentage of 1C2s are also 914 ASI carrying individuals, but not all. When OEF kicked off, AFSOC sent a bunch of 1C2s through JTAC qualification to make up for shortages of 1C4914 guys.
If you are looking to check out a guy, just ask what his AFSC was, and what ASI's he may have earned. If he balks at rattling off what I've just told you, he is making it up.
The AFS is 1C4X0 (with the "X" being the variable for 3, 5 or 7 Level)
the SEI (Special Experience Identifier) is 914
The AFS for a 7 Level (TSgt/MSgt) would still be 1C470, with an SEI of 914.
At least that's the way it was when I was an ETAC/JTAC
- A Pessimist will tell you the Glass is Half Empty...
- An Optimist will tell you the Glass is Half Full...
- An Engineer will tell you the Glass is TWICE AS BIG AS IT NEEDS TO BE!
Sometimes you just gotta hoist the Jolly Roger and start slittin' throats!
Yup. One of the things I try to do when I teach is know how much of "the truth" my students need to digest. The limfac usually being that too much, and their eyeballs will roll back in their heads. When I start talking to the Army about JTACs, JFOs, TACPs, 1C4s, 1C2s, etc., it doesn't take long to start the eyeballs rolling. "So, your telling us that a JTAC is really 1/3 of the parts that make up the TACP, and that a current/qualified JTAC is really a 1C4 AFSC (which is like an MOS) that has an SEI of 914, but could also be a SOF guy with a 1C2 AFSC that has been to the JTAC school? Even so, if the 1C4 doesn't keep up with his required numbers of controls, he will still be a 1C4, but not a JTAC??!?!!?!! ARGGGHHHHHHH!"
That being said, I don't know how long it has been since you set your ruck down for the last time, but for your knowledge...your data is very nearly still exactly correct. The only tweak I would make to what you said is in regards to the AFSC's last digit. For whatever reason, what you knew as 1C4X0 is now 1C4X1...maybe zero was seen to mean nothing and 1 is something, so someone made the change???
I retired in 2004... I don't know if I ever held a 1C4X1 AFS or not, but for most of my career (23 years) we were X0s... Any idea when it changed to X1? (and what does the 1 delineate?)
I also left out 1 and 9 levels as Student and "CEM" are rarely current JTACs.
To simplify with your students, I would just tell them that NOBODY is a JTAC without and SEI of 914 in the AF.
- A Pessimist will tell you the Glass is Half Empty...
- An Optimist will tell you the Glass is Half Full...
- An Engineer will tell you the Glass is TWICE AS BIG AS IT NEEDS TO BE!
Sometimes you just gotta hoist the Jolly Roger and start slittin' throats!
Here is the skinny, straight from my sources at the Pentagon...If you see a 1C4X0, that means the guy is a Chief. Everyone else is a 1C4X1.
This, of course, means that my smart-a'd comment about 0 meaning nothing, so they changed it to 1 wasn't a good guess. In fact, if you are somebody(a Chief) then you are a 0, everyone else gets a 1...which means nothing.
Here is a link I came aross at Bagram PAO about JTACs. Based on location and theatre, some get to go to Air Assault School, others Airborne, etc based on mission requirements:
Not sure if this helps but I've known marines from ANGLICO that went to the SOTACC in Arizona. And went I went through the EWTGPAC (JTAC) course on Coronado Island we had an Air Force CCT student there.
Sorry, we got a bit off track in answering the initial query...
Original question was..."My understanding is that all Army JTACs are SF-qualified, but that the other branches only treat it more like an additional qualification/identifier...and, given this, a JTAC from one of the other branches may or may not also be qualified for their respective special operations units/groups/etc. Is this accurate?"
Johnnymac, here is the scoop. First, all Army JTACs are USASOC guys, but not for the reasons you might think. JTACs are very expensive pieces of equipment to build, and even more costly to maintain. Army JTACs come from the SF world, not because that is the only place where you can find an Army guy who can cut the mustard, but rather because SOCOM then pays the bill for sustainment. And by the way, the numbers of USASOC JTACs is a VERY small number, basically, the Army (both USASOC and GPF) get the JTACs they need from the other services...mostly the Air Force. The conventional Army, although they want GPF JTACs, has always balked at the the sustainment cost. So, since the Army won't pay for the sustainment, the GPF Army has never been able to build JTACs according to the JTAC MOA. There is a lot more to the issue regarding the Army and JTACs, but that is the quick version.
Second, and maybe even harder to explain quickly, there are JTACs that are built to be in SOF units, and there are those built to be in GPF units. The Navy is pretty easy, most their guys are NSW, because they are the Navy on the ground...thus the Navy that will need to call in CAS. The Air Force has JTACs that work with the Army, JTACs that work with AFSOC and with USASOC...the streams do not often cross between GPF and SOF JTACs. These AF SOF JTACs will live their careers inside of AFSOC, generally managed by 'Big AF', but managed in detail by AFSOC. The Marines are, well, the Marines...so they are a variation on everyone else's themes for who their JTACs are and who they work for.
Third, JTAC isn't just another skill identifier to a JTAC...it is THE skill identifier. In my other postings, I mentioned that the Air Force takes a specific AFSC and adds the JTAC identifier to their qualified guys. I did not mean this makes the JTAC identifier a secondary thing, it is, in fact THE primary thing that the Air Force tracks on these guys. "How many do we have, where are they, who have we had to allow their qualifications to lapse in order to fill jobs around the world, etc.?"
Again, sorry for the delay, and I hope this helps with your original question.
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Though its only mid-August, I can't help but sense the summer slowly but surely winding down. In a little less than two weeks I'll be doing what I do for a living…educating the speech-language pathologists of tomorrow at Clarion University. I've had a good run this summer…plenty of baseball, music, iPod Apps, traveling, and socializing. But the countdown has begun and it's time to gear up for the 2010-2011 academic year.
In pitching this blog for inclusion in ASHAsphere I offered to provide an "inside" look into the life of a university professor for both current students, previous students, and future students. To take the reader behind the curtain, if you will, and offer insight into the commitment those in my facet of the profession have made to teaching, scholarly activity, and community service. As the new academic year approaches, it seems that now is as good a time as any to begin pulling the curtain back.
I've encountered people who think my job simply involves showing up for class at the start of fall and telling stories to a captive audience until school's out in the spring. If only that were true…ha!! The senior citizen who walks on the treadmill next to me certainly gives me grief about this all the time. While I do enjoy telling stories and sharing jokes with my students, what my buddy in moving vigorously but getting nowhere misses is that performing successfully in the classroom takes a year-round commitment. True, the summer is a time for relaxing…but it's also a time for recharging and recommitting.
A way I recharge and recommit is by attacking the professional literature with a vengeance. I belong to five Special Interest Divisions so there is always something on my plate. This summer I had the pleasure of reading a number of excellent articles (and simultaneously earning CEUs), including: "A Historical Perspective of Voice Management: 1940-1970" by Daniel R. Boone (SID 3); "Designing Our Courses for Greater Student Engagement and Better Student Learning" by L. Dee Fink (SID 10); and "Current Issues: Incorporating Counseling Into Graduate Education" by Diane C. Millar, Kori L. Harrow, and Ashley A. Morgan (SID 11). Not only did these articles serve to increase my knowledge-base about subjects I teach, especially in the areas of voice disorders and counseling, but I've also become better informed regarding how to teach them…instructional best practices if you will.
So though I'm fortunate enough that my summer is mainly mine to do as I please, it's not a complete blow-off. While I've spent countless hours punishing myself in the gym to tunes blasting from my iPod (it would be so much better if I practiced what I preached), I've also been preparing to become a better teacher in the fall….something I owe to myself, my students, and the profession. Now it's time to get back to whipping my syllabi into shape and posting student information online…August 31st will be here before I know it.
How did you recharge this summer?
Kenneth Staub, M.S., CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He will be a regular contributor to ASHAsphere and welcomes questions or suggestions for posts.


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Feb. 1, 2011 -- Widely available drugs that are recommended early in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are not being prescribed nearly as much as they could be.
That's the conclusion of a new study that says effective medicines called disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are not being used as aggressively as called for under accepted medical guidelines.
Researchers say that only 63% of Medicare patients reviewed for the study received any amount of the prescription medications.
"Among patients with a true diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, closer to 90% should be receiving treatment," study researcher Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford, says in a news release.
Schmajuk and colleagues, including Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, of the University of California, San Francisco, report that the number of patients receiving the effective medications varies dramatically by health care plan, economic status, and where the patients live.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, painful disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and tissues around the joints. RA is considered an autoimmune disease.
The disease, which usually strikes people between the ages of 40 and 60, afflicts 1.3 million Americans, is three times more common in women than men.
The Importance of DMARDs
"The reason [DMARD] treatment is so important is that, if left untreated, one-third of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis will become disabled within five years of diagnosis," Schmajuk says. "The disease primarily affects the hands. Frequently patients are unable to work because they can't use their hands."
The large study examined differences in medication treatment of 93,143 people with rheumatoid arthritis ages 65 and older between the years 2005 and 2008. Information was obtained from the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, also known as HEDIS.
HEDIS, in 2005, introduced a quality measure to assess the number of RA patients receiving DMARDs.
"We found that certain groups were not receiving the medication they needed," Schmajuk says. "Patients who had low income received DMARDs less frequently than wealthier patients. Blacks received medications less frequently than whites. We also found that patients who lived in the mid-and south-Atlantic regions received medications less frequently than other areas, particularly the West Coast states."
Treatment varied dramatically among health care plans, according to the researchers.
"Some plans were doing really well, with over 80% of patients being treated appropriately," Schmajuk says. "Other plans had fewer than 20% of patients getting appropriate care, which is really worrisome. We know this wasn't because of the individual characteristics of the patients since the health plan results were adjusted for age, race, income, and geographic region."
The researchers did not investigate the causes of variations in treatment but speculate the some health plans may have different policies about when patients can see certain types of specialists.
Or Schmajuk says, "one health care plan might have one rheumatologist for 5,000 patients versus another that provides one for every 500 patients."
In some cases there may be medical reasons why RA patients are not taking DMARDs, such as possible interactions of the medications with other drugs. Also, the study suggests co-payments for DMARDs may have an impact on the number of people being prescribed the drugs.
"Given the enormous individual and societal costs associated with RA, and increasing substantial evidence that DMARDs can reduce these costs, variations in DMARD receipt based on demographics, socioeconomic status and geography are unacceptable," the researchers write. "Because optimizing DMARD use is the primary mechanism for decreasing the significant public health impact of RA in the United States, targeting educational and quality improvement interventions to patients who are under using DMARDs and their clinicians will be important to eliminate these disparities."
The researchers say people with RA and their health care providers need to be more aware of the benefits of DMARDs.
The study is published in the Feb. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.


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On 24 April the histories of real and virtual football merged for a day when Brazil's most talented EA SPORTS™ FIFA 14 gamers entered the fabled Estadio das Laranjeiras for the FIWC 2014 Host Country Qualification event.
In the company of of one of Fluminense's brightest young stars, Robert, and also one of its biggest club legends, Romerito, the virtual footballers stepped up to their consoles in the hopes of being wrapped in the Brazilian flag by the end of the day. The Estadio das Laranjeiras, the stage on which the Brazil national team played their first ever match (1914) and won their first ever piece of international silverware (1919), served as a fitting place in which to crown a virtual football national champion.
Rafael is by far the best I have seen. I wish him all the best for the Grand Final and I'm sure he can do Brazil proud.
The eight players in attendance – all of which qualified for the event through Online Seasons 5 and 6 of the FIWC 2014 - competed for the chance to represent their nation at the FIWC 2014 Grand Final – the showpiece event for the largest gaming tournament in the world. The Grand Final, taking place in Rio de Janeiro during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, will be the first to ever be held so closely, both in timing and place, to a FIFA World Cup.
Ultimately, 18-year-old Rafael Fortes from Rio de Janeiro shone brightest on the day. Rafael will now prepare to welcome 19 other Grand Finalists from a variety of nations to his home town. The Grand Final takes place on 2 and 3 July in Rio de Janeiro.
"I focused and concentrated and played my best football to win the title," a flushed Fortes told FIFA.com, "I had the chance to conquer the title in my hometown and now I get to play against the best players in the world!"
Fluminense midfielder Robert played an exhibition match against the new champion. "I am delighted for Rafael as I know how much of an honour it is to represent your country." he said. "I fancy myself as a decent FIFA14 player, but Rafael is by far the best I have seen. I wish him all the best for the Grand Final and I'm sure he can do Brazil proud."
Group A
Luccas Ferreira 2-0 Carlos Filho
Rafael Fortes 2-2 Sergio Filho
Luccas Ferreira 1-2 Rafael Fortes
Carlos Filho: 1-4 Sergio Filho
Luccas Ferreira 2-1 Sergio Filho
Carlos Filho 0-2 Rafael Fortes
*Group B
*Cristian Arruda 2-0 Arilson Gomes de Moura
Kaique da Silva 3-0 Allan Vicentainer
Cristian Arruda 1-0 Kaique da Silva
Arilson Gomes de Moura 3-1 Allan Vicentainer
Cristian Arruda 1-3 Allan Vicentainer
Arilson Gomes de Moura 3-4 Kaique da Silva
*Rafael Fortes 3-2 Cristian Arruda
Kaique da Silva 2-4 Luccas Ferreira
*Rafael Fortes 6-0 Luccas Ferreira