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Newsletters for Healthcare Executives
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Physician Compensation & RecruitmentThis 12-page monthly business newsletter focuses on the specifics of actual physician pay plans used by medical group practices. Subscribe to this newsletter.
December 1, 2006 - Issue 12 - View Full Issue
Surgicalists, laborists follow hospitalist model
Align compensation, P4P with these three strategies
Weigh advantages, pitfalls of each before determining physician compensation
Comp remains low for pediatricians, surges for subspecialists
November 1, 2006 - Issue 11 - View Full Issue
Two safe harbor surveys reveal minimal compensation increases 2004-2005
Brush up on immigration law to recruit foreign graduates
Colonoscopies blaze trail for rising gastroenterology comp
'Incubate' physicians to boost recruitment, practice success
October 1, 2006 - Issue 10 - View Full Issue
Majority of groups see financial loss despite physician comp increases
Incentive plan payouts contribute to 7.2% boost in executive compensation
Survey shows residents have more offers, better outlook
Reward your physician leader by following these five tips
September 1, 2006 - Issue 9 - View Full Issue
'Tug of war' between specialists, hospitals spurs on-call pay increase
Expect comp fluctuations if proposed 2007 Medicare fee schedule passes
Think outside the norm to boost productivity, fairly compensate docs
Fundamentals for using the wRVU in your comp plan
August 1, 2006 - Issue 8 - View Full Issue
Despite pay increases, many EMPs concerned about crisis with profession
No bones about it: Elevated demand pushes orthopedic surgery compensation upward
Majority of providers remain in managed care networks, but 11.5% bow out
July 1, 2006 - Issue 7 - View Full Issue
Turnover concerns grow as doctor shortage looms and work habits change
Cardiologists' salary climbing overall, but financial pulse indicates slow-down
Revisit your income/expense distribution formula
Know the steps to take to prevent problems in your group's compensation plan
June 1, 2006 - Issue 6 - View Full Issue
Variations in malpractice rates help shape physician compensation, recruitment
Medical directors, RNs see wage dips
Base pay up in most specialties, HCS 2006 survey shows
Sift through Internet benchmarks to find what your practice needs for comp plans
May 1, 2006 - Issue 5 - View Full Issue
Study sheds light on benefits of disclosing docs' financial incentives
Technology and competing subspecialties cut into general surgery compensation
Boost compensation by getting fully reimbursed for out-of-network services
April 1, 2006 - Issue 4 - View Full Issue
How supercenters will affect primary care practices' futures
Retiring baby boomers set stage for gender parity in healthcare
Search demand steady for cardiology, general surgery, survey shows
These healthcare initiatives may hit your bottom line in '06
March 1, 2006 - Issue 3 - View Full Issue
Marked demands for hospitalists not enough to drive larger compensation climbs
Boost productivity, reduce turnover for mid-level providers with incentive plans
Encourage desired physician behavior; improve productivity through performance
Hospitalists add value to hospitals, aid PCPs
February 1, 2006 - Issue 2 - View Full Issue
Operating costs up; total revenue down
Psychiatry salary still lower than other specialties, but steadily increasing
When the price isn't right: Your expenses vs. cost data
Detect doc dissatisfaction with comp plan questionnaire
Link patient satisfaction scores to doctors' income
January 1, 2006 - Issue 1 - View Full Issue
Make locum tenens a permanent contingency expense in your pay plan
Not drowsy from the stasis: Anesthesiology experiencing undercurrent of change
Climb seven steps to conquer group comp planning


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ESPN.com's preseason power rankingsESPN.com staff
Not surprisingly, the back-to-back BCS champions are again preseason favorites and top ESPN's power rankings. But a number of elite programs are ready for their chance to dethrone the king. Top 15 breakdown No. 1 Alabama No. 2 Ohio State No. 3 ...Blog | August 09, 2013
Top 2015 QB throws for Bama at campGreg Ostendorf
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The first quarterback to arrive at Alabama's camp this week was 2015 signal-caller Kevin Dillman (La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada), the nation's No. 1 dual-threat prospect and No. 28 player overall in the new ESPN Junior 300 rankings....Blog | July 16, 2013
WR Roberts looks to find a new homeGreg Ostendorf
CARMEL, Ind. -- Austin Roberts goes to Carmel High School, but Indiana is not his home. He was born in Dallas, but that's not his home, either. The closest thing to home would be the state of Florida, but he lived in three different cities and was th...Blog | May 29, 2013
Bama makes strong push for DT ElamGreg Ostendorf
If defensive tackle Matt Elam (Elizabethtown, Ky./John Hardin) didn't know where he stood with the University of Alabama before this week, he does now. On Tuesday, UA assistant coach Lance Thompson visited Elam at his school. The following day, he...Blog | May 09, 2013
Tide leads Way-Too-Early Top 25RecruitingNation staff
There's still seven months before the start of the 2013 season, and the teams and their order figure to change frequently, but it's never too early to take a look at the Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2013. And with three national championships in the p...Blog | January 08, 2013
Five for '14: QuarterbacksGreg Ostendorf
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Quarterback is a difficult position to recruit. If you miss on a kid, it could set you back for years to come. You normally only get once chance with each class. That's why the University of Alabama is so selective when taking ...Blog | November 28, 2012
Darius Paige finishes season, talks TideGreg Ostendorf
HOOVER, Ala. -- It's been a quite a year for ESPN 300 defensive tackle Darius Paige. He committed to the University of Alabama in May. He transferred high schools in August, and over the weekend he saw his senior season come to an end as Foley High S...Blog | November 18, 2012
The O-zone: September 12Greg Ostendorf
TideNation recruiting writer Greg Ostendorf brings you another edition of The O-zone, a confidential look inside Alabama recruiting. Get the latest updates from the gridiron and the hardwood as it pertains to the Crimson Tide. Volunteer visitor ...Blog | September 12, 2012
ESPN 100 SF Troy Williams visits AlabamaGreg Ostendorf
ESPN 100 forward Troy Williams has already visited Duke, Georgetown, Kentucky, Louisville and North Carolina, but last week, the four-star senior from Oak Hill Academy in Hampton, Va., made the trip to Tuscaloosa to visit the University of Alabama. ...Blog | August 22, 2012
DB Cook hoping for Bama, AU offersGreg Ostendorf
HOOVER, Ala. -- Spanish Fort (Ala.) High School cornerback Jonathan Cook may be one of the more underrated players in the state, but with more than 20 scholarship offers already, the college coaches are taking notice. Earlier this week, Cook picke...Blog | July 27, 2012
ESPN 100 SG enjoys Alabama visitGreg Ostendorf
Head coach Anthony Grant and the Alabama basketball staff hosted another ESPN 100 prospect over the weekend as Memphis, Tenn., shooting guard JaJuan Johnson made an unofficial visit to UA on Saturday. "It went good," Johnson said. "They showed me ...Blog | July 02, 2012
In-state look at 2014: Racean ThomasGreg Ostendorf
As TideNation continues its look at the top prospects in the state of Alabama for 2014, Oxford High School's Racean 'Rock' Thomas has to be on the list. As a sophomore, Thomas proved to be one of the top running backs in the state, and he looks to im...Blog | June 27, 2012
Ramsey intrigued by Tide offerGreg Ostendorf
When you have over 25 scholarship offers, a new one may not seem like that big of a deal. But when the national champions call and offer, that is sure to grab any recruit's attention. Such was the case when the University of Alabama called and ...Blog | May 30, 2012
2013 hoops star Taylor commits to AlabamaGreg Ostendorf
Early on, the University of Alabama basketball staff made local big man Jimmie Taylor a priority for the 2013 class. UA head coach Anthony Grant recruited him right away, and his efforts paid off on Friday when Taylor committed to the Crimson Tide. ...Blog | May 11, 2012
Fast-rising QB Staver high on AlabamaGreg Ostendorf
After an impressive performance at the Elite 11 camp and NFTC in Atlanta this weekend, quarterback Max Staver could soon see his recruitment take off. The 6-foot-6, 238-pound gunslinger was easily one of the best quarterbacks from the weekend. Cur...Blog | April 23, 2012
2013 DB Burns decommits from AlabamaGreg Ostendorf
Miami (Northwestern) defensive back Artie Burns committed to the University of Alabama last December. At the time, he said he was only about 80 percent committed to the Crimson Tide, and on Monday, he told TideNation that he is no longer committed to...Blog | March 19, 2012

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When I add Video to my Blog postings I get listed in the search engines, like Google, usually in under 30 minutes for whatever keywords that I have in my postings. Those videos attract the search engines in a Big Way!
Okay, so it's no secret that videos are being used as a marketing and advertising tool ALL over the Internet. In fact, according to a recent online survey:
* More than 123 million Americans will watch online video at least once a month this year (and this number keeps growing)!
* 66% of video viewers have watched online video ads and 44% have taken action on what they have seen
* 3 out of 4 online users will tell a friend about a video they have seen
If that isn't enough, how about this…
* 65% of online surfers will view video advertisements to their completion (less than 20% read "text only" sites to completion).
* Nearly 3 out of 4 online surfers are watching web videos every week. By the year 2011, it's estimated this number will climb to 87% of web surfers.
* More than 65% of the people who watch online videos are between the ages of 35 and 64 (and 67% of these folks earn middle to high incomes).
What does all this mean? …
It means that if you are not using video on your websites, you are leaving a ton of money on the table. Seriously – this is NOT some sort of crazy internet marketing hype.
Here is what Skylr Monaghan, owner of Video Sales Letter for WordPress had to say about a recent conversation with one of his customers…
"I recently made a purchase from someone's website and then bought the $197 upsell ALL because the video convinced me. There was a video guarantee on the website which made me feel that I could trust the seller. I am certain that if these video elements were not on the website – I would NOT have made this purchase. That is what put me over the top – I know now that I MUST figure out how to use video EVERYWHERE I can!"
Skylr found Ben Cope (a very successful WordPress theme designer who, in fact, created the new theme for my whoishenry.com blog) and begged him to partner up with him to create a way to make a Video Sales Letter using WordPress, which is by far the easiest way to create and publish a website.
Keep in mind that Skylr doesn't know the first thing about building websites. In fact, he knows pretty much nothing about HTML code! He simply wanted to be able to put up his own sales letter websites with video, without having to pay someone thousands of dollars for every website he wanted to have made …
The good news is that Ben said "yes" and he designed 10 different Video Sales Letter templates for WordPress that make it very easy for people like you and me to use video to get more subscribers, and even sell more products and services.
If you are sick of seeing everyone else pass you by because they have super cool videos on their websites then go check out what these guys have done … they have made it so easy!
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May is here! And we still have April showers!
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 8:43pm
Sounds like everyone had a good weekend. Val...glad you are feeling better. Funny about the neighbor who is freaked out over your cat. Michelle...Hope you had a good birthday Y...did you ever make it to the zoo?
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 8:45pm
Camryn had opening day for softball yesterday and we had a blast!! It was still a bit wet on some of the fields but they still played their games. She did well for her first game ever and got a triple!! Then she got chosen as the one player from her division to throw out the first pitch during the ceremony. She was so excited!! We had a bit of a break and then went to the minor league game, which was fun but a bit rainy. Today we went bowling with friends and then Camryn went to their house for a bit. Natalie and I went out for GF pizza and then she had soccer. Busy weekend, but fun.
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 8:49pm
So this week Camryn has a soccer game tomorrow, soccer foot skills practice on tuesday, softball game on wednesday, soccer practice thursday and a softball game saturday. Natalie has dance class on tuesday and also an audition for a summer musical. Not sure if she will actually end up doing it as I'm not sure she is mature enough, but she has a really good singing voice and she wants to try out. We will see. So yea, we are pretty busy this week. And tuesday I have an appointment with the GYN surgeon about my hysterectomy. Fun times!!
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 9:17pm
Well, my original plans included lunch at my favorite mexican restaurant, froyo and phone shopping...but we didn't get much cleaning done yesterday so that took a bit of our day this morning. I couldn't fathom celebrating my birthday with a messy house! We did get Mexican food. The kids wanted Baskin Robbins rather than froyo so I didn't indulge but I was full anyways so whatever. I decided to skip the phone shopping and maybe do it on Mother's Day. Gabe was not on his best behavior today. He pinched a 9yo boy in the stomach with pliers HARD. I felt so bad. He didn't break the skin but close. I was letting him hold them while I was trying to get the training wheels off A's bike. Mistake! Then I took A to the greenbelt and she learned how to ride her bike...took 5 minutes!
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Glad Camryn had a great day! This weather has been weird right? Warm one minute and then suddenly windy and rainy!
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 9:33pm
WTG Camryn! Glad you had a good weekend. And I didn't get to respond on the April thread....but I'm so happy to hear you are enjoying your job! Life is too short...
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 9:34pm
Yes we made it to the bronx zoo. The bikeathon had started already but we were able to get out of te city . After the zoo we went to Nordstrom rack , 5 guys and target! I am tired!
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 9:35pm
The Pixar music at the NY philharmonic wasgreat!!The showed montages of the movie to go along with the music. The conductor is the cousin and the brother of 2 composers who wrote most of the pixar music!
|Sun, 05-04-2014 - 9:39pm
Is it bad that for mother's day I want my child to leave me alone? She has just been a pill lately-----not listening, giving attitude. We took away her trains until she "earns" them back. She was not allowed to go to her friend's party this weekend. Now we blocked disney junior and disney channel. We will see how that goes.


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February 22nd, 2012
It wasn't always the case, but we all know now that being a nerd is super cool. Tonight we'll countdown the top 10 coolest nerds with everyone from Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco to Taylor Swift and Weezer. Get your black rimmed glasses all taped up and ready to see who else makes our list!
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US Runs A 4th Straight $1 Trillion-plus Budget Gap
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The 2012 budget gap signals a slight recovery from the deficit explosion that hit in late 2008. That's when the financial crisis erupted and the recession that began in December 2007 was tightening its grip.
The sinking U.S. economy caused tax revenue to plummet. And federal spending surged. The money went to provide laid-off workers with unemployment insurance and food stamps. The government also spent more to provide economic stimulus programs and to stabilize the financial system.
Before it escalated, the deficit had been as low as $161 billion in 2007. By 2009, it had peaked at $1.4 trillion. Since then, the improvement has been slight but steady. Tax revenue is still less than in 2007.â¿¿ THE OUTLOOK The aging of the vast baby boom generation is raising government spending on Social Security and on Medicare and Medicaid. A still-weak economy, along with tax cuts, have meanwhile reduced government revenue. Over the past three years, revenue has fallen below 16 percent of gross domestic product â¿¿ the value of all goods and services produced in the United States. It's the lowest such percentage since 1950. That isn't enough to sustain spending, which has been exceeding 22 percent of GDP. And so the government has borrowed to make up the gap. And debt piles up, year after year. It's reached $11.3 trillion â¿¿ $16.2 trillion if you include money the government has borrowed from itself, mostly revenue from Social Security. Unless something changes, the Congressional Budget Office warns, the federal debt would reach a level that is "unsustainable from both a budgetary and an economic perspective." Still, Treasury is benefiting from record-low interest rates. Those rates make it cheaper to borrow. Interest payments on the debt fell 2 percent this year to $223 billion. For the current 2013 budget, the administration predicts a deficit of $991 billion. Its slightly brighter outlook reflects lower spending on defense, health care, unemployment benefits and Medicaid payments to states â¿¿ all of which declined this year.
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What is real?
This is not a new query. Philosophers, theologians, and all of humanity have
been asking this question as long as we have been able to formulate questions.
Plato, a philosopher who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., taught
about a group of people sitting in a cave believing that the flickering shadows
on the walls were the deepest reality. One of their number left the cave and
saw the sunlight and other people who were the cause of the shadows, and he
returned to the cave to tell his friends. Not convinced, they killed him - they
could not comprehend nor convey that someone (namely, a philosopher) could
discover a "more real" reality than they could see.
Do you remember when you first wrapped your mind around this question? I
was in grade school and someone suggested to me that maybe our entire lives
were merely another being's dream. That blew my second-grade mind!
This analogy is perfect. For the last few years I've had a
cartoon depicting the Plato's cave analogy hanging next
to my desk. It's a constant reminder that I may not be
totally crazy when I find myself mumbling and stumbling
for words when asked why we do certain things
differently at Graceland - or responding to questions
with precise words about what postmodernism is and
explaining that change truly is happening and a new
culture is emerging.
Dan Kimball
The Enlightenment and Modernism
Many centuries after Plato, René Descartes (1596-1650) fired
another major salvo in this battle over reality. The Enlightenment was
a time of great intellectual growth following the rediscovery of
classical thought and art in the Renaissance. The Enlightenment
project was meant to show that human beings were kings of the
universe, and, although God was still a major player, many thinkers
were out to show that human beings are not dependent upon him.
Descartes is most famous for his formula cogito ergo sum: "I think,
therefore I am." By this he meant that our existence, yours and mine, is
provable by and dependent upon our ability to doubt and reason. That
is, we are not dependent on anything we cannot prove - a divine being,
for instance. This is the genesis of foundationalism: the methodology by
which one breaks everything down to its most fundamental
components and builds up from there. (And yes, that is where fundamentalism
comes from.)
Following Descartes, a group of British philosophers called the
empiricists moved away from deductive reasoning as the foundation of
knowledge and instead based their system on sensory impressions.
And subsequently the "logical positivists" made sensory experience the
indubitable foundation.
Whether the foundation is an absolute belief that cannot be questioned
or simply the sensory experience of an individual human being, the
foundation is one of fact. Something absolute - experience or
knowledge - is considered the "truth" and the basis of all thought.
Descartes also changed the starting point for people. Instead
of starting in belief, Descartes suggests that we must start
in doubt, then the only things to be believed are the things
proven to be absolutely certain. In modernity everyone
becomes a skeptic because that's the "higher ground." It has
been intriguing to see children - who naturally adopt belief
as their starting point - grow up and be trained to adopt
doubt as the higher ground. It reminds me of the words of
Christ - "except you become as little children."
Brad Cecil
For example, a Christian foundation might be Scripture - most of the
framework of Christianity is built on the Bible. A foundationalist Christian
might even say that everything - all Christian belief and practice - is based
on the Bible.
Structurally, such a system might look like this:
The Enlightenment scientists who came after Descartes built upon his
foundation with the newfound belief that everything is ultimately knowable
by the all-powerful human mind. The universe was quantified into laws of
physics (laws, not theories), the celestial realm was figured out, and it no
longer needed a God turning a crank to keep it moving.
Thus the Modern Era was born.
If there was an underlying credo of modernity, it might have been, "It's good
to be king!" Human beings finally stood as the crown of God's creation - even
at the cost of discarding God himself. The birth of modern machines
and technology gave rise to the Industrial Revolution. Protestantism, a
branch of Christianity predicated on every believer's ability to work out an
individual relationship with God, flourished. And humankind seemed to be
on the brink of making God an irrelevant concept.
The Birth of Postmodernism
Frederick Nietzche (1844-1900) understood this trend. His
famous declaration, "God is dead," began a movement that's at the
heart of postmodernism: deconstruction.
A philosophical movement and theory of literary criticism that questions traditional
assumptions about certainty, identity, and truth, asserts that words can only refer to
other words, and attempts to demonstrate how statements about any text subvert their
own meanings.
But rather than damaging the Christian faith, Nietzche may have saved the
church from itself. He brought to light an underlying weakness of foundationalism - we
had done away with the Unknowable. God, the Great Mystery, is no
longer necessary when human beings can know all and be all without him. If
science can objectively discover all truth and if, given enough time, humankind
can master the cosmos, then where is God in that system? Nowhere.
Nietzche's point was that we killed God, or, more specifically, we need God.
It would indeed be terrifying to worship
a God we could figure out. The enigmas, mysteries, and antinomies of God are
what make him God. Without these, he
would be just a very cool guy.
Kara Powell
Deconstruction gained momentum in the first half of the 20th
century as it became clear that science is not capable of
answering all questions and the human mind may not be able to
solve every problem. All the foundations constructed during the
modern period were questioned, and all of the premises that were
taken for granted were scrutinized.
The premise of postmodernism is, then, to question all premises.
All assumptions are out the window for a postmodern philosopher,
who's on a quest to show that all is relative and nothing can be
taken for granted. Skepticism and cynicism rule the day.
Take the presumption that the Bible is the foundation upon which
all of Christian theology and practice is built: Of course, that
makes perfect sense to Christians - the Bible is God's inspired
word, and it's the Christian's rule of life.
But the advent of modern scientific
investigation led to the discipline of
literary criticism and deconstruction
which, in turn, led to similar
practices in biblical studies.
Continental biblical scholars at the
turn of the twentieth century put
the Bible under more exacting
scrutiny than anyone had before.
For instance, the modern "search
for the historical Jesus" reached a
crescendo with Albert Schweitzer,
a scientifically trained biblical
scholar. In 1906 Schweitzer
"discovered" that Jesus was a
prophet who had suffered under
the misapprehension that the end
of the world was imminent. Jesus
had thrown himself upon the wheel
of history and, though he reversed
its course, he was crushed by it.
Schweitzer was not trying to
demean the Christian message in
his conclusion. He was a faithful
believer who was attempting to
make the gospel story believable
for himself and other educated
rationalists. To accomplish this, he
had to take the "unbelievable,"
supernatural elements out of the
gospel. His foundationalism
(science) forced him into this
position. Then his modernism
blinded him to the realizations
that he was not objective and
that one cannot scientifically
prove anything about Jesus. As
a result, Schweitzer's picture of
Jesus came out looking a lot
like Schweitzer!
Likewise, the Jesus Seminar
participants are latter-day
modernists working at the
same project that Schweitzer
and so many others have
attempted. They are all doomed
to fail, because they are playing
with an outdated rulebook.
The problem with foundationalism is that
scientific discoveries and philosophical
theories chip away at foundations. In the
philosophy of science, for example, Karl
Popper questioned the very facts upon which
science was based. He said instead of a
foundation, the base of scientific knowledge
should be thought of as pilings driven into a
swamp. So, in the example of Christianity,
scholars had to keep propping up the
foundation - they had to buttress it, building a
substructure to support the Bible.
scientific "proof"
Note well, the problem is not with Scripture - the
problem is with foundationalism. In a scientifically
oriented world, students are going to ask us, "How do
we really know that the Bible is the word of God?" This
is not a question that was asked about the Bible in past
centuries - it was a given. Now we try to prove the
inerrancy of Scripture, and most often we defend it with
a self-referential statement: "Because 2 Timothy 3:16
says it is." That's no proof; that's a circular argument.
But instead of frantically trying to justify our reliance on
Scripture using an outdated epistemological scheme,
let's stop using the foundationalism of the modern
period and get on to looking at Scripture and the world
through postmodern eyes - the kind of eyes our
students have been born with.
What Is Postmodernism?
The last century has been a time of questioning and deconstruction, especially in the
upper echelons of academic philosophy, literary criticism, architecture, and art
history. In literary criticism, for example, postmoderns have argued that no text has
an actual meaning since each reader imports meaning into the text; even the
author's meaning for the text has been deconstructed. Postmodern philosophers
have argued that there is no grand metanarrative (an overarching story or common
experience that unites all human beings), and they have thereby attempted to
deconstruct most philosophies and religions.
In order to communicate, live, and breathe in this emerging world, it's crucial to get a grip on
postmodern cultural patterns and thought processes. The following is an incomplete list of
postmodernism's credos.
Objectivity is out, subjectivity is in. One person, or group of people, cannot claim an
objective viewpoint. To be objective means one can stand outside of something, look
in, and judge it. But you cannot really be objective because you're always standingsomewhere. Therefore I should preface all my thoughts with the statement: "I am a 32
year-old, fairly affluent, Christian Euro white male living in middle America at the turn of
the century," because those facts inherently influence everything I think, do, and say.
Question everything. Nothing escapes deconstruction. There are no thoughts, theories, assumptions, or hypotheses that get a free pass, even if they make perfect sense. By
questioning the prevailing assumptions, scientists have made all their progress - it's
just that they've too often replaced old assumptions with new ones. Postmoderns are
deeply skeptical people.
There is no Truth with a capital "T." Truth is in the eye of the beholder - one person's
truth is another person's theory. So, as I found out sitting at a table trying to persuade
a postmodern nonbeliever with foundationalist arguments, the language surrounding
religion and belief has changed. Everything is relative.
Tell stories. Narrative is becoming the primary means of communicating beliefs. Since propositional
logic has fallen on hard times, stories carry more weight in conveying truths. Author
and pastor Brian McLaren calls this abductive reasoning. As opposed to deductive or
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76 whaleofyournightmare, Mon, 9th Apr '12 11:41:00 AM from contemplation
Wouldn't that definition make Orthodox protestants (which is something that I know Orthodoxes would definitely object to)?No, however, the wiki page on Protestantism says that Anglicanism isn't Protestantism which makes sense because the Pilgrim Fathers were Protestant and they hated the Church of England
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77 Lawyerdude, Mon, 9th Apr '12 11:55:36 AM from my secret moon base
CitizenEastern Orthodox churches are not Protestant. They rose up parallel to the Roman Catholic Church, thus they never broke away from it. Orthodox churches also claim apostolic succession, like the Roman Catholic Church, but there is no single Orthodox Pope. And speaking of the Pope, you may have heard that he declared same-sex marriage to be a "threat" to humanity's future back in January. That would seem to be a pretty strong "with us or against us" statement. Wouldn't that mean that Catholics now have a duty to do whatever they can to prevent it?
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78 L Mage, Mon, 9th Apr '12 11:59:03 AM from Miss Robichaux's Academy Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Evil Trickster@Lawyer I don't think it will affect what happens in the US very much. We have an ingrained fear of the Roman Catholic Church, to the point that up until JKF we had never had a Catholic President for fear that "The Pope would rule the US" Woops, my mistake. I mixed up my Presidential Acronyms
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79 Best Of, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:01:24 PM from Finland Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!You probably meant to say JFK. FDR wasn't Catholic.
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80 Carciofus, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:16:30 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?
And speaking of the Pope, you may have heard that he declared same-sex marriage to be a "threat" to humanity's future back in January. That would seem to be a pretty strong "with us or against us" statement. Wouldn't that mean that Catholics now have a duty to do whatever they can to prevent it?That would be the case if they happened to agree with the Pope in that specific case. I should probably read what the Pope exactly said before making any claim: but if that's what he truly said, it goes without saying that I (and, I presume, a sizable number of other Catholics) do not agree with him. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church. But that does not mean that what he says is binding for Catholics, not except in some very specific circumstances and within certain very specific limits.
edited 9th Apr '12 12:17:05 PM by Carciofus
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
81 Lawyerdude, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:18:45 PM from my secret moon base
CitizenFor those who haven't read it lately, Here is a transcript of JFK's speech on his religion, the one that Santorum said made him want to hurl.
I want a chief executive whose public acts are responsible to all groups and obligated to none; who can attend any ceremony, service or dinner his office may appropriately require of him; and whose fulfillment of his presidential oath is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual or obligation.A great sentiment, one that I wish more people would share. @Carc: That's something that I just can't wrap my head around. How can Catholics, on the one hand, say that the Pope is the head of the church, the representative of Jesus on Earth, successor to St. Peter, etc. but on the other hand disagree with anything that he says? Either he speaks for your God or he's just giving his own opinions. I don't see how you can have it both ways. I'm not trying to be obtuse here, I simply can't comprehend it.
edited 9th Apr '12 12:24:56 PM by Lawyerdude
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82 Carciofus, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:31:10 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?The Pope does not speak for God. He is, I think, the rightful successor of the Apostle Peter and the rightful head of the Church on Earth. Peter got things wrong, and often. The Pope can do just the same; and historically, many Popes were less than reputable individuals. That did not make them any less the rightful heads of the Church; but still, "head of the Church" is not, and has never been, the same as "whatever the Pope says, Catholics are obligated to do." He has an authority; but all authorities, except One, have limits. If the Pope told me to kill myself, I would refuse; and if the Pope told me to vote against the legalization of civil marriage, I would equally refuse.
edited 9th Apr '12 12:32:08 PM by Carciofus
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83 whaleofyournightmare, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:33:51 PM from contemplation
against the legalization of civil marriage, I would equally refuse.Civil Marriages aren't allowed in your country?
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84 Carciofus, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:34:46 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?I meant civil gay marriage, right, sorry EDIT: To mention something about which, instead, I think that the Pope does have authority: the rules for religious marriage are up to him. I may think that religious gay marriage should be allowed; but if he disagrees, he has a right to, and the opinion that goes is his, not mine. I may have sympathy for the Catholic priests who performed blessings for gay couples and got themselves suspended for that; but nonetheless, I think that they overstepped their authorities and deserved to be suspended. Even if — as I think — they were in the right about the legitimacy of the act itself, they had no right to go over the Pope's decisions in that way.
edited 9th Apr '12 12:39:41 PM by Carciofus
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85 Lawyerdude, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:39:56 PM from my secret moon base
The Pope does not speak for God.Really? If that's the case, then I'm surprised. I tried doing research on that very question, but never found anything as clear or succinct as what you just said. I've asked people about it, but never got a straightforward satisfactory answer. So if what you're saying about Catholic doctrine is true, then thank you for clearing up my misunderstanding.
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86 Carciofus, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:46:15 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?You are welcome! Now, to attempt to clarify things a bit more, there are times in which the Pope does speak with infallible authority. But they are far and few between — if I remember correctly, that happened only a few recognized times in the whole history of the papacy. The vast majority of Papal proclamations, such as this one, are definitely fallible. This Wikipedia article has a decent summary of the doctrine of infallibility. Of special importance is its beginning, where it says that
This dogma, however, does not state that the pope cannot sin in his own personal life nor that he is necessarily free of error, even when speaking in his official capacity, outside the specific contexts in which the dogma applies.
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87 Lawyerdude, Mon, 9th Apr '12 12:51:35 PM from my secret moon base
CitizenI get the infallibility thing. (I don't agree with it, being an atheist, but whatever.) But that was what gave me headaches when trying to puzzle out why Catholics could disagree with the Pope on anything at all. I was under the impression that Catholics somehow simultaneously believed that he was God's "mouthpiece" but also that he was capable of making mistakes.
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88 Carciofus, Mon, 9th Apr '12 1:00:37 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?Ah, got it. I never heard the idea of the Pope "speaking for God" before, and I cannot say that it makes much sense in my (very limited) understanding of Catholic Theology. The Pope is the Head of the Church; but that does not justify thinking that whatever the Pope says is what God would say in the same circumstances, or that whatever the Pope says carries the same authority of a direct divine command. No Catholic I know of thinks that — it would be a very bizarre doctrine, I think, not to mention a blatantly false one. EDIT: As for "Catholics disagreeing with the Pope", look no further than Hans Kung. He goes a bit farther than he should do, IMO; but he is an insightful theologian who has often been explicitly at odds with both the current Pope and the previous one, and who is still a Catholic priest in good standing. And by the way, he spoke explicitly in favor of religious gay marriage.
edited 9th Apr '12 1:08:35 PM by Carciofus
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89 Lawyerdude, Mon, 9th Apr '12 2:20:14 PM from my secret moon base
CitizenAs the head of a church, the Pope can set whatever rules he likes regarding his own followers. In those cases, outsiders don't have any business interfering. But when any religious leader uses their church as a pedestal to campaign for civil laws, then they have made their religious beliefs into a political matter. While anybody should have the right to speak their mind without fear of reprisal, when a church speaks out on matters of politics, they make their religious doctrines a public matter. I wouldn't take issue with the Pope speaking out against racism or sexism or poverty or anything like that. But he has elected to enter the realm of public policy discourse. Therefore, neither he nor anybody else should be surprised when people publicly respond to those political declarations.
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90 Carciofus, Tue, 10th Apr '12 3:47:37 PM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?Oh, I certainly agree on this. I would go even further, and say that outsiders have also a right to criticize the religious rules of a community if they think them unjust or incorrect; but in any case, it is certainly legitimate to criticize the Pope's opinions about public policies — and this, both for non-believers and for believers.
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
91 Lawyerdude, Tue, 10th Apr '12 4:53:28 PM from my secret moon base
CitizenIf their beliefs aren't causing or seeking to harm innocents or the general public, then I say live and let live. But if they seek to campaign against civil rights, and declare legal equality a "threat", then they are enemies of those who value equal rights and should be opposed.
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93 Carciofus, Wed, 11th Apr '12 5:31:34 AM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?Depends on what you mean with "live and let live". If you mean "don't pelt them with molotovs", obviously — but of course, one cannot do so about opponents on matters of civil rights either. But if you mean "whatever they believe is fine, as long as they don't try to impose that on other people", I have to disagree. Beliefs can be wrong and harmful; and if one thinks that a belief is that, they certainly can (and, perhaps, they must) oppose it with words.
But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
94 Lawyerdude, Wed, 11th Apr '12 7:32:52 AM from my secret moon base
CitizenBut you see, that's exactly how these problems started. It wasn't the LGBT community that declared war on religion; it was religion that declared war on them. When it comes down to it, all LGBT people want is to have the same rights and freedoms as everybody else, and to be free of bullying and harassment. But religious leaders don't see it that way. They see homosexuals as "sinful", "abominations", "incompatible" or "gravely disordered". Based on that belief, churches engage in campaigns intended to oppress them and deprive their fellow human beings of equal rights. Sure, some may say that they don't support bullying and harassment, but their actions show differently. When you label a group of people as "unworthy" of equality, you give people the go-ahead to engage in any number of terrible things against them. If you can strip one people of one set of rights, what is to stop you from going even farther? The current Pope grew up in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. His predecessor grew up in Poland during the same time period. It's tragic that they didn't learn anything from that.
edited 11th Apr '12 7:36:08 AM by Lawyerdude
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95 Carciofus, Wed, 11th Apr '12 8:11:19 AM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?Wait a moment. What the Pope and, generally, conservative Christians say is not that gay people are unworthy of equality, but that a specific category of actions is sinful and should not be condoned by the state* — and this for all people. Now, gay people are defined as people who have a strong, innate inclination towards such actions; and the "conservative Christian" answer to these people is along the lines of "It's not your fault; but still, you should not do that, sorry." (Of course, there are nutjobs whose positions are more along the lines of "burn the deviants", but I am talking about mainstream views.) As I said, I do not agree with this position, because
edited 11th Apr '12 8:12:06 AM by Carciofus
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96 Best Of, Wed, 11th Apr '12 8:22:04 AM from Finland Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!The post above yours wasn't actually comparing the Catholic church to the Nazi party, though; it was saying that people who have seen with their own eyes a society based on segregation and oppression and discrimination of the worst kind should know better than to encourage discrimination when they get into power. Fair point, if you ask me, though if the implication was that the Catholic church is as evil as Hitler, then it would be over the top and beyond silly.
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97 Carciofus, Wed, 11th Apr '12 8:37:36 AM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?I got that. I was just pointing out that the official doctrine of the Catholic Church, or of any non WBC-equivalent confession I can think of, is not "gay people are subhuman and do not deserve equal rights", but more along the lines "All people have equal rights. Unfortunately, some people can be strongly attracted towards some actions that should not be condoned for anybody. That does not make them bad people; but still, they still should not do these actions, and society should not condone them." The problem with this, as far as I am concerned, is not that it is discriminatory, but that there is no reasonable motive to say that these specific actions should be discouraged by society. Should there be a motive, as there is for other possible classes of people (I'd make examples, but that could be a bit inflammatory and in any case my point is that these cases would be different), then the argument would be perfectly valid.
edited 11th Apr '12 8:38:29 AM by Carciofus
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98 Lawyerdude, Wed, 11th Apr '12 9:17:00 AM from my secret moon base
Citizen@Best Of: Yes, I wasn't suggesting that Benedict is the same as Hitler. I've done some reading on his history, and it appears that his experiences growing up in Nazi Germany led him to believe that the best remedy for political totalitarianism is "ecclesiastical totalitarianism", wherein the Church somehow "serves the cause of human freedom by restricting freedom in its internal life". Source. @Carc: But I think what these churches are doing is even worse than outright saying, "Burn the gays". Instead they claim that their discriminatory practices and attitudes stem from a desire to save others from sin. Which in turn leads to two questions: First, who are they to judge? Second, what gives them the right? Also, religious condemnation against homosexuals is very different from opposition to things like murder. Sure, a person can have an inclination to be a murderer. But you are only a murderer if you actually murder somebody. In contrast, homosexuals are condemned, not for what they do, but rather for who they are and who they love.
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99 Carciofus, Wed, 11th Apr '12 9:36:20 AM from Alpha Tucanae I
Is that cake frosting?
In contrast, homosexuals are condemned, not for what they do, but rather for who they are and who they love.And here is where the misunderstanding lies, I think. Even according to the strictest conceivable understanding of Christian doctrine, homosexuals (as in "people who have an attraction towards the same sex") are not condemned at all. At the very most, they can be said to have a "disordered attraction" towards people of the same gender. But that's a different thing, and carries no guilt whatsoever in itself — actually, if resisted, it carries merit. What is considered a sin is a specific set of actions that homosexual people feel an attraction towards. If an heterosexual person were to do the same actions, say out of curiosity or of money or whatever, it would be precisely the same sin — actually, a worse one, because that person would not have the excuse of a genuine attraction.
edited 11th Apr '12 9:37:56 AM by Carciofus
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100 Lawyerdude, Wed, 11th Apr '12 9:48:50 AM from my secret moon base
CitizenSounds to me like condemnation, calling it a "disordered attraction". But what is their basis for calling it "disordered" in the first place, other than "The Bible Tells Me So" (which it doesn't)? I wouldn't be able to honestly say that I could believe homosexual orientation to be "disordered" in any meaningful sense. As I've pointed out before, the medical, psychiatric and psychological communities in the developed world have agreed for over 30 years that homosexuality is not a mental illness or disorder. I happen to find them more credible on that issue. Are Christians then forced to choose between scientific consensus and religious doctrine?
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. In 2008, to date, 182,460 new cases of female breast cancer have been diagnosed and 40,480 women have died due to breast cancer (National Cancer Institute).
Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which means that the drug has estrogen-like effects on some tissues, such as bone, but anti-estrogen effects on other tissues such as breast. Previous data from the RUTH (Raloxifene Use for The Heart) Trial, which involved more than 10,000 post-menopausal women participants around the world who had an increased risk of coronary heart disease, showed that the drug did not protect against heart disease but it did reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer by 44 percent. The drug is currently approved by the FDA for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and invasive breast cancer risk reduction in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or at high risk for breast cancer.
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Paramount, it would turn out, was my favorite studio: a little more intimate, with more stories. We could walk around the back lot and touch and see just how fake all the street scenes were. Alleys framed by plastic brick buildings (cheap and better for fight scenes, the guide pointed out). Fire hydrants that would never work. Signs taped to "utility" poles that have been made to look aged and faded.
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Our guide, Justin, on the last tour of his Paramount career (he wanted to focus on his acting), carried an iPad and showed us scenes from the spots where we stood. One building, part of the New York streetscape where "Glee" is now doing a lot of filming, was a cafe in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and he showed the clip.
The pizzeria outside had a door that opened to about a foot of space and a mural of the inside of a New York pizza shop, pizzas already made, kept warm along the glass counter. From a distance it looked so real.
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We visited the dark soundstages of "Dr. Phil" and "Instant Mom," another TV show we'd never seen. The comedy is filmed before a live audience, and it would have been nice to be in the audience. But when I heard the time commitment — even a half-hour sitcom can take four-plus hours, given all the rewrites and reshoots — I was glad we didn't.
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Being handled and treated is a very stressful experience for an injured bird, and before you attempt to catch it, you should consider the benefits of treatment weighed against this.
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The historic floods in April added a huge expense to the county's budget. The commissioners held a special meeting on Thursday, July 24, 2014 to figure out a way to make ends meet.
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Posted: 02/27/2013 - Four Players Linked to Robberies No Longer in School at Alabama.
Posted: 02/25/2013 - Trojans to Host Blue Devils in 2014.
Posted: 02/25/2013 - Turvin to Continue Football Career with Hawks in Montgomery.
Posted: 02/21/2013 - Tigers Turn to Goshen Assistant to Replace Scott Rials.
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Updated: 02/07/2013 - Golden Bears Reload with Large Signing Class.
Posted: 02/07/2013 - Blazers Add Depth at DB & WR.
Updated: 02/11/2013 - Wiregrass Trio Set to Play for Tigers.
Updated: 02/11/2013 - Tigers Snag Pair of Wiregrass Stars for Class of 2013.
Posted: 02/07/2013 - 20 Prep Prospects, Seven Transfers Highlights Lions Class.