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Jesus is not in the Talmud
The Jesus Narrative In The Talmud
There are four main passages in the Talmud that are alleged by some to discuss the story of Jesus' life and death. What we will do here is to analyze closely these passages and see the reasons one may or may not attribute these stories to the life of Jesus. We will also look at another two passages that help us identify our protagonist(s). We will quickly realize that there are great difficulties in stating that any of these texts refer to Jesus. We will see that a large number of historians and talmudists have addressed these issues and have concluded that either none of these passages refer to Jesus or that they refer to a proto-Jesus, whose life was later obfuscated by the theologically motivated rewriting of history.
It is important to keep in mind that there are many people in the Talmud with the same names. R. Aaron Hyman in his biographical work on the sages of the Talmud, Toldot Tannaim VeAmoraim, lists 14 Hillels, 61 Elazars, and 71 Hunas. Josephus lists approximately twenty different men named Jesus, at least ten of whom lived in the same time as the famous Jesus [cf. John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew, p. 206 n. 6]. The name Panthera was also a common name in the first two centuries [cf. L. Patterson, "Origin of the Name Panthera", JTS 19 (1917-18), p. 79-80, cited in Meier, p. 107 n. 48]. When dealing with first names, it is very common to come across different people in the Talmud with the same name and the same applies today. When I refer to Bill, am I talking about the President of the United States, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, or a local celebrity? In one place I could mean one Bill and in another place a different Bill. It is therefore almost impossible to identify someone based on their first name alone. Second names, which in the Talmud means the name of the father, enable us to identify people with much better accuracy, but not entirely. It is very possible for both two men and their father's to have the same names. This makes history much harder but ignoring this fact is distorting history.
Note that the word "ben" means "son of" in Hebrew. Therefore, the name "Shimon Ben Gamaliel" means Shimon the son of Gamaliel.
Passage #1: Ben Stada
What we see from here is that there was a man named Ben Stada who was considered to be a practicer of black magic. His mother was named Miriam and also called Stada. His father was named Pappos Ben Yehudah. Miriam (Stada) had an affair with Pandira from which Ben Stada was born.
Some historians claim that Ben Stada, also known as Ben Pandira, was Jesus. His mother's name was Miriam which is similar to Mary. Additionally, Miriam was called a women's hairdresser, "megadla nashaia" [for this translation, see R. Meir Halevi Abulafia, Yad Rama, Sanhedrin ad. loc.]. The phrase "Miriam megadla nashaia" sounds similar to Mary Magdalene, a well-known New Testament figure.
1. Mary Magdalene was not Jesus' mother. Neither was Mary a hairdresser.
2. Jesus' step-father was Joseph. Ben Stada's step-father was Pappos Ben Yehudah.
3. Pappos Ben Yehudah is a known figure from other places in talmudic literature. The Mechilta Beshalach (Vayehi ch. 6) has him discussing Torah with Rabbi Akiva and Talmud Berachot 61b has Pappos Ben Yehudah being captured and killed by Romans along with Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva lived during the second half of the first century and the first half of the second century. He died in the year 134. If Pappos Ben Yehudah was a contemporary of Rabbi Akiva's, he must have been born well after Jesus' death and certainly could not be his father.
Passage #2: Yeshu
Note that historians differ on the exact years of these events. For simplicity, we will assume the latest possible dates as suggested by Gershon Tannenbaum [Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia, p. 87].
John Hyrcanus was a successful king and soldier. During a banquet celebrating his victories in 93 BCE, some Pharisee rabbis offended him and he was convinced by Sadducee leaders to try to kill every Pharisee rabbi [Hyman, vol. II pp. 691-692, 766]. Some rabbis, such as R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah and his student Yeshu, fled to Alexandria outside of John Hyrcanus's reach [Hyman vol. II pp. 647, 692]. Shimon Ben Shetach, however, was hidden in Jerusalem by his sister, Salome Alexandra, who was John Hyrcanus's daughter-in-law [Hyman, vol. II pp. 647, 692, 766, vol. III pp. 1212-1213]. The extremely diverse religious population of Palestine, full of sects such as the Essenes, Kumrans, and numerous other groups, was temporarily devoid of any public Pharisee leaders.
By the year 91 BCE, John Hyrcanus and his sons Antigonus and Aristobulos had died and his third son Alexander Janneus became king. Even though Alexander Janneus was an ardent Sadducee, his wife convinced him to appoint his Pharisaic brother-in-law, Shimon Ben Shetach, to the Sanhedrin, then dominated by Sadducees. Slowly, over the course of a number of years, Shimon Ben Shetach outshone his Sadducee opponents in the Sanhedrin and appointed his Pharisaic students as members [Hyman, vol. II pp. 766-767, vol. III pp. 1213-1214].
By the year 80 BCE it was finally safe for the Pharisee rabbis to quietly return and Shimon Ben Shetach sent a cryptic note to his mentor, R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah, encouraging him to return [Hyman, vol. II pp. 647-648, vol. III pp. 1213-1214].
Some 50 to 60 years after the great Pharisaic victory of the Hasmoneans, in which Pharisees rebelled against the Greek-Syrians and gained the monarchy, these Pharisee rabbis returned to a country full of heretical sects that had either integrated aspects of Hellenist paganism into their religion or had, in an attempt to repel all unproven influence, rejected the traditions of the rabbis. The Pharisees who remembered the prominence in which they had so recently been held were now witnesses to the disintegration of their religious society.
While returning, Yeshu misunderstood one of his teacher's remarks and said something that demonstrated that he was interested in and looking at married women. As sexual promiscuity was a sign of many of the Hellenist sects, R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah suspected his student of being yet another leader influenced by Hellenism and had him excommunicated [this hasty conclusion was condemned by the Talmud a few lines before our passage]. After many attempts by Yeshu to reconcile with his mentor, R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah was finally ready. However, Yeshu approached him while he was reciting Shema, the most important part of the morning prayer during which he could not stop to speak. He motioned to Yeshu with his hand which was misinterpreted as a signal to go away. Yeshu finally gave up and fulfilled his teacher's suspicion. He adopted a pagan religion and went on to create his own sect of Judaism and lead many Jews astray.
Some historians note some similarities here between Yeshu and Jesus. Most notably, in one manuscript of the Talmud he is called Yeshu the Notzri which could be rendered (with only a little difficulty) Jesus the Nazarene.
1. Yeshu lived about a century before Jesus.
2. Only one of the approximately four distinct manuscripts available have the title HaNotzri (possibly, the Nazarene). None of the other manuscripts contain that title which make it suspect as a later interpolation, as medieval commentators suggest [cf. Menachem HaMeiri, Beit Habechirah, Sotah ad. loc.].
3. Notzri does not necessarily mean Nazarene. It is actually a biblical term (Jeremiah 4:16). While centuries later it was undoubtedly used to refer to Christians in the form of Notzrim or Netzarim, it could have been a term used to refer to many strong communities. The name "Ben Netzar" was used by the Talmud to refer to the famous chief of robbers Odenathus of Palmyra [see Marcus Jastrow's Dictionary p. 930]
4. The name Yeshu alone could have been common. We know that the name Jesus was common [see Collossians 4:11 and above].
5. Other than the name, nothing in the story fits anything we know about Jesus.
Passage #3: Trial
This passage discusses how an enticer to idolatry, one of the worst religious criminals (see Deuteronomy 13:7-12), was caught. The Talmud then continues and says that this was the method used to catch the notorious Ben Stada.
Again we see Ben Stada. Above we were told that he performed witchcraft and we are now told that he was an idolater as well. The connection to Jesus is that Ben Stada is connected to Jesus in the passage above and that he was executed on the eve of Passover. The Gospel of John (19:14) has Jesus being executed on the eve of Passover.
1. The same problems above connecting Ben Stada to Jesus apply here as well, including his living almost a century after Jesus.
2. Ben Stada was stoned by a Jewish court and not crucified by the Roman government like Jesus.
3. The Synoptic Gospels say that Jesus was executed on Passover itself (Matthew 26:18-20; Mark 14:16-18; Luke 22:13-15) and not the eve of Passover.
4. Jesus was not crucified in Lud.
Passage #4: Execution
Here we have the story of the execution of Yeshu. Like Ben Stada, he was also executed on the eve of Passover. Before executing him, the court searched for any witnesses who could clear his name, as was normally done before any execution. Ulla, however, questioned this practice. An enticer, due to the biblical mandate not to be merciful, should not be afforded this normal consideration. The Talmud answers that Yeshu was different. Because of his government connections, the court tried to search for any reason not to execute him and upset the government.
Again we see Yeshu. All of the proofs from above connecting Yeshu to Jesus apply here as well. Additionally, the execution on the eve of Passover is another connection to Jesus as above with Ben Stada.
1. As mentioned above with Ben Stada, the Synoptic Gospels have Jesus being executed on Passover itself and not the eve of Passover.
2. As above, Yeshu lived a century before Jesus.
3. Yeshu was executed by a Jewish court and not by the Romans. During Yeshu's time, the reign of Alexander Janneus, the Jewish courts had the power to execute but had to be careful because the courts were ruled by the Pharisees while the king was a Sadducee. It seems clear why the courts would not want to unneccesarily upset the monarch by executing a friend of his. During the Roman occupation of Jesus' time, there is no indication that the Jewish courts had the right to execute criminals.
3. There is no indication from the New Testament that Jesus had friends in the government.
Passage #5: Disciples
Five of Yeshu's disciples were brought before a court, tried for the crime against G-d and society of idolatry, and executed according to biblical law. This passages presents each disciple cleverly bringing a biblical verse in an attempt to exonerate himself and the court responding likewise.
The name Yeshu is used as above. The additional proof this passage provides is that Matai is the Hebrew equivalent of Matthew, one of Jesus' disciples.
1. The same problems above connecting Yeshu to Jesus apply here.
2. Of the five disciples, only one is recognized. What of the other four?
3. The name Matai seems like a nickname or Aramaic equivalent of Matityahu, which was a known Jewish name in that time period. It was probably a common name, considering the high esteem in which the patriarch of the Hasmonean dynasty, Matityahu, was held by the common people. Some manuscripts have the name of R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah's famous colleague as Matai from Arbel [cf. R. Shimon Ben Tzemach Duran, Magen Avot, ed. Zeini (Jerusalem:2000) p. 31].
Passage #6: The Student
Here we see the only place in which the names Yeshu and Ben Pandira are connected.
Hazy History
Some historians consider all of the above passages to refer to Jesus. Granted, there are many difficulties in tying all of the details together, particulary the historical timeframes. However, these historians claim "that chronology was not a science in which the rabbis excelled, or one in which they laid stress upon accuracy" [RT Herford, Chritianity in Talmud & Midrash, p. 347]. The rabbis of the talmud had a hazy memory of Jesus and embellished upon it in order to villainize him. The inconsistencies among the various stories are of no consequence because the rabbis did not care. Thus, Jesus is Yeshu is Ben Stada is Ben Pandira. Mary Magdalene is called Jesus' mother due to some vague familiarity with the gospel story. Jesus' execution was recalled but only some details remembered. In fact, these historians found many more references to Jesus in the talmud that did not use his name [discussed here]. Herford lists about twenty different passages that he claims refer to Jesus and still concludes that "it is remarkable how very little the talmud does say about Jesus" [ibid.].
This was at one time the standard approach of historians. However, the obvious bias against talmudic rabbis and the wanton attribution of nameless passages has since given way to a more balanced approach among academics.
Goldstein, in his highly respected doctoral dissertation Jesus in the Jewish Tradition, argues against the attribution to Jesus of various references in the talmud, such as Balaam and "a certain person". In his view, this is finding in the texts what one was a priori looking for [Cf. Goldstein, pp. 57-81]. Joseph Klausner does not consider the Ben Stada passages as referring to Jesus [Joseph Klausner, Jesus of Nazareth, pp. 20-23]. Johann Maier concurs and adds that Ben Pandira had no connection to Jesus either [Johann Maier, Jesus von Nazareth in der talmudischen Uberlieferung, p. 237, cited in John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew, vol. I p. 106 n. 45]. Maier further denies that the passage in Sanhedrin 43a about the execution and disciples of Yeshu has anything to do with Jesus [Maier, p. 229, cited in Meier vol. I p. 107 n. 51]. John P. Meier, a Catholic priest and author of the most recent and highly acclaimed scholarly analysis of the evidence of Jesus' life, A Marginal Jew, which has even been added to the Anchor Bible Reference Library, takes a middle ground and says "While not accepting the full, radical approach of Maier, I think we can agree with him on one basic point: in the earliest rabbinic sources, there is no clear or even probable reference to Jesus of Nazareth" [Meier, vol. I p. 98].
Meier also adds what seems to be a direct answer to Herford's remark quoted above. Meier says "Hence, apart from Josephus, Jewish literature of the early Christian period offers no independent source for inquiry into the historical Jesus. Indeed, why should it? Engaged in a fierce struggle for its own survival and definition, early rabbinic Judaism had other matters on its mind -- matters that, from its own perspective, were much more important" [Meier, ibid.].
Many modern historians detect different strata of texts from different ages within the talmudic period. The passages originally referred to different people named Yeshu, Ben Stada, and Ben Pandira, none of whom were Jesus. Over time, different generations of talmudic rabbis melded the passages together with added phrases and details. However, according to Johann Maier, none of these passages ever related to Jesus. Some scholars, such as Joseph Klausner and John P. Meier, believe that some of the later additions were meant to refer to Jesus, while the original basic text did not. It is therefore very difficult to determine what, if anything, the talmud actually says about Jesus.
These attempts at literary analysis of the talmud, while not quite heretical to traditional Jews, are certainly anathema. We will therefore try to use the literature of more traditional historical views of the talmudic passages along with some classic rabbinic commentaries to understand the subjects of these texts.
Two Yeshus
The standard rabbinic understanding of these passages is that these passages refer to at least two different people [cf. Tosafot HaRosh, Sotah 47a sv Yeshu, Shabbat 104b sv Ben Stada; Tosafot (uncensored) Shabbat 104b sv Ben Stada; R. Abraham Zacuto, Sefer Hayuchasin 5:6, R. Natan David Rabinowitz, Binu Shenot Dor Vador, pp. 422-425] . The first lived in the first half of the first century BCE during the reign of Alexander Janneus. The second lived in the first half of the second century CE, during the time of the Roman persecution that led to Rabbi Akiva's tragic death.
The first, Yeshu Ben Pandira, started his own sect and had many followers. His heretical and idolatrous teachings lasted centuries after his life but, like so many Jewish sects, slowly died out after the destruction of the Temple.
The second, Ben Stada, was simply a public idolater from an illustrious family who was caught and punished.
The only connections between the two are their fathers' names, that they were executed on the day before Passover, and that they both spent time in Egypt. The first is probably a mere coincidence because, as pointed out above, Panthera (which in Hebrew and Aramaic is equivalent of Pandira) was a common name.
Ben Stada may have been executed on the day before Passover in Lud out of deference for his illustrious step-father. On that day, most people were gathered in Jerusalem preparing their Passover sacrifices and very few people would have witnessed the execution in Lud. Yeshu Ben Pandira may have been executed on the day before Passover in Jerusalem for the exact opposite reason. Since he was the leader of a heretical sect, the court may have wished that the crowd in Jerusalem would see his execution and learn that his sect was a deviation from the true Judaism.
Their both having spent time in Egypt is similar to two American Jews today both visiting New York City at some time in their lives. From the year 307 BCE to the year 113 CE, Alexandria had one of the largest and most illustrious Jewish communities in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of Jews had a very large and active Jewish community, which is probably why R. Yehoshua Ben Perachiah and Yeshu were able to hide there . The Alexandrian community was also noted for its affinity to Hellenistic culture. Its most famous product, Philo, wrote exclusively in Greek and propounded a very Hellenistic philosophy which some consider to be heretical to Judaism [see Samuel Belkin's introduction to Midreshei Philon]. It is certainly not surprising that the young Ben Pandira's visit to this thriving Jewish center led him to accept a hybrid Jewish-Hellenist religion that was considered idolatry by traditional Jews.
The following chart shows which details refer to each person.
Some historians go further. It is well known, and long a matter of controversy, that beginning in the early 19th century some historians disputed the existence of an historical Jesus at all. According to this theory, Jesus never existed and the early church fathers created him as a figure for their religion. The gospels are compilations of various legends that were attributed to this mythical character Jesus. Much ink has been spilled debating this theory, but there are some historians who accept this and go one step further. They identify the basis of the New Testament Jesus in the story of Yeshu Ben Pandira. This legendary figure, who was branded a heretic by Jewish leaders, founded a Jewish sect that inspired and influenced the early Christians. These early Christians then adopted the story of Yeshu Ben Pandira and modified it to fit into a later historical period and their own eclectic religious beliefs. [cf. R. Avraham Ibn Daud, Sefer Hakabbalah, 53; Sefer Hayuchasin, ibid.; Avraham Korman, Zeramim Vekitot Beyahadut, pp. 354-364].
Some daring scholars have even identified the original Jesus or proto-Jesus, Yeshu Ben Pandira, as the Teacher of Righteousness who led the sect in Qumran [cf. Alvar Ellegård, Jesus One Hundred Years Before Christ; G.R.S. Mead, Did Jesus Live 100 B.C.?; G. A. Wells, The Jesus Myth].
While these theories are highly speculative and certainly not mainstream, researchers have amassed a large amount of evidence, from archaelogical finds to medieval references, that point to either this or a similar conclusion.
It seems clear by now that there is no consensus whether Jesus is mentioned at all in the Talmud. Most of the supposed "blasphemies" of Jesus and Mary in the Talmud do not refer to them at all. However, there can be no denying, and no rabbi would deny this, that the authors of the Talmud did not believe in Jesus' messiahship or his divinity. If you are looking for Christian fellowship then Jewish literature is not the place to look. However, there is no basis at all to state unequivocably that the Talmud calls Jesus a bastard or that Mary was a prostitute who had sex with many men. As has been shown, those passages definitely do not refer to Jesus.
Note: The wording of the texts was taken from Chisronot Hashas, originally printed in Koenigsberg in 1860 and reprinted in Tel Aviv in 1989. The text of the Tosefta was taken from the standard Vilna edition and slightly modified based on Saul Lieberman's Tosefet Rishonim.
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Jesus In The Talmud
Gustaf Dalman rejects the assertion that this Mishnah refers to Jesus [Dalman, Die Worte Jesus (Liepzig: Hinrichs, 1898), p. 4 n. 2]. Similarly, RT Herford calls this suggestion "doubtful and probably unfounded" [Herford, "Jesus in Rabbinical Literature", The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6 pp. 87-88]. Johann Maier calls it "odd speculation" [Maier, Jesus von Nazareth in der talmudischen Uberlieferung, p. 50]. All of this is cited approvingly by John P. Meier in his highly acclaimed A Marginal Jew, vol. I p. 108 n. 53. See also Avraham Korman's discussion in Zeramim Vekitot Beyahadut, pp. 348-349.
R. Yochanan is saying that Balaam had tremendous potential and started out as a true prophet of G-d. However, he turned to evil and in the end of his life became a sorcerer (i.e. user of black magic). This tradition regarding Balaam's descent was also recorded in the Tanchuma [Balak, 5] and in Yalkut Shimoni [Numbers, 771].
Rav Papa adds a parable to explain this. Consider a woman who is married to a powerful ruler who leads their people out into battle. She is used to being the wife of someone strong, whose powerful hands can skillfully manipulate a sword and overcome any opponents. If her husband were to die she would still want to marry someone in a similar position of leadership and strength. Even if this widow is continually passed over by those she wishes to marry, she will still strive for her former glory, and will even marry a carpenter who, while not leading his countrymen out into battle, still must skillfully handle tools. Even when the ability to reach her old glory is obviously absent, she will still try everything possible to reach any position that remotely resembles it.
Similarly, Balaam started out as a man with prophecy (like a prince or ruler). He was capable of seeing the future and even manipulating it through his curses and blessings. However, when he lost that gift when G-d removed his prophecy, Balaam still wanted to see the future, even resorting to such pale comparisons as sorcery and black magic (like a carpenter).
This passage has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus and there is certainly no insult implied towards Mary.
Cf. R. Meir HaLevi Abulafia, Yad Ramah, Sanhedrin ad. loc.; Ephraim Urbach, "Rabbinic Exegesis About Gentile Prophets And The Balaam Passage" (Hebrew), Tarbitz (25:1956), p. 284 n. 56.
However, historians generally agree that this passage does not refer to Jesus. The following is taken from Encyclopedia Judaica ("Jesus", vol. 10 p. 16) [transliteration from Hebrew changed for consistency]:
However, it is impossible to imagine that a Christian would ask a Jew how old Jesus was, and call the Gospel Balaam's Chronicle or that Pontius Pilate, who is not mentioned even once in the whole of rabbinic literature, should be referred to as Pinchas the robber. The sectarian referred to was merely a member of a Gnostic sect who was testing whether Chanina could answer a question that was not answered in the Torah. Balaam's Chronicle was an apocryphal book on Balaam. These books often adopted an unfavorable attitude to the patriarchs and the prophets and it was possible that Pinchas of the Bible was called in them Pinchas the robber.
Cf. Urbach, ibid., p. 284; W. Bacher, Jewish Quarterly Review O.S. 3, pp. 456-457; Chanoch Zundel Ben Yosef, Eitz Yosef to Ein Ya'akov, Sotah 11a sv Balaam.
To clarify the issue, let us now address the general claim that Balaam is a talmudic codeword for Jesus.
Balaam in rabbinic literature is one of the archetype villains. As we shall see, he was a powerful man whose prophecy and closeness with G-d gave him potential to do much good. However, he chose to use those gifts towards evil. Because of his terrific potential that was utterly twisted, his heavenly abilities that were perverted towards wrongdoing, he is considered the prime example of corruption.
Some scholars have suggested that Balaam is a codeword in talmudic literature for Jesus. However, we will show that Balaam is considered the paragon of evil in passages that cannot refer to Jesus and from these passages we can see that there is no compelling reason to read other similar passages as referring to Jesus. Indeed, reading these passages as referring to Jesus would be breaking with the established understanding of the talmud.
It is clear, however, based on the chronological order, that this refers to the biblical Balaam and not Jesus or Yeshu. Both Jesus and Yeshu would have been listed after David, Jeremiah, and Zerubabel.
This passage is clearly about Balaam and it describes both his cleverness and his despicability. There are many more passages that show that Balaam is considered by the talmud to be both a powerful and utterly wicked man who earned the title of most hated villain.
The point of all these examples is to show that Balaam is viewed in rabbinic literature as the ultimate villain. Through indisputable proofs we have shown that the biblical Balaam, not Jesus or Yeshu, is consistently painted as someone destined for greatness who instead misused his talents for evil. In contemporary terms, he is the Darth Vader of the Bible. It is therefore no surprise that historians can find many passages that denigrate Balaam. However, there is every reason to believe that these passages refer to the actual Balaam and not to Jesus or Yeshu.
There are some historians who believe that Balaam is a talmudic codeword for Jesus. However, this theory has not stood up to the scrutiny of academic talmudic scholarship and has fallen out of favor with historians.
As we have explained elsewhere, Yeshu is not Jesus of the New Testament. He is most likely a prominent sectarian of the early first century BCE who deviated from rabbinic tradition and created his own religion combining Hellenistic paganism with Judaism. While Yeshu may be the proto-Jesus some scholars point to as inspiring the early Christians, he is definitely not the man who was crucified in Jerusalem in the year 33 CE.
Interestingly, if someone were to claim that Yeshu in the passage above is Jesus, then Balaam cannot also refer to Jesus because both Balaam and Yeshu are in the passage together. In other words, it is self-contradicting to claim that the passages above about Balaam's mother being a harlot or dying young refer to Jesus and to claim that the passage above about Yeshu being punished also refers to Jesus. You can't have it both ways.
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Well there, ZOG.....That's the same crap the Jewish Task Force and other Jewish debaters try to peddle when confronted about Judaic crap about Jesus in the Talmud....try harder next time, maybe you'll fool someone. It's not working with me, or probably anyone else who's 'Judaism hip'.
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Instead of making knee-jerk emotional responses, why not actually read the analysis and try to refute it with well-reasoned arguments of your own?
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Amazing that someone would use a jew holy book as a reference in their fight against Christianity.
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Would you prefer using a Muslim Holy book as proof of a historical Jesus?
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The important thing to remember is that even if "Jesus Christ" were mentioned in the Talmud, it would still be completely useless as proof for a historical Jesus, because it would represent nothing more than legends that the rabbis heard from Christians centuries after Jesus' alleged lifetime.
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Could be...much of the Talmud was written after the time of Christ, though I understand some of the Mishnah was being written down while Christ was alive.
It seems the same challenges could be raised to Islamic sources, as Muhammad lived after the time of the Christ as well.
Josephus did write about Christ and he lived during the time of Christ....here's some fair details of what Christ looked like from various sources and reports of the day.
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I have to tell you that several of those "letters" on that website are modern forgeries.
1. There are no contemporary references to Jesus Christ in the historical or archaeological record. None whatsoever. So there is no record of what "Jesus Christ" looked like. The four gospel accounts of Jesus' life were written in the late 1st century or possibly as late as the middle of the 2nd century. The four gospels are not eye witness accounts(obviously), nor do they claim to be. They are also completely anonymous. They were not written by four people named "Matthew", "Mark", "Luke", and "John", nor do they claim to be.
2. The passages in Josephus' writings about Jesus were exposed as crude 4th century forgeries over 100 years ago. Josephus was not alive during the alleged lifetime of Jesus. Josephus was born in 37. Jesus was allegedly crucified sometime between 30-33. So Josephus was not even close to being a contemporary of Jesus. Also note that even if the passages in Josephus were authentic, it wouldn't provide any kind of proof for a historical Jesus, because Josephus would merely have been repeating what he was told by Christians who were living in his day, many decades after Jesus' alleged death.
3. There were many historians and philosophers(Jewish, Greek, and Roman) who lived and wrote during the time frame in which Jesus allegedly lived. Guess what they had to say about the miracle man from Galilee? Absolutely nothing. On the subject of Jesus, all these writers are completely silent.
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Oh, they are forgeries? Evidence of them being forgeries please.
I suspect your mind is made up on this issue, so we're probably wasting our time typing about it. Don't feel bad though, mine's made up too, has been for 58 years about Christ.
I don't really see any need to belabor our points though, issues of Jewish control over our nations, and indeed the whole planet, are far more concerning.
As to Christ, one either has faith in Christ and believes, or they do not.
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You're kidding, right? Religious websites like that are kind of a joke, because they mix together known forgeries with authentic/disputed material.
The "Publius Lentulus" letter is a 15th century forgery:
The "Pontius Pilate" letter is a 4th century forgery:
The "Archko Volume" is a 19th century forgery:
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Certainly that Nazarene site is no more of a joke than Wikipedia, controlled by Christ hating Jews.
Wikipedia is a reliable source? Don't try using it as a reference on your thesis. Of course you cannot prove
Christ DID NOT exist....so we are still on even terms.
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However, what I can do is show lots of evidence that Jesus is a composite character cobbled together from previous Jewish prophets(Elijah and Elisha) and various Greco-Roman mystery savior cult motifs. The probability that "Jesus Christ" is a mythical character is extremely high.
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Modern scholarship? This is as bad or worse than multiculturalism, porn and the homosexual agenda rolled into one in being destructive to the goyish society. What makes you believe these 'scholars' are doing their work properly and not following an agenda of their own? It is common for research scientists to be caught forging their work, why not these 'modern scholars'?
You're doing a good job of following the admonition to, 'question authority', though I suspect you're throwing the baby out with the bath water in this case. You might put Jeremiah 8:8 in your arsenal too. Seems according to Jeremiah, the scribes destroyed the written 'Word of God' back in his day.
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You have the nerve to claim that someone is using a "jew holy book", when you yourself practice a religion derived from a Jewish written "holy book"(the Bible) and worship a Jewish tribal deity(Yahweh/Jesus). Completely contradictory.
I notice that you've conveniently ignored the other threads I posted which prove that "Jesus Christ" is a Jewish literary fabrication. Hmm, I wonder why? Probably because the material is over your head and you don't know how to argue against it.
If you wish to be taken seriously as a Christian apologist, you're going to have to do a hell of a lot more reading and research. Because right now you sound pretty unintelligent.
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This thread is not about whether Jesus existed or not. The subject of this thread has nothing to do with that per se.
I think you are mentally unstable.
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The Florida Orchestra takes a break from performing during the summer, but that doesn't mean nothing is happening. Here are some notes on recent developments on the orchestral front.
• The orchestra's 2010-11 fiscal year closed at the end of June, and the $8.1 million budget had a small surplus, about $40,000, according to unaudited figures. This is a big improvement over the previous season, when the orchestra posted a $584,000 deficit.
"Every June is a frantic dash," said president Michael Pastreich, describing the flurry of fundraising that leads up to the close of the fiscal year. Results were enhanced by a one-to-one matching gift challenge of $100,000 by board vice chairman Howard Jenkins and his wife, Patricia.
• Single tickets go on sale Monday for the coming season, which opens Oct. 14-16 with Carmina Burana. In an effort to broaden its appeal, the orchestra has introduced a new, lower price scale of $15 to $45 per ticket, compared with last season's $20 to $67. The policy seems to be having the desired effect, with sales of subscriptions, which also reflect the lower prices, up 9 percent over this time a year ago, according to Pastreich.
• An interesting experiment will begin Jan. 6, with the first of three Friday morning masterworks concerts at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. "It has been on our agenda to increase daytime performances,'' Pastreich said, adding that the orchestra was pleased last season with attendance at a new series of three morning coffee concerts at Ruth Eckerd Hall. There will be three more there this season, starting in January. The coffee series at Mahaffey has long been a success story for the orchestra.
Artistically, the Jan. 6 concert is also notable, since it (as well as the Jan. 7 evening concert, with the same program at Mahaffey) will be recorded for a CD on the Naxos label, the first commercial release by the orchestra. Two pieces by German-English composer Frederick Delius will be on the recording, Sea Drift and Appalachia: Variations on an Old Slave Song, which will feature baritone Leon Williams and the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. There is a strong Florida angle to the Delius recording, because the composer worked on his family's plantation near Jacksonville in the 19th century.
• The wind quintet of principals that will inaugurate the orchestra's cultural exchange with Cuba has determined what its program will be for the concert in Havana during its trip Sept. 29-Oct. 2. They'll play a rich swath of chamber music that includes Ibert's Troise Pieces Breves, Barber's Summer Music, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, Gershwin's Three Preludes, Francaix's Quatour a vents and Hindemith's Kleine Kammermusik.
The musicians going to Cuba are Clay Ellerbroek, flute; Katherine Young, oboe; Brian Moorhead, clarinet; Anthony Georgeson, bassoon; and Robert Rearden, French horn.
Since the orchestra announced its Cuba exchange in May, clearance has been given for weekly charter flights to Havana from Tampa International Airport, starting as soon as September. The orchestra is looking into flying from or to Tampa instead of Miami, where daily charter flights are in place.
• Several veteran players will be missing from the orchestra this season. Sarah Shellman, principal second violin, is taking a year's leave of absence. Two musicians, assistant principal horn Brandon Beck and viola player Karen Dumke, took buyouts from the orchestra to resign, part of management's strategy to control expenses.
Arrivals in the orchestra include Brandon McLean, who comes from the New World Symphony in Miami Beach to be assistant principal bass.
The collective bargaining agreement between the board and musicians' union calls for a minimum of 24 weeks of work this season, which means there will be periodic unpaid furlough weeks. This is going to be hard on musicians, but Pastreich said it is necessary to keep the orchestra alive in these penny-pinching times. Additional work may be found for the musicians.
"It's an important, fundamental change in the contract," he said. "In the past, we started with a contract that said how many weeks there were, and management had to figure out what to do with those weeks, even though we never really had use for all those weeks. Now we have a floor with a clear promise that we're going to provide more than that floor. The floor this season is 24 weeks. But there are going to be at least two half-weeks beyond that floor, so the season will have at least 25 weeks of work."
• Board member Jane Peppard, a longtime executive with the St. Petersburg Times who retired several years ago, will be chairwoman of the search committee to find a successor to music director Stefan Sanderling, who plans to end his tenure after the 2013-14 season.
Pastreich expects the orchestra to name a new principal pops conductor next year. Several of the guest conductors in the pops series this season are likely candidates.
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Responding to a declining jail inmate population, the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a request Sept. 6 to eliminate 17.3 jail staff.
Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott told the Star News the number of all types of inmates are down — county, Huber, Sentence to Serve, as well as federal inmates. This has been compounded by the fact that Anoka County has remodeled a housing unit and will no longer need to contract with Sherburne County for inmate services.
The end result is the Sherburne County jail no longer needs to double-bunk inmates, a move that required an additional 16 staff back in 2006 to provide a security patrol.
"It's not anticipated, nor thought likely that the Security Patrol Unit will be necessary in the foreseeable future," Brott stated in a memo to board members and Sherburne County Administrator Brian Bensen.
Up to now, Brott said his department has relied primarily on attrition to scale back its operations at the jail and sheriff's department. Jail staff was reduced by 9.5 in 2011, with 8.5 coming through attrition. There was only one layoff, Brott said.
As for the sheriff's department operations, nine staff positions there have been eliminated through attrition.
"In these economic times combined with increased operational costs and lower inmate revenues, it is imperative to be fiscally responsible," Brott said.
Of course there's a human side to the layoffs as well that make the action very difficult, Brott said.
"These are people you have gotten to know, and in some cases you got to know their spouses or significant others and you may have met their kids," he said. "You know it's going to have a devastating impact on their lives. It's a terrible situation."
Brott's department recently prepared and presented a new staffing plan to the Minnesota Department of Corrections with 17 fewer positions in the jail. That plan has been approved by the state department.
Brott said the new staffing plan will still provide the jail the ability to provide for the safety of staff, inmates and the community, while also allowing the jail to operate more efficiently.
Under the plan, the Special Patrol Unit would be dissolved and support staff will be reduced. The positions that will be subject to layoff in this reduction in force include: 12 correctional officers, two licensed correctional officers and three part-time staff.
The layoffs will be done by seniority in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreements and county policy. Layoff notices were to be provided on Sept. 9 to take effect on Oct. 7.
The sheriff's office will continue to monitor jail staffing needs, and if the inmate population grows in the future it may need to recall staff by seniority, and/or reinstitute the SPU per its original variance.
Union employees have a two-year recall in their collective bargaining agreements; non-union employees have a six-month recall under county policy. The laid-off employees will be eligible for unemployment benefits.
The total savings in salary and benefits for the laid-off positions for the balance of 2011 through the end of 2013 is at $2.14 million. Once the costs associated with laying off employees are factored in, the total savings is conservatively estimated at $1.85 million.
The costs of layoff are severance (payment of PTO and comp time) as well as the estimated cost of unemployment compensation.
The grand total of three years' salary and benefit savings for both the positions being held open and the employees being laid off is $3.2 million.


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Hi Harold,
You can certainly make a job of editing and writing - but I'd advise to include in your plan a way to earn residual income... either from books, or some other materials. Also, it really helps to develop relationships with editors and publishers so you can start getting steady work. If you show a few key people in different organizations that you can write and edit well, you'll have better luck earning a solid living. Small, odd jobs like editing college papers may be a difficult way to earn significant money--unless you're working all the time.... or unless you set it up as a business and hire people to edit for you so can leverage their time.
Hope that's helpful! - And, welcome to the group! Glad to see you're jumping into the conversations right away!
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Thanks for the advice. It was just a thought. I'd really like to write like everyone else on this blog. So I'm trying to find my way to do it.
In addition, I'm trying to figure out what to write, who to write for and how to market it. Is it really all about just starting my own blog or is it a lot more/less? I am reading Jon Acuff's book "Quitter" and it is very inspiring.
I know I'm a little late, but the books The Well-fed Writer and The Well-fed Writer Back for Seconds by Peter Bowerman may be very helpful. The books are like step-by-step guides to becoming a full-time freelance writer without starving. Here is a link to a podcast interview he did discussing how he became a full-time commercial writer: http://www.wellfedwriter.com/podcast.shtml. I own his book The Well-Fed Self-Publisher, which is fantastic (I have many dog-eared pages), and if the Well-Fed Writer books are anything like the Publisher book, the books will provide a myriad of actionable items to get you started.
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General notes from Wednesday about the Red Wings…
Jakub Kindl was sent to Grand Rapids on a conditioning assignment, having not played in a game since November 3. He immediately entered the Griffins lineup, playing 19:48 in a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals.
Kindl had two shots and finished with an even plus/minus rating.
On the other side of the state, the Red Wings hosted the Nashville Predators, dropping a 3-2 decision.
If you're looking for positives, both Detroit goals were highlights in different ways. Pavel Datsyuk batting the puck out of mid-air was pure circus, a fun goal to see. Johan Franzen pulling the Wings to within one in the final minutes was a goal-scorer's goal, a great shot finding its way through a mass of bodies in front.
Unfortunately, there were more negatives.
A two-on-one and a flukey goal gave Nashville a 2-0 lead. The back-breaker was another two-on-one in the third that put the Predators up 3-1.
As I said in the GDT, I put that one on Jimmy Howard. I thought at the time that he maybe cheated to cover the pass and then got beat on the shot. Ken and Mickey later pointed out that after getting beat by not covering the pass on the first goal he may have been respecting that option a bit too much.
Either way, Howard has to make that save and he didn't. He's not playing poorly lately but he's getting outplayed. If the Wings are going to rely on him the way they are (and I'm not saying that's right), he has to be better than he was last night.


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Q: When is verbal negativity really abuse? I've said some things that could be considered abusive. Not very often, always in the heat of anger. Usually apologize very quickly and try not to do again. Husband also engages in what could be considered abusive comments and acts. Lately, I've recognized
a lot of my behavior in anger could be considered abusive/controlling and I'm in counseling. But at what point does it become a reason to leave? It seems like the "Leave!" alarm goes off way too quickly in many of these anonymous cases.
A: I'd argue it doesn't go off enough. Mates have two fundamental jobs: Taking care of themselves, and taking care of each other. When even one person gives significantly more attention to one job than the other, the relationship will eventually fail, even if the couple stays together. Of course, they often do stay together, since hanging on is the whole point.
Someone who is verbally abusive — yes, even when "in the heat of anger" and "very quickly" retracted — is skewed more toward taking care of herself than taking care of her mate. Likewise, someone who takes abuse is so skewed toward appeasing a mate that it comes at her own expense.
From where I sit, people don't flee at the slightest imbalances. Far more common for people to rationalize even extreme ones as normal.
It's great you're in counseling, an important first step. But when an alarm sounds, it's also important not to blame the alarm; just like abuse or control, that's a reflex to protect yourself. Instead, focus on what tripped the alarm in the first place. When you've taken full ownership of your role — i.e., when you don't trail your confession with mitigators like so many brooms behind an elephant — then you can vet the alarms.
As it happens, a sign of relationship balance is the ability to say, and mean, this: "I want you to stay, but will accept it if you choose to leave." That's knowing exactly where you end, and where someone else begins.
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Q: A few weeks ago, in an e-mail my dad sent by mistake, he made a snarky comment about my unmarried status (he didn't know if he'd ever get to plan a daughter's wedding
. . .). When he realized what he'd done, he sent a quick "I didn't mean it!" e-mail. He was out of the country, so I said no big deal.
But it is. It was mean and uncalled for. Now I feel like all the to-my-face talk of being really proud of me and knowing I shouldn't settle, etc., is a sham, and all he thinks when he looks at me is: "There's my unmarried 29-year-old daughter." Now I just got dumped and have to go to my 21-year-old cousin's wedding, solo, with my parents. I don't know if I should say something, let it roll off, or what.
A: It hasn't rolled off, so don't pretend it has. When a moment presents itself, tell Dad exactly what you said so well here: You're
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Dive bar to reopen as 'family-friendly gastropub.'
UPDATE (January 8, 2012): Kirkwood's 'The Pullman' announces it'll open January 13
Aces Bar and Grille, a dive bar in Kirkwood, is reopening as Jak's All Inn.
Josh Adam Kahn opened Aces six years ago and has spent the past few weeks molding the concept into a "family-friendly gastropub" -- something he feels the community needs.
"We didn't let children into [Aces]," Kahn told What Now Atlanta in an interview Monday. "We need to appeal to families."
Though signage isn't expected to grace the facade until the end of June, Jak's is slated to officially open Thursday just in time for team trivia at 8 p.m. The gastropub had its soft opening this past Friday.
Jak's menu will mainly consist of items made in-house and will feature a kids selection; something Aces didn't offer. Menu items include pork tenderloin, chicken tenders and a daily fish.
The gastropub will be opened to families from 5 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. and then transform into something Aces' patrons are more familiar with: 21 and older (smoking is allowed), according to Kahn.
The new space will boast a hand-crafted outdoor patio area, bar style with stools looking out into the street -- think of it as a bar without the bartender -- with six stools on either side of the entrance for a total of 12. The interior has gone from a dark red to light blue and dart boards are on their way to replace a pool table.
The name, taken from Kahn's initials, is his way of calling a spade a spade.
"After this, I've got no more money to invest," Kahn said. "I'm all in."


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Advice From Lauren Conrad's Celebrity Trainer
Advice From Lauren Conrad's Celebrity Trainer
Trainers can be a good investment, and besides the expertise that comes with a trainer you get a workout buddy to keep you motivated. So what's better than that? When a friend joins you to make training even more fun! Lauren Conrad started working out privately with trainer Jarett Del Bene and then her BFF Lo joined in on those sessions, and Shape chatted with him about the techniques he uses with The Hills stars.
Because the ladies are often filmed poolside, Shape asked Jarett for his tips on getting bikini-ready abs, and his answer is my favorite of the bunch. Instead of telling his clients to do "hundreds of sit-ups a day," Jarett's philosophy is to constantly challenge the core through strength-training moves, and that by training the whole body, "the abs will come."
To see what a typical workout entails for Lauren and Lo,
Jarett incorporates basic fitness moves into his training regimen and combines cardio with strength training for an effective total body workout. When Shape asked him how he helped Lauren get toned, he said,
We started off doing circuit-training three days a week and she did cardio workouts on her own. In the past couple months, Lauren and Lo and I have been combining cardio kickboxing and circuit-training into one workout. We start with 20 to 30 minutes of high-intensity boxing. The girls hit my focus mitts and do jumps and kicks. Then we mix in weight moves, such as lunges, squats, push-ups and sit-ups. It's a great full-body workout that relieves stress and builds confidence.
These are all things that you can do with a workout buddy to mix up your routine and have more fun while getting fit.


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British Airways has chosen Crane's enhanced landing gear control interface unit (LGCIU), which has been standard fit on Airbus A320 family aircraft since October 2010, for its A320 fleet upgrade. The LGCIU provides system health status to the central fault display system, sensing the position of the landing gear and landing gear doors, flap disconnect status and cargo door position.
The LGCIU from Crane (Hall 4 Stand F14) has enhanced reliability over the legacy device. "The new unit is also lower weight and provides an improvement in the system fault isolation capability to increase dispatch reliability for British Airways," said Tim King, director of aftermarket sales for Crane Aerospace & Electronics.


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Miley Cyrus laps up the sun in a teeny bikini with dad Billy Ray
Miley Cyrus took a break from her hectic âteen starâ schedule to spend some much needed time with her dad
Billy Ray in sunny Mexico.
The 17-year-old Hannah Montana star looked a far cry from her Disney clean cut image when she frolicked on the beach in an teeny bikini.
Miley showed off her tanned and toned figure in the red and white polka dot two-piece, next to her country singer dad.
The teenager was also joined by the rest of her family on the Mexico vacation, where they lapped up the sun and swam in the sea.
Now the star has finished working on the childrenâs hit television show Hannah Montana, sheâs got more time to focus on her music career.
To celebrate leaving the show, Miley, who is dating actor Liam Hemsworth, threw a party to mark her departure.
Sheâs also set to embark on more acting roles on top of her music career and now that sheâs no longer working for Disney, sheâs sexed up her image for more adult roles.
Seeing as her career is so strong now, Miley has decided not to attend college, which caused some controversy among parents who thought it would set a bad example for young fans.
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Statement Commending New Military Consumer Enforcement Act
"These senators have the right idea-- strengthen the CFPB's ability to protect those who serve. Why do others want to weaken the CFPB?"
Statement by Mike Litt, U.S. PIRG Consumer Advocate On How the Military Consumer Enforcement Act further empowers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to protect servicemembers and veterans
Washington, DC – "Today, U.S. PIRG applauds U.S. Senators Jack Reed (RI), Sherrod Brown (OH) and other Senators (list below) for introducing the Military Consumer Enforcement Act. The bill enhances the CFPB's ability to protect servicemembers and veterans from abuses in the financial marketplace by giving it jurisdiction over enforcing key parts of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
The CFPB and its Office of Servicemember Affairs have already demonstrated a strong commitment to protecting those who serve. For example, it has taken at least 12 major legal actions against financial firms targeting young servicemembers, older veterans and their families, securing approximately $130 million in relief for them. It has also successfully investigated banks to ensure compliance with the Military Lending Act.
And it has handled over 72,000 complaints from the military community. A U.S. PIRG Education Fund report released earlier this month found that debt collection abuses were the leading source (32%) of servicemember complaints to the CFPB. (2-page report summary).
But the SCRA offers important additional protections that have been, at best, unevenly enforced by other regulators. The SCRA includes provisions that prohibit the eviction of military members and their dependents from rental or mortgaged property, and the law caps interest at 6% on debts incurred prior to an individual entering active duty military service.
Given its proven track record for protecting our military community, giving the CFPB the jurisdiction over key parts of the SCRA means that the law will actually be enforced. These Senators have the right idea - we should be strengthening the CFPB's ability to protect those who serve. Why do others want to weaken the watchdog?
While we commend the Senators for this effort, we also warn the entire Senate that it must reject threats to the CFPB. Threats include the House-passed Financial Choice Act, HR 10, and proposals from other Senators to weaken the CFPB. The better-named Wrong Choice Act would leave the CFPB an unrecognizable husk and also roll back most of the Dodd-Frank Act's other protections against another collapse of our financial system and economy.
Dismantling the CFPB would place servicemembers, veterans and their families in "financial harm's way," thereby threatening unit preparedness since financial problems are a leading cause of revocation of security clearances.
Our troops, their families and our veterans and all the rest of us deserve a strong watchdog protecting their interests. That watchdog is the CFPB."
Other original co-sponsors of the Military Consumer Enforcement Act include Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Catherine Cortez-Masto (Nev.).
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POUGHKEEPSIE - Dutchess County's first-term Democratic comptroller lost her seat to a GOP challenger Tuesday in one of two countywide races.
Republican and Conservative candidate Jim Coughlan of Rhinecliff defeated incumbent Comptroller Diane Jablonski, 25,165 to 24,332, according to unofficial election results.
Coughlan, 41, earned his law degree from Rogers Williams University and has experience in finance and corporate law. He currently works an attorney on anti-fraud cases arising from the subprime mortgage crisis.
Jablonski, 63, a Poughkeepsie resident, has a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware.
The comptroller is the chief accounting and auditing officer for all county departments and agencies and also provides oversight for all related federal, state and local laws. The comptroller receives an annual salary of $99,937.
In the only other countywide election, Dutchess County Family Court Judge Peter Forman ran unopposed for re-election to a second 10-year term. He received 30,939 votes.
Forman, 54, a Beacon resident, is a graduate of the University of Dayton Law School. He was appointed Family Court judge in April 1999 by Gov. George Pataki. In November 1999, he was elected to a full 10-year term.
In 2002, Forman formed the first Dutchess County Family Treatment Court, also known as a "drug court," over which he continues to preside, working with parents who have substance-abuse issues and may have lost (or are in danger of losing) their children to foster care.
In 2005, Forman established a Youth Treatment Court for juveniles with substance-abuse issues.


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You just finished 4-8. What's your next move? Why, pulling recruiting resources out of the nation's most fertile state, of course:
Ferentz said he's no longer assigning an assistant coach to recruit Florida. Then Tuesday night, Iowa recruiting coordinator Eric Johnson told an I-Club gathering in Des Moines that Florida is no longer a priority area for the program's recruitment.
The Iowa coaches think the program needs to concentrate recruiting closer to campus.
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It's probably very uncool of me to refer to actor Jaleel White as Steve Urkel, but when The Asylum casts the the guy in their upcoming monster movie mash-up "Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus", you know it's because of the Urkel angle. The vast majority of their recent low-budget releases have featured an abundance former celebrities, so it's not too surprising that they would track down the former "Family Matters" star for inclusion in one of their upcoming projects. Naturally, "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" sounds like a thick, tightly-packed wad of cinematic fecal matter, but that probably won't stop me from wasting two hours of my pathetic little life watching the damned thing from start to finish. And if White feels the need to express his undying love for cheese, I don't think I would complain in the least.
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For part 1, use this dice: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/reso...s/dice/six.htm
1. Your name is (NAME) and you are a nineteen-year-old freshman at (COLLEGE), majoring in (SUBJECT). You are paired up with a girl who has the same major as you for your roommate. The two of you become friends. A month into the semester, the two of you are having lunch in one of the school's cafeterias and she's going on and on about a new guy she's seeing. An older guy, a junior she met at the freshman orientation over the summer. You don't think much of it until you meet him a few days later. You like him, but you laugh when he and your roommate insist that his best friend is perfect for you and they want to set you guys up. You've bumped into the other guy a few times, but you think of him as nothing more than your roommate's boyfriend's best friend.
What is the guy's name (DH)? (your choice)
What is your roommate's name?
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What is your roommate's boyfriend's name?
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2. Thanksgiving break rolls around and you go home to (WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?). You go back to school the day before classes start again and your roommate is not back yet. You know that she stayed an extra day to make up work for a class, but you haven't seen her. You also noticed that her boyfriend's best friend came back early too...not that it really means anything. As you are unpacking your bags, you see your bedsheets are rumbled, and you know for certain you washed them before you left. Still, you check anyway...and find two USED condoms under the blankets!!! Your roommate had sex in YOUR bed! You look around the campus and can't find her or her boyfriend. You go back to your dorm room, find a plastic sandwich bag, take the condoms out of the trash with a pencil, stick them inside the bag, and write (ROOMMATE'S BOYFRIEND'S NAME)'s name on the label. He and his best friend live in another building, so you stick the bag inside your pocket, go to the boys' dorm, and up to their room. (DH'S NAME) answers the door to your knock. You hold up the sandwich bag and say "(HIS BEST FRIEND'S NAME) left these on my bed." He bursts out laughing, so hard tears are in his eyes.
3. You and (DH'S NAME) become good friends after the whole condom incident. You tell the story to anyone who wants to know--much to the embarrassment of your roommate and her boyfriend, but everyone gets a good laugh out of it. You and (DH'S NAME) grow closer over the next two years, as you become a sophomore and he's a senior. When he graduates, you treat him to a night out, just the two of you.
Where do you take him? Roll the dice
1. To his favorite restaurant, then to a movie he's been wanting to see
2. A carnival and you go on all the rides
3. The zoo/aquarium with both elephant and otter shows
4. Club hopping, with drinking and dancing
5. A picnic on the beach
6. A small barbecue in the park
4. Two years go by. You and (DH'S NAME) still keep in touch. You see each other at least twice a month and talk once a week. Both of you are busy, you being a senior in college while he's starting his career as a (CAREER). Then, you graduate and, like two years before, he takes you out--but it ends a little differently. He confesses his love for you and gives you a special present!
What happens on your date with him? Roll the dice
1 or 2. He takes you to your favorite restaurant and gives you a gold heart-shaped locket that looks like this: http://demo.xalter.com/shop/products...ter/image.jpg; inside is engraved "I love you."
3 or 4. He takes you out on a day in the city, (WHAT CITY IS IT?), and gives you a silver bracelet that looks this: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gPyyX-gkAj...Ts/s1600/2.jpg with your initials and his initials followed by the word "Forever" engraved inside the band.
5 or 6. He takes you to a Broadway play you've been dying to see, (WHAT PLAY IS IT?), and afterwards he gives you a photo album that filled with pictures of you and him over the past few years. On the back cover, he wrote "I love you. Forever."
5. You and DH are officially dating. After you graduate, you, your roommate (HER NAME), and another college friend of yours, (HER NAME), buy a three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in (BIG METRO CITY), where you all plan to start your careers. Within 18 months, your career as a (CAREER) is starting off on the right foot and you're having the time of your life. It gets even better when (ROLL THE DICE) years later, DH proposes!
How does DH propose? Roll the dice
1: At night, on the rooftop of your apartment building, with a skyline view of the city
2: During a walk on the beach at sunset
3: He gives you a bouquet of your favorite flowers, (WHAT KIND OF FLOWERS?), with the ring attached to a string binding the stems
4: He makes a music mix of all the songs you two like for you on your iPod, the last song him singing "Marry Me" by Train.
5: He throws you a surprise birthday party and writes "Will you marry me?" on your birthday cake.
6: On one knee, after dinner at the same restaurant you had your first date
6. 6 months after DH proposes, you have the wedding of your dreams. Your college roommate/best friend (HER NAME), is the maid of honor, her fiance, (DH'S BEST FRIEND), is the best man, and your bridesmaids are (FRIEND #1), (FRIEND #2), (FRIEND #3), (FRIEND #4), and (FRIEND #5). It goes on without a hitch and you and DH have a dreamy honeymoon in (LOCATION).
What kind of wedding, dress, & engagement ring do you have? Roll the dice
1: You have a springtime wedding at the local city garden. Your dress looks like this: http://www.niceweddingdresses.info/w...ng-Dress11.jpg
Your engagement ring looks like this: http://lovepromiseandring.com/wp-con...ment-rings.jpg
2: You have a traditional church wedding in the fall. Your dress looks like this: http://www.marriagebridalgown.com/images/2008051.jpg. Your engagement ring looks like this: http://diamond-s.org/wp-content/uplo...amond-ring.jpg
3: You have a colorful, unconventional wedding in the summer at a fancy hotel. Your dress looks like this: http://www.weddingdressespictures.ne..._2Drosetta.jpg.
Your engagement ring looks like this: http://www.ice.com/media/common/prod..._Gold_Ring.jpg
4: You have a beach wedding in the summer. Your wedding dress looks like this: http://static.i-weddingdresses.com/i...-dresses-3.jpg. Your engagement ring looks like this: http://bluediamondring-s.com/wp-cont...topaz-ring.jpg
5: You have a large, glamorous wedding at a cathedral in the winter. Your wedding dress looks like this: http://www.wedding-chicago.net/wp-co...ng-gowns-8.jpg
Your engagement ring looks like this: http://www.jewelinfo4u.com/images/Ga...ement-ring.jpg
6: You have a shipboard wedding on a cruise ship in the summer on the ocean. Your wedding dress looks like this: http://weddingfashionfiles.com/wp-co...own-accent.jpg
Your engagement ring looks like this: http://ringoblog.com/wp-content/uplo...pearl-ring.jpg
7. Three weeks after you return from your honeymoon, you move into an apartment with DH. A year later, the two of you bye a house in (CITY).
What does your house look like? Roll the dice
1. http://www.hpadesign.com/img/photos525/200029004.jpg
2. http://arlingtonfriendshouse.org/house1.jpg
3. http://vikitr.net/data/media/101/10_house.jpg
4. http://www.lib.umassd.edu/digicoll/s.../TwainM_fr.jpg
5. http://www.mascord.com/rendrngs/2392rd.jpg
6. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/...74602659ac.jpg
Stay tuned for Part 2! :D


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Real Salt Lake defender Chris Wingert is out for Sunday's Western Conference Championship second leg at Portland due to injury.
Claret-and-Cobalt Head Coach Jason Kreis told media after Tuesday's practice that Wingert will miss Sunday's game due to a fractured rib and pneumothorax suffered in the Nov. 10 first leg. Wingert was injured in the 14th minute of the first leg, getting clipped in the chest after fouling Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri in the RSL third. The veteran left back stayed in the game until the 33rd minute, when he was removed for defender Lovel Palmer.
Wingert spent a couple of days in the hospital last week, undergoing an operation to repair his pneumothorax injury. Kreis told reporters on Tuesday that he's hopeful that Wingert would be available for MLS Cup on Dec. 7 should RSL advance past the Timbers on Sunday.
Real Salt Lake enters Sunday's second leg with a 4-2 aggregate goal lead over Portland. RSL will advance to MLS Cup if it maintains its two-goal advantage in regulation. If the sides are tied on aggregate after regulation, the teams will play two, 15-minute extra time periods. If the teams are still tied following extra time, the series will be decided in a penalty kick shootout.
The winner of the RSL-Portland series will face the winner of the Eastern Conference Championship series between Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City in MLS Cup on Dec. 7. RSL and Portland will face off at 7:00 p.m. MT on Sunday on ESPN at JELD-WEN Field. The second leg of the Houston-Kansas City series will kick at 5:30 p.m. MT on Saturday on NBC Sports Network at Sporting Park.


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Everything You Need To Know About Light Therapy (Including That It's Not Just For S.A.D.)
I put a light therapy box on my Christmas list this year, something I've been meaning to try for a long time but just haven't, for some reason. I'm excited to try it out (if a little skeptical), because you read rave testimonials online from people with seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.) and depression, as well as from people without these issues who still find it gives them a winter mood or energy levels boost.
We've written various things about light therapy and choosing a light therapy box in the past, but since it's the season for dark days (and the seasonal depression that accompanies), I put together this all-in-one guide to basic questions like what is light therapy, how does it work, who should try it and what to look for in a light therapy box.
What is light therapy?
Light therapy is used to treat depression and seasonal affective disorder by stimulating serotonin production in the brain. It's considered by psychiatrists (including the American Psychiatric Association) and most in the medical community to be the most effective non-drug treatment for seasonal depression.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, between 50% and 80% of people using light therapy to treat S.A.D. experience a complete recovery from symptoms. In one 2006 study, light therapy worked as well as Prozac at alleviating symptoms of winter depression, and it did so in less time and side effects.
How does light therapy work?
Most popular antidepressants help boost serotonin by blocking its reabsorption, or reuptake, by our cells, thereby increasing our overall serotonin levels. Light therapy actually works by stimulating the production of new serotonin (along with other hormones) in our brains.
It does this by triggering eye receptors. Humans have light receptors in our retinas that interpret signals from rays of light. They then send information to our brains that stimulates the production or regulation of various hormones, including serotonin and melatonin.
Light therapy works by stimulating the eye same receptors that natural sunlight does and, in doing so, increase our production of serotonin. Devises usually come in the form of small- to medium-sized light therapy boxes or lamps (though some places are getting innovative with light therapy — in Sweden, its available at bus stops). Most light therapy boxes are designed to be used for about 30 minutes each morning.
Who should use light therapy?
Anyone! Light therapy is used to treat depression and S.A.D., but it can also be used by those without mood disorders. The dose of artificial sunlight could still boost your mood. And it could also help your body absorb nutrients more effectively.
Can I get a tan from light therapy? (Or skin cancer?)
Unlike tanning beds, light therapy devices filter out most ultraviolet light rays, which are the type that cause sunburns, skin cancer and eye damage. Look for a light therapy box that emits as little UV light as possible at the highest intensity. Some light therapy box are designed to treat skin disorders, not mood disorders, and these boxes tend to emit more UV light.
Choosing a light therapy box
Light therapy boxes are not terribly expensive, especially compared to the cost of some antidepressants. The cheapest models start around $35, though they can cost $200+. Try searching for light therapy boxes on Amazon, Drugstore.com or other drugstore-type websites — you'll turn up ample models. How to choose?
Pay attention to light Intensity: 10,000 lux is standard. You can go lower, but then you have to use it longer (using a 10,000 lux light for 30 minutes each day produces the same effects as using a 2,500 lux light for two hours). You'll also have to choose between white and blue light. There's some evidence blue light works better, but nothing conclusive. LED lights are more efficient and effective than florescent or incandescent lights.
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With a goal of developing its student-athletes as effective team leaders today and successful worldwide leaders for tomorrow, the Baylor Athletics Department has created a comprehensive leadership development program for all of its student-athletes, Director of Athletics Ian McCaw announced Tuesday.
"I am thrilled that Baylor has become the sixth institution nationally and first in the Big 12 to establish a Leadership Academy for its student-athletes and teams with Jeff Janssen. Jeff is an internationally recognized leadership trainer and Baylor Athletics is certain to garner widespread benefits from his expertise," McCaw said.
"Character and leadership development are hallmarks of Baylor and the Leadership Academy will enhance the experience of our student-athletes and afford them benefits that will last a lifetime," he added.
The Baylor Leadership Academy will provide comprehensive leadership development for the school's nearly 450 student-athletes in 18 intercollegiate athletic programs. With the scope and depth of the leadership training, the Leadership Academy distinguishes Baylor as having one of the finest leadership development programs targeted to student-athletes. Leadership development programming for Baylor student-athletes targets three specific groups based upon their classification as well as their readiness to assume leadership roles.
The Baylor Leadership Academy groups, which will hold their first meetings next week, include:
Freshmen Leaders
Leadership training begins in the freshmen year. All freshmen student-athletes are taught the essential first step in leadership training - self leadership. Training consists of weekly meetings featuring keynote speakers and small group discussions. Special focus is on character building and making good choices.
Emerging Leaders
The Emerging Leaders program is designed for a select group of high potential sophomore and junior student-athletes who are selected by their head coach. The academy programming provides these prospective leaders with the insights, strategies, and skills necessary to become effective leaders on their team, on campus, and in the community. Through on-going workshops, interactive exercises, and various readings, the Emerging Leaders program provides a strong foundation for student-athletes to develop into effective team leaders.
Veteran Leaders
The Veteran Leaders program is designed for team captains and veteran student-athletes appointed by their head coach. The program provides these team leaders with advanced leadership training and support. The program assists student-athletes in developing the skills and knowledge critical to be an effective and vocal leader as they navigate the day-to-day responsibilities and challenges of team leadership.
In addition to the education, the Veteran Leaders program also provides these student-athlete leaders with a strong peer network to lean on and learn from throughout the program. These leaders will have the opportunity to share their lessons and experiences with one another. Graduates of the Veteran Leaders program will also receive special recognition from Baylor Athletics upon completion of the program to honor them for their service and commitment.
"We continue to look for ways to enhance out student-athlete personal development programs," said Baylor Associate Athletics Director of Internal Affairs and Leadership Academy Director Paul Bradshaw. "We believe that the Baylor Leadership Academy does this and really distinguishes us from other schools in the Big 12 and in our region. The purpose of the academy is to help develop our student-athletes as effective and vocal team leaders, now and in the future"
Academy instructors include Jeff Janssen, widely considered one of the nation's top experts on sports leadership and founder of Janssen Peak Performance; Shelley Johnson, a member of the Janssen Peak Performance staff, and Kevin Henry, Baylor's Director of Student-Athlete Development and a former basketball letterwinner for the Bears, plus other distinguished speakers on the topic of leadership.


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What is this medicine?PRIMAQUINE (PRIM a kwin) is used to treat or prevent malaria infections.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not start to get better in a few days. If you are taking this medicine for a long time, visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks. If you notice any changes in your vision see your eye doctor for an eye exam.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells.
While in areas where malaria is common, you should take steps to prevent being bit by mosquitos. This includes staying in air-conditioned or well-screened rooms to reduce human-mosquito contact, sleep under mosquito netting, preferably one with pyrethrum-containing insecticide, wear long-sleeved shirts or blouses and long trousers to protect arms and legs, apply mosquito repellents containing DEET to uncovered areas of skin, and use a pyrethrum-containing flying insect spray to kill mosquitos.
If your urine becomes a dark color, tell your prescriber or health care professional as soon as you can.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
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On aug 24 2010 I had silicone round smooth moderate profile 450cc implant surgery. I am 5'9" at 140.Its 6 weeeks later and I found a small moving lump on my right breast. It sits just to the lower right of my nipple. It does move around easily and it's not near any crease or incision. They were placed inframammatory, my right one is taking much more time to relax and drop, I still have tenderness as well. The lump showed up fast, Cancer? Thank you for all the doctors who help patients on here.
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Breast lump
There is only one answer to your question. No lump in a man or womans breast should be considered benign until it is completely worked up. Your inframmary incision (crease) will not produce this lump.
You must get this process in progress.
Steven M. Lynch, M.D.
Lump in breast
Any lump of the breast should be evaluated in person. Although the likelihood is that it is related to surgery, it may not be and your surgeon should examine you and proceed accordingly.
Learn more: http://www.stevenwallachmd.com
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Breast lump after breast augmentation with implants.
IT is most likely that this represents a small area of fat necrosis or muscle necrosis in this location. I t could also be a fold or crease in the implant. However, this cannot be determined with absolute certainty and therefore it is IMPORTANT that you discuss this with your surgeon. Most likely, they will be able yo provide you with reassurance and observation or may order testing to confirm or establish a diagnosis. Ultimately, in rare instances, a biopsy may be required.
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Lump after Breast Augmentation
You are probably feeling part of the implant, an edge, or perhaps a small bulge or fold of the implant. Implants are mobile and it is normal to feel them. Most doctors perform preop and intraop breast exams, sometimes with preop mammograms, so any "cancer" would be a remote and unlikely possibility. An exam by your plastic surgeon will clarify your diagnosis. Don't worry about the asymmetric "dropping". It takes several months for gravity to settle your implants and asymmetrical responses to gravity are very common. Massage, or a light bandeau over the higher one may help.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.