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The announcement of the Oscar nominations each year always seems to bring some surprises and some snubs. This year, the multiple nominations for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" made the news, as did the fact that neither Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") nor Ben Affleck ("Argo") received nods for "best director."
While I don't always agree with the Academy's choices, I'm curious to see what films they select as the best films of the year and which films end up earning that coveted gold statuette.
This year, there are nine nominations for best picture, and while my money's on "Lincoln" taking the top prize, each of the films on the list have their supporters. I have to confess I'm really behind on my movie watching and haven't had a chance to watch any of the films up for best picture yet (I'm hoping to finally catch "Les Miserables" this weekend).
However, in honor of this year's nine nominations for best picture, I thought it might be fun to list my top nine all-time favorite films. I'd also love to know what films might make your personal "best picture" list! :)
9. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003)
It's hard to believe it's been a decade since "Pirates of the Caribbean" first hit theaters. Based on an amusement park ride, the movie was an unlikely blockbuster that inspired a devoted fan following. The best part of the film is undeniably Johnny Depp's now iconic performance as the quirky pirate captain Jack Sparrow, although Geoffrey Rush also steals plenty of scenes as the scheming pirate Barbossa. It's a swashbuckling adventure that brings back the fun of classic pirate films from Hollywood's golden era.
8. "Pride & Prejudice" (2005)
Jane Austen fans have debated which is the best adaptation of the author's perhaps most beloved work, but my personal favorite is this version, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. This brisk, sunny adaptation is a gorgeously shot period piece and captures the quick wit of Jane Austen's dialogue. A subtly beautiful score adds to the mood, and the excellent supporting cast includes Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench.
7. "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (2005)
While "The Chronicles of Narnia" is sometimes overlooked as a "kid's version" of the "Lord of the Rings," I think that "Narnia" has a magic all of its own. It's a story about a mysterious wardrobe that serves as a portal to the fantasy world of Narnia, a land filled with Fauns, Centaurs and other mythical creatures. The film version captures the sense of wide-eyed wonder and imagination found in the original novel, and it's a fun adventure for those who read and loved C.S. Lewis' books as children.
6. "Iron Man" (2008)
Out of all the comeback stories in Hollywood, one of the most inspiring is Robert Downey Jr.'s. After a disheartening crash and burn involving drugs and run-ins with the law, he managed to pull his life back together and turned a lesser-known superhero into a film icon. As Tony Stark/Iron Man, Downey gave us a flawed character with snarky wit and a devil-may-care bluster, the sort of superhero we hadn't really seen on film before. And the climax of the film — where Stark surprisingly reveals his own secret identity — is my favorite superhero movie ending.
5. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
Although Harrison Ford has had a successful Hollywood career playing a variety of roles, his two most beloved performances are arguably Han Solo in the "Star Wars" series and the archeologist Indiana Jones. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is a timeless, globe-trotting adventure tale that's pure fun from start to finish. Director Steven Spielberg has always been good about finding a way to appeal to the kid in all of us, and this film remains one of his best.
4. "Casino Royale" (2006)
From its gritty, noirish opening shot in black and white, to the ending where we get to hear Daniel Craig utter the famous line "Bond — James Bond," for the first time, "Casino Royale" is a nearly flawless film that is arguably one of the best spy films ever made. Daniel Craig brought us a Bond for the modern era: he was tough and aloof, with an icy stare that communicates "this is a man you don't want to mess with." And yet, Craig's Bond could also be vulnerable — when Eva Green's tragic Vesper Lynd broke Bond's heart, she also broke ours. "Casino Royale" is a smart, elegant and stylish spy film, and it made Craig my favorite Bond.
3. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-2003)
While it is now one of Hollywood's best-loved blockbuster sagas, the "Lord of the Rings" was actually quite a gamble. The three films were shot at once, before film makers even knew if the first one would be successful, and director Peter Jackson wasn't yet well known in Hollywood. However, the three films turned out to be a huge hit with audiences and critics, and "The Return of the King" even took home an Oscar for "best picture." The trilogy is a rich, inspiring epic with a vast scope and gorgeous cinematography that shows off the beauty of Jackson's native New Zealand. The sets, acting and costumes all set a new standard for fantasy films.
2. "Star Trek" (2009)
J.J. Abrams' daring, fast-paced reboot is my favorite of the "Star Trek" films and is one of my favorite science fiction movies, period. Although Abrams takes quite a few risks by playing around with "Star Trek" canon, he gets the most important thing right: the characters. The actors are all believable as younger versions of the famous Enterprise crew members from the original television series. This origin story breathes new life into the franchise and sets up a bold vision for the future of "Star Trek." It's a tough act to follow, but I'm very much looking forward to the sequel, "Into Darkness."
1. "Star Wars" saga (1977-2005)
This selection probably doesn't come as much of a surprise. ;) Those who know me well know how much I love "Star Wars," and while "The Empire Strikes Back" is my favorite of the six films, I tend to view them as a whole. "Star Wars" will always be special to me for nostalgic reasons; it was the film that kick-started my love for science fiction and fantasy in general, and I remember being intrigued by all the different characters (Han Solo was my hero as a kid). ;) I'm nervous about Disney's new "Star Wars" film in 2015, but excited, too. I'm always game to return to that galaxy far, far away. ;)


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Tomorrow, April 13, 2009 (Mon) at 7 pm I'll be talking & signing books at Davis-Kidd bookstore 2121 Green Hills Village Dr., Nashville, TN 37215. Be there! I wanna see you too, Jack White! I know you live here!
The image attached was sent to me by Hanny van de Weert, straight out of Holland. It's from the Dutch Buddhist magazine Vorm & Leegte, "Form and Emptiness." Hanny's translation follows:
I am going to play your society reporter for a while. Because there is a Zen riot going on on the Internet. In the left corner: Dennis Genpo Merzel, American Zen teacher, writer and founder of the worldwide spread Kanzeon Sangha. In the right corner: Brad Warner, American Zen teacher, writer and punk musician. Merzel works together with spiritual superstars Ken Wilber and Eckhart Tolle. Warner publishes, nicely perversely, on the alternative soft porn site Suicide Girls.
Merzel is very busy with his Big Mind Process, a method to get a sort of spiritual breakthrough really fast. I have written about that positively in this magazine before. Since then Big Mind became really BIG, even outside the Zen environment. There is now a fine looking website where you can buy books and DVDs and where you can read enthusiastic recommendations.
Whoever gives a huge donation to the charitable corporation Big Mind Inc, can practice Big Mind intensively with Merzel in a small group .
Warner sees Big Mind as a commercial circus. And he says so in very clear language you could expect from an old punk. "Bullshit" here, "crap" there. That is scary for the western Buddhists, used as we are to softening our language. But what scared me more were the reactions to Warner. Somebody from the Big Mind Big Heart Institute responds the criticism as follows: Merzel is a Roshi, Warner 'not yet even a Sensei'. In other words: Merzel is as a teacher of the highest rank, Warner should shut up.
Disappointing. Because it is not a question of Warner having enough Zen stripes on his sleeve to be allowed to criticize. The question is if his criticism is valid. To be honest: spiritual teachers make mistakes on a regular basis. That was the case with gurus and swamis the generation of my parents had to deal with. And that will undoubtedly be the case with some spiritual bestseller authors of today. Nobody is above criticism on beforehand.
Eckart Tolle is joining Oprah. Is that a good idea? Ken Wilber sells an Integral Life Practice Starter Kit for $199.20. Is that over the edge? Big Mind Inc asks a minimum donation for five days with Merzel of $25.000. Is it strange when people start to put question marks? I too ask myself on a regular basis where this will end. What we need now more then ever is discussion, debate, bold criticism. Our virtuous, naïve little world really needs some punk right now.
Tim Ikkyu den Heijer is text writer and zen student.
He said it, not me. (And, again, if Gempo is a "Roshi" then so am I since I have also received Dharma Transmission. But really, as Tonen O'Connor pointed out last time I said this, no one ought to call her or himself a Roshi. Other people call you that. It's not a title or a rank, it's an honorific.)
Also check out this other link on the same subject. Again, they said it, not me.
But let's get back to Nashville. The retreat was neat. I was here once before about three years ago. I think we got about seven people that time. The body count was much better this weekend. And the retreat as a whole proceeded much more smoothly.
I did lots of dokusan, private talks with participants. Several songwriters came to the retreat. It took me till about the third one before I said, "Oh yeah! This is Nashville!" A couple were hoping the practice might help them out with inspiration for their work. I think it can. It loosens a lot of the barriers to the unconscious.
I was a songwriter for many years, and still write them from time to time. When I had my band/project Dimentia 13 I was writing a song a day for a while. Most were shit. But a few were good. And a very few of those were really good. I know the process well. In order to write a good song I had to kind of space out and let them come to me. I couldn't produce them on command. I mean, I could. But those were always garbage.
Prose writing works somewhat similarly. These road reports you've been reading are sometimes a teeny bit forced. Other stuff just comes rushing out even when I don't want it to. See my new book for an example of that. That wasn't the book I wanted to write. It just barged its way in upon me and insisted to be made manifest. I'd rather have written something much more tame and far less personal.
I am in the weird position of having published a book that I'm a little embarrassed to have people read. I can't read much of it out loud, as they often expect you to at book signings, without blushing. The article that ran in Chapel Hill's paper The Independent was really great and very well timed. I'm deeply indebted to Adam Sobsey for having written it. Thank you! But at the same time, it was kind of hard to face my best friend since 7th grade, Joe, who now lives in Chapel Hill, when he read the line about two hot babes out loud to me at dinner. But ultimately it was fine. No biggie, really.
The lesson of which is, I suppose, write what needs written rather than what you want to write. It's better that way and you can handle blushing a little bit.
Back to the retreat! At the end of it, Taiun Michael Elliston of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center came by to do a jukai (precept giving) ceremony for three members of the Nashville group. That was nice. I'm not big on such ceremonies. But this one was done in a sweet, low key way without too much pretension and bally-hoo. I even enjoyed it a little.
My next Suicide Girls piece goes live at 6 AM Pacific Time tomorrow. That's a leisurely 8 AM here in the Music City. I'll post a link tomorrow morning.

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Before we begin today, I gotta show you something cool. This is the cover of the German edition of Hardcore Zen that will come out in March, 2010 fro Aurum Books. Neat, huh? I'm looking forward to doing some live gigs in Deutschland this year to promote this thing. Been listening to the German versions of the old Kraftwek albums (kindly provided by Christine – thanks!) to try and get a little of the language under my belt before I go.
OK. Now on to today's rant.
So the other day we're about to start sitting Zazen. And I say something like, "OK, let's hit the bell and begin." And somebody else mentions that in another Zen group they sat with you don't say "hit" or "strike" the bell because those words are too violent. Rather, you "invite the bell to sound."
And I said, "What if the bell likes to be hit?" I mean maybe the bell is really into being struck hard and begs you for it. It seems unkind in such a case to deny the bell what it most deeply wants.
Not everyone wants the same things out of life that you do. Those who want something different from what you want, or from what the majority of people want, are not necessarily sick and wrong and in need of changing by you into something that more resembles what you call "normal."
This, I think, should be obvious, especially to Western people interested in co-called "Eastern spiritual practices." We are already minority members. So we should understand the difficulties involved in being interested in something that most people we encounter cannot understand.
And yet at Buddhist centers you often encounter these kinds of deeply held prejudices and deeply held compulsions to try to transform the people we meet into something more like ourselves rather than allowing them to be exactly who they are. In fact this tendency is often even stronger in people who are into very niche type things, such as Zen for example, than it is in the mainstream population.
In folks who are into Zen and stuff like that, this compulsion is often buried under layers and layers of unacknowledged self-righteousness. Of course if you're into Zen you can't possibly be interested in anything the rest of us who are into Zen would consider weird or (gasp!) kinky.
Much of what I see going on in the world of American Zen comes from a place of deep self-righteousness. It's that same stifling group-mind that says, "Join us, be one with us, do what we say to do, be the kind of person we want you to be, if you conform to our ideals you will be rewarded with a sense of belonging. But don't stray from what we consider correct or this will be taken away from you."
But here's the deal. If you join, say, a sesshin, in which a group of people decide to practice zazen together for several days living in close quarters, there have to be fairly rigid rules of conduct. This is something that's atarimae (当たり前)to use a Japanese phrase. It's something so obvious it feels stupid to even say it.
However, it does not follow that the people who attend such events must try and mold themselves into the kind of ideal person that the lowest common denominator of the group has envisioned.
To me, a bell is something that enjoys being hit. When a bell is struck it is able to manifest itself as a bell. If you fail to strike it, the bell cannot do what it needs to do.
If you try and mask the fact that you are hitting the bell by burying that action under some pretentious euphemism you're not being honest with yourself or with the bell.
You have a responsibility to play your part. Sometimes you encounter a bell that needs to be struck in order to manifest itself as a bell. If you are too wrapped up in a carefully cultivated image of yourself as a person who would never strike anything, even a bell, then you may ultimately cause greater harm by not taking the action that is necessary.
Current popular culture has created an image of the ideal Buddhist as a timid person who fears causing harm so much that he cannot act when it's necessary to do so. See this fine example:
It's funny, I'll grant you. And I am not at all offended by this ad. The problem is that you meet lots and lots and lots of people who consider themselves to be actual Buddhists who view Buddhism pretty much the same way as the people who put together this ad. People who try and pattern their lives after the caricatures of Buddhists they've seen on TV commercials and bad Hollywood movies.
Then the same thing happens as happens with any religion. In order to strengthen your resolve to be whatever thing it is you're trying to be, you need other people to try and be that thing too. And so the group puts pressure on all of its members to conform. Those who do not conform are ostracized. And everyone left behind feels good cuz they're surrounded only by like-minded people.
But the real world is not made up of people who think just like you do, or who, to be more honest, pretend to think like they imagine you think so as to win the approval of you and the rest of the group. If that's what we're cultivating in our sanghas, we're not doing anyone any good at all.
Even more slippery than the compulsion to transform others into what we think they ought to be is the compulsion to transform ourselves into our own ideals. But those ideals are always based on the same greed, anger, and delusion we're trying to uproot in our practice. This is why Zen is aimed at nothing at all except allowing what's actually present to manifest clearly. Paradoxically, when we do this we can start to see what actually needs changing in our own lives and see clearly what must be done right here and right now to make that happen.
Kodo Sawaki tells a story in which he likens becoming a Buddha to becoming a thief. In order to become a thief you don't have to practice for years and years to make yourself into the ideal thief. You simply walk into Amoeba Records, shove that new Metallica CD into your pocket and walk out. You'll probably get caught by the big burly guys at the door. Or maybe you'll make it. In either case, instantly you are a thief.
Same with Buddhist practice. You become a Buddha by doing zazen. The moment you take the position, you are a Buddha. No need to compel yourself or those around you into transforming into whatever confused ideals you have about what Buddhists ought to be.
This compulsion to change others and ourselves into our ideals is a significant problem, and one that I don't believe gets very much attention. It's the outward manifestation of a very deep misunderstanding of Buddhism that actually drives a lot of what passes for Buddhism these days.
If you're going to say you accept everything, then, dammit, accept every-fucking-thing. Not just those things you find acceptable.
That doesn't mean there aren't plenty of things that truly need to be changed. But the things that really, seriously need changing are usually pretty obvious.
Buddhism isn't about a retreat from reality into a kinder gentler world created in your own mind. It's about making this world a better place by seeing it for what it is and doing what you truly need to do.


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TOPEKA � Iris Elaine Dresch, 70, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Iris was born May 29, 1942, in Lawrence, Kan., the daughter of William and Alice Kramer Dunn. She was a graduate of Highland Park High School. On Oct. 26, 1962, Iris and Julius (Joe) Dresch were united in marriage. They celebrated 50 years together. She and Joe enjoyed spending time at their home on the lake in Coldwater. They returned to Kansas four years ago. Iris also enjoyed bingo, the casinos and Jayhawk basketball. She was a wonderful wife, mother and homemaker. She was dearly loved.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Dresch, of the home; children, Denise Hebert, Eva Dresch, Robert Dresch (Lori), David Dresch, all of Topeka; 12 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Martha Roberts, Lawrence Kan.
Mrs. Dresch was cremated. A celebration of her life will be Monday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m., at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka, Kan. 66614.
Memorial contributions may be made to Running Strong for American Indian Youth, sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.kevinbrennanfamily.com.


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Cleopas:I forgot to add that many of our learned contributors occassionally engage in a theological smack down
I see. Tell me, those who are justified retroactively, are they chosen at random or predestined?
Grace and Peace ozgeorge,Are we not taught that our Lord descended into hell and freed the captives? I've heard that He preached the Gospel and brought those who believed out... Doesn't He have the Keys to both Heaven and Hell? Before His salvific death and resurrection the doors of heaven were locked to men... Do we not teach this anymore?
Actually, GreekChef, you're going to find most of us do hold the Theotokos to be spotless, ever-pure. Hence, without sin. Of course, this does not apply to any 'sinful nature' - of course she could have sinned as all of us fallen can.
Indeed. But the context for Romans 3:23 deals with the universal condition of man (save Christ) and with each individual's personal failure, his sins, and Christ as the sole means for atonement. He clearly relates the condition is universal, the personal guilt (and thus personal committal) is universal, and the answer is only found in the single exception of Christ. My point is that in the context of Romans 3:23 Mary, John the Baptist, and everyone else (save Christ) are included.
Thank you. Points 1 & 3 I understood (sorta).Concerning Point 2, How do I know? Because the Apostle Paul under inspiration said so when he said "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" in Romans 3:23.
Very interesting. Would you mind citing the passage where she is thus titled?
Okay. Excluding the concept of atonement (wasn't trying to muddy the waters), the context of Romans 3:23 still refers to all humans except Christ. It says ALL have sinned
Sorry if I am mis-interpreting you, but you DO sound very protestant and overly literal in your use of Scripture!And again, I have to ask, what proof can you offer that YOUR interpretation of "all" really is the correct one.?
How do you know that? That is your apriori assupmption. Based on sola scriptura, most likely. St. Paul says, "all."Who are you to clarify him?At least we have Holy Tradition to clarify him.Sorry, I am not meaning to be unkind, but it is not as simple as you think it is and you cannot keep quoting Rom. 3:23, ad infinitum to smugly (it seems to me - I apologize if I am wrong) make your point.
That's probably because I am protestant -- non-denom evangelical to be exact. I don't mind disagreeing so long as we can do so civilly and at the same time allow brotherly love to continue.
I am very happy to agree with you on that. I hope you haven't taken offense. I am trying to get to the essence of the the differences rather than debate each individual topic.Let me give an example. When I first encountered Orthodoxy it occurred to me that there were really (for me) only two issues: the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and Apostolic Succession. The understanding I came to on those two issues would determine everything else. For me, those were the two apriori assumptions needing answered one way or another. After that, everything would be accepted or rejected accordingly. That is why (unlike some protestants who converted to Orthodoxy), the Othodoxy teaching regarding Mary never was an issue for me; I had already settled the apriori assumptions that made Orthdoxy's understanding of the Mother of God a given for me.I hope this maybe helps!
I can appreciate that. In truth I do not have a full grasp of the import and influence that oral tradition, etc. plays for you all. Catholics for that matter as well.However, if you cut all the debate on the individual topics out then there ain't much point in having a forum for interaction with protestants. Is there?
Please don't take this to be an attack, or an offense, but...What some of us hold, and what the Church holds, are two entirely different things.Spotless and ever-pure, yes, of course. I am named for her, and God help me if I thought any different. But spotless and ever-pure refer to her virginity, not her sinlessness. We believe her to be an ever-virgin, but not to be without sin. Only Christ was without sin.
In truth I do not have a full grasp of the import and influence that oral tradition, etc. plays for you all.
I don't think Noah was in Hades when God called him "righteous" and commanded him to build the Ark.
I'm not suggesting that Noah 'is' in Hades but I question if His acts merited him salvation as the notion undermines the necessity for Christ's death on a cross.
Cleopas, (It's funny, I just addressed this on the Sola Scriptura thread)You've noticed by now, I'm sure, that we EO hold very dear the veneration of the Theotokos. But, for the record, we do NOT believe that Mary was altogether sinless. ONLY Christ was sinless. To say she was without sin would be tantamount to elevating her to the level of Christ, which is the EXACT reason that the EO also reject the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (which holds that Mary was born without sin). Only Christ was sinless, only He was conceived and lived without sin. Period.Mary probably got as close as humanly possible to being sinless (which is probably what the other guys are trying to say), but no one can say that she lived without ever once committing a sin.
Grace and Peace ozgeorge,If we look again to the Apostle Paul we would have to say that 'righteousness' is 'not' a meritorious state of sinlessness but an extended grace 'favor' to those who have 'faith' "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness" (Rom. 4:3; Gen. 15:6).I'm not suggesting that Noah 'is' in Hades but I question if His acts merited him salvation as the notion undermines the necessity for Christ's death on a cross. This is the real concern I have with the modern Eastern Orthodox hyper-emphasis of Greek Philosophy over Revelation. It appears to so twist our faith as to create a 'Gospel of the Cappadocians' at the expense of the 'Gospel of Christ'. I simply don't see this emphasis within the Classic Consensus of the Fathers nor can I make it harmonize with any normative understanding of the Scriptures.
Noah was saved by Christ's death on the cross; his acts were counted as righteousness because they allowed him to receive salvation. God is outside of time; therefore, those saved before the time of Christ (by our reckoning) are saved the same way those of us who lived after the Resurrection (again by our reckoning). From an eternal perspective, there is only the present. We could think of it as everything happening at once: Noah's actions, Christ's Death and Resurrection, and my posting this right now.In other words, salvation is not affected by time, only by the repentance of a person.
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
I think you've missed the point of what I was saying. Read over the thread again, and read my response in the context of the thread of arguments in it, rather than read it on it's own.
I'd give you a summary of the thread, but I've found myself doing that too many times lately, and I'm getting pretty tired of it. Suffice to say, you've completely misunderstood what I was saying. I'm not talking about merit or justification, I'm talking about two passages of Scripture which, if both are to be taken literally, clearly contradict one another. And please don't decide to go on at me about how to interpret Scripture.....that's not the point either.
Noah was counted righteous because his acts showed his faith, which allowed him to receive salvation. Abraham was counted righteous in the same way, according to St. James' epistle:
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.
Quite the contrary. Works are the evidence of faith, and faith allows us to receive salvation. I believe in the Classic Christ-Based Salvation(tm). God desires that everyone receive salvation, but only those with faith will be saved. As St. Paul says:Surely St. Paul does not contradict St. James? How can James say that "a man is justified by works" when Paul says "by [faith] the men of old gained approval"?
Let me note that unlike the Roman Catholics the Orthodox Church believes that the Virgin Mary was conceived and born in exactly the same condition that every human being excepting Christ was conceived, that is, affected by Adam's sin. Therefore, of course she needed salvation*!*Of course, the Catholics believe the same thing too, but that she was "retroactively" saved at her conception. To be brief, that doctrine doesn't make sense.
Grace and Peace ozgeorge,Yep, it's very possible. I'm not trying to 'jump you' brother. From my point of view, you appear to be suggesting that Noah was 'sinless' and thus 'righteous' in order to give an example that 'sinlessness' goes beyond our Lord Jesus Christ but we have amble evidence to suggest that righteous is accounted for Faith and not for 'lives that are sinless'. The lives of Abraham, Noah and Moses as well as the teachings of the Apostle Paul all affirm. Earlier in the thread I asked what Cleopas meant by 'sin'... perhaps 'we' should define what 'we' mean by sin...?My guess would be that there is a consensus somewhere. If we would agree that Adam, as a finite creature, was inherently 'mortal' and essentially 'shared' the immortality of the Godhead 'in communion' (in paradise) then we can affirm a 'certain' state of 'missing the mark' (i.e. sin) inherent in man after the fall (i.e. post paradise) which lacks this necessary state of 'communion'. This was our intended understanding of Original Sin, was it not? If we understand this mortal state as an unnecessary participation in corruption (i.e. lack of immortality or communion in the immortal grace of the Godhead) then we might have a foundation which can recognize a dual state in man "alive in the Spirit" and "dead in the Spirit". In order to understand Mary we have to understand Sin. Everything hinges on a fundamental understand of what Sin is....Any thoughts.
The Orthodox Church doesn't accept the concept of "atonement" either, nor the judicial concept of "merit" used to "pay" for sins. The point is, as I said, we already say that the Theotokos is "saved", like all of us, through Christ. She doesn't have to have sinned in order to require Christ to "save" her. The Orthodox understanding of salvation is the process of theosis, and sinlessness does not in itself guarentee theosis.
My insistence on citing Romans 3:23 is because I have been seeking a detailed explanation of that specific passage (not other passages inferring back on it) in relation to the Orthodox view that Mary was not a sinner, that is that she never committed any act of sin. I would enjoy hearing such an explanation -- whether we agree on the conclusion or not.Thanks & be blessed!
13) I have no doubt that you will again attempt to try and explain justification by faith to me.14) I will again point out that that is immaterial to what I am saying, because it doesn't matter why God might call someone "righteous". The point is that Romans 3:10 says that "none are righteous" yet Genesis 7:1 says that someone was righteous.
God bless u Matjuschka Maria !It is hard to read that an orthodox Matjushka think that the Mostholy Theotokos is not sinless- how is it possible ?Do you not know that Pan-hagia means ALL-HOLYHyper.hagia SUPER_HOLYPan amomos-all immaculatepan achrantos- all spotlessHyper evlogeimeni Super blessed - blessed over all ??Hyper endoxe Super glorious ??St. Gregor Palamas:God has kept this Virgin for Himself from before all ages. He chose Her from among all generation and bestowed on Her grace higher than that given to all others, making of Her, before Her wondrous childbirth, the Saint of Saints, giving Her the honours of His own house in the Holy of Holies . . . Wishing to create an image of absolute beauty and to manifest clearly to angels and to men the power of His Art, God made Mary truly beautiful . . . He made of Her a blend of all divine, angelic and human perfection, a sublime beauty embellishing the two worlds, rising from earth to heaven and surpassing even this latter."St. Neophytos:Thou certainly, O illustrious Lady, have no need for praise from mortal lips, Thou who dwell in the heavenly kingdom, Spouse of the Father, Mother of the Son, Receptacle of the Holy Spirit, because Thou art immaculate.".......In CHRIST
God bless !Some quotes from the Fathers and Services of the orthodox Church- how can anyone even have a doubt of her all-immaculate purity and Holiness !Stichera for Dormition:With what lips may we, poor and worthless, call the Mother of God blessed? She is greater in honour than creation and holier than the Cherubim and all the Angels; the unshakeable throne of the King; the house in which the Most High made his dwelling; the salvation of the world; the Sanctuary of God; on her memorial she richly grants to all the faithful his great mercy. (Twice)She who is higher than the heavens, more glorious than the Cherubim and greater in honour than all creation, who through her surpassing purity became the vessel of the eternal being, today places in the hands of her Son her all-holy soul. With her the universe is filled with joy and to us is given his great mercy.For through her the salvation of all mortals has come. We have not the strength to gaze on her, and it is not possible to render her worthy honour.For her excellence outstrips all understanding. Therefore, immaculate Mother of God, as you live for ever with the life-bearing King, your Offspring, pray without ceasing that he guard and save from every hostile assault your new people; for we have gained your protection.The all-blameless Bride and Mother of the Father's Good Pleasure, who was foreordained by God as a dwelling for himself of the union without confusion, today delivers her immaculate soul to her Maker and God. The Bodiless Powers receive her in a manner fitting God, and she, who is indeed Mother of life, passes over to life, the lamp of the unapproachable Light, the salvation of the faithful, the hope of our souls.St. Ephraim:"Certainly you alone and your Mother are from every aspect completely beautiful, for there is no blemish in Thee, my Lord, and no stain in Thy MotherSt. Ambrose of Milan:"Adopt me, however, not from Sarah but from Mary, so that it might be an incorrupt virgin, a virgin by grace free from all stain of sin."St. John Damascene:"O most blessed loins of Joachim from which came forth a spotless seed! O glorious womb of Anne in which a most holy offspring grew and was formed by the increase gradually received from her! O womb in which a living heaven, vaster than the vastness of the heavens was conceived!"Sermon on the Dormition:To-day the spotless Virgin, untouched by earthly affections, and all heavenly in her thoughts, was not dissolved in earth, but truly entering heaven, dwells in the heavenly tabernacles. The birth of her, whose Child was marvellous, was above nature and understanding, and it was salvation to the world; her death was glorious, and truly a sacred feast. The Father predestined her, the prophets foretold her through the Holy Ghost. His sanctifying power overshadowed her, cleansed* and made her holy, and, as it were, predestined her. Then Thou, Word of the Father, not dwelling in place,† didst invite the lowliness of our nature to be united to the immeasurable greatness of Thy inscrutable Godhead. Idiomelon of the Deposition of the Mostholy Robe of the Theotokos:Covered by thy precious robe as with a most splendid crown, O all-pure Theotokos, the Church of God doth adorn itself today, rejoicing, and mystically joineth chorus, crying out to thee, O Mistress: Rejoice, precious diadem and crown of divine glory! Rejoice, thou sole perfection of glory and eternal gladness! Rejoice, haven and deliverance of those who have recourse unto thee, and our salvation!the beloved Hymn:Meet is it in Truth to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever blessed (ai-makaristonn) and most blameless(pan-amomiton), and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Logos, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnifyFrom Compline:O undefiled, untainted, uncorrupted, most pure, chaste Virgin, Thou Bride of God and Sovereign Lady, who didst unite the Word of God to mankind through thy most glorious birth giving, and hast linked the apostate nature of our race with the heavenly..........Awed by the beauty of thy virginity and the exceeding radiance of thy purity, Gabriel called out unto thee, O Theotokos: What worthy hymn of praise can I offer unto thee? And what shall I name thee? I am in doubt and stand in awe. Wherefore as commanded, I cry to thee: Rejoice, O Full of Grace.IN CHRIST
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I'm sorry if you don't approve of my view of the Holy Theotokos. Should that bother me?All of these speak of her virginity, not being without sin altogether.Again, these are speaking of her virginity--- no one denies that she was spotless in her virginity, and that she never commited the sins of the flesh. But there is no way for us to know what her very thoughts were-- sins are committed there too. I'm sorry if you find my position offensive, but I was taught that we believe only CHRIST was sinless. To categorize the Theotokos as sinless puts her above the rest of humanity, the way the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception does. This is why we do not subscribe to that doctrine. Of course the Theotokos was spotless in her virginity, and of course she was as close as a human being can get to being perfect, this is why she is filled with grace, why she is the Theotokos, and why we revere and love her so greatly (and yes, whatever you may think of me, I do revere and love her greatly). Does this mean that she was completely without sin of any sort? How could we possibly know? We are taught that all human beings sin, and that only Christ achieved the impossible state of being human and sinless at the same time- and of course this is because He is also our Lord and Savior, not just a human. Christ came to save all of us because we ALL, even the Theotokos, need to be saved. I would love to think that she never committed a sin at all, but it goes against the theology that I was taught. Again, we are not talking about her virginity, we are talking about her being sinless. These are two different things. There are other types of sins than the sins in the flesh.
God bless !Sorry, but it must be clear that they all speak of HER ALL-HOLINESS and not only about her Virginity !It is hard to read such things from an orthodox Matjuschka - really - to read this - it even hurts.....I have to stay away from this Topic.I think you never read the Saints or Elders of our Holy Orthodoxy - for example -Staretz Siluan - who was told after thinking: if the Theotokos not even sinned with one thought- he heared a voice within:" stop it ,she never sinned not even with one thought". I could post you some other quotes from russian and greek and romanian Elders....but I will not, I have to keep away from this thread.....I can not read such stuff from an orthodox Presvitera. ( I am only wondering were you get such stuff ?) In CHRIST
An inherent problem for me, is that to belive Mary was in point of fact sinless would make her (or anyone else who was suppoosedly sinless) equally able to be the sacrifical offering for the sins of the world.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
The whole point of the virgin birth is to allow God to become truly man, mortal, and yet remain divine and thus sinlessly perfect in the same person, at the same time. Furthermore...
IF any other person was ever actually completely and always sinless then that man (or woman) is perfect and is not in need of the saving grace of God in Christ.
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Time to plug the meter?
On-street parking rates are ticking toward expiration as City Council on Tuesday approved a public hearing for April 2 to consider an average hourly rate increase of 43 percent.
The composite rate would go up from 42 cents an hour to 60 cents an hour.
The new rates are expected to increase parking revenue for the city by $141,320 annually as well encourage turnover downtown for the benefit of businesses and sales-tax collections.
The revenue would help the city plan for projects, such as more public transportation and a new parking garage. The Transit Center is designed to be supplemented with a 400-space parking garage.
The new meters are supposed to be more user-friendly, taking payment from credit cards, smartphones and pre-paid cards as well as coins.
The current meters are so old that they are beyond their service life and electronic repair parts are no longer available to keep the meters in operation, according to a city memo.
The new rates would be effective in summer when more advanced meters replace the old ones.
Parking citation fees are not proposed to change.


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Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon said she is in favor of a bill allowing the medical use of marijuana, explaining Sunday that testimony from seriously ill veterans and other patients helped change her mind.
The plan, touted as the strictest in the nation among states that have legalized medical marijuana, would authorize physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients with whom they have an existing relationship and who are living with at least one of more than 30 medical conditions, including cancer.
The proposal creates a framework for a pilot program that includes requiring patients and caregivers to undergo background checks. It also sets a 2.5-ounce limit per patient per purchase and sets out state-regulated dispensaries.
Supporters say marijuana can relieve continual pain without the detrimental side effects of prescription drugs. But opponents say the program could encourage recreational use, especially among teenagers.
The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Sheriffs' Association are opposed to the measure, saying there's no sure way to figure out whether a motorist is driving under the influence of marijuana.
But Simon told the AP the bill is strict enough to prevent misuse.


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Dover Police are investigating a shooting that took place at the Whatcoat Apartments on Feb. 1.
The Dover Police Department is currently investigating a murder that took place on Friday Feb. 1. A group of subjects were seated on the front steps of the Whatcoat Apartments at 992 Whatcoat Drive, in Dover, when a dark colored vehicle entered the complex and drove past them. The vehicle then made a U-turn and stopped in front of building 992. The suspects in the vehicle opened fire on the group seated on the steps. The vehicle then fled the area. Victim Imeer Waddell 18, of Dover, was shot in the head and was transported to Bayhealth- Kent General Hospital. He later died as a result of his injury. Another 19-year-old man was shot in the right arm and was treated and released. There is no known motive for the shooting at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Dover Police Department at (302)736-7111.Callers may remain anonymous. Tips can also be submitted to law enforcement through tip lines maintained by Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or on-line at www.tipsubmit.com


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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Ulcerative colitis is a disease of the colon that is closely related to Crohn's disease . The two are grouped in a category called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) , because they both involve inflammation of the digestive tract.
The major symptoms of ulcerative colitis include abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. When the disease becomes severe, individuals may develop fever, weight loss, dehydration, and anemia. Sometimes, constipation develops instead of diarrhea. Arthritis, skin sores, and liver inflammation may occur as well.
One of the most feared consequences of ulcerative colitis is dramatic dilation of the colon, which can lead to fatal perforation of the colon. Ulcerative colitis also leads to a greatly increased risk of colon cancer.
Ulcerative colitis tends to wax and wane, with periods of remission punctuated by severe flare-ups. Medical treatment aims at reducing symptoms and inducing and maintaining remission.
Sulfasalazine is one of the most common medications for ulcerative colitis. Given either orally or as an enema, it can both decrease symptoms and prevent recurrences. Corticosteroids , such as prednisone, are used similarly in more severe cases, sometimes combined with other immunosuppressive drugs, such as azathioprine and cyclosporine . Partial removal of the colon may be necessary in severe cases.
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People with ulcerative colitis can easily develop deficiencies in numerous nutrients. Chronic bleeding leads to iron deficiency. Malabsorption, decreased appetite, drug side effects, and increased nutrient loss through the stool may lead to mild or profound deficiencies of protein, vitamins A , B 12 , C , D , E , and K , folate , calcium , copper , magnesium , selenium , and zinc . 1-10 If you have ulcerative colitis, supplementation to restore adequate body stores of these nutrients is highly advisable and may improve specific symptoms as well as overall health. We recommend working closely with your physician to identify any nutrient deficiencies and evaluate the success of supplementation in correcting them.
Essential Fatty Acids
Fish oil and evening primrose oil contain healthy fats called essential fatty acids. According to some, though not all, of the small, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials reported, fish oil might be helpful for reducing symptoms of active ulcerative colitis. 11-15 Evening primrose oil has also shown promise. 18 However, larger studies will be necessary to discover for certain whether fish oil or evening primrose oil really help.
Regular use of fish oil alone, or in combination with gamma-linolenic acid (found in evening primrose oil), has not been found effective for preventing disease flare-ups in people whose ulcerative colitis has gone into remission. 16,17,35
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the Fish Oil and Evening Primrose Oil articles.
Friendly bacteria, or probiotics, might be helpful in ulcerative colitis.
A double-blind trial of 116 people with ulcerative colitis compared probiotic treatment against a relatively low dose of the standard drug mesalazine. 19 The results suggest that probiotic treatment might be equally effective as low-dose mesalazine for controlling symptoms and maintaining remission. Evidence of benefit was seen in other trials, as well. 20,40,45,47 For example, a 2011 review of 4 randomized trials with a total of 587 patients seemed to support the use of probiotics to reduce the relapse rates in people with ulcerative colitis. 49 The authors, though, pointed out the need for better designed trials.
Probiotics may be less useful for inducing remission; when they were added to standard medications used for induction of remission, no additional benefits were seen in a study of people with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis. 45
Probiotics might be useful for people with ulcerative colitis who have had part or all of the colon removed. Such individuals frequently develop a complication called "pouchitis," inflammation of part of the remaining intestine. Two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies found that probiotics can help prevent pouchitis and also reduce relapses in people who already have it. 21,38 The probiotic mixture used in these trials contained four strains of Lactobacillus , three strains of Bifidobacterium , and one strain of Streptococcus salivarius .
In addition, some evidence hints that probiotics might reduce the joint pain that commonly occurs in people with inflammatory bowel disease. 41
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the Probiotics article.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 44 people hospitalized with severe active ulcerative colitis were given oral aloe gel or placebo twice daily for 4 weeks. 39 The results showed that aloe was more effective than placebo in inducing full or partial remission of symptoms.
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Aloe article.
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Researchers have recently become interested in the use of phosphadylcholine as a supportive treatment in severe ulcerative colitis. There may be an insufficient quantity of phosphatidylcholine in the mucus lining the colon in patients with ulcerative colitis. Taking phosphatidylcholine may correct this deficiency. A small double-blind, placebo controlled study of 60 patients whose ulcerative colitis was poorly responsive to corticosteroids were randomized to receive either phosphadylcholine (2 g per day) or placebo for 12 weeks. 31 Half of the participants taking phosphadylcholine showed a significant improvement in symptoms versus only 10% taking placebo. Moreover, 80% taking phosphadylcholine were able to completely discontinue their corticosteroids without disease flare-up compared to 10% taking placebo.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 24 people with ulcerative colitis examined the effects of wheat grass juice taken at a dose of 100 cc daily for one month. 36 According to various measures of disease severity, participants given wheat grass juice improved to a greater extent than those given placebo. However, wheat grass juice is rather bitter, and it seems unlikely that the study could truly be blind, meaning that participants and doctors didn't know who was getting the wheat grass juice and who was getting the placebo. Indeed, when researchers polled the participants, a majority of those given wheat grass juice correctly identified it. For this reason, as well as its small size, the results of the study are not convincing.
The substance curcumin (from the spice turmeric) has shown some promise for helping to maintain remission. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 89 people with quiescent ulcerative colitis were given either placebo or curcumin (one gram twice daily) along with standard treatment. 43 Over the 6-month treatment period, relapse rate was significantly lower in the treatment group as compared to the placebo group.
Glutamine , 22-25boswellia , 26bromelain , 27blue-green algae , 28colostrum , 37 and mesoglycan (glycosaminoglycans), and an an extract of soy called Bowman-Birk inhibitor concentrate (BBI) 44 have been suggested for the treatment of ulcerative colitis, but the evidence that they work remains preliminary at best.
Researchers have also studied the herb andrographis as a potential treatment for ulcerative colitis. In one trial, 120 people with ulcerative colitis were randomized to andrographis extract (400 mg, 3 times daily) or the medication mesalazine (1,500 mg, 3 times daily). 48 After 8 weeks of treatment, the two groups had similar results.
In a randomized trial of 224 patients with ulcerative colitis, patients were randomized to 1,200 mg or 1,800 mg of andrographis a day, divided into three doses, compared to placebo. Significantly more patients taking the higher dose showed a clinical response, but not a clinical remission, compared to patients taking the placebo. Patients on the lower dose of andrographis showed no significant benefit. 50
There are also weak indications that allergies to foods, such as milk, may play a role in ulcerative colitis. 29-34
One study failed to find real acupuncture more effective than fake acupuncture for this condition. 42
Herbs and Supplements to Use Only With Caution
Various herbs and supplements may interact adversely with drugs used to treat ulcerative colitis. For more information on this potential risk, see the individual drug article in the Drug Interactions section of this database.
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PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) Ligation
PDA is a heart problem that is usually noted in the first few weeks or months after birth. It is characterized by a connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery which allows oxygen-rich (red) blood that should go to the body to recirculate through the lungs.
All babies are born with this connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. While your baby was developing in the uterus, it was not necessary for blood to circulate through the lungs because oxygen was provided through the placenta. During pregnancy, a connection was necessary to allow oxygen-rich (red) blood to bypass your baby's lungs and proceed into the body. This normal connection that all babies have is called a ductus arteriosus.
At birth, the placenta is removed when the umbilical cord is cut. Your baby's lungs must now provide oxygen to his/her body. As your baby takes the first breath, the blood vessels in the lungs open up, and blood begins to flow through to pick up oxygen. At this point, the ductus arteriosus is not needed to bypass the lungs. Under normal circumstances, within the first few days or weeks after birth, the ductus arteriosus closes and blood no longer passes through it. Most babies have a closed ductus arteriosus by 72 hours after birth.
In some babies, however, the ductus arteriosus remains open (patent) and becomes a problem, PDA. The opening between the aorta and the pulmonary artery allows oxygen-rich (red) blood to pass back through the blood vessels in the lungs.
PDA is the sixth most common congenital heart defect, occurring in 6 to 11 percent of all children with congenital heart disease. Patent ductus arteriosus occurs twice as often in girls as in boys.
What causes patent ductus arteriosus?
In many children, there is no known reason for the ductus arteriosus remaining open. However, PDA is seen more often in the following:
Some congenital heart defects may have a genetic link, either occurring due to a defect in a gene, a chromosome abnormality, or environmental exposure, causing heart problems to occur more often in certain families. Most often, a PDA occurs sporadically (by chance), with no clear reason for its development.
PDA can also occur in combination with other heart defects.
Why is PDA a concern?
When the ductus arteriosus stays open, oxygen-rich (red) blood passes from the aorta to the pulmonary artery, mixing with the oxygen-poor (blue) blood already flowing to the lungs. The blood vessels in the lungs have to handle a larger amount of blood than normal. How well the lung vessels are able to adapt to the extra blood flow depends on how big the PDA is and how much blood is able to pass through it from the aorta.
Extra blood causes higher pressure in the blood vessels in the lungs. The larger the volume of blood that goes to the lungs, the higher the pressure. The lungs are able to cope with this extra blood flow and pressure for a while, depending on exactly how high the pressure is. Without medical treatment, however, the blood vessels in the lungs become diseased by the extra pressure.
Further, because blood is pumped at high pressure through the PDA, the lining of the pulmonary artery will become irritated and inflamed. Bacteria in the bloodstream can easily infect this injured area, causing a serious illness known as bacterial endocarditis.
What are the symptoms of a patent ductus arteriosus?
The size of the connection between the aorta and the pulmonary artery will affect the type of symptoms noted, the severity of symptoms, and the age at which they first occur. The larger the opening, the greater the amount of blood that passes through that overloads the lungs.
A child with a small patent ductus arteriosus might not have any symptoms, and your child's physician may have only noted the defect by hearing a heart murmur. Other infants with a larger PDA may exhibit different symptoms. The following are the most common symptoms of PDA. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
The symptoms of a PDA may resemble other medical conditions or heart problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
Your child's physician may have heard a heart murmur during a physical examination, and referred your child to a pediatric cardiologist for a diagnosis. A heart murmur is simply a noise caused by the turbulence of blood flowing through the opening from the left side of the heart to the right.
A pediatric cardiologist specializes in the diagnosis and medical management of congenital heart defects, as well as heart problems that may develop later in childhood. The cardiologist will perform a physical examination, listening to the heart and lungs, and make other observations that help in the diagnosis. The location within the chest where the murmur is heard best, as well as the loudness and quality of the murmur (harsh, blowing, etc.) will give the cardiologist an initial idea of which heart problem your child may have. However, other tests are needed to help with the diagnosis, and may include the following:
Specific treatment for PDA will be determined by your child's physician based on:
A small patent ductus arteriosus may close spontaneously as your child grows. A PDA that causes symptoms will require medical management, and possibly even surgical repair. Your child's cardiologist will check periodically to see whether the PDA is closing on its own. If a PDA does not close on its own, it will be repaired to prevent lung problems that will develop from long-time exposure to extra blood flow. Treatment may include:
Most infants and older children feel fairly comfortable when they go home. Pain medications, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, may be recommended to keep your child comfortable. Your child's physician will discuss pain control before your child is discharged from the hospital.
Often, infants who fed poorly prior to surgery have more energy after the recuperation period, and begin to eat better and gain weight faster.
After surgery, older children usually have a fair tolerance for activity. Your child will usually be allowed to play, while avoiding blows to the chest that might cause injury to the incision or breastbone. Within a few weeks, your child should be fully recovered and able to participate in normal activity.
You will receive additional instructions from your child's physicians and the hospital staff.
In premature infants, the outlook after PDA surgical repair depends on the following:
In children born full-term, most that had a patent ductus arteriosus diagnosed and repaired early will live healthy lives after recovering from the hospitalization. Activity levels, appetite, and growth should return to normal. Your child's cardiologist may recommend that antibiotics be given to prevent bacterial endocarditis for a specific time period after discharge from the hospital if the coil or occluder device was used.
In children whose PDA was diagnosed late and/or never repaired, the outlook is uncertain. There is a risk for pulmonary hypertension (increased blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs). These individuals should receive follow-up care at a center that specializes in congenital heart disease.
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[Comic title: CIA; alt text: It was their main recruiting poster, hung nearly ten feet up a wall! This means the hackers have LADDER technology! Are we headed for a future where everyone has to pay $50 for one of those locked plexiglass poster covers? More after the break ...]
I'm getting mixed messages from this one (HENCE THE TITLE DID YOU SEE HOW I MADE THE TITLE RELEVANT TO THE POST you can love me now if you like). I mean, it's obviously more of Randy's smug "I'm smart and people who don't love computers like I do are dumb" bullshit, but it looks like he thinks that this time when people are misinformed it's their fault--this is "what normal people hear" versus "what computer enthusiasts hear," rather than "what the media is saying" versus "what is actually happening."
You may recall a particularly rapey comic about the bailout back when this economic crisis that launched XKCD Sucks to fame and fortune started. The implied threat of raping someone's daughter was directed at the media. But in this case the media doesn't appear to be at fault--though his usual "OMG MEDIA IS LYING ABOUT COMPUTORZZZZ" rage does appear in the alt text.
Since this comic is otherwise pretty boring--people are wrong sometimes! shocking!--I've decided to visit the forodes to see what they think.
There's some arguing about the analogy:
...it's not even that they tore down the poster, more like they got a whole bunch of people to stand in front of it so no one can see it. So basically we're talking about the digital equivalent of a sit-in.
There's some alarmism w/r/t people not understanding technical details of computing:
Yeah, I can definitely relate. People's reactions to the "situation" are often scarier than the situation itself. It troubles me that we live in a world so dependent on technology, yet very few people really understand it.
And some idiot who thinks that he has a solid grasp on the economy and wants to share with the class:
Love it. This is what I tend to hear with most news stories. "The economy is doomed" is usually translated to "we need to print more pretend money, but the guy in charge prefers not to devalue his hoarded millions" in my head.
But overall pretty boring. They're complaining about how the word "hacked" has become widespread, arguing about alt-text vs. title text for some reason, and generally being boring nerds arguing about stupid shit nobody cares about--something that never happens here on "XKCD Makes Me Profoundly Unhappy And I Am Learning A New Language Just So That I Can More Fully Describe The Depths Of My Despair."
Oh shit, I take it back. I take it all back about this thread being boring. I think I've just found the dumbest comment on the XKCD forodes, ever:
When I see/hear the word 'hacker', the first thing that comes into mind is people like Eric Raymond, Linus Torvalds, Ken Thomson, Dennis Ritchie, Stallman, Knuth, etc etc...
When I read this comic, my imagination produced this in my mind:hypothetical famed hacker wrote:...Damn, now I have to come up with something significant AGAIN in order to remind people that I'm a renowned expert in the field, so that I have the right to claim that I get this strip!
Better get to work, instead of tearing down other people's posters...
This computer enthusiast believes, or fantasizes, that famous computer people read XKCD and . . . I guess they think it's so brilliant that they want to go out there and remind everyone that they have sufficient credentials (and this fanboy seems to think you need credentials to understand XKCD) to appreciate its brilliance? That, in essence, Randy is so brilliant with his vast knowledge of computing that he makes luminaries of the computer science community act like retarded fanboys in order to prove they "get it."
This comment alone makes it all worthwhile.