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What is Gastroesophageal Reflux?
Although is often used to describe a variety of digestive problems, in medical terms, it is actually a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease. In this condition, stomach acids reflux or back up from the stomach into the esophagus. Heartburn is described as a harsh, burning sensation in the area in between patients ribs or just below patients neck. The feeling may radiate through the chest and into the throat and neck. Many adults experience this uncomfortable, burning sensation at least once a month. Other symptoms may also include vomiting, difficulty swallowing and chronic coughing or wheezing.
What Causes GERD?
When a person eats, food passes from mouth, through a swallowing tube called the esophagus, and then into the stomach. Located at the lower end of the esophagus is functional valve called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The LES is a one-way valve that permits food to pass to the stomach. Normally, the valve closes after the food has reached the stomach and prevents stomach acids from backing up or back into patient’s esophagus. Some reflux is normal and usually clears. GERD occurs when the valve fails and stomach acids flow back and burn the lower esophagus. The reflux persists over a period of time; the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing heartburn and sometimes damage to the esophagus.
Who is suitable for Reflux surgery?
Before surgery is advised it is very important that the diagnosis is confirmed beyond doubt. Making the diagnosis usually requires viewing the oesophagus and stomach by gastroscopy (a flexible video camera), taking samples of the oesophageal lining and excluding other causes of chest pain such as heart disease or spasm of the oesophagus. Sometimes it is necessary to use special tests such as oesophageal pH (acid) testing where an electrode is positioned in the lower oesophagus for a full day and the severity of reflux is measured. Surgery is usually only recommended if medications have already been tried and are not effective or a preference to avoid medications is indicated.
What to expect before Reflux Surgery:
·After surgeon reviews with the patient, the potential risks and benefits of theOperation, patient will need to provide written consent for surgery.
·Preoperative preparation includes blood work, medical evaluation, chest x-ray and an EKG
depending on patient’s age and medical condition.
·Patient may be requested to drink clear liquids, only, for one or several days prior to surgery.
·It is recommended that patient showers the night before or morning of the operation.
·The night before the operation, the patient should not eat or drink anything except medications that the surgeon has told the patient; are permissible to take with a sip of water.
·Drugs such as aspirin, blood thinners, anti-inflammatory medications (arthritis medications) and Vitamin E will need to be stopped temporarily for several days to a week prior to surgery.
·Diet medication should not be used for the two weeks prior to surgery.
·Quit smoking
Procedure of Reflux Surgery:
The aim of surgery is to permanently control the reflux of acid from the stomach into the oesophagus by strengthening the lower oesophageal sphincter. Three main steps achieve this: 1) the stomach is repositioned in its normal location below the diaphragm. 2) The defect in the diaphragm is closed. 3) A portion of the stomach is used to encircle the lower oesophagus to strengthen the lower oesophageal sphincter (Fundal wrap).
Traditionally this operation was performed using a large abdominal incision. While this approach was usually successful, the pain caused by the incision, meant that patient spent up to a week in hospital and was unable to work for at least six weeks.
Modern technology has made it possible to perform this same operation without the large incision using a video camera called a laparoscope. In most cases five small incisions are used. Two of these are 10 mm in size and three are 5 mm in size. All the operating is done through these small cuts. The result of this less invasive surgery is that patient is able to return home after only one or two nights in hospital and is often back to work within a week. This new approach is called a Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication and is becoming increasingly popular for long-term control of gastroesophageal reflux.
What to expect after Reflux Surgery?
·Engage in light activity at home.
·Experience mild postoperative pain and having pain medication available as needed.
·Feeling some tightness from swelling of the esophagus and some difficulty swallowing may happen. This should gradually go away within 2 months.
·Not having to take reflux medications after surgery.
·Having a modified diet starting with liquids followed by gradually taking solid foods. Eat small meals frequently and chew food well. Ask your physician about dietary restrictions after the surgery. The patient may be asked to eat foods such as soup, gelatin, bananas, pudding, or yogurt because they are easy to swallow and digest. Dont gulp to avoid gas bloat and make it easier for swallowing. Patient may be asked to avoid carbonated drinks for 3-4 weeks.
·Resume normal activities such as showering, stair climbing, working, lifting, driving and having sexual intercourse after discussing these with physician.
·Call and schedule a follow-up appointment within one to two weeks after surgery. Schedule any additional follow-up appointments.
·Have any stitches removed depending upon the type physician uses.
Benefits of Reflux Surgery:
About 90% of patients are free of heartburn after the operation. It also cures GERD-induced asthmatic or respiratory symptoms in up to 85% of patients. The procedure may enhance stomach emptying, and it improves peristalsis in about half of patients.
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Ew. Software engineer Le Trung made an Asian-looking female robot named Aiko who calls him   Oh, if she only looked like Rosie from The Jetsons!  But no, she looks like a barely legal Asian girl.
His $25,000 is offensive on so many levels.  A robot who calls him would be one thing. But a feminine robot who looks (as a NY Daily News commenter put it) like one of those 10-year-old Chinese gymnasts who calls him taps into all kinds of stereotypes about submissive Asian women. (Not that the fembot would be any less gross if she were a different ethnicity.) Even creepier?  Her name means love child in Japanese.
Weve got a grade-A creep on our hands.
Aiko speaks 13,000 sentences in English, but something tells us men dont create robots what look prepubescent to discuss the worlds big ideas with them.
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Also, as we freely admit, Mr. Thompson, having been banned from this blog will NOT be allowed to respond in the comments section. That's the price he pays for his behavior. He can open his own blog and say whatever he chooses.


I am writing this letter in my capacity as Bill Gelins lawyer in a dispute generated by a complaint Jack Thompson has authored.

Earlier today, Jack Thompson, a former Florida attorney, recently convicted and disbarred on 27 counts of ethical violations, used this blog to freely post a "News Release", announcing that the Florida Bar has opened an ethics complaint against one Bill Gelin.

Mr. Thompson wrote the blog is "owned and operated by Gelin," and that it "traffics in rumors, gossip, and scandal about members of the legal community, including primarily judges."

Nowhere in the press release that Mr. Thompson has gleefully distributed did he disclose that he was the author of this specious complaint, or that it was repetitive, redundant, and previously rejected.

Nowhere in the press release did Mr. Thompson reveal that on two prior occasions this year he has also similarly charged Mr. Gelin with nearly identical complaints that were summarily dismissed.

Nowhere in the press release did Mr. Thompson mention that both files have been closed by the Florida Bar as "unfounded," with authorities concluding each time that "there is no indication Mr. Gelin has violated any Bar rules." In fact, one such letter was signed by Bar staff counsel as early as March 13, 2008.

Nevertheless, Mr. Thompson engineered a new complaint on October 31, which he posted on his own, on this blog, which he claims is moderated by the very person he is complaining about. The new allegations evolve out of the same postings relating to Sean Conway which Mr. Thompson has already unsuccessfully challenged.

Unfortunately, these new allegations, specious again though they are, have caused the Florida Bar to draft a new letter of inquiry to Mr. Gelin, on December 5, 2008. Thus, in accordance with Florida Bar rules, a new file was opened and generated by virtue of yet another hollow complaint authored by the disbarred attorney.

Right or wrong, the Florida Bar is dutibound to review properly sworn allegations, whether they come from a confessed rapist in a state prison, or a disbarred lawyer. The Bar must solicit a reply from the accused party, if only to close the file and summarily dismiss the allegation.

An inquiry letter does not mean the Bar has reached a conclusion, rendered a disposition, or made a judgment. It is simply an invitation for counsel to explain his position, and show how he has not violated any of the rules of our profession. The process can be an unnecessary headache, but we are healthier for it, knowing that legitimate grievances will be processed and lunatics will be sent packing.

All that has happened today is that the Bar has opened a file, once again at Mr. Thompsons behest. In his latest accusation, Mr. Thompson again misstates and misrepresents material facts. Once again, as I have before, my office will respond to the specious allegations by pointing out the governing law under the Communications Decency Act. We will also show that the blog is a community billboard and peoples website, not by Mr. Gelin.

I am confident that once again Mr. Thompsons false charges and broad mischaracterizations will be summarily tossed by the Florida Bar. I am also confident Mr. Gelin will not permit a disbarred attorney to tortiously defame his good name without retaliatory legal action of his own. Mr. Thompson, ever aware of Biblical verses, will soon learn again that he who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind.

This blog, angry, erratic, hostile, and sometimes even mean-spirited is the first amendment at its best and worst. We get sophisticated comments and moronic blathering. We see thoughtful and caring posts as news, and informative revelations about judicial operations. And the price is right.

Ironically, the blog itself was just a piece of a greater goal, which was to create a non profit association to advance justice and advocacy in Broward. The Blog has a life of its own, and no one on it is sacred or untouchable. From Help me Howard to a judge whose divorce decision sent an angry plaintiff here to post bitter critiques, we are all potential targets.

Bloggers and blogs, for better or worse, have become the electronic soapboxes of the new century. The posters are no different than the woman standing on the steps of the Courthouse and flailing a Bible in her hand, quoting Scripture. It may be loud and irritating, but lawful and protected. Call it the sounds of democracy.

So too is this unmoderated blog, albeit on a computer, in a website, or across the Internet. It is the breadth of the first amendment, a unique but inalienable right inherent to our citizens, our countrymen, and our constitution. It is worth protecting, and against all the enemies of free speech, we shall.

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Last tuesday I was hurt in a basketball game and had my lip busted open and my top tooth broken in half. I had stitches that night at emergency and then the next day I had the tooth re-attached That night in the emergency they prescribed some antibiotics for me (Amoxicillin, or Amoxil) to take 3 times a day for 10 days. A few days ago, maybe starting saturday or what not, my face became very dry and itchy (basically only in certain spots). So dry that the dry skin would fall off here and there. On wednesday I began to put neutrogena moisturizing cream on my face but it was still the same. Today the antibiotics ran out, and I just took a shower and after it I noticed the red marks on my face, so instead of the cream, I used St.Ives Cleansing Pore care. Now what should I do? Should I continue using the pore cleanser and see what happens (since i THINK the problem may be a side effect of the antibiotic since it wasnt like this before)(note,i used oxy triple clean pads a few times too)
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Lil Shauna has been plagued by blocked tear duct since she was a little baby. The stubborn blocked duct refuses to clear and Lil Shauna is always tearing on the right eye. It is also constantly clouded with discharge. Both the PD at NUH and Kidslink assure us that there is no real cause for concern. Other than the prescribed eye drop, the constant cleaning, the occasional massage, it is purely a waiting game - waiting for the duct to unblock by itself.

After many months of waiting, the duct is still blocked. Lil Shauna often suffers from swollen eye due to the constant wiping. We asked the PD what can be done and we were referred to an eye specialist. The PD told us that the eye duct can be cleared immediately by inserting a fine wire into the eye.. hmm.. how scary it sounded.

After deliberating for awhile, we decided to bring her to the eye doctor. We wanted to make sure that it is really a blocked duct problem and that there is no damage to the eye.

The eye doctor saw Lil Shauna for merely 10 mins. He explained that it is a common problem in babies. He said that all of us are born with blocked ducts but they will slowly open up. Sometimes, one of the duct will open up faster than the other (as in Lil Shauna's case) and there will then be tearing and discharge in the eye with the blocked duct. They usually leave the blocked duct as it is until the baby is 1 year old. If the duct is still blocked, then will they perform the simple insert-wire-procedure to clear the duct. In certain rare cases, the cleared duct closes up again and it calls for a more complicated procedure.

Since Lil Shauna is barely 7 months, we were sent home with antibiotic eye drop, eye wipes and some lotion. We were told to apply the prescribed stuff on her and come back for review in a week's time. Meanwhile, it is constant monitoring until she's 1 year old.

Total damage - $93! I wonder how much it would cost us to "monitor" until she turns 1. -.o"

Oh, Daddy Lim is super proud of his little girl. Why? Cos she seems to be listening and eyeing the doctor attentively while the doctor explains, as if she totally understands the doctor. -.o" Oh well, if that makes the old man happy. Hehe.

Oh, it is Daddy Lim's bday tomorrow, but I will be busy at work. Pappy, happie 31st birthday! Will celebrate with you another day ya. Muakz.

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Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion. This was very easy to get sick of as well; cloying and over-the-top and insisting on its own epic greatness. Blurg. The music's pretty; I have a string quartet version that didn't make it onto the soundtrack (from a promo CD) that's lovely. It doesn't need Celine Dion or lyrics to work. It sounds better without them.
My Favorite Nominee: Ray of Light, Madonna. I don't have much to say about it, but it works.
My Favorite Single That Year: Flagpole Sitta, Harvey Danger. That song just makes me feel awesome. I love it.

1998
Winner: Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin. Music from the nineties has an overwhelming percentage of suck, more than any decade. It's like America went through menopause and could only listen to this kind of sappy pap. I hate this thing, and thanks to the Crap and Crap Lite stations being played where I worked constantly, I heard it way too many fucking times.
My Favorite Nominee: MMMBop, Hanson. It's a default choice; it's the one I think is okay whereas I despise all the others (especially "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" by Paul Cole, which should be classified a form of abuse).
My Favorite Single That Year: The End Is the Beginning Is the End, Smashing Pumpkins. I love that they used it in the Watchmen trailer.

1997
Winner: Change the World, Eric Clapton. I'm not much of a Clapton fan, really. I did like this song, although it's association with the awful Scientology-promoting John Travolta film Phenomenon counts against it a tad. It's not earth-shaking, but it's a solid, not-unpleasant song.
My Favorite Nominee: 1979, Smashing Pumpkins. Haunting, beautiful, and bittersweet.
My Favorite Single That Year: 1979, Smashing Pumpkins.

1996
Winner: Kiss from a Rose, Seal. I think it's a beautiful song. I used to hear it a lot on the radio as I was driving to work in the winter at a very dark 5 in the morning. That's the perfect time to hear it. It'll take you on a trip.
My Favorite Nominee: Kiss from a Rose, Seal.
My Favorite Single That Year: Kiss from a Rose, Seal.

1995
Winner: All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow. Blurg. Not a song I like.
My Favorite Nominee: Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen. Beautiful, sad, and seething with quiet ange, disappointment, and acceptance of fear.
My Favorite Single That Year: Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen.

1994
Winner: I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston. Piece of overplayed shit. Especially in comparison to the original Dolly Parton song, which is perfect.
My Favorite Nominee: The River of Dreams, Billy Joel.
My Favorite Single That Year: Fields of Gold, Sting. Kind of a cheesy choice, perhaps, but I can always hear it and always love it. It's simple and pretty.

1993
Winner: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton. It doesn't quite hold up for me, honestly, but it's miles better than fellow nominee "Achy Breaky Heart." It's a very pretty song, but not my favorite of Clapton's.
My Favorite Nominee: Constant Craving, k.d. lang. I like the passion.
My Favorite Single That Year: One, U2. One of the most achingly beautiful songs I've ever heard.

1992
Winner: Unforgettable, Natalie Cole. The fact that the Grammys honored that hacky, schlocky, sympathy-begging, cloying bit of grave-robbing Natalie Cole did to cash in on honor her father is as sad as it is unsurprising.
My Favorite Nominee: Losing My Religion, R.E.M. It was overplayed, but if you listen to it now, it sounds almost fresh again. It really is just a good song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Crazy, Seal.

1991
Winner: Another Day in Paradise, Phil Collins. Preachy, annoying, and not even the best song from that Phil Collins album. (Actually, I just checked and sadly, it is. I despise "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven," and "I Wish It Would Rain" just sounds like a rip-off of "Wish You Were Here" with Clapton on guitar.)
My Favorite Nominee: Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor. Of the sappy, preachy, sad sack songs that were nominated this year, this is the one that's actually a good song. (Also, "U Can't Touch This" was nominated this year, but come on, man.)
My Favorite Single This Year: Enjoy the Silence, Depeche Mode. Now there's a love song.

1990
Winner: Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler. I hate this song, and my dad pissed me off by playing it at his wedding reception for his mother, which I specifically told him not to do because it was such a fucking cliche. He said he wouldn't; he did. Wow, my grandma must have been one of 10 million special woman so uniquely honored that year. It's the equivalent of buying your dad a tie on Father's Day.
My Favorite Nominee: The End of the Innocence, Don Henley. Chance is right on when he calls it deceptively angry. It adds some world-weariness on top of that, too. Beautiful song.
My Favorite Single That Year: A Little Respect, Erasure. I usually come out on the side of pop, I guess. Although besides the catchiness, I think the lyrics are beautiful. One of my all time favorite lyrics comes from this song: "What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?"

1989
Winner: Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin. I always liked this song, but it sure wasn't the best of the year. I think part of it was the novelty of McFerrin doing the whole thing a cappella. Which is admittedly neat.
My Favorite Nominee: Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin.
My Favorite Single That Year: Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns 'n' Roses. The most perfect song they ever recorded.

1988
Winner: Graceland, Paul Simon. I'm not a big fan of this song for whatever reason. It's nice, but it's okay. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio station. Really, I just don't dig Paul Simon's solo work that much.
My Favorite Nominee: Back in the High Life Again, Steve Winwood. Admittedly, mostly because it reminds me of better times. But it's pretty.
My Favorite Single That Year: With or Without You, U2. Grammy nominated the more ubiquitous and much less beautiful "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," a song I don't like. "With or Without You" is real passion.

1987
Winner: Higher Love, Steve Winwood. Meh. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel. It's a lot of sucky nominees this year, but this is a great song.
My Favorite Single That Year: True Colors, Cyndi Lauper. A beautiful love song, especially for people who don't feel so great about themselves. I guess I like genuine songs about understanding, I would say.

1986
Winner: We Are the World, USA for Africa. Of course. Nothing else was going to win this year. As a song, it's okay. The real fun is trying to pick out all the singers. I mean, you know, it's Really Important, but it's just okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Money for Nothing, Dire Straits. One of their couple of songs I like. One of my favorite guitar solos.
My Favorite Single That Year: Take on Me, a-Ha. Pop perfection in all of its catchy, bubblegum glory.

1985
Winner: What's Love Got to Do with It, Tina Turner. There's genuine force behind it (although I think "Private Dancer" is her best song), real heartbreak.
My Favorite Nominee: Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. At his most pop. I love this song.
My Favorite Song That Year: Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper. Gorgeous and simple.

1984
Winner: Beat It, Michael Jackson. Not much of a surprise, I guess. And it's a good song. Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo alone...
My Favorite Nominee: Flashdance... What a Feeling, Irene Cara. All of the nominees this year are pretty good but nothing I feel especially attached to. This is one of those cheesy pop songs I like.
My Favorite Single That Year: Our House, Madness. One of the most perfect songs I've ever loved.

1983
Winner: Rosanna, Toto. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson. That one always got me and carried me off.
My Favorite Single That Year: Under Pressure, Queen David Bowie. Everything that's shitty about society in four and a half minutes. "And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night."

1982
Winner: Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes. Meh. I don't feel strongly either way.
My Favorite Nominee: (Just Like) Starting Over, John Lennon. What a great song. I can't believe it lost to Kim Carnes... greatness versus... well, nothing worth commenting on. As usual, John Lennon just nails life and relationships with this song.
My Favorite Single This Year: In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins. Collins used to be a man who just knew darkness and how it felt to be depressed and angry.

1981
Winner: Sailing, Christopher Cross. Put me to sleep, why don't ya?
My Favorite Nominee: Theme from New York, New York, Frank Sinatra.
My Favorite Single That Year: Let My Love Open the Door, Pete Townshend. As great a song as he ever wrote for the Who, his best solo work, and one of his most genuinely passionate songs.

1980
Winner: What a Fool Believes, the Doobie Brothers. I'm not a fan of theirs. This is probably the one song of theirs I'd say I liked. Still, Record of the Year? Feh.
My Favorite Nominee: I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor. I like the sweep of it.
My Favorite Single That Year: Video Killed the Radio Star, the Buggles. Another perfect pop record.

1979
Winner: Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel. It is a pretty song, however much Joel claims now that he wrote it accidentally. Is he ever going to stop apologizing for having good commercial instincts? One of his less angry songs, too. I've always liked it.
My Favorite Nominee: Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty. Or as I always used to call it, "That One with the Great Saxophone Part."
My Favorite Single That Year: Who Are You, the Who. My favorite song of theirs, for reasons I can't quite define. But it's a great damn song.

1978
Winner: Hotel California, the Eagles. I hate the Eagles, but I'll give them this one song. This is a damn good song.
My Favorite Nominee: Hotel California, the Eagles.
My Favorite Single That Year: Hotel California, the Eagles.

1977
Winner: This Masquerade, George Benson. I couldn't tell you how this goes.
My Favorite Nominee: Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band. It's delightful.
My Favorite Single That Year: Somebody to Love, Queen. A beautiful epic of emotion. One of my favorite songs ever.

1976
Winner: Love Will Keep Us Together, the Captain Tennille. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: At Seventeen, Janis Ian.
My Favorite Single That Year: Young Americans, David Bowie. That one packs a wallop and makes "Love Will Keep Us Together" sound pretty frivolous.

1975
Winner: I Honestly Love You, Olivia Newton-John. I honestly detest this cloying, overwrought song.
My Favorite Nominee: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Elton John. You want passion? There you go. Skip the other song entirely.
My Favorite Single That Year: Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin. Hey, hey, it's a cliched choice for a reason.

1974
Winner: Killing Me Softly with His Song, Roberta Flack. It's pretty. It's also soporific.
My Favorite Nominee: You're So Vain, Carly Simon. A nice kiss-off song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Mind Games, John Lennon. Gorgeous.

1973
Winner: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack. I've always found this song kind of overwrought.
My Favorite Nominee: American Pie, Don McLean. Come on, how could you pick a different one? (Although I've always loved Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)," a deceptively bleak and saddening song.)
My Favorite Single That Year: Let's Stay Together, Al Green. You want to get laid? You need some Al Green music.

1972
Winner: It's Too Late, Carole King. I can't place it off the top of my head, but I've never liked Carole King's as a singer.
My Favorite Nominee: My Sweet Lord, George Harrison. It's not much of a song, really, but I didn't like any of the other nominees much.
My Favorite Single That Year: Imagine, John Lennon. I can't believe this was never nominated for Record of the Year. What the hell?

1971
Winner: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel. An undeniably beautiful song.
My Favorite Nominee: Let It Be, the Beatles. Still Paul McCartney's most beautiful effort.
My Favorite Single That Year: Let It Be, the Beatles. Seriously, they didn't pick this?

1970
Winner: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, the Fifth Dimension. Definitely a good song.
My Favorite Nominee: A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash. It's funny and Cash delivers it well. I'll always pull for Shel Silverstein.
My Favorite Single That Year: Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley. His final masterpiece, one of his best songs (in my top five).

1969
Winner: Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel. Good but not really special.
My Favorite Nominee: Hey Jude, the Beatles. A masterpiece.
My Favorite Single That Year: (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding. One of the most quietly perfect songs I've ever heard.

1968
Winner: Up, Up and Away, the Fifth Dimension. What a lame choice. I mean, it's a cute song, but what a lame choice at this point in music history.
My Favorite Nominee: My Cup Runneth Over, Ed Ames.
My Favorite Single That Year: Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli. But that's the tip of the iceberg; this year produced, off the top of my head, "Heroes and Villains," "All You Need Is Love," "I Was Made to Love Her," "Light My Fire," "A Whiter Shade of Pale," and "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman," and Grammy nominates "Ode to Billie Joe"? Lame, lame, lame.

1967
Winner: Strangers in the Night, Frank Sinatra. A good song, one I always liked.
My Favorite Nominee: Strangers in the Night, Frank Sinatra.
My Favorite Single That Year: Good Vibrations, the Beach Boys. Another incredible year for rock, and the Grammys can only acknowledge "Monday, Monday." What a foolish institution to pass over the greatness they did.

1966
Winner: A Taste of Honey, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. The best of the several thousand versions that seem to be out there.
My Favorite Nominee: Yesterday, the Beatles. As beautiful a song as was ever written.
My Favorite Single That Year: Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan. Transcendent.

1965
Winner: The Girl from Ipanema, Stan Getz João Gilberto. A lovely little song that I've always liked as background music.
My Favorite Nominee: Downtown, Petula Clark. I forget just how beautiful this one is.
My Favorite Single That Year: Don't Worry, Baby, the Beach Boys. Perfect.

1964
Winner: Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini. Nothing song from a rather turgid movie.
My Favorite Nominee: Dominique, the Singing Nun. That's painful to say, but the nominees this year are just that bad. Again, zero acknowledgement of rock and roll or even the great folk music from this time.
My Favorite Single That Year: Surfer Girl, the Beach Boys. Hey, Brian Wilson just knows how to hit me where it counts. Teenage love deified.

1963
Winner: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett. A beautiful song.
My Favorite Nominee: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett.
My Favorite Single That Year: Telstar, the Tornados. That one always takes me right off and makes me love being alive.

1962
Winner: Moon River, Henry Mancini. I'm never sorry to have heard this song. It's always beautiful, and always necessary.
My Favorite Nominee: Moon River, Henry Mancini. Infinitesimal second: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.
My Favorite Single That Year: Stand by Me, Ben E. King. The best time to hear this song is in the still of the deep night.

1961
Winner: Theme from A Summer Place, Percy Faith. The music is pretty.
My Favorite Nominee: Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles. It's insane that this didn't win. This is the very definition of a beautiful song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles.

1960
Winner: Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin. I like this song; it's fun as hell to sing along to.
My Favorite Nominee: Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin.
My Favorite Single That Year: Sleepwalk, Santo Johnny. Another great late night song.

1959
Winner: Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare), Domenico Modugno. Okay. I can't believe anyone does this song better than Dean Martin, personally. I don't believe I've heard this version.
My Favorite Nominee: The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late), David Seville. I know, I know, but I love this song. It's a Christmas staple to me. It reminds me of being a kid and spending the lead-up to Christmas at my grandmother's house. It's a cozy song for me.
My Favorite Single That Year: Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran. As vital a song as there is, considering how much rock continues to borrow from it. And more than that, just a catchy tune.

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Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion. This was very easy to get sick of as well; cloying and over-the-top and insisting on its own epic greatness. Blurg. The music's pretty; I have a string quartet version that didn't make it onto the soundtrack (from a promo CD) that's lovely. It doesn't need Celine Dion or lyrics to work. It sounds better without them.
My Favorite Nominee: Ray of Light, Madonna. I don't have much to say about it, but it works.
My Favorite Single That Year: Flagpole Sitta, Harvey Danger. That song just makes me feel awesome. I love it.

1998
Winner: Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin. Music from the nineties has an overwhelming percentage of suck, more than any decade. It's like America went through menopause and could only listen to this kind of sappy pap. I hate this thing, and thanks to the Crap and Crap Lite stations being played where I worked constantly, I heard it way too many fucking times.
My Favorite Nominee: MMMBop, Hanson. It's a default choice; it's the one I think is okay whereas I despise all the others (especially "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" by Paul Cole, which should be classified a form of abuse).
My Favorite Single That Year: The End Is the Beginning Is the End, Smashing Pumpkins. I love that they used it in the Watchmen trailer.

1997
Winner: Change the World, Eric Clapton. I'm not much of a Clapton fan, really. I did like this song, although it's association with the awful Scientology-promoting John Travolta film Phenomenon counts against it a tad. It's not earth-shaking, but it's a solid, not-unpleasant song.
My Favorite Nominee: 1979, Smashing Pumpkins. Haunting, beautiful, and bittersweet.
My Favorite Single That Year: 1979, Smashing Pumpkins.

1996
Winner: Kiss from a Rose, Seal. I think it's a beautiful song. I used to hear it a lot on the radio as I was driving to work in the winter at a very dark 5 in the morning. That's the perfect time to hear it. It'll take you on a trip.
My Favorite Nominee: Kiss from a Rose, Seal.
My Favorite Single That Year: Kiss from a Rose, Seal.

1995
Winner: All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow. Blurg. Not a song I like.
My Favorite Nominee: Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen. Beautiful, sad, and seething with quiet ange, disappointment, and acceptance of fear.
My Favorite Single That Year: Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen.

1994
Winner: I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston. Piece of overplayed shit. Especially in comparison to the original Dolly Parton song, which is perfect.
My Favorite Nominee: The River of Dreams, Billy Joel.
My Favorite Single That Year: Fields of Gold, Sting. Kind of a cheesy choice, perhaps, but I can always hear it and always love it. It's simple and pretty.

1993
Winner: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton. It doesn't quite hold up for me, honestly, but it's miles better than fellow nominee "Achy Breaky Heart." It's a very pretty song, but not my favorite of Clapton's.
My Favorite Nominee: Constant Craving, k.d. lang. I like the passion.
My Favorite Single That Year: One, U2. One of the most achingly beautiful songs I've ever heard.

1992
Winner: Unforgettable, Natalie Cole. The fact that the Grammys honored that hacky, schlocky, sympathy-begging, cloying bit of grave-robbing Natalie Cole did to cash in on honor her father is as sad as it is unsurprising.
My Favorite Nominee: Losing My Religion, R.E.M. It was overplayed, but if you listen to it now, it sounds almost fresh again. It really is just a good song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Crazy, Seal.

1991
Winner: Another Day in Paradise, Phil Collins. Preachy, annoying, and not even the best song from that Phil Collins album. (Actually, I just checked and sadly, it is. I despise "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven," and "I Wish It Would Rain" just sounds like a rip-off of "Wish You Were Here" with Clapton on guitar.)
My Favorite Nominee: Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor. Of the sappy, preachy, sad sack songs that were nominated this year, this is the one that's actually a good song. (Also, "U Can't Touch This" was nominated this year, but come on, man.)
My Favorite Single This Year: Enjoy the Silence, Depeche Mode. Now there's a love song.

1990
Winner: Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler. I hate this song, and my dad pissed me off by playing it at his wedding reception for his mother, which I specifically told him not to do because it was such a fucking cliche. He said he wouldn't; he did. Wow, my grandma must have been one of 10 million special woman so uniquely honored that year. It's the equivalent of buying your dad a tie on Father's Day.
My Favorite Nominee: The End of the Innocence, Don Henley. Chance is right on when he calls it deceptively angry. It adds some world-weariness on top of that, too. Beautiful song.
My Favorite Single That Year: A Little Respect, Erasure. I usually come out on the side of pop, I guess. Although besides the catchiness, I think the lyrics are beautiful. One of my all time favorite lyrics comes from this song: "What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?"

1989
Winner: Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin. I always liked this song, but it sure wasn't the best of the year. I think part of it was the novelty of McFerrin doing the whole thing a cappella. Which is admittedly neat.
My Favorite Nominee: Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin.
My Favorite Single That Year: Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns 'n' Roses. The most perfect song they ever recorded.

1988
Winner: Graceland, Paul Simon. I'm not a big fan of this song for whatever reason. It's nice, but it's okay. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio station. Really, I just don't dig Paul Simon's solo work that much.
My Favorite Nominee: Back in the High Life Again, Steve Winwood. Admittedly, mostly because it reminds me of better times. But it's pretty.
My Favorite Single That Year: With or Without You, U2. Grammy nominated the more ubiquitous and much less beautiful "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," a song I don't like. "With or Without You" is real passion.

1987
Winner: Higher Love, Steve Winwood. Meh. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel. It's a lot of sucky nominees this year, but this is a great song.
My Favorite Single That Year: True Colors, Cyndi Lauper. A beautiful love song, especially for people who don't feel so great about themselves. I guess I like genuine songs about understanding, I would say.

1986
Winner: We Are the World, USA for Africa. Of course. Nothing else was going to win this year. As a song, it's okay. The real fun is trying to pick out all the singers. I mean, you know, it's Really Important, but it's just okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Money for Nothing, Dire Straits. One of their couple of songs I like. One of my favorite guitar solos.
My Favorite Single That Year: Take on Me, a-Ha. Pop perfection in all of its catchy, bubblegum glory.

1985
Winner: What's Love Got to Do with It, Tina Turner. There's genuine force behind it (although I think "Private Dancer" is her best song), real heartbreak.
My Favorite Nominee: Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. At his most pop. I love this song.
My Favorite Song That Year: Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper. Gorgeous and simple.

1984
Winner: Beat It, Michael Jackson. Not much of a surprise, I guess. And it's a good song. Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo alone...
My Favorite Nominee: Flashdance... What a Feeling, Irene Cara. All of the nominees this year are pretty good but nothing I feel especially attached to. This is one of those cheesy pop songs I like.
My Favorite Single That Year: Our House, Madness. One of the most perfect songs I've ever loved.

1983
Winner: Rosanna, Toto. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson. That one always got me and carried me off.
My Favorite Single That Year: Under Pressure, Queen David Bowie. Everything that's shitty about society in four and a half minutes. "And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night."

1982
Winner: Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes. Meh. I don't feel strongly either way.
My Favorite Nominee: (Just Like) Starting Over, John Lennon. What a great song. I can't believe it lost to Kim Carnes... greatness versus... well, nothing worth commenting on. As usual, John Lennon just nails life and relationships with this song.
My Favorite Single This Year: In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins. Collins used to be a man who just knew darkness and how it felt to be depressed and angry.

1981
Winner: Sailing, Christopher Cross. Put me to sleep, why don't ya?
My Favorite Nominee: Theme from New York, New York, Frank Sinatra.
My Favorite Single That Year: Let My Love Open the Door, Pete Townshend. As great a song as he ever wrote for the Who, his best solo work, and one of his most genuinely passionate songs.

1980
Winner: What a Fool Believes, the Doobie Brothers. I'm not a fan of theirs. This is probably the one song of theirs I'd say I liked. Still, Record of the Year? Feh.
My Favorite Nominee: I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor. I like the sweep of it.
My Favorite Single That Year: Video Killed the Radio Star, the Buggles. Another perfect pop record.

1979
Winner: Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel. It is a pretty song, however much Joel claims now that he wrote it accidentally. Is he ever going to stop apologizing for having good commercial instincts? One of his less angry songs, too. I've always liked it.
My Favorite Nominee: Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty. Or as I always used to call it, "That One with the Great Saxophone Part."
My Favorite Single That Year: Who Are You, the Who. My favorite song of theirs, for reasons I can't quite define. But it's a great damn song.

1978
Winner: Hotel California, the Eagles. I hate the Eagles, but I'll give them this one song. This is a damn good song.
My Favorite Nominee: Hotel California, the Eagles.
My Favorite Single That Year: Hotel California, the Eagles.

1977
Winner: This Masquerade, George Benson. I couldn't tell you how this goes.
My Favorite Nominee: Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band. It's delightful.
My Favorite Single That Year: Somebody to Love, Queen. A beautiful epic of emotion. One of my favorite songs ever.

1976
Winner: Love Will Keep Us Together, the Captain Tennille. It's okay.
My Favorite Nominee: At Seventeen, Janis Ian.
My Favorite Single That Year: Young Americans, David Bowie. That one packs a wallop and makes "Love Will Keep Us Together" sound pretty frivolous.

1975
Winner: I Honestly Love You, Olivia Newton-John. I honestly detest this cloying, overwrought song.
My Favorite Nominee: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Elton John. You want passion? There you go. Skip the other song entirely.
My Favorite Single That Year: Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin. Hey, hey, it's a cliched choice for a reason.

1974
Winner: Killing Me Softly with His Song, Roberta Flack. It's pretty. It's also soporific.
My Favorite Nominee: You're So Vain, Carly Simon. A nice kiss-off song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Mind Games, John Lennon. Gorgeous.

1973
Winner: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack. I've always found this song kind of overwrought.
My Favorite Nominee: American Pie, Don McLean. Come on, how could you pick a different one? (Although I've always loved Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)," a deceptively bleak and saddening song.)
My Favorite Single That Year: Let's Stay Together, Al Green. You want to get laid? You need some Al Green music.

1972
Winner: It's Too Late, Carole King. I can't place it off the top of my head, but I've never liked Carole King's as a singer.
My Favorite Nominee: My Sweet Lord, George Harrison. It's not much of a song, really, but I didn't like any of the other nominees much.
My Favorite Single That Year: Imagine, John Lennon. I can't believe this was never nominated for Record of the Year. What the hell?

1971
Winner: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel. An undeniably beautiful song.
My Favorite Nominee: Let It Be, the Beatles. Still Paul McCartney's most beautiful effort.
My Favorite Single That Year: Let It Be, the Beatles. Seriously, they didn't pick this?

1970
Winner: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, the Fifth Dimension. Definitely a good song.
My Favorite Nominee: A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash. It's funny and Cash delivers it well. I'll always pull for Shel Silverstein.
My Favorite Single That Year: Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley. His final masterpiece, one of his best songs (in my top five).

1969
Winner: Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel. Good but not really special.
My Favorite Nominee: Hey Jude, the Beatles. A masterpiece.
My Favorite Single That Year: (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding. One of the most quietly perfect songs I've ever heard.

1968
Winner: Up, Up and Away, the Fifth Dimension. What a lame choice. I mean, it's a cute song, but what a lame choice at this point in music history.
My Favorite Nominee: My Cup Runneth Over, Ed Ames.
My Favorite Single That Year: Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli. But that's the tip of the iceberg; this year produced, off the top of my head, "Heroes and Villains," "All You Need Is Love," "I Was Made to Love Her," "Light My Fire," "A Whiter Shade of Pale," and "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman," and Grammy nominates "Ode to Billie Joe"? Lame, lame, lame.

1967
Winner: Strangers in the Night, Frank Sinatra. A good song, one I always liked.
My Favorite Nominee: Strangers in the Night, Frank Sinatra.
My Favorite Single That Year: Good Vibrations, the Beach Boys. Another incredible year for rock, and the Grammys can only acknowledge "Monday, Monday." What a foolish institution to pass over the greatness they did.

1966
Winner: A Taste of Honey, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. The best of the several thousand versions that seem to be out there.
My Favorite Nominee: Yesterday, the Beatles. As beautiful a song as was ever written.
My Favorite Single That Year: Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan. Transcendent.

1965
Winner: The Girl from Ipanema, Stan Getz João Gilberto. A lovely little song that I've always liked as background music.
My Favorite Nominee: Downtown, Petula Clark. I forget just how beautiful this one is.
My Favorite Single That Year: Don't Worry, Baby, the Beach Boys. Perfect.

1964
Winner: Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini. Nothing song from a rather turgid movie.
My Favorite Nominee: Dominique, the Singing Nun. That's painful to say, but the nominees this year are just that bad. Again, zero acknowledgement of rock and roll or even the great folk music from this time.
My Favorite Single That Year: Surfer Girl, the Beach Boys. Hey, Brian Wilson just knows how to hit me where it counts. Teenage love deified.

1963
Winner: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett. A beautiful song.
My Favorite Nominee: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett.
My Favorite Single That Year: Telstar, the Tornados. That one always takes me right off and makes me love being alive.

1962
Winner: Moon River, Henry Mancini. I'm never sorry to have heard this song. It's always beautiful, and always necessary.
My Favorite Nominee: Moon River, Henry Mancini. Infinitesimal second: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.
My Favorite Single That Year: Stand by Me, Ben E. King. The best time to hear this song is in the still of the deep night.

1961
Winner: Theme from A Summer Place, Percy Faith. The music is pretty.
My Favorite Nominee: Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles. It's insane that this didn't win. This is the very definition of a beautiful song.
My Favorite Single That Year: Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles.

1960
Winner: Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin. I like this song; it's fun as hell to sing along to.
My Favorite Nominee: Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin.
My Favorite Single That Year: Sleepwalk, Santo Johnny. Another great late night song.

1959
Winner: Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare), Domenico Modugno. Okay. I can't believe anyone does this song better than Dean Martin, personally. I don't believe I've heard this version.
My Favorite Nominee: The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late), David Seville. I know, I know, but I love this song. It's a Christmas staple to me. It reminds me of being a kid and spending the lead-up to Christmas at my grandmother's house. It's a cozy song for me.
My Favorite Single That Year: Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran. As vital a song as there is, considering how much rock continues to borrow from it. And more than that, just a catchy tune.

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Mainstream practices for reducing wrinkles and appearing younger, such as facelifts and other forms of cosmetic surgery, are both expensive and unsafe. Topical treatments, such as face creams and masks, are frequently rather fruitless. Luckily, a new, potent skin regeneration technique called Thermage is now available. This article provides an account of everything there is to know about this powerful technology.
How Can Thermage Diminish the Effects of Aging?
Thermage utilizes a patented Capacitive Radio Frequency (CRF) technology, which works toward tightening facial tissue. Throughout the course of a Thermage treatment, a doctor utilizes a wand called the ThermaTip, which sends energy from the radio frequency into the individuals skin. This energy then warms the skin layers.
The heat produced in Thermage procedures is exactly what is needed to diminish the results of aging in the lower layers of the skin. During the aging process, our collagen fibers in the skins inner layers have a tendency to thin and shorten. As a result of this, the outer layers of our skin begin to wrinkle and droop. With the correct level of heat, such as that which is generated by way of the Thermage radio frequency, the growth of collagen fibers can be encouraged. Consequently, the skin is tautened and undesired wrinkles are minimized.
What is a Typical Thermage Session Like?
Individuals can expect Thermage procedures to go on for just quarter hour, to an hour and half. Upon completion of just a single session, you will already see remarkable results. Your skin will look tighter and smoother. As an added bonus, because Thermage is geared towards extended growth of skin, you can expect the results to enhance as the months pass. As far as recovery goes, individuals who undergo Thermage can walk out of the physicians office and go back to their day-to-day activities immediately.
Do Thermage Procedures Feel Painful?
One major concern of individuals looking into Thermage is the level of pain involved in the procedures. Individuals who have undertaken Thermage procedures have said that the process is pain-free. They report to have only felt a slight heating sensation during the treatment. This warmth is kept at a pleasant level via a cool spray discharged by the ThermaTip. The spray is additionally utilized to safeguard the skins surface.
Does Thermage Come With Any Side Effects?
Thermage has already been done on over 75,000 individuals. Among these individuals, only a minority - less than one percent to be exact are reported to have experienced any side effects. A minimal redness, similar to sunburn, is the most common side effect. This clears, however, within just a matter of days.

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The Treasury Department is contemplating a proposal that would cut mortgage rates for new loans for homes, according to the Wall Street Journal. The plan would employ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offer mortgages with rates as low as 4.5%, roughly 1% lower than current rates.
The measure is under consideration as part of the Treasury Departments continued effort to limit foreclosures, which has been at the core of the financial crisis. The plan would seek to revitalize the financial market without bailing out homeowners and lenders, the Journal reported.
As part of the proposal under consideration, Treasury would buy mortgage securities backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in addition to those guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee a significant chunk of all new mortgages in the United States.
Conrad DeQuadros, an economist at RDQ Economics in New York, said lower mortgage rates should provide some support to the housing market by allowing cheaper financing to new buyers with solid credit profiles to the housing market. But he added that a greater impact would be felt if the proposal also permitted refinancing opportunities. However, he also expressed some skepticism about the extent of the impact.
There is still a massive supply of homes on the market and consequent expectations of further declines in home prices may still keep buyers away, DeQuadros said. In addition, the weakness in the labor market appears to be intensifying and rising unemployment will depress housing demand and increase delinquencies. As with all of the Fed and Treasury programs, any new plan will have to be given time to work before judgment on its effectiveness can be made.

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WHAT EXACTLY IS AYURVEDA?
The term â??Ayurvedaâ?? is made up of the two Sanskrit words â??Ayushâ?? and â??Vedaâ??. Ayush connotes life while Veda means science or knowledge. Therefore, â??Ayurvedaâ?? refers to the â??Science of Lifeâ??.
TRACING AYURVEDA ROOTS
Its principles have been encapsulated and detailed in the ancient Indian treatises. It has evolved down the ages and now evolved into a scientific alternative medical science.
The ancient treatises of Ayurveda were composed by noted exponents of the subject like Parashara, Shalihotra and Nakula.
AMERICAN USERS OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
Researches estimate that 83 million USA residents spend more than $27 million a year using alternative medicine including Ayurveda. Similarly, there is a large following of Ayurveda and other alternative therapies among the Canadian English and Australian citizens.
THE THREE AYURVEDA EPOCHS
Broadly speaking, the annals of Ayurveda fall into three clear stages down the ages. They are the golden ancient stage, the desecration period and the post-independence rejuvenation age.
The ancient stage was the golden age of Ayurveda. This stage extended over years encompassing the age of the independent kingdoms when Ayurveda was the sole dependant means to effectively diagnose and treat illnesses of plants and also animals. There were royal and public patronages. Ayurveda flourished. Ayurveda treatises were composed. Study of Ayurveda occupied a pride of place. Brilliant students pursued Ayurveda with zeal and vigour.
The ancient stage was followed by the desecration period when the Indian kingdoms (patronizing Ayurveda) was exposed to the onslaughts of marauders from foreign countries. It was a time when most of the invaders destroyed invaluable Indian treasures including Ayurveda tomes. Sadly enough, many valuable Ayurveda treatises were entirely obliterated through various ways. To make matters worse, quacks made hay while the sun shone and introduced illicit variations in the Ayurveda system. Ayurveda also fell into disuse.
The post-Independence age of India is the rejuvenation epoch of Ayurveda. Particular reference must be made of the fag end of the 19th Century and the 20th Century. The Swadeshi movement gave the ultimate impetus to the all-round development of Ayurveda. Deliberate attempts of the national governments bore fruits to diagnose the problems and also implement the means to remove those hurdles. This is in spite of the fact that zealous studies of Ayurveda practices proceeded simultaneously along with those of the other modern and alternative medical sciences. Mentionably, Ayurveda studies went along scientific lines. As a consequence thereof, different parts of India witnessed the establishment of Ayurveda institutions, colleges, dispensaries, pharmacies, and even hospitals.
AYURVEDA MEDICINES
Since the ancient times, Ayurveda experts (composed of mendicants or saints) specialized in varied aspects of life of all living beings. Interestingly enough, the medicines prepared for the different types of diseases affecting various plants and animals were brewed from locally available natural substances. Notably, Ayurveda never uses artificial elements or concoctions.
A SUPPORTIVE THERAPY
Ayurveda is considered useful in supporting many other kinds of treatment programs. Ayurveda supporters believe it is a preventive as well as a curative therapy. They opine that Ayurveda strengthens the immune system against disease. So, they advise patients to change their radical lifestyles. They also believe that changing lifestyle habits can improve persistent problems such as back pain, arthritis, tension headaches, high blood pressure, obesity, constipation, allergies and colds, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and other stress disorders.
FOCUS OF AYURVEDIC THERAPIES
Ayurvedic therapies focus on lifestyle changes and herbal remedies, concentrating on diet, exercise, yoga, meditation, massage, herbal tonics, steam baths, enemas, and other alternative medical practices such as aromatherapy. Special cleansing therapies such as bloodletting and blood-thinning herbs are also used to rid the body of disease-causing toxins.
ENJOY THE AYURVEDA ADVANTAGE
Needless to say, the Indian public has been flocking to Ayurveda exponents owing to its effectiveness. Moreover, Ayurveda is cost effective as well.
Ayurveda extends the rational ways to treat all diseases of the internal organs.
Mentionably, these diseases are deemed by different modern medical sciences as rather chronic and even incurable.
Whatâ??s more Ayurveda underlines the aspects determining the healthy life of a person.
Naturally enough, Ayurveda extends the means to cure and even shield the human body against the attack of all ailments.
Ayurveda also offers the steps to pursue a disease free and disciplined life.
This Ayurveda does by studying the basic natures of human beings.
Above all, Ayurveda studies the human urges like sex, sleep, hunger and thirst among others.
Ayurveda gives us the means to keep these urges under control.
THE SCOPE OF AYURVEDA IS QUITE VAST
The scope of Ayurveda is really vast. It includes not just the medicines but all aspects concerning life. Hence, the purview of Ayurveda encompasses biology and also medical sciences.
Ayurveda diagnoses and offers effective homemade treatment for ailments affecting almost all animals and plants.
AYURVEDA SPECIALIZED COURSES
Hence, it is not surprising that the ancient Ayurveda exponents specialized in the modern-day veterinary and medical sciences. In fact, there were â??Vriksha-Ayurvedaâ?? (the natural science of diagnosing and treatment of diseases affecting plants and trees); â??Gaja-Ayurvedaâ?? (the natural science of diagnosing and treatment of diseases affecting pachyderms or elephants); â??Go-Ayurvedaâ?? (the natural science of diagnosing and treatment of diseases affecting cattle particularly cows); and â??Ashwa-Ayurvedaâ?? (the natural science diagnosing and treatment of diseases afflicting horses).
AYURVEDA DEGREES
In India, more than 100 colleges offer five-year courses on Ayurveda. These institutions grant degrees in Ayurvedic medicine upon completion of the program. In the United States of America, Ayurvedic practitioners must be licensed in some other form of health care, such as allopathy (Western medicine), or another system of alternative medicine, such as naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, or acupuncture.

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Here's an interview with Chinese Buddhist Master Sheng Yen by the Religion News Service. He is a prominent and influential figure in Chan (or in Japanese, Zen) Buddhism, teaching in America and writing about Buddhism for the West. You can read a short bio at Wikipedia as well as his new more in-depth memoir, Footprints in the Snow. Here are some interesting questions he answered in the interview:

Q. How did you get through the difficult times in your life?
A. There is no problem that cannot be overcome. To use our heart means to understand how we should go about carrying on. To persevere means to try again and again, and do not be worried and afraid. When I was in mountain, living alone, (I) never thought I was alone. I felt that there are many sentient beings and many bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) to help me.

Q. Why is it better for Buddhists to not get involved in politics?
A. This has something to do with Buddhist tradition. The Buddha was a prince who left home and did not want to get involved in politics any more. Politics is necessary for worldly people. But as soon as one is involved in politics, there will be a lot of problems regarding who is right and who is wrong. As a monastic or a practitioner, one should know what one needs to know about politics, but one should not get involved. As soon as one gets involved, one will immediately be sucked into the worldly, secular environment and be tangled up with it. This will obstruct one's cultivation in the practice.

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cancer at the age of 47. Alois Hitlers death affected Adolf very little. After all, Adolf hated his father with a burning fury; his mother was the only parent who loved him. When news arrived from the family doctor that Klara had a week to live, Hitler was awestruck. He was used to death by this time in his life (being 17 years old), but to even comprehend the idea of his mother dying was impossible. He contemplated suicide, and stood by her side for weeks before her death. Klara had always reminded Hitler how special he was, how he was destined to do amazing things with his life. (Hit-Org) From Hitlers viewpoint, if he had been one of only two children from his parents to live, it must have been for a purpose. Hitler often viewed himself as a leader, drawing pictures of himself in elementary school leading armies and sitting at a desk dictating orders. Adolf dropped out of high school, not because of his inability to do the work, but because he spent so much time daydreaming about being the leader of a country, in particular, Germany. So after Klaras death in 1907, Hitler decided to pursue his dreams, and become a painter. He moved to Vienna because of this dream, and tried to join The Academy of the Arts in Vienna. The Academy rejected him twice because he had not finished high school or received any other degrees of art in a college setting. Because the Academy was mostly Jewish professors, this is believed to be one of the first accounts of Hitlers Anti-Semitic views towards the Jewish people. (Langer 54-69) At this time he began reading books and articles supporting Anti-Semitism, for reasons mostly unknown. Hitler had Jewish ancestors, but for some reason began to dislike and criticize the Jewish during this time. In Mein Kampf, Hitler describes his transition from opposing Anti-Semitism to supporting it, after seeing an Orthodox Jew:
There were very few Jews in Linz. In the course of centuries the Jews who lived there had become Europeanized in external appearance and were so much like other human beings that I even looked upon them as Germans. The reason why I did not then perceive the absurdity of such an illusion was that the only external mark which I recognized as distinguishing them from us was the practice of their strange religion. As I thought that they were persecuted on account of their faith my aversion to hearing remarks against them grew almost into a feeling of abhorrence. I did not in the least suspect that there could be such a thing as a systematic anti-Semitism.
Once, when passing through the inner City, I suddenly encountered a phenomenon in a long caftan and wearing black side-locks. My first thought was: Is this a Jew? They certainly did not have this appearance in Linz. I carefully watched the man stealthily and cautiously but the longer I gazed at the strange countenance and examined it feature by feature, the more the question shaped itself in my brain: Is this a German? (Hitler 49-95)
After the incident in Vienna, Hitler ran out of money, and began living in a homeless shelter in 1909. In 1910, he had settled into a house for poor working men. Hitler stayed in various homeless shelters and similar areas until 1913 when he joined the Belgian Reserve Regiment. He was a runner, the most dangerous job on the Western Front, and was often exposed to enemy fire. The survival rate for such a job in the military was very low, and Hitler claims later in Mein Kampf that many decisions he made seemed to have come from a higher power. (Hitler 78-92) In one instance in the war, Hitler and his regiment were sitting in a trench eating their dinner. For no particular reason at all, Hitler moved during the dinner to sit with a different group of people, and less than a minute later, the area in which he was sitting was hit by a mortar, and his entire regiment died instantly. It is clear that during and after WWI, Hitler began to feel as if he was alive for a very specific reason. He believed that all of his near death experiences and most importantly that the 15th of October in 1918 had some important significance. (History-Place) On the 15th, Hitler was admitted to a field hospital during the war, being temporary blinded by a mustard gas attack. During this sort of attack, people often experience hysteria and hallucinations. Hitler claims in Mein Kampf that during this time he became convinced that the purpose of his life was to save Germany. (Hitler 49-95) Some scholars, notably Lucy Dawidowicz, argue that an intention to exterminate Europes Jews was fully formed in Hitlers mind at this time, though he probably had not thought through how it could be done. (McDonough 1-19) It is historically known that the mastermind behind the genocide of the European Jews was mostly that of Heinrich Himmler, and not Hitler himself. Hitler remained in the Belgian army after WWI until 1920, but it became clear to him that his destiny was to be the savior of Germany. (Abel 22-59)
In July of 1919, Hitler joined the DAP (German Workers Party) and started to learn more and more about politics. He was particularly interested in how to talk to large crowds and raise morale. Hitler met Dietrich Eckart, an early founder of the party, and Eckart became Hitlers mentor on the issue. Dietrich taught him how to dress and speak, and introduced Hitler to a wide range of people. (Sparticus) Hitler thanked Eckart by paying tribute to him in Mein Kampf. (Hitler Credits) Although Hitler did not become a German citizen until 1932, he lived in Munich and attended plenty of political debates in Beer Hall Putsch, which was the meeting place for Nazi revolutionists in Munich. During a 3 year time period, Hitler and his revolutionists had transformed DAP into the NPP (Nazi Political Party). They were even publishing a weekly paper across Munich and Berlin, and their ideas for governing Germany and bringing it out of a great depression were well received by the German people. (Hit-Org) Its important to remember that after WWI, Germany was forced to pay so much money for what they had done, that the country was on the verge of being completely bankrupt. The Nazi Political Party had ideas for changing Germany and making the country a proud wonderful country again. On the 8th of November in 1923, Hitler and the NPP stormed a public meeting headed by Kahr in the Burgerbraukeller, and requested support of the NPPs new government ideas and the destruction of the Berlin government. The big meeting brought a lot of media attention, Hitler was arrested a day later for the arousal, and sentenced to 4 years in prison for high treason and the attempt to overthrow the government or convince the people that the current government was wrong. Alfred Rosenberg became temporary leader of the NPP, in order to continue to get the Nazi message across to the German people. (Langer 59-101)
Hitler served his prison term from April 1, 1924 to December of that year. He was released because of his immense popularity with the people of Germany. (McDonough 37-91) Today it would be the equivalent of putting a famous star in prison, and during the time he was incarcerated Hitler wrote the immensely popular autobiographical novel Mein Kampf (My struggle, originally entitled Four Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice). Mein Kampf at the end of the war was the bestselling book in Germany, because the Fuhrer wanted to make his ideals and messages available to everyone. A copy was given free of charge to every new solider of the German Reich and every newlywed. Hitler strengthened his ideals on the Jewish monster, and ideas of an Aryan race, and everything he had previously supported. It is well known that everything written about in Mein Kampf can be directly related back to his early childhood. (Abel 22-59)
After he was released from prison, everything else became history. The new German political party continued to gain support for its ideas, and was viewed by the people as being the most important thing to ever happen to the country. And, on January 30th of 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany during what some observers later described as a brief and simple ceremony. (McDonough 1-19) He was not known to the German people as a until 1934, when the Nazi party declared that Hitler would be the supreme dictator of the country. Most citizens of the country did not realize that the term would mean absolute leader. Fuhrer in German merely means . After gaining control, Hitler slowly began his plans to turn his country into a super power, and eventually lay in his plans to conquer Europe. (Sparticus)
Adolf Hitler was a very complex individual. He has become known in our society as an entity of evil, when in fact he considered himself to be the new savior of the world. Hitlers decisions during the rest of his career as leader of Germany were believed to be influenced by earlier encounters and things he had come to learn and believe. A large portion of his personality was molded in his childhood and early teenage years, and it can easily be argued to be the primary reason he turned out the person he became. Adolf Hitler can be argued as being among the most influential people in history, because his war alone caused the deaths of more people than almost all other wars combined. A man of extreme intelligence led an entire nation to believe his ideals were correct, and his stage presence often left those listening wailing in tears. A human anomaly, he will be discussed and debated about forever, not only for what he did, but for the person he became and the things he set into action. Adolf Hitler committed suicide in Berlin on April 30th 1945 in a bunker with Eva Braun just days prior to the Red Armys capture of the city.

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