http://www.indianpediatrics.net/may2005/may-479-482.htm
From the page: “Accepted modes of therapy in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis include intravenous methylpre-dnisolone, intravenous immunoglobulin or a combination of both. Effectiveness of plasmapheresis has been demonstrated by many case reports. We used plasmapheresis to treat steroid non-responsive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in two children. There was complete clinical and radio-logical recovery in both the cases.”
http://www.myelitis.org/adem.htm
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
What is Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis?
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADE) is a neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord caused by damage to the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is the fatty covering, which acts as an insulator, on nerve fibers in the brain. ADE may occur in association with a viral or bacterial infection, as a complication of inoculation or vaccination, or without a preceding cause. Onset of the disorder is sudden. Symptoms, which vary among individuals, may include headache, delirium, lethargy, coma, seizures, stiff neck, fever, ataxia, optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, vomiting, and weight loss. Other symptoms may include monoparesis (paralysis of a single limb) or hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body). The disorder occurs in children more often than in adults.”
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!! Has anyone seen how darn fat, obese, and disgustingly out of shape this assaulter of women had become? And he is trying to sell an energy-health drink?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/23/robertson.chavez/
Robertson is certifiably a tare in wheats clothing.
The holy wars of Christianity are a contradiction in terms. The Old Testament wars were God’s judgement on, alternately, Israel and on its enemies. All that was brought to an end with the sacrifice of Jesus. We are in the age of Grace, judgement is reserved to God who now tells us to no longer fight, but to turn the other cheek.
The age we live in are the “last days”. That only means that with grace and salvation, God’s plan of redemption is complete. We either accept this salvation, or perish at the time of judgement. No more holy wars, no more fighting for lands that belong to the chosen people. Salvation which was extended to the Jew first is now available to all.
Luke 9:52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Luke 9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? (one of the Old Testament judgments)
Luke 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. (Jesus tells them here that this idea of revenge is diabolical)
Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Why all the religious wars then? Because of religion. The intent & meaning of God’s Word gets corrupted by men. The teachings of Jesus giving way to man’s mis-interpretations, intentional as well as unintentional.
Its said among some of us evangelicals & fundies that religion is the most dangerous enemy to Christianity.
http://catholicevangelicaltalk.group.stumbleupon.com/forum/7476/19/
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestCiv/EarlyChristian.CP.html
Ioan finds another great Christian site!
http://trekthesahyadris.blogspot.com/
From the page: “Abhijit’s Trekking Blog
Trekking in the Sahyadris. A single person’s perspective on trekking in the sahyadri mountains.”
Americans Surrendering Liberties: Shades Of German History
By Chuck Baldwin
August 23, 2005
It appears that a strengthened U.S.A. Patriot Act will soon sail through Congress with little opposition or consternation on the part of the American people. The new Patriot Act is even more stringent than the original. In addition, many of the more egregious elements of the Patriot Act which were originally scheduled to sunset are made permanent in the latest version. And the vast majority of the American people do not seem to mind.
For one thing, Americans seem to have accepted the notion that they must rely on the federal government to take care of them. Lost to most is an independent, self-reliant spirit. After all, Americans already look to Uncle Sam for food stamps, welfare payments, commercial and farm subsidies, and faith-based handouts; why should they object to the federal government’s promise to now provide their complete security even if it does mean the sacrifice of their liberties? To most Americans, security seems much more valuable than freedom!
It is incumbent upon each of us to remember that this is exactly the way Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party took control in Germany. They did not seize power by force; the German people happily gave them power on the promise of national security.
Since 9/11, even those Americans who in the past have championed freedom and independence now demonstrate an obvious readiness to gladly yield their liberties. It does not seem to matter one iota that they are losing their right of privacy and their right to be secure in their own homes.
When told that the Patriot Act is practically a carbon copy of Hitler’s Enabling Act, most Americans either yawn with indifference or retort with disbelief. They seem to be oblivious to reality.
For some, their personal support for President Bush will not allow them to look objectively at the details of his Patriot Act (or virtually anything else he does). They truly don’t want to believe that Bush could ever promote something untoward. Yet, was this not the same reasoning used by the German people in the 1930’s? They loved and trusted Hitler so much, they could not bring themselves to believe that anything he did could be wrong.
Americans need to reread the principles expressed by their Founding Fathers. Specific to the topic, Thomas Jefferson rightly said, “In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” It would seem many Americans today no longer believe that.
For others, the fact that they do not believe themselves to have yet been personally affected by the new Gestapo-like powers given to the executive branch by the Patriot Act gives them a sense of (false) peace. Their attitude is usually expressed by statements such as, “Well, if you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t have anything to fear.” Of course, such thinking is extremely naïve and short-sighted.
Our entire way of life is predicated upon the conviction that we are presumed innocent of any wrongdoing and only by a substantiated and cumbersome process of discovery and prosecution can that assumption be taken away from us. The Patriot Act totally reverses that historic principle.
Now Americans are presumed to be guilty of wrongdoing and mechanisms are in place to begin the process of proving it; and, furthermore, the discovery portion of this process may now be done under cover of darkness and secrecy. Gone is the presumption of innocence. Under the Patriot Act, gone is the right to an attorney. Gone is the right to habeas corpus. Gone is the right to a speedy trial. Gone is the right to be secure in your papers and effects. The Patriot Act is turning America into a Nazi-style police state. And that is not hyperbole!
Furthermore, Americans need to wake up to the reality that there already exists a gargantuan effort afoot to put a military-style federal apparatus in place.
great reviews, well thought out, must be from Missouri. In addition has great quotes and thoughts.
http://philosophy.group.stumbleupon.com/forum/20008/
What is life? What is love?
38) “she becomes more in love with being in love, rather than the person she is with.“
Yes, which means the person is concerned about self and not about the other person. Its doomed to failure if treated with a “make me feel good” attitude. Love has to be selfless.
If that sounds like religio-babble, its because love is at the root of basic hard core beliefs. Its more than a feeling, its more like life itself. One’s approach to love, is about the same as one’s philosophical approach to life.
Take away stuff like food air & water, one cannot live. Take away God & love, there is then no reason TO exist.
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