Sadly, 'too much' publicity has meant that they are not presently taking orders because they have a long waiting list. And no wonder - their work is incredible.
I find it incredible that you're suggesting that because a country has high levels of religious following, that equates with more advanced medical care. You're actually implying that there's a direct link (and the reverse - China = atheist therefore lower medical standards). It's a ludicrous, biased, US-centric comment which has absolutely no basis in fact. If someone argued 'the USA is highly religious and that's why its gun crime statistics are so bad' they would be cut down for it straight away. Statistics are not always related to each other. Many other countries are secular, they have extremely low levels of religion, AND they have great health care systems. Religion and medicine do not and have never walked hand in hand in a 'you must have faith to excel in medicine' way. The fact that great doctors and scientists in history were religious does not mean it was their religion which drove them towards excellence. Many of them were white - are we to also say that China's healthcare lags behind because they have fewer white doctors? Of course not. That's the point. There is no cause and effect here. Belief in God does not mean better medical care. If it did, there'd be some amazing stories like the original post coming out of the Muslim world.
To your last point, I never suggested that they had not thanked the doctors at all, but that their blog is set up so that their primary focus is to give credit to 'miracles'. Medicine, the thing which really did save this woman, gets a poor second billing, which cheapens the effect real human endeavour has had on this woman's life.
John, the point I was trying to make, and which exasperates me every time I see something like it is this: a detailed article which explains some amazing pioneering medical technology ends with a line giving credit only to an invisible force and not the people who did the actual work on her head. As I said, her blog has the title (in HUGE letters) "Miracles...Believe in Them!" It does not say "Doctors...Believe in Them Too!" I would absolutely label the lack of respect for what medical science has done for her as shameful. She doesn't explain that the part where God decided to give her a massive head injury is also a 'miracle', as is the $125,000 bill for her care.
Well I know it isn't God she needs to thank, that's 100% certain. At least she lives in a country with free universal health care so won't go bankrupt paying for her care... oh wait...
And the linked story ends as she gives credit to... God? Then her blog page's main title is "Miracles...Believe in Them!" Sorry, no, you should be believing in and thanking hundreds of years of medical science, culminating in advanced surgical techniques which have prevented your death. A century ago (in fact much less than that) no 'miracle' would have saved you. For that matter, had you been born in a poor country today (same God, right?) with less capable medical facilities, no 'miracle' would have saved you. I'm all for people being grateful when they survive, but I wished they would direct their thanks to those who did the hard work. Rant over, glad she's alive, etc :o)
Before I watched the video I assumed he was going to put the plane into a dive and while they were hurtling to their deaths in a spin, that's when he would propose. However, perhaps he thought that "marry me or I'll kill us both!" would be slightly less likely to produce the answer he was looking for :)
Sean, at first glance that might seem like a good plan but she doesn't need the money - she's the daughter of a billionaire so already has access to all of it :)
Celebrity Love Pets. Don't even ask. In fact I think the word 'love' needs to be used with care in many of the combinations here! New cookery show: Heat Pets Forever.
Sandy Kong gives a couple of examples of the tips left for her servers. Yet she doesn't say how good their service was. If you get bad service, by all means give a bad tip. If the service is truly terrible, don't tip at all. I always wonder why the server should get 15% when all they did was take the order and bring the food. I'm not saying that's nothing, but shouldn't the chef get far more credit than the server?
Many countries have circumcision rates approaching zero, with no significant incidence of the diseases noted. Conversely, there are African nations where circumcision is more widespread than the US and the diseases are much more widespread. Personal hygiene, education and condom use are far bigger influences on the incidence of STIs than circumcision. If you clean it, protect it and don't stick it where you shouldn't, your risk of infection goes way down. Cutting pieces out of the body of newborn children without their consent isn't the answer.
Watching the Olympics brought to my attention that many in the sporting world now use 'medal' as a verb, as in 'he failed to medal'. Maybe they'll add that at a later date. Or maybe it's in there already.
Regular viewing of TYT's Ana Kasparian has introduced me to 'shenans' and 'drahms', short for 'shenanigans' and 'drama'. She has others. Look out for them!
If only one ethnicity were to be represented on ALL the different denominations they might have a point, but surely they can have an Asian female on the $100, a white male on the $50, and/or whatever spread of 'acceptable' ethnicities there might be. The article says that other denominations don't show people at all, so maybe they should have stuck with that for the $100 too.
To your last point, I never suggested that they had not thanked the doctors at all, but that their blog is set up so that their primary focus is to give credit to 'miracles'. Medicine, the thing which really did save this woman, gets a poor second billing, which cheapens the effect real human endeavour has had on this woman's life.
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Regular viewing of TYT's Ana Kasparian has introduced me to 'shenans' and 'drahms', short for 'shenanigans' and 'drama'. She has others. Look out for them!