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tiltbillings wrote:acinteyyo wrote:
Imho it would be much better to watch one's own reaction closely when it comes to the term "hinayana" instead of trying to disabuse others what "hinayana" really means or what one suppose to mean "hinayana".
Of course; however, if there is a teachable moment maybe one can teach.
The problem with this is, of course, that it cuts one off from a viable, deep expression of the Dhamma, also setting up an un-versus-them mindset, even if it is subtle. I am NOT advocating going out there and whacking everyone over the head who, for whatever reason, might use the word hinayana in reference to the Theravada, and I agree that we need to be aware of our own reactions to the word, but if there is a teachable moment around the term hinayana and its baggage, it might be useful
Karunika wrote:It is beneficial for practitioners of the Mahayana to remember some relevant downfalls of their bodhisattva vows:
Root Downfalls ("A root downfall means a loss of the entire set of bodhisattva vows. It is a 'downfall' in the sense that it leads to a decline in spiritual development and hinders the growth of positive qualities.")*:
(1) Praising ourselves and/or belittling others
(14) Belittling the shravaka vehicle
Bodhisattva Secondary Vows:
( 27) Forsaking the shravaka (listener) vehicle
*Alexander Berzin
Which is very likely the case as they see it; however, don't be surprised, when questioned, that they may hold, as is common among Mahayana/Vajrayana practitioners, that the Theravada represents the necessary priminary practices and therefore deserves respect and honor as Karunika's msg suggests, but their Mahayana/Vajrayana way holds the complete path to to full awakening - buddhahood.BlackBird wrote:Interesting that most of the Mahayana/Vajrayana practitioners I have been fortunate enough to meet in real life, don't have a sectarian bone in their body. Quite the opposite in fact.
Perhaps they are practicing what they preach...
Cafael Dust wrote:The idea that there is a further path beyond Buddhahood also, seemed so very monkey-minded, so caught up with achievements and accolades, of hierarchies and who can swing highest from the tree of enlightenment. For me, it was difficult to understand how Buddhists, like those of other religions, are so keen on compartmentalising their ideas, learning deep wisdom and yet at the same time keeping a store of idiocy and egotism at hand to cling to.
Sanghamitta wrote:In other words we cannot arrive at a clear view of a Buddhist tradition the lens of another tradition and then airily dismiss the differences are merely cultural.
Sanghamitta wrote:I dont follow the point you are making vis a vis what you have quoted from my post. I think it is self evidently the case that a proportion of Mahayana Buddhists think that other schools can only be explained in terms of their school, and that they held the master key. It doesnt take much internet surfing through Buddhist websites to see that demonstrated on a daily basis. A proportion of Zen teachers and of Vajrayana teachers see the Theravada as incomplete Zen or inadequate Vajrayana.
Kare wrote:pink_trike wrote:
I've never heard a Maha or Vajra teacher use the term in a belittling manner, -
Is the "manner" really important? If someone should call your way of practice "the despicable way", "the lousy practice", or something in that vein in plain English - would you call that right speech?
Now, if you don't understand English, you would probably not react to these words. But you understand the language, you understand the meaning of the words, and no matter how "unbelittling manner" they might be said, you would not deem this right speech.
Anders Honore wrote:I'd like to add some considerations that the question of whether it is offensive (or whether we find it so) is also embedded in the linguistic philosophy we bring to bear in our interpretation.
With apologies to Kåre, I'd like to use a post of his to demonstrate:Kare wrote:pink_trike wrote:
I've never heard a Maha or Vajra teacher use the term in a belittling manner, -
Is the "manner" really important? If someone should call your way of practice "the despicable way", "the lousy practice", or something in that vein in plain English - would you call that right speech?
Now, if you don't understand English, you would probably not react to these words. But you understand the language, you understand the meaning of the words, and no matter how "unbelittling manner" they might be said, you would not deem this right speech.
And say yes, I think manner is important. Personally, I follow the later Wittgenstein's lead in this regard and perceive the meaning of a word to be in its usage. And furthermore that such meanings aren't static, even in a language such as sanskrit.
One might be able to provide a compelling argument that the Mahayana sutras imputed a distinctly derogatory connotation into the word, and I'm inclined to think that is not wrong. But in the case above where pink says he has never heard a maha a vajra teacher use the term in a belittling manner and Kåre questions whether it matters, I would have to say yes it matters. Because it is obviously used differently.
In the interest of precision, we should have a more sharply delineated terminology that distinguishes the differences in choice of path from whatever ethical inferences one might make of it (though imo, if not always so in the mahayana sutras, the word 'shravaka does effectively serve such a purpose) and other words altogether for delineating doctrinal issues of various early schools that are being critisised. Instead, hinayana has served as pretty much the catchall phrase for all of these things.
Add to that the usage that has developed later of referring to preliminary stages of the mahayana path and the fact that the sting of word in India became rather meaningless in east-asia and tibet where no early Buddhist schools flourished for long and we have a word with a multitude of uses.
At any rate, the only point I wish to make in this is that with this being so, I think it is mistaken to insist on an interpretation that anyone who uses the word hinayana uses a word with a distinct connotation and baggage going all the way back to ancient India. This is to my mind a much too platonistic understanding of language and meaning and doesn't reflect the malleable nature of language and its development.
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Nearly five years ago, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital trumpeted the arrival of the county's only da Vinci surgical robot. Hospital officials predicted the cutting-edge device would revolutionize minimally invasive surgery.
With four arms, a 3-D camera and tiny surgical implements on swiveling "wrists" wielded by a surgeon at a control panel, the robot could minimize incisions, pain, blood loss, complications and recovery time for patients.
Related: Da Vinci has changed patients' lives — for better and for worse
Since then, the hospital's surgeons have performed 446 procedures, from prostate surgery to hysterectomies. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Drew Wilson said the results have been impressive.
Patients appreciate the smaller incisions and faster healing, he said. Doctors feel confident with the robot's precision and ergonomic control station.
Across the country, the popularity of the machine has skyrocketed, with an estimated 85 percent of all prostate surgeries now performed with the da Vinci system.
But high-technology comes at a cost, and a mounting number of studies are questioning whether the $2 million da Vinci is justified beyond its value as a razzle-dazzle marketing tool used to attract patients.
Perhaps more troubling, even some proponents of the robot question whether it is safe in the hands of doctors at small hospitals like Salinas Valley Memorial with too few procedures to build and maintain proficiency.
Dr. Jim Hu, chief of minimally invasive surgery in UCLA Medical School's urology department, has performed more than 1,500 da Vinci surgeries and conducted multiple studies involving the robot. He said it takes a surgeon between 250 and 700 procedures to master the tool.
Salinas Valley Memorial has granted da Vinci privileges to 10 surgeons since 2008. Together they have performed fewer then 450 surgeries.
Da Vinci creator Intuitive Surgical Inc. of Sunnyvale provides surgeons two days of training on the system. Surgeons at Salinas Valley can fly solo at the controls after as few as three proctored surgeries.
No da Vinci at CHOMP
To date, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula has opted not to invest in the high-tech machine both for cost and safety reasons. Noting the da Vinci costs between $1 million and $2.5 million, spokeswoman Mary Barker said the hospital would not invest in the system unless there were local surgeons with expertise, enough volume to support continued expertise and clear-cut evidence that it's better. So far, it doesn't pass the test, she said.
"So far, clinical evidence doesn't indicate that robotic technology produces superior outcomes," she said.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and former White House adviser, echoed the sentiments in a 2012 New York Times op-ed piece.
"This is a pseudo-innovation," he said, "a technology that increases costs without improving patients' health."
He cited a 2009 study that showed prostate surgery patients had shorter hospital stays and fewer surgical complications like blood loss, but later experienced more incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
Most of the published trials critical of the system do not question its safety, only its value. A study published Feb. 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found hysterectomies performed with the da Vinci robot cost about one-third more than other minimally invasive surgeries but had virtually the same outcomes.
While hospitals including Salinas Valley say they absorb the extra cost, experts say those costs are contributing to the rising price of health care.
"New medical technology and innovative devices can provide indispensable treatment options," Dr. Mark McClellan, former head of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told Stanford Medicine Magazine. "Yet the costs of development and inappropriate use clearly contribute to the rising cost of health care."
In the most recent study, researchers at Columbia University reviewed the records of 264,758 women who had their uteruses removed at 441 U.S. hospitals between 2007 and 2010, a time when the use of the robot for the procedure surged from 0.5 percent to 22 percent.
A quarter of the women who had traditional laparoscopic surgeries required more than two days of recovery in the hospital, compared with 20 percent for those whose surgeries were da Vinci-assisted. The complication rate, however, was the same for both groups, 5 percent.
Meanwhile, the average total cost to the hospital for traditional laparoscopic surgery was $6,679, compared with $8,868 for the da Vinci. The da Vinci figure did not include the original price or the annual maintenance fee, which runs about $150,000.
According to a study reported in the Journal of Urology and Wall Street Journal, a hospital needs to do 520 da Vinci surgeries per year to bring its costs in line with traditional surgeries.
"Robotic surgery is clearly associated with higher costs, without any clear advantages," said Dr. Jason Wright, a gynecologic surgeon and one of the authors of the Columbia study.
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Salinas Valley Memorial, a public district hospital, paid just under $2 million for its da Vinci. In addition to the annual maintenance fees, each da Vinci procedure carries per-surgery costs of about $1,500 to $2,000, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Medicare and private insurance companies reimburse hospitals identically for robotic and traditional surgeries. Salinas Valley spokeswoman Adrienne Laurent said the hospital absorbs the rest of the cost.
"We bear that additional cost, it's not passed on," Laurent said. "This is not about making more money off surgery. It's about what's best for the patient."
But there are no random controlled studies clearly showing da Vinci-assisted surgery is better for patients. And experts say advantages that are seen in terms of recovery and blood loss are likely attributable to the minimally invasive nature of surgery, which is available laparoscopically for many procedures at less cost.
On its website, Intuitive Surgical cites nearly 4,000 published articles and studies promoting the benefits of the robotic system. But a close look reveals many merely conclude the system is as safe as other surgical techniques.
One study found similar complication rates between traditional laparoscopic and da Vinci-assisted prostate surgeries, but said definitive conclusions were precluded by "the lack of randomized trials," the gold standard of medical research.
The only random controlled study of urologic surgeries the company cited concluded "the robotic approach (is) noninferior to the open approach."
Salinas Valley's Wilson objected that such controlled trials would have to be performed in a large facility and would require a patient to be randomly assigned to a surgical procedure rather than being given an option.
Laurent said patient preference was the driving force behind Salinas Valley's acquisition of the da Vinci.
Newer doctors train on it
Another reason more than 1,000 hospitals nationwide now have the robot is the expectation of new doctors who have been trained on it in medical school. One of them is Salinas urologist Dr. Andrea Chan, who joined the practice of doctors Leonard Renfer, Bricker Sweet and Dan Milanesa six months ago.
Chan said when she began looking for a community in which to start her practice, she only considered locations with the da Vinci platform. During her residency at the University of Texas Medical School, she assisted on more than 200 da Vinci surgeries and performed 60 herself under supervision.
She prefers the da Vinci, with its articulated wrists, over the straight laparoscopy instruments for some procedures, particularly those requiring a lot of suturing. The ergonomic control unit also allows doctors to sit comfortably during long surgeries, scales the surgeon's movements and filters out hand tremors that can accompany fatigue.
Chan said having the da Vinci at Salinas Valley offers patients an option they would otherwise have to travel to access.
The urologist said surgical outcomes are based more on the skill of the surgeon than the technique he or she uses.
"If you're precise, you're going to do a precise surgery whether its open or robotic," she said, adding that patients should ask their surgeon about their experience level and outcomes with the various techniques.
But UCLA's Hu and Community Hospital's Barker said it takes more than "good hands" to take the controls of the da Vinci, no matter how well-trained a surgeon is in open or laparoscopic surgery.
"This is a technology that, in the hands of people who use it every day, can result in faster recovery times," Barker said. "But for those who do not use it every day, which describes the vast majority of surgeons who are currently performing robotic surgery, the results can be much less impressive."
Would you feel more comfortable taking off with a pilot who flies a 747 several times a week or a couple of times a month, she asked.
Since Chan's arrival, another Salinas urologist, Dr. Aytac Apaydin, acquired da Vinci training and privileges that require as few as three proctored surgeries.
Laurent said Apaydin was certified on the system in 2009, but his privileges lapsed because he did fewer than 10 surgeries in two years. He performed four surgeries in 2009 and 2010. One of those was an eight-hour surgery that left a Salinas man with permanent nerve damage.
Apaydin did not respond to requests for comment.
Laurent said the hospital continually evaluates surgical outcomes but does not keep statistics comparing da Vinci surgeries to traditional laparoscopic or open surgery. Wilson said Salinas Valley did one comparison in the past and found no differences in complication rates.
Laurent and Myriam Curet, a proctor for Intuitive Surgical, said it is up to surgeons to tell their patients how experienced they are on the da Vinci. Curet, who is a bariatric and colorectal surgeon, said she tells her first 20 patients of any type of procedure her experience level and their options. None has turned down the da Vinci, she said.
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy plus peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.
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OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the toxicity and response rates to sequential high dose chemotherapy without induction chemotherapy in women with metastatic breast cancer. II. Determine the hematopoietic recovery rate in these patients after infusion of blood derived CD34+ progenitors isolated using a CD34+ affinity device for positive purification of the autograft. III. Compare response rates and duration of responses between these patients treated in this trial to patients treated in a previous trial using the same sequential high dose chemotherapy with induction conventional dose chemotherapy.
OUTLINE: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV daily for 2 days, and etoposide IV and cisplatin IV daily for 3 days. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously twice daily beginning 24 hours after completion of chemotherapy until the last day of apheresis. Upon hematopoietic recovery, peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are collected over several days. Within 35 days of mobilization chemotherapy, patients receive cyclophosphamide IV, thiotepa IV, and carboplatin IV continuously on days -7 to -4, followed by a 2 day rest period. CD34+ selected PBSC are reinfused. Beginning 4 hours after reinfusion, patients receive G-CSF subcutaneously daily until hematopoietic recovery. Patients may then receive radiation therapy to sites of prior bulk disease at the discretion of the investigator. Within 30 days of hematopoietic recovery or immediately following post transplant radiation therapy, patients receive oral anastrazole daily until disease progression. Patients are followed monthly for 6 months, every 3 months for 1 year, every 4-6 months for 5 years, and then annually thereafter.
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed epithelial carcinoma of the breast metastatic to any organ except brain, including ipsilateral supraclavicular (not axillary) lymph nodes and chest wall No apocrine, adenocystic, squamous cell carcinoma, sarcoma, or lymphoma Measurable or evaluable disease No stage IV disease rendered nonassessable by surgery No symptomatic CNS disease Hormone receptor status: Must have biological and/or immunocytochemical receptor assays for estrogen and progesterone reported
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 65 Sex: Female Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 3.0 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 6 times upper limit of normal Renal: Not specified Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction at least 40% by MUGA No angina pectoris requiring active nitrate therapy No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months No uncontrolled congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, or major ventricular arrhythmia Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No active infection or medical condition that would preclude administration of high dose therapy No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except inactive nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No uncompensated endocrine dysfunction HIV negative Hepatitis B negative
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No more than 1 prior course of adjuvant therapy No other prior chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer At least 6 months since prior adjuvant therapy No cumulative doxorubicin equivalent dose or greater than 360 mg/m2 in the adjuvant setting Endocrine therapy: Prior hormonal therapy for metastatic disease allowed Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
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|Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
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|Hackensack University Medical Center Cancer Center
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|NCT00004900 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 7, 2000
|Last Updated:
|May 29, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage IV breast cancer
recurrent breast cancer
stage IIIB breast cancer
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Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Like Nagarjuna, buddha-nature notion is something the Theravada does not need, and it is something the Buddha did not teach.Aloka wrote:.
The term "Buddha nature" is used a lot in Mahayana, sometimes to indicate that all beings have the inherent potential to be Buddhas..... and sometimes like in this quote from Sogyal Rinpoche in the 'Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'.
" It is in the sky-like nature of our mind. Utterly open, free, and limitless, it is fundementally so simple and so natural that it can never be complicated, corrupted, or stained, so pure that it is beyond even the concept of purity and impurity. To talk of this nature of mind as sky-like, of course, is only a metaphor that helps us to begin to imagine its all -embracing boundlessness, for the buddha nature has a quality the sky cannot have, that of the radiant clarity of awareness."
Does Lord Buddha make any similar references anywhere in the Pali Canon? I would be very grateful if anyone could give me some if there are any.
Kind regards,
christopher::: wrote: aren't there places where Buddha talked of the mind being luminous? If so, what did he mean by that?
Stephen wrote:I'd try not to call the Buddha "Lord", as it makes it seem like he's being worshiped or thought of as some kind of deity by anyone who doesn't understand Buddhism fully (which is a lot of people in the West). Perhaps better to say either Buddha, Master, Teacher or Tathagata (as he referred to himself, also meaning Teacher). Anything but "Lord".
PeterB wrote:
....Did you listen to the talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu that Meindzai posted ?
Among other things he discuusses the fact that concepts like Buddha Nature actually harms the ability to understand the Theravadin view. This is not simply a question of purity of tradition.
The concept of Buddha Nature prevents an understanding of what constitutes reality according to the Theravada. Have a listen to the good Bhikkhu.
meindzai wrote:I'd say if you firmly plant yourself in the Mahayana context, you'll have a better time if you have some foundational study in the Pali canon. Otherwise Buddha nature does seem to become exactly the kind of eternalist teaching the Buddha constantly warned about. In Theravada it is pretty heavily drilled into one that "all dhammas are not self" including Nibanna. (With which Buddha nature is equated).
However if you stay in a Theravada context I would say that it's not beneficial to bring the teaching into the fold and try to make it fit.
As for music analogies, I tend to equate Theravada with classical and Mahayana with Jazz. Lots more improvising going on in Jazz, but the best jazz players (at least my favorites) have at least some classical training.
However if you stay in a Theravada context I would say that it's not beneficial to bring the teaching into the fold and try to make it fit.
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Section 6: Tolerating Evil-doers and Avoiding Hatred
The Buddha said, "When an evil person hears about your goodness and intentionally comes to cause trouble, you should restrain yourself and not become angry or blame him. Then the one who has come to do evil will do evil to himself. "
Section 7: Evil Returns to the Doer
The Buddha said, "There was a person who, upon hearing that I observe the Way and practice great humane kindness, intentionally came to berate me. I was silent and did not reply. When he finished abusing me, I asked,
'If you are courteous to people and they do not accept your courtesy, the courtesy returns to you, does it not? '
"It does, 'he replied. I said, now you are scolding me, but I do not receive it, so the misfortune returns to you and must remain with you. It is as inevitable as an echo that follows a sound, or as a shadow that follows a form.
In the end you cannot avoid it. Therefore, be careful not to do evil. '"
Section 8: Abusing Others Defiles Oneself
The Buddha said, "An evil person who harms a sage is like one who raises his head and spits at heaven. Instead of reaching heaven, the spittle falls back on him. It is the same with someone who throws dust against the wind. Instead of going somewhere else, the dust returns to defile his own body. The Sage can not be harmed.
Misdeeds will inevitably destroy the doer. "
Section 9: By Returning to the Source, You Find the Way
The Buddha said, "Deep learning and a love of the Way make the Way difficult to attain. When you guard your mind and revere the Way, the Way is truly great! "
Section 14: Asking about Goodness and Greatness
A Shramana asked the Buddha, "What is goodness? What is the foremost greatness? "
The Buddha said: "To practice the Way and uphold the truth is goodness. To unite your will with the Way is greatness."
Section 16: Casting Aside Love and Attaining the Way
The Buddha said, "People who cherish love and desire do not see the Way. Just as when you stir clear water with your hand, those who stand beside it cannot see their reflections, so, too, people who are entangled in love and desire have turbidity in their minds, and therefore they cannot see the Way.
You Shramanas should cast aside love and desire. When the stains of love and desire disappear, you will be able to see the Way. "
Section 20: Realize that the Self Is Truly Empty
The Buddha said, "You should be mindful of the four elements within the body. Though each has a name, none of them is the self. Since they are not the self, they are like an illusion. "
Section 22: Wealth and Sex Cause Suffering
The Buddha said, "People are unable to renounce wealth and sex. They are just like a child who cannot resist honey on the blade of a knife. Even though the amount is not even enough for a single meal serving , he will lick it and risk cutting his tongue in the process. "
Section 24: Sexual Desire Obstructs the Way
The Buddha said, "Of all longings and desires, there is none as strong as sex. Sexual desire has no equal. Fortunately, it is one of a kind. If there were something else like it, no one in the entire world would be able to cultivate the Way. "
Section 25: The Fire of Desire Burns
The Buddha said, "Person with love and desire is like one who carries a torch while walking against the wind: he is certain to burn his hand. "
Section 28: Don't Indulge the Wild Mind
The Buddha said, "Be careful not to believe your own mind; your mind is not to be believed. Be careful not to get involved with sex; involvement with sex leads to disaster. After you have attained Arhatship, you can believe your own mind. "
Section 31: When the Mind Is Still, Desire Is Dispelled
The Buddha said, "There was once someone who was plagued by ceaseless sexual desire and wished to castrate himself. The Buddha said to him,"To cut off your sexual organ would not be as good as to cut off your mind. Your mind is like a supervisor: if the supervisor stops, his employees will also quit. If the deviant mind is not stopped, what good does it do to cut off the organ? '"
The Buddha spoke a verse for him:
"Desire is born from your intentions.
Intentions are born from thoughts.
When both aspects of the mind are still,
There is neither form nor activity."
The Buddha said, this verse was spoken by the Buddha Kashyapa. "
Section 38: Birth Leads to Death
The Buddha asked a Shramana, "How long is the human life span? " He replied, "Few days." The Buddha said, "You have not yet understood the Way. "
He asked another Shramana, "How long is the human life span? " The reply was, "The space of a meal." The Buddha said, "You have not yet understood the Way. "
He asked another Shramana, "How long is the human life span? " He replied, "The length of a single breath." The Buddha said, "Excellent. You have understood the Way. "
Section 40: The Way Is Practiced in the Mind
The Buddha said, "Shramana who practices the Way should not be like an ox turning a millstone. Such a one walks the Way with his body, but his mind is not on the Way. If the mind is concentrated on the Way, what further need is there to practice? "
Namo Amitabha Buddha!


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NEW YORK, April 24, 2003 — Asia Society presents the premiere of In What Language? A Song Cycle of Lives in Transit, a poignant and moving work of music and poetry by composer Vijay Iyer and librettist Michael Ladd. This is the first creative collaboration between these two leading contemporary performing artists.
In What Language? A Song Cycle of Lives in Transit explores expressions of cultural identity and persistent stereotypes in an age of expansive global diaspora through a series of interior monologues by fictional passengers in transit at an international airport. The airport, which is literally a point of entry and departure, acts as a setting as well as a metaphor for the larger social milieu of which it is an extension.
Vijay Iyer is a pianist and composer based in New York City. The son of Indian immigrants, Iyer draws from African, Asian, and European musical lineages. He has released several critically acclaimed CDs including Memorophilia (Asian Improv), Architextures (Asian Improv/Red Giant), Panoptic Modes (Red Giant), and Your Life Flashes (as the collaborative trio Fieldwork, on Pi Recordings).
Michael C. Ladd received his BA from Hampshire college and an MA in poetry from Boston University. He has published in several literary magazines including Long Shot Review and Bostonia. His work is also featured in the book Swing Low, Black Men Writing and the anthologies, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and In Defense of Mumia.
What was the inspiration for In What Language?
Vijay Iyer: The most concrete answer is that it had to do with something that happened to the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, when he was passing through the United States. He directed the highly acclaimed Iranian film The Circle (among others) and was traveling with the film, showing it at major film festivals. He showed it in Hong Kong and was on his way to South America when he was in transit at JFK, where he was wrongfully detained by the INS and prevented from taking his connecting flight. Instead he was kept in chains for 10 hours in an enclosed room for refusing to have himself photographed or fingerprinted. Eventually he was sent back to Hong Kong.
He later sent out an email to his friends that was widely circulated in which he told this story. He was talking about the experience of sitting on this airplane going back to Hong Kong with people staring at him. He wanted to explain to them that he was a normal person just like them but he couldn't find a way to do it. He said at one point, "How could I tell them my story? In what language?"
There was just something really powerful about that story . So much of being Asian American for me has been about the experience of being brown and what it means in the West to wear this badge. This has also been my point of entry into African-American music. Finding my place in African-American music was about identifying with people who had a revolutionary, confrontational, and deeply politicized worldview that was articulated through their music. This was part of the reason I wanted to work with Mike because he also clearly shared this sensibility.
Mike Ladd: Vijay wrote the proposal and contacted me after it was knocked out. It made sense in terms of what I had been doing; his approach was in fact quite similar to my own, in trying to acknowledge the space that African Americans have in the context of the rest of the world, which is something that is not looked at that often.
The black American experience is often only understood within the confines of the United States. But black Americans have a rich history of travel outside the U.S. and a rich history of writing and thinking about the impact of those travels on ourselves and the world. In the 19th century, for instance, they included prominent figures such as William Wells Brown, Paul Cuffie and Frederick Douglass (to name only a few who traveled extensively in Europe and parts of Africa: Douglass in Egypt, and Cuffie in Liberia and beyond). Lesser-known writers like Amanda Smith made it as far as Burma. Everyone went for a variety of reasons. Douglass left to escape slave hunters and to propagate the abolition of slavery, as did Brown. Cuffie began one of the first Back-to-Africa movements. Smith was a Methodist missionary.
What is interesting is reading how these black American writers grappled with their Western, or more specifically, Christian identification and the non-Christian peoples they encountered. What happens when the American 'other' meets the other "other?" When Smith is in Liberia she understands the Africans there as kindred but (similar to her perceptions of the Burmese) she is often appalled and condescending about their non-Christian lifestyles. Similarly, Douglass writes about feeling a deep pride for Egyptian oarsmen he sees on the Nile but his gaze is undoubtedly Western and he feels as much apart from these Egyptians as he wants to feel akin to them.
This issue still exists. The Black American experience within America is still essentially an experience as "the other" or a "third world" experience. However, once an African American sets foot in a considerably poorer country, he or she is automatically part of an imperialist experience because we are unavoidably American. I think the primary reason this is not extensively explored is because there have always been far more pressing issues for African Americans within the US. But with a shrinking world and the abundance of immigrants of color sharing space with Black Americans and with the expansive role of the U.S. military throughout the brown world, I think the history and dynamics of these relationships should be looked at more closely. The poems in this project barely begin to graze the surface but I hope they add to what should be a growing dialogue. I really like what Vijay Prashad has written on the subject.
I have spent a lot of time studying black expatriates in the 19th century. In my music also, I always use Western music that non-Western cultures have come up with, to create a kind of cultural ping-pong. Music by Fela or Bappi Lahiri or whomever which is heavily influenced by the West — in fact almost an imitation of a Western genre — that is sent back here, I think I can do something with it and send it over there one more time to see what happens.
For example, if I sample a track from Hong Kong, it would not be traditional Cantonese music I would sample but a Chinese surfer band from the sixties or something. The effort would be to diminish the exploitative nature of sampling, especially on an imperial level, and instead add to an expanding cultural dialogue by quoting and commenting on a form that had previously quoted and commented on previous forms that I am in some way connected to. Many would argue that that's what sampling does best anyway.
This work has been described as an urban song cycle. What are the distinctive features of this form?
Vijay Iyer: This is not a pre-existing form. The idea of a song cycle is pretty old and we call this a song cycle because in a sense it is answering back, in an ironic way, to the classical notion of a song cycle, which is something that you associate with composers like Schubert. When we make albums you could call them song cycles too. They are like suites of pieces that are connected in some way, put together in some sequence that makes sense. The purpose behind using this terminology is to demand that our work be considered on these terms. Even if we are associated with the so-called "jazz world" or the so-called "hip-hop world," calling it a song cycle just asserts that there is a bit more weight behind it than is usually assumed to be the case with more popular forms. There is a great deal of thought that has gone into it and it is actually telling a larger story in a way.
By designating it a song cycle, we are also expanding the idea of what a song is because there is no singing in this piece, but the poems that Mike have written are very beautiful. They have a yearning quality to them that you could hear almost as a song. The way I have set them to music has been more like creating musical environments for these texts to be delivered quasi-dramatically: read as poetry really. So we are also experimenting with the idea of what can be construed as a song cycle.
This is your first collaborative effort. How do your individual experiences and talents complement each other? What prompted you to work together on this piece in particular?
Mike Ladd: Hip-hop is often touted as some universalizing phenomena for my generation and those that succeed it. However there is something to be said for such a verbose popular art form and its impulse toward dialogue. It allows people of different cultural backgrounds to share an art form, and though it remains primarily Black American (for now), people are allowed to verbally insert their own cultural identifiers (as long as it doesn't offend the mass market). Vijay and I both grew up around this tradition. This is an anomalous example but once at a talent show in high school in Uttar Pradesh, my friend Javaid and I rhymed while playing tabla; predictably the chorus was "dah dhin dhin dah".
This project made a lot of sense to me because of the experiences that I had had — whether it was living in Boston, or going to high school in Uttar Pradesh, or living in NY for ten years, or living in Zimbabwe. It enabled me to put things together in a much clearer, more explicit, way, rather than having them as secret influences. It also allowed me to learn a lot about things I have always had an interest in: jazz, experimental music, and forward-thinking music in general.
Vijay has been able to help me get a better foothold in all this because a lot of what I do in my own work is experimental but you always need to build your base. We are in a time where, especially with electronic music, you can hack around forever and get plenty of accolades for making what is essentially bullshit. I am not a musician, but I make electronic music. So it helps me a lot to solidify where I am going musically to be better acquainted with people who treat music from every angle — from a rigorous angle, from an academic angle, and also from the same visceral angle with which I approach it.
Also, the fact that I am not actually doing any substantial music for this project is a godsend, because it has enabled me to do what I've really wanted to do for a long time, which is get back to strictly writing.


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I just dealt with an error that was discussed in this forum post: Login-form-problems-making-me-go-bald!!! and it got me to thinking about error handling. So I've taken time this morning to write up some code to handle errors a little more gracefully, and with feedback via email to a specified recipient.
I'm open to all critiques of this method and my code to help improve it, but thought it may be beneficial to some and I'd like to try to give back to at least a few people here with time I've put out to maybe make someone's project go a little easier.
I am posting this under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license click the link to read the details. If you use the code, edited or unedited, I'd love to hear about it: <snip>e-mail address removed</snip>
This code is stored in an include file that you would call on every page of your website in the first line:Mine is called: init.inc.php
// This header MUST be included in all variations/uses
// Script written by: Greg Hicks
// Date written: 9/5/2012
// Author email: email@example.com
// Licensed using CC Attribution-ShareAlike licensing
// Details can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
// If no session exists start one
if (session_id() == '')
// #####################################
// # File variables - modify as needed #
// #####################################
// Do you want error reporting on or off?
// 0:disable - 1:enable
$seterrorrpt = "1";
// Database connection - variables
$dbserv = "localhost"; // modify if on separate server
$dbtouse = "SET DATABASE";
$dbuser = "SET DB USER";
$dbpass = "SET DB PASSWORD";
$dbtable = "SET DB TABLE";
$dblink = ""; // Variable for script db access
// Set a friendly name for this website
// Keep it fairly brief
$sitename = "FRIENDLY NAME";
$domainname = "YOURDOMAIN.com";
// Who to notify in case of db error
$contactname = "SET YOUR NAME";
$contactbiz = "SET BUSINESS NAME"; // OPTIONAL
$contactphone = "SET PHONE";
$contactemail = "SET EMAIL";
// Base directory of website
// Comment/uncomment whichever method is desired
//$rootdir = "http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com";
$rootdir = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
// #############################################
// ############################################
// Error reporting - comment out for deployment
if ($seterrorrpt == "1")
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', dirname(__FILE__) . '/error_log.txt');
// Make connection to database
$dblink = mysqli_connect($dbserv, $dbuser, $dbpass);
if (!$dblink)
$errornotice = 'Unable to connect to the database server.';
include ('includes/report-error.php');
if (!mysqli_set_charset($dblink, 'utf8'))
$errornotice .= 'Unable to set database connection encoding.';
include $rootdir . '/includes/report-error.php';
if (!mysqli_select_db($dblink, $dbtouse))
$errornotice .= 'Unable to locate the database.';
include $rootdir . '/includes/report-error.php';
Here is the report-error.php file used in previous script stored in an "includes" directory of main site
// This header MUST be included in all variations/uses
// Script written by: Greg Hicks
// Date written: 9/5/2012
// Author email: firstname.lastname@example.com
// Licensed using CC Attribution-ShareAlike licensing
// Details can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
// Hash the password for basic security
$dbpass = md5($dbpass);
// Set default timezone for admin (adjust from server timezone)
// Use ONLY if your server is in a different timezone and your not sure what to edit in .htaccess
// I ended up using the .htaccess method myself
// For list of US zones: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.america.php
// Capture the time error occurred
$errortime = date('M d, Y h:i A');
// Set subject for emailed report
$errorsubject = $domainname . " ERROR: diagnostic info";
// Get the error thrown
$phpgeterror = error_get_last();
$phperror = "File " . $phpgeterror['file'] . " caused error " . $phpgeterror['message'] . " at line " . $phpgeterror['line'];
// Which script file errored
$badscript = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
// Gather some basic visitor info
$visitorip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$visitorbrowser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
// Error message to display to user
// Used when error reporting is disabled
$errormsg_basic = <<<EOF
The website at $domainname has errored.

Please notify the Admin that you received this error.

Site that error occurred on: $badscript

Error: $phperror

Handled Error: $errornotice

---------------------------------

Admin Name: $contactname

Business Name: $contactbiz

Admin Email: $contactemail

Admin Phone: $contactphone

---------------------------------

Reported Base Directory: $rootdir

// Error message to display to user
// Used when error reporting is enabled
// and for the email sent to admin
$errormsg_verbose = <<<EOF
The website at $domainname has errored. Below is the diagnostic information.
Please notify the Admin that you received this error.
Site that error occurred on: $badscript
Error: $phperror
Handled Error: $errornotice
User Info:
IP of Visitor: $visitorip
Browser: $visitorbrowser
Time of error: $errortime
Error Reporting: $seterrorrpt
Database Server: $dbserv
Database: $dbtouse
Database User: $dbuser
Database Password: $dbpass
Database Table: $dbtable
Admin Name: $contactname
Business Name: $contactbiz
Admin Email: $contactemail
Admin Phone: $contactphone
Reported Base Directory: $rootdir
NOTE: This information provided for troubleshooting purposes only!
Please reference this info when contacting admin for support.
// Send an error report to the admin
if (mail($contactemail, $errorsubject, $errormsg_verbose))
$emailsuccess = "The administrator has been notified,";
} else {
$emailsuccess = "The administrator has NOT been notified,";
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="utf-8">
<title><?php echo $sitename; ?> Error Reported</title>
body {
background-color: #c0c0c0;
.mainbody {
background-color: #f0f0f0;
width: 960px;
border: 2px solid #ff0000;
color: #000000;
font-size: 14pt;
padding: 3px;
margin: auto;

<?php echo $sitename; ?> Reported an Error

<?php echo $emailsuccess; ?> you are welcome to send them this info yourself as well.

echo $errormsg_basic;
Return to Home Page of Website: <a href="http://<?php echo $rootdir; ?>"><?php echo $sitename; ?>

RETURN TO PREVIOUS PAGE
And finally, here is a junky little test script to ensure things are working, just set one of the variables in the init.inc.php file to make it error.
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>No Error</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

If you see this page no error was thrown.
Learn how to use exceptions to throw errors.
Not very reusable or useful. Every different type of error will have differentiating meta data associated with to debug the issue. Hard coding everything like you have done pretty much makes the script only useful for your specific purpose. Unless of course one would to follow the same absurd declaration of polluting the global namespace and variable names. I guess it all depends on what your trying to do. I always think of building things in terms of reusable components myself. Though OOP lends itself more toward that than procedural though it can be done.
My impression of this though it that is a lot of spaghetti to handle something so simple. All you're really doing is handling database connection issues. Keep it simple stupid unless you're going to write something to handle error on a more generic level, not just database issues.
Also you would need to consider different level of "errors". There are PHP errors, exceptions and those specific to an applications requirements for a task. Those are the three I can think of right off hand. Each one of those could probably than be broken up further and further only limited by how granular you like to get.
Thank you oddz, much better feedback than just a single line that does not appear to have been meant to be very helpful at all. And your response is one of the reasons I posted this code, so I can learn based off my own way of coding/scripting. I learn much better by solving my own problems and the way I handled them.
I will do some research on the points you bring up and either clean up, or dispose of, this code.
One thing I did like about this was the fact that it doesn't just display output to the user, but sends off a notice to the admin. I realize that too, could be handled with much less code, but I was making an attempt to make it of benefit to both the site visitor and the admin. As I said though, I will rethink what I have written and move forward and learn from it.
Thank you for your feedback.
That "single line" did contain enough information to google to find what you'd need to improve. I figured you'd google it
Ok, so with exceptions, you could do something like this:
Let's say you have a process that kicks off inside some class somewhere:
class Process{
const ERROR_MESSAGE_USER_CHECK_FAILED = "User check failed";
const ERROR_CODE_USER_CHECK_FAILED = 0;
public function doSomething(){
private function _step1(){
//pretend this code executes successfully
private function _step2(){
//something has gone wrong here
throw new Exception(self::ERROR_MESSAGE_USER_CHECK_FAILED, self::ERROR_CODE_USER_CHECK_FAILED);
In your calling code, you can do this:
$process = new Process();
}catch(Exception $e){
$e->getMessage(); //if step two in the process has gone wrong, the error message will be: "User check failed"
//so now you could do this if you wanted:
mail('email@example.com', "Error", $e->getMessage());
Using this kind of technique means you can fire error messages off from within a process and can handle the errors gracefully, however you want.
You could even extend the Exception class in php and get your new class to automatically do logging in the database, or to email automatically and things like that. Not too hard to do.
Is that better?
Yes, and I did Google it (as I always do) and came up with over 9,000,000 results. My only point was in forums, when I reply to people and suggest an alternative, I also typically try to include a small example to get their head into the topic just a bit, then that gives a bit more detail to help them with their Googling of the answer for them to learn more about it. What you have provided in this new reply gives me a much better idea of where to start heading off to learn how to do my error handling using exceptions.
Off to the Googles!
Use exceptions with care, here is an old discussion featuring me asking the stupid questions about exceptions -- from about post #10 onwards there are some interesting and important points being made. I could never put it better than those guys.


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Several young recently drafted bust made this list. Several of these players are guys that many Pacers fans wanted coming out of college or were free agents recently. I like that the blogger didn't just name names. He gave a valid explanation of why each player made the list and I couldn't argue against him at all.
The most surprising names IMO are:
Austin Daye
James White
Bizmack Biyombo
Josh Selby
Ish Smith (shooting a whopping 14% from the field)
Joel Pryzbilla
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And notice this gem about one of our favorite punching bags and reason #1 to point at Kstat and yell "HA! HA!" like Nelson from the Simpsons:
Here's another classic example. No sense in using bold font. The entire comment is hilariously bold worthy:Charlie Villanueva
Team: Detroit Pistons
Position: PF
Age: 28
2012-13 Per-Game Stats: 6.0 points, 2.2 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.0 blocks, 0.4 steals, 15.71 PER
At this point, I really have no idea why Charlie Villanueva is still logging minutes for Lawrence Frank's squad. All he's doing is taking away touches from the multitude of young players on the Detroit Pistons, thus hindering their development.
Plus, there's a solid chance that Villanueva is the absolute worst defensive player in the league. He's allowed opposing power forwards to post a 17.0 PER against him, according to 82games.com, but that number doesn't accurately reflect his lack of value because other players are forced to help out on his man so often.
Here's one we can really appreciate:Hakim Warrick
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Team: Charlotte Bobcats
Position: PF
Age: 30
2012-13 Per-Game Stats: 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.3 blocks, 0.3 steals, 5.31 PER
It's far too often that Hakim Warrick finds himself as out of position as he is in the picture above. The power forward doesn't try very often on defense, and the result is usually a lot of open shots for the man he's guarding, especially if the opposing big man is of the versatile variety.
This would be at least a little bit okay if he played solid offense, but that's not exactly Warrick's strength either. At least not this year, since he's shooting just 17.6 percent from the field and has recorded only a single assist thus far.
Ignore that this is Bleacher Report. This list is filled with really good observations about really bad players.
Sam Young
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Team: Indiana Pacers
Position: SF
Age: 27
2012-13 Per-Game Stats: 4.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.1 blocks, 0.4 steals, 8.74 PER
Last, but certainly not least, we have Sam Young, whose last name isn't yet a misnomer since the small forward is still only 27 years old with just three years of experience under his belt.
That said, Young plays like an old man, rarely relying on his athleticism. He prefers to use his physicality and toughness to bully defenders in one-on-one situations while playing solid defense. Of course, he doesn't get to do either of those things very often.
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The Gregg County Sheriff's Department is asking for the publics' help in locating a wanted person in connection with an aggravated assault case.
Early Sunday morning, an aggravated assault occurred at the Fantasy Ranch in the 6400 block of Highway 31 in Kilgore. A patron at the club received serious injuries from a knife attack after a brief argument.
The suspect is 27-year-old Eric Blake Eakin. He is described as a white male, 6'6" tall, approximately 250 pounds, bald and has blue eyes. He has numerous tattoos on his head, face and entire body. The most recognizable tattoos being "Hellraiser" on the left cheek and spiders on right cheek and chin.
Since this photograph, Eakin has tattooed the entire top of his head.
Eakin has outstanding felony warrants for aggravated assault and evading arrest or detention.
He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.
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Mexico 2012: A Conversation With Former-Baja California Governor Ernesto Ruffo
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Date and Time
- Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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The Mexican 2012 Elections: Every 12 years, Mexico and the United States hold simultaneous presidential elections, making 2012 a momentous year for both countries. The July 2012 presidential elections in Mexico will almost assuredly be a referendum on the legacy of over twelve years of rule by the National Action Party (PAN). In 2000, PAN candidate Vicente Fox Quesada achieved the first recognized victory in a presidential election against the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. Six years later, Mr. Fox was replaced by PAN candidate Felipe Calderón, who won an extremely narrow and divisive race against leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Since taking office in December 2006, Mr. Calderón has governed amid the world's worst economic crisis since the 1930s and an intense fight against violent drug trafficking organizations. In part due to frustration with these challenges, many Mexican voters appear poised to vote to restore the PRI to the presidency in the coming year. Polls strongly support the PRI's presidential candidate, former-Mexico state governor Enrique Peña Nieto, who leads the PAN's first female candidate, Josefina Vasquez Mota, and return PRD candidate López Obrador. As part of a series on Mexico's 2012 presidential elections, the Trans-Border Institute is pleased to host a conversation with former-PAN governor and current Mexican Senate candidate Ernesto Ruffo Appel, who is a member of Vasquez Mota's campaign team.
Biography for Ernesto Ruffo Appel: Widely regarded as a pivotal figure in the development of democratic competition in Mexico, Ernesto Ruffo Appel became governor of Baja California in 1989, and the first opposition party governor in Mexico since 1929. Prior to this, Ruffo had been businessman from the local fishing industry of Ensenada. He joined the National Action Party (PAN) in 1982 and was elected mayor of Ensenada in 1986, winning his party's first recognized victory in Baja California. Ruffo's gubernatorial campaign paved the way for other PAN gains in Baja California and other states during the 1990s, and eventually helped set the stage for his party's first presidential electoral victory in 2000. As governor of his state, Ruffo introduced the country's first tamper proof voter identification cards and a state-wide system for electoral oversight that became the model for the country's National Electoral Institute. After his governorship, Ruffo served as Commissioner for Northern Border Affairs from 2001-2004 under President Vicente Fox Quesada. Currently, he is a candidate for the Mexican Senate, as well as a member of the campaign team for PAN presidential candidate Josefina Vasquez Mota.
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Is Sperm Agglutination Permanent?
I recently recieved the results of my fiance`s semen analysis. He was said to have agglutinated sperm, and that if we wanted to have children we would have to do insemination. Upon researching sperm agglutination, I have seen that there are several causes for agglutination, one of them being infection.
During a brief separation from each other, one of us contracted Chlamydia and passed it to the other. We were both treated, and were informed to abstain from sex for two weeks. Almost three weeks after we found out and were treated was when he gave his semen sample for analysis.
My question is this: Could the STD be the cause of the agglutination, and since the infection is treated and gone, will his sperm return back to normal? Or should we assume that the STD would have done permanent damage, which will cause his sperm to be permanentally agglutinated?
He is currently overseas in Afghanistan, so another sample is not in the picture until March/April of next year. I would like to know because I am really hoping the agglutination doesn`t last forever.
Thank you so much for your time.
Sperm agglutination (sperm sticking together) can be temporary (related to infection) or a persistent problem (usually related to anti-sperm antibodies in the male).
After both partners have been tested and treated for infections, the semen analysis should be repeated. Persistent sperm agglutination can sometimes be treated successfully with antibiotics or sperm washing and insemination.
However, since antibodies cannot be washed off sperm and they can interfere with fertilization, in some cases in vitro fertilization with sperm injection will be necessary to achieve pregnancy.
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Professor of Reproductive Biology
School of Medicine
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Royal Lake Auxiliary Spillway Rehabilitation Project
Informational Meeting on June 26
An informational meeting on the Royal Lake Auxiliary Dam Rehabilitation Project is scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bonnie Brae Elementary School, 5420 Sideburn Rd., Fairfax.
The Royal Lake Auxiliary Dam Spillway was constructed three decades ago in 1976 and, according to federal officials, no longer meets today's design and safety criteria. While the chance for a structural failure is deemed very remote, studies have shown some residences and roadways would be at risk should there be a catastrophic failure of the dam.
The project's contractor will give a presentation on the time frame for construction, tree removal, trail relocation and answer residents' questions. Fairfax County engineers also will be at the meeting.
The Royal Lake Task Force, composed of community leaders, neighbors and residents living near the lake collaborated on a plan acceptable to all affected parties. The plan has been approved and funded.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Mellabella from Love my purchases! Love!!! So far everything is perfect! I bought everything for my daughters graduation party and it made my yard look complete!!!
Date published: 2016-06-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by streetho from Great patio furniture Was wary of ordering furniture online, but the service was great, delivery was quick and we are soo pleased with the order. The furniture sits a bit low--thus "deep seated"--but it's very roomy and comfortable. Instructions a bit tricky, but I have never found assembly instructions to be very clear. Overall, great experience, have continued to order other furniture in this set and other products from Improvements and been very happy with everything!
Date published: 2012-08-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by improvementnewbie from Quality Piece I've waited 3 year to buy patio furniture partially due to the expense and partially to only see things I liked. I purcahsed this bench along with the Sea Mist style cushions, and couldn't be happier. The bench itself is really high quality. No flimsy pieces here! This piece should really last. Assembly is pretty straight forward, but there are challenges to it. A few of the screw hole locations aren't really clear from the pictures, but I figured it out. The other thing slightly challenging is that some of the bottom screws are put on last, making them hard to get to unless you flip the bench over (which made me nervous). I'm not sure you could change the order though. Took about 30 minutes to put together, but I did assemble by myself.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Terri from Great side table This is a beauty of a little table. It goes great with my outdoor decor and it's a very sturdy and stable piece of furniture and a cinch to put together. Nice table to bring the seating together without having to buy a whole set.
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What size cushions do I order for the deep seat settee (#414459)?
We bought cushions from IKEA that fit perfectly. A total of 4. it's basically 24-25" W & L x 4" thickness for seat. Here are the ones we bought. KUNGSÖ seat pad. KUNGSO Back cushion, outdoor, white
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What size cushions for the rocking chair
the answer to the question above does not tell the cushion size for the rocker. It appears to be deeper than the seat. (40" v. 31 for the seat) Will item #529229 fit? Thank you
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Date published: 2017-06-30
What size furniture covers should I use for the chairs and more specially the coffee table?
The standard chair cover works okay. It is a bit tight, and if I pulled it down completely to cover the legs, I think I'd rip the cover. As it is, it covers the important part of the chair and works great to keep the water off. I bought the same cover for the rocker.
Date published: 2017-07-14
Is the rocker comfortable without the cushions?
I don't want the upkeep of cushions outside in Florida. Are they necessary?
I live in tampa and just bought this. your butt will hurt with no cushions. we bought cheap one from ikea. If they don't last after a year it's not a big deal. . A total of 4. it's basically 24-25" W & L x 4" thickness for seat. Here are the ones we bought. KUNGSÖ seat pad. KUNGSO Back cushion, outdoor, white
Date published: 2017-01-14
What size cushions do I order for the deep seat sofa?
Hi tdantuma, If you check the 'Overview' tab of the product, you will find hyperlinks to the cushions that work with this sofa. They are called: Deep Seat Cushion Set, Comfort Deep Seat Cushion Set and Deep Seat Ottoman Cushion if you just want to search.
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River Gaula Norway Farlows 3 Day Spey Salmon Course
Farlows and the Norwegian FlyFisher Club are proud to introduce a unique opportunity to fish and learn Scandinavian spey casting and salmon fishing technique on the famous river Gaula. The two schools will be held on Sunday 4th Wednesday 7th August and Sunday 11th Wednesday 14th August. These will be limited to a small group of 3 rods for each party + one Farlows Casting Instructor.
The Salmon school will be aimed at all levels of ability from beginner through to advanced; this will be a chance to learn the art of Spey casting and the use of Scandinavian shooting heads technique whilst fishing for Atlantic salmon in one of the most beautiful and picturesque river in the world.
River Gaula School Casting Tuition
During the course you will learn:
Tackle set-up
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Shooting heads
Reading the water, how to fish the pool
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Fly selection
Price £1150
Includes 3 days Fishing and accommodation in a country house with single room occupancy, Norwegian State fishing license, gear disinfection, 3 days full board & car hire but excludes all travel costs, drinks and gratuities*
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Topic: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma- Researching for my brother
My name is Jyoti and I try to keep researching on behalf of my brother who was diagnosed with stage 4 CC in Feb-2012.
We, who have our old parents back home in India always are worried to receive that dreaded call. And that call did come for me on Mar 1, 2012 very early in the morning. But it was not my parents, it was my elder brother, my only sibling.
He called from the hospital saying he needed my help in being seen by some one specializing in CC. A day before he himself had found out that he had stage 4 CC and since then he and all of us were on internet trying to figure out what he was dealing with. First, I was in denial, how can it be stage 4 with him not knowing.
He is a Management Consultant who was traveling at that time and was at a client site, when the client pointed out that he looked pale and yellow. He got home, went to hospital and this is what he found out. There must be some mistake in interpretation. Right? Nope.
Since then I have been on this site and other similar sites trying to understand more. I am so Thankful to the community and got so much hope and information after reading the posts (Thanks kris00j and others).
Me and my husband fly back and forth to NY many times to be there for important appointments, and I have had a trip to India for few weeks to support our parents. My sister-in-law who is the primary care giver is overwhelmed, managing his appointments, diet, kid's studies and activities (kids are in India) and expenses (self-paid medical bills).
I am trying to help by reading up as much as I can and helping my brother and sister-in-law. I wish I lived closer and be with them more often.
Anyways coming back to my brother's case, he managed to see Dr. Fong who he firmly believes can help him within 2 weeks of finding out in mid-march. Dr. Fong referred him to Dr. Kemney for chemo to shrink the tumor such that it becomes resectable.
Within his first week, due to the alarmingly high levels of Bilirubin, a stent was placed to stop the leakage of bile and from then on his chemo started. He was put on the combination of Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin and many rounds later, the results gave the first jolt to my very hopeful brother and sister-in-law. The combination was not effective in shrinking the lymph nodes or the tumor.
Then another combination was tried for few weeks: Gemcitabine and capecitabine(Xeloda). Same results.
By that time, my brother started feeling worse in terms of pain in the abdomen, his ability to eat and swelling.
Dr. Fong determined he had to intervene and instead performed "Nano-Knife", removed few lymph nodes from abdomen area and installed an HAI pump in mid-June. Meanwhile, wary of chemo results, we also went for chemo-sensitivity assay testing on the sample.
The testing identified that tumor is resistant to Cisplatin, Gemcitabine and 5FU alone as well as in combination.
The drug identified to work was Gefitinib/combination with Gemcitabine.
The installed pump has had leakage issues as of now (July 2012), and there have been 2 attempts to fix that with very little success.
My brother is now on the Gemcitabine and Erbitux. Erbitux was identified by Dr. K in a separate testing.
We now have to decide whether to proceed with the chemo via the pump despite the leakage or just continue with Erbitux.
And at this time we are not informed enough to make the call.
Kris has been kind enough to give some pointers on the forum for HAI pump to ask where the leakage is going. I will also ask on the drug that is being planned via the pump.
I would update that post on what was decided on pump.
http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/punbb … hp?id=5975
Meanwhile I would love to hear from members any experience on chemo-sensitivity testing- specifically were the drugs still given despite the test showing resistance to them?