False Witness

Those who bear false witness against their neighbor will answer to God on judgment day. They will burn in the Lake in Fire for all eternity. "The wicked shall perish" (Psalm 37:20) They might as well enjoy all the evil deeds they do here on earth because they shall surely pay when their time comes.

They can look forward to the Angel of Death coming for their soul in the wee hours of the night.

Austin Acupuncture School Review: Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Original post removed.

Update [04/10/2010]:
Factors to consider when deciding on an acupuncture school.

1. Style of Acupuncture. There are many styles of acupuncture taught in the US and all accredited by ACAOM. The styles that I know of are: TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), French Energetic Acupuncture, Japanese Acupuncture, and Classical 5-Element Acupuncture. TCM is the new version of Chinese Medicine taught in China since the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Despite its misleading name of "Traditional", it is not. It seems to be a very Westernized version of Chinese Medicine. It focuses mainly on treating symptoms, much like Western Medicine. French Energetic acupuncture is mainly taught to M.D.'s. Japanese acupuncture focuses on palpating various parts of the body and notably the abdominal for diagnosis. Classical 5-Element Acupuncture is a European offshoot claiming to be the original but after looking at the founder's textbooks, I sincerely doubt that is the case. And there's the original Chinese Medicine taught since antiquity which is now only taught in Taiwan, as far as I know

2. Quality of Teaching. Some instructors, it seems, are not interested in teaching but just earning a paycheck to pay the bills, or because they want a work Visa in the US. They don't care about the students or what they teach. So quality of instruction is important. Look for instructors who are interested in answering student questions. Some instructors get angry when asked questions, others get annoyed, and yet others are helpful. Look for a school with the helpful ones. Some teachers genuinely enjoy teaching. These people make the best teachers.

3. Depth of Instruction. Is the material covered pretty superficial or is the material covered in-depth. You'd be surprised how many of the self-proclaimed "top schools" teach at the superficial layer. If you'd like a solid foundation, I suggest you pick a school with in-depth instruction.

4. Student body. It's good to talk to the student body and the students you will be going to school with. You will spend a lot of time in class with them and perhaps outside class as well so make sure these are people you can get along with. When you are a prospective student and asking current students, they are all nice and say nice things. It's when you have to deal with them on a day to day basis, that you see their real side come out. Everyone is nice at first. Most of these students are in their 20's and have the emotional maturity of someone in their partying and drinking phase. Don't expect much adult behavior.

5. Administration. Make sure the administration is professional. If they treat the students like peons, then most likely that will not change. On the other hand, if the admissions person is very nice, it does not mean the rest of the administration is that way.

6. Convenience of Schedule. There a schools out there can accommodate professionals with full-time careers. Look around. There are schools with a full night-time program for students who work during the day. There are distance learning schools where you fly up there for one weekend a month. And there are distance learning schools where you fly there and stay for 2 weeks every 3 months. And of course, there are full day-time programs too.

So find a school that mixes with your style and schedule and enjoy learning a great art.

iPhone: Devices that can cause injury

What's worse than buggy software? Having a device that can cause permanent damage to your eyes or maim you for life. Here's the article.

Apple in hot water over exploding iPhone

Criminal Probes

The Obama Administration should focus more on how the war on Iraq got started illegally and look into criminal prosecutions there than on CIA interrogation probes.

iPhone Hangs and unable to recover

I got my iPhone about 3 weeks and have been enjoying using it. Today it hung, and does not respond to anything on the screen or buttons. In fact, the power off button doesn't even work. This is some incredible programming by Apple. They try to make it look like only Microsoft has bugs however that is just a marketing scheme.

The only way to make this iPhone usable again, I presume, is to take out the battery and wait, put it back in and power up. The only problem is that it seems the battery to the iPhone is internal to the phone and difficult to access. Apple wants you to send in the iPhone, in order to change the batteries. What an incredible waste of time.

My iPhone is like a computer to me, as well as a cell phone. Now I won't have access to my computer while I send it in and wait for Apple to fix their bugs. I'm highly disappointing at Apple for poor programming techniques, to let the iPhone operating system hang like this and become totally unusable. I am also disappointed at Apple in that I have to send it in to get it fixed. Certainly not user-friendly.

Drag Me to Hell: Movie

Good movie. Good scare and some good laughs. Hopefully the Republicans will go see it. It will give them something to think about. It looks like the movie did some research and followed some things factually, and then made up a few things for movie effects (gotta do it for ticket sales :)).

Don't go to those palm readers or spiritual advisors. The majority of them are scams.

Associated Press has some of the dumbest writers

Nuff said.

Cheney's Daughter

With Cheney as the male role model in the family, it's easy to see why his daughter chose to be gay. :)

Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Acupuncture

I attended a presentation by Joe Chang and listened to the testimonial of the PTSD soldiers under his care and was pretty impressed with the results he is getting with acupuncture in the US Army. This is only a pilot program but I hope it will expand out and the Army will hire more acupuncturists to treat soldiers with PTSD. Article.

Air France Part 2

So now they are saying they have a GPS unit (homing device) on the airplane ... but still cannot find it. This is really ridiculous logic similar to red neck logic. :)

Missing Air France jet

Article. I'm surprised that they don't have a GPS locator on such an expensive unit as a plane yet have on one cheaper units like cars. Go figure.

Movie Review: Wolverine

Badass movie. Go watch and have some fun.

Chemotherapy

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I think the "27%" of deaths caused by chemotherapy in article 3 is a much fixed number. Doctors will do anything, if not for anything other than reason of malpractice suits, not to admit their recommended treatment actually caused the deaths of their patients. They will likely attribute it to anything else they possibly can.

Mac Users

I just had a pretty interesting chat with a Mac Lover. I was telling him that people need to use stronger passwords for better security especially because we were talking about online banking passwords. He said he bought the Mac so he doesn't have to worry about security anymore.

I found this argument quite amusing. Seems to be a common argument for Mac Users.

Thousands beaten, raped in Irish reform schools

Article. Not surprising. However when I talk to most Republican voters, they are very supportive of the Catholic church because they say these things "rarely happen". They seem to make up their own facts despite the published reports in the U.S. and otherwise. It seems that those who have no brain, automatically vote Republican.

Republican voters don't believe in news or facts. In fact, they just make up their own. Like cults and religious fanatics they believe what they want to believe.

In fact, they claim CNN and most news sources are biased towards the left while believing their leader, Rush Limbaugh, is being truthful and wholesome with them without any kind of bias. In fact, they talk exactly like him. They will deny publicly that they idolize Rush, of course, while secretly worshiping him. They would even suck his c*ck if Rush told them it was the right thing to do.

Don't believe me. Republicans still believe in giving money to corporations, as of today, as a way of saving the economy when there have been so many published reports of corporations abusing government bailout money for executive bonuses. Their excuse, "these things don't really happen", CNN and the rest of the news media made up these stories. Of course, if Rush says it, they will believe it. The Republican strategy of course is to "keep dumb people in the dark". If you've ever had a woman tell you that she loves you while bilking you, then you will understand the GOP Republican strategy. It works on the naive and the stupid. Most of us were young and stupid once, but Republican voters still fall for this fantasy. Many of them have a college education too but it's no guarantee of intelligence.

If you have doubts as to the number of stupid people in America, look at how many still go to McDonald's, Burger King, and Jack in the Box. Look at how much business they still generate. Should we be responsible for paying for the health care bill of Americans who decide to kill themselves with fast food their entire lives?

The two groups of people who are most dangerous to the growth and prosperity of America are the Liberals and the Republicans.

Republicans

The only Republicans I would vote for are: Ron Paul, formerly Arlen Specter, John McCain, and Chuck Hagel. The rest of the Republicans are scam artists.

Movie Review: Star Trek

Most of the characters were much improved and their personality very interesting. Bones was excellent. He outdid the original Bones and even almost likable, entertaining at times. The same can be said for the new spock and his character. The plot was good however the movie was ruined by the bad acting of Chris Pine as James T. Kirk. This new Kirk is simply a loser who has made it into the big time. A fantasy that many losers appeal to. Perhaps he is an iconic fantasy for the new generation. James T. Kirk from the original 1965-69 series was one of my favorites, quite likable, charismatic, and respectable. The new Kirk is just a loser. Nevertheless I think it is a good movie despite the flaw.

Judge orders death of boy

Article. Everyone I've met who's done chemotherapy dies shortly thereafter. Despite being "highly educated", most judges are pretty damn stupid. The cure is worse than the disease. This judge orders the murder of a boy.

So why does chemotherapy exist? It makes a lot of money for the hospitals. Western Medicine.

There are many ways to cure cancer with alternative medicine, assuming it has not progressed too far, but most "highly educated" doctors in the U.S. have shit for brains. You wouldn't believe how dumb most U.S. doctors are about real health. All they know is what they've been brain fed by the medical school and AMA. No ability *whatsoever* to think outside the box. Should send these doctors to Special Ed along with the other retards.

3.6 Trillion Dollar Spending Package

3.6 Trillion dollars? I haven't seen any benefit yet. What a waste of money spending on silly social programs that haven't done anything for the general public. The Iraq War costs less than that. Better to go back to the Republican days where they are spending money on Defense.

Guess how this is going to be paid for? By increasing taxes.

Health Plan Overhaul

Article. It's stupid to require all Americans to carry western medical insurance. I don't even go to those doctors. What a waste of money. Western medicine is a scam. I have enough bills to pay, don't need to pay scam bills. This is the stupidest thing the Democrats have done. I'm about to vote Republican soon.