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[Steve]

Well, I’m in Virginia for the oldest PhD defense. After that he has 3 more papers to publish and then off to work in Pennsylvania

Congrats!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Congrats!

Thanks

 

[Xue Sheng]

Airport adventures

A scheduled hour and 10 minute layover turned into 2.5 hours due to technical difficulties with the plane
First thing i was not thrilled with

Then we board… jet engine running, everyone finally on board… plane looses power and everything shuts down….

Restart…. Repeat 2 more times
Next thing I’m not thrilled with

Technician comes on board…30 minutes later…. we’re all fixed all better
Me: considering getting the heck out of here

But announcement: we’re good to go…. But apparently the ground crew forgot us and the boarding ramp was still connected, and they couldn’t shut the door

20 minutes later, they finally get the ramp away. Door closes, we’re off. Take off rough, flight rough, and first noticeable bouncing landing i have had

2nd worst flight i ever had, but the scariest due to the technical difficulties

Welcome to Virginia

 

[Gyakuto]

Since replying to that, I've learned that my mother in law's bypass surgery (rosa) had complications, and my abuela caridad) is currently on the edge of going to hospice vs. being discharged normally. If you could pray for them I'd appreciate that. Sent my own prayers when i heard the news but additional prayers can't hurt.

This is an excellent scientifically paper written by a devout Christian surgeon who wanted to investigate the effects of prayer on recovering cardiac patients. The scheme he arrange was rigorous (unusual for clinicians!) Please read at least the abstract. Intercessory prayer for cardiac patients was shown to associated with more complications for those prayed for, especially if the knew they were being prayed for!

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer - PubMed

Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Prince_Alarming]

I'm sick, but then you knew that anyway. What I mean is that I've pulled a sickie. Some of the people at the bible study group have some pretty shall we say old fashioned opinions, and I'm not good at dealing with that.