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New Course To Focus on The Search for Other Planetary Life, March 8, 2006
by Valerie Kimble
SOCORRO, N.M., March 8, 2006 – Imagine yourself an explorer in deep space, looking at the Earth. What questions would you ask yourself in analyzing our planet from the perspective of a biologist, a physicist and a geologist?
This scenario reflects the basis of a new, interdisciplinary course in astrobiology to be taught at New Mexico Tech by faculty from three departments – Biology, Physics, and Earth and Environmental Science.
Tom Kieft, Michelle Creech-Eakman and Penelope Boston, respectively, will team-teach the course this fall as the result of a proposal submitted to the university's new Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL).
Last month, the CITL chose the trio's proposal from nine submitted for the first-ever CITL teaching grant. They will use the $4,000 award for course materials and to bring in guest speakers.
Astrobiology, said the professors, is a field that may shed light on the nature of life in general, instead of just life as we know it on Earth, and may give clues as to how life originates.
"We'll be looking at Earth from the outside, looking at how we study our own planet," said Boston, also director of the university's Cave and Karst Studies program.
The course, said Kieft, will explore the limits of life according to factors such as temperature and chemical properties; in other words, "What are the characteristics of a planet that would make it a good candidate to support life?" he said.
Astrobiology has come into its own relatively recently, so far as understanding how many planets are out there, said Creech-Eakman.
"We knew we couldn't be the only solar system, and of course we aren't," she said, adding that, to date, scientists have discovered the existence of 176 planets in extra-solar systems.
"We're getting to the point where we're learning to understand how planets form," Creech-Eakman said. "Is it the way Earth did, as an agglomeration of rocky bodies, or was it something else, perhaps a giant cloud of gas close to central stars?"
The course also will consider the likelihood of being able to communicate with intelligent life on other planets within a reasonable lifetime, given the physical constraints of time and space.
"The scope of the course is really enormously broad, from the earliest conditions that can lead to life, to higher-level questions about finding intelligent life," Boston said.
In essence, the course will explore factors that will determine "our fate as a species in the solar system," she said.
The course focus is not entirely on the search for intelligent life; microbial life is a more likely possibility, said Kieft.
"I look at the energetics of other environments," he said. "There are lots of ways microbes can make a living."
On the other hand, said Creech-Eakman, "We've got to be intelligent enough to recognize signs of life outside our own solar system."
All three said there still is much work to be done in organizing the class, and expressed gratitude to the CITL both for the opportunity, and for the vote of confidence for the concept of interdisciplinary team-teaching.
The course will take a sophisticated approach to the study, requiring some understanding of basic scientific theories, thus reflecting its status as an upper-division 400-level class.
"There are different schemes to look for life," said Boston. "NASA has one, and there's a European Space Agency version." Both, she said, address the question, what does life do to a planet?
"The course will go beyond the gee-whiz, magazine analysis," Boston said, although course requirements will be minimal. Potential students should be conversant in two of the three disciplines and should understand how science is approached.
Creech-Eakman said the upper-division course is unique in that it will bring students from different disciplines together.
"That's our real goal," said Kieft, adding that the team wants students to learn to be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment.
Because the study of astrobiology involves so many scientific disciplines -- physics, chemistry, mathematics, to name just a few – "It captures the imagination of a lot of people," Kieft said.
Boston agreed. "Astrobiology is a cool, sexy topic," she said. "The subject is so provocative, it won't be difficult to get people's opinions – we want the course to be interactive."
Students are wide open to everything that comes at them, Creech-Eakman said. "We want our students to ask, 'what if?' and to apply science to their scenarios."


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NEW YORK (AP) Tim Tebow will be a special guest on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday.
The 26-year-old Tebow is slated to appear throughout the two-hour live show, including a Super Bowl snack cook off featuring chef Emeril Lagasse.
Tebow won the 2007 Heisman Trophy at Florida and played three seasons in the NFL with Denver and the New York Jets. But the quarterback hasn't appeared in a regular-season game in more than a year.
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He has signed on with ESPN to appear on the SEC Network's pregame show starting in August. He said in December that he trains five days a week for a return to the NFL.
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, the brother of Broncos star Peyton Manning, is scheduled to appear on GMA on Wednesday.

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They're playing nonstop Christmas music on one of the radio stations in town already. Two days ago I woke up to snow covered ground for the first time this season. Yesterday they put the big Christmas tree up in the square outside of work. Looking out my window today, all the trees that were filled with beautiful yellow leaves just a few short weeks ago are now bare. All signs are pointing to Winter and the holidays barreling towards us at a rapid pace.
Even though I knew it's been quickly approaching, I don't feel ready.
But like it or not, it's here. And that means it's time to throw myself whole heartedly into holiday planning mode. Which means it's time once again for the 12 Cookies of Christmas! 12 delicious cookies to share this holiday season. Because everyone knows cookies make the perfect gift.
This year we're starting with a standard—Chocolate Chip Cookies. But these aren't your run of the mill Chocolate Chips. There's nothing boring or standard about these at all. They're are my all-time favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies, all dolled up in a party dress and pearls for the holidays. Brown butter gives it a rich, nutty flavor while sea salt sprinkles give it the ultimate sweet/salty bite. They're so good, they'll charm the pants right off your holiday party guests. Or maybe that's just the spiked eggnog. Either way, you can't go wrong.
Check back for the rest of the 12 Cookies of Christmas!
Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from Martha Stewart and Joy the Baker
Makes 2 ½ to 3 dozen
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
1 ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon molasses
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups plus 1 tablespoon cake flour
1 ½ cups bread flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
¾ cup chocolate chunks
2 teaspoons sea salt, for sprinkling
1. In a small saucepan, heat ½ cup (1 stick) of butter over medium heat. Melt, swirling occasionally, until butter turns a dark golden amber color and smells fragrant and nutty. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together cake flour, bread flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream remaining ½ cup (1 stick) of room temperature butter with brown sugar until lightened in color and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add cooled brown butter and granulated sugar and beat until combined and fluffy, another 2 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and molasses, beating until combined. Gradually add flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover dough with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator at least 30 minutes, up to overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners; set aside.
5. Using a heaping tablespoon or a 1-inch cookie scoop, roll dough into balls. Place dough on prepared baking sheet two inches apart and flatten slightly with your hand. Sprinkle dough with a pinch of sea salt. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until golden brown, about 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.


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The Niagara County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, or RACES, was the recipient of a $7,000 gift courtesy of the local Waste Management golf tournament.
Jim Callahan of Waste Management, this year's golf chairman, was happy to hand over the check that will provide the group with needed equipment for expanding and enhancing its services to Niagara County in the event of a disaster.
"These guys are unsung heroes; they are the ones prepared to help us communicate to get through any emergency situation, when other means of communication may be down," Callahan said. "The golf committee heard their request for the equipment needed and agreed that this was a dedicated group that we really wanted to help."
Part of the golf tournament funds also went to Equistar Therapeutic Riding Center in Newfane. Waste Management has been supporting a horse there, "Belle," for the past four years.
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The picture was posted to Facebook, where it was seen by authorities. Investigators said the bag was open in the picture, but the puppy's face was in a corner of the container.
"When we talked to Animal Care Services, it's basically the same thing as an infant," sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Williamson said. "The young puppy doesn't have the ability to move its head to get to a fresh supply of oxygen. The way it was positioned in the bag, they said it would've only taken a few seconds to cause the puppy to suffocate."
Engel told investigators she knew it was wrong to put the puppy in the bag, but it was the only way she could get it to hold still for the picture.
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- Evening dress of black velvet and fuchsia satin. The dress has an empire-length bodice of black velvet, with a scoop neckline and long fitted sleeves which have hidden zipper closures. The Empire waistline is accented with a horizontal band of fuchsia satin with bow at center front. Extending down from the waistband is the full fuchsia satin skirt. The full-length skirt has vertical inverted pleats edged with bands of black velvet that extend from the waistband to just below the hips. At center back is a zipper closure. The bodice is lined in black silk, and has a black grosgrain ribbon inner waistband which secures with hook-and-eyes. The skirt has an inner slip lining of fuchsia fabric with a wide fuchsia satin hem matching the skirt. Designer label stitched into garment at right center-back, beside the zipper "Oscar de la Renta" with second label "Made in U.S.A." sewn below. Hand written on the designer label is notation "5638 F-92".
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Over the past few years, our little homestead has started to look like a real old-fashioned farm, complete with all the standard barnyard animals. But if you're thinking things are all E-I-E-I-O around here, think again.
Nowhere in that classic children's farm song do I recall a verse in which Old McDonald had some rats.
Yes, rats.
It started about a month ago. Early one morning while opening up the turkey house, I spied a shadow slipping away from the feeder.
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I honestly have met a lecturer who is so engaging that it's admirable; Alexandra Harris, the author of Romantic Moderns, came to lecture as a part of the "visiting speakers" seminar series that the English department is holding. Her lecture focussed on "Ancient and Modern: Landscapes in the 1930's and 1940's". And it was honestly fantastic.
Professor Harris explored, in a very dynamic, engaging fashion, the relationship between artistic portrayals of the British landscape in mediums from advertisements for petrol, to abstract painters such as John Piper, and the literature and culture of Britain at the time. At the time, nationalism was prominent in Britain, and as the Second World War approached, it became only more vital in the consciousness of the nation. There was however an artistic disagreement between the classical and the surrealist in terms of what would best represent the cultural present of the United Kingdom; Paul Nash explored in particular the relationship between internationalism and indigenous works and used surrealism in conjunction with landscape portrayal. This created an inviting familiarity and at the same time disparity with the British landscape and what people believed they were aware of within it.
Professor Harris also however moved on to explore the relationship between Virginia Woolf specifically, and the landscape of Britain itself. Woolf used to speak her writing aloud as she walked on the moors, allowing them to become part of a very physical rhythm and construction and in this way, she connected her literature to the rhythm of her walks. She found a strong archaeological connection between half remember nursery rhymes, and texts that "bumped" into one another; her own individual perception of literature shaped her physical connection to it.
Literary pilgrimage is a phenomenon in itself, in that English Literature seems to have a landscape attached to it; consider for instance the physical movement over land in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales or The Picture of Dorian Grey, which considers a more mental journey over landscape, specifically against the idea of the mentality of death. These pilgrimages therefore can be considered as both physical and mental and manifest themselves across most kinds of literature. Woolf herself considered both the landscape; in her unfinished work, The Waves, she examines physical landscape in conjunction with the mind; however in A Room of One's Own, mentality is examined alongside the static nature of a home.
Harris's lecture was fascinating; I feel distinctly privileged to have been able to meet such an admirable academic.


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A three-part system of broad and intensive clinical experience, individual supervision, and didactic seminars anchors the general psychiatry residency program. The educational program is divided into three major areas:
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The program emphasizes in-depth understanding of the individual patient. This is the foundation for the program's exceptional competence in the teaching of psychotherapy, biological psychiatry, research, and the realities of today's rapidly changing healthcare delivery systems. Residents graduate from the program well prepared for a wide range of psychiatric careers that may include research, teaching, and hospital-based or private practice. The four-year program in general psychiatry has eight positions available in each class.
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"I happened to meet a young mother who likened her children to having monsters and wild animals in the house," explains animation director Mamoru Hosoda. "I wondered, 'What if it wasn't just a metaphor? What if the character actually was raising wild animals in the house?'"
"Wolf Children," co-written and directed by Hosoda (who also made the 2006 science-fiction animated "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"), is the result of that speculation.
Already a hit in Japan, "Wolf Children" is rather an odd story, told in a one-of-a-kind style that feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange. While the visuals are colorful and at times lyrical, the dubbed English-language soundtrack can sound overly sweet and simplistic while the narrative takes some rather harsh turns.
As the title indicates, this is a story not about having children who are metaphorical wild animals but about the challenges of raising children who are literally half-wolf, half-human.
"It's a story about my mother, and it's true," insists the film's narrator. "Every word of it."
That would be Yuki (voiced in English by Lara Woodhull and Jad Saxton), the oldest child of Hana (Colleen Clinkenbeard), an indomitable young woman whose motto is "whenever things get tough, I give it my best smile and somehow get through."
Hana is a student at Tokyo University when a brooding young man in her lecture hall catches her eye. The gentleman turns out to have a lot to brood about: As voiced by David Matranga, he turns out to be an individual who can morph into a wolf at will. Hardly one of those old movie werewolves, this Wolf Man is a soulful sort who looks more like a Vogue model than Lon Chaney Jr.
These two fall immediately in love and soon enough have two children, Yuki and her younger brother, Ame (Alison Viktorin and Micah Solusod), both of whom inherit their father's transformational gifts. Here the story takes an unexpectedly bleak turn and Hana is left to raise her kids as a single parent.
Yuki and Ame cause all the same kinds of problems as regular kids, with bonuses. Their howling makes apartment living difficult, and when they get sick, Hana can't decide whether to go to a pediatrician or a vet. Really.
Determined to give her children the ability to choose which side of their nature to favor, Hana moves the family out to the middle of nowhere, where cranky local farmers are won over by her spirit and pitch in to help her out.
"Wolf Children" boasts lyrical visuals and an unusual story, both of which contrast with the film's hyper-colloquial English voice-over, characterized by phrases such as "I messed up a bunch," "Not a problem" and "As if."
It's also fascinating to see the usual tropes of parenting — the difficulty of letting go, the worry about whether your children will find their place in the world — transferred to a situation where your child's wolf nature is part of the discussion. That is a problem they don't have in Brentwood.
'Wolf Children'
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Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes
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Estelle Siebens Science Center Earns LEED Gold Certification
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded LEED gold certification for the Estelle Siebens Science Center at Buena Vista University. The building received a gold certification from the council in the category for existing buildings.
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded LEED gold certification for the Estelle Siebens Science Center at Buena Vista University.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is an internationally recognized designation affirming that a building meets standards for energy savings, water efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
The science center received a gold certification from the council in the category for existing buildings, which focuses on operations and maintenance efficiencies rather than construction features. The science center opened in 2004.
David Evans, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, who is a member of BVU's Sustainability Task Force, says, "I am very proud that the science center has earned gold certification, a testimony both to its high original quality as a building and to the university's commitment to enhancing our sustainability efforts across campus even when doing so requires a sizable investment of time and money. In the longer run, of course, this investment will return itself many times in energy savings and other operational efficiencies, as well as through an enhanced work atmosphere for faculty and students. Many studies have shown that 'green buildings' improve the performance of their inhabitants because of indoor environmental quality, more work-friendly lighting, and other factors.
"It is also important for our students to see the university's dedication to sustainable operations, for they will be entering a work world of increasing resource constraints as well as one where at least a basic knowledge of sustainability principles is going to be a given in many professions" he adds. "Better work and living spaces that also conserve resources are a win in every respect, and our achievement of LEED gold certification for the Estelle Siebens Science Center is a potent symbol of our intention to provide the best possible learning and working environment for the citizens of the university."
The certification application process was led by BVU's Sustainability Task Force, which is chaired by Dr. Jill Rhea, associate professor of communication studies.
While the science center is an existing building there were features in the original construction that had a positive impact on the LEED certification such as high-efficiency glass, the building automation system, much of the lighting and lighting controls, and separate metering for irrigation and domestic water. "There is a huge focus on how people use the building and what resources are used in the process," says Rhea.
"BVU is trying to show with our actions how important the sustainability of the environment, humanity, and the economy are to us," says Rhea. "We aren't just making changes in the science center. We are also making changes around campus with a recycling program, hybrid cars, the Global Footprint Project for first-year students, trayless dining, social justice projects, and many other projects too numerous to mention. It's a campus-wide endeavor."
The task force worked approximately 16 months on the application process. In July 2011, Rhea attended the week-long Institute for Global Sustainability at the University of Vermont, earning a Professional Certificate in Campus Sustainability Leadership, which helped her develop a framework for leading the on-campus effort.
One of the publically visible aspects of the certification process was a required waste stream audit of the science center last spring which involved the entire campus community. The audit of the trash collected for one week showed that 40 percent of what was discarded could have been recycled, leading to changes in how trash is processed at the science center and across campus. The audit was one point of the 61 total points BVU earned for the gold certification.
Keith Schmidt, director of facilities management and a committee member, said among the many changes made at the science center were: adjusting the light levels during certain hours, changes to some of the settings on the building automation system, replacement of lights in the display cases, implementation of a recycling program, initiating a green cleaning policy that uses environmentally friendly chemicals, documenting maintenance plans, changes in outside lawn and sidewalk chemical use, creation of a pest control policy, adding a natural grass space at BVU's athletic practice facility to offset the lack of green space around the science center, and a new purchasing plan requiring that a percentage of products must meet the LEED criteria.
"What I believe the LEED certification says about BVU is that we care about the environment, people, and the economy and we are dedicated to becoming more responsible stewards of the earth and its resources," says Rhea.
In addition to Rhea and Schmidt, other task force members working closely on the project were Andy Taylor, assistant director of facilities management, and Tanya Landgraf, BVU purchasing manager. Rhea says other members of the task force also were instrumental in BVU achieving the certification. A full list of task force members and other information about sustainability at BVU can be found at www.bvu.edu/green. BWBR of St. Paul, Minn., the architectural firm that designed the science center, assisted the committee.
BVU is also applying for LEED certification of Pierce and White residence halls, which are under the LEED "new construction" program because of the recent extensive renovation of those facilities.


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- Connie
- 12/07/2009
A little Disappointed
I love the 'Number' books and have enjoyed all of them. This one, kinda left me, less than enthused. First, it is only a little over 6 hours long. That is one travel day for me. Second, I just didn't think it had the same fun as the other ones I have read.
It is still a fun read but leaves you wishing there were more meat to the story, rather than just pineapple upside down cake.
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- JoAnn
- 29/06/2009
Try some other of her books first
I have read all of the Stephanie Plum books and this was not one of my favorite. It was not as funny as her previous books. But I would not discourage you from reading her other books - Four to Score is one of my favorites.
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- eileen623
- 09/07/2009
So It Isn't Just Me!
I am glad to read the comments here. On another site, a group of mature women all raved about this book so I rushed to download it s I have read all from the third installment. I love the dark mysterious Ranger but even he is starting to get on my nerves allowing this woman to pop in and out of his bed at will and play this teenage bimbo game. And what does it say for the tough guy cop and the dog who could use with some serious obedience traning. As for grandma, she needs to grow up! Maybe it is time for both of the men to have a potential love interest other than Steph just to heat things up and force this girl to make grownwoman decisions. I'm sick of hearing about that disgusting thong and what Bob did to it.
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- Robyn
- 29/06/2009
I'm a huge Janet Evanovich fan and have read all her books but was really disappointed in "15". What happened to Lula and Tank's engagement? When is the plot going to move on? The relationships are still the same. Joe or Ranger, Ranger or Joe? Stephanie still doing the same old thing. I was hoping for a little progression in the story line.
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- Mari
- 08/07/2009
Tired of the predictability!
I enjoyed most of the books in this series. They entertained me and made me laugh. But this one did not make me laugh. The characters are becoming to predictable, and the dialogue is always the same. This book focuses entirely too much on unpleasant bodily functions; and seriously, a little of that goes a long way. It isn't cute anymore.
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- Kindle Customer123
- 30/07/2009
one of the worst
This is so not up to Evanovich. Quite possibly the worst of the 15. If you like fart jokes, you may love this one.
She has reduced Ranger to a one dimensional character and Joe barely exists. I would suggest you read almost anything but this one.
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- Marsha
- 15/07/2009
Blah blah blah
When I first started reading the Stephanie Plum books, I laughed out loud and actually felt that they did a good job of being a serious mystery as well as a comedy. I've read every one...but this is my last. Janet seems to just put one out a year, regardless...and they get worse and worse. Nothing new, nothing remotely mysterious, not even good writing and more and more filthy talk.
Sadly, it seems that it is more important to just get a book out there, than to put some serious thought into making it a good one. Goodbye Stephanie Plum....
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- Kelly
- 09/07/2009
See ya later, Stephanie
I have come to love this series, and each June look forward to a new guilty pleasure quick read. The predictibility, increasing profanity, and lack of anything new this year is as disappointing as the "between the numbers" books. I am moving on!
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- Regan
- 07/07/2009
Something's gotta change.
I read some other reviews that said this was better than fourteen, they were lying. I'm pretty sure Ms. Evanovich is just having her assistant write these books at this point. There's no conflict anymore, the characters aren't doing anything interesting or new and I only finished listening to it because I was stuck in a car for many, many hours.
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- James B. Cookinham
- 03/07/2009
Not Very Good
The story was not that good. There were times that the characters were funny but the reader did not do what could have been done with the dialog. I would not recommend the book.
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- 08/01/2010
Janet Evanovich zu lesen bringt immer mindestens 2 laute Lacher pro Buch und zig Schmunzler. Leider paßt die Stimme der Leserin gar nicht und ihre Versuche, Lula "black" klingen zu lassen, sind peinlich. Schade.
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Alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, branched amino acid therapy, controlled amino acid therapy, CAAT, cysteine, diet, Dk, functional foods, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, Nilab, phenylalanine, PreKUnil, proline, serine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine.
Amino acid therapy presumes that many symptoms and illnesses occur because the body is unable to manufacture the proper amino acid. By supplementing the body's normal supply of amino acids (amino acid therapy), symptoms and illnesses may be resolved. Many patients turn to amino acid therapy from the belief that their body is not manufacturing enough amino acids and therefore, bodily processes are not functioning correctly.
Amino acids are the building blocks from which the body creates the proteins necessary for life. Amino acids link together to form peptides (short chains), which then form larger structures called proteins. There are 20 standard amino acids in the genetic code. Combinations of these amino acids produce every essential protein needed for the human body's homeostasis (healthy balance). Most bodily processes cannot occur without amino acids because they require the proper protein to function.
Some healthcare professionals may recommend taking only the eight essential amino acids or the three branched chain amino acids depending on the treated condition. Amino acids have been used in clinical tests to treat a variety of serious illnesses and conditions including: phenylketonuria (PKU, a disorder of the metabolism), epilepsy, congenital microcephaly (birth defect), hepatitis complications, spinocerebellar degeneration, hemodialysis, lateral sclerosis, peritoneal dialysis, chronic pain, parenteral nutrition, liver cancer, muscular dystrophy and hypertrophy of the prostate. The scientific community has also published articles advocating the use of amino acid therapy to treat serious psychological disorders, such as drug dependency, depression and anxiety. The incorporation of amino acid therapy into conventional Western medicine is a topic of controversy in the scientific community.
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Amino acids have been used in clinical tests to treat a variety of serious illnesses and conditions including: phenylketonuria (PKU, a disorder of the metabolism), epilepsy, congenital microcephaly (birth defect), hepatitis complications, spinocerebellar degeneration, cerebral palsy, hemodialysis, lateral sclerosis, peritoneal dialysis, chronic pain, parenteral nutrition, liver cancer, muscular dystrophy and hypertrophy of the prostate. The scientific community has also published articles advocating the use of amino acid therapy to treat serious psychological disorders, such as drug dependency, depression and anxiety. The incorporation of amino acid therapy into conventional Western medicine is a topic of vigorous debate in the scientific community.
Many parents whose children have serious developmental disturbances, such as Down syndrome, supplement the Western treatment regimen with amino acid therapy. Some psychiatrists offer their patients amino acid therapy to supplement their pharmaceutical treatment.
According to the A.P. John Institute for Cancer Research, controlled amino acid therapy combined with chemotherapy, or used alone, has reduced the burden of tumors in certain types of cancers and has improved patients' quality of life. However, effective treatment must be customized to each individual for optimal benefit.
Acording to a new research study, branched chain amino acid therapy (BCAA) may be an effective treatment for spinocerebellar degeneration patients. Researchers found that BCAA improved the condition of patients with ataxia, a symptom of spinocerebellar degeneration. Patients who suffer from ataxia are unable to coordinate muscle movement. After four weeks of BCAA treatment, patients had improved kinetic function
Neutral amino acid therapy may also improve the overall well-being of phenylketonuria (PKU) patients. PKU is a metabolic disorder that causes severe neurological impairment. Researchers treated six PKU patients with large neutral amino acid supplements (PreKUnil, Nilab, Dk). At the beginning of the study, two subjects were diagnosed with clinical depression. At the end of the study, all patients reported increased energy and a general improvement in well-being.
Chen TJ, Blum K, Payte JT, et al. Narcotic antagonists in drug dependence: pilot study showing enhancement of compliance with SYN-10, amino-acid precursors and enkephalinase inhibition therapy. Med Hypotheses. 2004;63(3):538-48.
Jaeken J. Genetic disorders of gamma-aminobutyric acid, glycine, and serine as causes of epilepsy. J Child Neurol. 2002 Dec;17 Suppl 3:3S84-7; discussion 3S88.
Koch R, Moseley KD, Yano S, et al. Large neutral amino acid therapy and phenylketonuria: a promising approach to treatment. Mol Genet Metab. 2003 Jun;79(2):110-3.
Ueki Y, Isozaki E, Miyazaki Y, et al. Clinical and neuroradiological improvement in chronic acquired hepatocerebral degeneration after branched-chain amino acid therapy. Acta Neurol Scand. 2002 Aug;106(2):113-6.
Amino acid therapy includes several sub-categories. Some patients take only the eight essential amino acids (those that the human body is unable to manufacture): tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine. Other patients take only the three branched chain amino acids: leucine, isoleucine, and valine. They are named for their unique chemical structure, which does not resemble the other 17 amino acids. The type and number of amino acids taken is determined by the medical history, medical diagnosis and presenting symptoms of a patient.
Patients may incorporate more of particularly amino-rich foods into their diets, or they may take the amino acids in pill form. Some functional foods, such as
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- There have been six named storms so far this year
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revised its predictions Thursday, saying more named storms are likely in this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
The agency now predicts between 12 and 17 named storms from the period that started on June 1 and will end on November 30. NOAA's original May prediction was between nine and 15 named storms.
The chance of an above-normal hurricane season rose to 35%, said Gerry Bell, the lead hurricane season forecaster at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. There is a 50% chance of a "near-normal" season.
NOAA predicts that five to eight of the named storms will become hurricanes, and that two to three of those could be major hurricanes. A hurricane that reaches Category 3 or greater (with winds of at least 111 mph) is considered major.
A "normal" hurricane season produces 12 named storms, including six hurricanes, of which three are major hurricanes.
"We are increasing the likelihood of an above-normal season because storm-conducive wind patterns and warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures are now in place in the Atlantic," Bell said. "These conditions are linked to the ongoing high activity era for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995. Also, strong early-season activity is generally indicative of a more active season."
This season has already produced six names storms: Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debbie, Ernesto and Florence. Chris and Ernesto became hurricanes.
This year was also the first time since 1908 that three named storms formed before the June 1 start of hurricane season.
However, Bell said that other factors oppose some of the indications of an above-average storm season.
One of these is the weather phenomenon known as El Niño, which he said will probably develop later in the season.
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Laura Furgione, acting director of NOAA's National Weather Service, stressed in a conference call with reporters the importance of being prepared for a hurricane.
Apathy about preparedness is a challenge that the public faces, she said.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University men's basketball program and head coach Terry Sellers announced the signing of Derrick Zittrauer today (May 15).
Zittraurer comes to Milledgeville via South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga. where he played for former GCSU Assistant Coach David Sokol.
"Derrick is a 6-foot-8 forward with the potential to become an outstanding player in the Peach Belt Conference," said Sellers. "He has a good feel for the game and possesses good shot blocking ability. Derrick is a great fit academically and athletically here at GCSU."
Zittrauer averaged 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 3.7 blocks per game. He broke his own school record with 93 blocks this past season, where he was named First Team 7-AAAAA All Region. He carries a 3.57 GPA with him to Georgia College.
The Bobcats are fresh off a 22-7 season in 2008-2009. GCSU made a trip back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 and had its third 20-win season in the past four years. The Bobcats lose a trio of seniors including Shaun Keaton (2006-09) who was named First Team all-conference and First Team National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)/NCAA All-Southeast Region.
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SAN FRANCISCO The executive director of San Francisco-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network has died in a swimming accident at a beach near Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta, police said Friday.
Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, was swimming Wednesday at a beach about a half hour north of Puerto Vallarta when she was caught by a wave and tossed around, said Adan Leyva, spokesman for Puerto Vallarta municipal police.
Leyva said that paramedics tried to revive her after she was brought ashore, but she was dead by the time she reached the hospital.
In a statement on its website Friday, Rainforest Action Network said Tarbotton who friends called Becky was travelling with her husband and friends.
"RAN is heartbroken by our loss of Becky, but we are committed to continuing the course that she set for us," Nell Greenberg, the group's spokeswoman, said. "Focusing on our core purpose of protecting forests, moving the country off of fossil fuels and defending human rights through bold, effective, and innovative environmental corporate campaigns."
A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Tarbotton took the group's helm in 2010, the first woman to do so.
Rainforest Action Network works with major corporations on environmental projects, and Tarbotton recently brokered an agreement with the Walt Disney Company that changed the way the entertainment giant uses paper, RAN said.
Tarbotton's family said they planned to scatter her ashes off Canada's Hornby Island.


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text: When Heriberto Reynoso and Sebastian Amenta were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, it was a wake up call for them.The disease runs in both of their families. Amenta's mother and grandmother have it, and Reynoso's father died from complications of the disease. "It was so scary. I had so many questions and had no answers," Reynoso of Lawrence said of his diagnosis in 2006. He and Amenta of Salem, N.H., are sharing their personal stories about living with and managing diabetes in two 16-minute videos entitled "Diabetes Type 2: Sound the Alarm," produced by Holy Family Hospital. Reynoso tells his story in Spanish; Amenta in English. The men are shown at work, at the supermarket looking at food labels, relaxing at home, getting their blood tested, eating and exercising. In addition, medical experts including a dietician, ophthalmologist, nephrologist, cardiologist and fitness trainer give their advice on managing diabetes. According to Holy Family's last health needs assessment, hospitalization rates for diabetes in Andover, North Andover, Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen exceed the state average by 21 percent. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of adults in Massachusetts diagnosed with diabetes increased by an average of 4.1 percent annually. According to the American Diabetes Association, Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease, in which the body does not produce enough insulin or the insulin is ignored by the cells. When a person eats, the body breaks down the sugars and starches in the food into glucose, the body's basic fuel. Insulin carries the sugar from the blood into the cells. But when glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells due to insulin problems, it can lead to complications including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney disease, nervous system damage and lower-limb amputation. Dr. Alberto Sobrado, clinical advisor to Holy Family Hospital's Community Benefits program, said people are consuming more processed foods with higher amounts of sugar, animal protein and other additives. "It's very difficult to have better nutritional choices. It's almost impossible to go to an event and get quality food," said Sobrado, president of Community Medical Professionals in North Andover. "Diabetes is a disease that can be treated, monitored and most importantly, it can be prevented," Sobrado said. When a person over 40 is diagnosed with diabetes it's difficult to manage because it requires changing lifestyle habits. Preventing the disease requires more work because people need to start changing their eating habits and exercising. Amenta, 46, who works as a mechanic, was diagnosed in 2005 when his vision became blurry and he found it difficult to read road signs. After getting an eye exam, his mother, who is diabetic, tested his blood sugar and it registered over 500. "It was then that I understood what it was like to be in her shoes and took action," Amenta said. With the help of his wife, Christine, he eats red meat only once a week, with plenty of chicken, salads and fruit on the menu. Once a big soda drinker, he has not had any in more than a year. "It's a constant battle, but I've seen him make better diet choices," Christine Amenta said. In addition to eating better food and smaller portions, Amenta takes medication. While he does not have an exercise routine, he said his job keeps him constantly moving, along with home projects. Being diagnosed with diabetes also came as a surprise for Reynoso, 57. He was on vacation in his native Dominican Republic when he began sweating, feeling feverish and was unable to eat or sleep. "I couldn't understand at that moment what was happening, but having diabetes never crossed my mind," said Reynoso, owner of Yummy Eatery in Lawrence. Reynoso manages his diabetes with medication, exercise and diet. Holy Family Hospital is partnering with local health and human service organizations and physicians, providing them with the video for their own educational efforts. Lester Schindel, President of Holy Family Hospital, is elated Amenta and Reynoso decided to talk about their experience on camera. "I believe these stories will have a lasting impact on so many lives. Instead of feeling stuck and alone, individuals and families will find hope, courage, confidence and the knowledge they need to take charge of this disease and their lives," Schindel said. Facts about diabetes There are three main types of diabetes: Type 1, you produce no insulin at all; Type 2, you don't produce enough insulin, or your insulin is not working properly; Gestational diabetes, a type that develops only during pregnancy. In the U.S., 25.8 million children and adults or 8.3 percent of the population have diabetes. 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RCSX Announces Contingency
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The 5th Annual Monster Energy Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross is set to give away over $73,000 in amateur contingency awards to racers participating in this year's two-day event. Following Saturday's Daytona Supercross by Honda, amateur racing kicks off Sunday, March 9, and continues on Monday, March 10 at the historic Daytona International Speedway.
"We are very excited and honored to have nearly all of the OEM's represented at this year's Monster Energy Ricky Carmichael Amateur Supercross at Daytona," said MX Sports Director Tim Cotter. "Anytime the industry's decision makers and talent scouts attend an amateur event is a real bonus for the athletes and families that are involved."
In addition to their generous contingency programs, manufacturer's such as Suzuki, KTM, Team Green Kawasaki, Cobra and Yamaha will have trackside support teams on site to lend a hand to racers on each respective brand.
"Our Yamaha Trackside Support program and our southeast representative Triangle Cycles is pumped to add the Daytona event to their calendar in 2014," said Donnie Luce, Yamaha Racing Amateur MX Coordinator. "This is a prestigious event and we look forward to supporting our bLU cRU riders as well as seeing riders in action for the first time in 2014."
This event will kick off the eight round Women's Motocross (WMX) Championship, featuring an all-new WMX Class for riders who are pre-approved for a 2014 WMX license, in addition to Women (12+) 99-250cc and Girls (9-13) 79-85cc 2-Stk. For more information on the WMX schedule, licensing and rules please visit www.racewmx.com.
The RCSX class structure includes classes for youth riders on 50cc bikes all the way up to vet and senior classes. The race will follow a supercross format, using heat races and last chance qualifiers to seed the field of riders into a main event in each class, over the course of two days. Unlike the Loretta Lynn Ranch format, riders do not need to qualify at other races in order to participate in the Daytona event.
The 5th annual Monster Energy Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross Championship will take place Sunday, March 9 and Monday, March 10, 2014. To find contingency payout for this year's RCSX, click HERE. For more information on the event, please visit www.racedaytona.com.


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Monday, July 1, 2013
All Day
Over the summer teens grades 6 and up can participate in The Field Library's Teen Summer Reading Challenge. Everyone has to do reading assignments over the summer for school (or fun) so why not get prizes for the work you have to do anyway? This summer-long Challenge will also include free events like hip-hop workshops, how-to drawing workshop, movies, gaming, help with school summer assignments, and more! To participate, teens will read and review books/graphic novels/audiobooks on the Library's website at Peekskill.org and go to the events!
For more details or to reserve your spot in events contact the library at (914) 737-0010, visit http://fieldlibraryteens.wordpress.com/summer-for-teens, or email [email protected]
Event Location and Ticket Information
The Field Library
4 Nelson Avenue
Peekskill, NY
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Monday, July 1, 2013
Times: All Day
Ticket pricing:
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I was invited to the Berkshire show by the Thames Valley mini Club due to they wanted my car on there club stand. If you went I do think you would Know which car I'm on about..... If you didn't I will tell you. Its a Suzuki sj410 with a mini body shell bolted on top. I had to bring it down on a trailer due to at the time I was Having a problem with re-registering it. (Thanks to a jobs worth in a garage, when I went to have it MOT'ed) I bought it as it was off eBay last November with MOT and Tax. It did need a bit of basic attendance like a new clutch, a reline of brakes all round and I don't Know who did the wiring but there was a lot of here's two wire's let twist them together an bung a bit of tape round!!!!! GOON'S!!!! Anyway that all done an things were going very well until like I said that jobs worth kicked in. He said it was registered as a Suzuki soft top. So..... He then contacted VOSA, they said don't touch it until its been re-registered. (so he said). I took all the details, photo's etc to DVLA. At first they wanted me to start from the beginning..SVA it an get a Q plate. SOD OFF!! A good friend of mine took over the challenge. 7 weeks later we got it inspected by DVLA. The result was I could keep my reg but I couldn't call it a mini or a Suzuki. Make of car now is Maine..... That's my surname....Flash aye!!!! MOT is sorted so its back out on the road. Going back to the beginning of this write up at the Berkshire show I got BOFA'd while I was in the arena. I also got invited by you to your Abingdon show but sorry to say I couldn't make it as I was racing my other mini round Castle Combe, will be there next time tho.
When I work out how to bung photo's on here I will sort out some.


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I think this is going to be my last entry. I've been back in the States for over a month, but between visiting Ana and other folks in Portland, Seattle, and New York and hosting my Guadalajaran friend Oscar here for two weeks, this is the first time I've actually gotten to to think back over the last 10 months in Mexico and Guatemala. Now that I'm alone, it's really tempting to try to sum everything up, to take stock. I want to try to figure out what it all meant, how I've changed, what I've accomplished. Plus, I'm gonna need a pat answer when someone asks me, "So, how was your trip?" And I think I want that answer for myself, too.
But I don't think things work that way. We don't experience new things — different as they may be from our past experiences or our routines — in discrete, digestible chunks, ready to be processed and turned into a list of triumphs. Life is less linear, less intentional than that, even in hindsight. Now that I've finally got the time and space to think about the last 10 months, I still have a hard time holding the whole thing in my head. It's the classic participant-observer paradox: you have no fixed point from which to view an experience that changes you profoundly, because you're moving too. It's like hopping on a bullet train in a place you've never been to in your life, catching wind with your huge grin as you lean out the window and love the ride, and then trying to sit down afterwords and draw a map of the strange country you've crossed. There's no way your map does justice to the actual ride. It's more like a cliff-notes guide that, if you're not careful, eventually takes the place of the original novel in your mind.
Maybe it's best to just think of this trip as a series of moments. Insane moments — "what am I doing here, on top of this very tall Aztec pyramid in the middle of a lightning storm" moments. Self-congratulatory, "here I am with these two Dutch tourists in the middle of the jaguar and snake-filled Guatemalan jungle, bribing these machine-gun-toting security guards to get into the country's most treasured archeological site at 4am to watch the sun rise from that temple that's in the first Star Wars!" moments. Moments of self-doubt. Scared moments. And, of course, bored moments (which never make it into the stories I tell my friends, though they're no less a part of the experience than that crap-my-pants "is that guy following me?" moment on a dark street in Xela at 4:00am, or the "that's the most beautiful sunset of my life!" moments on the roof of old apartment building in Guadalajara).
I guess that's what this blog, and the personal journal I've been keeping along side it, are for; a place to go to relive the disparate, discombobulated, juicy collection of moments that, when squashed together, made up the last ten months of my life. My gambit is that that collection, well-preserved, will last a lifetime. I owe it to myself to hang on to them because, ultimately, they're worth far more than any Cliff Notes version I could come up with. So how was my trip? It's complicated…


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TMC wrote:bigstrads wrote:Thanks man, why isnt it a surprise Im gonna be spoiled? ............do I seem spoiled?
We all are those days, buddy. Just that...bigstrads wrote:I only wrote that because I couldnt think of anything else to say, in reality...........my Mum is coming down to see us tomorrow, and we are going out for lunch, then out for dinner in the evening............then my best friend is coming down from London on Friday and we are gonna go cinema and dinner.
Nothing crazy, no parties, no lots of people swarming me, not my thing really.
Not bad, not bad... kinda miss a stripper here and there, but other than that, sounds like a good plan.
Really, have fun, bro.
..................stripper, hmmm..............let me give you my girls email address and you can convince her to give me one last birthday treat!
Man, my birthdays have been low key, involving a maz of 3-4 people for the last 8 years or so, just dont really do the whole party thing and not my kind of bag you know.


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After the Christmas rush to the shops, all the preparations for the forthcoming family dinner, the wrapping of presents and all the house cleaning in time for the relatives inspection (white gloves along the bannister) came the scoffing of said Christmas feast and the great unwrapping of presents and the diplomatic averting of WWIII by pretending not to notice the white glove relative.
This left Mrs. Magic with a rather painful right shoulder. More painful than usual as she has been suffering for a while now. So in a festive bid to help ease her pain and suffering I went out on Boxing Day and perused the high street "medical emporiums." I was able to purchase a machine of magnificence and benefaction in the form of a T.E.N.S. device.
"Transcutaeneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation" has been around for a number of years now, and besides I could,nt get any leeches! The actual device, which is portable, is no more bigger than a standard size envelope and has four electrodes which can be positioned in various areas on the body according to the location of the pain. By a process of passing an electrical pulse from the machine to the nerve endings within the musculature around or near to the site of the pain, pain relief can be gained.
T.E.N.S. machine
What I forgot to tell Mrs. Magic was that you should avoid other electrical equipment. This, with great hindsight, I should have done before allowing Mrs.Magic to go to work. She is a call centre manager, and as such she is near to lots of other electrical equipment….lots!
Mrs. Magic taking a phone call…!
I am making a note of what to buy for Mrs.Magic next Christmas…possibly a big hairbrush or an even bigger hat!


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A Quarterly Publication issued by the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC), Manchester, UK
Issue 1 - Vol. 1 * Shawwal 1428/November 2007
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A Quarterly Publication issued by the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC), Manchester, UK
Discover the Scientific and Technological Muslim Heritage in Our World
Issue 1 - Vol. 1 * Shawwal 1428/November 2007
|Introducing FSTC
|The Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) is a United Kingdom based educational entity which was formed to popularise, disseminate and promote an accurate account of Muslim Heritage and its contribution to present day science, technology and civilisation. Read more…
|1001 Inventions Exhibition in Glasgow
|After Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff, the touring exhibition 1001 Inventions begins at the Glasgow Science Centre since October 23, 2007.
|Location: Glasgow Science Centre
Venue Dates: Oct 24, 2007 - January 8, 2008
Exhibition Guide: Click here to download
Read more…
|New Publications on MuslimHeritage.com
|A compilation of our most recent publications on various aspects of Muslim heritage: scientific, technological, historical and cultural.
|A Wealth of Scholarship: Recent Publications in Islamic Art, Culture and History
This is a general review of some 23 recent publications (books, films, and articles) on various aspects of Islamic culture, history and civilisation. The survey concentrates on titles related to three categories: art and architecture, Islamic history and culture and Islam-Europe exchanges in medieval times.
|Famous Figures of the Modern Turkish Medical School
To throw light on famous figures of the Turkish modern medical school, this article introduces a set of nine posters on the contribution of eight late Ottoman and early Turkish physicians (whose careers spanned from the middle of the 19th century until the mid-20th century).
|Illustrious Names in the Heavens: Arabic and Islamic Names of the Moon Craters
24 craters of the Moon bear names of Arabic and Islamic origin. In majority, these names are those of famous scholars of Islamic civilisation. We present below a list of those crater-names on the Moon, with their geographical coordinates and biographical sketches on the scholars thus honoured and immortalized.
|Recognizing a Decisive Tribute: Islam's Contribution to Western Civilization
This is a review of What Islam Did For Us: Understanding Islam's Contribution to Western Civilization, a book by Tim Wallace-Murphy that emphasizes Islam's immense contributions to the Western civilization in many groundbreaking domains such as education, science, architecture, medicine and social organisation.
|Precious Records of Eclipses in Muslim Astronomy and History
On the occasion of the lunar eclipse that occurs on 28 August 2007, we produce a short survey of some records of lunar and solar eclipses reported on in Muslim heritage, drawn from various sources, including astronomical texts of professional historians as well as the books of history, chronicles and annals.
|The Arabic Sources of Jordanus de Nemore
The following article by Professors Menso Folkerts and Richard Lorch, from Munich University in Germany, describes the influences of Arabic sciences in the works of Jordanus de Nemore, a scholar who flourished in Western Europe in the 13th century.
|Echoes of What Lies Behind the 'Ocean of Fogs' in Muslim Historical Narratives
This article is an edited version of the article originally written by the late Professor Mohammed Hamidullah, "Muslim Discovery of America before Columbus", Journal of the Muslim Students' Association of the United States and Canada. It accounts in part for the ongoing debate about a possible discovery of America before Columbus.
|The Mechanics of Banu Musa in the Light of Modern System and Control Engineering
This article is a review of the book published recently by Professor Attila Bir (Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul) on Banu Musa's book of mechanics studied in the framework of modern system and control engineering.
|Leonard of Pisa (Fibonacci) and Arabic Arithmetic
Professor Charles Burnett shows that Fibonacci failed to give adequate recognition to other sources of learning which he took from to produce his Liber Abacci. These other sources were translations of Arabic works from Toledo and Sicily.
|Deciphering Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Muslim Heritage
The article surveys some results of Okasha El Daly's exciting discoveries about the precedence of Muslim scholars of the Golden Age of Islamic culture in deciphering the hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt.
|Tolerance or Compatibility? The Search for a Qur'anic Paradigm of Science
An authoritative study by Ahmad Dallal relating to some episodes of the exegesis of the scientific verses of the Qur'an, the Holy text of Islam, focusing on the exegesis (tafsir) of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.
|Hindiba: A Drug for Cancer Treatment in Muslim Heritage
A detailed study by Nil Sari investigating the historical and medical aspects of the lasting fate of the hindiba, a plant of Middle Eastern lands that was under scrutiny in the different periods of Islamic medicine for its therapeutic value as a drug for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer.
|Copernicus and Arabic Astronomy: A Review of Recent Research
A selected list of references documenting the influence of Islamic astronomy, mainly that of the Maragha observatory, on the astronomical and mathematical models described by Copernicus, published on the occasion of 464th anniversary of his death.
|Rediscovering Arabic Science
This article presents the folder on Arabic and Islamic science published by the magazine Saudi Aramco World (issue May-June 2007). The folder consists of three articles illustrated with a rich iconography, accompanied with illuminating explanatory captions. They were written by Richard Covington, a journalist based in Paris, who collaborates with several newspapers and Medias.
|The Appreciation of Arabic Science and Technology in the Middle Ages
This article by Charles Burnett describes the appreciation of Arabic science and technology in the Middle Ages through the example of Adelard of Bath, an English scholar of the early 12th century.
|The Influence of Islamic Culinary Art on Europe
This paper describes the results of a novel research on the Muslim influence on the European culinary art during the Renaissance. Presenting evidence of how this influence entered the aristocratic circles in Europe, it draws attention to the way in which it shaped the use and trade of spices.
|The Syriac-speaking Christians and the Translation of Greek Science into Arabic
John Healey describes in this penetrating analysis the key role in the development of Muslim science which was played by the Syriac-speaking Christians in the early Islamic era.
|Süleymaniye Medical Madrasa
Salim Ayduz discusses the emergence and origins of institutional Ottoman medical practice and learning, and provides an insight into the trade of expertise between the Ottoman provinces and further a field, focusing on the Süleymaniye medical school built by Süleyman the Magnificent in the middle of the 16th century in Istanbul.
|Al-Hassâr's Kitâb al-Bayân and the Transmission of the Hindu-Arabic Numerals
This article by Paul Kunitzsch presents a new manuscript of the mathematical work Kitâb al-Bayân by the Moroccan mathematician of the 12th century Al-Hassâr, together with related remarks on the transmission of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to the medieval West.
|The Arabic Partial Version of Pseudo-Aristotle's Mechanical Problems
Based on manuscript evidence, the article authored by Mohammed Abattouy analyses the historical and textual traditions of a fragment of Arabic mechanics which is also edited in Arabic and translated into English. This fragment, entitled Nutaf min al-hiyal, presents an Arabic translation of the theoretical part of the Probelama mechanica, a famous treatise of ancient mechanics attributed to Aristotle.
|Sinan: A Great Ottoman Architect and Urban Designer
Mimar Sinan is the most celebrated of all Ottoman architects. His architectural models, perfected in the construction of mosques and other buildings, served as the basic themes for virtually all later Ottoman religious and civic architecture.
|Sinan's Acoustical Technology
An account by Mutbul Kayili of a research project studying the acoustical properties of several Ottoman mosques designed by Mimar Sinan in the 16th century. Important conclusions are deduced from this carefully conducted analysis, demonstrating the innovative designs of in-built acoustical systems.
|15th Century Islamic Architecture Presages 20th Century Mathematics
Review of the exciting discovery about sophisticated geometry in Islamic architecture, in which geometry meets artistry tile work, published in Science Magazine (vol. 315, n° 1106, 2007) by Peter J. Lu and Paul J. Steinhardt.
|Automation and Robotics in Muslim Heritage: The Cultural Roots of al-Jazari's Mechanical Systems
An introduction to a longer essay by Gunalan Nadarajan devoted to a new interpretation of the mechanical work of al-Jazari, the famous 13th century Islamic scholar, engineer and scientist.
|When Ridhwan al-Sa'ati Anteceded Big Ben by More than Six Centuries
In this article, Abdel Aziz al-Jaraki describes the context of the investigation carried on since several decades on the clock built by Fakhr al-Din Ridhwan al-Sa'ati around 1202 CE and surveys his ongoing endeavours to reconstruct this instrument and make it live again.
|Activities and Announcements
|See other activities of FSTC:
|Lecture: 1000 Years of Missing Science, Technology and Culture
By Professor Salim Al-Hassani (Chairman, FSTC). Saturday, 3rd November 2007, 2pm, Glasgow Science Center. The first lecture in a series of informative talks in which Professor Al-Hassani explores how discoveries from the Muslim culture between 7th and 17th centuries shaped the future of scientific technologies. Contact: Call 0871 540 1000 to reserve a ticket in advance.
|Presentation: The Clock of Civilisations
Speakers: Peter Raymond, Prof. El-Gomati, Prof. Al-Hassani and Dr Brennan. Wednesday, 12th September 2007, 17.00 – 19.00, Room 2, Vanbrugh V123, Vanbrugh College, York University. A fascinating presentation on the 800 years old Elephant clock of Al-Jazari which reflects the contributions of Greek, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese and Muslim civilisations. Read more…
|Lecture: Arabic Astronomy and Its Influence on the Renaissance
By Dr Rim Turkmani (Royal Society Research Fellow, Imperial College). 25 August 2007, Saturday, 6.pm, Thinktank Planetarium.
|Lecture: Mapping the Earth in the Medieval Islam
By Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, (Oxford University). 23 August 2007, Thursday, 6.pm, Thinktank Birmingham.
|Lecture: Arabic-Islamic Science and the Making of the Renaissance
By George Saliba, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University. Venue 1: Saturday, May 26th 2007, 3.30pm, Thinktank Theatre, Thinktank, Millenium Point, Birmingham. Venue 2: Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 6.30 pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London. Read more…
|Lecture: Islam, Modernity and the Enlightenment: A New Perspective
By Samer Akkach. Organised by The Council for Arab-British Understanding and the FSTC. Thursday 3rd May 2007, 6:30pm, Lecture Hall, Royal Asiatic Society, London. Read more…
|Lecture: 1001 Nights –v– 1001 Inventions: Muslim Scientific Heritage in Our World
By Professor Salim Al-Hassani (Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, Chairman, Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation). Thursday, 29 March 2007, 6.pm, Royal Society of Arts, Manchester. Professor Al-Hassani will showcase some of the fascinating inventions of this period and explore their relevance to today's world and society. Read more…
|1001 inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World
Chief Editor Salim al-Hassani, Published by FSTC, Manchester, 2006. 1001 Inventions book presents an excellent overview of Muslim heritage written to appeal to the everyday reader and to amaze and redefine many people's current assumptions of medieval times. Read more…
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First Issue – Self-Publishing Book Fair for Design and Art
There have been many reports about the 'First Issue', but once more I would like to remind everyone that it is taking place parallel to the Frankfurt Book Fair from 14 – 15 October. First Issue is a self-publishing fair for design and art. There will be graphic designers, authors and artists who publish their own books, magazines and collectors' items. As the name suggests this will be the first time for the 'First Issue' to take place. The theme will be "Print Culture – Dead or Alive?!". The fair is organized by the Design-Verein Frankfurt e.V., as part of the basis Herbstprogramm. For more information click here.
The organizer about the fair: Now, after App Store and E-Book, we are returning to print. Parallel to the Frankfurt Book Fair, young designers, artists and authors will display printed publications and artfully crafted collectibles which are created, published and sold by themselves. Pioneers of the self-publishing scene from all over Europe will speak at the conference. Dead or alive? Few other branches predict their own demise as often as the book industry. Yet despite the pessimistic "book-is-dead" lament of many experts, countless new books are again being published this year. Now, parallel to the Frankfurt Book Fair, a new event is being launched that shows that young designers and artists are again intensely involved in printing and paper. Self-publishing in design and art is the topic of the event known as "First Issue". As the name implies, this event sees itself as the first of a series, to be followed by a Second and Third Issue and many more. A new start. "Print is not dead at all, but is rather reinventing itself anew", declares the graphic designer Sandra Doeller from Design-Verein Frankfurt, herself a young publisher playing a key role in the realization of this event. In other words, the creative originators are taking the publishing of their work into their own hands. Illustrators, graphic designers, authors and artists are financing, publishing and distributing their own books, fanzines, catalogues, magazines and collectibles themselves. These can be marketed, for example, through the artist's own homepages, websites, blogs and the social media. In doing so, these new publishers are less interested in turning a possible profit and far more in the view of design and print as an independent form of artistic expression. At "First Issue", young publishers from both Germany and abroad will introduce their publications, or will speak and work during the conference and the accompanying events on the topic of "Print Culture – Dead or Alive?!".
If you want to have more information about the exhibitors in advance, check out the list: AKV Berlin (DE), Album (DE), Catalogue (UK), Dent-De-Leone (UK), Edition Fink (CH), Edition Taube (DE), Fillip (CA), fourfiveX (DE), Für Dich Verlag (BE), Gloria Glitzer (DE), Grilli (CH), Hands on Papers (DE), Horizonte (DE), JSBJ (FR), Jung und Wenig (DE), KRITIKA (LT), Lubok Verlag (DE), Manystuff (FR), Mathias Ringgenberg (NL), mono.kultur (DE), Nero Publishing (IT), Nieves (CH), Occasional Papers (UK), oodee (UK), Prima Publications (DE), Random Press (DE/PT), Rollo Press (CH), Ruine Magazin (DE), Shake Your Tree (DE), Slanted (DE), Spector Books (DE), Stefan Marx (DE), tri-publications (CH), Werkplaats Typografie (NL). Some exhibitors have already been at the NY ART BOOK FAIR. Here are some visual impressions.
Friday 14.–Saturday 15. October 2011
Fair, Exhibition, Live events, 3–9 pm
Conference program on Friday and Saturday, 4–8 pm
basis e.V.
Gutleutstraße 8–12
Frankfurt am Main
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
All Day
Solo Art Exhibit of detailed charcoal and ink drawings, paintings, and collages in a surrealistic style on various mediums based on the theme of classical and jazz music. Featured work on the greats Billie Holiday and Johann Sebastian Bach. Each piece incorporates sheet music, postcards, handwritten letters and handouts and catalogs from years of visiting art exhibits and receptions.
Meeting the Artist Reception: Saturday, November 7, 12noon-3pm
Exhibition on view: October 8 – November 30, 2015 during regular library hours
Event Location and Ticket Information
Grinton I Will Library
1500 Central Park Avenue
Yonkers, New York
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Times: All Day
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: Grinton I Will Library
Presenter Phone: 914-337-1500
Presenter Website: http://www.ypl.org/grinton