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For additional details, please see: UPDATED: FDA names Taylor Farms de Mexico in outbreak
(UPDATED COVERAGE, 1:55 p.m.) With 466 cases of cyclospora parasite infections already confirmed and more cases being confirmed daily, the Food and Drug Administration has stepped up its traceback investigation into the packaged salad mix from a Taylor Farms facility in Mexico.
The agency now has 21 people — up from five a week ago — on the case at its headquarters. FDA specialists in 10 field offices across the country are also working on the outbreak investigation. As of Aug. 5, infections from the tropical, one-celled parasite had been confirmed in 16 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Investigators with FDA have already confirmed that Iowa and Nebraska health officials were correct when they linked outbreaks in their states to packaged salad mix from Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
As of Aug. 8, the FDA's investigation had not linked any illnesses to consumer packs of the salad mix sold in retail stores.
"As a result of the current investigation FDA is increasing its surveillance efforts on green leafy products exported to the U.S. from Mexico," according to the agency's Aug. 6 update.
Investigators are trying to determine if outbreaks in 14 other states are also related to the salad mix, or if there is another potential source. The salad was served at Rod Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants, which are part of the Darden Restaurants operation.
Darden's communications director Rich Jeffers said Aug. 7 that the company is cooperating with investigators.
"We respect their findings and will continue to work with them on this matter. Iowa and Nebraska health authorities have said this is not an ongoing outbreak and the product is no longer in the food supply in those states," Jeffers said.
The FDA update said the implicated salad mix is likely out of the supply chain by now because of its limited shelf life.
However, new illnesses continue to be confirmed because of the long-lasting nature of the cyclospora infections. Symptoms can last for up to three months in healthy people and a year in the elderly or immune-compromised patients.
Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa's head epidemiologist and medical director of the state's health department, said in a CDC weekly report that the use of traditional media and electronic media helped during the early days of the investigation.
She said electronic alerts sent to hospitals and other health care providers on July 3, coupled with mainstream media coverage beginning July 4 in Iowa and a series of 14 Twitter messages helped raise awareness among the public and doctors.
"For example, one patient with severe vomiting and diarrhea was discharged without a diagnosis after a five-day hospital stay and extensive laboratory testing, only to relapse days later," according to Quinlisk's report.
"After reading (an alert), the patient's health-care provider ordered cyclospora testing on the patient, and the result was positive. The patient was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and the symptoms resolved."
The use of electronic messaging and media attention in the early stages of the investigation encouraged testing that might not otherwise have been considered by health-care providers or their patients, the CDC report stated.
The CDC most recently updated the case count on Aug. 5, reporting 466 cases of infection from the following 16 states: Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (including New York City), Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.

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Despite having already moved on to the next chapter of his football career, Mentor quarterback Mitch Trubisky is still collecting honors from the last chapter.
Trubisky was named the High School Athlete of the Year at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards Banquet Thursday night at the Renaissance Hotel. Trubisky was unable to accept the award in person, however, because he has already enrolled at the University of North Carolina.
"I couldn't be more blessed, and it's such an awesome honor, but I couldn't have done it without the support of my family and my team," Trubisky said by phone from the University of North Carolina.
"I really wish I could have been at the banquet. I was there last year and I know what a big honor this is."
Trubisky learned he won the award after he was finished with a UNC football study hall after 9:30 Thursday.
"My girlfriend texted me that I won," he said.
On enrolling early at UNC, Trubisky added, "It's definitely a lot different, for sure. I'm learning a lot about myself, and I'm definitely pushing myself."
Trubisky's finest moment as Mentor's quarterback was also honored Thursday night. Mentor's 57-56 win over St. Ignatius in triple overtime in the in a Division I regional final football playoff game was selected as the Best Moment in Cleveland Sports in 2012.
Mentor coach Steve Trivisonno accepted the High School Athlete of the Year Award for Trubisky, and was recognized along with St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle for the two teams' wild playoff game.
"The thing that will stick with me most about coaching Mitch is that as great a football player he is, he's an even better person and a great student," said Trivisonno. "In that Ignatius game, he pretty much put us on his back."
Trivisonno admitted the Mentor-Ignatius game was both exhilarating and exhausting.
"I saw Chuck (Kyle) a couple weeks after that game and he told me he was still tired from it," said Trivisonno. "That's a game everyone in the area is going to remember for a long time."
The High School Athlete of the Year had a decided Lake County feel to it. The other two nominees were Mentor High basketball player Justin Fritts and Kirtland running back Damon Washington.
Trubisky had a record-breaking senior season at Mentor in leading the Cardinals to a Division I state semifinal and winning the Ohio Associated Press Mr. Football Award. Trubisky compiled 4,962 yards of total offense and accounted for 60 touchdowns, throwing 42 touchdown passes and rushing for 18 touchdowns.
He is Greater Cleveland's all-time career passing leader with 9,126 yards and 92 touchdowns. Mentor was 30-8 during Trubisky's three years as the starting quarterback.
Fritts graduated from Mentor last spring, shortly after being named Mr. Basketball in Ohio. He is attending Wheeling Jesuit University, where he is playing basketball and baseball.
Washington, the Division V Co-Offensive Player of the Year in Ohio in 2012, has committed to play football next season at Miami University.
Several other awards were presented at the banquet:
-- Sprinter Tianna (Madison) Bartoletta from Elyria won the Amateur Athlete of the Year Award, which was presented by former Olympians Harrison Dillard and Frank Shorter.
-- Kent State's Baseball Team won the College Team of the Year Award, which was presented by Ohio State University football coach Urban Meyer.
-- Soccer player Molly Miller from Notre Dame Academy was presented the Courage Award by new Browns coach Rob Chudzinski.
-- Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and former player Eric Metcalf presented Browns radio voice Doug Dieken with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
"I guess this means I'm getting old," said Dieken.
Sports Editor Mark Podolski contributed to this report.


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Apr 24, 2012
3 Basic Perceptions of Content You Should Have For Successful Marketing
When you bring three people together for a panel, who don't know each other, chemistry is almost impossible.
I lucked out.
On April 3rd PR Newswire teamed up with the Business Development Institute to bring together three experts on content marketing in Dallas to share knowledge and thoughts on the subject. I had the pleasure of being the moderator for the event.
I expected good conversation from the group. What I didn't expect, and have never done before, was to be taking notes as much as the audience while being on stage.
Although not planned, and completely at different points during the forum, each of our three experts made statements about how content should be perceived.
I took notes mentally and on paper and in the end I had a new perception, or perceptions that really help me in my approach to content.
Content As Food
This came from Eddy Badrina, co-founder of Buzzshift: "You have to create/share content people actually want. Think of content as food for the mind. People want to be fed good content." Brilliant, and so true. The most successful content marketers share information that is truly useful to people.
Eddy also said we should remember there are three types of content to share: (1) created content, which you create yourself or pay someone for, (2) contributed content, which can be attained from guest bloggers, and (3) curated content, which you do not own but can add context to when you share.
People want content that has value, but you don't necessarily have to create it or own it to benefit from it. I myself share a lot of content on Twitter that I did not have a hand in creating, but I do curate what I find valuable, and hopefully the audience appreciates that.
Content As Opportunity
Content gives you the opportunity to engage with your audience, an audience that may become customers, according to Brett Relander, co-founder of Tactical Marketing Labs.
If you post an intriguing and informative blog or video you audience will comment. They become engaged and you have the opportunity to respond and add strength to that relationship.
Guest blogging is one opportunity that should not be overlooked. Some may scoff that putting content on online property you do not own diminishes the value to you. Not so. Guest posting gives you access to audiences you would otherwise not be able to tap, and if you link back to your own property, say in your byline, then you will hopefully lead that audience back to where you might engage them further.
Content As a Service
Adrian Parker said content should teach, illustrate and inform. It should be word-of-mouth worthy. Hence it is a service you are providing to your audience.
"Content is the currency of social media," said Adrian, and oh how right he is. Look at all the most successful people doing content marketing. They are excellent content creators.
One might say that the content creators will inherit the Internet. Or perhaps they already have.
Adrian gave us one last bit of advice, to not look at content life in a straight line. Think of it in a cycle: distribute, post, and repurpose. Good content can always be repurposed because there is always an audience that did not receive it before. Just make sure you update for relevance.
In this blog post I've tried to follow the advice that Eddy, Brett and Adrian gave. I've tried to share information that is useful, that feeds, that opens the doors to opportunity and that serves our audience.
Let me know if I succeeded.
Victoria Harres is Director of Audience Development at PR Newswire, the main voice behind @PRNewswire, and a frequent speaker and writer on social media for business.
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Great job! I was hungry for new insights and breakfast was served!
Hi Vicky, Great job moderating the event. It was a pleasure working with you, Eddy, and Adrian. I'm with you, I've never been part of a panel where the other speakers and I had such great chemistry. It definitely made the event more engaging for everyone. Looking forward to getting together again soon. @BrettRelander
Thanks Brett and Ricky. Brett, I hope we get the pleasure of working together again. – – Vicky
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NRC panel updates Nutrient Requirements for Horses
It's been 18 years since the National Research Council (NRC) revised its Nutrient Requirements for Horses – a manual widely used by equine practitioners. . Now the Sixth Revised Edition (2007) is out, published by the NRC's Committee on Nutrient Requirements for Horses, chaired by Laurie Lawrence, PhD, professor at the University of Kentucky's Department of Animal Sciences.
The volume, which this time comes with a Web-based computer program, updates what was published in 1989 on the various nutrient classes.
It offers expanded chapters on energy, carbohydrates, fats and fatty acids, protein and amino acids, minerals and vitamins.Besides covering basic nutrients, there is a chapter on water and water-quality issues; feeding and feed processing, including pasture and forage; feed additives; feed analysis; and on formulating and evaluating rations.
The most detailed new information is in the chapters on "Feeding Behavior and General Considerations for Feeding Management," "Unique Aspects of Equine Nutrition" and one on nutrient needs of donkeys and other equids.
The innovative computer program helps users determine nutrient requirements and formulate rations for horses and ponies of various physiological classes (maintenance, exercise, reproduction, lactation and growth).
Most information is aimed at light horse breeds, so the authors suggest that "the recommendations for ponies and draft horses be applied with discretion."
As in past editions, most information is said to reflect the latest scientific knowledge with a proviso that it is subject to further review. Here are some highlights:
Energy is discussed mainly as apparent digestible energy (DE) – the amount of energy in a food as determined by comparing gross energy or energy intake minus that contained in the feces, which includes not only that not absorbed, but also sloughed-off intestinal material and digestive secretions.
The result is therefore apparent DE, not truly non-absorbed energy, since it includes endogenous losses.
Although for some animal species energy is discussed as metabolizable energy (ME) or net or recovered energy (NE = GE-[DE+ UE+HE]), the revised volume shows DE is sufficient and a good basis of the energy needs of horses.
The committee decided that metabolizable energy or net energy was difficult to discern, given the variability and complication of calculating and evaluating energy lost via urine and gaseous losses, and that HE (heat energy or heat production) was even more convoluted for the horse.
Heat energy – energy lost to the environment – includes that for basal metabolism, digestion and absorption, the heat of fermentation, product formation (anabolism), voluntary activity (chewing, movement to retrieve nutrients, i.e., grazing), thermal regulation and waste formation and excretion.
The net energy, by definition, is a recovered entity or product, as in the energy of work, or in milk, or in fetal tissues.
With this unit as the basis of energy requirements for horses, the apparent DE for maintenance, growth, reproduction and exercise is discussed.
Maintenance energy is that exclusive of any of the other physiological states. There is an extensive section on the energy needs for exercise, including that for light, moderate, heavy and very heavy work. Heavy work is defined as four to five hours per week – 20 percent walk, 50 percent trot, 15 percent canter and 15 percent gallop – in ranch work, polo, show horses (frequent, strenuous), low to medium eventing and race training (middle stages).
Very heavy work is defined as that ranging from one hour per week of speed work to six to 12 hours per week of slow work, including racing (Thoroughbred, Standardbred, Quarter Horse, endurance) and elite three-day event work.
The main energy providers in horse diets are discussed in chapters on carbohydrate and fat.
Carbohydrates, from pasture, stored forage and grain, are the prime suppliers of energy for the horse, absorbed in the small intestine, and those converted to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) (proprionic, butyric, acetic) and absorbed in the hindgut (cecum and colon). The microbial population in the cecum can meet up to 30 percent of the horse's maintenance energy needs with additional VFAs produced in the colon.


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After a nearly five-year delay, the College Terrace Centre project in Palo Alto is poised to move forward.
The development at 2180 El Camino Real calls for nearly 39,000 square feet of office space, an 8,000-square-foot "neighborhood-serving" market and eight below-market-rate apartments.
On Monday, the council will decide whether James Smailey, son of project owner Patrick Smailey, is a good fit as the grocery store tenant. Building permits hinge on the council's blessing.
The council approved the project in 2009 with the understanding that John Garcia would keep operating JJ&F Food Store at the site. But the neighborhood fixture traded hands in 2010 and closed for good last year.
In anticipation of that possibility, the council required Patrick Smailey to ensure his development includes a market equivalent to JJ&F as it existed at the end of 2009. The council also gave itself final say over his selection of a grocery store tenant other than Garcia.
Patrick Smailey's selection of his son has raised eyebrows both in the community and at City Hall, according to a report from City Manager James Keene. The new grocery store would be called J&A Family Market.
"The proposed grocery store tenant does not appear to have prior experience running a grocery store," the report said.
For that reason, the city asked James Smailey to submit a business plan. While he provided some of the requested information, he declined to name the industry veterans he has recruited to help him, explaining that it would put him at a competitive disadvantage, according to the report. The city then tapped Sutti Associates to evaluate the business plan.
The Burlingame-based firm helped remodel JJ&F Food Store in 1996 and has experience designing and building successful markets throughout Northern California, according to the report.
"J&A Family market will be comparable, if not superior, in quality of products and services to JJ&F market," Sutti Associates president Lawrence J. Brucia concluded in a nine-page analysis.
Brucia said there was no way to guarantee J&A Family Market's long-term success but he believes it "has the retail team and strategy to be successful from its opening day and into the future."
"Based on the information submitted by the proposed grocery tenant, staff believes the tenant is proposing a store with products and service comparable to JJ&F, and that the only outstanding issue is whether the grocery will be a financial success and remain in operation, unlike other small grocery stores in the area that have failed," the report from Keene said.
The College Terrace Centre project was apparently delayed by a lack of financing. Los Angeles-based Canyon Capital Realty Advisors announced in January it was backing the project. In a news release at the time, director Marti Page called the site one of the most coveted addresses in the Bay Area.
According to the report, financing for the project also appears to be tied to the market's success.
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WHAT: The Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to review the selection of James Smailey as the new grocery tenant for the College Terrace Centre project at 2180 El Camino Real.
WHEN: Monday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Council Conference Room, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.


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When I first started my record label over 10 years ago I included 8.5×11 sheets of paper inside ever single record with information about the songs, label and artist (see below right). When the web started to flourish I stopped killing trees and sent email news. At the beginning I had only about 250 contacts but I knew almost all of them personally. At that time my promo emails were all text and I would send about one a month. As people sent fan mail or I met "kids" at shows I would collect their email addresses. By 2001 I had several thousand people on my email list. Around that time I started sending my "eNews" every two weeks and was sending graphic pretty HTML email. Each time I sent an email news out I would get about twenty responses from close friends and family, a host of questions about where to buy merchandise and usually a promoter or two asking to book one of us.
Well eventually and unfortunately spam took over the worlds email system. We all remember that right? I remember in the early 00s going from 10 spams a week to well over 100+. Because of that my ISP blocked me from sending my own newsletter out too. I pleaded with them and explained that everyone on my list was "opt in" it but alas no luck. I then discovered a piece of software called Maxbulk Mailer. Maxbulk allowed me to throttle my newsletters so they would get past my Host's blocking system. For about two years this worked fine. About a year ago Maxbulk was also rendered useless. My host and by the look of the Maxprog forums most other people's hosts knew how to stop Maxbulk Mailer. I know some people still use the software with success but dealing with blocked ports simply made my day way more boring than I could handle. Sadly, I stopped sending my newsletter.
I put some thought into how mid to large size companies were sending their own pretty spam to me. Then it hit me: They pay someone to do it! Immediately my super smart friend Google pointed me to companies like Constant Contact and Mailchimp. I was almost sold on using them but to be honest I couldn't look at the PC style Contant Contact website and well the price was just too high for my to justify. To send my my list of about 4800 people it was going to run me about $50 per month.
A few weeks ago I made a very happy discovery called Mad Mimi. This is not an advert for them. I would tell you early on before you read this far if I was leading you to buy something. Mad Mimi is similar to Constant Contact however it's gorgeous and cheap (or even free up to 100 contacts). Anyone who wants to shoot a newsletter out can use the service it but I discovered it was originally designed for musicians. You design really nice email Promotions using templates and your own images. You can also customize the CSS to perfection. It saves all the different promotions you make in your profile. You import your contacts (called Audience). After Mad Mimi sends your Promotion out it lets you know email addresses that bounced and lets you delete them from your Audience list. You can also track if people clicked or forwarded your promotion (how does it know that?). It also handles unsubscribing for you. Lastly Mad Mimi gives you an HTML snippet so you can embed a sign up page on your websites. This is another thing I used to do locally now moved into the cloud
Never ever spam. Don't use anyone else's list. Don't buy lists. Slowly create a list of people who are really interested in what your doing. I also recommend that you don't send more than two promotions a month because it's just plain annoying (Beatport are you listening?).
Have you ever tried email marketing? Are there any pro-audio companies or bands that have notoriously bugged you with spam?
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Validation of Esophageal Variceal Grading: A Comparative Study of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy and Capsule Endoscopy
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|Esophageal and Gastric Varices
|Device: Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy Device: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Validation of Esophageal Variceal Grading: A Comparative Study of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy and Capsule Endoscopy
- The primary endpoint of the study will be to develop a grading system for esophageal varices using capsule endoscopy. [ Time Frame: Two years ]
- Secondary endpoints include sensitivity, specificity, inter- and intraobserver variation of variceal grading using capsule endoscopy; patient acceptance; and a cost comparison (facility + professional fees) of the two screening methods. [ Time Frame: Two years ]
|Actual Study Start Date:
|January 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Capsule Endoscopy
|Device: Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy
|Active Comparator: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
|Device: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Detailed Description:
Up to 35% of patients with cirrhosis will develop esophageal varices, which carry with them a 1-year and 3-year bleeding rate of 33% and 41%, respectively. Screening for varices with a video endoscopy is limited by its cost, patient compliance, and the risks of sedating a patient with portal hypertension. Capsule endoscopy is a novel method that may reduce the costs and increase compliance for screening.
The investigators propose to screen 100 consecutive patients with advanced cirrhosis for esophageal varices. A capsule endoscopy and video endoscopy will be done on the same day. The varices seen on video endoscopy will be graded using a standard grading scale. Both capsule and video endoscopy images will be assessed in a blinded fashion by 4 independent investigators. Finally, the video endoscopic images will be compared to capsule endoscopy to develop a capsule endoscopy grading system that corresponds to video endoscopy.
The primary endpoint of the study will be to develop a grading system for esophageal varices using capsule endoscopy. Secondary endpoints of the study include sensitivity, specificity, inter- and intraobserver variation of variceal grading using capsule endoscopy; patient acceptance as assessed on a visual analogue scale; and a cost comparison (facility fees + professional fees) of the two screening methods.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced cirrhosis with portal hypertension based on imaging, clinical suspicion, or liver biopsy
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
- Able to give consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or pacemaker in place
- Suspected intestinal obstruction
- Esophageal swallowing disorder
- Esophageal stenosis
- Age less than 18 years old
- Pregnancy
- Known Zenker's diverticulum
- Patients with previous endoscopic or surgical esophageal treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00475592
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hospital
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul J Thuluvath, MD
|Johns Hopkins University
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00475592 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 16, 2007
|Last Updated:
|July 20, 2017
Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins University:
Esophageal Varices
Gastric Varices
Capsule Endoscopy
Portal Hypertension
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hypertension, Portal
Liver Diseases
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Sweet! i miss old Marvin.
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Sweet! i miss old Marvin.
looks like third round too!
Sweet! That's awesome. I was at the game where he was inducted into the Ring of Honor (that was honestly the highlight of the season) and the guy looked so genuinely pleased to be back in Indy. I remember using the restroom (where they have the radio playing) and Marvin was being interviewed by Lamey. Lamey asked Marvin if he had thought about the HOF and Marvin said he hadn't given it much thought and that simply being remembered as a Colt for life was good enough for him.
Marvin managed many marvelous moments.
Glad he got a Super Bowl championship to round out his career. It's a shame he didn't get a proper farewell season, but I always expected Marvin would be the type to just up and retire out of the blue rather than make a big deal out of it anyway. So even without the injury and contract issue there probably wouldn't have been a final farewell season for Marvin.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Didn't Marvin murder someone?
I'm glad he won that Super Bowl while he was still an elite player. 06 Marvin was still arguably the best receiver in the league. That 07 injury unfortunately ended his career a couple years too early.
That two point conversion catch against New England in the AFC Championship was just incredible.
Why so SERIOUS
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "


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Question submitted on Sep 3, 2013.
Questioni am an 100% permanent and total disabled veteran. i have an 5yr old daughter, healthy. i am 42yrs old. what would be a good insurance choice?
Hi, thank you for the question. I am not exactly sure what you are asking though. You may be referring to life insurance. If so, the first step would be to see if you are even insurable. The extent of your disability may determine if you are eligible for coverage at all and if so, what the underwriting classification would be. The next step would be to look at your budget to see what you can afford and how much coverage you want to get. Term life insurance typically ranges from 10 to 30 years with a level premium and is less expensive than permanent. Permanent insurance is designed to cover you for your entire life. There are many factors that go into selecting the right insurance coverage. I recommend seeing a qualified insurance agent in your area to find the best option for you.
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The suttas clearly state that
1.Arahant/Tathagata is not found inside or outside of 5 aggregates. SN 22.85-86
2.Self or what belongs to self is not found in truth or reality. MN22
3.There is no permanent possesion. MN22. 5 aggregates are impermanent SN22.97
4.Nibbāna is cessation of becoming. AN10.7. bhavanirodho nibbāna. IMHO cessation of becoming is not some new becoming, such as becoming an infinite consciousness.
5.Wouldn't gaining a permanent, eternal, not subject to change consciousness be considered acquiring (ūpadhi) Something? But many suttas clearly say that Nibbana is calming of all fabrications and relinquishing of ALL acquistions sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo – PTS A 4.423 (AN 9.36)
6. Five Aggregates cease and never reoccur when Parinibbāna happens. Thus what can remain and be oneself or possession of oneself? Why is there no sutta that says that at parinibbana 5 aggregates cease but some Consciousness remains?
7.There is no eternal and unchanging consciousness that transmigrates from sense base to sense base, much less from life to life. MN38. All consciousness is conditioned and dependently arisen.
8."The body disintegrated, perception ceased, pain & rapture were entirely consumed, fabrications were stilled: consciousness (Viññāṇaṃ) has come to its end." – Ud 8.9 Such is the description of Nibbāna.
9.Consciousness cannot be without other aggregates (which cease in parinibbāna)
"Were someone to say, 'I will describe a coming, a going, a passing away, an arising, a growth, an increase, or a proliferation of consciousness apart from form, from feeling, from perception, from fabrications,' that would be impossible."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
What would be condition for consciousness in Nibbāna? OF what would it be aware? Wouldn't its object of awareness be one of the aggregates? But then it would mean that something conditioned (aggregates) remain in Nibbāna…
Re: Viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ in DN11
In DN11 quote if one looks carefully, there are two questions and two answers to the questions of:
Q #1 Where do water, earth, fire, & wind have no footing?
Q #2 Where are long & short, coarse & fine, fair & foul, name & form brought to
an end?
Q1) Where do water, earth, fire, & wind have no footing?
A1) Consciousness without feature (Viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ), and radiant everywhere, Here water, earth, fire, & wind have no footing.
Q2) Where are long & short, coarse & fine, fair & foul, name & form brought to an end?
A2) Here long & short coarse & fine fair & foul, name & form are all brought to an end. With the cessation of consciousness each is here brought to an end.'"
There is absolutely no reason to believe that Viññāṇa remains in Nibbāna, and DN11 clearly states that consciousness ceases.
Remember that ALL things are dukkha. To posit something that remains eternally
is only to posit an eternally existent dukkha and according to MN22 there isn't anything that is permanent and everlasting not subject to change. The talk on ANY kind of existence in Nibbana betrays one's wish for eternal survival, even if it is in some unexplained form.
MN72 clearly states parinibbāna of Arahant is like flame going out. In fact the words extinguished is the same as word for Nibbāna. Just like extinguished flame doesn't become the whole world, same is with Arahant.
The metaphors for nibbāna is a flame going out that is simply reckoned as 'out' (nibbuto)
"If the fire burning in front of you were to go out (nibbāyeyya), would you know that, 'This fire burning in front of me has gone out (nibbuto)'?"
"And suppose someone were to ask you, 'This fire that has gone out in front of you, in which direction from here has it gone? East? West? North? Or south?'
Thus asked, how would you reply?"
"That doesn't apply, Master Gotama. Any fire burning dependent on a sustenance of grass and timber, being unnourished — from having consumed that sustenance and not being offered any other — is classified simply as 'out' (unbound)." http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"What do you think: Do you regard the Tathagata as form-feeling-perception-fabrications-consciousness?"
"No, my friend."
"Do you regard the Tathagata as that which is without form, without feeling, without perception, without fabrications, without consciousness?"
"No, my friend."
"And so, my friend Yamaka — when you can't pin down the Tathagata as a truth or reality even in the present life http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"there is no form... no feeling... no perception... there are no fabrications... there is no consciousness that is constant, lasting, eternal, not subject to change, that will stay just as it is as long as eternity."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"Monks, you would do well to possess that possession, the possession of which would be constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change, that would stay just like that for an eternity. But do you see that possession, the possession of which would be constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change, that would stay just like that for an eternity?"
"No, lord."
"Very good, monks. I, too, do not envision a possession, the possession of which would be constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change, that would stay just like that for an eternity.
"Monks, you would do well to cling to that clinging to a doctrine of self, clinging to which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair. But do you see a clinging to a doctrine of self, clinging to which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair?"
"Monks, where there is a self, would there be [the thought,] 'belonging to my self'?"
"Yes, lord."
"Or, monks, where there is what belongs to self, would there be [the thought,] 'my self'?"
"Yes, lord."
"Monks, where a self or what belongs to self are not pinned down as a truth or reality, then the view-position — 'This cosmos is the self. After death this I will be constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change. I will stay just like that for an eternity' — Isn't it utterly & completely a fool's teaching?"
"What else could it be, lord? It's utterly & completely a fool's teaching."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
[Sariputta] how would you answer if you are thus asked: A monk, a worthy one, with no more mental effluents: what is he on the break-up of the body, after death?"
[Yamaka] "Thus asked, I would answer, 'Form is inconstant... Feeling... Perception... Fabrications... Consciousness is inconstant. That which is inconstant is stressful. That which is stressful has ceased and gone to its end."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
Yes, venerable sir, as I know the Teaching of the Blessed One, this consciousness transmigrates through existences, not anything else. [Buddha] Sàti, how is that consciousness? [Sati] Venerable sir, this uttering and feeling one, that reaps the results of actions good and evil done here and there. [Buddha:] Foolish man, to whom do you know me having preached this Teaching. Haven't I told, in various ways that consciousness is dependently arisen. Without a cause, there is no arising of consciousness. Yet, you foolish man, because of your wrong grasp, blame me, destroy yourself, and accumulate much demerit and that will be for your undoing and unpleasantness for a long time.
http://metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/ ... ta-e1.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' 'etaṃ santaṃ etaṃ paṇītaṃ yadidaṃ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbāna'nti.
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Realmuto up, Disco down as Marlins balance roster
HOUSTON -- After carrying an extra pitcher for the four-game series in Atlanta, the Marlins on Friday reverted their roster back to carrying 13 position players.
Before opening an Interleague series in Houston, Miami recalled catcher J.T. Realmuto from Double-A Jacksonville and optioned right-hander Anthony DeSclafani to Triple-A New Orleans.
The Marlins are back to carrying 12 pitchers, where they are more ideally suited.
The reason to go with an extra arm in Atlanta was because of back-to-back short stints from their starters last weekend against the Giants at Marlins Park. The San Francisco series depleted the bullpen, so to play it safe, a 13th pitcher was brought to Atlanta.
Miami ended up taking three of four from the Braves, and the starting pitching was solid.
Realmuto, making his second stint with the Marlins, is batting .301 with six homers and 46 RBIs for Jacksonville.
"He's coming in to give us some depth," manager Mike Redmond said. "We called up DeSclafani, because at the time, we needed some depth with our pitching."
In the series opener on Friday at Minute Maid Park, Jarrod Saltalamacchia was used as the designated hitter, with Jeff Mathis catching lefty Brad Hand.
"Here with the DH, it allows us with some flexibility to bring in another catcher," Redmond said.
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Matthew Stocke Returns to ROCK OF AGES as 'Hertz'
Matthew Stocke returns to the cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical Rock of Ages tonight, February 7, 2013, at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street) for four weeks. Stocke is stepping in for Paul Schoeffler as "Hertz," the German developer looking to renovate the Sunset Strip, while Schoeffler is on leave to play Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha at Houston's Theatre Under The Stars from February 26-March 10. Schoeffler returns to Rock of Ages on March 11, 2013.
Stocke, whose past Broadway credits include The Wedding Singer, The Boy From Oz, The Full Monty and Titanic, previously performed as a swing in Rock of Ages from 2009 to 2011.
In its record-breaking fourth year on Broadway, Rock of Ages has celebrated its one-millionth customer, its 1500th performance and seven Box Office Records. This coming March, the smash hit will take its place on the Top 50 list of Longest Running Broadway Shows in History. "Broadway's Best Party" opened on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 and played its final performance at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Sunday, January 9, 2011 before re-opening at The Helen Hayes Theatre on March 24, 2011.
The music that ignited a generation is heating up Broadway in Rock of Ages. The classic rock love story of the decade erupts into Broadway's Best Party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "I Wanna Know What Love Is", "Here I Go Again", "Don't Stop Believin" and more.
ROCK OF AGES currently stars a "Supergroup" of performers including Kate Rockwell as "Sherrie," Justin Matthew Sargent as "Drew," Joey Calveri as "Stacee Jaxx," Genson Blimline as "Lonny," Adam Dannheisser (Original Broadway Cast member) as "Dennis," Cody Scott Lancaster as "Franz," Josephine Rose Roberts as "Regina," Paul Schoeffler (Original Broadway Cast member) as "Hertz," and Teresa Stanley as "Justice." Rounding out the cast are Tessa Alves, Andrew Call, Tony LePage, Michael Minarik (Original Broadway Cast member), Jennifer Rias, Cassie Silva, Andre Ward (Original Broadway Cast member) and Neka Zang.
In addition to being a bona fide Broadway hit musical, Rock of Ages is currently rocking the Garrick Theatre in London's West End and the Venetian Resort on the Las Vegas Strip; is on its Second U.S. National Tour; and hit the silver screen in June 2012 as a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Furthermore, the show was a runaway success in Toronto, Australia, and its 60-city First National Tour, and has licensed productions in several additional countries, including Korea and Japan.
ROCK OF AGES is produced on Broadway and world-wide by Matthew Weaver, Michael Cohl and Jonathan Linden/S2BN Entertainment.
Tickets for Rock of Ages at The Helen Hayes can be purchased via Telecharge.com, by calling (212) 239-6200 (outside the NY metro area (800) 432-7250) or in person at the Helen Hayes Box Office. Student Rush: $32 - available day of show when box office opens, subject to availability. Must show student ID. Only two tickets per student ID. Cash only. The performance schedule is Monday at 8pm, Tuesday at 7pm, Thursday at 8pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm and Sunday at 3pm & 7:30pm.


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A friend turned me onto the above mentioned article. It's worth reading and made me wonder what do SitePoint members do the first hour of their workday?
I am scrupulous in planning next day's work at the end of the day. Yet, I find that often I don't like the looks of my task list in the morning and do other things instead of what I should be doing. Generally I check e-mail first and add anything important there to my task list. My next stop is here and then I start working my list. However, more often than not I start with the easy things and by the end of the day, the difficult things are still undone and get "planned" for tomorrow. Not good.
The article says something about eating a frog first. (A quote taken from Mark Twain.) That's maybe a better way to go about things. What do you think? What do you do in the first hour of your workday?
Dear Linda:Thanks for a great article. I was a CIO for close to twenty years. I arrived at work two hours earlier everyday. The first 15 minutes I closed my eyes and meditated, then looked at my physical inbox to sort the critical from the unimportant and dealt with anything that needed immediate attention. I then turned to my email and did the same with the email. I then scanned the techincal journals to see what new technologies are coming down the pike. Finally I put together a task list for that day. By that time people would start trickling and I will have a breakfast meeting with my top Directors and they briefed on what transpired yesterday and what their action plan for today was.
If there are no emergencies (servers down, email down, etc), contrary to the article, I typically check email, look over support requests, and get a general mental task list together. I tend to rank things that are broken over requests for new accounts/features/installations/projects.
Thanks for sharing the article.
The first thing I used to do in the morning was to check my inboxes and social networks. Then, I found that as an avid blogger, it is incredibly useful to spend at least one hour in the morning to write something between 500 to 750 words because distractions are at their least in the mornings.
Once the writings are done, I will then check my email and go through as many of them as possible within the allocated hour. Items on the to-do list are next.
I am still finding ways to perfect my routine and as the only person working on the business, I find routine tasks such as scheduling posts on social media outlets, accounting, emails and filling up Excel spreadsheets for tracking purposes are stifling creativity and stopping myself from doing things that really matter. Finding ways to automate these tasks is one way to go and the next step will be to outsource some of these once I have a written documentation set up.
I like your idea about spending just one hour on e-mail. I used to check it several times a day. Now I check it twice -- once in the morning and once in the evening. As I check it, I add anything that needs a reply to my task list.
Like you, I am a one-person business and it is very easy to become bogged down with administrative duties. I have tried several task managers including an on-line application but either they were too in-depth or not deep enough.
Recently I found a GEM of an app -- NoteCase pro. It is a cross-platform outliner that works in OSx, Windows, and Linux. The more I use it, the more I like it. In addition to easy task management, it keeps tracks of all my notes both business and personal so that absolutely nothing falls through the cracks. There is a free "NoteCase" version, but it doesn't have quite all the things I need. While NoteCase-Pro is not free, it is quite inexpensive and offers several licenses. If you want to configure things so that you can do them your way, it is certainly worth a look.
I have a stringent rule. I do all my admin stuff (bookkeeping, emails, etc) at the start of the day. Then I put it out of my mind, and concentrate on real work.
When I want to take a short break, I head over to Sitepoint (or the other forums I use) and spend a few pleasant minutes chatting to others. Then back to work.
When I want to take a short break, I head over to Sitepoint (or the other forums I use) and spend a few pleasant minutes chatting to others. Then back to work.
Other forums? Where... what? You use OTHER forums? :eek:
When I came to work, I start day by reading few news. Sometimes I spent several hours with news. I thing it is time killer, but you have so much free and interesting informations, it's hard to stop.
That is really not good,well you do a normal things checking email and work on it,In Finland i seen a lot of businessman which do more a lot of task everyday and they are all difficult.Most of the time i use to manage ryhmaekalenteri or group calendar and it is always my task.Quite not good also.
hmm maybe thats where I am going wrong.....!First hour involves reading the Daily Mail website, FB, Emails and making a brew.Really must take this job more seriously sometime VERY soon!
Nothing gets done until the first cup of delicious tea is getting glugged!
(though I do tend to use my short commute to skim blearily through twitter, FB & email too)
I do a morning meditation that takes just under 30 minutes, then I spend about 20 minutes listening to music, drinking coffee and planning my day before I even look at my email or do a single task. I have a basic approach where I evaluate the priorities/tasks/progress for the previous day and rebuild the plan as if it were fresh each day. Over the years I've settled on a very simple paper-based system for managing large and small tasks - I use postit notes and a corkboard to keep things on track.
Typically I check email for the first time at around 10am. Once you check that inbox the incoming mail will try to dominate your day, so I always like to have a super-clear set of priories and a rough plan for the day before I brace myself for the first mail check.
That sounds like a great process, Sagewing. What time to you start this process?
It depends where I am but usually I start my day at 8, and try to start working at around 9.
That's interesting. I find that I need to start that process earlier. The world seems to be buzzing too much by 8am. I love the quietness at dawn, but I often stay up too late to enjoy it. Bad habits ...
Yea I would like to start earlier, but having a 4-year old in the house really affects the schedule
I too find that I feel more accomplished for the whole day if I can check off my biggest tasks first. I then reward myself with a little fb to de-stress a bit. Then its on to the menial but necessary daily tasks. Its all about playing around with your schedule until you find what works best for you. Some morning people might want to reverse my schedule to accommodate the time it takes their brain to function at its best. Just stick with what works once you find it.
I suspect your problem is not really about the first hour of your working day. As you mentioned the difficult tasks are pushed to the next working day so try to look at the big picture and reorganize your working week.
With good planning you can start your week with easier tasks and leave the heavy tasks to the middle of the week.
So Mon-Tue do tasks that you good at, Wed-Thu difficult tasks and Fri for what ever is left on your list.
I think that having powerhouse days and high efficiency isn't a matter of how you schedule your time, really. It's more about how you prioritize your tasks. I sometimes do harder things in the morning to get them out of the way, but usually I schedule my day based on how I can have the best overall outcome for the least amount of effort. Mostly, your success is based on your decision about how you will be spending your 5-6 hours of actual work time more than when you will be doing what.
I just failed on the first one. I seem to be a slave of emails. I feel the need to answer them right away. Plus, I get to receive all these crazy notifications on my iPhone. I think I have to work on that.
Here's another related article I could add to this discussion too. Richard Branson's secrets to productivity.
Been reading a lot of productivity and success articles recently. Just need that kick of inspiration to do all these things!


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Editors' note: The following is a response to Jim Kerstetter's commentary, "Why do we blame games for real-world violence?"
I have fond memories of the hours lost playing Medal of Honor on PlayStation 2 and even the original GoldenEye on Nintendo64.
It was immersive and exciting, and to me it was entertainment. Now as a parent I have a different perspective: I wonder if such games are actually bad for my own kids. That's why I found Jim Kerstetter's article "Why do we blame games for real-world violence?" an interesting read, and also felt compelled to clarify some of the information and share my thoughts.
In his article, Kerstetter mentions that a 2010 issue of Review of General Psychology (one of many journals published by the American Psychological Association) focused on video game violence. In actuality, the issue focused on the topic of video games in general and mostly on video games as tools for cognitive enhancement, particularly massively multiplayer online (MMO) games (an interesting topic for another day).
The issue did contain two articles that spoke to video game violence: one where the author argues that the harmful effects of video game violence have been overexaggerated, and another article arguing that video game violence may increase aggression in some people, particularly those who are already predisposed to violence. With such conflicting information from experts, how am I supposed to make informed decisions about my own kids? I played my fare share of violent video games; did they make me more violent or aggressive?
I'd like to think they didn't, but there's something about immersing one's consciousness into any environment filled will violence for hours on end that makes me think it's a question worth asking.
One of the more significant pieces of literature on video game violence compiled the results of 130 different studies from many different countries in what researchers call a meta-analysis (a fancy way of combining all 130 studies into one). The findings were published in Psychological Bulletin (also published by APA) in 2010. After extensive analysis, the authors concluded that exposure to violent video games does cause an increase in aggressive behavior, aggressive thoughts, and aggressive feelings, as well as a decrease in feelings of empathy and pro-social behavior.
The findings of this extensive study make it pretty clear that there is a link between video game violence and real-world violence. With that said, it's also important to understand that even though there's this strong evidence that video game violence does cause real-world violence, the strength of that effect is small compared with other variables known to cause violence. To put that a different way, violent video games can make people more aggressive, but something like being a victim of violence or poor family bonding have a much, much stronger impact.
Which brings me to my final point: I wholeheartedly agree with Kerstetter that parent involvement may be the single best way to address concerns regarding aggressive behaviors in kids. There are mounds of research that study every conceivable aspect of parenting; one interesting body of research is attachment theory. Many hyper-involved parents describe themselves as "attachment parents" and have taken the ideas of attachment theory to an extreme.
Regardless of how far you go with such ideas, one thing is clear, the quality of the bond between parent and child is pretty powerful. Kids that do not have strong attachments to caregivers can be sad, anxious, rejecting, or angry. As any parent will tell you, creating a strong bond with your children is incredibly complicated, yet at the same time it is astoundingly simple -- care about your kids and care about what they are doing. Parents paying attention to what video games their kids are playing is part of that, but it is a pretty tiny part.
Even better is to, as Kerstetter said, "learn about the classes they're taking and the friends with whom they're spending time." Being involved in all aspects of your children's lives is what really makes a meaningful impact; video games are just one out of probably a million things parents need to be mindful of. What we know about the connection between video game violence and real-world violence shouldn't be ignored, but more importantly everything we know about good parenting shouldn't be ignored either.


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Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (Bechterev) (Владимир Михайлович Бехтерев; January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927 was a Russian neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology. He is best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev's Disease. Moreover, he is known for his competition with Ivan Pavlov regarding the study of conditioned reflexes.
Early lifeEdit
Vladimir Bekhterev was born in Sorali, a village in the Viatka Territory of Russia[2]. Bekhterev's chilhood was not without difficulty. For instance, his father, a low ranking government official, died when he was young. While his childhood was not simple, Bekhterev did have the opportunity to attend Vyataka gymnasium in 1867, one of the oldest schools in Russia as well as the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg in 1873[3]. He also attended the Medical and Surgery Academy of St. Petersburg where he studied under J.P. Merzejewsky [4]. It was here where Bekhterev's interest in the discipline neuropathology and psychiatry was first sparked[5].
Russia went to war with the Ottoman Empire in 1877. Bekhterev took time off from his studies in order to help the war effort by volunteering with an ambulance detachment. After the war, he returned to school. While attending school, Bekhterev worked as a junior doctor in the clinic of mental and nervous diseases at the Institutes of Medic's Improvement. Here he began performing his experimental work. In 1878, Bekhterev graduated from the Medical and Surgery Academy of St. Petersburg with a degree similar to a Bachelor of Medicine[6]. After graduating, Bekhterev worked at the Psychiatric Clinic in St. Petersburg. where he was inspired to begin studying the anatomy and physiology of the brain, the area in which he would later make some of his most notable contributions[7]. It was also during this time that Bekhterev married Natalya Bazilevskaya[8].
In 1880, Bekhterev began publishing his research. One of his earlier works described Russian social issues. In this paper, he wrote essays describing the individual characteristics of the Votyaks (Udmurts), a group of people under Russian rule who live in the Republic of Udmurita between the rivers Vyatka and Kama[9]. Then in April 4, 1881, Bekhterev successfully defended his doctoral thesis, "Clinical studies of temperature in some forms of mental disorders," and received his doctorate from the Medical and Surgical Academy of St. Petersburg. This doctorate allowed Bekhterev to become a "privant-docent" or associate professor, where he lectured on the diagnostics of nervous diseases [10].
Contribution to NeurologyEdit
Throughout his career, Bekhterev conducted a large amount of research which greatly contributed to the current understanding of the brain. This research was described in works such as The Conduction Paths in the Brain and Spinal Cord, written in 1882, followed by a second edition written in 1896. In 1884 he published 58 scientific works about the functions of the brain. His extensive research led to an 18 month travel scholarship awarded to study and conduct research in both Germany and Paris[11]. On this trip he worked with and learned from a variety of notable contributors the field of science such as Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), Paul Emil Flechsig (1847–1929), Theodor Meynert (1833–1892), Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833–1890), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), and Jean Martin Charcot (1825–1893)[12]. Bekhterev's scholarship lasted until September 1885, after which, he returned to Russia and worked as the head of the Psychiatry Department at the University of Kazan until 1893[13].
During his time at the University of Kazan, Bekhterev made some of his greatest contributions to neurological science. He established the first laboratory of experimental psychology in Russia in 1886 to study the nervous system and the structures of the brain. As a result of his research, Bekhterev believed that there were zones within the brain and each of these zones had a specific function. Moreover, because nervous disorders and mental disorders usually occur in conjunction with each other, he believed that there was no definite distinction between these disorders[14]. When conducting research at the University of Kazan, Bekhterev also identified Ankylosing Spondylitis or Bekhterev's disease (more frequently spelled in English as Bechterew's disease, following the German transliteration system for Russian names), a degenerative arthritis of the spine. As a result of his groundbreaking research, in 1891, Bekhterev was granted permission by the Kazan government to open and become the chairman of the Neurology Science Society[15].
In 1893, Bekhterev left the University of Kazan to return to St. Petersburg Military Medical Academy to become the head to the Department of Nervous and Mental Diseases. Here he continued his contribution to neurological research by organizing the first Russian neurosurgical operating room to specialize in neurosurgery. While Bekhterev never performed any surgeries himself, he was highly involved in the diagnostics of neurological diseases, eventually earning him the Full State Chancellor Title in 1894[16].
Between 1894 and 1905 Bekhterev was very busy with his research. He completed between 14 and 24 scientific works per year and founded Nevrologichesky Vestnik (Neurology Weekly) in 1896, the first Russian journal on nervous disease[17]. Eventually, his hard work earned him the Baire's Prize, awarded in December 1900, for the two volumes of his writing "Pathways of brain and bone marrow" in which he noted the role that the hippocampus plays in memory. Bekhterev's other writings include "Mind and Life," a book written in 1902, which contained multiple volumes including "Foundations for Brain Functions Theory" written in 1903. "Foundations for Brain Functions Theory" described Bekhterev's views on the functions of the parts of the brain and the nervous system. It also suggested the Energetic Inhibition Theory which describes automatic responses (reflexes). This theory claims that there is an active energy in the brain which moves towards a center, and when this happens, the other parts of the brain are left in an inhibited state[18]. Bekhterev's research on associated responses would become highly connected with the important area of psychology called Behaviorism. It also led to a long-standing rivalry with Ivan Pavlov, described in further detail below.
Objective PsychologyEdit
Between 1907 anx 1910, Bekhterev also published a 3-volume book called "Objective Psychology." This book was the first step in establishing the field of Objective Psychology, which is based on the principle that all behavior can be explained by objectively studying reflexes[19]. Therefore behavior is studied through observable traits. This idea contrasted the more subjective views of psychology such as structuralism, which allowed for the use of tools such as introspection to study inner thoughts about personal experiences[20]
Objective Psychology would later become the basis of Reflexology, Gestalt Psychology, and especially Behaviorism, an area which would later revolutionize the field of psychology and the manner in which the science of psychology is conducted.[21] Without Bekhterev's beliefs about how to best conduct research, it is possible that these important approaches to psychology may have never been established.
Other ContributionsEdit
Bekhterev founded the Psychoneurological Institute at the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy; however, because of the Russian revolution of 1917, he was forced to resign in 1913. In 1918 he was reinstanted as a professor and in fact, became the chairperson the Department of Psychology and Reflexology at the University of Petrograd in St. Petersburg as well as established the Institute of Studying Brain Mental Activities[22].
During his time away from teaching, Bekhterev worked to open an orphanage, complete with both a kindergarten and school, for refugee children from the western regions of Russia. He also participated in creating health services in the "young country" of Russia[23].
Rivalry with Ivan PavlovEdit
Both Ivan Pavlov and Bekhterev independently developed a theory of conditioned reflexes which describe automatic responses to the environment. What was called association reflex by Bekhterev is called the conditioned reflex by Pavlov, although the two theories are essentially the same. Because John Watson first discovered the salivation research completed by Pavlov, this research was incorporated into Watson's famous theory of Behaviorism, making Pavlov a house-hold name. While Watson used Pavlov's research to support his Behaviorist claims, closer inspection shows that in fact, Watson's teachings are better supported by Bekhterev's research[24].
Bekhterev was familiar with Pavlov's work and had multiple criticisms. According to Bekhterev, one of Pavlov's major research flaws included using a saliva method. He found fault with this method because it could not be easily used on humans. In contrast, Bekhterev's method of studying this association (conditioned) reflex using mild electrical stimulation to examine motor reflexes was able to demonstrate the existence of this reflex in humans. Bekhterev also questioned using acid to encourage saliva from the animals. He felt that this practice may contaminate the results of the experiment. Finally, Bekhterev criticized Pavlov's method by stating that the secretory reflex is unimportant and unreliable. If the animal is not hungry then food may not elicit the desired response, acting as evidence of the method's unreliability[25]. Pavlov however was not without his own criticisms of Bekhterev, stating that Bekhterev's laboratory was poorly controlled[26].
There is a lot of mystery surrounding the death of Bekhterev. It is known for certain that Bekhterev died in 1927, but controversy exists surrounding his death. It is speculated that Joseph Stalin asked for a consultation with Bekhterev. Stalin was in his final struggles for power and was suffering from depression. Bekhterev had consulted with Vladimir Lenin previously which led Stalin to call on him for help. After meeting, Bekhterev diagnosed Stalin with "grave paranoia." Later that day Bekhterev suddenly died, causing speculation that he was killed by Stalin as revenge for the diagnosis. Moreover, after Bekhterev's death, Stalin had Bekhterev's name and all of his works removed from textbooks[27].
His LegacyEdit
While the name Vladimir Bekhterev is largely unknown, his contributions to science and specifically psychology were impressive. Bekhterev was a huge force in the science of neurology; greatly enhancing our knowledge on how the brain works as well as the parts of the brain. For instance, his research on the hippocampus allowed for the understanding of one of the most central portions of the brain vital to our function of memory. Moreover, his influence to psychology was immeasurable. Bekhterev's works laid the groundwork for the future of psychology. His ideas regarding Objective psychology as well as his views on reflexes were the cornerstone of Behaviorism and as a result, the future of psychology. Although Bekhterev's name is largely unknown, the repercussions of his findings are certainly essential to the current fields of both psychology and neurology.
Overview of General FindingsEdit
Parts of the Brain[28]:
Bekhterev's Acromial Reflex: a deep muscle reflex
Bekhterev's Disease: An autoimmune disease characterized by arthritis, inflammation, and eventual immobility of joints
Bekhterev's Nucleus: The superior nucleus of the vestibular nerve
Bekhterev's Nystagmus: Nystagmus that develops after the destruction of the canals of the inner ear
Bekhterev's Pactoralis Reflex: A reflex that extends the Pectoralis major muscle
Bekhterev's Reflex: Three reflexes described by Bekhterev concerning the eye, face and abdominal muscles
Bekhterev's Reflex I: Dilatation of the pupil upon exposure to light
Bekhterev's Reflex II: Scapulohumeral reflex
Bekhterev's Reflex of Eye: Areflex of the contraction of the M. orbicularis oculi
Bekhterev's Reflex of Hand: The hand-flexor phenomena
Bekhterev's Reflex of the Heel: Toe-flexion reflex
Bekhterev-Jacobsohn reflex: A finger flexion reflex which corresponds with the Bekhterev-Mendel foot reflex
Other Accomplishments:
Bekhterev's Nucleus (Superior vestibular nucleus)[29]
Bekhterev's Disease: Numbness of the spine[30]
Over 800 publications[31]
Reflexology: objective study of human behavior that studies the relationship between environmental stimuli and overt behavior[32]
Bekhterev's Mixture: a medicine with a sedative effect.
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External linksEdit
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