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Thanks to Colorado branch of the Volunteers of America, 100 homeless individuals, including families with children, have a roof over their heads at night. The VOA Family Motel at 4855 W. Colfax Ave., provides a clean and safe place for them to stay, if only temporarily.
But the constant use takes a toll, and a good sprucing up is needed every now and then. Last week, relief pitchers LaTroy Hawkins and Zach McClellan of the Colorado Rockies devoted an afternoon to painting rooms at the Family Motel, joining students and teachers from the Jefferson County Schools Johnson Program.
Hawkins and McClellan are members of the Major League Baseball Players Trust which has "action teams" in various cities across the country. The action teams promote volunteerism by encouraging young people to make a positive difference in their respective communities.
In addition to Denver, there are action teams in Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, Oakland, Portland (Maine), San Francisco and Seattle. There are plans to expand the program to Indiannapolis, Cincinnati, Houston and Mobile.
The VOA Family Motel allows up to 12 days of shelter to those in need of emergency housing. VOA estimates there are 4,600 men, women and children in the metro area that are homeless.
Pictures taken at the VOA Family Motel sprucing-up can be seen at denverpost.com/SeenGallery.
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Media report on blockbuster exhibition
The 1001 Inventions exhibition, which highlights the scientific legacy of Muslim civilization in our modern age, made its United States debut at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) on December 4th 2010.
In its newest version, the exhibition has enjoyed blockbuster runs in both London and Istanbul, attracting more than 800,000 visitors so far this year.
Since its first launch in Manchester's Museum of Science in 2006, the 1001 Inventions exhibition has received positive coverage from world media, who have celebrated its quality, comprehensiveness, and objectivity in presenting the facts about the vivid influence of the heritage of the Muslim world, especially in science, technology and medicine, on the modern world and civilisation.
During its first two weeks in New York, an audience of several thousand visited after dozens of US media outlets reported the arrival of the 1001 Inventions exhibition. Clyde Haberman from The New York Times published on December 7th 2010 an article "In This Show, an Islamic World Brimming with Innovation", in which he stated that the exhibition focuses on a time when the Muslim world was an incubator for ideas in science and technology.
Perry Santanachote, from WNYC Culture Desk, wrote an excellent paper (NY Hall of Science Spotlights 1001 Inventions From the Muslim World, December 03, 2010), in which she reported the views of the 1001 Inventions team and New York Hall of Science leadership, as well those of visitors many of whom were impressed by the exhibition's ability to answer questions such as 'how did inventions and discoveries come about or where did they come from'?
On December 8, 2010, Arlene McKanic published 1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World on The Root (a division of Washington post. Newsweek Interactive, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company). Presenting 1001 Inventions as "a fun, splashy, fascinating exhibit", the article highlights the contribution of Muslim scholars from Africa –the doctor Constantine the African, from Tunis, who translated works of Arabic medicine into Latin, and Al-Jahiz, the Iraqi writer and scientist of African descent.
These reporters and numerous others over the years have recognised the aim and spirit of this unique exhibition. They saw it as a very successful attempt to popularise science amongst young people, especially those from non-Western origins, by making it fun and hands-on as against placing extant historical objects in secure see-through cabinets. They praised its attempt to bring out the important feature of continuity of scientific inventions as a global phenomenon which transcends race, culture, religion and politics, as against an erroneous and dangerous reductionist view which propounds that civilisation as we know it came from Greece and was reborn in modern Western Europe.
Visitors to the exhibition, intellectuals, journalists and indeed many other socio-cultural commentators welcomed a new space for dialogue in which the cultural roots of science are used as a tool for building inter-cultural respect and appreciation. Indeed they considered the uncovering of the scientific contribution made by Muslim civilization to be as much a history of the West as it is of the East. And that Eastern heritage enmeshed with Western science and culture. They supported the exhibition's attempt to bring out the historical harmony that existed between Muslim and non-Muslim scientists.
They were sensitive to the fact that the exhibition brought out for the first time on the museum scene the positive role of Muslim women in science. Fair minded supporters of science and advocators of social convergence, respect and peaceful coexistence as against social divergence and conflict, social cohesion had no hesitation in supporting this exhibition. Hundreds of thousands of visitors have voted with their feet and the 1001 Inventions exhibition, sponsored by ALJ Community Initiatives, well deserves its plaudits as a 'blockbuster'.
Rebuttal by the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation to
"A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow" by Edward Rothstein published in The New York Times, December 10, 2010
The 1001 Inventions exhibition, which highlights the scientific legacy of Muslim civilization in our modern age, made its United States debut at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) on December 4th 2010. In its newest version, the exhibition has enjoyed blockbuster runs in both London and Istanbul, attracting more than 800,000 visitors so far this year.
On December 10th 2010, Edward Rothstein in the New York Times reviewed the exhibition under the title A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow. Mr. Rothstein's article was a muddled, badly researched and highly subjective piece, which intermingles polemics, selectivity of facts and a reductionist view.
The article is wrapped in a conceptual framework which is hostile and denigrating. Mr Rothstein has the right to dislike 1001 Inventions, and we accept he has every right to express that opinion publicly. However, we, as creators of the exhibition, cannot remain silent to his attack against our credibility as historians of science and ideas.
1001 Inventions is now at its "adult" phase, and the version of the exhibition currently resident at New York's Hall of Science has benefited from the criticisms, contributions and amendments of respected academics and experts accumulated since it was first conceived and presented to the public in 2006. In particular, last year we went through a rigorous critical review by the scholars of the prestigious Science Museum in London. Every word written on the panels, every fact, every image and every exhibit was passed through the prism of critical peer-review and verification. The result was the exhibition that opened to the public in 2010 in the cities of London, Istanbul and now New York.
Now, despite all the academic rigour we have applied, we are accused of being approximate and even wrong in presenting historical facts by Mr. Rothstein, who erroneously imagines himself an expert. In this open letter, we address in all of the claims of inaccuracy Mr. Rothstein levels at our exhibition with reference to credible historical sources.
1. Ibn al-Nafis and the circulation of blood
Mr Rothstein wrote: "Historians, the label continues, have recently found evidence that Ibn al-Nafis's Arabic text "may have been translated into Latin, paving the way to suppose that it might have indirectly influenced" Harvey's work. The "may have," the "suppose," the "might have" and the "indirectly" reflect an overwhelming impulse to affirm what cannot be proved".
The critic here addresses the conditional tense in the expression of Ibn al-Nafis' possible influence on Harvey. The conditional style is not the result of our covert intention to hide facts behind elliptic expressions. Actually, this is simply the result of the historical investigation on this issue.
An eminent historian of science from Columbia University, New York, Professor George Saliba, summarized this debate as follows:
"…consider again, in fields other than astronomy, the appearance of the description of the pulmonary movement of the blood first in an Arabic text of the Damascene physician Ibn al-Nafis (d. 1288) … who lived around the same period as the astronomers who produced the two mathematical theorems mentioned above and whose medical text was written before 1241, and the later appearance of the same description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood in the works of Michael Servetus (1511-1553) and Realdo Colombo (1510-1559)… In the same context, recall too that Harvey, to whom the discovery of the circulation of the blood is attributed, graduated from the university of Padua in northern Italy whose medical faculty had included among its members, about a century earlier, the distinguished Venetian physician by the name of Andreas Alpagos (d. 1520). This Andreas had spent close to 30 years in Damascus as the physician of the Venetian consulate towards the latter part of the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth centuries. While in Damascus he learnt Arabic enough to re-translate the philosophical and medical works of Avicenna as well as the same medical work of Ibn al-Nafis where the pulmonary motion of the blood is mentioned. The copy of Andreas's translation which still exists at Bologna University, however, does not seem to include the section on the pulmonary circulation of the blood" (emphasis is ours).[1]
Was this section of Ibn al-Nafis' book translated in full and is no more extant? Did Andreas Alpagos use it in its original Arabic version and communicate its content to his contemporaries? The intricacies of the transmission of knowledge appeal to more humility and do not always allow clear affirmations. In addition, the knowledge of Arabic learning in pre-modern Europe, in Italy and elsewhere, is far more complex and multi-faceted than we now suppose. What is certain is that when visitors of the exhibition notice an indirect formulation, they must normally give us the benefit of doubt and suppose first that this is not the effect of a misleading assertion from our end, but a shortcoming in historical knowledge, which can be overcome only by future investigation.
Therefore, we maintain that Ibn al-Nafis' work may have indirectly influenced William Harvey's discovery through Vesalius, Colombo and Serevetus, who were in contact with Alpago.[2]
A quotation from the original Arabic text of Ibn al-Nafis in a recent edition. (Source)
© George Saliba.
2. Ibn Sina's pioneering ideas in geology
Mr Rothstein wrote: "Sometimes Muslim precedence is suggested with even vaguer assertions. We read that Ibn Sina, in the 11th century, speculated about geological formations, "ideas that were developed, perhaps independently, by geologist James Hutton in the 18th century." Why "perhaps independently"? Is there any evidence of influence? Are the analyses comparable? How? Nothing is clear other than a vague sense of wrongful neglect."
We think our formulation was honest, as we were careful in attesting a possible influence of Ibn Sina's ideas on James Hutton, but not too affirmative. By seeking definitive affirmations, Mr Rothstein demonstrates he is not familiar with the rigorous work of historians. If this is not enough, here is more.
One of the fields in which Ibn Sina exerted his ingenious mind was the observation of geological processes and their transformation in long periods of time. In his famous encyclopaedia Kitab Al-Shifa, a section is dedicated to mineralogy and meteorology. There, he presented fundamental principles of geology in terms of Earth processes, major events and long geologic time. Kitab Al-Shifa, having been translated into Latin, was an inspiring source of thought to the founders of geology in Europe such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Steno, and James Hutton. In the 18th century the latter set forth his famous Theory of the Earth, in which most probably he was inspired by Ibn Sina's ideas.
The references supporting the above claims are abundant. We base our relevant claims here especially on the works of Dr Munim Al-Rawi (Dublin, Ireland), a specialist who has published extensively on the subject, including articles that were peer reviewed and published in respected journals and books of history of science. The results of Dr Al-Rawi's research were summarized in an article published in www.MuslimHeritage.com: Contribution of Ibn Sina to the development of Earth Sciences (full article in PDF here).
For more references, see the bibliography given in the footnote.[3]
3. 'Abbas ibn Firnas and flying
Mr Rothstein wrote: "Some assertions go well beyond the evidence. Hovering above the show is a glider grasped by a ninth-century inventor from Cordoba, Abbas ibn Firnas, "the first person to have actually tried" to fly. But that notion is based on a source that relied on ibn Firnas's mention in a ninth-century poem. It also ignores the historian Joseph Needham's description of Chinese attempts as early as the first century. The model of the flying machine is pure speculation."
If we seemed to neglect previous instances of early attempts of flight in the Chinese heritage, this is certainly due to an oversight. Our intent is not to deny the contribution of earlier civilisations. In our publications and in the exhibition, we repeatedly advocate a strict continuity of history. However, we must stress that the seeds which planted the process of innovation in the European Renaissance did not come directly from the Far East but from the lands nearer to Western Europe and with whom direct connection was established for centuries, hence "Muslim Heritage".
To come back to Ibn Firnas, Mr Rothstein's claim is just not true. 'Abbas Ibn Firnas' precedence in flying is documented in more than a poem. We have a relatively detailed narrative in Al-Muqtabis min anba' ahl al-Andalus by Abū Marwān Hayyān ibn Khalaf Ibn Ḥayyān al-Qurtubi (987–1075). The book was lost for a long time and was found only a few decades ago.[4] However, even before it was found, the account of Ibn Hayyan was quoted by other ancient Arabic historians, such as the Andalusian historian Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (d. 1286 CE) and the 17th-century Moroccan historian Al-Maqarri.
The narrative of Ibn Firnas' flight was summarized by E. Lévi-Provençal in The Encyclopaedia of Islam as follows: "He was even a distant precursor of aviation, thinking out a sheath furnished with feathers and mobile wings; had the courage to put it on, to jump from the top of a precipice and to hover in the air for a few seconds before falling—escaping death by a miracle."[5]
In the testimony of the Andalusi historian Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (d. 1286 CE) in Al-Mughrib fi hulay al-Maghrib ( المغرب في حلى المغرب ), we read that Ibn Firnas' flight lasted more than a few seconds, as he reports, based on Ibn Hayyan's Al-Muqtabis, that he was airborne for "a long distance" (masāfa ba'īda):[6]
واحتال في تطيير جثمانه، فكسا نفسه الريش على سرق الحرير، فتهيأ له أن استطار في الجو من ناحية الرصافة، واستقل في الهواء، فحلق فيه حتى وقع على مسافة بعيدة.
The same is in Al-Maqarri's Nafh al-tib:[7]:
المغرب في حلى المغرب لابن سعيد الغرناطي الأندلسي، بيروت: دار الكتب العلمية للنشر، 1997ـ تحقيق خليل عمران المنصور.
واحتال في تطيير جثمانه وكسا نفسه الريش ومد له جناحين وطار في الجو مسافة بعيدة ولكنه لم يحسن الاحتيال في وقوعه فتأذى في مؤخره ولم يدر أن الطائر إنما يقع على زمكه ولم يعمل له ذنبا.[8]
Both Arabic references describe a flight for a long distance, not a few seconds.
4. Al-Zahrawi and the use of catgut
Mr Rothstein wrote: "And some claims are simply incorrect: catgut was used in surgical sutures by Galen in the second century, long before al-Zahrawi (named here as its pioneer)."
When it comes to precision he is not accurate. He refers to the partial online edition of Roenigk & Roenigk's Dermatologic Surgery by Randall K. Roenigk.[9] We would have preferred a reference to a work of an historian of science. We may refer to an influential book edited by Jeffrey A. Norton, Philip S. Barie, Randall Bollinger and others Surgery: basic science and clinical evidence, in which they quote: "In 952, a Moorish physician named Albucasis performed the first successful thyroidectomy. Albucasis was truly ahead of his time, as he also introduced many other surgical interventions including the use of catgut and cotton suture".[10]
The history literature does argue, however, whether Al-Razi (another Muslim scholar at the other end of the Muslim world, from the early 10th century) had preceded Al-Zahrawi in using catgut for stitching internal wounds, not Galen. According to Elizabeth Selden, Galen used ligatures, not catguts.[11]
On this topic, we leave it to Mr Rothstein to present more evidence to challenge our claim.
4. The multi-cultural scope
Mr Rothstein said: "The exhibition also dutifully praises the multicultural aspect of this Golden Age while actually undercutting it. Major cultures of the first millennium (China, India, Byzantium) are mentioned only to affirm the weightier significance of Muslim contributions. And though we read that people "of many faiths worked together" in the Golden Age, we don't learn much about them."
We assume that Mr Rothstein is unaware of another of our exhibitions, entitled Multi-faith Scientists in Muslim Civilisation. That was totally devoted to highlight the diversity of faiths and cultures under the umbrella of the scientific and medical traditions of the Islamic world, including dozens of Christian, Jewish, Sabean, Zoroastrian, and Hindu scholars. This exhibition was shown at the United Nations delegates entrance in New York in November 2008.[12]
Furthermore, it is a pity that he did not appear to have seen in the current exhibition at NYSCI the exhibits pertaining to Maimonides (Jewish), Qusta bin Luqa (Christian), Thabit ibn Qurra (Sabean). The argument about the lack of multi-culturalism in 1001 Inventions and more largely in our global work is convoluted when we are being criticized for featuring a Chinese admiral whose name is an icon in Chinese history.
5. The historical duration of the scientific tradition
Mr Rothstein said: "It [the exhibition] also expands the Golden Age of Islam to a millennium, though the bright years were once associated with just portions of the Abbasid Caliphate, which itself lasted for about 500 years, from the eighth century to 1258".
Here we disagree. Historical evidence shows that the scientific tradition began in the Umayyad era, an example is Khalid ibn Yazid's work in chemistry (d. 704 CE), and continued through to the Ottomans. A brilliant example of original science in this late era is represented by the work of Taqi al-Din (d. 1585) in astronomy and engineering. His astronomical instruments were compared by the historians of science to those of Tycho Brahe.[13]. In engineering and technology, he designed new machines, some of which represented the culminant point of technology, such as the six cylinder pump and gravity and spring loaded clocks.[14]
6. The challenge of continuity
Mr Rothstein repeatedly challenges the notion that Muslim scientists made discoveries later attributed to Westerners and that many Western institutions were shaped by Muslim contributions.
Our intention is to show continuity. The exhibition highlights the cultural roots of modern science. In doing so, it is inescapable that when one shows the role of pre-modern science in modern science, one might be perceived to minimise modern science. The latter has its own singularity, but we must be aware it did not come from nothing. Our aim is not the "promotion" of Muslim contribution but to show that a reductionist view of science as occidental, from Greece to modern Western Europe, is not true and dangerous.
7. Final remarks
Mr. Rothstein attempts to tarnish the scholarship behind the 1001 Inventions exhibition, which is genuinely trying to inspire young people to appreciate science and its continuity through history transcending race, religion, or culture. Global scientific transfer through history is a must for a better world and the fact that the Muslim Civilization's role in the history of science, medicine and technology is missing from our history is indefensible. However, we maintain our position that our organisation, is a non-religious and non-political foundation and thus we do not wish to be drawn to a religious or political debate which Mr Rothstein apparently is trying to instigate.
By picking a few weak examples and leaving out abundant other positive ones, Mr Rothstein may have unintentionally crossed the borders of objectivity. We leave it to the visitors to the exhibition and the readers of his article to differentiate between our sincere and open attitude and his stance.
Yours faithfully,
On behalf of FSTC Board of Trustees:
1. Peter Raymond, MBE
2. Peter Fell
3. Ian Fenn
8. Notes
[1.] See George Saliba, Whose Science is Arabic Science in Renaissance Europe?, especially Section 3: Role of Arabic Scientific Manuscripts in European Libraries. On the work of Ibn al-Nafis and its possible transmission to Europe during the same period. A.Z. Iskandar, "Ibn al-Nafis", Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Scribner's Sons, NY, 1974, vol. 9, pp. 602-606. See also Ibn al-Nafis' theory about the circulation of blood presented in animated form on the website of the Science Museum in London: Circulation of the blood. Note the striking continuity between Ibn al-Nafis and Harvey in the following screenshot from this animation:
[2.] For more details, see C. D. O'Malley, "A Latin translation of Ibn Nafis (1547) related to the problem of the circulation of the blood", Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 12 (2), 1957, pp. 248-249; and John B. West, "Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age", Journal of Applied Physiology, 105(6), December 2008, pp. 1877-80 (online here).
[3.] Selected references in the historical literature on Ibn Sina's contribution to the long history of geology:
[4.] The Muqtabis was published many times: see the edition by Būlus Kitnar (Paris, 1937; Series "Textes arabes relatifs a l'histoire de l'Occident musulman", N° 3) and the edition by Abd al-Rahman al-Hajji, Beirut, 1965.
[5.] by E. Lévi-Provençal, "'Abbās b. Firnās b. Wardūs, Abu 'l-Kāsim", in Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, Leiden (print version: volume I, p. 10).
[6.] المغرب في حلى المغرب لابن سعيد الغرناطي الأندلسي، بيروت: دار الكتب العلمية للنشر، 1997ـ تحقيق خليل عمران المنصور.
[7.] المصدر: نفح الطيب من غصن الأندلس الرطيب، أحمد بن محمد المقري التلمساني. بيروت: دار صادر، 1968، تحقيق إحسان عباس، جزء 3، ص. 374.
[8.] Both sources rely on Al-Muqtabis by Ibn Hayyan Al-Qurtubi (edited by Abd al-Rahman al-Hajji, Beirut: 1965), vol. 2, pp. 227, 238.
[9.] Informa Healthcare, 1996, 2nd edition.
[10.] Jeffrey A. Norton,Philip S. Barie, Randall Bollinger et al. editors, Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, Springer, 2008, 2nd edition, p. 1181.
[11.] "Sutures and Ligatures", The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 6 (Mar., 1917), pp. 491-495 (first page online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3405482)
[12.] See FSTC's Contribution to the Intercultural Dialogue at the General Assembly of the United Nations (published on 13 December, 2008).
[13.] See Sevim Tekeli, The Instruments of Istanbul Observatory (published on 8 June, 2008).
[14.] For more information on Taqi al-Din ibn Ma'ruf and his work, see our special section published on www.MuslimHeritage.com: Taqi Al-Din: Astronomy, Mathematics, Optics and Technology.
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6 September - 28 September
Simon Callow turns his attention to the life and legacy of one of opera's most influential figures in a one-man show for Deloitte Ignite.
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23 September – 12 October
A daughter's grief turns to bloody revenge in Charles Edwards's production of Strauss's most daring opera.
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2 – 8 October
Opera with a sting in the tail: Iain Banks's cult novel is transformed into gripping music theatre by electro-acoustic composer Ben Frost and librettist David Pountney.
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16 - 18 October
A full staging of Spanish Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge's charming first opera, performed by the Jette Parker Young Artists and combined with a concert performance of Berio's Folk Songs.
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17 October – 11 November; Live in Cinemas 4 November
A great, neglected Verdi opera is brought to the Royal Opera House for the first time in an imaginative new staging by Stefan Herheim.
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21 – 26 October
Greek is a blazing and brilliant retelling of the Oedipus story by Mark-Anthony Turnage. The Killing Flower sees Music Theatre Wales present Salvatore Sciarrino's bewitching opera, based on the true story of Renaissance madrigal master and murderer Carlo Gesualdo.
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30 November – 18 December; Live in cinemas 18 December
Wagner's final, majestic opera returns to Covent Garden in an inventive new staging by director Stephen Langridge and designer Alison Chitty.
How the Whale Became (Linbury Studio Theatre) NEW
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10 December – 4 January
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30 September – 6 November; Live in cinemas 16 October
Carlos Acosta, Royal Ballet Principal Guest Artist and one of the finest dancers of his generation, presents a new production of this exuberant tale of friendship, love and loyalty.
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A tragic tale of star-crossed lovers: Kenneth MacMillan's poignant ballet is a 20th-century classic.
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MacBeth (De Oscuro, Linbury Studio Theatre) NEW
12 – 13 November
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Pictures We Make (Company Chameleon, Linbury Studio Theatre) NEW
15 – 16 November
The London premiere of works by acclaimed choreographic duo Gemma Nixon and Jonathan Goddard, and Company Chameleon founders Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner.
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Instructor(s): Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD; Matthieu Ricard
Compassion is one of the most positive and fulfilling emotions we can experience. Various studies have shown that people who are the most altruistic also appear to be the happiest. There is always, deep within ourselves, a potential for loving kindness, compassion and inner peace. Such as potential needs to be actualized and matured in order to achieve altruism as a way of being. This weekend explores how we can develop skills to develop compassion. Practices will be taught and there will be presentations the latest research on altruism, empathy and compassion.
With special participation by Ann Marie McKelvey, LPCC, PCC, Psychotherapist. Ann Marie has completed the two-year Chaplaincy Program at Upaya Zen Center focusing on peacemaking, environmental studies and compassionate end-of-life care. Ann Marie can be reached at http://www.AnnMarieMcKelvey.com. CEU recipients will participate in a special group work meeting with Ann Marie McKelvey during the retreat. Details will be available at the time of arrival.
10 CEUs for counselors, therapists and social workers available through the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board at a cost of $30.00 per retreat. Please pay this amount at the time of registration. Also check with your respective State License Board to confirm acceptance of CEUs from the State of New Mexico.
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More about the instructors:
Abbot Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD
Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D in medical anthropology in 1973. She has lectured on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions, including Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Medical School, Georgetown Medical School, University of Virginia Medical School, Duke University Medical School, University of Connecticut Medical School, among many others. She received a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Visual Anthropology, and was an Honorary Research Fellow in Medical Ethnobotany at Harvard University. From 1972-1975, she worked with psychiatrist Stanislav Grof at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center on pioneering work with dying cancer patients, using LSD as an adjunct to psychotherapy. After the LSD project, she has continued to work with dying people and their families and to teach health care professionals as well as lay individuals on compassionate care of the dying. She is Director of the Project on Being with Dying and Founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners. For the past forty years, she has been active in environmental work. She studied for a decade with Zen Teacher Seung Sahn in the Kwan Um Zen School. She received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh, and was given Inka by Roshi Bernie Glassman.
A Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and founder of Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order, her work and practice for more than four decades has focused on engaged Buddhism. Her books include: The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof); The Fruitful Darkness, A Journey Through Buddhist Practice; Simplicity in the Complex: A Buddhist Life in America; Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom in the Presence of Death; and, Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet.
For Roshi Joan's dharma talks, click here.
Matthieu Ricard
Matthieu Ricard is a best-selling author, translator and photographer highly regarded for his scholarship and knowledge of Buddhism and Tibetan culture. He has lived and worked in the Himalayan region for over forty years.
After completing his doctoral thesis in biochemistry in 1972, Mr. Ricard decided to forsake his artistic and scientific careers and concentrate on Tibetan Buddhist studies. He lived in the Himalayas with the greatest living teachers of that tradition and became the close disciple and attendant of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (one of the most eminent Tibetan masters of our times.) Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and resides at Shechen Monastery in Nepal. Since 1989, he has accompanied the Dalai Lama to France acting as his personal interpreter.
The Monk and the Philosopher, (Schocken Books) a dialogue with his father, Jean-Francois Revel, was a best seller in Europe. The Quantum and the Lotus," about science and Buddhism, was published by Crown the next year. Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill (Little Brown) is in its third printing. His books have been translated in over twenty languages.
His intimate knowledge and unprecedented access to Tibetan teachers and culture has enabled him to capture on camera rare and surprising moments and events. He is the author and photographer of Spirit of Tibet. (Aperture). In 2002, he collaborated with Olivier and Danielle Follmi on the photo book, Buddhist Himalayas (Abrams). His latest photo books are Tibet: An Inner Journey, Motionless Journey, and Bhutan: The Land of Serenity (all published by Thames and Hudson).
Matthieu Ricard is a major participant in the research collaboration between cognitive scientists and Buddhist practitioners, spearheaded by the Dalai Lama and the Mind and Life Institute.
Ricard devotes all the proceeds of his books and much of his time to thirty humanitarian projects in the Himalayas (Tibet, India, Nepal and Bhutan), and to the preservation of the Tibetan cultural heritage. The charitable projects include schools, clinics, bridges, and elder care in Nepal, India, and Tibet in regions where there is little or no access to these valuable resources.
Through his writings and photographs, Matthieu Ricard infuses the dialogue between Tibetan Buddhism – its culture, people and religion - and the West with understanding, intelligence and compassion.
www.karuna-shechen.com and matthieuricard.com
Tuition (Members): $290.00
Tuition (Non-Members): $320.00
More details: Plus lodging. Dana to teachers.


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All of the bogus tweets about celebrity deaths underscore why its silly to assert that Twitter beat the news media in reporting Whitney Houstons demise. Tues., February 28, 2012.
Barb Palser
Barb Palser (email@example.com), AJR's new-media columnist, is vice president, account management, with Internet Broadcasting.
Is Twitter breaking news now? Is that a thing?
Unless Twitter employs people who source and fact-check the information that ricochets through its network, the answer is no, Twitter does not break news. Individuals and organizations may use Twitter as a vehicle for breaking news, but that's not the same thing as Twitter breaking news.
Yet some bloggers and media Web sites use language that suggests otherwise. Following Whitney Houston's death on February 11, the media site Mashable.com ran the headline, "Twitter Breaks News of Whitney Houston Death 27 Minutes Before Press." The story and headline were picked up by Yahoo! News and numerous media sites and blogs. In the past, Twitter has also been given credit by bloggers as having broken the news of the deaths of Osama bin Laden and singer Amy Winehouse.
While they might not mean it literally, bloggers and news organizations that credit Twitter and other social networks with "reporting" or "breaking" news are implying a contest between social networks and the press, in which lumbering news organizations are smacked down by a faster and more agile rival. And what journalist with healthy competitive instincts wouldn't feel a bit goaded or threatened by that? The far less provocative truth is that the media are working through Twitter, not racing against it.
Here's a timeline of the Whitney Houston Twitter activity that was eventually pieced together by a Twitter employee:
4:02 p.m. PT on Saturday, February 11: @BarBeeBritt asks, "Is Whitney Houston really dead?"
4:15 p.m.: @AjaDiorNavy tweets, "omgg , my aunt tiffany who work for whitney houston just found whitney houston dead in the tub . such ashame & sad :-(.""
4:30 p.m.: @chilemasgrande tweets, "My sources say Whitney Houston found dead in Beverly hills hotel.. Not in the news yet!!" (Presumably this is the post to which Mashable was referring when stating that Twitter broke the news 27 minutes ahead of the press.)
4:57 p.m.: The Associated Press is the first media outlet to announce the news. The Twitterverse explodes, going from near-zero to 2.5 million tweets mentioning Whitney Houston by 6 p.m.
While nearly an hour passed between the first known mention of Houston's death and the AP's report, Twitter's timeline clearly shows that the story flatlined until the AP tweet. It was that properly attributed post by a credible news organization with a broad following that broke through the noise.
The relatively few people who saw the initial Whitney Houston tweets had reason to be extremely skeptical. Social media death hoaxes have befallen countless very-much-alive public figures, including President Obama, Lady Gaga, Eddie Murphy, Jon Bon Jovi and Chuck Norris (who, as fans noted, is invincible and cannot be killed). "Twitter Death" has become a near-daily occurrence, prompting a great many users to respond with caution when they hear that Madonna, Jackie Chan or Snooki has gone to the great beyond.
In that context, it's tough to make the case that a handful of dubiously sourced Twitter posts by unknown individuals with relatively small followings broke the news of Houston's death in any meaningful way. Those early tweets were indistinguishable from other celebrity death rumors, except that they turned out to be true.
Other examples might be more nuanced. In the case of Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. forces in 2011, the first documented report came from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff, who tweeted, "So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama bin Laden... Don't know if it's true, but let's pray it is." Within minutes, anonymous Pentagon and White House sources began sharing the same information with the press, leading to earlier-than-planned reporting of the story, according to The New York Times.
In that case, the first person to tweet the information had far more credibility than the individuals who first tweeted about Whitney Houston's death―and his exuberant tweet may have had a direct impact the news cycle. But, as he noted, the information was rumor until news outlets confirmed and carried the story forward.
No doubt, social networks have introduced a dynamic to the news ecosystem that didn't really exist before. Now, conversations that might have occurred between a few individuals can be amplified exponentially to hundreds or thousands of people within minutes. Information that was once mediated and filtered by news organizations can be shared peer-to-peer. That's not scary or threatening; it's just the new normal.
Rather than marginalizing the news media, Twitter and other social networks may be reinforcing their value. A generation of social media users is learning―through debunked reports and hoaxes ―the difference between saying something and reporting it. The ways in which people first hear information may have changed, but their reliance on reporters to separate fact from fiction and provide depth and context to the news has not.
In this particular aspect of the Whitney Houston story, the media actually performed well. The AP and other news organizations reported accurate information, quickly, and leveraged social media to do it. That might not sound as exciting as "Twitter Beats the Press," but it's closer to the truth.


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A neurologist is a doctor who is highly specialized in assessing, diagnosing, and treating disorders and diseases of the nervous system. And, a neuropsychiatrist is a doctor who treats mental disorder arising from the abnormalities in the nervous system.
According to the expert neuropsychiatric doctor, there is a spectrum of conditions that contribute to the neuropsychiatric disorder. Some of them are genetic, brain injury, aging, negative life experience, chronic health conditions, physical impairment, etc.


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Graduate Assistantships are one way for graduate students to finance their educational studies at Florida Atlantic University. Assistantships are intended to attract high-quality, degree seeking students and provide them with professional experiences while at FAU that will prepare them for their future work.
The process of obtaining an assistantship is competitive. Assistantships are available in many academic departments and administrative offices, although availability varies by the field of study, type of degree, and degree level. Students interested in applying for an assistantship should contact their graduate programs directly. Some general assistantship opportunities may be posted on the Graduate College's Facebook Page and on the Human Resources Employment Opportunities page.
Compensation for assistantships includes a partial or full tuition waiver and a stipend. Students typically work 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. Under rare circumstances, domestic graduate assistants may have appointments greater than 20 hours per week in the fall and spring semesters; however, prior approval is required using Form 10 to make the request. International students are not permitted to work more than 20 hours per week under any circumstances during the fall and spring semesters while school is in session. Employment of domestic and international students varies in the summer term depending upon the availability of funds. Domestic and international graduate assistants may have appointments greater than 20 hours per week in the summer semester; however, prior approval is required using Form 10 to make the request.
Important Note: All students must notify the Office of Student Financial Aid immediately if they receive or anticipate receiving a tuition waiver or exemption, as financial aid may be affected. Tuition waivers are considered "resources" and must be considered a part of a student's financial aid package. To report outside awards, complete the Student Statement of Outside Resources and submit to the Office of Student Financial Aid. Should it later be found that you are receiving outside resources which you neglected to report, your financial aid package will be adjusted retroactively to include these resources. This adjustment may result in repayment of previously disbursed financial aid.


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I don't think I've said anything about it up to now, and there's only (as of today) 9 1/2 weeks left.
I just read Mudflats' "What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective." In it, she says:
[…] Listen to John McCain and you'll hear
about a maverick reformer who took on big oil, took on corrupt Alaska
politicians, and whose ethics are unquestioned.
Alaskans really want to like Sarah
Palin. In a state where corruption is the rule, and the same faces
keep recycling over and over and over again like a bad dream, a new
face, with a promise of reform seemed like a breath of fresh air.
Palin defeated incumbent governor Frank Murkowski (father of Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski who he appointed to his own Senate seat when he
was elected governor) because he was such an obnoxious, bloviating,
downright BAD politician. This staunchly republican state voted with
relief, not having to cross over and vote Democratic, but still able to
get Murkowski the hell out of office. In the general election Palin
swept into office running against a former Democratic governor, Tony
Knowles, who was capable but came with baggage. And he represented to
Alaskans more of the same, tired old-style politics, and special
interests that we have come to loathe.
So, if McCain had made his selection six
months ago, the squeaky-clean governor meme would have made a little
more sense. But, Sarah Palin is currently under an ethics
investigation by the Alaska state legislature. […]
See, six months ago, it was pretty hard to tell the lineup of Republican presidential candidates apart — even with a scorecard. So when I tweeted a friend a Publius Pundit vice-presidential poll, he said he was rooting for someone he thought could govern: Christopher Cox, for his conservative bonafides, relative youth and ability to shore up McCain's economic flank.
He asked me who I thought had a shot, and I told him I thought the nod would be more about campaigning than governing: "Whitman, Hutchison, Rice,
Watts, Jindal, Powell, Palin, Blackburn, [Elizabeth] Dole, Steele." Of those, my friend said he thought only Watts had enough experience but lacked the desire.
I didn't give the issue any more serious thought until this morning. I'd assumed McCain wouldn't give in to his long-shot leanings. I was wrong.
Today, my friend asked me what I thought of Joe Biden. I said "Meh. I'd hoped he'd double-down on change (Bayh/Kaine) or pick
Hagel or Powell or Richardson, but I'm pleased he didn't pick Clinton." I think we can all see pretty clearly what not-picking Clinton yielded.


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Acceso necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 173 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
Acceso Trade & Investments Inc. / Acceso Comercio Internacional e Inversiones SA
We are two friends with work experiences in Latin America, Canada and Asia who are starting a Trading House. We will help clients ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES by helping them to:
- communicate in the other language/culture
- do market research in Mexico and Canada
- find sellers and buyers for their products/services in the other countries
- first focus is Mexico and Canada, and then we will target Ecuador and in the long-term, Japan
Acceso will focus on the business-to-business market, focusing on small to medium sized companies who
- have export/import experience
- do not have sufficient language/cultural skills of target market
- need local representatives to promote products, manage shipments and client relations
We are looking for a logo for Acceso Inc.
The company's official full name is Acceso Trade & Investment Inc., but mostly the publications/website/business cards etc. will show Acceso Inc. / Acceso SA.
Acceso is a word that is recognizable/understandable in both English and obviously Spanish (also easily translated into Japanese, which is a long-term target market for us). We are looking for a logo that would also reach those different cultures/markets.
We are open to your ideas/suggestions as you are the design experts, but we would appreciate having these points considered.
1. Values to be presented in logo: clarity, transparency, purity, trust
2. Colours: aqua blue, crystal green, white – Please NO RED
3. Mexican and Japanese markets require a relatively high level of formality, so professional image is essential
4. Please feel free to experiment with abstract shapes
5. File types needed for online website/print use are JPG and EPS (with a minimum resolution of 300 DPI).
Idea/Concept Wise – We are open to your ideas, but here is an image that represents the idea of moving from one market to another:
Please avoid any stock images / clip art in the logo.
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) has announced the 11 winners of theCelebrate the Legacy Super Fan contest.
The CCHA, in partnership with Fox Sports Detroit, Olympia Entertainment and Warrior Hockey, is pleased to provide each member school's Super Fan with a 'Celebrate the Legacy Prize Pack' for the final CCHA Championship Weekend in Detroit on March 22-24, 2013.
"This is a tangible way to thank our winners for their superlative support of their favorite CCHA school," said Rob Murphy, CCHA Sales and Marketing Director.
The CCHA Celebrate the Legacy Prize Pack includes:
• A two-night stay at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance, the host hotel of the CCHA Championship Weekend.
• Two tickets to the CCHA Awards at historic Fox Theatre on March 22.
• Two lower-bowl tickets to both CCHA Championship semifinal games at Joe Louis Arena on March 23.
• Two lanyards and admission to the Celebrate the Legacy party at Cobo Hall on March 23.
• Two lower-bowl tickets to the final CCHA Championship game at Joe Louis Arena on March 24.
• Two tickets to the Post-Championship Game Skate with CCHA Alumni at Joe Louis Arena on March 24.
• Two limited edition CCHA Championship Warrior Hockey jerseys.
• Transportation to and from CCHA Events on the FOX Sports Detroit Fan Express Bus.
Additionally all eleven CCHA Super Fans will be entered in a random drawing during Saturday night's Celebrate the Legacy party at Cobo Hall and one lucky winner will receive three nights hotel accommodations and two tickets to the 2013 Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Penn.
The CCHA and FOX Sports Detroit received over 300 Super Fan nominations and worked closely with the 11 member schools to select each Super Fan. Murphy was moved by the passionate, thoughtful and impactful submissions.
"We truly had a difficult time selecting only one Super Fan per school, as most of our schools had three or four outstanding nominees," said Murphy. "We are optimistic that many of these fans will join us in Detroit on March 22-24 for what is shaping up to be a remarkable weekend of celebration with the great players, coaches and fans that have helped make the CCHA so special."
To help fans Celebrate the Legacy of the CCHA at the final Championship Weekend, Olympia Entertainment and Joe Louis Arena have a limited number of $80 'CCHA Fan Packages' (see attached PDF) that provide:
• Two tickets to the CCHA Awards at Historic Fox Theatre on March 22.
• Two lower-bowl tickets to both CCHA Championship semifinal games at Joe Louis Arena on March 23.
• Two lower-bowl tickets to the final CCHA Championship game at Joe Louis Arena on March 24.
Fans can call the Joe Louis Arena Box Office at 313-396-7575 and ask for the 'CCHA Fan Package.'
"In addition to the league's great players and coaches, a big part of what has made the CCHA so special over the past 42 seasons has been the passion and enthusiasm of our fans," said CCHA Commissioner Fred Pletsch. "Although only one fan from each school has been honored as a CCHA 'Super Fan', we hope that all CCHA fans will join us as we celebrate the final CCHA Championship at the Joe."
Alaska - John and Fran Zarling have been proud supporters of the University of Alaska hockey program for over 30 years. As season ticket holders, the Zarlings have been involved in almost every aspect of the program from selling raffle tickets, to hosting progressive dinners, and even working the concession stand. Both John and Fran were also part of a small donor group which raised the money necessary for UAF to join the CCHA in 1994. Most recently, they established the Zarling Family Hockey Scholarship, which is awarded to an engineering student in the hockey program.
Bowling Green - Terry Burton has been a season ticket holder for Bowling Green hockey since his graduation in 1992. He has attended nearly every Falcons' home game over the last 25 years and has also traveled to many away contests, including fourteen non-conference campuses. Burton has also served on various fundraising and service committees, including the Falcon Club Advisory Board. Burton was also honored by the team in 2004 with the Dr. Thomas Wojciechowski Award for Distinguished Service to the Hockey Program.
Ferris State - Gary Wigent has been a season ticket holder and beloved supporter of Ferris State hockey for 10 years. His interaction with the players goes well beyond game day and Wigent can be frequently seen at the Bulldogs' practice facility or on the road watching the team play. Wigent even has a friendly rivalry with the "Lawson Lunatics" of Western Michigan, who refer to him as "Santa Claus" due to his white beard. Wigent truly is a super fan, who lives and breathes Bulldog hockey.
Lake Superior - Brittany Litchard has been a season ticket holder to Lake Superior hockey since she first stepped foot on campus three years ago. She can be seen and heard at every Lakers' home game, proudly wearing her LSSU jersey signed by every player on the team throughout the last three seasons. Litchard has supported the team off the ice as a member of the Soo Blue Liners Club, where she tutors players and has even baked the team cookies.
Miami - Alex Cuccaiarre, a current Miami student, has been a staple in the Redhawks' student section since he stepped foot on campus five years ago. Cuccaiarre has attended every home game since 2008 and has traveled to watch Miami play in Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota. Cuccaiarre's loyalty to the Miami Redhawks extends beyond game day as he volunteers for the Junior Redhawk program and is the student manager for Miami's Club Hockey team.
Michigan - Mike Nicholls has been a Michigan hockey fan for over 40 years, but he is most well known for his streak of attending 400 consecutive home and away games that began in 2005. Nicholls has logged over 130,000 travel miles watching the Wolverines play and his travels now include six trips to Alaska, four trips to Omaha, Neb., two trips to Manchester, N.H., along with numerous other destinations. Mike has been honored by the hockey program for his dedication and received awards following his 100th game and 250th game, which included an on-ice presentation and plaque from the team.
Michigan State - Janeen Geisenhaver has missed just five Michigan State games since the 1984-85 season. Her attendance streak includes not only regular-season games, CCHA playoff and championship games, but also preseason and non-conference games. Geisenhaver has also made 14 of the 15 trips to watch the Spartans play in Alaska and this year's Frozen Four in Pittsburgh will mark her 30th consecutive Frozen Four, a streak which began in 1984 at Lake Placid. Geisenhaver has been named President of the MSU Blue Line Club for the 2013-14 season, has served on the Board of Directors and has assisted with countless fundraisers and receptions.
Northern Michigan - Joshua Thoune has been a devoted fan of the Northern Michigan hockey program since 2005 and has missed only a handful of games. As Captain of the Puckheads fan group, Thoune has assisted the hockey program by organizing fan group functions, assisting with ticket sales and participating in community events. Thoune has recently moved to Green Bay due to work commitments, but still remains loyal to his team by listening to Wildcats' games on the radio.
Notre Dame - John DiPiro began following Notre Dame hockey over 40 years ago and over the past eight seasons has rekindled his love affair as a season ticket holder. DiPiro even credits a Notre Dame bus trip to Bowling Green for how he met his wife! Through DiPiro's travels, he has developed numerous friendships with other CCHA fans from around the conference and loves the camaraderie among the fan bases.
Ohio State - Marie Mertz has made attending Ohio State hockey games a family event and loves the family first atmosphere inside the Schottenstein Center. As a proud and passionate Buckeye fan, Mertz loves to watch games with her family and truly appreciates the student-athletes for their hard work.
Western Michigan - Mark Shoup has been a loyal Western Michigan hockey fan for decades, and has passed that same love down to his three children. He has developed personal relationships with many players over the years and his daughters have made cookies for the players numerous times. Shoup prides himself on supporting and following former Broncos hockey players in their professional careers. He has remained a loyal fan through thick and thin, and has always enjoyed spending time with his family watching the Broncos compete.


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Using serial neuroimaging studies to identify timing of abusive head trauma in infants
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (Hershey, Pennsylvania) have categorized the appearance and evolution of abnormalities on neuroimages that represent abusive head trauma (AHT) in infants.
The researchers' descriptions of these abnormalities are important for narrowing down the timing of AHT, which can aid police in identifying and excluding potential perpetrators. Appearances of a variety of abusive traumatic injuries on cranial CT scans and MRIs at different time points are described and discussed in "Serial neuroimaging in infants with abusive head trauma: timing abusive injuries. Clinical article," by Ray Bradford, M.D., Arabinda K. Choudhary, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R, and Mark S. Dias, M.D., published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. This study is the largest one on timing of AHT to date, and its findings confirm and extend those of a previous, smaller study conducted by the senior author, Dr. Mark S. Dias. The researchers hope that this article will serve as an important reference for professionals called upon to provide a time frame for abusive head injuries.
Dr. Bradford and colleagues examined the medical records and imaging studies of all infants (younger than 24 months of age) with abusive head trauma (AHT) who were admitted to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center between January 1997 and December 2007. The researchers identified 105 infants whose patient charts contained specific injury dates and for whom serial CT (computed tomography) scans were available. These infants were selected for the study population; they ranged in age from 0.3 to 23 months (mean age 5.3 months, median age 3.9 months). More precise timing of injury (time of day) was noted in the charts of 43 of these infants, and MRIs (magnetic resonance images) were available in all cases in this subgroup. In none of these cases was serial MRI scanning performed.
The researchers examined intracranial abnormalities on the infants' CT scans and MRIs that are indicative of a variety of abusive head traumatic injuries. The characteristics of these neuroimaging abnormalities and the timing of their appearances post-injury are detailed and analyzed in the text of the paper as well as in four tables and nine figures. Table 2, for example shows timing of the first appearances of various intracranial abnormalities on CT scans. Abnormalities indicating epidural hematoma, acute subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and brain hypodensity appear shortly after injury; abnormalities representative of brain softening and atrophy appear later. Figure 8 demonstrates the timing of MRI studies post-injury in the subgroup of 43 infants mentioned above. All injuries in the subgroup were subdural hematomas. Table 3 lists a variety of patterns these subdural hematomas exhibit on MRIs, and the researchers discuss how these patterns relate to the timing of injury. Table 4 summarizes the timing of various abnormalities shown on both CT scans and MRIs after AHT.
The most common injury in the patient group was subdural hematoma (92% of cases). Other frequently found injuries included brain hypodensity (38%), edema (30%), and skull fracture (26%).
Dr. Bradford and colleagues believe that their findings can provide a framework on which physicians can make broad estimates of the timing of the AHT. They caution, however, that neuroimaging findings should not be used alone to make definitive statements about the timing of the original injury. They point out that the patient's clinical history may suggest a more limited temporal window for the injury than the neuroimaging evidence. The researchers recommend that the neuroimaging findings should be used in conjunction with the patient's clinical history to more accurately estimate the timing of injury.
In describing the study, Dr. Dias said, "This study will contribute to our understanding of how CT and MRI scans evolve over time following an abusive head injury in an infant and plays an important role in sorting out when abuse occurred. This study allows us to provide ranges within which injury may have occurred, although there are necessary limitations to such a study, and more studies are needed to help pinpoint the time of injury with even greater accuracy."


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$f(x) = \tan x$ is defined from $\mathbb R - \{\frac{\pi}{2} (2n+1) \mid n \in \mathbb Z\}$ to $\mathbb R$. For every $x$ in its domain, $$f(x) = \frac{\sin x}{\cos x}$$ where $\cos x$ is never 0. Thus, (in short) $\tan x$ is defined for all points in its domain. Now the question remains, is $\tan x$ discontinuous at $x = \pi/2$ (which is outside its domain)?
The question arises because the test for continuity in a textbook mentions that $f(x)$ is continuous at $x = c$ when:
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And my teacher says failure of any of the above results in $x = c$ being a point of discontinuity. Yet, according to me, first test above merely tests the point for its domain and should be the criteria for any point of discontinuity too.


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I mean, it is possible to create application without source code - for example using HEX editor or some debugger that can assembly instructions (actually every decent debugger can).
Creating programs this way is of course hard, but possible for small applications.
I even can imagine cases, where it is the only possible way - for example, on some very old hardware where you simply does not have any development tools.
For another example - read the article "Programming in extreme conditions", published in Assembly programming journal, issue 9
So, what if the author of such application wants to distribute it under GNU GPL?


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Chicken meal, yellow ground corn, brewers rice, chicken fat preserved with mixed tocopherols (a source of vitamin E), powdered cellulose, beet pulp, sun-dried tomato pomace, fish meal, whole flax seeds (a source of omega-3 fatty acids), chicken liver digest, dehydrated whole eggs, lecithin, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate, dehydrated kelp, glucosamine sulfate, L-ascorbic acid, garlic powder, Yucca schidigera extracts, chondroitine sulfate, proteinates (zinc, manganese, copper), ferrous sulphate, zinc oxide, Dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), aniseed, juniper, milk thistle, cinnamon, thyme, chicory root, devils claw extracts, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, vitamin B12 supplement, retinyl acetate (vitamin A), nicotinic acid, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), calcium d-pantothenate, sodium selenite, thiamin mononitrate, cobalt carbonate, biotin, riboflavin, calcium iodate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione nicotinamide bisulfite (vitamin K3), folic acid.
Crude Protein 24 % minimum
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First ingredient is a named meat product.
Insufficient meat content, use of low quality grains and other controversial filler.
The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product, chicken meal. This is followed by corn. Corn is a difficult to digest grain, which limits its nutritional value for dogs. We consider this to be a low quality ingredient. It is also commonly associated with allergy and skin problems. We prefer not to see the use of this grain in dog food. Brewers rice is a low quality grain and by-product.
It is a concern to see chicken fat as the fourth ingredient. Research at Purdue University has identified a fat in the top four ingredients of a dry food as a factor increasing the risk of bloat in large breed dogs.
Powdered cellulose is a further by-product, more commonly known as sawdust. Beet pulp is another low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. Tomato pomace is further fibre/filler.
Fish meal, the 8th ingredient is a further meat ingredient in the food. It is far too far down the ingredient list to make any substantive contribution to overall meat content. We find no sign on the manufacturer site of a guarantee that this ingredient is free of ethoxyquin (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients, and which is banned from use in human food due to the belief that it is carcinogenic). We appreciate the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.
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This is a long post, but like the meal it narrates, good food can't be rushed.
Pino has always been on my restaurant radar. I hadn't eaten there until recently but I've known its chef-owner, Edward (Ed) Bugia since 2007. I've judged several of his dishes on TV cooking show contests, and we've also shared many good meals together. This exposure to Ed's brand of cooking has made me very familiar with how he thinks about food and how that thought process translates in the kitchen. I admire his imagination and verve.
Pino, which Ed owns along with his partners PJ Lanot and Star Jose, is a contraction of "Filipino." It sits along Malingap Street in Quezon City, a perfect position for it to imbibe the vibe of the restaurant row on nearby Maginhawa Street, incidentally its former location until a year ago.
Part of the mural that takes center stage in Pino.
Tonight, I'm finally here after more than a year of urging from Ed. "I'd really like to cook for you already. Come to Pino," he tells me through text and then on Twitter when he finds me there. It's noisy this evening, but not unpleasantly so; the crowd is buzzed, their energies interspersed with scattered utterances of pleasure from eating and swilling the flavored beers that are so popular here (more on that later).
A cursory perusal through Pino's menu shows quite rightly that Ed has fun with food. With tongue firmly in cheek, he takes Filipino dishes and turns them on their heads, offering up satisfactions that are simultaneously new and familiar.
The Salted Egg Crispy Shrimps (P225) reminds me of the popular pica-pica, Drunken Shrimps (Nilasing na Hipon). Dubbed as "drunken" due to their dousing in beer prior to dredging and frying, these shrimps are indeed crispy. Digging in with my fork unearths specks of salted egg, their orange color reflecting that of the shrimps, and echoing once again in the glimmering same-hued sauce of vinegared sweet chili. The shrimps (eat them with the heads on) can stand on their own because of the raffish, salty allure that the red egg lends to them. The sauce, I feel, could use a bit more kick.
Orange seems to be the color of the night, the hue showing up yet again in the tantalizingly named Tempura Oysters and Pearls (P185). Oysters, plump and perched on their shells, are fried up in a tempura batter, daubed with wasabi-mayo, then topped with tobiko (roe). It's a visual and voluptuous imagining made real once tasted. The wasabi here is expressed and then elucidated, its pungency points up the brininess of the oysters, the crunch of their coating.
"Here's my bread course!" Ed announces. We're obviously not following a strict meal order tonight. These are Pastel in the Camiguin-style (not yet on the menu), the famous bread rolls from that island province. His version stays true to tradition with a yema-type custard middle made with sugar, condensed milk, and egg yolks. But then again, this is Ed we're talking about here and I trust him to never leave a good thing untouched. Each pastel is topped with a shag of pork floss – "Wala lang!" he chuckles, in response to the questioning look of one of our dinner friends. Biting into a pastel – ooh, how my lips sink into this buttery pillow! – invites a gush of custard, its sweetness swells in the mouth and is then overtaken by shots of saltiness that flit and flicker on the tongue.
Kamote (sweet potato) fries aren't served in Pino (but in Ed's other restaurant, Burger Project) and tonight they're here because of my special request. I adore fries, but most especially those made from the native orange kamote. Skin still on, brown-speckled and pock-marked against a deep honey-orange interior, my four dinner friends and I plow through these starchy scepters. They're irresistible dipped in either the aioli, wasabi-mayonnaise, or dunked straight into our gaping maws.
I giggle when I see the Sisig Tacos (P215). The tufts of shredded cheese and lettuce strips remind me of an Afro, a carefree cover for sisig and tomatoes. Popping in one whole taco activates a flurry of flavor amidst a cacophony of crunch. First, pork – very meaty, definitely fatty – then the almost crystal-clear and clean tang of tomatoes tinctured with salsa, maybe even a touch of aioli. There's a lot going on here but by dint of balance, it works as an irresistible whole.
"This is bar food," G, one of our friends states. As previously mentioned, Pino is popular for their drinks – check out their giant martini but for tonight, we have a trio of flavored beers (P75 each): honey-mansi (the hands-down favorite), lychee, and peach. For a non-beer drinker like myself, the message of this beverage is: "Beer goes down better when flavored."
Piggybaking on the sisig tacos is another sisig incarnation this time as carbonara (P165). Sisig and bacon and eggplant slices are tangled in skeins of noodles laced in cream and egg yolks. This could be a good dish but it's slightly salty tonight.
Ed is famous for his riffs on bagnet, creations that he takes to the limit in his new food venture, Barangay Bagnet, the topic of a future DCF post. Tonight it's Kare-Kareng Bagnet (P245), three slices of pork belly rimmed with fat and its reason for being: its crispy skin. As I'm taking photos, I can hear thunderous bites from my four male dinner companions and exclamations of "Ang lutong!" The bagnet is napped in peanut sauce, which I find a bit bland but I understand that the bagnet is the star here; and instead of bagoong, there's a serving of bagoong rice. Kare-Kareng Bagnet is an example of Ed's mindfulness in fusing flavors and every ingredient has a function. As long as you don't mind a modern approach to a traditional dish, you'll love this.
Crispy Tenderloin Tapsilog (P215) practically jumps off the plate with its playful pastiche of colors. Adjoining the crunchy-tender cubes of beef tenderloin is what I'd call morning sinangag, something manang would make for you in the morning before you hie off to school — rice fried with liquid seasoning, bits of last night's meat dish, and don't forget the hotdogs, or are they ham? So cute and satisfying too, a considerably more sophisticated tapsi than the one from GoodAh!
Chicken Binakol is also done well here at Pino, restorative and gratifying. And no, those aren't egg yolks but scoops of papaya!
It's been a long meal and this is one long post. But I can't end this without talking about Ed's Chunky Choco Tempura (P125). Essentially a deep-fried Kit Kat, and he called it that until Nestlé told him to quit it, Ed introduces it as "Our forever bestseller dessert." And how. A riotously crunchy outer layer follows up with another crunch, this time from the familiar flavor of this popular candy bar. The heat it's been submerged in has melted its chocolate exterior, staining the plate and imbuing the vanilla ice cream with abstract chocolate doodles. Cold, crunchy, hot, then soft, this dessert is a vehicle for sensory contrasts. I love it. And Pino.
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VANCOUVER – The Justice Ministry in B.C. has issued an unusual public warning about a female, high-risk violent offender who's been released from jail.
The ministry's corrections branch said Monday that 23-year-old Kayla Bourque has an "escalating criminal history" and plans to live in Vancouver.
In September 2009, Bourque was convicted of killing animals, causing unnecessary pain and suffering or injury to animals.
In March 2012, she was found guilty of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, but charges of possessing child pornography were stayed. She was sentenced to one month in jail and three years of probation.
The branch said Bourque has also offended violently against people, is being closely monitored by authorities and has 46 court-ordered conditions she must follow.
The woman has a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and isn't allowed to access social networking sites.
Bourque is also forbidden from possessing any weapons, including knives or other bladed instruments, except to prepare food, and must stay away from people under age 18.
The petite, 130 pound woman, studied criminology and psychology at Simon Fraser University last year.
Prof. Rob Gordon, who heads the criminology department at SFU, said the university called police after another student told a teaching assistant that Bourque mentioned some of her crimes and that she may have spoken about her fantasies of killing a homeless person.
"She expressed an interest in harming other people," Gordon said, adding Bourque killed her family's dog and cat in Prince George, B.C.
Gordon said police executed search warrants, including one for Bourque's room at the university, where a so-called kill kit was discovered which included duct tape and other restraints.
Bourque was admitted to the psychiatric unit at Burnaby General Hospital before being convicted of killing animals and jailed, he said.
"Quite clearly she is a disturbed young lady and is obviously in need of help."
Gordon said the 46 conditions Bourque must abide by constitute a huge probation order unlike any he has ever seen.
The Vancouver Police Department and a probation officer will be monitoring Bourque and she is required to attend a forensic outpatient clinic where she will get counselling for three years, he said.
The harm Bourque has inflicted on animals may be a precursor for what she may do to humans, Gordon said.
"It's what it predicts that is of concern."
Bourque was adopted as a child from an orphanage in Romania and lived in Prince George before moving to Burnaby to attend university.
Gordon said the young woman came to the notice of the criminal justice system and the health and education system in Prince George going back years and he wonders why more wasn't done for her then.