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This week, Dr. Charles Raison offers part two of his answer to the viewer question: Can a 9- or 10-year-old be bipolar?
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Dear Len
This is the second part of a two-part answer to your very brief question. Last week, I reviewed how bipolar disorder is diagnosed in adults, not shying away from the multiple diagnostic challenges that enshroud the condition. Now we turn to the question of how bipolar disorder can be diagnosed in a child as young as 9 or 10.
When I went to medical school, I was taught bipolar disorder usually began in a person's mid- to late 20s. But a major change has happened since my time as a student.
Many studies now suggest that bipolar disorder, and in fact all mood disorders, are developing in younger and younger people. I could use two or three of these columns just to discuss all the reasons why this trend may be occurring. Suffice it to say more young people appear to be developing classic cases of bipolar disorder, with clear-cut manic and depressive episodes.
So one of the reasons people began diagnosing bipolar disorder in children, especially adolescents, is that nonambiguous cases of the disease have been more common in this population. But there is a second and probably more important reason for the current trend in childhood bipolar disorder.
When researchers began to look closely into the pasts of people with clear bipolar disorder, they began to notice that many of these people showed a range of abnormalities and troubles long before they had their first full manic episode.
Often, people who grew up to be bipolar had childhoods characterized by temper tantrums, mood swings, problems paying attention in school and lots of anxiety.
These findings demonstrated that for many patients, bipolar disorder is for all intents and purposes a lifelong condition. From this vantage point, it appears to start in childhood with many nonspecific symptoms that impair functioning and then progresses in early adulthood into a lifetime see-saw ride of painful lows and dangerous highs.
Over time, an interesting thing happened. Because most people with bipolar disorder have multiple problems in childhood, it seemed fairly straightforward that children with these problems were likely to grow up to have bipolar disorder.
Given how devastating bipolar disorder is, it seemed logical and humane to attempt early intervention with medications, both because these problems devastate children's lives and because early treatment might prevent or forestall progression to full-blown bipolar illness.
But here is the problem. Let's turn to a popular Web site for a list of symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of childhood bipolar disorder:
• Bed-wetting (especially in boys)
• Night terrors
• Rapid or pressured speech
• Obsessional behavior
• Excessive daydreaming
• Compulsive behavior
• Motor and vocal tics
• Learning disabilities
• Poor short-term memory
• Lack of organization
• Fascination with gore or morbid topics
• Hypersexuality
• Manipulative behavior
• Bossiness
• Lying
• Suicidal thoughts
• Destruction of property
• Paranoia
• Hallucinations and delusions
While it's true many people who grow up to have bipolar disorder may have at least some of these problems as children, the trouble arises from the fact that most people with these symptoms in childhood will not grow up to be bipolar.
In scientific jargon, we'd say that the symptoms are sensitive, but not specific. Here is an overblown analogy: You notice that almost everyone who wins the Georgia lottery lives in Georgia (living in Georgia has high sensitivity as a fact for identifying lottery winners). You want to win the Georgia lottery so you move to Georgia (bad move because living in Georgia has low specificity for identifying lottery winners -- most people who live in Georgia never win the lottery).
Recent studies have really brought this home. When children and adolescents who get a diagnosis of bipolar disorder are followed prospectively into adulthood, most of them do not end up having bipolar disorder. Some of them grow up without mental health disorders. Others develop schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, major depression or they become sociopaths.
This nonspecificity has led to the proposal that childhood bipolar disorder be stricken from the next version of the DSM, which is the "bible" for psychiatric diagnoses.
Children and adolescents with clear manias and depressions will have bipolar disorder, no different from adults with these symptoms. Children with the sorts of nonspecific mood, cognitive and behavioral problems that have been lumped into childhood bipolar disorder will now be used to create a new diagnosis to be known as Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria.
This rather turgid title makes no assumptions about symptoms that may develop -- it merely names the fact that lots of kids have a hard time controlling their moods and tempers and they tend to be emotionally miserable (hence "dysphoria").
Whether this is a step forward or not I leave to my readers.
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Look-back at last year: 2012 was a year, much like this upcoming season, with expectations as high as the sky moon. The Halos stole future Hall-of-Famer Albert Pujols and Texas ace C.J. Wilson from their respective 2011 World Series teams and looked to have a strong rotation headed by the trio of Jered Weaver, Dan Haren and Wilson. The team fought its way to a 89-73 record, missing the playoffs by a mere four games despite having more wins than the eventual AL Champion Detroit Tigers (Yes, I'm still bitter).
This year, Arte Moreno and the Angels front office decided once again to go big-fish hunting, giving outfielder Josh Hamilton a 5-Year Deal worth $125 Million. Hamilton gave the Angels quite a logjam in the outfield and Designated-Hitter, leading to the trade that sent designated-hitter Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners in return for Jered Weaver's college teammate and fellow innings-eater Jason Vargas. You can read a post a fellow writer here at the MLB Reports wrote about that very trade here . Angels General Manager Jerry DiPoto also poured some money into the bullpen and back-end of the rotation, signing hurlers Ryan Madson, Sean Burnett and Joe Blanton. .
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Expectations are sky-high, just as last year, adding Josh Hamilton into an already potent lineup with fellow superstars Albert Pujols and Mike Trout. Here's a position-by-position breakdown for the 2013 Halos:
Catcher: Chris Iannetta will be the every-day backstop, signing a 3-Year extension worth about $15 Million in late 2012. Chris had a wrist injury last year, limiting his play to only 79 games. He still showed adequate thump with 9 HRs and 26 RBI but will have to show not only the ability to stay healthy but the ability to continue showing off the batting eye that he has shown throughout his career. Hank Conger will likely be the back-up with Bobby Wilson being claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays.
First-Base: Albert Pujols will main first-base of course, going into the 2nd year of his 10 year pact. Pujols had an atrocious month of April last year, going the entire month without a home-run, but still put together another great season with 30 HRs, 50 Doubles (2nd in AL), 80 XBH (3rd in AL) and 105 RBI (8th in AL). His 2nd Half numbers featured a 3 slash line of .305/.354/.935 with 16 HRs and 54 RBI in just 69 games, more resembling the mans overall career numbers. Albert hit .285/.343/.516 for the year and one can expect those numbers to be much better now that he is settled in with a new franchise. Look for The Machine to be in the MVP discussion all year in 2013.
Second-Base/Short-Stop: Howie Kendrick and Erick Aybar will once against man the middle infield spots, with their shiny new extensions in hand. You know what to expect from both guys, with Kendrick giving you about 3 WAR and Aybar settling in at about 3.5 thanks to his position scarcity. Hitting wise, they had amazingly similar 2012's with Kendrick hitting .287/.325/.400 while Aybar hit .290/.324/.416. Both players are slightly above-average players who aren't flashy and don't get much pub but both are cogs for the Angels lineup like they have been for the last four years.
Third Base: Alberto Callaspo will man Third-Base for the team. Callaspo is a slap hitter with a quality batting eye and solid defense. He hit .252/.331/.361 and will bat in the lower quadrant of the lineup. He was surprisingly the fifth best position player on the team last year, cashing in 3.2 wins-above-replacement. Andrew Romine will backup second, third and short for the Angels replacing Maicer Izturis who signed with the Blue Jays. Kaleb Cowart's name may also be penciled in at third-base by the end of the year, as the switch-hitting power prospect is moving quickly throughout the Minor Leagues.
Outfield: The Angels outfield will easily be the strength of the team for the 2013 campaign. Rookie phenom and fan favorite Mike Trout will move over the Left Field in order to allow Peter Bourjos to roam ccnterfield with newly acquired Josh Hamilton playing Right Field. Trout and Hamilton are bonafide stars in professional baseball, but both will have something to prove in 2013. Trout wants to show that there will be no sophomore slump while Hamilton wants to show that he can adjust to a much more spacious ballpark and continue to be a top-10 offensive force in MLB. Bourjos is a dynamic player who didn't get much of a chance to play in 2012 thanks to Torii Hunter and Mike Trout. In 2011 Peter hit .271/.327/.438 with a league-leading 11 Triples and 22 Stolen Bases. His spectacular defense is the reason that Trout will be moving to Left-Field, as Bourjos is by far the best defensive outfielder in the league according to UZR. There will not be many balls dropping in the outfield with the legs of Trout and Bourjos and no runner wants to tag up with a Josh Hamilton throw storming towards the plate.
Rotation/Bullpen: The 2013 rotation will once again be lead by ace Jered Weaver, followed by C.J. Wilson trying to bounce back from a disappointing second-half in 2012. Newly acquired Jason Vargas, Tommy Hanson and Joe Blanton will round out the five man staff. Vargas gave up way too many Home-Runs at Safeco Field last year, which is not a good trend despite moving to another pitcher's park in Anaheim. He will have the luxury of having the league's best defensive outfield though. Hanson was a budding star in 2011, but didn't have nearly the season that the Braves expected last year and has seen his velocity drop over the years thanks to injuries piling up. Blanton isn't much more than an innings-eater who posted a 4.71 ERA in over 190 Innings Pitched last year between the Dodgers and Phillies.
Garrett Richards will likely begin the season in Triple-A, but will get the first crack at the rotation once an injury comes up. Richards started 9 games for the Halos in 2012, posting a 4.69 ERA in 71 Innings Pitched between the rotation and bullpen. DiPoto should have never panicked and signed Blanton to a 2-Year/$15 Million Dollar Pact after Greinke bolted for the Dodgers.
Richards should've been the fifth starter with his great amount of quality minor-league work, but the fact is rarely does a team need five starters throughout the year. It's usually about 7 or 8 considering injuries and ineffectiveness, so there's no doubt that Richards will be starting for the Halos quite a bit in 2013. Ernesto Frieri will set-up Ryan Madson in the 2013 bullpen, and as long as Madson can quickly regain velocity and control after missing the 2012 season thanks to Tommy John surgery, the back-end of the bullpen look solid. Scott Downs and Sean Burnett give the Angels two quality Left-handed relievers that will allow manager Mike Scioscia to play matchups late in games. Kevin Jepsen and Nick Maronde will likely round out the six-man 'pen.
Overall: You can't help but be quite excited for the 2013 version of the Angels. The offense will likely be one of the best in the league, and the defense is quite solid throughout. The strength of the team will be the outfield defense and lineup, while the potential weaknesses will be the bottom half of the pitching staff and bench. Nothing short of a World Series title will do for owner Arte Moreno and Angels fans, and this team looks like it can definitely contend in 2013. Play Ball!
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Why no evaluation of the manager here? He is generally overated and costs the team a couple of games a year with his in-game management.
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Russian Communists Upset with Indiana Jones
Communist Party members said on the Web this week that the Soviet Union in 1957 "did not send terrorists to the States," but launched a satellite, "which evoked the admiration of the whole world."
Communist Andrei Andreyev said Saturday "it is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War."
Well, maybe this film is unfair to the Soviet Union. The previous Indiana Jones films may have well been unfair to the Nazis too. As the Nazis were gone or hiding in South America in 1957, a new set of bad guys had to be found and the Soviets seem a good choice for 1957. Maybe the Soviets did not have the same reckless interest in occult archeology that the Nazis did but who else is a better choice to go up against Indiana Jones in this time period? It would have been insulting to Communism had they not been cast in the role of the opposition to Indie.
I doubt this film provokes a new cold war. If one happens, this film will not be the cause. I think most Russians can recognize this film as fiction. It is not like there have never been "evil" Americans portrayed in the Russian cinema. I think most Russians (as well as other world citizens) can recognize fiction.
As a bonus for this film, the Communist Party of Russia's attempt to boycott it may help it sell more tickets in Russia. Lots of Russians dislike the Communist Party. Their objections to it may help to boost the Russian box office tally.
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- Unknown said...
You've got to be kidding me. This is entertainment! I must admit however, one must understand that basic premise. Should I be upset at the inaccuracies that have been depicted? Only if it is supposed to be an accurate documentary. Viewing the film was entertaining, but like the other Indiana Jones movies. As for the comment about not sending spies to the US in 1957, we know that's a lie, but I'm not going to let that taint my enjoyment of the movie. During the period (and I'm not really sure of the time line as there were things that took place over a large period of time in the movie)the cold war was at its height. We sent spies elsewhere, and Russia did the same thing. Not sure why they're even denying that, unless they feel a strong need to continue to dupe their citizens. Oh well, I take the statement from the Communist Party as just that, propaganda. I enjoyed the movie, even if it wasn't totally historically accurate.
Russia is missing the only political point of an otherwise pure entertainment movie. Back in the Cold War Days, there was a witch hunt for "reds" just like the witch hunt for "terrorists" now. People lost their jobs, seuruity clearance, and ability to travel abroad over their political affiliations. They lost their constitutional rights as the governement seached their offices & homes without a warrant. Does any of this sound familiar with the 'new' enemy witch hunt, warrantless wire taps & holding without trial. Isn't this a political statement that we are repeating our mistakes from the past and has nothing to do with Communism?
Come on....it's a MOVIE.
I love this line from "M's" original blog, "It is not like there have never been 'evil' Americans portrayed in the Russian cinema."
Okay so let's give the Russkies their due. They are such technokids that they built Sputnik and the Chernobil Reactor and the Kursk. All fine accomplishments that the world should be proud of....oh yeah, and Stalin too...there's a standard bearer.
Obviously Russians are not intelligent enough to discern entertainment from reality. I guess they should build shelters throughout their country for when "I Am Legend" or "War of the Worlds" comes to fruition.
Sadly and contrary to popular belief for Russia the only person returning Russia to the Cold War is Putin, his cronies and puppets. The Russian people can thank Putin for the giant steps backward this country has taken since his election and self appointment to the office of Prime Minister.
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- Karla said...
The film was obviously fiction. Did they think that an alien ship was the cause of the golden city legend? I think in an historical film you want to get your facts straight, but in one so obviously ficticious I think creative license is necessary.
However, I wish that the adventure had centered around a more historical artifact like the previous movies than a sci-fish one.
- Time Bandit said...
Ironically enough, less than a few months after this movie came out, US ally Asian Georgia and Russia got into an actual shooting war, which led to increased tensions between the US and Russia, and there is now talk of a resurgence of Cold War.
Sorry to break it to you naysayers, but it turns out the remaining few Russian bolshies were right. Hollywood ignored their warning, distributed this movie and... wallah... now we have triggered a new Cold War!
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In Reply to: Beat your swords into plowshares posted by ESC on October 15, 2003
: : Can you please explain the meaning and origin of this phrase? Thank you - Sax
: It's from the Bible and it is talking about peace. For the various times the phrase appears in the Bible, go to Biblegateway.com and search "plowshares" under advanced search.
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: He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
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- arclein said...
This is an update out of wikipedia. The quoted depths are much easier to account for than the original estimation or lack thereoff.
Cuban underwater city refers to a site thought by some to be a submerged granite complex structures off the coast of the Guanahacabibes peninsula in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba.[1][2][3]
Sonar images interpreted as being symmetrical and geometric stone structures resembling an urban complex were first recorded in early 2001 covering an area of 2 square kilometres (200 ha) at depths of between 600 metres (2,000 ft) and 750 metres (2,460 ft).[1] The discovery was reported by Pauline Zalitzki, a marine engineer, and her husband Paul Weinzweig, owners of a Canadian company called Advanced Digital Communications,[4] working on an exploration and survey mission in conjunction with the Cuban government. The team returned to the site a second time with an underwater video robot that filmed sonar images interpreted as various pyramids and circular structures made out of massive, smooth blocks of stone that resembled hewn granite. Zalitzki said "It's a really wonderful structure which really looks like it could have been a large urban centre, However, it would be totally irresponsible to say what it was before we have evidence." [1]
After studying the images, National Geographic senior editor John Echave said "They are interesting anomalies, but that's as much as anyone can say right now, but I'm no expert on sonar and until we are able to actually go down there and see, it will difficult to characterize them." Professor of Oceanography Robert Ballard was quoted as saying "That's too deep, I'd be surprised if it was human. You have to ask yourself, how did it get there? I've looked at a lot of sonar images in my life, and it can be sort of like looking at an ink blot -- people can sometimes see what they want to see. I'll just wait for a bit more data."[5]
Marine Geologist Manuel Iturralde called for more samples before drawing conclusions about the site, saying "We have some figures which are extremely unusual but nature is much richer than we think." Estimating that it would have taken 50,000 years for such structures to have sunken to the depth at which they were said to be found, he said "50,000 years ago there wasn't the architectural capacity in any of the cultures we know of to build complex buildings." A specialist in underwater archaeology at Florida State University added "It would be cool if they were right, but it would be real advanced for anything we would see in the New World for that time frame. The structures are out of time and out of place."[4]
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Paper Mache is a delicate decorative art, born in Persia, originally and brought to Kashmir by a Kashmiri Prince who spent years in a prison at Samarkand in Central Asia. The art was further encouraged by mogul emperors that came from Uzbekistan in Central Asia in the 15th and 16th century and ruled India for nearly 200-300 years. The mogul emperors traveled to Kashmir, a serene and beautiful valley with a lot of beauty to inspire. The surroundings harnessed the creativity and romance for this art and finally Paper Mache took its roots in the simple homes of these gentle people and thus— a new art form was born. Paper Mache became the folk art of Kashmir; passing down from father to son, from generation to generation. Paper Mache involves two main steps: 'Sakhtsazi' is the actual production of the item and 'Naqashi' is when the item is painted with any number of motifs.
This Kashmiri craft recycles waste paper into beautiful artifacts painted by expert craftsmen. The wonderfully vibrant hand painted motifs on the different types of items look illuminated as a result of the shiny varnish finish. Paper Mache (also spelled Papier Mache, Papier Machie) has a long and rich tradition in Kashmir, it is a delicate decorative art which shows the artistic zeal of a craftsman.
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In 1891 Woodrow Wilson—then a popular professor at Princeton and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic—considered what it is about the greatest authors that makes their works last. (Wilson later went on to become the president of Princeton, the governor of New Jersey, and—after defeating both Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft in a three-way race in 1912—the president of the United States.)
Who can help wondering, concerning the modern multitude of books, where all these companions of his reading hours will be buried when they die; which will have monuments erected to them; which escape the envy of time and live. It is pathetic to think of the number that must be forgotten, after being removed from the good places to make room for their betters.
Much the most pathetic thought about books, however, is that excellence will not save them. Their fates will be as whimsical as those of the humankind which produces them. Knaves find it as easy to get remembered as good men. It is not right living or learning or kind offices, simply and of themselves, but something else that gives immortality of fame. Be a book never so scholarly, it may die; be it never so witty, or never so full of good feeling or of an honest statement of truth, it may not live.
When once a book has become immortal, we think that we can see why it became so. It contained, we perceive, a casting of thought which could not but arrest and retain men's attention; it said some things once and for all because it gave them their best saying. Or else it spoke with a grace or with a fire of imagination, with a sweet cadence of phrase and a full harmony of tone, which have made it equally dear to all generations of those who love the free play of fanciful thought or the incomparable music of perfected human speech. Or perhaps it uttered with full candor and simplicity some universal sentiment; perchance pictured something in the tragedy or the comedy of man's life as it was never pictured before, and must on that account be read and read again as not to be superseded. There must be something special, we judge, either in its form or in its substance, to account for its unwonted fame and fortune.
This upon first analysis, taking one book at a time. A look deeper into the heart of the matter enables us to catch at least a glimpse of a single and common source of immortality. The world is attracted by books as each man is attracted by his several friends. You recommend that capital fellow So-and-So to the acquaintance of others because of his discriminating and diverting powers of observation: the very tones and persons—it would seem the very selves—of every type of man live again in his mimicries and descriptions. He is the dramatist of your circle; you can never forget him, nor can any one else; his circle of acquaintances can never grow smaller. Could he live on and retain perennially that wonderful freshness and vivacity of his, he must become the most famous guest and favorite of the world. Who that has known a man quick and shrewd to see dispassionately the inner history, the reason and the ends, of the combinations of society, and at the same time eloquent to tell of them, with a hold on the attention gained by a certain quaint force and sagacity resident in no other man, can find it difficult to understand why men still resort to Montesquieu? Possibly there are circles favored of the gods who have known some fellow of infinite store of miscellaneous and curious learning, who has greatly diverted both himself and his friends by a way peculiar to himself of giving it out upon any and all occasions, item by item, as if it were all homogeneous and of a piece, and by his odd skill in making unexpected application of it to out-of-the-way, unpromising subjects, as if there were in his view of things mental no such disintegrating element as incongruity. Such a circle would esteem it strange were Burton not beloved of the world. And so of those, if any there be, who have known men of simple, calm, transparent natures, untouched by storm or perplexity, whose talk was full of such serious, placid reflection as seemed to mirror their own reverent hearts,—talk often prosy, but oftener touchingly beautiful because of its nearness to nature and the solemn truth of life. There may be those, also, who have felt the thrill of personal contact with some stormy peasant nature full of strenuous, unsparing speech concerning men and affairs. These have known, have experienced, why a Wordsworth or a Carlyle must be read by all generations of those who love words of first-hand inspiration. In short, in every case of literary immortality there is present originative personality. Not origination simply,—that may be mere invention, which in literature has nothing immortal about it; but origination which takes its stamp and character from the originator, which is his substance given to the world, which is himself outspoken …
It is best for the author to be born away from literary centres, or to be excluded from their ruling set if he be born in them. It is best that he start out with his thinking, not knowing how much has been thought and said about everything. A certain amount of ignorance will insure his sincerity, will increase his boldness and shelter his genuineness, which is his hope of power. Not ignorance of life, but life may be learned in any neighborhood;—not ignorance of the greater laws which govern human affairs, but they may be learned without a library of historians and commentators, by imaginative sense, by seeing better than by reading;—not ignorance of the infinitudes of human circumstance, but knowledge of these may come to a man without the intervention of universities;—not ignorance of one's self and of one's neighbor, but innocence of the sophistications of learning, its research without love, its knowledge without inspiration, its method without grace; freedom from its shame at trying to know many things as well as from its pride of trying to know but one thing; ignorance of that faith in small confounding facts which is contempt for large reassuring principles …
It would seem to be necessary that the author who is to stand as a distinct and imperative individual among the company of those who express the world's thought should come to a hard crystallization before subjecting himself to the tense strain of cities, the dissolvent acids of critical circles. The ability to see for one's self is attainable, not by mixing with crowds and ascertaining how they look at things, but by a certain aloofness and self-containment. The solitariness of some genius is not accidental; it is characteristic and essential. To the constructive imagination there are some immortal feats which are possible only in seclusion. The man must heed first and most of all the suggestions of his own spirit; and the world can be seen from windows overlooking the street better than from the street itself.
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The resiliency of quantum teleportation may help quantum computers function as well as traditional digital ones when doing calculations, according to an article recently published in PNAS. Using sets of six photons, a group of researchers modeled two different kinds of logic gates by teleporting data between the photons. While the components they used are the quantum equivalent of computers that took up whole rooms and used punch cards, the scientists found the system had good transmission fidelity.
Quantum teleportation (not the run-of-the-mill sci-fi teleportation) moves only quantum states. So, instead of having a particle appear at a distance, the system starts with two particles, and places the second in a quantum state that's identical to the first. The procedure relies on entanglement, which can work at a significant distance—up to ten miles, as recent experiments have found—and so it's still subject to the limits that keep entanglement from transmitting information faster than the speed of light.
While quantum teleportation doesn't have perfect fidelity, scientists have become very interested in its resiliency and speed in transmitting information. Teleportation seemed poised in particular to help create a "universal quantum computer," one that can capture and perform all quantum algorithms and operations.
The authors of the PNAS paper wanted to pursue universal quantum computer functionality as simply as possible. They were able to boil down the tools they needed to make quantum logic gates to three things. One is multiparticle entangled states, where four the states of particles were entangled so that reading one would set the other three. Another is Bell-state measurements, where two particles are entangled in one of four known combinations. The final ingredient is single-qubit operations, which can be performed on one qubit (particle) to determine its state.
Of course, these are more actions than tools; the actual tools that accomplished these manipulations were a UV beam, barium-borate crystals, polarizing beam splitters, and wave plates. All the pieces together could create, entangle, and read only six photons acting as qubits, yet the setup was many times larger than that of a standard digital computer chip that can handle a great deal more information. Still, as proof-of-concept, it would do.
The first task the scientists tried to achieve was creating a controlled-NOT gate. The typical function of a c-NOT gate is to look at one of a pair of bits and, depending on whether that bit is 1 or 0, flip the other.
The researchers manipulated data for the gate using two input qubits, one with the state that would ultimately be read, and the other to be flipped. They also had four more qubits all entangled with one another in a special state that they would use to read and output the results of the gate.
To do the gate operation, they took each of the input qubits and paired it with one of the entangled qubits (the two unused qubits were the "output" qubits). Each pair was then read, or measured, with a Bell-state measurement, resolving them to some combination of 1 and 0. This process teleported the data of the two input qubits onto the set of four entangled ones.
Because two of the qubits being measured were entangled with the output qubits, the output qubits were resolved too. All that was left to do was perform unitary operations on the output qubits, depending on how the Bell-state measurement turned out, to get the results of the c-NOT gate. The scientists were also able to model a control gate, which aims to transmit input exactly as it is, using the same principles.
The design isn't without drawbacks; namely, the size is a problem as far as modern comping goes, but the authors hope to develop a chip based on the same principles for use in integrated devices. They also note that some quantum corrections had to be made for time evolutions of the particles. This is standard practice in quantum computing, but still takes extra time and energy. Going forward, they hope to look at more entanglement cases and combinations of spatial modes and polarization, as well as constructing a fault-tolerant gate for their system.
PNAS, 2010. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005720107 (About DOIs).


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Worldwide, the retail giant's stores cover as much land as Miami.
Earlier this week, I wondered if Best Buy's downsizing marked the beginning of the end of the sprawling megastore. My conclusion: not so fast. There were some commenters who disagreed, pointing to Walmart's move to urban centers as evidence of the end of the big box era.
I was still skeptical. And now, thanks to Mother Jones, we have a good sense of just how pervasive and influential Walmart is throughout the world. Below, a chart they put together:
To put that top statistic into perspective, the Best Buy store closing will bring the total number of stores in the U.S. to about 1,050, a fraction of Walmart's global store total.
I'm actually surprised that the combined area of Walmart stores is even close to the size of Manhattan, not nearly as big as I would have imagined. Though that number would soar if we looked at Walmart's entire land footprint and included parking lots.
Let's use the numbers above to compare Walmart's impact to U.S. cities.
- 35.3 square miles = about the land area of the city of Miami
- 2.1 million workers worldwide = the population of Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S.
- 1.4 million U.S. associates = about the population of Phoenix, the sixth largest city in the U.S.
So while Walmart is looking to expand into the city - its pilot program has a handful of stores and proposed stores - it's not enough to signal a move away from the big box model. Even if big box stores eventually fizzle out of fashion, their fall will be long and slow.
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If it seems hard to believe that it's already been a year since Steve White's last Yardfest, that's because it hasn't. Although White's beloved front-yard celebration of all things folksy is usually held in early September, he pushed it forward this year to Saturday, May 1, to accommodate a trip he plans to make in September to another folk festival in Georgia.
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Ivanov at the Rodey Theatre
Just before the curtain rises, director Eugene Douglas hops on stage to address the crowd.
"I can't tell you how excited I am you're all here tonight," he says. "I'm pumped. I am so pumped!"
For me, it's always heartening to see creative types express this kind of enthusiasm for their projects. Douglas' passion seems to have fueled the action on stage. In Ivanov, he's managed to coax some smart and energetic performances from an accomplished student cast.
Douglas' production plays through this weekend at UNM's Rodey Theatre. Chekhov's first full-length play to be staged, Ivanov has never been considered a masterpiece on par with his later, better-known plays such as The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters or The Cherry Orchard. That said, the play, composed when Chekhov was only 27 years old, still contains some remarkable displays of the Russian writer's innate literary wit.
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The Dance of the Mt. Taylor Mustangs
House O' Fire Sculpture Garden and Gallery
This is news to me: Apparently the area around Mt. Taylor, which is located just west of Albuquerque near Grants, is home to a herd of wild mustangs called mestaños. This is an interesting factoid in itself. What's even more amazing is that these mestaños are the likely descendants of escaped horses originally brought to New Mexico by Don Juan de Oñate himself over 400 years ago. Award-winning photographer Lynne Pomeranz presents an exhibit of photos of mestaños at House O' Fire Sculpture Garden and Gallery in Corrales. The show opens on Saturday, May 1, with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. The Dance of the Mt. Taylor Mustangs runs through May 21. Stop by for a rare glimpse of these elusive animals. 890-3141.
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Outpost Performance Space
And so it comes down to this. All year long local poets have been locked in a deadly struggle for the distinctive honor of joining this year's Albuquerque Poetry Slam Team. This Saturday, May 1, at 8 p.m. at the Outpost Performance Space the battered and bruised survivors will stumble into the ring to beat each other to poetic pulp. Join co-hosts Danny Solis and Kenn Rodriguez for the poetry highlight of the season. Admission is $7. These poets will rock your socks off. 268-0044.
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Invisible Disabilities Association honors its champions
Four Coloradans — RE/MAX co-founder Dave Liniger; Shery McDonald-Galbreath of the SaddleUp! Foundation, John Kelley, chairman/CEO of CereScan; and Paul Myhill, founder of TrafficJam — were among those honored at an awards dinner hosted by the Invisible Disabilities Association.
In addition, actors Marlo Thomas and Kevin Sorbo; Kimberly McCleary, president/CEO of the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America; Jennifer Brusstar, president/CEO of the Tug McGraw Foundation; and Laura Hillenbrand, author of the New York Times bestseller "Seabiscuit," and "Unbroken," were recognized for their contributions.
"There is a tremendous need to raise awareness about diseases and chronic conditions that have significant impacts on people's lives, but are not physically apparent," notes IDA's founder and president, Wayne Connell. "Even people close to you may not understand what you are going through if you have a debilitating condition because on the outside, you look the same."
The IDA's mission, Connell adds, "Revolves around care. We care by listening, believing, validating, encouraging, educating and connecting people touched by illness and pain, even when they can barely get out of bed, even when they can't speak for themselves, and even when they must depend on others for their most basic needs."
The dinner held at the Denver Marriott South in Lone Tree was emceed by CBS4 weather anchor Ed Greene; attorney Jack Fitzgibbons and his wife, Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons, were the honorary chairmen.
Illusionists David and Teesha Laflin provided the entertainment.
Liniger received the Corporate Honors Award for creating what Connell described as "creating a corporate culture of giving back to the community." McDonald-Galbreath, who started SaddleUp! and serves as its president, was given the Volunteer Honors Award in recognition of her lifelong passion for volunteering on behalf of those living with illness and disability.
The Research Honors Award went to Kelley for his role in creating CereScan, which provides cutting-edge research in brain diagnostics. Myhill, recipient of the Founders Honors Award, started TrafficJam to help bring an end to human trafficking.
Marlo Thomas, national outreach director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, was given the Healthcare Honors Award while Kevin Sorbo, actor, producer, director and author of "True Strength," was the recipient of the Inspiration Honors Award. Both accepted via videotaped message.
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IMAX Theaters said Tuesday that it took in a single-day record $1.8 million in China on Friday, powered by the local hit "The Monkey King."
The martial arts action film's debut on 140 IMAX screens came on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and topped the $1.5 million mark set by Disney and Marvel's "Iron Man 3" in 2013. It took in $4.5 million from IMAX sites over its first three days.
It was a huge overall weekend at the Mainland box office, and Chinese films were first and second worldwide.
The 3D "The Monkey King," starring Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok and Donnie Yen, rolled up more than $51 million over the weekend. It was produced by Filmko Pictures and China Film Group, and directed by Pou-Soi Cheang.
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The Sleeping Dragon
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Captives of Sorcery...
It began as just another evening of fantasy gaming with James, Karl, Andrea, and the rest ready to assume their various roles as wizard, cleric, warrior, or thief. But sorcerous gamemaster Professor Deighton had something else planned for this unsuspecting group of college students. And the "game" soon became a matter of life and death as the seven adventurers found themselves transported to an alternate world and into the bodies of the actual characters they had been pretending to be.
Cast into a land where magic worked all too well, dragons were a fire-breathing menace, and only those quick enough with a sword or their wits survived, the young gamers faced a terrible task. For the only way they would ever see Earth again was if they could find the legendary Gate Between Worlds - a place guarded by the most terrifying and deadly enemy of all....
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- greg
- 24-11-12
Great Memories From My Teenage Years!
What did you love best about The Sleeping Dragon?
I first read this book as a kid and I loved the idea of it being based on kids playing a D&D like game and getting transported into it.
What other book might you compare The Sleeping Dragon to and why?
Dream Park by Larry Niven. It is another great example of people playing a role-playing game in real life.
Have you listened to any of Keith Silverstein's other performances before? How does this one compare?
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Fantasy Becomes Reality!
Any additional comments?
If you are a lover of dungeons and dragons or role-playing games you will enjoy this book. I hope the other books in this series will be available soon.
9 people found this helpful
- Amazon Customer
- 29-05-13
A dark story about flawed people who make mistakes
I read this series as a young adult and enjoyed it, so I decided to take a stroll down memory lane and listen to it again as an adult.
It's a rare genre that I have a soft spot for: a group of college-aged kids who roleplay together end up in the game for real, no longer playing characters but actually living their lives, with the knowledge and skills from their own lives. It's a pretty awesome idea - take your average teenager and give them the body and skills of Conan the Barbarian, or Merlin the Wizard, and you have an idea of what fun it could be. But that's not what this book is about. The fun is temporary - the book focuses on how flawed everything is - the world, its people, and even the main characters.
The characters in it are all flawed people. They're not BAD people, but they're also not without problems. The novel stresses the idea that people can grow out of childishness and into heroes. But in the meantime, you get a group of people who can be self-absorbed, petty, and rubbing against each other in the worst possible ways. There are love triangles, unresolved issues, and lots more going on behind the scenes.
The whole book is full of mistakes the characters make - some accidental, some caused by their personality quirks, some because they are seeking to become heroes - that cause bad things to happen to them, from losing their spellbooks right away to a main character dying to the girls getting raped. THIS BOOK IS DARK. Bad things happen to good people. It's not always the fault of the protagonists, but they usually contribute to it through naivete and mistakes. While the worst events take place off-screen, the effects aren't just brushed aside - the book dwells on them and how big events change people, and not always for the better.
The book gets better the more you read, but it can be slow going. The first chapter in particular was a little painful to listen to - it introduced each of the main characters as they went to their weekly gaming session. With a whole group to introduce, you can't really get to know any of them, so they ended up feeling like two-dimensional stereotypes. That may have been on purpose, though - as the characters go through strife and suffering in the fantasy world, we see them grow up and become more three-dimensional. And the heroes begin to realize that the fantasy world they are so eager to leave needs someone from our world to bring some badly needed enlightenment - at the point of a sword. Thus beginning a series.
In terms of writing style and reader performance, both were a bit lacking at first. The reader had to speak dozens of different voices from different genders, ages, and races, and did a fine job of keeping them all separate and distinct, yet some of them sounded a little too comical. However, as the story went on, I began to notice this less and less. In terms of literary quality - well, this is no great American novel, but the writing style isn't horrid, either. While it is tough to get through the first two chapters, and while the group still seems selfish and childish halfway through the book, it all starts to seem worth it once the group meets the dragon halfway through the book. Then, the book takes the rug from beneath your feet, and changes everything in the last chapters of the book.
This is a book about growing up, about losing your innocence, and about redefining what heroism means. It's also a book about roleplaying rules, roleplaying groups and roleplaying quests. if you're not into fantasy or you're not into roleplaying games, I'd suggest giving this a pass. But if you're into roleplaying games, especially tabletop ones, and if you've ever wondered what it would be like to travel back in time or into your favourite movie, this could be the book for you.
6 people found this helpful
- Michael
- 12-01-13
A Favorite Fantasy Series Of Mine From Long Ago...
I've just completed a long review for Jordan's Last novel, so in fairness, I must keep this one brief.
I first came across this book decades ago, and it pulled me into a fantasy series that offered great reading and loads of fun. It starts a bit slow, but then it builds into a wonderfully detailed fantasy world without being tedious, and sets a journey that will take the entire series to complete. It deals with modern and timeless moral issues, and does it very well.
This series is one of the earlier "modern people thrust into a fantasy realm" that really had meat to it, real "bite" similar to Andre Norton's earlier effort, Quag Keep. Rich characters, great plot, a detailed world and just plain good writing. Machiavellian and magical, and I like both together. This series has it in spades.
The narrator Silverstein is great for this work, and I hope to hear more of him in future listens.
I liked this first Audible novel in the series so much, I bought the entire series, and I do NOT regret it.
If you like Dungeons and Dragons, if you play dungeon crawler games, if you like action in a fantasy realm, you'll enjoy this. A LOT.
Plain and simple. it's GOOD. Enjoy!
14 people found this helpful
- Ray Johnson
- 18-02-18
RPGGamelit before it existed
This book is so brilliant that it actually blazed a new genre that is really only taking a hold today. The book is about some college students who get together to do some role-playing with a professor once a week. On the night we join them the Proff. has a new setting, and they've added a new player. The only problem that they aren't playing a game, and the Proff. Isn't what he seems. They find themselves in the gameworld as their characters. They soon find out that they are playing for keeps with their lives, and need to find a way back home before they all end up dead.
This book really was ahead of its time. The writing is powerful, and the characters fully fleshed out. You empathize with them, and really feel like you know them. The plot the pacing, and the cast of characters feel organic. Not forced. Silverstein embodies the characters too. He drives home every blade swing, every burn, and every bite.
A fantastic first book to a brilliant series.
3 people found this helpful
- Brent Mair
- 16-05-13
Didn't enjoy the language and cruelty
What disappointed you about The Sleeping Dragon?
Crude language and content. Too much for me, probably not an issue for many listeners.
Would you be willing to try another book from Joel Rosenberg? Why or why not?
No. It all begins here. I expect more of the same.
Which character – as performed by Keith Silverstein – was your favorite?
They were all pretty good.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Sleeping Dragon?
I'd change the language and modify a few scenes.
Any additional comments?
Narrator was very good.
I also expect that listeners interested in following a D&D type story will like this.
4 people found this helpful
- Angela M
- 25-05-13
Fantastic! Narration and story
Would you consider the audio edition of The Sleeping Dragon to be better than the print version?
Yes! I loved the print version, but the narration was charmingly done.
What did you like best about this story?
The vibrancy of the descriptions made me feel as if I were there. The story grabbed my attention and did nog let go until it was done.
What about Keith Silverstein's performance did you like?
His ability to honestly bring the characters to life.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I sat on the edge listening as the scene unfolded. My heart broke for the girls after the rape.
Any additional comments?
I am looking forward to the next books in the series.
1 person found this helpful
- Linda
- 11-02-13
As good as the first time I read the book
Where does The Sleeping Dragon rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
I adore the whole concept of this story
Any additional comments?
Much like the book, it took me a while to get back into it. but Half way through it picks up and the rest of the series does not let down, you just have to struggle to that halfway point
1 person found this helpful
- Joe
- 08-02-13
Audible, Please GetTthe Rest Of Them,,,
Any additional comments?
I highly recommend this series to fan of the fantasy genre who are looking for a fun filler series while waiting for the heavier stuff, ie, Stormlight, Demon Cycle, Song of Ice and FIre, to drop. Any ex or current RPG'ers should check them out, too. I never read or even heard of this series when I was younger so was pleasantly surprised by what I found, They are fun and even a little gritty at times. Check them out.
1 person found this helpful
- Jim "The Impatient"
- 19-10-13
A Self Image Cast in Stone Could Shatter
This book starts out sounding like a teen book, but it is not. Though details are not usually given there is gang rape and murder. I am one generation too old to have played D&D, but my kids did and I do believe I would have enjoyed it. I believe gamers will like this book better then those who are not gamers.
I found I had to but my common sense on the shelf. In the same way that Burroughs gets Carter to Mars, similarly JR gets this group to this fantasy world. I did not really like the characters in this, most of them seemed to be selfish and rude to each other. I found it hard to believe that a group of kids this rude to each other would continue to meet on a regular basis and spend time with each other. The rudeness and selfishness got worse as they became there characters, but that was probably on purpose to show the thinking of medieval people.
I thought I was going to give up on this book several times, but when it would get to the end of the chapter I found I wanted to know what was going to happen next. These kids go on a quest and nothing goes easy for them. The author does not cope out, by giving them special powers that work wonderfully helping them escape at the last minute. Most of the time there inability to work their magic properly gets them in deeper.
I don't know how to advise you on this book. Some of you are going to love it and some are going to hate it. I give the story three stars and I am not going to listen to the rest in the series.
14 people found this helpful
- David Overmyer
- 20-02-20
Love this book, great beginning to the series
I originally read this book back in the 80s and fell in love with it. This was amazing story for someone who had found and was beginning his own adventures in Role Playing Games. As the years followed I anxiously awaited the next books in the series. I highly recommend this series for someone with an active imagination and an interest in Fantasy Role Playing Games.


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By Zain Shauk and Jennifer A. Dlouhy
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A deadly crude oil train disaster in Canada has brought renewed scrutiny to the growing use of rail to carry oil – including hundreds of thousands of barrels in Texas – and prompted worries that the higher volume will mean more accidents.
Though rail proponents say moving crude by train is safe, federal regulators and others say that pipelines are safer, a stance that has played a role in the debate over the planned Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas coast.
And regardless of the relative safety of the two transportation modes, the mere fact that more crude trains are on the rails increases the possibility of accidents like the one Saturday in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
At least 13 people died and dozens were injured as a portion of the town was flattened by exploding carloads of oil when a train derailed there.
Disaster: Death toll grows in Canada oil train accident
The train was moving oil east from the Bakken shale play in North Dakota to a refinery in Canada, the Associated Press reported.
Parties to the political debate over transport were muted in their response to Saturday's tragedy. The oil industry lobbying group American Petroleum Institute declined to comment and a representative from the Natural Resources Defense Council did not respond to phone calls.
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The Sierra Club environmental group expressed wishes for the safety of residents and responders in Lac-Mégantic, and said the accident "strengthens our resolve to move beyond fossil fuels so communities in Canada, the U.S. and around the world are no longer threatened by industrial disaster, toxic pollution and climate disruption."
Energy companies are moving more oil by rail because trains can serve markets that don't have pipelines, said Jackie Forrest, senior director of North American oil market research for IHS.
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While 90 percent of crude oil typically has been transported by pipeline in the United States, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported earlier this year that railcar loadings of crude oil and other petroleum products jumped 46.3 percent in 2012, as pipelines couldn't keep pace with surging production.
Within Texas, trains and barges carried 401,700 barrels of crude and petroleum liquids daily last year, up from 362,732 barrels per day in 2011, according to the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry. Spokeswoman Ramona Nye said the commission estimates as much as 95 percent of that is rail transportation.
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Though pipeline companies have expanded their networks, rail retains an advantage it isn't likely to lose soon in some regions, including the Bakken area, Forrest said.
Because there are no solid plans for pipelines to transport oil east from the Bakken, she said, refineries have turned to rail and other options for supplying their raw material.
Houston-based Phillips 66 already is moving oil by rail from the Bakken to its Bayway refinery in New Jersey and Valero is exploring a rail option for moving large quantities of Bakken crude east to its Quebec refinery.
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With a rapidly changing energy landscape, the nation's infrastructure will need to catch up to improve safety, said Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute.
She said in a report last month that an analysis of U.S. Transportation Department data found fewer than one incident involving pipelines per billion ton-miles, compared with 19.95 incidents per billion ton-miles for trains.
"Pipeline is vastly more safe," she said. "Pipelines result in fewer spillage incidents and personal injuries than road and rail."
But pipelines spill more oil in absolute numbers because of the nation's vast pipeline network.
An average of 6.6 million gallons of petroleum products were released accidentally from pipelines each year from 2005 to 2009, according to Furchtgott-Roth's analysis.
During the same period road transportation spilled an average 477,600 gallons a year and trains spilled 83,800 gallons.
"Although the number of incidents, the injuries and fatalities are lower for pipeline, when there is an incident, the amount spilled is larger," Furchtgott-Roth said in an interview.
Shauk reported from Houston and Dlouhy from Washington. Jeannie Kever contributed from Houston.


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