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Dear Dhammika and Dhammikinis,
Thanks the gift of a generous translation and the possibilities I am given, I would like to use them to make some shares about gratitude:
A starter into Dhamma is gratitude and without it, there is no progress on the path, mostly even no reason to seek for the path.
As it is a very important issue, I would like to give with this topic the opportunity to discover it deeper and as a maybe useful introduction I like to point on a great work which explains the dependency very well: "Lessons of gratitude "
A few general (and everywhere applicable) thoughts, explanations and general remarks about invitations, receiving and also refusing:
• Act consciously
Acting consciously means to not judge things based on belief and assumption but according to how they are.
"I will register", not "I'm going to register some time..."
"I invite XY", not "I'll see that I'll send them an invitation..."
"I accept this invitation", not "Yes, yes, put it there on the shelf"
• If a problem comes up, distinguish the problem from the emotions that come up.
If something does not work at the moment in the way one would like it to, just breathe in and out, and again, go back a few steps, and start from where there was safe ground beneath the feet.
Don't shy away from asking, nobody came into this world with complete knowledge and nobody knew by himself how things work.
• Don't be rash
You cannot always trust and be confident, and often we just act out of the present mood and follow our defilements.
Whenever there arises aversion in response to an invitation, take it as an important warning sign that you have just taken on an unwholesome attitude.
There are four reasons why we act wrongly: Out of delusion ("That's what it is, not anything else. I know it already."), out of greed ("There I'll get something better", "I want this, not that"), out of hatred ("There must be ill intent behind this", "He's doing that to trouble me", "Now I'll get back at you."), or out of fear ("Is it proper to accept this? Am I entering into engagements with this? What will the others say? ...")
Mistrust and fear are probably our greatest hindrances in accepting a present but also the greatest hindrances on the path to happiness. Fear and shame of doing unwholesome deeds is very important, fear and shame of doing something wholesome on the other hand just plain stupid. "I don't have the courage to..." may elicit pity, but only a push really helps here. Pity and support of false shame is not justified and helpful.
Don't slam shut doors. Even if you maybe deem it appropriate today to shut a door with a slam, it's only a question of time until that act (since it usually comes from an unwholesome state of mind) heavily pricks your conscience. Of course that is not the case if you refuse something that did not stem from well-meaning and wise intentions. But if it was a free gift you will inevitably feel ashamed about it.
Even if you have slam-shut a door, gather up all your courage to rise above this disgrace in your conscience, and open it again. It only takes a short conscious act and spares hours and days of unpleasent and unwholesome feelings and sentiments. Anyone who has freely offered a gift will be forbearing and understanding, and not resentful for past events. You only weigh yourself down if you scorn and disdain a well-meant present. It's only a question of time.
• Don't let things rest on assumptions and leave them hanging unresolved.
Assumptions are nice, they may be meant well, but after all they are just assumptions. If anything is unclear, ask. Of course there are questions which are appropriate and some which are unappropriate. But the more frank and open the giver is the less likely he will take offence being asked inappropriate questions.
"Don't look into the mouth of a horse that has been given as a gift", but one can still make sure that it has actually been given.
Even if something is common and customary, that's not a safe guide. If it was common to act in wholesome ways there would be no necessity to learn it and the Buddha's teachings would be all but superfluous. If we were used to really acting in wholesome ways we wouldn't have any need to change our ways. If that really is the case we can easily check by watching our states of mind, and the suffering that still overwhelms us recurrently.
If someone extends an invitation, listen to it. Accept things, or reject things (even if you are well-advised here to reflect soundly on the reason, and in most cases also to make it known), but don't leave things hanging between the taker and the giver. The giver has done his thing, the gift lies there unused, your conscience will burden you sooner or later.
All that aside from the fact that it may well be that little by little you won't have any givers and benefactors left anymore, and don't believe that everything is free from the outlet.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with rejecting something if it is well justified, but it is just plain stupid and presumptuous to not accept a gift, and such behaviour will rebound, not necessarily from the rejected (who may already be aware of cause and effect) but from the own confinement of conscience and with the ripening of results from that deed.
• Reading thoughts is good, speaking plainly and listening is better.
Even if one or the other may think one should "empathize", it will be quite a vague hope for most to be able to read thoughts. Speak about things plainly, speak out devotions and dedications, let others know what you are thinking.
We are not used to doing that, since we have often and in many places been taught to just have our own thoughts on the matter, but that is by no means Dhamma culture.
Refraining and restraint is called for in regard to unwholesome and injuring tendencies. But one should not stop oneself from well-meaning expression and not suppress what is wholesome.
The sphere of thought-reading is probably far away for most, and being inhibited in expressing wholesome things is probably a good indication for such a situation. Assumptions and knowledge are two different things, even if we may have developed systems of assumptions that seem solid and plausible.
• Receiving is giving as well.
Don't believe that you cannot give anything if you are in the situation of being the recipient. A gift received consciously and with gratitude is a present for the giver. You not only pay back the respect and the acknowledgement you have received but also share the gift and the affirmation and encouragement of wholesome action and help the giver to continue with this manner of acting and to gain confidence in it.
• Reject gifts given with wrong intentions.
If you receive a gift that isn't one, reject it. Check carefully, however, if that is really the case, and if there is no doubt about it that this present is not free from greed or hatred or binds you to unwholesome liabilities then skillfully avoid acceptance of that gift. Be honest, but also tactful and don't hurt the giver, since it may well be that he actually is meaning well but only acting in deluded predilection.
People that are not free from defilements may very well exact vengeance for such rejections in very hurtful ways. That you must be aware of. You may by all means receive gifts and then forward them to others or just not use them if their use is only disadvantageous and detrimental for you.
Disadvantageous and detrimental is never meant here as simply unpleasent. The greatest and most useful presents often appear quite unpleasent at first sight.
A good indication on whether a present is given freely or is bound up with liabilities is to check whether the giver is in any way dependent on you and your favour and sympathy. Whether he lives independently of you or in your dependency. People in strong mutual dependency seldomly give freely amongst each other, they only strengthen and tighten their mutual dependency.
Avoid presents which are not presents, but make sure that your current mood and emotions don't serve as a rule for that judgement.
• Kinds of presents.
There are presents which may appear as pleasent or unpleasent in the moment but are useful neither in regard to the worldly life nor beyond that. Those are gifts we are often presented with and usually either happily receive or angrily reject.
There are presents which may appear as pleasent or unpleasent in the moment, which are useful in regard to the worldly life but not beyond that. Those are presents we are given sometimes and which we sometimes rejoice in and sometimes reject.
There are presents which may appear as pleasent or unpleasent in the moment, which are not useful in regard to the worldly life but for what lies beyond. Those are presents which we rarely receive, which we rarely take delight in and we are rarely able to reject.
And then there are presents which may appear as pleasent or unpleasent in the moment, which are useful for the worldly life as well as for what lies beyond. Those are presents which are exceedingly rare and exceptional and which we only very rarely rejoice in and which we are only very rarely able to reject.
We should therefore not consider whether a present appears pleasent or unpleasent but whether it brings any long-term benefit if we want to judge it based on its usefulness.
• Don't promise what you cannot keep.
We give promises if we want to sustain something (a relationship, a preference...) but cannot yet comply with it. That is nothing but incurring debts, and debts must be repaid, whether one can, whether one wants, or not.
If one cannot repay them then this will have consequences, and may it "only" be concerning one's conscience.
No prudent human being expects promises from others since he knows about the impermanence and constraints. Better let go of your promises and give whatever is possible for you right now. Of course this has nothing to do with right effort and mindfulness. One can very well urge and encourage oneself to do good, or to persist with something one perceives as good, but don't give a promise that you cannot keep.
Should you not be able to keep a promise, or have broken one, admit to it and make it known.
Especially if you have made a promise to someone who is virtuous and who is very dependent on that promise you can do great damage with this.
Think of an old sickly person which you advise to take a rest and promise to provide with food and medicine. That person may rely on you, withdraw and completely trust you, and if you then don't fulfill your promise it may very well be that this person, for having relied on you, will starve and die.
Stay where you are and don't give away what you don't have but only believe you will have. Whether it be time, care and sympathy or material things. If you have promised something, see that you can fulfill it, through self-sacrifice or whatever the cost. If you recognize, however, that your promise does not lead towards good, wasn't a good idea, make it known and entreat for release from the obligation.
• Being really cool and unperturbed is the goal of the practice, but that has nothing to do with being cold, casual or negligent.
People who ridicule someone giving humbly, or receiving humbly, are stupid and such offhand dismissive behaviour along the lines of "I can get that by myself" or "Look at these pathetic figures" will neither make them happy nor esteemed by virtuous people.
Should you experience such cases, have compassion with these persons and don't forsake your good behaviour, even if it elicits incomprehension of not so intelligent people.
If you are or have been such a fool yourself, then now is the best opportunity to cast off these views. There is no better moment than now, since it's not sure if such a moment will ever come back.
Personal impressions in addendum:
Among the thickest crusts that I find in Westen Dhamma culture are the habits and customs around invitations and offerings.
Speaking frankly, I cannot construe clearly whether it is only pertaining to the Internet, modern culture in general, or just a personal "problem", but that may not be so important.
Dhamma culture is a culture of invitation and giving, not a culture of "there you can get it" or "what will you give me in return". Even if we may be used to different ways in everyday life, this here may be an opportunity to change our habits and recognize the beauty of a noble alternative.
As most probably know, it is not customary for those, who have strongly dedicated themselves to living by the Dhamma, but also for those who still adhere to somewhat older cultural customs, to simply take anything, or to appear uninvited anywhere.
Thinking about food for example, it may be a common practice to make the fridge available: "Take when you're hungry", but someone who only takes what is given would starve in front of that fridge, should he settle down in such an environment. In such an environment no virtuous or exemplary persons will be able to stay for long.
"Buddhist" practice is a practice of acting consciously and not a practice of estimating and assuming "he has surely put this dish here for me, has done it in that way before". Things are said and done clearly and consciously, consciously given and consciously received. Even unexpectedly in the normal environment one becomes someone who takes wrongly, or loses something one would have for oneself.
A nearly inexhaustable field of practice.
It is a pity that many in this regard feel caught red-handed a little bit and often know nothing better to do than to be embarrassed. As if anyone had ever arrived at good paths by himself.
Being ashamed is an important function, but it should always be a cause and motivation for change, and to remember such shame can be a good incentive. To react on such shame like an animal and hide in the bush with drawn-in tail, hoping that no one follows one, that is even worse than to walk about clumsily and awkwardly.
However, it is good to see that there are those as well who are willing to learn and to change themselves and who are glad about reminders and affirmation.
Here I have a lovely picture which says a lot about how we let ourselves easily be deceived:
"Monks, these two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness*, and the one who is grateful for a kindness done and feels obligated to repay it. These two people are hard to find in the world."
Who has received or instigated your attention? The dogs or the hands? And why?
* well-meaning service (without expecting a reward)
Source: Dullabha Sutta: Hard to Find
By sharing these words I want to thank all those people who have exemplified gratitude for me in vivid ways, have reminded me of gratitude, have shown me gratitude as an alternative and possible way. I think I could write books about all these persons and moments, but I will make it short here and only mention: my parents, my friends and teachers on the path, and those, who have inspirited and kept alive the lessons of gratitude.
In Cambodian language one says at the end of a thank or a gift "Som akun" which means in short terms something like: "There you are: a thank" or "please receive my gratitude".
In our German culture there is also "Bitte schön" [which is completely different from "pretty please with sugar on top"]- "may my gift be acceptable and pleasently felt" or "Danke schön" "beautiful thanks" - "May my thank be acceptable and pleasently felt".
moment of receiving the translation:
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
What should I saw... in the time as you translated it, I came across OSHO: Selling Bliss . A remarkable being, and I have always to think of, what he would have gained if he had not only met Adhamma and the tantric world control nature. If one who has never experienced gratitude, never met a person of wearing integrity in his heart and hears his words, one might easily think that his ways are the only left to go on. Then I thought about where to put the video inside the forum best, so that it would be not misunderstood, but explains the situation while still offereing the alternative, the Dhamma. And then I see your post and even the smallest doubt has no more base to arise, even for those who might have just little confidence.
Thanks for the support and openness, to share the present of the Buddha in a living way! 1001 stories of gratitude in the heart and yet again one more.
He who does not recognize the benefit done to himself by another
looses all the goodness he wishes for himself.
(Dalhadhammabodihisatta) Khu. Ja Sattaka. 27/228
He who realizes the benefit done to him by another with gratitude
will get all the good fruit he wishes for and will prosper
(Dalhadhammabodihisatta) Khu. Ja Sattaka. 27/228
One who wants to do afterwards what should be done first, will be as remorseful as the youth in the fable who carelessly broke the branches of the varunia tree.
(Bodhisatta) Khu. Ja. Eda. 27/23
Kataññu Suttas: Gratitude
"Monks, I will teach you the level of a person of no integrity and the level of a person of integrity. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak."
"As you say, lord," the monks responded.
The Blessed One said, "Now what is the level of a person of no integrity? A person of no integrity is ungrateful & unthankful. This ingratitude, this lack of thankfulness, is advocated by rude people. It is entirely on the level of people of no integrity. A person of integrity is grateful & thankful. This gratitude, this thankfulness, is advocated by civil people. It is entirely on the level of people of integrity."
{II,iv,2} "I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother & father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder & your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, & rubbing their limbs, and they were to defecate & urinate right there [on your shoulders], you would not in that way pay or repay your parents. If you were to establish your mother & father in absolute sovereignty over this great earth, abounding in the seven treasures, you would not in that way pay or repay your parents. Why is that? Mother & father do much for their children. They care for them, they nourish them, they introduce them to this world. But anyone who rouses his unbelieving mother & father, settles & establishes them in conviction; rouses his unvirtuous mother & father, settles & establishes them in virtue; rouses his stingy mother & father, settles & establishes them in generosity; rouses his foolish mother & father, settles & establishes them in discernment: To this extent one pays & repays one's mother & father."


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Is Your Child Sick?
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Are the sore throats actually caused by strep?
Did the patient finish the prescribed antibiotic?
Is the problem antibiotic resistance or tolerance?
Is the patient experiencing repeated exposure to strep?
Is the patient not responding to antibiotics?
Has prior antibiotic therapy eliminated protective throat bacteria?
Has early, prompt antibiotic treatment suppressed natural immunity?
Is the patient a strep carrier?
What antibiotic should be selected?
Should a tonsillectomy be performed?
by Michael E. Pichichero, M.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Pediatrics and Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Elmwood Pediatric Group
If a child or a teenager has repeated episodes of streptococcal tonsillitis or pharyngitis
("strep throat"), several possible explanations should be considered.
Many physicians diagnose strep throat infections based on a patient's history and
an examination. However, without the aid of a throat culture or a rapid strep detection
test, recurrent strep throat infections are difficult to accurately diagnosis. The
complaint of a sore throat is frequent in the primary care practice setting. Yet,
at the peak of the strep throat infection season (late fall through early spring),
strep is the cause of a sore throat in less than 30% of children and 10% of teenagers.
Therefore, strictly on a percentage basis, physicians, who diagnose strep in the
majority of patients with a sore throat, over-diagnose 90% of teenagers and 70%
of children. Even in a patient with typical symptoms-a fever, a red throat with
yellow pus on the tonsils, swollen and tender neck lymph glands, and the absence
of a runny nose and a cough-misdiagnosis is common. In one study, an overestimate
of the probability of a positive strep culture was observed for 81% of the patients.
To accurately diagnose strep throat infections, physicians use throat cultures (the
gold standard) or rapid strep detection tests. Rapid strep detection tests improve
the accuracy of diagnosing strep throat infections. The accuracy of rapid strep
detection tests varies between products, but the main variable is in the carefulness
of performing the test. The critical factor is attention to detail and strictly
following the manufacturers' guidelines for the test.
Table 1.
Causes of Pharyngitis
Patients often do not finish the complete treatment of antibiotics. The symptoms
of strep throat end quickly with antibiotics; patients feel completely better within
two to three days after beginning treatment. Because of this improved well being,
parent motivation to continue the medicine diminishes.
Studies from hospital-based clinics and private practices have confirmed that as
many as 50% of patients have stopped taking penicillin for strep throat by the third
day, 70% by the sixth day, and over 80% by the ninth day. In the same populations,
over 80% of the families claimed that all of the prescribed medicine had been taken.
The following antibiotics-penicillin, amoxicillin, and cephalosporins (i.e., Keflex,
Duricef, Ceclor, Lorabid, Ceftin, Cefzil, Vantin, Suprax, Cedax, and Omnicef)-are
effective in treating strep throat infections. Infrequently, strep throat infections
are resistant to Erythromycin, clarithromycin (Biaxin), and azithromycin (Zithromax).
Some patients are effectively treated for a strep infection with antibiotics, only
to return to an environment where the infection continues to circulate. The patient
then becomes re-infected and returns to the physician with a recurrent strep throat
infection. Certain circumstances-crowded working conditions, schools, day care settings,
and larger families-more frequently transmit strep. One small study and one case
report have suggested that, in rare instances, dogs also may be carriers of strep;
however, other investigations have not corroborated this possibility.
Even when all strep infections are laboratory confirmed with throat cultures or
rapid strep detection tests, and the antibiotic is finished, failure to respond
to treatment still occurs. The highest treatment failure rates observed are with
penicillin; about two-thirds of presumed strep throat infections are treated with
either penicillin or amoxicillin. Penicillin and amoxicillin treatment failures
vary geographically, and the incidence of penicillin treatment failures for strep
throat infections may be rising. Patients most likely to experience a penicillin
or amoxicillin treatment failure are those who have recently received treatment
with these drugs and are then retreated with the same antibiotic.
Prominent, normal bacteria of the throat include another type of streptococci (alpha
hemolytic). These bacteria make natural antibiotic substances (to provide an advantage
for themselves) in the throat. Penicillin or amoxicillin therapy may change the
natural environment for throat bacteria by killing these alpha hemolytic streptococci;
their elimination provides an opportunity for disease-causing strep to gain access
to the throat cells. This is another reason for patients to avoid unnecessary antibiotic
With the availability of rapid strep detection tests and the publication of several
convincing studies that describe faster clinical improvement from prompt treatment,
many physicians have been prescribing antibiotics sooner after diagnosing strep
throat infections.
Immediate penicillin treatment has been shown to be a cause of recurrent strep infections.
Early antibiotic treatment suppresses the natural immune response to strep. Delaying
antibiotic therapy for two days after the onset of a sore throat allows an immune
response to develop, which may reduce the chance of a relapse or recurrence of strep
throat infections.
Two similar studies compared immediate penicillin treatment with treatment delayed
for 48 to 56 hours in 343 children with documented strep throats. Early antibiotic
therapy produced a three-time increase in the frequency of recurrent infections
as compared to those for whom treatment was delayed.
Table 2.
Recurrence Rates of Immediate versus Delayed Treatment of GAS Tonsillopharyngitis
with Penicillin
Treatment Group (n)(%)*
Recurrent Acute GAS Pharyngitis
Immediate Treatment(n=70)
Delayed Treatment
(48 to 56 hr)(n=173)
A delay in treatment does not increase the risk of rheumatic fever since a delay
of up to nine days from the onset of symptoms can be made. Nevertheless, for patients
who appear severely ill or in times when highly infectious strains of strep are
circulating, intentionally delayed treatment should not be considered.
A positive throat culture or a rapid strep test alone cannot distinguish between
the patient with strep throat and the patient with an acute viral sore throat who
is a chronic strep carrier. The strep carrier has a positive throat culture, but
does not show symptoms of an acute strep infection or show a rise in strep antibody
levels. In clinical practice, identifying a strep carrier is problematic.
Following treatment, the patient needs to be seen again to determine whether strep
is present when the patient does not have a sore throat. In addition, antibody levels
need to be drawn when the patient has a sore throat and then drawn again four to
six weeks later to measure strep antibodies. If antibiotic therapy has been given
to treat prior symptoms, it may suppress the antibody rise, thereby negating the
usefulness of this test.
Table 3.
Short-Course Treatment of Streptococcal Phayngitis
Bacteriologic Cure
Duration of
Cephalosporin or Azithromycin
Penicillin (10 days)
Many antibiotics---such as penicillin-can be used to treat recurrent strep throat
Clindamycin or rifampin, in combination with a second antibiotic, such as penicillin,
amoxicillin, or a cephalosporin, has been used to treat acute, recurrent, and carrier
strep throat infections. Routine use of clindamycin is not advocated because diarrhea
is a rare, but significant, side effect. Rifampin must be used with a second antibiotic
because strep will rapidly become resistant to it when it is given as a single therapy.
Patients should be advised that rifampin produces orange discoloration of the urine
and tears (permanently staining contact lenses).
Oral cephalosporins (Keflex, Duracef, Ceclor, Lorabid, Ceftin, Cefzil, Suprax, Vantin,
Omnicef, and Cedax) have gained widespread use in treating recurrent strep throat
infections. When cephalosporin antibiotics are used to treat strep throat infections,
a failure occurs less than 5% of the time; however, they are more expensive than
penicillin or amoxicillin.
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (Augmentin) has been evaluated to treat strep throat
with superior or equivalent results in comparison to penicillin.
Table 4.
Penicillin versus Cephalosporins in the Treatment of Streptococcal Pharyngitis
Treatment Regimen
Bacteriologic Failure Rate (%)
Clincial Failure Rate
If a patient has six to seven recurrent strep throat infections over a one-to two-year
time span, then a tonsillectomy should be considered after consulting with your
primary care physician. Families should be advised that the procedure reduces the
frequency of sore throats, and, specifically, strep throats, for two to three years
after surgery.
About the Author
Dr. Michael E. Pichichero is currently a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology,
Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.
A graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Dr. Pichichero completed
his postgraduate pediatric residency at the University of Colorado in Denver, followed
by a Chief Residency and two fellowships resulting in board certification in Pediatrics,
in Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and in Pediatric Infectious Disease.
Dr. Pichichero is a partner in the Elmwood Pediatric Group where he continues to
practice in primary care and as a subspecialist consultant.
A recipient of numerous awards and a member of most professional societies in his
fields of interest, Mike has over 300 publications in infectious diseases, immunology,
and allergy.
His major practice and research interests are in vaccine development, streptococcal
infections, and otitis media: in each of these areas he is a prominent international
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Winners of the 2003 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology
The Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes are given in two categories, one for experimental and the other for theoretical advances in nanotechnology. Drs. Marvin L. Cohen and Steven G. Louie of the University of California at Berkeley, Department of Physics, received the theoretical prize for their contributions to the understanding of the behavior of materials. Their models of the molecular and electronic structures of new materials predict and understand properties like structure, surface conditions, and interactions with other materials. Many of these predictions have later been confirmed experimentally.
The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for experimental work was awarded to Dr. Carlo Montemagno of the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, for his pioneering research into methods of integrating single molecule biological motors with nano-scale silicon devices, which opens up new possibilities for nanomachines. The controlled movement of nano-scale and molecular parts are fundamental to the development of molecular machines.
The Feynman Prize awards were covered by Small Times and Nanotechnology Now. A UCLA press release announced the award of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Experimental) to Carlo Montemagno, UCLA professor and chair of bioengineering.
2003 Finalists
The following five individuals or teams were selected as Finalists for the 2003 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Theory):
The following five individuals were selected as Finalists for the 2003 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Experimental):
2003 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Molecular Nanotechnology
Two prizes in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the development of molecular nanotechnology. This year again separate prizes will be awarded for theoretical work and for experimental work. The prizes will be given at the 11th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, to be held October 10-12, 2003, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, California.
This prize is in honor of Richard P. Feynman who, in 1959, gave a visionary talk at Caltech in which he said "The problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developeda development which I think cannot be avoided."
Relevant Research Areas
Research areas considered relevant to molecular nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing include but are not limited to:
Special consideration will be given to submissions clearly leading toward the construction of a general-purpose molecular assembler. Applicants wishing further information on the field of the prize are referred to the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation (Wiley Interscience, 1992).
Selection Committee for the 2003 Prize
A committee of previous Foresight Institute Feynman Prize winners was asked to select this year's honorees:
Previous Feynman Prize winners
Distinctions between the annually awarded Feynman Prizes and the Feynman Grand Prize
The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize 2003 will be the most recent in a series of annually awarded prizes for accomplishment in molecular nanotechnology. Both the annual Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and the Feynman Grand Prize are sponsored by the Foresight Institute to encourage and accelerate the development of molecular nanotechnology. Both are named in honor of Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman. However, these prizes differ in focus, frequency of award, and scale.
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