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Fayette Softball: Fayette gave Hilltop a good scare in the seventh inning Thursday, but threat never moved onto the scoreboard.
Two runners were left stranded and the Cadets went on to post a 2-0 BBC win.
"It was a battle of defenses," coach Sheila Killam said. "There were some great plays by outfielders Katelyn Downing, Kate Borer and Leah Brinegar. They kept Fayette in the game with six put-outs."
Hilltop got its defense work done at the plate. Cadet pitcher Jagielski struck out 13 batters, including the final two of the game.
In the top of the seventh, Brittany Seiler drew a walk and Danni Wyse singled down the third base line. Both stole a base, but two strikeouts ended the game.
Fayette's Shenae Nuoffer struck out one, walked two and gave up five hits.
ANTWERP—Rachel Seiler returned to the lineup following an injury and pitched five innings in a 5-0 loss Friday to Antwerp. Seiler fanned two, walked three, gave up three hits and hit two batters.
Nuoffer came in for relief in the sixth and gave up one hit.
Borer had the Eagles' only hit of the game.
HOLGATE—Nuoffer struck out nine Holgate batters, but she also allowed a few extra base hits.
Fayette was on top 4-2 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Tigers came up with three runs on two doubles and two triples for a 5-4 win.
Wyse batted two for three with a single and double and three RBIs. She and Mara Raker each stole a base and Raker batted two for four. Downing had four throws for put-outs.
In the second game of the double-header, Rachel Seiler finished with 10 strikeouts and only one walk, but defensive problems led to a 9-0 win for Holgate.
Nuoffer and Seiler combined pitching duties Monday in a 10-0 loss to Edon. Tricia Bates had Fayette's only hit.
Fayette Track: Two Fayette boys bettered their season-best marks Saturday at the Hicksville Invitational in a competitive meet highlighted by six records.
Eliott Richardson wasn't too far behind the meet record discus toss set by North Central's Scott Zimmer at 141-5. Richardson gave his best toss of the season at 136-7 for third place.
Austin Hylander improved on his best 110-meter hurdle time of the season with a third-place :16.7. Edgerton's Gaskill won at :16.1.
Shelby Franks took third in the long jump at 17-9 and sixth in the 300-meter hurdles at :44.8. Montpelier's Devon Zuver set a record in that event at :41.4
Nathan Stoltzfus placed third in the 3200-meter run (11:05) and fourth in the 1600-meter run (4:52). Darrell Randall was next in line at 5:00.
The Eagles' 3200-meter relay team (Keefer, Colegrove, Randall, Stoltzfus) placed fourth at 9:14.5 and the 400-meter relay team came in sixth.
Randall took fifth in the 800-meter run at 2:16 and Dakota Shay was fifth in the 200-meter dash at :24.6. Hicksville's Fofanah set a meet record at :22.7.
In the girls' competition, Erica Goeltzenleuchter won a pair of distance titles, winning the 1600-meter run at 6:04 and the 3200-meter run at 13:03.
Points were also earned by Elisha Hartman in the 400-meter dash (fourth, 1:08.2) and the 1600-meter relay team (sixth, 5:12).
Morenci Baseball: Bulldog baseball coach Roger Pontious says he could be happy with four-inning games. Things tend to fall apart after that.
Morenci had a 5-4 lead going against Whitmore Lake here Wednesday, but a six-run fifth inning by the Trojans led to a 14-6 TCC victory.
"We scored enough for what should have been a win," Pontious said, "but too many mistakes take us out of games."
With a lot of inexperienced freshmen and sophomores on the field, mistakes are bound to happen, Pontious said, and it's taking its toll.
"The young guys get down from their mistakes and then they make more," he said. "They don't yet realize they can shake them off and come back."
Steven Pontious opened on the mound for the Bulldogs. In three innings, he struck out three, walked two and gave up four unearned runs.
Nick Wilson pitched two innings with two strikeouts, three walks and four earned runs. Cody Long finished it off, giving up one hit while striking out four and walking three. Morenci committed seven errors.
The Bulldogs scored one run in the first inning on an RBI double by Wilson, a freshman batting .429. In the second, Kyle McClain tripled and scored on a base hit by Garrett Keller.
Wilson, Long and Brett Bovee all scored on errors in the third inning. In the seventh, Pontious led off with a single, followed by a base hit from Michael Snyder. Wilson drove in one run with a double.
Loren DelMonico had two hits for the game.
B-D—Twelve Bulldog batters struck out at home Friday in a 9-4 loss to Britton-Deerfield. The visitors were aided by seven Morenci errors.
The Bulldogs threatened with some serious scoring in the opening inning, but ended up with only one run. Anthony Barron doubled and came home on a base hit by Pontious. Snyder followed with a base hit. Pontious belted a double in the fifth inning to score Barron.
DelMonico came home in the sixth inning after drawing a walk and advancing on a single by Pontious.
Pontious ended the game batting three for four and driving home three runs. Wilson drove in the fourth run.
Devin Martinez pitched five innings with seven strikeouts, five walks and no earned runs. Long and Barron each pitched one inning, neither with an earned run.
Morenci Softball: The Britton-Deerfield win came easily for Morenci's softball crew. The Whitmore Lake victory was more of a challenge, but the Bulldogs (4-0, 6-1) prevailed.
Morenci's 7-2 win against Whitmore Lake was mostly of the slow-but-steady variety.
Brooke Barrett started it off for Morenci with a base hit, then advanced on sacrifices by Rachael Rutkowski and Jade Pfund. She scored when Nicolette Swimmer was safe on an error.
With two out in the second, Denae Merillat and Barrett singled and came home on Rutkowski's single. Pfund brought Rutkowski home on a double for a 4-0 lead.
Whitmore Lake put two runners on base with no outs in the fourth, but only one came home on an error.
Morenci added one in its half of the inning on a walk to Rutkowski, a double by Pfund and ground ball by Swimmer.
Three errors led to another Trojan run in the fifth, but Morenci matched that on a double by Tess Ramsey and a ground ball by Megan Cox.
Morenci's final run came home in the sixth. Swimmer reached base with a single and scored on a botched pick-off attempt.
On the mound, Pfund struck out eight, walked none and gave up three hits.
BRITTON-DEERFIELD—No hits, no walks, just one base runner. Pfund came that close to a perfect game as she fanned a dozen B-D batters in the Bulldogs' 11-0 win here Friday.
Morenci opened the game with a six-run first inning. Rutkowski singled and scored on a triple by Pfund. Swimmer sacrificed and Salena Martinez singled to set up a two-run single by Mariah Bovee. Merillat also drove in a run with a base hit.
Freshman Meghan Smith led off with a triple in the third inning and scored on an error. Pfund drove home a runner for an 11-0 lead.
Tia Tompkins singled in the fourth inning, but was stranded with Smith who reached base when she was hit by a pitch.
Morenci Track: Phoenix Duncan did her part when Morenci's track teams took the trip to Whitmore Lake April 22.
The freshman claimed four first-place finishes, but the Trojans won the meet 97-55.
Nichole Elarton won the discus and shot put, and along with Duncan's wins in the high jump and long jump, the Bulldogs were on top 28-16 after field events.
In the boys' competition, Morenci claimed 10 of 16 first place finishes, but the Tri-County Conference four-place scoring system gave Whitmore Lake an 82-69 victory. Had the traditional three-place scoring been followed, said coach Brad Brown, the Bulldogs would have won by 10 points.
Chas Frey came home with three wins while Lucas Johnson and Zach Phillips each claimed two. Dustin Roller and Alex Burton each won one event.
Johnson extended his discus best by 12 feet to 138-1, Phillips turned in his top 1600-meter run at 4:44 and Frey gave his top 400-meter run at :53.8. Duncan gave her best high jump effort at 4-10.
At Pittsford's Crume Invitational April 19, Johnson gave his career best shot put at 43-10 and Frey notched a personal best in the 200-meter dash at :23.3.
The 1600-meter relay team (Burton, Phillips, Frey and Swett) gave its season best at 3:38.
A personal best was also recorded by Elarton in the discus (95-3).
Morenci Golf: Morenci's golf team has completed just two outings so far this season—the first year the sport was moved to the spring—but the Bulldogs showed strong improvement.
Morenci opened the season April 18 at the Clinton Jamboree by scoring 223. Madison won the event with a score of 170. The Trojans' Jake Agruda was medalist with 38.
For the Bulldogs, Gavin Vanderpool carded a 51, followed by Colin Walker and Zack Brigman with 57s and Adam Barnett with 58.
Last Wednesday at the Britton-Deerfield jamboree, Morenci sliced 11 strokes off to finish with 212. Vanderpool came in at 48, Dalton Townsend at 51, Brigman at 53 and Barnett at 60.
Summerfield was in the mix this time and claimed an easy win with 157 strokes, ahead of second-place Madison with 171. Clinton scored 179, Britton-Deerfield scored 184, Sand Creek scored 197 and Whitmore Lake came in at 208.
Summerfield had two players in the 30s: Casey Gooden at 37 and Austin Cress at 38.


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Matt Wieters hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles withstood four solo homers by the Tampa Bay Rays in a 10-6 victory Thursday night.
Nolan Reimold and Steve Pearce also homered for the Orioles, who took two of three from their AL East rivals. It was Baltimore's 17th straight extra-inning victory, including 16 last season.
After Nick Markakis led off the 10th with a single against Jamey Wright (0-1), Brandon Gomes came in to face Manny Machado, who reached on a bunt single that hugged the first base line. Adam Jones followed with a long single to the warning track that eluded right fielder Ben Zobrist, but Markakis held up at second and could only make it to third.
Wieters drove Gomes' next pitch over the right-field wall. It was Baltimore's first game-ending grand slam since Harold Baines did it against the Chicago on May 4, 1999.
Troy Patton (1-0) worked the 10th for Baltimore.
Desmond Jennings and Evan Longoria homered for the Rays in the first inning, Jose Molina connected in the sixth and James Loney went deep in the eighth against Darren O'Day to knot the score at 6.
Tampa Bay starter David Price, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, walked off the mound with the lead but remained winless in four starts this season.
The Rays were ahead 5-4 when Price gave up a leadoff double to J.J. Hardy in the seventh inning. Jake McGee then served up a 3-2 pitch that Pearce drove over the left-field wall - his first hit in 16 at-bats this season.
Price gave up five runs and eight hits, striking out six. The left-hander is 0-1 with an uncharacteristic 6.26 ERA.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon, who used 13 different lineups in the Rays' first 14 games, stayed with the same batting order he used Wednesday night against Orioles starter Chris Tillman.
"I liked our approach against Tillman, so why not run the same group back out there against a very similar pitcher?" Maddon said, referring to Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez.
The Rays scored six runs on 11 hits Wednesday, and they put up those same exact numbers on Thursday - but lost.
Jennings got the Rays started with his second leadoff homer of the series, a drive to left on a 1-2 pitch. Two outs later, Longoria hit his third home run in four games.
A sacrifice fly by Jennings made it 3-0 in the second before Zobrist fouled out with three runners on, leaving the Rays 0 for 12 this season with the bases loaded.
In the bottom half, Chris Davis singled in a run and Reimold homered to tie the score.
A throwing error by Hardy provided the Rays an unearned run and a 4-3 lead in the third.
After Baltimore put runners on the corners with two outs in the fifth, Machado hit an RBI double off the left-field wall. But Markakis overran third base and was tagged out to end the inning with the score tied at 4.
NOTES: The Orioles open a three-game interleague series Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who make their first visit to Camden Yards since 2002. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter is looking forward to being reunited with Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly, who played for Showalter on the Yankees in the 1990s. "It's not surprising he's managing, and he's a good one," Showalter said. ... After going 2-7 on a trip through Texas, Boston and Baltimore, the Rays begin a six-game homestand Friday night against the Oakland Athletics. "Yeah, we're ready to get back. It will be nice to get home and get things back in order," Maddon said. ... Orioles RHP Steve Johnson (strained back muscle) threw four innings in an extended spring training game and will next be sent on a rehabilitation assignment at an affiliate yet to be determined. ... Baltimore did not allow a first-inning run until Tampa Bay came to town and scored four runs on four homers over three games.

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Doctor Zhivago
The third film in director David Lean's "How To Make An Epic" Trilogy, Doctor Zhivago followed The Bridge On The River Kwai and Lawrence Of Arabia. It may not carry the same critical cache today - some find it too soapy and less "important" - but it's just as entertaining and just as impressive as his previous two epics. This period for Lean from '57 to '65 followed his rather dated Criterion Collection endorsed British period of the '40s and early '50s. And then his follow up to Zhivago five years later, Ryan's Daughter, does not quite hold up today. But his follow up to that, his final film, the underrated A Passage To India in '84, is rather interesting and showed the seventy-something director still working with all his powers, if not quite the scope.
Doctor Zhivago could be used for any class on film symbolism. It's constant: the leaves falling from the sunflower, the melted snow, the electricity of the cable cars, the deliberate use of the color red standing out among the drab colors. Robert Bolt's concise script helps to spell out the character's feelings without the actors ever having to proclaim them. It all works to boil down Boris Pasternak's epic novel of adultery before, during, and after the Russian Revolution. In terms of history class, along with Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, Franklin Schaffner's Nicholas And Alexandra, Warren Beatty's Reds, and Woody Allen's Love And Death, you have everything you could ever want to know about that period in Russia, or at least everything I know about it.Continue Reading
The Bridge on the River Kwai
After his weepy romantic travelogue Summertime, director David Lean took an evolutionary jump with The Bridge on the River Kwai, the first part of his super epic trilogy (followed by Lawrence Of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago). If The Great Escape is the ultimate German prisoner of war flick (with apologies to Stalag 17) then Kwai is the quintessential Japanese POW story. The performances are top notch—the British chameleon Alec Guinness deservedly won an Oscar for his powerful performance. As both a human drama, a giant war spectacular, and just a kick-ass action flick Kwai is still a hair-raiser with a famously shocking ending.
A cynical American POW named Shears (William Holden, cynical was his trademark in the fifties) watches Colonel Nicholson (Guinness) lead his British regiment into a Japanese camp deep in the harsh jungles of Burma (while whistling the "Colonel Bogey March" which became a hit record). There the prisoners working as slave laborers are building a military bridge, but Nicholson will not work and demands to keep his rank among his men. A battle of wills takes place between the overly proud Brit and the camp's Japanese c...


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A Weekend in Philly
The following weekend itinerary offers options of things to do for a Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday in Philadelphia. This itinerary assumes that at the end of the night, you will return to your hotel of choice. This itinerary is set up in a specific order of convenience and location, this way you do not have to walk excessive amounts in one day. It is a weekend to view the landmarks and historical aspects of Philadelphia as well as get a glimpse of the night life. You can mix and match the options that are given to you from the various days or keep them the way they are offered.
Not all prices are listed in this itinerary because the prices of the offered events vary day by day. It depends on what you chose to do, on what day, and what time. Be prepared and bring enough money that you believe will last you a weekend of vacation. This itinerary does not include methods of transportation to any of the options, or to Philadelphia in general. For more information on how to get to Philly or around Philly, please refer to Philadelphia and click on the Get in or Get around links.
When traveling in Philadelphia, the only necessity is to have money on hand. Other helpful things to carry around with you would be a map and a license just in case. Packing for this trip, it would be easiest to pack clothing that is comfortable to walk around in. Also pack clothes that you would go out at night in. If you plan on taking a train for transportation, ensure you have extra money.
Day 1[edit]
A Relaxing Night
Assuming you would leave for Philly after work, the first thing to do would be to check in at your hotel of choice. A hotel that is in a great location for your weekend of fun would be Loews Hotel. Loews is located on 1200 Market Street. You are more than welcome to choose which hotel, this is only a suggestion. After checking in, freshen up for a night out.
For a nice, relaxing, low-key dinner, El Vez is a Mexican-American restaurant nearby. El Vez has a modern look with a few old fashioned Mexican flairs. It has a funky style to it that has been known to be appealing to travelers. The over-all atmosphere of this hip restaurant is welcoming and comfortable. It is located at 121 South 13th Street. They have a large menu, with many different options. The options from their dinner menu stay under the category of Mexican but range from tacos to salads to different entrée meals. They also have an option of tacos for two. To look at their dinner menu, go to http://www.elvezrestaurant.com/ and click on the menu button at the bottom. On their website, you can also see pictures of this restaurant.
After dinner, you can go back to the hotel for a while to change, unpack, and relax. Tonight is a good night to experience some of Philly's nightlife! Table 31 is a restaurant located within the Comcast Center at 1701 JFK Boulevard. There's an outdoor bar/lounge area with a view of the city. Table 31's outdoor lounge is a way to end off the night with a few drinks. They also offer an indoor lounge area that has a high-class look. One of the nicest ways to end the night is with a view of the city. To see pictures of Table 31, or look at their menu, go to http://www.table-31.com/
Day 2[edit]
Historical Day
Start your first morning in Philly off with breakfast at Jones Restaurant, located on 700 Chestnut Street. The retro decor and shag rugs add to the fun atmosphere. This is a great spot for families and requires casual comfy attire. Make sure to start your meal off Jones' famous monkey bread and a cup of coffee. The breakfast menu ranges from chocolate chip waffles, to eggs benedict, to huevos rancheros. For more information, go to http://www.jones-restaurant.com/.
The first site to see is the Philadelphia Museum of Art, located on 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The museum is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, $12 for students, $12 for children ages 13-18 and free for children ages 12 and under. The main building of the museum echoes the design of a Greek temple. The museum consists of the Main Building and the Perelman Building. There are many different exhibitions to pick and choose from at the museum. The museum is so large you could make your visit an all day affair, or choose just one or two exhibitions to see and continue your exploration of Philly elsewhere. For more information, go to http://www.philamuseum.org/.
Walking from exhibition to exhibition can make you hungry. For lunch head to Philadelphia's historic farmers market, Reading Terminal Market, which is located on 12th and Arch Street. They have been known for their large selection of Philadelphia cuisine since 1892. This is a great family spot where everyone will find exactly what he or she is hungry for. Along with food you can also find hand-made pottery, jewelry and crafts at Reading Terminal Market. If you are looking for a cheese steak or an Italian hoagie stop at Carmen's for a bite to eat. To satisfy your sweet tooth indulge in some ice cream from Bassets Ice Cream; America's oldest ice cream company since 1861. Before leaving Reading Terminal Market, stop to get a cannoli from Termini Brothers Bakery. No matter what you choose, you will leave Reading Terminal Market full and satisfied. For more information, go to http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/.
The best time to go sightseeing in Philadelphia is on a full stomach, so after lunch head over to the National Constitution Center. Located on Independence Mall, at 525 Arch Street. General Admission to the Constitution Center is $14.50 for adults, $13 for seniors, $13 for students, $8 for children and free for members and active military. The National Constitution Center has so much to offer it is up to you, which aspects you would like to see. Whether you are voting for your all-time favorite President or taking the Presidential Oath-of-office, the Nation Constitution Center is a worthwhile place to visit. For more information visit http://constitutioncenter.org/.
Final site to see for the day is the Liberty Bell Center, which contains none other than the real Liberty Bell. It is located on Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets. You can get up close and personal with the Liberty Bell, the only thing that separates you is a glass case. Along with viewing the Liberty Bell, a video presentation and various exhibits are showcased. For more information visit http://www.nps.gov/inde/liberty-bell-center.htm. This is the perfect way to end your historic day in Philly. Now onto dinner!
The Dandelion is the perfect spot for a hearty dinner in a whimsical atmosphere. It is located on 18th and Sansom Street. The idea behind Dandelion is a British gastropub, serving not only hearty food but also hearty beer. Order either the beer-battered fish and chips or the lamb shepherd's pie. For dessert indulge in either the chocolate hot pot or the sticky toffee pudding. Dining at Dandelion is a relaxing way to end a jam-packed day. For more information visit http://thedandelionpub.com/.
Finish the night with a late night snack and dancing at the Silk City Diner. The Silk City Diner, Lounge, and Beer Garden is located on 435 Spring Garden Street. The diner which has been around since 1952 was featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives." If your looking for a late night snack they have you covered, with pork belly empanadas or cilantro spiced fried calamari. After you are filled up, head over to the lounge and dance the night away. For more information visit http://www.silkcityphilly.com/.
Day 3[edit]
A Leisurely Day
Start your low key day off around 10 a.m. with a Greek Cypriot breakfast at Kanella. Before you leave your hotel you can make your reservations and look at the menu online at http://kanellarestaurant.com/meus. Make your way to Kanella; depending on where you are staying will depend on your transportation. Kanella is located on 1001 Spruce Street. Kanella is a casual café filled with brick walls and colors of white and blue that surround you. Kanella is known for their breakfasts; In 2009 Esquire Magazine voted one of Kanella's dishes as "The 37th Best Breakfast in America". Their food styles are Greek, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Moroccan and Seafood.
After filling your stomachs with breakfast make your way to Rittenhouse Square. This is only 0.85 of a mile from Kanella. Rittenhouse Square is located in Fairmount Park on 18th and 20th Streets. This square was named after a patriotic leader David Rittenhouse. Enjoy yourself as you explore through the square you will see outdoor art exhibits, several art sculptures, annual flower markets, a reflecting pool, and many people having a picnic or watching their children play.
After getting fresh air from walking through the square hopefully you have worked up an appetite, as one cannot come to Philadelphia without trying a cheesesteak. Why not go to one of the top places that specialize in cheesesteaks? Geno's Steaks is almost 2 miles from Rittenhouse Square. Geno's is located on 1219 South 9th St. In 1966 Geno's was started and has stayed as a family owned diner since then. There is no indoor dining available at Geno's; however there are tables available under a canopy along the sidewalk. To see the menu click here http://www.genosteaks.com/menu.html. Geno's is open 24 hours, and the line has been said to stretch around the block no matter the time!
After filling your stomach with a cheesesteak make your way to support the Philadelphia Phillies, preorder your tickets here at http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/ticketing/index.jsp?c_id=phi. The stadium is 2 miles away from Geno's. It is located on 1 Citizen Bank Way. Go out and experience the exciting atmosphere of the game. Throughout Citizen Bank Park, there are many activities to do; from Ashburn Alley, The Break, to Cooperstown Gallery. If you have the urge to shop there are 7 merchandise shops. Make sure you don't fill up at the concession stands though.
After a thrilling game of baseball, make your final spot being heading home to Distrito, to fill up on Mexican food. Distrito is about 6 miles away from The Citizen Stadium, located on the corner of 40th and 3945 Chestnut Street. You can make your reservations and take a look at the menu online at http://distritorestaurant.com/pdf/distrito_food.pdf. Dinner starts being served at 5:00 p.m. Distrito is a restaurant that's full of pink décor that will get your attention. This modern restaurant has unique setting from chairs, booths and taxis. Chef Jose Garces won Best Chef Mid-Atlantic award and won The Next Iron Chef in 2010. After dinner, head back to your hotel and start packing.


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It's no accident that the main function of the sun at the center of our solar system is to provide light. Light is what drives life. It's hard to imagine our world and life without it.
The sensing of light by living things is almost universal. Plants use light through photosynthesis to grow. Animals use light to hunt their prey or to sense and escape from predators.
Some say that it is the development of stereoscopic vision, along with the development of the large human brain and the freeing of hands from locomotion, that have allowed humans to evolve to such a high level.In this article, we'll discuss the amazing inner workings of the human eye!
Basic Anatomy
Although small in size, the eye is a very complex organ. The eye is approximately 1 inch (2.54 cm) wide, 1 inch deep and 0.9 inches (2.3 cm) tall.
The tough, outermost layer of the eye is called the sclera. It maintains the shape of the eye. The front sixth of this layer is clear and is called the cornea. All light must first pass through the cornea when it enters the eye. Attached to the sclera are the muscles that move the eye, called the extraocular muscles.
The choroid (or uveal tract) is the second layer of the eye. It contains the blood vessels that supply blood to structures of the eye. The front part of the choroid contains two structures:
- The ciliary body - The ciliary body is a muscular area that is attached to the lens. It contracts and relaxes to control the size of the lens for focusing.
- The iris - The iris is the colored part of the eye. The color of the iris is determined by the color of the connective tissue and pigment cells. Less pigment makes the eyes blue; more pigment makes the eyes brown. The iris is an adjustable diaphragm around an opening called the pupil.
The iris has two muscles: The dilator muscle makes the iris smaller and therefore the pupil larger, allowing more light into the eye; the sphincter muscle makes the iris larger and the pupil smaller, allowing less light into the eye. Pupil size can change from 2 millimeters to 8 millimeters. This means that by changing the size of the pupil, the eye can change the amount of light that enters it by 30 times.
The innermost layer is the retina -- the light-sensing portion of the eye. It contains rod cells, which are responsible for vision in low light, and cone cells, which are responsible for color vision and detail. In the back of the eye, in the center of the retina, is the macula. In the center of the macula is an area called the fovea centralis. This area contains only cones and is responsible for seeing fine detail clearly.
The retina contains a chemical called rhodopsin, or "visual purple." This is the chemical that converts light into electrical impulses that the brain interprets as vision. The retinal nerve fibers collect at the back of the eye and form the optic nerve, which conducts the electrical impulses to the brain. The spot where the optic nerve and blood vessels exit the retina is called the optic disk. This area is a blind spot on the retina because there are no rods or cones at that location. However, you are not aware of this blind spot because each eye covers for the blind spot of the other eye.
When a doctor looks at the back of your eye through an ophthalmoscope, here's the view:
Inside the eyeball there are two fluid-filled sections separated by the lens. The larger, back section contains a clear, gel-like material called vitreous humor. The smaller, front section contains a clear, watery material called aqueous humor. The aqueous humor is divided into two sections called the anterior chamber (in front of the iris) and the posterior chamber (behind the iris). The aqueous humor is produced in the ciliary body and is drained through the canal of Schlemm. When this drainage is blocked, a disease called glaucoma can result.
The lens is a clear, bi-convex structure about 10 mm (0.4 inches) in diameter. The lens changes shape because it is attached to muscles in the ciliary body. The lens is used to fine-tune vision.
Covering the inside surface of the eyelids and sclera is a mucous membrane called the conjunctiva, which helps to keep the eye moist. An infection of this area is called conjunctivitis (also called pink eye).
The eye is unique in that it is able to move in many directions to maximize the field of vision, yet is protected from injury by a bony cavity called the orbital cavity. The eye is embedded in fat, which provides some cushioning. The eyelids protect the eye by blinking. This also keeps the surface of the eye moist by spreading tears over the eyes. Eyelashes and eyebrows protect the eye from particles that may injure it.
Tears are produced in the lacrimal glands, which are located above the outer segment of each eye. The tears eventually drain into the inner corner of the eye, into the lacrimal sac, then through the nasal duct and into the nose. That is why your nose runs when you cry.
There are six muscles attached to the sclera that control the movements of the eye. They are shown here:
Primary muscles and functions:
- Medial rectus: moves eye towards nose
- Lateral rectus: moves eye away from nose
- Superior rectus: raises eye
- Inferior rectus: lowers eye
- Superior oblique rotates eye
- Inferior oblique rotates eye
In the next section, you'll learn how the eye perceives light.
Perceiving Light
When light enters the eye, it first passes through the cornea, then the aqueous humor, lens and vitreous humor. Ultimately it reaches the retina, which is the light-sensing structure of the eye. The retina contains two types of cells, called rods and cones. Rods handle vision in low light, and cones handle color vision and detail. When light contacts these two types of cells, a series of complex chemical reactions occurs. The chemical that is formed (activated rhodopsin) creates electrical impulses in the optic nerve. Generally, the outer segment of rods are long and thin, whereas the outer segment of cones are more, well, cone shaped. Below is an example of a rod and a cone:
The outer segment of a rod or a cone contains the photosensitive chemicals. In rods, this chemical is called rhodopsin; in cones, these chemicals are called color pigments. The retina contains 100 million rods and 7 million cones. The retina is lined with black pigment called melanin -- just as the inside of a camera is black -- to lessen the amount of reflection. The retina has a central area, called the macula, that contains a high concentration of only cones. This area is responsible for sharp, detailed vision.
When light enters the eye, it comes in contact with the photosensitive chemical rhodopsin (also called visual purple). Rhodopsin is a mixture of a protein called scotopsin and 11-cis-retinal -- the latter is derived from vitamin A (which is why a lack of vitamin A causes vision problems). Rhodopsin decomposes when it is exposed to light because light causes a physical change in the 11-cis-retinal portion of the rhodopsin, changing it to all-trans retinal. This first reaction takes only a few trillionths of a second. The 11-cis-retinal is an angulated molecule, while all-trans retinal is a straight molecule. This makes the chemical unstable. Rhodopsin breaks down into several intermediate compounds, but eventually (in less than a second) forms metarhodopsin II (activated rhodopsin). This chemical causes electrical impulses that are transmitted to the brain and interpreted as light. Here is a diagram of the chemical reaction we just discussed:
Activated rhodopsin causes electrical impulses in the following way:
- The cell membrane (outer layer) of a rod cell has an electric charge. When light activates rhodopsin, it causes a reduction in cyclic GMP, which causes this electric charge to increase. This produces an electric current along the cell. When more light is detected, more rhodopsin is activated and more electric current is produced.
- This electric impulse eventually reaches a ganglion cell, and then the optic nerve.
- The nerves reach the optic chasm, where the nerve fibers from the inside half of each retina cross to the other side of the brain, but the nerve fibers from the outside half of the retina stay on the same side of the brain.
- These fibers eventually reach the back of the brain (occipital lobe). This is where vision is interpreted and is called the primary visual cortex. Some of the visual fibers go to other parts of the brain to help to control eye movements, response of the pupils and iris, and behavior.
Eventually, rhodopsin needs to be re-formed so that the process can recur. The all-trans retinal is converted to 11-cis-retinal, which then recombines with scotopsin to form rhodopsin to begin the process again when exposed to light.
Color Vision
The color-responsive chemicals in the cones are called cone pigments and are very similar to the chemicals in the rods. The retinal portion of the chemical is the same, however the scotopsin is replaced with photopsins. Therefore, the color-responsive pigments are made of retinal and photopsins. There are three kinds of color-sensitive pigments:
- Red-sensitive pigment
- Green-sensitive pigment
- Blue-sensitive pigment
Each cone cell has one of these pigments so that it is sensitive to that color. The human eye can sense almost any gradation of color when red, green and blue are mixed.
In the diagram above, the wavelengths of the three types of cones (red, green and blue) are shown. The peak absorbancy of blue-sensitive pigment is 445 nanometers, for green-sensitive pigment it is 535 nanometers, and for red-sensitive pigment it is 570 nanometers.
Color Blindness
Color blindness is the inability to differentiate between different colors. The most common type is red-green color blindness. This occurs in 8 percent of males and 0.4 percent of females. It occurs when either the red or green cones are not present or not functioning properly. People with this problem are not completely unable to see red or green, but often confuse the two colors.
This is an inherited disorder and affects men more commonly since the capacity for color vision is located on the X chromosome. (Women have two X chromosomes, so the probability of inheriting at least one X with normal color vision is high; men have only one X chromosome to work with. Click here for more on chromosomes.). The inability to see any color, or seeing only in different shades of gray, is very rare.
For more on color blindness, click here.
Vitamin A Deficiency
When severe vitamin A deficiency is present, then night blindness occurs.
Vitamin A is necessary to form retinal, which is part of the rhodopsin molecule. When the levels of light-sensitive molecules are low due to vitamin A deficiency, there may not be enough light at night to permit vision. During daylight, there is enough light stimulation to produce vision despite low levels of retinal.
When light rays reach an angulated surface of a different material, it causes the light rays to bend. This is called refraction. When light reaches a convex lens, the light rays bend toward the center:
When light rays reach a concave lens, the light rays bend away from the center:
The eye has multiple angulated surfaces that cause light to bend. These are:
- The interface between the air and the front of the cornea
- The interface between the back of the cornea and the aqueous humor
- The interface between the aqueous humor and the front of the lens
- The interface between the back of the lens and the vitreous humor
When everything is working correctly, light makes it through these four interfaces and arrives at the retina in perfect focus.
Normal Vision
Vision or visual acuity is tested by reading a Snellen eye chart at a distance of 20 feet. By looking at lots of people, eye doctors have decided what a "normal" human being should be able to see when standing 20 feet away from an eye chart. If you have 20/20 vision, it means that when you stand 20 feet away from the chart you can see what a "normal" human being can see. (In metric, the standard is 6 meters and it's called 6/6 vision). In other words, if you have 20/20 vision your vision is "normal" -- a majority of people in the population can see what you can see at 20 feet.
If you have 20/40 vision, it means that when you stand 20 feet away from the chart you can only see what a normal human can see when standing 40 feet from the chart. That is, if there is a "normal" person standing 40 feet away from the chart, and you are standing only 20 feet away from the chart, you and the normal person can see the same detail. 20/100 means that when you stand 20 feet from the chart you can only see what a normal person standing 100 feet away can see. 20/200 is the cutoff for legal blindness in the United States.
You can also have vision that is better than the norm. A person with 20/10 vision can see at 20 feet what a normal person can see when standing 10 feet away from the chart.
Hawks, owls and other birds of prey have much more acute vision than humans. A hawk has a much smaller eye than a human being but has lots of sensors (cones) packed into that space. This gives a hawk vision that is eight times more acute than a human's. A hawk might have 20/2 vision!
Errors of Refraction
Normally, your eye can focus an image exactly on the retina:
Nearsightedness and farsightedness occur when the focusing is not perfect.
When nearsightedness (myopia) is present, a person is able to see near objects well and has difficulty seeing objects that are far away. Light rays become focused in front of the retina. This is caused by an eyeball that is too long, or a lens system that has too much power to focus. Nearsightedness is corrected with a concave lens. This lens causes the light to diverge slightly before it reaches the eye, as seen here:
When farsightedness (hyperopia) is present, a person is able to see distant objects well and has difficulty seeing objects that are near. Light rays become focused behind the retina. This is caused by an eyeball that is too short, or by a lens system that has too little focusing power. This is corrected with a convex lens, as seen here:
See How Refractive Vision Problems Work and How Corrective Lenses Work for details.
Astigmatism is an uneven curvature of the cornea and causes a distortion in vision. To correct this, a lens is shaped to correct the unevenness.
Why does vision worsen as we age?
As we grow older, the lens becomes less elastic. It loses its ability to change shape. This is called presbyopia and is more noticeable when we try to see things that are close up, because the ciliary body must contract to make the lens thicker. The loss of elasticity prevents the lens from becoming thicker. As a result, we lose the ability to focus on close objects.
At first, people begin holding things farther away in order to see them in focus. This usually becomes noticeable when we reach our mid-forties. Eventually, the lens is unable to move and becomes more or less permanently focused at a fixed distance (which is different for each person).
To correct this, bifocals are required. Bifocals are a combination of a lower lens for close vision (reading) and an upper lens for distance vision.
Depth Perception
The eye uses three methods to determine distance:
- The size a known object has on your retina - If you have knowledge of the size of an object from previous experience, then your brain can gauge the distance based on the size of the object on the retina.
- Moving parallax - When you move your head from side to side, objects that are close to you move rapidly across your retina. However, objects that are far away move very little. In this way, your brain can tell roughly how far something is from you.
- Stereo vision - Each eye receives a different image of an object on its retina because each eye is about 2 inches apart. This is especially true when an object is close to your eyes. This is less useful when objects are far away because the images on the retina become more identical the farther they are from your eyes.
Legal blindness is usually defined as visual acuity less than 20/200 with corrective lenses. Now that you have learned some anatomy of the eye and how it functions, it becomes easier to understand how the following conditions can lead to blindness:
- Cataracts - This is a cloudiness in the lens that blocks light from reaching the retina. It becomes more common as we age, but babies can be born with a cataract. As it worsens, it can require surgery to remove the lens and place an intraocular lens.
- Glaucoma - If the aqueous humor does not drain out correctly, then pressure builds up in the eye. This causes the cells and nerve fibers in the back of the eye to die. This can be treated with medications and surgery.
- Diabetic retinopathy - Persons with diabetes can get blockage of blood vessels, leakage of blood vessels and scarring that can lead to blindness. This can be treated with laser surgery.
- Macular degeneration - In some persons, the macula (which is responsible for fine detail in the center of vision) can deteriorate with age for unknown reasons. This causes loss of central vision. This can sometimes be helped with laser surgery.
- Trauma - Direct trauma or chemical injuries can cause enough damage to the eyes to prevent adequate vision.
- Retinitis pigmentosa - This is an inherited disease that causes a degeneration of the retina and excess pigment. It first causes night blindness and then tunnel vision, which often gradually progresses to total blindness. There is no known treatment.
- Trachoma - This is an infection caused by an organism called Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a common cause of blindness worldwide but is rare in the United States. It can be treated with antibiotics.
There are many other causes of blindness, such as vitamin A deficiency, tumors, strokes, neurological diseases, other infections, hereditary diseases and toxins. For more information, check out the links on the next page.
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Carl Bianco, M.D., is an emergency physician practicing at Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge, Maryland. Dr. Bianco attended medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University with majors in nursing and pre-med. He Completed an internship and residency in emergency medicine at Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio.
Dr. Bianco lives near Baltimore with his wife and two children.


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Sullivan's Bridge To Africa
(Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the summit--seated left is President Obasanjo and right is Andrew Young).
The New World began with demographic gravitation of peoples from around the
world towards the Americas.
Each population group that migrated to the New World was propelled to depart their country of origin by unique circumstances which were often beyond their control. Some fled religious persecution and the eminence of politically motivated ethnic cleansing.
Others still fled protracted famine and the outbreak of pestilence to become a part of the New World while many more, due to accumulation of criminal records or other social delinquencies were committed to spend the rest days of their lives in the New World by a penitentiary system which regarded the banishment of its criminal elements to the New World as a maximum punishment.
Also in the case of Anglo Saxon immigrants, some were declared undesirable elements in their home country and, were dispatched to the New World following the dissolution of the monasteries in England and the English Reformation. On the other hand, pioneer African immigrants to the New World neither departed their homes of origin on their volition nor were they rejected and excommunicated from Africa and, given over to slavery to unknown distant lands. The falsification of Euro Centric renditions of modern history tends to perpetuate the opposite.
Yet, the incontrovertible fact is that there were expeditions of armed slave raids from the seashores of Africa into the hinterlands of the continent. The victims of those raids were not only men and women from the lowest echelons of the African social stratum who could have been the ripe targets for abduction had it been within the exclusive competence of the African nobility to make the determination of who should be sold into slavery. Revealing accounts which contradict European annals of transatlantic slavery are scarcely brought to the forefront of modern history. While it is a popular fallacy that African Kings were slave merchants per excellence, mention is only made in very few and obscure instances that King Jaja of Opobo, whose kingdom flourished in South Eastern part of present day Nigeria and, many more like him who dared oppose the escapades of the White man in pre-colonial Africa were also exiled into slavery. Indeed Africans were not the only pioneer settlers of the New World with the background of slavery.
The Irish proved to be troublesome slaves in Bermuda where a coup-plot by African and Irish slaves was allegedly uncovered. "The Proclamation of 1625 ordered that Irish political prisoners be transported overseas and sold as laborers to English planters, who were settling the islands of the West Indies, officially establishing a policy that was to continue for two centuries. In 1629 a large group of Irish men and women were sent to Guiana, and by 1632, Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat in the West Indies. By 1637 a census showed that 69% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves, which records show was a cause of concern to the English planters. But there were not enough political prisoners to supply the demand, so every petty infraction carried a sentence of transporting, and slaver gangs combed the country sides to kidnap enough people to fill out their quotas" (Source: Irish slaves in the Caribbean, James F. Cavanaugh - Clann Chief Herald).
With the possible exceptions therefore of crown agents, merchants and, the nobility who came to the New World as plantation entrepreneurs, all other pioneer immigrants to the New World, regardless of their race, color or place of origin, arrived the shores of America with trepidation and sadness and very frequently, they did not have the slightest clue of what to anticipate in their adopted homeland. But the Africans knew that the indignities of being classified as slaves among their equals before God was inconsolable and, that it would be a stigma that would more likely preclude them from exposure to self determination and the opportunities which abound in America. Yet without prejudice to just demands for economic reparation and, the restitution of the slave labor that made America great, God in his infinite wisdom determined that it is by the medium of servitude that Africa should be a part of the amalgam of nationalities assembled in the New World.
With the passage of time, the United States emerged as the flagship nation of the New World in a steady aggrandizement that came with great wealth and power. Following the increasing prosperity of this nation, contemporary English, Irish, Italian, French, Polish , and other settlers of European extraction consigned the humiliating expulsion of their patriarchs from their European homelands to the pages of history and, began to build enduring bridges of solidarity which facilitate mutually beneficial economic, political and cultural cooperation between various countries of Europe and the United States. In a collective sense, they have also built bridges of cooperation which, through such multilateral alliances as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the OECD, reinforce the common destiny which unite North America and the ever expanding supranational state of European Union. Given Africa's strong cultural and sanguine affiliations with the New World and the imperishable contributions which pioneer African settlers have made to its economic, political and, cultural richness, Africans in the continent and in the Diaspora became equally endowed with plenipotentiary rights to share in the advantages which flow from their natural affiliation and, the great fortunes which cultural diversity and the economy of slavery have bestowed on the United States.
Like their European homologues who have built bridges of cooperation which connect Europe to the United States, Africans on opposite shores of the Atlantic ocean have always been aware of the imperatives for reconnecting themselves with similar bridges. However, due to dearth of resources and, the spectacular act of courage which uncle Leon H. Sullivan brought to the table, the conceptualization of these bridges was for long subconsciously stock in the positive idealism of such visionary exponents of strong reconnections with Africa as Marcus Gravy, W.E.B. Dubois, etc.
With the first Leon H. Sullivan Biannual African Summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in May 1991, the bridges of cooperation between Africans in the United States and Africa ceased to be a mere concept. The summit, which to this day is guided by the objectives and the principles outlined by the late Sullivan, brought an end to the era of armchair speculation and rhetorical contemplation on the roles which Africans in Diaspora can play in Africa's economic, social and political development.
The inception of the biannual summit and the novelty of the multidimensional approach which it has embraced to create a forum of African heads of states and governments, technocrats from different fields of development endeavor, international financial institutions, distinguished entrepreneurs and industry managers and, the World Bank which engage in productive cross fertilization of ideas on the development challenges of Africa truly represents the first successful extra-multilateral-diplomatic initiative dedicated to finding durable solutions to these challenges. The recently concluded summit in Abuja, Nigeria was the seventh in the series of the Leon H. Sullivan African Biannual Summit. While each of these summits has been a tremendous success, the fifth held in Accra, Ghana and the sixth and seventh held successively in Abuja, Nigeria clearly built on the accomplishments of earlier summits to give a concise definition of the raison deter which underscores the Leon H. Sullivan's mission in Africa.
The advocacy which flows from this definition emerged as the theme of the seventh summit. The theme consistently resonated under the rubric of Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) and the Global Sullivan Principles (GSP) both of which emphasize greater and mutually beneficial partnerships between the African Diaspora and the continent in the ambiance of globalization and, the positive changes which are currently taking place in Africa. Consonant with this focus, the organizers of the summit, its co-chairmen Ambassador Andrew Young and Carlton A. Masters and, its keynote speaker, the charismatic sage and Ex President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States never ceased to appeal to more private sector business leaders, nations and NGOs to endorse the Global Sullivan Principles as their compass and, evidence of their commitment to promoting human and labor rights in Africa.
As Africa finds itself at the threshold of becoming a major international oil supplier, both President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and the Co-Chairmen of the summit also spoke of the imperatives of equitable and just distribution of energy resources from Africa in order that the continent could be transformed into social and economic prosperity. In the course of the summit, Mrs. Hope Masters, President and CEO of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and, daughter of the late Leon H. Sullivan announced a donation of one million dollars worth of medical supplies and equipment to the Federal Republic of Nigeria which has hosted the summit twice since its inception.
This donation, made in the period of the foundation's gestation, is deeply appreciated as a token of the windfalls which Africa expects to reap in the plenitude of the summits' maturity. Despite these noble beginnings, there have been mistaken and premature evaluation of the summits' endeavors by those who still fail to fully comprehend the multifarious benefits which lie in the future of the Summits. They are already ascribing quantitative values to the Summits' accomplishments and implicity to those of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and, those of the African governments which are working most assiduously to identify their countries with actualization of the ideals which Global Sullivan Principles espouse.
The fact which must not be ignored at any stage of this demarche is that not even an infinite volume of material or monetary grants from the Sullivan Foundation to African nations can override the self-awareness and the intrinsic
empowerment which the foundation, through each of these summits, creates to help crystallize the path to a prosperous Africa.
If therefore efforts at building the bridges of mutually beneficial economic, political and cultural cooperation between the United States and Africa are sustained under the conditions of symmetrical relationships, the cumulative impacts of the work which the Sullivan Foundation has begun in Africa would one day lead to an era of unparalleled economic, social and political revolution which fulfills the expectations of the Kimbanguist religious sect in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kimbanguists have long waited for the liberation of Africa by Africans in the Diaspora.
Africa is a vast continent with a UN projected demographic strength of 4,950,000,000 by 2030. In order therefore to reach its goal, the Sullivan Foundation must be mindful of this strategic index which it must factor into its long-term strategy to help bring Africa into the mainstream of the global economic dynamics. With this understanding at the back of its mind
the foundation could significantly and rapidly expand the horizon of its engagements in Africa by assuming the role of an apex organization over an international consortium of like-minded NGOs in the United States, Africa and Europe.
The government of Tanzania has graciously consented to host the 8TH Leon H. Sullivan African Summit at Arusha in 2008.
Black Star News Africa News editor F.C. Nwoko attended the
recently-concluded summit in Abuja, Nigeria.
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A seeker of truth breaks through the vault of the heavens to discover a metaphysical realm in an engraving from Camille Flammarion's 1888 book "The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology."
Religious holidays such as Easter and Passover usually spark a spate of stories about the intersection of science and religion, and that's especially the case during this presidential election year. Some folks seem to assume that the scientific and spiritual ways of looking at the world are fundamentally at odds, but a new poll commissioned by ScienceDebate.org suggests that scientific issues are hugely important to religious believers as well as non-believers.
The online survey of 1,005 likely U.S. voters, conducted last month by JZ Analytics, found that 84 percent of the respondents ranked policy issues relating to science, innovation and health as important themes for presidential debates. That puts the science agenda right behind economic policy and national security policy, and ahead of environmental policy and faith and values.
The added twist is that science was ranked in the same order by the survey's Christian subgroups. Eighty-two percent of Catholics and 83 percent of Protestants saw science issues as important, while 49 percent and 59 percent of those respective groupings thought the candidates' views on faith and values were important to debate.
"Even though we often hear of faith opposing science in the political arena, these findings show that the perception isn't necessarily true," Shawn Lawrence Otto, co-founder of ScienceDebate.org, said in a news release about the study.
For Otto and his colleagues, the bottom line is that science policy views should take precedence over the candidates' religious beliefs in the political debates to come. But the findings also suggest that there's plenty of room for dialogue between science-minded and spirituallly minded thinkers. You don't need a public opinion survey to figure that out — just look at the dozens upon dozens of books that address questions of science and religion.
This year, there's plenty to choose from, whether you're of the godly or the godless persuasion. Here are seven recently published books to get your brain working, organized alphabetically and covering a range of perspectives on science and religion:
"Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief," by Justin Barrett. One of the common views about religious formation is that kids are merely taught to believe what their parents believe. Barrett, a psychologist and anthropologist who's associated with the Fuller Seminary, takes another tack, citing research that suggests children have an innate inclination toward the "God idea." Based on those findings, Barrett comes up with checklists for becoming a confident atheist (step 2 is "do not have children") as well as for encouraging a child's religious development.
"Free Will," by Sam Harris. The well-known atheist addresses the well-known paradox of free will vs. determinism in this slim 96-page paperback. Harris cuts through quantum claptrap to argue that free will is an illusion, but he also argues that causes and consequences, intentions and actions provide a basis for morality.
"God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion," by Victor Stenger. This latest volume from philosopher-physicist Victor Stenger argues that Christianity held back the progress of science for a millennium, and that the current perspectives provided by science and religion on the origins of the universe, complexity and consciousness are incompatible. Stenger also decries the negative influence of organized religion on global issues such as overpopulation and environmental degradation.
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion," by Jonathan Haidt. A social psychologist focuses on why people of different ideological stripes find it so hard to get along, and suggests that it goes back to our evolutionary tendency toward "groupishness." Religion and politics provide ways to define in-groups and out-groups, and conservatives turn out to be better than liberals at taking advantage of those natural tendencies. Haidt also lays out some strategies to break the us-vs.-them impasse that has made American politics so uncivil. (Check out the strategies at CivilPolitics.org.)
"The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience," by Kevin Nelson. Near-death experiences, out-of-body sensations, battles with the devil, religious ecstasy and psychotropic drugs all figure in this exploration of the neurological basis for altered states. I like the fact that Nelson doesn't pass judgment: "No matter if we could know how every single brain molecule makes spiritual experience, why the brain is spiritual will remain for many of us our most treasured mystery," he writes. "There is room in the brain for faith."
"Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion and Naturalism," by Alvin Plantinga. This book is something of a counterweight to Stenger's book, arguing that the seeming conflicts between science and religion are due to the scientific method's, um, methodology. Notre Dame philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga puts a lot of weight on the seemingly "fine-tuned" nature of the universe, which is definitely open to debate. And speaking of debate, there's an earlier book on this topic, titled "Science and Religion: Are They Compatible," which features a back-and-forth between Plantinga and atheist philosopher Daniel Dennett.
"Why Religion is Natural and Science Is Not," by Robert McCauley. This book draws upon findings in cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make the case that the human brain is naturally more suited to religious belief than to scientific inquiry. McCauley's conclusion is that the scientific perspective poses no real threat to religion, "while the unnaturalness of science puts it in a surprisingly precarious position."
More readings in science and religion:
- Gospels of science
- Stephen Hawking says God's not needed
- How to get a cosmos from nothing
- Richard Dawkins puts 'Magic' on a tablet
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Crazy reincarnation
Weathered walls, psychedelic interior: Street artist Okuda transformed an old church in the small town of Llanera in nothern Spain into a colorful artwork and skate park.
Converting places of worship into anything from educational institutions and hotels o homes is very much en vogue right now. Just such a modern creation has also come to Llanera, in the Asturias region of Spain, where the internationally famous street artist Okuda was given a free hand to transform a derelict, over 100-year-old church into the Kaos Temple skate park. His rainbow-colored geometrical wall and ceiling paintings draw large numbers of tourists – and give young locals a fantastic space to practice their skateboarding skills.


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Pelvic floor (Kegel) exercises can help strengthen some of the
muscles that control the flow of urine and are used to treat
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Customized type solutions for your corporate design – July, 2002
Linotype's CorporateType service package
Bad Homburg, July 2002. Unique and instantly recognizable, esthetic, legible, and versatile – these are just some of the requirements of digital fonts in modern corporate communication. As the basis of corporate design, type plays a key role in the visual identity of a company. A new brochure entitled "CorporateType – Solutions for Corporate Design" brings you detailed information on the many and varied aspects that have to be taken into account when establishing a corporate font.
Eric Gill was a skilled craftsman and also a gifted artist. Born on February 22, 1882 in Brighton, England, he was a stonemason, sculptor, wood carver, essayist, and type cutter. Perhaps the typical discreet charm of his creations stems from the fact that, right up until his death on November 17, 1940, he always regarded himself first and foremost as a craftsman. On his gravestone he described himself as a stonemason, a skill that encompasses both of the activities that made him famous: carving stone and cutting type.
Linotype Library has the world's leading font collection and over a century of experience in the business of typography. With CorporateType, it has developed a complete service package that supports the whole process of creating, developing, and implementing tailor-made corporate fonts. The first brochure about this service took a general, philosophical look at the subject, and now a second publication explains the technical details of this highly complex package.
"CorporateType – Solutions for Corporate Design" sets out the individual service components of this extensive package. It also analyzes the various aspects involved in developing, introducing, and improving a corporate font. This brochure will be of interest to all those who work with digital fonts in business – designers and advertising, marketing, and corporate communication experts and managers, controllers, and systems administrators. Each is sure to find in the CorporateType service package the components needed to reach a solution.
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Dead Man's Hand is an action-oriented first person shooter set in the grandeur and danger of the American Old West. Chock full of gun fights and dripping in frontier lore, Dead Man's Hand thrusts players into the spurs of El Tejón, a master gunslinger riding with one of the roughest gangs in the West, known as The Nine. When the ruthless leader of The Nine betrays El Tejón, he turns to a life of vengeance, vowing to put every member of his former gang six-feet under. Through an epic single player story of vengeance and betrayal, the player will travel the American Frontier, experiencing bar fights, shoot outs, stagecoach chases and other definitive Western scenes. Dead Man's Hand captures the action and drama of the Old West with six-shooters, rifles, black hats, horses, hombres, dancing girls, riverboats, saloon poker and many other iconic images. Dead Man's Hand incorporates unique gameplay elements taken from the Old West. Gamers will try their hands at blasting desperados from the back of their trusty steed and shooting it out on a moving train. In addition, as the game progresses, players will acquire "Legend," a unique scoring system that awards points as the player blazes a path into Western folklore. When accumulated, Legend will allow the player to pull off amazing trick shots and death-defying feats. Players will also be able to pick their own path through the game, selecting from mission choices to meet their abilities. In development by Human Head Studios, the creators of Rune, Dead Man's Hand uses the latest Unreal technology from Epic Games to provide amazing graphical performance, non-stop action and enhanced multiplayer capabilities through Xbox Live! Game Features: * More than 20 adventures to challenge gamers through the deserts, hills and towns of the old southwest, across the mountains and mine shafts of the great northwest, and in the riverboats and cities of the Midwest * Vast maps featuring detailed indoor and outdoor locations, from rickety old saloons to sprawling mountain vistas to dark mysterious mine shafts * Nine different Old West firearms to choose from, modeled after the actual pistols, shotguns and rifles that made the Old West famous * Other "Wild West" weapons include knives, dynamite and whiskey bombs, as well as fixed Gatling guns and cannons * Multiplayer competition via Xbox Live! as well as split screen multiplayer support. A variety of competitive and cooperative play modes will be available * A sophisticated in-game physics engine makes hats fly off enemies, bad guys fall off roofs, barrels tumble, furniture shatters, and wagons buck and bounce realistically * Human Head's unique "Semi Persistent World" technology (SPeW) enables varying terrain as well as multiple missions to be played on the same map and reveals new missions as the game progresses * Saloon poker -- players are able to play a poker game before each mission to earn bonuses such as additional health or ammo.
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Last week, the National Aquarium welcomed Dr. Willem Roosenburg, a professor from Ohio University, to Baltimore. As a renowned diamondback terrapin researcher, he was here to implant PIT tags under the skin of the juvenile turtle ambassadors from the Aquarium's Terrapins in the Classroom program.
The passive integrated transponder device, or PIT tag, is a tiny chip the size of a grain of rice that allows Dr. Roosenburg and other researchers to track terrapin movements and life history in the Chesapeake Bay. In most cases, the tag will stay with the terrapin for its entire life, allowing researchers to gather long-term data on individual terrapins and, eventually, draw conclusions about the broader terrapin population.
Through the Terrapins in the Classroom program, students from 31 schools across Maryland contribute to this research by raising hatchling diamondback terrapins in their classroom. This "head start" protects the terrapins during their first year of life—the time when they are most likely to become a snack for a predatory fish, snake, or bird.
In early fall, biologists gather hatchings as they emerge from nests on Poplar Island and collect detailed data on each turtle as well as their nesting site. Aquarium staff then distribute a these terrapins to the lucky schools participating in the program. During the school year, students are charged with caring for their classroom terrapin and tracking his or her growth. At the end of the school year, the student caregivers will travel to Poplar Island to release the tagged terrapins at the site where they were collected. The hope is that Dr. Roosenburg and his field crew will recapture these terrapins in future years to document their continued growth and survivorship.
Through the Terrapins in the Classroom program, students contribute to cutting-edge research and create lasting connections with their terrapin. Though sad to say goodbye on release day, students are more acutely aware of the impact a changing environment will have on their terrapin. This direct connection to the Chesapeake Bay inspires more thoughtful choices and, hopefully, a lifetime of environmental stewardship.


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Shauna James Ahern's Berbere Seasoning
Use this potent blend of chiles and spices in Shauna James Ahern's Ethiopian Chicken Stew from Gluten-Free Girl Every Day.
Excerpted from Gluten-Free Girl Every Day, copyright 2013 by Shauna James Ahern with Danny Ahern. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
- Yield:makes 1/2 cup
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:10 minutes
- 2 teaspoons fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 cardamom pods
- 4 dried chiles de arbol, stemmed and seeded
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Set a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fenugreek, coriander, peppercorns, and cardamom pods. Toast the spices, moving the skillet around the burner constantly, until the smells are released, 4 to 5 minutes.
Let the toasted spices cool. Add them to a clean spice grinder, along with the chiles, and grind fine.
Pour the ground spices into a bowl. Stir in the smoked paprika, paprika, dried basil, salt, ginger, and cinnamon. This will keep in an airtight container for 3 months. You're going to be using it often, however.
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