Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Articles

Effective Use of Education as a Tool to Shape Attitudes: the Australian Experience

28 February 2011 | Zuleyha Keskin | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

We often think of education in the context of a classroom environment, where one teaches and the others learn; a monologue between the learned and the one seeking to learn. No doubt, classroom environments and traditional learning are very important elements of education. However, when we reflect o…

Reunion

28 February 2011 | Bernadette - Daniel Skubik | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

We meet you Our Friend in the beauty of countless vibrant hearts strongly sinewed in purifying love. We meet you Our Friend in the steadfast prayerful care of blessing hands and radiant faces. We meet you Our Friend in attentive minds and quickened spirits devoted to guiding our jo…

The Sun: The Source We Cannot Utilize

28 February 2011 | Bedirhan Altunay | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

The sun gives out about 1.17x1031 kJ (kilojoule) energy every year. Only one and half trillionth of this energy reaches the Earth, 150 million kilometers away from the sun. 30% of that energy, in the form of short-wavelength radiation, is reverberated back to the space from the atmosphere and the e…

Paths Ahead: Reflections on Bosnian Muslim Presence in the United States

28 February 2011 | Fethi Keles | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

This commentary offers a few reflections on the impact of the American experience on the formation of a Bosnian identity in the United States. I have befriended several members of two Bosnian immigrant communities in the northern part of New York state over the course of field research carried out…

You Waste It, You' ve Lost It!

28 February 2011 | Joseph J. Salter | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

This is the Winner essay of our 2010 writing contest conducted in cooperation with Everest Productions. Participants were asked to write down to live out what truly mattered to them most assuming they were told they had only three days left in this life. Time-our most precious commodity-may se…

The Great Flood of Questions

28 February 2011 | Seth Mette | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Nowadays, we are alerted by scientists about possible future floods due to extreme weather events or melting of the polar ice because of global warming. Even producers have come up with several movies based on such themes. These depictions of the future are taken as signs of the end of times by cer…

Haya (Modesty)

28 February 2011 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Sufis use haya, which literally means shame, bashfulness, and refraining from saying or doing anything improper or indecent, to describe one who, out of fear and awe of God, seeks to avoid displeasing Him. It urges one to be more careful, self-possessed, and self-controlled, for such restraint, if…

A Pristine Spring

28 February 2011 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

A skyline of lively hills and purple mountains appeared As sleepers floated in their deepest slumbers In purple and pink, successive dawns were swelling While in waters swans were elegantly gliding We felt the shivering breaths of a new spring. A cerulean serenity had enveloped our dreams And…

Metaphors, Metaphysics, Mathematics, etc.

28 February 2011 | Yusuf Ziya Gurtas | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Analogies, metaphors, and similes are essential elements of human cognition and this makes them an indispensable tool in education, science, and literature. When it comes to explaining metaphysical concepts, however, these are pretty much the only tools that we have at hand. In this article we wil…

Cognitive Dissonance and the Psychology of Sin

28 February 2011 | Selnur Hatice Yerli | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Peter was a successful banker and the vice president of one of the biggest banks in the state. He was also a very intelligent guy who can “magically” transfer his customers’ money to his own account without attracting his bosses’ or clients’ attention. However, although he was sure that nobody knew…

Super Computer in a Cell

28 February 2011 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Since the first electronic computer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was announced in 1946, computers have changed a great deal. As computers become more powerful and faster, their size has changed dramatically, shrinking from the size of a room (Fig. 1) to a pocket-sized device…

Watermark

28 February 2011 | Mirkena Ozer | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

“It is a sin to waste water,” warns my mom. She might as well save her breath. After carrying water in pails and plastic bins from the first to the fourth floor of the building where we live, I know better than to waste a drop of it. Moms love to warn though, so there she goes again: “We have so…

Thinking

28 February 2011 | Ceyda Sablak | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

I was sitting by the beach and thinking about anything, everything, yet nothing all at once… The waves were in such a rush, like all the bustling people in the city. Maybe if you rush you will get more done: that is their theory. Ours is: how much we comprehend life. Life is a gift given to you…

It's Us Peter! Your Teeth

28 February 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Dear Peter…! We agreed with the other organs to explain the splendid art inherent in us to you; we have patiently waited our turn. Our aim is to remind you to look after yourself so you will continue to live a healthy life and consciously perform your duty of servitude to our Lord Who created us…

"As if I ate" diet is effective

28 February 2011 | The Fountain | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

1- “As if I ate” diet is effective Original Article: Morewedge C.K. et al., Science 330, 1530 (2010). If you’ve had a chance to visit the Fatih district in Istanbul, then you have probably seen the famous mosque called “As If I Ate” (Sanki Yedim Camii). The history of the mosque is at least as in…

Reproaching Our Fellow-travelers

28 February 2011 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Question: Different groups or individuals who do good work in their own way are sometimes critical of others for using different methods. What would you say about being critical of others on one hand and feeling satisfied with the correctness of their own method on the other? One will be held resp…

Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Articles

The Fountain Talks

In Between Contrasts

Human Brain and Crossing beyond Self

Effective Use of Education as a Tool to Shape Attitudes: the Australian Experience

Reunion

The Sun: The Source We Cannot Utilize

Paths Ahead: Reflections on Bosnian Muslim Presence in the United States

You Waste It, You' ve Lost It!

The Great Flood of Questions

Haya (Modesty)

A Pristine Spring

Metaphors, Metaphysics, Mathematics, etc.

Cognitive Dissonance and the Psychology of Sin

Super Computer in a Cell

Watermark

Thinking

It's Us Peter! Your Teeth

"As if I ate" diet is effective

Reproaching Our Fellow-travelers

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