“Why We Think the Way We Do: How Darwinism Has Shaped Our Culture and Our Worldview”
A lecture by Dr. G. Thomas Sharp, followed by discussion
When: Monday, September 22nd
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Union Great Hall
Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ
Dr. Sharp will give a talk on the history and philosophy of Darwinism and evolutionary theory. [The following is […]

Access at: http://neuroscienceupdate.cumc.columbia.edu/
Description directly from the site:
“Taught by lecturers at the forefront of their fields, this course covers a broad range of topics in the neurosciences. Topics include basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neurochemistry, and neurogenetics.
The course is intended for clinical psychologists as well as graduate physicians and residents in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.“
See the […]

Speaker: Houshang Amirahmadi
Title: “ایران Ùردا: چالش ساختار قدرت Ùˆ روبنای سیاسی با محرک زیربنای اجتماعی ورابطه با آمریکا“
Location: THH Buidling, Room 202, University of Southern California (USC)
Date & Time: Sunday April 04, 2008

One of the problems of illusions that we fall to is we get so involved in what is happening to us, what other people are doing for us, what we have to do for other people. We forget the only reason anything happens to me, the only reason for my interactions with other people. […]

The Creator Reveals Our Filth for the Sake of Changing It
At a time when the Israelites were on a high spiritual level tsara’at, leprosy was a reality. It’s clear the Israelites only had the merit to have the whole framework of leprosy when they were on a high spiritual level. It’s an […]

A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

Hello to all of you.
I will be at the Rio Theatre tonight in Vancouver.
I will be speaking at 10:30PM after which there will be a midnight showing of the X-Files movie.

Details Below:
Vancouver BC
Rio Theatre
1660 E Broadway @ Commercial Drive
See Miriam speak for the price of a movie ticket.
Movie line: 604-878-3456
10:30 Miriam: Presentation
Midnight showing of:
The X-Files […]

I want to share from the Kedushat HaLevi, the great Kabbalist Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditshev.
There’s a whole discussion about Efrayim and Menashe, the younger and older son. Joseph assumed the right hand on Menashe and the left on Efrayim. But Jacob changed hands, putting his right hand on the younger son and left hand […]

Kretzmann Lecture
“Can Vegetarianism Be Christian?”
Stephen H. Webb, Professor of Religion & Philosophy, Wabash College
Monday, September 22, 2008, at 6:30 pm in the Mueller Hall Refectory
Deli sandwiches provided before lecture.
The Kretzmann Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Theology, is endowed in memory of O. P. Kretzmann, who served as President of Valparaiso University from 1940 to […]

I’ve been working on a new web application. Initially I started out with Ruby on Rails and HTML/Ajax. I also tried out Jifty, the latest hip Perl5 web framework from Best Practical.
I love puzzles. HTML/CSS/Ajax are always a puzzle. I’ve spend significant time debugging and solving HTML/CSS/Ajax problems. But when […]