I would like to make this personal request to viola teache;s: If you continue to teach a student beyond the beginning years, modify some of the things that you taught him initially. Explain to him why you taught him certain things at first and why you are now suggesting some refinements and exceptions: Tell him why you had to teach him that water seeks its own level, and show him why you now ha...

A an anesthesiologist, I get called to the ICU quite often. This story is a twist on the usual call. My father required surgery for a tumor in his abdomen. The operation was performed at a hospital near his house but unfortunately, the disease was worse than expected. Two weeks after his initial surgery things were not going well. I transferred him to “my” hospital where I could keep a closer w...

Bilâl b. Rabah al-Habashî is among the first people who convert to Islam. After becoming a Muslim, he never left Messenger of Allah until his death. As was person recites adhan, had an exceptional place in history He witnessed almost entire period prophethood Muhammad, which lasted for twenty-three years. Although always with Prophet, very few hadiths were reported from him. In this study, afte...

This study replicated and expanded on earlier research on gender differences in the evaluation of computer-mediated persuasive messages. Participants discussed a counter-attitudinal topic with a same-gender confederate. Those participants made to feel a sense of shared identity (high oneness) with the communicator were the most favorable toward the proposal whereas those participants made to fe...

In the springtime of 2008, at the outset of a conference, I had the pleasure to drive him in my small car to the airport whence he had to depart. (Aged 95, he still travelled unperturbed on his own!) After so many years of formally respectful friendship, I suddenly felt the need to loyally disclose to him my personal distance from religions, included the one he so vividly professed. He listened...