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<title>Our Big Small World</title>		
<author> The Fountain</author>    
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The past year was a busy one for The Fountain. In cooperation with many local NGOs and authorities, The Fountain organized quite a number of panels, seminars, and conferences all around the world. Locations ranged from Australia to South Africa, from Nigeria to North America. The major ones among these were the "Media and Values" series of panels across the Far East in March and April, "A Decade after the 9/11" conference in New York in September, and "Establishing a Culture of Coexistence and Mutual Understanding" in Abuja, Nigeria, in November. Traveling across long distances and witnessing  ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 06:20:46</pubDate>
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<title>Virtue and Happiness</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah GULEN</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1320</link>  

        
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Those who promise happiness to people must equip them with virtues first. Happiness is out of reach for those whose hearts have not been saturated with virtue. From the past to the present, sound minds have always accepted it as so. Felicity and virtue are twins. 

Virtue, succinctly, is being distinguished with the most exalted ethical and moral values, and beholding the whole of existence with love. A truly virtuous person has a kind of connection with all things. In the sight of such an individual the flow of events passes like breezes of spring. Life itself relieves the soul  ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 06:21:51</pubDate>
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<title>Coping with Autism</title>		
<author>Esen BAKHAUTDIN</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1321</link>  

        
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"When I took my one-year old son to the supermarket, he never responded to other mothers' playful overtures. I used to tell them, 'Oh, he just woke up from his nap.' He was very unresponsive baby. We knew that something was wrong with him," expressed my close friend, on her early experience with autism. Most parents notice signs of autism in the first two years of their child's life. For most of them, it is hard to accept this disease and to overcome the psycho-social and spiritual challenges associated with it. Also, the majority of people do not even know what autism is.

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 08:40:16</pubDate>
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<title>The Optimizing Man</title>		
<author>Devrim BULUT</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1322</link>  

        
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In 1881, F. Edgeworth  defines the first principle of economics such that every agent is motivated only by self-interest. The idea of self-interest motivation is conceptualized with a hypothetical economic agent named as "homo-economicus"  who behaves rationally and in accord with logical principles, thus seeks to maximize his/her own benefits. Even though the use of homo-economicus, or the "money-making animal" and "money-hungry monomaniac" in the words of John Kells Ingram,  as a rational representative agent in economic modeling becomes the norm in economic studies, the presence of irration ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 08:42:33</pubDate>
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<title>Hearing the Light</title>		
<author>Sermed OGRETIM</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1323</link>  

        
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On a Saturday morning, I was sitting in the nearby park in our neighborhood. It was especially lovely to do it at this time of the year. The birds start chanting after a winter-long silence, flowers spread their mesmerizing scents everywhere, and the wind sings operas of resurrection constantly in my ears. Many times, I stop in the middle of my walk and just feel the touch of the air-on my nose, on my cheeks. Then on my ears and in my hair, I feel it with every cell on my head. Then as I resume my walk, I sometimes contribute to the solo of a flutist cardinal or keep my breath while a locust s ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 08:46:22</pubDate>
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<title>The Difficulty of Modeling the Brain with Artificial Neurons</title>		
<author>Fatih GELGI</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1324</link>  

        
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"The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know." 
Isaac Asimov

If someone asks what you recall when you look at the following pictures, I can hear you say "President Obama" and "Statue of Liberty." You just see a fragment of the pictures and remember them.
 	 
So, how does it happen? This is just a simple task for the brain. It stores an image and retrieves it whenever a part of it is seen. Amazing features of the brain, especially its power to learn and make decisions, inspires computer scientists in the field o ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:14:23</pubDate>
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<title>Bustling Willpower</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah GULEN</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1325</link>  

        
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Fate sometimes blows 
As gently as breezes;
At other times it blows as tough
As raging northeasters
Rendering huge mountains to dust,
Rendering feet to heads 
Razing heads to the ground.
Sometimes caressing woeful bosoms
At other times dusting grief over merry faces 


A mysterious program
Far beyond our reasoning, 
The ones open to mysteries 
Never fall on their knees.
Do have the faith, then, 
Never be felled by confusion! 

Close not your eyes to the beauty
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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:15:22</pubDate>
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<title>Same World, Different Lenses: A Brief Overview of Cultural Differences</title>		
<author>Osman SENKAYA</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1326</link>  

        
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According to the British writer Raymond Williams, culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in English. It has many definitions but here is the crux to remember: Culture is the way of life of a given society. Our culture is what we are as a group; it is learnt from birth and is passed down from one generation to another.1

Culture is to the person as water is to the fish. It influences the way we perceive the world, tells us how to behave, and tells scholars how to think about the causes of behavior. It even shapes the moods and opinions of public about what to ea ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:16:47</pubDate>
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<title>The Power Law</title>		
<author>Murat YUKSEL</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1327</link>  

        
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The desire of explaining things and trends around us has been a decisive component of wisdom. The complexity of nature challenges human thought and experience to answer the question of "why." The answers have been wide-ranging, from religion to experimental science. The desire to explain and tackle the "challenge of complexity" is invaluable. For most, it is the differentiator between human and animal, as the former has the ability to ask "why" and "how" before reacting to events while the latter acts on natural instincts. Being able to ask these questions gives humanity opportunities to behav ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:18:29</pubDate>
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<title>Myth or Reality: The “Invasion” and Spread of Islam in Spain</title>		
<author>Karin DE VILLA</author>    
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The majority of Spaniards, as well as people worldwide that have heard about "Muslim Spain," know about the conquest of Spain, (Hispania at the time) by the Arabs. However, few deepen their search in analyzing whether this could actually be a logical approach, considering the number of people that came to the Iberian Peninsula in 711 AD. Whether a person should or should not believe what is written about Spain and its history, the article's main point is to challenge one's own ideas and thoughts in regards to how this event actually took place and value the seeds that this convivencia1 planted ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:20:22</pubDate>
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<title>Inbisat (Expansion)</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah GULEN</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1329</link>  

        
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Literally meaning growing larger and deeper, spreading and expanding, Sufis use inbisat to signify the relaxing of one's heart, to the extent allowed by the religion, so that it can embrace everybody and make them pleased or contented with one's gentle words and pleasant manners. In the context of one's relationship with God Almighty, it denotes a spiritual state that combines fear and hope. Those who have attained this state are awed by being in the Presence of God, and feel exhilarated by the breezes of delight and joy blowing in His Presence. They are awed while inhaling, and feel delight w ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:21:13</pubDate>
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<title>Towards the dream of Star Trek: Antimatter</title>		
<author>M. Fatih YILMAZ</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1330</link>  

        
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In physics, matter is defined as the composition of particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. Antimatter is composed of antiparticles such as anti-electrons (positrons) and antiprotons (protons with negative charges).

The existence of antimatter was suggested in 1928 by Paul Dirac and was confirmed experimentally in 1932 by Carl D. Anderson. They state that every elementary particle (matter) has its own anti-particle (antimatter): electrons have anti-electrons (positrons) and protons have anti-protons and so on. Antimatters have the same mass as matter, but they carry  ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:22:08</pubDate>
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<title>Who Speaks for Islam?</title>		
<author>Mirkena OZER</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1331</link>  

        
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"Who Speaks for Islam?
  What Do 1.3 Billion Muslims Really Think?"
  
John L. Esposito
Dalia Mogahed
978-1595620170
Gallup Press, 2008

To date, many have spoken for Islam: experts, apologists, extremists, politicians, religious leaders, even fiction writers. In this cacophony of voices everyday Muslims have remained silent. Many have speculated on their silence, promoting causes and foreseeing the clash of civilizations and the end of world.

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:24:19</pubDate>
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<title>Speech and Power of Expression</title>		
<author>Nisa Nur TERZI</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1332</link>  

        
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Speech and Power of Expression: On Language, Aesthetics, and Belief
M. Fethullah Gülen
Translated by Korkut Altay
9781597842297
Tughra Books, 2010

Mankind has been given exclusive possession of speech-a weapon so powerful that it is mightier than the sword. The power of speech extends vast distances, far enough to revive a mortified soul yet deadly enough to start a war. In his book Speech and Power of Expression, Gülen argues that speech is the sword of humanity. "Wherever the flag of speech waves, the most powerful armies will be defeated and scatte ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:25:16</pubDate>
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<title>Are We Big Enough to Be Arrogant?</title>		
<author>Nuri BALTA</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1333</link>  

        
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A small-scale blueprint of the universe, the human body is a miraculous work of art that manifests the beautiful divine names and attributes of God Almighty. A human body is made up of a set of hierarchically organized components: an organ system, organs, tissues, cells, organelles, macromolecules, molecules, atoms, neutrons, protons, electrons, and subatomic particles. In this biological organization, it is striking to observe a proportionately allocated space between components on each level for their efficient functioning. The size of human body would be reduced if these spaces between orga ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:26:59</pubDate>
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<title>How I Wish I Could Be a Seed</title>		
<author>Musa ILHAN</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1334</link>  

        
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How I wish I could be a seed, embedded within the bosom of the earth. Protected I would be from all external elements which may cause me harm. A comfortable and familiar environment I would be in, like a human mother's womb full of mercy – perhaps the reason why you are commonly referred to as "mother earth"? It may seem like I am in solitary confinement; motionless, dark and quiet to the observing naked eye, but I know I'm not alone as I await the appointed command. My fate is written both within and beyond me. Anxiously determined, I am in fulfilling my destiny; I yearn for sustenance to ign ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:28:37</pubDate>
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<title>The Cultural Perspective and Societal Change</title>		
<author>Daniel HUMMEL</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1335</link>  

        
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Society is built on institutions; this is an inescapable fact. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, an institution is "a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture" (Institution, 2010). The local neighborhood association is an institution that binds neighbors. The church or mosque is another institution that binds believers. The automobile company that manufactures the cars we drive is built on some kind of an institution that binds employees, stockholders, and executives while the country that we live in has some constitution or writ that binds together  ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:30:08</pubDate>
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<title>The Heart-Mind Connection</title>		
<author>Mustafa TABANLI</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/article.php?ARTICLEID=1336</link>  

        
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Dr. Windsor Ting and Dr. Gregory Fricchione examine the mind-body connection in their remarkable book The Heart-Mind Connection. Research shows that negative emotions can actually cause or worsen heart disease. They say in the back cover that they have useful information for those who have cardiovascular disease, experienced a heart attack, had bypass surgery, or suffer from an anxiety or mood disorder. Matter&Beyond interviewed Dr. Fricchione about this book. Gregory Fricchione, M.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate chief of psychiatry at Massac ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:32:41</pubDate>
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<title>The Human Being in Numbers: Last Lesson for Peter</title>		
<author>Irfan YILMAZ</author>    
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Dear Peter! Until today, almost all of your organs and systems introduced themselves and explained the great artistry in their creation along with their wisdom and precision. Certainly, these were not just for your information. Of course, it is important for you to know about your organs and their duties, and for you to live accordingly with this knowledge. However, its main purpose has been to introduce you to your Lord, who created you and all living and nonliving things perfectly. Just like seeing a work of art and not appreciating the artist is a twisted view, so is seeing the art exhibite ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:33:58</pubDate>
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<title>The Prophet Muhammad's Illiteracy</title>		
<author>Hikmet ISIK</author>    
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Question: Was the Prophet illiterate throughout his life? Or did he-the one for whom veils were lifted with the verse "Read!", and thus who could read the mysteries of the universe-ever read and write in the sense that we understand?

The Arabic word that is used to describe the Prophet's illiteracy is "ummi." This word is derived from "umm," which means "mother, the middle or navel of everything, where everything or something springs up." Ummi, thus, connects the Prophet to his mother and refers to his purest nature which remained as unsullied as on the day she gave birth to him ...

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        <pubDate>2012-01-02 09:35:07</pubDate>
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<title>Fixing obesity in the brain</title>		
<author> The Fountain</author>    
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1- Fixing obesity in the brain
Original article: Czupryn, A. et al., Science 334, 1133 (2011).

Neurons are a highly specialized group of cells that transmit electrical stimuli to elicit responses in the body. This high specialization comes with a price: with few exceptions, neurons cannot divide to replace nonfunctional ones. Over the past decade, cell therapy, that is treatment of a disease by introducing new cells, has emerged as a new hope for neurological disorders such as spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, albeit with numerous ch ...

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