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Q: show image in its original resolution in jupyter notebook I have a very high resolution(3311, 4681, 3) image, which I want to show in my jupyter notebook using opencv but as other answers stated its not possible to use cv2.imshow in the jupyter notebook, so i used plt.imshow to do the same but the problem is I have to define the fig_size parameter if I want to display my image larger. How can I read the image in its original resolution in jupyter notebook or is it possible to open the image in another window?
This is what I have tried :
import cv2
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

img = cv2.imread(r"0261b27431-07_D_01.jpg")
plt.figure(figsize= (20,20))
plt.imshow(img)
plt.show()

So basically I want my image to show in its original resolution in jupyter notebook or in another window.

A: You can imshow the image in its original resolution by calculating the corresponding figure size, which depends on the dpi (dots per inch) value of matplotlib. The default value is 100 dpi and is stored in matplotlib.rcParams['figure.dpi'].
So imshowing the image like this
import cv2
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import matplotlib
%matplotlib inline

# Acquire default dots per inch value of matplotlib
dpi = matplotlib.rcParams['figure.dpi']

img = cv2.imread(r'0261b27431-07_D_01.jpg')

# Determine the figures size in inches to fit your image
height, width, depth = img.shape
figsize = width / float(dpi), height / float(dpi)

plt.figure(figsize=figsize)
plt.imshow(img)
plt.show()

prints it in its large resolution, but with the drawback, that the axis labels are tiny compared to the large image. You can workaround this by setting other rcParams to larger values, e.g.
# Do the same also for the 'y' axis
matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.labelsize'] = 50
matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.major.size'] = 15
matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.major.width'] = 5
...

Your second suggestion to open the image in another window would work like this, that you change the matplotlib backend using Ipython magic commands by replacing %matplotlib inline in the above example with, e.g.
%matplotlib qt         # opens the image in an interactive window with original resolution

or
%matplotlib notebook    # opens the image in an interactive window 'inline'

See here for more backend possibilites. Note that the calculation of the original figure size has to be done before also.

A: In order to show image in full original resolution,
You can also use PIL
from PIL import Image
img = Image.open(r'0261b27431-07_D_01.jpg')
img

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package org.oskari.map.userlayer.service;

import fi.nls.oskari.annotation.Oskari;
import fi.nls.oskari.cache.Cache;
import fi.nls.oskari.cache.CacheManager;
import fi.nls.oskari.db.DatasourceHelper;
import fi.nls.oskari.domain.map.userlayer.UserLayer;
import fi.nls.oskari.domain.map.userlayer.UserLayerData;
import fi.nls.oskari.log.LogFactory;
import fi.nls.oskari.log.Logger;
import fi.nls.oskari.mybatis.JSONArrayMybatisTypeHandler;
import fi.nls.oskari.mybatis.JSONObjectMybatisTypeHandler;
import fi.nls.oskari.service.ServiceException;
import fi.nls.oskari.util.PropertyUtil;
import org.apache.ibatis.mapping.Environment;
import org.apache.ibatis.session.*;
import org.apache.ibatis.transaction.TransactionFactory;
import org.apache.ibatis.transaction.jdbc.JdbcTransactionFactory;

import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.util.List;

@Oskari
public class UserLayerDbServiceMybatisImpl extends UserLayerDbService {

    private static final Logger log = LogFactory.getLogger(UserLayerDbServiceMybatisImpl.class);
    private static final String USERLAYER_MYBATIS_BATCH_SIZE = "userlayer.mybatis.batch.size";
    final int batchSize = PropertyUtil.getOptional(USERLAYER_MYBATIS_BATCH_SIZE, 1000);
    private final Cache<UserLayer> cache;
    private SqlSessionFactory factory = null;

    public UserLayerDbServiceMybatisImpl() {
        final DatasourceHelper helper = DatasourceHelper.getInstance();
        final DataSource dataSource = helper.getDataSource(helper.getOskariDataSourceName("userlayer"));

        if (dataSource != null) {
            factory = initializeMyBatis(dataSource);
        } else {
            log.error("Couldn't get datasource for userlayer");
        }
        cache = CacheManager.getCache(getClass().getName());
    }

    private SqlSessionFactory initializeMyBatis(final DataSource dataSource) {
        final TransactionFactory transactionFactory = new JdbcTransactionFactory();
        final Environment environment = new Environment("development", transactionFactory, dataSource);

        final Configuration configuration = new Configuration(environment);
        configuration.getTypeAliasRegistry().registerAlias(UserLayer.class);
        configuration.getTypeAliasRegistry().registerAlias(UserLayerData.class);
        configuration.setLazyLoadingEnabled(true);
        configuration.getTypeHandlerRegistry().register(JSONObjectMybatisTypeHandler.class);
        configuration.getTypeHandlerRegistry().register(JSONArrayMybatisTypeHandler.class);
        configuration.addMapper(UserLayerMapper.class);
        return new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(configuration);
    }

    public int insertUserLayerAndData(final UserLayer userLayer, final List<UserLayerData> userLayerDataList) throws UserLayerException {
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession(ExecutorType.BATCH)) {
            int count = 0;
            final UserLayerMapper mapper = getMapper(session);
            mapper.insertUserLayer(userLayer);
            session.flushStatements();
            long userLayerId = userLayer.getId();
            log.debug("got layer id", userLayerId);

            for (UserLayerData userLayerData : userLayerDataList) {
                mapper.insertUserLayerData(userLayerData, userLayerId);
                count++;
                // Flushes batch statements and clears local session cache
                if (count % batchSize == 0) {
                    session.flushStatements();
                    session.clearCache();
                }
            }
            session.flushStatements();
            if (count == 0) throw new UserLayerException("UserLayer doesn't contain features", UserLayerException.ErrorType.NO_FEATURES);
            log.debug("stored:", count, "rows");
            session.commit();
            cache(userLayer);
            return count;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Rolling back, failed to insert userlayer with id:", +userLayer.getId());
            if(e instanceof UserLayerException){
                throw e; // no features
            }
            throw new UserLayerException("Failed to store features to database", UserLayerException.ErrorType.STORE);
        }
    }

    /**
     * update UserLayer table row field mapping
     *
     * @param userLayer
     */
    public int updateUserLayer(final UserLayer userLayer) throws UserLayerException {
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            final UserLayerMapper mapper = getMapper(session);
            int result = mapper.updateUserLayer(userLayer);
            session.commit();
            return result;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Failed to update userLayer", userLayer);
            throw new UserLayerException("Failed to update userlayer", UserLayerException.ErrorType.STORE);
        } finally {
            cache.remove(Long.toString(userLayer.getId()));
        }
    }

    private UserLayer getFromCache(long id) {
        return cache.get(Long.toString(id));
    }

    private UserLayer cache(UserLayer layer) {
        if (layer != null) {
            cache.put(Long.toString(layer.getId()), layer);
        }
        return layer;
    }

    /**
     * Get UserLayer row  by id
     *
     * @param id
     * @return userLayer object
     */
    public UserLayer getUserLayerById(long id) {
        UserLayer layer = getFromCache(id);
        if (layer != null) {
            return layer;
        }
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            layer = getMapper(session).findUserLayer(id);
            return cache(layer);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Failed to get userLayer with id:", id);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get UserLayer rows of one user by uuid
     *
     * @param uuid user uuid
     * @return List of userLayer objects
     */
    public List<UserLayer> getUserLayerByUuid(String uuid) {
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            return getMapper(session).findUserLayerByUuid(uuid);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Failed to get userLayer with uuid:", uuid);
            return null;
        }
    }

    public void deleteUserLayerById(final long id) throws ServiceException {
        final UserLayer userLayer = getUserLayerById(id);
        deleteUserLayer(userLayer);
        cache.remove(Long.toString(id));
    }

    public void deleteUserLayer(final UserLayer userLayer) throws ServiceException {
        if (userLayer == null) {
            throw new ServiceException("Tried to delete userLayer with <null> param");
        }
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            final UserLayerMapper mapper = getMapper(session);
            mapper.deleteUserLayerDataByLayerId(userLayer.getId());
            mapper.deleteUserLayer(userLayer.getId());
            session.commit();
            cache.remove(Long.toString(userLayer.getId()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Error deleting userLayer with id:", userLayer.getId());
            throw new ServiceException("Error deleting userLayer with id:" + userLayer.getId(), e);
        }
    }

    public void deleteUserLayersByUuid(String uuid) throws ServiceException {
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            final UserLayerMapper mapper = getMapper(session);
            List<UserLayer> userLayers = mapper.findUserLayerByUuid(uuid);
            if (userLayers.isEmpty()) {
                log.info("Couldn't find any userlayer with uuid:", uuid);
                return;
            }
            for (UserLayer layer : userLayers) {
                deleteUserLayer(layer);
            }
            session.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e, "Error deleting user related userlayer content with uuid:", uuid);
            throw new ServiceException("Error deleting user related userlayer content with uuid:" + uuid, e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Updates a userLayer publisher screenName
     *
     * @param id
     * @param uuid
     * @param name
     */
    public int updatePublisherName(final long id, final String uuid, final String name) {
        try (SqlSession session = factory.openSession()) {
            final UserLayerMapper mapper = getMapper(session);
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Are you the Next Great Innovator?
Join us for the 12th annual NGI: Next Great Innovator Hackathon.
At RBC, we're serious about innovation. It drives decision making and allows us to shake up the way we do things. As students, you bring a fresh and innovative perspective to everything you do.
If you are a full-time high school student in grade 11 or 12 or in your first or second year of undergraduate studies (University and College) and identify as a woman*, we want you to join us on Saturday, November 17 for an exciting one day hackathon!
Deadline to apply is Sunday, November 4, 2018.
What will you do: Students from across the region will unite together in teams of four to develop a technical solution and working prototype that answers this year's challenge. You will present your solution to a panel of judges and have the chance to win prizes!
You will need a laptop and any tech you'd like to use.
Receive mentorship and support from subject matter experts and leaders in the industry.
Network with your peers who are passionate about technology and business innovation. You'll also meet leaders, experts and recruiters from RBC Technology & Operations (and maybe even land a job)!
You will develop, learn and grow your technical and business skills working as a team to achieve a common goal.
Who is invited to participate in 2018? Full time high school students in grade 11 or 12 and university students in their first or second year of undergraduate studies in Canada who identify as a woman*. Any skill level is welcome – from technical to business and design, all students interested in technology and innovation are welcome.
What if I'm new to programming? That's okay! Hackathons are a great place to learn new programming languages that you haven't had a chance to before. We'll have some awesome mentors and industry experts to help you along the way!
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How does the application process work? 1. Submit your application including your resume by October 28, 2018.
2. Our organizing team will review the applications and will be in contact with you if you are selected to participate by November 2, 2018. Spots are limited due to venue capacity.
3. You will be asked to confirm your attendance to the hackathon by November 6, 2018.
4. Our organizing team will then form the teams of four and put you in touch with your team members via email by November 14, 2018.
What do I need to bring? You will need a laptop and any tech you'd like to use. Don't forget your power cord! We will supply coffee, drinks, food/snacks, wifi, extension cords and more!
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Oliver Vikalo
Travnik, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Oliver Vikalo's water polo career started when he joined the Calgary Renegades atom water polo program when he was eight. He first played for Canada at the 2007 Youth Pan American Games, helping the team win bronze. He added silver and a historic gold medal at the 2008 and 2010 Junior Pan American Games, respectively. Vikalo joined the senior national team in 2010, going on to help the men win silver at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara. He has also made two appearances at the FINA World Championships and helped the men finish a best-ever sixth in the 2014 FINA Water Polo World League Super Final.
Family: Parents Vladimir and Ljubica Vikalo… Older sister Tina… The family moved to Canada in 1995 to escape the war in Yugoslavia… Getting into the Sport: Started playing water polo at age 8… Initially wanted to play hockey, but his family could not afford the equipment and enrollment fees for the local program… His parents put him in water polo because they were familiar with the sport that is popular in Croatia and more affordable with only a bathing suit required… Outside Interests: Graduated from the University of Calgary in 2015 with Bachelor of Commerce in Energy Management… Enjoys watching other sports like basketball, football, soccer and hockey… Odds and Ends: Favourite quote: "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do"- John Wooden… Nickname: OV, Oli…
PAG: 2011 – SILVER
PAG (junior): 2010 – GOLD; 2008 – SILVER
FINA WCh: 2013 – 11th; 2011 – 10th
FINA WCh (junior): 2009 – 11th
FINA World League: 2014 – 6th; 2011 – 7th
Canadian water polo team ready to make waves at Tokyo 2020
Paula Nichols June 28, 2021
Five Team Canada athletes named as 2019 Canada Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Agnes Wong May 23, 2019
Weekend Roundup: Team Canada making waves around the world and at home
Agnes Wong April 29, 2019
Dusan Aleksic
Dusan Aleksic moved to Canada in 1997 and began playing water polo three years later. He first represented Canada in...
Dusan Radojcic
Dusan Radojcic joined the senior national team in 2011, the same year he captained Canada at the FINA World Junior...
Justin Boyd
Justin Boyd has dreamed being an Olympian since watching Simon Whitfield win triathlon gold at Sydney 2000. That dream came...


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Q: Converting an Integer to Enum in PostgreSQL I have created a custom data type enum like so:
create type "bnfunctionstype" as enum (
    'normal',
    'library',
    'import',
    'thunk',
    'adjustor_thunk'
);

From an external data source I get integers in the range [0,4]. I'd like to convert these integers to their corresponding enum values.
How can I do this?
I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4.

A: If you have an enum like this:
CREATE TYPE payment_status AS ENUM ('preview', 'pending', 'paid',
                                    'reviewing', 'confirmed', 'cancelled');

You can create a list of valid items like this:
SELECT i, (enum_range(NULL::payment_status))[i]
  FROM generate_series(1, array_length(enum_range(NULL::payment_status), 1)) i

Which gives:
 i | enum_range
---+------------
 1 | preview
 2 | pending
 3 | paid
 4 | reviewing
 5 | confirmed
 6 | cancelled
(6 rows)

A: SELECT (ENUM_RANGE(NULL::bnfunctionstype))[s]
FROM   generate_series(1, 5) s

A: create function bnfunctionstype_from_number(int)
    returns bnfunctionstype
    immutable strict language sql as
$$
    select case ?
        when 0 then 'normal'
        when 1 then 'library'
        when 2 then 'import'
        when 3 then 'thunk'
        when 4 then 'adjustor_thunk'
        else null
    end
$$;


Atlantic Healthcare, an emerging trans-Atlantic pharmaceutical company with a core focus on gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, announces the development of two separate tablet formulations of alicaforsen, for targeted delivery in the GI tract, to treat Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis (UC).
Atlantic Healthcare is preparing Phase 1 trials that are designed to confirm safety and the release profile of the drug at the appropriate site in the GI tract. The UC formulation is designed to release at the terminal ileum for delivery to the colon, and the formulation for Crohn's disease is designed to release in the small intestine.
Alicaforsen, as an enema formulation, is currently being evaluated in a pivotal Phase 3 trial, and has initiated its rolling submission to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to treat pouchitis, a rare and serious form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that has limited treatment options. The company plans to commercialise alicaforsen in the US and Europe and licence commercial rights in the rest of the world.
Toby Wilson Waterworth, CEO at Atlantic Healthcare said, "The development and approval of alicaforsen tablet formulations would complement the existing enema, and substantially expand the commercial potential of the product. The two new tablet formulations are designed to deliver alicaforsen to specific points in the GI tract, inaccessible to the enema, to treat Crohn's disease and UC.
Dr Janette Thomas, Director of International Operations at Atlantic Healthcare said: "The new tablet formulations harness recent advances in encapsulation and targeted-release technologies for oligonucleotides such as alicaforsen. The aim is to deliver the product to sites of disease, with minimal systemic absorption.


Below is a list of course offerings by department that count toward elective credits for the Religious Studies Minor. Please see " Schedules and Classes" for current course offerings.
305-3 Peoples and Cultures of Native North America [Dist.SS, IGR] Examines diversity in social, economic, political and religious aspects of the traditional cultures of selected Native American nations and societies.
306-3 Peoples and Cultures of Asia - [Dist.SS, IC] History, culture and social organization of selected Asian societies examined through films, narratives, artifacts and ethnographies.
307-3 People and Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean - [Dist.SS, IC] Social and cultural aspects of contemporary Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean in historical and environmental context.
308- Religion and Culture -[BHUM, DFAH, EGC, IC] A survey of religious traditions around the world in their cultural contexts, emphasizing indigenous religious traditions.
310-3 People and Culture of Africa - [Dist.SS, IC] Cross-cultural comparisons of African tribes to illustrate general principles of anthropology; relation of tribal backgrounds to contemporary economic and political life.
311-3 Culture of African-Americans - [Dist.SS, IGR] Black family, religion, and political movements within American society. Historical experiences, social institutions and cultural developments of African-Americans, political responses to oppression.
447a,b-3 each Ancient Art - [Dist.FAH, IC] Art and architecture from prehistory through Rome. (a) Prehistoric to Greek late archaic; (b) Greek high Classic to Rome. Prerequisites: 225a with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
448a,b-3 each Early Christian and Medieval Art - [Dist.FAH, IC] (a) Early Christian, Byzantine, and Early Medieval art up to the 10th century; (b) Romanesque and Gothic art. Prerequisites: 225a,b with grades of C or better or consent of instructor.
449a,b-3 each Renaissance Art - [Dist.FAH, IC] (a) Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Northern Europe; (b) Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Italy and Southern Europe. Prerequisites: 225a,b with grades of C or better or consent of instructor.
468a,b-3 each Primitive Art: The Americas - [Dist.FAH, IC], (a) Arts of indigenous societies of the Americas presented in cultural and geographical sequence, ancient to 19th century. (a) Precolumbian art; (b) North American Indian art. Prerequisites: 225a,B with grades of C or better or consent of advisor.
469a,b-3 each Primitive Art: Africa and Oceania - [Dist.FAH, IC] Arts of indigenous societies of sub-Saharan Africa and of Oceania: Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, presented in cultural and geographical sequence. (a) Africa; (b) Oceania. Prerequisites: 225a,b with grades of C or better or consent of advisor.
306-3 Introduction to the Bible - [Dist.FAH] Reading and discussion of selected books from the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha in translation, with attention to their literary, historical, and theological contexts. Prerequisite: C or better in Eng 102.
473-3 Milton - [Dist.FAH] Paradise Lost and other works such as Samson Agonistes, Paradise Regained, Lycidas, Comus, and selected prose. Prerequisite: C or better in ENG 102; junior standing or consent of instructor.
106-3 Word Analysis: Latin and Greek Roots - [SKILLS] Analytic reasoning and logic based upon linguistic word-elements and syntax, practical application to vocabulary building.
230-3 Foundations of Celtic Culture - [Dist.FAH,IC] Overview of ancient Celtic culture from its beginnings to its decline.
330-3 Celtic Culture: Mythology and Religion - [Dist.FAH, IC] Ancient Celtic divinities and mythology, Druidism, and Christianity.
302-3 Ancient Egypt - [Dist.SS, IC] Civilization of Ancient Egypt from prehistoric through Greco-Roman period.
304-3 History of Greece - [Dist.SS, IC] From origins of ancient Greece to 30 B.C.
305a,b-3 each Comparative Asian Civilizations - [DIST. SS, IC] (a) Antiquity to the 16th Century (b) From 1600 to Present. An historical and comparative exploration of major Asian civilizations, including China, India, Japan, this course will focus on the evolution of critical religious, philosophical, economic and political institutions. Prerequisites: Eng 101; Eng 102.
306a, b-3 each History of Rome - [Dist.SS, IC] (a) Republic from origins to 30 B.C.; (b) Principate, 30 B.C. - A.D. 476.
308a-3 Imperium and Christianity: Western Europe 300-1000 C.E. - [Dist.SS, IC] Rise of Christianity and formation of medieval society and institutions in Western Europe from Constantine to decline of Carolingian.
308b-3 Medieval Conquests and Kingdoms, 1000-1500 C.E. - [Dist.SS, IC] Diversity of medieval experience in West, from the rise of papacy and Crusades to Hundred Years' War.
321-3 Reformation Europe: 1500 - 1648 - [HumanitiesBr, Dist.SS, GlobalCulturesExp] History of sixteenth-century Europe; social; political and cultural dimensions of Protestant and Catholic reformations; witch-hunts; scientific revolution; and wars of religion.
403-3 Ancient Mesopotamia - [Dist. SS, IC] History and culture of ancient Mesopotamia and surrounding regions from CA. 10000 B.C. to CA 539 B.C.E.
404a,b-3 each Topics in Medieval Social, Religious and Intellectual History - [Dist.SS, IC] Historiographical problems in the evaluation of medieval society, culture and ritual: (a) 400-1000 C.E.; (b) 1000-1500 C.E.
423 a,b-3 each Native Americans Before 1492 to the Present - [Dist SS, IGR] The investigation of disparate cultures in contact with blend of historical and anthropological methods and materials with emphasis on the Indian world view. a) is before 1492 and to 1840, b) 1840 to present. Prerequisites: 200 or consent of instructor.
454-3 History of The Arab-Israeli Conflict - [Dist.SS, II] Origins and development of Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism. Relations between Israel, Palestinians and the Arab States.
324-3 Peoples and Cultures of the East - [IS, IC] Key organization principles, religious and philosophical norms, social customs, aesthetic tastes of China, Japan and other selected Asian nations. (History/Philosophy).
354-3 Islam and Politics - [IS, IC] Understand the symbiotic relationship between historical events and philosophical ideas through interdisciplinary study.
220-3 Religion, Reason and Humanity - [Dist.FAH] Introduction to fundamental issues in study of religion, and relationship to religion, morality and human nature: Existence of God, evil, and after life.
233-3 Philosophies and Diverse Cultures - [Dist.FAH, IC] [IAI No. H4 903N] Representative thinkers, texts, and movements outside the Western philosophical tradition, e.g., from India, East Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
234-3 World Religions - [Dist.FAH, IC] [IAI No. H5 904N] Historical and comparative study, particular attention to such non-Christian faiths as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Islam.
301-3 Medieval Western Philosophy - [Dist.FAH, IC] Major thinkers and movements from c. 4th century through 16th century.
320-3 Ethics - [Dist.FAH] [IAI No. H4 904] Theories of virtue, obligation, and value; discussions of individual and social morality.
331-3 Philosophy, Science and Religion - [Dist.FAH] Historically and conceptually important interactions between philosophy, science and religion from the beginning of the scientific revolution to the present.
333-3 Philosophy of Religion - [Dist.FAH] [IAI No. H4 905] Problems in epistemology, metaphysics, psychology, and sociology of religion. Questions about divine existence, mystical experience, human suffering, immortality.
335-3 Islamic Thought - [Dist.FAH, IC, HumanitiesBr, GlobalCulturesExp] A scholarly examination of theological and philosophical ideas within the Islamic tradition, from its origins to contemporary schools of thought. Prerequisite(S): Phil 334 World religions or Written Consent of the Instructor.
336-3 Christian Thought - [Dist.FAH] Scholarly treatment of historical development of Christian doctrines and thought.
390-3 Philosophy Here and Abroad - [Dist.FAH] Variable content course with a study abroad component. Participation in the study abroad is required for completing the course. Repeatable to 6 credit hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
short form of Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan.


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Prefaces to the First and Third Editions of
"On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism" (S717: 1875/1896)
Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: The prefaces to Wallace's book contain some useful contextual information. The third edition preface consists largely of S478, an essay Wallace communicated to the Psychical Congress held in Chicago in August 1893. The transcription below is taken from a 1975 facsimile reprint of the 1896 George Redway issue of the third edition, which includes both prefaces. Original pagination from this source indicated within double brackets. To link directly to this page connect with: http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S717pref.htm
[[p. v]] PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
The Essays which form this volume were written at different times and for different purposes. The first in order (though not the earliest in date) was read before the Dialectical Society, with the intention of inducing sceptics to reconsider the fundamental question of the inherent credibility or incredibility of Miracles. The second was written in 1866 for the pages of a Secularist periodical, and a very limited number of copies printed, chiefly for private circulation. The third is the article which appeared in the Fortnightly Review of May and June 1874. All have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made of illustrative fact, argument, and personal experience, together with a few critical remarks on Dr. Carpenter's latest work.
As the second and third Essays were each intended to give a general view of the same subject, there is necessarily some repetition in the matters treated of, and the same authorities are in many cases quoted; but it is believed that no actual repetition of details will be found, care having been taken to introduce new facts and fresh illustrations, so that the one Essay will be found to supplement and support the other.
[[p. vi]] I must now say a few words on a somewhat personal matter.
I am well aware that my scientific friends are somewhat puzzled to account for what they consider to be my delusion, and believe that it has injuriously affected whatever power I may have once possessed of dealing with the philosophy of Natural History. One of them--Mr. Anton Dohrn--has expressed this plainly. I am informed that, in an article entitled "Englische Kritiker und Anti-Kritiker des Darwinismus," published in 18611, he has put forth the opinion that Spiritualism and Natural Selection are incompatible, and that my divergence from the views of Mr. Darwin arises from my belief in Spiritualism. He also supposes that in accepting the spiritual doctrines I have been to some extent influenced by clerical and religious prejudice. As Mr. Dohrn's views may be those of other scientific friends, I may perhaps be excused for entering into some personal details in reply.
From the age of fourteen I lived with an elder brother, of advanced liberal and philosophical opinions, and I soon lost (and have never since regained) all capacity of being affected in my judgments either by clerical influence or religious prejudice. Up to the time when I first became acquainted with the facts of Spiritualism, I was a confirmed philosophical sceptic, rejoicing in the works of Voltaire, Strauss, and Carl Vogt, and an ardent admirer (as I am still) of Herbert Spencer. I was so thorough and confirmed a materialist that I could not at that time find a place in my mind for the conception of spiritual existence, or for any other agencies in the universe than [[p. vii]] matter and force. Facts, however, are stubborn things. My curiosity was at first excited by some slight but inexplicable phenomena occurring in a friend's family, and my desire for knowledge and love of truth forced me to continue the inquiry. The facts became more and more assured, more and more varied, more and more removed from anything that modern science taught or modern philosophy speculated on. The facts beat me. They compelled me to accept them as facts long before I could accept the spiritual explanation of them; there was at that time "no place in my fabric of thought into which it could be fitted." By slow degrees a place was made; but it was made, not by any preconceived or theoretical opinions, but by the continuous action of fact after fact, which could not be got rid of in any other way. So much for Mr. Anton Dohrn's theory of the causes which led me to accept Spiritualism. Let us now consider the statement as to its incompatibility with Natural Selection.
Having, as above indicated, been led, by a strict induction from facts, to a belief--1stly, In the existence of a number of preterhuman intelligences of various grades and, 2ndly, That some of these intelligences, although usually invisible and intangible to us, can and do act on matter, and do influence our minds,--I am surely following a strictly logical and scientific course in seeing how far this doctrine will enable us to account for some of those residual phenomena which Natural Selection alone will not explain. In the 10th chapter of my Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection I have pointed out what I consider to be some of those residual phenomena; and [[p. viii]] I have suggested that they may be due to the action of some of the various intelligences above referred to. This view was, however, put forward with hesitation, and I myself suggested difficulties in the way of its acceptance; but I maintained, and still maintain, that it is one which is logically tenable, and is in no way inconsistent with a thorough acceptance of the grand doctrine of Evolution, through Natural Selection, although implying (as indeed many of the chief supporters of that doctrine admit) that it is not the all-powerful, all-sufficient, and only cause of the development of organic forms.
[[p. ix]] PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
Another edition of this little work being called for, I have carefully revised the text, inserted dates, and given a few additional facts either in the body of the work or in footnotes.
I have also added two chapters on Apparitions and Phantasms, which appeared in the Boston Arena in 1891, and which constitute my latest contribution to the philosophy of Spiritualism.
Having been more or less acquainted with psychical phenomena for half a century, it appears to my publisher that a few notes on the changes of opinion I have witnessed during that period may not be uninteresting to readers of my book.
It was about the year 1843 that I first became interested in psychical phenomena, owing to the violent discussion then going on as to the reality of the painless surgical operations performed on patients in the mesmeric trance by Dr. Elliotson and other English surgeons. The greatest surgical and physiological authorities of the day declared that the patients were either impostors or persons naturally insensible to pain; the operating surgeons were accused of bribing their patients; and Dr. Elliotson was described as "polluting the temple of science." The [[p. x]] Medico-Chirurgical Society opposed the reading of a paper describing an amputation during the magnetic trance, while Dr. Elliotson himself was ejected from his professorship in the University of London. It was at this time generally believed that all the now well-known phenomena of hypnotism were the result of imposture.
It so happened that in the year 1844 I heard an able lecture on mesmerism by Mr. Spencer Hall, and the lecturer assured his audience that most healthy persons could mesmerise some of their friends and reproduce many of the phenomena he had shown on the platform. This led me to try for myself, and I soon found that I could mesmerise with varying degrees of success, and before long I succeeded in producing in my own room, either alone with my patient or in the presence of friends, most of the usual phenomena. Partial or complete catalepsy, paralysis of the motor nerves in certain directions, or of any special sense, every kind of delusion produced by suggestion, insensibility to pain, and community of sensation with myself when at a considerable distance from the patient, were all demonstrated, in such a number of patients and under such varied conditions, as to satisfy me of the genuineness of the phenomena. I thus learnt my first great lesson in the inquiry into these obscure fields of knowledge, never to accept the disbelief of great men, or their accusations of imposture or of imbecility, as of any weight when opposed to the repeated observation of facts by other men admittedly sane and honest. The whole history of science shows us that, whenever the educated and scientific men of any age have denied the [[p. xi]] facts of other investigators on a priori grounds of absurdity or impossibility, the deniers have always been wrong.
A few years later, and all the more familiar facts of mesmerism were accepted by medical men, and explained, more or less satisfactorily to themselves, as not being essentially different from known diseases of the nervous system; and of late years the more remarkable phenomena, including clairvoyance both as to facts known and those unknown to the mesmeriser, have been established as absolute realities.
Next we come to the researches of Baron von Reichenbach on the action of magnets and crystals upon sensitives. I well remember how these were scouted by the late Dr. W. B. Carpenter and Professor Tyndall, and how I was pitied for my credulity in accepting them. But many of his results have now been tested by French and English observers and have been found to be correct.
Then we all remember how the phenomena of the stigmata, which have occurred at many epochs in the Catholic Church, were always looked upon by sceptics as gross imposture, and the believers in its reality as too far gone in credulity to be seriously reasoned with. Yet when the case of Louise Lateau was thoroughly investigated by sceptical physicians, and could be no longer doubted, the facts were admitted; and when, later on, somewhat similar appearances were produced in hypnotic patients by suggestion, the whole matter was held to be explained.
Second-sight, crystal-seeing, automatic writing, and allied phenomena have been usually treated either as [[p. xii]] self-delusion or as imposture, but now that they have been carefully studied by Mr. Myers, Mr. Stead, and other inquirers, they have been found to be genuine facts; and it has been further proved that they often give information not known to any one present at the time, and even sometimes predict future events with accuracy.
Trance mediums who give similar information to that obtained through crystal-seeing or automatic writing, have long been held up to scorn as impostors of the grossest kind. They have been the butt of newspaper writers, and have been punished for obtaining money under false pretences; yet when one of these trance mediums, the well-known Mrs. Piper, was subjected to a stringent examination by some of the acutest members of the Society for Psychical Research, the unanimous testimony was that there was no imposture in the case, and that, however the knowledge exhibited was acquired, Mrs. Piper herself could never have acquired it through the medium of her ordinary senses.
Nothing has been more constantly disbelieved and ridiculed than the alleged appearance of phantasms of the living or of the recently dead, whether seen by one person alone or by several together. Imagination, disease, imposture, or erroneous observation have been again and again put forth as sufficient explanation of these appearances. But when carefully examined they do not prove to be impostures, but stand out with greater distinctness as veridical and sometimes objective phenomena, as is sufficiently proved by the mass of well-attested and well- [[p. xiii]] sifted evidence published by the Society for Psychical Research. Still more subject to ridicule and contempt are ghosts and haunted houses. It has been said that these disappeared with the advent of gas; but so far from this being the case, there is ample testimony at the present day to phenomena which come under these categories.
In this connection also we have not merely appearances which may be explained away as collective hallucinations, but actual physical phenomena of such a material character as stone-throwing, bell-ringing, movements of furniture, independent writing and drawing, and many other manifestations of force guided by intelligence which is yet not the force or the intelligence of those present. Records of such phenomena pervade history, and during the last century, and especially during the last half-century, they have been increasingly prevalent, and have been supported by the same kind and the same amount of cumulative testimony as all the preceding classes of phenomena. Some of these cases are now being investigated, and there is no sign of their being traced to imposture. From personal knowledge and careful experiments I can testify that some of these physical phenomena are realities, and I cannot doubt that the fullest investigation will result, as in all the other cases, in their recognition as facts which any comprehensive theory must recognise and explain.
What are termed spirit-photographs--the appearance on a photographic plate of other figures besides those of the sitters, often those of deceased friends of the sitters--have [[p. xiv]] now been known for more than twenty years. Many competent observers have tried experiments successfully; but the facts seemed too extraordinary to carry conviction to any but the experimenters themselves, and any allusion to the matter has usually been met with a smile of incredulity or a confident assertion of imposture. It mattered not that most of the witnesses were experienced photographers who took precautions which rendered it absolutely impossible that they were imposed upon. The most incredible suppositions were put forth by those who had only ignorance and incredulity to qualify them as judges, in order to show that deception was possible. And now we have another competent witness, Mr. Traill Taylor, for many years editor of the British Journal of Photography, who, taking every precaution that his life-long experience could suggest, yet obtained on his plates figures which, so far as normal photography is concerned, ought not to have been there.
Lastly, we come to consider the claim of the intelligences who are connected with most of these varied phenomena to be the spirits of deceased men and women; such claim being supported by tests of various kinds, especially by giving accurate information regarding themselves as to facts totally unknown to the medium or to any person present. Records of such tests are numerous in spiritual literature as well as in the publications of the Society for Psychical Research, but at present they are regarded as inconclusive, and various theories of a double or multiple personality, of a subconscious or second self, or of a lower stratum of consciousness, are called in to [[p. xv]] explain them or to attempt to explain them. The stupendous difficulty that, if these phenomena and these tests are to be all attributed to the "second self" of living persons, then that second self is almost always a deceiving and a lying self, however moral and truthful the visible and tangible first self may be, has, so far as I know, never been rationally explained; yet this cumbrous and unintelligible hypothesis finds great favour with those who have always been accustomed to regard the belief in a spirit-world, and more particularly a belief that the spirits of our dead friends can and do sometimes communicate with us, as unscientific, unphilosophical, and superstitious. Why it should be unscientific, more than any other hypothesis which alone serves to explain intelligibly a great body of facts, has never been explained. The antagonism which it excites seems to be mainly due to the fact that it is, and has long been in some form or other, the belief of the religious world and of the ignorant and superstitious of all ages, while a total disbelief in spiritual existence has been the distinctive badge of modern scientific scepticism. The belief of the uneducated and unscientific multitude, however, rested on a broad basis of alleged facts which the scientific world scouted and scoffed at as absurd and impossible. But they are now discovering, as this brief sketch has shown, that the alleged facts, one after another, prove to be real facts, and strange to say, with little or no exaggeration, since almost every one of them, though implying abnormal powers in human beings or the agency of a spirit-world around us, has been strictly paralleled in the present day, and has been [[p. xvi]] subjected to the close scrutiny of the scientific and sceptical with little or no modification of their essential nature. Since, then, the scientific world has been proved to have been totally wrong in its denial of the facts, as being contrary to laws of nature and therefore incredible, it seems highly probable, a priori, it may have been equally wrong as to the spirit hypothesis, the dislike of which mainly led to their disbelief in the facts. For myself, I have never been able to see why any one hypothesis should be less scientific than another, except so far as one explains the whole of the facts and the other explains only a part of them. It was this alone that rendered the theory of gravitation more scientific than that of cycles and epicycles, the undulatory theory of light more scientific than the emission theory, and the theory of Darwin more scientific than that of Lamarck. It is often said that we must exhaust known causes before we call in unknown causes to explain phenomena. This may be admitted, but I cannot see how it applies to the present question. The "second" or "subconscious self," with its wide stores of knowledge, how gained no one knows, its distinct character, its low morality, its constant lies, is as purely a theoretical cause as is the spirit of a deceased person or any other spirit. It can in no sense be termed a "known cause." To call this hypothesis "scientific," and that of spirit agency "unscientific," is to beg the question at issue. That theory is most scientific which best explains the whole series of phenomena; and I therefore claim that the spirit-hypothesis is the most scientific, since even those who oppose it most strenuously often admit that it does [[p. xvii]] explain all the facts, which cannot be said of any other hypothesis.
This very brief and very imperfect sketch of the progress of opinion on the questions dealt with in the following pages leads us, I think, to some valuable and reassuring conclusions. We are taught first that human nature is not so wholly and utterly the slave of delusion as has sometimes been alleged, since almost every alleged superstition is now shown to have had a basis of fact. Secondly, those who believe, as I do, that spiritual beings can and do, subject to general laws and for certain purposes, communicate with us, and even produce material effects in the world around us, must see in the steady advance of inquiry and of interest in these questions the assurance that, so far as their beliefs are logical deductions from the phenomena they have witnessed, those beliefs will at no distant date be accepted by all truth-seeking inquirers.
October 30th, 1895.
Editor's Note
1. This date should actually be given as 1871, not 1861.


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I think it's a shame that Tyler Cowen believes Paul Krugman and I worry about our health care system for reasons of "partisanship." The graph he's staring at says nothing about Republican or Democrat. And it's not hard to interpret. Over there, on one end, with a really high bar, is America, where lots of people are dying needless deaths because our health system is ineffective, inequitable, and as focused on delivering profit as intervening in health crises. On the other end are the health systems of many other countries, which appear* to do a better job of intervening during health emergencies. Why this would be a partisan problem is, to me, among the most baffling realities of contemporary politics. I would happily appoint a bipartisan commission of serious students of health policy to work on a fix. I have no problem working towards reform that prominently includes conservative insights. If George W. Bush would like to put his name on a serious reform plan that covers the 47 million uninsured and increases health security for the rest of us, I would happily let him add that to his legacy. I'm willing -- indeed, aching -- to be "bipartisan" here. What perplexes me -- well, it doesn't really perplex me, but it is saddening -- is that there are so very few opportunities to do so. That said, there are easy things we could do to replicate some of the lifestyle advantages of European countries. We could subsidize olive oil. Stop subsidizing corn. Subsidize fruits and vegetables. Stop subsidizing soy. Change land use policies to increase walkability. Change environmental policies to decrease pollution in urban centers. Offer tax breaks to green grocers who open outlets in under-served areas. Make prescription drugs more affordable. Make basic health care more accessible, as the French do, by helping the poor reach general practitioners as soon as they get sick, rather than forcing them into emergency rooms long after they've fallen ill. And so forth. *I say "appears" because Warren Meyer raises some fair methodological concerns about the study. I've e-mailed both of the report's authors with the criticisms, and will report back when I receive their replies.


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From left, House Speaker Paul Ryan jokes with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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The Republican lawmaker from California's 23rd District—who was caught on tape in 2016 admitting that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin pays Donald Trump and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher— feigned victimhood by claiming the social media company had censored a tweet by Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
"Another day, another example of conservatives being censored on social media. @jack easy fix: explain to Congress what is going on. #StopTheBias cc @IngrahamAngle," McCarthy tweeted on Friday.
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"Sadly, this is just the latest incident in a disturbing trend to slander conservatives. These damaging actions must be held to account. #StopTheBias," McCarthy tweeted at the time.
Like the Ingraham tweet, McCarthy also threatened to bring "individuals" before Congress to testify, according to a report by Vice News.
This game really is getting old.
Correction: An earlier version incorrectly stated that House Majority Leader McCarthy was heard on tape discussing Trump and Rohrabacher last year. The recording was from June 2016.


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When human rights are fiction, fiction must speak up, says author
by Saffina Rana,
Flemish-Moroccan author, playwright and lawyer Rachida Lamrabet, part of Bozar's Afropolitan Festival, lays the links between literature, society and the law
I am not a muse
"For too long, feminism in Belgium has focused only on white, mostly middle-class women, ignoring all the rest. But the needs of working-class women, of women of colour and of trans women are not the same as the needs of white, middle-class women."
Rachida Lamrabet (pictured) sits with a cherry crumble at Kaaitheater in Brussels, where she's working on a new theatre piece. "And not so long ago in Flemish literature," she continues, "you had no main characters of colour. There were supporting characters, but mostly they were stereotypes and clichés – victims or criminals."
These tropes and the lack of intersectional thinking are why the author and playwright is taking part in this weekend's Afro-feminism in Literature event, despite some discomfort with such labels. The event at Bozar, which is in English, aims to spotlight how pioneering women writers with an African heritage are moving the literary world forward with their vision.
"It's an important platform to discuss what women of colour and working-class women need for a good life, with agency and autonomy over their lives in Belgium," she says.
Lamrabet, 48, moved from Morocco to Antwerp with her family when she was two years old. The protagonists in her own work are people of colour, negotiating between the southern and northern cultures with which they identify, as well as their faith.
"I like to tell the stories that not many Flemish writers are interested in telling," she says. "In Flemish literature, we have this single, Eurocentric gaze on our world. I want to look at that world from a different angle."
Her fiction has been winning awards since her first book, Vrouwland (Woman Country), was published in 2007. Among them are the Kif Kif Literature Prize, the Flemish Debut Prize and the BNG New Literature Prize.
I try to examine why we have legal constructions that pretend to be striving for equality but don't achieve it in reality
- Rachida Lamrabet
Her latest novel, Vertel het iemand (Tell Someone), is made up of the stories of young soldiers from French colonies who were swept up in a war that was not theirs. Published last October, it was called "her best book so far" by former Belgian poet laureate Charles Ducal. And English-language publication is in the works.
For Lamrabet, who now lives in the far east of Flemish Brabant, fiction is the next best thing to meeting other people. "It's a space where you get to travel beyond clichés and identify and empathise with a character who is totally different from you – who you wouldn't meet because you're busy with work, family and social commitments or you're busy believing what mainstream media is telling you about them."
Having practised law for over 16 years, Lamrabet's fiction is also inextricably linked with her legal background; her motivation is rooted in injustice and inequality. "When I write fiction," she says, "I try to examine why we have legal constructions that pretend to be striving for equality but don't achieve it in reality."
False presumptions
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a case in particular, she notes. "This is a fiction because it describes a utopia – equal rights for everyone just because they are human. We aren't there yet. In reality, you see there is no such thing as equal human rights. It depends on which skin colour you are born with, which part of the world you are born in, your gender and your wealth."
She points to the law criminalising a face veil showing only the eyes. Since 2011, wearing one in public carries a seven-day prison sentence and a fine of more than €1,300. Lamrabet estimates it affects about 200 Muslim women in the whole of Belgium.
The law is based on false presumptions, claims Lamrabet. One is that the women are forced into wearing the veil and need to be liberated.
A law that targets 0.0018% of society tells the rest that they are right to fear, and there is a tangible danger
"Had the parliament done its work and conducted a proper legal consultation, they would have found that the case is more complex," says Lamrabet. "The women say it's their choice, and that their husbands, brothers, fathers did not even agree for fear that they would be super visible on the streets and subjected to violence."
Another premise is that during identity checks, when travelling, for example, it's crucial to see a person's face. "When asked, women have never had a problem removing the veil in these situations," says Lamrabet. "It's common practice."
Rather, she believes, the law was fuelled by fear of those who cannot be seen. "We cannot deal with people who want to hide themselves," says Lamrabet. "And we also live in a society where the face veil has been associated with a very rigid form of Islam, which is constantly portrayed in dominant Belgian society with stereotypes of terrorism and oppression. These serve to feed the fear that a woman on the street with a face veil is connected with terror, with women who have no agency."
What a law that targets "0.0018% of a society" does, she says, is to "tell the rest that they are right to fear, and there is a tangible danger."
This law, too, seems dependent on wealth and status, she says. "Women wearing face veils collecting children from school in Molenbeek have been arrested, but no one has ever stopped an affluent veiled Saudi woman from stepping out of her luxury chauffeur-driven car onto Louizalaan and spending thousands in designer boutiques."
I Create: I am Not a Muse – Afrofeminism in Literature, 9 February 19.30, Bozar, Ravensteinstraat 23, Brussels (in English). The event is part of the Afropolitan Festival
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Winners of the 10th edition of the Ensors will be announced at the Ostend Film Festival in SeptemberFull story
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