The evolution of death
Michael DeVita of the University of Pittsburgh recalls making the rounds at a student teaching hospital with his interns in tow when he remembered that he had a patient upstairs who was near death. He sent a few of the young doctors “to check on Mr. Smith” in Room 301 and to report back on whether he was dead yet. DeVita continued rounds with the remainder of the interns, but after some time had passed he wondered what happened to his emissaries of death. Most of us would agree that King Tut and the other mummified ancient Egyptians are dead, and that you and I are alive. The search for the moment of death continues, though hampered by the considerable legal apparatus that insists that it has already been found. Gregory Sorensen, MD, subjected cats to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston while he killed them with injections of potassium chloride, the same chemical used by Jack Kevorkian and lethal-injection executioners.
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Tara Sophia Mohr: 12 Questions to Make 2012 Your Best Year Yet
Prompts 1. Because I wanted to make 2012 count, I... 2. Because fear of failure was no longer a good enough reason to not do it, in 2012 I... 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. You deserve a rich, joyful 2012, and it is available to you. See what emerges as you explore in this creative way what 2012 could hold for you. How To Use the Prompts Write or speak aloud. Go with whatever shows up first. You don't have to understand your answers right away. You don't have take action on everything you come up with. Use the past tense. You are invited to share your response to the prompts in the comments below! Tara Sophia Mohr is an expert on women's leadership and wellbeing.
How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — While visiting Iceland for an online marketing conference last week, I found myself in the president of Iceland's living room, scratching my head at how welcoming and eager he was to talk about the country's use of social media and technology to rebuild the nation. The fact that Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson — who has been running the country for 16 years and just announced last week that he will be campaigning once again for re-election — invites strangers into his own home is not all that surprising, when you consider the way he runs the country. Sure, it's highly rare for someone in his position to open his door to people he doesn't know, but this is precisely the way he approaches government in this tiny, snowy country in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. "Iceland is a society based on the principle that everyone is a friend until proven otherwise," Grímsson tells me. The country is currently undergoing a resurgence since its economic meltdown in 2008.
Fan Power: Hunger Is Not a Game, Revisited
Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. “The Hunger Games” film, which debuted just over a week ago, has exceeded all box office expectations, taking in nearly $200 million to date and making Lionsgate, its distributor, very happy. But it isn’t just the on screen battle that has caught the attention of fans. On Thursday, March 22, just one day after a column I wrote for Fixes on the surging strength of fan activism appeared here, Lionsgate contacted Oxfam requesting that they immediately remove any mention of Hunger Is Not a Game — Oxfam’s campaign to mobilize “Hunger Games” fans to learn about international food justice — from all of their Web sites because it was “causing damage to Lionsgate and our marketing efforts.” Lionsgate’s lawyer, Liat Cohen, claimed that there were intellectual property infringements and pointed to their own efforts to drive fans towards charity causes, such as the United Nations World Food Program and Feeding America.
Sorry, We’re Closed: The Rise of Digital Darwinism
inShare370 I am not a social media expert and my new book, The End of Business as Usual, is not about Social Media. If you’re looking for the Top 10 ways your business can succeed on Facebook or Twitter, secrets to attracting more followers or likes, creating viral videos, or the best practices for creating infographics that over simplify the complex world of business, save your money. There is no shortage of useful books and resources out there. Don’t get me wrong. While important, social media only plays a part in this (r)evolution. The reality is that most executives don’t use social networks. But make no mistake, this is as much a technology revolution as it is a series of real world revolutions that have and will continue to spring up in front of governments, businesses, and anywhere else it takes to be heard and bring about change. Occupy: Madrid, Spain The author cited a study published in the book Built to Change by Edward E. Many follow, but very few lead. #AdaptorDie
The Right Age To Be Amazing
At 1, Christian Friedrich Heinecken, the legendary child prodigy had read the Pentateuch. At 2, speed skater Bonnie Blair began skating. She should go on to win five Olympic gold medals. At 3, Wolfgang Mozart, taught himself to play the harpsichord. At 4, Brazilian Formula One race-car driver Ayrton Senna da Silva began driving. At 5, Yo-Yo Ma, the world-famous cellist, began playing Bach’s “Suites for Unaccompanied Cello” before bed each evening. At 6, Willie Hoppe, the greatest billiards player in history, began to play pool. At 7, English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill had mastered Greek. At 8, three-time Olympic gold medal-winning runner Wilma Rudolph took her first step. At 9, Daisy Ashford wrote her bestselling novel, “The Young Visitors”. At 10, Vinay Bhat became the youngest chess master in the world. At 11, Pilot Victoria Van Meter became the youngest girl ever to fly across the United States. At 12, Carl von Clausewitz, general and writer of “On War”, joined the army.
Brain study finds what eases pain of financial loss
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