The doctor, the guardian of human health was always a somewhat magical figure possessing knowledge about our own bodies. The medicine men of tribal societies were often treated as mystical beings and to some extent that continues today. I, like many others, grew up believing that doctors are those that one visits when a malady [...]
In the year 2009 an article was published in Vascular Surgery. Although rumors were already floating around, the article explained in detail the consequences of the discovery. No, its not a drug, no its not a breakthrough therapy, it is a discovery of an existing defect causing a medical mystery. In the beginning of 21st century, medicine [...]
Walter Benjamin Conception of Hero of Modernity Walter Benjamin was a German literary critic as well as a philosopher, although he himself never referred to himself as a philosopher. His thought intertwined elements of Jewish mysticism with Marxist theories, specifically historical materialism. Born in Berlin in 1892, Benjamin left in the 1930s and lived in [...]
Have you ever walked into the house of a middle class family and been immediately confronted with one empty room. Pristine condition, no furniture, carpet with no indents because it has never been so much as walked across.
This was sent out as a memo to the employees of this company.
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Hi all,
In an effort to increase interactions and participation across social media channels, we’d like for you to join the ‘conversation’ on Facebook and the [company] blog.
The first step if you don’t have a Facebook profile is to set one up by visiting www.facebook.com all you need is an email address. If you need any help please let me know.
At the root of the [shared space] there’s a spreadsheet with your name listed on it, an assigned day, and 3 columns for the sites we would like you to participate on. There’s also an additional column for any idea you’d like to contribute. [name of spreadsheet]
Please add a recurring event on your outlook calendar with a reminder. On your designated day, please take a few minutes to visit each site. Each column has been hyperlinked to the site to make it quicker for you. Simply click on it and you will be redirected to the page.
It was December 2009. Barack Obama had become the first black president a year before. United States was engaged in two wars with no end in sight. Economy had collapsed and I eagerly awaited the improvements of a stem cell treatment I had in Germany. I had gone to a Multiple Sclerosis Specialist in November [...]
The hospital on the Rheine that treats 10 Americans a week has completed its treatment of me. The lumber puncture or commonly known as spinal tap was performed faily painlessly and the 15,555,000 viable stem cells were injected within a few minutes. While the clinic aims and hopes for 5 million , my sample had [...]
