Tegan and Sara, “Nineteen” (WFNX Ames Hotel Acoustic Sessions)
See http://wfnx.com/video to watch the full set. Tegan and Sara perform “Nineteen” at a fans-only show for Boston’s WFNX at the Ames Hotel on February 13, 2010.
Organ Donor Cards
Photo Illustration Joel Holland, Gallery Stock (photo)
What You Lose When You Sign That Donor Card
Your organs, of course—but much more. You’re also giving up your right to informed consent. Doctors don’t have to tell you or your relatives what they will do to your body during an organ harvest operation because you’ll be dead, with no legal rights.
And how about some anesthetic? What if there is sound evidence that you are alive after being declared brain dead? In a 1999 article in the peer-reviewed journal Anesthesiology, Gail A. Van Norman, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Washington, reported a case in which a 30-year-old patient with severe head trauma began breathing spontaneously after being declared brain dead. The physicians said that, because there was no chance of recovery, he could still be considered dead. The harvest proceeded over the objections of the anesthesiologist, who saw the donor move, and then react to the scalpel with hypertension.
How Does the Brain Perceive Art?
Rembrandt Self-Portrait
By Jonah Lehrer
In 1995, the Metropolitan Museum of Art mounted a controversial exhibition entitled “Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt,” in which works considered to be genuine Rembrandts were displayed alongside those done by his students and admirers. (These lesser paintings are often dismissed as “the school of Rembrandt.”) The point of the exhibition was to reveal the fine line between genius and imitation, authenticity and fakery.
A hundred years ago, about 700 works were attributed to Rembrandt. Over the course of the 20th century, that number declined by 50 percent, as critics and historians began searching for those tell-tale marks that distinguish the old master from his young pupils.
Sing: The Hotel Cafe Tour Documentary
My friend Laura Crosta directed and co-produced this awesome documentary: “Sing: The Hotel Cafe Tour.” It’s been selected as one of the top Documentary Channel premieres of 2011 and is included in their upcoming Best of DOC Awards through December 2011.
WATCH THE SING TRAILER & FILM HERE >
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Wallace Cunningham – Surfing the Skyline
Wallace Cunningham - Surfing the Skyline
Wallace Cunningham was commissioned to create a house for a 1,250-foot-high, 43-acre site overlooking Hodges Reservoir in San Diego County, California. See article at Architectural Digest >