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...surprised. Browsing the top shopping sites visited by Internet users in the lowest income groups include sites that trade in exotic cars, expensive apparel brands and high-end electronics. Perhaps these searches are aspirational. But what about what is considered by most to be a necessity today - a simple, basic cell phone...
...parents' rule against eating cereal on the carpet in front of the TV. Such is the abandon that manifests in the face of New Zealand's national obsession: the brutal, beautiful game of rugby. "Here," says Winterbottom, "rugby crosses all boundaries. Everyone from five to 85 has a basic knowledge of the game...
Burma's generals, meanwhile, have unveiled their impression of political reform, dubbing it "discipline-flourishing democracy." On Sept. 3, the regime announced it had finally agreed to basic guidelines for a new constitution. But no timetable for elections has been set, and the draft charter seems specifically designed to keep out Suu Kyi, long seen as the only leadership alternative to the junta. "It's a sham process that only legalizes the military's grip on power," says exiled dissident Khin Omar...
...Nelson's theory goes some way toward explaining how NDEs can seem to occur when the brain is down. The sleep/wake switch is in the brainstem, which helps control the body's most basic functions and stays active for longer than the higher brain in cardiac arrest. "It's likely that the transition to brain death is, in fact, gradual," says Mahowald, "and NDEs occur during this transition." As for people reporting accurately on events that went on around them while they were apparently unconscious, Nelson says "they may be seemingly out of it but still processing in a very...
...Nancy C. Andrews, dean for basic sciences and graduate studies at Harvard Medical School (HMS), will become the first female dean of Duke University’s medical school, Duke announced Monday. She will be the only woman leader at the nation’s top 10 medical schools once Barbara J. McNeil finishes her term as interim dean of HMS on Saturday. Duke has previously had a female president—Harvard Corporation member Nannerl O. Keohane—and some of its schools have been led by women, but Andrews’ appointment to the top post...