by Pier Marton | Jun 15, 2011 | Care, Film, Health, Jewish, Sci/Nat, Women
Laura Ziskin March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011 Cancer kills 1,500 people a day, 1 person every minute. 1 out of 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer. Only 1 in every 10 promising research proposals is funded by the federal government. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Care, Death, Health
From my point of view, besides the good tips below, just BE with the other person, NO need to fill in the gaps. Presence is 100 percent of life. ================================================================= An excerpt from the NYTimes article by Bruce Feiler: The...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
CODEPINK emerged out of a desperate desire by a group of American women to stop the Bush administration from invading Iraq. The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration’s color-coded homeland security alerts — yellow, orange, red — that signal terrorist...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Roma, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women
From the NYTimes: Kathryn Pearson, an expert on Congress at the University of Minnesota: her studies of the House show women introduce more bills, participate more vigorously in key legislative debates. From the Harper Collins website for the book “Why Women...
by Pier Marton | Jun 6, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Eco, Ego, Health, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time
Thich Nhat Hanh/Buddhism: “All views are wrong views.” Lavoisier: “Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd” – (Nothing is created, nothing is lost). EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jun 3, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Death, Eco, Health, Ideas, Mystery, Time, Travel, Wars
The BBC program (in three parts): EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...