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Defibrillator in action

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Belgian soccer player, Anthony Van Loo suffers a fatal arrhythmia (and not a heart attack as outlined by the media) on the soccer field. The implanted defibrillator sends an electrical shock to the heart which in essence “reboots” the heart and allows the normal heart rhythm to resume.


Via Dr. Wes

Meteor Crashing to Earth

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Video of a huge meteor crashing to earth caught on camera.

Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada. Filmed about 5:30pm Thursday November 20th 2008


“Thirst”

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Thirst” is an educational presentation that explores humanity’s water use and the emerging worldwide water shortage. Created by Apollo Ideas, it is the winner of “World’s best presentation” contest on Slideshare.

 

Tips on how to save water from wikiHow

New Year Resolutions!

Friday, January 4th, 2008

“A national survey conducted by Whole Foods asked participants: if they could choose one new years resolution, what would it be.

Survey results revealed:

–> 33 percent of respondents chose making the world a better place;

–> 32 percent said they would like to spend more time with their family;

–> 20 percent said they would like to lose weight and adopt healthy habits; and

–> 12 percent chose budget management as their new years resolution.

More than 75 percent of all respondents said they would prefer to never make another new years resolution and would rather adopt long-term healthy lifestyle solutions.

Percent by New Years Resolution

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Shift Happens

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

“Shift Happens” is the winner of the World’s Best Presentation Contest organised by Slideshare.

This is a stylization of a slideshow originally created by Karl Fisch, examining globalization and America’s future in the 21st century. It is designed to stand alone, without having to be presented in person

Enjoy this excellent slideshow.

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