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...thousands of years, death has been acknowledged by rituals and community grieving. But with modernization, as families started splitting up and relocating around the world, society has become more individualized, and many of the rites and rituals have been lost along with a sense of togetherness, says Jeffrey Alexander, director of Yale's Center for Cultural Sociology. "Through technology," he says, "we've constructed this community that can move with us wherever we are." (See the 25 best blogs...
Rookie Kyle Casey had a career-high 27 points to go along with a game-high eight rebounds, leading Harvard (11-3) to a 74-66 victory over Santa Clara (8-9) at the Leavey Center Monday night...
...Senator Galluccio has made the right decision today for himself, his family, the Senate and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Murray said in a statement released Tuesday. "With his resignation, he can begin to face difficult personal challenges, and I hope he receives the services he needs to help him along...
...fascinating things to me was going to visit Boeing's checklist factory, where they make over 100 checklists a year and design them in ways that pilots can actually use them in a time crush. They helped us design ours. We set a target that no step along the way would take more than 60 seconds and the whole process should be, in routine situations, under two minutes total. The Mayo Clinic adopted the checklist that we designed. And they actually reduced their operating time, because it helped the teams be more prepared...
...accident hit in the early morning of Dec. 30, when construction by third-party workers caused a rupture in a section of pipeline near the city of Weinan, according to a China National Petroleum statement. A government spokesperson for Weinan, a Shaanxi city along the Wei river, says that as of Jan. 4 no diesel from the leak had reached the Yellow river, about 62 miles (100 km) to the east. But some state media outlets said Monday that the fuel has already reached the Yellow river...