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...physical and metaphysical serves as a powerful reminder that even the things about ourselves that we consider the most fundamental—our beliefs, our selves, and our basic conceptions of existence—are contingent facts, created by so much neurological circuitry. All it takes is a burst blood vessel in the cerebral cortex in order to completely alter our perception of reality...
...just a debilitated stroke victim, during this week of honoring personal achievement, perhaps we should all consider, at least for a moment, the extent to which the forces that push us ever-onward with seemingly infinite force are no more immutable than so many neurons, waiting for a blood vessel to burst...
...Reporting on the first day of integration, Watson noted in his article, “The only person who resisted actively this morning, trying to seize a paratrooper’s rifle, found himself quickly knocked to the ground, covered with blood, and at the mercy of four soldiers with drawn bayonets...
...government reiterated its promises to investigate what happened and to include parents on a panel that will oversee the inquiry. Parents say they might hire lawyers to help them seek restitution - to get what a sign on a building next to the Juyuan school site calls "payment of the blood debt" from those who constructed the concrete building in 1988. "We're thinking very seriously of trying to get legal assistance," said one parent, who asked that his name not be used. "We're not convinced the government is serious about this." Asked if he or anyone else had actually...
...watchdog groups are already gearing up. "I hope parents use good judgment and don't let their kids watch it," says Melissa Henson, communications director for the Parents Television Council. "It's not appropriate for children." These MMA critics get Kimbo's blood boiling. "I would rather have my son watch MMA and learn to defend himself from a bully," he says, "than have him watch the hunting channel and see some guy blow a deer's head...