Jill Bolte Taylor (born 1959) is a neuroanatomist who specializes in the postmortem investigation of the human brain. She is affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the national spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, and is the consulting neuroanatomist for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.
Her own personal experience with a massive stroke, experienced in 1996 at age 37, and her subsequent eight-year recovery, has informed her work as a scientist and speaker.
For this work, in May 2008 she was named to Time Magazine‘s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1] “My Stroke of Insight” received the top “Books for a Better Life” Book Award in the Science category from the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on February 23, 2009 in New York City.
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“Naomi, Ask me anything, I’ll do it”
Watch her in action, Jay-Z’s “Change Clothes” Video.
Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, singer, and actress.
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He was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. As the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
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The holy Qur’an has presented Asiya bint Muzahim as one of the best role models for women.
Asiya’s greatness is in the fact that although she was the wife of one of the most Powerful, arrogant and tyrant rulers of Egypt, she was able to see and accept the truth in message of Prophet Moses. For her, wealth, beauty or status was not the main criterion of human excellence; she realized that without faith in God, a human being has nothing.
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Boys & Girls, YOU VOTED & NOW ITS TIME to view your results from the “long, short, shaved” post.
The ranking is as follows:
#1 Short Hair 48%
#2 Shaved. 33%
#3 Long Hair (tais look) 18%
#4 Other. 1%
Conclusion:
The typical Kuwaiti mentality still rules the chart!
P.S: This is great news. I’ll still rock the long slicked-back hair look.
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The greatest single founder of modern science, and principal author of “The beginning of the Scientific Revolution”. Among other things, invented the telescope and was the first to see the universe for what it really is. Talk about eye opening or mind expanding…Galileo really did it for everybody.
Galileo Galilei
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Dear readers, this is the final post for “my local visit to tokyo”, about a place located here in kuwait, my cousin’s house. This session covers the cultural theme. have a look at the previous posts HERE p1 and HERE p2.
This book (above). This book made me think seriously of what genius/freaky/out-of-the-box excellence is. Yet, i had the “wtf” thought. I dont really know how to explain it. Let me just dig into it and the other things i saw that made me go HMMMMM ,,, ???
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