Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Patent Foramen Ovale

POEM

Anna Evans writes a clear-eyed letter to the imperfection of her heart’s flesh.

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50 Observations on 50 years of Nigeria, part 1

HISTORY

Uche Ogbuji begins a series of scattershot observations on his home country on its Golden Jubilee.

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Thinblood Positoid

A&C INTERVIEWS

Jeffrey Pillow sits down with HIV/AIDS activist, author, and musician Shawn Decker to discuss everything from music to health care reform.

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The Woman on the Floor

ESSAY

Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 325,000 people every year. Effective CPR within the first minute of cardiac arrest can increase odds of survival, but Will Entrekin discovers it’s not easy to provide effective CPR. Sometimes it’s hard to slow down. Sometimes you miss a step. Sometimes, you break a person.

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A Writer’s Alternative to NaNoWriMo

WRITING

NaNoWriMo is an international and Internet-wide movement of aspiring writers banding together to produce a novel during the month of November through hard work, dedication, and asses in chairs. But what about writers who don’t restrict their writing to a particular month?

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Resolving Clogged Auras

HUMOR

Turns out that the resolution I’ve made for the New Year is the #1 most common resolution made among Americans, the coveted 18-34 demographic, and comedy writers named Rob. That’s right; this year I resolve to never again let a man pin me to a table and violently twist my head around in circles so [...]

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Krank. Or, Surviving the Flu in Germany

HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Getting rid of the common cold in a country full of holistic healers wrecks havoc on an unsuspecting expatriate. Will the pharmacist survive her wrath? Will she survive his remedy? These are the burning questions you want answers to. Or maybe that’s just the infection talking.

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