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The English Surgeon

A good documentary does more to stimulate my mind than the best fictional films. The English Surgeon is above and beyond a spectacular documentary. Most scriptwriters couldn't dare compete with the sheer drama and uncomfortable tension filmmaker Geoffrey Smith captures in his real-life story of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who became fed up with the inability of Ukrainian doctors to treat patients in need of brain operations and decided to do something about it. When a young Ukrainian man needs an operation to remove a tumor in his brain, Doctor Smith is his only hope for long-term survival. Unfortunately for this patient, modern luxuries are nowhere to be found in modern-day Ukraine and the only the way the operation can move forward is by using nothing but local anesthetics to reduce the pain of drilling thru the scull and scraping away the cancerous cells growing on his brain--In other words, doing the entire operation while completely awake and conscious. Beyond the unbelievable situations throughout the film, the simple message of humanitarianism shines.  In today's consumerist smorgasbord of a world we live in, it can be easy to forget the simple things that make being a fellow human being a rewarding experience. This film helps remind us. -Clayton Hauck

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Podcasting

Brain Stuff.
(itunes link, web link)

HowStuffWorks.com offers a nice variety of interesting podcasts but the first one I stumbled upon was Brain Stuff. It's a short but sweet look into, well, how stuff works. Each podcast gives a straight and to-the-point explaination on a wide variety of topics of which you are sure to find a few that interest you.

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Tuesday
Mar092010

Shut Up Dad!! You Just Don't GET IT!!

DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:13PM

DAD: TURN OFF THAT NOISE!! FOR GOD'S SAKE!!

13 YEAR OLD: CHILL DAD!! This is totally my favorite band LMFAO!! Their music is totally Schwayze. My favorite song used to TOTALLY kind of be I'm in Miami Trick but now its KIND OF totally Shots

DAD: Now you just jam on your juggler for one cotton packin' marmot boy! Your old man's gone and poured himself a steaming hot cup of confused here. What's this music even about? It sounds to me a lot like black men screaming at me followed by white kids whining at me. Son be honest with your poppi-san... this is how the kids like their rip rappin' served up?

13 YEAR OLD: Ummmm yea Dad. They're like THE MOST popular musicians of all time.

DAD: Well son, today you've taught me a valuable lesson in humility. I'm proud to be your father and proud to be the Marketing and Promotions Manager for the National Basketball Association.

TWO WEEKS LATER IN A DEEP-SEA ROUNDTABLE BRAINSTORMING THINK TANK ON NBA YOUTH OUTREACH...

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