LIFE AFTER DEATH

An Australian woman (41) was ,on Monday,brought back to life,in Melbourne,after having been declared clinically dead for 42 minutes,following a cardiac arrest. Doctors at the Monash Medical Centre used a Lucas-2,the only compression device of its kind in the country-to circulate blood to Vanessa Tanasio's brain while attempting to unblock her main artery. 

The device,as during cardiopulmonary resuscitation,physically compresses the chest and allows doctors to insert a stent into a blood vessel. Her heart was then shocked back into a normal rhythm. Tanasio, a mother of two,said she remembered," being on the couch,then on the floor,then arriving at the hospital and then two days go missing.I was dead for nearly an hour and only a week later,I feel great.It's surreal."

Source: The Hindu, dated 20/8/2013

LEANING TOWER OF PISA

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is continuing its steady return to "straightness",according to reports.According to a group in charge of monitoring the structure,the tower has recovered roughly 2.5 cm of its vertical incline between 2001 and 2013.Since 1992,the vertical inclination of the tower has moved from 4.5 meters to 4.1. Several "rescue" interventions,some of which are underground,were conducted to stabilize the tower and the researchers were able to achieve a 2.5 cm decrease over the last decade.The slight progress has allowed the tower to retain its popular modifier and experts say that it can now be considered safe for the next two to three centuries.
(SOURCE: The Economic Times dated 14/8/2013)

MARCH TO MARS

More than one lakh people have applied for a one way trip to Mars, as part of the ambitious multi-million dollars Mars-One Project.It sets the price based on GDP-per Capita of each nation.As far as the first crew is concerned,the mission will cost US Dollar 6 billion,Bas Lansdrop,Mars One CEO and co-founder said.They are set to leave for Mars in September,2022,landing in April,2023.Another group will follow two years later.None of them will return to Earth,according to the mission plan.
(Source: The Hindu dated 12/8/2013)

LOST GENERATION

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward.Not only this message reads the opposite,the meaning is the exact opposite.This message through a video was submitted in a contest by a 20 year old.The contest was titled "u@50" by AARP and it won the second place.Everyone,in the presentation was awestruck and broke into spontaneous applause.So simple and yet so brilliant.
PART OF LOST GENERATION BY JONATHAN REED.

I relaize this may be a shock but
"Happiness comes from within"
is a lie and
"Money will make me happy"
So in 30 years I will tell my children
They are the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have priorities straight because
work
is more important than
family
I tell you this
once upon a time
Families stayed together
but this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me.
30 years from now I will be celebrating the anniversary of                 
                                                                                             my divorce
I cannot concede that
I will live a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about the earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
there is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it