http://www.bostonknows.com Boston Knows en-us Oct 11, 2008 - 03:10 pm Oct 11, 2008 - 03:10 pm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Boston Knows RSS Feed editor@example.com webmaster@example.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=824&group=14 Video of Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor describing the sense of euphoria she experienced as she was suffering a stoke and was left with only right-brain functions. She lost her sense of self, but she also shed the stress of her life and, as she puts it, “37 years of emotional baggage.'’ “Imagine what it would be like to be totally disconnected from your brain chatter,'’ she said. “I felt a sense of peacefulness.' Mar 15, 2008 - 10:03 pm http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=679&group=14 A new study, which is the most comprehensive such examination in at least a half century, finds the United States to be in a period of unprecedented religious fluidity, in which 44 percent of American adults have left the denomination of their childhood for another denomination, another faith, or no faith at all. Feb 25, 2008 - 01:02 pm http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=646&group=14 Many cities around the country are postponing their St. Patrick's Day parades because Palm Sunday falls on March 16th this year. The festivities aren't being postponed here in Boston. The Boston Archdiocese says it won't interfere with civic celebrations. Feb 21, 2008 - 08:02 am http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=502&group=14 Wah! who is a musician and spiritual seeker will be performing in Arlington on March 30th. I never heard of her until this event's announcement. But I like her writing. http://www.wahmusic.com/images/print/mag/ukyoga5.html Feb 04, 2008 - 10:02 pm http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=293&group=14 Here's a great collection of resources for anyone researching Jewish genealogy in Boston. Oct 17, 2007 - 08:10 am http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=277&group=14 Share a pint with Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, tonight at Bad Abbots in Quincy at 7pm. Oct 10, 2007 - 10:10 am http://www.bostonknows.com http://www.bostonknows.com/pages/index.php?item=91&group=14 In a bid to reach out to young Catholics, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley has started a podcast called "CardinalCast". You can subscribe at iCatholic.com or iTunes. Mar 13, 2007 - 07:03 am http://www.bostonknows.com