POEM: 'I may be oversusceptible to news...' (James Merrill)
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- Written by Fran Lucientes
It seems appropriate in the Summer of 2010 to turn back and reread James Merrill's 1962 poem "Roger Clay's Proposal," which begins by proposing that "With all due ceremony -- flags unfurled, / Choirs, priests -- the leaders of a sobered world / Should meet, kneel down, and, joining hands, submit / To execution," then develops an even more appalling proposal. -- In 2010, the notion that it could hope for "maximum coverage in the press" seems quaint....
VIDEO : The surprising truth about what motivates us (Daniel Pink)
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- Written by Marie Neptune, Jay Ruskin, and Hank Berger
This highly-rated (by viewers) 10:47 video lecture by author Daniel Pink describes recent psychological research showing that except for the simplest mechanical tasks, enhanced performance in organizations is produced not by monetary rewards but by autonomy, mastery, and purpose (at 5:10).[1] ...
POETRY: Gulf Disaster haikus
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- Written by Fran Lucientes
Jim Robbins's haikus "Progress through Chemistry"[1] and "Out of the Bottle"[2] were inspired by the Gulf Disaster. They are published here for the first time. ...