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On today’s episode of Exploring the Eighth House , I had the pleasure of interviewing forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek and her husband TJ Mitchell about their book, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner . The main topic covered was about death, and pretty much everything people either want to know or don’t want to know about death. The fact of the matter is, the thought of death frightens most of us and as a result, the reality is shunned. Dr. Melinek speaks about her experiences as a forensic pathologist that she is faced with all the time. We cover the topics relating to body decomposition; the common misconceptions that people have about forensic pathologists and death investigators; and having to deal with having difficult conversations with family members about the death of a loved one. TJ Mitchell talks about his experience with co-writing em>Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner with ...

On today’s episode of Exploring the Eighth House , I had the pleasure of interviewing forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek and her husband TJ Mitchell about their book, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner . The main topic covered was about death, and pretty much everything people either want to know or don’t want to know about death. The fact of the matter is, the thought of death frightens most of us and as a result, the reality is shunned. Dr. Melinek speaks about her experiences as a forensic pathologist that she is faced with all the time. We cover the topics relating to body decomposition; the common misconceptions that people have about forensic pathologists and death investigators; and having to deal with having difficult conversations with family members about the death of a loved one. TJ Mitchell talks about his experience with co-writing em>Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner with hi...

New Resources for Educators and School Leaders Available Today Byline: Anthony Salcito, vice president, Microsoft Education To the community of 100 million players around the world, Minecraft represents many things – creativity, strategy, collaboration and survival, just to name a few. What many may not realize is that Minecraft has the power to transform learning on a global scale. By creating a virtual world and then advancing in it, students can learn digital citizenship, empathy, social skills and even improve their literacy – while getting real time feedback on their problem solving skills from the teacher. In fact, more than 7,000 teachers around the world are already using Minecraft in the classroom. Building on this natural use of Minecraft in the classroom, we announced today with Code.org , that we are bringing a Minecraft-inspired coding tutorial to students and educators, created especially for Hour of Code, an annual, global campaign held during Computer S...

The other night, Maggie Doyne  of Blink Now ,  became the CNN 2015 Hero of the Year. Maggie is a 29 year-old American woman, who has 50 kids and lives in Nepal! Erin and I with Maggie Doyne and her children, Kopila Valley Children’s Home, Surkhet, Nepal Maggie’s story and the path she decided to take early on in life, has touched the hearts of people around the globe and changed the lives of hundreds of Nepalese women and children. Maggie was a high school classmate of my daughter, Erin. After graduation, Maggie decided to take a gap year and travel before heading off to college. Eventually, she ended up in Nepal and saw a country devastated by 10 years of civil war and thousands of orphaned children left in its wake. She used her babysitting savings to buy property and build a home for herself and orphaned children – she was 19 years old. Maggie has 50 children now, has built a primary school for 250 kids and is currently building a high school. When Maggie...

The terrorist attacks that just recently happened in France shook people up around the world, just like in all other previous cases of terrorism being involved. People have been understandably angry about what occurred, such as myself. However, there has been a lot of stereotyping of Muslims. I’ve been noticing a lot of unfair comments about how “all Muslims are terrorists”, just like there were after previous attacks of terrorism. The stereotyping was even worse after the 9/11 attacks. Calling all Muslims “terrorists” is wrong and uncalled for because there are many people who are part of the Islamic faith that are peaceful and are very much against terrorism. There is also a lot of stereotyping of people who have depression and mental illness which needs to come to an end. I will list the common stereotypes that you hear about people that have depression and/or other mental illnesses. 1. They are nutcases . People who have mental illness of any kind are...

The terrorist attacks that just recently happened in France shook people up around the world, just like in all other previous cases of terrorism being involved. People have been understandably angry about what occurred, such as myself. However, there has been a lot of stereotyping of Muslims. I’ve been noticing a lot of unfair comments about how “all Muslims are terrorists”, just like there were after previous attacks of terrorism. The stereotyping was even worse after the 9/11 attacks. Calling all Muslims “terrorists” is wrong and uncalled for because there are many people who are part of the Islamic faith that are peaceful and are very much against terrorism. There is also a lot of stereotyping of people who have depression and mental illness which needs to come to an end. I will list the common stereotypes that you hear about people that have depression and/or other mental illnesses. 1. They are nutcases . People who have mental illness of any kind are n...

Obsess over the details. Don’t be afraid to look like a fool while you get down on your hands and knees and dig through the mud for the solution to your problem. The truth about greatness is that it requires an unusual focus on steadfast improvement. You have to care about the things that other people don’t care about. The details. The edge cases. The problems that others just excuse away as it being “good enough”. Those tiny changes end up yielding the greatest results. Often it is the seemingly insignificant upgrade that delivers the highest return on investment. It could be as simple as another smile in your retail establishment. Maybe it’s just an  hour earlier out of bed each day working on your craft when you used to be sleeping. Mentors, coaches, mastermind groups, books, seminars, online training — everything you could ever need to improve is closer than ever. Access to answers isn’t your problem. Your problem is that you’re ...

Some days all the pieces just fall into place. Making deals seems easy. Your conversations are inspired. The pieces of the puzzle fit into place without much of a fight. Those are the days you want every day. Where you are seeing the rainbows and enjoying the sunset. But those days don’t come easily. They are the result of the rest of your days — where nothing seems easy, inspired, or the least bit enjoyable. The days where you’re not really sure it’s worth it. The days where you’re working hard and not seeing any results. The days where smart people tell you what you’re doing isn’t going to be successful. Those are the days you have to endure to get to the moments when everything feels right. When things fall into place. That’s important to remember when you can’t see rainbows and aren’t sure the sun will come up again. Your moment of triumph will come as long as you’re willing to keep working. Disregard the critics. Ign...

Topics such as mental illness, death and anything that is considered to be taboo is always shoved under the rug. That is why it is taboo. It is time that these uncomfortable parts of life are brought out. I am organizing a new podcast called Exploring the Eighth House and there will be no set time as far as when it airs. The Eighth House in astrology is the area in your astrological chart that is ruled by the sign Scorpio, and is the area that governs these uncomfortable facts of life. In fact, this house is known to be the “house of sex”, but sex is only a part of what it represents. Psychology, death, other people’s stuff, debt, investments and secrets are what this house also rules. In other words, whenever you are dealing with the Eighth House, you are dealing with heavy duty stuff that make others squirm. Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts of me interviewing psychologists, grief counselors, funeral directors, and other interesting individuals that would focus on ...

Topics such as mental illness, death and anything that is considered to be taboo is always shoved under the rug. That is why it is taboo. It is time that these uncomfortable parts of life are brought out. I am organizing a new podcast called Exploring the Eighth House and there will be no set time as far as when it airs. The Eighth House in astrology is the area in your astrological chart that is ruled by the sign Scorpio, and is the area that governs these uncomfortable facts of life. In fact, this house is known to be the “house of sex”, but sex is only a part of what it represents. Psychology, death, other people’s stuff, debt, investments and secrets are what this house also rules. In other words, whenever you are dealing with the Eighth House, you are dealing with heavy duty stuff that make others squirm. Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts of me interviewing psychologists, grief counselors, funeral directors, and other interesting individuals that would focus on th...

You can only go as far as you’re willing to take the next step. That’s the secret to breakthrough. Moving forward just a little bit more. Every day. In every way. Just another step. But that step is important. It stands for progress and your potential to achieve the goals you have set out for yourself. No audacious challenge is accomplished quickly, easily, or without setbacks. The biggest challenge of all is figuring out where to get started. What to do. Where to go. What you actually want. Unless you’re deliberate about forward progress you’ll find yourself spinning in circles. Doing enough to appear like you’re living a meaningful existence, but doing absolutely nothing that truly matters. It’s deceiving to you and everyone else that watches you work. You think you’re being awesome because you’re busy. You think you’re changing the world because you’re moving. You’re just not moving towards where you need to be. What y...

Microsoft researchers help a race pilot go faster, Surface Pro 4 gets down to business and Windows 10 devices get a world-wide celebration Posted October 23, 2015 By Vanessa Ho on Microsoft Blogs From up in the air to eastern Africa, lots of cool Microsoft news happened this week. Dig in! Microsoft researchers were busy in Las Vegas helping Red Bull Air Race pilot Kirby Chambliss fly the fastest, most efficient way possible. Chambliss already races at a speed of more than 200 miles per hour, sometimes while upside down. But with control theory, robotics, machine learning and path planning, researchers are working to shave his time by a tenth to a hundredth of a second. “You get two-tenths of a second here and two-tenths of a second there, and now you’re winning,” Chambliss said. In awesome device news, the Surface Pro 4 has been adopted by businesses faster than any previous Surface. Since the newest Surface devices were unveiled two weeks ago, there has been ...