Granny Li, 79, held her own funeral rehearsal in Dianjiang, Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, and had her children practice what they would need to do for the real thing, starting from learning how to cry, according to the Chongqing Business Herald News.

The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business has taken some lumps, but as mobile competition shifts focus the MVNO business model is reshaping itself.

Seth Godin:  It’s expected that you’ll tip the masseuse (masseur) at the spa. But not the acupuncturist down the street. It’s expected that the CEO of a public company will hire a hotshot consultant to help her do her job. The CFO gets to do that too. But not the receptionist.

The most popular article on Wikipedia is the article about… wikipedia. Not to mention dozens of articles about off-color topics.  Here are today’s to 50 articles.

Microbes discovered by a lake of liquid carbon dioxide under the sea off Taiwan could help us locate life on Mars, researchers say. Japanese and German researchers have found billions of bacteria and other tiny organisms living in a layer of sediment which traps the CO2 under the seabed. Their survival in such a hostile [...]

Currently under construction, Poseidon will be the world’s first sea floor resort complex. The resort will be a unique, intimate and exclusive, six-star destination providing the highest possible levels of luxury and service……. as long as the walls don’t start leaking.  Amazing photos.

Two new reports on the subject of advertising to kids were published recently which are worth examining in some depth. One study was conducted by Harris Interactive and the other by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.