A New 'Turning': Waldman's Jaguar and Alcalay's History
At a moment of catching her breath, Anne Waldman wrote in the first book of The Iovis Trilogy (2011) that transformation is a matter of altering molecular rhythm. Following that mammoth-type focus and "dance on the grave" of the great (male) poets of the epic long-form (Pound, Williams, Zukofsky, Olson others), Jaguar Harmonics: Person Woven of Tesserae (2014) is a more delicate and compacted filigree, arising from just such an attention to the "3-brane world" of string theory dynamics and strands that ordinarily escape our comprehension. Sure-footed in this re-weaving or re-constitution of the earth, it relies on the jagu...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
What Zoom+Smile will — and won't — do for your teeth
Dr. Dave Sanders set out to shake up the traditional dental model with Zoom+Smile, just as his Zoom+ brand has shaken up medical care.
The “studio” on Southeast Hawthorne offers a service called "Healthy Clean White 57": an exam, cleaning and whitening in 57 minutes, and a "Healthy Clean Jr." for kids. Zoom+ Performance Health Insurance members receive one free annual service, while non-members pay $150.
“If we can’t do it differently and be better, then we don’t do it,” Sanders said.… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 19, 2015 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
Legal high put Plymouth 21-year-old in a coma for five days
Jordan Hawthorne, of Plymouth, Devon, suffered a seizure after smoking Vertex, a new substance freely available from high street shops. He wants a ban on legal highs brought forward (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
8 Things You Didn't Know About Color That Almost Seem Too Ridiculous To Be True
You likely take the various colors around you for granted, assuming there's nothing special about the blue of your jeans or anything potentially disgusting about the browns of that painting you bought at an antique store. But many colors are derived from odd sources.
For instance, rulers of France and much of Europe had to be wary, for not knowing about certain colors was potentially deadly. Green wallpaper can be much more dangerous than you thought.
Much of the research behind these eight bizarre facts is extensively based on journalist Victoria Finlay's amazing 2014 book The Brilliant History of Color in Art.
1. Unti...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
SpaceX Video Shows Rocket Crash-Landing And Explosion
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — SpaceX has released dramatic footage of its booster rocket trying to land on a floating ocean barge after a launch — an unprecedented attempt that ended in a fiery explosion.
The video released Friday shows the 14-story rocket hitting the football field-sized barge at an angle, lighting up the night sky off the Florida coast.
Saturday's landing attempt came minutes after the Falcon 9 rocket launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station. The first stage peeled away and flew to the barge.
After the loss, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted: ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
SpaceX Launches For NASA, No Luck With Rocket Landing At Sea
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX sent a supply ship soaring flawlessly toward the International Space Station on Saturday, but the booster rocket ended up in pieces in the Atlantic following a failed attempt to land on a barge.
"Close, but no cigar this time," the company's billionaire founder, Elon Musk, announced via Twitter shortly after the unprecedented touchdown effort. Despite the high-profile flop in the dark ocean, Musk said he was encouraged. The 14-story booster managed, at least, to fly back to the floating platform from an altitude dozens of miles high.
"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
SpaceX Rocket To Attempt Risky Landing On Ocean Platform
In its continuing effort to develop low-cost, reusable rockets, SpaceX on Tuesday morning will attempt to land its Falcon 9 booster on a floating platform.
The Hawthorne, Calif.-based spaceflight firm says the never-before-attempted feat has only a 50 percent chance of success, likening it to "trying to balance a rubber broomstick on your hand in the middle of a windstorm." But it's seen as a key step for SpaceX.
“Reusability is the critical breakthrough needed in rocketry to take things to the next level,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during a talk at MIT in October, according to the New York Times. He said reusable ro...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Spatiotemporal gait patterns during overt and covert evaluation in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy subjects: is there a Hawthorne effect? - Robles-García V, Corral-Bergantiños Y, Espinosa N, Jácome MA, García-Sancho C, Cudeiro J, Arias P.
Parkinson's disease (PD) and aging lead to gait impairments. Some of the disturbances of gait are focused on step-length, cadence and temporal variability of gait-cycle. Under experimental conditions gait can be overtly evaluated, but patients with PD are ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news
Antares Rocket Explodes Shortly After Lift-Off From Virginia Launch Site
An unmanned Antares rocket exploded six seconds after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Island launch facility in Virginia at 6:22 p.m. EDT.
The cause of the accident wasn’t immediately known, NASA mission commentator Dan Huot told Reuters. NASA said there were no injuries.
The rocket, made by Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences, is a two-stage launch vehicle designed to ferry payloads to the International Space Station.
"Maintain your consoles," 'Orbital Sciences' mission control said to the roomful of engineers and technicians, monitoring the launch, AP reported. Data from the launch were being collected for an inve...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 28, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Fact, Fiction, and Religious Education
Parents typically want to equip their children for success. One tactic is to teach kids how the world works—what to watch out for, what to take advantage of, and how. Most U.S. parents also think that a religious upbringing is important. But some religions teach that God can change how the world works. Are we confusing our kids?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan C. C. Hawthorne, Ph.D. Tags: Education Ethics and Morality Parenting Philosophy Source Type: news
Time's Tyranny
Americans work hard, and it pays off—in some ways. But it saps our care and attention for others, along with our own creativity and health. Good trade-off?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - July 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan C. C. Hawthorne, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Happiness Philosophy Work creativity relationships work-life balance Source Type: news
Minnesota Not so Nice on Mental Health
Minnesota offers great physical health, quality substance-abuse treatment centers and mental health research, and basic healthcare coverage for the poor. But we’ve cut off mental health and substance abuse care for those who can’t pay. And we’ve adopted two other trends—commercialized research and drug-testing welfare recipients—with bad results. Do you out-nice us?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - March 26, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Susan C. C. Hawthorne, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Ethics and Morality Health Philosophy health care policy medical research ethics Source Type: news
Country diary: Wolsingham, Weardale: Spurge laurel's crepuscular clientele
Wolsingham, Weardale: Its nectaries, at the end of a narrow tubular corolla, can be reached by moths at dusk as well as by long-tongued bumblebees during the dayMarch is a tantalising month for a botanist in the northern counties. While reports of primroses and sweet violets filter up from the south, such delights are still clenched inside tight buds here. Even after a mild winter, lesser celandines and coltsfoot are still struggling into bloom. Only snowdrops, whose displays have been exceptionally fine this year, provide some compensation. But today we had come to look for a single plant that can be relied upon to put on...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Phil Gates Tags: The Guardian Biology Rural affairs Features UK news Plants Environment Science Source Type: news
Addiction and the 91%
To reduce the toll of addiction, the nonabusing 91% need to do something uncomfortable: accept a large part of the responsibility for progress.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - February 26, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Susan C. C. Hawthorne, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Ethics and Morality Philosophy Source Type: news
Plantwatch: Mild weather brings late flowers, and early ones
Despite the storms, it hardly feels like winter so far. Some incredibly mild weather this month has spurred on grass to grow, flowers to bloom, and even butterflies have been reported flying around. White deadnettle flowers are easy to find, and so too is its close cousin the red deadnettle. Both these deadnettles are unrelated to stinging nettles but get their name from similar looking leaves, although their flowers are much more attractive, with hoods and attractive lobed lower lips.Snowdrops and early daffodils have also been flowering, even in Scotland where temperatures nearly reached record highs for December. And ot...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 27, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Paul Simons Tags: The Guardian Wild flowers Features Plants Environment Science Source Type: news
