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"Taking Leave of Life. An Intimate Portrait"

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:14:38 GMT

clipped by: Fast T friend
clipper's remarks: Link to interactive Gallery (can't clip) http://www.oge-gallery.com/

Clip Source: www.wellcomecollection.org

Life Before Death, 9 April-18 May 2008

Nothing teaches us more about life than death itself. Journalist Beate Lakotta and photographer Walter Schels asked 24 terminally ill people if they could accompany them during their last weeks and days. From these vigils came a series of insightful descriptions and photographic portraits taken before and after death.

Far from being gloomy, these intimate concerns of the dying reveal the preciousness and transience of life, and make us question what we often take for granted.

24 sets of photographs taken before and after death

Maria Hai-Anh Tuyet Cao, age 52

“Death is nothing. I embrace death. It is not eternal. Afterwards, when we meet God, we become beautiful.”

Tags: life, death, photography, exhibition, beate lakotta, walter schels

The Role of Intimacy in the Evolution of Technology

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:05:43 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: In order to establish a connection between intimacy and technology, we will need to revive the old theory of technology as organ-projection, but informed by the notion of intimacy

Clip Source: jetpress.org

Abstract

In this article, Georges Bataille’s notion of intimacy will be re-interpreted to show that it has a role to play in the evolution of technology. The specifically human form of intimacy can be experienced through the successful adoption of technological devices that have the qualities necessary to fit in and work out in our life context. If they manage to become part of our life, then we experience them as projections of our psychophysical personality, and, as such, they escape our positing, objectifying consciousness. Intimacy can be seen as the organizing principle that shapes the evolution of technology towards an ideal end that promises at least an approximation to the absolute intimacy that is unique to the gods.

Introduction

According to Bataille, technology embodies the first act of a consciousness that split the world into subjects and objects

Tags: georges bataille, intimacy, consciousness, technology

11 ways to browse through Flickr

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:42:09 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: mashable.com

Give people an API and they start inventing crazy stuff all of a sudden. Case in point: Flickr. There are so many ways to browse through Flickr photos that it’s hard to keep track; since there aren’t many that are actually useful, we’ve chosen another route and brought you 11 very, very weird ones.

Browse by drawing

Retrievr

Browse through RSS

FlickrFling

Browse by spelling

Spell with Flickr

Browse by lyrics

Depictr

Browse through weird swirl

Tagnautica

Browse by color

ColorPickr

Browse by Sudoku

FlickrSudoku

Browse through combat

Flickr Combat

Browse by numbers

Flickr numbers

Browse by saving your screen

Flickr Screensaver

Browse in Second Life

Second Life Flickr

Tags: flickr, photos, internet, list, sudoku, tags, second life, lyrics, screensaver, links

10 Real-life Superheroes

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:20:03 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

And you thought superheroes existed only in fiction? Inspired by fiction superheroes such as Batman and Superman, these people wear masks and capes in order to fight real crime on the strets. Here's a list with 10 of the most famous real-life superheroes.

Superbarrio (Mexico)

For the past 10 years, he has stood as the champion of the working class, the poor and the homeless.

Terrifica (NY City)

Terrifica patrols New York City's bars, clubs, and streets by night, in an effort to protect inebriated women in danger of being taken advantage of by men.

The Eye (Mountain View California)

He is a street-level, practical crime fighter, who uses various electronic and other means to prevent crime.

Citizen Prime (Phoenix)

Tothian (NJ and NY city)

Angle Grinder Man (London, and Kent)

Mr. Silent (Indianapolis)

Chris Guardian (NY City)

Geist (Minnesota)

Foxfire (Michigan)

Tags: people, superhero, life, crime, usa, london, mexico, hero, list, strange

Charles Krafft Makes War 'Breakable'

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:45:32 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: The Hitler-head teapot and the Biological Warfare Cannister Grenades are my favorites.

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' Hitler Teapot '
hand-painted underglaze
on earthenware

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' Fragmentation
Hand Grenade '
hand painted porcelain,

life sized

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' French ProvinÇal AK-47 '
hand painted porcelain,

life sized

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' Dresden 1945 '
ceramic transfer with hand painting on production porcelain

(edition 50)

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' Assasin's Kit '
(Smith & Wesson and Switchblade)
hand-painted porcelain,
life sized,comes in
black velvet lined case

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

' Sal Mineo Bunny '
hand painted underglazed
on porcelain,

life sized

Clip Source: www.dirtgalleryla.com

'Biological Warfare Cannister Grenades'
hand-painted porcelain,

life sized

Tags: porcelain, charles krafft, gallery, exhibit, war, collection, hitler, disease, guns, weapons

Random photos for amusement

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:41:07 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.pizdaus.com

Tags: photos, funny, humor, interesting, life, people, stupid

An Example of Modern Life Absurdities

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:23:49 GMT

clipped by: jonasE

Clip Source: joneri.blogspot.com

A lot of people are concerned about their health, spending precious time in health clubs and gyms. If people would spend their calories on transporting themselves to work by foot or bike instead, they wouldn't have to worry about the waist line and they would save a lot of time, money and carbon. The fitness business is quite absurd when you see it from this perspective.

Fitness
vs
Pedal power

Tags: absurdities, modern life, health, environment, humor

Being Fat Could Save Your Life

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:57:41 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Obesity is a risk factor for heart disease, but if your heart is already failing, being fat could save your life.

Gregg Fonarow of the University of California, Los Angeles, and his colleagues looked at the records of more than 100,000 patients hospitalised because their heart failure was worsening. They found that the fatter the person, the less likely they were to die during a week-long hospital stay (American Heart Journal, vol 153, p 74).

Fonarow suggests that fat people may cope better with heart failure because they have more metabolic reserves to draw on when the heart isn't pumping blood fast enough to meet the body's needs.

Tags: health, fat, study, medicine, heart, life, science, obesity, metabolism, body

Social Status Helps You Live Longer

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:27:50 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Scientists who have won a Nobel prize live nearly two years longer than those who were merely nominated, according to a new study. The findings suggest that social status confers "health-giving magic", the researchers say.

Previous research has found a link between status and health in monkeys, but it has been difficult to investigate the link in humans because status often brings more wealth, which improves living standards and medical care.

Andrew Oswald and Matthew Rablen, economists at Warwick University in the UK, focused on Nobel prize winners "as an ideal group to study as the winners could be seen as having their status suddenly dropped on them".

The researchers studied 524 men – 135 winners and 389 nominees – in the competition for the physics and chemistry prizes between 1901 and 1950 – the cut-off point because the full list of nominees are kept secret for 50 years. They looked only at men to avoid differences in life span between sexes, and because the male winners provided a bigger sample size.

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Prize winners lived 1.4 years longer on average – or 77.2 years – than those who were nominated for the award. But when the survey was restricted to only comparing winners and nominees from the same country, the longevity gap widened, by about another eight months on average, the researchers found.

"Walking across that platform in Stockholm apparently adds about two years to a scientist's life-span. How status does this, we just don't know," Oswald says.

Though the prize money increased with time, the actual amount had no effect on the longevity of the recipient, he says. "Actually winning the Nobel prize was what counted," Oswald says.

Tags: life, health, science, society, scientists, research, nobel, prize, contest, medicine, wealth, lifestyle, environment, winners, competition, longevity

No One Dies of Old Age

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:43:17 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

There are various ways of shuffling off this mortal coil, but people actually die from injury (such as a fall or car accident) or disease (such as cancer). No one dies of old age. Usually when a person is said to have died "of old age," it means that he or she succumbed to one of the diseases common in our later years.

While many older people do suffer from health problems, disease does not automatically accompany aging, and seniors are living longer and healthier than ever. Just as youth does not guarantee good health, old age does not guarantee poor health.

It is true that living cells have a finite life span, but that doesn't mean that the organism simply dies because the cells are old. Instead, genetic mutations, diseases, and damaging effects of the environment can foster a specific disorder or disease. As people get older, their cells simply don't work as well, and can't stave off disease as easily or heal as well as they once could. As a result, older people may die from injuries or diseases that a younger person would easily survive. But nothing dies from simply being old.

Tags: science, biology, man, environment, medicine, life, health, death, age, body, life span

Five Principles for Happiness in 2007

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:56:28 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: I really like the fifth one.

Clip Source: finance.yahoo.com

What you need to do is create what I call the "Live Rich Factor" in your life. I call it this because those who find the purpose that leads them to joy are truly the luckiest people in the world, because they're living richly.

There are five basic principles involved in creating your Live Rich Factor:

Principle 1: Give Yourself a Break

We all tell ourselves the story of the one that got away. You can't move forward if you spend time focusing on what you shoulda-woulda-coulda done in 2006 or before. It's over, and its time to move on. The fastest way I know to do this is to write all of your regrets down on paper.

After reading the list aloud to yourself, get rid of it. Let it all go by literally burning the list (safely). Now you're ready for a fresh start in 2007 -- a new beginning.

Principle 2: Get Connected with Your Truth

The hardest thing to do is be honest with yourself. Asking yourself some key questions will lead you to some amazing discoveries, and possibly motivate you to do what it takes to create the life you envision for yourself.

Principle 3: Stop Judging Yourself

Be nicer to yourself in 2007. Many people talk to themselves in a way they would never accept from a stranger, friend, or loved one. If this describes you, try stopping the negative conversations you have with yourself immediately.

Principle 4: Stop Judging Others

It's hard to be joyful when you're always judging others. In fact, it's close to impossible. Judging others creates a huge amount of stress in our lives. It affects our marriages and our relationships with our kids as well as the way we relate to friends, co-workers, and society in general.

We're not here to judge one another.

Principle 5 : Pursue Fun with a Vengeance

Why do we stop pursing fun as we get older? Fun shouldn't be squeezed into a few weeks of vacation each year. And it shouldn't be squeezed into the last chapter of your life when you "get to" retire. Fun deserves to be a part of your life now -- in 2007.

Tags: happiness, life, lifestyle, new year, list, living, people, reminder, change

When Life Becomes Scentless

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:11:24 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks:

The film Perfume portrays the world of a man who has an unparalleled, acute sense of smell. But what is life like for the millions of people who have lost it?

The entire article is worth reading, whether you've read the novel or not.
(I hope Das Parfum is as good as the novel.)

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Perfume, the film released this week adapted from the novel by Patrick Suskind, follows a murderer, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, who has no odour but possesses an unparalleled, acute sense of smell which he uses in his pursuit of power.

Recovery depends on the cause

It is a story of 18th Century life in France, told in all its stinking glory, through repeated reference to smells - people's odours, street filth, country air, food and musky scents. A time and a world away from life for the 2% of people that researchers say lack the olfactory sense.

The causes range from severe head injuries, to viruses and nasal congestion conditions, to degenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Some suffer from anosmia, which means no sense of smell; hyposmia is a decreased ability; and dysosmia is when things smell differently than they should.

Our sense of smell is an underestimated life sense (albeit the basis of a hugely profitable perfume industry).

We use it to detect chemicals in the air, and its receptors contribute to our ability to distinguish flavour - those unable to smell have very little sense of taste. It plays a role in mental and physical health, emotion, sex and relationships. It helps people guard against bad or off food, and helps warn against dangerous situations.

You have lost a whole dimension of your life - we constantly sample the atmosphere for smells

Professor Tim Jacob

When sight or hearing go, it is immediately obvious. With smell, its absence can take longer to sink in. Robert's went because of nasal polyps - protrusions that blocked the inside of his nose - cutting him off from the kind of world Suskind's anti-hero occupies.

Apart from the most serious practical effect - exposing him to danger - eating has lost its sensual pleasure. And, a keen gardener, he can no longer smell the roses.

Tags: literature, reading, science, novel, movie, entertainment, senses, scent, biology, perfume, patrick suskind

Ambitious Project: find two unknown species of fish each week

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:22:50 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks:

The discoveries have been coming to the surface at the rate of two species of fish unknown to science each week. And the scientists believe that they are still far from documenting all the different marine species. Advanced sonar equipment that can map oceanic areas 10,000 times larger than previously possible recently detected a shoal of eight million fish in a school the size of Manhattan off the coast of New Jersey. Images of the shoal revealed it pulsating, fragmenting and reforming as the fish moved through the water.

When the census is completed it will form a snapshot of ocean life that scientists will use as a reference to monitor the impact of the fishing industry and environmental change.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

An ambitious attempt to draw up a census of life beneath the waves has revealed a clutch of exotic species and a shoal of fish which is the size of Manhattan island.

Research vessels dispatched to probe the depths of the world's oceans stumbled across an ancient shrimp, previously known only from fossil records, which was thought to have become extinct 50m years ago.

Nicknamed Jurassic shrimp, the creature was spotted on a sea mount near the Philippines and rivals the discovery of the coelacanth, a prehistoric fish now known to populate the waters off South Africa and Indonesia.

Scientists aboard another research vessel looking for life in the Nazare canyon in the sea off Portugal's coast spotted giant fragile microbes which protected themselves with plate-like shells made from mineral grains.

Other finds included the hairiest crab ever documented and a vibrant community of jellyfish and other creatures lurking in some of the darkest waters known, discovered when scientists drilled a hole through 700 metres (2,300ft) of Antarctic ice and lowered a camera into the depths.

The census was launched in 2001 to map life in the most under-explored environment on earth and uses half of the world's large research vessels and submersibles. Destined to finish in 2010, the £500m project involves 1,700 scientists in 73 countries.

"By 2010 we'll have a representative picture of what lives in the oceans from top to bottom and around the world," said Ron O'Dor, senior scientist on the project. "Everywhere we go we find more life than we'd imagined. When we started there were views that as you went deeper the oceans turned into deserts and there was nothing living down there, but that certainly isn't true."

Tags: science, discovery, nature, environment, species, fish, ocean, asia, africa, indonesia, philippines, portugal, research, search, project, diversity, life

Space Sushi Not On The Menu -- Yet

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:29:38 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Clipped for Torley who also likes sushi.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Story Highlights

• Japanese space food includes rice balls, seaweed soup, and green tea
• Companies have yet to make sushi that can stay fresh in zero-gravity
• Space foods must have a long shelf life, be nutritious and easily prepared

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan's space agency plans to cook up Japanese "space cuisine" for hungry astronauts at the international space station, but the country's best-known dish is unlikely to make the menu.

JAXA, Japan's space agency, is developing a full menu of Japanese cuisine after astronaut Soichi Noguchi slurped instant noodles in a pouch called "Space Ram" during his Discovery space shuttle mission earlier this year.

With help from companies such as Nissin Food Products, JAXA has developed space rice balls, space seaweed soup, and space green tea, said agency official Yoshinori Miyazawa. It is also experimenting with Japanese beef curry, mackerel in miso sauce, and red bean cakes.

"So far, nobody has been able to make space sushi," Miyazawa said. "I think shelf life may be a problem."

To meet space standards, foods must have a shelf life of at least a year, be nutritionally rich, and be easy to prepare and eat in a zero-gravity environment.

Foods that are too runny or grainy are banned because portions might float off and interfere with equipment, Miyazawa said.

Astronauts at the international space station currently eat food supplied by Russia or the United States, though "bonus meals" from other countries are sometimes served.

JAXA plans to market its culinary creations as "Japanese Space Cuisine," and hopes to supply the space station starting next year.

Tags: food, space, sushi, japan, japanese, asia, science, cooking

Have Sex, Live Longer

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:52:11 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Sequel to the Eat Less, Live Longer article. Now I wish I clipped the Drink Wine, Live Longer clip, hehe.

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

According to a spate of news reports on life extension that have spread across the internet like influenza just about everything out there ads a little time to your mortal coil. Wine, calorie reduction diets, low body temperatures have all made news for their ability to give you a few more good years on earth, and now, so too does sex. According to a 1997 study in the British Medical Journal men who have regular orgasms live longer. The also have a better sense of smell, reduced depression and improved heart function.

This article in Forbes list a few good reasons to keep knocking boots until your boots can knock no more.

So with pot helping Alzheimer's, red wine helping you age gracefully, and sex improving just about everything else, you have to like the direction modern medicine is going.

Tags: health, science, medicine, body, biology, sex, life