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Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:15:05 -0500

Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America

Grand Rounds

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:48:05 -0500

Grand Rounds:

Grand Rounds — a collection of links from medical blogs — is hosted this week at USA Today.

Sleep No More One-On-One with Malcolm

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:24:06 -0500

Sleep No More One-On-One with Malcolm:

At Sleep No More, the interrogation by Malcolm the detective was one of my three “one-on-ones”.

kathrynyu:

We ran out the side door of the detective’s office, down the dark hallway, and he pushed me into a room filled with boxes of dirt and tiny grave markers. At this point, he suddenly stopped.

We walked with my arm in his arm, down the length of the room, past the tiny graves, like a quiet funeral procession. He reached out and lifted the curtains at the back of the room. It was dark. The only lights came from the tiny graves behind us. I could barely make out what was in front of me. Just a desk, like last time.

He gently pushed me into the back area and turned on the light with a slam. He closed the curtains behind him. He opened up the desk drawer, which had four eggs inside. He gestured towards a specific egg in the drawer, as if I should I pick the one he wanted me to. Third from the left. This one. I took it, and held the egg in my right hand for a few seconds, turning it around and around to inspect it.

He let me examine the egg for a few brief moments, then, without any warning, crushed it violently in my palm. Dirt spilled out everywhere. He grabbed my right palm, and started rubbing the dirt into my skin, and trying to read the lines on my palm, very forcefully.

He dropped my hand, picked up the magnifying glass, and took a step towards me.

“Who are you?”

I said nothing. He took another step towards me.

“Do you see the signs, student?”

I said nothing. He took another step towards me.

I was backed up against the wall. I had nowhere to turn.

He began quoting Macbeth.

“On Tuesday last a falcon was hawked at and killed.”

He took another step towards me.

“Duncan’s horses turned wild against nature. They would make war with mankind.”

He kept walking towards me.

I shuffled to the right, tangling in the curtains.

His monologue continued for several more lines as I could only stare in bewilderment, lines I did not recognize.

Finally, he said, “It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.”

He repeated himself again, and again.

“It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.

It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood.

It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood!”

He moved towards me, and began to embrace me tightly, all the while mumbling quietly.

“Methinks I heard a voice cry out. I thought I heard a voice cry out, I thought I heard a voice cry out…”

His arms were tight around my body.

He sounded distraught.

“I thought I heard a voice cry out.”

The lights went out with a bang. He began to sob and retch.

He grabbed my hands and placed them against the side of his belly, as it to stop the bleeding from a wound. He laid one of his hands on top of mine, pressing down hard. He held my hand there.

Then he took my other hand and brought it up higher, by his head.

My index finger and middle finger were suddenly warm and wet, in his mouth, as he continued to choke.

Two fingers, like the barrel of a gun, I realized. Two fingers.

I could see nothing.

We stayed there for several seconds, my hands frozen in position by his.

Then a bell rang in the distance.

He deserted me, sprinting out of the room, flying through the curtains.

There was only darkness.

I was alone.

Solar Eclipse over the USAnasa.gov Jan. 27, 2012: Mark your...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:58:27 -0500

Solar Eclipse over the USA
nasa.gov

Jan. 27, 2012: Mark your calendar. On Sunday, May 20th, the sun is going to turn into a ring of fire. It’s an annular solar eclipse—the first one in the USA in almost 18 years.
An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes direct…

warbyparker: Ten years of evolution: 2011 iPod vs. 2001 iPod.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:45:59 -0500

warbyparker:

Ten years of evolution: 2011 iPod vs. 2001 iPod.

"Numbers are crunchy."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:24:07 -0500

“Numbers are crunchy.”

- @Mickipedia

"What’s the word for doing all of your grocery shopping at Walgreens don’t say..."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:09:34 -0500

“What’s the word for doing all of your grocery shopping at Walgreens don’t say malnourished.”

- @bailey

Monk and Tiger sharing their meal. by Wojtek Kalka500px.com

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:39:03 -0500

Monk and Tiger sharing their meal. by Wojtek Kalka
500px.com

"For years, when Apple was down, they were held up as proof that making the best products didn’t..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:24:05 -0500

“For years, when Apple was down, they were held up as proof that making the best products didn’t matter. The Mac is better than Windows and look what happened was the refrain. You still hear it today, anytime Apple slips even a notch. Look no further than yesterday’s claim chowder of Henry Blodget. What’s satisfying about Apple’s current success is that it’s proof that you can succeed wildly by focusing first and foremost on making great products. That design does matter.”

- Daring Fireball

Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!flickr.com

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:11 -0500

Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
flickr.com

Today’s subway reading jennydeluxe, instagr.am

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:58:15 -0500

Today’s subway reading
jennydeluxe, instagr.am

Canon 100mm f/2

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:47:05 -0500

Canon 100mm f/2:

But wait: the 100mm f/2 has no IS, but it’s two stops faster than the f/4 L lens that costs over twice as much and isn’t quite as sharp. 1/60 at f/2 is the same as 1/15 at f/4, the fastest f/stop of the 70-200mm f/4 IS at 100mm, or only a one-stop advantage for the IS lens.

Since the 5D Mark II sees more blur due to its higher resolution, I’ll take away a half stop, leaving this f/2 lens only about a half-stop behind the excellent hand-holdability of the 70-200mm f/4 IS for still subjects.

If the subject is moving, this 100mm f/2 is better because the extra two stops of real speed lets you use a shutter speed four times faster to stop the action.

The 70-200mm f/4 IS is better for images of still subjects in the dark because it gives you deeper depth-of-field, using f/4 at a slower speed versus f/2 at a faster speed.

"Some Downsides of Social Media for Doctors http://t.co/YKZID68c"

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:17:10 -0500

“Some Downsides of Social Media for Doctors http://t.co/YKZID68c”

- @doctorwes

"‘Blue Marble 2012’: NASA’s ‘Most Amazing’ High Def Image Of Earth So..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:57:59 -0500

“‘Blue Marble 2012’: NASA’s ‘Most Amazing’ High Def Image Of Earth So Far http://t.co/6ygkSov4”

- @nprnews

"In response to the questions about how Renal artery stenosis protects against..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:14:05 -0500

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In response to the questions about how Renal artery stenosis protects against glomerulonephritis:

Experimental studies using serum sickness models and using injection of immune complexes (or aggregated immunoglobulin) have shown that renal artery stenosis or ureteral obstruction reduce glomerular localization of immune complexes, presumably by reducing perfusion/filtration pressure (e.g Kniker WT, Cochrane CG. The localization of circulating immune complexes in experimental serum sickness. The role of vasoactive amines and hydrodynamic forces. J Exp Med. 1968 Jan 1;127(1):119-36 .and Raij L, Keane WF, Osswald H, Michael A. Mesangial function in ureteral obstruction in the rat. Blockade of the efferent limb. J Clin Invest. 1979 Nov;64(5):1204-12.)

Clinical examples of “unilateral glomerulonephritis” have been observed in patients with GN in a normally perfused kidney and no GN in a kidney with renal artery stenosis (Dikman SH, Strauss L, Berman LJ, Taylor NS, Churg J. Unilateral glomerulonephritis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1976 Sep;100(9):480-3. Abstract: Three patients had unilateral glomerulonephritis. In two, the protected kidney was associated with stenosis of its renal artery, and in the third patient, a hydronephrotic kidney was spared. These clinical examples of unilateral glomerulonephritis and similar experimental models illustrate the effect of hemodynamic and hydrostatic influence in the manifestation of glomerulonephritis. Glomerulonephritis associated with unilateral arterial or ureteral disease may cause clinical confusion and error in diagnosis and treatment. (also see Palmer JM, Eversole SL, Stamey TA. Unilateral glomerulonephritis. Virtual absence of nephritis in a kidney with partial occlusion of the main renal artery. Am J Med. 1966 May;40(5):816-22. and Ooi BS, Weiss MA, H. Effect of renal vein constriction on the localization of immune complexes in the kidney. Kidney Int. 1979 Dec;16(6):681-7.)

Renal artery stenosis also protects against FSGS, presumably by reducing nephron perfusion (e.g. Alkhunaizi AM, Chapman A. Renal artery stenosis and unilateral focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Am J Kidney Dis. 1997 Jun;29(6):936-41.

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- J. Charles Jennette, MD Brinkhous Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

parislemon: This is actually the craziest chart about Apple...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:15:08 -0500

parislemon:

This is actually the craziest chart about Apple following their insane earnings today.

There is exactly one company on that entire list that is not an oil and gas company. And they’re not that far from the top.

These bands appeared in my nails and have been moving...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:37:00 -0500

These bands appeared in my nails and have been moving progressively up since I was diagnosed with Leukemia. Weird, right?
superamit, instagr.am

“Assertive but not goaty.”

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:07:00 -0500

“Assertive but not goaty.”

All of UpToDate, including the images, is now available on the...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:24:00 -0500

All of UpToDate, including the images, is now available on the iPhone. I remember 15 years ago when UpToDate was limited to nephrology and only available on 3.5 inch disks.

The @Lytro camera: “Here’s what this photo looks like if you take two steps to the...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:08:01 -0500

The @Lytro camera: “Here’s what this photo looks like if you take two steps to the left.” (The data is all there.) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=410311906