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Brooch
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Doyle Auctions
Brooch
1845
Doyle Auctions
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June 1st
Chagas Disease: Poverty, Immigration, and a ‘New HIV/AIDS’
Is this protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, causing a silent disease emergency? The insect-borne sickness, termed Chagas disease, can lead to heart enlargement and cardiac failure in as many as a third of those infected.
With as many as 10 million people worldwide infected, most of them in tropical, poverty-ridden locales, maybe it’s time to pay close attention to this emerging danger? Maryn McKenna has a great write-up of how “immigrant bias” might be giving public health officials an excuse to keep the sufferers at arm’s length. The problem is that Chagas is already in the U.S., and its hotspots (like Texas) aren’t requiring blood donor screening.
To fight an epidemic, you must first recognize that it’s beginning. Prejudices against the gay community prevented a head start against HIV, and we should make sure that doesn’t happen again with Chagas.
(via Wired Science, you can also read the original paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Chagas Disease: Poverty, Immigration, and a ‘New HIV/AIDS’
Is this protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, causing a silent disease emergency? The insect-borne sickness, termed Chagas disease, can lead to heart enlargement and cardiac failure in as many as a third of those infected.
With as many as 10 million people worldwide infected, most of them in tropical, poverty-ridden locales, maybe it’s time to pay close attention to this emerging danger? Maryn McKenna has a great write-up of how “immigrant bias” might be giving public health officials an excuse to keep the sufferers at arm’s length. The problem is that Chagas is already in the U.S., and its hotspots (like Texas) aren’t requiring blood donor screening.
To fight an epidemic, you must first recognize that it’s beginning. Prejudices against the gay community prevented a head start against HIV, and we should make sure that doesn’t happen again with Chagas.
(via Wired Science, you can also read the original paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Chagas Disease: Poverty, Immigration, and a ‘New HIV/AIDS’
Is this protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, causing a silent disease emergency? The insect-borne sickness, termed Chagas disease, can lead to heart enlargement and cardiac failure in as many as a third of those infected.
With as many as 10 million people worldwide infected, most of them in tropical, poverty-ridden locales, maybe it’s time to pay close attention to this emerging danger? Maryn McKenna has a great write-up of how “immigrant bias” might be giving public health officials an excuse to keep the sufferers at arm’s length. The problem is that Chagas is already in the U.S., and its hotspots (like Texas) aren’t requiring blood donor screening.
To fight an epidemic, you must first recognize that it’s beginning. Prejudices against the gay community prevented a head start against HIV, and we should make sure that doesn’t happen again with Chagas.
(via Wired Science, you can also read the original paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
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Dress
1927
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dress
1927
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
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(Source: fuckyeahpastel, via snortdrugs)
(Source: fuckyeahpastel, via snortdrugs)
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Moon Craters
by Veerayen Mohanadas
Moon Craters
by Veerayen Mohanadas
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Double Rainbox
by Lori Franz
Double Rainbox
by Lori Franz
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Antimonocromatismo II, Sylvia Pelissero
Antimonocromatismo II, Sylvia Pelissero
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(Source: totesheck, via snortdrugs)
(Source: totesheck, via snortdrugs)
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May 28th
Brilliant Sun Pillar
by Kevin Povenz
Summary: Andrew McFarlane; Jim Foster
The photo above showing a breathtaking Sun pillar was captured at sunset near Jenison, Michigan on April 10, 2012. Sun pillars result from the reflection of sunlight off the bottom surfaces (or less frequently, the top surfaces) of plate-shaped ice crystals composing cirrus clouds.
These crystals must be similarly oriented and slightly tipped with respect to the viewer in order for a pillar to be observed. The crimson shaft piercing the purple sky made this sunset unforgettable.
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Brilliant Sun Pillar
by Kevin Povenz
Summary: Andrew McFarlane; Jim Foster
The photo above showing a breathtaking Sun pillar was captured at sunset near Jenison, Michigan on April 10, 2012. Sun pillars result from the reflection of sunlight off the bottom surfaces (or less frequently, the top surfaces) of plate-shaped ice crystals composing cirrus clouds.
These crystals must be similarly oriented and slightly tipped with respect to the viewer in order for a pillar to be observed. The crimson shaft piercing the purple sky made this sunset unforgettable.
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Brilliant Sun Pillar
by Kevin Povenz
Summary: Andrew McFarlane; Jim Foster
The photo above showing a breathtaking Sun pillar was captured at sunset near Jenison, Michigan on April 10, 2012. Sun pillars result from the reflection of sunlight off the bottom surfaces (or less frequently, the top surfaces) of plate-shaped ice crystals composing cirrus clouds.
These crystals must be similarly oriented and slightly tipped with respect to the viewer in order for a pillar to be observed. The crimson shaft piercing the purple sky made this sunset unforgettable.
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