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wildcat2030: The matter that’s not not not there Jon Butterworth: Our local dark matter stages a comeback Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates the presence of a certain amount of matter in the galaxies. But when you count up the matter in the visible stars, there isn’t enough. This matter that’s “not there” in the visible galaxy is called “dark matter”. No one knows what it is. It could for example by supersymmetric fundamental particles, which we might see in high energy particle colliders like the LHC, although none has put in an appearance so far. Several highly sensitive experiments huddled deep underground, where backgrounds are low, are hunting for hints of low-energy collisions between the atoms of the detectors and the dark matter particles the Earth is presumably passing through on its path through space. Despite some hints, no compelling discovery has been made yet. This is one of the frontiers of knowledge. Either dark matter is about 80% of the matter in the universe and we don’t know what it is, or our theory of gravity is wrong. One way or another, we want to know. (via The matter that’s not not not there | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics | Science | guardian.co.uk)

wildcat2030:

The matter that’s not not not there

Jon Butterworth: Our local dark matter stages a comeback

Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates the presence of a certain amount of matter in the galaxies. But when you count up the matter in the visible stars, there isn’t enough. This matter that’s “not there” in the visible galaxy is called “dark matter”. No one knows what it is. It could for example by supersymmetric fundamental particles, which we might see in high energy particle colliders like the LHC, although none has put in an appearance so far. Several highly sensitive experiments huddled deep underground, where backgrounds are low, are hunting for hints of low-energy collisions between the atoms of the detectors and the dark matter particles the Earth is presumably passing through on its path through space. Despite some hints, no compelling discovery has been made yet. This is one of the frontiers of knowledge. Either dark matter is about 80% of the matter in the universe and we don’t know what it is, or our theory of gravity is wrong. One way or another, we want to know. (via The matter that’s not not not there | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics | Science | guardian.co.uk)

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There are some fairly old philosophical issues about what confers identity and uniqueness, and these are the principles, quiddity and haecceity. I hadn’t even heard of these issues until I started to research into it, and it turns out these obscure terms come from the philosopher Duns Scotus. Quiddity is the invisible properties, the essence shared by members of a group, so that would be the ‘dogginess’ of all dogs. But the haecceity is the unique property of the individual, so that would be Fido’s haecceity or Fido’s essence, which makes Fido distinct to another dog, for example. These are not real properties. These are psychological constructs, and I think the reason that people generate these constructs is that when they invest some emotional time or effort into an object, or it has some significance towards them, then they imbue it with this property, which makes it irreplaceable, you can’t duplicate it. In effect, it becomes sacred, and so I think that sacred objects, which exist across various religions, also have this notion of them being unique. You can’t duplicate and you can’t corrupt them. They have this property that is indivisible. I think essentialism is pervasive in our attitude towards objects, but it’s also there in our attitudes to valuation.
– Essentialism | Conversation | Edge (via wildcat2030)

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  • math test: a farmer plants 7 crops of tomatoes and 3 crops of carrots what is the probablity his moms name is leslie
  • history test: the american civil war ended in 1865, explain how this had a defining role in the extinction of dinosaurs
  • literature test: explain what the author meant by, "the apple was as red as an apple"
  • physics tests: The aliens ate 3.4 doughnuts. Their crumbs fell to the Earth because of gravity. Calculate how many penguins are eating pancakes at the speed of light.

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Head Sex and the Emotional Affair (Therese J. Borchard)

psychotherapy:

Believe it or not, extramarital “head sex” — the emotional bond formed with a secret lover of sorts — may be worse (at least for depression) than real sex outside a marriage, according to Peggy Vaughan, author of The Monogamy Myth and creator of DearPeggy.com.

“Most people recover from the fact that their partner had sex with someone else before they recover from the fact that they were deceived,” says Vaughan. “An affair, in the final analysis, is more about ‘breaking trust’ than about ‘having sex.’”

A few years ago Vaughan took an online poll, asking readers: “If your partner had an affair, what would be more difficult to overcome: the deception, or that he/she had sex with someone else?” Almost three quarters of the men and women polled said deception.

Vaughan believes that secrecy is primarily what distinguishes a close friendship from an emotional affair.

For example, you’ve crossed the line if you are:

  • Keeping the details of the relationship secret from your husband or wife
  • Saying and doing things with your “friend” that you wouldn’t do if your partner were present
  • Sharing things with the other person that you don’t share with your partner
  • Making an effort to spend lots of time with your “friend”

“In most instances emotional affairs are just affairs that have not yet become sexual,” says Vaughan. “They either end or they escalate. So (as with any type of affair), it’s critical that all one-on-one contact with the third party be severed — before it escalates.”

Romantic friendships are especially dangerous for women because women typically invest much more of themselves into them than men. A woman may ache and suffer for years as she grapples with her relationship issues while her male counterpart considers the extra attention a mere bonus to his family life, says Vaughan. In other words, a female sees her soul mate; a man sees fun. And, according to Aaran Ben-Ze’ev, author of Love Online, it’s not uncommon for men to be conducting two or even four affairs at once.

Even innocent flirting with co-workers can hurt a marriage. “We only have so much emotional energy in life,” says M. Gary Neuman, a psychotherapist in Florida and author of Emotional Infidelity.

“By chatting and joking with your crush during the workday, that’s emotional energy you should be sharing with your partner, and it drains your marriage of the vitality it needs.”

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darksilenceinsuburbia:

Keith Perelli. Return, 2006-07.

Gable, 2007. Oil on paper, 8 x 11”.

Wound (detail of hand), 2006. Oil on paper.

The ideas and images generated for the series “Return,” catalogue a personal need to explore the immediate and lingering issues related to the sociological and ecological recovery of the Gulf region post hurricane Katrina. Beyond the profound photos that emerged within hours and weeks following the storm, I sought to grapple with the psychological and physically changed landscape through quiet reflection and observation of the figure and native plants. I believe that this journey of working offered a sense of healing and acceptance of the changed lives, communities and ecology of the region.
As former resident of St. Bernard parish, it is truly difficult to acknowledge and accept that the familiarity of home and community no longer exists. I hope that this work serves as a timeless reminder of the pressing need for ecological conservation and restoration of our natural resources. (by the artist)

http://keithperelli.com/keithperelli.com/Keith_Perelli.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/perelli/


 

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wildcat2030: Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. (via Rapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient’s medical record)

wildcat2030:

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. (via Rapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient’s medical record)

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Micah after ATL, All SMILES!!!! (Taken with instagram)

Micah after ATL, All SMILES!!!! (Taken with instagram)

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Hatch Hall Wisdom, lol, who five chapters are these?!? Everyones!! (Taken with instagram)

Hatch Hall Wisdom, lol, who five chapters are these?!? Everyones!! (Taken with instagram)

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A Loveless Rainy Day

You couldn’t just keep things simple. You had to go and make me hate you. You wanted all or nothing. You wanted a fight but not the one I gave you. You wanted it all, so selfish. We could of worked somehow, but we can’t “be” ‘cause you couldn’t look pass you and see.

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darksilenceinsuburbia: Antonio Muñoz von Furstenberg. On Tumblr: http://mdvon.tumblr.com/

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Antonio Muñoz von Furstenberg.

On Tumblr: http://mdvon.tumblr.com/

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wildcat2030: …At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Prof. Schaaffhause has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. - The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex, Volume 1 – by Charles Darwin (via Human Races May Have Biological Meaning, But Races Mean Nothing About Humanity | The Crux | Discover Magazine)

wildcat2030:

…At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Prof. Schaaffhause has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. - The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex, Volume 1 – by Charles Darwin (via Human Races May Have Biological Meaning, But Races Mean Nothing About Humanity | The Crux | Discover Magazine)

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wildcat2030: The matter that’s not not not there Jon Butterworth: Our local dark matter stages a comeback Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates the presence of a certain amount of matter in the galaxies. But when you count up the matter in the visible stars, there isn’t enough. This matter that’s “not there” in the visible galaxy is called “dark matter”. No one knows what it is. It could for example by supersymmetric fundamental particles, which we might see in high energy particle colliders like the LHC, although none has put in an appearance so far. Several highly sensitive experiments huddled deep underground, where backgrounds are low, are hunting for hints of low-energy collisions between the atoms of the detectors and the dark matter particles the Earth is presumably passing through on its path through space. Despite some hints, no compelling discovery has been made yet. This is one of the frontiers of knowledge. Either dark matter is about 80% of the matter in the universe and we don’t know what it is, or our theory of gravity is wrong. One way or another, we want to know. (via The matter that’s not not not there | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics | Science | guardian.co.uk)

wildcat2030:

The matter that’s not not not there

Jon Butterworth: Our local dark matter stages a comeback

Astronomers study the motion of stars in galaxies, as they twist and rotate under each other’s gravitational attraction. The motion throws up a long-standing puzzle in astrophysics: The way the stars move indicates the presence of a certain amount of matter in the galaxies. But when you count up the matter in the visible stars, there isn’t enough. This matter that’s “not there” in the visible galaxy is called “dark matter”. No one knows what it is. It could for example by supersymmetric fundamental particles, which we might see in high energy particle colliders like the LHC, although none has put in an appearance so far. Several highly sensitive experiments huddled deep underground, where backgrounds are low, are hunting for hints of low-energy collisions between the atoms of the detectors and the dark matter particles the Earth is presumably passing through on its path through space. Despite some hints, no compelling discovery has been made yet. This is one of the frontiers of knowledge. Either dark matter is about 80% of the matter in the universe and we don’t know what it is, or our theory of gravity is wrong. One way or another, we want to know. (via The matter that’s not not not there | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics | Science | guardian.co.uk)

(Source: staypozitive)

(Source: staypozitive)

There are some fairly old philosophical issues about what confers identity and uniqueness, and these are the principles, quiddity and haecceity. I hadn’t even heard of these issues until I started to research into it, and it turns out these obscure terms come from the philosopher Duns Scotus. Quiddity is the invisible properties, the essence shared by members of a group, so that would be the ‘dogginess’ of all dogs. But the haecceity is the unique property of the individual, so that would be Fido’s haecceity or Fido’s essence, which makes Fido distinct to another dog, for example. These are not real properties. These are psychological constructs, and I think the reason that people generate these constructs is that when they invest some emotional time or effort into an object, or it has some significance towards them, then they imbue it with this property, which makes it irreplaceable, you can’t duplicate it. In effect, it becomes sacred, and so I think that sacred objects, which exist across various religions, also have this notion of them being unique. You can’t duplicate and you can’t corrupt them. They have this property that is indivisible. I think essentialism is pervasive in our attitude towards objects, but it’s also there in our attitudes to valuation.
– Essentialism | Conversation | Edge (via wildcat2030)

(via wildcat2030)

  • math test: a farmer plants 7 crops of tomatoes and 3 crops of carrots what is the probablity his moms name is leslie
  • history test: the american civil war ended in 1865, explain how this had a defining role in the extinction of dinosaurs
  • literature test: explain what the author meant by, "the apple was as red as an apple"
  • physics tests: The aliens ate 3.4 doughnuts. Their crumbs fell to the Earth because of gravity. Calculate how many penguins are eating pancakes at the speed of light.

Head Sex and the Emotional Affair (Therese J. Borchard)

psychotherapy:

Believe it or not, extramarital “head sex” — the emotional bond formed with a secret lover of sorts — may be worse (at least for depression) than real sex outside a marriage, according to Peggy Vaughan, author of The Monogamy Myth and creator of DearPeggy.com.

“Most people recover from the fact that their partner had sex with someone else before they recover from the fact that they were deceived,” says Vaughan. “An affair, in the final analysis, is more about ‘breaking trust’ than about ‘having sex.’”

A few years ago Vaughan took an online poll, asking readers: “If your partner had an affair, what would be more difficult to overcome: the deception, or that he/she had sex with someone else?” Almost three quarters of the men and women polled said deception.

Vaughan believes that secrecy is primarily what distinguishes a close friendship from an emotional affair.

For example, you’ve crossed the line if you are:

  • Keeping the details of the relationship secret from your husband or wife
  • Saying and doing things with your “friend” that you wouldn’t do if your partner were present
  • Sharing things with the other person that you don’t share with your partner
  • Making an effort to spend lots of time with your “friend”

“In most instances emotional affairs are just affairs that have not yet become sexual,” says Vaughan. “They either end or they escalate. So (as with any type of affair), it’s critical that all one-on-one contact with the third party be severed — before it escalates.”

Romantic friendships are especially dangerous for women because women typically invest much more of themselves into them than men. A woman may ache and suffer for years as she grapples with her relationship issues while her male counterpart considers the extra attention a mere bonus to his family life, says Vaughan. In other words, a female sees her soul mate; a man sees fun. And, according to Aaran Ben-Ze’ev, author of Love Online, it’s not uncommon for men to be conducting two or even four affairs at once.

Even innocent flirting with co-workers can hurt a marriage. “We only have so much emotional energy in life,” says M. Gary Neuman, a psychotherapist in Florida and author of Emotional Infidelity.

“By chatting and joking with your crush during the workday, that’s emotional energy you should be sharing with your partner, and it drains your marriage of the vitality it needs.”

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Keith Perelli. Return, 2006-07.

Gable, 2007. Oil on paper, 8 x 11”.

Wound (detail of hand), 2006. Oil on paper.

The ideas and images generated for the series “Return,” catalogue a personal need to explore the immediate and lingering issues related to the sociological and ecological recovery of the Gulf region post hurricane Katrina. Beyond the profound photos that emerged within hours and weeks following the storm, I sought to grapple with the psychological and physically changed landscape through quiet reflection and observation of the figure and native plants. I believe that this journey of working offered a sense of healing and acceptance of the changed lives, communities and ecology of the region.
As former resident of St. Bernard parish, it is truly difficult to acknowledge and accept that the familiarity of home and community no longer exists. I hope that this work serves as a timeless reminder of the pressing need for ecological conservation and restoration of our natural resources. (by the artist)

http://keithperelli.com/keithperelli.com/Keith_Perelli.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/perelli/


 

wildcat2030: Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. (via Rapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient’s medical record)

wildcat2030:

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. (via Rapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient’s medical record)

Micah after ATL, All SMILES!!!! (Taken with instagram)

Micah after ATL, All SMILES!!!! (Taken with instagram)

Hatch Hall Wisdom, lol, who five chapters are these?!? Everyones!! (Taken with instagram)

Hatch Hall Wisdom, lol, who five chapters are these?!? Everyones!! (Taken with instagram)

A Loveless Rainy Day

You couldn’t just keep things simple. You had to go and make me hate you. You wanted all or nothing. You wanted a fight but not the one I gave you. You wanted it all, so selfish. We could of worked somehow, but we can’t “be” ‘cause you couldn’t look pass you and see.

(Source: thomasdjlivehinson, via originalbeautyy)

(via thecaptainsverses)

darksilenceinsuburbia: Antonio Muñoz von Furstenberg. On Tumblr: http://mdvon.tumblr.com/

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Antonio Muñoz von Furstenberg.

On Tumblr: http://mdvon.tumblr.com/

wildcat2030: …At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Prof. Schaaffhause has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. - The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex, Volume 1 – by Charles Darwin (via Human Races May Have Biological Meaning, But Races Mean Nothing About Humanity | The Crux | Discover Magazine)

wildcat2030:

…At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Prof. Schaaffhause has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla. - The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex, Volume 1 – by Charles Darwin (via Human Races May Have Biological Meaning, But Races Mean Nothing About Humanity | The Crux | Discover Magazine)

"There are some fairly old philosophical issues about what confers identity and uniqueness, and these are the principles, quiddity and haecceity. I hadn’t even heard of these issues until I started to research into it, and it turns out these obscure terms come from the philosopher Duns Scotus. Quiddity is the invisible properties, the essence shared by members of a group, so that would be the ‘dogginess’ of all dogs. But the haecceity is the unique property of the individual, so that would be Fido’s haecceity or Fido’s essence, which makes Fido distinct to another dog, for example. These are not real properties. These are psychological constructs, and I think the reason that people generate these constructs is that when they invest some emotional time or effort into an object, or it has some significance towards them, then they imbue it with this property, which makes it irreplaceable, you can’t duplicate it. In effect, it becomes sacred, and so I think that sacred objects, which exist across various religions, also have this notion of them being unique. You can’t duplicate and you can’t corrupt them. They have this property that is indivisible. I think essentialism is pervasive in our attitude towards objects, but it’s also there in our attitudes to valuation."
Head Sex and the Emotional Affair (Therese J. Borchard)
A Loveless Rainy Day

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