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Work in progress. At least I passed my exam.

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:44:02 -0400

Work in progress. At least I passed my exam.

thisistheverge: Matterform crowdfunds a simple, well-designed...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:20:09 -0400

Matterform crowdfunds a simple, well-designed 3D scanner that could arrive this summer

MakerBot has been the trailblazer when it comes to bringing 3D printing to the masses, but another company may beat it to the punch before it can do the same for 3D scanners. Matterform is looking to produce a simple, low-profile 3D scanner, and it’s launched an Indiegogo campaign in support of the effort. The Photon 3D scanner appears to be about the size of a simple printer when shut, and then unfolds to reveal a scanning surface when being used.

totallyfubar: Sky is wrong. Moss is wrong. Mint isn’t pale...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:16:36 -0400

totallyfubar:

Sky is wrong. Moss is wrong. Mint isn’t pale enough. Chlorophyll is much much brighter and more saturated than that. Avocado is wrong. Lime is wrong. Gold is horribly wrong. Salmon is wrong. Baby is wrong. Your pink is really more of a fuchsia. Blue orchids are two colors, neither of which are what’s listed here. Grape is darker than eggplant. Wine is darker than that. Cherries are darker than that. Cinnamon is brown.

You pretty much skipped over most blues, pinks, oranges, and reds.

I am a male artist, don’t fuck with me and colors.

Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species? Another...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:57:49 -0400

Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

Another lovely talk. Makes me want to cry of happiness.

acrylamid: Humor: Årets framsida.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:39:05 -0400

acrylamid:

Humor: Årets framsida.

Digging for humanity’s origins - Louise Leakey A lovely...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:24:58 -0400

Digging for humanity’s origins - Louise Leakey

A lovely talk. I’m so sorry to say there is no hell for us to go to, to burn.

Public Shaming: The news out of Steubenville today is a small step in the right...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:02:30 -0400

Public Shaming: The news out of Steubenville today is a *small step* in the right...:

publicshaming:

The news out of Steubenville today is a *small step* in the right direction for a town that seems to be plagued with cover-ups in an attempt to save their beloved football team. Two young men were sentenced to juvenile detention in the Steubenville rape case today. I suggest you look up what they…

caraobrien: (Photo: James Nachtwey) (Part 2/2, see Part 1) As a...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:08:34 -0400

caraobrien:

(Photo: James Nachtwey)

(Part 2/2, see Part 1)

As a result of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Decree 770, many unwanted Romanian children were placed in the country’s orphanages and institutions. Some had disabilities, often the result of botched abortion attempts. Others were abandoned by parents that could not afford to care for them, or simply did not want the burden. By 1980, more than 100,000 children were in state care.

When Ceausescu’s regime began paying back foreign loans in the 1980s, the conditions in state institutions went from bad to horrendous. Mortality rates skyrocketed, reaching as high as 50% at one facility in Cighid. Physical and sexual abuse by staff members was widespread, and the malnutrition and neglect suffered by the children caused many of those without disabilities to become developmentally disabled. Food, medicine and clothing were scarce. The children slept several to one bed, often without adequate mattresses and blankets. There were children who went for years without seeing natural light. The conditions of the institutions were hidden from the public until Ceausescu’s overthrow in 1989, though many that did know of the squalid nature of these facilities may have just been too afraid to speak out under Ceausescu’s government. “After 1989, what we saw was something like what the Nazis did in concentration camps,” said Dr. Liviu Maior, the minister of education.

One of the most tragic results is an extremely high HIV infection rate among those that were abandoned. 10,000 children contracted the disease while in state care after being injected with blood as a nutritional supplement. Because the Romanian government did not recognize the threat of AIDS at the time, needles were re-used and the disease spread. 7,000 survived to adulthood, thanks to the use of antiretroviral therapy. However, survivors face prejudice once they leave the institution. Approximately 25% of schools will refuse admission to HIV+ students. Romanians look down upon those infected with the disease, shunning sufferers and leaving them without any support. Many now live on the streets.

The effects of neglect and abuse are still being felt by the abandoned children. Turned out on the street at the age of 18 with little education and suffering from the trauma of having lived their entire lives in institutions, many are forced into prostitution in order to support themselves. Rape and other forms of violence are commonplace. The street urchins of Bucharest spend their time sniffing glue and trying to survive on meager earnings, while the rest of the population regards them with disgust. Many are HIV+ and the syphilis rate is as high as 95% among the homeless youth. Their chances of having a normal life are severely limited due to a lack of identification papers.

Improvements in some of the institutions have been minimal since Ceausescu’s overthrow. As recently as 2006, Mental Disability Rights International published a report documenting the horrors of Romanian facilities.

Staff agreed to unwrap several of the children. One girl, who looked to be about 4 or 5 years old, was actually 17 and weighed no more than 25 pounds (about 10 kilos). As the staff removed the restraint, her skin came off with the sheet, leaving a raw open wound beneath it. Another boy looked to be the size of a baby, but was 7 years old. He too, when unwrapped, was wasting away, his legs covered with sores and his fingers chewed and swollen. – MDRI investigator

The EU has criticized Romania for the conditions of the institutions, as well as the lack of transparency and regulation of international adoptions. Human trafficking within the country and outside its borders has become routine.

This is the lost generation of Romania.

Sources:

What happened to Romania’s orphans? by Kate McGeown for BBC News, 8 July 2005

Life in Ceausescu’s institutions by Kate McGeown for BBC News, 12 July 2005

Romania’s abandoned HIV babies, 20 years on by Chris Rogers for BBC News, 22 December 2009

Orphanages, hospitals and the streets remain the homes for many of Romania’s children by Ruth Sorelle for the Houston Chronicle, 28 April 1996

Ceausescu’s Orphans by Massimo Calabresi for Time Magazine, 24 June 1996

Romania suspends international adoptions from the Associated Press, 21 June 2001

Hidden Suffering: Romania’s Segregation and Abuse of Infants and Children with Disabilities, Mental Disability Rights International, 2006

Richard Seymour: How beauty feels

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:25:54 -0400

Richard Seymour: How beauty feels

Showing An1 what she can do with a macro lens for her camera.

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:27:00 -0400

Showing An1 what she can do with a macro lens for her camera.

"“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that..."

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:52:00 -0400

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“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”

― Alan Greenspan

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Another reference… This one Mosa Mazroui Sebdani should...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:49:43 -0500

Another reference… This one Mosa Mazroui Sebdani should check out. Especially the conclusion.

This is one of the Science references will use in my work. This...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:42:10 -0500

This is one of the Science references will use in my work. This shows the plasticity of the brain and how MF works.

A Momentary Flow: Why the mind is not in the head

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:17:26 -0500

A Momentary Flow: Why the mind is not in the head:

wildcat2030:

See on Scoop.it - Philosophy everywhere everywhen

“Slowly the cards turned into considering that the basis of mind is the body in coupled action, that is, the sensory-motor circuits establish the organism as viable in situated contexts. Form this perspective the brain appears as a…

The Swedish Pirate Party’s answer to the Rights Alliance’s demands

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:52:00 -0500

The Swedish Pirate Party’s answer to the Rights Alliance’s demands:

– It is wonderful to be
able to pass on the baton to two sister parties.
It is testament to the pirate movement’s maturity and strength, says Troberg. We help each other and work with our sight set firmly on the future.Today,there are more than sixty different Pirate Parties all around the world. Every cut connection to The Pirate Bay will generate two new connections.

– The Pirate Party considers the Rights Alliance’s threat an abuse of the justice system. The Rights Alliance is counting on superior economic muscle to achieve two things. Firstly, to scare an economically weaker opponent into silence with the threat of a costly civil law suit. Or secondly, to wear the opponent down with a lengthy legal process that drains money, energy and focus, which in this case means money, energy and focus drained out of The Pirate Party’s election campaigns for 2014.

The Mona Lisa Curse - A Must see for any Art Student or adorer...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:36:00 -0500

The Mona Lisa Curse - A Must see for any Art Student or adorer of Andy Warhol. I do concur with his conclusion. That most Art is striped of it true value. It’s meaning.

BBC Horizon 2011 What is Reality HDTV (by yllanos)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:06:05 -0500

BBC Horizon 2011 What is Reality HDTV (by yllanos)

Sketches scale 1-1 of my MA project. But the kilns at school are...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:02:37 -0500

Sketches scale 1-1 of my MA project. But the kilns at school are fare to small for what I had planed. I need to figure something out and thats soon!

The tall one is 196cm in three sections and will shrink 20-25%. That will not do!

Poeter.se

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:19:40 -0500

Poeter.se:

Poem by Objekt 8

oranges-and-licorice: Peacock Spider (Maratus volans) The red,...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:14:56 -0500

oranges-and-licorice:

Peacock Spider (Maratus volans)

The red, blue and black colored males have flap-like extensions of the abdomen with white hairs that can be folded down. They are used for display during mating: the male raises his abdomen, then expands and raises the flaps so that the abdomen forms a white-fringed, circular field of color. The species, and indeed the whole genus Maratus have been compared to peacocks in this respect. The third pair of legs is also raised for display, showing a brush of black hairs and white tips. While approaching the female, the male will then vibrate raises legs and tail, and dance from side to side.
Both sexes reach about 5mm in body length. Females and immatures of both sexes are brown with no distinct pattern.
The peacock spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia.

Photo by: Jurgen Otto