Sunday, February 26, 2012

Nine Inch Nails- They Keep Calling Me (The Crow)



I had to post this video since I've been thinking about whatever happened to Brandon Lee's case. It's sad that it stayed unresolved and they eventually closed it.

Photos of the abandoned antique cars nature has reclaimed

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

19th Century Medical Mummies in the News

A group of forensic anthropologists have completed a meticulous analysis of a set of real human anatomy displays from 19C Italy. Using CT scans and other chemical analysis, the group determined that, some 200 years ago, anatomist Giovan Battista Rini "petrified" the corpses with a mercury and other heavy metals. He injected some tinctures and used others as baths. The eyes are fake. Basically, Rini was modern medicine's first "Body Worlds" guy.--The Terrifying Body Worlds Mummy Heads of 19C Italy, Gakwer

Ok. So although this Gawker story has a MAJOR inaccuracy--Giovan Battista Rini was hardly "medicine's first 'Body Worlds' guy;" that honor would surely go to Honoré Fragonard and his incredible Anatomical Ecorchés from the 18th century--its still nice to see anatomical preparations discussed and pictured in the mainstream media. Read more about the recent CT scan analysis on preparations from the 19th century collection of anatomist Giovan Battista Rini pictured above here and here. Images by Dario Piombino-Mascali, EURAC, and Clinical Anatomy/Wiley via National Geographic article; click here to see more.

Thanks to Joanna and her friend Ken for this article.




Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Amazing artist's website :Blood and Spit

An awesome real NYC Horror story

Please, adopt a bat or donate

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Abandoned mines used by bats can be closed with gates that allow the bats to fly in and out while keeping humans safely outside. Over the years, Bat Conservation International has partnered with land managers, mining companies, state and federal agencies and environmental organizations to conduct pre-closure bat surveys at thousands of mines and caves. We have protected many of them with appropriate gates and other bat-friendly closures that keep humans safe while ensuring the bats can keep their homes.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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