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2013-05-21 20:41:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A few birds have been visiting- I am so glad the catbirds are back- they are so silly!  and the bluejays are getting bolder- they love the peanuts that fall from the peanut feeder.

2013-05-21 20:14:00 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I can never get enough of Murkin and his foster kittens!

2013-05-21 20:10:12 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Yum!
I earned a $20 credit to Naturebox with my activity points on Earndit.com, which syncs with my #fitbit  !
my first box arrived today!!
YUM!
Kayleigh was here when I opened it, and she looked at me with wide eyes and said "MOM I LOVE YOU!" and took off with the Whole Wheat Raspberry Figgy Bars. LOL
No high fructose corn syrup, no artificial sweeteners, no trans fats.... 
15 total servings of 5 different snacks for $19.95/month plus shipping.
so far so good!

2013-05-21 19:38:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

How have physicists circumvented the limitations set by modern imaging techniques while still getting around the diffraction limit? What
physical tricks allow them to seemingly beat the laws of physics?

2013-05-21 19:36:33 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

I am happy to see that my impulsively purchased and planted Clematis is flowering!! and twining nicely around the fence... I may need to buy more!
my father has amazing clematis gardens.

#inmyyard  
#floralphotography  
#purpleflowers  

2013-05-21 19:32:34 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Great Blue Herons -- Sounds and Images of Spring

- - a gathering of screen snaps, sounds, and music

- - from the Cornell Lab Bird Cam (LiveStreaming) - http://goo.gl/wG3Nm

h/t to +mary Zeman  and +Chris Kim A 

#science   #sciencesunday   #scienceeveryday   #birds4all   #herons 

2013-05-21 16:30:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Here is another image of ballet dancer Elena Tsikitikou in designs by Tara Byakko.
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More of my portfolio can be seen here: 
www.facebook.com/richardpowazynskiphotography

#fashion   #fashionphotography   #model   #female   #tarabyakko   #couture   #couturefashion   #balletdancer  

2013-05-21 16:12:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

New theory offers clues to vital 'repair and maintenance' role of sleep

the biological function of sleep is to allow for vital 'repair and maintenance' of the cells in our brain, so called neurons.

2013-05-21 16:10:20 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

2013-05-21 16:08:18 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

still trying to get motivated.... I did try +Heidi Hirschbach 's timer trick and I got some work done... the sun is coming out so maybe I will feel more like walking later.  I also need to continue on with mom's quilt photos... 
5 minutes at a time.....

2013-05-21 15:39:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Daily Classical Music Post

"The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May." -- Edwin Way Teale

http://grooveshark.com/s/Appalachian+Spring+Ballet+Suite+1945/4I8Yfv?src=5

O Appalachian Spring! I gained the ledge;
Steep, inaccessible smile that eastward bends
And northward reaches in that violet wedge
Of Adirondacks!

Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring tells the story of a 19th-century American spring celebration, complete with square dances and revival meetings. The idea for the title came from Hart Crane's poem "The Dance." Copland won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1945 for this wonderfully evocative work.

My classical music post for today is Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring.

2013-05-21 15:36:40 (3 comments, 8 reshares, 24 +1s)

OMG this is so cute- from a private share, I have to post public!  look at it play!!!

2013-05-21 15:16:11 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Your Bleeding Heart

A musical interlude
Marc Broussard - Bleeding Heart

You're my affliction
You say to leave you alone
You're a contradiction
A flower growing in stone
Your pressure seems so high
I'm starting to wonder why it is

Listen, now is it so hard
to let a little bit go
Trying to hide the battle scars
but they're starting to show
Beating me like a drum
making me wanna run from you

[Chorus]
But your bleeding heart
is gonna hurt you
Your bleeding heart
is gonna wear you down
You better say goodbye
or stop the madness
of your bleeding heart
Oh, of your bleeding heart

Can you slow down
Take a second to breathe
You wanna burn it to the ground
but you're burnin' me
Do you like to feel the pain
cause you think... more »

2013-05-21 14:32:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

BODY-WORK: The Anatomy’s’ Labor of Love. Manual therapies you might find helpful for chronic pain. By Celeste Cooper

2013-05-21 14:25:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

to piggyback on +William McGarvey  's post about the heron fledglings, here is a picture of the chickadee babies!  look- they have itty bitty feathers! not just down!

Bill's post:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109695271264888014692/posts/8mnYkxcWfu9

2013-05-21 11:43:52 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

The secret to success...

2013-05-21 11:41:43 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Schmallenberg vaccine available to UK farmers this summer
Vaccine will prevent a disease that causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestock. 
*All about Schmallenberg virus: http://goo.gl/fuPyT  
A new vaccine is being made available to prevent a disease which causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestock. Schmallenberg virus, which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011 and has been seen in cattle and sheep in the UK since early 2012, has been identified on more than 1,700 farms across the country. Adult animals infected during pregnancies in the autumn by virus-carrying midges, thought to have blown across the Channel, have given birth to deformed or stillborn lambs and calves.  UK farmers are the first in the European Union to have access to a vaccine against Schmallenberg, which will be available for vaccinating livestock this summer before mostan... more »

2013-05-21 11:38:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Barr and his colleagues, who are based at San Diego State University in California, show that animal mucus — whether from humans, fish or corals — is loaded with bacteria-killing viruses called phages. These protect their hosts from infection by destroying incoming bacteria. In return, the phages are exposed to a steady torrent of microbes in which to reproduce. “It’s a unique form of symbiosis, between animals and viruses,” says Rotem Sorek, a microbial geneticist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, who was not involved in the research."

2013-05-21 11:26:41 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Fledglings Arrive!

- - from the Cornell Lab Bird Cam (LiveStreaming) - http://goo.gl/wG3Nm

h/t to +mary Zeman and +Chris Kim A 

There is more action now, with the fledglings pecking at one another, feedings, etc., so you might want to check out the LiveStream.  I'm compiling a slideshow of selected images gathered so far, and hope to post it very soon. 

#science   #sciencesunday   #scienceeveryday   #birds4all   #herons 

2013-05-21 11:15:57 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Summer Vacation Time!!
Make sure your pet sitter or neighbor won't lose your house key - use a cute keychain like this one!

2013-05-21 11:12:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Now you really have No Excuses!
$5 off T shirts FIVERSHIRT13

2013-05-21 01:27:00 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 12 +1s)

2013-05-20 23:30:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Baby Fox

Fox eating peanut butter sandwich. Taken though window, sorry not steady. The peanut butter was originally put out for a sick momma fox but we haven't seen her for a few days. Now the pups are showing up.

2013-05-20 23:14:35 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

I'm having a sale in my Etsy shop to honor my new little baby . . . for a week the coupon code WORTHTHEWAIT is active at http://thefinelime.etsy.com

2013-05-20 22:02:55 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Holy moly- just saw video of the enormous tornado that went through Moore Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City.  The destruction is terrible.  my thoughts are with the residents and first responders.

2013-05-20 19:36:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Murashka is quite a loving cat, as long as Beau isn't too close by.  She loves to be pet and snuggled while I sit at my desk.  Add a little catnip and it is kitty heaven!

2013-05-20 19:33:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I like how these colors go together.... delicately....

2013-05-20 19:28:52 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Tell me you love me.....

2013-05-20 19:06:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

You are home to many trillions of viruses, most of which infect the bacteria that live inside you. According to a new study, they may actually be your symbiotic partners, creating a defensive wall to keep bacteria from killing you. Think of them as your second immune system. Details at the Loom.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/20/meet-your-new-symbionts-several-trillion-viruses/

2013-05-20 19:01:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-20 18:48:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Those birds need watching.

2013-05-20 18:48:01 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

A Miami man has caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida: 18 feet, 8 inches. The python was a 128-pound female that was not carrying eggs, according to University of Florida scientists who examined the snake. The previous record length for a Burmese python captured in the wild in Florida was 17 feet, 7 inches.

http://myfwc.com/news/news-releases/2013/may/20/record-python/

2013-05-20 18:38:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

For those who do not know suburban poverty overtook urban poverty a few years back. The problem is many urban areas have infrastructure and services that help alleviate poverty, while in many suburbs there is often no systems in place. In addition the car centrism  of suburbia adds additional problems which make access to both jobs and services more difficult. This can actually make getting out of poverty more difficult in suburbia than in a city. 

2013-05-20 18:34:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Today is Pick Strawberries Day! Commemorate this special day with Hello Kitty's superhero alter ego – Ichigoman. 

Ichigo Pick!

2013-05-20 18:26:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-20 17:59:40 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

This is my kind of cosplay!!

"Stupid Dog.... BoogaBoogaBooga!"

2013-05-20 17:39:32 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Oh look, Baroness Susan Greenfield is telling us (again) that the InterWebz is warping our lil' minds. What's more, when asked if she has any research supporting her claim - seeing how she's a scientist and all - she responded that:
...she doesn't feel she can do the whole theory justice in a single piece of work. "How can I publish just one paper?" she retorts.
Right, therefore she is going to publish zero papers instead.
To get up to speed on Baroness Greenfield and "Greenfieldism", see the following:
http://www.badscience.net/2011/11/why-wont-professor-greenfield-publish-this-theory-in-a-scientific-journal/
http://storify.com/carlzimmer/greenfieldism-i-point-to-a-twitter-stream-and-i-po
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/brain-flapping/2013/apr/09/susan-greenfield-article-how-to-guide
#Greenfieldism  

2013-05-20 17:32:36 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

2013-05-20 17:29:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Social media is spreading this cancerous falsehood. In fact, if this paper was a quality piece of work, it would indict the organic use of Bt. But there's more to the story. Have a read over there.

#GMO #organicfood #organicfarming  

2013-05-20 17:23:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Fairy Forest!

2013-05-20 17:16:38 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Hellooooo?  
Silly Chicken wants to know what you are doing!

2013-05-20 13:48:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Saudi Arabia has become the focus of efforts to understand a novel human coronavirus after the emergence of a large cluster of cases in the country. The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV, previously known as hCoV-EMC) causes severe pneumonia and often death
But researchers are concerned that the country's officials are not sharing the information they need to understand the virus.

http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-look-to-saudi-arabia-for-coronavirus-clues-1.13000?WT.mc_id=GPL_NatureNews

2013-05-20 13:15:15 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Ursula K. Le Guin sums up the awful situation for you.

2013-05-20 13:01:57 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

last one for a while.....

2013-05-20 12:55:29 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

(I did try to put all these old photos into one post, but G+ refused.)

I have this printed at 8 x 10 and framed in a dark brown frame and I love it.

2013-05-20 12:50:35 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

I haven't seen this chipmunk yet this year- it may have fallen prey to the owl, or the new cats that have been prowling around this spring.  (not mine, new neighbor outdoor/indoor cats.)

2013-05-20 12:45:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

I remember this stick with lovely fungus on it dropped from the tree and landed right next to my chair....

2013-05-20 12:26:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

I have decided to revisit some old photos that I had almost forgotten about.  Maybe I'll add a little magic...

2013-05-20 11:03:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

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Do you know what else is great about postcards?  They are an inexpensive way to have art in your home!  These postcards are 4 x 6 and when tucked into a stock (inexpensive) matted frame, it will bring a touch of Nature's beauty to your home or office.
And one cannot get more affordable than today: $0.50.  (plus shipping.)
CRAZY!

http://www.zazzle.com/marykz/postcards

my whole store: http://www.zazzle.com/marykz*

2013-05-19 22:06:54 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

This is What Pain Looks Like

Pain feels like whatever the person in pain says it feels like. I like to work with patients in a bio-psycho-social model and, when appropriate, to desensitze the nervous system I try to be creative and use a range of different techniques. 

With this patient we used the patient's passion for drawing while talking about different aspects of pain with the goal to calm down fear avoidance and catastrofic beliefs (short version of it :)). In one of the sessions I asked the patient to draw the pain and the image below is the result.  

Pain is very complex and this drawing gives a nice visual impression of one person in pain. My interpretation of this art is that the pain talks nonsense to the patient, the arm feels like it does not belong to the body, it burns, it is scary, it triggers anxiety and it 'stinks'.

Thegood... more »