Philip Roth, The Dying Animal (via stxxz)

Hmmm.

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maudelynn:

Beautiful Ziegfeld Girl Alberta Turner c.1916, by Sarony NY 

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wildcat2030:

Eyeball discovery may mean safer surgery

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Scientists have found a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye.

The breakthrough, announced in the journal Ophthalmology, could help surgeons to dramatically improve outcomes for patients undergoing corneal grafts and transplants.

“This is a major discovery that will mean that ophthalmology textbooks will literally need to be re-written. Having identified this new and distinct layer deep in the tissue of the cornea, we can now exploit its presence to make operations much safer and simpler for patients,” says Harminder Dua, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Nottingham, for whom the new layer has been named.

“From a clinical perspective, there are many diseases that affect the back of the cornea which clinicians across the world are already beginning to relate to the presence, absence or tear in this layer.”

The human cornea is the clear protective lens on the front of the eye through which light enters the eye. Scientists previously believed the cornea to be comprised of five layers, from front to back, the corneal epithelium, Bowman’s layer, the corneal stroma, Descemet’s membrane, and the corneal endothelium.

The new layer that has been discovered is located at the back of the cornea between the corneal stroma and Descemet’s membrane. Although it is just 15 microns thick—the entire cornea is around 550 microns thick or 0.5mm—it is incredibly tough and is strong enough to be able to withstand one and a half to two bars of pressure.

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adoenamedjane:

None of your lovers are going to attend your funeral.
You spent too much time writing poetry about them,
and not enough kissing their black and blue stomachs
good morning. As they pinched the fat on their stomachs,
you compared their eyes to oceans that you’d never bathed
in. While they were lost inside of their own skeletons, you
spit out sonnets on the pillow. Remember this, you and I
will both die in the end, and none of this is going to matter.
Love better than you write.

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girlsandmachines:

Jacques Henri Lartigue - Suzy Vernon, Bois de Boulogne, 1930’s.

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1-2-3-4…
1-2-3-make it burn.

And I present to you my afternoon

portraitsofboston:

I know I’ve lost some weight since I started this project, but apparently I look so pitiful that strangers feel compelled to feed me. I talked to this lady for an hour and photographed her on the street, before she insisted on feeding me dinner. Her stubbornness exceeded mine, and we were soon sharing a delicious meal right in her kitchen (although she kept claiming that she was a “terrible cook”). We talked some more, she filled up my backpack with food and even forced me to take some money (“If you don’t take it, I will never see you again”).

I am having increasingly more amazing experiences, but they may come at the expense of posting regularly.

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portraitsofboston:

“I’m here to do a recording, but I also get up early in the morning, walk around and pray for Boston. We do the same in many other places. It’s called intersession prayer. I’m from South Afica, and Africa is a very spiritual place. There’s too much negativity in the world and we try to counter it.”

Wow. Just. Wow. Here is another of my favorites.

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rekkka:

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

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