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Humorous New Site-Specific Paintings on the Streets of Paris by Pejac
Street artist Pejac (previously) was recently in Paris where he created at least three new works almost guaranteed to make you smile. The first appears to be a figure throwing a water balloon at a wall, but on closer inspection the giant splat contains a painting of Manet’s famous The Luncheon on the Grass. The second involves a pair of children who appear to be burning ants with a magnifying glass in a spot of sunlight, but once viewed close-up the tiny figures are revealed to be small people instead of insects. Lastly he made use of a thick wall crack to form the edge of a ghostly looking door. You can see a few more views over on StreetArtNews.
I like that this spreads the love around. There are many great...
I like that this spreads the love around. There are many great causes to donate to out there.
The Big Picture: Inflated steel suit gets you up close and personal with fireworks
Cooper GriggsThis guy is f'ing crazy.
These Beautiful 3D Topographies Rendered by Lee Griggs Look Like Weather Patterns and Ocean Floors
Madrid-based 3D artist Lee Griggs created some fascinating topographical illustrations using 3D animation and rendering software Maya Xgen and Arnold. Each piece is comprised of countless spheres, cylinders, or cubes that have been extruded and colored to create images reminiscent of ocean floors, bacterial growth, or even weather patterns. Griggs talks a bit more about how he renders these and shares a number of tutorials over on his blog. (via Colossal Submissions)
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London-based makeup artist wows us with her eye-popping lip art! 【Photos】
We’ve previously witnessed the gender-bending, face-changing prowess of makeup on several occasions. With some technique, even a man can transform into a glamorous chick. Taking makeup to a whole new transformation level, London-based makeup artist Laura Jenkinson takes on a slightly different approach with her technique, using her skills not to cover imperfections, nor to turn monolids into double eyelids. With vivid colors and artistic flicks of her makeup brush, she transforms her lips into lively, adorable characters! How many of these can you recognize?
▼ 2-D looking lips
▼ Animals
▼ Disney characters
▼ Non-Disney characters get plenty of love too!
▼ Upside down, even!
Apart from her fabulous lip art creations, being the makeup professional she is, Laura creates these stunning full-face looks as well!
▼ Edward Scissorhands
▼ Scar from The Lion King
If you were wowed by Laura’s lip art, follow her on Facebook or Instagram to see more of her makeup magic!
Source: Zhaizhai News
Images: Laura Jenkinson on Facebook
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People With Down Syndrome Are Pioneers In Alzheimer's Research
People With Down Syndrome Are Pioneers In Alzheimer's Research
by Jon Hamilton
Justin McCowan, 39, has Down syndrome and lives at home with his parents in Santa Monica, Calif.
When researchers at the University of California, San Diego wanted to study an experimental Alzheimer's drug last year, they sought help from an unlikely group: people with Down syndrome.
"I had a CAT scan on my head, and I was in a special machine. It's called an MRI," says Justin McCowan, 39, whose parents drove him 125 miles from Santa Monica so he could participate in the study. McCowan also took brain function tests and spent hours with a needle in his arm so researchers could monitor levels of certain chemicals in his blood.
Alzheimer's researchers are increasingly interested in people like McCowan because "people with Down syndrome represent the world's largest population of individuals predisposed to getting Alzheimer's disease," says Michael Rafii, director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at UCSD.
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that's best known for causing intellectual disability. But it also causes Alzheimer's. "By the age of 40, 100 percent of all individuals with Down syndrome have the pathology of Alzheimer's in their brain," Rafii says.
Down syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21. And one of the genes on chromosome 21 happens to control the production of amyloid, the substance that forms the sticky plaques associated with Alzheimer's.
Signature log shows how dementia degraded a woman's ability to write her own name.
Because their bodies produce extra amyloid, most people with Down syndrome develop problems with thinking and memory by the time they reach 60. Rafii has chronicled the decline of one of his patients, a woman named Irma, by collecting her signatures from medical forms over the years.
The first one is from 1999, when Irma was in her mid-50s. "You can see her signature is on the line, it's clear, she wrote it in script," Rafii says. By 2005, though, she has switched to large block letters. By 2009, Irma is misspelling her name. By 2011, "there are only a few characters written that resemble letters," Rafii says. "And in the very last year it's completely blank."
People like Irma used to be rare because the medical problems associated with Down syndrome meant they rarely lived long enough to get dementia. Today, though, better medical treatments mean people with the disorder often live into their 60s.
And that has created a huge opportunity for Alzheimer's research, says William Mobley, chairman of the neuroscience department at UCSD. "This is the one group in the world that you could argue would benefit most by the institution of early therapy," he says.
Early therapy means starting people on drug treatment years before the symptoms of Alzheimer's appear. The approach has been hard to test because, in the general population, there's no good way to know who is going to develop Alzheimer's. But for people with Down syndrome, it's a near certainty.
Justin and his mother, Annamarie McCowan, make a salad together.
Finding a drug that prevents Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome could help millions of people who don't have the disorder, Mobley says. "This approach to treating Alzheimer's disease might apply to all of us," he says. "Imagine someday a drug that we all start taking when we're 25 so we never get Alzheimer's disease."
That's a long-term goal. But already, people with Down syndrome are making a difference in Alzheimer's research. Early work with Down patients helped confirm the importance of amyloid. More recently, people with the disorder helped test an eye exam that may offer a simple way to screen for Alzheimer's.
And then there's the study that Justin McCowan signed up for. It involves a drug from Transition Therapeutics called ELND005 that, in mice, can prevent the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's. Scientists hope the drug can do the same thing in people, including those with Down syndrome.
McCowan says he volunteered for the study because he wants to help other people, especially a friend of his named Maria, who also has Down syndrome. "I feel very sad about Maria because she doesn't remember anything," McCowan says.
His parents, Don and Annamarie McCowan, say their son's memory is still sharp. They hope that what scientists are learning from people like Justin will keep it that way.
Heterochromia – The Eyes Have It
Cooper GriggsWow, I didn't realize it was so common!
Heterochromia occurs when there is either an excess or a lack of melanin. Although eye color can be affected by disease or injury when they are different colors the odds are that it is heterochromia which is the cause. The color of the iris in particular is determined first and foremost by the concentration f melanin and in most cases the eye is hyperpigmented – there is too much melanin.
Complete heterochromia is seen often in animals such as cats and dogs. It almost always involves the affected eye appearing blue in color. It happens in a white spot where melanin is absent – the cat species which seem to be affected are the Turkish Van and Angora. The odd-eyed cats tend to be white or mostly white and with one normal eye and one blue eye – altogether very striking.
Among dogs the husky is often seen to have heterochromia and also the Australian Shepherd and the Catahoula Leopard dog. Horses too can have heterochromia, mostly common in horses with pinto coloring. The condition has also been recorded in cattle – and even water buffalo! Ferrets too have been known to have heterochromia.
However, we think you will agree that these cats look quite amazing.
road trips i’ve had this map for 15 years. breaking out...
Cooper GriggsMy friend. She likes to travel. A lot. :)
road trips
i’ve had this map for 15 years. breaking out the pink highlighter to update it is one of my simple joys.
You can steal data from a computer by touching it
App security flaw makes your iPhone call without asking
Cooper Griggsweeeeee!!!!
Boy gets the first 3D-printed vertebra implant
Scientists grow whole organs inside animals for the first time
Europe launches two navigation satellites into the wrong orbit
Cooper Griggsoops
whatdoyouthrash: Lance Mountain in Extremely Sorry - Flip
Governments are buying tools that track your phone nearly anywhere
Cooper GriggsYou mean they don't have that already?
thievinggenius: Tattoo done by Niki Norberg & Ashish Patel....
Tattoo done by Niki Norberg & Ashish Patel.
Niki Norberg @niki23gtr
Ashish Patel @ilovehash
Every group has that one friend… [banglesong]
afearlessthreshold: I don’t even remember where I found this...
lupoleo: jeanpolfus: The view from the tree-house at my...
The view from the tree-house at my parents house in northern Wisconsin. One fall I slept out here from October through mid-December. It is a wonderful feeling to fall asleep with a view out over the lake listening to the loons call.
🔝🌲🐾