Resurrection Again: The Morbid Anatomy Library Post-Hurricane Sandy

Yesterday, we at The Morbid Anatomy Library spent a long, long day putting the library back together after our very zealous pre-Hurricane Sandy preparations. Above are some images showing the progression of the library from TOTAL CHAOS to some element of order; there is still a bit of fine-tuning left to do, but the bulk of the clean up is now completed, books are sorted into their respective categories, and artifacts are back in their general designated area. The library should be completely back up and running sometime in the next few days.

Thanks SO very much to friends and fellow Observatorians Shannon Taggart and Ethan Gould (15th down), and my wonderful former intern Laetitia Barbier (10th down) for all of their support, moral and physical. And that shrine to Saint Florian will be built in short order, and that is a promise!

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The Vrolik Museum, Amsterdam, Re-designed and Re-opened!

I first visited the wonderful Amsterdam-based Vrolik Museum in 2007, when I was gathering material for the Anatomical Theatre, an exhibition exploring depictions of the body, disease, and death in medical museums of the Western world. The museum has has just reopened after a year-long closure for renovation and refurbishment; I asked friend and curator Dr. Laurens de Rooy to send in some photos and write a brief report about the museum and its redesign especially for the readers of this blog:

The Vrolik Museum is named after 19th Dutch anatomists Gerard (1775–1859) and Willem Vrolik (1801–1863). Their collection includes many zoological and comparative anatomical specimens, as well as many pathological specimens such as skeletons with rickets and other diseases of the bone. Since the redesign of the museum, these collections are now on display together for the first time since Willem Vrolik's death.

In the modern showcases you will find an overview of normal and abnormal anatomy-- e.g; a large series of the development of the brain--and of embryological development, siamese twins, cyclopes, development of the heart, dwarfism, anatomy of the limbs, corset livers etc etc. Along the walls is an overview of the long history of the collection, many of which displayed in original showcases like the 18th century Hovius cabinet (top image) and the 19th century Vroliks cabinet (images 2 and 3).

The Museum Vrolik is open on weekdays from 10 am to 5 pm. Entrance is free but we appreciate a voluntary admission of about 5 euros pp. All texts are both in English and Dutch. We provide a so called 'top-exhibits-tour' a little book with 30 highlights of the museum, including some congenital malformations, bezoar stones, bladder stones, corset livers, the lion that belonged to King Louis Napoleon, the skull of a man that got hit by a horse etc etc.

For more information about the museum, go to http://www.museumvrolik.nl. Via this site you may also book a guided tour.

Photos top to bottom:

  1. Hovius cabinet. cabinet from 1773 with pathologies of the bone, collected by physician Jacob Hovius (potrait on top of the cabinet)
  2. Vrolik's cabinet. Early 19th century cabinet of the old Museum Vrolikianum, showing the collection of comparative anatomy of father and son Vrolik (left portrait of Willem Vrolik and part of the collection of congenital malformations in animals; right: portrait of Gerard Vrolik and collection of human pathology and botany)
  3. Overview of the museum. Left and right: showcases with anatomy of head and neck and of skull, spine and thorax, in the center: a so called "blown skull" or "beauchene skull", all cranial bones have been taken apart and mounted separately; to the back; Vroliks cabinet
  4. The collection of animal skeletons and skulls of the original Vrolik collection, presented as a long chain or stairway from least perfect to most perfect. Father and son Vrolik did not believe in the possibility of evolution. All animals were created in their view according to a greater plan. The big animal skeleton top-left: the lion of king Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, king of Holland between 1806 and 1810.
  5. Human trunk with the heart and great vessels, modeled in red and blue wax.

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'Grey's Anatomy' Postmortem: Sarah Drew and Jesse Williams Talk April and Jackson's Future

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"Grey's Anatomy's" Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew

[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Thursday's "I Was Made for Lovin' You" episode of Grey's Anatomy.]

While Meredith and Derek celebrated happy news, April and Jackson -- as well as Cristina and Owen -- each suffered major hurdles in their respective relationships during Thursday's Grey's Anatomy.

For Meredith and Derek, the news was good -- she's pregnant! -- but nervous considering this isn't the first time she's been through the process. Cristina and Owen, meanwhile, suffered a major blow when he asks for a divorce after realizing the airline attorneys think the lawsuit will be dismissed because of his conflict of interest with Cristina. While he's clearly doing it out of love for her -- so she can receive the plane crash settlement money -- there's still hope for the duo, unlike Jackson and April.

While Mer and Der celebrated the pregnancy news (our fingers crossed for the tortured couple!), April had the opposite reaction when the unmarried and devout Christian feared she was with child. Naturally caught off-guard by the news, Jackson (Jesse Williams) professes his love for April (Sarah Drew) and declares he's "in" -- as she's more than a casual affair and proposes they get married and start a family, fulfilling April's dream of being "mint to be."

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However, after April celebrates that she dodged a bullet and doesn't have to have a shotgun wedding when she learns she's not pregnant, Jackson takes it personally and opts instead to go the opposite of all in and breaks off the longtime friends' romantic relationship for good (at least for now).

The Hollywood Reporter hit the Hollywood set of the ABC medical drama on Wednesday and got the scoop from Drew and Williams about what's next for the cursed couple.

The Hollywood Reporter: Is there hope for April and Jackson as a couple in the long-term? Jesse Williams: I think so, definitely. It certainly makes it much more interesting and gives it some terrain. This season gives something that started off as really simple with a lot of bumps in the road and this gives them something to miss if they are separate. At the end of this episode, there's just a lot of "could have, would have, should have." There's a lot of ways this could have gone, which leaves you second-guessing and gives you a lot of room to kind of reflect.

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Anatomy of the 12-player Blue Jays-Marlins trade

Anatomy of the 12-player Blue Jays-Marlins trade

By BOB ELLIOTT, QMI Agency

TORONTO - The talks that culminated the 12-player deal between the Miami Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays reached a crescendo on Nov. 8.

A few days later, the deal was dead.

Pining, passed its sell-by date, totally stiff as a Monty Python parrot.

There were dozens of phone calls, decisions and names exchanged leading to that Nov. 8 meeting at the general managers meetings at Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa in Indian Wells, Calif., and before the deal finally getting done.

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how all the dominoes fell which sent right-hander Henderson Alvarez, infielders Yunel Escobar and Adeiny Hechavarria, catcher Jeff Mathis, plus minor-leaguers Jake Marisnick, Justin Nicolino and Anthony DeSclafani to south Florida. And starters Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, shortstop Jose Reyes, second baseman Emilio Bonifacio and catcher John Buck to the Jays.

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'Grey's Anatomy's' Sara Ramirez Previews Arizona's Return to Seattle Grace

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"Grey's Anatomy's" Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw

Arizona's road to recovery following the amputation of her left leg has been a rough one on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, but the process received a jump start when Bailey baited her back to Seattle Grace to help with a case.

With the assistance of a prosthetic, Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) took a giant step forward when she indirectly turned her anger about the loss of her limb toward Bailey and angrily made her way to the hospital, bringing a huge smile to her wife Callie's (Sara Ramirez) face in the process. It was the first major positive sign of her return to form that will continue Thursday when she makes her official return to work.

"Initially, Callie's really trying to not get in the way of Arizona's first day back," Ramirez told The Hollywood Reporter during a visit to the Hollywood set Wednesday.

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Callie's support is par for the course this season, which has seen the doc navigate the emotional fallout of a broken promise to Arizona that she would ensure she kept her leg.

"Callie is trying to help from a distance and has some safety nets planted out in case anything goes wrong," Ramirez says. "She's trying to help her wife, but from afar because she doesn't really fully understand what it is her wife needs."

While nobody expects her to be 100 percent back in the saddle immediately -- and in classic Grey's form, not all will be smooth sailing -- Arizona's return will at first feel almost seamless with the peds surgeon also reuniting with Alex, who unbeknownst to Arizona was the one to perform her amputation.

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Primal Pictures Launches Interactive Anatomy Flash Card App for Smart Phones and Computers

The first 3D anatomy flashcard app for mobile devices and computers includes over 1,000 human anatomy images, along with motion, sound and annotations.

London, UK (PRWEB) November 30, 2012

Flash cards have long been a valuable study aid, especially for students preparing for course-related tests and assessment, and medical licensing exams, said Peter Allan, CEO of Primal Pictures. Now as both students and faculty alike turn to online education resources, our digital flash cards provide quick access to high quality anatomy images via the Internet, a smart phone or other portable device.

Primals Interactive Anatomy Flash Cards include more than 1000 fully annotated, full-color, 2D and 3D images pulled from Primal Pictures award-winning 3D Human Anatomy: Regional Edition . Users can view the complete human anatomy, study by structure, or review by regional subsets including:

Each flash card assesses student understanding across a spectrum of topics including: the area of origin, insertion, action, innervation, and anatomical relevance and clinical correlation. Key anatomical structures are uniquely presented through an integrated combination of image, motion and sound bringing the structure to life to optimize student learning. The flash cards can be accessed in a linear manner or cards can seamlessly be shuffled for more randomized review.

Primals Interactive Flash Cards were built in conjunction with Dr. Robert S. Pozos, Ph.D., professor of biology at San Diego State University and CEO of Baja-Education, Inc., an innovative education technology company focused on developing new educational resources using digital approaches.

Faculty and students are increasingly turning to online sources for the course and study materials needed to master anatomy and with the explosion of the smart phones and other portable devices, students want to study and have access to resources while on-the-go. It is critical that faculty and students have the best anatomical content and images possible to make teaching and learning these complex structures more effective, said Peter Allan, CEO of Primal Pictures. Primals Interactive Flash Cards are an engaging and accessible support tool that students will turn to time-and-time again throughout their course and while preparing for exams.

Primal Pictures range of 3D human anatomy titles are already used by more than 500,000 students and 70,000 educators at over 700 colleges and universities around the world. Its flagship product, Anatomy & Physiology Online, was named the best Digital and Online Resource in the British Medical Associations Medical Book Awards.

More information and subscriptions are available at primalpictures.com. Flash card sets are sold individually for $40, with institutional licenses starting at $250.

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Grey's Anatomy Filled With Drama, Joy & Trouble In Relationship Paradise

"Grey's Anatomy" took fans on wild roller coaster of emotions on Thursday night.

Series creator Shonda Rhimes took to Twitter on Thursday to warn fans this week's episode would be a doozy, writing, "WARNING: If you live on the West Coast and don't want the surprise endings of BOTH @GreysABC and @ScandalABC spoiled, SHUT YR COMPUTER DOWN" - and she wasn't kidding!

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After heartbreaking trouble getting pregnant and eventually adopting baby Zola, it was revealed on Thursday's show that Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo), is expecting a child. The pregnancy is only three weeks along (so who knows what may happen in ensuing weeks), but it's still exciting news for Meredith and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) - and the fans!

On the opposite end of the happiness scale, Christina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) are going through a definite rough patch in their marriage, and may not be able to bounce back. Owen bluntly told his on-screen ladylove, "We should get a divorce." Even sadder was Christina's equally emotionless response, "If that's what you want."

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Racking up points for the happy team was Arizona's successful return to Seattle Grace - as a doctor - for the first time since losing part of her leg on the Season 9 premiere.

Jessica Capshaw, who plays Arizona on the medical drama, was excited to see her character beginning to get back to a normal life.

"Can't wait to see what you all think of Arizona being back at the hospital...as a doctor NOT a patient," the actress Tweeted on Thursday.

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Art Style: Techno | Podcast #017 : Frank Sharp – Video


Art Style: Techno | Podcast #017 : Frank Sharp
Art Style: Techno | Podcast #017 : Frank Sharp Tracklist: 01 - Blood Tears - Demise (Niereich Remix) 02 - Larix - Sagittarius A 03 - Measure Divide - MD5 04 - Jam Spoon - Follow Me (Peter Eilmes Remix) 05 - Madutec - Anatomy 06 - Pfirter - Fractales 07 - Spiros Kaloumenos - Syndrome (A-Brothers Remix) 08 - Hans Bouffmyhre - Pressure 09 - Skober - In My Mind 10 - Skober - Different Perception 11 - Hefty Dave Elyzium- Invocation Frank Sharp Bio: Almost 20 years already infected with the virus of electronic dance music, make Frank since 2009 exactly what he wants to do. Nothing else as DJ #39;ing! His natural talent and the unique sense for good sound makes each of his dj-sets a real unique! Official Fanpage: facebook.com SoundCloud: soundcloud.com MixCloud: http://www.mixcloud.com Beatport DJs: dj.beatport.com Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net TopDeeJays: topdeejays.com LABELS ToolTechRecords | Germany http://www.facebook.com BeatForge Records | Germany http://www.facebook.com Killer Cross Over | Japan http://www.facebook.com BOOKING FrankSharp@rdm-booking.org PODCAST REMIX REQUESTS frank.sharp.contact@googlemail.com ///////////////////////////////////////// http://www.facebook.com artstyletechno.caster.fm artstyletechno.tumblr.com http://www.youtube.com http://www.mixcloud.comFrom:ArtStyleTechnoViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:00:05More inMusic

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Grey's Anatomy MultiShips ~ And Then You (collab w/ Laura) – Video


Grey #39;s Anatomy MultiShips ~ And Then You (collab w/ Laura)
watch in 720p + headphones for best quality 🙂 My first (and hopefully not last) collab with Laura (xXTheBitchyMeXx). We both adore Grey #39;s Anatomy and this song so decided to make this video together, we hope you like it! And if you #39;re not already, you should definitely subscribe to Laura, she makes some of the best Grey #39;s vids! Check out her channel: http://www.youtube.com Laura vidded: Derek/Meredith, Alex/Izzie, Mark/Callie and Derek/Addison I vidded: Owen/Cristina, Teddy/Henry, Izzie/Denny, Mark/Addison Music: And Then You by Greg Laswell Fandom: Grey #39;s Anatomy Coloring: by xXTheBitchyMeXx VOICEOVERS: Derek: I was running late for surgery, and you leaned to me. You put your hand on my chest, and you kissed me. Soft, it was quick, kinda like a habit, you know like we #39;d do it every day for the rest of our lives. Derek: Because I #39;m someone you need to get to know to love. Meredith: So if I know you I #39;ll love you? Cristina: He #39;s my person. Addison: He never felt that way about me. Mark: I did. Denny: I love you so much that when I got to come back for you I thought... You #39;re my heaven. DISCLAIMER: We don #39;t own the rights to any content used in this video.From:cardiffgiant02Views:0 0ratingsTime:02:24More inFilm Animation

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Minecraft: The Ark Project #6 (mattofilms) – Video


Minecraft: The Ark Project #6 (mattofilms)
ok i have this idea.. i want to build a massive ship with all the Minecraft blocks, mobs, tools, biomes and more inside, kind of like a time capsule. So i did... well i have started it anyway. Matto Server: Kismet Minecraft Server IP: play.kismetserver.com (white list) Web Site: kismetserver.com Music by: Josh Cowan (**music made for mattofilms use only**) (AKA Convict Anatomy - #39; #39;war is just a FN mistake #39; #39;) http://www.reverbnation.com/convictanatomy http://www.facebook.com/pages/Convict-Anatomy/248572980345 WATCH IT - COMMENT - LIKE (please 🙂 * Stay tuned for next weeks episode * _Things to do until then_ *Subscribe to me on youtube* - never miss an ep. *Request* - a house in the I am GOD village. *Watch* - ALL my other vids (even the non Minecraft ones :p) NEW WEBSITE: http://www.mattofilms.tk Follow on twitter twitter.com Follow on G+ plus.google.com #mattofilms (Matt Cowan) Follow on G+ Minecraft Trivia plus.google.com Minecraft The *awesome* Game: http://www.minecraft.netFrom:mattofilmsViews:0 0ratingsTime:11:46More inEntertainment

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