Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many—including Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. These two law school students are as passionate about each other as they are their dreams. From a poor family in the neighborhood of Corktown, Catherine learned early on, the necessity of being resilient. She becomes one of the first women in Detroit to obtain a law degree. Bob, the ‘battling barrister,’ boxes in order to pay for law school. Despite his gruff and tough-boy personality, he is a friend to all: judges, cops, and even a couple members of the…
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REVOLUSHN will be performing for the “Love Bomb Party†taking place at Universal Bar & Grill in North Hollywood, California on Saturday 2/3/24. REVOLUSHN will be sharing the stage with Doctor Striker, Big Chompers and Clem Darling & The Astronauts. REVOLUSHN is an American protest rock band from California, USA. They stand for the underdog, the outsiders, for freedom of thought and for the freaks that don’t fit in. You Can’t Stop Them!!! REVOLUSHN consists of NO Mansfield on fire guitar and vocals, drummer and lyrical prodigy DEKAY (David Kendrick), the visionary Neil Nyberg on bassist/vocals, and rounding out the…
When I heard Venita Blackburn had a novel coming out, my desire to read it was palpable, a hunger. Her work is distinctive—it’s sharp, smart, and imaginative, often pushing voice and form—and her debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, California, is no exception. The novel follows Coral, a lonely author of a dystopian novel who discovers her brother’s body after he dies by suicide. Aside from the EMTs who clear Jay’s body, Coral is the only person who knows of his death. She takes his unlocked cell phone and begins responding to his texts as if she is Jay, as…
The “P5†panel of US particle physicists says that work on developing a future muon collider could allow the US to regain the “energy frontierâ€, as Michael Allen reveals One for the future A muon facility could potentially be much more compact than a proton collider and perhaps cheaper to build. (Courtesy: CERN) The US should explore building a muon collider and pursue “aggressive†research and development into the technologies required for such a facility. That is the conclusion of a high-profile committee of US and international particle physicists following a year of meetings to discuss the future of US…
Today #TheSimonettaLeinShow continues its highly anticipated 6th Season as the show welcomes American actress and producer, Katie Leclerc! You would recognize Katie for any of her hit series, from “Switched at Birth†to “The Big Bang Theoryâ€! She has also guest starred in the series ‘Veronica Mars’ all the way to ‘CSIâ€. Leclerc has done commercials for popular products and brands like Pepsi, Comcast, Cingular and GE as well. Katie started learning American Sign Language at 17 and at age 20 was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, which leads to hearing loss. Katie has received the “TwoCentsTV Award for Drama Queens†for “Switched at…
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“When you are in the throes of illness,” Jacqueline Alnes writes in her debut The Fruit Cure: The Story of Extreme Wellness Turned Sour, “there is something comforting about distilling the world into dichotomies: sick or well, bad or good, off-limits or completely nutritious. When so much seems unknowable about the very body you live in, it feels nice to stand on a firm platform made from rights rather than wrongs, even if the very platform itself is a false reality.” As a Division I collegiate runner, Alnes began experiencing mysterious and devastating neurological symptoms that remained unexplained by medical…
Cosmic pioneers: Arno Penzias (left) and Robert Wilson discovered the cosmic microwave background in the 1960s (Courtesy: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection) The cosmologist Arno Penzias, who discovered the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with Robert Wilson, died on 22 January at the age of 90. He shared a half of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics with Wilson, with the other half awarded to Pyotr Kapitsa for his work in low-temperature physics. Penzias was born in Munich, Germany, on 26 April 1933. At the age of six, Penzias and his family fled Nazi Germany, first to England…
Cosmic pioneers: Arno Penzias (left) and Robert Wilson discovered the cosmic microwave background in the 1960s (Courtesy: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection) The cosmologist Arno Penzias, who discovered the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with Robert Wilson, died on 22 January at the age of 90. He shared a half of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics with Wilson, with the other half awarded to Pyotr Kapitsa for his work in low-temperature physics. Penzias was born in Munich, Germany, on 26 April 1933. At the age of six, Penzias and his family fled Nazi Germany, first to England…
After my father died, my older sister and I stayed with my mother for a while. I couldn’t stop thinking of Grey Gardens, minus the fabulous headscarves; Big and Little Edie Beale kept winding their way through my head. It was a cruel comparison—as a trio of single women, I could have easily renamed us the House of Strong Minded, Powerful Women, as that is what we have always been, with or without my father. Unfortunately, it was too easy to think of all the negative images of women aging alone first: the jilted Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, exacting…
Winter in the northeast follows a predictable pattern. The season is rushed in the beginning, with snow-frosted holiday advertising out in full force before we even need to grab for the pair of gloves stuck in our coat pockets. Then, by February, the shine of the new year has worn off, and the novelty of plodding through sludge or scraping the ice from your car or, worse, layering as many chunky sweaters and blankets as you can to weather the cold inside has long since faded. This stretch is the hardest. This is when time feels suspended, and I feel…
Educational mentor Anjanie Narine has released her latest book “Destination College: A Four-Year Plan for High School Students.†“Destination College: A Four-Year Plan for High School Students†is a resource that equips high school students with the tools and knowledge needed to successfully navigate the college application process and embark on a path towards their desired future. “Destination College: A Four-Year Plan for High School Students†is a comprehensive guide designed to help high school students navigate the college application process with confidence. Covering all fundamental topics such as academic planning, extracurricular involvement, standardized testing, scholarships and financial aid, and…
Underhand tactics by environmental activists led to the closure of a famous physics facility 25 years ago. There is much we can still learn from the incident, says Robert P Crease Climate of fear Anti-science protestors led to the closure of the High Flux Beam Reactor at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US 25 years ago using tactics that are widespread today. (Courtesy: iStock/DanielVilleneuve) Fake facts, conspiracy theories, nuclear fear, science denial, baseless charges of corruption, and the shouting down of reputable health officials. All these things happened 25 years ago, long before the days of social media, in…
Not All of His Problems Are a Performance Kaveh Akbar Share article An excerpt from Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Cyrus ShamsKeady University, 2015 Maybe it was that Cyrus had done the wrong drugs in the right order, or the right drugs in the wrong order, but when God finally spoke back to him after twenty-seven years of silence, what Cyrus wanted more than anything else was a do-over. Clarification. Lying on his mattress that smelled like piss and Febreze, in his bedroom that smelled like piss and Febreze, Cyrus stared up at the room’s single light bulb, willing it to…
Join the audience for a live webinar at 8.30 a.m. GMT/7 p.m. ACDT on 15 February 2024 exploring the techniques, innovations, and future prospects in radiotherapy, with an interest in small field dosimetry Want to take part in this webinar? This webinar will aim to cover a general introduction into radiotherapy quality assurance with an interest in small-field quality assurance and its impact on patient care. Stereotactic radiation therapy is fast becoming standard of care, and a powerful tool towards patient treatment and palliation. The correct implementation of small-field dosimetry and its impact to precise delivery of radiation treatments will…
The US Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center is building on a portfolio of enabling technologies pioneered at Fermilab to realize practical applications of quantum computing and quantum sensing. SQMS director Anna Grassellino tells Joe McEntee why cross-disciplinary collaboration within the National Laboratory framework is fundamental to success Open for business SQMS director Anna Grassellino addresses delegates at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fermilab’s Quantum Garage in November 2023. The 560 square-metre laboratory provides dedicated facilities to support SQMS programmes in quantum computing and quantum sensing. (Courtesy: Dan Svoboda, Ryan Postel/Fermilab) Anna Grassellino is a physicist in a hurry. As…
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the short story collection “The Goodbye Process” by Mary Jones, which will be published by Zibby Books on July 30th, 2024. Preorder the book here. In this stunning debut short story collection, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and occasionally surreal ways we say goodbye. The stories—which range from poignant, to darkly funny, to unsettling—will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting…
Metalens telescope: image of the North America Nebula taken by the metalens on the roof of the Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Courtesy: Capasso Lab/Harvard SEAS) To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and I have been following his work in photonics for many years. He is an expert in the development of optical metalenses – devices that use flat arrays of microscopic structures to manipulate light. A key benefit is that optical systems made up of such lenses take up much less volume that conventional optics, making them ideal for a wide…