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Thursday October 1, 2009 "The road to recovery may be long. You need shoes." Picture: a pair of shoes with high heels, and other features which make them impractical for long walks. (Ad for Mall of America.)
***From USA Today: "Janus of Santa Cruz, a non-profit agency in Santa Cruz, CA, is introducing a virtual-reality treatment program for drug addicts, the San Jose Mercury News (mercurynews.com) reported.
"People addicted to heroin and similar drugs will take part in virtual experiences, such as walking through a virtual party and turning down offers of drugs, Ivana Steigman, director of clinical design at InWorld Solutions, told the paper.
"Immersion in virtual experiences seems to draw out heartfelt emotions and reactions, Steigman told the Mercury News. 'It lowers emotional barriers somehow,' she said. A pilot program will include six patients in an eight-week program...."
Similar things were predicted in science fiction.
***From City Pages (Twin Cities weekly): Northcoast restaurant "...in the slower winter months, things start to get interesting when chef Ryan Aberie pulls out his chemistry set. Other local chefs have dabbled with so-called molecular gastronomy -- using lab-like equipment and additives to transform the chemical makeup of ingredients. But Aberie has remained among the most enthralled, and his $35 tasting menu -- a five-course spread including such delights as foie gras pop rocks, dehydrated French onion soup, or flash-frozen meringues -- is perhaps the area's most affordable introduction to this sort of avant-garde dining."
Not predicted in science fiction or futurology, to the best of my memory. And I don't think anyone predicted microwave cooking, either.
***Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
Palynomorphs from sediment core give proof to sudden warming in mid-Miocene era
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea
***From the LiveJournal Books Online feed, a word new to me: equitist.
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00
Equitable Society and How to Create It (New York: Vanguard Press, The Equitist League, 1927), by W. E. Brokaw (page images at Hathi Trust)
***From USA Today: "Janus of Santa Cruz, a non-profit agency in Santa Cruz, CA, is introducing a virtual-reality treatment program for drug addicts, the San Jose Mercury News (mercurynews.com) reported.
"People addicted to heroin and similar drugs will take part in virtual experiences, such as walking through a virtual party and turning down offers of drugs, Ivana Steigman, director of clinical design at InWorld Solutions, told the paper.
"Immersion in virtual experiences seems to draw out heartfelt emotions and reactions, Steigman told the Mercury News. 'It lowers emotional barriers somehow,' she said. A pilot program will include six patients in an eight-week program...."
Similar things were predicted in science fiction.
***From City Pages (Twin Cities weekly): Northcoast restaurant "...in the slower winter months, things start to get interesting when chef Ryan Aberie pulls out his chemistry set. Other local chefs have dabbled with so-called molecular gastronomy -- using lab-like equipment and additives to transform the chemical makeup of ingredients. But Aberie has remained among the most enthralled, and his $35 tasting menu -- a five-course spread including such delights as foie gras pop rocks, dehydrated French onion soup, or flash-frozen meringues -- is perhaps the area's most affordable introduction to this sort of avant-garde dining."
Not predicted in science fiction or futurology, to the best of my memory. And I don't think anyone predicted microwave cooking, either.
***Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
Palynomorphs from sediment core give proof to sudden warming in mid-Miocene era
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea
***From the LiveJournal Books Online feed, a word new to me: equitist.
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00
Equitable Society and How to Create It (New York: Vanguard Press, The Equitist League, 1927), by W. E. Brokaw (page images at Hathi Trust)