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Haiti seats on major regional faults

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Haiti’s First Major Quake In Two Centuries

The second fault system on Hispaniola runs mainly on the eastern end of the island, in the Dominican Republic. That Septentrional fault system hasn’t experienced a major quake for more than 800 years, but it holds the potential for producing another devastating quake — quite possibly larger than the one that struck Haiti on Tuesday.

An Uneven Floor by Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova

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Locust Projects presents :

Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova

An Uneven Floor

Opening reception: Saturday, January 16, 7-10pm
Through February 20

Conversation with the artist: February 11, 6:30pm

Locust Projects is pleased to present a new exhibition by Miami-based artist Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova.  An Uneven Floor is a site-specific installation featuring an unleveled floor covered in pink carpet.  The work represents Rodriguez-Casanova’s most ambitious project to date, encompassing the entire 2,700 square foot gallery space.

An Uneven Floor is a continuation of the artist’s interest in domestic objects and suburban architectural elements that explore social, cultural and autobiographical matters. Employing the language of Minimalism, the plush pink carpet suggests the safe environment of a domestic setting, while the unexpected elevation and descent of An Uneven Floor will create a sense of instability as visitors walk through the space.  This contradiction sets the stage for an unsettling dialogue between the viewer’s perception of a familiar object and its new context.

Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova studied at the Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL and the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL.  Rodriguez-Casanova was the recipient of a 2007 Reed Foundation Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center and has received prestigious awards including the South Florida Cultural Consortium.  The artist’s work is currently on view at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Coral Gables, FL.  Recent exhibitions include David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL; the Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY; and Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY.

Tavis Smiley Radio : The Medicalization of Race

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Tavis Smiley hosted a roundtable discussing the implications of genome project on drugs, race and medicine.  Some of the points are more cultutral anthropology than medicine, but apparently, that is what has been missing in some medical practice.

Here are the direct links to the mp3s — one, two, three, four.

P.S.  I am still mad at Tavis for leaving NPR.