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POPSFraming Leaders (thanks, reflex) - The photos in the clip are sorted by the Corruption Perceptions Index - most to least - beginning with Haiti and ending with New Zealand. The other sort methods at the source page: http://shaheeilyas.com/framingleaders/?t=l&m=m You can see by the frame thickness and ornaments that Hassanal Bolkiah (Sultan of Brunei since 1957) that his time in power has been long - same with Castro. The names of the countries and leaders are also listed at the source - couldn't fit the text into the clip.
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POPSThe Perfect Hat For Your Ugly Mug "You can wear a hat any old time, with any outfit, of any color. But when you want to look particularly sharp, make sure your hat color complements your suit or outfit." The Brown Hat Brown hats look best with brown or green suits or coats. If wearing a dark blue or dark gray suit, a dark brown hat may also look acceptable. The Gray Hat Gray hats are quite versatile and can be paired with black, blue, and dark gray suits and coats. The Blue Hat Wear a blue hat with a blue or gray suit or coat. If pairing a blue suit with a blue hat, the colors must match fairly closely. Alternatively, you can pair a dark blue suit with a light blue hat or vice versa. You can also get away with wearing a blue hat with a light brown or tan suit. The Green Hat Green hats are surprisingly versatile. They look best with tan or light brown suits. But they also accent black, green, and gray suits very nicely.
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POPSChanel No. 1 As of February 2008, film biographies of Chanel are in production, with news reports of Barbara Bobulova as the young Chanel, with Shirley McLaine portraying her in later life. There is also a film project said to star Audrey Tautou as the young Coco. Three more projects are said to be in the works: one directed by William Friedkin; one directed by Daniele Thompson; and one to star Demi Moore. During World War II, Coco was a nurse, although her post-war popularity was greatly diminished by her affair with a Nazi officer during the conflict. However, she made her comeback in 1954. Other quotes by Coco Chanel: “Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.” “"The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!” “Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”
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POPSA Photographic Reaction to the Kinsey Report, 1953
You probably know that "The Kinsey Reports are two books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), by Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and others." "The research astounded the general public and was immediately controversial and sensational. The findings caused shock and outrage, both because they challenged conventional beliefs about sexuality and because they discussed subjects that had previously been taboo." More Kinsey related clips: Kore7: 25 Greatest Science Books of All Time - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AC432B63-D3A3-4BBA-B298-981776A00C44/ Willhelm: 10 Books that Screwed Up the World- http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/27353BA7-2B73-4F47-BD5C-77ADE97D7211/ Aribeth: Men aren't all from Mars - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/968505A2-1FAB-4147-B6F4-AA34156D2341/ debbyski: Is Bisexuality Common or Rare? (over 1,800 views) : http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/FAAE31C0-EAEB-4116-B225-8C2D87123219/
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POPSThe Purple People of Phoenicia "The fast, non-fading dye was an item of luxury trade. It is believed that the intensity of the purple hue improved, rather than faded, as the dyed cloth aged." "Archaeological data from Tyre indicate that the snails were collected in large vats and left to decompose. This produced a hideous stench that was actually mentioned by ancient authors. Not much is known about the subsequent steps, and the actual ancient method for mass-producing the two murex dyes has not yet been successfully reconstructed; this special "blackish clotted blood" colour, which was prized above all others, is believed to be achieved by double-dipping the cloth, once in the indigo dye of H. trunculus and once in the purple-red dye of M. brandaris." The Phoenician dolls are unrelated to Tyrian purple, I thought it was an interesting addition to the clip.
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POPSThe Sleeping Girl [photos] Most of the photos from Cologne were taken by flickr user henning. The photostream for the cemetery can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/muehlinghaus/sets/72157594222650661/
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POPSA Giant Telectroscope Now Links London and New York in real-time "When the sun illuminated the lens of the Telectroscope next to the Thames this morning, it was, of course, still nighttime in New York. So the screen inside the scope broadcast back only an empty sidewalk silently framed by the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline. But then something miraculous occurred. A police officer and a street cleaner walked into the frame. Stopped. And waved. And all the credit goes to British artist Paul St George. If he had not been rummaging through great-grandpa Alexander's personal effects a few years ago, the Telectroscope might still exist only on paper, hidden away deep inside some old box."
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POPSA Letter to His Son, on Starting Out In Life He goes on to write... "Love not only your loved ones, but your neighbors … your coworkers … strangers … your brothers and sisters in humanity. Offer anyone you meet a smile, a kind word, a kind gesture, a helping hand. Love not only neighbors and strangers … but your enemy. The person who is cruelest to you, who has been unkind to you … love him. He is a tortured soul, and most in need of your love."
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POPSHow the Virgin Islands Got Their Name Today the story of Saint Ursula is overwhelmingly considered to be fiction, and as a result in 1969 Pope Paul VI suppressed her cult as part of a larger revision of the Catholic canon of saints.
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POPSArchitecture of Authority [images] The Architecture of Authority, illustrates the physical spaces of prisons, police stations, confessionals, schools, and much more from around the world. When asked what surprised Richard Ross in his experiences taking these photographs, he said... That my wife and kids let me go to Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Beirut, etc., and actually get these images.
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POPSHe Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died An investigation turned up the photographer as Jamie Livingston, and he did indeed take a photo every day for eighteen years, until the day he died, using a Polaroid SX-70 camera. He called the project “Photo of the Day” and presumably planned to collect them at some point — had he lived. He died on October 25, 1997 — his 41st birthday. After Livingston’s death, his friends Hugh Crawford and Betsy Reid put together a public exhibit and website using the photos and called it JAMIE LIVINGSTON. PHOTO OF THE DAY: 1979-1997, 6,697 Polaroids, dated in sequence. The physical exhibit opened in 2007 at the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College (where Livingston started the series, as a student, way back when). The exhibit included rephotographs of every Polaroid and took up a 7 x 120 foot space.
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POPSLoïe Fuller, Illusionist Of Light And Color "Before succumbing to breast cancer in 1928, Fuller found herself immortalized on canvas by Toulouse-Lautrec, in verse by Yeats, and on film by Lumiére. Not bad for a girl from a Chicago suburb who marched to her own drummer and followed her own spotlight." The last few photos are of the actual Loïe Fuller. Recreations of her performance and art have been ongoing, as you can tell by the recent, color photographs.
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POPSA Dangerous Sunrise on Planet Gliese 876d [images] "Gliese 876 d is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876. At the time of its discovery in June 2005, the planet had the lowest mass of any known extrasolar planet apart from the pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257+12. Gliese 876 d takes less than two days to complete an orbit, at a distance only one-fiftieth of that between the Earth and the Sun and is the innermost known planet in its planetary system. Due to its low mass it can be categorized as a Super-Earth." This is the Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 21, 2008.
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POPSParadox of the false positive "Here's how that works: imagine that you've got a disease that strikes one in a million people, and a test for the disease that's 99% accurate. You administer the test to a million people, and it will be positive for around 10,000 of them – because for every hundred people, it will be wrong once (that's what 99% accurate means). Yet, statistically, we know that there's only one infected person in the entire sample. That means that your "99% accurate" test is wrong 9,999 times out of 10,000!" "If we were good at understanding statistics, then here's what would happen when you flew to Las Vegas. You'd step out of McCarran airport, stare down the Strip at all those glittering, palatial casinos and say to yourself, "Holy crap – think of all the suckers who must have lost everything to finance this place!" Instead, our foolish minds are filled with thoughts like, "Man, look at all the money in this town – I'm going to win big!" And another casino is built."
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POPS8 Child Prodigies So Amazing They'll Ruin Your Day "Ah, childhood. It's a magical time when you're still allowed to be a non-productive drain on society and not feel guilty about it. But while most of us spent our childhoods staring at cartoons over bowls of sugary breakfast cereal, some kids were more focused on things like composing symphonies, performing surgery or getting nominated for the Nobel Prize."
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POPSTen of the strangest names (ever) • @. And finally, let's go full circle to "@," pronounced "ai ta" or "love him" by an unidentified Chinese couple: The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language. "The father said 'the whole world uses it to write emails and translated into Chinese it means 'love him'," Li Yuming, the vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference. More Unusual Names: Check out Wikipedia, which has a HUGE list of unusual names ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_personal_names
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POPSRare photos of the elusive Central Asian snow leopard "Gorgeous animals which survive in world's most rugged, desolate Central Asian mountain ranges (e.g., Himalaya, Pamirs, Karakorum, etc.). Snow leopard population is dwindling, facing possible extinction, & extremely difficult to photograph." (thanks, openthink) The direct link to National Geographic (gallery and article) is http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/snow-leopards/winter-photography An interesting clip from lesart - Snow Leopard - Painting a large canvas - http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8719DBB7-221A-4287-850B-35EFC0B2F240/ pokkets has Big Cat News: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7F9D8E94-25EC-4894-8279-64E13A1E8840/
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POPSThe Problem with the Hook-Up Culture From the page: "Furthermore, as my friend Dave is fond of saying, “Sex is like ice cream. The more flavors you sample, the harder it becomes to settle on one flavor for the rest of your life.”
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POPSThe Crystal Skulls of Mexico, Central and South America "The most obvious answer to the mystery is that native artisans in Latin America or elsewhere crafted the skulls themselves. The Mayans are most often associated with them, although some doubt that they could have made the skulls, and not simply because of the technical conundrum the job poses. One theory holds the Aztecs as a more likely candidate to have created them. Skull imagery figures prominently in Aztec art and religious symbols, and not in that of the Mayans. The Aztecs were also more highly skilled in sculpting with crystal. It could be that the skulls found in Mayan ruins are actually displaced Aztec relics... or, as some suspect, the skulls' origins could be phony. Many skeptics feel that the crystal skulls are probably of a much more recent vintage than their accompanying stories suggest. Since carbon-dating only works on organic substances, it is impossible to determine just how old a crystal skull is."
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POPS30 Excellent Websites for Adventurous Urban Explorers urbex forums, defunct amusement parks, abandonments, sunken ships, photos and more.... From the page: "Ever wonder what is inside that dark tunnel or deserted structure you pass on your way to work every day? There are a vast number of spooky and surreal abandoned buildings that populate even the densest countries, states and cities. Organized into helpful categories here are thirty must-bookmark resources for would-be urban explorers around the world. In addition to those listed below (right-click on the screenshots to jump), sites like DarkRoastedBlend and LookAtThis have entire categories dedicated to abandoned places and vehicles also worth exploring."
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POPS12 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace From the most prolific countries in the world, unique, memorable and with a lot of history behind; A lot more details for each monument at the source: http://weburbanist.com/2008/05/16/12-compelling-monuments-dedicated-to-peace-reversing-the-typology-of-the-war-memorial/
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POPSIn Indonesia, life plays out in the shadow of fiery peaks "Death by volcano takes many forms: searing lava, suffocating mud, or the tsunamis that often follow an eruption. In 1883, Mount Krakatau (often misspelled as Krakatoa), located off Java's coast, triggered a tsunami that claimed more than 36,000 lives. The name became a metaphor for a catastrophic natural disaster."
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POPSBlue Belle For her contributions to South Carolina, Eliza Lucas was the first woman to be inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. In 1753 she presented the Princess of Wales with a dress made of silk from Lucas plantations. The Journal and Letters of Eliza Lucas was published in 1850. Thanks to zizzy's clip for the idea: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D00FFD2E-90D1-4FFF-900F-A9AC1FB0F4CE/ a photograph of Eliza Lucas with her husband: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~go2will/lucas/photos/elizaandherbert.gif
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POPSMore (Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers Smashing Magazine presents more (really) stunning desktop wallpapers related to typography, photography, illustrations, HDR as well as some abstract and fantasy-related wallpapers. All can be downloaded for free.
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POPSHow the Bicycle Emancipated Women "The National Woman Suffrage Association was formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 139 years ago today. To mark the anniversary, Chris Connolly is here to discuss the role of the bicycle in the women’s movement." Highly recommended article at the source...clipped only a very small portion of the entire article: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14985 I didn't mean to place the photo of the woman running the Triathlon after the text "Clearly, women needed to change their underwear." I don't know how it ended up that way....
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POPSSloths Get a Bum Rap Facts About Sloths • Sloths maintain a low body temperature of 30 to 34 C (86 to 93 F) and lower when resting • Their stomach contents are two-thirds of their weight • The sloth is descended from a family of mammals that appeared on earth about 60 million years ago • There are 6 species of sloths alive today • The 3-toed sloth is the slowest mammal in the world • All living sloths have in fact 3 toes • The 2-toed sloths, however, have only 2 fingers • The Maned Three-toed Sloth is classified as endangered • They’re currently found in the rainforests of Central and South America • Sloths became extinct from parts of North and Central America immediately after the arrival of humans on the continents • Now extinct giant ground sloths, could rear up as high as giraffes and weighed as much as a mammoth • Sloths’ claws serve as their only natural defense • In the wild they can live for 12 years but have exceeded 30 years in captivity • Sloths mate while suspended from branches
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POPSThe Origin of Words You Hear at the Office "The original Middle English meaning of team was applied to a group of draft animals yoked together. Around 1828, someone thought of combining the word "team" with the word "work" - probably hoping to spur sluggish workers into action. So "teamwork" really means working like one of many beasts of burden. Depressing, huh?"
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POPSThe Colorful Art Of Camera Tossing Currently, the original flickr group has 5,000 members with nearly 3,500 submitted photos. In total there are some 15,000 photos tagged ‘cameratoss’ on flickr. - http://www.flickr.com/groups/cameratoss/
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POPSThe Best of ‘Feel Art Again’ Wonderful works - revisited; the links will take you to a detailed discussion for each piece. I actually learned a lot from this - enjoy. Mental Floss has an ongoing series of 'Feel Art Again' - Tues. & Thurs. - http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs
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POPSGet Vista's Best Features in XP Lifehacker covers Vista's small and large features missing from XP, separates them into three categories: applications, functional, and aesthetic (e.g., transparency is aesthetic, the new start menu search is functional). This list is not exhaustive, but it does cover the features readers feel make Vista worth it.
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