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POPSThe Known Universe The world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe. For more information visit http://www.amnh.org
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POPS"When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite "
more (at source): Legend says that Bacchus appeared to the dying Sergius as an angel, telling him to be brave because they would soon be reunited in heaven. While the pairing of saints, particularly in the early Christian church, was not unusual, the association of these two men was regarded as particularly intimate. Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch (AD 512 - 518) explained that, "we should not separate in speech they who were joined in life". This is not a case of simple "adelphopoiia." In the definitive 10th century account of their lives, St. Sergius is openly celebrated as the "sweet companion and lover" of St. Bacchus. Sergius and Bacchus's close relationship has led many modern scholars to believe they were lovers. But the most compelling evidence for this view is that the oldest text of their martyrology, written in New Testament Greek describes them as "erastai,” or "lovers". In other words, they were a male homosexual couple. Their orientation and rel
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POPSNew Species of Cockroach Found In New York by 2 High School Students
"In their roles as "DNAHouse investigators," the pair trawled New York apartments, stores and street, collecting 217 specimens between November 2008 and March 2009. They took samples from supermarket food, the remains of an insect found in a box of fruit, a feather from a duster, dried dung and a cockroach and matched DNA sequences using the Barcode of Life Database and GenBank. The American Museum of Natural History laboratory identified 170 genetic codes, leading the researchers to identify 95 different animal species, including some that were unexpected. "A feather from a duster yielded ostrich DNA. A delicacy labeled 'sturgeon caviar' instead turned out to be from the strange-looking paddlefish. A popular Asian snack was revealed as giant flying squid. Bison DNA was found in a dog biscuit," the pair wrote on the Rockefeller University website. In fact, they found that 16 percent of food items were mislabeled, including cheeses labeled sheep's milk that were actually ma
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POPSSharks conservation Interesting and fascinating story of how technology is being used to help balance the marine life. Click the source and then click the short video.
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POPSPolice Find Infamous Stolen Auschwitz Gate Sign So glad they found it. Such a memorial to the millions that suffered and died under the nazi's. Though not jewish i am a proud member of the Auschwitz Museum Auschwitz. Preserving the memory of the unspeakable horrors that occurred there.
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POPSAushwitz sign stolen Who on earth would do this? That is a memorial to all those that died there. Some people in this world are extremaly sick!
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POPSStudio 360: Tim Burton, Plays by David Mamet & Sarah Rule; About Carmen Miranda, Rickie Lee Jones Listen to the show and view slide shows and video @ clip source. Tim Burton said, He never saw a version of Alice in Wonderland he liked. I can't wait to see his 3D version. Also, learn why in the United States, the vibrator became illegal and usage went underground. Carmen Miranda was a star in Brazil before Shubert and Hollywood turned her image into a parody. Rickie Lee Jones performs "Wild Girl, plus a bonus track.
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POPSImplicit: Discovering Your Unconscious Bias This site presents some amazing tests that help you explore your hidden beliefs. More from the site below: "Project Implicit blends basic research and educational outreach in a virtual laboratory at which visitors can examine their own hidden biases. Project Implicit is the product of research by three scientists whose work produced a new approach to understanding of attitudes, biases, and stereotypes. The Project Implicit site (implicit.harvard.edu) has been functioning as a hands-on science museum exhibit, allowing web visitors to experience the manner in which human minds display the effects of stereotypic and prejudicial associations acquired from their socio-cultural environment."
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POPSAmerica’s #1 Export This satisfies White House strategists, who seek a way out of a growing political impasse, and also the economic gurus at Obama’s ear, who believe government spending can create new jobs and kick-start the economy. These economic geniuses are the latter-day followers of John Maynard Keynes, an economist who believed we could end unemployment and fight our way out of economic malaise by having the government hire workers to dig ditches and then fill them back up again. They didn’t necessarily have to produce anything of value, as long as they went through the motions. All government has to do is "prime the pump," and this will set in motion a process ending in full employment. You can build hospitals or pyramids, it doesn’t matter; military spending will do. In this scenario, we are back to when James Baker was asked to justify the first Gulf war, and he replied, "Jobs, jobs, jobs." What better (economic) stimulus than a foreign policy of perpetual war?
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