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POPSFrom Snapshots, a 3-D View - Amazing New Technology In a Photosynth demonstration at the annual TED conference last year, the presenter blew the crowd’s mind with a photosynth of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, made up of photos mined from Flickr.com. In other words, Microsoft had created a seamless, successful photosynth using hundreds of existing photos, taken by different people at different times using all kinds of cameras.
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POPSNicole Kidman's baby Congratulations! Hope she got the grace from mom... but not the skin complexion! damn she is pale...
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POPSThat Wacky Millennium Part VI (1492 - 1512) Many things were happening here at the beginning of the Age of Discovery. Columbus bumps into America and thinks it is Asia (at this point of time referred to as "India") Copernicus has a small disagreement with the Catholic Church (they call these things "heresies.") and Inquisition is torturing any suspected heretic or witch they can find... Makes you kind of glad you missed those days, right?
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POPSThat Wacky Millennium Part V (1450 - 1492) The Inquisition! Here we Go! The Inquisition, What a Show! New Factoid: Isabella appointed Torquemada head of the Spanish Inquisition! That was one busy lady! Supporting Columbus, Marrying Ferdinand, appointing an Inquisitor General, yet she still has time to oust the Muslims from Spain and wait until Part VI!
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POPSTop 10 Most Evil Women The List is well thought out and reasoned. The historical perspective of all but the late 20th Century killers (Beverly Allitt - #7 and Katherine Knight - #2) has stood the test of time regardless of Holocaust deniers and Historical revisionists. A perusal of the comments on this page are an amazing look into or own collective psyche as people asked "Why not...?" on so many from Aileen Wournos to Madeline Albright! A sew wanted their ex-wives on the list! U dud bit clip much of the sections on the two Nazi women or Katherine Knight so I would not have to mark it as mature. It is a fascinating, yet disturbing read and the honorable mentions of Queen Elizabeth I and Lizzie Borden are appropriate.
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POPSGreen Pornos? What happens when you have too much money and too much time on your hands
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POPSIdentical twins lead to leukaemia breakthrough
The twins have been crucial to the new research, as they are genetically identical but one has developed cancer whereas the other has not. The scientists found that the girls’ blood contains genetically abnormal cells known as pre-leukaemic cells. These were formed by a mutation known as translocation, in which two genes fuse to create an abnormal new one. This random event happened in a single cell in one of the twins while they were still in the womb. As the twins shared a placenta, the original mutant’s daughter cells populated the blood of both sisters. The discovery will help doctors to monitor Isabella, and children like her, so that further genetic damage in her pre-leukaemic stem cells is caught early. By the time she is 14, her pre-leukaemic stem cells should have died naturally. “Pre-leukaemic cells are still evident, so the sword of Damocles is still hanging there,” Dr Ancliff said. “Hopefully, we will see them disappear.” (Times)
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POPSBlue Footed Booby The Galapagos Islands have things that we can not see anywhere else. This is what makes it a place to go, to explore and appreciate nature. This is a special place for a cruise or tour, for a once in a lifetime trip.
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POPSChistopher Columbus: World’s Finest Navigator (and Fundraiser) One customer today was born in Bolivia and I told him he might not be here if not for Chris Columbus. I told him he has two ties to Columbus: his life in the Americas and his Spanish language. The Bolivian man was impressed that Columbus found this land but he also convinced a Spanish Queen to fund the quest! http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/chistopher-columbus-world-s-finest-navigator-and-fundraiser
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POPSMind the Name ... Mind what you call them : list of popular names & their `femininity rating` in the article
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POPSExtreme Green Living This has GOT to be hard to do. I have to applaud them for trying this. I will definitely read his book when it comes out.
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POPSNew SSA popular baby names released The very top ones are pretty much the same as last year. Quinn is rising quickly in popularity on both the boy and girl lists. Brigid is not listed. Beckett, which would have been Quinn's middle name if she was a boy, is ON the list this year. This is the first year on the list for Beckett. Just follow the ssa.gov link below and it will take you to the form where you can type in names.
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