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POPSBuy Local, Act Evil Can organic produce and natural shampoo turn you into a heartless jerk? By Rebecca Tuhus-DubrowPosted Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at 6:24 PM ET
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POPSPhotoshop Has Ruined EVERYTHING These photographs are incredible ... but how can you distinguish "slow shutter speed" from Photoshop? Well ... how? Or does it even matter? Just like film comingled with CGI. Exactly what is real and what is simulated?
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POPSTauntaun sleeping bag HA! I can see how this would be fun to own. If you go to the site you can see even more pics of the Tauntaun in action. Not cheap at $99, and orders are limited to two Tauntauns per customer. Hurry! Printed internal intestines? Hahahaha!
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POPSBritish High Court rejects U.S./British cover-up of torture evidence Yesterday, in a 38-page decision (.pdf), the Court reversed itself, and ruled that these paragraphs detailing Mohamed's torture should be publicly disclosed. It did so by making clear that, in essence, it simply did not believe that the U.S. would meaningfully reduce intelligence sharing; understood the Obama statements to be made at the request of British officials as a meaning of justifying ongoing concealment; interpreted the Obama administration to say only that disclosure "could" lead to reductions in intelligence-sharing, not that it "would"; and, most of all, that there are vital public interests that outweigh the minimal risk that the U.S. would withhold evidence of a terrorist plot from Britain as punishment for disclosure.
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POPSPolanski, "Hounddog", and 13-year-old voices
More: Earlier this week, I was talking to a friend about l'affair Polanski, and she brought up a really good point: Remember the "Hounddog" controversy? (No? Then you might remember the "Dakota Fanning Rape Movie" controversy.) In that case, a female writer-director, Deborah Kampmeier, was excoriated for depicting a fictional child rape -- via close-ups on a clothed Fanning's face and hands, not simulated intercourse -- to tell a story about, among other things, the way victims are silenced. Outrage over the use of a 12-year-old actress in a rape scene, spearheaded by conservative groups like Concerned Women for America, brought the independent film national attention -- and yes, Virginia (and Carol), there is such a thing as bad publicity. Theater chains backed out of showing the movie. Protesters called the district attorney's office in Wilmington, N.C., where the movie was shot, demanding that Kampmeier be prosecuted for child pornography. The filmmaker received death threats.
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POPS High End Luxury Outdoor Decor I had given up finding something really stylish in outdoor decor for our patio. Everything is like a drab mat. But I found this great store online that carries really high end stylish designer patio rugs that will knock you out. Imagine Braided outdoor rugs, completely washable and stain resistant. You can also get an outdoor rug in extra large sizes too.
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POPSFocus on climate mitigation; give geoengineering a chance Extravagant doublethink in action for the socially engineered: Pollute to counter pollution's effects. Huh? Didn't I see this in a Simpson's episode? Maybe that show was some sort of Murdoch sponsored conditioning? Nah. Nor could Captain Planet have been some sort of Turner sponsored conditioning.
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POPSMexicans break World's 'Thriller' Dance Record "He transcends borders," says Fabiola Aguilar, decked out in the red get-up that Michael Jackson wore in the original video. She crouched over, next to her 9-year-old son in an identical outfit, and both simulated arising from the dead, as they rehearsed moves they'd practiced for two weeks. "Dancing brings us all together." Birthday celebrations and memorials across the globe came as Jackson's June 25 death was officially ruled a homicide. Mexico City's event had the full backing of the capital, which marveled at the spontaneity of a grassroots effort turned mega. "Many of these kids weren't even alive when Thriller came out," says the head of the city's youth institute, Javier Hidalgo, sporting a white glove.
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POPSSILVER PAVE PEACE SIGN NECKLACE WITH CUBIC ZIRCONIA GEMS
Features * ALL METALS USED ON OUR PRODUCTS ARE LEAD FREE. * ALL JEWELRY IS LEAD FREE AND FULLY COMPLIANT WITH CALIFORNIAS PROP 65. * Makes a Great Gift For that Special Love One. * REMEMBER: OUTER REBEL OFFERS FREE GIFT WRAPPING AND GIFT CARD ON ALL ORDERS!! Originally, costume or fashion jewelry was made of inexpensive simulated gemstones, such as rhinestones or lucite, set in pewter,silver, nickel or brass. During the depression years, rhinestones were even down-graded by some manufacturers to meet the cost of production. Modern costume jewelry incorporates a wide range of materials. High end crystals, cubic zirconia simulated diamonds, and some semi-precious stones are used in place of precious stones. Metals include gold- or silver-plated brass, and sometimes vermeil or sterling silver. Lower-priced jewelry may still use gold plating over pewter, nickel or other metals; items made in countries outside the United States may contain lead. Some pieces incor
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POPSBlack Hole created in US lab more: Professor Zhang and colleagues are experts in metamaterials and their latest creation is the most impressive yet: modeling black holes by taking "analogy" out of writing and into actual hard science. By designing a metamaterial whose reaction to light looks the same as another phenomena, you can effectively examine that phenomena. This is because "looks like" isn't based on color, or shape, but on having exactly the same equations defining its motion - so that it no longer matters if it's because of metamaterials reaction to light or general relativity's to matter. By setting up this "optical-mechanical analogy" you can study an all-consuming gravitational crusher in a simple chip of material.
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POPS Be Afraid Bomb parts smuggled into 10 federal buildings during test In a videotape obtained by CNN, a covert GAO inspector places a bag containing bomb components on an X-ray machine conveyor belt and then walks through a magnetometer at an unidentified federal building. Unlike some covert tests that use simulated explosives, the GAO used actual bomb components in the test and publicly available information "to identify a type of device that a terrorist could use" to damage a building. Watch undercover agent smuggle bomb "The (improvised explosive device) was made up of two parts -- a liquid explosive and a low-yield detonator -- and included a variety of materials not typically brought into a federal facility by an employee or the public," the report says. Investigators obtained the components at local stores and over the Internet for less than $150, the report says. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/federal.buildings.security/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
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POPSA Robot that Navigates Like a Person The machine is controlled by algorithms designed to mimic different parts of the human visual system. Rather than capturing and mapping its surroundings over and over in order to plan its route--the way most robots do--the European machine uses a simulated neural network to update its position relative to the environment, continually adjusting to each new input. This mimics human visual processing and movement planning.
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