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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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POPSEasy Recipes Create healthy dishes with easy instructions and nutrition facts See All Articles On Recipes Vietnamese Beef Salad Easy to make, this salad becomes a meal simply by adding one cup of seedless grapes per serving. Chicken with Citrus-Avocado Salad Turn this all-seasons salad into a meal by serving it with one-half cup of cooked brown rice per serving. Grilled Portobello with Roasted Pepper Burgers Whether you?re a vegetarian or not, you?ll love this flavorful burger! Low-Fat Frittata with Smoked Salmon and Scallions A black olive tapenade adds the MUFA to this popular dish. Chocolate Pudding with Bananas and Graham Crackers A dark chocolate dessert on a diet? No wonder this eating plan is so easy to follow
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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 Online Books Page Just in case some of you just might be suffering from the delusion that someday you might be able to shut down your computers and go and breath the fresh air that someone once told me is actually to be found outside.
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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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POPS12 photography tips, never miss a shot 12. Don’t Chimp Chimping is when a photographer “Oohs” and “Aaah” while looking at images on their LCD screen. If you’re photographing something don’t get caught up in the self-gratification of reviewing your photos. Check to make sure your settings are ok, but keep your eye on your subject and remember #11.
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POPSWhat Ideas Will Shape our Future? The 10 Ideas of the 21st Century "More than money, more than politics, ideas are the secret power that this planet runs on." "The 21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. The 20th century saw the end of European dominance of global politics and economics. The 21st century will see the end of American dominance too, as new powers make their voices heard on the world stage." "The challenges of sustainable development—protecting the environment, stabilizing the world's population, narrowing the gaps of rich and poor and ending extreme poverty—will render passé the very idea of competing nation-states that scramble for markets, power and resources." "The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet." "6.6 billion people living in an interconnected global economy producing an astounding $60 trillion of output each year."
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