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POPSPerhaps, Rush Ought Not Rush To Costa Rica There be enough hideous creatures there already!! Besides, Costa Rica didn't hurt anybody...they are a friendly, peaceful people what with all that socialized health care they have been getting for years...but I digress.
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POPS25 Mind Blowing Social Media Infographics Graphics are very useful for explaining certain aspects of social media that are often tricky to explain in words. Even some of my more "techy" colleagues will end up saying, "Just show me what you're talking about," when I get into social media, sharing services, and the like. This link has some great graphics that you might find useful in a presentation. I guarantee you that, with a few exceptions, if you are pitching the idea of social media to attorneys, a few of these might come in handy.
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POPSInteresting and Educational Sites For "Space Cadets" I thought I would clip these links from National Geographic because there is a program on tonight about Saturn, which for those of you interested in space exploration or astronomy or even just phenomenal images, you might want to watch. I will follow up with more from this really great site - also a great teaching tool for the little ones.
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POPS26 Stunning Waterfall PhotogsI These photos of waterfalls from around the world are incredible. I only clipped 7 of the 26 amazing photos, so there are a lot more to enjoy.
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POPSCzechs Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of Velvet Revolution In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Czech's Velvet Revolution, I clipped this article along with a few pictures of Prague. I have not had the pleasure of visiting Prague, but a close friend of mine did some years ago. To this day, he remarks that it is the most beautiful of the European capitals.
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POPSStarlight At The Beginning Of Time Imagine traveling half a billion light years to get somewhere, only to find no one is there...that's the tongue-in-cheek scenario written up in this nifty article from dailygalaxy.com. The picture below shows scientists glimpse of the oldest light in the universe to finally reach earth. According to the article, this is the universe's "first starlight...light "at the beginning of time." I don't pretend to understand the physics behind all of this, but I do enjoy such awe-inspiring pictures. I hope you do, too.
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POPS80-Year Anniversary Of "Black Tuesday"
More commonly known as "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929 was the last of four so-called "black" days which ushered in the Great Depression. In fact, the stock market collapse in the U.S. for at least one month after Black Tuesday. Eventually, the Great Depression grew into a worldwide financial calamity that lasted, by most conventional accounts, until the end of World War II. By 1933, the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was cut in half. The Depression caused many farmers to lose their farms. At the same time, years of erosion and a drought created the “Dust Bowl” in the Midwest, where no crops could grow. Many traveled to California to find work, a subject written about by John Steinbeck in "The Grapes of Wrath." Many others ended up living as “hobos” or in “Hoovervilles”, make-shift homeless encampments named after then-President Herbert Hoover. During the 1928 Presidential campaign, Hoover campaigned on a number of slogans, one of which was "Vote for Pros
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POPSMost Popular Movies Of 1967 (IMD) I thought I would end the day's ampligistics with a reflection back on the movies that were most popular the year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bans against inter-racial marriage were unconstitutional. Interestingly enough, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" made the list, according to Internet Movie Database. Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
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POPSPost Script - The Lovings Short Time Together I had forgotten this bit of history about the life of Richard and Mildred Loving, an unfortunate post script but their life was well-lived together nonetheless inasmuch as they expanded the freedom of all of us. This blog post from Slate also has an interesting link to the Loving's case.
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POPSDorothea Lange - Artist With Vision Beyond The Lens Of Any Camera (Errata Clog) In response to my clog post entitled, "Strong Support For Health Care Reform With Public Option," I have participated in some discussions about the stunning work of Dorothea Lange. As many of you may know, Dorothea Lange is the photographer/artist who took the famous picture, "Migrant Mother," which is featured in my clog. I entitled this picture incorrectly as "The Dust Bowl," so please accept my apologies for this error. If any of my clogs ever contain incorrect information of this nature, I ask that my readers let me know right away. Aside from correcting errata, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight Dorothea Lange's work further in the clips below. I clipped these bits from the My Hero website. Dorothea Lange is an interesting individual who, in my opinion, captured the class struggles in this country better than any artist of her day with a medium that was not then fully realized. Dorothea Lange died on October 16, 1965. If you are not familiar with the life
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