14 fun and odd facts you probably didn’t know A12-week-old macaque – who was abandoned by his mother – was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province. After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless – until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon. The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who developed a new lease of life. Source Source Can you see it? Source Source Source Source Animals can be submerged in a bath of perfluorohexane without drowning, as there is sufficient oxygen available in the solvent to allow respiration to continue. Source Source Source South Korean scientists altered a cat’s DNA to make it glow in the dark and then took that DNA and cloned other cats from it — creating a set of fluffy, fluorescent felines. Source Source Source Source Most Popular Posts This Week
Pink Panty Droppers Recipe at Epicurious This makes a great fizzy pink lemonade. It's definitely one of my must have summer staples. If it's hot, you're low on cash, and want to have a lot of fun, this is the answer! It makes just shy of 5 gallons, so it can serve a TON of people. Each drink packs a heavy whallop to your head, so you really don't need much per person. servings5 Gallons Ingredients 24 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer1/2 Gallon Premium Vodka4 Cans Pink Lemonade ConcentrateIce Preparation You want to start with a CLEAN 5 gallon bucket. You basically just mix all the ingredients together, but the best way to do this is by mixing the frozen pink lemonade concentrate with the vodka first. Note: If you want the lemonade to be extra sweet, add a fifth can of concentrate to the mix. Then pour in all the beer. The main point in using Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) is not because it's cheap, (although that is always a good thing in my book!) Toss some ice in a glass and drink responsibly! A smaller version of this recipe is:
stereomood – emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities Red Well hello there, lovelies! And Happy Valentine's Day to you! Just wanted to pop in to share a little sweet (and sappy) v-day inspiration with you all. What's red and pink and full of love? This little post is, that's what! No, but seriously... Today, I'm also reminded about how lucky I truly am! Running the Numbers - An American Self-Portrait | The Global Intelligencer An American Self-Portrait by Photographer/artist Chris Jordan Plastic Bottles, 2007 60x120" Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes. Partial zoom: Detail at actual size: Paper Bags, 2007 60x80" Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour. Cell Phones, 2007 60x100" Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day. Office Paper, 2007 60x87" Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes. Cans Seurat, 2007 60x92" Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds. Denali Denial, 2006 60x75" Depicts 24,000 logos from the GMC Yukon Denali, equal to six weeks of sales of that model SUV in 2004. Detail at actual size: (This is the far left corner of the lake) Ben Franklin, 2007 8.5 feet wide by 10.5 feet tall in three horizontal panels
Woolworths trials virtual supermarket - Business Woolworths has opened two virtual supermarkets, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne, in a bid to plug its mobile shopping application. The virtual supermarket (Credit: Luke Hopewell/ZDNet Australia) Users of the Woolworths app for iOS and Android can go to Sydney's Town Hall station or Melbourne's Flinders Street Station where they will find 120 barcodes underneath pictures of the products on the wall, arranged like a supermarket shelf. From there, users can use the app to scan the products they want to purchase and have them shipped to a nominated address for a fee. Users looking to use the new virtual shop space will need to be quick, however, after the supermarket's innovation program manager, Has Fakira, told ZDNet Australia that it will only be around for a week. Fakira said that the stores would be manned by Woolworths' staff, who will assist users with their purchases and gather feedback on the virtual supermarket.
30 Bizarre and Creative Packaging Design Examples Inspiration November 1, 2010 One of the things that identifies the image of a product is its packaging. Few elements like striking graphics, attractive colors, and unusual shapes are carefully thought of to come up with packaging design that catches the attention of the consumers. A packaging design is a critical component in marketing because it is the packaging that makes it stand from the rest when consumers choose a product from the shelf. This post presents the clever and innovative ideas of some of the company manufacturers around the world. Evian 2005 Limited Edition Bottle View Source Experimental Milk Carton View Source Tequila Gun Packaging View Source Salt & Pepper Cell View Source Lightbulb Box View Source Kleenex Packaging View Source 360 Paper Bottle View Source Wine in a Can View Source Doritos Packaging Concept View Source Hanger Tea View Source El Mil del Poaig Packaging View Source Wine Packaging View Source Egg Packaging Corrugated Card View Source Prism Eyewear View Source Pop-up Popcorn Dino Gum
Watermark Tee by Sweet Verbana Hello U-Create readers! I am so excited to be guest posting here today. It just so happens to be my first guest post and I'm still a little shocked that it's here at Ucreate, one of my favorite blogs! A little bit about me.. I'm from a little town called Keller, Texas. I'm a junior at Texas A&M University (whoop!). I'm working on my education degree and expect to be an elementary school teacher in just two short years. When I'm not busy studying for classes, I love to sew. I just started blogging in May and have already met all kinds of wonderful women, I hope you'll stop by and say hi too! Watermark Tee Tutorial What I love about this project is that it's completely customizable. Materials: Elmer's Blue Gel Glue (it must be the blue gel, white won't work) Fabric Dye (RIT is my tried and true brand) A white cotton Tee, Tank, Dress etc. Tutorial: If you're unfamiliar with Batiking, it's a method of dyeing fabric in which you create a design with a dye- resist. Step 1: Prepare Step 2: Design
diy video: grace’s upholstered otomi headboard for the past four years i have been pining over this incredible headboard featured in a 2005 issue of cookie magazine. it not only ignited my love for upholstered headboards, but sparked my interest in textiles from mexico, south america, india and uzbekistan. this particular type of textile, mexican otomi fabric, is handmade by the otomi indians of central mexico. i love the variations found throughout the style and the way that the animals seem to dance around in circles. so four year laters, i decided to bite the bullet and create the headboard i’d been dreaming about for what seemed like ages. [Today's video is brought to you by HomeGoods. Find your personal style by taking the HomeGoods Stylescope Quiz. Join the discussion at HG Openhouse.] CLICK HERE for the project steps (update: including the headboard template!) [The headboard that inspired my project, from Cookie Magazine 2005] Grace’s Upholstered Otomi Headboard What You’ll Need: Steps: 1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
5 Simple Ways To Streamline Your Morning Routine | Smart Mom Style Mornings in our house are crazy. It doesn’t matter if I get up two hours before I have to take my son to preschool, things are always crazy the 15 minutes before we head out the door. Now I’m a firm believer in routines and schedules, so I don’t know why mornings are chaos! Here are some tips I’ve recently implemented, or found that I want to implement, that will help get our mornings running smooth. To Do Chart For The Kids In the morning, the only thing that my kids want to do is watch cartoons. Premeasuring What? Brushing Teeth It seems like no matter how many times I remind him, my son will inevitably come down stairs without brushing his teeth. Make Lunches in Advance Sounds simple, but it’s something I always forget to do! Cleaning Up My son tells me he doesn’t know how to make his bed and straighten up his room. What tips and suggestions do you use to keep your mornings on track?
Kids Activity: Edible Homemade Fingerpaint Fingerpaint is a great activity to do with toddlers! Here are our instructions to make your own edible, homemade version with ingredients you already have at home. Flour Sugar Salt Food coloring Plastic cups Add 2 T of sugar into a sauce pan. Add 1/3 cup of flour to the saucepan as well Mix with 2 cups of water and whisk until smooth. Pour into your plastic cups equally. Mix in a couple drops of food coloring and stir until completely dissolved. The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011 Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken. Enjoy and stay sifty my friends!
DSM-5, the new mental illness ‘bible,’ may list Internet addiction among illnesses Getty Images Internet addiction might be considered a mental illness under proposed revisions to DSM-5, the mental-health industry’s guidebook. Surf the web too much? That might soon land you on a psychiatrist’s couch. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is catching heat over proposed amendments to its newest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) — widely considered the "bible" of psychiatric symptoms in the mental-health industry. Opponents say the new version would label millions more people as "mentally ill" for conditions such as extreme shyness — and qualify them for psychiatric drugs they don't need. "[It's] hard to avoid the conclusion that DSM-5 will help the interests of the drug companies," said Allen Frances of Duke University, according to Reuters. The DSM-5, as the new edition will be called, is scheduled to be released in May 2013, and could list "Internet addiction" among its diagnoses. "We think that's very, very dangerous." Dr.