Evan Booth created this awesome “gaping hole” costume for Halloween using a travel DVD player with video feed from a digital camera strapped to his back.I don’t know what is more awesome, Evan’s wig or the gaping hole costume!Check out the link here.
Forgetomori has a couple of video versions on interesting perceptual illusions: the Thatcher effect and the McGurk effect…….
Interested in upgrading your current solar powered patio and/or walkway lights? Why not try the new Firefly Magic Firefly Lights. Developed by an inventor in North Texas, who wanted to experience the beauty of fireflies year-round. The lights are the same size and color as the Photinus firefly, and run on solar power and use LED (light emitting diodes) to make the lights even more efficient. They are so “lifelike” that they have been used in zoos, nature centers, museums, theme parks and on university field research to trick actual fireflies.Check out the link here.
A Nigerian scammer is accused of posing as the central bank of Ethiopia and bilking Citibank out of $27,000,000:
To carry out the elaborate scheme, prosecutors in New York said on Friday, the man, identified as Paul Gabriel Amos, 37, a Nigerian citizen who lived in Singapore, worked with others to create official-looking documents that instructed Citibank to wire the money in two dozen transactions to accounts that Mr. Amos and the others controlled around the world.
The money came from a Citibank account in New York held by the National Bank of Ethiopia, that country’s central bank. Prosecutors said the conspirators, contacted by Citibank to verify the transactions, posed as Ethiopian bank officials and approved the transfers. Check out the link here.
This just proves that caution and awareness can protect many people from many things, and some people from nothing. Scammers and fraud artists try anything they can to seperate you from your hard eaned money. TEUCU has a great collection of scams and other potentially corrupt tactics. It’s a good idea to head over there and have a look at some of the things that could harm your bottom line. Check TEUCU’s Member Alert Section.
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Why has no one made a big deal about this yet?
Am I the only one who noticed?
These pictures were taken of Salma smoking around the end of December 2008….footage of her breastfeeding another woman’s baby are from February 2009.
Does this other mother know that Salma was/is smoking? Would she still be greatful to Salma if she had known?
Salma said she was weening her daughter Valentina at the time and felt it necessary to feed the other child too. Was she weening Valentina off the smokes? Will this starving baby need the patch?
For shame Salma.
What to get your loved ones for Valentine’s Day? Whatever you do, do not get them these gifts.
Check out the 14 other awful gifts here.
You know the economy is bad when Wall Street Banker’s girlfriends are complaining about their lives.
Are you or someone you love dating a banker? If so, we are here to support you through these difficult times. Dating A Banker Anonymous (DABA) is a safe place where women can come together – free from the scrutiny of feminists– and share their tearful tales of how the mortgage meltdown has affected their relationships. DABA Girls was started by two best friends whose relationships tanked with the economy. Not knowing what else to do, we did what frustrated but articulate girls have done since the beginning of time - we started a blog. So if your monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life, lighten your heart with laughter and email your stories to dabagirls@gmail.com. Warning all stories sent will be infused with our own special brand of DABA Girl humor.
Check out the blog here.
The first government collapse of the global economic crisis is about to yield the world’s first openly-gay leader. Johanna Sigurdardottir, a former air hostess, is expected to be sworn in as Iceland’s Prime Minister by the end of the week.
Her moment in the international spotlight comes at the most horrendous moment in her nation’s recent history. As the global meltdown began, the collapse of Iceland’s grossly over-leveraged economy was followed smartly by the implosion of its banks and currency. Now its government has gone the same way, the first to succumb to the backwash from the crisis.
Ms Sigurdardottir’s party, the Social Democrat Alliance, was asked to form a new government but its leader is taking a leave of absence to recover from treatment for a benign tumour. And so, “Saint Johanna”, as she has come to be known, has been propelled from the social affairs ministry – which she has presided over for a decade – to take centre stage in a choice hailed as “unexpected but brilliant”.
The 66-year-old politician lives with her partner, Jonina Leosdottir, a journalist and playwright. The couple were joined in a civil ceremony in 2002. Don’t expect them to show up togetherfor photocalls, however – that’s not the Icelandic way. Though she is famous across the island, having been a top politician for years, her lesbian union was no big deal in this calmly progressive nation of only 300,000 people.
Check out the link here.