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We explore the lighter side of porn (SFW)
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From Alaska, to Las Vegas, to the streets of New York City, artist Bren Bataclan leaves his paintings in unexpected places. It's finders, keepers for anyone who discovers the artwork. The art's accompanied with a note promising that "everything will be all right."
"I read the note and it said take it! And it's free," says Anafidelia Tavares.
The note used to ask people to smile at strangers. But when the recession hit, the message changed.
Miller asked the artist, "So you hope to turn the entire economy around?"
Bataclan laughed and said "Yeah, why not? Sure. Big goal, but sure."
Bataclan is spreading hope, one painting at a time.
"I thought it was a really nice message and a very nice painting," says Jim Agostine.
Bataclan's been leaving street art for six years. He leaves big paintings when he's flush with cash and smaller ones when his budget is stretched. He's dropped off his paintings in some 32 countries and about half of the states.
He still has to deal with rejection. But more often than not, it's a wholehearted endorsement.
He doesn't give "everything" away. As a full time artist, the prices for his work range from $95 to $3,000.
But Bataclan finds his joy in the smile of someone who just needed a "pick me up."
It doesn't take much to pay forward a little cheer.
And that makes Bataclan's art truly priceless.From Alaska, to Las Vegas, to the streets of New York City, artist Bren Bataclan... more
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This follower of Phish turned Hasidic Jew turned reggae sensation talks about his inspirations, his life and the adoration he feels from his audience.This follower of Phish turned Hasidic Jew turned reggae sensation talks about his... more
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This pod follows comedians with the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour http://www.ipcomedytour.com), as they travel and perform in East Jerusalem. The tour was conceived by prominent Arab American journalist Ray Hanania , who started the IP Comedy Tour and became a performer after 9/11. The "IP Comedy Tour" has had several successful runs with sold out houses - both in Israel and in the U.S. - as well as extensive media coverage. The comedians are diverse-- Palestinian, Egyptian, secular Jewish, and Orthodox Jewish - yet share the common goal of promoting better understanding and diffusing mutual suspicion through the universality of laughter.This pod follows comedians with the Israeli Palestinian Comedy Tour... more
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MyVibe is probably the first x-rated app approved by Apple—following the introduction of content ratings—and the first vibrator. Sexual health expert Dr. Debby Herbenick has tried it. Here are her thoughts on it (NSFW):
If you haven't already checked out MyPleasure.com's MyVibe app in the iPhone's app store, you might want to. Unlike many saucy apps out there, MyVibe is free—and fun.
Here's how it works: There's an on/off button that looks like many computer on/offs so it's easily recognizable. On the right there are up and down arrows to control your vibration - short, quick pulses (smaller #s) or longer slower ones (higher #s, up to 100).
The intensity of the vibration MyPleasure could use for this app is obviously limited by the amount of vibration that the iPhone offers, so the orgasmic potential of the MyVibe app is similarly limited. However, orgasms—while fun—aren't everything.
Anticipation, teasing and seduction play a major role in many people's sex lives. Why not turn on the app, hold the iPhone discreetly against your body while on the metro, in a cab or at work as you exchange sultry IMs or Twitter DMs with your real life partner or dream partner? Having a little vibration can add excitement and tingles to your day (and your genitals). [MyVibe via My Sex Professor]MyVibe is probably the first x-rated app approved by Apple—following the... more
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Abercrombie and Fitch model Albert Reed on the trials and tribulations of male beauty.
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2005 Rookie of the Year Fred Patacchia, aka Freddy P, shows us what it takes to be a professional surfer, and where he finds some of Hawaii's best waves.
Produced By: Evan B. Stone & Carrie Pyle2005 Rookie of the Year Fred Patacchia, aka Freddy P, shows us what it takes to be a... more
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Can a college student survive on a 100% raw/vegan diet?
This short documentary film follows two extremely lively and enthusiastic pre-med students at Maharishi University, Antwan and Yahya, though a month of their experiment eating a 100% raw/vegan diet. The story of their experiences, both challenges and benefits, on the raw food diet shows if and how it is possible for a college student to survive going raw.Can a college student survive on a 100% raw/vegan diet?
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We do it for the bDr. David Kessler, 58, says that when he looks at a huge plate of French fries, he knows that if he starts eating them, he won't stop until he's wolfed them all down. Yes, even the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, who once oversaw the nation's health, struggles to eat well like the rest of us.
We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?
In his new best-selling book, "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite," Kessler, a San Francisco Bay Area pediatrician, explains why certain foods loaded with fat, sugar and salt exert such a pull, despite our best intentions to avoid them. As he discusses the biology that leads to scarfing down a plate of fries, he delves into such puzzles as why the French fry binger is more likely to remember the pleasant stimulation of the fries' salt, fat, texture and flavor than the stomachache and self-recrimination that follow it.
The former dean of medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco, Kessler, who is also a lawyer, contends that the American food culture, including our mores about when, where and how often we eat, plays a large role in fostering what he calls "conditioned hypereating." He argues that the government, food industry and individual diner all have parts to play in combating that plate of fries. While Kessler is not offering a weight-loss solution or proposing some chimerical healthy eating plan, his book strips away the allure of some of the most appetizing and unhealthy foods. I spoke with Dr. Kessler about why so many of us can't eat just one.uzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?We do it for the bDr. David Kessler, 58, says that when he looks at a huge plate of... more
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This new mobile phone concept, by Aleksandr Mukomelov, promises to do everything under the sun, literally! Powered by a photo sensitive nano material that converts light into energy, you never need to plug it in to charge.
check the link to see more picsThis new mobile phone concept, by Aleksandr Mukomelov, promises to do everything under... more
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BANGKOK — Pollution on the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphins in danger of disappearing from Cambodia and Laos, according to a study released Friday by an environmental group.
The World Wide Fund For Nature Cambodia said that it has documented 88 deaths in the past six years of the Irrawaddy dolphin or Orcaella brevirostris along a 118-mile (190-kilometer) stretch of the Mekong River.
The population in the Mekong is now believed to include as few as 64 members, it said, down from 80 to 100 just three years ago.
Researchers from WWF Cambodia said they found toxic levels of pesticides such as DDT and environmental contaminants such as PCBs during an analysis of dead dolphin calves. They also found mercury in some dead dolphins, a toxin used in gold mining that can compromise the immune system of marine animals.
The group said it was investigating the source of the pollutants, noting that many young calfs died of bacterial diseases that would not normally be fatal unless their immune systems were compromised by environmental contaminants.
"These pollutants are widely distributed in the environment, and so the source of this pollution may involve several countries through which the Mekong River flows," according to Verne Dove, the report's author and veterinarian with WWF Cambodia.
The Irrawaddy dolphin, which is related to orcas or killer whales, grows to up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length and frequents large rivers, estuaries, and freshwater lagoons in south and southeast Asia.
Scientists do not know exactly how many Irrawaddy dolphins remain in the world _ researchers recently found a population of nearly 6,000 near Bangladesh's mangrove forests _ but the species is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Mekong River subpopulation has been listed as "critically endangered" since 2004.
Seng Teak, WWF Cambodia's country director, urged Mekong River countries to develop a coordinated program to protect the dolphins.
"The Mekong River dolphins are isolated from other members of their species and they need our help," he said in a statement. "Science has shown that if the habitat of cetaceans is protected, then populations can show remarkable resilience."
Brian Smith, an Irrawaddy dolphin expert with the Wildlife Conservation Society, said the findings were surprising given that until now, the biggest threat facing the dolphins was fishing. He cautioned more research was needed to be done to establish a link between the deaths and pollution.
"Although pollution is generally included in the laundry list of threats facing these animals, it has generally been assumed to be of lesser importance compared to other threats, especially fisheries interactions," Smith said in an e-mail interview.
However, he said the extremely low survivorship of calves on the Mekong _ and the fact that many carcasses were found with lesions _ suggests that disease combined with pollutants documented in the WWF study "may indeed be an important factor threatening the population."BANGKOK — Pollution on the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphins... more
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A young man educates our audience on how his life changed for the better and the worse when SHE moved in.A young man educates our audience on how his life changed for the better and the worse... more
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When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.
Police just saw vandalism.
They dismantled the 10-foot "barrel monster" and arrested Carnevale. Hundreds of online supporters want the charges dropped and the publicity has turned the history major and part-time construction worker into a local celebrity...
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Twitter User: loopmovieWhen Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a... more
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For young Americans, the U.S. recession is a major bummer on our bank accounts and future. Where can we look to for advice? Enter Argentina, a country that went through its own economic crisis in 2001, and where we might be able to learn a thing or two -- even if it is 5,000 miles away from Wall Street.For young Americans, the U.S. recession is a major bummer on our bank accounts and... more
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Since Facebook started giving out customized Web addresses like facebook.com/yourname last Friday, some 9.5 million people have rushed to grab their top choice.
On Twitter, public fights have broken out over so-called impostor accounts, like those that should probably be in the hands of Kanye West or Bank of America.
And somewhere out there on the Web, another new service or social network is on the rise, threatening to start yet another online land grab.
Celebrities, companies and even regular people can be excused for feeling a bit of déjà vu. Staking out and protecting their names and trademarks on the Internet has become a seemingly never-ending battle. With the rise of social networks, registering a simple Web address like pepsi.com or mileycyrus .com is no longer enough to plant one’s flag firmly in the virtual terra firma.
When domain names first became hot properties in the ’90s, it was mostly companies that worried about claiming the right addresses. But in this more narcissistic Internet era, people who were once happily anonymous view themselves as online minicelebrities with their own brands to promote.
Those whose names are not unique may run into problems in trying to manage those brands. Chris Hardwick, a stand-up comedian and host on the tech-focused cable network G4, had no trouble registering chrishardwick.com a few years ago and securing the appropriate Gmail address. But he missed out on claiming his name on MySpace to a Chris Hardwick in Ohio. Last weekend, Mr. Hardwick got home from a performance too late to get his address of choice on Facebook; he said a high school student in England appeared to have grabbed it.
“It’s like a Wild West town full of Chris Hardwicks with their hands on their mouses getting ready to draw on each other,” he said.
To some, the rules of this new game are frustratingly hazy. Facebook has invited trademark holders and celebrities who find their names are taken to fill out a complaint form on the site. It says it will resolve disputes on a case-by-case basis. While Facebook’s social network has room for many people with the same name, the new vanity addresses are being distributed on a first-come-first-served basis.
Twitter has begun verifying the identities of well-known users, giving them a badge on their pages that serves to confirm that they are who they say they are. But it has revealed little about how that process works. A Twitter spokeswoman, Jenna Sampson, said the program was a small-scale test at this point.
Tony LaRussa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, recently sued Twitter, saying it did not do enough to prevent someone from tweeting under his name. Twitter has called the lawsuit “frivolous” and says the network shuts down accounts used by known impersonators.
Another problem is that no one knows whether any of this online terrain has any lasting value — only that accounts on sites like Twitter and Facebook tend to show up at the top of the list when people search the Web. So many people are plunging in — including so-called cybersquatters who hope to profit, financially or otherwise, from Web addresses and accounts.
Larry Winget, the author of four popular books on personal finance, has been quick over the years to get control of his name on the Web and on sites like MySpace. But last weekend, a professed fan beat him to facebook.com/larrywinget and then said he would turn it over in exchange for a face-to-face dinner.
“It’s this constant effort, this sprint, to stay ahead of the technology,” Mr. Winget said. “You’ve got to hire a person just to stay on top of it.”Since Facebook started giving out customized Web addresses like facebook.com/yourname... more
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The honeymoon is over for President Barack Obama and the GLBT community. The passionate support the President once enjoyed from the GLBT community is slowly turning sour, curdling in the President's inaction. As a conciliatory gesture President Barack Obama signaled to gay rights activists that he's listening to their priorities by extending some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Yet he failed to deliver what justice demands, allowing a growing anger against the President to simmer.
"We all have to acknowledge this is only one step," President Obama said in the Oval Office. There he signed a memorandum that made incremental changes to benefits offered to the same-sex partners of gay federal employees.
But the President's critics saw the gesture as a meager move to expand gay rights; little more than pandering, the primary aim more about cutting short a possible fundraising boycott, rather than meaningful or dramatic change.
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Is the President doing enough for the GLBT community?The honeymoon is over for President Barack Obama and the GLBT community. The... more
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Oh wow! I love satellite watching, and especially the International Space Station, but now I don't have to wait for nightfall anymore. We reported that the ISS had become the second brightest object in the night sky back in March 2009 with the addition of the final set of solar arrays. And now its been confirmed that the space station, under the right conditions, can be visible during the day, too. "On June 13th, I was watching a red-headed woodpecker's nest when the ISS passed overhead," said Brooke O'Klatner of Charlotte, North Carolina, who took this image, which was posted on Spaceweather.com.
And the ISS will get even brighter when the STS-127 mission arrives, hopefully in July (liftoff has been re-scheduled for July 11 after being postponed today because of a hydrogen leak.) The mission will add an addition on to the Kibo lab, and with Endeavour attached to the station, it will be quite bright. Can't wait! In the meantime, I'm going to test out my best eagle eyes and try to see the ISS during the day. If anyone is able to see it during a daytime pass, let us know! (Pictures encouraged!)Oh wow! I love satellite watching, and especially the International Space Station, but... more
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Amazing what you can do with powerfull hose pipes.
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