Inflatable street art comes alive from subway exhaust system

Using only tape and garbage bags, Joshua Allen Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate.  Steven Psyllos caught up with Harris recently to discuss his older works (including a bear and a giraffe) and unveil a new beast that looks not unlike the Cloverfield monster.

Woman’s own stem cells produce new body part

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A young mother has become the first in the world to get a new part of her body made from her own stem cells.  The woman in Spain received a new windpipe — grown in a lab.  British doctors who were involved in the revolutionary transplant say it heralds a new era in medicine…Health Correspondent Thomas Moore explains.

 

 

 

 

 

NYPD testing “rumble” sirens

“Police forces in the US are piloting a new kind of police car. Not only does it make a sound and flash its lights when speeding to an emergency it also rumbles, shaking the ground up to 200 feet away giving pedestrians and other drivers advance notice to MOVE!!! The technology is currently being tested in New York.”

Vacation under the sea in this 5-star underwater seafloor resort

The Poseidon Resort in Fiji (opening in early 2010) has underwater suites and island villas.

To get information on their beach bungalows, the underwater library, the wedding chapel, the restaurants, and more visit: Poseidon Resort

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[video] “Great Depression” cooking with Clara Cannucciari

What a lovable, charismatic woman!  Here’s her first video.

91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.

Clara Cannucciari is a 94 year-old internet sensation. Her YouTube® Great Depression Cooking videos have an army of devoted followers. In Claras Kitchen, she gives readers words of wisdom to buck up Americas spirits, recipes to keep the wolf from the door, and tells her story of growing up during the Great Depression with a tight-knit family and a pull yourself up by your bootstraps philosophy of living. In between recipes for pasta with peas, eggplant parmesan, chocolate covered biscotti, and other treats Clara gives readers practical advice on cooking nourishing meals for less. Using lessons she learned during the Great Depression, she writes, for instance, about how to conserve electricity when cooking and how you can stretch a pot of pasta with a handful of lentils. She reminisces about her youth and writes with love about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Claras Kitchen takes readers back to a simpler, if not more difficult time, and gives everyone what they need right now: hope for the future and a nice dish of warm pasta from everyones favorite grandmother, Clara Cannuciari, a woman who knows whats really important in life.

Website:

http://www.GreatDepressionCooking.com

African pastor, dead in mortuary for three days, returns to tell his experience

The videos of the account of Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu’s resurrection are hard to understand in places.  For more information, see the link at the bottom of this post.

Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu physically died in the late evening of Friday, November 30th, 2001, was dead for at least 42 hours, visited heaven and hell during the time of his physical death, and was raised from the dead between 3:50 P.M. and 5:15 P.M. on Sunday, December 2nd, 2001 in the basement of the Grace of God Mission, located in Onitsha, Nigeria.

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Part 1 – Introduction of the events preceding his death.

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Part 2 – Angelic encounter in the ambulance where they take him to heaven and explain the differences between the gathering of the angels vs the gathering of the saints.

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Part 3 – Description of the heavenly mansions and singing flowers.  Then an angel takes Daniel to hell where he describes the experience…the angel explains the reason why the pastor encounters a soul who practiced witchcraft (Rev 21:8).

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Part 4 –  The angel explains to Daniel why if the book of life was closed, hell would be Daniel’s portion.  Powerful message about reaping the harvest of unforgiveness and Daniel’s insatiable desire for revenge…

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Part 5 – Daniel’s experience about coming back to his body, which was lying in the mortuary for three days.

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Much more information about this story can be found here.

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A Point to Ponder:

1) I was thinking about the number of views this video received so far: Views: 22,271.  Compare that to Susan Boyle: Views: 78,717,532.  Just thought I’d throw that in.

2) Regarding salvation–if everyone is going to heaven, why did Jesus have to die?

[video] YouTube advertisement has surprising end

What a powerful visual hook!  I’d like to add more but it would spoil the ending…I’ll bet you can’t tell what this captivating commercial is for.

If that’s not enough, look at the jpg ad on their website.

Well?  What are your thoughts about the video and image?  Were you surprised?

[video] Super spiderweb!

OMG — If you suffer from arachnophobia, do NOT watch this video!

This CBS YouTube video is dated November 9, 2007 and reveals the largest spiderweb in the world in Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas.  Thousands of spiders working together to make the worlds largest spiderweb.

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Has anyone seen this web?

My first photo inclusion!

I’m feeling kind of good!  I received an email from the Schmap Niagara Falls Guide–my photo is in their online and mobile guide.  I took the picture at the Buttefly Conservatory.

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Hi 1websurfer,I am delighted to let you know that one of your photos with a Creative Commons license has been selected for inclusion in the newly released ninth edition of our Schmap Niagara Falls Guide:Butterfly Conservatory
www.schmap.com/niagarafalls/sights_stamford/p=260923/i=260923_95.jpg

If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at:

Butterfly Conservatory
www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=niagarafalls&sid=sights_stamford&p=260923&i=260923_95

Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Niagara Falls Guide, complete with your published photo:

www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=88016544N00/c=SM20791419

Please enjoy the guide!

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/ewilliams

 

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Awesome!

Here’s my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1websurfer/

Here’s a related :13 video:

[video] Train’s emergency brakes saves woman’s life

A drunk woman at a Boston train station falls in front a train and survives when others at the station manage to wave down the train and it stops just before hitting her.

[video] Sometimes we forget the important things…

 

Autistic artist draws New York from memory

Stephen Wiltshire–”The Living Camera”

This astonishing 18ft drawing of the world’s most famous skyline was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire after he spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter gazing at the panorama.

The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale.

Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223790/Autistic-artist-draws-18ft-picture-New-York-skyline-memory.html#ixzz0VWxlbCeq

[video] Heart-sick young man is looking for his MsDreamy

Once upon a time, a gentleman had a nightmare.  But out of this nightmare appeared the most beautiful woman he’d ever laid eyes on.  Adam Pacitti believes she’s a real person and will not stop searching until he finds her.

Click here for more info.

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Have you ever dreamed of someone and then met them in real life?

[video] Weather/cloud experts–please identify

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[video] WOW–Listen to Susan Boyle’s new single “Wild Horses”

Geez, I’m weepy this morning–beauty [in all forms] brings me to tears.

Susan sings The Stones’ ‘Wild Horses’, taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’.  Susan’s new album, I Dreamed A Dream, hits the shops in the UK on the 23rd Nov and the rest of the world on the 24th Nov.

 

[video] Storytelling with sand and light–the art that brought me to tears [video]

Being a writer, I’m always interested in learning new ways to tell a story.  Well, I found one called Sand Painting.  I’ve never seen anything expressed so beautifully.  Watch this woman from a show called “Ukraine has the Talent” tell an emotional story with sand and light in 10 minutes.  Even if you can’t watch the whole thing, I guarantee you’ll be awe-struck within the first mintue…

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Just had to add these two…

“You’ve got a friend”

Sand Painter – Mark Demel

I love the last image in this video…

[video] Detect lying behavior–technique used by law enforcement

Do you think someone’s lying to you?  “NLP” is a technique used by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), psychologists, and other professions.

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NLP Eye Patterns

Eye Accessing Cues

“Fun theory” encourages exercise and trash reduction [video]

How cool is this?

“Piano Stairs” to encourage exercise…

“Deep Garbage Bins” to encourage trash reduction…

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Brilliant!  Brilliant!

Patrick Swayze & his wife dancing [video]

Patrick Swayze via last.fm

What a sensual and stunning performance between Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Nieme!

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Fonts used in popular website logos

If you’ve ever wondered what typeface is used in popular website logos, this site is a good start.  Here is three examples:

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Another similar website: The Logos of Web 2.0

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Storm over Frankfurt [YouTube]

Watch this ‘too close for comfort’ encounter with lightning…

Listening to my favorite songs [YouTube]

Josh Groban singing “You Raise Me Up”

Celine Dion & Josh Groban singing “The Prayer”

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Amazing footage of a horse crashing into a car [video]

“Tourists in the Galilee region of Israel were left shocked when they filmed a horse trying to gallop over a car…”

Man kills intruders while talking to 911 [audio/news/video]

Joe Horn witnessed his neighbor’s house being robbed and notified the authorities.  I guess he figured they were taking too long so he took the law into his own hands–while remaining on the phone!

Read the news story here.

Note: I realize this incident took place November 14, 2007.  I’m not interested in the date so much as the content.

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Apparently he was acquitted by a Grand Jury…

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Was this crime justified?

7 year old boy drives car [news/video]

The most chilling 911 call on 9/11 [audio]

I’m sure many people heard this clip–but I haven’t until today.  It’s the chilling 911 call sent from Kevin Cosgrove.  He was on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center with another man, Doug Cherry.

OTHER 9/11 VIDEOS

MAN TRIES TO CLIMB DOWN THE WTC

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Police take advantage of drunk woman [video]

As a result of this incident one officer was fired, one resigned, and four others were suspended.

Michael Jackson meets Princess Diana [video]

Boy walks away from accident unscathed [video]

This is a lucky little boy…

What accidents did you walk away from unharmed?

Man sets record for skating down rollercoaster [video]

Macbeth Rap [video]

Hilarious!

This link was provided in a reply to my twitter question: Would Shakespeare have been a better writer if he’d had a computer?  The answer: [Maybe, but I think he would've done hip-hop or rap.]