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http://laughingsquid.com/culver-cit...gulation-signs-after-they-top-out-at-15-feet/

Culver City in Southern California Reduces the Height of Parking Regulation Signs After They Top Out at 15 Feet

Culver City in Southern California has halved the size of massive parking rules signage around an elementary school after they reached as high as 15 feet. The towers of regulatory information were erected to highlight new child drop off rules around Linwood E. Howe Elementary School, but were widely cited as causing confusion among parents afraid of being hit with a $73 fine.

 
http://laughingsquid.com/patrick-ak...oldest-and-largest-wombat-turns-29-years-old/

A beautiful wombat named Patrick aka “Fat Pat from Ballarat” who is thought to be the oldest and biggest wombat in the world, turned 29 on August 24, 2014 at Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia. Patrick is also the official “Wombassador” for the park and has recently been bestowed the honor of being named number three in a CNN list of the greatest city mascots in the world.

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Volcano Eruption in Papua New Guinea

 
Polish mountain bike free rider Szymon Godziek perfectly executed a stunning “tsunami flip” during the Red Bull District Ride 2014 competition in Nuremberg, Germany. The run is believe to be the first time the trick has been successfully landed during competition.

 
http://laughingsquid.com/photos-of-...t-wraps-around-their-entire-manhattan-office/

In April I attended a happy hour hosted by our friends at the digital creative agency The Barbarian Group at their new headquarters in New York City. At the party they were debuting their new “Superdesk” (see previous post), an amazing 1,100 foot-long endless desk that wraps around their entire office and can seat up to 175 employees. The Superdesk, which covers a surface area of 4,400 square feet, was custom made for The Barbarian Group by Clive Wilkinson Architects.


The challenge was to create the most collaborative, creative environment possible. The result? A desk that we could all share, literally – 4,400 square feet of undulating, unbroken awesomeness to keep people and ideas flowing.

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Just reach in and grab it...

New addition - Heterometrus spinifer (Giant forest scorpion) - scorpling

 
http://www.nerdist.com/2014/09/lucasfilm-employees-show-off-sidewalk-chalk-art-skills/

Lucasfilm Employees Show Off Sidewalk Chalk Art Skills

Working for Lucasfilm is a dream job for many of us. It’s not enough that they work on some of the best franchises in the galaxy, though–they also get to play with chalk. The annual Lucasfilm Sidewalk Art Festival gets employees of Lucasfilm and ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) outdoors and challenges them to create art. Participants team up in groups of 2-4 people, claim a sidewalk square on the Letterman Digital Arts Center campus, and get messy while making temporary masterpieces. I am Greedo-green with envy.

The 2014 event happened last weekend, and the entries in the festival are colorful, amusing, and all around fantastic. Even mean ol’ Emperor Palpatine might appreciate the art. While it’s a fun diversion, the Sidewalk Art Festival is also a competition. Prizes and awards were given for first, second, and third place and also in categories such as “Best Star Wars Square.” I am a fan of all the finished squares, but this Hoth design featuring an adorable wampa and Olaf from Frozen melts my heart:

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http://www.history.com/news/amphipo...mother/?cmpid=Social_Facebook_HITH_09272014_1

Amphipolis Tomb May Belong to Alexander the Great’s Mother

Speculation has been running wild in recent weeks over who might be buried in the massive tomb complex currently being excavated at Amphipolis, located in the region of Macedonia in northern Greece. Now, in a breakthrough discovery, archeologists excavating the site have exposed two 7-foot-tall marble statues inside the tomb, guarding the entrance to its main chamber. According to some scholars, the presence of these sculpted female figures, known as caryatids, strongly suggests that the tomb may belong to Olympias, the mother of the great warrior-king Alexander the Great.

The Kasta Hill archeological site at Amphipolis, located some 370 miles north of Athens and 65 miles east of the city of Thessaloniki, is believed to be the largest burial site ever discovered in Greece. Dating to between 325-300 B.C., near the end of the reign of Alexander the Great, the burial mound and tomb complex was partially destroyed during the Roman occupation of Greece, but then appears to have survived without looting for more than 2,000 years.

A team of archeologists led by Katerina Peristeri began work at the site in 2012. Last month, they announced that they had unearthed a 1,600-foot-long marble wall encircling the tomb complex, a size that dwarfs the burial site of Philip II, Alexander’s father, in Vergina. Along with a long vaulted corridor leading to the tomb, the archeologists discovered two headless, wingless sphinxes guarding its entrance. They believe the tomb was originally crowned by a 16-foot-tall marble statue known as the Lion of Amphipolis, which was discovered a few miles away in the bed of the Strymonas River in 1912.

Speculation has been running wild as to the occupant of the tomb, including claims that it might actually be Alexander the Great himself. Archeologists and historians have joined forces in dismissing this possibility, however, as the historical record indicates that Alexander died in Babylon (modern-day Iraq) in 323 B.C. and was most likely buried in Egypt after Ptolemy, one of his former generals, stole the corpse while it was en route to Macedonia. (Alexander’s sarcophagus was later moved from Memphis to Alexandria, the capital of his kingdom, but by the fourth century A.D., its exact location was unknown.)

The discovery of the two caryatids, which virtually mirror one another on either side of a marble doorway, is now fueling claims that the tomb belongs to a prominent female figure from Alexander’s time: specifically, Olympias, Philip II’s wife and the mother of the celebrated warrior-king. Caryatids, a common feature of Greek and Roman architecture, are pillars formed from sculptures of female figures. The ones flanking the entrance in the Amphipolis tomb stand more than seven feet tall, and are clothed in sleeved tunics and thick-soled shoes. Each caryatid has one arm outstretched, as if to block entrance to the tomb’s main chamber.

According to Andrew Chugg, author of “The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great,” the figures may not depict ordinary women, but Klodones, priestesses of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. As Chugg writes in the Greek Reporter, the ancient Greek historian Plutarch recorded in his “Life of Alexander” that Olympias used to participate in Dionysiac rites and orgies with these Klodones. The baskets on their heads, Chugg recounts, held Olympias’ pet snakes, which would often rear their heads out to scare the men participating in the rites. To further support his argument, Chugg points out that the archeologists excavating at Kasta Hill found a marble block painted with rosettes that resemble those on the coffin of Philip II at Vergina.

Apart from Olympias, the most likely candidate to have been buried in the massive tomb at Amphipolis appears to be Roxana, Alexander the Great’s wife. The Macedonian general Cassander murdered Roxana in 311 B.C., along with her son Alexander IV, his father’s rightful heir to the throne. Other possible candidates include Alexander’s admirals Androsthenes, Laomedon and Nearchus; his generals Hephaestion and Antigonus Monophthalmus; and even Cassander himself. Chugg disagrees with these latter possibilities, arguing that the presence of the caryatids as guardians of the tomb means the occupant could not be male.

The discovery of the caryatids, though suggestive, has done little to end the debate surrounding the true purpose of the Amphipolis site. Olga Palagia, chair of the archaeology department at Athens University, tells Discovery News that caryatids of the style and scale found guarding the tomb were not used until the first century B.C. As such, she believes the burial mound at Amphipolis is “not a Macedonian tomb, because such tombs disappear in the mid-second century B.C. when Macedonia was conquered by the Romans.” In fact, Amphipolis is not far from the site where, in 42 B.C., the forces of Octavian, later known as Augustus, and Mark Antony defeated those of Brutus and Cassius, Julius Caesar’s assassins. The tomb, Palagia argues, could very well hold cremated remains of Roman generals killed in that battle.

Other observers suggest that it could not be a tomb at all, but a cenotaph, a tomblike monument built to commemorate Alexander, even though his body’s final resting place is elsewhere. Meanwhile, the team of archeologists continues their excavations at Amphipolis, hoping that further discoveries will shed more light on the questions that have captivated the world’s attention.
 
Calum von Moger with Lisa Vanderpump at the L.A. Aids Walk

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Gregzs said:
To commemorate the rebuilding efforts at Ground Zero in Manhattan, EarthCam has released this time-lapse video that shows the transformation of the site between 2004 and 2014. The site of the former World Trade Center complex is now home to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which opens to the public on May 21, 2014. We recently posted about a New York Times multimedia tour of the museum.
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Sort of the tallest...

http://laughingsquid.com/432-park-a...sidential-building-in-the-western-hemisphere/

432 Park Avenue, A New Tower in Manhattan That Is the Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere

432 Park Avenue is a residential tower in Midtown Manhattan that, at 1,396 feet in height, is the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere. Now in the final stages of construction, the 96-story building is taller than the Empire State Building (1,250 feet) and has a higher roof than One World Trade Center, which tops out a 1,368 feet, plus a spire that takes the building to 1,792 feet. Prices for the 432 Park Avenue?s 104 condos range from $7 million to $95 million for the penthouse. The penthouse condo encompasses a full floor 1,271 feet above Manhattan, and features a 360-degree view of New York City and the surrounding region. The building was designed by Rafael Vi?oly. It is expected to open in spring 2015.

 
432 Park Timelapse - Halfway mark - 2014

 
http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nat...-of-every-country-that-has-legal-prostitution

A world map of countries that have legal prostitution

Yeah, there?re a lot of awesome things you can do in the US that you just can?t do in other countries. But on that rare occasion you decide to leave the greatest country in the history of civilization, you'll find there are, in fact, a bunch of things you can do in other countries you can?t do here, too! Like ride a camel in the desert. Or smoke in public. Or, you know, not that you?d do it, but pay someone to have sex with you. Legally.

A lot of governments turn a blind eye to prostitution, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's legal. And since the last thing we want is for you to spend the next decade sleeping on a dirt floor in a Thai prison, we've compiled this list (and helpful map) outlining all the countries in the world where paying directly for sex is legal, where it?s kinda legal, and where the law simply says "no dice".

LEGAL

Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Martin, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela.


KINDA LEGAL*

Burkina Faso - The act of selling sex is legal, but soliciting prostitution is not. So she?s going to have to make the first move.

Colombia - Though some guys who've been will tell you it?s impossible to get laid for free in Colombia, technically, you?re only allowed to make a business transaction with your new girlfriend in the ?tolerance zones.?

Iceland - The actual act of having sex for money is not illegal. But paying for it is. So basically the only way to do this legally is to stiff (giggity) your escort.

Ivory Coast - Same as in Burkina Faso, soliciting a prostitute is illegal, but if you end up with her and pay for sex, you?re fine.

Japan - Japan says prostitution is illegal. But they have these "soaplands" all around the country where you can pay an independent contractor for a massage (so it?s not a brothel) and if you happen to hit if off really, really well and other things happen to go on, well, then that?s all fine and dandy.

Liechtenstein - They?re cool with it as long as you?re not doing it out on the street. So Richard Gere will have to look elsewhere for a fancy dinner date in Vaduz.

Norway - Following Iceland's "Nordic model" of prostitution, having sex for money is legal in Norway, but paying for sex isn?t. Same holds true in Sweden.

Russia - Since all those smoking hot Russian models are CLEARLY dating those 75-year-old billionaires for their good looks and charming personalities, Russia has deemed formal prostitution a mere ?administrative offense,? kind of like drinking in public or speeding.

Sweden - See Norway and Iceland.

USA - No, just because you got some ?extras? at one of the places on this list doesn?t mean it?s legal there. The US of A makes this list -- much like we make the list of world's largest meth producers -- thanks to some rural counties in Nevada.


*Since $150,000 in law school debt didn't sound all that appealing, none of us are lawyers. Which means we don't use fancy terms like "ipso facto", and we aren't COMPLETELY qualified to tell you if it's ok to pay for sex in these places. Just in case you end up in that Thai prison and are contemplating legal action.
 
Sandro Hofer swimming for cardio

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YouTube user Wiktor has uploaded a fairly stunning Russian dashcam video of a Kamaz-brand cement mixer tipping over and falling into a large hole in the asphalt. The actual incident occurs around the 40-second mark.

 
https://www.nerdist.com/2014/11/hot-topic-brings-back-underoos-underwear-now-in-adult-sizes/

Hot Topic Brings Back UNDEROOS Underwear, Now In Adult Sizes

If you were an average American little kid during the 1970?s up until the late 1980?s, chances are you wore Underoos from Fruit of the Loom. Basically, Underoos were underwear for kids based on various pop culture characters, everything from Marvel and DC heroes, Star Wars, and even TV shows like The Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider. What was so epic about Underoos is that the best ones doubled as costumes for characters like Superman and Wonder Woman, characters who kind of wore their underwear on the outside anyway. Who needed a cheap and probably flammable plastic costume? Not when you could just tie a towel around your neck while wearing your Superman Underoos and -presto-you had yourself an instant Superman costume. Or at least one for running around the house and jumping off the sofa.

In an apparent sign that Generation-X needs every last single bit of their childhood back and repacked for them as adults, the Hot Topic retail chain this week has announced the return of Underoos, but now in adult sizes. They are offering eight initial Underoos-Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Captain America, He-Man and Skeletor. (what, just one Marvel character? Shenanigans, I say.) Of course, they come in retro packaging as well. Demand has been so high that all but two of these have sold out within a week. But I wouldn?t worry too much?Hot Topic seems to have a gold mine on their hands with this one, expect these to get re-stocked pretty darn quickly. Hopefully fast enough for me to get that Skeletor one.


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When 35 Russian Mobsters Walk In? Pay Attention To The Guy In The Middle

According to a Russian news site and thanks to Redditor Personality_Deficit, here?s some context:

Last Sunday 35 masked people entered a nightclub in the city of Vichuga and attacked a table of five people. They were armed with AK-47s, pistols, and cudgels, but mostly just used their fists. The investigation is still ongoing.

 
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