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Pizza Still A Vegetable According To US Congress
18 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Never underestimate the power of well-organised and well-funded lobby group, especially when it comes to federal regulations in the United States, as opponents to the obesity crisis in American schools were unable to convince Congress that frozen pizza is not a vegetable.
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Japan’s Eco-Friendly Christmas Lights [PICS]
18 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s the Year of Setsuden in Japan, which Google tells me means “saving electricity'”; this means that the lavish Christmas illuminations that Tokyo usually sets up are a little hard to justify. Minna no Illumi has found a pretty neat solution to the problem, though, with an entirely biodiesel-powered display.
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The Top Five Twilight Products You Must Own
18 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 is upon us and those admirably awesome geeks at io9 have scoured the darkets pits of electronic bay to unearth the Twilight merchandise your collection is sorely missing. Two words: glitter lube.
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Egyptian Activist Posts Nude Photos To Protest Repression, Everybody Flips Out
18 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
20-year-old Egyptian activist Aliaa Mahdy has caused uproar by posting nude self-portraiture on her blog, to protest “a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” which isn’t the usual motivation for uploading naked pics, but whatever. Worried about losing the moderate vote, liberal politicians are making a point of criticizing Mahdy’s apparent impropriety.
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84-Year-Old Woman Pepper Sprayed At Occupy Seattle
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I don’t know that there are such things as iconic photographs anymore, what with the proliferation of media and all, but if there are, this is one – of Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacting to being hit with pepper spray by cops during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
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Bryce Lawrence Admits He Made “Mistakes”
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Controversial New Zealand referee, Bryce Lawrence has finally spoken out in response to allegations of his incompetence during a crucial Rugby World Cup match which the Springboks lost to the Wallabies. Before the red mist descends once more, let’s hear Bryce out.
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Knowledge To Action – The Training You Need
17 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Did you know that many private financial traders take home anything between R500 000 and R10 million a year? That’s a lot of gravy, my friends. But you don’t nail that kind of income bracket without the right sort of smarts, guile and experience. And how do you get that? Practice, friends. And what equips […]
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New Dubai 23-Seater Superbus Travels At 250km/h [PICS]
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A brand-new, fully electric superbus has been purchased to make traveling between Dubai and Abu-Dhabi more enjoyable. It is designed to be capable of driving 250 km/hr whilst carrying 23 passengers! I believe the term “amazeballs” is appropriate here. Pics and a video of this delicious monstrosity after the jump.
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The Stop Online Piracy Act – What You Need To Know [VIDEO]
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The American Senate has officially begun holding hearings on the the ‘Internet Blacklist Bill,’ also known as the “PROTECT IP Act” or the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” It is potentially the most harmful bit of Internet censorship legislation to date, and you should know what’s going to happen if it passes.
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Ricky Gervais To Host Golden Globes AGAIN
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced that they have invited controversial UK comedian, Ricky Gervais, back to host the upcoming 69th Annual Golden Globes ceremony for a third successive time, and he has accepted.
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BBC Removed Climate Change Episode From Natural History Series To Sell Better
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“Frozen Planet” is the latest big-budget series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit; its seventh and last episode deals with global warming. Except apparently climate change isn’t that big of a deal, because the BBC has dropped that episode from its international line-up to help sell the series outside of Britain.
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NASA Has Astronaut Positions Open – Apply Now!
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Right people, this is actual “dreams come true” material being dropped on you right now, because NASA, of “one small step for man” fame, has recently opened a job call for trainee astronauts!
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The Future Of Money: Plastic Polymer Notes
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Plastic or plastic? Canada is set to join the list of countries that use polymer bank notes. These shiny plastic notes are smooth to the touch, practically impossible to tear, and will last much longer than the paper notes we’re used to. It’s also a lot more secure.
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JHB Biker Fined R44 000 For Breaking Speed Limit
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve been nailed recently for speeding, in light of the Department of Transport’s drive to crack down hard on road traffic violations, you may want to spare a thought for Brian Ely, a 32-year old accountant from Johannesburg. Brian has just been fined R44 000 for travelling at 206km/h in a 120km/h zone on his motorbike. Very dangerous. The speed and the fine.
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Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used In American Airports
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday the European Union prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners, the kind frequently used by airport security in United States, citing cancer risks. American airport security, meanwhile, has deployed hundreds of scanners, screening millions of airline passengers – and if the European Commission’s conclusions can be trusted, exposing a fraction of those passengers to cancer risks.
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Warsaw Riots Filmed Using Radio-Controlled Helicopter [VIDEO]
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This incredible video was shot recently during the Independence Day riots in Warsaw. Someone used a camera, attached to a remote-controlled helicopter, to get a birds-eye view of the action. The quality of the footage is so good that it is almost cinematic. It makes one wonder what our news bulletins could look like in a couple of years with the rapid advancement of technology.
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Brad Pitt To Quit Acting At Fifty
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Has it really been over two decades since Brad Pitt and his pubic hair blasted to global superstardom in ladies-on-the-lam flick, Thelma and Louise? Indeed it has – and it’s all coming to an end soon, says Mr. Angelina Jolie, who intends to quit acting and move behind the camera in three years when he turns fifty.
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How To Dodge A Ball Like A Boss [VIDEO]
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
To say that today’s addition to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame is skilled at playing dodgeball is an understatement. This boss-ninja is so crafty that this video needs to be watched in slow motion. The average human eye simply cannot keep up with his skill.
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They’re Deploying Ground-to-Air Missiles For the 2012 London Olympics.
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Philip Hammond, Liam Fox’s replacement as the UK’s Defence Secretary, announced to MPs that ground-to-air missiles would be deployed “to protect” the 2012 Olympic Games in London if deemed operationally necessary. This follows shortly after America announced intentions to send up to 1 000 security agents to provide protection for US contestants and diplomats.
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Herman Cain Doesn’t Smaak “Sissy Pizza”
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Herman Cain’s appetite for scandal seems bottomless, and just when the controversy-weary Republican Paty imagined the worst was over, Herman goes and serves up another slice.
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Google Earth Finds Chinese Military Test Range in Gobi Desert
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Massive unidentified structures have been spotted from space by Google Earth. The weird shapes, one of which contains three jets parked in what looks like a concentric circle, are raising all sorts of concerns. The reasons for this is that they come from the Gobi desert, which is a region that is well known for it’s use by China for testing it’s military, space and nuclear programmes.
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Barack Obama Takes Out Crocodile Insurance For Australia Visit
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Barack Obama will visit Australia tomorrow, and the US President isn’t taking any chances with those fearsome Aussie crocs. He’s been issued with a crocodile attack insurance policy, which will pay out more than $50 000 on the off-chance that he should be fatally attacked during his tour of crocodile-infested Darwin, where ‘Crocodile Dundee’ was set.
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The Occupy Wall Street Protestors Are Being Violently Swept Out By NYPD [LIVE STREAM]
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At 2am this morning the NYPD started violently clearing out Zuccoti Park, where the peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors have been camped out. The cops are using pepper spray, they are using LRAD sound weapons, and they are actively preventing any official media from reporting on their violation of OWS members’ constitutional rights. Shit’s gotten real.
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Hungry For Some Awesome? Check Out ‘The Hunger Games’ Trailer [VIDEO]
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With Potter gone, and Twilight in the departure lounge, we’re all casting around for the next massive book-to-screen serial to fill the gap left by speccy-wizard and glitter-fangs. Well here it is!
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Monday Radvertising: Innocent’s Tweet & Eat Campaign
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whenever anybody talks about viral advertising, something deep inside me gets a little closer to breaking. So please understand that when I say that this campaign by Innocent Foods, which lowers its prices the more social media exposure it gets (“the more people that tweet, the cheaper you eat”) could go nicely viral, I mean it.
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Re-make Mondays: There Goes The Neighbourhood – Shameless
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As America staggered from one recession into another, shedding jobs like a dog’s corpse sheds fleas, the viewing public were looking for a new type of entertainment to console them. Enter cable channel Showtime, and their re-make of UK hit, Shameless.
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Mom Banned From Internet After Sexting Son’s Friend
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 14 Comments
A brand new contender for Mom Of The Year has emerged. Meet Lori David, 38 years old, from Texas. She was recently banned by court order from using the internet, after she was caught sending naughty pics to her son’s friend.
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American Universities Purchasing ‘.XXX’ Porn Domain Names
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The .xxx domain, set to launch by the end of the year, is meant to be the domain of choice for porn sites. Which is dandy, but means that opportunists could register ‘google.xxx,’ for instance, and capitalize on Google’s popularity – so American universities are purchasing .xxx domains to keep people from making porn sites with their names in them.
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The Physics Of Angry Birds
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s 08h00 on a Monday morning, so how better to welcome the week than with some complex physical graphs and equations explaining the world’s most popular mobile gaming app, Angry Birds. Ready? Let’s go! (Ka-kaaw!)
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EXCLUSIVE: Alan Knott-Craig Discusses The Future Of MXit
11 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In this week’s episode of Tech Vibe, MXit’s newest owner, Alan Knott-Craig discusses his future plans for MXit, and tells us exactly when we can expect to see big changes for one of Africa’s most successful social platforms. We also review the Tivoli Cappellini Model One internet radio, and bring you the top tech stories […]
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