Hugh Jackman makes TWO donations

Following my last post on Hugh Jackman's proposal to donate $100k to charity - he announced his decision yesterday!

He decided to split the money and donate to two charities - charity:water and Operation of Hope.



This has come as brilliant news to me, as charity:water was the charity I pitched to him on twitter.

To also offer your support to charity:water, or many others, join SocialVibe!

Police v Ice Cream Vans

I apologise for the lack of posts - college n all - it appears this is going to be a 'weekend and free time only' blog.

Now onto an actual post.

Ice Cream vans seem be the next victim of the campaign for a healthier society. Police in Harrow are being encouraged to move on or arrest any parked vans if they don't have a license to trade.

However, they can't get a license to trade! The council no longer issue street vending licenses to ice cream sellers, so basically - they are being run off the street.

The council claim they have to do this because they fear it causes nuisance or makes children fat.

There is also being a crackdown on 'hotdog vans, burger vans, any type of vans'. Those are fair enough, as the fast food industry is getting out of hand. But ice cream is a one off treat for most people during the summer, and it's more the joy of getting it from the van which children enjoy - would you agree?



For more imformation, go to The Mail Online

£10,000 to look like her daughter

50 year old Janet Cunliffe spent £10,000 on plastic surgery to look like her daughter, Jane.

She believes that her daughter got her looks from her anyway, but she had just not looked after herself properly and therefore decided she wanted her beauty back.



Can you guess who is who? Janet, the mother, is on the left. This came as a surprise to me, as she actually looks younger than her 23 year old daughter.

Apparently, they get a lot of attention in bars from men who cannot distinguish them apart.



What do you think?
Is it weird that someone in her 50s is trying to pass off as someone in their 20s - and no less her daughter - or do you think it's good that she wants to look after her figure, and admires her daughters so much?

More information at Mail Online

$100k for the charity of your choice

Hugh Jackman recently announced on his Twitter that he will be donating $100,000 to charity. Which charity, though, will be chosen by you!



All he wants you to do is convince him in a single Twitter update why he should choose your charity to donate to.





His Twitter account is RealHughJackman, and to send him a status reply update thingmajig with why he should donate it to your charity, type "@RealHughJackman" then your message!



Good luck everyone - Exciting news this is!

Via The Vibe

Internet Privacy - British Govt must act

"Is every social networker really aware that technically, all pictures and information uploaded on social networking profiles can be accessed and used by anyone on the Web?"

After failing to apply EU data policy rules that restrict internet advertising tracking, Britain has been given a warning from the EU who have started legal action against them.

The warning asks Britain to 'explain or change the way it interprets EU rules because it currently allows interception when it is unintentional or when a tracker has "reasonable grounds" to believe that consent was given.'

The European Commission says that information on any user can not be tracked or analysed unless the user gives explicit consent.

Britain has 2 months to respond to this warning before the EU may issue more warnings or eventually take the British government to court.

For more information, go to The Associated Press

Rainbow Cake!

Anyone fancy some rainbow cake?



I am not the biggest fan of food colouring, after once trying a spiderman cake with so much red dye in, I threw up after only a couple of bites.

However, even if only to look at, this cake is amazing.

For instructions on how to make it (ingrediants and tips), go to http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake ... Although it is basically a cake, with added food colouring before baking.

Other pictures, just because I am in love with it:

Tweenbots

Browsing through Geekologie i found this adorable little fella!



The creator of these cute little robots is Kacie Kinzer, a student at New York University, who explained on the tweenbots website:

Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.

It's first mission was to get from the north-east corner of washington square park to the south-west corner. Apparently this took 42 minutes, with 29 people helping. Below is a map of it's journey, and just some random and oh-so-sweeeet pictures of the little robot. There is also a video on the website.

300ft fall off a cliff

Who would have imagined that hanging on a tuft of grass at the edge of a cliff could possibly end in death?

Tourists near Folkestone, Kent witnessed a man falling 300ft to his death around 3pm yesterday. The coast-guard said that the man was posing for a photograph when the grass gave way.

This follows another incident close by at Capel-le-Ferne, where a man was walking with his friends when he fell from the cliffs at around 1:30pm, the same day.

In response to these two deaths, a spokeswoman said, "Please do not stray away from cliff paths and do not go near the edges of cliffs.
Often, despite appearances, they can be unstable and crumbly, as well as being slippery when wet.
Wherever you are in the country, please enjoy the coastline this bank holiday, but stay away from cliff edges."

No disrespect to either unfortunate men, but would you agree that it doesn't take an awful lot of common sense to know not to go too close to the edge of a cliff?

For more info, visit the Mail Online

Real Life Superheroes

This has been one of my all time favourite posts I have ever seen on The Vibe.

You must go check out the World Superhero Registry.

I don't mean to offend these people - their hearts are in the right places.. I just can't help giggling at some of the costumes and names, and how some of them are really convinced they are superheroes.

My favourite one is "Angle Grinder Man "



"Angle-grinder Man patrols by night looking for unhappy drivers who have been clamped and then sets their cars free. An odd-job man by day, he operates in Kent during the week and in London on weekends. ... "My obsession with wheel-clamping is actually a rebellion against a much deeper malaise," he said. "Namely, the arrogant contempt that politicians hold for the people who put them into power, and whom they claim to represent."

That is very sweet of him - even if it is a little bit crazy.

Check out the rest on the registry, but try not to laugh too hard as these people are doing their best to help the world in their own special way!

Recycle your crayons!

Everybody has old, broken and "useless" crayons lying around somewhere, and we all know some pretty bored little children that are driving you mad - so why not combine the two!

The Green Girls have come up with a fun way to grab the attention of kids for a while, and to recycle those crayons.

Instructions:

      1. Gather all your broken crayons and take the wrappers off
      2. Cut them into small pieces.
      3. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees.
      4. Fill the muffin tin or a candy mold with an inch-thick layer of crayon pieces.
      5. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until the wax is melted.
      6. Allow the tin to cool; then pop out the crayons, and they're ready for use.



Go to their post for more tips on making these cool wax things, or browse through their blog for more cool ideas like this!

Jigsaw puzzle... of body parts!

Numerous body parts of a man have been found spread across two counties of England.

So far police have found both legs, an arm, the head and today the torso of what they believe to be the same unidentified victim.

The torso was found in a remote country lane near Standon, Hertfordshire. The other body parts were also found in Hertfordshire, apart from the head which was found in Asfordby, Leicestershire. However, they strongly believe that they are (well... were) all attached to the same man.

I find this very upsetting and horrific! - who could do such a thing?

If you want more info, go to The Times because I don't really feel like saying much more than GROSS!

Deepest love - secrets unlocked

Scientists have been doing research on brain activity to try to unravel the mystery of unconditional love.

By unconditional love, they are refering to an emotion "experienced as a desire to care for another person without any thought of reward."



They conducted their research on low-paid assistants looking after people with learning difficulties.

Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans they were able to identify seven areas of the brain that became active while evoking feelings of unconditional love. Three of these areas are similar to those associated with romantic love, but as the others were different, it suggests that unconditional love is a separate kind of love.

How many different kinds of love do you think there are, or do you think they are all the same but differ slightly depending on circumstances?

For more information, go to The Times

Bouncers as subs?

Everyone loves a sub because no teacher = no work but plenty of practical jokes and messing around. So when that supply teacher walks in, the class goes wild!

However, it seems that schools now feel they must employ "classroom supervisors" with a military or law enforcement background, to deal with "crowd control."



One school in North London were permanently employing two subs through a professional doormen agency, because they were "stern and loud" says a spokesman for the school.

Just after a few weeks, one of the bouncers have been dismissed for breaching disciplinary codes.

An agency for supply teachers in the West Midlands are now advertising for 'hard core' classroom supervisors who can 'control the kids in schools'.

It's all a little crazy, don't you think?

Yes, kids can get a bit out of hand - but is it necessary to employ people who are trained to work with drunken loonatics with no self control?

Read more on the Mail Online