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Most modern roller coasters have an area set up where they'll take snapshots to sell you after the ride. These cameras provide mixed results, showing some people terrified out of their minds, and others so calm they have time to be smart. However as the last pic demonstrates, some people just can't handle it at all.....

*Images sourced from HolyTaco.com here.

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Biggest Swimsuit Scandals

September 25th 2009 07:48

It's hard to imagine that only 100 years ago even having as much as your knees showing at the beach could get you arrested. The last century saw the introduction of many controversial swimsuits for women, each one more revealing than the last. Although these caused massive controversies at the time, it didn't take long for them to become universally accepted. Who knows what the future holds for ladies swimwear!
But today let's go for a trip down memory lane. Elle magazine takes a look at the most controversial bathing attire in history. Images and information sourced from this article.

1907

Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman, the first woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, was arrested for indecency in 1907, wearing a formfitting one-piece swimsuit on a Boston beach in 1907. “During this period, people were arrested on lots of different beaches when the local standards of modesty conflicted with the bathing-suit style,” says Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at FIT. “In 1907, you’d be pretty covered up on the beach—you’d be wearing long bloomers and a tunic. Of course, it’s hard to swim in those, and Annette Kellerman was a really great swimmer, so no doubt she wore something a lot more formfitting.

1934

Hollywood’s Hays Code, introduced in 1930 and more effectively enforced in 1934, prohibited movie stars from showing navels on the silver screen, though midriffs were acceptable. (Stars of the ’30s and ’40s, like Ava Gardner, looked sexy nonetheless in high-waisted two-pieces.) “In the 1930s, the two-piece was above the belly button, with fairly structured material and a brassierelike top.

1951

The modern bikini (seen here on model Micheline Bernadini) caused a sensation from the time it was introduced in 1946. At the first Miss World competition, in 1951, winner Kiki Hakannson of Sweden wore a skimpy bikini for her crowning ceremony. Countries such as Spain and Ireland threatened to withdraw from the event for religious reasons, and one-pieces became de rigueur for pageants during the next two decades

1964

In this year, designer Rudi Gernreich created the monokini—essentially a topless one-piece—which was considered shocking and denounced by the pope as immoral. Gernreich, a cofounder of the Mattachine Society, which was one of the first American gay rights groups, “was very much into body liberation and sexual liberation,” says Steele. There are quite a few monokinis in museum collections because even if people bought them, they didn’t have the nerve to wear them.

2009

The burquini—a full-coverage swimsuit introduced in 2007 by Lebanese-Australian designer Aheda Zanetti—made headlines recently when it was deemed unhygienic by French officials and banned from a Paris pool. Michele Hlavsa, of Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control, weighed in on whether the head-to-toe garment does indeed pose a health threat: “It depends on how the burquini is used,” she says. “If it’s worn like a regular swimsuit—you put it on when you get to the pool, and then you go home and change—it’s not really an issue. But if you’re wearing it as street clothes, it can become contaminated with sweat and whatever dirt your clothes would come in contact with during the course of the day, and I would be against using it in the pool.” She adds, “If the fit is too loose, it could also get caught on things and potentially create a drowning hazard.”

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Edinburgh Fringe

September 7th 2009 07:37

Established in 1947, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world’s largest arts festival. It takes place in Scotland's capital during three weeks every August alongside several other arts and cultural festivals, collectively known as the Edinburgh Festival.
The Fringe mostly attracts events from the performing arts, particularly theatre, comedy, dance and music.
Below are some weird and wonderful pictures taken from recent years at the Edinburgh Fest. See many more images here.

Shirtless Men in Kilts on Hilltops

Plate Twirl Girls

Fishnets and Chainsaws

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Homeless Guy Signs

August 31st 2009 22:05

Homeless people have similar issues getting money from the general public as large corporations, and they need to use a similar amount of marketing ingenuity to stand out from the rest. See below some innovative sign ideas to attract your attention. See many more here.

funny homeless signs. Bet you $1 you'll read this sign

will take verbal abuse for $1. Road rage sign.

family kidnapped by ninjas. Need money for lessons. Begging.

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You Are What You Eat

June 26th 2009 12:20

If we are what we eat, then refrigerators must certainly be the windows to our soul.
How much can you tell about a person by looking in their fridge? Much more than you can imagine!
Below are pictures from Mark Menjivar’s exploration of hunger, “You Are What You Eat,” for which he photographed the contents of strangers’ refrigerators. Read the full story at Good Magazine here.

Owner of Defunct Amusement Park | Alpine, TX | 1-Person Household | Former WW II Prisoner of War | 2007

Midwife/Middle School Science Teacher | San Antonio, TX | 3-Person Household (including dog) | First week after deciding to eat locally grown vegetables. | 2008

Retired Train Conductor | Jackson, MS | 1-Person Household | Started Meals on Wheels in his community | 2008

Street Advertiser | San Antonio, TX | 1-Person Household | Lives on $432 fixed monthly income | 2007

Bar Tender | San Antonio, TX | 1-Person Household | Goes to sleep at 8AM and wakes up at 4PM daily. | 2008

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Hangovers - Causes, Symptoms & Remedies

June 22nd 2009 02:45

Anatomy of a Hangover

What causes a hangover in the first place, and what can I do to start feeling a little better

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Is The Recession Making Us Fat?

June 17th 2009 08:49

As reported in Newsweek, the plummeting economy could be contributing to expanding waistlines. A massive pole conducted by Gallup-Hathaways has shown that In the past year, the number of Americans considered obese has jumped by 1.7 percent—or almost 5.5 million people—and that the obese report a much lower quality of life than those who are at healthier weights.

See the charts below for detail on these trends since the recession hit

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