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While it's hard for most of us to image, not everyone can afford to have their hair washed and trimmed, and that includes children. In eastern India, a new initiative is seeing around 4,000 barbers volunteer their services to school-aged children who could otherwise not afford a hair cut.
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Free Hair Cuts For The Poor - 4,000 Barbers Clean Up Indian Children
Japan has vending machines that dispense cigarettes, and just like similar machines in Europe, they provoke issues with underage children buying tobacco. To help prevent access to cigarettes by minors, Japan has come up with a new sensory technology that is meant to detect the age of the buyer by me…[More]
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ID Via Wrinkle Detection - Japanese Cigarette Vending (UPDATE)
Are squirrels the new tofu? Apparently, the little rodents have recently earned themselves the reputation of being an ethical delicacy in the UK. "Suburban 'free-range' meat," was what TreeHugger called it, and the Guardian described it as, "The ultimate ethical meal."
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Suburban Free-Range Meat - Squirrels An Ethical Meal?
Criss Angel, the young rock magician and escape artist, is collaborating with Cirque du Soleil to launch Believe, a new Las Vegas show at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
The teaser for the much-anticipated show has finally been launched, and can be seen above.
The show kicks off in about five months…[More]
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Magic Meets Acrobatics - Cirque du Soleil 'Believe' to Star 'Criss Angel' (VIDEO)
The fake giant river painted on Dutch streets a few months ago must have been a hit, because now another giant street mural has been created in the Netherlands, this time featuring images of giant fried eggs.
The Art Aggcident will be on display in a giant urban square for the next six months in L…[More]
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Giant Dutch Street Art - Henk Hoftra's Art Eggcident (GALLERY)
A lot of exotic destinations, including Rio de Janeiro, have two sides to them: the beautiful, touristy side shown in the media, and the "real," sketchier side.
Not everyone wants the postcard experience; in fact, some companies are actually paid to set up traffickers and tourists. Private Tours, …[More]
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Sketchy Slum Tours - Rio Favela Trafficking Tours
The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block, they will create a 150,000 square meter ecologically-friendly quarter in downtown Singapore with c…[More]
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Eco-Friendly Singaporean Architecture - Beach Road Complex (GALLERY)
Playgrounds are made for kids to have fun and enjoy their years of innocence. That's the general thought in most parts of the world, but in some Soviet countries, playgrounds house evil-looking, nightmarish statues that illustrated the elements of Slavic fairy tales.
The demon-like playground equi…[More]
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Playgrounds from Hell - Slavic Nighmare Parks (GALLERY)
Anticipation is rising in Beijing for the Summer 2008 Olympic Games, and that excitement has translated into some pretty unique art. Song of Sand 2008, shown in the above video, is a really creative project that celebrates Chinese art forms and symbolism in conjunction with the Olympic brand.
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Beijing Olympic Art - Song of Sand 2008 (VIDEO)
True to the country's green nature, Canada's official Olympic 2008 clothing line will be an environmentally-friendly one. In addition to having Canada's patriotic red and white colours, the fashion line is laced with hints of forest green.
The fashion line, which was unveiled at a Toronto fashion …[More]
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Eco-Friendly Olympic Fashion - Canadian Teams Go Green (VIDEO)
We've covered a number of different street style blogs, and recently mentioned The Sartorialist was covering college fashion at Yale. Now the live fashion spotting has spread to events, with Style.com covering the real life fashions of Coachella attendees.
Linlee Allen photographed attendees of Th…[More]
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Event Style Blogs - Coachella Fashion (GALLERY)
"With great power comes great responsibility," and that is true for holding celebrity status as well. Hollywood A-listers have a huge influence on people, so it's great to see stars like Will Ferrell use their fame for a good cause.
The Anchorman star is known for his funny ways, but through these…[More]
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Celebrity PSAs II - Will Ferrell & Jennifer Aniston for Burma (VIDEO)
Beijing looks like they're just about ready to host the Summer 2008 Olympic Games. At the very least, they've got the Beijing Capital International Airport ready to receive athletes, media and visitors from about the world. In fact, the new Terminal 3 building alone is reportedly capable of facilita…[More]
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Mega Terminals - Beijing Terminal 3 is World's Largest Building (VIDEO)
Japan has a whole realm of sub-cultures that seem utterly bizarre to foreigners. Tokyology is a recently released documentary that covers some of the most unique aspects of Japanese pop-culture, with a heavy emphasis on the Tokyo and individual regions like Harajuku and Shinjuku.
To supplement the…[More]
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Top 65 Japanese Pop Culture Posts + Tokyology (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)
Visiting New York? How will you know where the best late night pizza place is or what museums are actually worth checking out? Ask someone that lives there!
"Just Ask The Locals" is a novel New York City tour campaign. It features about 30 celebrities familiar with the area and covers the areas of …[More]
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Celebrity Tour Guides - "Just Ask The Locals" of NYC (VIDEO)
The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to support the street art so prominently displayed through the city.
The entire project took three…[More]
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Collaborative Hotel Designs - 20 Graffiti Artists Design Habita Hotel
We've featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We've also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation, but never have we had an article that covers both topics.
These ads are for the Association of…[More]
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Plastic Dolls for Awareness - Anti-Genital Mutilation Camapaign (GALLERY)
What does a small business owner do when he's tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he's owned his successful business for four years and sits on the board of a nearby child care center. But he's angry about crim…[More]
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Robotic Bouncers - "Bum Bot" Shoos away Homeless (VIDEO)
The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and towelette pouch and a compact bag with a reflector tape.
The Subivor, which comes with its dooms…[More]
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Urban Survival Kits - Subivor for Subway Emergencies (VIDEO)
Rogers, one of the key mobile phone companies in Canada, used clever "mirror phone" guerrilla ads to promote their new video phone service.
The giant cell phone decals were placed around Toronto bathrooms in restaurants, bars and clubs, with the screen portion cut out so people would have a live v…[More]
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Guerrilla Mirror Phones - Rogers Video Phone Ads
Here's a scary stat: Over the last two years, New Yorkers gained 10 million lbs!! Isn't that insane? Forunatley, the city is stepping up to address the issue and are implimenting a new law that restaurants must post calorie counts next to each item on the menu.
Would you still order the 740 calori…[More]
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Mandatory Calorie Counts on Menus - New NYC Restaurant Rule
You've never seen a rabbit with antlers? I was told these odd animals, named Wolpertinger (Crisensus bavaricus), once lived in the forests of Bavaria. My German hunter friend said that before they were extinct, some were caught and stuffed and can now be seen in the Hunting and Fishing Museum in Mu…[More]
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Fake Animals - When Taxedermy Goes Awry (GALLERY)
To curb prostitution, the Indonesian Government has demanded masseuses padlock their pants in order to make it very clear to customers they wouldn't be offered any type of sexual services.
It may sound a little bit dumb and naive, but the idea actually caught on, so much so that one massage parlor…[More]
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Padlocked Pants - Protecting Indonesian Masseuses
This is the winning design for an eco-friendly floating village that is planned for Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, northern England. The winning concept, created by Adam Khan Architects, plans to use wood and other sustainable materials to build this floating village whic…[More]
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Green Floating Villages - Eco Architecture in Northern England (GALLERY)
April 22 is Earth Day, but New Yorkers are limiting their thanks for the earth to one single day. The green celebration has turned into one that's being called Earth Weekend as it extends from April 14 to 22, and includes events around the city.
At Grand Central station, Giant Earth Images are bei…[More]
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Giant Green Projections - Earth Images at Grand Central NYC (VIDEO)
Toronto has really basic, yet eye-catching, signs all around the city to promote a community clean-Up. Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, Mayor David Miller is hoping people will be inspired to pitch in on April 18 to make the city a greener place.
The 20-Minute Toronto Makeover takes place th…[More]
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Urban Clean-Ups - 20-Minute Toronto Makeover for Earth Day (GALLERY)
Amsterdam is best known for its red light entertainment industry as well as liberal drug scene, but what most people have overlooked is its rising status in the world of fashion and even haute couture.
The city of Amsterdam is trying to transform its image to be regarded instead as a hub for creat…[More]
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Fashion Before Passion - Amsterdam Red Light Fashion (VIDEO)
I'm sure there is going to be a long list of Beijing Olympic-inspired gadgets as the August games draw nearer, but this one inspired by the Bird's Nest is a good start.
These cute little speakers are made for use with MP3, iPods or notebook computers and have been inspired by the modern shape of t…[More]
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Olympic Inspired Gadget Design - Bird's Nest MP3/4 Speakers
The French National Assembly has approved a bill that will make it ILLEGAL for anyone to 'promote extreme thinness'. The law, if passed, would apply to advertisers in both print and online media.
If found guilty of promoting anorexia, violators could face fines up to $47,000 and possible jail ti…[More]
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