As someone who has gone through the terrible ordeal of getting bed bugs in their home, I am constantly on high alert at any hotel I visit — no matter how many stars it has. Unfortunately, not everyone knows to look before they put their bags down or take a nap on the bed. Elgin Ozlen and his girlfriend were victims of this lack of knowledge. When Ozlen’s mom bought the couple a trip to NYC, they never thought they’d have to deal with the horror they experienced at a chic Upper West Side hotel they stayed at. After being moved from two other rooms in the Astor on the Park hotel (due to lack of heating and power to the outlets), they landed in a third one. They went to sleep but woke up the next day to their worst nightmare. Warning: this video is not for those with weak stomachs. While the hotel refunded their stay, there’s no way they can assure Ozlen and his girlfriend that they won’t bring a few critters home with them. In order to avoid this happening to you, here’s what you should do: Don’t put your bags on the floor — place them in the bathroom or on a tiled surface. Bed bugs cannot traverse slippery spots. Pull the sheets back before you get in bed — look along the edge of the mattress for black spots. This is a sign of bed bugs. Look behind headboards, hanging pictures, and nightstands near beds. The bugs hide there, too. If you spot any signs of bed bugs, take a photo and immediately leave the room. Show the front desk your proof and they should move you to a new room. Always, always, always check these spots. Bed bugs travel in your clothes and can live through harsh conditions. They will come back home with you! When you’re home, wash and dry all your clothes right away. If you can, put your bag in the dryer, too. Good luck and safe travels! Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/hotel-bed-bugs/
Driving a boat is harder than it looks on TV or in the movies. Not only do you have to captain the vehicle, you also need to be paying attention to the radar and the radio so that you don’t crash into any nearby ships. You should be aware of the status of the mechanics, too, lest you stall out on the open sea. Crazy things can happen. When a small speedboat’s engine stalled off the New Jersey coast, the people on board found themselves right in the middle of a shipping lane with a humongous container ship bearing down on them. This is seriously tense. (via Reddit) Those people were literally inches from getting run over. The big man upstairs must have been smiling on them that day. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/almost-crushed/
Parents in Wichita, Kansas, are concerned after a man has been seen sitting on his porch and holding a gun across the street from an elementary school. The most shocking part? Police can’t do a thing about it. When the image first surfaced online, some claimed the man, who only wants to be known as “Kyle,” was defending his driveway. Supposedly, he’s had problems in the past with people parking in his driveway, particularly during busy school hours. Local news crews caught up with Kyle, who says he is just a hunter who enjoys holding his gun. Um, okay dude. While it’s a disturbing sight for parents, teachers, and kids, Kyle isn’t doing anything that’s not within his second amendment right. In fact, he has even made complaints against parents who have bullied him, including a father who threatened to “cut him,” which also isn’t cool. As of now, the school board says they are aware of the issue, but, like the police, can’t do anything about it. Politics aside, I don’t think any parent would feel comfortable with this man across the street from their young kids’ school. How long will officials wait before taking action? Read More: His Son Was Declared Brain Dead But This Dad Wouldn’t Give Up, So He Pulled A Gun It’s stories like these that make me wonder what kind of world we live in. I can’t bring my shampoo on an airplane, but this guy can freak out students and their families with a weapon? Be sure to SHARE this video with your friends and family to raise awareness about the creepy situation. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/gun-porch/
Many dads have no idea how to do their daughters’ hair. The ones who do take great pride in making sure it’s done right. Taking the time in the morning to help their daughters get ready for the day ahead is incredible bonding time. Just ask Derrick Culpepper, who has been a barber for years but just recently decided to film himself on hair duty in the morning. The video he got is so, so sweet. He asks his three year-old daughter what to do next, and she tells him to add more grease. Then she encourages him, saying he’s doing a “good job.” Screenshot via Youtube / Derrick Culpepper She continues to cheer him on throughout the video, thanking him and praising his work. Screenshot via Youtube / Derrick Culpepper It’s basically the most adorable thing and I definitely teared up watching it. Check it out below. Youtube / Derrick Culpepper Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/hair-duty/
10 Epic Trick Shot Stunts on YouTube 1. Bow and Arrow Trick Shots This dude is awesome. 2. Billy’s Balls 2 Who knew you could have so much fun with a ping pong ball? 3. Hey, Pass Me A Beer! This recent viral hit elevates the simple act of passing a beer to Olympic levels. 4. Mini Golf Trick Shots Fact: You have never seen mini golf played like this. 5. Trick Shot Basketball – Dude Perfect – Summer Camp Edition The Dude Perfect crew is master of the basketball trick shot. 6. Vinyl Throw: MusicBunk This viral marketing stunt is brilliantly done. 7. Waboba Trick Shots (Part 1) The How Ridiculous guys show off their Waboba skills in fine style. 8. Ice Cold Bowling Trick Shots The cold weather just adds to the cool in this fun video. 9. Frisbee Trick Shots – Brodie Smith Brodie Smith sure can throw a mean Frisbee. 10. Epic Trick Shots – The Football Edition These cute kids are the future of the trick shot video genre. BONUS: Guys Backflip Into Jeans Finally, we’re adding this viral hit to our list. Though there’s technically no ball sport action, it has all the elements of a trick shot classic. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/07/14/best-trick-shot-videos/
Sleeping on the sidewalk outside an Apple Store is totally worth it if Tim Cook shows up. The Apple CEO stopped by the Palo Alto store Friday morning to pose for selfies with intrepid line-dwellers. Cook was also there to, you know, welcome the iPhone 6 or something like that — but selfies, right?! Selfie with Tim Cook. @CBSSF pic.twitter.com/j0Kdms5IiN — Kiet Do (@kietdo) September 19, 2014 After posing for photographs, Cook went inside to open the store doors for everyone pumped to get their hands on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (remember to use two hands, people). Photobombing a #timcook #selfie at #paloalto #iphone6 line pic.twitter.com/PViuhSbXu2 — Bob Redell (@BobNBC) September 19, 2014 Selfie with man behind this craze. Apple CEO Tim cook. interviewed him at Palo Alto store. @kron4news @KRON4APero pic.twitter.com/SQOwSabGUI — Will Tran (@KRON4WTran) September 19, 2014 @tim_cook apple store palo alto #iPhone6 #AppleStore pic.twitter.com/Czi1npfmGU — Phil Buckendorf (@pbuckendorf) September 19, 2014 This is why you wait in line at the Apple store in Palo Alto. Tim Cook selfie. #iphone6 pic.twitter.com/5w4jhzIEPE — Mariel Myers (@producermariel) September 19, 2014 In iPhone 6 line with my man @tim_cook pic.twitter.com/MNojGlRgyD — Kalpesh Kapadia (@kalpeshkapadia) September 19, 2014 .@tim_cook You made my day by showing up at the Palo Alto Apple Store on University and taking a picture! Thanks! pic.twitter.com/CmFcPrUOuh — Jeff Kell (@jeffreykell) September 19, 2014 Just don’t ask Cook to say cheese after you pull out a Samsung. Amateurs. Some guy asked Tim Cook to take a selfie and pulled out a Samsung phone. Cook looked at him and said “we need to get you a new phone.” — Sal Castaneda (@sal_castaneda) September 19, 2014 And for anyone who doesn’t want a side of Tim Cook and long lines with their iPhone, just visit a Best Buy. Redditor inebriusmaximus posted that his local Best Buy opened two hours early on iPhone 6 day, and this is what the excitement looked like inside: window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement(‘script’);js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}; _msla(“//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”,”twitter_jssdk”); Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/09/19/tim-cook-palo-alto-apple-store-selfies/
Hannibal Buress at the American Comedy Awards in New York City on April 23, 2014.Image: Brad Barket/Invision/Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It was the cultural equivalent of an action hero walking away from an explosion without looking back: Hannibal Buress has spoken his piece about Bill Cosby, and seems content to leave the billowing mushroom cloud behind. It is simply accepted as fact that Buress’ Oct. 16 standup routine was the tipping point in Cosby’s precipitous public downfall, an organically viral moment that, for reasons no one can quite explain, finally focused our attention on decades of sexual predation accusations while stirring up at least a half-dozen more. But if you thought the 31-year-old comedian would somehow seek to capitalize, or even continue to agitate for a reckoning with Cosby’s past, think again. Most comics toil their whole lives in relative obscurity, waiting for something they do or say to catch fire. Buress got his moment by way of a crude cell phone video. It’s a bit that Buress said he has done dozens of times over several months of public performances, but there was something about the timing of last month’s show in Cosby’s hometown of Philadelphia that piqued the Internet’s interest, emboldening more women to come forward and touching off a media firestorm. Since then, Buress has turned down dozens of interview requests, including one from Mashable. He has largely avoided the topic on his active social media channels, and has not revisited the Cosby situation, at least not in a performance caught on tape, in his 15 standup appearances since. Subtle clues in his Twitter feed hint that the Cosby story might still weigh on his mind, including this YouTube video (below) from Nov. 15, right around the time Cosby was refusing to address the gathering clouds during an interview with NPR. “People have been asking me to comment,” he wrote, then proceeded to “review” the Cracker Barrel meal that he and his crew ate while traveling between venues in an RV. But at about 3:15 in, Buress, who is waxing poetic about the $20 keyboard he just bought, says, “Sometimes we fail in life. That’s OK.” Then, a bleeped-out section. People have been asking me to comment. here it is. https://t.co/BZnZE7BMIZ — Hannibal Buress (@hannibalburess) November 15, 2014 “Delete, delete! That’s an edit,” someone says off-screen while the entire crew laughs heartily. Then, Buress: “That jump-cut is because we said something slanderous. And we won’t tell you who it is, but… don’t want to deal with that at all.” “That” could be any number of things, including pressure Cosby’s attack dog lawyer Martin Singer, or the inevitable blowback from members of the public who still support Cosby. In fact, a week later, Buress seemed to acknowledge just that. The only thing weirder than getting a death threat from a male bodybuilder/stripper on FB is seeing that you have one mutual friend. — Hannibal Buress (@hannibalburess) November 21, 2014 And then hitting that one friend up and […]
You might remember Air New Zealand’s latest Hobbit-themed video, featuring a special cameo from director Peter Jackson. If you were wondering how a horse got on the plane, or what it’s like to film with Jackson, Air New Zealand has released a behind-the-scenes look at the making of its latest in-flight safety video. The company is known for its quirky in-flight safety videos, but it went all out for this particular one in preparation for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The video has gained nearly 8 million views in less than a week. Several Air New Zealand crewmembers made their acting debut in the video, along with actual actors from The Hobbit, like Dean O’Gorman, who plays Fili the Dwarf. Air New Zealand is also offering a global sweepstakes. Travelers who count the hidden Elvish codes in the original safety video, then visit the website to unlock the code and enter to win a round-trip for two to attend the World Premiere Screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, six nights accommodation in New Zealand, a movie set tour in Matamata, WETA Cave Visit in Wellington and other great Middle Earth prizes. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/behind-scenes-air-new-zealand-hobbit/
Russian’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Havana, Cuba, on April 29, 2014.Image: Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes the crisis in Ukraine is bordering on civil war, and he wants to know if American mercenaries are partly to blame. “When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war you can get,” the Russian diplomat said to Bloomberg’s Ryan Chilcote in an interview that aired Wednesday morning in the United States. Lavrov then questioned German media reports of American mercenaries at work in Ukraine in the interview. “I sent a message through our ambassador to Washington asking [they] respond to these assertions in the German media,” he said. “Rumors to this effect were spread before and John Kerry rejected them. Now they popped up again and we would like to see whether this is true or not,” he said. German media had reported there were 400 elite mercenaries working alongside the Ukrainian military to fight the pro-Russian separatists laying siege to eastern Ukraine. The rumors of American mercenaries at work in Ukraine last surfaced in a statement on the Russian foreign ministry’s website on April 8. U.S. contractor Academi (formerly Blackwater) denied the accusations at the time. “Academi is not taking part in any operations in Ukraine, and in the future this is not planned,” a spokesperson for the company stated. White House spokesperson Jay Carney called the rumors “bogus,” and the American ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said they were “rubbish.” Dozens have been killed in recent weeks as pro-Kiev forces square off with pro-Russian rebels in a number of east Ukrainian cities. Rebels in two of them — Donetsk and Luhansk — held referendums on Sunday in which residents there voted for autonomy from Ukraine’s central government. A number of Russian and eastern Ukrainian officials have been sanctioned by U.S. and European Union officials for their alleged roles in the unrest. Watch the full interview on YouTube: Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/05/14/ukraine-civil-war-lavrov/
