As the White House opens its gardens and grounds to the public for fall tours, some Instagram users will get an exclusive visit this weekend. Selected Instagrammers will have the chance on Sunday to tour the grounds and track their excursion on social media, the White House announced Monday. The tour is intended specifically for the White House’s Instagram followers. To apply for a spot in the meet-up, applicants must follow either @WhiteHouse or @MichelleObama on Instagram and fill out a short form on the White House’s website. Those chosen or put on the wait list will be emailed by Wednesday. In the meantime, applicants are encouraged to post their favorite nature and garden photos on Instagram with the hashtag #WHInstaMeet. The same hashtag will be used on the day of the tour, so all Instagram users can virtually follow along. So far, more than 400 photos have been tagged on Instagram with #WHInstaMeet. While the spots in Sunday’s White House Instagram tour are available through application only, the garden is free and open to the public during its fall tour season. Visitors must have tickets, which are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Image: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson Read more: http://mashable.com/2013/10/22/white-house-garden-instagram/
Sometimes love can be a little too fast and furious. Forty-four-year-old Misty Lee Wilke had been having an active sexual relationship with an unidentified man, and as things continued to get serious she suspected things would only get better from there. That all changed when an argument between the couple led to the reveal that the man was HIV-positive. While Wilke ensure police that the man had laughed at her after revealing the news, and even took out a knife to try and attack her, surveillance footage reveals that Wilke put the pedal to the metal to seek revenge against her former lover. The man can be seen leaving the altercation on his bicycle, when Wilke, in a red Mustang, can be seeing speeding toward him. Youtube / Inside Edition Wilke then proceeded to collide with her ex-lover, sending him flying into the air as she drove away. Youtube / Inside Edition It took Wilke nearly a half an hour to report the hit and run to police, insisting she didn’t mean to hit the man. Youtube / Inside Edition <div class="llcust" data-lltype="video" id="ll_59f688b3e62e5" data-source=" Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/hiv-rundown/
Near-death experiences can be harrowing for both onlookers and the lucky soul who survives. A bus was driving down the street when its dash cam recorded something incredible. Just as it passed a construction site, a crane began to fall…with innocent passers by on the sidewalk. Wait for the 0:26 mark… He was seconds away from a very bad situation. If you live in a major city and have to walk beneath scaffolding and cranes, you might think that the construction causes countless deaths every year (if you are exceptionally paranoid, anyway). However, according to these crane accident statistics, “a world wide total of 86 incidents involving the collapse or major structural failure of a tower crane have been identified as taking place between 1989 and 2009.” But that doesn’t mean this guy wasn’t any less lucky! Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/crane-collapse-dash-cam/
Some tools, like hammers and screwdrivers, have a variety of uses. The ladder, however, is not one of those tools. Read more: http://www.wimp.com/thats-one-way-to-use-a-ladder/
10 Tim Burton Films You Can Watch Online 1. Beetlejuice When it comes to comedy horror flicks, Beetlejuice is certainly one of the zaniest. It follows the Maitlands (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), a recently deceased couple haunting a lovely New England home that belonged to them in life. When the obnoxious Deetz family purchases the house, the Maitlands try their best to scare them away. They bring in a supposed bio-exorcist named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) as a last resort, but this mischievous ghoul just ends up causing even more trouble. Check out this movie on Amazon Instant Video or iTunes. 2. Big Fish Everyone tells a tall tale once in a while, but in Big Fish, Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) thinks his father, Edward (Albert Fenney), tells too many. With Edward on his deathbed, Will hopes to hear the truth about his father’s life but only gets more stories. The movie shows these vivid flashbacks following young Edward (Ewan McGregor) on many adventures full of colorful characters and locales. Bit by bit, Will puts together the truth from among the tall tales. Big Fish is a film that is both touching and surreal, with lots of magic in every scene. You can watch this larger-than-life story through iTunes and Amazon Instant Video. 3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Burton’s adaptation of a Roald Dahl novel of the same name. The plot follows Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a poor boy whose life changes when he finds a golden ticket in a chocolate bar. The ticket is part of a contest held by the mysterious Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), and it grants Charlie entrance to a tour of Wonka’s wondrous chocolate factory. Underneath all the bright colors, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory manages to capture the darker side of the original book, and you can definitely see Burton’s unique stamp on the story. Stream this sweet adventure on Amazon Instant Video or in iTunes. 4. Corpse Bride For something on the romantic side, you could go with Corpse Bride, another of Burton’s stop-motion animated works. In this story, Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is engaged to the girl he loves, Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson), but he botches his vows during their wedding rehearsal. While he practices them in the forest, Victor accidentally winds up married to the Corpse Bride, Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), who was killed on the night she was going to elope with her fiancé. At first, Emily doesn’t want to let Victor go back to the land of the living, but they both realize he should be with his love. You can watch this ghostly love story through both Amazon Instant and iTunes. 5. Edward Scissorhands If you’re looking for one of Burton’s most iconic works, check out his dark fairy tale Edward Scissorhands. It has a compelling plot and was met with critical acclaim; plus, like Frankenweenie, it could be viewed as a loose retelling of the Frankenstein story. Edward (Johnny […]
I imagine dogs feel the same way about balloons as people do about clowns… Some love them…others are 100 percent terrified of ’em. I mean there’s this guy who loves popping water balloons. And this guy who wants to wipe the smile right off that balloon’s face. When this big husky came across a cat balloon that traipsed around on the ground, at first, he was ready to get into a knock-down, drag-out brawl. YouTube / wavrec As time passed, though, it seems he just wanted to be friends… YouTube / wavrec But when he got no love in return, he became skeptical — and a little frustrated. YouTube / wavrec Watch the whole hilarious exchange here. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/dog-balloon/
For Thoa Bui, taking in animals in need is a calling. She and her sisters have made it their mission to come to any animal’s rescue. To help fund their projects, these critter-loving women create and sell their own unique dog bows and bandanas to raise money for Catch-Neuter-Return efforts. This family is so full of love, in fact, that even their dogs have gotten in on the rescuing action! Rosie the cat was just two weeks old when she joined Bui and her family. She was found alone on the streets of San Jose and was virtually unresponsive. She refused to eat. No matter what Bui and her sisters tried to do, nothing seemed to be working for Rosie. Then one of the dogs stepped in to lend a helping paw. <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fa2a" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681faf4" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fbb9" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fc7c" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fd40" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fe03" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="social" id="ll_59d04e681fec4" data-source=" <div class="llcust" data-lltype="video" id="ll_59d04e6820716" data-source=" Check out Rosie and buddies as they take our friends at The Dodo Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/and-kitty-makes-four/
Automaker Renault unveiled a new electric car designed to counter perceptions that eco-friendly vehicles can’t be fun. The Twin’Z, which made its first appearance at the Salon Internazionale del Mobile, echoes naturally occurring forms in its design and can travel as fast as 50 mph. The compact Twin’Z is modeled after more conventional city cars. Image courtesy of Renault Design. Renault decked out the Twin’Z in LED lights that biomimic, or imitate forms and movements that one might see in nature. Image courtesy of Renault Design. Images courtesy of Renault Design This article originally published at NowThis News here Read more: http://mashable.com/2013/06/10/renault-led-electric-car/
Body painting is an art form that is totally underappreciated. Thanks to the weekend that I binge-watched every episode of Skin Wars, I know how difficult it is to create an illusion using just makeup and paint. Even harder than painting an intricate design, making a body completely disappear into a background is one of the trickiest things for an artist to master. Add if you’re using yourself as the model, well, it’s nearly impossible. But talented body painter Mirjana Kika Milosevic has done all of that, and she’s taking the idea of your stomach being in knots to a whole new level. Check out each step of the amazing (but kind of creepy) transformation below. Read More: Body Marbling Is The Newest Body Art Trend, And You Have To See It In Action I would love to be able to paint like that! Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see this artist tackle next, and be sure to share her incredible illusion with your friends. Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/stomach-in-knots/
Organic foods and beverage maker Clif Bar is launching what it claims is the first geo-location Twitter campaign. The company wants you to send a geo-tagged tweet to @CLIFMojoGo the next time you’re in a park, at the beach or on a trail. Once the company has verified you are indeed outdoors, it will send you instructions to claim a free trail mix bar. You’ll also be entered to win a Garmin GPS watch and other prizes. Twitter does allow advertisers to target users in 210 U.S. regions, but doesn’t allow them to target users in specific locations — for example, in parks or at the mall. Clif Bar’s strategy, though labor intensive — they’ll have to verify the location of the tweets manually — is a clever workaround. Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/07/30/clif-bar-geo-targeted-twitter-campaign/
