How to stop thieves: be super friendly

One of the best ways to stop thefts has been found to be by simply acting super friendly and accommodating.

“If you’re a legitimate customer, you think, ’This is the friendliest person I’ve met in my life.’ If you’re a bad guy, it scares the lights out of you,” said Drew Ness, a vice president of Bellevue-based First Mutual Bank, who advocates the approach.

AP via MSNBC: How to scare bank robbers? Try smiling
via kottke.org

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Les Elections Présidentielles

Selon Le Figaro, un chiffre étonnant des électeurs en France n’avaient pas encore choisi leur candidat préféré: il a dit (dans un sondage) que ca reste à 38%! C’est bizarre ça. With only days to go, only 62 percent of electors have declared, in polls, to have decided on their preferred candidate. The first round of elections takes place in four days.

Le Figaro’s April 18th Poll

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J’ai vomi dans mes cornflakes

Si tous les enfants veulent devenir astronautes, c’est pour se barrer de cette Terre où ils devront vivre toute leur vie…

Seriously amazing video. The voiceover is a bit odd, but the visuals (especially if you don’t understand french) are amazing! I especially like the bit with the pigeon. If that’s not an incentive to watch, I don’t know what is!

//If this video disappears from YouTube, email me.

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