NMA gets involved.

David Choe madness continues. An ABC News report after the jump.

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After earning an estimated $63 million in 2010, Jay-Z gave just $6,431 to his own charity, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund.

As you’ve probably heard by now, David Choe stands to make something like $200 Million after Facebook’s IPO.

Chinese shipping magnate Hu Zhen Yu bought a Dutch pigeon at auction for roughly $330,000, making it “The World’s Most Expensive Pigeon.” Wonder if he’s gonna get Iron Mike to train them?

illustration by Steve Powers

An exhibit that looks at the development of the global banking system in Italy during the medieval and early Renaissance periods.

Take an internet walkthrough of it here

Nothing in comparison to Mega-Producer/Mogul cash.

Here’s an estimate of what an A-List Actor makes and spends in a year,

This Roman Brothel Token from 1st century AD was found in England and  ”depicts a man and a woman having sex on one face, and has the Roman numerals XIIII (14) on the other. The lady appears to be lying on a couch on her front and a male figure is positioned behind her.”

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See how far from normal you are 

The Sub Wallet from North Sea Clothing

“The portable telephone Pablo was using when police traced calls to his family in the hours before his death on 2 December 1993.”

Featured in James Mollison’s book The Memory of Pablo Escobar

Money loves money

$22,500 an ounce

The Incan Economy. A nice read over at io9

related: a 2008 trip on the Inca Trail (sadly the only evidence I have of that trip)

Crazy what these folks get.

Agent turned manager turned producer Gavin Polone on the perk packages that celebrities get and why Hollywood Studios need to slash them.

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Hope it’s lucky.

$15,500 + Shipping

Last night saw the photography show and concurrent auction of model Behati Prinsloo’s photographs documenting a journey in Haiti. The proceeds went to LakayPAM, a charity based in Haiti that provides health care, education and shelter to poor children and orphans. Her model friends were in attendance, as was Julia Chesky who took the pictures you see above.

“Psychologist Tim Kasser discusses how America’s culture of consumerism undermines our well-being. When people buy into the ever-present marketing messages that “the good life” is “the goods life,” they not only use up Earth’s limited resources, but they are less happy and less inclined toward helping others. The animation both lays out the problems of excess materialism and points toward solutions that promise a healthier, more just, and more sustainable life.”

Animation by Squid and Beard

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