This baby knows where it's at! For true relaxation, gather four Pit Bulls into a clump, then settle down for a nap. And the dogs enjoy it as much as he does!
But I don't have 4 dogs handy. If I find 4 cats, will this technique work as well?
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All 5 women pictured here are world-class athletes that have spent years honing their bodies into perfection. On the left is Kim Chizevsky, a bodybuilder. In the center is Cheryl Haworth, a weightlifter. On her left is Olga Karminsky, a rhythmic gymnast. They all look different, but they all compete at the top level.
Howard Schatz photographed them and many others for his book Athlete. You can see more sample pages at My Modern Met. They make you re-think what it means to have a healthy body.
(Photo: Emilija Vinzanovaite)
Jolita Vaitkuta is a food artist from Lithuania. She makes many edible anamorphic compositions, such as this portrait of Einstein. It looks just like him when viewed from the right angle and is tasty from any angle.
It's a fish-eat-fish world out there. But the big Versurgia jellyfish helpfully provides a respite. Small, tasty slender yellowtail kingfish can hide in his bell, out of the reach of larger trumpetfish which lurk just a few inches away.
The Versurgia doesn't sting the kingfish because it doesn't have tentacles. It has spongy arms that filter-feed plankton. It does, however, have stinging threads which the kingfish have to avoid as they hang out. Earth Touch News Network describes the relationship:
The jelly also has stinging thread cells at its disposal, which the baby kingfish are careful to avoid. Their sting isn't harmful to humans, but it's enough to deter some species of fish from getting too close (apparently these trumpetfish are willing to take their chances for a quick meal). [...]
As for the kingfish, they'll stay hidden amongst the stinging threads, feeding on the jelly's leftovers until they're big enough to venture into the open ocean. Just what (if anything) the jellyfish gets out of the situation remains a mystery. In captivity, these fish often turn to snacking on their gelatinous host – likely because they don't have enough plankton.
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Redditor naxuuu's Smooth Collie has a proper helmet for raiding missions. Look into those eyes: she means to bring unrelenting suffering upon you.
But Scroglan is correct:
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Jessica Theriot was about to have a c-section so that her baby could be born. Her husband, Jonathan, was on his A-game, ready for action.
That game was, specifically, Pokémon GO. Yes, yes, childbirth can be stressful. But Theriot saw that a Pidgey was sitting on her bed. It was time to take action because this precious moment would never happen again. Read about his wife's reaction at BuzzFeed.
Disneyland may be the happiest place in the world, but select residents of Fullerton, California suggest that Dobbsland is even better.
Steve Dobbs, a retired engineer (naturally) bought a little electric train for his grandchildren to play with. They eventually tired of it, so he built a tunnel for he train to run through. That was interesting for a while, but, eventually, the kids found it boring.
To amuse them and himself, Dobbs built an entire miniature amusement park in his own backyard. It has animatronic characters, a clock tower, a roller coaster, and a toy submarine. Dobbsland even has your favorite characters, including Cinderella and Winnie the Pooh.
The roller coaster is a special treat. Local engineering students designed it. The Orange County Register reports:
They used engineering principles to design the track’s trajectory, which had to fit the lawn’s 30-by-13-foot imprint.
“My main requirement was that I wanted it to be safe for little kids to ride, but also fun for teens and adults to ride,” Dobbs said.
Built at Cal Poly Pomona in three months, the coaster was dismantled by the student crew and moved to Dobbs’ home. (When disassembled, every Dobbsland attraction can fit in the home’s garage.)
Dynamic Testing Solutions’ chief financial officer rode and certified the coaster, which can support riders up to 185 pounds, goes forward and backward, tops out at 12 mph and is equipped with mechanisms measuring weight and g-force.
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It's really simple, as this video from Hacks World demonstrates. Just loop a sturdy plastic ribbon, then dip it into the bottle. Slip it around the bottom of the cork, then pull.
That's nice, but I think it's solving a problem that doesn't exist. The cork doesn't block the flow of wine. So once it's open, just drink it all.
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Danish bodybuilder Sven-Ole Thorsen played the role of the gladiator Tigris of Gaul in the 2000 action film Gladiator. But the original plan was to cast Lou Ferrigno, the actor most famous for playing the titular role in The Incredible Hulk.
Thorsen convinced directors that he was the right man for the job, so he took the Hulk's job away from him, hopefully not making him angry in the process.
That's 1 of 10 sudden casting changes made while a film was in production, sometimes creating enormous editing challenges. You can watch more in this video by Screen Rant.
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Do you see people wandering around your neighborhood aimlessly while staring at their phones?
Well, yes. And it's been that way for years. But now there's a new reason: Pokémon GO.
Pokémon GO is an augmented reality game which projects Pokémon all over the world. Download the app to play the game and you'll see Pokémon layered over the real world. They are, apparently, everywhere (for example, a younger librarian at my library informs me that our workplace is infested with them).
In the desire to catch 'em all, some players are disrespecting the boundaries of personal property. They're going to hunt Pokémon, even if it means being rude or committing trespassing.
Does having a gym layered on my house enhance or detract from my home’s value?
— Boon Sheridan (@boonerang) July 10, 2016
Twitter user Boon Sheridan lives in a house that used to be a church. It's now a Pokémon Gym, which is a major nexus for gameplay. Players want access to his house. That's problematic, as he explains in a lengthy thread.
So you want to play the guitar. That's a fine hobby and you'll be sure to amuse yourself and others with your performances, provided that your instrument can emit a coherent tune. That can be hard because pressing the right strings down to form the chords is tricky, especially if you have arthritis or some other limitation with your hands.
YouTube user WayOutWest has a solution: the Chordelia. It's a wooden contraptions that attaches to the neck of your guitar. There are 5 levers on it, each marked with a chord. To hit the G cord, press the G lever and Chordelia squeezes the fretboard appropriately.
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For hundreds of years, fishermen in Taiwan have used fire to catch sardines. When a fisherman holds a firey stick over the water, sardines leap out to chase it. That's when other fishermen sweep in with nets to catch them.
It used to be a common practice, but now there are only about 3 boats left that still use fire fishing. They operate at nighttime from May to July. On a good night, a crew can get 3-4 tons of sardines, which will sell for about $4,500. Reuters reports:
"My daily earnings are unstable, but for a living I need to sail," Jian Kun, a 60-year-old boat owner, tells Reuters of the fire fishermen's plight.
The government provides a subsidy to the fishermen to encourage them to continue fire fishing and also filed the technique to the Department of Cultural Affairs for registration as a cultural asset in 2014.
And the annual Jinshan Sulphuric Fire Fishing festival was started in 2013 to help promote the practice, while photography tours have been set up to generate interest and boost finances.
The method of lighting the fire has been updated to include the use of calcium carbide, but the boats are old, with little to ease the physical toll on the fishermen who average around 60 years old.
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31 & Change, a wood furnishings studio in Chicago, produces skateboards made of whole slabs of sliced walnut wood. Even the bark is still attached! They're called Logan Boulevard boards after the famous Chicago skatepark of the same name.
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Man with first hand transplant uses limb to save his wife's life https://t.co/h5MFsMQqIM
— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) July 9, 2016
In 2012, Mark Cahill, 55, became the first person in the UK to receive a hand transplant. His new limb became essential recently when he had to perform CPR on his wife.
Cahill found Sylvia, his wife, gasping and unable to breathe. He called emegency services on his phone. He held the phone in his transplanted right hand and listened to instructions for CPR while performing chest compressions with his natural left hand.
Paramedics soon arrived and revived Sylvia, who was clinically dead for 19 minutes. She's currently recovering. The Telegraph quotes her:
Mrs Cahill, who is recovering from her heart attack, said: "Even before this we were so grateful to the donor family for the new lease of life it gave Mark. Now we are even more grateful. I can't thank them enough."
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This is Mr. Fluffy Bum. Isn't he cute?
He's also unusual. Mr. Fluffy Bum lives in Queensland, Australia, where pet rabbits are so strictly regulated that they're practically illegal. That's because rabbits are an invasive species in Australia. After being introduced in 1859 from Europe, rabbits took over native habitats and eventually soared to a population of 10 billion.
Australian governments have long labored to end the lapine menace. In the state of Queensland, it's very hard to legally own a rabbit. That was a problem for magician Nick Britt. The Courier Mail reported last year:
Queensland is the only state in Australia that strictly prohibits keeping domestic rabbits as pets. Offenders face fines of $45,500.
Mr Britt is one of 34 magicians in Queensland permitted to keep a rabbit, but he said the application process was extreme.
“I had to apply for a permit, provide proof that I was a magician with publicity photos and send through an escape plan in case he got loose,” Mr Britt said.
The pet required immediate desexing and microchipping and his permit must be renewed every two years or he could face extradition.
“I also had to find a veterinarian from the UK to perform the operation because no one in Queensland is used to dealing with rabbits,” he said.
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