Rachel Bratham gracefully slipped into the crow position while Penny, her baby goat, climbed over her back.
This is nothing new for them. Bratham and Penny are regular workout partners:
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(Photo: Caroline's Cart)
This is Caroline. Her mom, Drew Ann Long, found it to be a great struggle to shop with her because Caroline needs to use a wheelchair. She's too big to fit inside the child seat of a standard shopping cart. So Long designed a shopping cart that fit her comfortably and safely. It's called Caroline's Cart.
The seat is big enough to accommodate a range of sizes, including adults, and provides full back support. It has a complete safety harness. Entering it is easy thanks to the open back end. There's a footrest and enough room in the front for groceries. Many shops, including Target, are adding them to their cart inventory to make shopping a more inclusive experience.
You can watch a video by Long describing her invention here.
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The classic scam spammed out to millions of people for the past 20 years or so is that a Nigerian prince needs help getting access to his massive supply of money. He needs just a bit of cash--a few thousand dollars or so--to get the process started. In exchange, he'll cut you in for half of the money in the bank.
You can have fun with the scammer, as comedian James Veitch did, or simply delete the email and move on with your life.
And you should move on because there are better opportunities. The entertainment website Anorak recently received an email soliciting funds for a Nigerian astronaut who boarded a Soviet space station in 1989 and been stranded there since the collapse of the Soviet Union. He'd like to come home and needs your help:
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.
In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.
The pay is 20% of the gathered funds.
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Do yourself a favor and download this video as an MP4 file and load it on your smartphone. There will be a test and you must get a passing score--which is any landing that you can walk away from.
It's the worst case scenario: both pilots on the passenger-laden 737 have fallen unconscious, died, or joined the ranks of the undead. Tim Morgan, a commercial pilot, made this video for Quora. It covers the basics of altering the course of and landing a plane, assuming that you are not a trained pilot.
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Always go full unicorn.
A couple months ago, I blogged about the hair coloring trend called unicorn braids. I showed them to my 7-year old daughter, expecting that she’d be impressed. Nope. “There’s no horn.” Then she went back to her My Little Pony video.
I’m up to a good challenge, so I’ve raised my impress-a-small-child game a notch. Hairstylist Kirstyn Yanniello colored and braided @ashleyamalik’s hair in lovely pastel tones, then formed a horn with LOX brand hair extensions.
You can see more photos of unicorn hair at Seventeen magazine.
UPDATE: Success! She says, "It looks like a unicorn!"
Rani the Golden Retrieve is a genius! She’s caught dozens of fish and turtles by dropping bread into the water, then snatching her prey when they take the bait.
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Svend Stensgaard has always been active. He worked as a customs officer for the Danish government and enjoyed the thrill of chasing smugglers. He's also exercised throughout his life, including taking up powerlifting at the age of 70.
He's excelled at this sport, even winning medals. Stensgaard has faced challenges along the way. 3 years ago, he had a heart attack while swimming and sank to the bottom of the pool. But he's recovered and is lifting again, sometimes 150 kg at a time. Hitting the gym 4 to 6 times a week keeps him in phenomenal shape. Watch a video of him training with impressive vigor at BBC Magazine (auto-start video).
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Wild rabbits live in communities. They’re naturally social animals. Domesticated rabbits are no different—they want to live with other creatures, preferably other rabbits.
But not all rabbit pairs are good matches. That’s why Amy Odum of the Animal Care Centers of New York City arranges for housed rabbits to find good companions among the shelter rabbits that she cares for. The shelter on East 110th Street has a room set aside for dating encounters. Rabbit owners can bring their bunnies in to meet that special somebunny to complete their family. Odum watches the rabbits together to gauge their behavior. The New York Times describes the first date that rabbits Tonya and Moo had:
Tonya sat in a litter box chewing a stalk of hay. Moo stretched, twitching a little, and sniffed her face. Tonya was motionless. Moo jumped back.
“They’re both a little tense,” Ms. Odum said.
The goal, Ms. Odum had said, is not any sort of magical chemistry.
“What I’m looking for is peaceful coexistence,” she said. “We want acceptance of the other bunny in their space without any drama.”
After a while, Tonya hopped over to Moo and gave him a little kiss. He jumped over her like the cow over the moon. They broke into a playful chase, stopped, sniffed each other’s faces. Then Moo approached Tonya and lowered his head.
“That can be a submissive move,” Ms. Odum said. “On the other hand, it can be a demand by a superior to be groomed by a subordinate.”
Moo kept his head low, then pushed it into Tonya’s side. “She’s making him beg — it’s pretty pitiful,” Ms. Odum said.
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Bring on the tuna-filled chimichangas! To celebrate the impending release of the new Deadpool movie, Cat Cosplay dressed up this cat as our famous nutcase from the Marvel universe.
It was after successfully landing men on the moon that humanity undertook its greatest challenge: to build a portable record player shaped like a banana that could be played in any position.
The greatest minds of the human race soon accomplished this pinnacle of achievement. Etsy seller Carolyn Thielke says that the Electric Banana Stereo Phono was inspired by the work of an Andy Warhol painting of a banana that served as an album cover for the rock band Velvet Underground. This one still runs, but needs a new needle.
Those were better times when we understood what truly mattered.
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Lugging a sled around snow-covered hills can be a chore. You can instead wear one with Sled Legs. Each one is an ABS shell contoured to direct the flow of snow. There’s a foam layer inside to cushion them around your legs. You attach them to your legs with straps that are adjustable, so they can fit a range of heights.
The inventors hope to sell them for $140 when they reach the retail market.
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The French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas was enchanted by the grace and splendor of ballet dancers. He frequently painted them onstage and backstage at work, both dancing and training. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is conducting an exhibition of his work. To mark the occasion, ballet dancer Misty Copeland recreated some of his famous dancers. It was a great challenge. She tells Harper’s Bazaar:
"It was interesting to be on a shoot and to not have the freedom to just create like I normally do with my body," she says. "Trying to re-create what Degas did was really difficult. It was amazing just to notice all of the small details but also how he still allows you to feel like there's movement. That's what I think is so beautiful and difficult about dance too. You're trying to strive for this perfection, but you still want people to get that illusion that your line never ends and that you never stop moving."
You can see more photos in the series here.
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Zalec, a town in Slovenia, is known for its large hops plantations, which ensure the flow of beer through Europe. In fact, the town crest includes an image of a budding hops plant.
To promote itself and its contributions to civilized life, the town plans to build a public beer fountain. Visitors will be able to view the flow of life’s most precious liquid and drink from it for a small fee. The fountain will cost about $400,000 USD to build. Sadly, the Daily Telegraph reports, not all residents are keen to the project:
Half of the funds are to be contributed by the local council, with the rest provided by commercial partners and public donations.
The plans are not univerally popular; at an extraordinary council session last week a third of delegates voted against the fountain, with opponents voicing objections to its proposed site, and the fact that the required funds could be better used elsewhere - such as in improving the state of water supply to local villages.
However, two thirds of councillors voted in favour, and the project is set to go ahead, although it does not yet have a completion date.
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Tham Khoun Xe, a cave on the border of Laos and Vietnam, contains a 4-mile long river. Imagine the experience of paddling down its full length!
Ryan Deboodt, a nature photographer, doesn’t have to imagine. He lived that experience when he and his companions spent 2 days kayaking through the cave. He took many photos of the natural wonders of this enormous cave complex. In an interview with Smithsonian, Deboodt described the expedition:
Describe your journey to the cave.
It’s a pretty big journey. We started in Vietnam and crossed the boarder to Laos. Once we got to Laos, the road condition was quite poor. Dirt roads, and the bridges were damaged from floods from the previous years. It took a day of driving to get to the cave. When we got to the cave, we set up camp by the downstream entrance. From there, we spent two days kayaking inside the cave. We started at the downstream entrance and then went to the upstream entrance. Through the caves there are about seven to eight small waterfalls where we had to get out and carry our kayaks.
You can see more of Deboodt’s photos of the cave at Colossal.
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On Tuesday, voters in New Hampshire lined up to cast their votes for candidates in the primary election. Among the eager citizens was this 600-pound pig, which escaped from a farm and hung out around a polling station in the town of Pelham. Police contacted the owner, who retrieved the pig before it had a chance to cast a ballot. You can see more videos of it at Boston.com.
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