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• How to Fish with Fire
• When the Earth is Conquered
• Brilliant Invention Lets You Play the Guitar without Learning How
• The 2016 iPhone Photography Award Winners
• Snakes Can't Move on Fleece Apparently
• How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Affected Woman
• Tree Slice Skateboards
• Meet Three Scottish Wildcat Kittens
• Pack Hunter (Red) - Team Up Or Die Alone
• Magician Problems: Rabbits Are Illegal in Queensland
• The Legend of Gnome Ann
• You Might Be Happy to Get Pooped on By a Seagull This Summer
• Man with Hand Transplant Uses His New Hand to Save Wife's Life
• Sparta and the Sausage

How to Fish with Fire Posted: 10 Jul 2016 03:59 AM PDT (Photo: Tyrone Siu/Reuters) 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. -via Jonah Goldberg

When the Earth is Conquered Posted: 10 Jul 2016 01:59 AM PDT At first, it looks like a science fiction scenario from the future. But then, you realize it could possibly be from the past, and this is how we got ourselves into the predicament of having to bend our wills to the feline overlords in our own homes. This comic is from Things in Squares.

Brilliant Invention Lets You Play the Guitar without Learning How Posted: 09 Jul 2016 11:59 PM PDT 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. (Video Link) -via Gizmodo

The 2016 iPhone Photography Award Winners Posted: 09 Jul 2016 10:00 PM PDT So honored to be awarded 1st place in the animals category at 2016 IPPAWARDS. Thanks everyone www.ippawards.com 日本 宮城縣 藏王狐狸村 Japan Miyagi | Miyagi Zao Fox Village #Japan #miyagi #miyagizaofoxvillage #foxvillage #ippawards2016 #ipp_awards #ippawards #travelphotography #photography #iphoneography #iphoneonly #iphone #awards #igers #igersjp A photo posted by @nanakoontheroad on Jul 7, 2016 at 4:09pm PDT The winners of the 9th annual iPhone Photography Awards have been announced. Submission came in from 139 countries. The images are proof that pictures taken with phones are in no way inferior just because they were not taken with traditional cameras. The Grand Prize Winner Photographer of the Year Award goes to Siyuan Niu of China for his entry The Man and the Eagle. First, Second and Third Place Photographers of the Year Awards go to Patryk Kuleta of Poland for his image from his series the Modern Cathedrals, Robin Robertis of the United States for her entry titled She Bends with the Wind and Carolyn Mara Borlenghi of the United States from her series Wonderland. See the top photos here, with links to winners in each of the 19 subject categories. The image above by Erica Wu of San Francisco won first place in the animals category. It was taken in Zao Fox Village in Japan.  -via Uproxx

Snakes Can't Move on Fleece Apparently Posted: 09 Jul 2016 08:00 PM PDT (Video Link) So who knew that fleece works as a treadmill for snakes? This python can't go anywhere as long as he wriggles along the blanket. Via Digg

How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Affected Woman Posted: 09 Jul 2016 06:00 PM PDT The landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, and sex. The last word was almost an afterthought, added at the last moment with laughter in Congress. No one had studied what that really meant, and what impact it would have on the American workforce. At the time, some state laws prohibited women from holding certain jobs, or working certain hours. Companies had their own regulations, like airlines that automatically fired stewardesses if they got married -or gained weight. It took years and much litigation to change things. One of those cases was initiated by Ida Phillips. The Martin Marietta Corporation had entry-level positions that paid $125 a week, more than twice what Phillips made as a waitress, and they had openings for new workers.     Phillips resolved to be one of them. Thirty-two years old and the mother of seven children ranging in age from three to sixteen, she was barely scraping by. Every day she counted up the tips that she’d made during her shift and decided what she could afford to buy for that night’s supper; the little bit she had left over got tucked away to cover the bills. She certainly couldn’t count on the wages her husband, Tom Phillips, got from working as a mechanic. Those he usually drank. So Phillips, a vivacious, dimpled redhead, had driven the ten miles to the Martin Marietta facility on Kirkman Road to submit an application. When she got to the front of the line, the receptionist asked her if she had any preschool-age children. Hearing that Phillips had a three-year-old, the woman declined to let her apply. It didn’t matter that Phillips’s daughter was enrolled in day care or that she also had plenty of backup child care, including a sister who lived nearby and the stay-at-home mother who lived just next door. The company simply wouldn’t hire women with kids that young. “I felt like the world had caved in on me,” Phillips recalled. “I had my hopes up so much for it.” She needed those wages, and her kids needed those benefits. The neighbor who recommended that she apply had preschool children, too, but that did not affect his employment because he was a man. So Phillips fought back, in a case that went all the to the Supreme Court. It wasn’t easy, as you’ll see in an excerpt from the book Because of Sex by Gillian Thomas at Longreads.

Tree Slice Skateboards Posted: 09 Jul 2016 03:59 PM PDT 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. -via Nerdcore

Meet Three Scottish Wildcat Kittens Posted: 09 Jul 2016 02:00 PM PDT Three rare Scottish Wildcat kittens were introduced to the public this week at Wildwood Wildlife Park in Kent, UK. The 11-week-old kittens are named Oban (male) and his sisters Fearn and Little Rhu. The mother Carna and the kittens have been separated from the father, RJ, for their safety, but will be reunited when the kittens are bigger. Scottish Wildcats were once numerous in Britain, but were hunted to near-extinction and now only exist in the Highlands of Scotland. They have a tendency to interbreed with house cats, so Wildwood does DNA studies on their cats in order to use the purest wildcat specimens for their breeding program, which is conducted by the organization Scottish Wildcat Action. Read more about the kittens at Kent Online. -via Fark (Image credit: The Wildwood Trust at Facebook)

Pack Hunter (Red) - Team Up Or Die Alone Posted: 09 Jul 2016 12:00 PM PDT Pack Hunter (Red) by Mission Support Media It's okay to go off like a lone wolf every once in a while, but true power lies in hunting with the pack and helping each member of your squad attain their objective. When you're called into the field your COs will be expecting you to make an effort to succeed, which can be hard to do as a solitary soldier. But as a pack you can lift each other up when you fall, provide cover fire when the enemy tries to flank you, and together you can help carry each other to victory. So instead of focusing on how you can help yourself you should stay focused on how you can help the pack claw their way to victory. Spread a message of togetherness in the face of opposition with this Pack Hunter (Red) t-shirt by Mission Support Media, it's one howling good design! Visit Mission Support Media's official website, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs: Caduceus-Guns-Combat- Medicine (Green) I Get Mines White Penny And Dime White Rifle Bolt White View more designs by Mission Support Media | More Movie T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Magician Problems: Rabbits Are Illegal in Queensland Posted: 09 Jul 2016 11:59 AM PDT (Photo: Jamie Hanson) 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. -via reddit

The Legend of Gnome Ann Posted: 09 Jul 2016 09:59 AM PDT No man in his right mind would mess with Gnome Ann! Gnome Ann is the superhero we deserve, I guess. Where did she come from? Gnome Ann's Land! She is one of a kind. She can do what no man can do. This is the latest from Randall Munroe at xkcd.

You Might Be Happy to Get Pooped on By a Seagull This Summer Posted: 09 Jul 2016 07:59 AM PDT Or at least you might be happy to be pooped on by a seagull drone this summer because if you are it means that you just got sunscreened. The concept is a strange marketing move by Nivea, who intends to send these beauties out to beaches where they will target children not sporting sunscreen (a UV camera can tell which children aren't coated in it) so maybe there is something to the old idea that having a bird poop on you is good luck. Via CNet

Man with Hand Transplant Uses His New Hand to Save Wife's Life Posted: 09 Jul 2016 06:59 AM PDT 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."

Sparta and the Sausage Posted: 09 Jul 2016 05:59 AM PDT He shares some bologna-like sausage with his cat. She is excited about that nice, thick slab of meaty goodness. She wants to take it upstairs to eat, but the vacuum cleaner is on, and that’s terrifying. And then she gets the bologna stuck in her mouth in a weird manner. Why doesn’t she just eat it downstairs? (YouTube link) Well, it is tempting, since she has to wait for so long. Just a bite. Or two. But then the infernal noise goes away, and she can finally go upstairs! That’s when we see why she didn’t just gobble it all down. Sparta is a good cat. And beautiful, too! -via Tastefully Offensive

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