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Reblogging this purely for that very last response. perfect, Ricky.

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Artists from 40 countries headed for Austria earlier this month to compete in the 16th annual World Bodypainting Festival. Human works of art were submitted in categories including brush-sponge bodypaint, airbrushing, special effects bodypainting, and face painting. 

In other news, how to compete with cash homebuyers, and check out gorgeous places to get your ice cream fix. See the headlines after the jump. 

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"Aman Ramazan," a Pakistani game show said to be similar to "The Price is Right," is heading into bizarre territory by giving away abandoned babies as prizes to contestants, reports CNN. The show awards contestants for answering questions regarding the Quran, but the prizes are usually laptops and, you know, not human beings.

Host Aamir Liaquat Hussain has already given away two baby girls to two surprised couples on the show, and is expected to hand over a baby boy to another family this week, during the Islamic observance of Ramadan.

"I was really shocked at first. I couldn't believe we were being given this baby girl," said new mother Suriya Bilqees. "I was extremely happy."

The arrangement isn't quite as shocking as it appears to be on TV. CNN reports that the babies are introduced to the couples by an NGO, the Chhipa Welfare Association, which works with the show behind the scenes:

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Today we learned that domestic sheep, unlike their wild cousins, don’t shed their wool each year. It turns out that over 10,000 years of breeding them for their wool has produced sheep whose wool grows all year round. So what happens when a domestic sheep isn’t shorn?

Meet Shrek, a wily Merino sheep in New Zealand who managed to avoid being shorn for 6 years in a row by hiding in a cave each time shearing season arrived. The two photos at the top of this post show you what Shrek looked like when he was finally caught back in 2004. Farmers weren’t even sure he was a sheep when they found him. Shrek was covered in an awesome, if a bit dirty, layer of fleece that weighed a whopping 60 pounds. That’s enough wool to produce 20 men’s suits.

In 2011 Shrek passed away at the impressive old age of 16, leaving the world a more awesome place for having been here.

[via TYWKIWDBI, Modern Farmer and Deadspin]

Sweet little baby

Momma doggie cuddling with her little newborn sweet baby

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It might not be alive, but the Walking Ched burger from Zombie Burger is certainly dangerous. It's also incredibly alluring, featuring not only two beef patties topped with cheddar cheese slices, bacon and macaroni and cheese, but also a bun that is made out of deep-fried bundles of macaroni and cheese. 

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The adorable face and widdle tail of sweet Pug puppy Balzac

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Tetsuo Kondo Architects have designed a path through a park in Tallinn,  Estonia.

From the architects

In the elegant woods of Kadriorg, we added a path.A path which relies on the forest as it flutters through the woods with over 300 years of age.

I feel that the appearance of the woods slightly changes when you walk along this path. We no longer are looking up at the woods from the ground but we get closer to the leaves and sliver through the branches. It is a piece of architecture which exists for the woods as the forest exists for the architecture. We can not change the form of the forest but we think the various elements in a forest can become one entity in this condition.

I hope that we can experience a forest, architecture, and an environment which we do not know yet.

Design: Tetsuo Kondo Architects

Brazilian artist Raul Souza made this adorably winsome double ring for a vegan chef. It's great, but it really should be shifted over a finger to serve as a proper wedding ring.

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A White Night is when the sun only dips a bit below the horizon and then comes back up. This happens in midsummer in places that are near the Arctic Circle. Redditor uspn took this photograph at 1AM local time, and explained that dusk and dawn are at the same time, so the night never got completely dark. The lake is named Lysvatnet, on the Norwegian island of Senja. The original photograph is much larger. Link

As fish numbers dwindle around Karachi's historical fishermen settlement of Rehri Goth, 13-year-old Rafiq and 11-year-old Hussain are just some of the children who have taken to hunting crabs to help their families make ends meet.

It began in rain-soaked disappointment, with an impending storm cutting short a much-anticipated headlining set Friday by Icelandic singer Bjork, and ended Sunday with an evening of bump and grind, courtesy of Chicago R&B kingpin R. Kelly.

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chocolate cherry cake: recipe here

In January of 1993, Tupac Shakur was 21 years old. He was about to drop his contradictory second album, which would launch him to superstardom.

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Latest round follows 855 job cuts last month

Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night.

Beyonce and some of her famous friends showed up Wednesday at the United Center to throw a giant girl-power party.

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The visual history of a shy boy from Memphis who came to rule the world and break a billion hearts.

In early 1956, an RCA publicist asked legendary photographer Alfred Wertheimer to shoot a 21-year-old up-and-coming singer from Memphis named Elvis. “Elvis who?” Wertheimer stared blankly — but he took the assignment. How bewildered he would have been to know that the young man before his camera, to whom he was given unlimited access and of whom he’d take nearly 3,000 photos that year, would go on to become a legend, a heartbreaker, a catalyst for a new kind of consumer culture, a king of pop culture — the King.

Wertheimer’s photographs from that year, along with a small selection of his rare 1958 pictures of the King being shipped off to an army base in Germany, are now gathered in Alfred Wertheimer: Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll (public library) — a lavish 400-page collector’s treasure from the fine folks of Taschen, produced in only 1,706 numbered copies, each signed by Wertheimer himself. Though Wertheimer created some of the most iconic images of Elvis, more than half the photographs in this magnificent volume have never before been revealed.

Accompanying each chapter is an original poster created exclusively for the book by Hatch Show Print, one of the world’s oldest letterpress print shops. Founded in 1879, Hatch created posters for the golden age of the circus and for world-famous touring entertainers and vaudeville performers in early 20th century. A pioneer in the distinctive woodblock images that shaped the look of country music in the 1940s and rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, Hatch created many of Elvis’s own early posters. Says Jim Sherraden, present-day manager of Hatch:

We’re using the same type that we used for Elvis over 50 years ago. I mean, the exact same type. Elvis stands alone as one of the true articulators of rock and roll, American rock and roll. It changed the South, it changed people, it changed the shop, and all this boy wanted to do was sing into a microphone.

Wertheimer recalls of Elvis:

Here I was with somebody who I didn’t know was going to become famous. But I did know two things: I knew that he was not shy — I mean, Elvis was shy in the sense that he was introverted, but he was not shy to the camera…and he made the girls cry.

“I don’t feel I’m doing anything wrong… I don’t see how any type of music can have any bad influence on people when it’s only music. I can’t figure it out… How would rock’n'roll music make anyone rebel against their parents?” ~ Elvis Presley

Alfred Wertheimer: Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll is well worth the indulgence — or the trip to the public library — and makes a worthy addition to Taschen’s other gems, including the world’s best infographics, the visual history of magic, the best illustrations from 130 years of Brothers Grimm, Harry Benson’s luminous photos of The Beatles, the history of menu design, and New York’s illustrated jazz scene in the roaring twenties.

Images courtesy Taschen

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We know what you're thinking -- is that an Emmy statue in our pants or are we just happy to see you?!?! LOLz!!!

The nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced minutes ago, and you will not believe which shows are poised to run the table!!!

Well, you'll believe in the veteran Emmy contenders like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, which continue to shine. But newcomers like Scandal, Bates Motel, and even House Of Cards, a TV show you can't watch on TV (only Netflix) are ready to rock the boat! BTW, Cards is the first streaming show to ever be nominated for such prestigious awards.

The show with the most overall nominations in the Television Academy's 101 categories was FX's American Horror Story with 17, followed by Game of Thrones with 16, HBO's Behind the Candleabra and NBC's Saturday Night Live with 15, and Breaking Bad and NBC's 30 Rock with 13.

As if that wasn't reason enough to tune in, Neil Patrick Harris is hosting and he is exactly the type of HIGHlariously talented hottie with whom we would LOVE to spend an evening!!!

The Emmys will be telecast from El Lay's Nokia Theater on September 22 and we'll be updating the site every single minute, so make us your first stop for live coverage of all the big winners and losers!!!

Ch-ch-check out the complete list of nominees...AFTER THE JUMP!!!

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Nathan Lane, The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Rupert Friend, Homeland
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Harry Hamlin, Mad Men
Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game Of Thrones
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Linda Cardellini, Mad Men
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Joan Cusack, Shameless

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale, Veep

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Will Forte, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Molly Shannon, Enlightened
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Melissa Leo, Louie
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind The Candelabra
The Bible
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top Of The Lake

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Toby Jones, The Girl
Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade’s End
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

[Image via AMC.]

Today in restaurant news: Baume & Brix loses a co-executive chef, a long-time Lakeview restaurant closes its doors and DMK County Barbeque opens for business. [ more › ]

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A panda cub is photographed as it rests in an incubator at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan.  Picture: REX FEATURES

Samoas, and all the rest of the Girl Scout line up are great, but on a hot day, you don't want a cookie, you want a frozen treat. Besides, Girl Scout cookie season is long over and even the official ice cream flavors are out of the stores all ready. If you still have a hankering for a nice, refreshing Samoa though, you can always just make your own thanks to My Baking Addiction's recipe for a Samoa popsicle.

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In Washington State!

Already home to a thriving drone industry led by Boeing subsidiary Insitu, the Pacific Northwest is also a hot spot for putting the devices to work in the service of science. Researchers in Washington are using them to monitor restoration of the recently un-dammed Elwha River. Scientists from Oregon State University are flying drones over potato fields this month to see if thermal sensors can identify ailing plants early enough to save them.

Drone-mounted cameras have also helped biologists identify habitat for endangered pygmy rabbits, while fish managers use mini-choppers to map chinook salmon spawning sites on the Snake River. Projects on the drawing board include the use of drones for avalanche and snowpack surveys and glacier monitoring.

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Tigger an orphaned kitty has found an unlikely surrogate mum in Harley the Bulldog.

The two-year-old grumpy Bulldog and tiny little orphaned kitten have become inseparable. Their unlikely bond developed when Tigger – who is just two weeks old – was found alone and abandoned in a church.

He was handed in to a vets office in Cheltenham, England where trainee nurse Clare Evans instantly fell for him and decided to take him home.

Evans introduced him to Harley the Bulldog and was amazed when Harley, who is unable to have pups herself because of a tumor on her spine, took on the role of surrogate mum.

The bond between the pair has grown so much that Harley is even producing milk, giving him tongue baths and protecting him from Evans’ other dogs.

Evans’ parents have agreed to adopt Tigger who luckily live right next door, so the two can continue their unique relationship.

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‘Krakatoa, a 75-pound, 7.5-foot long Komodo Dragon, celebrates his eighth birthday with fellow eight-year-olds from R.B. Hunt Elementary School at his enclosure at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park in St. Augustine, Fla. The children sang Happy Birthday to the large lizard as he was presented with a meat cake topped with mice.’

with other eight year olds

Animator John Roney animated this segment from "Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre," in which he imagines that God would be totally disgusted by how humans have treated the environment. Some NSFW language, which is as funny coming from a deity as it is from Louis C.K.

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