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(droning music) (engine approaching) (percussion-heavy music) (indistinct yelling) – My name's Jake, and, as you might have noticed,
my world is fire and blood.But before it was
fire and blood,it was all about my two loves:movies and science.And I wanted to find out
if what you see in movies
could be real. So, for my first experiment,
I decided to put myself in
one of my favourite films… (screaming)Mad Max: Fury Road,to see if scientifically,
you could survive it.Could you survive
being strapped to
the front of a car,a lack of water,War Boys,and increasing
global temperatures?A massive explosion
blowing you into the air?Could you survive Fury Road?(screaming) (car engine roaring) First things first.
How did we get here? How did we get to
the end of the world? I mean, not actually
the end of the world, 'cause physically,
as a celestial body, it still exists.But how did we end
up in a Mad Max
apocalyptic wasteland?There are a few scenarios
they mention in the movie,
and we'll get to those later,but one of the ones
they do mention in Fury Road,the quickest and most likely
in our lifetime,is due to the aftermath
of nuclear war.It happened so fast. The fear, the panic,
the anger, it all led to…And… cue flashback.– (man's voice on radio):
…to impress him,takes on its multi-armed form,and says: "Now, I
am becoming death."(siren wailing in the distance)
The despair…– Well… we should be out of
the blast radius. – How do you know?
I can't get anything
on my phone. – Yeah, well, uh,
before the radio cut out,
they talked about it. (loud explosion) (dramatic classical music) When it comes to nuclear war, the point of a nuclear bomb
is to not only take life, but to make life unlivable
for those that remain. You don't even need
a full-scale global nuclear war for it to be devastating.A 2007 study showed that
even a small nuclear warbetween two countries using
50 nukes the same size as
the one used in Hiroshima……would put five million
tons of dust and soot
into the atmosphere.And it would stay there
for more than six years.Something of that scale
would kill an estimated
two billion people.Chemical reactions in
the atmosphere would eat away
the ozone layer,increasing UV exposure,
skin cancer,
reduce plant growth,and damage plant DNA.And then, there are those
affected by radiation
and fallout.Which it looks like the War
Boys in particular… are.To combat radiation
poisoning, they use human
beings as blood bags.– I'm gonna get you! Isn't that right, Blood Bag?
(groaning) – That doesn't make sense! – What doesn't make sense? – The whole blood bag thing
just doesn't make s–
Hold on! I can't even hear myself talk. (tires screeching)
(loud crash) Ooh! Sorry for your door!In Fury Road,
the human blood bags are used
for blood transfusions.Blood transfusions
are usually given for
two reasons: one, you've lost a lot of blood
and you… need more, or two, because you have anemia:
a low red-blood-cell count. In the case of the War Boys,
they most likely have leukemia which
blood transfusions
can help with. And leukemia can be caused by
radiation exposure or just general
radiation poisoning.A blood transfusion
would help alleviate
some of those symptoms,but not totally cure you.You'd have to do it
constantly, which is whyWar Boys have such a
need for blood bags.The issue is that
even if blood types match,plasma, which makes up
55% of blood, might not.In general, when you get
a blood transfusion,and especially for treating
leukemia, you are just getting
red blood cells.The plasma and white
blood cells have been
separated from it.Here, in this world,
not so much.The incompatibility would
lead to side-effects likejaundice, sepsis, muscle aches,
difficulty breathing,circulatory overload, and
a fear of impending doom.Using blood bags could work,
but it wouldn't cure you.But why are we here,
you and… I? Well, good question! We're after what is now
the most precious resource.
And it's not… "guzzolene". It's something
that used to cover 71% of
all of Earth's surface. Water. Something I promised that
I'd get… a long time ago. – Jake? (squeaking) (slow-tempo percussive beat) (bird of prey screeching) (gasping for air) Ah! Oh no! They're coming! (engine humming) (uptempo suspenseful music) – Faster!
We need to go faster! Yes! Yes!! Yes!! – That looks… awesome.And you see the War Boys
spitting gasoline
into the enginesthroughout Fury Road.But does it really do anything? Does spitting gasoline
directly into an engine
make it go… faster?The best overall
engine performance is
a balance of air and fuel.It's the stoichiometric
fuel ratio.14.7 parts air to one part
fuel for gasoline.Spitting gas into the engine
can, in theory, give you
a slight performance boost,but it will also
cool the engine,waste fuel, because
not all of it will be used,degrade engine parts,
and clog the air intake.It's not working! Stop wasting gasoline! (engine roaring) (suspenseful music) (groaning) – Oh! Oh, well that sucks!
But I'm alive, so I guess,
that's good. So, in the movie Mad Max,
there are a lot of people
strapped to the front of cars. And while that would be
uncomfortable, it wouldn't really do
that much damage, because the acceleration
and g-force you would be
experiencing isn't different from
what you would be experiencing
if you were actually in the car. But you do not have a windshield
or a helmet on, so there is something dangerous
that you would be experiencing: debris.If you're strapped to the
front of a car travelling
96.5 km/h,and the car in front of you
throwing back debris,
like rocks,is travelling at the same speedthose rocks shot back
would have a velocity
of 193 km/h.The good news is, since
they're thrown,
rather than propelled –that is, there's no thrust –the rocks would slow down
after leaving the tire,travelling around 117.5 km/h.Which includes
a speed reductiondue to clothing lessening
the force of impact.Here, we can see all of
the kinetic energy from
the rocks being absorbed bythe ballistic dummy.And ballistic gel dummies
are a great way to seethe effects of projectiles
on a human body.And using the average
weight of those rocks,we can calculate that
each one hitting you
would essentially be the sameas being hit by a 63 km/h
baseball.And while that
might not sound bad,that blunt trauma can
cause damage to
your hollow organs likethe liver, spleen, stomach,
and intestine.The force from the impact
can deform them,increasing the
internal pressure,which can lead to
ruptured organs.Pretty damaging, but
luckily for us,
and for those in movies, scenes like this
are generally filmed with
the car… not actually moving. Movie magic, my friend!
A kind of world gestalt, where you infer the
characteristics of the world not only from
the information given, but from past experiences
and knowledge. Okay, back to the action. Whoa! Oh man! Oh! Hey, MKBHD!
– Oh, hey, what is up, Jake? MKBHD here. – Yeah, I-I know you're here,
I'm… on the hood of your car. – Right. That-that makes sense. – What're you doing here?
How'd you get caught up in
this whole thing? – Man, it is a long story! It actually started
a couple months ago. It was back when
I was doing a review of– – No! No!! You do not get
a flashback! He does not get a flashback.
We only have enough budget
for you for one day. That does not include
character-arc flashbacks,
I'm sorry. – Hey, uh… I see
you're shooting in 8K. It's gonna be crispy. – Yes, I'm very excited
we're shooting in 8K resolution, and we're going to be
downscaling to 4K to get
that extra crispiness. I should, uh…
I should probably
get inside the car. Alright, take it steady,
Marques! Okay… (grunting) (grunting) Hey. – Hey! So, okay, you said you were
shooting this in 8K, but then, you're finishing
and uploading in 4K, right? – Yes, so by downscaling
the video, we are basically
oversampling the image. Since 8K video has four times
as many pixels as 4K… – Which means you get
four times as much data
per pixel, which means you might get,
you know, actually a bit of
sharper video, little more colour depth,
and possibly less noise. – Yes, yes, and yes!
By shooting at
a higher resolution, we can also do cool things
like a digital camera… (beeping) – Whoo! Shiny and chrome? Dude, I am awaited
in Valhalla. Uh, I should probably
drop you off real quick. – I mean, but, right,
can we just keep going a bit? – I mean, I could let you out.
I could let you out. You could just get out, yeah.
– Oh… O-Okay, well thanks for
the ride, I guess. For a bit.
– Yeah, no problem. – See you, dude. Whoa!
– Alright. Peace! Witness me! – Oh! Okay! Wow! I'm gonna need to find
another car. (sighing loudly) Alright, let's go! – Let me ask you a question. Does YouTube really think that
just by stacking a couple of top creators
into one video, that an entirely new
audience is gonna come
to that channel, to see this new show
just for those creators? – Hey, Casey, listen, I–
– Here's the thing that
YouTube doesn't get. (overlapping conversation) – Okay.
– …it's about the demographic. You gotta get the kids.
It's about getting the ones
with the younger audience, the younger demographic. – Thanks. Okay.
– You sure? – See you… See you later! – I'm going to pick up
Jake and Logan! – Casey! Look out!
(honking)Ah! A fiery explosion
blowing our protagonist
into the air.In the world of Mad Max,
in the world of movies,these kinds of explosions
happen all the time.But in reality, this would
do a lot more damage
to the human bodythan what you see in films.How much more? Well,
let's do an experiment
to find out.I just have to get out of
slow motion.Hey, editor, could you
speed this up?Wow! Wow! Okay! Wait, actually…
Hey! Can we-can we stop
for a second? (tires screeching to a halt)
Just one second! – Did you just kill
Casey Neistat? – I mean, I don't know, really!
Who knows? Hey! You know what?
Let's do some explosions! Here we have almost
1.4 kilograms of high explosive. Moving a metre forward,
we have an unused pig carcass
from the butcher. So, we can see
what happens to skin when exposed to
an incredibly high temperature. Now, 3 metres forward, we have the ballistics dummy. And this is to
capture the shockwave that
will travel through the body, and more importantly,
through the organs, which can cause damage like
ruptured lungs, and that is not good. Lastly, we have
our shrapnel dummy. And this, as the name suggests,
is to capture the shrapnel that will hit you from
the explosion. The shrapnel can travel
at speeds over the speed of sound. Now, it's very important to
let you know to never ever ever do this at home.
We have professionals here. This is an isolated and
closed-off set. So, with that in mind,
we are gonna go over… here. Over 122 metres away,
behind bullet-resistant glass. Alright,
let's blow some stuff up. Ready? Fire in the hole!Now, here it is in slow motion.That looks incredible, but
what has happened?Well, there are three main ways
an explosion can kill youdepending on proximity.First, the fireball.Using thermal imaging,
we can calculate thatit reaches around
560 degrees Celsius
at its hottest point.If you were
in the same place as
that pig,you would almost
instantly receivesecond-degree burns on
any part of your skin
exposed to it.The skin would be destroyed,burning and blistering
wherever it makes contact
with the fireball.Even worse, that fire
causes damage to
the dermis,the tissue below the skin.Plus, your hair would ignite,
as would the clothing
you were wearing.Even if you didn't
come in contact with
the fireball,you'd feel the effects of
the shockwave,which is travelling at
an insane 1,270 km/h.That's 35 km/h faster than
the speed of sound.In a close-up,
we can not only see
the shockwave,but also the overpressure
from it,demonstrated by
the pants being blown back.The pressure from the shockwave
would be around 42,340 Pascals.More than enough to
completely destroy
your eardrums.But something
really interesting happens
after the overpressure.Something you rarely see
on film.The underpressure.Which is when the shockwave
collapses andthe air rushes back
towards the explosion.Again, look at the pant legs.Now, they're pulled forward.Overpressure and underpressure
can be equally deadly.They damage your
internal organs
through barotrauma,damage caused by
changes in air pressure.And besides your eardrums,
another organ affected
by this is the lungs.The lungs are made up of
more than 500 million alveoli:tiny air sacks that are
ruptured by the sudden
change in pressure.And if your lungs survive
the overpressure,you'd still have
the underpressure.Besides that, the shockwave
can also cause hemorrhaging
in your other internal organs.Oh, and if the shockwave
were big enough,it could also rupture…
your eyes.And lastly, we
get to shrapnel.For safety's sake,
we did this test isolated
and controlled fromthe main explosion because
we didn't want pieces of metalflying through the air
in random directions.This 4-ounce ball bearing
nearly the weight of
a D battery,is travelling at 1,094 km/h.141 km/h less than
the speed of sound,but with about 2.5 times
the kinetic energyas a bullet fired from
an AK-47.And the damage… would be
devastating.In this test, the ball bearing
penetrated the skin,piercing the liver, and
travelling all the way through
the rest of the body…and going out the back.In another test, it went
through the body, but then,
got lodged in the spine.Potentially paralyzing you.And here's the crazy thing.Our explosion wasn't
even large enough to
throw you backlike you see in movies.So if you found yourself
flying backwards froma real-life
cinematic explosion,your chance of survival
would be really… low,and if you did survive,the likelihood of
walking away
without serious injury,would be even lower.So, an explosion like
you see in the movies
is incredibly cool, but also, incredibly… deadly. Okay! Let's get back to
the story. I'm gonna need a car, though. Another one. Oh! Perfect timing! Ah, thanks,
production assistant,
it looks good as new. Hey! Thank you so much!
Uh, we can go again! Yeah, let's go!
On my "Action!" – Alright everybody!
Back to work! (indistinct comments) (engine rumbling) (tires squealing) Let's go!– In the world of Mad Max,
you not only have to worry
about explosions,debris,War Boys,and nuclear war,
but also something else.Extreme temperature.Heat can be deadly.In the European
heatwave of 2003,high temperatures,
averaging 39.4 degrees Celcius,killed around
2000 people a day.In the world of Mad Max,
we estimate that
the temperatureswould be around the same.If the world were to be
6.1 to 6.7 degrees hotter
than it is today,an estimated half of
the population would die
from heat exhaustion.And it's important to remember
that it wouldn't just be
a few hours or days that we would be experiencing
these kinds of temperatures. It would be endless, which also affects
a very necessary part of
being alive. Food.For every degree
the temperature increases,cereal crop production,
things like wheat,
barley, and corn,decrease by 10%.And that's per degree.This leads to deforestation,overgrazing, and
poor irrigation,in the pursuit of
growing more food.That, in turn, creates
desertification,when land becomes so dry
it can no longer really grow…anything.But that is happening,
regardless of
agricultural influence.For example, the Sahara
has gotten 10% larger
since 1923.And, according to a 1995 study,desertification has affected
42% of all of Australia.And outside of food,
there's another kind of
resource depletion. One that is referenced
in the Mad Max movies. The gasoline wars.
And… according to a study
by BP, they state that if gasoline consumption and
use rates continue as they have, we would run out of it
by 2067. In this world,
like it would be in real life,
all of these factors happened. Like dominos.
It all leads to disease,
famine, fighting for what people –
what countries – want more than
what their neighbours need. At least 40% of all civil wars
were over… resources. And so… was this one.Now, a nuclear explosion
wouldn't directly make
fresh water radioactive;the two atoms
that make up water,
hydrogen and oxygen,can absorb an extra neutron,becoming deuterium and
oxygen 17.Both of which are
stable isotopes,which means
it's still safe to drink.The issue is fallout
from those bombs.The radioactive dust
and debris that's blown
into the air,and carried by the wind,
would land in those
bodies of water,irradiating it, and making it
deadly to drink for
hundreds or thousands of years.So, ground water won't be
an option, but there is another one.Because fallout makes
the water radioactive,any water that is underground,
and completely covered,and deep enough to avoid
contamination,should be safe
in the short-term.And by "short-term",
I mean an average of
1,400 years.Because that's how long
it generally takesfor that water to be recharged
from the surface.Of course, it's going to take
some serious effort to
get it out of the ground, unless, of course,
you can find a pump
already set up. And there's a good chance that
you'd die of dehydration
before then, because the human body
can typically go four days to a week
without water
in ideal conditions. But we… are not in…
ideal conditions.The hotter it is,
the more water your body uses,
and the more water you need.And you just don't lose water
from sweating or… relieving yourself,
you also lose it…
(exhaling) by breathing. On average, about
28% of your water is lost
through breathing and evaporation through
your skin. In the conditions we are in,
you would lose about a pound of water weight a day
just by breathing.You would literally dry out.(droning, dark music) It feels like
I've been out here forever,
driving through this… wasteland, looking for water. Looking for anything. Must be getting dark soon. Well, look at that! Side note: day for night is
a film technique used in
countless movies like… Mad Max. Instead of shooting
at night, they will use
certain techniques, like colour-correcting
the footage, to make it look more blue,
and with darker shadows. So even though it is filmed
like this, with the power of
we can make it look… like this. And there are many reasons
to do this, not the least of which is that
it gives the filmmakers
latitude with their footage. You know, I kind of like it
like this. Let's keep it night. Okay. If we want to
get out of here alive, we need to focus on the road. (girlfriend): Don't go.
I can't lose you. Jake, please! – Hey. Hey, it's okay, alright? We just gotta get supplies.
I'm gonna go get water.
I'll be back. – Just stay!
– I'll be right back, okay? It'll only just take a second,
I promise you, I'll be back. But hey, listen,
when I do come back, I'll knock three times.
(knocking three times) Yeah? (engine rumbling)
(metallic rattling) No. No, come on! Come on!! No! Come on. Come on! (revving engine) (car stopping) Well… this is
the end of the road. Looks like…
I'm gonna be walking. Surviving Fury Road would be hard, not just physically,
but mentally. And how far
are you willing to go to
change yourself to fit this new… world?
And what are you changing for? I mean, what's the point of
going on when you've lost
everything, lost the one thing…
that mattered to you most.Oh no! Another flashback!We're running low
on water again. I'm gonna go get more.
– I can do it. – But it's my turn.
– You can't do everything
for me. It'll be okay.
– Are you sure? Come here.
Okay. I love you.
– I love you too. Don't forget to lock up.
– Don't forget to knock! (girlfriend screaming):
No!! – Ro! (sobbing) I should've been the one
who died! Finally. I found water. (pebbles creaking) (engine revving) (exhaling loudly) (engine revving) (yelling in the distance) (percussion-heavy music) (indistinct yelling) (growling) (softly): Come on. Come on. (War Boys chanting
and clapping) Come on!! Come on… Ro? But I s-saw–
– I have been looking for you
for so long, Jake! The cannibals
that attacked me actually turned out to
be pretty cool. I gave them some good tips
for cooking human flesh,
and we just… kind of… meshed. But you were trying…
to kill me. (gasping): Oh, no! Wait,
no! We were trying to
catch up with you. I have been trying to find
you ever since that night. I see you found water. It was your turn after all. So do we just need
to pull that lever
to release it? – What? Oh yeah, yeah, that.
We just… we've got to
pull the lever. No! Not all at once! The amount of water in there
would crush us.In Mad Max, they
let out the water from
pipes similar to this one,creating a giant waterfall.Which would flow around
7,079 litres… a second,which would weigh
8,435 kilogramsand would hit with
an estimated total force of 49,591,920 Newtons. But good news!
Not all that water is
falling directly on you. If we take the width of
an average person, you'd only be getting around
991,838 Newtons. So, it'd be like
eight helicopters
falling on you… every… second. So, if you want to
continue doing that
whole living thing, probably not a great idea.
– Aw! You still stare off
into the distance and
go on science tangents! I missed you.
– I missed you. I love happy endings. (clinking)
(Ro gasping) (dramatic music) And as always,
thanks for watching! Oh… that wasn't too bad. (water thundering) Hello, again! While the credits roll,
I'm going to continue talking. In the film Fury Road,
director George Miller
demanded that the entire movie be shot
with the main talent
in the centre of the frame. What makes this interesting
is that normally, in movies on TV,
as well as in photographs, the subject of the frame
is either on one side,
like this, or on the other. And this is because of
the rule of thirds, where the focal point of
the frame should be in
one third of the frame, usually on either
the left or right side. And studies have shown that
people rate the esthetics
of a painting higher if the rule of thirds
is followed. Now, George Miller decided
to keep the focal point
in the centre, or central framing,
for Fury Road, so the audience wouldn't
waste their time deciding
where to look. They can give their
full attention to
the action. And this was doubly important
because the average shot length
in Fury Road was 3.2 seconds, barely long enough for
the human brain to process
what was going on, let alone decide
where to look. And studies have shown that
the eye wants to focus on
the centre. So, centre framing saves
the eye and the brain
from trying to reacquire the focal point. And at the end of the day,
it is an artistic decision. But with 2,700 edits
in the film, it definitely was a benefit
for keeping the viewer literally
focused on the action. And as always,
thanks for watching.


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Planning to ring in the New Year with a glass of bubbly, a vodka martini or maybe just a Bud Light? Whether you're looking for some booze to bring to the party or are hosting one yourself, it's always smart to shop for the lowest price.
To help you find the best deals, we looked everywhere from big chains like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods to neighborhood liquor shops in New York City to find out how big of a difference it makes where you buy your booze. We also looked online for deals and learned that the shipping costs can erase most savings unless you buy in bulk—plus many online stores don't ship everywhere in the US or even everything they sell in their physical stores.
So who had the best prices? For one-stop shopping our pick is Costco and its adjacent liquor store, Brooklyn Liquors, in Brooklyn (since you can't buy hard alcohol in grocery stores in the state). But we also found great deals on beer at Target and bubbly at Trader Joe's.
When in doubt, always opt for the larger bottle or higher number of cans or bottles packaged together for the lowest price per volume. If you're buying in bulk, always ask for a discount. Wine shops typically offer 10 percent off when you buy a case, for example.
Here are the prices we found for seven different kinds of booze:
Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne (750 milliliters)
Bottle Shoppe (Brooklyn): $66
Beekman Liquor (Manhattan): $63
Quality Liquor Store (online and in San Diego, California): $60
Mitchell's Wine & Liquors (Manhattan): $53
Whole Foods wine store (Manhattan): $50
BQE Wine & Liquors (Brooklyn): $46
Costco/Brooklyn Liquors: $43 (with ice jacket)
Best deal: Trader Joe's Wine Shop: $42
Ketel One Vodka (one liter)
Beekman Liquor (Manhattan): $44
Bottle Shoppe (Brooklyn): $42
Mitchell's Wine & Liquors (Manhattan): $35
BQE Wine & Liquors (Brooklyn): $32
Best deal: Costco/Brooklyn Liquors: $30
Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur (one liter)
Mitchell's Wine & Liquors (Manhattan): $37
BQE Wine & Liquors (Brooklyn): $32
Best deal: Costco/Brooklyn Liquors: $29
Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur (750 milliliters)
Beekman Liquor (Manhattan): $43
Bottle Shoppe (Brooklyn): $41
Mitchell's Wine & Liquors (Manhattan): $31
BQE Wine & Liquors (Brooklyn): $28
Best deal: Quality Liquor Store (online and in San Diego, California): $23
Harpoon 'Tis the Seasonal Beer (12-pack bottles)
Target (Manhattan): $18
Pioneer (Manhattan): $17
Best deal: Costco: $28 for a 24-pack, which works out to $14 for 12 bottles
Harpoon IPA Beer (six-pack bottles)
Whole Foods (Brooklyn): $11
Target (Manhattan): $10
Best deal: Trader Joe's (Manhattan): $9
Bud Light (12-pack cans)
Brooklyn Deli: $15
Whole Foods (Brooklyn): $14
Best deal: Target (Manhattan): $11

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The pioneers of aviation were never lonely
Swimmers Club Short Fiction
Who: Play Yr Kardz Right.
Where: Madrid, Spain What:Writer.
Cat No: DW-367
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I use them evuryday
running thru dezerts
& dried up creek bedz
leaping ovur ratul snakes
sparklee gold platforms & klogs
make u shape-lee
dont u just want to hug them
qodds support the knee
so u kan pivut & we all need
uh good pivut every minut
I didunt want uh burd chest
but I had one
if you had uh burd chest
the fellas wayvd
their arms like uh chicken
& cluckd at u
I wuz not mister musul
but I tried to be
I did the bar dips
& got e-mishyuns
I climbed the ropes
& got e-mishyuns
this is getting hot
my legs r my most manlee
the hairee legs uv my yuth
tanned terrifik & bold
the summer legz
of qodds un kalves
sum defined
sum not
I did kalve raizes
I kraved the triangul
uv defined kalves
legs r hairee
or shinee
or uh littul bit
uv both
or neither
or either
whatz the diffrence
I bekaim leg
French kissing
in abandund
bildings with uh
getto blastur
doing it
in socks
the korn holz
& nippul twists
I have grown
less afrayd
to luv
beyond my bed
kiss me
in my slow kroakur
evuryday iz uh foreplay
the worldz fureyus
wynd flowz
thru my cape
I am panting
rathur than painting
I am attempting
to spring up
anuthur kind uv mishyun
healthee & heartee
& toothee & brave
the prezent iz uh
baffuld weathur
MOLT & REjoice
MOLT & reJOICE
nakid as we kame
kissing the lipless
the king uv karrut flowurz
In Koffee Hall
howzing estate
Miltun Keynz
the milk
man iz santa
I wait by door
to hear chime
& klink uv
milk bottul
go outside
to fingur
blue yellow green
shynee heds
uv milk bottuls
U are suppozed
to peel
the lids
but I poke them
Marcus Slease was born in Portadown, N. Ireland. He immigrated to Milton Keynes England and then Las Vegas at age 11. He lives in Madrid, Spain.
Poems selected by Victoria Brown from Play Yr Kardz Right by Marcus Slease, published by Dostoyevsky Wannabe, Summer 2017


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The Wacky Seven Hour Movie Marathon!
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However all this movie going obviously messed with my head. I had a dream that me, my cousin, and my friend Andy were going to a 3 movie marathon. We went home after the second movie and just watched some TV, napped a bit and just generally lazed about. I realized that it was 8:00 and the movie started at 8 so I was suddenly rushing everyone around saying "Hurry up! If we leave now we can get there at 8:15, and with all the previews and stuff we'll be fine!" Everyone kind of took their time waffling about whether to go and such and by the time we finally left we were now going to be 30 minutes late and I was annoyed. For some reason it was really important to me to get in the third movie of the marathon because I'd already seen 2 movies in a day before and I wanted to break my record (that fact was true in real life too). When we got there I was waiting to use the little kiosk where you can just swipe your credit card and buy tickets quickly (which I also use in real life) but there was a huge line. Since we were already way late I was annoyed again. Then I bought like 10 tickets because I was confused and thought I was buying tickets for everyone. Strangely the tickets were square crackers that were slightly convex and about 3 inches square, and I now had a stack of 10. Well it turns out they had bought their own tickets so now I had like 9 tickets too many. I decided to go to the ticket window and see if I could explain that I had messed up and pushed the wrong key or some other excuse to get my money back, when real life crept into my dream and I realized Jess and I had indeed already seen 3 movies in a row, so getting to this one in the dream was no big deal.Then I woke up. Crazy.


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There is some difference between binary options trading and and gambling because gambling is literally all about luck, regardless of how many gamblers claim they can manipulate the slots. There is no strategy in gambling whereas options traders rely on a more complex approach.
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The 3rd MeBeSafe Newsletter arrivesThe 3d MeBeSafe Newsletter arrives The third MeBeSafe Newsletter has now arrived. Read all about the latest nudging news from MeBeSafe. Can you be nudged to look the other way? Will a good nudge affect workload? The latest MeBeSafe Newsletter has now been launched, answering a lot of interesting questions on nudging. Read it as a pdf here! Sign up for the MeBeSafe Newsletter! Your Name (required) Your Email (required)

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5th Symposium on Driving Simulation5th Symposium on Driving Simulation 21th November 2019 Anna-Lena Köhler from ika held a presentation called "Application of the Driving Simulator User Studies", made by herself, Arne Düselder, Martin Henne & Stefan Ladwig. The talk concerned the simulator study of the InfraDriver nudge, inlucing the user studies made to assure that it really works. The ongoing field trial, where an actual implementation was built, was also touched upon. Around 35 researchers and practitioners in the driving simulation...
Cyclists soon to be nudgedCyclists soon to be nudged Cyclists will be nudged to adapt speed before dangerous intersections. This decision was reached after the MeBeSafe cyclist team met up in The Hague before the Field Trial began. Bicycle after bicycle passed. A seemingly never-ending stream of bicyclists gushed past outside the window at the SWOV building in The Hague. The MeBeSafe cyclist team had got here to make a decision on which nudges to use on cyclists. And it...
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MeBeSafe at the ECC Conference in NaplesMeBeSafe researchers took control over the nudging at the European Control Conference in Naples. A lot of visitors engulfed themselves into the feats of the nudging world.
Nudging the ITS community in EindhovenSome peculiar white stripes ran across the blue floor in an aisle at the ITS fair. What could this be? They seemed to be heading towards one particular booth. A booth about nudging and coaching..
What is nudging?You can try to change people's behaviour in a number of ways. You could outlaw all possibilities but one, inform people about the effect of their choices or give people a small push towards a certain direction...
The New MeBeSafe Newsletter is outLearn more of the entire project, what is done to nudge bicyclists and if MeBeSafe is on the right track! And get an interesting insight into how simulated people can be nudged!
The Infra driver nudge steps towards the real worldA major advantage of the driver nudge based on lights is that we can nudge exactly the drivers that need to be nudged. But this also makes it more complex, and the systems are now put together.
Engaged Italian citizens get a brief breath of MeBeSafeThe latest news on nudging and coaching to increase traffic safety? Now that's the place to be! More than 50 engaged Italians travelled to Sorrento for MeBeSafe.
A brief rundown of MeBeSafeA General Assembly meeting is a great way to fellow researchers in on the project. And a brief summary of that meeting is an ever greater way for anyone to get an overview of the project.
MeBeSafe gathered in sunny SorrentoMeBeSafe members came from all over Europe to the 3d General Assembly meeting in Italy. Spring dawned upon the researchers as they presented fresh results and exchanged ideas.
The first MeBeSafe Newsletter is outRead about attempts to nudge car drivers to increase attention with an in-vehicle nudge, lights along a road exit to make cars slow down, haptic nudging measures to affect cyclists and much more.
Can cyclists be nudged haptically?Cities all over the world are putting up physical obstacles to curb inappropriate cyclist speeds. It however seems like there is no reason to do so at all.
Novel ways to coach truck driversA new coaching system based on a mobile app was finally launched in Norway. Several new techniques are being tested, including peer-to-peer coaching and personal data integrity.
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A nudge in the car to increase attentionIt is not always clear if an intersection is dangerous or even if there is an acute risk of hitting somebody. Several nudges have been developed that could help drivers increase their awareness.
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Guide to the MeBeSafe frameworkThe integrated framework for MeBeSafe is released, which gives an overview of how the project will work.
New methods for coachingMeBeSafe will use a new innovative way of coaching. Read about the methodologies used.
Starting to test nudges in a simulatorThe first study has now been initiated on how light can affect car drivers.
Driver profiles in coachingRisky driving behaviour can lead to crashes but by coaching drivers on their driving behaviour we can reduce risky driving behaviour, therefore reducing crashes and as a result increase traffic safety.
Integrated frameworkOn the basis of a typification of nudging and coaching respectively, the assumed underlying system of thinking (i.e. System 1 or System 2) and types of intervention strategies, an integrated model has been proposed.
Nudging makes decisions easierThe assumptions behind nudging are that by "knowing how people think, we can use sensible "choice architecture" to nudge people toward the best decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society, without restricting our freedom of choice".
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valeria posted a topic in Feature requestsHey guys, I have a couple of things that would really encourage my team to use the AE extension more efficiently! When I select a composition to Publish, it would be great if there were a search tool when selecting composition, render settings and output modules. Our facility creates content for complex video projections, so our AE projects sometimes have up to hundreds of necessary comps in them, making it an ordeal to find the right one in the list when an artist tries to publish something. Something to consider as well is the ability to select a specific item from the render queue, instead of being limited to the presets. For reasons too boring to explain here, we mostly use custom durations (not work area or length of comp) and there isn't a way to save specific durations as a preset (and it would be quite a pain to manage). Finally, is there a way to send to the ae render-engine when publishing via the plug-in? Right now, when you render a composition, it just ties up AE for the time that the render takes, making me unable to work on anything else, which is a bit counter-productive. thanks!
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Sunday morning's 5 AM shooting outside Club Premium on Murfreesboro Pike left one man dead, and another on the run until he was captured on Tuesday in Madison.
According to police, Deandre Lamont Sherrill was in the vehicle with his girlfriend, Adrianna Maupins, who the vehicle was also registered to. They were in the parking lot behind Club Premium, at 833 Murfreesboro Pike. Police found the victim, Dequinta Young, lying in the parking beside their vehicle, with what police called "evidence of a shooting contained inside". Police immediately observed Young had at least one gunshot to the chest. He was transported to Vanderbilt Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
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Flix is free! He has escaped the inescapable prison. Now he has the whole of space and time at his disposal and he is determined to build his army of zombies. When he attacks a Cumbrian TV Transmitter in 2010, taking over the body of the chief engineer, he fights off attacks from the police and the military, taking more bodies for his zombie army. Meanwhile, pushing stasis energy through the mast, he begins to link transmitters into a web that gradually covers the skies of northern England, an energy web that can strike at the living at any time or place. Stasis Center Special Agents Mia Nellis and Nick Holt travel through time to stop him. They're treading on thin ice, cautious not to change history, but they must also overcome the suspicion of the military and police, and on no account can they allow their 31st century technology to fall into 21st century hands.
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Frida Kahlo is considered one of the most surreal artists in Latin American culture. Her depictions of the female form along with many haunting self portraits gained her great noteriety which was celebrated in film by Salma Hayek, who played the artist in "Frida" in 2002. The Mexican artist, who died at the age of 47, is once again in the public eye with the presentation of "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life" at The New York Botanical Gardens.
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explained curator Joanna Groarke.
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"She is extremely well known here in the United States."
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"We are excited to be able to offer a little bit different view."
The project which is five years in the making is not the first time the Botanical Gardens has honored a specific talent as British naturalist Charles Darwin, American poet Emily Dickinson and French impressionist artist Claude Monet have been displayed in the past. Kahlo, recognized years after her 1954 demise, is in good company. Those who will get to view this exhibit will get to learn more about her with hands-on activities for kids, Mexican inspired shopping and dinners, and music.
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Voix D'Eau wins again
The decision to withdraw Voix D'Eau from the Doncaster Sales in May has paid handsome dividends for his team of syndicate owners over the last six weeks.
He won nicely at Worcester early in July and added a second more valuable victory at Southwell on Sunday off a mark of 139.
He was well ridden on both occasions by our talented amateur Aine O'Connor who gets a good tune out of him. Her claim will now be reduced to 5lbs.
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Cirque sensation 'Saltoriya' at the Eldorado
"Saltoriya," a theatrical cirque sensation, is at the Eldorado Theatre inside the Eldorado Resort Casino Reno now through November 15.
"Saltoriya" is a new show comprising awe-inspiring internationally acclaimed performers, acrobats, daredevil stunts and comedy in an exhilarating, uplifting experience. The show combines feats of athleticism, comedy, original music and choreography to create an awe-inspiring production. It celebrates magnificent physical movements of world-class performers with universal and timeless appeal. Cirque-style productions bring amazing elements of the traditional circus to another level of excitement and aesthetics.
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This week, Federal CIO Tony Scott is expected to release a public report on ideas submitted from industry, government and academia to the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), a public-private partnership, for how agencies can stay ahead of and recover from cyber attacks. The report is a milestone in the race to repair federal cybersecurity practices in the wake of June's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach.
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As a follow-up to the 30-day Cybersecurity Sprint, which was a short-term fix to urgent agency security flaws, Scott and a team of officials from across several security agencies reviewed the government's cybersecurity practices. The resulting <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16-04.pdf" rel="nofollow" Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (CSIP), released late last month, as well as the forthcoming ACT-IAC report, is an effort to provide longer-term goals for boosting federal cybersecurity. Specifically, the CSIP outlines five objectives that include a number of Tanium's proposals to ACT-IAC, including: Timely detection of and rapid response to cyber incidents; Rapid recovery from incidents when they occur; and, Efficient and effective acquisition and deployment of existing and emerging technology.
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Children don't arrive with an instruction book. Raising children and providing for their physical as well as emotional needs is a difficult job for which we receive little training. It should not be surprising that parenting has become isolating, frustrating and often robs both parent and child of the joy and satisfaction of this critical life experience. �
We often approach parenting reflexively, relying on what we learned form how we were parented. "Family Centered Parenting" offers families a model which will help parents develop a parenting style that reflects their unique values while providing guidelines, strategies and specific tools necessary to make thoughtful decisions about their parenting options. �
"Family Centered Parenting" is more than just a narrative, it contains real-life examples, dialogues and activities to help parents refine their skills and grow in confidence as they navigate the parenting journey. "Family Centered Parenting" is more a process than a program and is sufficiently flexible to be adapted to a variety of family situations–single parents, special needs children, gifted and talented children, blended families and ranges in age of children.
"Family Centered Parenting" implementing effective communication principles, strategies to hold essential family meetings, discipline techniques that stress individual responsibility and information on responding to unique family needs. The ultimate goal of "Family Centered Parenting" is to create a family structure which is empowering to both parent and child and leads to a harmonious and joyful family life.


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Bioweathering can be defined as the erosion, decay, and decomposition of rocks and minerals mediated by living organisms. One of the most important processes of bio-weathering is weathering mediated by microorganisms, including fungi. Fungi are well suited as weathering agents since they can be highly resistant to extreme environmental conditions such as metal toxicity, UV
radiation, and desiccation; they can adopt a variety of growth, metabolic and morphological strategies; they can exude protons and metal-complexing metabolites, and form mutualistic symbiotic associations with plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Most fungi exhibit a filamentous growth habit which gives an ability to increase or decrease their surface area, to adopt either exploration or exploitation strategies. Some fungi are polymorphic occurring as filamentous mycelium and unicellular yeasts or yeast-like cells, for example, the black meristematic or microcolonial rock-dwelling fungi. The ability of fungi to translocate nutrients within the mycelial network is another important feature for exploiting heterogeneous environments.
Subaerial rock surfaces may be thought an inhospitable habitat for fungi due to moisture deficit and nutrient limitation although many species are able to deal with varying extremes in such factors as light, salinity, pH, and water potential, over considerable periods of time. Many oligotrophic fungi can scavenge nutrients from the air and rainwater which enables them to grow on rock surfaces. In the subaerial rock environment, they can also use organic and inorganic residues on mineral surfaces or within cracks and fissures, waste products of other microorganisms, decaying plants and insects, dust particles, aerosols and animal faeces as nutrient sources. Fungi may achieve protection by the presence of melanin pigments and mycosporines in their in cell wall, and by embedding colonies into mucilaginous polysaccharide slime that may entrap clay particles providing extra protection. It is likely that fungi are ubiquitous components of the microflora of all rocks and building stone and have been reported from a wide range of rock types including limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, basalt, gneiss, dolerite, and quartz, even from the most harsh environments.
The elements found in soil reflect the composition of the Earth's crust, though some modification occurs by weathering, biogenic and anthropogenic activities which on a local scale may be pronounced: chemical changes include dissolution of rock minerals while biological activity causes enrichment of C, N, and S. Elements and minerals that remain can reorganize into secondary minerals. In the soil, fungus-mineral interactions are an integral component of environmental cycling processes (Figure 3). Mycorrhizal fungi in particular are one of the most important ecological groups of soil fungi in terms of mineral weathering and dissolution of insoluble metal compounds. Fungi are also important components of lithobiotic communities (associations of microorganisms forming a biofilm at the mineral-microbe interface), where they interact with the substrate both geophysically and geochemically and this can result in the formation of patinas, films, varnishes, crusts, and stromatolites.
Biomechanical deterioration of rocks can occur through hyphal penetration and burrowing into decaying material and along crystal planes in, for example, calcitic and dolo-mitic rocks. Cleavage penetration can also occur with lichens. Spatial exploration of the environment to locate and exploit new substrates is facilitated by a range of sensory responses that determine the direction of hyphal growth. Thigmotropism (or contact guidance) is a well-known property of fungi that grow on and within solid substrates with the direction of fungal growth being influenced by grooves, ridges, and pores. However, biochemical actions are believed to be more important processes than mechanical degradation. Microbes and plants can induce chemical weathering of rocks and minerals through the excretion of, for example, H+, organic acids and other metabolites. Such biochemical weathering of rocks can result in changes in the mineral micro-topography through pitting and etching of surfaces, and even complete dissolution of mineral grains. Fungi generally acidify their micro-environment via a number of mechanisms which include the excretion of protons via the plasma membrane proton translocating ATPase or in exchange for nutrients. They can also excrete organic acids, while respiratory activity may result in carbonic acid formation. In addition, fungi excrete a variety of other primary and secondary metabolites with metal-chelating properties (e.g., siderophores, carboxylic acids, amino acids, and phenolic compounds). The weathering of sandstone monuments by fungi has been attributed to the production of, for example, acetic, oxalic, citric, formic, fumaric, glyoxylic, gluconic, succinic, and tartaric acids.
The formation of secondary organic and inorganic minerals by fungi can occur through metabolism-independent and -dependent processes. Precipitation, nucleation, and deposition of crystalline material on and within cell walls are influenced by such factors like pH and wall
Secondary minerals soil components
Secondary minerals soil components
Figure 3 Action of fungi on insoluble metal minerals in the terrestrial environment resulting in release of mineral components -metal(s), anionic substances, trace organics, and other impurities - which can be taken up by the biota as well as forming secondary minerals with soil components or fungal metabolites/biomass, and also be sorbed or otherwise removed by organic and inorganic soil components. The dashed arrows imply secondary mineral formation as a result of excreted metabolites as well as fungal action on nonbiogenic minerals. Possible losses to groundwater are not shown.
Figure 3 Action of fungi on insoluble metal minerals in the terrestrial environment resulting in release of mineral components -metal(s), anionic substances, trace organics, and other impurities - which can be taken up by the biota as well as forming secondary minerals with soil components or fungal metabolites/biomass, and also be sorbed or otherwise removed by organic and inorganic soil components. The dashed arrows imply secondary mineral formation as a result of excreted metabolites as well as fungal action on nonbiogenic minerals. Possible losses to groundwater are not shown.
composition. This process may be important in soil as precipitation of carbonates, phosphates, and hydroxides increases soil aggregation. Cations like Si4+, Fe3+, Al3+, and Ca2+ (that may be released through dissolution mechanisms) stimulate precipitation of compounds that may act as bonding agents for soil particles. Hyphae can enmesh soil particles, alter alignment, and also release organic metabolites that enhance aggregate stability.
Microbial carbonate precipitation coupled with silicate weathering could provide an important sink for CO2 in terrestrial environments. In limestone, fungi and lichens are considered to be important agents of mineral deterioration. Many near-surface limestones (calcretes), calcic and petrocalcic horizons in soils are secondarily cemented with calcite (CaCO3) and whewellite (calcium oxalate monohydrate, CaC2O4?H2O). The presence of fungal filaments mineralized with calcite (CaCO3), together with whewellite (calcium oxalate monohydrate, CaC2O4?H2O), has been reported in limestone and calcareous soils from a range of localities. Calcium oxalate can also be degraded to calcium carbonate, for example, in semi-arid environments, where such a process may again act to cement preexisting limestones. During decomposition of fungal hyphae, calcite crystals can act as sites of further secondary calcite precipitation. Chitin, the major component of fungal cell walls, is a substrate on which calcite will readily nucleate. Other experimental work has demonstrated fungal precipitation of secondary calcite, whewellite, and glushkinskite (MgC2O4?2H2O) (Figure 4).
Fungi can produce metal oxalates with a variety of different metals and metal-bearing minerals (Ca, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Sr, Zn, Ni, and Pb) (Figure 4). Calcium oxalate dihydrate (weddelite) and the more stable calcium oxalate monohydrate (whewellite) are the most common forms of oxalate associated with various ecophysiological groups of fungi. Depending on physicochemical conditions, biotic fungal calcium oxalate can exhibit a variety of crystalline forms (tetragonal, bipyramidal, plate-like, rhombohedral or needles) (Figure 4). Precipitation ofcalcium oxalate can act as a reservoir for calcium in the ecosystem and also influences phosphate availability. The formation of toxic metal oxa-lates may provide a mechanism whereby fungi can tolerate high concentrations oftoxic metals. It has been reported that oxalate excretion by fungi is enhanced with NO^ as a nitrogen source in contrast to NH^, and also by the presence ofHCO^,Ca2+and some toxic metals (e.g., Cu, Al) or minerals (e.g., pyromorphite and zinc phosphate).
Reduced forms of metals and metalloids (e.g., elemental silver, selenium, and tellurium) within and around fungal cells can be precipitated by many fungi. The reductive ability of fungi is manifest by black coloration of fungal colonies precipitating elemental Ag or Te, or red coloration for those precipitating elemental Se. An oxidized
Figure 4 Mycogenic minerals associated with fungal biomass after growth in laboratory microcosms on various mineral substrates. (a) Glushinskite (Mg(C2O4) ?2H2O) and hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2?4H2O) on Pénicillium simplicissimum. (b) Moolooite (Cu2+(C2O4)?nH2O) (n < 1) on biomass of Beauveria caledonica. (c) Whewellite (Ca(C2O4)?H2O) on biomass of Pénicillium corylophilum. (d) Strontium oxalate dihydrate (Sr(C2O4)?2H2O) on biomass of Serpula himantioides. Scale bar = 20 mm (a, b); 10 mm (c); 100 mm (d).
Figure 4 Mycogenic minerals associated with fungal biomass after growth in laboratory microcosms on various mineral substrates. (a) Glushinskite (Mg(C2O4) ?2H2O) and hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2?4H2O) on Pénicillium simplicissimum. (b) Moolooite (Cu2+(C2O4)?nH2O) (n < 1) on biomass of Beauveria caledonica. (c) Whewellite (Ca(C2O4)?H2O) on biomass of Pénicillium corylophilum. (d) Strontium oxalate dihydrate (Sr(C2O4)?2H2O) on biomass of Serpula himantioides. Scale bar = 20 mm (a, b); 10 mm (c); 100 mm (d).
metal layer (patina) a few millimeters thick found on rocks and in soils of arid and semi-arid regions, called desert varnish, is also believed to be of microbial origin with some proposed fungal involvement. Fungi can oxidize manganese and iron in metal-bearing minerals such as siderite (FeCO3) and rhodochrosite (MnCO3) and precipitate them as oxides and also form dark Fe(ii)- and Mn(ii)- patinas on glass surfaces.
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October 31, 2019
"From an early age,... I realized kids in my city… in my world, didn't grow up with a home where they had no worries and a loving family".
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Featured in the Catholic Standard, St. Ann's Center CEO, Sister Mary Bader shares the source of her vocation, how she became a Daughter of Charity, and the life of St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families.
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10 Game of Thrones characters not in the books
HBO epic Game of Thrones is known for turning George RR Martin's cast of colourful characters into their screen counterparts.
While the likes of Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister have all made the leap to the show, what about those faces unique to the show?
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have come up with their own inventions over the past seven seasons, so let's look at 10 Game of Thrones characters that aren't in the books.
Noah Taylor's snivelling Locke gets the honour of claiming Jaime Lannister's hand in the show, but that part went to a completely different person in the books. Locke was created purely for the show, which is strange considering he's taken on nearly all of a character called Vargo Hoat's storyline.
Elsewhere, Locke seems to be the amalgamation of several characters and replaced the Kettleblack brother who was sent to kill Jon Snow at the wall. There's no denying that Taylor was a great villain, so it's a shame we didn't get to see more of him. Swapping out Hoat might've made more sense if Locke had been a series regular, but instead, he was quickly dispatched when Bran warged into Hodor.
Tipped to be the new Lady Melisandre, Kinvara was instead a little underwhelming. Seen briefly in Season 6, the 'new' Red Priestess was by Daenerys' side during her domination of Meereen. The books focussed on a Red Priest called Moqqoro, who eventually became part of Victarion Greyjoy's storyline.
Both Moqqoro and Victarion are missing from the show, and it's unclear how/why Kinvara would factor into Season 8. With Dany now stuck up North and facing the impending Army of the Undead, it's doubtful that Game of Thrones will return to Meereen or Kinvara.
Lady Crane
If there's one thing Arya Stark is missing on Game of Thrones, it's a decent mother figure since the demise of her own. While on her travels to Braavos, the plucky Stark had a brief reprieve and seemed to find a potential mother when she came across a theatre troupe and Lady Crane
Sadly, Lady Crane wasn't long for this world -- even after Arya refused to assassinate her. The Waif caught up with Lady Crane and did what Arya couldn't by slitting her throat. Another noble member of the Seven Kingdoms was taken too soon.
Brother Ray
Ian McShane was a stellar addition to the Game of Thrones cast, and even if the Deadwood star doesn't have much love for his time in the Seven Kingdoms, his part as Brother Ray was definitely memorable.
Even though Brother Ray only appeared in Season 6's "The Broken Man", he was influential in the return of Rory McCann's Sandor Clegane, aka The Hound. Brother Ray appears to be a hybrid of book characters Septon Meribald and the Elder Brother. Unfortunately, The Hound hasn't officially returned in the books, but with Brother Ray's one-episode role, don't expect Meribald or the Elder Brother to do much in The Winds of Winter.
One character who sure made his way around the cast of characters was the horny Olyvar. A prostitute and spy employed by Littlefinger, Olyvar was basically the male version of Ros.
Olyvar was left in charge of Baelish's brothels while he went on his quest to the Vale and soon caught the eye of Oberyn Martell, Ellaria Sand, and most importantly, Loras Tyrell. Part of the toppling of King's Landing, Olyvar turned on his former lover and gave Loras up while also implicating Margaery for perjury. After doing Cersei's wicked bidding, Olyvar hasn't been seen since.
The first character created exclusively for the show was the buxom Ros. As an expanded version of "red-headed whore" from the first book, Esme Bianco was only supposed to appear in the pilot. The Season 1 commentary revealed that producers were impressed with her performance and bumped her up to a recurring character.
The wily Ros shed her Northern roots and headed to King's Landing under the care of Littlefinger. Although she remained in the background until Season 3, Ros became lost among Baelish's' plotting and was little more than a punching bag to Joffrey. Being nailed to the wall with a crossbow, at least she got a memorable death.
The surly girlfriend of Ramsay Snow, Myranda was shown to be just as vicious as her lover. Introduced during Theon's torture phase, Myranda took great joy in his castration. She then returned to hunt a girl she was jealous of in Season 4 and was seen being particularly vile to Sansa during her time at Winterfell.
Myranda thought that Ramsay should only have eyes for her and it was what ultimately got her killed. When she cornered an escaping Sansa as Ramsay fought Stannis, Theon finally grew a backbone and saved the Stark heiress. Chucking Myranda from the battlefronts, the whole of Thronedom cheered.
Talisa Stark
Oona Chaplin found her fame playing Talisa Stark on Game of Thrones, but did you know that her character doesn't even exist in Martin's world? Instead, the King in the North sleeps with a woman called Jeyne Westerling and marries her out of guilt.
We mer Talisa in Season 2 as a war nurse from Volantis. Talisa's backstory was sparse, to say the least, leading some show fans to think she was a mole planted by Tywin Lannister. Unfortunately, Talisa was the real deal and doomed herself to a sharp exit for herself (and her unborn child) at the Red Wedding.
Pitch Perfect 2's Birgitte Hjort Sørensen was truly brilliant as Karsi and it's easy to imagine her settling in with the rest of the wildling characters. Appearing only in Season 5's "Hardhome", Karsi was a spearwife leader who had lost her father, uncle, and two brothers during the Battle of Castle Black. She wasn't impressed when Jon Snow and his men arrived at Hardhome to warn the wildlings about the White Walkers -- a mood that cost Karsi her life.
When the White Walkers swarmed Hardhome, Karsi had a change of heart and fought alongside Tormund and Jon. Sadly, she was overwhelmed by a group of young wights when she was unable to kill them and was then reanimated as a wight herself.
Considering Olly was briefly the most hated character in the Seven Kingdoms thanks to the Night's Watch mutiny, he was a great invention for the show. Introduced as a young orphan with an axe to grind against the wildlings, Olly was originally a loyal squire to Jon Snow.
Things took a turn for the worse when Jon became Lord Commander and showed leniency to the wildlings. In a shocking twist, Olly was one of those who stabbed Snow while uttering those solemn words of "For the Watch". The little bastard was finally hung alongside the rest of the mutineers and was last seen with his eyes bulging out of his head.


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Let's take a look at the international records for rainfall. You will discover that the UK is far from these figures. We're talking several metres of water, even a dozen, sometimes in just an hour…
Take out the umbrella, it's time for a world tour in rainfall records!
The Top Records!
The all time record goes to Indiaand more particularly to the city of Cherrapunji in the State of Maghalay in the Northeast of the country. From August 1840 until July 1841, almost 26,461mm of rain fell… that's more than 26 metres!
The record number of days of rain goes to Bahia Felix, Chile a city in the "Land of Fire, the archipelago situated off the southernmost tip of South America. There are more than 325 days of rain a year.
In Europe, the city of Crkvica in Bosnia and Herzegovina holds the precipitation record with 4648mm in a year. That is about five times the average annual rainfall in England.
In one hour, no less than 305 metres of water fell on the smell town of Holt in the USA. That is more than half of the annual precipitation in London.
We can hardly complain about the weather and the rain here. We are not the worst off by any means!
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We hope that you are all doing great. We have wonderful memories from this litter.
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Over the last few blog posts, we looked at why the holiday season is such a difficult time for many people. One of the most challenging parts of the holidays is that it can be a very lonely time for many people. Let's take a look at why that is, and what can be done about it.
In this day and age, families are more spread out, more distant, and busier than ever. For many, not having family to celebrate with is difficult. Others may be single at this time, and not want to participate in holiday activities because they don't have a partner to go with them. Meanwhile, many people do have family or friends around them, but they still feel very alone due to strained relationships or personal issues that can interfere with their enjoyment such as depression or anxiety.
What can you do when you are feeling lonely this holiday season, or throughout the year?
1. Stay connected. Invite friends to your home. It can be your single women friends, a few friends from work, or more of your acquaintances that you want to get to know better. Or, call an old friend you haven't spoken to for a while. Talk more with your coworkers instead of rushing them out of your office. If you want to feel more connected to people this holiday season, offer to connect with them!
2. Take care of you. Treat yourself to a holiday gift, perhaps a stress relieving massage, guitar lessons, or a vacation to somewhere you have never been before. By eating right, exercising, and taking care of yourself this holiday season, you will be more likely to feel good about your self and where you are in your life.
3. Know you are not alone. During the holidays, many people share these same feelings of loneliness, isolation, sadness, confusion. It is important to understand that you are not the only one having these feelings so spend time talking to others who you think share some of the same feelings. Understand that movies and television portray the holidays and family lifestyles that are not as realistic as they may seem. In talking with others, you might be surprised by how many people feel the same way you do.
4. Appreciate what you do have. Change your focus to the wonderful things you do have in your life. It's OK to take a friend to a holiday party or go alone, be grateful that you were invited. May be your aunt Jane's sarcastic remarks are the only way she knows how to share her feelings, and that she really does love you.
5. Give To Others. Volunteer at a local homeless shelter or in an elementary school or nursing home. Make cookies or cards and send them out to those who are less fortunate than you. Connecting with people who give, and giving to others will allow you to be part of something larger than yourself, and to be sharing your love and your self with others who feel lonely this holiday season.
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The rooms are simply but stylishly decorated in a modern style. They are generally medium in size, although they do vary. Pale colour schemes and large windows offer a light and airy atmosphere. Both the rooms and the bathrooms are in exceptional condition. The breakfast room is located on the ground floor. It is a pleasant, light room with full length windows down one side and pale pastel decor. This is a modern building with a plain facade. The lobby is small and modern with a clean tiled floor and up to date furnishing. Friendly reception staff provide help where needed. The prime location and high quality of this hotel makes it an absolutely ideal choice for individual travellers and small groups.
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Mumford and Sons headlined Leeds Festival 2015 tonight (August 29) with lead singer Marcus Mumford having his shirt ripped open after embracing fans in the audience.
The band played a 90-minute set on the Main Stage and opened up with the rocky 'Snake Eyes', a taste of the band's 2015 album 'Wilder Mind' which accounted for the heaviest moments of the set. "We're super proud of this album," keyboard player Ben Lovett told the crowd before introducing the album title track.
Dressed all in black, the band were in hight spirits from the start of the set with Marcus Mumford asking the huge crowd that gathered to see them, "Who's up for a fucking party?"
The band returned to their roots for a three-song with Ted Dwayne picking up his double bass as the band played 'I Will Wait' and 'Little Lion Man'. "We played Reading last night," Mumford said as fans booed their sister site. "and this is way more fun, man."
Guitarist Winston Marshall lived out his rock star dreams with an extended solo during 'Believe', the heaviest moment of the set and one which got the biggest cheer from fans. Mumford also recalled how Leeds Festival was his first ever festival gig, having played at the Bramham Park site with Noah and The Whale before her formed Mumford & Sons.
Having weighed the middle of the set with songs including 'Tompkins Square Park', 'Thistle and Weeds' and 'Below My Feet', Mumford declared it "time for a fucking party" while Lovett took the chance to tell the Leeds fans how people in the north are much better looking than in the south. The transparent crowd pleasing move working on a crowd who cheered loudly.
After playing 'Broad Shouldered Beasts' Mumford declared the set "one of my favourite gigs ever" and said, "We have spent too much time out of this country and Reading & Leeds has given us a new found love for the UK. We're going to spend a lot more time here."
Taking the chance to embrace his UK fans, Mumford entered the crowd to sing 'Ditmas' in the front row of the audience. He emerged at the end of the song with his shirt ripped open and his hair ruffled. The sight of the bedraggled Mumford amused his bandmates, who openly laughed at their frontman's plight.
After leaving for a brief period, the band returned for a two song encore of 'Cold Arms and 'The Wolf' with Mumford trailing the band's UK arena tour by saying: "We're so glad we're coming back to Leeds in December."
Mumford & Sons played:
'Snake Eyes'
'I Will Wait'
'Little Lion Man'
'Below My Feet'
'Wilder Mind'
'Awake My Soul'
'Tompkins Square Park'
'Lover Of The Light'
'Thistle & Weeds'
'The Cave'
'Roll Away Your Stone'
'Broad Shouldered Beasts'
'Dust Bowl Dance'
'Cold Arms'
'The Wolf'