Youtube daily report w Apr 9 2017

So this Unity scene was meant as a tutorial level.

You fall in into this ancient ruin.

And then find scriptures made by an archeologist, who tells that for some time mana has been appearing throughout the world.

Mana are blue particles that float in the air defying gravity or are found within the soil.

Anyway, the idea is that players are able to perform magic by writing statements in the constructed Lojban language, the adresee of which is Mana.

Here I write "ko lacpu ta" which could be translated as "you pull that".

Then spellwords appear on the floor when a spell is successfully cast. Normally it would cost Mana, but in this case it is frozen for testing purposes.

I can also change the spellwords to add "how many of that" to pull by preceding "ta" with Arabic numerals or numbers in Lojban.

Numbers or percentages added before the word "ko" determines the amount of Mana you want to use for your spell.

So 50% is 500 and 10% is 100.

Further along the tutorial you enter a dark corridor where there are rocky spikes and on the ceiling there are two Mana crystals about which Mana is floating.

Here the player writes his/her first spell with just the word "ko".

To which Mana pays attention to and brightens allowing the player to pass through unharmed.

I can change the color of Mana with just "ko" and the color name.

As "ko xunre" means "Be red." or even more specifically "Become the first argument of redness".

I included some other colors but have not implemented combining them(`tanru`). See the description for a webpage with color combining mixer that I made.

Deeper in the ruin lies a large stone which obstructs passage. With "catke" and "ta" the stone can be pushed using Mana.

Then there is another obstacle and I cast the same spell on it.

But it doesn't seem to work. The reason is that normally pushing has a third argument, the locus.

So having "ta" as the third argument means that you want to push 'that' from 'that' exact point/locus, not the default, which is the center.

The last obstacle in this crude tutorial is a gap.

Which cannot be jumped over by the character.

But I implemented the pronoun for "me", which is "mi". So by replacing "ta" with "mi", Mana is able to push me over.

Practically with limitless mana this allows for a sort of flying ability.

Whups, ah oh well. Might as well show off the third and final verb "lafti" for "lift".

For more infomation >> Magia - Prototype within Unity 3D (No sound, Enable CC) - Duration: 3:39.

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Skewb 4.87 single- 10th in Slovakia!!! - Duration: 0:44.

reaction skill level KTCUBER :D

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League of Legends | 英雄联盟 | #22 - Duration: 3:55.

League of Legends

Maokai

Master Yi

Warwick

Urgot

Caitlyn

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Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

XSEED is definitely a company that gets brought up a lot on the channel and for the "right"

reasons.

A Western subsidiary of Marvelous and localizers of titles such as Senran Kagura, Corpse Party

and Fate/Extella, XSEED has gained considerable attention over the years for consistently

providing extremely faithful localizations of Japanese titles.

A few months back, we reported on an in-depth Q&A that the team took part in, answering

many questions about the ins and outs of the localization process.

However, that was not all, as XSEED are now back with yet another set of questions, which

again give an insightful glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes.

For example, did you know just how much trouble it can sometimes be to localize a game whilst

it's still in development?

Localization Editor Nick speaks about this when asked "Where do you face the most unexpected

challenges during the localization process?"

As you can probably imagine, when a game is still in production, things in the game will

often get changed around and this can lead to a lot of unexpected issues, especially

when the devs alter things but don't mention that they were changed.

Nick even says that: "If you learn that a localization was being worked on while a game

was still in development, know that it was probably a huge headache for the translators

and editors compared to working on something that has been finished and more or less finalized."

They do say that this varies from project to project, however, and that he doesn't place

blame on anyone, chalking it up to either honest mix-ups or just information having

to pass through too many hands.

The next question will remind you of what we said at the start of the video about faithful

localizations, the question being "Which sort of cultural references do you try to keep

rather than rewriting for localization?"

Tom, XSEED Localization Producer, gives a really clear answer here, stating:

"Generally, all of them.

It's always better to keep a reference, and just maybe insert a brief explanation,

than to get rid of it.

People who play our games know that they're playing Japanese games, so I figure, why try

to disguise the Japaneseness of them?

Better to celebrate it."

However, as the question after explains, this authentic approach to localization isn't always

an easy task.

Asked what situation in a game gave them the most trouble, Tom speaks about how hard it

was to come up with a faithful translation of Shiawase no Sachiko, which is the name

of a ritual found in the Corpse Party series.

The translation issue stemmed from the name having two very different translations depending

on how it is written.

Whilst it can mean "Happy Sachiko", Sachiko being a Japanese female name, it can also

mean "Sachiko Aligned with Death".

Tom tried his best though and came up with "Sachiko Ever After", however, despite

spending a long time brainstorming, he still isn't 100% satisfied with its English name.

But to finish up, have you ever wondered if the team were friends with any other localization

companies?

Well, Localization Lead Ryan has revealed that XSEED not only works just down the street

from Aksys Games, a localisation company known for their work on titles such as BlazBlue

and Guilty Gear, but that the two studios are also good friends.

Furthermore, a lot of XSEED's staff has ties to Atlus and many of the original senior staff

actually came from Square-Enix.

Whilst I've tried to summarise the Q&A the best I could, there are a lot other details

in the full post that I'm sure many of you will find interesting.

So, make sure to check out the link in the description for the full thing and, until

next time, thank you for watching.

For more infomation >> Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

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上嘴のあれについて 8歳桜文鳥れいについてのあれこれ - Duration: 1:30.

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E-MAXX(3908) 야간주행 night drving - Duration: 1:45.

Night driving

Let's go

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CRAM Concerto D'Amore - Jacob de Haan - Duration: 8:29.

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Peeled White Peeled Formula Less than 10 minutes Honeycomb Pin It On 3 Apples To Wheeze - Duration: 10:17.

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10 momenti di Primavera - Duration: 5:15.

Arcimboldo specialized in the production of human figures or allegorical composed of objects and products of nature,

that unites the bizarre and morbid taste of Nordic mannerism tradition of Leonardo's caricatures and taste gender.

Here we see the profile portrait of the Spring in a riot of herbs and seasonal flowers.

A true icon of art history, as well as being one of the most famous images of spring.

In a shady grove they are arranged nine characters that recall the spring season, most notably the Venus center.

Soil is made up of a green meadow, dotted with an endless variety of plant species and a rich collection of flowers:

forget-me, iris, cornflowers, buttercups, poppies, daisies, violet, jasmine.

Who better than her, the artist of the pastel light and graceful, could have been an allegory of Spring?

Rosalba Carriera is the season as a young woman with a bare-breasted, flowers in her arms and hair.

Only color that stands out in the work is the beautiful blue cloth that covers the spring.

fabulous document, Les tres riches heures is a rich book of hours of the most famous illuminated manuscripts in the world!

Commissioned the Limburg brothers around 1410, the sumptuous volume survived both the three artists is the generous patron, who died in 1416.

Between the pages of months, to March should mark the beginning of spring, shows the feverish work in the fields to prepare the crops.

Master at creating games of light and shadow, the sculptor Rodin tried to show the personality of the subjects of his sculptures,

doing so that it was the human body, in positions and in the tension of the muscles to talk directly with the observer.

Here spring is personified by sensual embrace between two young lovers.

Paul Cezanne realized for the Petit Palais in Paris the four seasons.

Here of course we see the spring represented by a beautiful blonde woman with a red cloth covering her body and

a garland of flowers in her hands outstretched against the sky and a green meadow.

Van Gogh grasps with his unmistakable style by brushstroke split into so many signs, a time to fishing on the bank of a river.

Trees have the fresh green of spring, the water and the sky is clear, you can almost feel the breeze and scent of an April day.

Lefebvre, French academic painter, realized many allegories in the course of his career.

Spring was represented by the artist as a young woman dressed in white and with flowers in her hair and on her lap.

Smiles, promising fine weather.

A light breeze moves her hair bringing the heady scent of a flowery meadow in mid-April.

This painting is part of a cycle dedicated to the seasons that Millet devoted himself during the last years of his life.

In this painting, the marginal is the space that the artist leaves the man.

The latter, in fact, is represented by a small figure of farmer under the tree in the center.

The work is the expression of an encounter, a veiled dialogue with lyricism and poetry between man and nature.

The Impressionists liked to paint outdoors and take all the feelings that gives us the light, rain and wind.

And spring with flowers, perfume and fine weather, it was a good subject to study for Monet.

Here the main artist of Impressionism shows two women sitting on a lawn under a beautiful orchard in bloom.

The straw hats and reading the situation outdoors make us want to go to the park or the countryside to bask in the sun.

For more infomation >> 10 momenti di Primavera - Duration: 5:15.

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Magia - Prototype within Unity 3D (No sound, Enable CC) - Duration: 3:39.

So this Unity scene was meant as a tutorial level.

You fall in into this ancient ruin.

And then find scriptures made by an archeologist, who tells that for some time mana has been appearing throughout the world.

Mana are blue particles that float in the air defying gravity or are found within the soil.

Anyway, the idea is that players are able to perform magic by writing statements in the constructed Lojban language, the adresee of which is Mana.

Here I write "ko lacpu ta" which could be translated as "you pull that".

Then spellwords appear on the floor when a spell is successfully cast. Normally it would cost Mana, but in this case it is frozen for testing purposes.

I can also change the spellwords to add "how many of that" to pull by preceding "ta" with Arabic numerals or numbers in Lojban.

Numbers or percentages added before the word "ko" determines the amount of Mana you want to use for your spell.

So 50% is 500 and 10% is 100.

Further along the tutorial you enter a dark corridor where there are rocky spikes and on the ceiling there are two Mana crystals about which Mana is floating.

Here the player writes his/her first spell with just the word "ko".

To which Mana pays attention to and brightens allowing the player to pass through unharmed.

I can change the color of Mana with just "ko" and the color name.

As "ko xunre" means "Be red." or even more specifically "Become the first argument of redness".

I included some other colors but have not implemented combining them(`tanru`). See the description for a webpage with color combining mixer that I made.

Deeper in the ruin lies a large stone which obstructs passage. With "catke" and "ta" the stone can be pushed using Mana.

Then there is another obstacle and I cast the same spell on it.

But it doesn't seem to work. The reason is that normally pushing has a third argument, the locus.

So having "ta" as the third argument means that you want to push 'that' from 'that' exact point/locus, not the default, which is the center.

The last obstacle in this crude tutorial is a gap.

Which cannot be jumped over by the character.

But I implemented the pronoun for "me", which is "mi". So by replacing "ta" with "mi", Mana is able to push me over.

Practically with limitless mana this allows for a sort of flying ability.

Whups, ah oh well. Might as well show off the third and final verb "lafti" for "lift".

For more infomation >> Magia - Prototype within Unity 3D (No sound, Enable CC) - Duration: 3:39.

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Skewb 4.87 single- 10th in Slovakia!!! - Duration: 0:44.

reaction skill level KTCUBER :D

For more infomation >> Skewb 4.87 single- 10th in Slovakia!!! - Duration: 0:44.

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League of Legends | 英雄联盟 | #22 - Duration: 3:55.

League of Legends

Maokai

Master Yi

Warwick

Urgot

Caitlyn

For more infomation >> League of Legends | 英雄联盟 | #22 - Duration: 3:55.

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Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

XSEED is definitely a company that gets brought up a lot on the channel and for the "right"

reasons.

A Western subsidiary of Marvelous and localizers of titles such as Senran Kagura, Corpse Party

and Fate/Extella, XSEED has gained considerable attention over the years for consistently

providing extremely faithful localizations of Japanese titles.

A few months back, we reported on an in-depth Q&A that the team took part in, answering

many questions about the ins and outs of the localization process.

However, that was not all, as XSEED are now back with yet another set of questions, which

again give an insightful glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes.

For example, did you know just how much trouble it can sometimes be to localize a game whilst

it's still in development?

Localization Editor Nick speaks about this when asked "Where do you face the most unexpected

challenges during the localization process?"

As you can probably imagine, when a game is still in production, things in the game will

often get changed around and this can lead to a lot of unexpected issues, especially

when the devs alter things but don't mention that they were changed.

Nick even says that: "If you learn that a localization was being worked on while a game

was still in development, know that it was probably a huge headache for the translators

and editors compared to working on something that has been finished and more or less finalized."

They do say that this varies from project to project, however, and that he doesn't place

blame on anyone, chalking it up to either honest mix-ups or just information having

to pass through too many hands.

The next question will remind you of what we said at the start of the video about faithful

localizations, the question being "Which sort of cultural references do you try to keep

rather than rewriting for localization?"

Tom, XSEED Localization Producer, gives a really clear answer here, stating:

"Generally, all of them.

It's always better to keep a reference, and just maybe insert a brief explanation,

than to get rid of it.

People who play our games know that they're playing Japanese games, so I figure, why try

to disguise the Japaneseness of them?

Better to celebrate it."

However, as the question after explains, this authentic approach to localization isn't always

an easy task.

Asked what situation in a game gave them the most trouble, Tom speaks about how hard it

was to come up with a faithful translation of Shiawase no Sachiko, which is the name

of a ritual found in the Corpse Party series.

The translation issue stemmed from the name having two very different translations depending

on how it is written.

Whilst it can mean "Happy Sachiko", Sachiko being a Japanese female name, it can also

mean "Sachiko Aligned with Death".

Tom tried his best though and came up with "Sachiko Ever After", however, despite

spending a long time brainstorming, he still isn't 100% satisfied with its English name.

But to finish up, have you ever wondered if the team were friends with any other localization

companies?

Well, Localization Lead Ryan has revealed that XSEED not only works just down the street

from Aksys Games, a localisation company known for their work on titles such as BlazBlue

and Guilty Gear, but that the two studios are also good friends.

Furthermore, a lot of XSEED's staff has ties to Atlus and many of the original senior staff

actually came from Square-Enix.

Whilst I've tried to summarise the Q&A the best I could, there are a lot other details

in the full post that I'm sure many of you will find interesting.

So, make sure to check out the link in the description for the full thing and, until

next time, thank you for watching.

For more infomation >> Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

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上嘴のあれについて 8歳桜文鳥れいについてのあれこれ - Duration: 1:30.

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Sloth's Tragic Real-Life Story - Duration: 6:09.

Even if you don't know his name, chances are you know one iconic role played by John Matuszak...

"Sloth!"

No matter how tragic Sloth's life was at the hands of the Fratelli family, though, it doesn't

come close to the wild ups and downs of John Matuszak's real life.

Beneath the prosthetics, Matuszak spent years struggling with drugs and wildly reckless

behavior that led to his untimely death at the age of 38.

Here's Sloth's tragic real-life story.

Drugs, booze, and football

Before he ever set foot in front of a camera, John Matuszak was known first and foremost

as a football player.

The Houston Oilers made Matusak the number one overall draft pick in 1973 - and rightfully

so.

He measured in at 6 foot 8 and 280 pounds!

In fact, the only thing in the locker room bigger than Matuszak was his drug habit.

In 1970s slang, football players with a heavy amphetamine habit were called "747s" because

of how high they were "flying."

Matuszak, well, they jokingly called him "John Glenn."

As in the astronaut.

But the drugs couldn't keep The Tooz floating forever.

He was let go by the Houston Oilers, then dropped from the Kansas City Chiefs after

coach Paul Wiggin found him unconscious from an overdose of whiskey and pills.

He then wound up on the Washington Redskins, but coach George Allen gave him the boot over

concerns of his diet of "vodka and Valium.

"One for me.

That's the breakfast of champions there."

Rings and handcuffs

After the Redskins, Matuszak wound up with the Oakland Raiders.

The joke at the time was that "You didn't have to be a convicted felon to play for the

Raiders, but it helped," and Matuszak fit right in with the infamous beefed-up leatherheads

of the late '70s Raiders.

He was a key player in two Super Bowl wins for the team, first in 1977, and then in 1981,

but even that kind of success didn't stop his drug-fueled antics, like the time he was

arrested for driving drunk and firing a gun at street signs.

A few nights before his second Super Bowl win, he earned a $1000 fine for partying,

but considering the team as a whole racked up a legendary $15,000 in fines before that

Super Bowl win, it isn't hard to argue that he had certainly found a home for himself,

of sorts, on that team.

World's Strongest Man

During some off-season time, Matuszak entered the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition

because he was bored.

Like you do.

By then, he had beefed up to 315 lbs, and while he didn't win it all, he did place 9th.

That's already pretty impressive, but even more so because, according to his Oakland

Raiders teammates, he never actually trained specifically for the contest — he just used

his natural brawn to do things like bend an iron bar around his neck.

That's pretty intense.

Image problems

After retiring from football, Matuszak opened up to discuss more intimate parts of himself

to try to separate himself from the persona he created as an utterly terrifying defensive

lineman.

In interviews gathered by UPI in 1982, he discussed the differences between his monstrous

public persona and the man he actually was in his personal life.

He played Santa Claus and taught football to kids at summer camp.

He regularly visited his sister in the hospital when she was struggling with cystic fibrosis

(which two of his brothers died from).

Few of those stories made the press, however.

People just wanted to hear about him getting drunk and rowdy.

It was the legacy he lived with.

Painkillers

Being a maniac on field makes some good press and intimidates the competition, but it's

disastrous on the human body.

After retirement, Matuszak struggled with physical pain that led to a full-blown painkiller

addiction after his football career.

He would struggle with that addiction for the half-dozen or so years he lived post-retirement.

In all likelihood, his short but intense football career ate him alive.

Acting heavyweight

Considering his short acting career, Matuszak appeared in a lot of films that either did

well at the time or developed cult status.

He starred in North Dallas Forty, which is still considered one of the best football

movies ever made.

He of course has The Goonies under his belt, a film where he was genuinely loved by everyone

involved.

He also appeared in Ringo Starr's film Caveman and had a part in the cult classic sci-fi

comedy Ice Pirates.

One of his longest recurring roles was on Aaron Spelling's short-lived Hollywood Beat,

where he played a gay bar manager called George Grinsky.

Playing a gay character with sensitivity in the Reagan years was a pretty gutsy move,

and critics at the time skewered him for it, saying he was the "latest casualty of [a]

sensitivity epidemic."

It really seems like nobody at the time would just let him try to succeed in anything that

didn't involve him brutalizing people.

Traffic assault

Even in the midst of the most success he'd ever experienced, Matuszak struggled with

a crisis of identity.

Also, drugs.

He was still on a lot of drugs.

A couple of years before he died, Matuszak got in a car wreck and punched the other driver

unconscious before fleeing the scene.

Considering the work he was involved with at the time was the action flick One Man Force

and the cop drama Miami Vice, you have to wonder if there was some overlap between reality

and fantasy at that point.

He was delving back into his reckless ways even as he was finally being recognized for

the talented, sensitive man he wanted to show the world.

"Sloth love Chunk"

A tragic end

Throughout his life, John Matuszak never hesitated to dive headfirst into any challenge.

But he appeared to have his life under control in the late '80s, when he wrote in his 1987

autobiography, Cruisin' With the Tooz: "I abstain from cocaine, and any other foreign

substance, entirely now.

I take nothing, not even sleeping pills.

I've hit damn near bottom.

I don't ever want to go back."

Nevertheless, Matuszak passed away in 1989 at the far-too-early age of 38 from an accidental

overdose of Darvon, a prescription painkiller.

Part of what contributed to his death was an enlarged heart, too big for even his giant

body.

It was the heart so many people came to love.

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Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

XSEED is definitely a company that gets brought up a lot on the channel and for the "right"

reasons.

A Western subsidiary of Marvelous and localizers of titles such as Senran Kagura, Corpse Party

and Fate/Extella, XSEED has gained considerable attention over the years for consistently

providing extremely faithful localizations of Japanese titles.

A few months back, we reported on an in-depth Q&A that the team took part in, answering

many questions about the ins and outs of the localization process.

However, that was not all, as XSEED are now back with yet another set of questions, which

again give an insightful glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes.

For example, did you know just how much trouble it can sometimes be to localize a game whilst

it's still in development?

Localization Editor Nick speaks about this when asked "Where do you face the most unexpected

challenges during the localization process?"

As you can probably imagine, when a game is still in production, things in the game will

often get changed around and this can lead to a lot of unexpected issues, especially

when the devs alter things but don't mention that they were changed.

Nick even says that: "If you learn that a localization was being worked on while a game

was still in development, know that it was probably a huge headache for the translators

and editors compared to working on something that has been finished and more or less finalized."

They do say that this varies from project to project, however, and that he doesn't place

blame on anyone, chalking it up to either honest mix-ups or just information having

to pass through too many hands.

The next question will remind you of what we said at the start of the video about faithful

localizations, the question being "Which sort of cultural references do you try to keep

rather than rewriting for localization?"

Tom, XSEED Localization Producer, gives a really clear answer here, stating:

"Generally, all of them.

It's always better to keep a reference, and just maybe insert a brief explanation,

than to get rid of it.

People who play our games know that they're playing Japanese games, so I figure, why try

to disguise the Japaneseness of them?

Better to celebrate it."

However, as the question after explains, this authentic approach to localization isn't always

an easy task.

Asked what situation in a game gave them the most trouble, Tom speaks about how hard it

was to come up with a faithful translation of Shiawase no Sachiko, which is the name

of a ritual found in the Corpse Party series.

The translation issue stemmed from the name having two very different translations depending

on how it is written.

Whilst it can mean "Happy Sachiko", Sachiko being a Japanese female name, it can also

mean "Sachiko Aligned with Death".

Tom tried his best though and came up with "Sachiko Ever After", however, despite

spending a long time brainstorming, he still isn't 100% satisfied with its English name.

But to finish up, have you ever wondered if the team were friends with any other localization

companies?

Well, Localization Lead Ryan has revealed that XSEED not only works just down the street

from Aksys Games, a localisation company known for their work on titles such as BlazBlue

and Guilty Gear, but that the two studios are also good friends.

Furthermore, a lot of XSEED's staff has ties to Atlus and many of the original senior staff

actually came from Square-Enix.

Whilst I've tried to summarise the Q&A the best I could, there are a lot other details

in the full post that I'm sure many of you will find interesting.

So, make sure to check out the link in the description for the full thing and, until

next time, thank you for watching.

For more infomation >> Learn More About XSEED In Their New Q&A - Duration: 3:21.

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Striking a Syrian Base: Trump Sidetracked Attention From Old Scandals - Duration: 4:06.

Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to meet USA's new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week.

That is, of course, if he doesn't wag his tail away from this,

just like the British diplomat Boris Johnson, who canceled his visit to Moscow once again.

But here it's just like in an old American movie: "Wag the Dog."

Let's find out.

There are things that are obvious. First, we've already talked about this.

Striking Syria is a good distraction from what Americans already did

or allowed to happen in Mosul, Iraq.

A humanitarian disaster in Mosul is such an optional topic in American media

that the only people who follow it are political pundits.

The regular US audience probably doesn't know where Mosul is located.

A tough guy image is what matters for the mass audience.

So Donald Trump showed just how tough he is

by striking somewhere overseas.

During his speech Trump, of course, spoke of the children

that suffered from obviously barbarian chemical weapons.

Even though it was clear during the Security Council meeting in New York

that there are no verdicts by UN on this yet.

Also, before this, Americans didn't react in any way

to the chemical weapons being used by militants.

Even more, there was an interesting message from Ria News last night.

A publication from 2013 mystically disappeared from the London's Daily Mail website.

It spoke of US plans to execute a chemical attack in Syria

and blame Assad for it.

But let's say it's ancient history, it's 2013.

What about now?

Why did Trump go for this obvious violation of international law?

Because this strike was without approval from the Security Council and his own Congress.

Why did he do what Obama didn't do in Syria?

It might sound a little political and cynical after all those people dying,

but Trump achieved something important for himself.

First, the strike in Syria took away some of the heat

from the scandals around his administration.

After what his former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, told about himself this week

and after his Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, resigned.

Now Trump was able to bring his own nominee even into the Supreme Court.

And now he, of course, has more room to maneuver inside the country.

Second, the Syria strike was supported

by Israel, Saudi Arabia, and by leading NATO countries in Europe.

Meaning that the West is united again, and the US is once again in command.

But here are more questions.

The US Navy sent 59 cruise missiles, or Tomahawks, towards Syria.

Some of them were either used or misprogrammed, but they didn't make it.

Yesterday, in Evgeny Poddubny's footage we saw that the craters aren't that big.

And the runway is unharmed.

So, even though the victims' relatives won't agree, the hits were symbolic.

This was probably a signal.

A signal for whom?

A signal for Damascus?

Maybe, but they can't do anything without the Syrian Government Army.

They're still the main local force, capable to stand against ISIS on Earth.

A signal to Moscow?

Moscow immediately paused the Russian-American treaty

to avoid near-miss flights.

So the Secretary of State Tillerson can come to Russia,

but US Air Force airplanes can't fly freely over Syria now,

what if they bump into the Russians, who would want that?

So it was probably a signal to their own, in America, and in the West in general.

This check up on rank discipline could be

a rehearsal for a strike somewhere else in the world.

While it was night in Moscow, American NBC aired a footage about North Korea.

Or what actions were offered to Trump against North Korea by the National Security Council.

The first option was to bring back American nuclear weapons to South Korea.

The third option was to send the Special Forces there to sabotage infrastructure.

And the second option was to physically get rid of Kim Jong-un.

But North Korea has more than just old MiGs in their service.

If Pyongyang fights back, the entire world won't like it.

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How to grow spinach and cook with eggplants - Duration: 17:22.

Hello and welcome to Organic Edible Garden and now Kitchen.

We're really excited today to have Megan May from Little Bird Organics being able to use some of our produce from our garden and our orchard and turn them into delicious dishes.

Thanks Rob. It's a real pleasure to join the team.

Today I'm going to make a grilled eggplant dish with a bed of Baba Ganoush and then topping it with a beautiful walnut fennel seed dukkah.

And today in the garden we're going to be planting some perpetual spinach which will take us all through winter, 'cos it's a good time at the moment to plant your leafy greens.

And later on we're going to be joined by Nellie, a nutritionist and naturopath, who's going to explain why fresh fruit and vegetables are so important.

Let's go and pick some of those eggplants, Megan.

Perpetual spinach, which is a type of silverbeet or chard, is one of the easiest winter vegetables to grow.

And anybody can grow it in a container or a garden bed, as long as you get your soil right.

To get the soil right you need to build up your bed with some good rich, organic matter.

And because these guys are green leafy vegetables, they need their nitrogen and phosphorus to grow well.

If you use a fertiliser with too much potassium, it'll only encourage them to go to seed.

Good examples of this type of fertiliser could be blood and bone or sheep pellets and chicken manure.

Anything with a high nitrogen content.

Along with the compost I've added some well-rotten chicken manure to this bed.

It's also raised it up which is great during winter when drainage is an issue.

The other thing I need to add to this bed is some lime.

Any of the chard family are quite sensitive to acidic soils, so we're going to add some garden lime to this.

What it's going to do, it's going to sweeten the soil and hopefully bring it up to a pH of about 6.8.

Lime also adds the ever-important calcium to our bed.

And finally I'm just going to add a bit more of our volcanic rock dust with seaweed in, just to make our plants nutrient-dense.

We're going to lightly work our lime and our rock dust into the soil.

I'm going to plant about a dozen plants in a bed this size and this will be enough to feed us over the winter period.

The reason I'm planting perpetual spinach over silverbeet in this bed is that, although it's the same family, it's smaller growing and has a softer leaf.

It doesn't have the oxalic acid that silverbeet has, but I can still use it in the same way.

But the smaller leaves, unlike silverbeet, I can still eat raw in salads.

I'm giving these guys a bit of distance between them - about 40 centimetres either way.

They use a lot of energy from the soil, so this gives them more space for the roots to grow.

Also it gives them more air movement to prevent rust and other fungal diseases.

If you've got a small garden and can't practise crop rotation, all you can do is put newspaper round your plants and cover it with a mulch.

The rust spores live in the soil and bounce up when the rain comes, but by doing this it'll be a good preventative.

If you do have rust on your leaves, take those leaves off and dispose of them - not in cold compost because it'll only transfer the spores back into the garden again.

Feed them up well and they should take off.

Perpetual spinach and silverbeet grow best during the winter months, but you need to be careful that they still get enough light during this growing period.

If you grow them in the shade they tend to stretch towards the light and grow weak and spindly.

And don't forget about planting some flowers.

The beneficial insects that have built up their population over the summer months need something to feed on over winter.

So today we're just going to plant some dianthus, but there's a whole range of winter flowers you can do for this.

We'll give them a bit of water to bed them in and then we're going to cover them with nets to protect them from the birds and we should be eating out of this bed in about 6 weeks.

I really love eggplant season.

They're one of our favourite vegetables to use.

They make a great main ingredient for a dish.

They're just an all-round great staple to use especially if you're eating a more plant-based diet.

So one of the only things you need to do for eggplant preparation is salt them and that's to take out some of the bitter flavour.

I'm going to chop off the ends. I probably won't use the very ends.

And then chop them into rounds that are about 1 centimetre thick.

And I'm going to pop them in the tray here.

And then salt them with a generous amount of salt.

You're going to wash the salt off, so don't worry if you think it's going to, you know, be too salty.

And then continue with the rest of the eggplant and I'll just layer them up on top of each other.

So I'm going to leave those there to salt for around 10 minutes and while I'm doing it we're going to make the next part which is a really delicious type of dukkah.

I'm going to take my pan and pop the spices in there.

I've got 2 teaspoons of cumin seed.

And these whole spices are really easy to get from your organic store or an Indian store as well.

We've got 2 teaspoons of coriander seed.

And one teaspoon of fennel seeds.

As well as a half teaspoon of black pepper.

So we're just going to toast those spices for around 2 minutes until they become very fragrant.

I'll do this on a medium heat. You don't want this to get too hot or it will burn the spices.

OK, so this is done.

The seeds are nice and sort of golden and the smell is beautiful.

So I'm going to pop these in the pestle and mortar with my walnuts and salt.

So we'll chuck those in there.

Half a teaspoon of good flaky salt.

And then a half cup of walnuts.

So these walnuts, you could do lightly toasted walnuts, but I do an activated walnut which means I've soaked them and then dried them.

I do this to break down the phytates on them and make them more digestable.

They're also really delicious this way.

So I'll take my pestle here and give these a good crush.

I'm not trying to make this into a paste.

I'm just really trying to give them a little crush to release some of the oils from the walnuts and give a little bit of variation and texture to the seeds.

You could also do this in a food processor and give it a few little pulses.

You really don't want to over-blend this.

It's delicious and I was just trying to see if I needed any more salt but that's perfect.

I'm going to pop this in a bowl and we're going to use it on top of our beautiful grilled eggplant dish.

Next I'm going to cut some onion and I'm going to slice it and put it in some iced water.

It just takes some of the strength of the flavour out of the onion.

You could just chop it as it is but some people don't love that intense onion flavour, so this is just a nice little thing you can do.

And put that aside with my eggplants there which are coming along nicely.

You should be able to see the little droplets of moisture coming out of there and that's what the salt's doing is drawing some of the moisture out of there which has the bitterness in it.

OK, so the next thing we're going to do is make the Baba Ganoush which sits at the bottom of the plate.

I have some eggplants that I've grilled in the oven.

So I just left them in the oven for around 40 minutes.

They're whole and I just pierced them.

It's really important you pierce them otherwise they can burst.

And the oven was around 230 degrees - so a really hot oven.

And inside you can see they're all soft and squishy.

And we're going to take the skin off and get that yummy soft flesh out to use for the Baba Ganoush.

So it's almost kind of similar to, like a grilled banana.

It's kind of a little sticky and soft and it's actually a little sweet as well.

So Baba Ganoush has some garlic and lemon in there.

I really like garlic so I've got 2 cloves in here.

You could just do it with one.

And we also have some cumin seed in here.

Not whole cumin seed - actually some cumin powder.

So I'll do a teaspoon of that in there.

You could add a little more to taste of that.

For this lemon I'm going to chop it. I'm going to chop this skin off and just throw the inner part of it in whole.

It's a little bit of a hard lemon so I'm not going to get much juice out of it by squeezing by hand.

And because it's going in the blender, I can just put that flesh in there and blitz it up.

Then I'm going to add some tahini which is an important part of this dish.

I'm going to add 2 tablespoons there.

Roughly. It also depends on your tahini or how much you like the flavour of tahini.

So you can add that a little bit to taste as well.

So I'm going to place this all in the blender and I might add a little bit of oil in there.

So when I was tasting that, it doesn't need any oil.

The tahini's got lots of fat in it so it creates that creaminess in the Baba Ganoush.

And I'm going to be using oil on the eggplant anyway so it just doesn't need it. It's perfect as it is.

And then add a couple of pinches of salt.

I'm going to put that aside now.

And we're going to work with our eggplant.

So as you can see, there's all this beautiful water that's come out of there.

I'm going to rinse that off and then dry the eggplant.

So I'm going to take this tea towel and place them on there.

You could use paper towels but a tea towel works great and it saves us using paper towels.

OK, so they're nice and dry.

So I can get grilling.

So the pan's nice and hot, sort of a medium to high heat. You can see a little bit of steam coming off there.

Then I'm going to place them down.

Put them around the pan.

OK, I'm going to leave the eggplants in there for a couple of minutes to start browning.

Now if you have a griddle pan with the sort of lines like a grill pan or you could actually do this on your barbeque would be ideal.

I don't have one of those so this is the pan I use to do them and it works just fine.

You can see that they're nice and black. What's really important here is that they're cooked through the middle.

You'll be able to feel that there, you don't want any hard bits - it's nice and soft in there but it's still retaining its shape.

So you'll notice that I haven't used any oil in the pan.

You really want to grill eggplant dry, otherwise it'll become mushy and sort of burnt.

But it's really important that these are nicely cooked through the middle.

Eggplants are done, everything else is ready.

Now to dress up the plate.

One thing I'm going to do actually is add a little bit of olive oil to the eggplant and just fold that through.

So I'm going to pop the Baba Ganoush on the bottom of the plate here.

So it's a generous amount there and I'll save a little bit to the side.

Just really on the bottom of the plate there and then I'm going to build it up.

First of all I'm going to pop some greens on here.

I've got some Russian Red kale.

This is nice and soft but kale always benefits from a little massage, so I'm just going to crush it a little bit in my hands as I'm throwing it over.

Kale is one of the most nutrient-dense foods you can have so it's a really good thing to add into your diet.

Now for some herbs in here.

It's a real key part to this dish is having lots of herbs so I've got a big handful of parsley here.

This is really nice soft parsley. If it was a bit hardier you'd want to chop it up a bit.

This is nice and soft so I'm just going to tear it.

Then I've got some mint which is nice and fragrant.

Obviously the herbs you can interchange with other ones. If you don't like mint, leave it out.

Coriander would be great in here - just any of the nice leafy soft herbs.

You could use other greens here - the kale's not essential - just any sort of leafy green.

Some nice lettuce or mesclun would be great.

I'm going to take the onion that was done in the ice and just drain that.

Scatter that on top there.

And then pop our eggplant on.

Finally I'm going to top with a generous amount of the dukkah that we made earlier.

And lastly some of Rob's stunning micro amaranth.

You can see that gorgeous colour in there - it's really vibrant, makes a beautiful garnish, it tastes great and looks beautiful.

And there you have it - a beautiful eggplant feast for you to share with the family.

Ooo, that's a really nice way to serve eggplant.

Oh thanks Nell. That walnut dukkah that I've made goes beautifully with the nice sweetness of the eggplant.

Mmm fantastic.

So eggplants, the main thing I love about eggplants is this beautiful purple colour and that's due to flavonoids which are plant phytonutrients, and that's what gives them their amazing colour.

And eggplant's particularly high in one of those compounds called nasunin.

The great thing about nasunin is it helps relax blood vessels so it promotes the circulation of blood, especially to our heart, which is really important.

It also binds with cholesterol in the body and lowers the cholesterol in our body.

And it also is incredibly protective for our brain cells.

The most important thing about nasunin is that it actually binds with any excess iron in the body and carries it out of the body.

So we all need iron. It carries oxygen around our body and provides energy.

But sometimes our levels can get too high, in certain situations, and that can lead to problems with things like liver disease or heart disease or inflammatory conditions like arthritis or diabetes.

The other really important compounds in eggplant are plant phenols and phenols protect the plant from any environmental stresses or bacterias and moulds.

And so when we eat that, we really benefit from it as well.

And I think Megan talked about how when you cut into an eggplant, you should salt it to draw out the bitter compounds.

Those are the phenolic acids, so when you salt it, it draws the moisture out, then you can wipe it off, but you still get the great benefit of the phenols from the food.

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Celebs That Ended Up With Totally Regular Jobs - Duration: 6:05.

There's no business like show business, and for some people, that's a good thing.

For others, fame brings pressure, scrutiny, and seriously hectic schedules that they just

can't handle and would rather avoid.

Some of these stars ditched the limelight in favor of low-key lives doing everyday jobs,

and they never looked back.

Others simply didn't have a choice, because, well, Hollywood is a cruel, fickle place.

Nikki Blonsky

You might remember Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad in 2007's cinematic adaptation of

the stage-version of Hairspray.

It was her first big screen role, and she rode that wave of success to star in the small

screen series Huge in 2010.

Since then, she's expressed frustration at not finding and landing many roles — but

she hasn't stopped hustling.

To make ends meet between acting and voice-over gigs, she worked in a high-end shoe store

in her native Long Island, then as a cosmetologist in a salon.

Tiffany

'80s singing sensation Tiffany was at the height of fame in the "I Think We're Alone

Now" days, with her stunning face, fiery red hair and catchy tunes.In 2012, she opened

Tiffany's Boutique, a vintage clothes shop in Nashville.

And three years later, she closed Tiffany's Boutique with plans to open a clothing truck.

Really.

She told the New York Daily News that she long had an interest in fashion.

"I was a shopaholic as a teenager.

I've been collecting vintage pieces for 10 years now [for my] tiny little store.

I'm still involved in the music industry, so I'm always traveling.

And shopping!"

Hey, as she once put it, hearts never lie.

"Cause our hearts never lie"

Dylan Sprouse

Former Suite Life Of Zack And Cody star Dylan Sprouse set fans and haters into a tizzy in

2013 when it was revealed that he worked as a host in a New York City restaurant while

going to college.

He took to his Tumblr page to clarify that he wasn't broke, just trying to live with

some, y'know, normalcy.

He wrote,

" I did not take this job because I 'lost all my money,' I am financially secure, and

took this job as a way to primarily feed my over bountiful video game addiction.

I also took this as a way to try a new experience, working somewhat below the means I'm used

to, as well as a way to socialize and get out of the house."

He added that he didn't feel like his pause from acting was a step down, but that he was

just trying out a new path.

After all, he's been acting since he was just a baby, taking turns with his twin brother

Cole to star on TV's Grace Under Fire and in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy.

Looks like we know where that video game addiction came from...

Jonathan Bennett

Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett went from smooching an in-her-prime Lindsay Lohan to

a spin instructor.

The erstwhile Aaron Samuels is now possibly the most handsome staffer at Flywheel in Los

Angeles, where he specializes in encouraging aspiring stars in his classes.

He's still landing supporting screen roles left and right throughout his workout work.

But it looks like he's using time between takes to stay healthy and make some spare

cash.

Michael Schoeffling

Sixteen Candles hunk Michael Schoeffling, who starred as heartthrob Jake Ryan, left

Hollywood for good in the early 1990s.

The Washington Post reports that the married father of two now works as a carpenter in

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and somehow that makes Jake Ryan even dreamier.

Charles Korsmo

Charles Korsmo, who starred as Robin Williams' son Jack in Hook and danced his way through

our hearts in Can't Hardly Wait left Hollywood as a teen to pursue academic endeavors.

He explained to The New York Daily News,

"At 13, I realized I didn't have any friends my own age."

He went on to earn a degree in physics, then advised the then-newly formed Department of

Homeland Security after the attacks on September 11, 2001.

He eventually went to Yale Law and is now a lawyer in New York and a professor — and

he says his acting experience actually helps him on the job because he doesn't suffer from

nerves while taking the stage in his classrooms.

Kevin Jonas

While brothers Nick and Joe continued in the music business, Kevin Jonas became a contractor

when the Jonas Brothers band dissolved.

He told The New York Daily News,

"I've always looked at everything I do as a business, including the Jonas Brothers.

I like to get my hands dirty.

I've been blessed in my life where I get to say, 'You know what?

I want to do this.'"

While the job does bring some risks — and he's not been completely absent from the screen

scene, as he starred in his own reality show — at least he's carving out his own path

nowadays and his brotherly connection is stronger than ever.

"Now our relationship is stronger, better, Joe and Nick see each other on the road constantly

for different radio shows and different things, I'm not there that much, but that's because

my life here is where it's at for me."

Peter Ostrum

Peter Ostrum starred as Charlie Bucket in the iconic screen adaptation of Willy Wonka

& The Chocolate Factory, which might have been a big platform for any other burgeoning

star.

But instead, Peter chose to never act again.

"After the film, I always denied my involvement with Willy Wonka.

I was just..

I didn't really want to have anything to do with it."

Instead, Ostrum became a veterinarian in Lowville, New York and lives a very quiet life far away

from everlasting gobstoppers and snozzberry-flavored wallpaper — except for those rare occasions

when he does reconnect with his former co-stars.

Chris Owen

Being "hey, you're the Shermanator" from American Pie doesn't pay the rent, so in 2012 Chris

Owen picked up a job waiting tables at a high-end Sushi eatery.

Owen said customers often recognized him and he liked the instant connection his screen

fame earned him.

We're guessing that means he got good tips.

Josh Saviano

The Wonder Years star Josh Saviano retired from acting and is now a lawyer, consultant,

and podcast partner.

He's also still close with former co-star Fred Savage, with whom he's regularly reconnected

on the small screen for nostalgia style reunions over the years.

Amazingly, he's been able to combine both his careers in recent years by playing an

attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after two decades away from the TV scene.

It just goes to show you, it's never too late for a cool comeback for any of these stars.

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Dastaan - Abdullah qureshi Lyrics Song - Duration: 3:09.

Kaisay, bethay bethay, saaray gham mujhse le kar gaye tumm Jaisay, jaisay phooloun, phooloun si khusbhboo de kar gaye tumm Meri tanhiyaan. Meri parchaayiyan. Kehnay lagii tu na jaa Jaye tou noor chor jaa Dekhay jo tou youn pyaar se Dekhoun mein khaab jag mein Ban ke to aas reh jaye pass chootay na haath saath ye Kesay, bethay bethay, yaadoun mein hastay, bastay gaye tumm Jaisay, pyaaray sapnay, sapnoun mein aa ke gumm ho gye tumm. Hoooo….. Meri tanhayiyaan …. Meri parchayian… Kehnay lagi tu na jaa jaayay to noor chor jaa Din ho yaa raat ho Tumm passs ho tumm pass ho Han ye ehsaas ho Tumm pass ho Tumm pass ho Choti si baat dil mein dabbi kehni hai aaj pr abhi Ban ke dua tu hai basii hountoun kea as pass hi

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10 Foods & Supplements That Reverse Liver Disease - Duration: 4:05.

10 Foods & Supplements That Reverse Liver Disease

There are two main types of fatty liver disease.

The first is alcoholic liver disease, which is the result of drinking excessive amounts

of alcohol over time.

In those who are diagnosed with this disease, the blood is not able to break down alcohol

properly, which greatly effects the liver.

The second type is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is the most common liver disorder

in the Western world.

NAFLD occurs most commonly in people who are overweight and middle-aged.

The disease causes fat to build up in the liver.

People who develop liver disease don't always experience symptoms, but common symptoms include

fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, nausea, dark urine, bruising easily and dry or dark

patches on the neck and underarms.

Lifestyle changes can help keep reverse the damaging effects of liver disease and keep

the condition under control.

Here are ten foods and supplements that help reverse liver disease:

Bananas

Bananas contain 470 milligrams of potassium!

They are a great natural way to cleanse the liver and increase the potassium levels in

your body.

Bananas also aid in digestion to help rid the body of toxins.

Ginger Root

Ginger root is high in fiber, which helps support a healthy digestive tract and eliminate

toxins from the body.

It also contains antioxidants that strengthen the immune system to fight off infection and

illness.

Make ginger tea by boiling ginger slices in green tea or water, or add some ginger to

a homemade stir fry, salad or smoothie.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes help cleanse the liver, thanks to their high potassium content.

One sweet potato contains nearly 700 milligrams of potassium, along with magnesium, iron,

Vitamin B6, Vitamin C and Vitamin D. They also have anti-inflammatory properties which

make them a beneficial food for those who suffer from fatty liver disease.

Turmeric

Turmeric is a powerful spice with many natural health benefits.

It has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which allow it to reduces inflammation

in the body and help treat digestive conditions.

Turmeric also helps improve liver function by increasing its ability to detox.

Milk Thistle

Milk thistle acts as a natural detox for the body!

It helps rebuild liver cells while removing harmful toxins from the body.

Research has shown that milk thistle has the power to improve mortality in patients with

liver failure.

Dandelion Root

Dandelions help maintain a proper flow of bile in the body, which aids in the digestion

process.

They contain many vitamins and nutrients that help keep the liver working properly.

Dandelion tea made from dandelion stems is high in Vitamin C, which helps with mineral

absorption and reduces inflammation in the body.

Black Seed Oil

Research has shown that black seed oil benefits patients with liver disease, because it's

able to reduce the complications and progression of fatty liver disease.

Black seed oil works to speed up the healing process for people with this health condition.

Raw Vegetables

The nutrients found in raw vegetables have been used for centuries to help treat liver

disease.

Juicing is a great way to help your body absorb the nutrients.

Ideal vegetables for a liver detox include kale, cabbage, beets, celery and broccoli.

You can also add some lemon, ginger and turmeric for an extra immune system boost!

Vitamin E

Studies have shown that lifestyle changes, along with Vitamin E supplements, are beneficial

for people with liver damage caused by nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that reduces inflammation and boosts the immune system.

Liver

Liver that comes from healthy, grass-fed cattle is full of vitamins and nutrients.

It's rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin B, folic acid, iron, copper and zinc.

Liver is one of the most nutrient-dense foods you can eat!

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8 Totally Underrated Box Office Flops - Duration: 7:38.

The scale typically used to justify a movie's success is the amount of money it earns at

the box office, and that's understandable.

If one movie earned more than another, that means more people saw it.

But, that definitely doesn't mean it's better.

Sometimes, truly terrific films flop hard as far as the bean-counters are concerned.

Here are some of the best box office bombs.

Edge of Tomorrow

Without a proper marketing strategy that gets butts in seats, movies can fail at the box

office — which is what happened to Doug Liman's 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow, based

on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need is Kill.

The trailers looked like just another generic sci-fi flick, except this time with a bit

of Groundhog Day mixed in.

"What the hell?"

But Edge of Tomorrow is actually a whole lot more than that.

It's a sci-fi film that channeled D-Day into a future war against an alien race with

the ability to reset the day.

That is until Tom Cruise comes along and breaks their winning streak.

It's basically a video game brought to live action, in the best way possible.

Spawn, advance, die, repeat.

Despite great reviews, Edge of Tomorrow was a box office dud.

And make no mistake, the bulk of the film's failure hinged on its botched marketing campaign.

The studio basically retitled it Live.

Die.

Repeat when it was released on video.

If that doesn't scream bad marketing, nothing does.

Dredd

Comic book movies are all the rage in Hollywood these days, but that's no guarantee for

success.

Dredd from 2012 is the perfect example.

Despite solid reviews from critics, it only grossed $35.6 million against a $50 million

budget.

The film takes a few liberties with the source material, but there's no denying it captures

the attitude of the comics pretty well.

It's a brutal work of art, and the movie that fans of the comics had waited decades

to see.

Plus, it features a motorcycle chase scene that rivals The Matrix Reloaded.

That's a pretty sweet bike, right?

Too bad it wasn't sweet enough to greenlight a sequel...yet

"Negotiation's over."

Zodiac

The mystery of the Zodiac killer is a tale that's arguably as intriguing and perplexing

as Jack the Ripper, which is why so many people have tried to dramatize the story — including

David Fincher, who adapted Robert Graysmith's crime book Zodiac for the big screen in 2007.

Laying out an extensive, in-depth case like the Zodiac killer for a general audience is

difficult, but Fincher crafts a compelling retelling of not only the murders, but also

the manhunt surrounding them.

"I'm not the Zodiac."

Couple that with a stellar cast that included Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo, and Jake

Gyllenhaal, and you've got a great drama.

Unfortunately, the film grossed just $84.8 million at the box office, but found new life

on home video, scoring profits of around $20 million.

Hugo

The director responsible for hard-R films like Goodfellas, The Departed, and The Wolf

of Wall Street isn't exactly who you'd expect to direct a PG movie, but Martin Scorsese

did a great job with the dramatic adventure Hugo.

Hugo received stellar reviews from critics, but that wasn't enough to propel the movie

into box office glory.

It grossed almost $186 million worldwide against an estimated production budget of $150 to

$170 million.

Although it failed to reach the box office heights, Hugo is still a brilliant film and

a rare look into the rise of automation in the early 20th century.

Scorsese blended steampunk elements into a historical film with a Parisian backdrop — a

combination seldom seen in Hollywood, drawing cues from A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible

Voyage rather than modern superhero flicks.

And that's what makes it beautiful.

The Road

Based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, The Road was released in 2009 and

grossed a mere $27.6 million against a $25 million production budget.

But the fact that the film made it out at all is a miracle.

Anyone who's read a McCarthy novel knows how difficult they are to translate onto the silver

screen.

Seriously, it's just a whole lot of that.

How do you show audiences that the film they're watching is set in a post-apocalyptic world?

Simple: make everything dark and gray.

There's rarely been a more haunting representation of a post-apocalyptic world, and that's why

this film is so important to the genre.

It isn't about why the world is the way it is.

Instead, it's about the father-son relationship of the main characters.

Sure, it might be bleak, but it's a story well worth seeing.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Based on Patrick O'Brian's naval novel, Master and Commander was meant to be a war movie

blockbuster.

Unfortunately for Russell Crowe, who starred in the often forgotten film, it was released

the same year as the cartoonish, non-war blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the

Black Pearl, which introduced Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow to the world.

Turns out, there wasn't enough room for two adventures on the high seas.

"I'm Captain jack Sparrow"

But forget all that junk.

Master and Commander is a feast for the eyes, depicting an often forgotten period of European

history, and it does so remarkably well.

Unlike many other historical dramas, it gets the real-life details mostly right.

And Crowe brings it all home with his exceptional performance.

The fact that the film received a whopping ten Oscar nominations underscores its excellence,

and legendary film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a rare perfect score, saying "it

achieves the epic without losing sight of the human."

Speed Racer

The Wachowskis made a name for themselves by writing and directing The Matrix trilogy.

When it came time for them to tackle a new project, they chose to bring the classic Speed

Racer series to life on the big screen.

With the Wachowskis at the helm and the name recognition of the property, it was a shock

to see Speed Racer flop at the box office, grossing $93.9 million on a budget of $120

million.

"Whoa."

The film's cartoonish visuals may have turned off some critics, but for franchise fans,

it was exactly what the film needed to capture the awe of the original anime.

What's interesting, though, is that the movie includes themes of politics and corruption,

as well as general issues in society, and those themes unfold on a number of levels.

Yet it never forgets that it's still a kids' movie.

Speed Racer didn't fall into the trend of gritty re-imaginings that plagued the 2000s.

Instead, it takes a funny, witty, and light-hearted charm that's exactly what fans wanted.

It's just too bad more people didn't see it.

The BFG

Steven Spielberg ranks among the greatest living filmmakers, and the fact that he's

the highest-grossing director of all time only bolsters his legacy.

He's the guy that pretty much created the summer blockbuster, after all.

But none of that helped The BFG gross more than $183.2 million worldwide on an estimated

$140 million budget in 2016.

The movie was a recipe for success.

It was directed by Spielberg, distributed by Disney, and is based on the famed Roald

Dahl novel of the same name.

So why it failed to break $200 million is a mystery.

Monetary problems aside, The BFG is a criminally underrated film.

Despite its big budget, fantastical elements, and summer release, it was still far from

your traditional summer tentpole.

Basically, it was a big-budget fantasy, without the extravaganza.

It's not so much about the spectacle as it is about the journey, and that's where audiences

will find themselves captivated by Mark Rylance's outstanding motion-capture performance as

well as the irresistible charm of Hollywood newcomer Ruby Barnhill.

Do yourself a big favor and check out The BFG, ASAP.

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Transformers G1 Predator Talon - Duration: 7:29.

Hello boys and girls, young and old. Welcome to yet another action figure video review.

Today we'll take a look at Transformers G1 Predator Talon!

A figure from the old days, I'd better say very old days because it's a 1991 figure!

I was 11 years old in 1991! And as you can see, here is Talon in his jet mode.

Here you see a nice artwork of Talon in his robot mode. This figure is for ages 5+ !

And on the back side of the box you see the instructions and the features of the figure.

Here you see a small bio, you can NOW pause the video to read it. And here you see his tech specs.

A very old figure. Enough with the box, let's see the figure from close now.

Talon comes with these stickers. Though, I didn't put them yet, I might do it later.

He also comes with this leaflet, it has a small story here.

And here you see some G1 figures that had come out at that period.

And here is Talon in his jet mode. Talon comes with three missiles.

The two missiles go under the wings and the other one goes inside this weapon.

The weapon can shoot the missile by pushing this button here. As for storage weapon....close the landing wheel.

You see it has a hole here... ...and the weapon can be stored like this.

The missiles are removable.

So this is Talon. He has two Decepticon symbols over here. Nothing special. A 1991 figure.

As for his transformation....bring the feet up. Extend his legs, like this.

Bring the cockpit down. And finally, bring his arms up.

And this is, ladies and gentlemen, Talon in his robot mode.

Well, he has nice headsculpt. It's a very old figure so don't expect him to have any articulation.

Only his arms can move up and down. Also, he can hold his weapon perfectly fine.

As far as I can see he has nice light-piping but his head cannot rotate.

I will give you a size comparison now to see him how he looks next to other figures.

Here is Talon next to a deluxe class figure, Generations Scourge, and next to a G1 figure, Rotorstorm!

As you can see, Talon is smaller than a deluxe class figure.

So let's transform Talon back into his jet mode. Remove his weapon.

Bring the arms down. Bring the cockpit up. Compress the legs inwards.

And bring the feet up. And if you want, you can bring the landing wheel down.

And this is Talon back into his jet mode! Talon has one feature.

He can connect with G1 Skyquake. I am bringing in G1 Skyquake.

And now we will try to connect Talon with Skyquake.

So let's see... I don't know if you can see it from the camera.

I don't know if you can see it from the camera but right now we see G1 Thunderclash!

Really, I don't know if you can see it from the camera. And that was the feature of G1 Talon.

So you saw this image, exactly. I don't know if you can see it well but it's G1 Thunderclash.

So this was G1 Talon. I hope you liked him. It's an old figure...nostalgia. Just this. Nothing else to say.

Thank you all for watching, if you enjoyed this video please leave a comment or hit the like button and subscribe.

My name is Stathis, and until next time, I'll see you around! :)

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7 Style Mistakes That Are Making You Look Old - Duration: 5:38.

Just like your makeup choices, your clothing style also needs to evolve as you age.

Still wearing styles that looked great on you 15 years ago will totally make you look

older than you actually are.

But that's not all.

Here are some style mistakes that are sure to age you up.

Way up!

"What do I have to do for you to have sex with me?

Do you want me to dress up like Thor?

I'll dress up like Thor!

I'll dress up like Iron Man.

What do they do?

I'll do it"

Outfit of the day

Don't make the mistake of investing your hard-earned dollars in trends that'll be gone next season.

Unless you have an unlimited budget, shelling out for flash-in-the-pan styles is just wasting

your money.

"It's a lot of ...under-teet but I think I'm getting away with it."

"Also it's um.. on backwards."

Instead, invest in styles that will remain timeless classics, and be used for years to

come.

Celebrity wardrobe stylist Alana Kelen advises, "Look to trends that are here to stay.

Leather, military, dark florals, plaid, and slimmer cuts such as tailored pants and pencil

skirts."

Still trying to rock those stirrup leggings?

Blast from the past

If you're like most women, styles that fit you when you were 16, 21, or 29 probably don't

fit the same today.

They may be too tight, or they may be baggy and loose in all the wrong places.

Or things may fit just fine but look totally wrong for your age.

"Real talk?"

"You got a uniboob, your posture sucks and your clothes fit weird because you wear the

wrong sized bra."

Boom.

Real talk."

If you really want to keep the piece in your wardrobe, get it tailored professionally so

it actually fits your current proportions.

If that's not an option, then donate it — or sell it online or to a secondhand store.

"Let it go, let it go."

Long hair don't care

As we age, we begin to lose fat from our faces.

While you might be all about it, you need to make sure your haircut evolves along with

the shape of your face.

The reason that you see older women sporting shorter "mom" haircuts is because they simply

look better!

"Yes, the cut!"

"You know the haircut that all moms have, that's a soft waterfall in the front, but

knives in the back?"

You don't have to go full "Granny" with the super-short perm and rollers routine, though.

Simply avoid letting your hair get too long, which can make your naturally thinner face

look unhealthy.

Choose bouncy and full layers that will frame your face and accentuate your features.

"I want you to know, no matter what you do, you're gonna die, just like everybody else."

Fake 'n bake

Even if that beach-babe look was all the rage when we were younger, the baked complexion

and wrinkles you get from prolonged ultraviolet exposure is definitely out.

Want proof?

Here:.

"She's got a little bit of a sunburn, but it was the only weekend that was warm."

Unless you want to end up looking like "Tan Mom," make sure to use a strong sunscreen

on your face and exposed body parts every day.

Still crave that bronze glow?

Go for a spray tan or invest in a high-quality sunless tanning lotion.

You'll get a natural-looking tan, and you won't have to worry about looking like a

pumpkin.

Size matters

Just because you fit perfectly into a size six a decade ago doesn't mean you still

do today.

Sure, you may be able to squeeze into that pair of jeans and get them buttoned up.

But if it's too tight or uncomfortable, it'll feel awkward and make you look older — not

younger.

Don't get caught up in obsessing over the size that's on the tag.

Focus on finding clothes that fit well.

And don't be afraid to rock the styles you enjoy — like mini-skirts or skinny jeans!

Just make sure they fit you properly when you purchase them.

On the flip side, don't cover yourself up with loose, baggy clothing.

You might not feel confident in figure-hugging clothing, but wearing threads that are too

big for you will make you look boxy and larger than you are.

If your clothes feel comfortable to wear, you will feel more comfortable and confident

while wearing them, and confidence is the most youth-enhancing tool in your arsenal!

"Cuz I slay, I slay, I slay, I slay"

Cinch it

Sometimes an item in your wardrobe is baggy by necessity — like a flowing dress, or

overcoat.

But straight lines from your armpits down to your knees can make you look like you're

wearing a shapeless sack instead of a dress.

"Where are the belts for this?"

"Why is no one ready?"

Rock your curves by adding a cute belt to that dress or coat.

It will accentuate your shape and let you still wear those comfortable items in your

wardrobe without looking like you're wearing a muumuu.

"Darling, shall we?

We have to get to the beauty department and God knows how long that's going to take."

"Awww."

Shape up

Focus on accentuating the positive when it comes to your daily outfit choices.

As Alana Kelen advises,

"A great rule of thumb is that if you're wearing a skinny silhouette on the bottom, choose

a more forgiving, flowy piece on top.

Or flip it: If wearing a tighter top, add a looser, flared skirt or a wide-leg pant

to balance out the proportions."

For example, skinny jeans look youthful and fresh when paired with a brightly colored

tunic, but they may look like you're trying too hard to be 18 again if you wear them with

a tight camisole tank top.

"I wish I could tell you it gets better, but it doesn't get better."

"You get better."

Tuck these tips in your pocket, and get out there and rock your stylish self!

You'll for sure tap into the real fountain of youth — your own flawless confidence.

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A Trip to Switzerland - Duration: 4:27.

Hi, everyone!

Welcome to the HK Channel.

My name is Horacio and I am the host for today!

Today, we will be talking about the first country I had ever visited, which is the one

of the most beautiful place in the universe, Switzerland!

As I had said before, my parents enjoy the nature that they think the nature can release

our pressure and make our body healthier.

They wanted to take me to the most beautiful place for my first trip.

Additionally, my parents and I went there for about two weeks, and we enjoyed it so

much that we wanted to visit there again and again.

Switzerland is a federal republic in Europe.

Bern is the capital of Switzerland, and Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland.

There are many different kinds of landforms in Switzerland, which attracted the visitors

the most.

There are even several bridges that have a long history about them.

There are also places that don't allow cars in the cities that most people use horses

as a transportation.

The sleeping lion was also a famous attraction that shows the past history of Switzerland.

There were so many foods that I haven't tried before, which made me increase my curiosity

completely.

Moreover, you wouldn't want to miss the cheese pot in Switzerland that may let you

regret for your whole life.

Heading to the Alps Mountain was my dream, it was the first time that I get to interact

with snow, and I have never seen several amazing views on the top of the mountain.

We also get up earlier to watch sunrise on different mountains and positions.

However, I always think that if I have a chance, I must thank all of those workers for building

the railroad for us and allows us to see these unbelievable sights in Switzerland.

Horn was a traditional instrument for the native, the sound was pretty low, but it sounds

wonderful.

Additionally, there are many ancient castles in Switzerland that have many historical things

inside.

Lastly, I would like emphasis that the water in Switzerland was so clean that you could

just drink the water in the faucet without boiling the water.

There also many view-trains around the countries that allowed visitors to enjoy the beauty

by riding on the trains.

In conclusion, I really enjoy traveling around the world.

I like different cultures that allow me to know more about different things.

I think I will never forget these memorable moments in my first trip.

I hope you enjoy the channel and feel free to give any commands about our channel!

Bye and see you next time.

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Oscars Moonlight vs. La La Land - Duration: 5:30.

Hi, everyone!

Welcome to the HK Channel.

My name is Horacio and I am the host for today!

Today, we will be talking about the most popular movies in the 2017 Oscars 89th Academy Awards,

Moonlight and La La Land.

In my opinion, La La Land and Moonlight are both very different films and one can't

be pitted against each other.

While La La Land lifts you off your feet and fills your heart with an enormous amount of

happiness, Moonlight whispers in your ears, holds your hands and tries to have a conversation.

Additionally, the biggest mistake in Oscars history after La La Land wrongly named Best

Picture winner.

So, everyone should know that Moonlight has won the best picture in the 2017 Oscars 89th

Academy Awards.

Moonlight was also the first film with an all-black cast.

It's about the life of a black boy growing up in an impoverished Miami neighborhood at

the mercy of an addict mother.

But it's also about a gay kid struggling with his sexuality, hiding who he is for self-protection,

bullied at school for being different and forced to deal with inner issues of acceptance

alone.

It should win because it's a landmark film about the power of empathy and the importance

of being loved.

A major theme of Moonlight is the black male identity and its interactions with sexual

identity.

The film makes us learn to explore the path of a man from a neglected childhood, through

an angry youth, to self-realization and fulfillment in adulthood.

It's also not a film that was made to impress or even be seen by Academy voters, it was

made for something bigger than that and so, with or without the award, its legacy will

live on, showing black gay kids that their lives matter.

La La Land is an American musical romantic drama film that gets the most awards in 89th

Academy Awards.

This is the gorgeous romantic musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as Mia and Seb,

the smart would-be movie star who falls for the grumpy jazz fan.

La La Land is already becoming a classic on its own terms, and the opening sequence on

the traffic-jammed freeway has grabbed hearts everywhere.

Ryan and Emma are superb in the roles of Seb and Mia and their love affair is wonderfully

persuasive.

The four seasons of their love affair are played out with such tenderness, luxury and

style.

And perhaps the killer punch is the film's ending, with its alternative-reality daydream:

heart-wrenching, romantic, unbearably sad, in such a way that a reflective glow of something

like joy and hopefulness is projected on to the events that led up to it.

All in all, I really enjoy different stylish of movies that I gets to learn what the movies want to tell us.

I think both movies have the opportunity to win the best picture for the 2017 Oscars 89th Academy Awards