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WE MET THE SHAYTARDS! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvhacMAEtY)

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Montage of a beautiful trip to the motherland for friends, family and a wedding.

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Farewell, Connecticut Food Bank. It has been an honor and a privilege to be part of an organization which is responsible for distributing food to more than 300,000 people every year. Thanks for the memories. Onwards!

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good day ☀️🚙👴🏻😎🔴🚴🏻🎥 #RedNoseDay 

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Said hello to the angels...

Last week I had the imponderable pleasure of meeting Interpol at a record signing in New York City.

Awkwardness ensued; I was a nervous wreck - what do you do in these situations? Explain a near eight year appreciation for their music in 30 seconds? Well, you could - but it may would come across weird.

Upon reflection, whatever stumbled out my mouth that day probably sound weird. Oh well.

They were as excited as I was to meet them, as you can see.

The deluxe white vinyl edition of the album. Pretty sweet.

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Anthem of my week, directly from the El Pintor record, of course, is this banger: My Blue Supreme.

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Interpol // Ancient Ways

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Today is the day! The game that made me a gamer, remastered.

The obsession runs so deep, I'm buying the PS4 specifically for this.

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"After all we’ve been through. Everything that I’ve done… It can’t be for nothing.”

Endure & Survive - music for an unlikely pair of survivors

Listen + Download

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In preparation for The Last of Us live performance tonight, this is today's essential listening.

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Eye to the Galaxy

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DAT BASS! SLAP IT!

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“Celebrate summer with AMC’s “Dead, White and Blue” Weekend from Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6. All four seasons of the hit series will air back-to-back beginning Friday, July 4 at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT. The marathon weekend culminates with a Talking Dead Season 5 Preview Special, hosted by Chris Hardwick, on Sunday, July 6 at 9:00pm ET/PT featuring The Walking Dead showrunner and executive producer Scott M. Gimple and actress Aisha Tyler. The fifth season of The Walking Dead premieres this October.” [x]

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Well then...

OKAY!

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The week I completely devoted myself to passing Teeline shorthand has paid off.

This week I will pass shorthand. This week I will pass shorthand. #NCTJ vine.co/v/bPZWFJBe00I

— Chris McBriarty (@ChrisMcBriarty)

April 22, 2013

The results are in and as the photo way above proves: I passed the NCTJ's 80 words a minute exam!

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This is a storm at the North Pole of Saturn.

An enormous hurricane raging at Saturn's north pole has an eye 2,000km (1,250mi) across - big enough to cover the UK 12 times over.

Saturn, damn, you beautiful BFG.

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How about this for a gun control ad...

"A message from States United To Prevent Gun Violence calls for an update to our antiquated gun laws."

Whichever side of the argument you're on, this ad is one you won't forget in a hurry.

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Polar Spirits

This is the kind of video which makes you feel excited and joyous to be alive. The world can be such a beautiful place.

This video was created by astrophotographer Ole C. Salomonsen. "This is my third short-film about the northern lights. This year some epic displays has been on the sky, and for the first time I have included real-time recordings," he said.

Source

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I've managed to construct a very comfortable study lair.

This Public Affairs revision is being made a little easier thanks to some Masters golf on the iPad too. I'm extremely grateful for this much-needed productive Sunday.

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#IF campaign

"The world produces enough food for everyone, but not everyone has enough food. We can change this in 2013.

IF we act together, we can make this year the beginning of the end for global hunger."

The bighearted YouTuber charlieissocoollike has been wearing his philanthropic hat lately, and thanks to this he has opened my eyes to the IF campaign. A cause which aims to end world hunger.

Easy.

Well, it will be IF this campaign gets governments to act on its four main points: 

Aid

Enough Food For Everyone IF we give enough aid to stop children dying from hunger and help the poorest families feed themselves.

Tax

Enough Food For Everyone IF governments stop big companies dodging tax in poor countries.

Land

Enough Food For Everyone IF we stop poor farmers being forced off their land and grow crops to feed people, not fuel cars.

Transparency

Enough Food For Everyone IF governments and big companies are honest and open about their actions that stop people getting enough food.

A worthy campaign to donate to - you even get a cool wristband for your generosity - and it'll make you feel good inside. Right in and around the heart area. It did for me.

http://enoughfoodif.org

Donate here