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The student council representatives have a meeting with the other students of West Lake High on the third floor to discuss the exchange programs. Things don't go as planned…
There's a field trip! Yay! And who says New Atlantis schools are not allowing their students into the outside world? Several of the students want to see what life is like on the outside world, and thus, there's been a group of busses that have left the relative safety of the city to go off into more rural areas of New York.
A few hours drive north and they eventually reach West Lake High School in the small town of Chippequa, New York. It's a relatively rural area in the Catskills Mountains, in a valley that is surrounded by both sides. Of course, there are two groups. Matthew, Pei-Pei, Tavio and Gayle went one way with one group of teachers to meet a few of the residents as the New Atlanteans learn about the United States. The other group, Maui, Hopper, Zack and Dion are inside, as student council representatives meeting with other students to discuss a possible exchange program between the two.
And so it begins. T-Minus 30 minutes…
Dion's completely confused by the field trip, but he'll take advantage of the opportunity to go see how others outside the changed city react to them. And, to see whether being outside the city for a while breaks any of whatever enchantment made the change. He was disturbed then, to find that people outside New Atlantis look like they have been affected, too. At least as far as assuming it's been that way the whole time. He's tried not to look too edgy, but it hasn't been easy.
He's also kind of curious whether the busses will even be allowed back into the city. He was more than half expecting the government to detain them to figure out what happened, but now he's wondering if whatever changed the city affected the whole country to believe it, too. That's worrisome to him, but there isn't really anything he can do about it. So, he smiles and nods, and goes along with it all. For now.
As one of the few American terrorists who's been running around in New Atlantis, Zack should take this chance to run. To go to the government and let them know everything that's going on, so they can send in the SEALS or Delta or whoever is going to save the day. But he doesn't, for now. He sticks with the student council group, and tries to do his best to keep the appearance up. For the sake of making this work. Because if the Atlantians suspect him, he may well get whacked. He wouldn't put it past them.
The group is gathered in a small room where there's the meeting of the two student councils. There's a varied group, one of the teachers a rather lean and scrawny man with midnight black hair, slicked back. He looks towards the New Atlanteans and hrmms for a few moments as he nods and smiles brightly. "Welcome to our high school. I'm Mr. Scott. I'm honored that you couldjoin us today in what I hope to be an exchange of ideas."
Dion gathers with all the others, and tries not to look too confused by the entire world. Fortunately, he's good at covering insecurities with attitude, and that talent serves him well here, too. He watches the other students and Mr. Scott, hoping to see anything useful going on. He's migrated closer to the other Scions, just because there might be some safety in numbers.
"I'm Zack Archer, the current Senior Class President." Zack says, as he looks to the rest of the group at hand, waiting for them to do their introductions or whatever they feel is nesicary.
Having been mostly quiet, that and blending in pretty well, Maui finally speaks up, "I'm Maui… just a representative and all. I'm a good dancer and musician as well." He shrugs a bit, grinning a bit in his own half-way charming way. "Sorry I've been so quiet. Rather preoccupied with how different things are out here and all. I'm hoping to learn a bit about things."
Hopper isn't the height of fashion, and is dressed as awkwardly as he typically is. Old leatherish coat that is lined with some sort of old fur. Cap, glasses, baggy jeans, New Balance sneakers. He extends a utili-mittened hand when given the opportunity. "Hi there, Hopper. Science club." He gives a crooked smile and looks around. "Nice place."
"A pleasure to meet you." Mr. Scott says with a bright smile on his lips. He motions for the various students to take a seat as there's another rather buxom girl that is sitting next to Zack. She smiles at him cheerily and introduces herself because comeon, he's a good looking guy. "Jasmine Vedera." she says extending out a hand before towards the class president. "I'm the student council president of Chippequa High." she says beore giving an introductory handshake to the others present.
Dion smiles as he mentally goes over the list of fashion dos and fashion don'ts in the room, then says "Dion Nevins. A pleasure." He, of course, is perfectly dressed and coifed. As always. He could look more gay, but he'd have to really work at it.
Zack takes the offered hand, and shakes it, then sits down, "Well, I suppose we should get this meeting underway." He says, as he puts his hands in his lap, and waits for the adult that's present to take charge, seeing as Mr. Scott is an adult, and will no doubt be moderating whatever goes on.
The door to the room (which is on the third floor of the school by the way) is suddenly opened. There's a young man, his hair mussed up as he's huffing and puffing. He heads immediately towards Jasmine and takes her hand roughly. "We're going. Now." he says rather emphatically. He doesn't look to be a huge threat. He's just about 5'11" or so, not muscley, but not scrawny either. He's of average build and looks towards the others present in the room for a few moments.
Giving a smile to Jasmine as he shakes hands, Maui settles into the chair, idly tapping on the arm of the chair or the edge of the table. Just a bit of an off-beat drum rhythm, really. He pauses as he looks at the man. "'Cuse me, what's the problem, sir, and why does she have to leave?"
Hopper tilts his head to the side, nodding to those that are introduced. Being on his best behavior….as his social studies teacher said that is the only way he is going to get enough extra credit to excuse his constant absences from class. So, all smiles and straight back and perfect behavior. "Did…." He looks around and quirks a brow. "Sorry, did we do somethin'?"
That's very interesting. Dion thinks so, anyway. It's the first sign that something's wrong, and he watches with great interest. He's tempted to try to Charm something out of him, but waits for a better moment. He has no idea who's watching, after all.
"Alex Hernandez! You are not part of thismeeting, and please let Ms.Vedera go. Now." Mr.Scott says matter of factly as he just glares towards the other boy.
Alex shakes his head, ignoring the others for now as he continues to tug on the girl. "Jasmine. Come on. Now!" he says firmly and resolutely as he pulls her out of her chair and starts running out with her as she flails about.
Dion studies Alex, his lips pursed in thought. He starts to speak, but if this kid is blowing some sort of cover going on, he doesn't want to try to Charn him into saying something that could get him killed. Instead, he looks at the grownups in the room to try to get some sense of what's going on.
"What the hell.." Zack stands up, of course, and moves to try to intercept this kid and the girl, "Would you care to explain just what the hell you're doing?" He says, as he folds his arms across his chest. Zack can be a pretty intimidating guy, with his size and his build, among other things.
Maui frowns and moves to stand, preparing to go and help Zack. Far as he knows, the guy's mortal, and although he doesn't want to make a scene, he'll at least move around to try to intercept the fleeing man dragging a buxom girl, even if he has to secretly activate Sky's Grace to do it. "Hey, hey, hold on here… please tell us what's going on first? We're guests, yes, but well… you're interrupting a meeting between foreigners and your good looking girl there for some reason. There some sort of trouble you need help with?"
"It's none of your damn business!" Alex shouts at the pair trying to block his way. "You fuckers get out of my way. Jasmine and I need to go now." he doesn't seem to be taking no for an answer as he continues to try to batter through Zack and Maui, willing to knock them down if he can. Who knows?
Suddenly, there's an announcement over the intercom: "Students, we are now in lockdown mode. Please remain in your class rooms and close the doors. Please, this is a lockdown. Please close the doors and remain in your rooms until another announcement says other wise."
Meetings are like the most boring thing ever, and James has taken the appropriate action for the whole of it: He sleeps. As soon as he finds a comfortable place he drifts off, head slumped against a desk. The latest unrest and announcements, however, seems to at least rouse him for a few minutes. Head peeks over his elbows, forehead displaying a small indent where it dug too long into the desk. "What?" He blinks once, shuts one eye afterwards.
Zack frowns a bit. Schools don't just go into lockdown without a damn good reason. Zack slams the door closed and locks it, and then plants himself firmly between the door and Alex, "Either you tell us just what the hell is going on, or I'll knock you unconcious, and we'll deal with you when this crisis is over."
Dion hms. "Well. Anyone surprised?" he says, looking around them. "Is this just a 'hold the Atlanteans hostage' sort of thing? I'm sure our country won't stand for it." He has his attitude full on as he speaks. "And I'm surprised that any parent was okay with using their children as bait." he adds with a sniff.
Hopper blinks and goes a little rigid, sort of pulling in on himself and trying to appear as small as possible. "W…." he looks to Zack, Maui and the others gathered and goes a little pale, idly reaching into his shirt to pull out a lucky rabbits foot that he strokes with his thumb. He sort of puts up a hand. "What's a lock down? Is this legal?" he scratches his head. "Does this mean we are leaving?"
Maui folds his arms, standing beside Zack. "Not sure, Hopper." Quirking an eyebrow at Alex, he looks him evenly in the eye, "Calm. Down. I'm asking what's going on. You trying to be a story book hero that runs off with the damsel in distress or something? And please don't call us names again. I don't like it here. I'm sure Zack doesn't either. I'm Maui."
"You're a fucking idiot! LET US OUT!" Alex says matter of factly, trying to punch Zackin the face as he lets go of Jasmine's hand to do so. Surely he'll miss since he's only a mortal, but he's also a fatetouched mortal, so who knows. Should he miss or hit, it doesn't matter as he looks back towards Jasmine.
"The /RUMORS/ are true. We /HAVE/ to get out of here." he emphasizes.
Jasmine's eyes widen as she shivers and chews on her bottom lip. "My dad. We should call my dad.Maybe he can help!" she says before suddenly there's the sound of panic outside the door. There's various screams as it seems there's several students running outside the classroom.
Mr.Scott is perturbed. He likes his order. He hates chaos and looks towards everyone. "Now, now, everyone. We should just stay calm and stayin the room like we were asked to."
You paged Hopper with 'This town is not too far from the town you ran that zombie scene in ;)'
Dion is certainly not going to just sit down and relax. "I don't think so." he says to Mr. Scott. "I demand to know what's going on here. What rumors? What's going on out there?" he asks, though a glance includes Alex and Jasmine in his question, too.
James rouses himself with a bit of effort, arms streatching out far over his head. "What's going on?" Signs of life cause him to rise, feet shuffling back and forth before he moves forward. He doesn't ask anything else, just tilts to settle against a wall and examine the room.
Hopper stays as still as possible for a few more moments and then too much anxious energy causes him to react a little more suddenly than he had planned in his head. He pushes back from his seat and literally springs over to the nearest window to try and see what is going on outside. Perhaps not the hallway, but definately the outside.
Maui keeps the door closed if Zack's hit, but otherwise looks evenly at the adult and the two other student types. "Come on… you /don't/ want to do that. We're practically foreign ambassadors. Now, what's going on? Please? Before we all go out to take a look on our own, and I'm sure you folks can't stop us?" He smiles at the adults and the teens. "Now what rumors, and what do you mean they're true?"
The punch comes right at Zack, who grabs Alex's hand out of midair, "What rumors?" He asks, as he decides it's best not to let the kid's hand go until he's sure of everything that's going on, "Now listen to me. Calm down, and tell us what is happening before something really retarded happens?"
"You fucking barricaded the door! We can't get out and surely they're here now! You're already fucking retarded!" Alex says ashe struggles when is hand is grabbed.
Mr. Scott just chuckles nervously as they still don't acknowledge the rumors. "Surely they are just rumors right? No harm in silly rumors." he says, trying to calm things down as he apologizes to the New Atlanteans. "I apologize for his behavior. He'll definitely be suspended for this."
Still, there's more screams of terror outside before suddenly, everything goes eerily quiet.
Oh, this is just getting them nowhere. So Dion hops over to Alex, to get right in his way and be Charming. He tries to look sympathetic, and says "Oh, come on now. Tell us what's going on. Who knows? Maybe we can even help?" Hey, it can't hurt. Maybe he'll get something out of the boy.
James remains perched a moment more, eyes going from one face to another. Then he moves, sliding along toward the door, head dipping once toward Maui. "Hey, open that. There's stuff happening outside." It's a polite request, the boy's head jerking back toward teacher and students. "Something's up." Like he just figured it out.
Maui frowns at James, "Yeah… but… eh, what the hell?" Maui looks at Zack, "Care to move so I can? Might as well see."
"People are dying outside, you fucking fag!" Alex screams at the top of his lungs as Dion tries to charm him! Fate touched mortals. Wah. They can be hurtful. "And we're all going to die unless you fucking asshats let us out of here!" he says, still struggling with his hand grasped by Zack.
Jasmine sighs softly as she points towards the window. "We're all going to die. If the rumors are true, we're all going to die.." There are tears running down her cheeks as outside, there's gruesome sites. The bodies of various students out in the physical education class havebeen mauled. Chunks of flesh missing. Eyeballs gouged out. Blood pooling around their bodies. For those truly perceptive, someof them even start to twitch. Is it rigor mortis setting in or something more sinister?
Dion looks positively put-upon. "I'm the problem? You're teacher looks okay with it." he replies, gesturing towards the adult. Of course, then Jasmine directs their attention outside, where there are body chunks around the campus. "Oh. Shit." He looks towards his fellow Scions, and says "We need to do something." For himself, he pulls out… his wireless microphone.
Hopper tilts his head to the side as he clears his throat. "Uhm….guys." He offers quietly from his position peeking through the blinds. "We are in trouble." He sucks in a breath. "I think we got Zombies…." He offers in his most mortified tone. "Don't worry though. I've seen the movies…I think we can do this. However….panicing." he points to Alex. "Is only going to splinter the group and put you on the fast lane to being killed by them. So…we are currently safe. We need to calm down, barricade and make a plan." He states honestly. "We go out now, and we are going to be killed…."
Zack lets Alex go, and then pushes him back, "Calm the fuck down or you're gonna be one of the ones who's dead." He says, as he looks back at Maui, "Alright." He steps out of the way, but hmms, "So are the zombies just in the school, or are they in the whole town?" He asks, to anyone who may know the answer, "The busses were just outside. If we can get to them, we can get the hell out of here."
"Nobody is going to die." James, however, quickly changes that plan when he takes a glimpse outside. "Nobody else is going to die." One hand reaches to cover his mouth, eyes quickly turning away from some of the worse sights. Eyes flash back toward the rest of the gathered, making a distasteful face at Hopper. "That never works in the movies." Zack, however, seems to have a plan he likes. "Yeah, yeah. Lets get out of here."
Hopper sighs a little. "I've taken the 'Zombie Survival Test' like seven times and survived every time…" He grumbles to himself as he snakes out of his backpack and starts to pull himself away from the windows towards a secure corner of the room before he unzips his backpack and starts piecing together several strange pieces of tubing and tanking. "Long as you got a plan Zack, I'll follow you. But if you are playing fly by the seat of your pants, I really wish we could move a little slower and with a little more reason." the gadget he is assembling starts to look like a cross between a Flash Gordon Style Lazer and a super soaker.
Maui, for his part, blinks a few times, then does something maybe a bit calm… well, not so calm as he rushes for the trash can nearest him. Then bothers to go lean out said trash can and lose his lunch… and breakfast… and probably last night's dinner as well. Wiping his mouth on a piece of paper he also throws away, he looks at the adults and the two students, then at Dion and Hopper before he looks to Zack and James, then back at Dion and Hopper. "… so, what's plan B?" He idly pulls off one of his necklaces, slipping it over his head as he wraps the green stoned beads around his hand. "Speaking of… busses are out front, but what else is there and why's it seem like we're all nuts for thinking this in the first place?"
Dion scowls at his fellows. "Run away? Is that your solution?" He looks positively disgusted. "There's others out there that are going to die if whatever did this isn't stopped. Some of us can't just be cowards about it." Including him, apparently. As for how disgusting it is out there? He could see some, but not that much from where he stands. Chances are the close up view will having him getting very sick.
Jasmine wrinkles her nose as she looks towards Dion and nods as she wipes sometears. She chews on herbottom lipas she hrmms and then looks to Zack. "What about the others? I don't know if it's to the school or the rest of the town, but we'll call my father. He's a detective!" she chirps, scrambling about for some cell reception as she calls 911. Still, all lines are busy. "I can't get through to 911!"
Hopper thinks for a few moments and then clicks a conical barrel on the end of the contraption and then lets it swing from a strap around his neck. He starts to put on his backpack and offers. "Then that means it isn't just the school." He scratches his head. "Office. We go to the office. Clear it of threats. Use the Video system to systematically check classess and areas for survivors. And then the PA to communicate with them. Then we organize. Go get the busses, and evac whom we can…." He looks to Zack for approval.
"Well, see, first you got to get out. Then you got to find out where everyone went. Then you drive away." James takes the time to explain that, peeking back into the hallway once he's regained some composure. "That sounds okay," He decides, head bobbing once toward Hopper. "Long as it isn't too far. Don't want to waste time."
"The longer we stand around here and wait, the more bodies are going to turn into zombies." Zack says, simply, "I want to save people too, but the fact remains that if we stand around here and argue about whether or not we can save people, everybody's going to die anyway, including us." Zack turns back to the locked door, "So we should move. I still think making it to the busses is our best bet. We're no help to anyone if we're dead too."
Giving a sigh, Maui looks from Hopper, to Zack and James, then back to Hopper and Dion, "You have to be kidding me. Those two as well?" Maui sighs, then unwinds the necklace from his hand, "Pull weapons if you got 'em, I take it?" The green necklace separates as it lengthens into a long, double headed chain that he gives a small swing before looping it around his shoulder. "Got mine…" He pauses, looks to James and Zack, "Pele, when all the stuff happened, and talk about it later. Let's just get out of here, please?"
Dion nods to Zack. "We can at least get others out, hopefully." he says, then turns to leave the room as quickly as it can be unlocked. He's all set to leap in, despite that he looks like he's going to get eaten pretty quickly. Chances are, on those zombie survival quizzes he's eaten pretty early on. It's not stopping him from doing what's right.
Hopper gives a nod. "Yeah man, if you know how to Hot wire a bus. You go on ahead. But I think the consensus is assemble survivors if we can, make out escape…." With that he looks around. "Mr. Scott, James, Jazz. We are gonna walk orderly. First, me and my friends are going to peek into the hallway. You are to close and lock the door. Zombies I am assuming do not hear rythms. If you hear shave and a hair cuts, two bits, rapped on the door it is us and it is safe to open. But only then. We will try and communicate with you through the office once we get a better idea of what is going on…." He points to Pele. "I'm more a support and brains sort of guy….so if one of you is a heavy Hitter. I suggest yall open and head out. I'll follow with D." He offers as he pumps the gun.
"… not me. I just bash brains in pretty much. Hard to hit, but not invulnerable or the like." Maui says to Hopper, then shrugs, "Kinda wish I knew more about how mom makes volcanoes go off now."
"There's time to worry about that later." Zack says, "Let's get going." Zack grabs his gloves out of his pocket, and puts them on, and then grabs a fire extinguisher from off the wall. It'll make a good melee weapon in a pinch. At least if Dead Rising has taught him anything, "Open the door."
"Weapons are for girls." James dusts his hands together, fingers flexing in the light. It's hard to tell, but they look thicker than they did a moment ago, his skin rougher. A moment more and his armor has been grown, flesh hardened for his protection. Arm waves back at the class, chiming, "Be back soon. Don't worry." He glances back toward the others, adding, "I'll go first, no problem."
"You.. you're all Scions?!?" That's Alex blinking for a few moments as they open the door. "Don't use your powers! That will only strengthen 'them'!" he says firmly and resolutely.
And already they can hear more groans as there are screams of agony and the sound of flesh being torn asunder by the hungry dead. As Zack opens the door, they can already see that several of the horde nhave started smashing down through a door, taking care of the student smorgasboard inside.
"What do you mean?" Maui rounds on Alex, frowning as he looks at him. "/What/ do these rumors say exactly?"
"Hey!" Zack yells at the zombies as they smash through a door, "Why don't you come try to take a bite out of this!" He realizes that he can probably throw this fire extinguisher hard enough to kill a zombie, so he does just this, aiming to hit whatever the closest undead to him is, "It's time to move!"
Hopper reaches into his back and pulls out his 'sports goggles' and slides them down before turning his hat backwards. "Scion? Pfff. I'm Fictional." he offers with a crooked grin and adjusts his glasses. "Go go go. See if you can keep them from getting through the door." With that, he moves to dart past and train his gun on the nearest zombie. Taking a moment or two to aim properly before pulling the trigger.
That'll certainly bring Dion to a screeching halt. He stares at Alex. "What, what, now?"
The fire extinguisher sails through the air with lethal force, and impacts one of the zombies who had looked up at this new meal that had exited the room. The red cylinder smashes it square in the face, removing it's head with little trouble, and clattering into the ground, where it explodes in a spray of freezing CO2.
James is not content to leave flesh eaters in peace. "Zombies!" With a cry he begins a quick sprint toward the undead, fully intent on interrupting their meal. Right into the tide of bodies he goes, barreling forward with a fist raised high. He'll bring it down at the nearest one, throwing full weight forward behind the strike.
Stepping out, Maui begins to smash zombies alongside James, swinging the end before he lets one fly at the nearest zombie aiming to just cave it's head in with the relic weapon. "James, careful! He just said these things get stronger if we use our powers! Stick to brute strength!"
Dion looks a little less sure that him running out there is a good idea. "What in the world are we supposed to use, then?" he asks as he also runs towards them brandishing his wireless microphone. His hair is going to be *ruined*. He just knows it. "Brute force? Me?" That should be funny. And brief.
Hopper grunts a little bit and and pulls the trigger. There is a momentary hum from the gun like a car revving up. A black bubble appears on the end of the gun and it grows looking a little like black mercury. The sound starts to grow even more and then, THOOOM. The gun shoots a blob of black goo across the hallway and towards one of the zombies to try and hold him tight. "Dion, you got Aerosal Hairspray and a cue-Tip? I can make you a bomb? Or a flame thrower….." He suggest. "But whatever it is, you are on support with me…stay here and help out when you see the opportunity."
"Don't get bitten!" yells Alex as he looks at the various Scions running towards the group. As the Scions are being a rather good distraction, he looks towards Jasmine. "Come on, let's get out of here. The gym is that way, there should be bats and stuff.." and the two NPCs escape with a few of the others, going up towards the roof of the building, where there are no zombies yet.
Zack peers at Hopper a little bit, "So you're Macguyver, then?" He asks, "Come on, we don't have time to play defense here! We need to get moving!" Zack reaches to grab anything else he can find that's loose in the hallway, and then hurls it at another zombie, the same as he did with that fire extinguisher. He wishes he had a grenade..
"Aerosal?? What is this, the seventies?" Dion replies as he swings at one of the things. "And I don't use alcohol-based products. They dry out the skin." Yeah. He'd have to try really, really, really hard to be less gay. "Maybe we can get you to a science lab or something?"
Still swinging away, Maui concentrates on bashing in zombie heads and making sure they aren't getting up. The fact the chain seems to go longer and shorter at will seems to be helping with that. "Come on, zombies, let's dance!" He calls back to Hopper, "Actually, how big of a bomb can you make if we can get everyone out, and you folks feel like digging me out afterwards?"
"This is brute force," James affirms. Punching things is one of the many joys in life, if somewhat lessened by that fact that the things in question are disgusting to punch. Still, James goes at it, head craning back over his shoulder. "Get there guys first," He suggests, turning attention almost immediately back to the task at hand, "Clear the path!"
Dion then shouts towards Zack "We need to find the others! Make one big group! I don't have their numbers!" He's sure Zack does, though.
Hopper shakes his head. "Maybe. But I'd be better used making things once we had a base. But we don't have time." He offers spraying down another zombie to try and bottleneck them at the door to try and save some of the kids inside. "And no." he offers, turning a portion of his attention to Zack. "MacGuyver is like the retarded bastard child of a retarded Mister Wizard next to me…." He looks around for a moment or to. "We save who we can in this room, transfer to Mr. Scotts room and then go downstairs….How many we got left?" he calls as he continues to spray.
They were too late. Everyone was bitten. There's a young girl though, she looks to bea freshman as there'sa chunk of her shouldermissing and she looks to be in terrible pain. "Help me…please.."
Stopping, Maui looks at the others, "Please tell me someone's a healer? Please?" He frowns as he looks at the girl, perhaps looking more than a little perplexed.
Dion shakes his head to Maui. "I can only help plants." he says, looking at the girl and frowning. "And if we can't use our powers, it might just make things worse anyway." Meanwhile, we watching for anything else to swing at.
When bone and body parts eventually stop flying James comes to a halt, taking several short breaths before he leans to examine the girl. His lips press together, glancing backward, replying, "Not me. Anyone else?" He does slide forward, offering to her, "Hey, we're gonna get someone to help you. Just stay calm."
Zack frowns a little bit as he looks at the girl, "She's going to turn." He says, simply, "We need to leave. We have healthy bodies that we have to get out of here." He says, "Have none of you people /ever/ seen a zombie apocolypse movie? I bet the Air Force is already on their way here with a MOAB or a nuke or god knows what else to level this entire region."
Maui shakes his head, then frowns. "… I get the idea… let's go. We have to get moving before she does."
Hopper sighs a little and puts up his hands, as he paces back and forth. "Dude! You are stressin' out my shit right now." he says a little too snappy to Zack. He gives an awkward look that might have been an apology for half a second before he goes back to pacing. "Ok…..We need observation…..Dion you stick with me. James, Maui help her to her feet. Zack. Take point. We are going downstairs. The office will have medical supplies and everything we need to treat her until we know one way or another what is going to happen." You can probably see the gears turning and the smoke billowing from his ears at this point. "Go. Go. Go. Quick like bunnies." He says waving his hands as he paces.
To note….it appears as if Hopper is trying to both adjust to being a leader and dealing with the pressure to keep his mind from screaming in panic….it's less bitchy and more neurotic than one might think.
Dion hates having to leave that girl. He really does. He looks at her, and the look on his face says it pains him to do so. But while he doesn't watch zombie movies he knows that just wouldn't end well. He doesn't argue with Hopper, though. He just nods and watches their backs. Of course, now he has a real chance to look at the carnage around him. Before, he was a little too busy to really look at or think about it. Now though… It's his turn to lose his lunch and anything else still in his stomach. At least he gets to a wastepaper basket, first.
"How 'bout go fuck yourself." James' cranes his head backward, snapping barked words toward Zack at his suggestion. "She doesn't look like a zombie to me." The girl does, however, look like she's missing a shoulder. The best he can manage is to shrug off his jacket, reaching to hand it off to the girl. "Put this on it. We're gonna find some bandages. Guess I'll carry you if you can't move." A gesture toward Hopper after. "You, good idea."
Kneeling down, Maui pulls off dead zombie's clothes, tears them to strips, and begins bandaging the girl's chunk missing shoulder as best as he can. "… so… what's the plan from here? It's obvious we're going to have problems like this all the way out. Shoot, what if it's not just the school right now?"
He can't belive this is happening. Why are people so stupid? Zack grunts in annoyance and looks right at James, "You're fucking retarded." He says, "I hope to god she bites you." He turns and takes point, and heads for the stairs that are going to lead down to the first floor. Idly, he hopes that Gayle and Pei-Pei are okay. But knowing Gayle, those two should be fine.
Hopper sighs a little and looks to James and Maui mouthing the words. "Be careful, please." he eyes having a various serious tone to them before he gestures with a head nod for Dion to start after Zack. As for Hopper, he quickly trots to catch up to the class president and leans over to mutter something to him.
Dion, once he can move from the wastebin, goes to follow Zack. He does look at the others though, concerned.
The shambling dead are wandering aimlessly. The noise has attracted more as there are more screams of agony of various classrooms on the second floor. The poor unfortunate souls of those who followed the instructions and are now food for the zombies. Their screams are bonechilling as there's another young man and a pair of two young girls hand in hand running for their life.
"Candice! We'll make it! I promise." Tiffany says as she lets out a screech as the blonde boy who was holding back the creatures starts to get swarmed by seven zombies.
Then Candice is grabbed and trips, bringing down Tiffany. Her hand grabs onto her BFF as the other three zombies start to pull her apart. "HELP ME!" she screams.
Tiffany starts to panic. Her eyes widen as she yells. "BITCH! Let me go! LET ME GO YOU FUCKING BITCH! I'm not going to die because of you, you stupid cunt!" So much for friendship.
James eventually settles with helping the girl up to ferry her along, regarding Zack out of the corner of an eye. "Your ass is the first to get left behind if anything goes down." He ferries his new friend along with him, chattering now and again, observing. More zombies are around though, and soon he sets his friend aside to go that way. "Back to work."
Zack snorts a bit as Hopper walks up to him, and he turns to look at him, "What, you want me to give some kind of motivational speach about how everything's going to be okay, or about how we'll get through this if we work together as a team?" He turns back around and looks at the group, "You all need to listen to me. And listen to me right now." He says, "This goes for everyone. We /need/ to leave. If we stay in the school, we're sitting ducks. Sacrifices will have to be made in order for us to survive. Some of us won't make it. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you all that everything is going to be okay, that everyone will go home to see their families when this is all over with. I'm going to tell it to you straight."
He pauses for a moment, to look out in the hallway now that they're at the bottom of the stairs, "We've still got another hallway to deal with, then a whole 'nother floor of zombie, and whatever else is outside. So do whatever it is you need to do to prepare yourself, because I'm not gonna die here. And all of you should feel the same way."
"… can we save them without burning the building down?" Maui asks, frowning finally as he stands from helping the lady and turns to begin heading towards the next hallway, bashing any moving zombie heads as he goes. "We need to go. Help who we can, make sure they'll hopefully survive, then go. The more zombies we kill, the more that won't get bit."
Dion might be mostly useless, but he's not entirely useless. Typically, he'd be a real wimp who froze in the face of danger. His parentage has made him a little stronger than that, though. He spots the downed teen eing abandoned by her friend, and races towards her with his microphone wielded like a slub to try to smack the zombies off her.
"Woo! Zombies!" There's someone yelling outside. That much they can hear outside. Anyone who looks wil see Gayle dashing about at ridiculously superpeeds as the noise seems to attract the attention of those outside. She's running in circles, getting the zombies to gather before she heads towards a van that she drives towards the gym. It seems the other group is doing reasonably well, and they have several more people with them! Huzzah!
Meanwhile, there's the bashing of the zombies! Microphones are not that effective against zombies. They are kinda small, but at least, it gets the group of a dozen zombies to focus on easier targets. Mainly the downed two friends. Tiffany scrambles as she's covered in the blood of the zombies and her formerfriends as she looks towards the others. "Please.. helpme.."
Hopper is bright red at this point, a vein appearing in his forehead and body is now pouring with sweat. He isn't good with pressure or new situations. He's good at being smart, not at being a leader…so at this moment his brain is currently frying itself with calculations. He moves to pause, only gesturing for the group to keep going. "All the way to the offices. Look for Keys to any sort of transport…busses are preferable." He's not seeing anything at the moment. He is currently reciting statistics and numbers and trying to deal with the fact he is in a zombie apocolypse….not how he saw this thing going. He moves quickly to help Dion in freeing the girl. "Go go go."
"I will kill every zombie in this school." James makes a somber nod. Then, he goes to do just that. "Start with yoooou!" He's off to help Dion, smashing into anything her can on the way, flailing and sweeping arms out to take out any undead unfortunately enough to be in the general area.
Of course, after his motivational speach…Everybody runs off to just bash zombies. Zack hangs his head and sighs, "Right then." He straightens himself up and dusts himself off, "Maybe we should just head for the Winchester and have ourselves a pint." He decides to just let the others run off and be retarded and hopefully get bitten so he doesn't have to deal with their stupidity anymore.
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La Football League Cup 1970-1971 è stata l'11ª edizione del terzo torneo calcistico più importante del calcio inglese, la 5ª in finale unica. La manifestazione, ebbe inizio il 17 agosto 1970 e si concluse il 27 febbraio 1971 con la finale di Wembley.

Il trofeo fu vinto dal Tottenham Hotspurs, che nell'atto conclusivo si impose con il risultato di 2-0 sul sorprendente Aston Villa, club di Third Division.

L'Everton, campione d'Inghilterra nella stagione 1969-70, fu l'unica squadra della Football League a non partecipare alla competizione.

Formula
La Football League Cup era riservata alle 92 squadre della Football League. Il torneo era composto da scontri ad eliminazione diretta, ad esclusione delle semifinali che prevedevano due match, dove la squadra con il miglior risultato combinato accedeva alla finale unica. Se uno scontro terminava in parità, la sfida veniva ripetuta a campi invertiti fino a quando una delle due contendenti non otteneva la vittoria, mentre in finale, si rigiocava sempre in campo neutro. In caso di pareggio, anche nel replay, si faceva ricorso ai tempi supplementari.

Primo turno

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|17 agosto 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|18 agosto 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|19 agosto 1970

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|24 agosto 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 agosto 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|26 agosto 1970

Secondo turno

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|8 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 settembre 1970

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|14 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|15 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|16 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|21 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|22 settembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|28 settembre 1970

Secondo Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|28 settembre 1970

Terzo turno

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|6 ottobre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|7 ottobre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|12 ottobre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|13 ottobre 1970

Quarto turno

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|27 ottobre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|28 ottobre 1970

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|3 novembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 novembre 1970

Quarti di finale

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|17 novembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|18 novembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|24 novembre 1970

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|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 novembre 1970

Semifinali

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center| || style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|16 dicembre 1970|| style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|23 dicembre 1970

Finale

Voci correlate
First Division 1970-1971
Second Division 1970-1971
Third Division 1970-1971
Fourth Division 1970-1971
FA Cup 1970-1971
Charity Shield 1971

Collegamenti esterni

1970-1971
Calcio nel 1970
Calcio nel 1971

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By Olivia Adams on November 21, 2018
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LANSING — Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Communications is pleased to announce the addition of communications strategist Rachel Esterline Perkins, a professional with an extensive background in storytelling, social media and digital communications. Perkins is the former director of communications for Davenport University, where she managed public relations and internal communications, oversaw the production of the… Continue reading →
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BAKERSFEILD, Calif. (KGET) — Three people died in a head-on crash on Weedpatch Highway Friday morning and a woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Just before 2:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Weedpatch Highway and Smith Road for a two-vehicle crash. When officers arrived people were trapped inside the vehicle and bystanders were attempting to get them out, according to CHP.
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TECH	by Peter Griffin November 10, 2015 June 6, 2018
Another well-deserved win for Sciblogger Dr Michelle Dickinson as she picks up the prestigous Callaghan Medal for her science communication efforts.
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I was interviewed for a little video clip about Michelle's win. In it I said her science communication success was down to three factors:
Her efforts to learn the art of storytelling.
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Callaghan Medal: 'Nanogirl' recognised for exciting young people about the possibilities of science and tech
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Hampton Coliseum
An expansive and relaxed Half Step> Franklin's opens the show. And things stay a bit subdued in the early going. But in the middle of Mexicali, Bobby says, "polka time," kicking off a sick little jam with a little Norteño flair. Brent is really keying the sound here and throughout the night, adding the carnivalesque organ that had been missing since Pig's heyday. And nowhere is this more clear than on Good Lovin' after the boys come out with similarly raucous and energy-filled versions of Miracle and Bertha. The crowd is into it throughout, roaring on the Good Lovin' and hooting through the tuning that follows, as they were all evening. Jerry is magisterial on the Ship of Fools that follows, even as he flubs the lyrics at a critical juncture. Then Estimated comes out and Jerry and Brent combine on a delightfully spacey - without ever loosing the theme - interlude that eventually flows forth into a radiant Eyes. On the flip side of Drums and Space, the boys accelerate right into a crackly, spitfire Truckin' that has the audience in a fervor, clapping and dancing along. Fired up, the band lights off a raucous, blazing hot jam. And, after a soaring and powerful Stella with the drummers and Jerry creating a rich tapestry, an absolutely blistering Around and Around ends the show with no encore. Some folks who were in attendance report that someone threw a shirt at Bobby at the end of Around and Around, pissing him off and putting the kibosh on the encore. The boys delivered a manic display of rock and roll greatness in that Around and Around, so the person who threw the shirt could be forgiven for losing their mind.
This was the first of 21 Dead shows at that legendary bastion of East Coast magic, Hampton Coliseum. It was also a beautiful spring day, and more than a few Heads rode the ferris wheel and grabbed a cotton candy and funnel cake from the carnival that shared the venue lot that day.


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Australia's inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they'll be unrecognisable
Zacchary Larkin, Macquarie University; Stephen Tooth, Aberystwyth University, and Timothy J. Ralph, Macquarie University
Inland Australia's complex system of winding rivers, extensive wetlands, ancient waterholes and seemingly endless parched floodplains are rarely given more than a passing thought by many Australians who live on the coastal fringes.
Yet these waterways are lifelines along which communities, agriculture and trade have flourished.
Etched into the psyche of regional Australia, these river systems are the pulse of the outback. Before asking a local how things are going, peek over the bridge in town for an indication.
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When relaxing in the shade of an old river red gum alongside one of Australia's lazy inland rivers, it's natural to think of them as timeless and resilient to environmental change.
Yet, these rivers evolved over millennia and continue to change over years and decades.
And we already know from previous studies that future climate change is likely to reduce stream flow and water availability in drylands around the world.
But what our new research has shown, for the first time, is that these declines in stream flow may trigger a dramatic change in the physical structure and function (the geomorphology) of Australia's inland rivers.
The Macquarie River in dry (2008) and wet (2010) conditions.
Tim Ralph, Author provided
Meandering rivers and flat, wide floodplains
The physical structure of a river depends on how much water flows through it, and the sediment that water carries.
Reductions in water flow – as expected due to climate change – can lead to a build-up of sediment downstream. In extreme cases, this "silting up" can cause complete disintegration of river channels, where water flows out across the floodplain.
Not all rivers are alike, and the rivers of the Murray-Darling and Lake Eyre basins (covering 1.8 million square kilometres) are particularly diverse. Many of these rivers and wetlands are internationally recognised for their hydrological and ecological importance.
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They range from large meandering rivers swollen by seasonal spring flows (the Upper Murray, Mitta Mitta, Kiewa, and Ovens rivers), to rivers that progressively get smaller until they become exhausted on flat, wide floodplains and disintegrate into large, boom-and-bust wetlands (the Lachlan, Macquarie, and Gwydir rivers).
Dry channel of the lower Warrego River, northwest NSW.
In the drier areas of central Australia, rivers typically persist as a string of isolated waterholes for years at a time, occasionally punctuated by very large floods (Warrego, Paroo, Diamantina, and Cooper Creek).
A sobering future
For Australia's inland rivers, the average dryness, or "aridity", of the catchment is the best predictor of what the overall structure and function of the rivers within look like.
Compiling a range of climatic data, we modelled aridity for the Australian continent in 2070 under a relatively moderate climate change scenario.
The results are sobering. Over the next 50 years, the arid zone – containing the areas of true desert – is projected to expand well into the Murray-Darling Basin and almost entirely envelope the Lake Eyre Basin.
Modern aridity index and the projected aridification of Australia by 2070. The red outlines show the extent of the Murray-Darling and Lake Eyre basins.
At the same time, the humid and dry subhumid fringes around the Great Dividing Range and coastal areas are expected to contract.
This is concerning because the relatively wet western slopes of the Great Dividing Range are where many inland Australian rivers begin, with most of their water sourced in these smaller sub-catchments.
Evolution of our inland rivers
The impact of this projected drying pattern on Australia's inland rivers is expected to be profound.
Despite only occupying around 3.8% of the Murray-Darling Basin, the Upper Murray, Mitta Mitta, Kiewa, and Ovens rivers presently provide a large amount of flow within the lower Basin (33% of average annual flows).
These rivers flow out of the southeastern highlands towards the Murray River, but over the next 50 years they're expected to experience declining downstream flows. This leads to less efficient flushing of sediment downstream, which, in turn, will increase sediment deposition within these rivers, reducing their size.
Channel breakdown along Eldee Creek in far western NSW.
Other rivers – such as the Murrumbidgee and Macintyre rivers – are expected to undergo even more dramatic changes to their structure and behaviour.
Right now these rivers maintain a winding course to the central Murray and Barwon rivers, respectively. But our projections suggest these continuous channels won't be supported, and are likely to be interrupted by sections of channel breakdown.
Under a drier climate, rivers such as the Lachlan and Macquarie may come to resemble present-day central Australian rivers – only persisting as disconnected waterholes for long periods of time, with internationally important wetlands (Great Cumbung Swamp and Macquarie Marshes) much less frequently inundated.
The sweet relief of rain after bushfires threatens disaster for our rivers
Such changes to river structure and function will have long-lasting impacts on water, sediment, and nutrient distribution. This will likely change the dynamics of the river ecosystem, as well as the way we manage and use these rivers.
A parched future
While our research hasn't investigated the potential ecological, socio-economic or cultural effects of structural changes, we can expect them to be very significant, and potentially irreversible.
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Many of Australia's native aquatic and dryland flora and fauna are adapted to a highly variable climate regime, but there are limits beyond which these ecosystems cannot recover or survive. For example, seeds and invertebrate eggs can survive many years buried in dry soil waiting for a flood, but if water doesn't come, eventually they won't be viable.
Parched soil in the Macquarie Marshes, NSW.
Gavin Smith, Author provided
What's more, extracting too much water from our inland river systems for agriculture or other uses will exacerbate the threats posed by a drying climate.
Given the complexity and tensions surrounding water use and water sharing in Australia's inland rivers, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin, understanding how these critical systems might respond in the future is now more important than ever.
Water is one of the most contested resources in Australia, and it's the fundamentally important river and wetland ecosystems and agricultural industries that will bear the brunt of a drying climate.
To make sure outback communities can continue to survive, it's vital we protect their lifeline. Water resource planning must include consideration of climate change, as the projected changes will likely increase pressure on already vulnerable systems.
Zacchary Larkin, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University; Stephen Tooth, Professor of Physical Geography, Aberystwyth University, and Timothy J. Ralph, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University
April 23, 2020 by particularkev	Categories: Australia, Climate Change, Global Warming	| Tags: 2070, article, Australia, Climate Change, global warming, rivers | Leave a comment
3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolation
Lucy Taylor, Author provided
Lucy Taylor, University of Melbourne; Dieter Hochuli, University of Sydney, and Erin Leckey, University of Colorado Boulder
Spending time at the beach or taking a walk in the park can help us recover from the mental and physical impacts of life's stresses. But physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 have included closing beaches, playgrounds and parks, adding to the challenges to our mental health. When we stay home to flatten the curve, how can we help ourselves by taking advantage of the benefits associated with nature?
Public playgrounds have been closed to encourage distancing and limit infection.
Peter Lead, Author provided
The evidence for nature supporting human well-being has grown in recent decades. We researched the links between nature and urban residents' well-being and found there are benefits of nature that we can still enjoy now, even in lockdown.
Our findings point to some of the ways we can improve our well-being by engaging with everyday nature close to home.
Biodiversity and our brains: how ecology and mental health go together in our cities
We reviewed the evidence, collected survey data on self-reported well-being and biodiversity indicators, and organised focus groups in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, and Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, to better understand participants' relationship with urban nature.
If you're stuck at home, the good news is there is plenty of research that suggests a view through a window of vegetation or a body of water can provide a micro-break. A view of nature through a window has even aided hospital patients' recovery from surgery. A short, 40-second glance at a green roof supports cognitive restoration better than a view of concrete.
Our research found urban residents had greater self-reported well-being when they had nature nearby or visible from their homes. Participants valued a view of vegetated areas – green space – and bodies of water – blue space. One participant said:
I could live in something that was pretty grim if it had a balcony that looked out [at nature].
Participants in our focus groups also highlighted the importance of seeing changes in the natural world, such as change in the weather or the seasons. Even if your view does not have a lot of vegetation or water, a view of the sky can allow engagement with nature's dynamism.
A view out a window at nature's dynamism can improve our well-being.
Coronavirus: tiny moments of pleasure really can help us through this stressful time
2. Gardening – indoors and out
If you're lucky enough to have a yard or balcony, now may be a good time to do some gardening. Gardening can offer benefits such as reductions in stress, anxiety and depression. As a physical activity, gardening can also improve physical fitness and support weight loss.
Gardens can also provide habitat for wildlife, potentially introducing you to new plants, pollinating insects and birds. Urban biodiversity benefits us too.
Our study found strong links between gardening and self-reported well-being. If you don't have a yard, gardening on a balcony or tending to indoor plants also has benefits. One participant explained:
Having a small vegetable garden and flowers in pots makes me feel happy and content … It is wonderful to see things grow in the city.
Gardening in a yard, on a balcony, or even tending indoor plants does us good.
Running out of things to do in isolation? Get back in the garden with these ideas from 4 experts
3. Green exercise
We know exercise is good for physical fitness and mental health. "Green exercise", or exercise that takes place in and around nature, can improve your mood and self-esteem.
Our study found strong links between how often urban residents exercised and their self-reported well-being. One participant described how important green exercise is to them:
Being able to walk my dog down at the beach or go up into the hills is a great stress relief and keeps me fit and healthy and, best of all, it's free.
Another participant described exercising in a public park:
I feel significantly calmer, [my] breathing rate goes down. I love the feel of that moist air going into my lungs from all the trees and I really do feel different.
To limit infection, residents of cities around the world are subject to a range of national and local constraints on when and how they leave the house to exercise. It is important to follow physical distancing guidelines, but it is also important to exercise rather than be both isolated and sedentary.
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Urban nature now and for the future
Nature can support our well-being now, when we all could use the help, but we need to protect it. Climate change talks have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is clear climate change has not stalled, even taking into account the effect of lockdown on emissions.
There are lasting ways to reduce our emissions and create low-carbon and cooler cities. And the earlier we act, the better the outcomes will be.
If you have a yard, planting trees might be a good lockdown activity now and will ultimately benefit your future.
Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
Taking time to notice nature – via a glance outside, tending plants in pots or gardens, or via green exercise – will improve your well-being. Appreciating nature and having access to it has never been so important.
Appreciating urban nature has never been more important.
Lucy Taylor, Assistant Researcher, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne; Dieter Hochuli, Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, and Erin Leckey, Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
April 23, 2020 by particularkev	Categories: Health and Fitness, outdoors	| Tags: article, coronavirus, health, nature | Leave a comment


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2020 Ford Mustang GT500 - More CF
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Originally Posted by Skunkers
But the special edition/higher trim models are starting to be a bit bat****, not to mention dangerous.
Agreed. Even the "garden variety" trim levels (Mustang GT, Camaro SS, etc) are stupid fast.
Why would they kill the 350? I don't see that happening.
The GT500 will be the top dog (pony?) and a 2018 GT with the Power Pack 2 is almost as fast as the GT350. As such, there's not a compelling business case to continue production of the Voodoo engine.
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Originally Posted by Diz
The entry cost isn't a barrier either; cheap, accessible speed is dangerous.
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PovertySpec
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The 302 Boss and GT500 were out at the same time. Z28 and ZL1 coexisted. I think this is wishful thinking from owners who want inflated resale values.
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Originally Posted by PovertySpec
Depends on how much you trust Avanti's article:
Lastly, Ford's updated VIN decoder indicates the Mustang will continue to only offer three engine choices. Sadly, the addition of the supercharged GT500 to the repertoire will cost us the flat-plane crank and mellifluous mechanical melody made by the GT350's naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V8.
I just take a look at GT350 prices, I can't believe it but they're STILL charging ADM in the 4th MY of the model
I'm not even going to bother shopping for the GT500.
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That's a great point. However, as bemani pointed out, the article states that the FPC is going away. This is in line with Ford's stated goal of reducing models and focusing on electric vehicles.
I drive mine, so I'm not overly concerned with resale. Life's too short to buy something like the Shelby and store it in bubble wrap on the off chance that it will be a collectible. I consider it my civic duty to share the sound of that FPC echoing off the canyon walls on the way up to our house.
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Originally Posted by bemani
Man what's up with US dealers and ADM? I'm not overly sympathetic because you guys still pay the lowest price for automobiles relative to the rest of the world but I'm just surprised manufactures allow dealers to do this as all it does is piss off the consumer and cause a lot of inventory to collect dust as with the Focus RS.
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Originally Posted by heavyD
Well, RoW is all socialist scumbags whereas 'Murica's a capitalist cornucopia.
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out lazy ****s
I take it you can't afford a cell phone or a TV or vacations or eating out what with your evil socialized services and eye gouging taxes.
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It's 50% on the stealers and 50% on the consumers. If the idjut consumers wouldn't pay it, it would go away. But many Muricans just have to have it NOW, "FIRST MF'ERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" etc. Instead, if they all said F U, refused to pay it or buy while the stealers charge it, then we wouldn't be discussing it. It's as much of a consumer issue as it is a salesman/stealer issue.
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Originally Posted by Pre
I think this is it largely. We have that too such as lineups for the latest iPhone in Canada but not nearly to the same degree. If dealers for example were adding $10k to Civic Type R's up here nobody would buy them except a small handful of rich kids yet it didn't seem to stop Americans from financing $10k in ADM which IMO is just crazy.
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Releases Cobra
700-plus-hp pony car shows off massive hood bulge
Ford's most powerful production car ever is shaping up nicely, as these latest spy shots show. Prototypes believed to be camouflaged GT500 mules have been spotted before, but never with so many revealing details about the upcoming super pony car.
This prototype is clearly identifiable as a GT500 thanks to the Cobra badge in the grille and the large power bulge in the hood. The hood also has prominent heat extractor vents, which are likely needed to cool its supercharged 5.2-liter V-8. The prototype wears wider fenders, but they don't appear much wider than those on the GT350R. Regardless, the tires they cover look plenty meaty.
Curiously, some of the markings on the tires appear to have been scraped off. They definitely belong to the Michelin Pilot Sport family of summer tires, but they could be a new model—perhaps one developed specifically for the GT500 the way Nitto made special NT05Rs for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. Interestingly, this mule has dual rear brake calipers like the Ford GT.
The prototype wears side skirts similar to those found on the GT350R, but there are new aero elements tacked on in the front. It's difficult to say if those are production or just there for testing, but they look incomplete as is. In back, this mule is missing the large fixed rear wing we saw in the teaser animation that accompanied the GT500's announcement, but the large, round quad exhaust tips and unique rear fascia are still there.
When it confirmed the existence of a new GT500 at the Detroit auto show in January, Ford said the car would be its most powerful ever with more than 700 hp. Other details are scarce, but leaks hint at a supercharged version of Ford's flat-plane-crank 5.2-liter "Voodoo" V-8 called the "Predator." We'll see the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 officially in 2019, but for now these spy shots give us our best look yet.
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/20...897F48B3E6E72E
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What To Expect From The Next Ford Shelby GT500
What To Expect From The Next Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang
We've been seeing a lot of the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang lately, and a series of intelligence reports and encounters with spy photographers has told us a lot about what we can likely expect from the forthcoming blue-collar supercar. The new model isn't planned for launch until sometime next year, but in the meanwhile, lets take a look at everything we've learned about it, from the probably-true to the certain.
Supercharged 5.2L "Predator" V8
That the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang will be propelled by a supercharged V8 engine is a given, but it's not been confirmed what, exactly, that engine will look like. However, word is that the new high-performance pony car will use a 5.2L V8 wearing the code name "Predator". Although the displacement is about the same as that of the high-revving "VooDoo" engine in the Shelby GT350, this new motor is expected to have a more down-to-earth redline, and no flat-plane crankshaft.
Spy photographers have even reported hearing a characteristic cross-plane-crank burble from prototype cars, and while Ford could certainly just use a supercharged version of its trusty 5.0L "Coyote", a spy photo published last December showed an aluminum supercharger housing with the Shelby Cobra logo and "5.2L" stamped into it.
As Much As 772 Horsepower
Consider this a bit less certain: the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang could produce as much as 772 horsepower from its supercharged "Predator" V8. That figure comes from a photo published in a 2018 Mustang brochure showing the car's optional digital instrument panel, which showed a big "7" as the current gear and "72" as the current speed. Automakers love placing obscure "Easter Eggs" in their own official photos, and seeing as the manufacturer had only just announced the GT500 and its 700+ horsepower target earlier in the month, it's easy to imagine that that's precisely what Ford was doing.
Manual And Automatic Options
Quite recently, spy photographers managed to capture the new Shelby GT500 Mustang testing with a manual transmission, so we can safely expect that as an option in the new model. However, unlike the stick-only Shelby GT350, the newer, more potent Shelby will also offer an automatic transmission for those who want it.
What is unknown is what automatic that will be. Common sense might tell us to expect Ford's 10-speed planetary automatic, which has been deployed across the F-150 range, the Mustang range, and in products like the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Yet rumors persist that the Shelby GT500 will be the recipient of a very special 7-speed dual-clutch unit, and spy photographers have reported hearing some very dual-clutch-like noises from prototypes. It's also been rumored that the less-potent GT350 could receive the same.
The Return Of The GT500KR
"KR" is an historic badge that stands for "King of the Road", and rumor has it that the "GT500KR" badge will return for 2020 on an extra-high-performance version of the new Shelby GT500. That might explain why the car shown in Ford's recent hype video appears to have a massive rear wing mounted to the decklid while the bulk of the prototypes that have been spotted don't seem to have any distinguishing aero.
Will the GT500KR get more power or better suspension components? That's unknown, but it's quite possible that the new "King of the Road" could at least receive the same carbon-fiber wheels as the Shelby GT350R.
The new Shelby GT500 is slated to launch next year as a 2020 model, and it will compete directly with the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and, to a bit of a lesser extent, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. We'll have more as it develops, so stay tuned.
2020 GT500 Mustang Predator Engine Drive-By
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GT350 is still the one I'd have though.
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Did that guy have a squeaky toy while filming that???
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2019 Mustang Shelby GT500 Spied With Track Pack Spoiler, VIR Sticker
Previous incarnations of the Shelby GT500 haven't lacked for power, but things weren't quite up to snuff in the handling department. The transition to a fully independent rear suspension helped in that department, and we've seen just how capable the GT350 can be. The latest spy shots of Ford's forthcoming muscular Pony car show what appears to be a track-pack style rear spoiler, suggesting the newest GT500 could be destined for more than quarter-mile conquering.
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The theory is further supported by a curious sticker on the rear fascia next to the license plate that reads VIR. It, of course, references Virginia International Raceway, a challenging road course at which Ford set a lap record in its Ford GT back in January. That record was then thwarted by the Corvette ZR1 just days later. Furthermore, Chevrolet has been making waves with the track prowess of its range-topping Camaro ZL1 1LE. Could Ford be dropping an Easter egg about the new GT500's on-track capability?
Based on the rumors and reports we've heard on the new GT500 so far, there's certainly reason to believe it could. Earlier this year Ford confirmed the Shelby would have over 700 horsepower (522 kilowatts), which easily eclipses the 650 hp (485 kW) found in the Mustang's direct competitor, the Camaro ZL1. Whether it will approach the 755 hp (563 kW) found in the Corvette ZR1 is unknown, but it's not out of the question.
Power is expected to come from a 5.2-liter flat-plane-crank V8 not unlike the mill in the GT350, only boosted significantly with a supercharger. Whereas previous GT500s were exclusively manually shifted cars, the new model should feature a dual-clutch gearbox. It will naturally wear tweaked front and rear fascias, and we expect to see some carbon fiber components to help reduce weight.
We've seen quite a few prototypes out and about that haven't been camera shy, and that usually means a reveal is getting close. Expect Ford to debut the new GT500 later this year, either as a 2019 or 2020 model.
https://www.motor1.com/news/263247/m...00-track-pack/
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Always been a Camaro fan (mostly 1LE models) but damn this thing is going to be awesome.
Much prefer the pre-facelift front end too.
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Originally Posted by Skylab
best bit of news in there; firstly because the FPC engine lives on, secondly provides a power adder option for GT350 owners who want more juice.
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Originally Posted by Sid03SVT
If true, think I'd pick one up, but other reports point toward 5.2 crossplane aluminator.
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2020 Shelby GT500 Mustang leaked specs: 720HP @ 7500 RPM, 650 ft-lbs @ 4500 RPM, 4225lbs curb weight
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/thr...weight.108893/
VaporTrail308
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That's a heavy pig. Thinking I would pick one up too, but will wait for reviews and a test drive after seeing that weight. I'm also waiting to see what the C8 turns out to be.
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^^Pork chops. Nope.
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I know its predictable to complain about weight on this kinda car but 4225 = Yikes!
7500 RPM peak power point is pretty freaking high for a Supercharged Muscle car isnt it? Thats pretty cool
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Nope GT350 is ponderous enough adding over 400#'s isn't going to make it any more nimble in the turns.
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"That don't make no sense"
What on God's green earth did they do to that thing for it to gain 400 pounds over the current GT350?
There's a reason that my '91 Z28 felt as fast as the GT350 with much less horsepower...it probably weighed about 500 pounds less.
I would like to see power to weight ratio numbers/statistics over the years of older porches, Mustangs and Camaros. Yeah they had less horsepower, but they didn't have all this technological BS and giant 20 inch wheels to weigh them down.
True, the magna ride suspension does mask a bit of porkiness.
Also wanted to add some of the other car manufacturers don't do DCT's because they claim that… "A dual clutch transmission can't hold up to all the torque that the engine produces. "