Libyan flood survivors weigh water shortages against landmine risk
By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya People whose homes were swept away by flooding in Libya's
2023-09-17 19:59
Man who stayed awake for 11 straight days shares how his brain ‘broke down’
A man who stayed awake for 11 straight days to set a world record has spoken about how he experienced his brain starting to ‘break down’. Englishman Tony Wright went an incredible 266 hours without sleep back in 2007 and set a new record – only to see it broken by someone else just a month later. Wright spoke about his experience in a clip posted by the YouTube channel Sleep Gods, saying that an entirely different part of his brain was activated during his record attempt. "Basically, you're starving the rational mind, the egotistical mind of sleep, and it's battery is running down. And of course, it doesn't feel very good, it feels tired. Wright added: "But if you push beyond that, its ability to stay in charge starts to break down as well. And that's where you can start to get glimpses of access to the other side of the brain, the other self." Man Who Didn't Sleep For 11 Days Explains Sleep Deprivation www.youtube.com "I've spoken to a lot of people about this. Most people have recollections where they've been partying, or they've been working hard, and sure they get tired, but within that they get glimpses of something else.” He went on to say: "That kind of softness, or a more relaxed state - often more emotional, because again, there's more access to that emotional side of the brain. "Even feeling quite good, quite an altered state for brief windows, or getting a second wind even. You know, be really, really tired, no sleep, and then suddenly feeling fine for half an hour or an hour. "So all I really did, or what I was interested in, is making sense of that. And is it possible to exploit that and bring in combining techniques to tie the left side of the brain up, which initially doesn't feel great, but the reward on the other side of that makes it worth the effort." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings
2023-09-17 19:56
Chinese police detain wealth management staff at the heavily indebted developer Evergrande
Police in a southern Chinese city say they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in the latest trouble for the heavily indebted developer
2023-09-17 19:55
Mohamed Salah only behind Thierry Henry in race to Premier League milestone
Mohamed Salah racked up his 200th Premier League goal involvement for Liverpool against Wolverhampton Wanderers, rubbing shoulders with Arsenal icon Thierry Henry in the competition's record books
2023-09-17 19:52
Rugby World Cup: Honeymoon at tournament for Welsh-English couple
Welsh woman Clare Ervin and English husband Paddy had their first date watching the Six Nations.
2023-09-17 19:50
Canadian lender BMO to wind down retail auto finance business
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO Bank of Montreal (BMO) is winding down its retail auto finance business and shifting
2023-09-17 19:49
US inflation is expected to keep slowing. Here's why
US inflation has slowed steadily from its four-decade peak last June, and it's expected to cool further thanks to easing car prices and rents. And if the US job market slows further, that could help bring it down even more.
2023-09-17 19:49
More than half of older Americans will need long-term term care. Many can't afford the rising cost
About one in six Americans are now age 65 or older and, as the average population ages, a majority are reaching the age of retirement in a precarious financial position, as costs of personal care continue to rise.
2023-09-17 19:45
DirecTV to temporarily restore Nexstar-owned stations
DirecTV and Nexstar have agreed to temporarily returnthe signals of the Nexstar-owned stations and national cable news network
2023-09-17 19:28
'The View' host Alyssa Farah Griffin defends herself after she takes a dig at Kardarshians
'The View' panel brought up Martha Stewart's latest appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
2023-09-17 19:27
Sisters go viral after their TikTok is compared to a 'coming of age movie'
A TikTok has gone viral after viewers called it a "coming of age movie" and joked that the girls featured in it should be "nominated for an Academy Award". The video, originally uploaded to TikTok account @palmview956, which has since been removed and re-uploaded to the family's new account, has over 1 million views on TikTok. The video starts with a young girl, Valentina, participating in the 'Get Unready With Me' trend, but as she starts one of her young sisters runs in asking for scissors and then runs out again. A few seconds later a scream is heard and the girl's two younger sisters run into her room, and you can see that one sister, Khaleesi, cut her sister, Camilla's, hair. As the girls begin shouting, accusing one another of being in the wrong, Valentina tells them to be quiet after their mum can be heard off-camera asking if everything is okay. When the mum's suspicions are seemingly down, Valentina tells Khaleesi through her teeth "close the door now", whilst looking at Camilla's hair and trying to salvage it. "Tomorrow's picture day!" Camilla says, before Khaleesi hands her the cut piece of her. Valentina scolds them saying, "why are you laughing! I told you not to do anything stupid!" She then proceeds to search 'how to cut bangs', attempting to rectify the situation as all eldest sisters do. However, not before the youngest daughter comes running in saying "ooh you're in trouble!" Valentina however manages to buy the youngest girl's silence with... a cookie. Valentina manages to cut some bangs that look great, which Camilla initially agrees with until saying "what have you done to my life". Eventually the mum walks in demanding to know what is going on. The sisters are all giggling trying to insist that it is nothing, until they eventually give in and show the new haircut. They try and blame it on one another, until Camilla is demanded by her mother to show her dad her hair, to which Valentina says to the camera "pray for them," before ending the video. @palmview956oficial GURWM gone wrong.. Camelia cut her bangs Again ?? #parati #sisters #hermanas #gurwm #valentina #scissors #camelia #magdalena #bangs #fypシ #956 #palmview956 #viral #rgv #zamarripa #zamarripasisters #fail #gonewrong #letsgetto200k #rgv956 #rgvtx956 The eventful five-minute TikTok has gone viral after Twitter/X account @kingbealestreet, posted the video with the caption "this is literally a coming of age movie". The tweet has been viewed over 100 million times. Some called it "cinema", others compared it to Louisa May Alcott's famous novel 'Little Women', which follows four sisters. Other elder sisters also attested to this being a key part of the experience. Even Halle Berry loved the video: Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-17 19:22
Lengthy UAW strike could buy GM time to address nagging EV issues
By Paul Lienert DETROIT General Motors is at greater risk than rivals Ford Motor and Stellantis of disruption
2023-09-17 19:20
