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Festival Survival Guide: What to Pack for a Weekend Music Festival

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A weekend music festival is equal parts concert, camping trip and endurance test. The music is the reason you go, but what you pack decides whether you spend the weekend dancing or queuing for a phone charger in wet socks. This festival survival guide covers what to bring, what to leave at home and a few habits that make three days in a field far more comfortable. Start with the festival's own rules Every festival publishes a list of permitted and prohibited items, and they differ a lot. Some ban glass, aerosols, gas canisters or large umbrellas; some have strict bag size limits for day entry; some do not allow outside food and drink at all. Read the official page before you shop, because confiscated items are a waste of money and a slow way to get through the gate. The essentials Tick...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

Buddy the Golden Retriever Stars in a Super-Addictive, Super-Slo Mo Romp in the Snow

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Buddy is a pup who knows what he likes: running around in the pristine winter wonderland. Like a child playing with joyous abandon when school’s been called off for the day, this golden retriever doesn’t let a big pile of snow, snow and more snow stop his fun! And thanks to this slow motion clip courtesy of BarkPost, we get to enjoy it right along with him. The inspiring, soaring soundtrack is an added bonus. Why slow motion makes this so addictive At normal speed, a dog bounding through snow is fun to watch for a few seconds. In slow motion, it becomes something else entirely. Every leap turns into a small flight. Snow hangs in the air like dust in sunlight. Ears flop, fur ripples, and you can see the exact moment Buddy decides to dive nose first into a drift. Slow motion works by rec...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

Crowd Loses It With Laughter At the Reaction of A Dog Named Xena When She Hears A Singer Named Whitney

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The judges of Belgium’s Got Talent are impressed with Lady Xena, a sweet dog that sings when she hears Whitney Houston’s hit cover “I Will Always Love You.” Lady Xena is a sensation with the audience and judges. Owners Mick Depreytere and Daphnée Naessens who live in Ostend, said they don’t know why their dog started to sing. “We bought Xena when she was 12 weeks old. We went to a café, she was sleeping and the place was playing the song by Whitney Houston. But when Xena heard the sound of the song, she began to sing/cry . It was really weird,” they said to HLB News & sport. Based on the audience’s reaction, a star has been born. Of all the songs to choose Xena could hardly have picked a more dramatic song to sing along to. "I Will Always Love You" is one of the most famous ballads ...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

A Couple of Buddies Devise A Plan to Go Wakeboarding Despite Lacking Everything Needed To Do It

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When you have an old car hood, a couch, and some time on your hands, sometimes you just have to go… Couch surfing. Yes. Couch surfing. Justin Brooks explained on LiveLeak how their improvised wakeboarding session came about: “This was just a normal weekend day out on the farm, we had a side by side, and chevy pickup hood, and a nice couch, the 3 of them looked like a good fun combination to put together. It took a few trial runs to get going a good speed, we finally had to tie the couch down so it wouldn’t slip off the hood. With some nice suits on we where finally ready for a good ride, and by the end of it the 3 of us where a bit dirty and ready for the shower as well as the camera too. ” Those suits are definitely going to need a good wash. The great tradition of farm improvisation ...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

Grandma Who Thinks She’s Watching Her Granddaughter Graduate From Afar is in For A Big Surprise

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Grandma Sharon was recovering from a bone marrow transplant and brain surgery so she had to watch her granddaughter, Taylor, graduate from a hospital bed, or so she thought. As she watched the live stream on TV set up in her in her room, the announcer says: “The next graduate is not here this evening because she has a surprise for someone special in her life… Dressed in her cap and gown, our graduate is going to walk into her grandmother’s hospital room as I call her name… Taylor Jean Thompson.” Grandma Sharon is right, all grandmas should have granddaughters like Taylor. Why missing a graduation hurts so much For grandparents, a grandchild's graduation is one of the big milestones. It is the moment when years of school runs, birthday cards and proud conversations with friends come toge...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

He Follows His Wife to Work Every Day Without Fail For A Reason That’s Heartbreakingly Beautiful

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Cecilia and Louie are happily married. Cecilia likes to show Louie that he is loved by his wife every day. Their life changed, however, when Cecilia discovered that she’s going blind. Protesting any kind of help from her husband, Cecilia tries to do everything by herself. Still, Louie remains dedicated by her side. He will always be there to take care of her, even though she doesn’t always realize it. A short film about a very real dilemma The video above is Blind Devotion, a short film from Jubilee, the American media company best known today for its discussion and debate series on YouTube. Before those series made the channel famous, Jubilee also produced short, emotional stories like this one, built to be watched in a few minutes and shared. Cecilia and Louie are characters, but t...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

2-Year-Old Singing the National Anthem Is Probably the Cutest Performance of This Great Song. Ever.

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Don’t worry about Trent Harris only being two years old: he’s got the words to the National Anthem down pat. Proud mom Jessica shared this adorable video of her son singing at a local high school basketball game on YouTube. At this rate, this one is going to be stealing hearts by the time he is five! Why this performance is more impressive than it looks It is easy to smile at a toddler singing and move on. But anyone who has tried to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in public knows that this is not an easy song. Professional singers have stumbled over it at major sporting events, forgotten the words in front of packed stadiums, or started too high and run out of room at the top. A two-year-old getting through it in front of a gym full of people is a genuine achievement. The main diffic...

Oct232020 by LIFTBUMPNo Comments

iPad Wheeling Magician Creates Reality from What You See on the Screen With Crowd-Wowing Tricks

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Since Simon Pierro was a little boy growing up in Germany, he has been fascinated with magic tricks. Pierro now lives in New York City and is best known for his iPad illusions. “He’s the world’s first iPad magician to use specially developed apps to interactively perform unique, startling illusions. His special brand of entertainment has taken the world by storm, astounding sellout crowds with his iPad magic,” his Facebook page explains. Pretty cool. Who is Simon Pierro? Simon Pierro was born in 1978 in Ettlingen, a town in the southwest of Germany, and he was performing magic long before tablets existed. He built his reputation the traditional way, with close-up tricks, stage shows and years of television work in his home country. He appeared more than twenty times on the Germa...