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Actor John Bradley  who plays Sam  Tarly  told TV Guide that characters are going to keep being pushed by new elements and traveling the seven kingdoms deeper and faster than ever before.
"Each of the characters this year is placed in a completely alien environment at some point in the season that they've never been placed in before "  Bradley  said. "The thrill is seeing how they react to it and how they respond... This season  I think  more than any other is stretching these characters."
But  Bradley 's comments are intriguing from a character perspective. An alien environment isn't necessarily a physical place; it's an unfamiliar situation (Arya  no longer sniffing out traitors)  an important task (Cersei trying to play nice with others)  or a new threat (White! Walkers!).
"The stakes definitely feel ramped up  " Bradley  told TV Guide. "We know that we've got a real job to do. This has been a part of people's lives for so many years. This is our eighth season  and we are kind of feeling the pressure to get it right because we want to satisfy people...we just kind of want to give them an ending that they deserve."
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'Game of Thrones' characters will keep traveling in Season 8


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His new vampire thriller  "The Passage " published this month  is a best-seller. The unfinished manuscript sold in a bidding war to Fox 2000 for $1.75 million. And Stephen King called during Cronin's interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" to tell him that he is a fan.
 Cronin talked about vampires  his inspiration for "The Passage" and readers' reaction to his book in a recent interview.
 Cronin: It was her dare. In the fall of 2005 my daughter was 8. I was kind of wondering what to do next and she came to me and she said she thought I should write a book  in her words  "about a girl that saves the world and that it should be interesting." I think every interesting thing a man does in his life  he probably does to impress a girl  and so I wrote this book to impress my daughter.
 Cronin: The word "series" isn't quite right. I want each of these books to be a satisfying book all in itself. ... To call it a trilogy is true but not really the whole truth and not the exact truth  but there are three books all taking place in this world with this basic set of characters.
 Cronin: Oh  yeah. My office is the war room. I've got a white board and photographs and maps and every kind of thing up there.
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Justin Cronin: `I always liked vampire stories '


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Kirti Tiwari was elated when he learned last year that he'd been nominated by his higher-ups at the United States Army to become a NASA astronaut. Tiwari  who first enlisted in the military in 2014  was excited by the prospect of what he felt was a huge career advancement opportunity. "I always had this idea of wearing a uniform " he says.
Tiwari  who first came to the U.S. on a student visa  qualified for the program on account of both his fluency in Hindi and his academic performance. Prior to enlisting  he had earned a master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Houston  and worked as a research specialist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. He enlisted in June of 2014; one year later  he was naturalized through the Army after completing basic combat training and advanced individual training. In 2016  after a months-long process   Tiwari  simultaneously applied for a NASA astronaut candidate program through the Army and a military microbiologist posting.
A few months later   Tiwari  learned the Army had selected  him  as a microbiologist and also nominated  him  for the NASA astronaut program.  Tiwari  was working as an Army health-care specialist at a military base near Tacoma  Washington  where  he  was told that  he  had been retroactively declared ineligible for either career opportunity—precisely because  he  was a foreign-born recruit.
Some soldiers find themselves unable to enter the U.S. Army medical department's programs for dentistry  physician assistantship  and other health professions. "Some people are being told they can't apply to regular officer-producing programs "  Tiwari  says. "Sometimes they are told the previous restriction has been removed  only to receive a clearance but no commission."
Despite this  the Department of Defense says it is still processing security clearances for MAVNIs  and claims there is reason for optimism for soldiers in the program.  Tiwari  remains hopeful about the approval of  his  own pending security clearance— he  plans to move to Georgia this winter to serve as an Army microbiologist in the medical service corps.  He  will also press forward with  his  lawsuit   he  says as a way to seek justice for fellow soldiers.
For now  foreign enlistees remain in limbo  hoping the Department of Defense will determine that they're fit to serve. "I really hope one day I can become an astronaut "  Tiwari  says. For now   his  dream job has been grounded.
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Foreign


